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Friday, November 30, 2001

 
Ladies and gentlemaen prepare for throtle up.
Wow ok I am drunk as a skunk but that ok, he said Yes i could maay hi daughter so we ar golden. Ok now if I can just get the balls to propse we are all set. And no I wasnt drunk when I asked that was afterward. I really did nt think he would say no f you but there aws allwaaayes the chance. ok i cant sae the keybooard so it is time to got sleep.
posted by Chuck Pierce 10:14 PM 0 comments

 
Damn it this is frustrating, F U UPS. stupid people. I go insane and see red when someone screwes up and I ask what happened I get a frigging form letter. Should have gotten a package 4 days ago, the tracking info that was displayed has now disapeared, and it is in limbo. So I ask em and they say , it mioght not have shiped yet. Well it DID I saw it crossing the country until, and read carefully,...the tracking info that was displayed has now disapeared...
Ahh hell here are the 2 emails, you tell me if I should go medivial on their email system...

Why is the tracking information gone? No package, should have been here 2 days ago. No info on the tracking site except it was sent yet a few days ago it had lots more.. System glich???

Janets response
Thank you for your inquiry. Our system indicates the Billing
Information was processed on 11/25/01. Billing Info scans indicate
the shipper transmitted their shipping record electronically
to UPS. This does not necessarily indicate the date the parcel
was physically picked up by UPS from the shipper's location.
To verify your parcel was shipped as scheduled, please contact
your shipper. If the ship date is confirmed and the scheduled
delivery date has passed (based on the actual ship date), please
have your shipper contact UPS to initiate a tracer for further
investigation.

Unbelievable. a simple " we hate you and we stole it" would have been more informative. Hey UPS kiss my ass.
posted by Chuck Pierce 5:06 PM 0 comments

 
Ok well long day, moved a crap load of gravel though. Coated the whole driveway with 24 yards of it.. Whew. Good exercise and I needed some.

ATonite I am gonna go ask D's dad if is it ok if I ask her and so on and so forth. Prob unneeded but I am a little old fashioned at times. Nervious as hell though. Like he is likly to say no piss off.
posted by Chuck Pierce 4:59 PM 1 comment

 
Oh BTW finally got a new jacket. Had Chuckpierce.com put on the back of it to. heheheh
posted by Chuck Pierce 11:33 AM 1 comment

 
Well this sucks. The net ios so slow as to be unusable. Can't get my mail or do anything.. grr. Takes 5 mins for the bloger page to load. I am supposed to be working right now but Boydo is lost in action. I TOLD them I was gonna be here and they are not.. No prob, I fifgure I am on the clock. Christ folks I carry a frigging phone with me 24/7 no excuse not to call when you are going to be an hour (up till now) late.

Oh and might I also just Fuck You Cumberland. Damn I do not like this town much. They are giveing me a ration of crap about my regestration (car). It has my P.O. box as my address and they do not like it.. well tough. I am then not going to regester it here. Screw the state, you guys are makeing your own rules so I will just do it the sneaky way.
posted by Chuck Pierce 11:31 AM 0 comments

 
"Just Love everyone."

George is dead, and that sucks.
posted by Chuck Pierce 10:57 AM 7 comments

Thursday, November 29, 2001

 
Well the Weather SUCKS. solid ice up n. and not alot better here. Took me 2 times as long to get home. But thats ok, I am just gonna make Choawda, er made... it is cooking now.
No books yet damn it, frigging ups. But I sent off a complaint cause the tracking info is like gone and they say they should have delivered em yesterday
posted by Chuck Pierce 3:18 PM 0 comments

 
OK now, this one needs a Hazard warning. I am not saying we or I or anyone should ever do this. I am not implying it is in any way acceptable behaviour. This is just a dumb thing that is really sick but keeps cracking me up. I KNOW it is sick, you do not have to tell me, it is just my perverse sence of humour. Try not to hate me for life for this...
Ok here is a skit that keeps running through my head, kinda a "kids in the hall" or "saterday night live" style...
Why not train your kids right from the start? You do not allow your kids to punch or kick anyone why do you allow them to before they are born. When your baby starts to kick give him/her a sharp rap and yell loudly "Bad Baby, Baaad Baaaby."
You have to imagine this with a woman at theDr's office like 8 months gone hitting her self on the stomach yelling bad baby..
Ok I know it was sick but D is GROWING. She also is selfconsious about it, women. You are suppose to bulge in the middle woman, it is not like you are bulgeing everywhere at once. Anyways I figure she is about 3 inches out already. This is REAL early in my opionion but not like she has control over it or anything. I think we are going to change Dr's so she can get some answers with out a 3 day wait. But anyways, we are on like week 10 so it is only gonna get more interesting from here. Oh and the words "twins, triplets, quads " and so forth are not to be used on here....
posted by Chuck Pierce 10:16 AM 5 comments

 
It's Snowing, Its Snowing, It's Snowing.. YEA just went outside and ther eis white stuff, yea baby. Ok now we have had snow we can have spring. Please?
posted by Chuck Pierce 5:47 AM 0 comments

 
Got the bad news yesterday that we are going to start leting the Uburn guy be alone some.. So we will be loosing time up here. Sad about that cause it was nice to have the extra income, but not to sad, it is time I got off my ass and sold some web pages. I need to start makeing enough cash to support a family. Oh christ did I say that?
posted by Chuck Pierce 5:39 AM 2 comments

 
"Drunk and Stupid is no way to go through life son"
Might have used that one before, but it bears repeating
Up WAY to early, been geeking.
But I fixed a few things that have been bugging the hell out of me. And screwed up a few others.
posted by Chuck Pierce 5:34 AM 0 comments

Wednesday, November 28, 2001

 
Ok theoretical question.

In todays world should someone still ask the Father before he proposes to the daughter?

And considering he has already knocked her up is it a moot point? Or do I have to buy him/ loan him a shotgun?

You input aprechiated.
posted by Chuck Pierce 10:17 PM 2 comments

 
Good Tv night, Yea baby...
um, well damn take 2, something other than ed is on damn it... grrr.
Screw the lighting of the Xmass tree... I wanted to see Ed.
posted by Chuck Pierce 8:10 PM 0 comments

 
Well nice to see people are commenting again. heheh Well long day up here, today is a 11hr day so i do not get off till 7 ish. As much as I would love to go and be with D tonite, I am not gonna. We unfortunatly both like differnet shows on Wed night. Now this would be a really dumb ass reason to get into an argument, so we havn't. But I want to relax tonite and I just can't do that in a one tv house. True I would rather spend time with D than watch a tv show.. But, this is good tv night, it is much more about a reaxling night than anything else
posted by Chuck Pierce 4:01 PM 0 comments

 
Well D is very amused at me I am afraid. I am feeling like Fonzie saying sorry... I am carrying this ring around hopeing she will remove the need for me to actually ask. Yea Yea I know it is selfish of me, and that women really care about this stuff, But I am selfish so what is the problem. It is not that i do not want to marry her. Ok we got that one under control. I just have this block tween thinking it and actually asking. She of course has problems with thinking it is something about her, and it isnt. But I just LOVE changes. And well this one is gonna be a big change. Sigh. I am such a whimp at times. So I guess I am gonna wait till this weekend. In theory I will figure out some painless way to do it and be romantic at the same time by then.
posted by Chuck Pierce 10:35 AM 9 comments

 
"You are not to train my son as cheap labor"

I am going balistic, someone up here spilled water or coffie all over the place, mostly in the VCR. Since the VCR is TFR's and I was the one who brought it up here someone is going to be replaceing it for him. And if it ends up being me all hell is going to break loose. What is up with people, i picked it up and 1/3 a cup of liquid ran out of it.. No note, no nothing. Unbelievable.
posted by Chuck Pierce 7:52 AM 1 comment

Tuesday, November 27, 2001

 
Ok well lets see.. Got some new shoes, ski poles, gloves.. going fo a jacket ina bit. Did the grocery shoping, hmm ok I guess I did everything today.. Ah no wait one more thing. Tonites EVER so exciting project is to defrost D's freezer. Cool huh. What else, I got carded today, for a bottle of wine. Got 100 plastic cups cause for 3$ I am sick of washing glasses. Annoyed a few people, and played on the comp. Basically did not get alot done to this point. So I guess it is of to LL Beans. I really need a new Jacket. I wear it allmost everyday and the cuffs are shot. Think I might get Chuck Pierce.com put on the back of this one.. No clue why, but it might be fun. Least people will know it is mine.
Vanity is such a wonderfull thing huh.
posted by Chuck Pierce 3:54 PM 0 comments

 
Well get a load of this
http://www.thelongestdomainnameintheworldandthensomeandthensomemoreandmore.com/
www.thelongestdomainnameintheworldandthensomeandthensomemoreandmore.com/
hehe amuseing, damn long name...
posted by Chuck Pierce 3:49 PM 0 comments

 
Hmm it did not publish this morning.. Thats wierd..
Ok well I will write today I promise.
posted by Chuck Pierce 11:46 AM 0 comments

 
Service with a smile is different from smileing at the service.

