A gem of a day

So I was told I had jury duty today of course I didn't read the paperwork entirely that accompanied it. Who would logically do that!? In regular sized font, of course nothing special is tells us, the standby juror to call a number to find out the status of our standby juror service. Now I realize this number this morning once I have already driven to the courthouse, which I might add was a pain in the ass to get to only to find out, yup I'm canceled. So of course its only 7:30 am and the "juror hotline" doesn't open until 9 am so now I have to drive back home in the traffic I just avoided only to find out that this juror service doesn't count and I am subject to another service within the next year as opposed to the typical every 5 years. Oh and did I mention since it doesn't count now I have to go into work. Yea that's great.

Here's an idea to the entire court system, not only did you waste my tax dollars on two different stamped items I had to receive informing me of my juror service request but also the survey which obviously never got used. But now I have wasted my gas getting there since I'll admit I didn't read the directions in its entirety. That part, I guess is my fault. But OH! Here's an idea! Since you obviously know where I live, and you have my name, how about a message on my phone telling me "Hey, don't come today you've been canceled" or "Hey this is when you scheduled for, be sure to show up here @ this time."

Because the last time I checked a phone call costs??? Oh ya that's right...nothing.

Rainy days

I can't wake up when its raining out in the morning...its almost as if my body knows that its raining long before I wake up. Its actually quite interesting if you think about it. I guess this all means I need a climate that rains as minimally as possible and has lots of sunshine. California works for me too!

The Discovery Channel

It should come as no surprise that I love the Discovery Channel and everything that is associated with it. I'm not sure why this is but I just do. Whether it be Survivor Man, Mythbusters, Planet Earth, Man vs. Wild, or one of my favorites Dirty Jobs.

I just watched probably the most disturbing Man vs. Wild yet. I'm not sure what Bear Grylls intent is but it seems with each successive episode, that he's out to prove something more disgusting. Now he's already been to the Sahara dessert once, so I'm not sure why anyone in their right mind would want to go back, but of course he did.

So far in this one episode he killed a goat and ate the testicles of it, ate a highly poisonous snake, disemboweled a camel that was dead for at least 3 days and ate the meat and fat from it and used it as a bed, not to mention he drank the water from inside its carcase and squeezed the water from the partially digested food in one of its three stomachs, and then caught a frog and just bit its head off, while it had been hopping around seconds before. Oh and not to mention scaled a 500+ ft vertical cliff only to free climb it back up to get out of the valley. So how exactly does his camera crew follow him and allow him to not use any ropes? I'm thinking they have a pretty good editing team. Did I mention the average daily temperate is 130 degrees F.

Like I said, I'm not sure what he's out to prove, if he wants an award I'm sure I can give him some type of medal but what's the point. To end the episode he miraculously was walking in the right direction the entire time and happened to stumble upon a tiny village. Now I've heard this guy sleeps in hotels or basically not in the elements at night, but some of the places this guy goes don't exactly have 5 star hotels nearby.



Ok gotta run, now he's off to Panama, can't wait to see what he stuffs in his mouth in this episode.

Hmm

Someone keeps looking at this page cause the counter keeps going up.....who could it be?

...

Keep looking...you might see something change.

Have you looked outside!

Check it out people...its snowing like crazy outside! Even though I hate winter, the first major snowfall is always something special. It will typically take the first four snowfalls for this to all get old. Maybe this year it will actually snow on Christmas Eve and day...now that would be different since that's almost never happened.

Recent Aggrivations

Seriously people...who wears a USB jump drive around their neck. Granted the thing comes with it in the packaging....but its almost an unspoken rule...you're not supposed to use it.

Or is that just me?

You're kidding me right....

No words can describe her....




Just please don't turn into Britney

Gas Prices

People, what is the deal with the price of gas. I can remember growing up over summer vacation driving around with the parents and seeing prices of $0.88...no joke. Which would mean my 20 gallon tank to fill from completely empty would cost me a bank busting $17.80. Nowadays its costing me $52.00 to fill my tank at some absurd value of somewhere around $3.00 a gallon.

