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It’s amazing how many blogs are dedicated to just the presidential election….wonder what the authors are going to do when the election is over????

Finally something that made me smile today…in my daily job listing email I ran across the following

Title: Penetration Tester
Skills: Penetration Tester

Date: 10-19-2004
Location: Atlanta, GA
Area code: 404

Tax term: FULLTIME
Pay rate: Market
Length: Perm

Position ID: 15596
Dice ID: 10109755

Something isn’t right in my world. I can’t seem to stay in a good mood for any extended period of time unless I’ve been drinking. I think part of it is not being particularly happy with the ol’ jobby job. But there’s something else and I can’t put my finger on it.

I need to find another source of income. I became very accustomed to the kind of money made as a contract worker. Yeah, now I have benefits but I only go for medical attention a couple times a year if that. And with the money I was making before, I could afford to pay for the treatments. Now, I feel like I’m always broke and I hate that feeling.

I hate getting out of the bed in the morning just so I can sit in traffic. I bet that if I would have had to drive through Atlanta traffic when I first moved to Atlanta, I probably wouldn’t have stayed here. I mean it is almost impossible to have a good start to your weekday when you have to sit in traffic like this. I have a plan for that though.

People should have assigned departure times from their homes. If you miss your departure time, you have to wait an hour or two. Too bad so sad. OR, corporate America should allow employees to arrive at their leisure. This way, employees who have no obligation to leave their abodes early ie kids or something can come in a little later and stay a little later. It works for all parties involved because Corporate America gets to extend it’s workday and employees are less stressed with traffic concerns……

Delving into the political world — an excellent site that provides random statements from each of the candidates. It allows you to pick which one you agree with more without telling you which candidate made the statement. Click here. Here is how I fared the first time around.

You preferred Bush’s statements 33% of the time You preferred Kerry’s statements 67% of the time Voting purely on the issues you should vote Kerry Who would you vote for if you voted on the issues? Find out now!

This past weekend…how can I sum it up….okay here goes…Bachelor Party, naked stripper ladies with bananas and whipped cream followed by needing a ride home on Sunday after a day of football…

Drunken debauchery at its finest. And it wasn’t even my bachelor party which is coming this weekend by the way. I’m actually a little scared. I am going to have to tell the strippers that I can’t do what I saw done this past weekend….no no no….can’t have that happen….

All three of my squads won this weekend…first time that’s happened in at least a month…all Four including Lakers preseason victory last night…but alas…sports talk no longer occurs on this blog…see sidebar for sports commentary…

I am in the process of creating team specific blogs. So, there may be less content here, at least sports related content anyway, and more life shit, or bullshit as the case may be. Keep in eye out for links to the other blogs…Lakers, Redskins, and Hokies coverage from the obscure eye of the straight guy…..

So can somebody, anybody, tell me why I get yelled at for doing someone a favor? You ask me to take in your dry cleaning for you. Never mind that I’m sleep when you ask. So I take it to the only dry cleaners I know of. My bad for not remembering YOU had a bad experience with them. I even remember to tell them that you don’t want friggin creases in your pants with no reminder from you. Then, they call me and tell me that they put creases in your pants and they are sending them back. I call you to tell you off the situation and you want me to get mad for you at them?!?!? When I tell you I can’t do that, you call them and realize that the place I took them is not the place you wanted them to be taken. Realizing that my doing you favors is getting me nothing but static, I simply say, ‘Handle your own dry cleaning for now’ and being you that you are you get more pissy at me……and somehow I’m wrong in all this……

Can’t make up my mind if I want to play basketball today or go to the driving range. Playing basketball means I will lift weights which will make me as big and sexy as I was back in 2000. Playing golf is what I kind of feel like doing because it’s my current challenge. Also, think I may need to get lessons…this learning on my own thing is not going particularly well….or maybe my expectations are a little high….although it was reassuring to read on a golf website that for beginners it is pretty common for the ball to go the same yardage regardless of the club.

I’m not sure if I like my job….

So Jerry Rice is making noise about wanting to be traded because he can still give 100% and make things happen on the field. Jerry? Come on man, stop playing, for real tho’…why can’t some athletes just go out gracefully? Why do only the bad players find a way to leave the league quietly? Why tarnish a great career by going and doing nothing for a different team? Shoulda stopped after San Fran!

My list of those that won’t go away:

• Jerry Rice - WR - Oakland Raiders - His 100% is only 50% of what his greatness and contribution used to be. Be like Usher and let it burn.
• Emmitt Smith - RB - Arizona Cardinals - I mean, the fact that you have celebrity status AND your first name is Emmitt should be enough for you to want to fade into the shadows gracefully. Plus, you resorted to playing for the Cardinals?!?! I know you had a decent game but you’re not even the bonafied starter…you’re playing because others are hurt….
• Eddie George - RB - Dallas Cowboys - I know Eddie used to be a warrior. He used to play through injuries and still does. But did you ever think that maybe if you took some games off due to injury, you could have that burst that made you a threat to opposing defenses???
• Dikembe Mutombo - C - Some Team Somewhere - When your last shining moment was in 199-??4 maybe, then you should stop. No more dunk on him. It’s done, over. Next.
• Vlade Divac - C - Los Angeles Lakers - Dude, you played with, not for, but with Magic Johnson….hell, there’s some former player commentators that I don’t think can say that!
• Kevin Willis - C\PF - Somebody still - Man, let somebody else be the persistent non factor ninth man off the bench in an eight player rotation….
• Gary Payton - PG - Boston Celtics - You could get off of this list if you could shoot a three, or a mid range jumper, or could at least still play defense or something….
• Reggie Miller - SG - Indiana Pacers - You’ve been a bitch your whole career but you could shoot the lights out. Still can, but be a graceful bitch and get out while people still look at you without sympathy….maybe if you aged as well as your sister…..

This may be an ongoing theme as we move through the ‘Real Sports’ seasons….lists that will be heard by only you o’ faithful reader…..