Some days are better than others
I know I haven't said much lately, but I wanted to update now.
I've been having a good year so far, and without the need for luck. Well, that seemed to have run out a bit yesterday.
I had a job interview up at Dow Agrosciences in Indy on Friday. I thought I did well, as I always seem to do well at interviews there. I have interviewed there twice in the last 3-4 months and each time the interviewers thought that I was a strong candidate and did very well. However, each time they made a difficult decision and I wasn't the candidate chosen.
How did I hear about this yesterday? Well, Kasi and I got to bed late Sunday night/Monday morning due to talking about some things which I won't go into here. She had Monday off for MLK holiday but I still had work. So, I woke up, drove to work, saw the darkened building, found out that we had no power to 1st shift had been cancelled, and then went home and back to sleep. When I woke up later and Kasi went to take a shower while I made breakfast, I got the phone call and realized that once again I was a top notch candidate that interviewed well but still didn't get the break I needed to have a real job.
Things are Carlisle are still up in the air as I continue to be kept around so that other things can be done, with fairly firm ending dates that come and go as they find another excuse to keep me on. I was supposed to be gone by 12/22/06, but got kept around until the end of the year to do software updates during Christmas shut-down. I then was kept in order to help cover for our understaffed MIS department while my boss was overseas for two weeks. At the end of those two weeks, I was kept for another two weeks so that I can help clean up the mess that is our Wales plant. Who knows where I'll be at the end of these two weeks.
Anyway, yesterday did go better since we went to see Eragon, then did some shopping for costume stuff for Kasi, then came home and cleaned up the back bedroom ALOT, and then finally had dinner and bed. In between that a neighbor of ours from a few buildings down brought us a kitten that she had found (she opened her apartment door and it just ran in) and now we are watching it while she works on her roommates to let her keep it. If not it will be going to the shelter. She is VERY freaked out by other cats right now, even Gemma who is crippled. Also, we have 4 cats and no room for another.
Indiana Crazy Law
· One man may not back into a parking spot becasue it prevents police officers from seeing the license plate.
· Baths may not be taken between the months of October and March.
· All males 18 to 50 years old must work six days a year on public roads.
· Mustaches are illegal if the bearer has a tendency to habitually kiss other humans.
· Hotel sheets must be exactly 99 inches long and 81 inches wide.
· State government officials who engage in private duels can be dismissed from their post.
· Drinking from your own bottle in a bar can lead to your arrest.
· A man over the age of 18 may be arrested for statutory rape if the passenger in his car is not wearing her socks and shoes, and is under the age of 17.
· It is illegal to sell cars on Sunday.
· Drinks on the house are illegal.
· It is illegal for a liquor store to sell cold soft drinks.
· A person who dyes, stains, or otherwise alters the natural coloring of a bird or rabbit commits a Class B misdemeanor. (Ind. Code 15-2.1-21-13(b)
· Smoking in the state legislature building is banned, except when the legislature is in session.
· Liquor stores may not sell milk.
· Check forgery can be punished with public flogging up to 100 stripes.
· Grocery stores may not sell any type of cold liquor.
· You can get out of paying for a dependent's medical care by praying for him/her.
· Pedestrians crossing the highway at night are prohibited from wearing tail lights.
· No one may catch a fish with his bare hands.
· Men are prohibited from standing in a bar.
· You are not allowed to carry a cocktail from the bar to a table. The waiter or waitress has to do it.
· "Spiteful Gossip" and "talking behind a person's back" are illegal.
· You are required to pour your drink into a glass.
· It is against the law to pass a horse on the street.
· If any person has a puppet show, wire dancing or tumbling act in the state of Indiana and receives money for it, they will be fined $3 under the Act to Prevent Immoral Practices.
· Anyone 14 or older who profanely curses, damns or swears by the name of God, Jesus Christ or the Holy Ghost, shall be fined one to three dollars for each offense, with a maximum fine of ten dollars per day.
· A three dollar fine per pack will be imposed on anyone playing cards in Indiana under the Act for the Prevention of Gaming.
· The value of Pi is 4, and not 3.1415. (Repealed) But elsewhere I found that there was legislation proposed back at the end of the 1800’s to make the value of Pi 3. It failed to pass in one part of the state legislature but is still open and awaiting vote in the other.
Auburn
· It is illegal to bike, roller-skate, skateboard, or inline skate in a commercially zoned area. For these offesnses, there is a fine of no more than $5 or the impounding of one's bicycle for a period not to exceed 30 days.
Beech Grove
· It is forbidden to eat watermelon in the park.
Elkhart
· It is illegal for barbers to threaten to cut off kid's ears.
Evansville
· While driving on Main Street you may not have your lights on.
Fort Wayne
· You may not sell or play on a radio broadcast, the record "It`s In the Book".
Gary
· Within four hours of eating garlic, a person may not enter a movie house, theater, or ride a public streetcar.
South Bend
· It is illegal to make a monkey smoke a cigarette.
