It's Thursday...and I have zero intention of actually doing anything at work today. Nothing more than the bare minimum! In fact, as long as nobody calls me to do something, I won't do anything! Not to mention I feel zoned out and I spent 20 minutes staring at a blank screen, but that's beside the point. At least work was nice enough to buy donuts for everybody, and there was a pizza lunch yesterday (and probably another one today).

One thing struck me though...with only half the people here today, everybody was commenting on how much more work they could get done than normal. Hmm....why not have a day like this every month? Each month half the employees (say those in the top half of the alpabet) are forced to take a day off. The next month those in the bottom half take a forced day off. Hmm...no, that's not a good idea...people might actually have a chance to catch up on work if we do that (although it would eliminate the need for floater days).

But enough of my thinking outside the box...I'm going to Blue Mountain tomorrow!!! Only one day away...just one more day!!!

I have a blog??? Well with the way I've been slacking on updates lately, that'd be a good question to pose to myself. So that begs the question, what have I been doing lately? Well lets see, I've been going out of my way to do as much nothing as humanly possible. So far so good. I got a pathetic 2 1/2 day work week coming up. Seriously, is it even worth it to ask office staff to come in for 2 days? Meh, working these two days is like a holiday for me anyway since the idiots took these days off. I had the option of using two vacation days here, but I said screw it. Common sense says you take days off when work is busy, not when it's dead and you worry about job secruity by doing a good job.

Oh yeah, I'm going to Blue Mountain for New Years eve this year, and unless your a special somebody, you're not invited!!!!

FUCK YOU MR. PLOW!

Seriously, that snow plow pisses me off sometimes. As soon as I finish clearing my driveway of the white stuff mother nature splashed on me, I get some dickwad with a large double double driving by me making my life more difficult! And what's worse, that fucker didn't even clear out the right turn lane! GRrrrrrrrrr!

So yes, fuck you Mr. Plow.

This is a highlight from a conversation I've had with my good friend Ed

You know you've been living in Brampton too long when:

Tech support from India no longer has an accent.

You feel out of place when you are in a room full of white people.

You think it's odd that none of your neighbours rent out their basements.

When people say your chicken wings are curry based

Ok...I'm not good at making these lists. I'm gonna leave my tagboard for that stuff. So what have I been up to? Well I've resorted to copy/paste methods for blogging. Seeing as if I'm typing up an e-mail people think I'm doing something work related, I've decided to blog in Lotus Notes. Ahh yes, Lotus notes, it would be great if it wasn't a resource hog! It's a love/hate relationship I share with it. I'll love it when I can make some money off it, until then, I hate it!

Played a quickie poker tournament last night. That's the last you'll hear of it. I haven't been doing too good these last two weeks (ran into some really bad luck). Guess I'll have to tighten up my play a little bit, maybe catch some guys sleeping or something. I still got some christmas shopping to do. I know I'm lazy but I'll get it done soon enough.

Lets not talk about the Lions. They found a way...to lose. As long as they stay healthy, next year will be their year!

Get Out of My Blog!

I am using blog buddy right now. This is just a quick experiment.

Amazing, boss went to a meeting at corporate today, and I got work done AND left on time. Weird.

On to other things, who hates the term "moving forward". Now, I thought that was just a company thing but I've heard Gary Bettman use it at least 10 times in his last press conference. WTF do you mean moving forward...is that supposed to impress us or something??? Phrases like that shouldn't be used because all it says is your company is falling backwards while you speak. Moving Forward should be assumed.

Moving forward on my blog...do you see how dumb that sounds?!? Ack...I hate the buzzphrase of the moment. I'm sure I can ramble on about phrases like that all day, but its not worth my time.

Spent another hour today listening to my boss complain how there's no time to do anything at the office. Hmm...if he worked half as much as he complained we'd be onto something. Meh whatever, I've been free of criticism the last week so I know I'm going to get a shitstorm later this week. That's just the way it is, so I'm not going to be too concerned with things when I get yelled at...probably say "blah blah blah, I'm busy, blah blah blah, lets get a co-op, blah blah blah. are there any strip clubs in Aurora?".

Lions season is down the drain. Let McMahon play, what's the worst that can happen, a QB throws inaccurate passes and we lose? Still no hockey...maybe next year. Raptors...well it goes to show that basketball shouldn't be taken seriously as a sport.

