Autumn Approaches

Patch wrote:I'll add this quote from the same book. This quote drove me to make huge changes throughout my life.

“Up to a point a person’s life is shaped by environment, heredity, and changes in the world about them. Then there comes a time when it lies within their grasp to shape the clay of their life into the sort of thing they wish it to be. Only the weak blame parents, their race, their times, lack of good fortune or the quirks of fate. Everyone has the power to say, "This I am today. That I shall be tomorrow.”

rkwsuperstar wrote:

Patch wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:I work with a woman who is just exhausting.  I've mentioned before about her in regards to booking travel for her-she is unhappy with every hotel, mainly because she wants to stay at a Holiday Inn so she can earn points towards a free room.  Now, I get wanting to earn the points, but we are required to book under the state rate, so when they have no rooms at that rate available, you should find a different hotel and just deal with it like every other person has to.  We have a 2002 Astrovan that she refuses to drive because it's "too big" for her-yet the 2011 Ford F150 and 2002 Chevy Tahoe are just perfect.  

Our parking lot has employee parking facing the sides of the building and state vehicle parking facing away.  She freaks out when the maintenance guy mows because she doesn't want grass on her car, so she has to go out and move it to the state vehicle side, then gripes because it's not shaded by the trees.  She came in today to tell me I ought to move my car because they are watering the grass and we use well water, and it'll strip the paint off my car (the water is just hitting the grass, but the wind MIGHT blow it onto our cars).

I don't really have a point to this story, other than she annoys me.

Well if she would rather park under a tree, it might be nice of you to sprinkle some bird seed around her car. I'm the sure the birds would enjoy using her car as a toilet.

Oh, the birds are a huge problem for her.  We have, among other things, those black birds that have the purple poop.  It's everywhere.  She gets so mad that "they" don't do something to get rid of them.

rkwsuperstar wrote:

She is really something else.  She's also the type of person who knows more about whatever it is than the specialist-she knows more about medicine than any doctor, more about cars than any mechanic, you know what I mean.

I always think maybe I'm annoying...and then I think well, at least I'm not like that.

James.k.Polk wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:I work with a woman who is just exhausting.  I've mentioned before about her in regards to booking travel for her-she is unhappy with every hotel, mainly because she wants to stay at a Holiday Inn so she can earn points towards a free room.  Now, I get wanting to earn the points, but we are required to book under the state rate, so when they have no rooms at that rate available, you should find a different hotel and just deal with it like every other person has to.  We have a 2002 Astrovan that she refuses to drive because it's "too big" for her-yet the 2011 Ford F150 and 2002 Chevy Tahoe are just perfect.  

Our parking lot has employee parking facing the sides of the building and state vehicle parking facing away.  She freaks out when the maintenance guy mows because she doesn't want grass on her car, so she has to go out and move it to the state vehicle side, then gripes because it's not shaded by the trees.  She came in today to tell me I ought to move my car because they are watering the grass and we use well water, and it'll strip the paint off my car (the water is just hitting the grass, but the wind MIGHT blow it onto our cars).

I don't really have a point to this story, other than she annoys me.

It really sounds like you work with a whole squad of precious little flowers .  I bet it's exhausting.

Patch wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:I work with a woman who is just exhausting.  I've mentioned before about her in regards to booking travel for her-she is unhappy with every hotel, mainly because she wants to stay at a Holiday Inn so she can earn points towards a free room.  Now, I get wanting to earn the points, but we are required to book under the state rate, so when they have no rooms at that rate available, you should find a different hotel and just deal with it like every other person has to.  We have a 2002 Astrovan that she refuses to drive because it's "too big" for her-yet the 2011 Ford F150 and 2002 Chevy Tahoe are just perfect.  

Our parking lot has employee parking facing the sides of the building and state vehicle parking facing away.  She freaks out when the maintenance guy mows because she doesn't want grass on her car, so she has to go out and move it to the state vehicle side, then gripes because it's not shaded by the trees.  She came in today to tell me I ought to move my car because they are watering the grass and we use well water, and it'll strip the paint off my car (the water is just hitting the grass, but the wind MIGHT blow it onto our cars).

I don't really have a point to this story, other than she annoys me.

Well if she would rather park under a tree, it might be nice of you to sprinkle some bird seed around her car. I'm the sure the birds would enjoy using her car as a toilet.

rkwsuperstar wrote:I work with a woman who is just exhausting.  I've mentioned before about her in regards to booking travel for her-she is unhappy with every hotel, mainly because she wants to stay at a Holiday Inn so she can earn points towards a free room.  Now, I get wanting to earn the points, but we are required to book under the state rate, so when they have no rooms at that rate available, you should find a different hotel and just deal with it like every other person has to.  We have a 2002 Astrovan that she refuses to drive because it's "too big" for her-yet the 2011 Ford F150 and 2002 Chevy Tahoe are just perfect.  

