I believe that if I write it i may believe it

I believe the sun should never set upon an argument
I believe we place our happiness in other people's hands
I believe that junk food tastes so good because it's bad for you
I believe your parents did the best job they knew how to do
I believe that beauty magazines promote low self esteem
I believe I'm loved when I'm completely by myself ... alone

I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love until you've been burned
I believe the grass is more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye

I believe that trust is more important than monogamy
I believe that your most attractive features are your heart and soul
I believe that family is worth more than money or gold
I believe the struggle for financial freedom is unfair
I believe the only ones who disagree are millionaires

I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love until you've been burned
I believe the grass is more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye
I believe forgiveness is the key to your unhappiness

I believe that wedded bliss negates the need to be undressed
I believe that God does not endorse TV evangelists
I believe in love surviving death into eternity
I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love until you've been burned
I believe the grass is more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye

Yes I repeated myself ... if i write it more then once i may believe it

Northway

I went to Northway last night, I chose to go to the Saturday night service and I was what I remembered except the have one new pastor instead of Pastor Dave they had a new guy names JR. He looks to be my age and speaks in a way that I can say that I can relate... the sermon was one that was moving - it touched me in so many ways I can not begin to describe it. At the end of sermon the pastor asked everyone to to bow their heads and close your eyes and asked everyone who feels as if they could use - i can not explain exactly the way he did it basically it was if you want to know God, Jesus and you feel as if you need a improved relationship with both to prayer with him then afterwards he asked those who did to lift their heads and look at him so that he could agree, if two or more agree it strengths again i can not explain in words what he did I wish I could but I did that night. I understood what he meant and I looked up ... i'll be back again next week.

It's funny I grew up in a Jewish-Christian household, my dad was Jewish and my mom was Irish/Christian I often explained that I Have the best of both worlds I am Jewish and Irish but my friends would reply and say yeah that means you are a cheap drunk. In all seriousness growing up in the household I never had much faith in either religion but it grew stronger when I did attend regular worship service at Northway. I got to start trusting and believing again, I want to and I intend to. In God I will trust...

The bank, Church and God

It's not been a good day today or yesterday, had my coaching at work - it's only my second one at the bank. What’s a coaching? You are probably asking well I am going to tell you. A coaching is like a mini review and its done on a monthly basis well my coaching yesterday was good and also bad... on the good side I had 20 perfect loans on the bad side I coded 68. You see the problem? We discussed what I need to work on and that is to reduce my pre-quality errors. Instead of explaining that the lack of a formal training, its mostly on the job training and also the fact that I have not worked for a bank in over four years and before that I had a mind nimbing, brainless job for two years I took the feed back and allowed it get me down. I thought I did very well. Yes I make errors but they are simple errors they are easily fixed, like for example I do not put a 1098 indicator out on a loan that needs one or I used a process type of 901 when it should of been a 902, as for billing errors - yes I had a few for example I did a construction loan were it went from a variable rate during its draw down period to a fixed rate after their last draw … well I did not know that I had to shut down prime rate so that the fixed rate kicks in after the last draw! That was a key piece of information that was not provided to me in training so those errors where counted. At one point I felt like I made a mistake in taking the job offer and quitting FedEx! Then common sense took over and I realized that I am better off and the disappointment of having a so-so coaching allowed me to feel down about myself. I just have to hustle down and be more careful about using the correct codes.

On to other topics, been thinking about returning to church, been thinking about it all day. I need something in my life and when I was going to church I felt full filled, can not explain it any other way but I felt better and I had less worries in my life. Not only did I go to church, I started going Sunday morning with my brother and his then wife then after awhile I started going Saturday night at 5pm I did this for two reasons one, I could go out to the bars and sometimes the clubs with my friends and also room mates at the time William, Tracy and Charity but also I started going Saturday because I wanted to sleep in on Sunday. I don’t know why I stopped going to church, I remember it was maybe a month after I moved from Forest Hills to Whitehall that I just stopped going but whats strange is I feel that now because I stopped going God has stopped giving me his blessing and that’s why my life went from improving to shitty. Is that right for me to think that? I used to prayer every night when I got home – right before I went to sleep I would prayer (am I spelling it right?) this “Oh father in heaven please send the holy spirit in me and forgive me for my sins” then I thanked him for all that he has given me, my job that I had at FedEx that I liked before they outsourced it, I thanked him for my family and I name each of them and said something about each then I thanked him for my friends and I also would name them and I would ask him to please watch over each of them (family and friends) and ask him to give me the strength I need to make myself a better person. I did this from the first time I went to church to a month after the move, almost two years. In that entire time I managed to get my debt down, build a savings come to a certain amount of acceptance of myself and finally but the most important of all I had contentment in my life. I want to get back to that point in my life so I think I will start going back to church, I have no excuse and perhaps if I do God will forgive me for quitting the church for as long as I did and will give me his grace again.

