I am so tired of Barry Bonds

Yes I know he's one away from tying Hank Aaron. But this is overkill. They break into every program every time he's up to bat. Now they're showing the Giants vs the Dodgers tomorrow. They will probably show them all week.

Does anyone outside of San Francisco care? Does anyone outside of New York believe A-Rod will eventually break his record? Now A-Rod is a player I will root for. Then again I'm a Yankee-Lover, so take that for what it's worth!

Finding topics to blog about

I like to talk a lot. I can really gab. I don't understand why I sometimes have a hard time finding topics to blog about. I don't blog too much about my personal life besides work and school. You never know who might read your blog. I almost posted something pretty personal about a situation me and one of my friends got into, then she told me she read my blog. Almost a big whoops right there.

I love sports but I know not everyone does. I won't cut down on the sports posts but I'll try to find other things to talk about.

I found a dress for my cruise

If you've ever been on a cruise you know they have a formal night where everyone dresses up. Most of the women wear cocktail dresses and the men wear tuxes or suits and neckties. Well, I just found a dress that I bought in Ivory. I started to get purple but it was too bright for my skin tone.

Earlier this year I got a silk scarf from Belisi and it is a perfect match for the dress. It looks great together too. I plan on using the scarf as a hair accessory. I'm not big on fashion or style but when I need to look nice I try to go all out.

Now I need to find some killer heels and I'll be good to go.

Yeah I get to see the Phillies but

The Pirates are killing me. Yeah I'm rooting for the Phillies but I wish the Pirates would at least put up a fight. They lost 10-5 today. The Pirates were actually up 5-2 at one point. Then all hell broke loose. I hope they at least make it interesting tomorrow. I'm still rooting for the Phillies though.

At least I get to see the Phillies this weekend

I usually don't get to see what I consider good baseball games. That's not the hot games it's games featuring teams I want to see. Usually anything with the Yankees or Phillies is good.

This weekend the Pirates are in Philly so I'll get to see Ryan Howard all weekend. I would be happy to see Chase Utley, but those stinkin' bastid (yeah I know I said bastid) Nationals broke his hand and he's out for a month. Damn.

I was hoping to go to a game when the Phillies come here next month. I was looking forward to either Ryan or Chase hitting a home run. Well, it's up to you Ryan. Don't let me down!

Freeze It froze it

I have the most horrible posture. I do this hunch over kind of thing. I'm not really tall, I only stand about 5'6" but I was already at that height at 13. I towered over most of the other kids. Although I'm now average height, I still hunch over. It's just what I'm used to. Besides having bad posture, I also get tension knots. Believe me when I tell you those suckers are uncomfortable.

I've tried some of those Icy Hot products and Ben Gay and they don't work for me. So when I received some samples of Freeze It in the mail, I didn't have high hopes for it. Let's just say I was pleasantly surprised. I was hesitant when I opened it to see this green goo. I watch too many movies and it looked like monster slime.

Anyway, I took a small bit and rubbed it directly on the knot. It was instantly cooling which I liked instead of feeling like I was on fire like with other products. The knot seemed to start disappearing and after a while, it was gone. I am liking this stuff. I looked online to compare prices and it's not expensive at all. It's only $9.99 for a 4 oz tube. But I'll be buying the 3 oz roll-on.

As you can see, Freeze It is teddy bear approved!

Joke of the week

Hospital Bloopers - Part Two...

These were actual hospital patient reports...enjoy!

13. While in ER, she was examined, x-rated and sent home.
14. The skin was moist and dry.
15. Occasional, constant infrequent headaches.
16. Patient was alert and unresponsive.
17. Rectal exam ination revealed a normal size thyroid.
18. She stated that she had been constipated for most of her life, until she got a divorce.
19. I saw your patient today, who is still under our car for physical therapy.
20. Both breasts are equal and reactive to light and accommodation.
21. Examination of genitalia reveals that he is circus sized.
22. The lab test indicated abnormal lover function.
23. Skin: somewhat pale but present.
24. The pelvic exam will be done later on the floor.
25. Patient has two teenage children, but no other abnormalities.

