So, as I said before........

I still have not gotten this darned thing updated. I guess it doesn't matter too much but it would be nice personally if I could get a rythym going.
I seem to find the time to read everybody elses blog why in the hell can I not get mine going?

Well, what can i say? I have made the job change and I feel like I have a life now. It has been a long time since I last posted and this whole time I have been enjoying my new found free time. I have done alot in the past 2 months and have been keeping a journal and will post entries as I have time. I just thought it would be best if I took an internet break while I was becoming adjusted to my new schedule etc.....
So look for more here shortly.
And if you have time go check out my other blog.............http://donkeypokerfish.blogspot.com/ That if you cannot tell is my poker blog.
I will also be opening my political blog, which will probably take the name away from this one and I will rename this blog. I will hopefully after that start my music blog and if I can handle it a football blog. Lotsa stuff, eh?
Well I did not want to cram everything into this one so I will split all my main interests up and this blog here will have my personal and everything that does not fit into the other categories.
OK, that was alot and I hope it was understood.
I just finished a micro SnG on Pstars and am going to play in another now. Placed third in the last. If you wanna know more see the Donkeyfish Blog.
TTFN

Well it has been awhile. I have in fact decided to take a step back in my working life. I will some time in the next few weeks be taking a position with the non-profit arm of the organization I work for. I will loose 1/3 of my salary. This seems to be a big thing for people. But I see it as buying my time back. Now I work (averaged through the year) about 60 hrs. a week. I do not receive anything for overtime. I also have to work 40 hrs. even when it is slow. Scenario---- I can work 80 hrs. for 3 weeks straight with no days off and the 4th week I would still have to work 40 hrs. with no time or monetary compensation. So I will dump 1/3 of my pay and work only 40 hrs. and if I work over that I will get overtime pay. Pretty basic stuff.

This will allow me to spend time with the wife and the boy and do some things that I have not done for many years. Such as have friends, play recreational sports and whatever else I gave up when I signed on to the job I currently hold.

Will the money matter? At first, maybe. But we have been credit free (consolidated and 2 yrs. out from total payoff) for awhile now and we have done everything with cash so I think we will be fine. I will take extra work in the spring and summer and will more than likely make back 1/2 of the 1/3 I will be missing.

The big thing here is time with the family. For the past couple of years it has seemed that we are living two seperate lives. Boy & wife together and then me by myself. I don't think that is fair to them or me. So I will make this change to better (hopefully) all of our lives and in the end it will be our life.

Besides this deal I have been laying low getting ready for the holidays and such. Playing some poker, tanked at the local casino this past weekend but then came home and won some back at pstars. Gonna play tonight in the weekly WWDN tourney. It has been moved to Tuesdays. Hopefully I can play well this week. Last time we played I made the final table and then dumbassed my way out quickly.

I could write pages about what is going on in DC. But I will be brief. WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where does the authority of this wartime president end? I mean, come on. This man is basically saying I will do what I want and if you do not like it go screw yourself. Your either with us or against us....... I don't really see a good future in store for King George. Even the cons in the senate are starting to back away from him. Mid-terms are coming up and I guess we will see how it plays out. The repubs will have to do some fancy footwork when it comes around to their closeness to his lordship. It should be interesting.


RIP John Spencer.







Damn, West Wing rl drama. I am sad and somewhat intrigued by the whole thing. What the hell will they do now? I have some thoughts but will keep them to myself for now. I want to see what is said and seeing a new episode would help.

Well, ttfn.

I still cannot seem to get in any kind of rhythm with this damn blog. So I started carrying around a micro recorder to get the thoughts out of my head so that I can write them here later. I know that I do not have anything profound to say and that the likelihood that someone actually reads this is extremely low but, if anybody has read my first post they will understand that this blog is my way of clearing my head, making sense of things and basically self analysis. So I hope this will work out and I will be able to post more frequently.

