Enjoy the Unknown

Good news. I gots a new job.

Not only that, it's one in my field.

I accepted a Technician position with Swank Audio Visuals. And I promise that they're quite reputable. They do in-house a/v services for hotels. I'll be working at the Sheriton up in Sharonville. I start Mon. the 28th.

But not before I go through training the 21-25th.....in St. Louis!!! (Can you say ribs?)

So I am excited. Here I am almost 2 years out of college, and I'm about to start a career. It's quite an interesting feeling. It's one of the few long-term things I've ever undertaken. Other than marriage, most things in my life, like other jobs and college, were only things for a few years, if that. Growing up is weird. I'm still figuring it out.

And now I will continue what seems to have been made a tradition: the drinking of a double bock in celebration of a new job. I had the Samuel Adams version when I found out about my present job. But tonight, it's the Christian Moerlein Emancipator Doppel Bock. It was brewed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the repealing of prohibition (which was yesterday to be exact). And it's a bit of an emancipation for myself. Whereas that was freedom from lack of beer (legally anyway), I have freedom from the lack of a good job. How deliciously appropriate.

Cheers!

And Amen.

Standing tall and stuff.

People, I'm tired.

I'm tired of all of the fear and scare tactics being used by so many in our government and news media. They tell us that we're all in danger and anyone who disagrees is ostracized and ignored, at best. Those of us who think that we're being lied to are just some "lunatic fringe." And now, based on lies, we are asked to make sacrifices; to change our very lives as we know them. Even the government is taking costly actions for this purpose, and they affect us all. But we are assured that these are necessary sacrifices and that we will be safer, so it's worth it. But again, if we refuse to give in, there are consequences.

I guess they assume that because enough important people say it and if they ignore and don't tell us about dissenting opinion, we will also believe it.

I am, of course, talking about the theory of man-made global warming.

Seems like some people detest these fear tactics in the area of terrorism and national security (which are pretty well proven to be major concerns), but they're suddenly ok with them when talking about man-made global warming (which is still a theory - and not a very good one).

I was reading this article: A Really Inconvenient Truth

I had to stop part-way through cos it was pissing me off.

For those who don't want to read the whole thing (though you should - and so should I), here are a couple highlights.

Remember that "consensus" of 200 scientists who concluded that "changes in the atmosphere, the oceans and glaciers and ice caps now show unequivocally that the world is warming due to human activities"? I'm sure you do, as it was widely publicized. Well, I'll bet you never heard of the 400 scientists who disagree.

Thats right. So, how is it that 200 scientists think one way, and 400 think another way, and yet the thoughts of the 200 (the minority) are considered to be the consensus? That is sheer idiocy.

Don't believe me? Read the report.

An here's another bit from the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change entitled Nature, Not Human Activity, Rules the Climate.

What's really sad is the treatment that very reputable scientists are receiving. Many are “'denied tenure, shut out of scientific conferences and rejected by academic journals because no matter how scrupulous their research,' their conclusions contradicted the truth espoused by the climate change pharisees (National Post, March 10)."

Another interesting tidbit:

"One Canadian survey of 51,000 earth scientists and engineers by the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA), released last week, showed that 68 percent disagreed with the statement that 'the debate on the scientific causes of recent climate change is settled.'”

Looks like Canada's good for something after all.

So don't believe the hype. Educate and think for yourself.

Is it football yet?

Good news for the Buckeye Nation.

O-H

Vigilanteism has never been so delicious.

So you may be saying to yourself, "Self, I have a problem with bums and drug dealers hanging around near my bar, and I have a bbq smoker. What do I do now?"

Well, maybe you could do what this guy did.

I have a new hero.

Speaking of Algore...

ohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease

If this is true, then I have a 10-year countdown of my own.

And I think that's being a little generous.





Hehehehehehehehehehehehehe

Is anyone doing it for the children anymore?

Well, ladies and gentlemen, we've done it. We have achieved victory over that bastard Global Warming.

