$12.85 an hour

So today I was walking across the parking lot at work, where I saw a penny on the ground. As I knelt down to pick it up, a coworker asked me if I dropped something. I just replied, “Nah, it was a penny”
To which he replied that it wasn’t worth it. Like his time is [...]

Safe Sex

So I have a few friends coming over this afternoon. They’re both girls so I make sure that the Castle’s bathroom is clean and serviceable. Nobody likes to hover.
I have been crazy busy with work lately and really wasn’t putting much priority in the pisser. But today I realized it looked more like a crime [...]

Thanks Jack

OK so it’s been a while since I’ve posted. I was hoping to finish up the grand Oman Adventure before I moved on to other things but some things have transpired lately and I feel the need to write. Even though it’s out of sequence.
I’m sure you’ve heard about the Four Oakland Police Officers that [...]

Day One SFO to IAD

 
 
So I guess it’s about time I share my thoughts,pics , and ,this time, videos of the grand trip to Oman. Just like the trip to Vietnam last year, I was an instructor teaching some foriegn border security force, how we do what we do at the Oakland Seaport. It was a business trip and [...]

Tastes like childhood

So here I am sitting at my desk, trying to balance my need for hydration with my requirement for caffeine. Even though I look like I’m sitting in front of my computer listening to a Keyser Soze CD, I’m actually in South Carolina.
I’m sitting under the big fig tree in the back yard on Pine St [...]

Bet they didn’t see that coming.

So last night I was showing an out of town guest around Oakland. One of the things we had to do was have some Masu Sake (the bottomless sake at Coach Sushi). It was an interesting evening as so many of her friends had warned her of Oakland’s “mean streets” and of it’s residents propensity [...]

Update on the Emulator

So if you’ve read about the Cool Dude Emulator you know I’m less than blown away by the BMW’s quality in Helga. Don’t get me wrong, she’s a good bike and she does have a solid place in the stable, but I think that I could have gotten a lot more bike for the money if [...]

Tapout

So every day I have to protect myself from the elements for my daily ride to work. My commute is a short 8 miles and usually takes me 10 to 15 minutes depending on the hellishness of the traffic. I have this riding philosophy that I wear what ever I can to be comfortable. I’m [...]

The off hand comment that almost made me cry

So this morning I’m chillin at home. I took the day off to meet the guy who’s coming to fix my heater. Of course it’s too early to do anything productive, so I’m watching the news. All election all the time on all channels.
They were covering the candidates as they went to their individual [...]

Axe Murderer Ninja’s do not work for Comcast

 So Sunday morning I woke up with a start. It was the familiar Axe Murderer Ninja false alarm that I thought I had gotten over. I checked my iPhone/alarm clock to see that it was just 8 in the AM. (Even though I forgot about the time change, the iPhone did not forget to fall [...]