Damm...now I wanna play some more poker. I've been picking up my tournament play a bit lately. Ever since I made the decision to play fewer hands more agressively and totally ignored trying to bluff. I've also been fortunate that people have called my all-ins when I'm holding the best hand on the table. I feel like I'm ready to go back to a casino to play. When is Casino Niagara going to get some poker tables???

That is all...don't forget to shave kids. You know who you are!

One thing that never ceases to amaze me is the lack of logic in workplace. Case in point, a smoker can take 5-5mintute smoke breaks during the day and not face any punishment. That's 25 minutes of lost productivity. But don't you dare show up 2 minutes late, because that's worse than the other 23 minutes your buddy is smoking.

Or my favorite my boss:

8:15am
8:15:05am
Stu, do this, make sure inventory is done, do that, make sure this is done, order this, ordert that
9:00am

9:30am
Boss: Getting inventory does in a #1 priority, you have to finish it by today
Boss: I can't belive how much
10:45am

I'm not kidding either....I go through the same routine every day...at least 3 hours a day is spent listening to that guy talk to me about how I have to get things done...well at least it beats actually doing work.

I need to sleep more. That is all.

It's nice to see people are using my tag board once again (and shaving their chests!). Yes, the David Hasselhoff look, circa early 80's (read night rider) with a shirt only buttoned up half way and a full chest of hair proudly on display for everyone to see is out! Nobody likes looking at a mans chest hair (well...maybe Robb).

What have I been up to? Lets see, I've rolled out a helpdesk management software to the company. Basically the only reason it is here is so I can show managment that I'm actually doing something (nothing). Hopefully it doesn't blow up in my face, but only time will tell.I've been slacking with my workouts lately, only hit the gym twice this week (not to mention only once last week....but last week was an exception since I did go to California).

Speaking of California, it was a great trip, as usual. I think I'm done with my monthly vacations for a while. Time to stay at home and relax for a few months. My California contact is moving to Santa Barbara soon, which will suck because it's an hour north of LA. But good at the same time since it's a descent party town (by Left Coast Standards...close the bar at 1:30am my ass!). Maybe I'll head down there in May or something. I'm not going anywhere until March at the earliest (but Superbowl in Vegas....hmmm).

If anybody caught the late late show last Wednesday (no...nobody...I don't blame you) you would have noticed my distinct laugh at odd times (IE I laugh at something nobody else finds funny) , a couple times I did it on purpose just to get my voice on TV.

San Diego is a nice town, but on the way DO NOT STOP at Ocean's 11 Casino. While looking for parking we saw 2 pimps and a homeless guy next to a dumpster. No offence to homeless people, but I'm not parking my car at a Casino near you guys. The place did look a bit sleazy, so I doubt I would have walked out of there with any profit (provided I actually won something).That's it, come back later and post on the tag board.

It's nice to see people are using my tag board once again (and shaving their chests!). Yes, the David Hasselhoff look, circa early 80's (read night rider) with a shirt only buttoned up half way and a full chest of hair proudly on display for everyone to see is out! Nobody likes looking at a mans chest hair (well...maybe Robb).

What have I been up to? Lets see, I've rolled out a helpdesk management software to the company. Basically the only reason it is here is so I can show managment that I'm actually doing something (nothing). Hopefully it doesn't blow up in my face, but only time will tell.

I've been slacking with my workouts lately, only hit the gym twice this week (not to mention only once last week....but last week was an exception since I did go to California). Speaking of California, it was a great trip, as usual. I think I'm done with my monthly vacations for a while. Time to stay at home and relax for a few months. My California contact is moving to Santa Barbara soon, which will suck because it's an hour north of LA. But good at the same time since it's a descent party town (by Left Coast Standards...close the bar at 1:30am my ass!). Maybe I'll head down there in May or something. I'm not going anywhere until March at the earliest (but Superbowl in Vegas....hmmm).

If anybody caught the late late show last Wednesday (no...nobody...I don't blame you) you would have noticed my distinct laugh at odd times (IE I laugh at something nobody else finds funny) , a couple times I did it on purpose just to get my voice on TV.

San Diego is a nice town, but on the way DO NOT STOP at Ocean's 11 Casino. While looking for parking we saw 2 pimps and a homeless guy next to a dumpster. No offence to homeless people, but I'm not parking my car at a Casino near you guys. The place did look a bit sleazy, so I doubt I would have walked out of there with any profit (provided I actually won something).

That's it, come back later and post on the tag board.