The Piho Post

Parking lot roadrage

2011-11-20T20:01:00.000-05:00

Is it me, or does it seem like everyone rushes into the parking lot and speeds to the front first parking spaces? Why do we as American need to have the first few parking spaces to ourselves? America is fat as it is. It wouldn't hurt to walk an extra 100 feet. A lot of people need it too. So why is it we race to the first spot in the parking lot? Also, who has the right to give fat people handicap tags? Seriously? They need to walk. Has America got that lazy that we need to park as close as we can so that we don't have to walk? My grandfather was handicap from a hip replacement. He was able to park in the handicap spot and had to use a cane to crutch around. He said stores are getting bigger to the point where like in the cartoon Jettsons, Americans will be scootered around stores and not walk. This is a sign of a lazy America and I hate it. We need to work out more, walk to places more, and eat healthier more.

Subway

2011-10-17T21:44:00.001-04:00

After the game on Saturday, I went to Subway. It wasn't that good but a place that was close and open. It was the worst decision I had made that day. The young couple in-front of us, asked about getting two different meats on one sandwich. The employee informed them that it would cost about $10. They said nevermind and got two different subs with double the meat which is not included in the $5 special they have running this month. The "gentleman" who ordered was quite picky about how his sandwich was to be made. Heat the meat up then put it on the sandwich then heat up the sandwich - that doesn't make sense but he is the paying customer. When the employee told them their total, they were flabbergasted at the price. $16 something for 2 footlong sandwiches with double meat. The menu board is right in-front of you. How can you not understand; and even after the employee explained to you the price of each sandwich? People have no concept of math anymore or even more, common sense. This civilization is getting dumber and dumber. Remember this "young couple" is the future of America. This makes me very concerned.

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2011-10-03T18:48:00.001-04:00

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2011-09-27T18:08:00.001-04:00

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Movie Prices and Popcorn

2011-09-25T19:46:00.001-04:00

I am an avid movie goer. I see a movie at least once a week. Now, when i go to the movies, I pay $10. This is $10 for on average 2 hours of my time. I can stand this. It is worth it most of the time. I am at times disappointed with the outcome of the movie, but most of the time I enjoy it. I really enjoy the foreign films. No what gets me is the Soda-pop prices. $4 for a small. Yes you read that right, $4 for a small and it goes up from there. I have a friend who gets a soda-pop every time most of the times. Adding up his bill here, he is at $14 and change. Occasionally he'll add a nut or popcorn to that. Nuts are $3 and popcorn is $5. Add that to the 14 you are at almost $20 by the time you sit down at your respected seat. Lets just say you have to take a Lady-friend out to a movie. Its going to cost you $40 before you sit down. I had to get IMAX tickets for a midnight showing. That cost $33.50 for two tickets. Imagine if it was a date? we are talking $50 easily. I have a co-worker who takes his children to the movies. He spends $60 with them. This is practically a mini vacation for only TWO hours. Why do we pay for this?

Mr. Rogers

2011-09-21T19:21:00.001-04:00

I can remember back in my childhood which was that long ago, in fact, I'm still a child now, watching Mr. Rogers. My mothers tells me she would always have me watch Mr. Rogers Neighborhood to get me to calm down and take a nap. The big question I can't understand, and please someone correct me here, is why would Fred enter his "home" and take his sweater and shoes off only to put another pair on? It wasn't raining out. It wasn't snowing out. I don't think it was cold out, though I could believe that because he was getting old, he needed to be warm as most elderly people are.
I don't go home and change sweaters. I do change cloths from work to play. I do take a shower after working. I can understand he is changing into his work cloths, but when does he wash them. The always sit in his closet, so I am guessing he has mothballs or something in there to keep them "fresh".
I also don't go home and get a new pair of shoes on. On top of that, I only have one pair of shoes. Who does that? Who goes home and changes their shoes?? I should correct myself here and ask, What guy goes home and changes shoes? I know my sister would get upset at this. She has WAY to many shoes.
Just think about this. Didn't anyone else find this weird Mr. Rogers did this?

