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Wednesday 18 January

    Discourteous Richards (05:45) - I heard this politically correct name first on NJ 101.5 the local radio station I used to listen to before XM satellite radio (Its great!) It refers to a slimy animal that likes to hog the left lane of our... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Friday 30 December

    Tenneesee road trip (16:20) - Last Friday on the 23rd, at the very last minute, my boss tells me he is shutting the shop down for the Christmas week. The work load is slow and There had been rumors floating around in the shop but...

Thursday 1 December

    Update on my Canon Rebel XT (17:25) - Ok, So I took my camera to work today so that if I saw something that tickled my photgraphic juices I would be ready. Guess what? There was nothing! Nada! Zip! I did take some pics of the cats after... | 1 Comments

Sunday 23 October

    How 'bout that! I'm a red-blooded Ubersexual! (18:31) - Don't you love the labels they give us guys. I can never know just exactly what I am unless some idiot in the British media tells me! Metrosexual man bows to red-blooded ubersexuals Paul Harris in New York Sunday October...

Saturday 24 September

    I'm up and running again! (15:57) - Wow what a week. I've been working a bunch of overtime and when I get home I just want to crash. That's just what happened Thursday night after I got home! One of the guys at work needed to have...

Sunday 18 September

    Ever have one of those days? (12:44) - Yesterday was a day of surprises. Kristin had asked if she could have some of her friends over so they could discuss how best to raise money for the victims of hurricane Katrina. The kids were supposed to arrive at... | 3 Comments

Thursday 21 July

    Nana and Pop-pop's House (17:50) - Cassie and I started a new blog called Nana and Pop-pop's House. There you will find information and fun stories Grand-parenting advocacy and other things relating to the grand-parenting scene. Why don't you drop in and visit. Here's the LINK... | 1 Comments

Tuesday 10 May

    Workman's Compensation (00:27) - Today was my hearing for settlement of my Workman's Comp case. I heard Friday evening from my lawyer and he told me that he and the insurance company negotiated a settlement amount of 30% permanent partial disability. The insurance company's... | 9 Comments

Sunday 8 May

    Protect your Privacy! (14:07) - This is another instance of how identity theft takes place. You take your PC to a supposedly "trustworthy" dealer for service and or exchange, and all your personal information is stolen or inadvertantly given away. Caveat emptor, Let the buyer... | 1 Comments

Saturday 23 April

    Altered Pledge of Allegiance stuns students (23:11) - Altered Pledge of Allegiance stuns students By Valerie Richardson THE WASHINGTON TIMES DENVER -- The students in Vincent Pulciani's seventh-grade class were reciting the Pledge of Allegiance this week when they heard the voice over the intercom say something they'd... | 2 Comments
    The 50 Reasons I Support the Fair Tax (22:02) - I saw this on The web today and thought I'd share it. It makes a lot of sense to me. From Blogspot. What do you think? The 50 Reasons I Support the Fair Tax Monday, February 21, 2005 Americans for... | 1 Comments

Saturday 16 April

    Who do we believe? (06:33) - The other day, after coming home from a stressful day at work, Cassie informed me that Billy was missing six dollars of candy (Billy is doing a fund raiser, to raise money for his robotics club at school). This isn't... | 1 Comments

Sunday 3 April

    What is she thinking? (19:19) - I discovered while straightening up a mess that Linda left in our living room, that Linda signed papers terminating the child support she receives from Tomas' father Kennan. She told Cassie and I that she only had them reduced. (Yeah... | 3 Comments

Thursday 31 March

    Linda's moving! (02:15) - I was just informed that my daughter Linda has been invited to move to Tennessee to live with her older sister Michele and her husband David and her four kids. Wow! And I thought Michele was over being Linda's baby... | 2 Comments

Tuesday 1 February

    The battle of the bulge! (08:09) - Our whole family is trying to get in shape, lose weight and stay healthy. This morning I was engaged in a different battle of sorts. Cassie was up late babysitting our grandson Tomas, so I agreed to get up at...

Wednesday 19 January

    Phishing (14:48) - This morning's email brought quite a surprise! It was supposedly an email asking me to confirm my account with Washington Mutual. If I was ignorant of the many tricks used to get consumers credit card numbers and other personal information,...

Tuesday 18 January

    The roofers (00:51) - Saturday morning I called Sorrentino Roofing three times. I have been trying to get them back to fix a leak they left in my roof, The guy never returns my calls. I have left an untold number of messages which... | 2 Comments

Thursday 13 January

    Heidi Land (12:59) - In our house there are many different worlds. There is the Land of Ted and Cassie, adults, parents, husband and wife, where we put each other and the children before ourselves. We work hard to provide for our family and... | 2 Comments

Wednesday 22 December

    YAAAAAA! Hit em where it hurts!! (18:54) - I am so sick and tired of the obnoxious and obscene spam that I get in my email, in my blog comments and in our guest book. I have spam filters for all my email accounts and a lot of...