Grug, I am awake. Sigh, just screwed up and woke up the LEC cause I thought he was late for work, and we don't do the auburn job on tuesdays.. opps. My bad.
I think I have a sinus infection, bout the only thing that explains the crap in there, oh welll it will get better or worse, no point in doing anything till it does. Had a really great reaccuring dream last night. One left over form childhood. Was pretty wierd it was like I was showing D around it.. Nutso but amuseing. Damn this is going to sound wierd but I wish it would cool down, it is way to warm in here and the heat is so screwed up I don't dare touch it.
posted by Chuck Pierce 7:13 AM 2 comments

Monday, November 26, 2001

 
Nother fun day, went over and tried to get a new jacket from LL, but the factory store in portland closed at 7.. Grr.. So we went and had a nice dinner anyways, Jacko and I that is. The Waitress DROOLED over the ring.. eheh I figure she is gonna show it to the world I might as well for a few days.. heheh no I was showing Jacko and she came running to look.. Sigh, and we talked and my stomach is off again.. Stress kills me and Why I feel so much stress over this ring and stuff is nuts, but boy I do.
posted by Chuck Pierce 9:33 PM 1 comment

 
Well I acomplished jack all today. Well I did take a nice nap so I guess that counts for something. Just dead on my feet so I guess I needed a nap. Oh well, had lots to say but forgot it all by now. Did get a few things in the mail today. Got a nice card from Mom, and a Mouse pad from Carrol in the UK. She found a perfect card with a picture of the LEC on the front, or me depending on the day.
posted by Chuck Pierce 5:27 PM 0 comments

 
"The lovers, the dreamer and me."

Well still in shock a bit, but getting it under control. We saw Harry Potter yest and enjoyed it, they did a great job of following the book too. Was nice to sleep at hom,e last night, Havnt since last tues so a nice change. Looking forward to some nice cards in the mail today from all you people who forgot that my birthday was a national holiday, fact the only person who was really on time was Doc. But then again mail is gonna suck today, bet it will fill the car. What else oh yea I am fighting off a cold, allmost got it beat before it starts, but it could still win. Everytime I go outside I look at this rock, I have to admit it does sparkle like a SOB. Guess I should stop looking at it in a box and stick it on her finger, sigh. (but thats a good sigh)
posted by Chuck Pierce 7:07 AM 2 comments

Sunday, November 25, 2001

 
Please pick up your bags at the end of the line, the world is now ending.
Yep, it happend. I bought a Diamond. Cost more than a G4 too, sigh
Havnt had the guts to actually propose yet, but I guess that should be on the list now.
posted by Chuck Pierce 8:48 PM 2 comments

 
Children are revenge for your sins

Off to the mall shopping then to see the potter movie. Dad in trqaining beware....
posted by Chuck Pierce 11:02 AM 0 comments

Saturday, November 24, 2001

 
Oh and I am out of here in just a little bit. Woohoo, get to go be a pretend Dad some more.. Such fun.
posted by Chuck Pierce 3:05 PM 0 comments

 
Why do people say "I am sorry for your loss" when someone dies. It really bugs me. Bugs my Mom too. We had to hide snickers a few times after Dad died. I know it sounds disrespectfull but chalk it up to emotional overload. But man, it just sounds so careless. You have to imagine Mom saying "Yes it was very careless of me" with a straight face to annoying preachers who kept getting in her face. I think Mom ruined me for wake's for life. For gods sake when I die, can you guys all get toghether and have a pig roast or something? So depressing to consider people crying over me, That is my job.
posted by Chuck Pierce 3:05 PM 6 comments

 
"Drop kick me Jesus through the goal posts of life."

Well the weekend is allmost 1/2 way over. Looking forward to getting back to D and the IF for the rest of the weekend. Think we are going to do some shoping and see the Potter movie tomarrow if she is ok with it.
posted by Chuck Pierce 9:38 AM 2 comments

Friday, November 23, 2001

 
I am a bad hubby to be. I forgot to call her and say good night, and now I am afraid she might be asleep. Wakeing up a preggers lady is to close to risking death for me so I guess I will tell her tomarrow.. Sigh.
posted by Chuck Pierce 9:05 PM 0 comments

 
The concept that I am leaveing a legacy is nuts. I up to now have really not done alot of things that are going to last longer than me. Yea ok I am the world Champion at a few things, and I doubt anyone will ever bother to beat my world record at Cobra Gunship. But that being said, I have not exactly went out of my way to carve my initials in to many national momuments yet. So I am still a little awe struck that I am creating something that will most likly be around long after I am gone. But then again with my genes we might be looking at a whole new revolution in Trailer trash script kiddies. The whole responsibilty factor that I am gonna be responsable for someone else has not even came close to sinking in yet. I have so far not even been good at being responsable for me alone. Scary crap if I might say so. So things are moveing along and I am doing alot better at dealing with life changes, but wow this one is gonna be a biggy. Hopefully I will be up to the challenge. I mean people have been haveing kids for a long time. And alot of them were complete morons, so hopefully I should be able to handle it. But then again I was also the one voted most likely to walk into a McDonalds with my sks and start gunning things down 2 years in a row. So that combined with a bit of Irish temper should be interesting. And that is before we even consider developmental problems. I have a hystory of dyslexia in the family along with lord knows how many other problems. And even though I was the most perfect baby ever I forced a mass retirement of most the High School staff. So needless to say this will be interesting. And of course a few minor lifestyle changes. I am used to haveing lots of guns hanging around 1/2 of em loaded most of the time. Since I allways assume they are loaded it has never been a problem. Please don't assume I am unsafe with firearms, we had no children and they were not allowed in the house untill things were locked up. But I guess I am gonna have to keep things allways locked up. And I love watching westerns with my .44 cal Buffalo pistol. Since I havnt loaded it in 4-5 years it is mostly a play toy. I can sit and cock and decock it for hours watching tv. Sigh. oh well I guess life goes on. She though I doubt she would agree with me has it easy. I mean what is the differnce tween 1 kid and 2. And heck she will even have time to get used to me before the baby shows up and she has 3. And at least I can cook and clean up. Sigh, I can almost be trusted to be home alone.
posted by Chuck Pierce 6:15 PM 2 comments

 
I really had a good weekend, was very nice to be a sorta family. Still feel out of place over at her aprtment but I think the problem is I have nothing to do. Once I get some books or projects or something it should be better. Poor D is starting to show and is freeking out about getting larger and so forth.. Silly women. I think she is radiant and should not worry about it, but hell what do I know I am only a man.

Got a serious rant about father hood perculating but it is not ready yet. SO till then I am gonna go take an other nap. Damn the sun, why can't it be cloudy and rainy just once in a awhile when I am trying to sleep up here. Sigh.
posted by Chuck Pierce 12:18 PM 2 comments

 
"Wow your old now arn't you"

Well had a great few days with D et all. Now I am stuck at work for a time. Only here for 36 hours so NBD. Kinda missed the comp this week so I will be unloading alot of stuff once I wake back up. But for now, sleep....
posted by Chuck Pierce 7:01 AM 0 comments

Thursday, November 22, 2001

 
Birthdays suck

Actually been fun, spending it all withthe extended family.Great fun and all was well. thanks to all of you for your best wishes
posted by Chuck Pierce 8:03 PM 0 comments

Wednesday, November 21, 2001

 
"This has been a test of the emergancy internet system, This was only a test."

Lost a wire here at the house, Major pain to get online. But I thinkit is running again, at least for now.. Grrr.