See the good games never come on tv

Ok first A-Rod hits his 499 career home run today. He will be the youngest player to get to 500 once he gets that one. He'll be 32 on Friday. When Bonds was 32 he had 317 home runs. That's a heck of a lot more. Everybody is screaming about Bonds becoming the hr king. Please A-Rod will pass him within 5 years so does it really matter.

Then Ryan Howard hits a walk-off hr in the bottom of the 14th. The 14th, that's insane. They've been playing all night. Phillies games never come on tv.

Tom Glavine is at career win 299. The Mets played the Pirates so that was on tv. I really don't like the Mets so I didn't watch that game. I do like Carlos Beltran and Jose Reyes though.

Spam comments on my other blog

At first I just deleted the spam comments. Then I started marking them as spam. Now I just delete them again. Why? Because marking them as spam could ban the offenders ip address from visiting my site.

Why would I want a spammer to visit my site? The main reason is because I don't get a lot of traffic. Each hit counts towards my traffic ranking and my alexa rankings. If they get banned, that's less traffic. Secondly, maybe one of the spammers will actually have something to say that I might want to read. But it's really all about the traffic.

It's not a lot. Maybe 3 or 4 comments per day. I'll deal with it for now. If it ever gets up to 20 or 30, then yeah, I'll mark them appropriately.

What are you doing Saturday night?

As for me, nothing as usual. I don't have any plans yet. It's only Tuesday so something might come up. I haven't had a date in a few weeks. I'm pretty picky about who I'll date.

Not picky as far as financially or even looks. But picky in the way they treat people. I've always been told that you can tell a lot about someone by the way they treat people that they don't need for some reason. You know, sales people or wait staff. If they're rude to them, they're probably no a nice person in general. I know that's a generalization but it's worked for me so far.

I have several friends who have tried online dating. There's one site where you can meet interacial singles. I'm sort of mixed race myself so I don't count anyone out. I say sort of because both of my parents are interracial. So interracial dating is nothing new in my family. I should also say that I don't count people out because of their race.

I try to judge the person for who they are not what they are.

I played hooky from work today

Why? I have no idea. I wasn't sick or overly tired when I woke up, I just didn't feel like going. That's bad because that was my last full approved absence day. I do have a half day that I plan on using just before my vacation starts.

Speaking of vacation, it hasn't been approved and probably won't be. That means I have to research leaves of absence some time this week. I'm not missing my vacation even if it means I have to take the entire week off without pay.

I really don't like my job right now. I think it's a combination of not getting my vacation approved and that crappy "promotion" I got which effectively locked me in my job for another 6 months. Once I take the week off for vacation, I'll probably be on corrective action which means I have to stay another 6 months. They also won't cover tuition reimbursement and I won't get a raise.

Needless to say as soon as I get back from vacation, I'm dusting off the old resume and applying at some new companies.

They tried to make me go to rehab

You know that song by Amy Winehouse sounds funny, but for a lot of people it's reality. At one point she says she can't find happiness at the bottom of a shot glass. She wrote that song based on her family recommending rehab for alcoholism. She didn't go because she didn't believe she had a problem.

Like I said, it's funny in a song but not a funny reality. I have a coworker who has been off work for over a month because of her addiction to meth. She's not even 21 yet. It's really sad because she's such a pretty girl and the drugs are doing so much damage to her face and body.

She's one of those people who loves to be in love. When her boyfriend moved here from another state, she was in heaven. They started smoking pot, drinking and moved up to the harder stuff fairly quickly. One day, she came to work and everything seemed fine. When she got home, he had moved out. Got a moving van and just left. That's when she went off of the deep end. She just got worse and worse.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not blaming him at all. She's a big girl and can make her own decisions. She just does not make good decisions at all. She started getting high during work hours. She would leave for lunch and come back high.

Eventually her parents noticed her behavior and found a rehab for her. A site like 1800nodrugs is totally free. They don't even charge a referral fee. If you decided right now to check them and their services out, you could because they're available 24/7. They'll help you find a long term or short term drug rehab program depending on your needs.

My friend definitely needs a long term program. A short term program wouldn't do her any good because she'll be back around those negative influences too soon. With a long term program, maybe she'll see the error of her ways and decide to change.