Terre Haute
· No one may spit on the sidewalk.
I've been having a good year so far, and without the need for luck. Well, that seemed to have run out a bit yesterday.
I had a job interview up at Dow Agrosciences in Indy on Friday. I thought I did well, as I always seem to do well at interviews there. I have interviewed there twice in the last 3-4 months and each time the interviewers thought that I was a strong candidate and did very well. However, each time they made a difficult decision and I wasn't the candidate chosen.
How did I hear about this yesterday? Well, Kasi and I got to bed late Sunday night/Monday morning due to talking about some things which I won't go into here. She had Monday off for MLK holiday but I still had work. So, I woke up, drove to work, saw the darkened building, found out that we had no power to 1st shift had been cancelled, and then went home and back to sleep. When I woke up later and Kasi went to take a shower while I made breakfast, I got the phone call and realized that once again I was a top notch candidate that interviewed well but still didn't get the break I needed to have a real job.
Things are Carlisle are still up in the air as I continue to be kept around so that other things can be done, with fairly firm ending dates that come and go as they find another excuse to keep me on. I was supposed to be gone by 12/22/06, but got kept around until the end of the year to do software updates during Christmas shut-down. I then was kept in order to help cover for our understaffed MIS department while my boss was overseas for two weeks. At the end of those two weeks, I was kept for another two weeks so that I can help clean up the mess that is our Wales plant. Who knows where I'll be at the end of these two weeks.
Anyway, yesterday did go better since we went to see Eragon, then did some shopping for costume stuff for Kasi, then came home and cleaned up the back bedroom ALOT, and then finally had dinner and bed. In between that a neighbor of ours from a few buildings down brought us a kitten that she had found (she opened her apartment door and it just ran in) and now we are watching it while she works on her roommates to let her keep it. If not it will be going to the shelter. She is VERY freaked out by other cats right now, even Gemma who is crippled. Also, we have 4 cats and no room for another.
Indiana Crazy Law
· One man may not back into a parking spot becasue it prevents police officers from seeing the license plate.
· Baths may not be taken between the months of October and March.
· All males 18 to 50 years old must work six days a year on public roads.
· Mustaches are illegal if the bearer has a tendency to habitually kiss other humans.
· Hotel sheets must be exactly 99 inches long and 81 inches wide.
· State government officials who engage in private duels can be dismissed from their post.
· Drinking from your own bottle in a bar can lead to your arrest.
· A man over the age of 18 may be arrested for statutory rape if the passenger in his car is not wearing her socks and shoes, and is under the age of 17.
· It is illegal to sell cars on Sunday.
· Drinks on the house are illegal.
· It is illegal for a liquor store to sell cold soft drinks.
· A person who dyes, stains, or otherwise alters the natural coloring of a bird or rabbit commits a Class B misdemeanor. (Ind. Code 15-2.1-21-13(b)
· Smoking in the state legislature building is banned, except when the legislature is in session.
· Liquor stores may not sell milk.
· Check forgery can be punished with public flogging up to 100 stripes.
· Grocery stores may not sell any type of cold liquor.
· You can get out of paying for a dependent's medical care by praying for him/her.
· Pedestrians crossing the highway at night are prohibited from wearing tail lights.
· No one may catch a fish with his bare hands.
· Men are prohibited from standing in a bar.
· You are not allowed to carry a cocktail from the bar to a table. The waiter or waitress has to do it.
· "Spiteful Gossip" and "talking behind a person's back" are illegal.
· You are required to pour your drink into a glass.
· It is against the law to pass a horse on the street.
· If any person has a puppet show, wire dancing or tumbling act in the state of Indiana and receives money for it, they will be fined $3 under the Act to Prevent Immoral Practices.
· Anyone 14 or older who profanely curses, damns or swears by the name of God, Jesus Christ or the Holy Ghost, shall be fined one to three dollars for each offense, with a maximum fine of ten dollars per day.
· A three dollar fine per pack will be imposed on anyone playing cards in Indiana under the Act for the Prevention of Gaming.
· The value of Pi is 4, and not 3.1415. (Repealed) But elsewhere I found that there was legislation proposed back at the end of the 1800’s to make the value of Pi 3. It failed to pass in one part of the state legislature but is still open and awaiting vote in the other.
Auburn
· It is illegal to bike, roller-skate, skateboard, or inline skate in a commercially zoned area. For these offesnses, there is a fine of no more than $5 or the impounding of one's bicycle for a period not to exceed 30 days.
Beech Grove
· It is forbidden to eat watermelon in the park.
Elkhart
· It is illegal for barbers to threaten to cut off kid's ears.
Evansville
· While driving on Main Street you may not have your lights on.
Fort Wayne
· You may not sell or play on a radio broadcast, the record "It`s In the Book".
Gary
· Within four hours of eating garlic, a person may not enter a movie house, theater, or ride a public streetcar.
South Bend
· It is illegal to make a monkey smoke a cigarette.
Terre Haute
· No one may spit on the sidewalk.