My first vehicular mishap occurred going about 5 mph. Attempted to park between a curb and an '03 Nissan, in a space that was probably a bit too small. Result: a scuffed bumper and a cracked taillight on the other guy ($500+--insurance will cover it, *sigh*), a blown out rear-view mirror and a big old dent in the driver's side on my car. The guy ( Read more... )

Not that I've done anything bad. Rather, I'm now going to be sound-guy at the Huntington Funny Bone! This necessitates me putting in my two-weeks' at the Survey Hole, and will probably require me to cut back on Rocky some after football season ends and my pre-existing Friday night preoccupation (Spring Valley) wraps up. It's simply not feasible for ( Read more... )

I may FINALLY be departing my phone survey bondage--I have an interview with a lady at the Funny Bone, where they have a part-time opening for a soundboard operator. Me taking this job will likely depend on two things:

--them being flexible enough to fit my radio schedule in, and
--me being monetarily able to ditch the survey stuff for a job that ( Read more... )

My *sigh* work called me about participating in a meeting re: retirement plans for long-term employees. I declined, the second time I've passed it up, because I don't want to be a long-term employee there. Seriously, if survey work becomes a legitimate career option for me, I have failed somehow/somewhere ( Read more... )

I've determined, after going over Animals, The Final Cut, and Amused To Death, that Roger Waters is my favorite writer of political music. Actually bought the latter of that on iTunes earlier after having a go at the lyrics earlier.

I've also determined that every day I contemplate the meaning of Roger Waters' lyrics, my day at the survey job ( Read more... )

1--Crittenton Hospital, Rochester Hills, MI. If I wanted to be REALLY obscure, it was called Avon Township in 1984--it did not adopt its current name until 1985 (?)

2--Due to some mental block my mother had over calling me something like "Lenny" (as she told it, there was a rather unseemly fellow she went to high school with by that name), I was ( Read more... )