I really hope she gets the help she needs. It's really sad to see someone strung out and know that there's nothing you can do.

Have I mentioned my new blog yet?

If not, check out Insane Random Ramblings. Yes, it's the same name as this blog, but this one is on blogger and they new one is it's own domain. There aren't a lot of posts yet because the blog is fairly new. But I blog on it almost daily so you should be able to find something new.

I will keep both blogs because I like to talk a lot. If I put all of my posts on one blog, they would never last on the homepage longer than a day because I would have at least 5 posts per day or more.

Yeah, I talk a lot. I talk even more in person though.

Lake Michigan and BP

I was thinking about driving up to Erie this weekend since it's the closest thing to a beach to me. When I googled it and started reading up on it, I found out information about Lake Michigan as well. I started reading because it's interesting to me to see what people consider to be beaches near the Great Lakes. I'm from Philly/Jersey so the east coast and west coast are the only beaches I know of.

When I started reading about Lake Michigan, BP popped up. I get my gas from BP because they're the most economical. So any information about the company is of interest to me. I read several articles and noticed some discrepancies in the facts. They were saying that BP dumps sludge into Lake Michigan, that they are harming the environment, and dumping excess materials into the lake.

I went to the BP Whiting fact sheet to see what their response was.

First they dump 99.9% water into the lake, sludge is treated separately and not dumped into the lake. Secondly, they follow all state and federal rules and regulations and are not harming the environment. Third, the amount of ammonia that will be released will increase. But they will still discharge less than half of the amount that federal guidelines allow. All this and they're adding over 80 jobs to the community.

This is such a sensitive topic with so much of our oil being imported. In 20 years it's expected that more than 65% of our oil will be imported. So I see why people are so touchy about oil refineries. But I think people should do their due diligence before condemning a company.

Julio Franco plays for the Braves?!?!?!

I just turned on the game and saw Julio Franco playing for the Braves. The tag line says he's been playing baseball for over 30 years including time in Mexico and Korea. I was surprised to hear that the Mets had cut him. I hope it comes back to bite them in the butt!

Edit: I was in the middle of writing another post and had to stop to write this. Now I don't remember what I was writing about!

It was fun while it lasted

This past week was a free MLB package preview. They give you 5 days worth of games hoping you'll get hooked and subscribe. I will admit, it is pretty tempting. I was in heaven watching baseball all day long. One game would go off and I would turn another game on. It was great.

The package is less $100 for the rest of the season but I just can't bring myself to pay for it. I know that I would get my moneys worth but I just can't do it. I just have to hope some good games come on regular tv the rest of the season.

Things to do on vacation

I think I've mentioned numerous times that I'm going on a cruise next month. What I don't know is if I mentioned that I was spending some time in Florida as well. My aunt and uncle live in Florida and I'll be crashing at their place.

They used to live in the southwestern part of the state but now they live in Jacksonville. They live in a apartment complex but they are thinking of moving into a retirement community. They want to buy a two bedroom condo. I'm all for it as long as I can go visit. I know they don't allow children to live there so they won't have to worry about that.

I absolutely love Florida. It's on my wish list of places to live once I'm done with school. If they buy a condo, I can crash with them for a few months to make sure I like it before I move there. Now to just get done with school.

My friend is still MIA

Betty is still MIA. I email her at least once a week from work. Sometimes we chit-chat all day long via email. It's really fun talking to her. I emailed her yesterday and today and I haven't heard back from her. That's unusual even though she can't talk a lot every day, she does usally give me a short answer. Especially since it was a school related question. I'll email her again tomorrow.

Joke of the week

Hospital Bloopers - Part One...

These were actual hospital patient reports...enjoy!

1. The patient refused autopsy.

2. The patient has no previous history of suicides.

3. Patient has left white blood cells at another hospital.

4. She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night.

5. Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.