Some thoughts for today. I hate the modern day version we have of Christmas. I am speaking only from a respectful point of view. Explanation............... If I have not already posted it, I am an atheist. I am not anti- God or anything, I just think that the worship of a higher being and all is a little reaching. On top of that, look at what good religion has done us recently. I am respectful of all religion and even in awe of the faith that people put into something that cannot be touched, seen or heard. Ok, some say they do all these things with their specific omniscient being but we call others who believe in aliens, ghosts and other such things wacko, so? My point is this, I feel that there is no one true way to worship and to think otherwise is arrogant and that arrogance leads to other people being looked down upon for their beliefs which leads to bad things man....... So X-mas, what seems to have once been a beautiful holiday and celebration of the birth of Christ has become another commercialized farce. I mean come on, the only thing you hear about leading up to the actual day is how retailers are saying this and online sales are this and so on and so on............. What a load of horseshit. It seems we are expected to spend as much as we can without going bankrupt or we are bad citizens or something. Wouldn't it be nice to just get together with family and be happy that your all there and hopefully healthy and happy? WTF do you need to spend $1,000's of dollars for?
It's like, "Honey, I know you know that I love you, but in case you didn't, I bought you this piece of overpriced jewelry to show it and I didn't pay the electric so you could have it and I hope you like it and if not I can take it back and and and and..............."
Load of horseshit it is. I buy my child things all year to make him happy, but if we don't go overboard for this one gd day we are bad people. Makes no gd sense to me. Stupid holiday. Unwilling participant, etc............................... P.S. Wife loves X-Mas, bad for me, yes, oh so bad :(

So enough of that rant cause I could go on forever. More later................

Wow, I have had so much going on that I have forgotten to update the blog. It seems that I should have a ton to write and I do. However, my son is down with the flu (been 4 days now) and he went to the doctor today. It seems that he is right on the edge of dehydration. Not our fault by any means. He has been puking and such since it started and has not been able to keep anything down. I feel bad for him. Poor little guy. He looks all thin and frail. He is a stubborn little bastard so he won't drink the pedialyte we offer and gets frustrated because he throws up when he tries to eat. So the doctor gave the wife a script for something to try to stop the vomiting and he has until 4 pm to keep down some popsicles. After that he goes to the hospital and the dreaded IV will be administered.
I am hoping for the best. Will try my damnedest to keep this th9ing updated a little more. Have a meeting about a job tomorrow. I'd say interview but it is with people that kinda work for me and it seems a little weird to call it that.
more to follow.........

It seems there is a little more time between posts than I would like. This is a quicky. WWDN poker tourney went off early today and luckily I left work early and was able to play. Had a decent showing and made it into Wil's live blog. I ended up 11th. I have a real problem staying focused after about an hour when I play in tourney's. Maybe that is why I never win a tourney but usually place in the money in SnG's. I dunno. I start playin cards I shouldn't and blow what I made by playing smart. Gotta get over that.
Here's Wil's live blog from the tourney....................

http://www.cardsquad.com/2005/11/18/live-blogging-the-wwdn-heykidsitsbg-invitational/

In other news. It seems that the whole Iraq debate is coming to a head in the House:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/18/congress.iraq.ap/index.html

I do not care for the pissing contest going on here. It puts alot of people in a crummy spot politically. But that is the purpose and I guess in the end, may be a good thing. I'm not sure, I need to ponder it for awhile.

OK, I'm getting called for QT. I will hopefully be able to rant some more later.

Ya know, I have been reading WWDN for a long time and Wil often talks about time and keeping his blog updated. I have in the past thought, "OK, how hard can it be?" Well, I have begun to realize and have found a new respect for that string of posts. I mean I could just log on and crap out some stuff, but I like to sit and think about what I am putting down. It takes time. Wil, I feel I owe you an apology for doubting you. Sorry.

Anyhow. There is so much going on I do not know where to start or what to leave in and leave out. So maybe I'll talk about none of that stuff and just say, "The Steelers kicked the Browns ass!"
OK, a little harsh but I am a rabid Steelers fan and was raised one, so it warms my heart to see them thrash one of our chief rivals. I could go on and on about the game and such but I will not bore anyone. Unless you want me to.........................................

I applied for a job yesterday. It is with the same organization that I work for now, just a different department. It would mean a pay and status decrease but I need to do it. I need to concentrate on my family. I need to have a life. It is work that I could enjoy and still not be poor. Not that being poor is a bad thing. But my wife works hard and makes a decent salary teaching and I do not want to be a burden on her, financially. Do you know what I mean? Well, if not I can explain it when find out about the job.

World is still going to hell. Small victories are made the big news and all the crummy stuff that piles up each day is swept under the carpet. When will the administration understand that you can never defeat terrorism on a worldwide scale, democracy is not for everyone and religion is one of the worst things for stability in the world. I need to explain all that and I will in the near future. I also need to go back on the issues thing and go further on my views etc.......... So much to do and so little time........................ Hopefully, I can get back and write more later today. Right now I have to do some work at my current job................................... Later...........