Like a Phoenix

Ah a nice Spring day.

2018-04-20T16:51:00.000-05:00

I'm probably going fishing in the morning. (at least that was the plan as of last night) Mom dragged Pop off to yard sales today. Actually, I'm starting to think he really likes to go.

Just heard they are cancelling Ash versus Evil Dead....That really sucks. There is a very limited amount of anything I'll watch on the tube these days & that's because most of it is garbage.

Oh well... Gives me time for other endeavors...

What can I say...

2018-04-19T21:30:00.001-05:00

It has been one of those days.

I'm in a really good mood & then...I encounter....Well.. God allowed us to invent beer to stifle out all the crap that others try to unload on us. So, allow me to drink until I have washed all the stupid ass things I heard today, out of my mind.

Nothing wrong with me. I just sometimes can't believe that people tell me shit & they believe what they are saying. My head is screwing around like Max Headroom at times.

Jesus take the wheel, because I'm dangerous when I'm perplexed;~)

Asarco Lake.

2018-04-17T23:48:00.000-05:00

Pop had a friend who allowed us to fish a private lake in Iron County. When we pulled up & unlocked the gate & crossed the train tracks... I could see that the creek was up (they had 3 inches of rain down there the other day) We were going to have to drive through this & there was a spillway around the corner.

I told Pop, no way we should try this, because if the road is washed out beyond the corner, we would be on the spillway & stuck having to try to back out with a boat behind us. Dad said, oh I can make this...So off we went..

We get on the narrow spillway & at the end...a three foot or so drop off (the road was washed out) No way are we going to get across, so now...we have to back out & not fall in the creek.

Talk about hairy.... but Pop did it.

This is what I was looking at as he started backwards. I was thinking, shit, if we go off this isn't going to be good, & we had to "adjust" a few times. But when he got back & turned the boat around & crossed back over the tracks, I told him...I'm impressed. (of course, if he would have listened to me in the first place..)

He called his friend & told him what condition the road was in & that we would come back another time. But this guy was like..Oh no.. You guys are already there & I have to fix the road anyway, stay put & I will have someone there in a minute.

I popped a beer... (grateful that Dad didn't kill me) & before I was halfway through..along comes this guy he had sent to take care of the problem. He whipped out a repair in no time & honked his horn & off we go again. He went in front of us, banging away, fixing the road, because it was toast all the way up there.

We finally made it & put in.

Spent many hours fishing the lake & I caught one nice size bluegill. I tossed him back, because we were not catching anything & decided to pull out. After we had the boat secure, I started fishing off of the bank & started catching nice Bluegill & nice Crappie. I started keeping them. We were catching fish & having a great time & stayed right up till the light was fading. (we knew we had to go back through the obstacle course & wanted to get out while we could see)

We had a great day! I caught a mess of fish, Pop didn't kill me, the weather was nice & I wasn't at crackhead land...;~)

Rainy day...

2018-04-14T20:19:00.001-05:00

Today, I was out in the rain trimming rose bushes & it was nice. No one out because it was coming down. Yesterday, I had beer & steak with the parents. Saw deer & turkeys all over the place on my way over there.

I can see working in the city, but you can have it as far as living in a big concrete area. Give me the country anytime. Notice how the deer know the best places to cross the road.

I live in a little town & I have problems with asshole neighbors all the time. I guess as I get older, I just hate people who are obnoxious & rude with no concern as to others rights. I stayed to myself today. Had a Pogolinos Clown Special pizza & a large order of deep fried mushrooms. They serve it with a side of what I'm guessing is spinach dip. (either way, it is pretty damn good) Especially with a cold beer.

Just in one of those, I want to relax & be alone moods. I heard Art Bell died. He was a strange individual, but I have worked many a midnight shift & had that program on lots of times. Another slice of my past gone.

Friday the 13th...

2018-04-13T02:46:00.000-05:00

Well, like I give a shit about that.