Good Ol' WalMart

2011-09-19T19:08:00.000-04:00

Today I had to go to WalMart to get just one simple thing. Just one thing now, not 2 or 3 or 5 - or even grocery shopping, just something simple. I needed to get a new pair of boxers. It's all I needed. I ended up walking out of WalMart with 8 items. I only needed 1 and I bought 8 things. 45 Dollars worth of stuff. It started with me looking at different boxers. I got what I wanted, then as I made my way to the register, i noticed the 98 cent candy. I couldn't help myself. Swedish fish are good. So I got 2 boxes. Then as I walked closer to the register, I noticed my childhood candy - Gushers. I couldn't help myself again. I had to get them. so as I continued to the register, i am in line and remembered I needed to get my eye contact cleaning solution. As I was getting that, i remember I needed toothpaste. I had to pick that up. Finally, i am struggling holding all this stuff with my two hands. Things are falling on the floor, people looking at me. Oh well, It shows that when you go on impulse buying you will buy. The strategically place things though out the store for you to pick up stuff you don't need only to rase the average ticket per person. Thinking about it, i should have gotten coolant and windshield washer fluid for my truck. My advice, if you want to get just one thing, you better go just for it and get out of there as quick as you possibly can. Run, Run, and Run as fast as you can and don't look at anything.

Mike Hamilton's Job

2011-03-28T15:51:00.000-04:00

I was reading and came across this quote from a journalist named Ron Higgins.

When you think about it, if Mike Hamilton gets fired before or after the Vols’ eventual hearing before the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions on June 10-11, it might be the best thing that ever happened to him.

shopping buggies

2011-03-01T20:26:00.000-05:00

I went to Sam's Club today. Upon getting out of my truck, i noticed that there was three sets of shopping buggies. One set had 4 rows and the other two had 3 rows. I counted the row of 4 buggies. There was 51 in a single row. Now lets do some simple math. 51 multiplied by 4 is?? yes 204 plus 51 multiplied by 3 is 153 multiplied by 2 is 306. so add 204 plus 306 and you get what? YES 510 buggies in the parking lot!! thats probably 5 buggies for every parking place; or 3 buggies for every person shopping at Sam's Club.

My question is, WHY DOES SAM'S CLUB NEED SO MANY SHOPPING BUGGIES?

Random text

2011-02-23T14:32:00.004-05:00

Today while at work, i got a random text message.
The message was "When's a good time to look at your computer?"
I replied "whos this"
Them "Richard lol''
them "sorry wrong jason!"
me "do i know you"

There was no response since then.
Why do people have to randomly text people? I understand if its dunk texting. That's acceptable but why random? I think I might just start to text people randomly here just now.

Hot dog buns

2010-10-02T11:52:00.000-04:00

The great hot dog bun confusion. I went to Sam's Club to get a 24 pack of hot dogs and thought, ok, maybe maybe there will be a bun pack that is 24 also.... Right?, Wrong! They only had 10 pack of buns. On the way home, I decided it must be my life's destiny to establish a bakery that makes hot dog buns for 8 packs of hot dogs and so forth. I could get away charging more too, because people would buy the exact amount instead of getting a little less than what they need.... right? or did I miss something there?

Matt golfing

2010-09-21T21:33:00.002-04:00

Matt golfing with construction in the middle of the fairway

Florida game tailgating

2010-09-18T12:36:00.002-04:00

Old man protest

2010-02-04T12:19:00.000-05:00

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Quote of day

2010-01-26T19:36:00.001-05:00

I need my change in ones please ...
Waitress:are you going to the strip club
Pause.
What kind of question is that?

Coca Cola Olympics commercial

2010-01-24T14:10:00.004-05:00

If you haven't seen the new Olympic coke commercial then you need to watch it.

Here are a few things I think are wrong with this commercial and make it completely stupid.

First, how is it exactly that a icicle can fall perfectly and break off a chuck of snow perfectly on top of a roof right down to a sign and split in two so that it drops the guy's Coke out of his hand?

Second, why is it so important that his team mate need to through another snowball back? I thought Canadians were peaceful people?

Third, in this whole snowball fight, why does it seem that they are coming from everywhere even where people aren't standing???

Fourth, When the guy gets there, it only takes him 1minute... SOOO... Who has the time to make this GIANT snowball and roll it at him?

Fifth, I normally have to pay $1 for my PLASTIC bottle coke or can. How does he get a glass??

MOVIE: The Lovely Bones

2010-01-23T18:15:00.002-05:00

The Lovely Bones was an alright movie. I gave it 1.5 stars. Why, I was falling asleep during the whole movie. It was boring and you know what was going to happen. It was just a matter of question to how the movie was going to end. I enjoyed the way they had actors do certain things and the they the film was filmed but it lost my attention the whole way.

A good question

2010-01-11T21:18:00.002-05:00

I was walking by the interweb and found a ad:
"get a degree in homeland security"

can someone answer that one???