Oh God help me!

No I am not have one of my dark moods but today at work I heard a coworker radio and there was a song playing a song by Trace Adkins ... yeah you know what it is? Honky Tonk Badonkadonk and I was singing along with it! Does that mean I am turning into a red neck? Does this mean that next I shall be watching hee-haw? Or does it mean one to many trips to the country western bar? Give me FOO FIGHTERS!!!

On a side note, at lunch today Lori today me she is thinking about going back to that other green bank because she does not like our system and wants her seniority back... I told her that I would miss her. I will i liked having lunch with her!

Sunday night madness at Heinz field

Some came for the Steelers. Some came for the music. However I came for both last night at Heniz Field, and I walked away happy. According to kdka an estimated crowd of 45,000 people turned out for the Steelers Celebration/Bon Jovi Have a Nice Day Tour -- a show that amounted to much more than another black-and-gold pep rally in Pittsburgh that seizes every chance it gets to wave its Terrible Towels at the world. Yesterday's event was an intoxicating mix of tailgating, (thanks Chad) cheering, singing and dancing, with a shiny new silver Super Bowl trophy serving as the swizzle stick. The music was provided into the night by Jon Bon Jovi, Nickelback, and The Yards,(never heard of them) interspersed with player introductions, taunts at Seattle and Cleveland, and a very odd environmental message from the former Vice President - Al Gore. I do not get that but in one word I had a "bitchin-time".

World War III

I was watching the news this morning and you can not really escape it the crisis in the Middle East, one of the reporter said that she just heard that a unnamed Syrian Diplomat in Madrid, Spain said, "if Isreal pushes their offensive close to our border we will enter the conflict." If they enter the fight then Iran which has recently signed a mutual defense pact with Syria in March of 2006 will be duty bound to enter so the war will expand. With the President of Iran public statement of wipping Isreal off the map and their nuclear weapons program this war will indeed be one that cound end all wars. Now i then got on line and started reading blogs from Isreal, Lebanon and even one on Bagdad but i ended up researching the bible code and read this paragraph; "The 2,500-year-old warning of a nuclear war could be found only with a computer. And now the Bible code revealed when and where the real Apocalypse might begin. I checked every year in the next hundred years. Only two years, 2000 and 2006, were clearly encoded with 'world war'. The same two years were also encoded with 'atomic holocaust'. They were the only two years in the next hundred encoded with both 'atomic holocaust' and 'world war'.
There is no way of knowing whether the code is predicting a war in 2000 or 2006. The year 2000 is encoded twice, but 2006 is mathematically the best match. And there is, of course, no way of knowing if the danger is real."