Our parking lot has employee parking facing the sides of the building and state vehicle parking facing away.  She freaks out when the maintenance guy mows because she doesn't want grass on her car, so she has to go out and move it to the state vehicle side, then gripes because it's not shaded by the trees.  She came in today to tell me I ought to move my car because they are watering the grass and we use well water, and it'll strip the paint off my car (the water is just hitting the grass, but the wind MIGHT blow it onto our cars).

I don't really have a point to this story, other than she annoys me.

rkwsuperstar wrote:I work with a woman who is just exhausting.  I've mentioned before about her in regards to booking travel for her-she is unhappy with every hotel, mainly because she wants to stay at a Holiday Inn so she can earn points towards a free room.  Now, I get wanting to earn the points, but we are required to book under the state rate, so when they have no rooms at that rate available, you should find a different hotel and just deal with it like every other person has to.  We have a 2002 Astrovan that she refuses to drive because it's "too big" for her-yet the 2011 Ford F150 and 2002 Chevy Tahoe are just perfect.  

Our parking lot has employee parking facing the sides of the building and state vehicle parking facing away.  She freaks out when the maintenance guy mows because she doesn't want grass on her car, so she has to go out and move it to the state vehicle side, then gripes because it's not shaded by the trees.  She came in today to tell me I ought to move my car because they are watering the grass and we use well water, and it'll strip the paint off my car (the water is just hitting the grass, but the wind MIGHT blow it onto our cars).

I don't really have a point to this story, other than she annoys me.

NebulaJack wrote:

James.k.Polk wrote:The Bacon Conspiracy
Everybody loves bacon, right?  I mean it’s possibly the most popular breakfast food in the USA.  Bacon’s savory and salty.  It’s fatty and it goes well with lots of other foods.  Bacon goes with eggs. It goes with salad.  It goes with burgers.  There are almost daily reminders all over the Internets telling us to celebrate, if not outright worship this pork product.
(Insert images of bacon memes)
On the other hand, I submit that bacon is, at best, being overhyped.  Do we really need bacon-topped milkshakes?  Who really wants bacon cupcakes?  I submit that all this amounts to a Bacon Conspiracy
Anatomy of the Conspiracy
1) Establish bacon as a premium, feel-good, happy time food that’s good with everything. (Even though it isn’t)
2) Add low-quality, cheaply-produced bacon to fast food menu items.
3) Increase price of said menu items to reflect the premium, feel-good, happy time reputation of Big Bacon
4) Profit.
The Genghis Grill Paradox
Tuesday is Genghis Grill Day.  That is my one day off each week (that isn’t a Sunday) and I usually make it to a local outlet of the Mongolian grill for a healthy-ish meal of chicken breast and veggie stir-fry.  It’s yum. (Yum, I say Arkay.)
Yesterday was no exception and I have recently been pleased to notice the addition of snow peas as an option in the build-a-bowl line.  New items are welcome.  Yesterday as I perused the meats I noticed something different--very fatty, tired-looking, uncooked bacon.  For a brief moment I considered adding a bit of bacon to bowl I was assembling because “who doesn’t love bacon?” The moment passed.  My inner (and outer) fat guy would not be coddled.  I was there for chicken breast and vegetables and there was no reason to sully relatively healthy meal with greasy fat bacon.
Yay for Polk!  Self control for the win!
Then the check came and my lunch was nearly two dollars more pricey than it had been before. Merely adding bacon as an option raised the price of my Tuesday treat even though I had no intention of taking the bacon option. Big Bacon gets it’s due.
Think about all the places that add bacon to menu items.  Those items are invariably more expensive.  Places like McDonalds use cheap bacon that has next to zero flavor yet still charge more for the privilege.  It’s a bacon Conspiracy and Polk has uncovered it.

It's always irritated me that fast food joints will charge you extra for adding stuff like bacon or cheese, but they won't reduce the price if you take away items like tomato or onions.