MOVIE: Law Abiding Citizen

2009-11-22T08:44:00.002-05:00

When you think it's going to end it just continues. I have to say this was one of the better entertaining movies I have seen this year. You think you have the movie figured out and you don't. You wont until the end, but then do you? It is my suggestion that you see this movie if you haven't and enjoy it for what it is. A movie that is suspense and thrill all the way.

My only problem with this movie was that it was a little too long. They needed the length for the movie, but that could have filled it in with more plot to keep it entertaining. Personally I started to get bored at the end figuring that the movie was going to go two ways. Freedom or death. It was just a matter of time before the audience knew.

MOVIE: 2012

2009-11-15T20:04:00.002-05:00

So I saw the movie 2012. It did not live up to the previews so much, in fact i can't believe I wasted my $10 on seeing that bathroom tissue.
Out of 5 stars, I gave it a 2. I am being generous here too. It did have action but for the 2 hours it just went on and on and on about how the world was going to end in 2012. If I was an editor, I could have cut 2 hours worth of film out of this movie and used it for something worth filming, like... My grandmothers funeral.
Don't waist your money on seeing 2012.

Christmas

2009-11-02T19:38:00.003-05:00

Oh yes, it's that time again. We all have to go out right this moment and get the candy canes before the BIG rush on December 24.
I went to walmart yesterday to pick up some sales on Halloween candy if they have any and to my disappointment I found they were all sold, go and put away. What was out was , Yes! Christmas candy. Christmas.... it's November 2. I haven't even voted, ate turkey and watched the SEC Championship game on TV yet and they have Christmas candy out at Walmart already.

Quick, tell all your friends to get all the candy canes now before they run out!

Fire Car

2009-11-01T00:30:00.002-04:00

A friend of mine who we shall call "brown" and I were driving around Knoxville the other day and stopped at a red light. We both looked over at the car next to us. With amazement it looked as if the car was on fire, BUT i assure you it was not. It seemed to us that the person in the passenger seat was creating a bond fire.

Now I know better but having a fire in a car is a bad idea. I understand that it's winter out and the heater might not be working and you wanted heat but a fire inside the car, come on please. Wait till you get home to create that in the fireplace. Hence the word "fire P-L-A-C-E" a "place" for firers.

I mean, what was next. I'm sure they were planning a smores and hot dog roast. Disappointed, I wasn't invited. I could have brought my rib eye steak and fries, maybe shrimp done over some good fire. Marshmallows, it's why I mentioned smores.

We never did find out what happened to them in that car. They drove off too fast.

cell phone bars??

2009-03-01T08:47:00.001-05:00

More bars in more places

2009-02-24T15:50:00.000-05:00

You & me do it in bed, on the couch, on the table, hell we even do it in the car! Yep we LOVE to text. Send this to all your text buddies.

getting use to blogging again

2009-02-22T09:09:00.003-05:00

I keep remembering to blog but keep forgetting to get to my computer and do it. My new founding, if you may recall way way back, let me find it for you here,.... it was a podcast of mine...... I had talked about the whole dummies books. Well, I just want to add the cherry on top please. In my ventures out to Home Depot i saw it all. I thought I was done seeing the whole Dummies books but NO i was wrong.
There it was - "drip Irrigation Kit for Dummies"
I am now on a quest to find all the strange and no typical 'for Dummies' books out there.

How dumb does the United States have to get before we write about "write a for Dummies for Dummies" book????

I'm back

2009-02-08T09:50:00.002-05:00

After a long year of working, not having any time to write, I have return to the blogging game. I'm going to be talking about something different that whatever it was that I always talked about, or I could go back to the old ways. FOOD. It's something we all love and something we all must have. Some of you know I work in the food service and I love every second and wouldn't give it up for anything. My quest is to find new food, new restaurant and try their food, and to talk and educate people about food and food safety. Why? It's fun to eat food and we all enjoy a new taste of something different, but we also have to keep in mind about how this food was made and if the cook was doing it safe.

Having said that, I'll try to make a post once a week.

Gerald R. Ford

2007-01-03T13:37:00.000-05:00

Gerald R. Ford, 1913-2006: Go Big Blue!! Yes he was a football player for Michigan when they won the 1932 & 1933 season.

Merry Christmas???

2006-12-18T14:20:00.000-05:00

For My Democrat Friends:

Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice
religious or secular traditions at all.

I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2007, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great.
Not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country nor the only America in the Western Hemisphere. Also, this wish is made without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee.

By accepting these greetings, you are accepting the aforementioned terms as stated. This greeting is not subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for herself/himself/others, and is void where prohibited by law and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher. This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher.