This piece of walking excrement though... I guess he really can't help it, I mean, look at old gay boy Hoover who started the whole FBI. I guess tradition has it's place.

But as a man, I would like to think the top federal bureau of investigation dog would be more manly. But when you start looking back at the list.... I guess FBI really stands for Females Being Included. G-man must mean... G-spot.

By now, you might think I'm not a Comey fan... Man, you are perceptive.

So, let me ask you...do you feel protected with guys like this running the agency? Me, I want a son of a bitch like Dirty Harry being top cop.

Man up America.

The world is simply a retarded place these days.

2018-04-12T01:28:00.000-05:00

I'm not kidding. In Pennsylvania, they are handing out these little bats to teachers, to stave off a school shooter. In other places, they are giving out bags of rocks...

Teens & young "adults" are eating Tide pods & snorting condoms. While others are smoking fake pot with rat poison & shooting up heroin.

I have pretty much reached the plateau of not giving a shit about these idiots & their self made problems. I do my best to contribute productively to society & tonight, I told someone that no.... I really do not have to care about anything, simply because they think I should. They were like, well, you have to be fair... really? I told him, no, I really don't have to be fair. No one ever promised that life was fair. If someone doesn't meet my standards... then they can stay the Hell away from me.

Pretty simple & causes me a whole lot less stress & strife.

People ask me my opinion & I give it to them. Then they get all pissed off, because I didn't just sugar coat some sympathetic statement that made them feel better about the stupid decisions they made regarding the subject. If you don't want to hear the truth... Don't ask me what I think.

I had one guy tell me, well, that is the truth according to you. Could be, but what I perceive as the truth is all I care about. If you have a problem & I see the answer & or the cause & you ask me to give you guidance, I will most certainly tell you. To get all pissed off, after you asked, well then, perhaps you should have passed on dropping a stupid question in the Shell Answer Man's lap.

When I have people in their sixties, telling me shit that I would expect out of someone in their early twenties... Well... It's obvious to me that retarded is a kind word to describe them actually. There are people who believe the world is flat for God's sake & that the Holocaust didn't happen.

Lord love a duck....

Flip a coin...

2018-04-11T02:27:00.000-05:00

I can't relate any daily occurrences, due to the widening expansion of social media policies. Not that I can't walk the line & tell you humorous stories, without divulging anything that would compromise the aforementioned restrictions.

The problem is who interprets what is content worthy of reprimand. I am intelligent enough to know the difference, but it isn't worth the trouble of having an asshole try to drag me out on the carpet for it. I have had this happen & I know the individual who was responsible (in case you are at home whacking off while trying to read something you can drag me into a meeting again for)

I do my blog, to please myself. I write about whatever happens to blow up my skirt. And while my life is full of every imaginable situation you can think of at times, I love the fact that most things roll off my back like a duck in the water... But when I finally reach that choke chain limit.. Which I'm just about at.... Woe to the motherfucker who crosses that line.

On a more upbeat note... Hillary Clinton is still not my President... Life is good!

I'm still trying to decide what direction I should go with this thing...(my blog) I need a theme that will drag people in like crack cocaine.... To be continued....

It's true...

2018-04-07T01:48:00.000-05:00

I'm pretty sick to death of whinny ass Liberals. I don't like their agendas, or their version of what my Country should become.

I can tolerate them & even be nice to them. (because I'm not like them) I could go into details, but I have already given them more thought than they deserve.

All these condom snorting Tide pod eating little creepy products of Liberal indoctrination... Well, it's laughable & certainly rings true the saying...apples don't fall far from trees.

I will tell you this much.. They will never take my guns away from me or silence my right to free speech. If I offend you, well put on your big boy pants.. because just because you don't like what I say or believe, doesn't give you the right to make me conform. You can hate it, but you can suck it as well as far as I'm concerned.