Sunday 12 December

    The Roofers! (19:17) - Several days ago I called a Roofer to estimate the cost of fixing a leak around the bathroom vent pipe and a possible leak in the family room roof. John gave me a good estimate and said they would be...

Thursday 9 December

    Adventures in Christmas Shopping! (15:23) - Cassie and I went Christmas shopping yesterday. We got a list of everyones wants and desires and off we went. Our first stop was Kohls, they were having a half price sale. Normally Cassie and I have no problem shopping... | 2 Comments

Tuesday 30 November

    Our electric problem is fixed! (21:31) - Dan Wood an electrician from Brownie Electric Inc, came today to fix our electrical problem. Some outlets and the upstairs bathroom light suddenly stopped working about two weeks ago. We didn't have the money to get it fixed at the...

Thursday 25 November

    This is why our nation became Great! (12:46) - I came across this Declaration from George Washington on the Telegraph-Forum website. There are many people who will tell you that our founding fathers were not Christians, but God is present in many of the documents they left behind. Documents...

Wednesday 24 November

    Five killed, three wounded in shootings (13:38) - When I first saw this news item on Monday I intended to blog about my hunting horror stories. With all that's been going on in our family the last few days I forgot. I was seventeen years old when I...

Monday 22 November

    What a relief! (19:40) - I've been out of work for two years due to a work place injury. I've had to have three surgerys to correct my shoulder(rotator cuff). I was receiving Workman's Comp up until May of this year. The insurance company (Selective)... | 3 Comments

Thursday 18 November

Tuesday 16 November

    Joe does it again! (21:40) - Once more I scream out expletives at the man who screwed up our house, Joe the butcher! Heidi came down stairs tonight and told me the power went out in her room. She was right in the middle of doing... | 1 Comments

Friday 12 November

    New Jersey Auto Insurance SUCKS! (11:15) - About two months ago I had to make some policy changes in my Allstate Auto Insurance policy. The changes cost me an extra $110.00 a month. I was already paying almost $1200.00 for six months of full coverage (New Jersey... | 3 Comments

Sunday 7 November

    Well Said (19:47) - I came across this blog while surfing through Blog Explosion. He is saying exactly what I'm thinking and feeling. MartiniPundit Consider This a Public Service Announcement This blog has had a self-appointed "devil's advocate" (she has not called herself that)... | 1 Comments

Friday 22 October

Wednesday 29 September

    Freakin' JOE! (00:36) - Every time someone in this house utters that hateful sound, I shudder. That's because I know something else has gone wrong with our house! That is the only time that man's name is allowed to be used around here! Cassie... | 2 Comments
    Freakin' JOE! (00:36) - Every time someone in this house utters that hateful sound, I shudder. That's because I know something else has gone wrong with our house! That is the only time that man's name is allowed to be used around here! Cassie... | 2 Comments

Tuesday 21 September

    Lazy Teenager (16:37) - I must have the laziest teenager in the world. I walked into our family room this morning and discovered that the kids left it a mess. Kristin was the only kid home, she hadn't left for school yet. I asked... | 2 Comments

Friday 17 September

    Everyone's sick! (15:40) - When it rains it pours around my house. Heidi was the first one to get sick, although with her allergies the poor kid is never feeling well. Then Cassie and Kristin got it and yesterday Little Tomas was hacking and...

Wednesday 15 September

    This is just too ridiculous (13:38) - Every time I go to a restaurant and get good service I always leave a nice tip. It may be anywhere from 15 to 25 %. If the service or the food is bad I may or may not leave...

Tuesday 14 September

    Kennan (19:10) - My daughter's ex-boyfriend just won't quit! Linda and Kennan were going together for about three years, They lived with his parents in a small three bedroom house. In the house were Kennan, Linda and Kennan's parents, Kennan's sister and husband...

Wednesday 8 September

    Psycho Kid! (20:48) - I have four children living at home, all teenagers except for Linda who is a mom. I have made a dish washing schedule for them where each kid gets two days of dishes and Linda gets one. On their dish...

Sunday 5 September

    What's wrong with that girl! (20:09) - Yesterday my wife went out for awhile leaving me and my daughter Linda home, Linda asks me if we can get some ice cream and I say "yes, but under one condition! You must finish it before Cassie gets home."... | 1 Comments
    999 Channels and nothing on! (18:11) - We have Comcast Digital Cable with the built in DVR. Linda was surfing through the channel guide and declared to me, "Over 900 channels and there's nothing on!" Cassie and I spend over a hundred dollars each month on cable...