For My Republican Friends:

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

ATTORNEY'S ADVICE

2006-12-12T18:49:00.000-05:00

ATTORNEY'S ADVICE - NO CHARGE
Read this and make a copy for your files in case you need to refer to it someday. Maybe we should all take some of his advice! A corporate Attorney sent the following out to the employees in his company.

1. Do not sign the back of your credit cards. Instead, put "PHOTO ID REQUIRED."

2.. When you are writing checks to pay on your credit card Accounts, DO NOT put the complete account number on the "For" line. Instead, just put the last four numbers. The credit card company knows the rest of the number, and anyone who might be handling your check as it passes through all the check processing channels won't have access to it.

3.. Put your work phone # on your checks instead of your home Phone. If you have a PO Box use that instead of your home address. If you do not have a PO Box, use your work address. Never have your SS# printed on your checks. (DUH!) You can add it if it is necessary. But if you have It printed, anyone can get it.

4.. Place the contents of your wallet on a photocopy machine. Do both sides of each license, credit card, etc. You will know what you had in your wallet and all of the account numbers and phone numbers to Call and cancel. Keep the photocopy in a safe place. I also carry a Photocopy of my passport when I travel either here or abroad. We've all heard horror stories about fraud that's committed on us in stealing a Name, address, Social Security number, credit cards.

Unfortunately, I, an attorney, have firsthand knowledge because my Wallet was stolen last month. Within a week, the thieve(S) ordered an Expensive monthly cell phone package, applied for a VISA credit card, had A credit line approved to buy a Gateway computer, received a PIN number From DMV to change my driving record information online, and more. But here's some critical information to limit the damage in case this happens to you or someone you know:

5.. We have been told we should cancel our credit cards immediately. But the key is having the toll free numbers and your card Numbers handy so you know whom to call. Keep those where you can find them.

6.. File a police report immediately in the jurisdiction where your credit cards, etc., were stolen. This proves to credit Providers you were diligent, and this is a first step toward an Investigation (if there ever is one).

But here's what is perhaps most important of all: (I never even thought to do this.)

7.. Call the 3 national credit reporting organizations Immediately to place a fraud alert on your name and also call the Social Security fraud line number. I had never heard of doing that until advised by a bank that called to tell me an application for credit was made over The Internet in my name. The alert means any company that checks your Credit knows your information was stolen, and they have to contact you by Phone to authorize new credit.

By the time I was advised to do this, almost two weeks after the theft, all the damage had been done. There are records of all the Credit checks initiated by the thieves' purchases, none of which I knew about before placing the alert. Since then, no additional damage has been done, and the thieves threw my wallet away this weekend (someone turned it in). It seems to have stopped them dead in their tracks.

Now, here are the numbers you always need to contact about your wallet, etc., has been stolen:

1.) Equifax: 800-525-6285

2.) Experian (formerly TRW): 888-397-3742

3.) Trans Union: 800-6807289

4.) Social Security Administration (fraud line):800-269-0271

We pass along jokes on the Internet; we pass along just about everything.

If you are willing to pass this information along, it could really help someone that you care about.

Mail Men

2006-12-07T10:43:00.001-05:00

Here's a question that might interest some of you. How does a Mailman go through the drive though when he drives on the wrong side of the road?

Now as strange at it may seem, I've been to Ireland and England, and having driven on the left side of the road, their drive-by windows are reviersed from what we have.

Destiny

2006-12-04T12:43:00.000-05:00

Question: What is destiny?

Whether you believe in god or not, today’s question is about our future. Some religions have a believe that when they die they will be judged on the good and bad they have done throughout the time they spend on Earth. Other religions have where you will be greeted with 72 virgins. There are religions out there that have in their doctrine acts of forgiveness and cleansing of the body and mind by baptism. Religions go as far as human sacrifice to keep themselves alive. Having said all this, somewhere there has to be a reason as to why we are here on Earth. Let’s just say we are here for some reason we already know. That known reason is in the ultimate picture of the fate of Earth. Do we or do we not as humans play a role in the ultimate picture of where Earth is heading?

Do we at time wonder why we just did that? Some people say karma will catch up with you? If this is true, wouldn’t this be a form of destiny? So here lies the question, What is destiny? We assume it’s a pre-chosen path which all humans follow. This path is tangled with everyone else’s path. We all work together in an indirect manner that we can’t explain.

This leads me to my next question. Do you believe in destiny? Do we all have a preset existence out there? We all have a natural ability to do something good. It’s just something we are good at doing and we can’t help it.