Gonna clean here for a bit and then go take a tower down for a friend today I think. Should be fun.
posted by Chuck Pierce 10:56 AM 2 comments

Tuesday, November 20, 2001

 
Well I can happily say I completly wasted today.
Played pretty much since 11 and had fun. Lots of crashes and lost games but still had fun. TFR and I even got into a yelling match when I was NOT sneaky for once and he was. But all in all a good day. And frankly amazing, Not one call from D in 2 days. Now, true she might be ripped at me for something, But untill I have more info I am going to assume the best. That she was giveing me space to play and not bugging me.. Woohoo. I think I am gonn ahave to marry this one, took me YEARS to train the X to do that. So ok I think I am over the crux of the playing mania. So now to plan the next few days. I THINK, and this is tenitive since I have not talked to her in a few days, but I THINK if she is happy with it I am gonna spend tomarrow night and all day thurs with D. Got to work fri and sat but could be fun to spend my whole birthday with her and the extending family. So that is the plan, we shall see what happens.
posted by Chuck Pierce 10:31 PM 1 comment

 
Well TFR's comp is going a bit whacko so a ten min break while we try and make it happy. Then back to it, the damn comp (mine or his) crashes or looses the link every time we play. So we are trying something new.. Work you POS.
posted by Chuck Pierce 4:15 PM 0 comments

 
What a great way to start the day.
The Rev Doc sent me a WONDERFULL card for my bday. And though I was perfectly happy just to get that alone, the topper was the other item. My subscription to readers digest was reknewed. AHHAHAHAH For those of you not in the know, The XGF's dad allways got it for me for my birthday. I was not expecting it to be reknewed this year. AHHA I am gonna have to call and ask if she did it or him. HAHAh sorry that just cracks me up. ok back to playing.....I love getting new games
posted by Chuck Pierce 10:53 AM 0 comments

 
"What would you say if sang you a song. Would you stand up and walk out on me."

Well had fun last night played till midnight ish. And today I am gonna kick his but into next week.
posted by Chuck Pierce 7:27 AM 0 comments

Monday, November 19, 2001

 
I really amuse myself at times. I really have been haveing alot of trouble with trying to decide if she gets to come and pick out a ring or if I just get it and all that. Pretty damn dumb stuff to tweek over, but amuseing. I have almost completly narrowed down where I am gonna get it, And I even have the size and color and all that narrowed down. So, I guess it is just a matter of doing it. Then again, there is the issue of whether I pay cash or use credit. I fell like I should go get a credit line approved before hand, crazy huh. I can probably do it with cash, but it is gonna make me very tight till I get a check in. Or I could wait till I have all the cash in hand. So many variables.
posted by Chuck Pierce 2:06 PM 0 comments

 
Cut #2 in less than 24 hours.. Sigh. I should have bought the one they had on display that was dulled on purpose. Yet just an other day in the life. I wanna go home and play
posted by Chuck Pierce 1:00 PM 0 comments

 
Ok folks, here you are getting official notice that I am gonna cease to exist for a few days.

Fairly normal occurance actually, we have a new game.
I like games and I often have been known to get anew game and hit it 24/7 till I win. Myst took about 24 solid hours for TFR and I. Warcraft and all those other ones took variable amounts of time, but they were all finished. So anyways, TFR got a new game and it came in today. So, consider me hasta for a few days once I get home. heheh We are a littl epredictable, in fact TFR is of shopping now so we will have a close food supply and will not have to break to get food.
posted by Chuck Pierce 11:04 AM 0 comments

 
"Only 3 easy payments and this too can be yours."

Ok I am at work and overly not excited about it. In fact I think I am just going to have to goto sleep. Then I am gonna figure out a place to keep food up here where it does not disapear. sigh. TFR is partly at faulty this time. But i guess it is my fault we need to have a sign out sheet for the food box.
posted by Chuck Pierce 6:55 AM 0 comments

Sunday, November 18, 2001

 
I love my new bowls, but they made me eat to much in one setting got whicked intergestion.. Sigh. ok bed time for bonzo....
posted by Chuck Pierce 8:46 PM 0 comments

 
Owwweee.
Well I am as usuall a complete moron. Went shoping with D. Got my self 4 Bowls, not a normal occurance, I like BIG bowls, more mixing bowl size. And I got a new knife. Very nice knife too I might add, and in less than an hour I sliced the crap out of my finger...
Sigh.
And we looked at some Diamonds together.. lord save me. heheh
posted by Chuck Pierce 4:47 PM 1 comment

 
"Diamonds are a girls best friend" What about Dogs? Can't we just get a dog???

Well I did have fun looking at diamonds. Doing it pretty drunk was also a help. It did screw up my stomach though, commitment does scare the fuck out of me. I was pretty embaressed to for some wierd reason so I am kinda glad D wasn't there, At least for the run through. I still havn't decided if I should just get one and give, or let her come along. Hell she will probably have it apprased anyways, I know I would.And for the record, she has not said Boo about any of this, i am the one pushing things forward. Which is prob good, cause if she was pushing I would be going off on tangents like you would not believe. So this morning going to rehang all the storm windows here. Then spend some time with D. And then an early night since I have to work early in the Am tomarrow. Did not really sleep great last night so I am still pretty tired out.

BTW anyone else watch the meteor shower? was amazing. I only stayed outside for about 20 mins and saw a few hundred. Was just incredable.
posted by Chuck Pierce 9:04 AM 0 comments

Saturday, November 17, 2001

 
What a long and interesting day. Spent the morning and most of the afternoon running wire to the Landlordies new house. Phone Cable and a power lead down from the end of the driveway. Underground utilities are great but it was a pain in the ass to run.

Then we went out to dinner.. Good fun, D could not come cause she had promised the IF pizza and he was not interested in any thing else. So nice dinner and a few drinks then we went shopping. We were gonna go look at couches for them, but instead went Diamond shopping. Was very interesting and I figured out what I am gonna be able to afford. Problem was, after about an hour my stomach went insane and we had to go. Was just to much pressure for one sitting.. I need to hit one store and then wait a few days beofre I go in an other. 3 in a row tweaked my insides.
Tomarrow I get to actually see D I hope at least...
posted by Chuck Pierce 10:02 PM 3 comments

 
"To all the girls I've loved before"

Well today is the XGF's birthday. Not gonna dwell on it and well I am happy as could be in many ways. But it is miserable to be basically alone at 52. Wish her well and good luck.
posted by Chuck Pierce 5:53 AM 2 comments

Friday, November 16, 2001

 
Well quiet night saw Tomb raider again and had homemade chinese. Then to bed
posted by Chuck Pierce 11:38 PM 0 comments

 
Well stole the landlords dog and took a romp in the woods. He was wonderfully behaved and we saw some turkeys and pushed a nice 4 pt'r into a hunter. He was very happy about it to. Lets see we also found a Beaver damn and a great snowmoblie trail. All in all a great romp in the woods.
posted by Chuck Pierce 4:49 PM 0 comments

 
Exercise...... Must get Exercise.....
posted by Chuck Pierce 3:55 PM 2 comments

 
Farg you First amendment.

Ok this has been building slowly and it is time for it to come out. People want homeland defense. Ok fine. People want the CIA and FBI and so forth all talking back and forth and sharing information. Ok fine. People want one person in charge of the whole mess who has the big picture. Ok fine. But non of those are ever going to happen. Period.
And I will tell you what I think is the largest reason. We are screwed by the first amendment. And No I do not have it memorized and I am not a constitutional fruitcake, but here are the facts.

People and I include myself in this like to talk. They like to impress people with things they know and so forth. Ok fine. The problem is, if the FBI tells the CIA that “Joe Blow” is about to bomb the everliveing hell out a church lets say. Then the next day it is in the papers. Who leaked it???? Well since the reporters do not have to reveal their source no one knows. So who takes the blame, the FBI usually. They find a really good piece of info, and if they tell anyone at all the chances raise expodentialy that it will get leaked.

That is the problem. I want the world to be a simple place. If something is filed under top secret, and it is in the paper the next day, I want the reporter hung by his toes till he reveals who gave him the info. Then I want the leaker stuck in jail for 10 years.

The current system gives people a safe way to leak classified info and be listed as just an informant. I fully realize that sometimes the news jerks find out stuff that “they” do not want us to know and we should know, like um Watergate. But there has to be a way to draw a line on what can be given to the press and what can’t. Since we have a nice Top Secret classification where it is already illegal to give out info, lets stick a few reporters and leakers in jail for 10 years and give out a wake up call.
posted by Chuck Pierce 11:28 AM 0 comments

 
"You Win some, You lose some."