We are not all equal. We are all different. Don't believe it, well then why does every single walking person on the planet have their own DNA. Not one person has the same strand code as anyone else. We are all unique. There is only one of us. That is amazing & eye opening. You can find people that might share certain ideas that you have, but eventually, you will find differences in them as well. You might believe the world is round (which it is) but that same person who says they agree, will then believe that the world was formed differently than you might.

Then you have the ever increasing Liberal schooled morons, who think the Earth is flat.

Evil walks around you I'm afraid. Psst...it's called Liberalism. Bwahahahaha....

Just like a woman...

2018-04-05T01:30:00.000-05:00

Mother Nature simply can't make up her mind. Right as things start greening up & coming alive, the cold weather comes back & snatches them away.

Speaking of crackheads....The idiot who shot up You Tube (which I can understand frustration) but a vegan animal rights activist whack job...Well, you won't hear the left talking about this one much. When it first happened, some folks (the idiot left) were spouting off that it had to be a right wing nut job... But lets be serious folks... All these nut jobs that go off the deep end & revert to violence these days are those who espouse beliefs in the Democratic party. Then after the mainstream news found out it was a woman, they started posting stories that it was a domestic dispute. (she simply shot someone who was a boyfriend) She didn't know any of the people she attacked.

She was, a pissed off loon. The Left simply cannot wrap their heads around anything that they can't compartmentalize into a spin to fit their narrative of what they believe to be the truth. I don't let them bother me, I actually laugh my ass off at them. And keep them at a safe distance from me.

Spotting the looney isn't hard these days really. But convincing them that they are, is another matter.

Happy Easter!

2018-04-01T15:47:00.000-05:00

The greatest thing about this day to me, is it signals rebirth. A chance for you to start again. No matter how old you are or your situation, you can erase the past & go in a different direction.

I got to see my family (this is my sweet grandmother) My grandson was singing Willie Wonka tunes (now they are stuck in my head)

I ate too much, but since I'm not at crackhead land, I get to take a nap or drink some more cold brew.... Decisions, decisions.

I was going to get back out, but the weather is turning nasty. Oh, I saw a video today & it caused me to reevaluate my position on my political beliefs. I have decided that I really should become a Democrat.

April Fools.

Rain rain and more rain...

2018-03-28T02:13:00.000-05:00

Such is Spring in Missouri at times & the rivers & creeks are coming up. If I get a break this coming weekend, I would love to do some yard work.

Just a little thrown in tidbit: I know who you are & what you have been doing.

If you conduct yourself in a noble & honorable way, those who cast aspersions upon your character will certainly...eventually...be shown for what they are...

Life is too short for me to dwell upon insignificant little trolls. The world may seem to have changed, but deep down, its pretty much the same. Some people are decent... while others suck.

Don't suck.

Unless, you are the blonde that I have been dreaming of. In that case, call me;~)

Update...

2018-03-25T02:04:00.003-05:00

Well, lets see... I snaked out the sister's drains last Saturday. That was nasty pookie fun. Had to eventually use a cutter head (tree roots).

Lots of stupid drama at work & in the country as well I might add. One guy quit (won't even miss his ass at all) I have a list of a few others who could join him as well actually.

Hoping the Chinese space station lands in a certain place. That would be kind of cool. Had an idiot open a dead headed hot water valve & as it started pouring out the end cap that wasn't tight, they walked away from it. I got a call for a ceiling leak & simply shut it off. There was absolutely no reason to have done it, other than they should be on my list of people who could leave & make my life less complicated.

I think I pulled a muscle in my arm running cable down a floor drain last week (either that, or the arthritis that the doctor told me years ago would eventually catch up has finally...caught up) Tag... you're it bitch.

I had a very strange but satisfying dream last night. Won't go into details, but she was a very pretty blonde. I had to drill out a lock, that another idiot changed the batteries in & saw that it wasn't working...And attempted to tape the latch down (failed miserably) Boom... you made the list.

Put in time off for some... lets get away from the drama & crackheads for a bit. (haven't had it approved yet) Had to fix a pair of doors that an idiot (who shall remain nameless) managed to royally fuck up. It's amazing what a dumb ass with one little Allen wrench can do.