Answer: Destiny is our chosen path here on Earth that cannot be explain.

Time?

2006-11-26T15:23:00.000-05:00

Question: What does Time Mean to Us?

We go from day to day on a 24hour clock rotation. We live with this idea that we've got to be here at this time. With this thought, we've got to coordinate our daily lives around time. We have to make plans with other, show up for work, and calculate measurement. There is so much we have to do with the concept of time. Time is an abstract noun for the English majors out there. Without time, we could not work as a society. We would not be able to come together as a working society.

Time is a very valuable idea that we need. How would you bake a pie? How would you know what to leave for the airport? When it got dark, how would you know when to go to bed? On that same line, when would you know when to get up? How would you know when to go to school, work?

Yes I realize some of these questions are simple but what if a friend said let’s go see a 1pm movie? Wait just one minute…. Or do we know how to wait a minute? How would we know when the movie started? What time would we leave to go see and the movie and if we could see the movie because at 4pm we have to be somewhere. Remember we are thinking about living in a world without time.

Time is too much for us to live without. We need it from day to day to deal with our daily activities. We need time to watch movies, go to school, wake up for the early flight to Pittsburg, head to work, meet friends and others. Time is the simple measurement of how much moment we have to spend doing an activity.

Answer: Time means everything to us. We cannot live without time.

Challenge: If you think you can live an entire day without time, let me know with documented proof of this experiment.

Military Draft

2006-11-21T15:25:00.000-05:00

QUESTION: What are your thoughts on the matter?

This is a question that was asked to me by a friend. My opinion on this is simple. To have a draft it would cost the tax payers money. Money which they don't have. It would be a waste of 2 years for everyone who is drafted, unless they use the point system. Second, with all the technology we have today, why do we need humans? What good is a human against a machine that can destroy a target from miles away? Then again the question is asked, how much is a machine and how much is a human worth?? This is the great question that must be asked when starting a draft. What's the price you place on a human???

Answer: I think we should have the draft. We have volunteers that want to do this. It's their job, but if it comes to a draft, I wont complain. You are either ready to die for you country and all the freedoms it stands for, or you can stand by and watch other die for the freedoms you are enjoying. Which one will be looked upon in history as the greater good?

Snow

2006-11-20T13:03:00.000-05:00

Today for a brief moment it snowed. This is what I like seeing in TN right before I leave for my parent’s house in Pennsylvania. It would be nice to see some snow somewhere this year. Last year was a disappointment.

Snow is like a reminder to us. The purity of life. It's so clean and every flake is different. This is what a perfect world would be like. Everyone would be different, there would be hatred of each other, but then wouldn't that take away the unique part of humanity? Is the hatred and emotions we all have make us individuals? So the question here is what makes or I should say what is the definition of individual??

New Podcast

2006-11-13T02:26:00.000-05:00

For you out there that don't know. I have a podcast going. It's has now been updated.

web.mac.com/jpiho

click on podcast and go to listen to the newest one. ENJOY.

Only Us??

2006-11-07T16:57:00.000-05:00

Before the existance of our Human cause, going with the face god created Humans, then here lies the question: What was God doing before he created us? Beccause of this single question, leads to the question of We can't be the only ones out there, there has to be more. So if we aren't alone, then why is it that we haven't made contact? Or is it that we have made contact and the government or other governments are keeping this away from us? What if Russia was the first government to make contact? What if China was? WWe don't know this stuff; we can only think about it.
Answer: We are not alone.

Friendship?

2006-10-24T19:31:00.000-04:00

How far does one go with friendship??

Does it go as far as extending a kind helping hand?? What about keeping in touch with old friends whom you have long since missed?

Afterlife

2006-10-18T11:08:00.000-04:00

Question: We live here in the now, so when we die what's the afterlife like? I dare go further and ask or put on the table of discussion of if there's an afterlife? I had mentioned that Hell for all we know, aside from what different people's ideas from the Bible are, that it is to be a eternity in fire. It could, they also say that when you are heading for hell you must go to a Lake of Fire until Jesus comes. Going with Dantie's Inferno, 9 levels of hell, what if Hell is just a large mining operation that will never go anywhere? You just stand there day after day digging the same stuff in a sweltering heat. It could be that you sit in a black box for all of eternity thinking about what you did wrong. Wishing you could replace the wrong that you did with the right. Hell can only be imagined by each and one of us. We all create our own Hell.
Heaven is a different story, do we get there and know everything? If we do get to Heaven and know everything then what's the point to going to Heaven? A friend of mine when talking over this matter said, "The point to going to Heaven is to worship God all day." Ok, so, you know everything, now you are going to spend eternity worshiping God? I think there has got to be a lot more to it than what we think. Maybe in Heaven, everything is given to you BUT you've got to find it, like in a library. All the material is there but you have to go and find the book you want that has the answer to your question. Makes sense. We do have an eternity to find the answers to all our questions. I had another friend say, Earth is Hell. That's it's only one step up from being in Heaven. God is tormenting us until his play attention span is finished.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE AFTERLIFE??.....Seriously any good idea's and I just might ask you to be on the Pihocast.

