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I saw FAME with a friend yesterday. It is a gathering of Fine Arts, in this case the Northeast. If you like children's art, music, and some of the "touristy" feel, without the fiery smell of campfires from Johnny Appleseed (who was walking around there, BTW) and the clarity of arts without the price of Civic Center and FWMA, then next year, try it!

Jon wants money

SPECIAL ELECTION IN INDIANA
In the next 72 hours we have a special Election in Indiana.
My name is Jon Elrod, I am running for Congress.

I am asking for your URGENT donation ["Land ... see snatch] + to help us mobilize the vote for Tuesday.

We need to purchase some crucial TV advertising:
A Donation of $1,000 to Our Media Fund can get this done!
We need some assistance making phone calls:
A Donation of $250 to Our Phone Banking Fund can get the phones ringing!
We need to get fellow Hoosiers to the polls:
A Donation of $100 to Our Grassroots Fund can have those door knobs knocking!

The people of Indiana need determined and diligent leadership who will stand up and fight for what they believe.
This race will be decided in just 72 hours.
Can I count on your support?
I also need your help to volunteer for the campaign. You can go to my website, www.jonelrod.com and sign up to volunteer.
Thank you. These last crucial dollars will help us to victory. Any amount is appreciated. To learn more about the campaign www.jonelrod.com
Best regards,

Jon Elrod

Candidate for U.S. Congress, District 7
P.S. Please feel free to send this email to family and friends. Thank you again. I appreciate you taking the time to read this email.


JonElrod.com
5329 South Emerson Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46237
United States

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Well Jon, when you spam me for money ... I'm sure that you don't deserve to get elected. Thanks for playing!

+ "Blazing Saddles"

while as reccomended to me ...

Man On Fire with Denzel Washington was a fair movie. While it was long, it was chock full of retribution, torture of the wicked and redemption. Sadly, the end isn't what you'd expect.

Donut day for Me

No, it wasn't chocolate or glazed, or filled. It was a message on the email at work ...
my car type, similar color, very close license plate ... flat tire

yep, it was mine.

So, in the rain I changed my tire. I thought it was a full-sized tire, but it was a smaller one. It is technically a donut, but it is closer in size than others.

I wonder where the hole is. I dropped it off at Firestone and hopefully they can fix it, rather than me having to immediately replace it.

Like, yaknow

Either MSNBC or CNN had some girl report from a girl who, "talked to [them] all the time" in relation to recent shootings. Yeah. That's intelligent reporting. I think they should include such irrefutable statements as, "I seen it", "We R like BFF, lol!" Like, reporter Doogie is so very reporting, onseen. "Wow, totl whoa, rocks bad dude, dont come, totl unfair."

Txt reprtr Doogie

good day

I have finally wiped out one part of my memory ... my ex's birthday is obliterated from my memory. I hope, with time, the wind, water, snow, and sand will further wipe away the memories.

So tired ... don't remember

what I have put on the blog ... pardon me if this is a repeat.

I was down in Indy area a couple weekends ago. On the way back, I messed up on 38 East and instead of picking up 69, I went through West Anderson. It was a little run down. It rather reminded me of a time warp, people mostly stuck int he 70s, some never leaving their little hub in West Anderson. Anyway, I stopped in to a gas station and got directions, simple enough, to get to I-69.

So, on that Sunday night, I got to drive on Dr. Martin Luther King Drive (business 9 in Anderson) and later, Ronald Reagan expressway, I-69 along Fort Wayne's West side. While I didn't drive on famous routes, I got to drive on routes named after famous and important people.

I feel like roadkill

I feel run over and squished. I got a cold from work, family, and friends -- either the same one, or a happy party of different virus merging together in my body. I hope that my white blood count goes up and passes out the tequila at the party for a one-time surge of viral activity followed by fights between the germs and finally the incapacity and death of the germs, who would vow not to enter my body for "free tequila night" ever again.


I slept most of today -- so it was wasted on rest.

I have a few events to cover

While I was trying to piece together one event -- the Friday Dave & JJ hosted a get together for everyone featuring the new arrivals Christopher and Joshua, with special guests the Quinmores, I found myself falling asleep on the keyboard. I still do not sleep well. Pardon me, it will take another day. Until then, I will write that it was fun and neat to see people again and little people for the first time.

Friday, brief as it was

Lori in quiet contemplation

Surprisingly, Dave showed the only cheese that I saw there.

Izzy swings!

Andrew was wondering what it was like outside
Carrie got a Christopher fix, and a baby fix

Jeff, Paula, and Joshua were happy to meet everyone
Mike finds the whole thing funny
Keith was animated
Wii kids had a good time, save that whole going-to-bed thing
I got the feeling that Jeff was a bit proud.
Dave held the house from falling.
JJ held Christopher who seemed happy to be included.
Mary would not smile for me.
Charlie among the many toys on the floor.
Keith struck a pose.
John looks down on photography.
Hmmm .. how clever.
William was quite but interested in the Wii games
This shot I couldn't pass.
Giant Mario

Well, I was late because ... I couldn't find out how to get there. Mike was obliging and helped some, then Dave took over and guided me the remainder of the way. It was great to see everyone again. Thanks Dave and JJ for hosting the get together!