You've got mail

I am watching that movie titled You've got mail starring Tom Hanks and that lovely woman Megan Ryan. I often thought about creating a new user id for blogger and call it NY152 why? Well watch the movie and you will know! I came home from work the other day and started cleaning my apart- I mean my flat and let me tell you this ... it has not be cleaned in months. I shampo the carpet so now my carpet smells like spring rain, or maybe its the mold in the bathroom? Anyway I spent about a hour cleaning it looks better except the windows i don't do windows. Oh if anyone wants to see a good movie that shows off my hometown check this movie out it has some excellent shots of Pittsburgh and our diverse cultures. After I clean i Had dinner then I went to my favorite bar, yep you guessed it I went to Dees! Last night I just did not want to be around people, just wanted to be alone or so I thought. I did not go to happy hour but instead came home and cleaned my flat then after doing that I walked up to the southside works had a salad at local pub then walked down to Dees. I was in Dees having my third beer and Chris walks in, he is a friend of a friend and I was surprised he came over to me but he did. Nice guy and all, chit-chatted for a few minutes he told me he is a undergrad at Robert Morris, works part time for his dad and thats about it. Soon after he departed and soon after I left to because I got nervous others might walk in and i did not want to be around if they did so i left. In the movie You've got mail Joe has a sailing boat - one that I would love to own too. Well that is about it for me this fine saturday morning, but I do want to say this much remember back a few weeks when I talked about the scam i thought i was in well Sara you were right, se asked for money. I knew it all along but I played along, it was probably some dude over in Moscow. Thats why I do not really have much faith in those on line dating sites, and I do not think I will renew my subscription again.

Margo's story

Margo, a woman I work with asked me if I saw Rick Santorum's latest advertisment on tv the one when he promises to make America independent of mideast oil. Which is a noble suggestion and I would support him on it but she explained that he said "i will make us independent of those people" and when he said those people it cut to a scence of Arabs rioting. Margo being a bigger liberal then me said that if she was a Arab or Muslim she would be greatly offended. I did see the commercial and sort of laughed then thought about it... it was not very PC and he is not going to win the Arab-American vote. If Ricky really wanted to make us independent of those people then he could do a great deal more and no it has nothing to do with drilling in the Artic reserve. He can moblize the govt to promote that alternative energy source - ethanol. Whats ethanol? Ethanol or E85 fuel is not yet widely available. Also, vehicles running on E85 may have a cruising range that is about 25% shorter than the same vehicle operating on regular gasoline.
Yet when you can choose E85 ethanol, you make a difference. This renewable fuel, made from U.S. grown bio material (like corn or grain products), helps reduce our dependence on petroleum and greenhouse gas emissions. E85 fuel can help: Gain increased horsepower for better engine performance because E85 ethanol fuel has a higher octane rating than premium gasoline and
Support the domestic agriculture industry in the U.S. so it would be a win - win situation for America. Wait sorry only losers would be the oil sheikdoms of Arabia and ... Texas and since Texas oil not to mention Saudia Arabian owns the Dubya Jr the chance of ethanol being prompted is highly unlikely. No the GOP (Grand Oil Party) does not want to hear about a cheaper alternative that cuts into their profits.

Thursday thoughts

I had a Newly minted twenty – not even one year old, (as well as newly minted), and its gone now. Where did it go? Oh yeah happy hour at the old dog! Its not like I have recently been introduced to the phenomena of “going out after work". Been going to quite a few and in the past they were held at Quaker Steak and lube then North Park Lounge… now it’s at the Ugly!

This "going out after work" consists of, after a hard day of work, heading out (with people you don’t know or want to know) to one of the many local establishments that host a couple of hours of cheap beer and free food.

Oh and they call it” Happy Hour”.

Now this "going out after work" really never occurs during the week unless you happen to be on East Carson or as I like to call it bar avenue because during the week most people can’t cause tomorrow a work day. Anyway, I’ve partaken in a couple of these outings as they allow for me especially when the bank crew picks a joints in the Southside I always have a easy quick exit. it’s always just a walk, skip and a jump … sometimes a stumble and I’m home. I am trying to be more social or maybe it socialized. Whatever...

Friday “going out after work” is slightly different it seems because for most of the people there is no work to be done on the “morrow” (as I like to call it when I’m feeling Shakespearean), and this allows the “going out after work” to become “going out tonight” and that is never a good thing. It also means that a whole new group of people can take part; the people who do not have the strength to “go out after work” when they have to get up the next day; this means only one thing and that is that these people drink more than the others and they become more obnoxious and their total ignorant persona is allowed to creep out for all to see. Or maybe just for me to see I don’t know.

To cut to the chase, because I am falling asleep as I am sure you are by now, tomoorow evening there is a large group consisting of a range of people age twenty- one to maybe forty five or so and Lori may be going... :)

blogging under the influence - again

That's right. It's the "post happy hour after kim’s invite season," and I'm Blogging Under the Influence again.