6. On the second day the knee was better, and on the third day it disappeared.

7. The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed.

8. The patient has been depressed since she began seeing me in 1993.

9. Discharge status: Alive but without permission.

10. Healthy appearing decrepit 69-year old male, mentally alert but forgetful.

11. Patient had waffles for breakfast and anorexia for lunch.

12. She is numb from her toes down.

My weight loss goals

I'm very close to my first weight loss goal. I want to lose 25 pounds. So far, I've lost 21. That means only 4 more to go. Once I meet my first goal, I will work on maintaining that weight for 30 days then move to my next goal. I exercise several times a week. But I think the biggest thing I've done to lose weight is increase my daily vegetable intake and decrease my junk food intake. I also went from regular soda to diet. That was probably the hardest thing I had to do.

I need to lose some of this weight to cut down on the jiggles. It just doesn't look good on me. I can already see the difference in my face, it's thin again. I wish I had done this sooner. I also wish I had found a product like Drink My Daily Veggies before now. It's not just a drink either. The product comes in a packet that you can add to food or drinks.

Each packet is also 2 servings of vegetables. So if you add it to food and have a regular serving of veggies, you're halfway home for the day. I plan on adding mine to eggs in the morning, then add some to my lunch. And if you think you won't like the taste, remember that it's mixed with food so you really won't taste it. Get your daily recommended servings of veggies without even thinking about it.

I'm mad at everybody

I was so tired at work today. I make my caffeine run around 10:30. Today I was ready to go at 9am, it was that bad. After I had some caffeine and was semi-woke, I started working. We were slammed because one person is on a leave and another is on vacation. But of course I still made time to talk (email) everyone.

What do you know, my first friend was in meetings all day so I couldn't talk to her. Next up is my friend that works in a doctors office. She was mia. I couldn't get her to return a message. Last hope, my neighbor who works at the same company but a different location. We emailed a few times but I was really in a chatty mood. He didn't even get my last email until 10 minutes before he went home. And I sent that one over two hours earlier.

Yeah our internal mail system sucks. Sometimes you get mail, sometimes you don't get it for hours. All I know is that I wanted to talk and nobody wanted to be my friend today. Boo to my stupid friends.

Short story update

I worked on my short story this past weekend. I wrote 4 chapters which surprised me. It surprised me because I didn't expect to sit and write 4 chapters at one time. If my neighbors weren't so loud and rowdy I might have gotten more done.

I know some people suggest that I go away from home to a library or someplace quiet. That doesn't work for me because I need to be comfortable. If I try to go anywhere besides home, I just sit there looking around and I can't concentrate. Hopefully my neighbors will go out this weekend again and in addition to it being quiet, I'll get some writing done.

I might hire a tutor for school

I already anticipate having trouble with my math class. I've entertained the thought of hiring math tutors for my Pre-Calculus class.

I had a tutor when I was in middle school for my algebra class. My aunt hired her because I was having trouble with the class. The tutor was able to break the information down into a way that I could understand it. I don't know what it was that was different from the way the teacher taught the class, but I finally caught on and was able to pass the class with a B+.

I don't think parents should hesitate if their kids need a tutor. It could be make all the difference between their child passing or failing.

Thank you ESPN for ruining the ESPY'S

All week long they've been showing highlights of the awards show. What is the purpose of actually watching now? They've already told us who won every award and given us excerpts from their acceptance speeches. There is no element of surprise left to the show.

In general I hate award shows anyway. Since I know almost everything that's going to happen, there is no reason for me to watch the show.

Joke of the week

How Do YOU Eat An Oreo Cookie?

Psychologists have discovered that the manner in which people eat Oreo cookies provides great insight into their personalities. Choose which method best describes your favorite method of eating Oreos:

1. The whole thing all at once.
2. One bite at a time
3. Slow and methodical nibbles examining the results of each bite afterwards.
4. In little feverous nibbles.
5. Dunked in some liquid (milk, coffee...).
6. Twisted apart, the inside, then the cookie.
7. Twisted apart, the inside, and toss the cookie.
8. Just the cookie, not the inside.
9. I just like to lick them, not eat them.
10.I don't have a favorite way because I don't like Oreos.


Your Personality:

1. The whole thing:
This means you consume life with abandon, you are fun to be with, exciting, carefree with some hint of recklessness. You are totally irresponsible. No one should trust you with his or her children.

