Yup … got fired

Well here I am.  Sitting here contemplating my new future.  Why you ask?  Dunno.  All I know is that with each new opportunity in life there are important lessons to be learned.  And sometimes these lessons can be pretty harsh.  Take my life for the past 7 years.  Yup, seven long years.  What can be done in 7 years?  Lots of things really.  What can be wasted in 7 years?  Well … even more.

I am not going to go into gory details or lay it all out there what happened, but what I am going to say to the three people reading this blog, you need to keep your priorities in line because no one else will.  What does that mean? Well, if you think that doing the right thing thinking that someone else will reward you for your good deeds, you are wrong. Hoping that others will fill your pot of gold at the end of the rainbow will leave you without a pot to piss in.

That may appear overly cynical, but it is the truth. Ok, there may be a few cases where people are actually good and that rewards for hard work really happens, but not in my case jack.  I got the shaft, the heave-ho, the “don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out”  As my old Army Company Commander so eloquently put it, “I got a buttered ass and no reach around.”  Yup, I think that sums it up pretty well there.

And what really sucks is that I don’t even know why I was let go?  Why have I been placed in this horrible situation after so many years of devotion? I am not in denial, I really wasn’t told.  I was not given a reason for my dismissal.

So after 7 long years pouring my soul into a company that tossed me aside like an empty beer can I find myself sitting here trying to figure out what do to next. Oh yes, I have been through all the stages, at least twice now.  But I think that the sheer panic of the situation is where I am at now. What will I do next?  Where will that next paycheck come from? When is the house payment due? Cutting off cable? What - not my iPhone?  crap.

Of course my friends all tell me that I think to low of myself and that I am a plethora of talent and that there are great opportunities out there.  Funny thing though, I don’t feel that way.  These are dark and lonely days.

Oh well.  Merry Christmas.

IE 6, really?

Ok, I know that some people are slow to upgrade, but 25% of you are still using IE 6? Really?

I may have to face the fact that a majority of you are using Windows, but IE 6? Come on. There are so many things that you are missing by not upgrading. It is like always looking out a cracked and dirty window.

Do yourself a favor and please upgrade to FireFox or at least IE 7. I mean, IE 8 is almost out and you are still using IE 6? Well, at least IE 5 has finally been put to sleep. But to those using IE 6, I am sure that you have realized that the design of this site is not really supported by that browser.  And sorry to say, it never will ;(

Don’t make me take drastic action

Free at last …

great god almighty … we are free at last!

I forgot what it felt like to be proud of my nation again. The dread of the past 8 years is finally lifted from my shoulders. The relief that the American people are all not as ignorant or hate filled as the McCain campaign or the Republican party thought we were.

I do want to say that I have an amazing level of disrespect for the Dane County Republican Party. Your amazing campaign of lies and pure hate have reached a new low that I thought that we could not have passed from 2004. In the end, after all you have done, can you really look yourself in the mirror and say that you are still a decent human being? I know I couldn’t.  

President Obama and Vice-President Biden, congratulations! But now the task is upon you to live up to the dream that you have put before us. It is up to you to deliver on that promise that has caused millions of Americans and myself to become a part of this campaign. It is up to you to deliver on that future that I promised to my daughter. 

A mandate has been bestowed on you this evening, we will be there to support you, please do not lead us astray.