In an effort to expand my vocabulary (and yours, too---you people who read this blog), and because of something Matt said at work....Word of the Day.

elucidate \ih-LOO-si-dayt\, transitive verb:

To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.Beginning our journey into the past, we ( Read more... )

We're doing the "ask for donations" thing again at work, this time for the NW Indiana Food Bank. I've been doing my best at asking the customers for donations, despite the shitty attitude I get time to time, because there's another competition involved and I REALLY want to win first place this time. (I'm tired of coming in second. I've come in ( Read more... )

I talked to Kevin about this yesterday after I got off of work, but it can't be avoided on the blog. I'm getting tired of busting my ass at work while everyone else slacks off. And by that, I mean I'm getting tired of the UCs ( Read more... )

A car crashed into the bank that they do their banking at yesterday ( Read more... )

So, over the last few days, I've been getting customers having absolute shit fits when I've been making them/forcing them to write out their own checks because technically, our machines don't print them for the customers like at some other stores (Jewel, County Market, WalMart, etc.). All the new upgraded check approval systems do is process and ( Read more... )

Okay, it's been a week and I already hate the new TeleCheck system at work. Let me explain why ( Read more... )

Haven't been able to get online in the last two weeks, and I do apologize for that. Hunter's been a selfish turd, what with getting the high-speed Internet and pretty much taking the computer all for himself so he can play his stupid games "live" on his XBox 360. It's an inconvenience for me because I can't get online on a regular basis to check ( Read more... )

Anger all around today. Angry at Dad for just being an asshole. Angry with my piece o' crap computer for not wanting to give me Internet access. (I'm on the computers at the library right now.) Angry with work for being on audit (as always). Angry at Hunter for hogging the high-speed Internet, and being allowed to take a blow-day off of school ( Read more... )

Bear with me for the next month or so. I haven't been able to get to the computer to check email or do jack shit in the last week. Mainly because Hunter decided to be a greedy, selfish shit and get high-speed. With this, he decided to move the main computer into his room and hook it up so he can play his precious XBox with the Internet ( Read more... )