I worked 10a-7p today. I felt that today was very fulfilling. I busted ass, and I felt like I made progress in making sure people realized that it's my front end, not theirs. Without even being a jerk about it, I made sure my accounting clerk took care of business, and kept everyone on-task. It was almost fun ( Read more... )

I have been reminded lately of the days when I was at Snowden, and opted to walk six miles home, rather than pay for a bus, so I could buy new music. I am going to list what music I can remember now.

Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys, Part 1
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys, Part 2
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Iron Maiden ( Read more... )

Recently, I purchased the "Re-Armed" (that is, remastered) editions of Sabaton's first albums, and discovered that while their music is almost exclusively about real life war (with a focus on WWII -- absolutely KILLER stuff too!), each album usually has one track that is a tribute to metal in some way ("Metal Ripper", "Metal Machine", "Metal Crüe ( Read more... )