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Saturday 5 December

    It's always Something! (17:05) - Last September I had carpel tunnel surgery on my right wrist. I had to call the surgery center the day before to confirm the time for the surgery which was to be in the early afternoon. The surgery center nurse... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Saturday 15 August

    21 WAYS TO BE A GOOD DEMOCRAT (13:50) - 21 WAYS TO BE A GOOD DEMOCRAT From Democrat=Socialist 1. You have to be against capital punishment, but support abortion on demand. 2. You have to believe that businesses create oppression and governments create prosperity. 3. You have to believe that... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Thursday 23 July

    What do you do when forced to wait? (17:37) - I had my rotator cuff repaired a few weeks ago by an excellent surgeon, Dr John Grey. The only problem I have had while recovering from the surgery is the wait times every time I go for a follow-up visit.... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Friday 5 June

Thursday 4 June

    Sears repair technicians (18:08) - Cassie and I have been having trouble with our Frigidaire refrigerator the last few weeks. The refrigerator side wasn't getting cold enough and we had food going bad a lot quicker than it should have. Because we are on a fixed... | 0 Trackbacks | 3 Comments

Sunday 10 May

    The pigsty upstairs UPDATED! (00:17) - Since I made this post Kristin has gotten help from her big sister Heidi to clean her room. Heidi really stepped up to the plate and became a wonderful big sister. Kristin was so overwhelmed at how big a mess... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Thursday 7 May

    I have GOT to get me one of these!! (02:37) - My wife, Cassie and I live in a very nice quiet neighborhood in New Jersey, there is only one problem though. The road we live on is long and windy and some of the folks who live here think they are... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Friday 20 March

    To my daughter Linda (08:30) - A few weeks ago on a Sunday night, we got a call from my grandson's dad, Kennan, who by the way is a great dad to Tomas And a good friend to Cassie and Me. He is less like a... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

Sunday 16 November

    We Shall Overcome!! (04:39) - I woke from my nap this afternoon. I have been having very strange lucid dreams this week. Not Disturbing just strange. I usually don't remember much of them immediately but every now and then a remnant stays with me. Such... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Saturday 8 November

Monday 3 November

    Dieting Blues (02:03) - One of the things I have to do to prepare for the Bariatric surgery on Monday the 10th is go on a special diet. I get to enjoy this un-delicious nutritional diet shake three times a day. It's called Ultramet... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Thursday 16 October

    It's 4AM and guess what? I Can't Sleep (15:58) - I hit the sack tonight at 12:30 PM. I was tired and fell asleep almost right away. But at 2AM after a potty trip I'm wide awake. Sleep has become a major problem for me. I have sleep apnea and... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Thursday 9 October

    Computer crashes SUCK! (17:34) - Last week while I was fiddle-ling around with my computer (something told me not to) I broke the motherboard connector for the SATA controller where the  hard drives get connected. It wouldn't just happen to something cheap or easy to... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Friday 26 September

    Update To Sticker Shock (00:23) - The next day after we purchased our glasses, Cassie and decided to cancel our order. We felt we were taken advantage of, and misled by the advertising at America's Best Eyeglasses. So after discussing our options Cassie called them up... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Monday 22 September

    Sticker Shock! (15:36) - Heidi and I need new glasses. The place we used to go to when we had insurance was great. But now that the union insurance is gone and we now rely on Medicare Cassie and I pay out of pocket... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Friday 12 September

Thursday 11 September

    We Will Never Forget! (08:12) - It is the 7th Anniversary of the Terrorist attack on our sovereign soil. My family and I pray for the victims families and those still affected by the horrific massacre of innocent civilians. When the planes crashed into the... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 30 June

    I am losing my mind! No one cares... (23:48) - Six years ago when Cassie and I met and decided to get married I went to my pastor friend, Paul and asked him to perform the ceremony. He agreed, but asked to have a talk with the two of us... | 0 Trackbacks | 3 Comments

Thursday 19 June

    My Children are PIGS! (18:48) - So Cassie and I are going through some extreme financial and health woes. I've been out of work since last September due to a severe and progressive back injury. I applied and received NJ State Disabilty which is only good for... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

Saturday 19 April

Monday 7 April

    F.L.O.W. For Love Of Water (17:01) - I'm not much of an advocate for anything, but after moving into our home in Browns Mills, NJ I realize the precious need for cheap clean water. When we moved here six years ago we had terrible well water. It... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Wednesday 12 March

    I just wanna be sedated! (13:40) - My life goal right NOW! NUFF SAID! THE RAMONES "I Wanna Be Sedated" Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go I wanna be sedated Nothin' to do and no where to go-o-oh I wanna be sedated Just get me to the airport... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 12 February

    It's BaaaaacK! (21:23) - Yeaaaaaa! My Photo Gallery is up and running again! I'm not sure what exactly happened, but a few months ago my domain host (One World Hosting) moved their servers to a better facility, since then my photo gallery has been... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Sunday 27 January

