Wearing and Tearing

Greetings and Salutations to all.

Missed last week – sorry I was working last Thursday night (umpiring) and got home late and had no time to write the blog. Have no fear I’m back for this week and hopefully next week. Speaking of work – yesterday was a blast (no pun intended). Starting off at 7am till 9am, in no particular order, we had a lightning strike hit the ground in the parking lot (missed someone’s car), torrential rains which flooded the entire jobsite. We had standing water issues of up to 9 inches. Power went out and “Tornado Warnings” were being issued. Needless to say, we were sent home at 10:30am but paid for the whole day. Sweet!

Speaking of work, my good buddy Rob (his blog “Exit 55” here: http://steelyankee.blogspot.com/) is looking for work. He has recently been laid off and is looking for employment. His specialties are Marketing and Radio. If you can help him out or would like his resume, email me and I will send it to you. Thanking you in advance……

Let’s have a warm welcome to me brother Rufus and his blog “Lite Fire To Your IT Guys Scotch” (http://drunkitrant.blogspot.com/). Check it out and I will warn you now the game he has posted is very addictive. I played it for like 4 hours the other day. He too has been crapped on lately in that his VOIP provider went belly up and his phone service was askew for a few days. Back to Verizon I’ve been told. Ouch!

Jack is dead and the oldies are back – how ironic don’t ya think? Sorry I was never a big fan of 101.1 CBS-FM Oldies, I loved Jack and I do miss it. I know people weren’t crazy about it – but where can you get the German version of 99 Red Balloons and then segue into CCR. Gotta love it and only 2 DJ’s plus acoustic sunrise on Sunday Mornings. Shame on CBS for going back.

Speaking of radio – K-Rock is still rolling along but that playlist needs some updating? I am getting sick of hearing the same 3 GNR songs every 4 hours. That new Tool song as well as the new Linkin Park song have to go as well. How about some of The Cult?

I’ll keep the sports to a whisper. Yankees lost a close one to Toronto today. Some new pitcher they have – last name McGowan – has beaten them twice this year. Go figure! Islanders have had some pickups in the last week – something to fill the voids but not on the same par with the talent that left. We shall see come October. Mini-camps are opening in the next 7 – 10 days, did someone say Football?

Exhaust system is fixed and working normally. Thank god for the internet.

Craving poker and just in time ESPN is showing the opening satellite rounds to the World Series of Poker. I’ll get there one day……

Been watching “The World Series of Pop Culture” on VH1 this week and last week. Some good stuff, knew a lot, questioned some and in the end, I am still watching it from the couch. But mentioned in an earlier blog post this year, I did get a tryout for the show. Two friends and I tried our best but alas failed in our quest to be the NYC team. There is always next year!!! Till then….remember this song playing while Daniel-San is fighting his way through the Karate Tournament is “You’re The Best”. Not in my dojo……….

This week’s money tip: Time for a Midyear Financial Checkup
http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/moneymatters/37906

This week’s funny clip: Sex List Game
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDRcsdr_Y_Q

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Bring It On Home

Greetings and Salutations to all.

Sorry for being away so long. As many of you know I started a new job in the electrical construction field 4 weeks ago. It’s been challenging to say the least. It’s more physical then the previous electrical work I’ve done. I’ve been carrying large stack of material (pipes, wires, ladders, etc.) as well as going up and down the ladder at least 20-40x a day. The hours are good from 7a-3p. I’m going to bed much earlier but I am home from work everyday before 3:30. Enough about work……

So how about those Yankees? Hot and cold, hot then cold. Jeez, will they ever stay at least luke-warm? Well 3 out of 4 is not bad against Minnesota. I wish we could play the AL Central more. That would be nice. On to Hockey….Look!! Do you see it? Oh my……it’s coming. Yes, it is…….the big dark cloud cover….Where is going? It looks like it’s settling on top of the Nassau Coliseum. Man o man did the Islanders get fucked (for lack of a better word!). Blake, Smyth, Kozlov, Poti, Zednik – gone, all via free agency. Damn, who ever said “Free Agency will kill sports was sure right!” OK, so let’s just drop the cup from Anaheim into midtown for the Rangers. Scored two major pickups in Gomez and Drury. Then again, having a talented roster and a big payroll doesn’t always make you the champion of the sport. See Yankees.

I-phone – who needs it? I’ll keep my razr – thank you very much!

Bad news (two-fold) the other day -- I had the misfortune of bottoming out in my escort at the job site and in the process cracked the exhaust pipe. Broke it in two. Since it was Friday and I didn’t need the car the rest of the day besides going home from work, I figure I would get it fixed/repaired on Saturday. Drove to Queens on Saturday to my mechanic (been using these guys for over 12 years), to find out that they went out of business the day before. Man, was I in shock. These guys did excellent work and had good prices. I was at a lost, it was like my dog died or something. I ended up returning to Nassau and did a little research on the project itself. Well how hard can 4 bolts be? Man, was I wrong!! 13 years of rust, 2 sawzall blades and 2 grinder blades, 3 hours, 5 beers and the exhaust was off the car. I ordered the parts from Advance Auto Parts (highly recommend) and they are currently sitting in my kitchen awaiting install this coming Saturday. I will keep you posted.

This week’s money tip: Figuring Out Your Credit Score (FICO)

http://money.cnn.com/2007/06/28/pf/credit_score_confusion/index.htm?postversion=2007062908

This week’s funny clip: Irish Girl wants her school demolished.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fT-jX11poU

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