Back in the 1920s, Breckenridge was a booming oil town. Although only around 5,000 people now, back then it was close to 60,000. Everywhere you looked you could see oil derricks ( Read more... )

At work today we (my boss and I) were working on a backhoe trying to get some stuff repaired on it so we could lift some cement blocks and break them. Once we finally got the backhoe running, he used the front end to lift the largest slab we had to break ( Read more... )

In news that oozes of "what the fuckery," I'm trying to figure out of it's opposite day, and someone just forgot to tell me ( Read more... )

Last night I got a call that my boss and his boss would be out today, so if I wanted to take the day off, I could... which I did.

Then I get a call about 30 minutes ago saying that they'd be back after lunch and if I wanted to come in I could... which I don't want to, but am, cause getting money is always good.

Ugh, if only I were rich.

Today at work I was installing some lighting in part of the kitchen. During said lighting installation, I felt something tickling my left forearm. I just brushed it off and went back to what I was doing. A coworker hollered up at me, "Dude, come see this spider that just fell down from where you're working ( Read more... )

Power tools... gotta love them. I can see the draw to them that lesbians take a liking to. However, today at work, I came to hate a grinder I was using. Normally, a grinder is used with either sand paper to smooth out wood, or with something less coarse for buffing metal -- what I was doing. Unfortunately, the buffer caught a lip on the metal ( Read more... )

So I finally cut my hair after four days of postponing the appt. so I could get a few extra ZzZzZs before work (crazybusy schedule, more on that later). I also lightened it a bit, cause it was getting too dark for me. I remember when I was a kid, being out in the sun would naturally lighten it; but now that I'm indoors 8+ hours a day, and it's ( Read more... )

Me: "No ma'am, I'm showing that we are fully committed (sold out) on those two days. Unfortunately I won't be able to book this reservation for you."

Lady: "Certainly, you must keep rooms aside. I'll wait to speak with a manager since they'll obviously know more about what's going on than you."
I swear to God, had she stayed up here a minute ( Read more... )

Just cause I enjoyed the movie and I'm bored at work...

You Are Jean Grey
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I'm so glad I slept until noon today...you have no idea.

I get to work at 1 today, and was supposed to get to leave at 9pm, but my departure time from here is now 7am. Yeah, 18 fun-filled hours ( Read more... )