old hblog - Relocated Cat Olympics

The relocated cat olympics seem to be going well, so far Savannah leads with her strongest event being the " How far from the litter box can I spread litter " event.

Roswell holds a close second though in the combined "Becoming a declawed cat without even trying" and "Sleeping in the bath tub and scaring the shit out of Harry when he turns on the water for a shower" events.

Roswell has also taken to getting off the porch and then not having clueOne as to how to get back up. Buthe was smart enough to follow me to the door today, so maybe he'll learn.

I spent the last of my money on food for myself and the cats today. I had a coupon that came as a moving in present from Albertsons that gets you 20% off when you use your new member card.

Pretty soon we'll all have more tags on our keychains than we have keys.

I have a meeting, not interview, with Jackie from Barnes and Noble tomorrow. i hope that they can at least tell me when they may have something available. Or at least be kind enough to let me have my discount still..... DOn't know how I'd pay for anything, but it would be nice to see some effort on their part.

SWG - New Dead Eye mission on Dathomir. Sent email for tomorrow nights hunt. Bought a new levl 33 Razor cat with good Energy defense.

HALO - Stuck trying to get 2 of those big mofos, think I have to get better keys for switching weapons. Also should leave uber shield til I need it agains them !

I don't feel good again tonight. But felt better throughout the day. i think it's the crap diet. Tried to get smoothie stuff. We'll see how that goes.

Old hBlog - Gas Prices

Gas Prices and wool (please place over eyes)

Ok before I start this, Yes I do drive an SUV. Yes I drive an SUV thatgets horrendous gas mileage, but I drive mine where it was designed to be driven, offroad,and I do it as a hobby, if you think this is an expensive hobby fuel wise ask a friend who flies a small plane for fun and leisure.

That said, I hear a lot of grumbling about the middle east and their apparent screwing of the US with the sale of barrels of crude oil to us.

Did we learn nothing in the past gas crisis' ? If the price per barrel of crude was really the issue, then ALL fuels based on crude would be sky rocketing. Do any of my readers drive a diesel vehicle ? Have you noticed if you buy diesel at truck stops or any place where the trucks of this country fuel that the price has not risen at all ?

The government know full well that they cannot fool the people (the truckers), who rely solely on fuel as their blood to get goods across this fine country, into believing this wild roller coaster ride of price changes is real, so they simply leave it alone.

The powers that be do not want another truckers strike, especially while we are all waving our flags and rallying 'round the Bush as he runs in circles like a UNREAL junky trying to figure out what to shoot next.

Wars cost money, a large, large amount of money, you may think it's expensive to go on a all expenses cruise with ALL your friends, but that peanuts compared to war. Think my car uses a lot of gas? Try keeping almost 3/4 million Hummers running at the ready full time, never mind tanks. (Oddly, they also use diesel fuel but I digress)

So we can all help pay for it.... Think about it folks, if the truckers are happy, we get our groceries, if we are unhappy, well....frankly, who cares ? We pay the stupidity tax once again. Welcome to hell, here's your SpeedPass.

Around election day will be a good time to fill your tank. Trust me.

Old hBlog - Unemployment

Unemployment and our Government

Often, when discussing my seemingly endless job search I hear the comment: "Well unemployment figures are down so there must be work out there..."

A piece of little known information is the government generates it's unemployment figures by assessing how many individuals are on the unemployment rolls. These are the folks who have NOT yet exhausted their unemployment benefits, so once you've run through your benefits, you are no longer counted among the unemployed....

Interesting, after my last benefit check, I didn't magically become employed, I just became , I guess, officially a Deadbeat.

So next time your favorite politician talks about how the unemplyment figures are down, remember all your friends out their who are still looking for work, but don't even seem to have realized they aren't unemployed anymore !