Tales from the Bottom....

The receptionist at my workplace went to lunch today and told me there were two people filling out applications and she told them to ring the bell when they were done. Since my office is closest to the receptionist desk I answer the bell when she is at lunch and was awaiting the bell to ring to go collect the two applications. The bell rung and I went up to the desk and it was our janitorial guy looking to get his monthly evaluation. The two applicants had obviously left without ringing the bell. I looked around for the applications and found them on the receptionist desk and I looked them over to see if they had left phone numbers and signed the back as required. The first one was filled out but no signature on the back saying that the information was correct, not a big deal, if we hire him he'll have to sign it then. I then looked at the second application and it contained a phone number.......just a phone number......there was nothing else, no name, no prior work history, no education, not even what kind of job the applicant was looking for and no signature on the back.

WTF???? Does this guy think were going to call???

Of course we have to keep all applications and log them in, but we log them in by name, so how do we log this idiot in? by his phone number?

The bottom of the applicant pool has been reached.

Domain Forward

The following domain http://brothersbasement.com/ now forwards to this blog.
I owned it anyway. So, why not......
This has no affect on the blog, but it might be an easier to remember URL when ya share with potential blog fans.

State of Republican Posers...

Did you catch the State of the Union Republican Response last night. How posed was that backdrop? You got a white women, an Asian man, a black woman and a military guy framing the Virgina Governor on the screen. There is no way that wasn't massaged into place.

But my question is where is the Latino?

Hey all you climate change deniers....

Did you see the temperatures in Florida a couple of weeks ago? There were iguanas falling out of trees in Miami. What about this, can an Winter Olympics be canceled due to a lack of snow? Vancouver right now is dealing with this problem. Has there ever been a Winter Olympics that they've had to truck in snow for? Whistler Blackcomb averages 402 inches of snow per year but this year they ain't got squat. I live in Colorado and this year the mountains here are not doing well except for in the southwest corner of the state. Now what percentage of change humans have contributed to this climate change is unknown but you better believe that something isn't right with our climate and we should be having discussions and making plans for possible scenarios, like flooded coastal cities, if this keeps up. Hell, I might have beach front property in Aurora CO if this keeps up, can anyone say Waterworld?

Another Ted Kennedy funny as seen on the web

As seen on another blog:

"It’s like Massachusetts just abandoned Ted Kennedy in a car at the bottom of a river."

Now that's funny.

All The World's A Stage And We Are Merely Players

Maybe nothing we do or say in politics or the US in general matters according to this article. It makes sense that everything has led up to this and maybe there is no changing the course we're on. We're all doomed...................

Click...crakle...crackle...buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz (as the Internet connection is terminated to the Godfather's computer)........


.........nothing to see here......... move along.

And I just thought it was lyrics in the Rush song "Limelight".

Ted Kennedy takes a shot to the groin...

You would think that Massachusetts who had elected Kennedy for so many years would have wanted to see one of his lifelong goals fulfilled after his death. By the election of Scott Brown they might have dealt health care reform a fatal blow.

Maybe they didn't care for Ted and his policies after all and were just happy to have a powerful voice in the Senate to get their state more federal dollars and now that he has passed they can vote for whatever is the popular flavor of the day.

I would like to see health care reform go through, but at the end of the day it probably won't affect me either way. I've worked all my life and every employer I've been with had some sort of health plan that I was on and I would think that would continue into the future. My guess is that without the health care reform the premiums will continue to rise and eat evermore into my dwindling paycheck, my portion of the health care insurance premium went up by 25% this year, but at least my deductible went down on the high deductible plan I'm on.

I'd like to see it pass so that everyone can be covered like I am so that they don't have to worry about a huge health care bill putting them in the poorhouse or into bankruptcy.

South Beach Rock Hauler

With my place of employment being right next to I-76 I get to view the comings and goings of traffic as I take cigarette breaks and today a tractor trailer drove by that had the cab painted bright orange including the rims and frame in the same bright orange and a light blue rock hauler trailer behind it. There were no marking of any kind on the cab or the trailer which was weird, just the solid orange and solid light blue.

I said to myself that big rig would look more in place in Miami's South Beach.

Hello Darkness My Old Friend.....