Ghosting Hunting

2006-10-17T22:00:00.000-04:00

Question: Can we use Ghost or Spirites to channel energy to us so we can use a type of "FORCE"? This force is the same force I am talking about in Star Wars. I go further and ask, is it possible for us to let go of the ghost conection and go directly to moving the object outselves? This is a question I disscuss in my next podcast... Friday October 20, 2006.

http://web.mac.com/jpiho

Georgia??

2006-10-14T23:59:00.000-04:00

So, what happened to Georgia?? or is it Vanderbilt?

Shopping

2006-10-10T17:38:00.000-04:00

I went into the Dollar Store the other day to see if they had something small that I needed for work. They didn't, however, I was quite entertained with the people that were looking around. When I say looking around, it's an understatement. They were shopping, yes shopping at the dollar store. I don't know if it's the demographics here that like shopping at the dollar store or if the people are poor. I don't want to jugde people quite yet just on the fact that you were shopping at the Dollar Store.
I have to question is why the dollar store? Big Lots has much better quality than the dollar store does. Ontop of that, if you can afford it, got to Walmart, they have better products and even though they may be second hand crap sold cheap, it's still better to shop at Walmart than the Dollar Store.

This gives me an Idea now.... I think I'm going price hunting at all the "dollar" type store to see who really carries the best bargon. I'll keep you all updated about how this goes.

UPDATING

2006-10-08T07:54:00.000-04:00

I figured out how to update this whole site here and if any one of you want your blog/website listed under the links, just give me an email and I'll attempt to add you.

pihocast???

2006-10-06T19:19:00.000-04:00

I have a Mac. I have an iPod, iPiho i call it. I have a blog. Now why not put the 3 together and make a Pihocast, or what you would call a Podcast. That's right, I am leaping, not walking but leaping into the podcast generation by starting up my own podcasting. I have to plan what it's going to be about, but im sure it's going to be about the stupid politics of today and what common sense can do to fix it all. Along with that, i also hope to have a few other little philosophy topics going too.

Having that said, I would like to extend and invitation out to a friend of mine who is currently getting their masters, John Brown in interest in maybe guest podcasting at times. I know he is a big blogger and knows what he is talking about with blogging. What man perfect for the job.

How do these people survive? MAKES ONE WONDER!!!

2006-10-05T17:46:00.000-04:00

ONE Recently, when I went to McDonald's I saw on the menu that you could have an order of 6, 9 or 12 Chicken McNuggets. I asked for a half dozen nuggets. "We don't have half dozen nuggets," said the teenager at the counter. "You don't?" I replied. "We only have six, nine, or twelve," was the reply. "So I can't order a half dozen nuggets, but I can order six?" "That's right." So I shook my head and ordered six McNuggets.

TWO I was checking out at the local Wal-Mart with just a few items and the lady behind me put her things on the belt close to mine. I picked up one of those "dividers" that they keep by the cash register and placed it between our things so they wouldn't get mixed. After the girl had scanned all of my items, she picked up the "divider," looking it all over for the bar code so she could scan it. Not finding the bar code she said to me, "Do you know how much this is?" I said to her "I've changed my mind, I don't think I'll buy that today." She said "OK," and I paid her for the things and left. She had no clue to what had just happened.

THREE A lady at work was seen putting a credit card into her floppy drive and pulling it out very quickly. When I inquired as to what she was doing, she said she was shopping on the Internet and they kept asking for a credit card number, so she was using the ATM "thingy."

FOUR I recently saw a distraught young l ady we eping beside her car. "Do you need some help?" I asked. She replied, "I knew I should have replaced the battery to this remote door unlocker. Now I can't get into my car Do you think they (pointing to a distant convenience store) would have a battery to fit this?" "Hmmm, I dunno. Do you have an alarm, too?" I asked. "No, just this remote thingy," she answered, handing it and the car keys to me. As I took the key and manually unlocked the door, I replied, "Why don't you drive over there and check about the batteries. It's a long walk."