    What's up with Amber? (17:04) - Before I met Cassie I was totally ambivalent towards cats. My mom had a cat that deliberately scratched my daughter from my first marriage, across the face when she was just an infant. I saw the incident and can say... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 15 January

    My Pain Dr. Visit! (17:38) - Today I went to see a pain specialist. Wait let me back up a bit as I haven't posted much about this situation before. I have been suffering from extreme back pain since September last year. I'm not exactly sure... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Saturday 5 January

    Circuit City, Their extended warranties SUCK! (20:27) - A year ago Cassie and I bought an Acer computer at Circuit City in Moorestown, NJ. It was going to be used by our school age children. After two months it just up and stopped working.  Cassie said, fortunately we... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Saturday 29 December

    I'm an old beat up Tinnocker! (12:25) - I have been badly neglecting my blog. Talking with my sweetie about our (I hate to say it) New Year's resolutions, one of the things I really wanted to do was be more faithful in blogging. There isn't any lack... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Friday 2 November

    Spiderman 3 (21:25) - Cassie and I don't get out to movies much anymore. The prices are too high, the cost of the snacks astronomical and the seating for us large folk, just too darn uncomfortable! So when the new releases come out on... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Sunday 28 October

    Update on "KIDS!" (12:17) - In my last post I took away the kids video games, and the family access to the Internet telling them that if they didn't learn to pick up after themselves or do their chores that the cable DVR was going to... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Tuesday 16 October

    Kids! (13:59) - My wife and I are disabled. Cassie permanently and hopefully I'm just temporarily disabled. There are seven people in my house. My wife Cassie, myself, my twenty-six year old daughter and her three year old son. My twenty year old stepson, and... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Sunday 5 August

    How to Get Your Adult Children to Move Out (07:25) - Cassie and I went on vacation a month ago we had a great stress free week away from work. home and especially the people who have caused the most stress in our lives lately; Our ADULT living at home children! There are... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Monday 10 April

    That's all! (07:59) - Talking to teenagers always reminds me of the first verse of "That's all." by Genesis. It goes like this: Just as I thought it was going alright I find out I'm wrong, when I thought I was right s'always the... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

Saturday 8 April

    Kid's are so much smarter these days! (19:12) - Did you ever notice how much smarter kids are nowadays? I remember how dumb my parents were. They used to give me advice on everything, based on their (Heh heh) life experiences. In our house things are no different. Our... | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments

Wednesday 15 March

    More on the Credit Card , Debit Card problems (16:03) - Thank goodness our Law Enforcement people are on the job! This has been a personal nightmare for us, as my debit card account had to be closed and a new card issued due to theft. I shopped regularly at OfficeMax... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Sunday 5 March

    More credit card madness (22:57) - From Boing Boing Sunday, March 5, 2006 Citibank under fraud attack, customers locked out of accounts BoingBoing pal and Citibank customer Jake Appelbaum tried to withdraw some cash with his ATM card on Saturday night. He initiated his bank account... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
    Another Update on Credit Card Theft (11:46) - This hits very close to home! Bank of America is the chain bank that automatically freezes accounts when suspicious activity is detected. (My bank) Cyber theft By DAVID LEVINSKY AND JASON HARRIS Burlington County Times Kathy Chester has never visited... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Saturday 4 March

    Update on Credit Card Theft (08:39) - I recently received my new Visa Platinum Debit Card still wondering if my identity was stolen (so far so good, fingers crossed, hands clasped together in prayer!) When I came upon an entry in one of the blogs I read... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Thursday 23 February

    Something scary happened today! (14:38) - Cassie and went to the store today to pick up some necessities I handed the checker my debit card and the machine emitted a beep and the message came up card was rejected. Wait! I said I have plenty of... | 0 Trackbacks | 3 Comments

Sunday 19 February

    What's up with these people? (15:33) - I spotted this article on Yahoo news this afternoon. Muslims Assault U.S. Embassy in Indonesia Why are these people storming our embasy! We didn't poke fun at their prophet. Americans are the most tolerant people on the planet. Our American... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

Monday 13 February

    ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! (16:57) - What is it with teenagers! Talking with my teens is like banging my head against the wall. It does no good and only causes excruciating pain. This morning Kristin is leaving to catch the bus, the last thing I said... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

Sunday 5 February

    Layoffs Suck (11:35) - I work for a pretty good company, it's small but the folks there are great. The problem is; It's small. I've been off work now for two weeks. I'll call again tonight to see if there will be work for... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

Friday 3 February

    FAT FRIDAY AT THE VINCENTOWN DINER (18:54) - Cassie and I decided that we felt well enough finally to leave the house and do some shopping. On the way to ShopRite we stopped at The Vincentown Diner. When we walked in, the very first thing we noticed was... | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments

Monday 23 January

    Update to MT acting weird (14:52) - I fixed it! Sometimes you just gotta get away from the infernal machine for a while to figure things out. When I upgraded to MT 3.2, MT created backups of my indexes and loaded the default indexes. Which totally screwed... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments

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 | 1 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...