Well a bit disapointed over not going to see mom, but life goes on. Had a good night with the new extended family last night. Went out to dinner and I think the food made me sick, but we still had fun. Of course I left my sunglasses at home so this morning I had to run home before work.. Sigh.. I just can't win.
Think I might work outside today, it is just so nice that I might as well take advnage of the weather.
posted by Chuck Pierce 10:48 AM 0 comments

Thursday, November 15, 2001

 
Well update # 15. We are not going. We got the tickets and we can afford them, but it is not worth the hate and discontent it is causeing. I have met every single obstical she has came up with and she keeps searching for new ones. I guess I am mad cause I wish she had just said she did not want to go. I was excited cause I thought she was excited. I did so want to spend a weekend with her someplace neutral and away. I feel so confined over at her apartment and I was looking forward to showing her a new state. But the obsticals keep getting more and more insane and it is just not worth it. I really am not mad we are not going, a bit disaponted but ok with it. I just feel like I was led on and went to a lot of effort for something she really had no intrest in. I could still go by myself, but the main goal of the trip was not just to see Mom but to be with the family unit. Oh well, my bad for trying so hard I should have just not raised everyones expitations and tried to make it work. And it was awlfully quick to put something together I mean we would have to leave in a week and that is not enough time to get ready, Is it?
posted by Chuck Pierce 3:47 PM 2 comments

 
Well damn it, I found tickets. But D is not sounding overly excited so we shall see. Got till 5 to pay for em or cancel, so what ever she decideds.
It IS a pain to leave and all that for 4 days, so if she says screw it then that is ok. Think it could be fun but her Mom will be pissed so it might not be worth the effort. At least we can go, so now we can make up our minds. 1500$ for the 3 of us to go away for 4 days is a bit steep though, so we can allways save the cash I am sure it will come in handy later.
posted by Chuck Pierce 2:32 PM 0 comments

 
I am SO bored. sigh. It is all YOUR fault.
posted by Chuck Pierce 1:02 PM 0 comments

 
Well damnn and blast.
It is not gonna happen.
Sigh
Tickets to VA are nuts, lowest I can get now is over 1000$ each. And it is just not worth it for 4 days. Driveing is still out, and Amtrack would take 16 hours. Hell I should check greyhound it is probably faster. So looks like we are staying home for my birthday. It is not the end of the world in any way. But I was looking forward to it. And I am not gonna argue with D over driveing, It is just not worth it. If we drove, we are increasing our risk of getting killed 300 fold. My back will go ape. Traffic will suck. She will be sick. And I will be absoultly exasted the whole time we are there. So argueing with her about driveing is not real smart. But sigh, I really wanted to take her down to see Mom. Oh well once again, Shit happens.
posted by Chuck Pierce 10:47 AM 0 comments

 
What a wierd night. Just did not sleep to well. Had wierd dreams about protecting Mom from a stalker. Got to shoot at him at least so it was not a total boreing dream. Dreams freak me out, they show I must actually have an imagination buried way down deep. So gonna crash for a few hours and then around 9 ish start calling travel agents and see how we can do. D wants to be back early on sunday.. like by 7 so the IF can goto sleep. Well not a problem, she is his mom. Frankly she is in my opionion nuts about it since it is first grade and well missing a day is not the end of the world. But thats just my opionion. And well might be different if it was my kid. I do not know. And it is not like I have any say in it, her call completly. But I am still gonna pick on her cause it is just taylor made for me to make nasty comments about. I am makeing an effort to keep my nasty comments to dumb things that don't msatter in the long run.
posted by Chuck Pierce 6:51 AM 0 comments

 
"If god had wanted man to fly, he would have given us airline tickets."

Up and alive and exausted. It is way to early for real people to be up. Lookig forward to getting tickets today.
posted by Chuck Pierce 5:55 AM 0 comments

Wednesday, November 14, 2001

 
Well this is definatly the age of the internet. Can someone PLEASE tell me why it costs more to go 900 miles, in country than it is to to Paris. Best price I have found online is 473$ and that is just NUTS. The LEC is flying roundtrip over here from the UK for 1/2 that and it pisses me off. OK I know this is from 2 fairly small airports. And connections are fine. BUT and this is SCREWED to go from BOSTON is over 1000$. WTF???? Manchester has no flights that connect.. Yea Right, like that is likely. Sigh,. I am gonna have to call a travel agent. Frigging internet
posted by Chuck Pierce 9:19 PM 2 comments

 
Well I can say that I am Jazzed. We are gonna go see my Mommie. And it gets worse we are doing it as a family type unit.. So I am excited, got to buy tickets now of course and all that, but still I am excited about this.
posted by Chuck Pierce 8:35 PM 0 comments

 
That reminds me, I allmost forgot the XGF's b day is gonna be here in a few days. I had forgoten about it till the other night. So now of course is the tricky ? of what do I do about it. I mean a card? or am I obliged to do more. I don't thinkI need to do more than a card. Of course since I don't even know her new address...
But maybe I will give her a call and forgo the card. I don't do cards, and if I get her one she will think there is something more to it.Sigh, so many things I have to worry about. Oh but wait, it is good TV night so that is good.
posted by Chuck Pierce 4:10 PM 5 comments

 
Oh crap.. Ok now we learn 2 important lessions. 1. you should not get dressed in the dark. 2. When everyone is stareing at you in the supermarket at 7:15 am it's not only because you are such a stud muffin, but it might be you are wearing berks, and a bright green sock and a bright blue sock. Sad part is it took me till 10:30 to notice.. Sigh.
posted by Chuck Pierce 10:41 AM 0 comments

 
Well. D does not want to drive down to Va. And well she is nuts, but that is ok. It is a perfectly reasonable fear,
She is very corect that driveing 900 miles on the busiest day of travel is a tad touched. But that being said, I have done it pretty much every holiday for oh 9 years. Till last year when I gave it up I used to spend Xmass and t day on the road delivering stuff for beans, As in the LL beans. Major milage, major pain in the ass, but good $.So anyways, do I think we could drive it, hell yea. Am I going to make an issue out of it, crap no. I would rather fly, but even if it turns out we can't get tickets, and we don't go... That is also fine. She has more than enough troubles with motion and other stuff right now I am sure not gonna argue about something she does not want to do. And anyways I have driven with a preggers woman before, one who was violently car sick for about 3 hours while we were stuck on a bridge. I am talking puke in all directions.
posted by Chuck Pierce 10:10 AM 0 comments

 
"Zoom Zoom Zoom"

Well Awake and at work. It is a start to the day at least. We are still thinking of going down to see Mom for turkey day, more on that later.. Talking about turkeys.. there were 21 of em outside my door this morning, I grabbed a picture of some of em. Coulda had turkey dinners for weeks, but might a pissed off the neighbors. DAMN I had a headake last night, was not fun. But was gone this morning thank god. Ok well I think I am gonna grab some more z's for a few hrs.
posted by Chuck Pierce 9:31 AM 0 comments

Tuesday, November 13, 2001

 
Well got the car done. such excitement.
Now I am sitting around the house bored and depressed.
I was thinking about going over to see D tonite but I had forgotten I had promised to go out help on the house. Sigh. I would rather go see D. We have done a few weeks now of me going over once a week for dinner and so forth, thinking it might be time to bump it to 2 days. Course I should probably mention it to her, but I don't think she will object to strenously. Or at least I hope she wont.
I am wanting more every day latly to start spening more time with her. Wow that sentance allmost made sence in a completly ungramatically correct way.
Ok well Bster is home and I am waiting a few mins. He really likes to see his family first when he walks in the door rather than me. I can't understand that of course, hehe. So anyways gonna give him a few mins and then wander over for a spot of food and then head out and work on the new house.. The slab is being poured tomarrow.. So should be a bit of time till any thing else needs doing.
posted by Chuck Pierce 5:39 PM 0 comments

 
Stupid credit union. The short story is it went down for everyone. Lost all data and so forth so had to be reset from scratch.
Well got to take the car to have the tired rotated and ballanced at 3. Other than that I am bored.. Sigh.
posted by Chuck Pierce 11:31 AM 0 comments

 
"Cowboys carry guns, Firetrucks don't"
Well I feel like crap this morning. It is COLD in here and I am stiff and hurting. Not liek I did anything yesterday there is no reason for me to hurt. Wierd.

Well at least I get to yell at people today.
posted by Chuck Pierce 6:38 AM 2 comments

Monday, November 12, 2001

 
Well spent the night and afternoon working on the Landlordies new house.. Loads o fun. Now I am tired and gonna crash
posted by Chuck Pierce 9:51 PM 0 comments

 
Well Damn banks are closed.. Sigh I so wanted to yell too.
posted by Chuck Pierce 11:26 AM 1 comment

 
Well, I guess I get to yell at someone today after all. Just tried to check into my credit union online, and it says YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN LOCKED OUT PLEASE CONTACT YOUR ACCOUNT REP...
Um ok. I guess they did not like my email. It is gonna be a fun day after all. It is not that I like to yell at people, though I do. It is more that I do enjoy when I have a vent for all my built up hostility. And I am pretty good at it, especially when some one has done a bonehead move. I figure if I can ruin just one other persons day then I am liveing up to my heratage. And anyways, it all boils down to we pay them to do a job, if they can't do it then why are we paying them. Shame too, I almost liked their interface, but I would also have liked to get an listing of what has posted and what has not. Fleet's interface sucks, but at least you can see what has cleared not just your ballance.
posted by Chuck Pierce 7:14 AM 0 comments

 
"Brownies are Round, Pie are Square"

Either you get that one or not. Brought to us today in memory of John C who I never see any more. Thinking today might be errand day. But knowing me it will be nap day instead. Got to get the tires ballanced and rotated. And I woke up to early, tfr was in a real slamming mood today. Not to be fair that I would have failed to wake up if he did not slam. But he did, and I did. grunt.
posted by Chuck Pierce 6:54 AM 1 comment

Sunday, November 11, 2001

 
Well been an interesting day.
We took the IF out to Monsters Inc. Not a bad movie. We had a good time D was in a fairly horribal mood but she worked out of it and we all enjoyed ourselves. It got a bit wierd when I got a happy meal so he could get the toy. Getting worried about this Dad thing. sigh
posted by Chuck Pierce 5:46 PM 0 comments

 
Ok progress, comments are back, started on some other links and stuff but they are no where near done yet. Think I am going out with the D and IF. but gonna hang till then.
posted by Chuck Pierce 9:40 AM 0 comments

 
Well screwing withthe comments, so far all I have done is erased anything added in the last day, I think.
I need to reinstal them, but since I do not remember where I stole the script from it is a tad hard.. Sigh
Oh well I will figure it our, got lots more to add also and new links and so forth.
posted by Chuck Pierce 7:54 AM 2 comments

 
"I know you are the father, but are you sure the baby is hers?"