Sarah Palin will be the keynote speaker, as long as she doesn't cancel at the last minute, at the International Bowl Expo 2010. That's right a bowling convention. She should fit in well with that crowd of Joe "Six-Packs" and Jill "Meth-heads". Oh and the convention is in Vegas which is perfect for the family values crowd.

Whenever I think of bowling I think of "Kingpin" and the scene where Roy Munson has to have sex with the landlady to pay the rent after he is caught with the purse snatcher.

For your enjoyment, Kingpin Landlady Lovin, not actually a sex scene but the before and after, especially the after.

Electronics meets Adult Entertainment

Got a text message from my sister this week:
"Out of all the siblings im in the warmest climate i can see a volcano red mountains and arrr plenty of booty to plunder where im at"

I guessed Vegas, even if I had the hotel wrong as I thought she was at the Palazzo or the Venetian. Turns out she is staying at ti (Treasure Island).

After seeing this article I texted her back
"So are you in Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show/CES or the Adult Entertainment Expo/porn show?"

Have to wait for her reply.

As for the Godfather and the Consigliere maybe we'll go next year if they're happening in the same weekend again.

In the Jailhouse now....

With balloon boy's father reporting to jail today, would it be wrong to send him a balloon bouquet to his cell?

For your listening pleasure, the Soggy Bottom Boys perform "In the Jailhouse Now"

Wasn't quite enough....

Well, we tried to help the Packers win by donning our cheese head top hat, using our cheese coozies and eating the appropriate Wisconsin food like aged cheddar, smoked fish and summer sausage but to no avail as the Packers lost to Arizona.

ALLAH, ALLAH, ALLAH

This so called religion of Islam is just nuts. They try to kill anyone that draws a picture of Mohammad, they've now firebombed Christian churches because the Christian churches used the word "Allah" in there publications to denote god, "Allah" is the Arabic word for god that predates the Islamic religion but the Islamic nut jobs want to say the word is theirs and theirs alone. If we firebombed a few mosques they would be up in arms calling for global jihad, but they seem to think its OK to fire bomb our churches and we seem to just let them. I'm quickly coming to the conclusion that this religion needs to not exist in our world.

So in conclusion Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah.....a little passive aggressive? Yeah probably.

Scottish Advent Calendar....

Stolen from Bitterroot

Nappy New Near.....

Back from my sojourn to the childhood stomping grounds. Had a great week in Florida despite the cold weather, 4 cold fronts came through during our week long visit. I don't ever remember more than 1 cold front in a week in my 25 years of living in Florida, global warming anyone??. Got to visit with several old friends and church associates, man we're all getting old with grey showing in everyone's hair and beards. Took in the movie "Avatar" at the IMAX screen in Tampa. That was a great movie with the 3-D that made it look like you were right there in the jungle. Got to do a little gambling at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Tampa and won $10 at blackjack, others in the group won $350 and $150 playing the nickel slots.

Ate like a king at the parents condo including prime rib roast on Christmas, smoked fish from Ted Peters, oyster stew on Christmas Eve and surf and turf with the turf grilled on a George Foreman grill. It tasted like it had been cooked on an outside grill which really surprised me. Had some excellent seafood including oysters on the half shell in Bradenton at the "Anna Maria Oyster Bar" and also enjoyed Cobia for the first time at "Down the Hatch Seafood Co." at the southern tip of the Daytona Beach island at Ponce Inlet. We found this restaurant by using the Hertz Never Lost GPS unit in the rental car after our first choice was closed for the holidays. Normally I don't rent such things as I know my way around Florida but it came standard in the convertible we rented.

Took in Animal Kingdom at the house that the mouse built but was under impressed with it, maybe I'm too old for those parks. Did enjoy the Nemo musical though. Rented a convertible corvette for the trek through Florida but did not get to enjoy the top down as much as I wanted due to the coldness and my passenger complaining about the cold. It was a nice car, great guttural noises when you gave it some gas, but probably better for just a weekend jaunt as the luggage space is pretty none existent.

Great to be back in Denver where on arrival it felt warmer than Florida even though the temperature was 20 degrees cooler in Denver, ahhhh the power of humidity....makes if feel hotter in the summer and colder in the winter.

Go check out the vacation photos here.