FIVE Several years ago, we had an Intern who was none too swift. One day she was typing an d turn ed to a secretary and said, "I'm almost out of typing paper. What do I do?" "Just use copier machine paper," the secretary told her. With that, the intern took her last remaining blank piece of paper, put it on the photocopier and proceeded to make five "blank" copies.

SIX I was in a car dealership a while ago, when a large motor home was towed into the garage. The front of the vehicle was in dire need of repair and the whole thing generally looked like an extra in "Twister." I asked the manager what had happened. He told me that the driver had set the "cruise control" and then went in the back to make a sandwich.

SEVEN My neighbor works in the operations department in the central office of a large bank. Employees in the field call him when they have problem s with their computers. One night he got a call from a woman in one of the branch banks who had this question: "I've got smoke coming from the back of my terminal. Do you guys have a fire downtown?"

EIGHT Police in Radnor, Pa., interrogated a suspect by placing a metal colander on his head and connecting it with wires to a photocopy machine. The message "He's lying" was placed in the copier, and police pressed the copy button each time they thought the suspect wasn't telling the truth. Believing the "lie detector" was working, the suspect confessed.

NINE A mother calls 911 very worried asking the dispatcher if she needs to take her kid to the emergency room, the kid was eating ants. The dispatcher tells her to give the kid some Benadryl and should be fine, the mother says, I just gave him some ant killer..... Dispatcher: Rush him in to emergency!

"Life is tough. It's tougher if you're stupid."

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take - but by the moments that take our breath away."

the reason why

2006-10-04T18:01:00.000-04:00

The reason why I am finally giving up on college is simply because it's a waste of my time. It's a waste of my Dad's money. It's doesn't make sence when I struggle day to day to get through my classes. This having said, Im not stupid. I could do it if I put my mind to it but when you are forced to live up to expectations by professors it more like a game. Can you do what I tell you and perform above everyone else? Sure we can all read and write. Wow congradulation, we know how to do book work and work that waste our time. The classes I enjoyed through out college were the ones that gave me the experience. The ones that I got to use hands on material to experience what was going on. These other classes where we just sate and listen to the professor talked, well: like I've said before, a waste of my time.
I have thought about going into Goolf Course Management. I've also thought about being a prfessional Fast Food workers. I have enven yes thought about working for my dad. Ideas that I don't know yet.
In short, college is not for me.

Pennsylvania Senate

2006-09-25T00:55:00.000-04:00

click here for PA's US senate

The Piho Post Podcasting???

2006-09-25T00:34:00.000-04:00

Yes it's true i am experimenting with podcasting to make you guys out there lives more interesting. I really don't know what im doing with this so please forgive me for the time and the pathetic sight i have made for the podcasts.

http://web.mac.com/jpiho/

water, water, everywhere

2006-09-24T19:14:00.000-04:00

Today at work, someone left the water running in the sink. We wont mention this bloggers name. To put it simple the whole sink overflowed and water was gushing all over the place causing a flood in the back room. I can't belive this Manager did this. Things happened and it made for a nice slip and slide at the end of a nice day's work. Then it started to rain out side, but oh well. This stuff happens.

Exciting news

2006-09-23T20:20:00.000-04:00

I have update my Mac finally. Got a desktop now.

quote of the day

2006-09-16T21:30:00.000-04:00

Florida vs. Tennessee game:
announcers: Flordia's going to punt from the middle of the CheckerBoard.

Comment: You never hear that.

Nate Arthur

2006-09-15T10:01:00.000-04:00

I ask the simple question, 'What became of Nate Arthur?'
I miss those days when i got my daily washing my head in a toilet bowl. Sometimes, it was better. It was like taking a swim in a septic system. Having said that, where has Nate Arthur gone too?? What happen to him? Has he really gone to Kansas State University to work in the bookstore? I thought he was more educated than that, but I guess that might just prove the education level of a liberal for you.