Managed to impress a young lady with my problem solving skills. I'm not really sure of the extent of her compliment. I was too busy mentally picturing her playing naked twister with me.

Oh, I finally had the nacho fries bellgrande from Taco Bell. Soylent Green is people, but I love the shit out of this mess.

Spring is tomorrow...

2018-03-19T22:45:00.000-05:00

And I for one am glad it's finally here. Today was a nice one to lay around & sleep though (which I like these kinds of days as well) Even though I wound up doing crap & not getting to sleep in.

It was overcast & rained all day. I had dinner with the parents Sunday & Mom made lasagna. They are always trying to get me to eat more, even though I really could stand to lose some pounds. I'm almost topped out on my paid time off, so I'm ready to throw down some time to get out on a river or lake. As soon as I get in tomorrow, I'm putting in some time off request.

Too much of a stressful situation lately. I'm pretty sure it bothers me without actually paying attention. The reason why I think this, is because I'll find some dumb ass song that gets stuck in my head & I have no idea how it came to get there. Like this one!!!!

I hope it plays over in yours as well.

You're welcome;~)

Better get a bigger gun....

2018-03-16T01:59:00.000-05:00

I'm not dead yet, but it isn't from lack of trying. Last Sunday it was pretty intense trying to get to work in this crap & all I kept thinking was, why are so many stupid people out driving in this when they don't have to.

I have been neglecting the blog, but seriously, I have been so slammed at work, that when I got in, I crawled in bed & zonked out.

There has been this drama unfolding that is pitting people against each other & quite honestly, I'm just trying to stay in the middle & out of the line of fire. My agenda is simply come in, do my job...exit stage left.

See, everyone may think God is on their side, but I think back to old Stonewall. He thought that too & his own men shot him by accident. They had to cut his arm off & then after much pain, he died.

No words of wisdom, just a plain fact.

And old Abe, well, he thought God was on his side as well. Yet he wound up with a bullet in his head, lodged behind his eye...lots of pain & then death.

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. But all of the Apostles, save John, died violent painful deaths. Yeah, I want to go peacefully like John.

Just maintaining....

2018-03-05T20:21:00.000-06:00

I have been trying my best to simply live my life & stay away from those who cause me grief. We were burning some wood & just relaxing over & the parents house, when I happened to look down & saw a hot ember on my cheap $5.00 shoe.

I tried to kick it off, but in a second, it had went through & was on top of my toes. I had to reach down & take the shoe off & my Dad laughed his ass off.... Glad I could be the entertainment for the hour.

I have seen lots of people lately get all frustrated & stressed out over some of the silliest & stupidest shit. Lighten up Francis... if you wake up tomorrow, thank God for another day to piss someone off.

I could care less about who won shit at the Oscars, like those assholes have ever done anything for me. Time for a cold one....

Just another day....

2018-03-02T20:35:00.002-06:00

Meeting was cancelled, so they could have another one with another group of guys & chew their ass out. Meanwhile... yours truly instead, climbed in the wall to open up yet another clogged stack full of items that staff knew better to flush down the magic fountains.

When I had a department manager compliment me on a job well done, but described me as the man with the beard & long grey hair... well shit. I stopped my boss & said, are you sure she didn't say, the sexy ass man with the flowing locks? That was when I cut all the hair off & shaved the face. The boss said, you clean up really nice... He went on about how nice I looked, until I stopped him & said, I'm feeling uncomfortable with the way this conversation is going....

I had quite a few amount of individuals that felt the need to stop me & exclaim their astonishment as to how I can change my appearance. Then... I was under this sink on my back, fixing it & reached up & grabbed the counter & slid myself out from under it. There was standing a young nurse who was watching me. She said, I just wanted to let you know that I see you all over the campus & every time I see you, you are involved in fixing things that I have seen others blow off.