2. One bite at a time:
You are lucky to be one of the 5.4 billion other people who eat their Oreos this very same way. Just like them, you lack imagination, but that's okay, not to worry, you're normal.

3. Slow and Methodical:
You follow the rules. You're very tidy and orderly. You're very meticulous in every detail with every thing you do to the point of being anal retentive and irritating to others. Stay out of the fast lane if you're only going to go the speed limit.

4. Feverous Nibbles:
Your boss likes you because you get your work done quickly. You always have a million things to do and never enough time to do them. Mental breakdowns and suicides run in your family. Valium and Ritalin would do you good.

5. Dunked:
Every one likes you because you are always up beat. You like to sugar coat unpleasant experiences and rationalize bad situations into good ones. You are in total denial about the shambles you call a life. You have a propensity towards narcotic addiction.

6. Twisted apart, the inside, and then the cookie:
You have a highly curious nature. You take pleasure in breaking things apart to find out how they work, though not always able to put them back together, so you destroy all the evidence of your activities. You deny your involvement when things go wrong. You are a compulsive liar and exhibit deviant, if not criminal, behavior.

7. Twisted apart, the inside, and then toss the cookie:
You are good at business and take risk that pay off. You take what you want and throw the rest away. You are greedy, selfish, mean, and lack feelings for others. You should be ashamed of yourself. But that's ok, you don't care, you got yours.

8. Just the cookie, not the inside:
You enjoy pain.

9. I just like to lick them, not eat them:
Stay away from small furry animals and seek professional medical help - immediately.

10. I don't have a favorite way, I don't like Oreos:
You probably come from a rich family, and like to wear nice things, and go to upscale restaurants. You are particular and fussy about the things you buy, own, and wear. Things have to be just right. You like to be pampered. You are a prissy.

Comcast sucks!

Really they do. They nickle and dime you to death. Living in the city you don't have another choice for cable. I live in a apartment and we aren't allowed to have a dish so Comcast is the only game in town.

So what makes them suck now? The NFL Network was previously free for digital customers. Starting next month, they're charging $7.00 per month for the channel. That would bring my bill up to almost $70 per month with no premium channels.

I hardly ever watched NFL Network, but now it's definitely out. I'm glad to have ESPN and Fox Sports.

I'm going to a bachelorette party

Man, I'm nervous about this. Bachelorette parties tend to get out of control. Especially with the crowd that I'm going with. I have to go because the bride is a good friend of mine.

I'm a laid back mellow person. I don't really like crowds or loud and boisterous parties. I expect it if I go to a club or bar, but not at regular parties. Well throw all of that out of the window because bachelorette parties get crazy. Add to that the fact that my friends are a rowdy bunch anyway and you can imagine what things can happen.

It's a good thing I like to shop online. I went to an online store to buy Bachelorette Party Supplies. I bought tame stuff. I got a bride to be sash and a tiara that my friend is going to wear. I won't even describe some of the things that my friends ordered. Let's just say shaped lollipops, straws and sippy-cups. And you thought sippy-cups were just for kids. Well not these.

I'm nervous and excited about the party at the same time. I might go back to the store and express order some more stuff. Tame things, of course. I can't say the same for the things everyone else orders. Well, I might order that pinata.

Phillies players lend a hand

During a 7th inning rain delay in Colorado, the grounds crew had trouble getting the tarp down on the field. A strong gust of wind caught the tarp and sent several of the grounds crew members flying into the air. One guy looked like he was on a slip and slide.

When the tarp doubled over and covered some of the workers, several Phillies players including Ryan Howard, Shane Victorino, Michael Bourn, and even the starting pitcher Adam Eaton came out to help stabilize the tarp. Home plate umpire Bill Welke and crew chief John Hirschbeck were out there holding down the tarp as well.

The only Rockies player helping was LaTroy Hawkins.

I just made a post on another blog about Ryan Howard being a class act. That goes for the entire Phillies team as well.

Shame on you Rockies! You guys suck!

Here's the article from Yahoo Sports: Phillies race out to help as tarp flies in air

ESPN is getting on my nerves

This Who's Now garbage is really tired. I mean really. How did they even choose some of these atheletes. How can you really name one "Now" athelete? Then to add insult to injury they show it on every Sports Center. Not to mention the endless commercials.

