I CAN’T BE LATE FOR MY FIRST DAY!!!
I don’t know why I was feeling so overwrought and nervous. It was just an orientation. It’s not like I was really starting real work yet. Heck, I wasn’t even reporting to what is going to be my...
View ArticleAllowing a Strong America?
I had to go back and reread the comment and the stream it was in three more times just to make sure I read what I read. I slept on it and read it again the next day. Maybe I took it wrong.
View ArticleA Hot Corporate Love Story
I live in the desert. It gets hot. Cooling of some kind is a necessity. When it gets to be 118 degrees outside, people tend to just melt away without it. Any type of modern day cooling system requires...
View ArticleDiary of a Home Improvement Warehouse Worker (Part 1 of 236)
“Do you sell can crushers?” “Where are the GFI switches?” “Excuse me,” the smiling middle-aged woman asked me right after I had dispatched a customer towards a product that I only had a vague idea...
View ArticleI Was There When It All Began
I was there when it all started. It was the autumn of 2006. I was working as a subprime loan officer with the nation’s largest mortgage lender, Countrywide Home Loans. I was working on a deal to...
View ArticleOn the Jet Bus, I Have My Best Day on one the Worst Days
I close my eyes and feel myself in another kind of vehicle. The seat vibrates beneath me and I imagine the rumble of the bus’s idling engine is actually the whir of a jet engine. The driver becomes a...
View ArticleDon’t Talk Religion at Work
It is best not to talk about religion or politics at work. Leave them out of all interactions. I KNOW this, really I do. Religion and politics on social networks? They’re our bread and butter, right?...
View ArticleWe Want Jobs, We Want Smaller Government
At least we are getting one of the two. We are getting smaller government from the Federal Government down to local governments. That is part of the jobs problems. Public sector jobs (Government) are...
View ArticleGoodbye Oscar-Schmidt, I Never Named You at All
Over the weekend, I got the bad news. The pre-amp on my tenor ukulele was not fixable. I think I was somewhat at fault, as it hasn’t worked since I replaced the connector for the 9V battery. I...
View ArticleMonkey Butts Knocking Over Little Old Ladies
At any job, there are some basic rules specific to the line of work being done. These go beyond the basic get-to-work-on-time, don’t-steal-from-the-company and do-what-the-boss-asks type rules that...
View ArticleThe Men Who Crashed the World
A very interesting report on the cause of the Meltdown. I tried to post the video but can’t get the code properly. If you have the time you should check it out. The Men Who Crashed the World
View ArticleCleaning the Bathroom with the Confederate Flag
The vast majority of customers come into my store on a mission to complete a project. A lot of these folks are excited by their tasks and it’s quite inspiring! It makes me wish I had more home...
View ArticleRed Jewlahlah
Yours truly...Mr. Tu...jack of all trades master of none...has been drafted into "Gardening Service".
View ArticleLosing a Memory
Growing up I always loved answering the question, “Where were you born?” During my smart ass years my first response would always be, “In a hospital.” When pressed for an actual map location, “Peru”...
View ArticleAmen Omen
I’ve covered more songs on uke than I can remember. What inspires me to cover each song can have as much to do with the merits of the song as it does with any of many other random factors. The time...
View ArticleAnd Now, Some Words From Our Sponsors
TV commercials have inspired me to cover songs on my ukulele. TV commercials they make me wonder. Really bad ones make me wonder who let these things onto the tube. Really good ones can make me cry....
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