I sat on my ass & said, thanks (what else was I going to say) She said...if I didn't have a boyfriend, I would take you home with me. I smiled & said, I guess you have a lot of shit that needs fixing... She smiled & said, no, but I'm sure you could fix anything I might need addressed & walked off.

I sat there for a minute & thought.... nope.... I looked up at the ceiling & said, I hope you are having a good laugh God.

That time of year...

2018-03-01T02:05:00.000-06:00

I cut off all of the facial & head hair. I feel naked...

Went to help out as a courtesy on a call & pulled lots of hair out of a shower drain. This was just some of it. They had a sign on the door, to not use the shower (and had another one right next door open), but of course, someone went in right before I arrived & took a shower.

Water was all over. When he stepped out, he said, that drain is clogged. I stood there with my arms crossed & said, did you not see the sign on the door? He looked at it & said, oh, my bad & walked off leaving me the mess.

It may just be me, but I have noticed that people are really being more jerk faces lately (an expression that a guy I know use to use) I had fixed a huge plastic mural weeks ago, because some parent just allowed their kid to run around like a monkey on acid & that kid ripped it out of the ceiling. Last night, I had the call again.

It was a bitch to get hung back up on the support cable & not an hour later, another parent allowed their child to run into it & break it again. I mean, this thing was huge & if it would have been glass.....

This time, we took it down, because I couldn't fix it with what we had available. No wonder young "adults" are eating tide pods. It appears that the collective gene pool is getting diluted with what I like to call, extremely stupid DNA.

Hey, it will all come out in the wash.

More rain coming...

2018-02-26T02:44:00.002-06:00

You know we really need it (or so they say) but when it starts bubbling the paint on the restroom walls.....

I did my best to right the wrongs on Sunday & I made some people happy & some people laugh...so not a bad day. I was busy & that isn't a bad thing. I know this...I may not be the brightest bulb on the the Christmas tree, but when that light goes out, they will notice.

Or not.

Time just goes by way too fast. There are moments in your life, that you would like to last forever...yet in a blink of an eye, they are gone. You can't bring them back. You can only think of them fondly. Same goes for people who wander into your life as well.

Here today, gone tomorrow.

It's real simple.

2018-02-23T02:02:00.000-06:00

People need to quit worrying about things that they have no control over & concentrate on doing something about what they can.

I had no control over the idiot who broke this door. I took it down & placed it in the carpenters shop, because I was told to let them see if they can fix it. (they can & I could, if I was given the time to concentrate on it) or, they can replace it with a new one (again, I have no control over that decision) So.. I don't lose sleep over any of it. A simplification of the original point, but true none the less.

I use to see things that needed changing & strove to put forth the effort to tackle those kinds of problems. I invested time & sweat & confronted vindictive people with opposing views. Finally one day, I realized that most people enjoy benefiting from someone elses efforts on their behalf, but while you are out on a limb for them....They would be on the ground, cutting down the tree.

Someone found out last night, about some good deeds that I had done in the past & couldn't believe that I would sacrifice what I did to do so. I told him, I simply was able to do something that I was in control of is all.

I can't fix stupid & God knows I have tried. But I'm the dumbest person I know. So go figure. Don't cross the river if you can't swim the tide.

You ever feel...

2018-02-22T01:36:00.002-06:00

Like if you only could shit one more hand, you might be able to stay caught up on things?

I get a lot of stuff accomplished every day, but when it's over, there are still more just waiting . I like to say, there is a turd with my name on it.

The last few days, when I come home & finally wind down to crash, I wind up working in my sleep & wake up frequently throughout the night. There was this old skit that Red Skelton did one time, where he was going through a ton of things to try to make it to the bus. Only to realize that he had forgot his pants.

I use to dream that I would do that when I was a kid. By the way, I quit listening to the weather forecasters. Every one of them suck lemons. If I was as wrong as they were in performing my job, I would have been fired years ago.

Kiss kiss...

