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Work desk!

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Shelving !

update: works now! yay technology!
these are shelves I put up a few weeks ago

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Got new phone ! Takes pics! Emails!

update: pic didn't post :(

Off to the Races

Saturday night we had our third annual evening at Hazel Park Harness Raceway to celebrate my Uncle Bill's Birthday. In attendance were Don (my dad), Sarah (my sister), Aunt Sue, Uncle Bill and myself. We got to the track around 6:15 and got a table in the Clubhouse so we could have dinner while we watched the races. I tried to take pictures through the window, but they're a bit fuzzy.

This a picture of a horse with his harness and rider



Here's how the harness racing works:

They've got this truck:

A modified Chevy pick-up, I think it's a Silverado. The truck was new this year. For the last 40 years they used a modified white Cadillac.

They drive the truck out on to the track



and the horses start to line up behind it



The guys sitting in the back of the truck close the gates and the driver starts heading around the track



Here's the horses as they were passing our window



When they get halfway around the track the gates open and the truck gets out of the way



here are the horses after their first lap



That platform by the yellow pole is where the guy stands to take the picture for the photo finish.

Here's a picture of the scoreboard with the odds for the next race



The minimum amount you can bet is $2 per horse. I bet $5 per horse, 2 horses per race for all ten races. That's a total of $100. I walked away with a net loss of $25.75, which isn't too bad, especially since Don gave Sarah and I each $20 to bet with.

and a good time was had by all.

Buy my father's stuff

Don buys a lot of paintings at estate sales and thrift stores. Occasionally he finds one by a known artist and can make a decent profit. Which is great, but buying paintings has become an addiction. He has stacks of paintings in his spare room and he’s agreed to help a local artist sell his work. Don knows nothing about selling art. He’s asked me to help him set up a website to show the items he’s selling. I thought I’d start out with a blog, post pictures of the paintings and write up what we know about the artists. I figured it would at least help us get things organized. Later on I might look into one of those free websites. I have a link to the blog over there -->. If anyone has any ideas on how to make it better, I’d appreciate hearing them. Also, I’m having trouble getting photos of the paintings. Most of them are under glass, so if I use a flash I get a refection, and without flash they are blurry.

As always, you are also welcome to buy my stuff. I'm selling books and movies on half.ebay.com

Car!

when i bought the car, i was going to put up pics and write about the car buying process, but i couldn't find the cord to the camera. now it's 3 months later and i don't feel like writing about it, so all you get is pictures of my pretty purple car.

Random Picture Time

itty bitty pineapples!




Look what I can do! I made these for my cousin and his wife, who just had a baby girl.




Buddy, my dad's min pin

Your Linguistic Profile::

55% General American English

20% Upper Midwestern

10% Yankee

5% Dixie

5% Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

Your Homicidal Rampage! by crash_and_burn
Your name:
Weapon of Choice:	A muppet
Your Favorite Target:	Dendrophiliacs
Your Kill Count:	1,449,837,367
Your Battle Cry:	"Mutha fuckaaaaaaas!"
Years You Spend in Jail:	46
How Much Money In Damages You Cause:	$194,812,282,186,941
Your Homocidal Insanity Level:: 8%
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More about me stuff

Four jobs you have had in your life:
1. Baby sitting (Jr. High and high school)
2. Drafting for a Land Surveyor (college)
3. Civil Engineer
4. no other jobs

Four movies you would watch over and over:
1. Big Trouble
2. Army of Darkness
3. Dragonheart - I don't know why I like this film, but I watch it whenever it's on TV.
4a. Empire Records
4b. Office Space
4c. Princess Bride
4d. Blade Runner

Four places you have lived:
1. Detroit
2. Harper Woods (suburb of Detroit)
3. Roseville
4. Chesterfield
All in Michigan

Four TV shows you love to watch:
1. House
2. C.S.I.
3. Law and Order C.I.
4. Lost

Four Places you have been on Vacation:
1. Toronto, Ontario
2. Northern Michigan and the U.P.
3. Los Angeles
4. St. Louis

Four websites you visit daily:
1. Dave Barry's blog
2. Kingdom of Loathing
3. Clinton-Macomb Public Library my sister works at this library and if I want a book or movie I just have to go to the website and put it on hold and my sister brings it home for me.
4.