Ok don't ask, funny line in a movie
Im HOME yea, finaly. Now I can see if I can fix whatever I screwed up on here.
posted by Chuck Pierce 7:15 AM 7 comments

Saturday, November 10, 2001

 
OK now I am not quite so bored, My cousin Vinnie is on and I like the movie for again dumb ass reasons. BTW I think comments are working in the archives, and should work here once I fix em so don't feel you can't coment.. Oh and I cant really get my mail but I get the jist of it, and yes people feel free to link to here, i am easy.
posted by Chuck Pierce 8:15 PM 0 comments

 
WOOHOO I get to go home in about 11 hours.. Ye Ha. Just watched Grosse Point Blank.. Dumb ass name but I have to count it as one of my favorite movies. Don't have a CLUE why. but hell explaining me is my worst talent/
posted by Chuck Pierce 8:04 PM 0 comments

 
Who is the complete moron, is my question I mean really, if you want to sell a product to be eaten, Please consider makeing a catchy jingle that does not include the words "The snack that smiles back till you bite there heads off". If this is your way of encoraging me to eat your product you need to consider a new line of work. I have very few "rules" in my life. But here is the short list 1. Never date a girl who’s father is named Guido. 2. Never eat at a place that says Good eat’s. 3. Never ever eat anything that is watching me. (Its ok ladies I can supply blinders) ok sorry for the side trip but really lets us consider marketing in todays world. Long time ago there was a movie about a bunch of people in a nut house forming a advertising agency. Now unfortunatly I am not allowed to express my views on people who work at advertising agencies if I want to ever go to a family function again, but that being said. I like the ideas that where used in the movie, like "Volvo, were boxy but good" that worked for me. So anyways if you want to sell me something, I can handle alot of abuse. But I can not handle you telling me I should eat somethng so it will stop smileing at me. The very idea that you are encoraging that definatly tuns me off your product. And I LIKE advertising, at time. I watch the superbowl every year in memory of my father and his inability to see it with out a chrisis (story at end) But manly I watch it to see the comercials. And often they are very good. And for the amount of cash they spend they should be. Oh and btw the product in question is Goldfish...

As to Dad and the superbowl. Many years ago when I was about 6 ish we moved to a new house. After a long day moveing we were finally all in and Dad had just settled down to watch the superbowl when my Sister got mad at me for climbing the tree to her tree house or something and droped either a brick or a log of wood on my head. I am a little fuzzy on the details. End result was I had to be rushed bleeding like a stuck pig to the hospital. And Dad missed the Superbowl and just lost the energy to ever really get into them again. I am sure that it was all my fault, NOT. Hehe
posted by Chuck Pierce 8:02 PM 0 comments

 
Well this is interesting, looks like we are gonna try to go vist Mom for Thanksgiveing.. Not sure yet if we can all get away, but it sounds like a heck of a plan if we can pull it off. Wont know more for a few days, but we might be able to do it. Drive down dureing the night and spend a few days with mom and then drive back. Fun huh...
posted by Chuck Pierce 3:43 PM 0 comments

 
"When Jacko grows up he wants to be a firetruck"

Alive and bored... what a suprise.
posted by Chuck Pierce 8:33 AM 0 comments

Friday, November 09, 2001

 
OK I must apoligise in advance for my emotion, but WHAT THE FUCK HAPPEND TO ALEX TREBEK, He is OLD all of a sudden. He REALLY need to spend some time with Dick Clark, also known as the man who never ages. Really took me be suprise, I have prob not looked at Alex in 5 years but I was not expecting him to be have completly white hair.
posted by Chuck Pierce 7:52 PM 0 comments

 
Well still bored. What a major suprise that is huh. Gonna sit down and enjoy my oh so exciting dinner of a TV Dnner.. such fun.
posted by Chuck Pierce 7:22 PM 0 comments

 
Well the movie only mildly sucked.. Not to shabby. BTW, D call me. Woohoo only 39 more hours. Oh and as a side note my bride to be (Please ignore the major assumptions there) was the fist one to get a toy for the baby to be. I was pretty sure I would have been the first, but she beat me to it.. Scary huh.
posted by Chuck Pierce 2:36 PM 1 comment

 
Oh crap, I was planing on takeing the IF out with his mommy to see Monsters Inc. Opps. Ok well they will get to go without me and spend some quality time together. They need more quality time together anyways. I try hard not to be around to much, but that is gonna change slowly so they need to get it when they can.
Ok I am gonna watch some dumbass movie I brought from the TFR, he says its ok, so we shall see.
posted by Chuck Pierce 11:23 AM 2 comments

 
Well, I just love plan changes. Guess what? I am working till Sunday. Fun huh.. I am here till Sunday morning when ever Jacko shows up, and let me tell ya that is a variable if there ever was one. Jacko time is a thing all to itself. So I guess Comments are not gonna be fixed till then, and that sucks.
So it is going to be a long weekend, glad I brought extra food. 48 hours does not seem like much till you spend it in one place. I would bitch that prisin rooms have more space, but they don't and anyways I am getting paid so...Course, hmm when will I see this, Ohhh baby this should show up right around Xmass. Of course withthe way the trust works I will allmost certinly get the check right AFTER xmass. That reminds me turkey day is coming up and TFR is working. I should probably tell him that at some point. One of my small lifestyle rules is I do NOT work on my birthday. Period. Since it is turkey day this year thats not a problem. Sigh, on that note, I think me and Jacko are gonna have a private Turkey dinner. He is seeing (used very loosly) a moron vegatarian and I am blessed with a mother in law who get gas or something from turkeys. And that is FINE, but I want a turkey so I am gonna do a dinner for 2. Prob the day after or the weekend or something.
posted by Chuck Pierce 10:37 AM 1 comment

 
"At least I know how to properly use contraception" (The LEC)

Well alive and at work. Had a GREAT night over at D's. We didn't sleep alot, but we talked and joked and had a great night of domestic tranquility. Beat the crap out of last time, so progress is very much being made. Sorry the comments are fubared, it is on the list for next avail moment I have. Unfortuanatly I am not even gonna attempt it from here at work. Hmm what else, saw a house for sale this morning on the way to work that I am gonna have to call and ask about. If its what I think it is we might be able to actually afford it. Course, I guess D does have some say in this, but I can get the info first.
posted by Chuck Pierce 7:00 AM 0 comments

Thursday, November 08, 2001

 
Well ok looks like comments are working, but the little thing that says how many is not.. Ok well gone fo rthe weekend I will fix it later.. Poof.....
posted by Chuck Pierce 6:05 PM 0 comments

 
Ok finally got some other things fixed like the comments were going in the wrong place.. So, they might be missing a few but I think I am rebuilding em so they will all be there.. Wont know till 4-500 more of them get moved to the right place. hehe
posted by Chuck Pierce 5:48 PM 1 comment

 
MAde some changes, more to come, but it is a start
posted by Chuck Pierce 5:07 PM 2 comments

 
Well got Golive 5 and I am starting to work on the page. Sigh. I HATE changeing programs. nothing makes sence anymore. Since I know someone on the golive alpha team I should bitch alot, but I wont. Sigh. Got a really tricky thing I am trying to do also.. makeing a link goto a new page.. GRRR I hate new programs. sigh. Well at least it is not a microsoft POS product. OH btw joke from TFR.. Did you hear that microsoft and yahoo are merging? gonna call it Netinyahoo. ok well I didnt say it was a good joke.
My favorite is still a man walked into a bar, he said Oww.

