September 2005 Archives

On the way into work this morning I realized that today is my 25th anniversary at my place of employment. Twenty-five years working for the same company. Twenty-five goddamn years.

How sad is that?

I'm thinking the Rolling Stones need another roadie.
K-

Over the weekend I received a mailing from the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration. You can imagine my excitement when the enclosed documents promised driver's license renewal by mail. How cool is that? Think of the time saved. No going to the Maryland MVA office to stand 45 minutes in line for a 3 minute job. No inept bureaucrats. Heaven.

Oh, what's that you say? What about my vision check? How is that done by mail?

Well, being the Maryland MVA, they naturally thought of everything. I simply take the mail-in renewal form to my optometrist and have him fill out the back of the form stating my vision is OK to drive.

How's that for convenient?
K-

A favorite summertime preoccupation of mine is watching the hummingbirds come to my feeders. I always feel kind of sad this time of year because now is about when they start heading south for the winter. I still clean the feeder and change the nectar regularly but in September I know it's getting to be a pointless effort. As I recharged the feeders this morning I wondered if any hummingbirds were still around.

One's still here. About an hour later I saw a female feeding on my deck in the early morning chill.
K-

There is never any reason to expect a guy in a conversion van to go fast or accelerate quickly. That's just the way it is.
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POTUS said he will oversee an investigation into what went wrong and why with relief efforts — in part to be sure the country could withstand more storms or attack.

$50 says no one in his administration - zeeeero - will be found wanting and dismissed. In fact, I'd only be half surprised if Michael Chertoff received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

I can only quote NYT's Maureen Dowd: When you combine limited government with incompetent government, lethal stuff happens... Who are we if we can't take care of our own?
K-

Conversation between D- and I today before heading off to Sunday services:

D-: Do I have to go? Can't I stay home and do my homework so I won't have to do it tomorrow?
Me: No. You'll have plenty of time this afternoon to do your homework.

Conversation between D- and I later in the afternoon:

Me: I thought you your were going to do your homework so you wouldn't have to do it tomorrow?
D-: Yeah. Well, that passed.

K-

S- just called from a gas station. She left her job early because there was an announcement that all Maryland gas stations would be closing at 4 PM today and she needed gas.

Evidently pandemonium has set in at many central Maryland stations. She said that at several statoins everyone is lining up to buy gas with lines of cars extending down the street waiting to fuel. I checked the website of a local news radio station to find as the main headline:

Governor's Office: Rumors Of Gas Station Closings Are Just Rumors
No shortage of gasoline supply reported in Maryland.

The first whiff of Maryland panic.
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Today POTUS takes a walking tour of Biloxi, Mississippi, aerial tours of Louisiana, and then makes a statement from New Orleans International Airport.

If he had any balls he'd be talking from the Superdome.
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The United States Federal Government... solving yesterday's problems tomorrow.
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