Don't believe me? Well, just read THIS!!!

Good job, everybody. Especially Steph and myself. I believe we get credit due to the fact that we both drive Honda Civics. And we have a few of those energy-saving bulbs (and here you thought we were just trying to save money - poppycock!)

So if you would like to show your thanks, you may buy us drinks any time.

You're welcome.

In other news, I think that Barack Obama is in fact an idiot.

You can find excerpts from an exchange between him and McCain several places online, but let me go through some of the highlights:

We all know that Obama wants to get the troops out of Iraq ASAP. But he says that after he pulls them out, he would "reserve the right" to act "if Al Qaeda is forming a base in Iraq."

IF.

So McCain, noticing the absurdity, responded, “Is Sen. Obama unaware that Al Qaeda is still present in Iraq, that our forces are successfully fighting them every day...?"

And later, this little gem:

"For Sen. Obama to say he would consider going back militarily if Al Qaeda was in Iraq when Al Qaeda is in Iraq is probably one of the more remarkable statements that have been made on American national security policy."

True that.

Then Obama pretended to have a snappy comeback, but if you actually read what he said, he never addressed or defended his idiotic statement. Go ahead. Look it up.

So for all of you people reading this who support Obama, I have a challenge for you:

TELL ME WHY.

Concrete reasons. Actual stances on issues. Real plans for action and how he will actually carry them out. And I DARE you to do it without using the words "change," "the future," "tomorrow," or "hope for the future of change for tomorrow."

Seriously. Go.

Milestones. Well, half-mile anyway.

So, what does marriage look like after six months? Apparently, something like this:

Spouse A: "I love you."
Spouse B: "What?!?"

Or this:

Spouse A: "But don't worry, I'll be back with a shit load of water. And cleaner teeth."

I'll let you theorize who's who. Kinda fun that way.

So yeah. That's kinda what it's like.

Oh, and brownies.

Yeah, so that's what you single people are missing out on. Needless to say, I highly recommend it.

A meal in a bottle, and they ain't kiddin'.

A couple things that I've done recently:

Seasoned chicken so that it tasted like sausage.

Said to myself, "Touché, memory."

And I feel good about myself.

Oh, and I will be starting a new temp job on Monday in the Perioperative Dept. at University Hospital (not as impressive as it sounds, but still awesome cos it's a job, and not a crappy one). I went in for my pre-screening for that job today. They drew some blood, gave me the first of 2 parts of a TB test, and administered an instant drug test.

The second 2 were quite interesting. To me, anyway. First time I've had to pee in a cup and was not able to produce as much as the lady suggested. But she said it was ok. And it showed the results right on the cup! I love our advanced pee technology!

Then there was the TB test. Now, it's been a long time since I've had one of these. When I was young (holy crap, I'm saying that already - it's like I said: 25 is officially "almost old"), these consisted of poking my arm with a multi-pronged pokey thing (technical term) and if it did anything weird (technical diagnosis), I had TB (I guess - technically).

Sorry. I had a theme going.

Now, those of you who shared my experiences with TB tests would understand my surprise when I sat down and the lady produced NOT a multi-pronged pokey thing, but a serringe. Then, instead of saying, "I'm going to poke you with this and if your skin does anything weird, you have TB," she said, "I'm going to make your arm bubble."

And so she did. She injected something just under my skin so it made a little bubble, like a blister, then taped gauze over it. She then said, "You can take off the gauze in a few minutes. If that's still bubbly on Sunday, call us."

So now you can imagine my slight confusion. Anyway, I was prepared to have myself a cool little bump for a day or so, since they said wait til Sunday. But just as I removed the gauze about 45 min. later to show Steph my cool new TB-revealing arm bubble, it was gone. So I must REALLY not have TB. That rocks.

Then I drank myself a celebratory Samuel Adams Double Bock.

I have never said, "Wow," so many times (in a good way) while drinking a beer.

Not what you think. Seriously.

"Happy birthday. Now put some pants on."

And so I did.