Back In The Groove, January 27, 2007

Well, the first week of the new job is now in the books! Working for this new company is going to be a pretty cool deal. I generally don't spend a lot of time talking about this kind of stuff in my blogs, but these people are really good people and I am extremely pleased to be a part of the organization. Although I am still trying to get the "lay of the land" (so to speak), I suspect that this is the beginning of another long run with a great group of people.

There's lots of other stuff going on in the world out there too that deserves some attention. For all the NASCAR fans, Daytona is coming up soon. There is a cool story there about a guy who's attempting to become the oldest man to ever qualify for the race. We'll talk about that a bit as qualifying gets closer. Of course, there's lots of political nonsense going on to write about. And then there's the Rosie/Donald Trump fiasco.

Since that one is "old news" by now, I'm not going to waste an entire blog on it. But since I wasn't around when it all went down, I will say this........Both Rosie and Donald Trump are nothing more over publicized and over paid windbags. I'm not in any shape, form, or fashion a fan of either. Having said that though, I think Rosie needs to pick her fights a little better. She started that whole deal by sticking her nose where it didn't belong. If she were as intelligent as she would like us all to believe, she should have known that Donald Trump is the last person she would want to engage in a public war of words and especially over something as trival as "Miss America." In the big picture, neither of them have anything of any socially redeaming value to offer those who reside in "Middle America," but they certainly did provide an entertaining distraction from the post holiday doldrums we seem to experience this time every year.

With that, I think this entry is about complete. As I close tonight though, I do want to thank everyone who has sent message of well wishes and support over the past couple of months. You guys are some really special people and you all are a big reason for the success of this 360 community. Thanks Again! And.................

Til Next Time

originally posted 1-27-07 on Yahoo 360

Low Rent Yuppies, July 10, 2006

LOW RENT YUPPIES......You know the type. They are the ones talk a big game, wear the izod and khakis or Lands End sweaters and Jordache jeans, and generally fool most people they come in contact with. But if you pay close attention you can bust them wide open.

After they've completely annoyed and irritated everyone around them and they think no one is watching they'll try to sneak away. If you follow them to the parking lot, you will most likely find that they drive an old beat up Ford Escort (or something similar) that spews more smoke than that old run down factory just around the corner. They are usually the same ones who can only get into the local country club by mooching of someone else's membership as a guest and God help you if you ever try to call them on it. Most people who are a part of the yuppie lifestyle are simply content to walk around with their noses up in the air, quietly projecting their air of superiority with nothing more than their presence. Not my cup of tea, but it does take all kinds to make the world go 'round. The low rent yuppies, however, go out of their way to bring attention to themselves in everyway possible. Loud, obnoxious, and quite frankly about one rung up the ladder from white trash.....these are some of the most infuriating people on the planet.

In case you haven't figured it out yet, I'm up on the very tip top of my soapbox!!!!! And in case you're wondering.......yep, I had a run in with one last week. I'm not going to go into all the details of the encounter since they are unimportant to my point, but suffice to say, when they decided to take a personal shot at me.....I sent the shot back across their bow. I called them on their lack of work ethic, their deceit and arrogance, and their total lack of respect for anyone who has the "audacity" (their word not mine) to disagree with their extreme liberal, anti american, anti common sense viewpoints.

Normally, I am very tolerant of other people and their viewpoints.....even if I don't personally agree with them. I think my friends list here on 360 is evidence of that. However, when a person starts taking shots at me, spewing their crap....stand by!!!!!!!!!

Yuppies, I can live with........Low rent yuppies I can't!!!!!!

(originally posted 7-10-06 on Yahoo 360)