I was planning on taking a few days off from the bar, but there's something about the dozen or so glasses of CUBAN rum that makes me want to share my thoughts with the rest of the world. I would have done it in the bar I was just at, but the music was too loud, and I get the feeling that nobody would have enjoyed what I had to say.

What I want to say consists of two (2) things. I will now present each of these things in reverse order of importance, meaning that the least important thing will come first.
1. Just a friendly reminder: The left lane is for passing. The middle lane is for cruising. The right lane is for traveling at irritatingly low speeds, and for entering and exiting the freeway. Wait a second... 95% of PA highways are two lanes except for that new section of highway on 376 west! Next prehappy hour commute, please do your best to remember this. I spent a little too much time behind mini-vans in the left lane traveling at ummmm … 50 MPH today.
2. If I were the wealthy parent of a child between the ages of 12 and 18, I would immediately purchase a laptop PC for him/her. The combination of OneNote and Encarta would be so incredibly helpful for school that it's mind boggling or do I mean bloggoing? I remember the "good old days" when I had to use that stupid index card system to find books in the library. SHIT I think I just gave away my real age! The books were all indexed with really intuitive labels like "A.028fe222." I don't want to say that this is the reason I was not all into education, but let's just say that it pissed me off a little that it often took in upwards of five minutes just to discover that the book I wanted was already checked out. Being able to carry all those books around in a laptop pc would be a huge improvement.

You know, while I'm on the subject, I'd also like to say that a laptop pc would be awesome for college students. I know it isn't likely to happen anytime in the near future, but it would be incredible to be able to purchase all your textbooks in e-book format and then read them on a pc. The only thing getting in the way that I can think of is the small problem of the Mafia running every college bookstore in the country. With books selling for as much as a couple hundred dollars a copy, it seems unlikely that many publishers would be willing to let profits slide for the convenience of publishing to the e-book format. Guido's probably going to come and break my legs just for mentioning it.

This was a nerdy post perhaps I post a picture of my foot or tummy or ummmm … Johnson?! I am so happy and drunk tonight - i love my new coworkers but I sure do miss the old time poon patrols even through i was not to good at getting the poon.

Hump day thoughts

If I make it through today, I’ll be over halfway finished with my week. Except that I don’t hate my job like I did at the other place. In the past I came to regard hump day as a blessing, “if I make it through today I am more then half way done” that would be my catch phrase to get me through the beginning of each work week. Now I like what I do, it’s a great deal more demanding, for example today I coded a construction loan worth over 1.5 million dollars! That’s the largest amount of money I moved in a day. I got to remember tomorrow I have to check one account to confirm the billing schedule took! Everyday there is something new, unlike consumer loans commercial loans are more creative – no two loans will be the same because they are all customized to the customer that’s been approved. I am getting better but I still make mistakes on the coding for purposes of billing.

I spent yesterday evening on expedia looking at vacation packages. Not sure what or where I really want to go, I like to go to Central America but this time some place other then Costa Rica. I was thinking Panama or Guatemala – I got time to decide so for now I do some comparative shopping.

I got a new computer, state of the art latest software, speed, memory its great! It is a ibm thinkpad and I also decided to order Comcast internet service… why? Because its comcastic! Little humor, I have been walking to work everyday for the past three weeks with the exception of last Tuesday or was it Wednesday – it was the day of the big thunderstorm that I chose not to walk but to drive. I also put myself back on a diet – strick diet and this morning I put on one of my older jeans that was a big tight around the waist and guess what? It fit better so I must of lost weight. If I was not to cheap to buy a scale I would know for sure but I have a love/hate relationship with scales. I hate them when they say “fatty” and love them when they say “Yeah you lost weight!” Okay maybe they do not talk but they do give “say” that in their own way of you know what I mean? Tomorrow a big day, I am hoping to hear from Rosa again but also I got plans after work of attending a happy hour at a local joint down the street from where I live. There is this girl named Kim and she organized a huge event tomorrow suppose to have at least 12 people showing up.

I have a general thought is Sara alright? She has not posted anything new in days, I hope all is well with her and her baby.