Funny though on jokes. Neut used to have a new joke every day when we were going to school. After all these years I still remmber one of them.. Sad huh.. Only one. But anyways, here we go. What is the square root of 69? Ate something.
Once again did not say it was a good joke..
posted by Chuck Pierce 3:06 PM 0 comments

 
Well was gonna redo my webpage, but ran into problems.. Maybe this afternoon in theory.
Other than that a hum drum day.
posted by Chuck Pierce 11:24 AM 0 comments

 
"Get it, Got it, Good."

That qoute btw is from my cousin Richard over there in UK land.
Didnt sleep well, it is cold as hell in here and I have a stuffed up nose. But I realised something last night, for all my daily complaints, and there are many... My shoulder has not hurt is a REAL long time. I think it finally healed and that is just awesome. After the work last weekend if it was gonna hurt, that was when. So I guess I do have one less thing to complain about.
Heavy frost this morn, time to warm up the car...Ahhh there we go. I really am so easy to amuse. Well todays plans are mostly to prepare for the weekend. It is my weekend to do the work shift so yea ha, 32 hours straight.. Sigh.Oh well...
posted by Chuck Pierce 7:20 AM 1 comment

Wednesday, November 07, 2001

 
The subject of birthday presents has been on my mind. Not just mine even though I am a very selfish SOB. But the IF has a birthday in december. So I was trying to remeber what I got for my birthday, when I was six. And well only thing I can remember is the chicken pox in that era. I DO think I remember what I got for my 7th, talk about a complete bad idea. hehe I got a soap makeing kit. Yea to make your own soap. And if I remember I did, lots of it, and it was smelly. But when you think it might have inspired my interest in Science that could be a good thing. But I am sure back then if I can remember it, it musta been a major mess. So anyways, been trying to think what to get the IF. Hard thing. I mean he wont remember it for ever but I can get something his Mommy will.. heheh the potential for evil is just awe inspireing. Thinking a goldfish, but then it will die like they all do, and he will be upset. Sigh...
Good West Wing though.
posted by Chuck Pierce 10:08 PM 0 comments

 
Ok on the subject of Duck Quacks, now I am pissed. They took it off line. To qoute Kenny, "The Bastards.."
Used to be if you dialed 1-800-888-3999 you had a menu.. and the last thing was to hear a Duck Quack hit 8.. it was a riot and amused the hell out of me.. Hmm crap ok it might be my fault they took it out. When I was in NY this sumer I came out of the World Trade Center and was heading uptown and I saw the Co on the other side of the st. Saw the name and thought duck qquack...well anyways went in and told the receptionist how nice it was.. She looked like a dumbass, and prob passed it upstairs as a complaint. Oh well, the building was righ under the WTC she probably met her end when it collapsed.. But damn I miss the quack, it made the world a little bit better place.
posted by Chuck Pierce 2:53 PM 0 comments

 
I really like machinery that WORKS.

I know this sounds simple, but really it is not. For example. I just decided to check into my Credit Union online for the first time. Ok this is not very hard, I am an incredibly net savvy person with great logic skills. A challenge of figuring out how to get in should be WELL within my grasp. Ok so to start off with, they gave me a great little brochure when I opened the account.., Cool this should be easy.
Ok well here is a problem, they neglected to give us the url. Opps. ok after some searching I find it on the back of the brochure in small letters in the copyright address field. Ok fine. Now they detail in 8 easy steps what I am supposed to do.. Ok FINE., "Step 1. Point and click on the Information icon and review the overview section" Um ok.. WTF are they talking about??? Well ok I admit this has me stumped.. lets try # 2 "Step 2. Point and click on the Configuration side bar, then make any browser configuration changes that are required." Ok WTF are they doing talking about my browser?? My browser is fine, it is your directions that make as much sense as using Sheep crap as a primary heating source. "Step 3. Point and click on the Getting Started side bar to become familiar with the easy to use functions." Ok I am still completely lost. Now they have told me to click on 3-4 icons that do not exist so we are not making progress fast. Ok ONE MORE TIME lets try 4 "Step 4. You May now log in by clicking on the Log in button." Ok this is nuts. Screw this brochure yet once again, made the basic mistake assuming directions would be pertinent to the object they refer to. Ok lets look at the web page, ahh nice and easy a home banking button. Ok fine. Takes me to an other page, no problem, And there is a nice login and a list of min req for browsers. Ok fine. So since I filled out a whole form in the bank lets hit login.
Great a login form, um one question. What is my login? Ok lets try the brochure again, ahha, "Step 5 enter your user ID (primary account number) and your authorized pin."
OK so I have this nice card with my account # on it. Both the savings and my checking.. Hmm wonder which one is the Primary one? Ok screw this, even if I figure out what # is what I don't have a clue what my pin is. Sigh, I guess I am gonna have to call them.
OK hit the number for home banking, and it sent me to financial planning?? WTF nice phone system people. Ok a human being is now gonna explain what I am doing wrong. Ahhha well that makes perfect sense, my PRIMARY account number is all the numbers that don't change tween the savings and checking.. wow that was SO right in front of me I should have figured it out myself.. NOT. ok so what's the password? The one I filled out? My pin from the ATM? Ahh of course not, that would be WAY to easy. No it is in fact my SS#. WOW like THAT'S not public information. So let me get this straight, my login is a number printed on everyone of my checks, and my password is my SS# that is pretty easy to find out. Well that's real frigging secure. God I am SO GLAD you guys had me fill out a form when I opened my account so I could use a personal pin.. Would hate to think you might actually use the number you told me to fill out for the password. Ok so change the password, that was painless, hmm sorta.
Are 1/5 the programmers out there still complete morons or what? WHY put on a radio button saying "Continue" and not make it executable by the enter key. Why do I have to move my mouse up and click. This is basic web design 101 stuff. Great and they nailed me for it 3 pages in a row.. Nice programing guys, lets try getting a few that speak English, no wait the ones you have are perfect, we like to be annoyed by time wasting radio buttons that do nothing useful. In fact can you add a few more like "Press 8 to hear a duck quack".
Ok the actual system is not badly laid out once you get in, much better than Fleet's. But BOY lets get a real connection folks. Takes about 18 secs to change a page. And this is on a G4 with a cable connection. But ok the page does work. Transferring $ is easy, navigation is very nice. So 78 points for a nice layout. -250 for bad radio buttons.-1000000 for screwing up the directions so it is impossible to get online with out calling you. In fact, I might just send them a copy of this, see if they actually get the point. I mean it is a Credit Union, so I am technically a member along with everyone else. Hmm wonder when the next meeting is. Want to bet I can create enough of a stink that they fire the programmers and redo from scratch?
posted by Chuck Pierce 2:45 PM 0 comments

 
So on we go with the cleaning, I also really need to work on my birthday list. Not that anyone really cares, but WTF it could be fun. So I am percolating on that one folks. Ill pop it up in a few days for one and all who care. I was gonna redo my page today but I got to get golive 5 or 6. I am still useing 4 and it is getting pretty aged. Hmm aged, like this wine isnt...
CRAP I am sick of junk mail. I am getting like 200 a day. Alot are becuase a bunch of accounts get dumped to me. But a crap load is from the one non me email I use. .usa.net is like spam fodder latly. christ. Hmm I really need to start useing a spell checker to, oh ohoh ya know what i really want?
And I have no clue why they don't have this. I want the sounds like icq has for when I type. Makes it sound like an old typewriter. I LIKE hearing every key lets me know when I missed one with my erratically fast typeing. But I have never seen an app that will do it to all other aps. Shame too alot of people who are old and gray like me grew up on manual typewriters., I find the sound very comforting. Sigh. Oh well life goes on I guess. Oh damn, I also have to call the XGF today. sigh. I am sure it will be fine she has been fairly cool last few times we talked and when I told her about the new one coming. In fact she also came through and got back to me with a number for a friend that I needed in like a day. Hmm well I have her raincoat. Ok sounds wierd but they are nivce rain coats. We have matching ones and i promised when I found it I would give it back to her. Not like D would fit into it, hell it is allmost to small for the IF. hmm I could "forget" about it and give it to him. Naa not worhtthe effort, she wants it and it is a small thing. HEHE BTW darling if you are reading this (d) were both idiots. Hmm background. D's x has just started his own co. and he gave her a calalnder.. Well since we NEED one here I said I wanted it. Great plan, but it is for 2002. Sigh, great. I need one for 2001. sigh. But i just realised it has his email address on it. heheh be good chuck be good.....
posted by Chuck Pierce 1:31 PM 0 comments

