FYI - Sarah boarded her plane on schedule,. so no problems so far. :)
 

Go VOTE!!!!

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10383569&postcount=6

A forest monastery on the Thailand/Cambodian border region.

http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/mind_bottle_soul_11548.asp

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/10/temple-built-from-beer-bottles.php

Cool point - they get so many bottle donations, they're going to use this style for any additions/additional structures on the grounds of the monastery.

Current Mood: cool!

Just a little bit of holiday spirit, kick started by the first "white day" {Snow, hail, freezing rain mixed together} yesterday.

http://usmcshop.grunt.com/Products/Marines/Segments/GiftIdeas/AdoptAMarine/Default.aspx?utm_source=nlac186&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nlac186




http://www.toysfortots.org/   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F5DsB3dfDY

And for the kids: http://www.noradsanta.org/



Speaking of Toys for Tots - I've talked about these photos to Sarah before, as for what happens when costumers start helping the Marines:

http://www.sithvixen.com/events/toysfortots2000/tft1992.jpg


http://www.sithvixen.com/events/toysfortots2000/default.html

http://www.rahoi.com/2006/03/may-i-take-your-order/

Current Mood: amused

I'm not going to miss banging my head on the wall  in frustration because the corporate leaders for Circle-K and Macs Stores think it's okay to use Trendar systems that predate most of the fuel cards that now use the system.

{I'm especially not going to miss it after all the service centers are moved overseas at the end of October.}

I'm not going to miss all the truckers and drivers that like to play 'working class hero' and try  to force freebies from folks getting paid minimum wage...

I'm not going to miss having all the responsibility, all the compaints, and none of the pay, of a shift manager....

I'm not going to miss having to scrape & scrub two supposedly scrub-free roiller grills after too many cheese sauasages and cheese taquitoes {Tornados} have been cooked all day. Esp after being gone a few days and the other night shift clerk not seeing the need to clean the store. {Or anything, really....}

I'm not going to miss having to do 3 "top down" cleaning sessions in a week for 2 inspections...by the same person. Esp after we passed the first one.

I'm not going to miss Mike having to do twice-monthly emloyee reports, and me having to make sure they get faxed in overnight.

{At Big Lots} I'm not going to miss managers who schedule 2 members of the truck crew for a different day - and then wonder why we seem to be short-handed.

I am going to miss - some of my coworkers.

Tags: work gripes
Current Location: right here
Current Mood: blah
Current Music: Coldplay

She reserved a pair of engagement rings that ae going to be going on sale the 12th - rings that are normally $1000 bucks - because "I thought that's what you would want" - and keeps trying to take me to pick out my wedding suit so I "can pay for it with my money, but if you don't feel guilty about taking their {sarahs parents} money..."

It's more abouyt trying to impress people and less about what I want.

http://www.glumbert.com/media/phoneconcert

Based on a joke remark i made to Tsu-chan a good while ago.  Not the best Parody Motivator  I've made - that belongs to "Shibui" - but I was bored....