"No Man is an Island ...For Whom the Bell Tolls"

In these trouble times this famous passage by John Donne (1573-1631) is something we all should remember. "No Man is an Island ...For Whom the Bell Tolls... Now this bell tolling softly for another, says to me, Thou must die. ...No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were. Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee...

I remember this passage from my old high school English teacher and if you think about its meaning and if we can get others to think about its meaning, especially the part that says "Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind" maybe the violence in the Middles East between Jew and Arab would dimish? Can we can really subdue hate with love, darkness with light. The moment we give up on peace is the moment all hope fails. Fighting amongst ourselves when our true enemies remain in power is what will destroy us all - American, Jew, Arab, Australian, Swedish and Korean. Stick together, walk together, finds alternative ways to reach a common ground instead of hating, killing for nothing more then to call a little piece of Earth Isreal or Palestine. Thats not to say that one should not fight for your own rights, there are times one mustl? The trick is to determine when to talk and when talking has been exhausted and it time for a fight. Leaders know a great deal before they let on when all efforts have been exhausted and they often are spoiling for a fight, they will play on the their people's fears ... we the people must be able to shift through the crap our leaders tell us and be able to make a educated decision if the current course is the correct course. The moment we give into that fear that our way of life - everything we hold sacred could end... that's the moment that it becomes true. Whether you agree or disagree with the current war in Iraq or the situation taking shape in Isreal I would like to remind everyone that it is very important to document the events around you in an objective manner. Don't cast blame on one side and not the other without knowing all the facts. Documentation must trump propaganda. Despite my mindset of objectivity and observation, I do have a high regard for my country, community, law enforcement and leaders, this war in Iraq I feel is not justified but my patriotism is as strong as any conservative republican.

Physical and Inner Beauty

I learned something about human nature, for sometime i been blogging both on this and a previous blog i kept. There have been two people that offered me some sound advice and kind words - they sent their advice to me for the most part in the form of private emails. Althrough they did not have to waste their time because in reality they never met me. They know me only from blogger - their kinds words over the past year has meant a great deal to me and I want to say thank you, thanks for caring, thanks for the time you took to offer you advice and especially your kind words when I truly needed it. As I think about their kindness I remember these two sayings -"beauty is only skin deep" and "beauty is in the eye of the beholder." With these two sayings in mind, I googled beauty is in the eye of the beholder and one of the hits I got is this; "Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight. For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful..." ~1 Peter 3:3-5. This goes out to these friends who not only has outer beauty because they are very attractive but they also have that inner beauty describe above so from me to you I say thanks.

Sincerely,
Your friend from blogger

The state of the world

I thought I had a tough life but its nothing compared to what some people have to deal with just to get through the day. This morning I was reading other blogs and I came across this one and I realized compared to some I have it very easy. I can not imagine what life must be like living with fear of war, or getting on a bus to go to school or work and not knowing if you will get there because someone who hates you because you chose to worship God differently is plotting to blow it up because they want to go to heaven get their seventy virgins.

“For it isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.” Eleanor Roosevelt

A Lazy blogging Sunday

In the tradition of lazy bloggers everywhere, I give you blogging bullets for the day.
I return to the thought of teaching this week, which means someday posting will begin to follow my teaching schedule as opposed to following my social schedule, as it has lately. (One wonders whether 16-odd-hours-a-day bloggers have any social lives at all or jobs. HAHAHAHAHA I maDE A FUNNY AND i AM TYPING IN ALL CAPPS AND JUST REALIZED IT!)

I’m happy to see that Chris Buckley’s wonderful Thank You for Smoking has been made into a movie, though I have fears about whether a film about a tobacco lobbyist’s machinations is as topical as it was when Buckley first wrote his novel 12 years ago. The real reason to root for this film, however, is that it increases the chances that Buckley’s Little Green Men — my personal favorite Buckley novel — could be made into a motion picture.
Speaking of movies, I’m all for artistic freedom, but does anyone thinking that Gary Busey starring in a role based on Medieval blood libel against Jews is a wise career move? It almost makes “I’m with Busey” look good. Almost.

