THE DAILY DIVERSION

Okay, so I'm closing on D-Day for my project. We're supposed to have everything turned in by next Friday. Currently, however, we have only turned in 71% of the work we have. A big chunk is finished and will be here Monday morning. I don't think it'll make up 20%, but it'll get us pretty close to the 85% mark or so. That's really important, because it will make the bosses happy. I figure that we'll probably have 90 to 95% of the work turned in by next Friday. That only leaves a few stragglers out there, and my boss has already told me that's okay.

I've actually slept really well the last couple of nights. My wife, on the other hand, has not. It seems that she's fallen victim to "The Car Alarm". It's almost like clockwork now. It goes off at 5:05 every single morning. It's also started going off just after 10 pm too. I haven't talked to our building manager about it since I gave her the information, but I need to. It's really getting tiresome and the guy doesn't know it, but he may find his car without the entire front half one day soon if he doesn't fix that piece of shit.

Oh, I almost forgot... I've slept well because I've started wearing my earplugs to bed at night. I used to not be able to sleep through the night with them in, but it hasn't bothered me lately. I just have to be sure that my wife comes in and makes sure I take them out before she leaves for work. Otherwise, I'd probably never hear my alarm and I wouldn't make it to work by my usually late 8:15 or so. By the way, I was early today! It was only 8:05!

My in-laws are here with us this weekend. I've decided that I don't like the term "in-laws". It just has a negative connotation to me. Any time that I have ever heard the term it's usually said like this "My fuckin' in-laws are visiting". Mine aren't like that. I like Adrianne's Mom and Stepdad. They're good people!

Larry and I are actually going to hang out on Saturday and watch football while the girls go do girly things (and probably cost me an arm and a leg shopping). I'm planning on watching the big Notre Dame-Michigan tilt on Saturday. It's been a while since I've been this excited about a college football season. I'm hopeful that the Irish can be in the mix for the national title. If they can pull it off this weekend, then the road gets a little easier. They still have Michigan State next weekend, but after that, until the final week against USC, it should be smooth sailing.

I posted a "Rule" a couple of weeks ago that stated "Truth is stranger than fiction" or something along those lines. Yesterday I got an email from a buddy of mine that really brought that point home. It was just pictures, but man, it's just crazy. Here they are:


Okay, this one scares the shit out of me. The only reason it really does is not because horses just randomly jump through car windshields, but we've got a bunch of horses roaming around downtown Memphis. Everyone who drives should fear for their lives. Luckily I don't drive very often.


Really, I'm shocked and awed by this. I mean, really, who hasn't had a boulder drop through their ceiling before? However, to crush a perfectly good recliner is beyond the call of good taste!


These two pictures prove one thing, and one thing only... There are a lot of people with money that are far too stupid to have that money. What's next? An idiot as our President? (okay that was a low blow, even for me)


This is frightening, yet funny. First of all, I never load my bombs on forklifts. I always just use a handtruck (commonly called a dolley). Secondly, I love how there is not a person within shouting distance. It just makes me laugh.

There were actually more pictures (most of them involved military things) and if you'd like to see them, just let me know.