James.k.Polk wrote:The Bacon Conspiracy
Everybody loves bacon, right?  I mean it’s possibly the most popular breakfast food in the USA.  Bacon’s savory and salty.  It’s fatty and it goes well with lots of other foods.  Bacon goes with eggs. It goes with salad.  It goes with burgers.  There are almost daily reminders all over the Internets telling us to celebrate, if not outright worship this pork product.
(Insert images of bacon memes)
On the other hand, I submit that bacon is, at best, being overhyped.  Do we really need bacon-topped milkshakes?  Who really wants bacon cupcakes?  I submit that all this amounts to a Bacon Conspiracy
Anatomy of the Conspiracy
1) Establish bacon as a premium, feel-good, happy time food that’s good with everything. (Even though it isn’t)
2) Add low-quality, cheaply-produced bacon to fast food menu items.
3) Increase price of said menu items to reflect the premium, feel-good, happy time reputation of Big Bacon
4) Profit.
The Genghis Grill Paradox
Tuesday is Genghis Grill Day.  That is my one day off each week (that isn’t a Sunday) and I usually make it to a local outlet of the Mongolian grill for a healthy-ish meal of chicken breast and veggie stir-fry.  It’s yum. (Yum, I say Arkay.)
Yesterday was no exception and I have recently been pleased to notice the addition of snow peas as an option in the build-a-bowl line.  New items are welcome.  Yesterday as I perused the meats I noticed something different--very fatty, tired-looking, uncooked bacon.  For a brief moment I considered adding a bit of bacon to bowl I was assembling because “who doesn’t love bacon?” The moment passed.  My inner (and outer) fat guy would not be coddled.  I was there for chicken breast and vegetables and there was no reason to sully relatively healthy meal with greasy fat bacon.
Yay for Polk!  Self control for the win!
Then the check came and my lunch was nearly two dollars more pricey than it had been before. Merely adding bacon as an option raised the price of my Tuesday treat even though I had no intention of taking the bacon option. Big Bacon gets it’s due.
Think about all the places that add bacon to menu items.  Those items are invariably more expensive.  Places like McDonalds use cheap bacon that has next to zero flavor yet still charge more for the privilege.  It’s a bacon Conspiracy and Polk has uncovered it.

Patch wrote:

James.k.Polk wrote:  It’s a bacon Conspiracy and Polk has uncovered it.

Later that night James K Polk was visited by two men in dark suits, sunglasses and wearing bacon flavored cologne. He was never seen again.

James.k.Polk wrote:  It’s a bacon Conspiracy and Polk has uncovered it.

James.k.Polk wrote:

NebulaJack wrote:

James.k.Polk wrote:Remind me later to tell the story of the Bacon conspiracy.

Like... Francis Bacon?

Like the breakfast meat.

NebulaJack wrote:

James.k.Polk wrote:Remind me later to tell the story of the Bacon conspiracy.

Like... Francis Bacon?

James.k.Polk wrote:Remind me later to tell the story of the Bacon conspiracy.

rkwsuperstar wrote:

Someone suggested on the FB Haunt that we needed a new mascot; LYT said he'd do an art contest but there weren't many entrants in the last one and the winner never messaged him, so Polk might win.  Apparently the winner saw the post and emailed LYT again, so Polk doesn't win.

James.k.Polk wrote:

rkwsuperstar wrote:Good news.  The thing my boss wanted to be off for has been postponed for at least 2 more weeks, so I can be off on my birthday.  I'm not doing anything, hanging out in pajamas probably.  But it was the point-I was off first and you aren't more special because you have Administrator in your title.

I'm glad to hear it.  Me and Ozne are coming over for beer cupcakes

rkwsuperstar wrote:Good news.  The thing my boss wanted to be off for has been postponed for at least 2 more weeks, so I can be off on my birthday.  I'm not doing anything, hanging out in pajamas probably.  But it was the point-I was off first and you aren't more special because you have Administrator in your title.

Patch wrote:

James.k.Polk wrote:Bah.

I can't even win by default.

Turns out that the person who really drawer the best art really did respond to the notice that he'd won but Luke just lost the email in his spam folder.

I don't know why thatbothers me but it kinda does.

Something about being second place in a three man race.

Morning everyone.

I guess I missed something because I have no idea that you are referring to. I ended up in your neck of the woods yesterday. I drove by the mines but didn't see your car or I would have dropped in and said hi. I did go to the range and fired off a couple boxes of ammo. I have a few more gun reviews to write about. One I love, one I like and one I'm not a huge fan of. Just need to find some time to do so. Work has had me jumping lately.

Patch wrote:

James.k.Polk wrote:Bah.

I can't even win by default.

Turns out that the person who really drawer the best art really did respond to the notice that he'd won but Luke just lost the email in his spam folder.

I don't know why thatbothers me but it kinda does.

Something about being second place in a three man race.

Morning everyone.

I guess I missed something because I have no idea that you are referring to. I ended up in your neck of the woods yesterday. I drove by the mines but didn't see your car or I would have dropped in and said hi. I did go to the range and fired off a couple boxes of ammo. I have a few more gun reviews to write about. One I love, one I like and one I'm not a huge fan of. Just need to find some time to do so. Work has had me jumping lately.