 
Hey BTW it is good TV night.. WOohoo.
posted by Chuck Pierce 1:07 PM 0 comments

 
On too subject # 2 on the mind. Ladies and gentlemen. PLEASE tell me D is not going to be this nuts for 8 more months. Please??? Not that she is really that bad mind you. She is alone and scared and so forth, and I completly understand. But man oh man. The mood swings would be amazing to watch if they were not all aimed at me. Now I have to put the obligitory I am fine with it, and all is well. But holy shit she is whacko at times. I need to start rearangeing my life to spend more time with her. I could be doing alot more than I am but I get burned out pretty quick. We are talking Everest to abysal trench in 4 easy steps. I KNOW she is not doing it on purpose, in fact she pretty much proved to me last weekend that she has really no clue when she does it. So I don't blame her, but mother of god, tell me this is not gonna be 8 more months. I have heard of post partum depresion and or phsycosis, but I swear this is Prepartum. Anyways, adds a good old jolt on 220 into the lifestyle when you never know if she is gonna twist off into next year over a dead bug or something. Hehe no she hasnt been that bad, and Doc was a tad mean the other day but WOW. I live by a simple rule I learned form my folks. One which 99% of the planet kinda gets automatically. (Take notes Jacko) If you call me after 10:00 you better be bleeding or it better be damn important or I am gonna go medivial on your hiney. Frankly I always liked RAH's answer, depost 100$, if I think your justified in wakeing me I will refund it, if not I am gonna spend it. And I decide what is justified.
Anyways, I don't really mind that much but she has no clue how much she scared the shit out of me.. I was dressed and getting in the car before I figured out she was upset about something someone said. I thought she was loseing the baby. Sigh I have been down that road at 7.5 months and it was a nice relief to find it wasn't that. Course, the drawback is I am not a happy camper at midnight and I am not a great shoulder to cry on. Sigh, but I did try. Basically if I don't wake myself up I amn grumpy. The good news is I wake up like ALOT so you just have to time it right.
I make Jacko references cause he has woken me up a few times latly, but then again he is working nights so his brain is backwards. Ok time to clean some more...
posted by Chuck Pierce 1:06 PM 1 comment

 
I am feeling a tad bit cheated but for a dumb ass reason. Ok get this for a dumb reason... I got a brother who shares my birthday. Ok simple concept. I can honestly say I have never had a birthday pass and not thought crap I should have sent him a card even though he never sends me one. But it never went further than the thought. In other words I never did send him one. Well this summer we reconnected ina good way and I was gonna suprise him. Already got a card and figured out a sneaky way to get his address with out haveing to ask him. So I was jazzed I was gonan beat him to the punch. Well damn it he ICQ'd me today to ask for my address. Damn. See now isnt that just a dumb ass reason to feel cheated? Cause he thought of me also. Wierd, my brain needs an oil change. Of course I also found out something I never had a clue about that the reason Dad was not overly allways pleased with him was cause he never sent me a crad. Wow frigging irony or something. I wish I had known that 10 years ago. Oh well. So now the subject comes up, since we seem to be aiming for more than cards, what amount of $ value is apropriate. Now I am a cheap SOB at the best of times. So I would hate to spend say 100$ and then if he spent 10 he would feel guilty. And or more likly visa versa. But I have put some thought into it and I have figured out the perfect gift for him. Middle of the road, and hell its just $ life will go on. So if it is uneven who cares, its the thought that counts right?
posted by Chuck Pierce 12:54 PM 3 comments

 
Christ the wind is blowing
I am sitting her eon my group W bench drinking 1/2 a glass of wine and eating saltines with peanut butter on em. While I clean...
Got I tunes CRANKED and rocking the house with some good muzac..
So much is going on in my head latly, it is scary. But I have really killed this place as a place to talk about some crap cause to many people read it. HEHHE but I think I am just gonna say screw it and upset em if they want to get upset. I refuse to be politically correct in my brain.

So page break for Coney, Conney, Conny, or Cony. how ever she spells it.. I got no clue and Im ranting mood so I am not gonna look. (hehe)
posted by Chuck Pierce 12:45 PM 0 comments

 
Well we are makeing progress. Got my hair cut, and stoped at Robins so now onto cleaning I think. This plave is a dump and needs it. Especially since Ill be gone all weekend at work.
posted by Chuck Pierce 11:51 AM 0 comments

 
"Goood Morning Vietnam"

An other hum drum day. Today i guess I should do all the things I blew off doing yesterday. Sigh. God I am getting sick of sleeping alone. Sigh.
posted by Chuck Pierce 6:40 AM 0 comments

Tuesday, November 06, 2001

 
Very soon now I am going to have to do something I really hate to do. Reprograme my tv.
I have all the crap channels turned off. If I want to buy something I will goto a store or look online. So I basically have them all turned off, about 1/2 the channels in short. Well the damn cable co has added some new ones. So, sigh I guess I am gonna have to go and add some back in. Sigh. I hate comercials. I know they pay for the stuff I like, but frankly I don't buy stuff from the tv so I don't want to watch em. In fact bout the only thing I hate more is movie trailers on a frigging tape I just payed cash to rent. A few times I have erased em all and returned the tape to the rental place, small satisfaction, but makes me happy.
posted by Chuck Pierce 9:31 PM 4 comments

 
Well TFR went out and bought a Playstation 2. So I got basically nothing done. Sigh. It is so good for him though cause he kicks my ASS at it. I am not good at driveing games and stuff. I just like to aim at the walls WAy to much to see what will happen. Oh well. has been fun to play with at least. Was gonna do a site redesign today, but that didnt happen at all. I was even gonna do some email, but nope.
posted by Chuck Pierce 8:14 PM 0 comments

 
Well morning run is done. And now gonna finish off the chowda and some Grands for lunch. Then I have 250 million things I should do but no clue what is going to be highest on the priority..
posted by Chuck Pierce 11:02 AM 0 comments

 
Have I mentioned I can start the car form inside now? Man this is cool. The car is warming up and I don't even have shoes on.. yea baby.
Off on yet an other wonderfull adventure called a day. Got a crap load of things I have been putting off, so today might be the day. Oil, tire rotation., Go fix Robins tv (SIGH) (DAMN you mom for giveing her my new #) um and like 50 more things that are so important I can't remember them. poof... Oh and I havnt shaved in like a week, I think its time for a beard.
posted by Chuck Pierce 7:31 AM 2 comments

 
"Toto, I don't think we are in frigging Kansas anymore. Oh yea this is for a kids show, take 2."

Ya know I hate daylight saveings time. my body is not adjusted yet. But I am slowly getting reset to wakeing up to take the dogs out. Sad aint it? 4:36 this morn... ok well back to sleep perchance to dream.
posted by Chuck Pierce 5:22 AM 0 comments

Monday, November 05, 2001

 
Well it is 9 and I am still awake, but just barely. I have been looking at, and ok sit down and take a deep breath...
Inhale, exhale,, stock stuff.
I am thinking of opening a stock account. But wait there is more, breath... To like start saveing for like collage stuff..for the kid.

Ok I think I need to lay down for a bit.. I am scaring myself.
posted by Chuck Pierce 9:04 PM 1 comment

 
Ok Baby.
Progress being made. Got a great big pot of Chaowda on the stove and 1/4 glass of wine. Figure she can't drink so I shouldnt, but I am slowly finishing off the bottle. Still tired but getting a lease on the night. Did 90% of the dishes and got that ready. Also had a blast on the way home stoped and put 2$ of gass in TFR's car. Filled it up last 2 weeks but didnt have my wallet and only 2$ in my jacket, so thats what it got. Felt dumb buying 2$ worth though. Now gonna let dinner cook for 20 mins and then chow and crash in theory.
posted by Chuck Pierce 5:38 PM 0 comments

 
Well, it is a crappy day. And I have a headack and hurt basicaly all over.. SO. I think when I get out of here ina few hours i am gonna go home and make some Corn Chowder. Oh sorry that is chaowda...
Will give me an excuse to clean the kitchen anyways. I would love to make it for D and the if but dairy stuff is not makeing her happy right now. Course I say that but she has never even tried it, so we don't know. Sigh, God I am tired. Sleep last night sucked someone woke me up in the middl e of the night and I sleept very restlessly after that. Hell I would never have gotten up if TFR hadnt woken me up and reminded me I had to work.
posted by Chuck Pierce 2:02 PM 0 comments

 
Btw, thought I would mention that I am wearing my new pants today. And gosh am I sexy. Ya can say many things about my thin assed pencil neck geek body, But damn I look good in tight jeans.

Just though you all should know. Hmm I really do need to get some pics up someday..
posted by Chuck Pierce 10:02 AM 1 comment

 
"Why can't we all just get along?" R Reagan.