I got a new computer, not just any a ibm think pad - state of the art with shitload of memory, processing speed cd rom, a drive, zip drive port, usb port and also a digital camera so expect
pictures ... what sort of pictures? Well just wait and see

BUI

yeahhad nbot had one of these in awhile but tonight i went to ... that bar for a few and then i stayed longer cauise i met Rose and i was thinking about the possbility with a girl anmed rosa. why am i thinking so much about her? don't know - perhaps cause i like to have a girlfriend now. i stayed away from that thing for way to long ever since that time with Kristina. yes its time but does rose of a hidden agenda? is that why she is interested in me? gosh darn th eroom is spining i hate that feeling don't you? Oh the bald heded prick of a bouncer at dees asked me to leave as i was sleepy in my bar stool

Are these the End Times?

Hizbollah’s fired on Isreali cities and had caused more casualties, writes Israeli journalist Zeev Schiff, Israel’s armed forces “have abandoned their policy of restraint and launched a devastating counter-attack". Israel now finds itself in the grip of a gigantic conflagration, whose origins would have been only indirectly linked to the defence of the Galilee”. The Middle East has once more become a powder keg whose smallest spark may cause an explosion: an attack in Israel, a confrontation in the West Bank, a military action against Lebanon, or even Syria. And that is just the beginning... The Bird Flu or deadly H5N1 virus has grabbed the headlines again. In the past few weeks the dreaded disease has infected poultry virtually all over the world. Experts have now reported outbreaks in Iraq, Egypt, Europe, and Canada. France, Europe's top poultry producer, has just reported its first case of the lethal virus—and now it’s infecting humans! Could this global pestilence be just another sign of the End Times? Horrifying events has occurred and will probably continue to happen in America and much of the western, professing "Christian" world. The destruction of the Twin Towers in New York, and the devastation of the Pentagon in Washington, DC, focused the minds of millions on Bible prophecy. I wonder: "What is God’s purpose in all of this?"

Indeed, prophesied events are truly speeding up. As Jesus Christ instructed, we all need to "watch and pray." For—within this generation—truly awful, Satan-inspired tragedies will begin to strike much of humanity. The "Antichrist" will be directly behind many of these events!

Who is the Antichrist? After September 11, 2001, most Americans believed it is the sinister Osama bin Laden as the prophesied end-time "Antichrist"? A decade earlier, some had suspected that Saddam Hussein was the Antichrist. Before him, suspicion had fallen on Mikhail Gorbachev. Even today, some still consider Adolf Hitler the personification of the Antichrist. Surrounded by these ideas—and this confusion—can we really know? Can it be proved from the Bible who or what the "Antichrist" really is? Just Remember, men have all kinds of theories about this subject. The evangelical leader Jerry Falwell opined that the coming Antichrist will probably be Jewish, and that he will be from the tribe of Dan. What Mr. Falwell apparently does not understand is that the Israelitish tribe of Dan split off from Judah—or the "Jews"—thousands of years ago, and is an entirely different people! Historically, most Protestant theologians of past generations assumed that the pope of Rome was the "Antichrist." In fact, the primary human founder of Protestantism, Martin Luther, declared on August 18, 1520: "We here are of the conviction that the papacy is the seat of the true and real Antichrist".

Addicted to Internet Porn

Top ten signs Your Partner is Addicted to Internet Porn-

10. During foreplay, he's always double-clicking your G-spot.
9. His new computer includes a DVD-ROM drive, a 56k modem, and a tissue dispenser.
8. When she wants you to take off your pants, she says, "Scroll down."
7. Tells everyone he's a pioneer in "palm computing."
6. He's suing Playboy.com for repetitive stress injuries.
5. Her favorite actor? Tommy Lee.
4. When he sees a hot babe, he wryly says, "Boy, I'd like to click on her."
3. You look deep into his eyes and see a faint image of Asia Carrera burned into his corneas.
2. As you undress, he takes out his credit card and tells you his birthday.
1. During sex, he shouts, "Refresh! Refresh!"

And your bonus sign your partner is addicted to internet porn is ... His version of foreplay: You lie naked on the bed with a sheet covering you... he pulls it down slowly for ten minutes.

Glad to be drunk and a Girls night out

A completely inebriated man was stumbling down the street with one foot on the curb and one foot in the gutter. A cop pulled up and said, "I've got to take you in, pal. You're obviously drunk."