C level execs of major oil companies are still reporting huge profits year in and out and yet not much is being done about. Not to mention people trading on the future's market making boatloads.

I'm just glad I don't have a car that 'requires' premium...poor saps.

Michael Scott everybody...

“Bros before hoes. Why? Because your bros are always there for you. They got your back after your ho rips your heart out for no good reason. And you were nothing but great to your ho, and you told her that she was the only ho for you, and that she was better than all the other hoes in the world... and then... then suddenly she's not yo' ho no mo'.”
-Michael Scott

The best one so far...

ARNOLD UMECHE
CONTINENTAL BANK
AV. JEAN PAUL II , CARREFOUR DES TROIS BANQUES
01 BP 2020 COTONOU REPUBLIQUE DU BENIN
EMAIL CONTACTS : arnoldumeche_cb@hotmail.com


ATTN: SIR / MADAM,

PLEASE GO THROUGH THIS WEBSITE BEFORE READING THIS MAIL.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

I feel quite safe dealing with you in this confidential transaction. I came across your email address on the internet.Though, this medium (Internet)has been greatly abused by all sorts of dubious persons, but I chose to reach you through internet because it still remains the fastest, surest and most secured medium of communication at the moment.

However,this correspondence is unofficial and private, and it should be treated as such. I also guarantee you that this deal is hitch free from all sorts of hazards and problems you may think of.

THIS TRANSACTION IS REAL AND YOU WILL CONFIRM THIS WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THE FUNDS.

I am Mr. Godwin Amalu, An official of CONTINENTAL BANK I am contacting you based on Trust and confidentiality that is
attached to this deal. The Management and the Legal department of my Bank (CONTINENTAL BANK) in a recent meeting, recommended that the fix deposit bank account of MR.Andreas Schranner aged 64 years from Germany,should be declared dormant,confiscated and the depositor's fund sent to the Bank Treasury Due to the non claim of the fix deposited funds in the account on Maturity by MR ANDREAS SCHRANNER in Line with the new BENIN's Banking Law and regulation.

MR.Andreas Schranner,64, A Rich German property investor,died On the 31st of July 2000 with his wife,Maria, 62, and their Children in Air France concord plane { No AF 590 } crash bound for New York United State of America.My bank has unsuccessfully made all efforts to locate any of the relatives of MR. Andreas Schranne to claim his deposited funds to no
avail. You can confirm the death of late Mr Andreas Schranner and his family
your self via the website below:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

LATE, MR. Andreas Schranne operated a fix deposit account in my bank valued at US$18.5.Million. (Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) I wish to confide in you that since Mr Andreas Schranner died that non
of his relatives has shown up for the claim of his deposited funds.

This is where I want you to come in to assist. I want you to come in as a relation of Late MR.Andreas Schranner, I will
arrange for an attorney that will handle all the legal processes about this transaction in your favour as the legal next of kin to late Mr Andreas Schranner. The attorney will put up an official application to the bank and to the high court in your favour as the legal next of kin to MR.Andreas Schranner. The attorney will secure all the legal papers in your favour from the high court and carry out all the legal procedures in the high court and in the bank in your favour as the legal next of kin to late Mr ANDREAS
SCHRANNER. I will give you more information as soon as you indicate your
willingness to assist me in this transaction.

I will use my position in the bank to get all internal documentations to back up the claims.The whole Procedure will last for 10 bank working days to get the funds successfully paid to you Without any trace even in future
from the day i receive your personal details. After the successful conclussion of this transaction, we shall share
the funds 40% to you while 60% to me.

PLEASE RESPOND IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVE THIS MAIL
THROUGH:arnoldumeche_cb@hotmail.com

Yours Sincerely,

MR Arnold Umeche