Performed an elimination function. Which I will not explain. Lucky for you guys.

Go-on, tell us who you eliminated?

<Cold dead eyes slowly swivel around to settle on G. > Do you really want to know, son? I mean really.

<Emerge from the dark background> Pst! Gaz I wouldn't say anyfink if I wer yer! <Disappeared into The Darkness....Killed the 'Believe In A Thing Called Love' CD from starting up phew!>

Good call, mb. Heed well.

Well it wasn't me, so go on, shoot.



Er, no don't shoot, just whisper.

Did you really have to tell us you were on the crapper??

TMI!!!!

Felt like ralphing after seeing a crow pick up at some very, very fresh roadkill on the middle of the road. Heard the same Bon Jovi song twice on the radio this morning. Got to work at 8:15!!!

Back into the "normal" schedule for now.

Pre-meeting meeting at the union office.
Contract negotiation meeting at the management office.
Post-meeting meeting at the union office.

Home again, home again, jiggety-jig...and found once again that no one had been here while I was gone. I'm getting a little better at coming home, but it's still kinda creepy. And I have all the doors and windows locked, including chains on the doors, as soon as I get inside. *sigh*

Packing the Laptop rucksack for the trip home......Four Mins......and counting!

Either being brave or stupid as I had let Harvey out for the first time in 4 months.

He already making a new friend with a cat from another apartment, so far so good!

You must try to understand Amanda. When you are an old geezer like the_burner, a good crap is priceless!

All he has to do is keep up with the prune and fibre consumption!

Just checked out some alternative modes of transportation that included a natural gas Ford F250, an older Mercedes that has been converted to bio-diesel, a Hybrid Toyota and rode a Segway scooter... Having an energy and sustainability summit here at work with about 40 high schoolers from 6 states - cool stuff. The bio-diesel Mercedes has me wanting a Whopper with cheese...

folks make bio-diesel out to be a big deal. It's a REALLY simple conversion.

www.greasel.com for more info.

Got more wedding pictures back... other than that, I did just about NADA. Nice, ain't it...? (That's what crappy bosses deserve, in my opinion!)

Left the headlights on in the car. Now have a dead battery.

Discovered another spelling mistake in this week's press release from work.

This time, mum's the word.

Laughing at the Italian Airy Fairy as they are going out!

I guess the big deal here would be taking a foul smelling vehicle and making it smell like a cross between a grilled burger with a side of fries... LOL

I remember the opening chapter of All Quiet on the Western Front describes the pleasures of a good crap. It's the only bit of the book I can recall.

Another lazy day, spent the afternoon playing Splinter Cell, played 9 holes of golf this evening. Carded 49 which I'm happy with, this run of (relative) form seems to be staying.

Ran some CAT-5 - 2 ~100 ft. runs up a wall, through a ceiling, down a wall, under the subfloor, and connected two more machines to the switch. Now, I'll have a PC at work all to myself... muahahahaha!!! Had to show the newbie (from the Network Shop previously) how to operate a 3-piece fiberglass fish-pole... pretty sad.

Cut a notch in one of the subfloor tiles to run power under the floor for our shop's fridge and microwave - apparently, it's illegal to plug those appliances into surge protectors... even if they're the only thing plugged into them. We hid the power strips under the floor... where the fire inspector will never look.

And finally, completed my initial security training on the new system, so I am a fully qualified user now - Sweet... I think. That means I have to actually start doing some work, or something.

Held a meeting with "The Group" explained that the company is not now nor has ever been a democracy. Offered any of them my job if they thought they could do it better. Happy to announce there was no filed promotion.

Worked on deleting and backing things up for a reformat of the computer

Apparently my body has adjusted my sleep schedule so it happens during the day when I'm marginally more comfortable being in the house. Laid down with a book at around 1:30, woke up around 7:40 when the phone rang.

Now planning dinner, and getting ready to type the contract notes from today and get them emailed to all the appropriate participants.

-refilled my gas tank even though it was nowhere near empty, out of curiousity. See-- I had the O2 sensor recall work done at the dealer <wife nearly dropped from shock- my taking the vehicle to the dealer and all> since it was free.

My mileage has gone from 10 MPG to 17MPG, uncorrected. Add the 14% correction ratio for my speedo inaccuracy, and it's even better.

VERY stoked. Now I have to put in the $80 TPS I bought last week- which means I get to extract broken-off galvanically welded AL screw from the throttlebody. Oh JOY.

Got ditched. Went out for dinner. Got analysed. Bought groceries. Came home. Talked on the phone. Made some hotel reservations. Replied to an email. Sweating now.

I've always liked your style.

Got to work late and start to get cracking on some jobs......with a hints of grey cloud above me....getting blacker every 5 mins!

Got up and went to pick Mrs TGM's mother so they can go visit the lad in hospital. An afternoon of gaming awaits.

Nasty nasty children. Did you think I was talking about taking a dumpalowski??? Shame. As to the old comment tb, lol, sonny boy Jim, hee hee hee, we'll see what happens to those "spiked" 22oz Sammies you like so much.
BTW, no prunes or fibre needed. Regular as clockwork. As a matter of fact, brb.

Bought some lime, fertilizer, grass seed adn straw for the garden store. Now off plant some grass.

OK, so this isn't the week for my plans to come to fruition, I ended up taking Mrs TGM and her mum to the hospital. Luckily Addenbrookes have free 'net access in their foyer.

Woke up to my phone ringing 20 minutes before my cancelled meeting was to have started...panicked a little.

Found out the meeting is still cancelled, as is the meeting for Friday, so I'm FREE from contract negotiation until next Tuesday!

Finished my maintenance for the day (virus scan, adware scans, defrag), now playing until I get hungry enough to make breakfast.

Not my Sam Adams! Surely you know that "old geezer" comment was in jest?

Scanned that National Post article about my dance class. Eating breakfast now

Am at home and getting the apartment into a homely shaped whilst Harvey interupt whenever he can!

Went home sick.

limed lawn, fertilized lawn, seeded lawn, now I will rake lawn after I start the format of the computer. WIsh me luck.

Made a HUGE breakfast (bacon, home-made hash browns with onion, eggs over medium, toast). Took a nap.

Got most of the way through my current book. Made some brownies. Had microwave popcorn for lunch. About to get ready to go in to the union label office to pay bills, balance the checkbook, put together a deposit, and print my reports for the meetings tonight.

Sounds like a fun day so far, Felix

Just got back from the chiropractor....and found out my mom had been chatting him up about me

Extended my empire...

Uh-oh. They got the chop already?

No... things are very interesting at the moment - can't say more at this time.

The weasal? Really?

D'you suppose you could get your mom to chat up MY chiropracter about me? He's a cutie.

Went to the union label office, discovered we have to amend our By-Laws in order to get a license for our raffle (which takes place the first week in September). Did a kamikaze-type proposed amendment, which is now in committee, to be voted on next meeting.

Going to the bar later, haven't been in about a week and I miss my bartender.

Hmm...to have a chiropractor for a boyfriend...I think there'd be some good massages...I think my mom was disappointed this dude was a couple of years than I.

Tonight...I did laundry, read the paper, and went to dance class.

A couple of years what, for the love of God? Older, younger, slower.......

Found out that instead of cursing and spirting Harvey I should shut him in a quiet room for about 5 mins.....Hmmmm!