Our wasted friend asked, "Officer, are ya absolutely sure I'm drunk?"

"Yeah, buddy, I'm sure," said the copper. "Let's go."

Breathing a sigh of relief, the wino said, "Thank goodness, I thought I was crippled."

Or how about this one...

Girls night out
Two women friends had gone out for a Girls Night Out, and had been decidedly over-enthusiastic on the cocktails. Incredibly drunk and walking home they suddenly realized they both needed to pee. They were very near a graveyard and one of them suggested they do their business behind a headstone or something. The first woman had nothing to wipe with so she took off her panties, used them and threw them away. Her friend however was wearing an expensive underwear set and didn't want to ruin hers, but was lucky enough to salvage a large ribbon from a wreath that was on a grave and proceeded to wipe herself with it. After finishing, they made their way home.

The next day the first woman's husband phones the other husband and said, "These damn girls nights out have got to stop. My wife came home last night without her panties." "That's nothing," said the other. "Mine came back with a sympathy card stuck between the cheeks of her butt that said, 'From all of us at the Fire Station, Well never forget you!'

Tuesday thoughts

I talked to Chad today, i have not spoken to him since his wedding back on June 3rd 2006. Yeah I decided to go, I had to he is a friend and I have so few of them left. He had a fantastic honeymoon... told me a bit about it. He also explained job-wise it could be better because he as he explained to me he got laid off - a week before his wedding! WOW, he got a few promising leads and I even told him if he wants a job at the bank I will be happy to submit his resume as a internal source referral. He also asked why I did not go to his reception, thats a bit of a long story in itself. I wanted to go but when I got to the church... St. margeret in Greentree I saw him, said hello then sat in the back and I don't know what came over me but I was overwhelmed with emotion. Its not because I was so happy to see my friend get married but it was more selfish... I was sitting there in a crowed church by myself. That feeling lasted about five minutes then passed when the cermony began - it was nice - I never been to a catholic wedding before. He is going to have a little picnic at his house in about two weeks and he was inviting me, said you will show up cause I ain't taking no for a answer. I wish I could be more like him -personality wise cause he can make friends easy, in a way he is like another friend or I should say ex-friend that well enough said on that note.

Big Brother Shawn has a new girlfriend, he been single since he broke it off with Melissa. To break it down he wanted to get serious and she wanted him to be her sugar daddy, needless to say he is happier now.

Anthony is enjoying what life has to offer in Las Vegas, he sent me a text message a few weeks back and I have been debating if I should delete it or not but anyway in the subject line of this text message he wrote "pink taco". And in the body of the text message (we both have picture phones) he attached a photo he took with his phone of a woman that was relaxed... Think about it? "pink taco"

To live a day in Vegas thats all I want! :)

Could this be love?

Martina Hingis

Who is Martina Hingis? I did not know anything about her until someone left a comment on my blog so I used the power of google and found out who she is... Named after tennis legend, Martina Navratilova, Martina Hingis is one of the brightest stars on the tennis circuit. She's aptly named too considering she's the youngest tennis player to ever reach number 1 ranking and holds a multitude of Grand Slam victories including 3 straight Australian Open titles. She has won 3 out of the 4 grand slams, leaving only the French Open to be had. With her exuberance and talent, she's sure to become the next player to win all 4 grand slam tournaments.

Random thoughts

I woke up at 3am. Can’t sleep. I keep thinking about the million little things that has no real importance in my life. I hate that.

I’m realizing that I’m happy about going to Central America again, but everyone else is more disappointed in my choice because they feel I should be going to Myrtle beach South Carolina with them. There’s a few reasons for this but more importantly I did the family vacation last year and also I am not a beach person.

Random thoughts this evening:

1) I’ve seen white and black sandy beaches before on Costa Rica. Beaches are the same everywhere guess that is why I am not a beach person. Honduras has lots of them. And also plenty of islands off the coast that are just as beautiful. Rain forests? Got those too. Better than Costa Rica’s or so I have been told, except that their Tourism Department isn’t as good as Costa Ricas.