Christ, I think I am gonna whack out the comments for yesterday. Doc got a tad bit nasty and it can easily be interpreted as an attack on D. I would like to think it was just phrased wronge cause D doesnt deserve to be attacked. This is my place to be harrased when needed, striking out at specific others is not good.
Well I hurt like hell and am still dead tired. But I am awake and at work for the day... Or was awake, watch this....
posted by Chuck Pierce 6:59 AM 0 comments

Sunday, November 04, 2001

 
Home and exausted. Spent basically 9 hours today shovleing gravel. I KNOW I am gonna pay for it tomarrow. I am also pissed but I have already discussed it with the person involved. Saw D and the if for about 20 mins all weekend and that kinda sucked, but I also made about enough to cover rent for the month so thats a good thing. Well I think I am gonna try and crash and not wake up. Been so spun up all weekend it has been hard to rest. Damn am I gonna hurt tomarrow, sigh. But its a work in Auburn day so at least I can sleep.
posted by Chuck Pierce 7:57 PM 0 comments

 
Oh and since this is the first chance I have had.... I must make a correction. When I brought up the subject of Diamonds on here, and been complaining about them. I need to pass on that it is me obsessing over them. D has not asked, nor complained. The whining about diamonds was all me.
posted by Chuck Pierce 7:11 AM 0 comments

 
"Red heads and Cats......."

Well overdid the shoveling a bit yest. Tad bit sore today but we have lots more to do. Of course I can not go over there first thing because I have to go see D. I am once again in trouble, hardly a suprise. Of all the things women do that drive me insane, the one thing that I think I hate the most is the "We have to talk". What is up with that. If we can not do it righ tnow then why the hell are you warning me? It drives me nuts. I do not like knowing that something is makeing her unhappy, but haveing to wait a day till she can explain it. And knowing ahead of time does no one any good. It is a giant head game women play to manipulate us.
posted by Chuck Pierce 7:09 AM 9 comments

Saturday, November 03, 2001

 
Well spent the day working on stuff. gardened and raked and then went to the landlordies new place and moved about 5 tons gravle...
posted by Chuck Pierce 5:57 PM 0 comments

 
Well I guess I can't complain about being tired. Crashed like a log last night. Woke up a few times but mostly went out like a light till 8. Still have no clue for the plan of the day. Figure that D and I will get together, but also gonna work around here so no real clue yet. Course I should prob talk to her but havnt done that either.
posted by Chuck Pierce 8:22 AM 0 comments

 
"Getting your back scratched is not the only reason to get married, but it sure is a good one" (RAH)

Well I fell asleap like someone turned off a switch.. Guess I really was tired. Sure was grumpy this afternoon. Biy is it a goergous night out. Ok back to sleep time.
posted by Chuck Pierce 12:38 AM 0 comments

Friday, November 02, 2001

 
Ok well it is an unwind night. Got the place to myself and I am gonna have a glass of wine and relax. Nothing good on tv I think but I got a book to read and just gonna take it easy. OOOh just remembered I had some cheese left. so well Now I have soem cheese for my whine. And yes it was speelled that way on purpose. heheh both times.
posted by Chuck Pierce 6:05 PM 0 comments

 
Well had a busy afternoon. Did garden work. Basically cleaned up all the gardens for the winter and weedwhacked everywhere. Then choped up the prickers and made the place start to look good. Such fun huh. But hell it was something and I got paid and I got some exersize.
posted by Chuck Pierce 5:46 PM 0 comments

 
Well went and looked in on the new house that the landlordy is building, comeing along great. Now a lunch break I guess then we are gonna putter here.
posted by Chuck Pierce 1:06 PM 0 comments

 
Well on with the day. Done the morning run so I am off till Monday I think. Gonna spend the weekend doing a few small things though. I got to get some exersize so I think Sun I will go take a walk in the woods. Would do it today but I am missing my bulletproof vest ...Hmm was gonna put a url here but I don't remeber it. Jacko put in comments if ya can find it.
Other than that I am hopeing to spend the weekend with D and the IF and allso work around here. They are in fact not mutually inclusive. BTW you will notice the NGF has metomasised yet once again. Started out as NGF then moved up to GF and now she is just D. Since she is signing here comments with her real name ther is no real point im me being mildly obscure about it. I only don't use peoples real names alot cause not everyone can handle there name being in the public domain. Heck most readers have never even met me let alone any of my assorted cast of characters. So I am sitting here on my group W bench makeing some biscuts for lunch. Exciteing huh? And I spent oodles of cash yesterday, got 3 new pairs of pants and like 8 pairs of socks. I only wera rag wool socks. Summer, winter, period. So I was getting low and it was time. Well I think I am gonna eat my biscuts with a little Jam and whatever then consider the project for the day.
posted by Chuck Pierce 10:56 AM 12 comments

 
"She turned me into a Newt." "A Newt?" "Well, I got better"

up and around, but barly
posted by Chuck Pierce 10:36 AM 8 comments

Thursday, November 01, 2001

 
Well over at the GF's. Cooked dinner and now we are gonna do the quiet evening in or at least that is the theory.. The IF is on a hunger strike and if I may say so dinner was pretty good for me.
Also went clothes shoping and got some new pants. And soxs.. the important things...
posted by Chuck Pierce 6:03 PM 7 comments

 
When you get excited by a Fletch movie you know you are real bored

The blog latley is way to blah. Been so busy liveing I havnt had time to think alot and absorb. What a completly fucked up year. Things go completely to crap and I basically loose my life. I mean loosing Dad, and my whole day to day family. The XGf and the dogs.. hmm or make that the dogs, and I guess the XGF.. So anyways life was definatly not exactly a bed of roses. And then out of the damn blue comes a new fem and screws up my whole plan. It is really hard to be happly depressed when you got someone so special in your life. Sigh. And of course now we are expecting a bundle of joy in 8.356 months. So how the hell can I enjoy my depression. Sigh. A good friend thinks I live life by the Chaos Theory. which states basicaly when ever things get going good I screw em up cause I like haveing something to bitch about. Now I have to admit there is a lot of potential truth in that, but I sure don't do it consiously.. She could be right I don't know. I think it has just been a really fucked up year. Then again, it has not been as bad as it could have been. i got $ in the bank, and some great friends keeping an eye on me. And a gf who is retaining water like Lake Mead. Hmm ok that isnt nice but I don't really mean it. I think is starting to radiate the "I'm Pregnant so STFU" look. Makes here prettyer than ever.
posted by Chuck Pierce 1:16 PM 0 comments

 
Every year the people who do those things come up with a lot of idea for new shows. Most of em really suck. In fact allmost all of them suck. But once in a while a great show comes along and has a great cast, but gets screwed by the time slot. For example, I love junkyard wars.. But since they now are on same time as West wing, I never see it. Well there are a few shows that really did rule as good comedy. News radio is one, and Sports Night is an other. But both were doomed by their time slots. In paper the theory is good., If station A has a greta show at nine, you at station B take your best show and match it so more people stay with you. Ok years ago this made sence since people had to get up to change the tv channel. By now a days with a remote in every hand people flip and choose. I really wish station B would put the good show on after stations A's was over. Sigh But WTF do I know, I like Ed. Sad thing is I really only watch like 4 channels.And I never even look at the local stations cause they suck damn near all the time. Oh well Tv sucks don't it.
posted by Chuck Pierce 11:10 AM 0 comments

 
I drove home last night among 2000 kids dressed in blacj running around on the roads. Um hello does this make sence to anyone? Almost none had parents with them they were just running around. Frigging hard to see a kid in black with black makeup when it is drizzleing out and they are running accross a road. Sigh. Course there were also some dumb ass kids on Rt 100. hehe cracked me up so much I had to stop and yell at them. Ok same concept, differnt plan, you are doing something you do not want people to see, grabbing pumpkins or something. So when a car is comming you jump into the ditch.. Well saw a group of kids ditch it and I had to stop right in front of them and chew em out. Dumb kids, next time do NOT wear sneakers with reflective stips.. Kinda ruins the whole point on hideing. Then again they probably did not aprechiate me explaining the error of there ways to them in a loud voice. You can not expect to do well in a life of crime if you wear shoes with a reflective stip you can see a long ways away.
posted by Chuck Pierce 10:38 AM 0 comments

 
Well it is Thurs again, So time for our own special Who will be the dinner survivour. In other words we have dinner and watch tv. Such an exciting life huh? Sigh tv sucks again today, no major suprise but still.
TFR was saying that Law and Order last night was predictable, yea right compare that to murder she wrote. Cripes this show is so predictable I actually got the plot in the first 45 secs. sigh.
posted by Chuck Pierce 10:25 AM 0 comments

 
It is a drizzly day in Maine. Oh yea, please let me control my excitment. to nap or not to nap, that is the question. I do think though that when I leave work today I am going clothes shoping. It is pissing me off to have only one pair of jeans. Ok well screw it I guess to nap is the answer.
posted by Chuck Pierce 9:15 AM 0 comments

 
Short people get rained on last.

I hate going to work at 6 to be there at 6:45.
growl
posted by Chuck Pierce 5:45 AM 5 comments

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