My Internets are sporadic these days. Just thought I'd check in to say..
Hello.
And to assure you that I'm nowhere close to realizing my little dream, but I'm still nowhere near to giving up on it.
This is a recurring theme/problem for me and I hope it resolves itself in a more productive way than usual.
On the cat side, I have found a pretty kewl enclosure possibility. I just need those $$ to start flowing this way. Check this out:
http://www.cats-on-line.com/catcagecustomergallery.htm
Kinda like connexx for cats. I guess the key is designing for space, but in such a way as to reduce the number of panels needed to save $. I wish I was a handier person so's to build this stuff myself. My poor dad would be ashamed of me. He tried to train me as his helper, but without him, I don't have the nerve to start up such an undertaking. I sure as heck don't have the time anymore. Paying extra for not having to build it from scratch is probably better.
Maybe I'll find a pile of money somewhere...someday.
Frankly, there's a lot going on in life that should be more important for me, but this situation is the one I find most concerning. I want these guys happy and safe, but I need my house to myself again. Getting them outside is about the only way I can go.
Hanging on to the house is another thing. Foreclosure looms for thousands of us and I'm right in that line. I don't see how anyone can afford to live anymore. I'm in a job that should pay enough to live on. Heck, for the time I spend there, I should be comfortable. Instead, I agreed to a job on salary and didn't understand the scope of it. I spend around 12-15 hours a day at the place. And with no overtime, that makes me a minimum wage earner again. Stupid. I was stupid. And now I'm trapped there as leaving is not an option. I need the little bit of income I have to keep my home.
Doom and gloom abounds, People. So, I decided to finally view that "Last Lecture" on YouTube ...and found out the guy died yesterday. *sigh* Wonderful start to that. So, I watched, expecting some great insights and profound observations. Frankly, I didn't get any. Don't get me wrong, the guy was inspirational in a way. Sometimes funny and always positive, even in the face of his impending doom. It's just that he offered the same advice I've heard from a bunch of people. Common sense, really. No real new or profound thoughts. I imagine his situation made it all seem bigger to him and his immediate friends and family so I guess my lack of attachment to him personally is the reason for my lack of enlightenment. It's worth a look, though. It is his last message to his kids and you sure can't be so jaded as to not be touched in some way by that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo Reserve about an hour of your time for it.
So, I have nothing else to say today. I'll pop in sometime later hopefully with better news.
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http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=40431
Lynchian dialogue with Mr. Rogers.
By the way, I am really sorry to hear about the current situation. When I'm down in Jacksonville again I'll treat you to some good food and we can watch a movie. I'm not sure what can top "Hot Fuzz" but I'll look around.
http://www.OvertimeScams.us/managerssupervisors.html
This is the management page of a website that lists erroneous ways in which employers, often unknowingly, cheat their employers out of their rightful overtime pay. Contrary to common thought, simply being salaried does NOT exempt you from being eligible from collecting overtime.
As an example…
"Managers/Supervisors must spend at least 80% (in retail and service industries 60%) of their time in management duties.
In other words, if you spend a large part of your time performing tasks such as ringing up sales, preparing food orders or filling in for absent non-managers then you may not be a “true” manager or supervisor and could be due overtime."
Kevin,
Very nice web site! Thanks for the link.
Rob
You're very welcome.
Here's a link for the possum girl: demographic inversion in Chicago.
http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=264510ca-2170-49cd-bad5-a0be122ac1a9
Here's another link:
The French Horn, That Wild Card of the Orchestra
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/arts/music/13horn.html?_r=2&ref=arts&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Orchestral instruments don’t come more treacherous than the French horn, either for the musicians who play it, or, when the going gets rough, for the listeners who find themselves within earshot. Sometimes you wonder how the instrument found its way from the hunting lodge to the orchestra.
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Help Us, Jar Jar Binks. You're Our only hope.
I sent you an e-mail. Let me know what you think of my idea.
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