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September 30, 2005

My fair MichiganA few weeks

My fair Michigan

A few weeks ago one of my favorite internet cartoons posted this. I have to admit that I was really dissapointed when I came to the end and saw the nice robot had forgot Michigan. We're a cool state, I think Michigan deserves a sweet slogan like, "Michigan, buy a car and eat a pasty," or "Michigan, America's pimp hand."

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September 28, 2005

Here I go again on

Here I go again on my own

For anyone who hasn't heard yet, I'm moving to Batesville Arkansas. The company offered me the job yesterday and I'm starting this Monday. Scary stuff. I guess I'm sort of easing into it though as I'm going down for just a few days to get started then I come home for a week or so to pack up my stuff. After that, it's goodbye Land of Lakes, hello Land of Poultry, Cotton and Rice.

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September 26, 2005

Let's Hey Jude it upHere's

Let's Hey Jude it up

Here's a conversation I just had, though I must admit I took a few artistic liberties in this, the gist is still the same. I just smoothed it out a bit.

Him: Although the circumstances are sad, I'd still be down with hanging out or something.

Me: We can always Hey Jude it up.

Him: What's that mean?

Me: You know, take a sad song and make it happy.

Him: Nice, I like that.

Me: I just made it up.

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September 23, 2005

Another ListAirports are great people

Another List

Airports are great people watching destinations for several reasons, there is so much raw emotion hanging in the air, you are bound to see something sweet. Plus I've yet to be in an airport that didn't have at least one hot girl flying alone. Here's a short list of what I'm watching through the airport bar window.
  1. Father kissing his baby hello
  2. Mother frantically hugging her daughter
  3. Two girls squeeling and hugging
  4. Big family re-uniting
  5. Hot girl flying alone walking past
  6. Young dad scooping up his toddler
  7. Loads of nervous tension
  8. Entirely too many of those big-ass bag-on-wheel jobs that people try to pass of as carry on luggage even though it would never fit in that size tester box thingy
  9. Lots of cell phone usage
  10. Tearful couple hugging goodbye
  11. Wow, a group of three hot chics. Gotta go

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September 22, 2005

Oh Internet, how I missed

Oh Internet, how I missed thee

Things I learned about Arkansas and Batesville on my drive from Little Rock.
  • Mild winters
  • Hot hot summers
  • "That beautiful smell is a chicken house, but they only smell like that a couple times a year when they clean them out."
  • Arkansas is close enough to Texas that everyone thinks they're a cowboy
  • I have to try the deep fried corn
That's just the short list, but I'm really flippin' tired.

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September 19, 2005

Two (2) Big AnnouncementsAnnouncement the

Two (2) Big Announcements

Announcement the first: Sippy Cup, a.k.a. Lucas James Betz, has arrived. 7 Pounds and some odd ounces of pure baby goodness. Mother and baby are find. Congratulations Cup and Bonnie.

Announcement the second: For anyone who has not heard yet, a company in Arkansas is flying me in for an interview/perform a sample project. They're actually paying to fly me from Alabama, where I am at the moment, to Batesville AR where they're are putting me up for the night. Then they send me home to Lansing at which point I will either continue my job search or start packing for a big move depending on how things went.

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September 13, 2005

“I felt warm and

“I felt warm and relaxed, as if I just killed a man or had a woman…”

Sam from "The Puppet Masters"

I don’t know if I could truly say I have a favorite genre of fiction that I like to read, but if I did, sci-fi might be it. Especially the really old science fiction stories where space adventures and flying cars run rampant. I love reading the classic authors like Asimov, Heinlein, Herbert and Pohl, in my humble opinion, are the founding fathers of sci-fi. It’s intriguing to me to read about the future they foresaw over half a century ago. A future containing a strange mix of out dated machinery and weird futuristic technological ideas we’re still only dreaming of. The point of this little ramble is that last week while killing time in East Lansing I stumbled across and rare and used book store with a virtual treasure trove of classic science fiction literature and that chance encounter has sparked a renewed interest in the genre.

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September 08, 2005

New Cartoons Posted Today

New Cartoons Posted Today

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September 07, 2005

True StoryI had an hour

True Story

I had an hour long doctor appointment today at noon and then a massage at 4:00 p.m. With gas prices as high as they are and with the truck gas mileage as low as it is, I decided to kill the time between appointments at a coffee shop in Lansing rather than drive back to Potterville. I settled into a seat near the back of the Beaners near my chiropractor with a large cup of green tea and my computer. Things were going quietly fine until a large enough quantity of tea made its way through my system and into my bladder.

At that point I got up to use the bathroom, and this is where the story starts to get strange. The men's room had an out of order sign on it so I was forced to use the ladies room. Fortunately it was a small coffee shop bathroom; the kind with just one toilet and a lock on the door. When I finished my business I noticed I was extremely light headed and breathing heavily. Then my ears started to ring and I realized I could no longer hear the music being piped in from a speaker in the ceiling. On top of that, things started to go dark and fuzzy. My fingers and arms stopped cooperating and I couldn't get my pants zipped back up so I decided to splash some water on my face. However, I was so dizzy I could hardly stand, let alone walk the three steps to the sink. I overshot my destination and smashed shoulder first into the baby changing station affixed to the wall. At this point things get really fuzzy because the next thing I know, I'm falling backwards against the opposite wall. My head cracked against the weak plastic toilet paper cover knocking it to the floor, which is actually lucky because had my head struck the wall I would have been in serious pain. From there I sort of slumped down into a sitting position against the wall.

I thought that I shook myself off and immediately got up. However, upon checking my watch after the incident I realized I was actually passed out for nearly 15 minutes. When I awoke, I realized I was literally drenched with sweat and sitting in a pool of what could only be over flown toilet water. I managed to get myself up and over to the sink to finally splash water on my face and after a hard fought battle, I was even able to dry off with paper towel. My fingers and were under my own control again and I pulled my pants up, zipped and buttoned them. Then I casually strode out of the bathroom, picked up my stuff and walked directly to the truck. After a few minutes of careful contemplation about whether or not I should try to drive home or call for a ride most of the weird feelings had left my body and hopped on the highway.

I still don’t know what caused the incident but I’m feeling a lot better now so I’m not too worried.

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September 06, 2005

The sad end of the

The sad end of the circle

The humane and lest disturbing way to phrase it is, put her down. But all I can think is that I killed her. I came home from the grocery store today and found Baby lying on the floor of her cage struggling to move. I wanted to ignore it. I wanted her to get up and climb up to her hammock. I couldn't because she couldn't. I went out back and dug a hole near where my other pets are burried. Then I came back and picked her up, brushed the ceder chips off of her and wrapped her in a white towel. I took her out to the hole, kissed her goodbye then shot her in the head. I’ve had a lot of pets in my life but this is the first one I’ve ever had to put down. In a little bit I’m going to have to dismantle her cage and put in the garage. But first I’m just going to sit here for a little bit.

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