2) The American fascination with getting away on vacation saddens me. Am I really supposed to believe that a few days away from home are supposed to somehow clear my mind from everything else that happened the 50-something other weeks I was working? Think about it. Some of us wait a whole year anticipating one week of our lives. And besides, do our jobs really suck so much that we’re dying to get away one year in advance? I have no answers, just thinking.

3) Anthony sent me an invite to visit him in Las Vegas, promised to show me the town – including one of his favorite “ranches”. I could go almost for free, Sheep could hook me up with cheap airfare since he works for an airline and Anthony has a guess room I could use.

4) Why do I alienate people in my life?

5) I’m thinking of maybe fasting for a day. And, I’ve decided I should also read to has anyone read Hernando De Soto’s The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else.




Or perhaps I should put a Godly perspective/corrective on De Soto’s conclusions and read Michael Crichton’s State of Fear.

All-star week

For some odd reason Pittsburgh was chosen to host baseball's all-star games, odd because our team - the Pittsburgh Pirates had the worse season in baseball history! In fact they were one game shy of setting a national record for the most games lost in a straight row. Yes with such a terrible team why was Pittsburgh chosen? Well most Pittsburghers say it is because the owner - Mr. Kevin ______ wanted to show off PNC Park. He was also the man that said if this city built his franchise team a new ball park he would be able to recruit talented ball players and might actually win a few games. Well anyone who followed the team's progess over the years will know they have not won a championship game since 1979! With that in mind next week being the all-star week is being prompted as a huge event, expected to bring houndreds of thousands of visitors to Pittsburgh and with coming events - it means heighten security ... to protect those baseball fans so that they can have fun watching exciting games, eating hot dogs and then washing them down with ice cold beer. Now for me it means added headaches for my commute to work! Why? Because you sillys, roads are closing around the ball park and my building is within two blocks of the ball park.

Its only 62 more days until ... the Steelers take to the Heinz field! I am really looking forwards to this season if for nothing more then to shut those Colts fans up about how we should not of made it to the superbowl because they should of. The better team won!

General thought

Me thinks I am am being scammed, how you ask? Well if you recall about two weeks ago a referenced my choice to register on line with match ... well i got a wink, then a email from this person whom is not in the USA. Why do they pick me? Oh well some women will do anything for a greencard :)

A true story

This is a true story copied from kdka's web site which purchased rights to it from the Associated Press. Made me think of doing it myself, any suggestion on what my title should be?

(AP) GREENSBURG A Westmoreland County bachelor is still in the market for a wife -- who also wants to buy his town house.Mark Miller, 47, began advertising his two-bedroom town house on the Internet site -- www.townhousewithgroom.com in the winter.Yesterday was the deadline for Miller to choose a spouse and town house buyer, but he extended the deadline.Miller says more than 110 women have expressed interest in dating him, but none wanted to also buy his town house. Miller says he won't sell to anyone but a prospective spouse and says he wants to keep looking -- for a buyer and a bride.Miller said he'll donate any money he raises -- after satisfying the mortgage -- to a charity he started that helps find children abducted in custody disputes.

(© 2006 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

Shhhhhh

I not going to say who but someone yesterday went on a road trip with his brother to the Great State of Ohio to buy fireworks - The good kind the kind that is not legal in Pennsylvania. Whats not legal in PA? Well anything that flys and goes boom so every year thouands of Pennsylvanians flock to Ohio to purchase the goodies for some patriotic fun on the Fourth of July... happy birthday America what would we do without you?!

She had milk

Anna Kournikova, looks good in her whites, or anything else for that matter ... I love blogger. It is the Fourth of July weekend here, which means red, white and blue; fireworks; picnics, and the Taste of ice cold miller lite. Got a bit of a headache this morning - had gone to my second happy hour with the new crew from the bank- then me, Mike, Dave and Lori went to meet up with my brother and his crew at Bar Louie in fashionable station square and had a nice time. I thought I was making progress with one young lady there but as it turns out I am not bad-boy enough for her - we are friends. As for the new crew well there was Lori, Dave, (not to be confused with Dave a.k.a. Cobra) Mike and Jeremy...

Note to self: broke phone get new phone and thank heavens for small favors - now I can start fresh!