Four of my favorite foods:
I'll try pretty much anything, though my favorites are homey comfort type foods. potroast and mashed potatoes, cornedbeef and cabbage, stuffed peppers, mac and cheese

Four places I would rather be right now:
1. just to have some time off of work would be grand.
2.
3.
4.

Four friends I am tagging that I think will respond
1. Posting on blog
2.
3.
4.

Four Places you'd love to visit:
1. England
2. Japan
3. New Zealand
4.

Four foods you don't like:
1. Okra
2.
3.
4.

Respectful Leader?

Respectful Leader

Well, I've got news for you pal, you ain't leadin' but two things: Jack and shit... and Jack just left town.

I got this test from Scat's Lemon Life. Interesting, but I don't really see myself as a leader. In fact I avoid leadership roles whenever posible.

My Personal Dna Report

The Damage

The car was totaled.

Friday the Thirteenth fell on a Thursday this month

I was in my first car accident this Thursday. I was driving home from work on M-29, and was in the left most west bound lane. This woman in a mini-van decided it was a good idea to come to a complete stop right in front of me. I didn’t have time to stop and crashed right into her. I have no idea why she stopped, we had just passed the traffic light and there is a designated left turn lane, so there was no reason to stop. Luckily, this happened right in front of the Chesterfield Township’s new Fire Station, so we didn’t have to wait long for help to arrive. My neck was hurting, so they advised me to go to the hospital to get it checked out. They strapped me to one of those boards and hauled me off in an ambulance. At the hospital they took a few x-rays and everything looked fine. So then I just needed to find a ride home.

My father (Don) has this annoying habit of not answering his freaking cell phone and he only checks his voice mail on nights and weekends so he doesn’t have to pay for the minutes. At the scene of the accident, one of the Firemen used my cell phone to call Don and let him know what happened. Of course Don didn’t answer so the Fireman left a message letting him know they were taking me to Mount Clemens General. Rather than check his messages, Don tried to call me back, but as I was strapped to a board at this point, I was unable to answer. After I was released, the nurse tried to call Don again, but no answer. Luckily, I was able to get in touch with my Aunt Sue and she was able to drive me home.

Anyways, I’m ok, just a little bit sore. My beautiful car is all smashed up. Don thinks they’ll total it. If they do, I have to decide what kind of car to get. They’re not making the Cavalier anymore, so I’m thinking about getting a Cobalt. I can get a GM employee family discount or a Chrysler employee friend discount. I’d prefer a 2-door coupe, and I’m extremely frugal so I’m looking for something less (much less) then $20,000.

This weekend Don and I are driving up to Gaylord to visit my Aunt Margie and Uncle Mike for Easter. Buddy is coming with us. Should be fun, trapped in a car for 4 hours with a hyperactive puppy.

You Passed 8th Grade Math

Congratulations, you got 9/10 correct!

Could You Pass 8th Grade Math?

I missed 1!

You Are Guinness

You know beer well, and you'll only drink the best beers in the world. Watered down beers disgust you, as do the people who drink them. When you drink, you tend to become a bit of a know it all - especially about subjects you don't know well. But your friends tolerate your drunken ways, because you introduce them to the best beers around.

What's Your Beer Personality?

Your Hair Should Be Purple

Intense, thoughtful, and unconventional. You're always philosophizing and inspiring others with your insights.

What's Your Funky Inner Hair Color?

I love Purple!

So, I've been working my ass off all week to get plans ready for a road committee meeting we were told was tonight. We just found out the meeting was canceled last Monday. Great! Thanks for letting us know!

You are Charlie Brown!


Which Peanuts Character are You?
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