My neice made it

Jenny's story

being called

Hey, uh ... we need fools, or I mean lackeys, or bodies -- to uh, help the whorehouse, I mean warehouse. So, I joined a small team and worked in warehouse today. Sadly, I was not wearing the most comfortable shoes for running around, nor the best-suited clothes for warehouse, dusty little dirty work. I did put in enough time again that my check will show OT.

Eyes heavy

Still ... poor sleep, noises never cease

problems left unsolved

work, learn

pangs of the past beleaguer me

"did you like teaching", answering yes

bills

time

scratches without an itch ... idle hands

projects

Sleep, invite me to a party no RSVP required

BYOD (dreams more important than beer)

What is my job

I'll first give you the short version. I am a phone rep (resentative) who fields calls for people needing parts and checking on parts. I know, it doesn't sound like a complex enough job to warrant much money.
The end of the week got better and I started doing more work.


The long version. Using a proprietary SQL I research parts, inventory and customer invoice and information finding the parts requested (often techs calling in don't have the part numbers or don't have the right numbers). I also have to find where orders are, why orders aren't shipping and find logistical solutions (inventory control). Now, couple with with having a glitchy SQL which is version 5.2 after people had years with version 2.3. The systems don't run the same.

The switch to the new system didn't import all the most recent data and so about 6 weeks of data (orders, invoices and the like) were not imported. They were not lost, but they are not available in the new system. To find prices for techs and mechanics, I have to refer to old printed material on discounts for people -- one large company gets 35% disc on items $200 +, etc. It is a lot to remember. Now, the interesting part of the job is that I have to find parts that are long-since retired from machines that are too old to run. I have had to go through schematics of appliances (breakdowns) finding old part numbers or descriptions and use the SQL to hopefully find a match. On Friday, I got to learn the magic of light bulb designation through dimensions and type all to answer one question.

I like my team. The number three guy in the company, who has the largest office on site (numbers 2 and 1 don't work in that building) is nice, motivational and down-to Earth. He interviewed me, but knows marketing and sales more than tech stuff like computers, SQL and more typical programming languages. In a few weeks I will earn hourly more than I did at PH, and thereafter every "hurdle" I pass, my raises come in.

I sit on my butt all day --- bad, but I do work and have little down time. When I first started they didn't have a computer for me that worked. On Friday, my headset for the phone failed. The servers they have running are maxed out due to the data transfer issues. When that is hammered out -- 9 weeks, about, the server will get faster and the work will be easier on everyone. It's nice that I have my own desk. It is 100% smoke free. The only food smell is from the lounge that reeks of microwave food.

The other funny thing about my job is listening to people who haven't mastered their only language English. Hey, ya'll gotter pah't det fit dis here gaskit? Yeah, I figger dat its dis won-AE-IE-OU-YU-THEN- sayvun-AEF-AN

So, that's 1AEIOU7FN, right?

For more complex math, please see Net clost *1.15, then try vendor cost does not equal List Price --> change in inventory management

++ now add returns, faxing, sales orders

later, quotes, new solicitation

Drunks of Hazard County

Go Go Kosovo!

Yeah, let freedom ring and may the democrat republic never waver, never yield! Go freedom!

Congratulations Kosovo! Spending my tax dollars on THAT nation makes sense!

moment of unrest

Playtime with the Cramers

Legendary disappointment

"I am Legend." --- many holes, much unexplained, not a feel good movie, lackuster ending, and they broke a rule in good movie making concerning animals. You just don't do it!

So ... this athiest is bad at math, right?

from the "Calculate Your God Delusion Index", I see that the authors can't draw a simple number line. That's funny! I'm not "Batshit crazy" and I can draw a number line. I found the first two levels of delusion interesting, then it fell into 'operational psychosis' at higher levels.

Well, the creators (ha ha) spent some time with this and still didn't get a number line right. Good going duds (not dudes).

Well deserved

I do wrong and deserve the berating I get. So, I deserve the Hell that I calming walk to visit.
It's a shame ... I'll miss Heaven.

On the same path, eagerly walking to Hell ...

I made the day of a girl who had a nasty one ... she called me wanting to thank me, so sweet

I turned on my phone too late (I turned it off at work in the afternoon to save my battery), a friend was in trouble and desperate. He was out of sorts ... confused (from alcohol or drugs) needing help. In the end, his distance too great for me to reach him quickly, I sent officers to do a wellness check on him. I will try again today to check on him.

I am a little help to a person feeling quite alone, okay make that a few people who feel alone and desperate. One particular girl is a survivor of many hellish child experiences. I will never forgo being her friend, as she needs friends. I just wish I could live a life where she could have a "safe haven" being free to walk in, sit, and talk with me.

Loneliness ... a sad curse. Apparently there is a vast amount of loneliness despite the number of people on the planet. Of course, if you can't be yourself around someone, then you are still alone from yourself.

I have met lost souls and persons with many pains casting long shadows on the ground. I have had the opportunity for some people to cast their shadow on me ... let go of some of the past, giving it to me to remember and them to forget. I never wanted the burden, but it is nice to take the load for someone so loaded and often so young.

If I existed only to carry the sadness of others, it would destroy me. I am thankfully that I am also reminded that I am loved despite my evil nature, despite that I do wrong. Being loved, truly loved, is what a soul ultimately wants.