Archive | August, 2007
My Hometown: A Travelogue With Photos
Now main streets whitewashed windows and vacant stores Seems like there aint nobody wants to come down here no more Theyre closing down the textile mill across the railroad tracks Foreman says these jobs are going boys and they aint coming back to Your hometown, your hometown, your hometown, your hometown. –Bruce Springsteen, “My Hometown” [...]
Continue reading...Today Was A Busy Day
14 August 2007
Today was pretty fast-paced from the get-go, which for me was around 11:30 AM or so. Around 1 PM, I called my supervisor at the TV station to ask when I could meet with them (I was going to give her my two weeks’ notice in person as a courtesy to them). They asked what [...]
Continue reading...She Works Hard For The Money…Or Maybe Not
11 August 2007
Here’s the story of Awkward Apple Store Moment #2. The first one can be found a few posts back. Tonight I worked a 5-hour shift, 4-9 PM. Around 6, there was a young ordinary looking woman that walked in with a wad of cash in her right hand. She promptly asked what kind of iPod [...]
Continue reading...Dad & Jason, You’ll Both Love This
10 August 2007
It’s not often you get to hear, and see, someone make a public embarrassment of themselves in church by absolutely butchering (and that’s putting it kindly) one of the best hymns ever written. But today I will provide you that opportunity. I don’t know who the perp is, what church this is, whatever — but [...]
Continue reading...Quick Turnaround
9 August 2007
Yesterday at work was pretty nice. I worked 4-11 PM — even though we shut down for the night at 9, about five of us stayed to help change the ads in the store and replace the old iMacs with the new ones. They let me go at 11 because I have to be at [...]
Continue reading...The “Walker, Texas Ranger” Lever
8 August 2007
Here’s a bit o’ comedy to start your day. Especially if you thought Chuck Norris couldn’t act. Dang, I sure hope Walker can cure HIV.
Continue reading...Now My Own Brother Is In The Hospital
7 August 2007
This is getting crazy. Mom just called me and alerted me to the fact that my brother Jason fell out during a “ruck march” (basically for some reason the Army makes its people march with heavy backpacks on), and has himself landed in a hospital for the time being. He’s been admitted to the Army [...]
Continue reading...ALERT: Bob Birch In Motorcycle Accident
7 August 2007
Start up the prayer chain, folks. I received a call about ten minutes ago from Cris Birch, one of my good friends — during the call he told me his father Bob was in a horrific motorcycle accident just over the past couple days. The way I understand it was that Bob was simply rounding [...]
Continue reading...She’s Not Danielle Parker Anymore
6 August 2007
Yesterday, my good friend Dani Parker got a new last name. Her and Will DuBois were married at World Harvest Church in Portland, Oregon yesterday afternoon around 4 PM. It was a nice ceremony, very low-key but really cool, and everyone looked great. Rick Bear officiated the wedding, and there were about 50 people there…I’d [...]
Continue reading...My Calves Are Burning
5 August 2007
No joke, my calves are on fire due to my fourth day out of the last five that I have run three miles. I’ve finally learned how to run properly for the entire duration of the run (flat-footed = WRONG), and as a result I’m really feeling the burn below the knees. It’s a pain [...]
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15 August 2007
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