2018-02-15T03:19:00.000-06:00

While you were probably screwing up by not getting your significant other the right gift for valentines day... I was busy playing in clogged drains that some dillhole left me as a present.

I tried to convince the boss that he should show his love by bringing in some strippers for me, but that just didn't fly.

Went in yesterday & found out that a guy who I used to work with passed away. He retired not long after I started. R.I.P. Al.

Almost here...

2018-02-13T01:52:00.002-06:00

And I really couldn't give a dead rats ass.

I was getting ready to attach a room number sign last night & this young lady was watching me use my knife to remove some old silicone that some idiot had used on it before (which is why it fell off the wall)

She said, please be careful, I wouldn't want you to cut your fingers. I stopped & looked at her & said, why thank you, that is a nice gesture. Her reply was this... If you get hurt, nothing will get done up here. Yeah, the women just love the shit out of me.

I should stop by my sister's house & get some big ass Great Dane dog turds & wrap them in a nice heart shaped box & lay it on her desk, with a note that says...from a secret admirer.

Hey, I can be sensitive & caring. But my last adventure through the looking glass of love.... Well... Jesus is going to have to come down, pull a name out of his wallet & tell me... This one is worth dying for.

Three times...

2018-02-11T02:17:00.000-06:00

last night, I was up in the ceiling in tight quarters & some female started asking me questions... Like, what are you doing?

Well, I was changing bad ballasts & I told her so...but she had to continue to ask more inquisitive questions..until...

I took my eyes off of what I was doing to look her way & of course...Zapped my dumbass. Now, I can do this shit with my eyes closed & never get nailed, as long as I simply concentrate on the task at hand. So, it has been a long time since I felt Mr. Sparky, but I let it happen three times last night. Each time, I got distracted by some damn female who should have been doing something else to start off with.

Then I had a call for a stack clog & as I looked down the drain, just starting out...I saw this staring up at me. Now, I pondered for awhile, wondering just what the hell was down there. Then I went ahead & took the p-trap off & this fell out into my bucket when I pushed my screwdriver to assist it. It felt like a bunch of plastic that someone melted & poured down the drain & it took the shape of the throat. I'm sure it's plastic, but how the hell did it get there is the question.

I opened the line pretty quick after that, but not a soul could explain this. It was a strange night.

The ride home was no picnic either. Saw cars & trucks off in the ditch as I drove through sleet & rain. I had my flapper valve slam shut a couple of times as it got a little hairy, but home I did have on the brain & made it. Time for a cold one to try to wind down.

Remember that I told you....

2018-02-10T01:36:00.001-06:00

That I hate Fridays? Well I don't think I'm going to be changing my mind on that statement anytime soon. Lets just say, I'm glad to be home finally.

I had one call that kept me under two sinks working on a stack, that when I finally was able to stand up.. my bones sounded like someone was playing a xylophone.

At least my rectum didn't fall out like that dude who was sitting on the toilet playing video games on his phone. Reading that will cause me to expedite my pooping sessions. I won't go into details about the picture, other than to say, yes it was a situation that I had to deal with last night.

Sometimes, I'm pretty sure...Jesus laughs.

Last week.

2018-02-07T02:06:00.001-06:00

We had a fire on the South side of town. Thank God no one perished, because it was pretty bad & could have been much worse.

Last night, we dodged a bullet from the weather, it was like threading the needle. All the snow was North & the ice & sleet was to the South. We got a little , but driving home wasn't a psycho fest.

Every time some new gal gets promoted, she feels the need to spend money & save the planet by requesting all kinds of projects. Last night, I spent quite a lot of my time engaged in dealing with one. Every 5 minutes or so, her & her associate kept offering me candy & cookies. I was like, stop, I feel like I'm at my Mom's house.

They kept saying they were just trying to bribe me, but isn't a bribe designed to get someone to do something you want? I was already doing what they wanted, so their interpretation of what constitutes a bribe is askew.

Besides, if I didn't want to do it, that kind of bribe wouldn't have gotten them a call to tell them no.