Unfortunately, they're only doing 1 per day. So I have to watch this crap another couple of weeks. I'll be glad when it's over. Of course that means I'll have to deal with the Bronx is Burning being rammed down my throat. Ughhh.

Hey that voice sounds familiar

Have you ever listened to the radio and heard a voice that sounded familiar? It probably is a person that you know that has gotten a job doing voice overs. Don't know exactly what voice actors do? They help pitch products, ideas, contests, and businesses.

This would be the ideal job for someone like me that loves to talk. Especially since I wouldn't have to actually talk to anyone, I could just yammer on to no one in particular. The 60 second pitch is now giving away prizes. I wonder if I could use this as a way to drive people to my website. I know it would be cool to be on the radio. As long as they don't ask me to sing. That would be horrible and get me a lifetime ban.

No wonder my site stats are down

I went to Google to sign my site up for site map and to get my site statistics. When I verified this site, it told me that they haven't crawled my site since mid June. Well, that's why my stats are down. My site isn't being crawled so they aren't counting hits against my site.

I've verified my site again, and I'm going to sign up for some more ping services. That way my stats will go back up and I'll make sure that my site is always crawled.

Dude you're way too young

Men drive me crazy. Just when you think you have them figured out, they throw you for a loop.

There's a guy at my job that I thought was a great catch. He's educated, articulate, and has a great job. Did I mention that he's gorgeous? He looks like a male model. He's definitely a head turner. So, what's the problem? Ummm dude is only 25. I knew he was young, but not that young. I usually date younger men, but that's too young even for me. He's still a baby.

I've been reading a website where I can get Relationship tips to try to help me out, but this guy is a lost cause. Now if he was 29 or 30, I would definitely go for it.

Joke of the week

Final Exams

One night Jack Evans, along with his 3 university friends went out drinkinig till late night, as many college students are prone to do, and didn't study for their test, which, of course, was scheduled for the next day.

In the morning they thought of a plan. They made themselves look as dirty and weird as they could with grease and dirt.

They went up to the dean and explained that they had gone out to a wedding last night and on their return the tire of their car burst. They continued to explain how they had to push the car all the way back and that they were in no condition to appear for the test.

The dean, being a compassionate human being said that they could rtake the test after 3 days. The students garaciously replied that they'd be ready by that time.

On the third day, they appeared before the dean. The dean explained that since this was a special test all four were required to sit in separate classrooms for the duraction of the exam.

They all agreed as they had prepared well in the last three days. The test consisted of 5 questions with total of 100 points:

MID SEMESTER COURSEWORK EXAMINATION

INSTRUCTIONS :
All questions are required. Any inconsistencies on any of the questions among the four students will result in all the candidates getting a zero mark.

Q.1. Write down your name. ----- (2 POINTS)
Q.2. Write the name of the bride and bridegroom at the wedding you attended. ----- (30 POINTS)
Q.3. What type of a car were you driving? ------(20 POINTS)
Q.4. Which tire burst? ------- (28 POINTS)
Q.5. Who was driving? ------ (20 POINTS)

Jokes are coming back

I was redirecting my joke of the week to my new blog because I was anticipating moving all of my posts to that blog. However, since I'm having trouble transferring them, I'll keep them on this blog. I don't want this blog to go stale while I'm waiting for that blog to age, so I'll just keep everything as normal on this blog. I probably won't have the joke of the week on that blog at all.

So keep coming back on Thursday's for the joke of the week. I hope you enjoy them.

I guess I have to keep this blog running

I was planning on transferring this blog to my new domain but every time I try to authorize Google to access my account, the connection times out. Considering Alexa has changed my ranking on this blog to a 17, I'm not happy. 17 is Blogger's ranking not mine. So now, I have no stats and a bunch of blogs.

The main reason I wanted to consolidate blogs is because the next page rank is coming up and I wanted that blog to have it's own rank. Also, I it's easier to blog on my own domain because I can pretty much access it from anywhere.

Oh well, I'll have to update bunches of blogs.