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mentioned by my associate, the recent marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Steven Kelley may result in a situation where you will be unsure how to address the newly married couple. This may introduce an uncomfortable or awkward moment while you search for the proper term to use. This informative update is intended to prevent such a situation and educate you on the proper protocol. With regards to Mr. Kelley, you may continue to address him as "Steve," "Dr. Kelley," "Kellster," or "That guy who owes me $20." With regards to Mrs. Steven Kelley, you may only address her as "Mrs. Steven Kelley." Do not communicate with her using any other identifier or shorthand. Failure to follow these rules will result in a serious faux pas that may alienate you from the couple. Spread the word.
Today my frost warning light came on in my
Cougar meaning the temperature was below 42 fahrenheit. The last time this light came on it kicked off 5 long months of freezing weather. With this spring being the rainiest since 1912 I already feel robbed of my spring/summer and now with the cold weather digging it's claws into Michigan I feel cheated. I just hope it stays above freezing long enough for me to move into my new house. Hopefully a heated garage will help me cope with the depressing winter ahead.
Missy got free tickets to Cedar Pointe in a pop bottle from the vending machine at work a few months ago. Little did we know it would take this long to get around to going. We went with Ron, Jen, Boris and Radika with an average temperature of 40 degrees and winds so high that some of the rides were closed. Unfortunately this included
Raptor (my favorite ride) and Top Thrill Dragster along with a few other lesser-known rides. The rides that were open either had a very long line or no line at all. There didn't appear to be any method to the madness either.
Blue Streak had an hour long wait, but
Iron Dragon had no wait at all. We decided to hit all the rides with no lines which of course included
Disaster Transport, formerly known as Avalanche Run (then covered and renamed) so I introduced Ron and Jen to the joys of screaming "Disaster" on the ridiculously lame ride. On the plus side I rode
Wicked Twister for the first time ever, and it is by far the best ride in the park. Nowhere else can you alternate looking straight at the ground and straight at the sky while weightless.
Here are the pics from our trip.
Today my work took us to
Dave and Busters for a break. I think there was about five minutes or so when I wasn't laughing. It's amazing how much fun you can have with people you see everyday when you're not required to get anything done. It's definatley a unique group of people I work with and we all seem to get along great.
After my recent
camping trip in Canada, I forgot to bring my
gnome back with me. Fortunately he wound up staying with some very good friends and they now send me pictures of my roaming gnome. Judging from the
most recent photos, I'd say he's having a wonderful time. Cheerio, and so forth.
My
fiance and I spent yesterday cleaning the
new house and today I mowed the lawn and finished cleaning. I also found the original development brochure for the house which had some useful floorplans included. Now that the house is clean and the lawn mowed I'm getting excited about moving. Oct 23rd is the planned date when I'll activate my friends for the big move.
Internet Menace: haha
Internet Menace: my dog sometimes rolls over and falls off the couch
Internet Menace: its unbelievable
Internet Menace: he's not a stupid dog but he acts like it
Internet Menace: sometimes he arches his back up like
he's a cat
AtomicInternet: You should give him a treat when he
acts stupid
Internet Menace: i don't get that
AtomicInternet: reinforce that behavior
Internet Menace: haha yeah
Internet Menace: encourage him to fall off the couch
Internet Menace: never a dull moment in this house
Today was
Steve and Candys Wedding and I was the best man. That meant that during the ceremony I was heavily armed and ready to defend the bride and groom against any potential rival village attacks. Fortunately, there were none and I was never forced to engage in battle. There was, however, a large fire in their honor. What turned out to be the
Yankee Air Museum burning down made a nice backdrop for the ceremony. I can say that because nobody got hurt in the fire and the PC police don't frown on jokes unless there was a death. Back to the topic at hand, it was a wonderful wedding and reception, and the bride and groom enjoyed their wedding presents afterwards.
Want to know what your ballot will look like when you go to vote? Just put in your address at
www.publius.org and you'll see what you'll have to fill out at the polls in November. I recommend researching each candidate and making your selections before you vote so you'll have informed choices instead of voting for who sounds familiar. I haven't yet decided on who I'm voting for, but I'll probably write in JOSEPH all the places I can.
Sitting in my living room I hear a loud car horn and a screech. I open my door to see a car with it's hazards on in the middle of the street. I'm thinking she has car trouble so I start walking towards her and she says "I love your car! Is it for sale?" Realizing she stopped in the middle of a busy road and almost caused an accident to see my car I was a little leery of getting close to her, but she marched right up to my Cougar and told me it was the best looking car she had ever seen. After she asked if it was for sale four more times I finally told her I'd sell it for $30,000, but that she could pick up a similar looking for for under $10,000 at a used car lot. That turned her excitement down slightly, but she couldn't stop staring at the car so I finally gave her a card from my
cougar club and told her that was the kind of car she wanted. She thanked me and got in her car and left. The whole scenario was unreal, but today was one of the days my webcam decided to go bonkers and capture every 30 seconds before shutting off at 7:00pm. The whole event was
captured on todays webcam at 6:55-7:00pm. This was easily the second best compliment I have ever recieved for my Cougar, the best being my Fiances reaction when she saw it on our first date. At least now I'll know who has my Cougar if it gets stolen in the next few weeks.
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