I saw someone

2006-09-15T00:14:00.000-04:00

A (11:57:20 PM): WHERE IN THE WORLD IS JEROD HOLLYFIELD?
A(11:57:40 PM): YES im bringing one out of the archives for blogging
B (11:57:53 PM): lol
A (11:58:06 PM): it WASN'T McGary
B (11:58:07 PM): you're going to bring that up again?
B (11:58:12 PM): did you see him?
A (11:58:24 PM): not McGary but Hollyfield
A(11:58:42 PM): from the parking lot all the way to the UC today
A (11:59:07 PM): he WALKS fast!!! and I mean FAST
B (11:59:15 PM): i know
A(11:59:25 PM): shit i was running to keep up
B(11:59:25 PM): he's used to running from bullies
A11:59:31 PM): lol
B(11:59:36 PM): you followed him?
A (11:59:52 PM): we were both going to the same place
B (12:00:27 AM): did you speak to him?
A (12:02:49 AM): no, he walked to damn fast
A (12:03:19 AM): why would i talk with him, i have better conversations with toilet bowls
B (12:03:25 AM): lol

Nine Eleven

2006-09-09T22:40:00.000-04:00

It's that time again when we all look at history and say, that happened to us? YES, we were attacked.
There are people out there that demand, yes DEMAND, they have the ashes of their loved ones in their hands to have a proper burial. I don't like to be the guy who has to break the bad news and tell you the truth, but YOU AINT GETTING IT. They were.... how to put this.... VAPORIZED, OBLIVIATED, PUSHED INTO MATTERLESS, their matter is now scatted across the universe. Please, Fine closure, but understand the remains cannot be found.
What evidence I have, common sense. An inferno of fire can completely burn humans. We saw this in the Nazi Holocaust.

More Facebook Drama!

2006-09-07T14:34:00.000-04:00

This new facelift on facebook, ironic, isn't what people want. Infact, it seems to be a bit malpractice on behalf of facebook creators. An official site on face book has been created to have them CHANGE IT. So far the membership for this goup is just over 605,000. NO Joke. I've checked. Sitting here thnking, I so want to join, however that would be allowing me to get caught up in the Facebook drama and going against all my standers to be anti-facebook.

I WANT TO THANK THE AYNONMOUS PERSON WHO GAVE ME THE LINK TO THE LIVE STAT COUNTER.

I also went to the Facebook site it's self to see how accurate this was. It was on the dot, maybe off by a few 50 people, no more.

If you care to join, the facebook group is: Students against Facebook News Feed (Official Petition to Facebook)

If you don't believe me, just read: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14707862/

Thinking about Facebook

2006-09-06T12:35:00.000-04:00

I read a friend's away message today, something I don't do often. Don't get me wrong, I care about people, it's just I know my friends alittle better than to have to keep up with their current afairs by reading away messages. What happen to the good old days when it cost .27 cents to spend one minute on the Internet and you had to get off. You couldn't leave your away messager up?
Let me go further to say, FACEBOOK. I think I've made my point; however, i'm going to wine and dine and complain here for a little. First, facebook, as I remember it was a connection to people I have actually talk with for more than a month. I really didn't care who they were. I know who my friends are and who isn't my friend. I don't need a WEBSITE to tell me who's friends with who. I DON'T need a WEBSITE telling me detailed minute by minute, play by play action of what's going on with my "friends" on facebook, whom most of them, I don't know that much or were highschool friends that facebooked me and I said yes because I knew then. You never know when you might what an email address to say hi.
Second, It seems facebook is a growing technology over take here. I hear more conversation about facebook this facebook that, whatever happened to we went to the park and bob ran into a tree while running for a watergun? You don't. Where does life's dramas come from now? It seems like facebook, it's always someone has done that or someone has done this. Hasen't anything happened to you? Can't you tell your own story? It seems facebook has become a drama blog for people. I can't get touchy here, but I don't like drama. I hate it, hate it to dealth. Now that i've killed the already dead horse, life can move on. I haven't made a dent in society and no one will learn from this. So what is the point I am trying to get across?
You tell me.... What have you learned?

Are we alone?

2006-09-03T12:56:00.000-04:00

The big question we have all been looking at, wondering, unable to answer. Are we alone? NO!!! I have found the answer, first, look around you. What do you see? Other people so, NO you are not alone. Seconds, why do you talk about yourself in the third person???

Right, anywhy, you mean we as a society of Humans. The answer is still NO.
Lets theiryoleticly believe the BIG BANG did happen for a moment, (even though i don't think so for various reasons or can speculate in different ways as to why it might but not the way you might think) the univers was created; our galaxy was created; our solar system was created; Earth was created. How is it that one in billions of billions upon billions (do you need a number?), Earth turns out to be the only 'planet' with life? They say mars use to have life, but now it's filled with radiation. Is it that we Humans use to live on Mars, killed ourselves wtih Nuclear weapons and moved to earth, only to do the same thing over? If the Universe is so VAST, we can't be the only ones. there has got to be others out there. Where? who cares, we have our own problems here on Earth to deal with first.

Second, the Idea that there are more than one universes does exist. The question is, what is holding those universes in place out side this one?? are they Parellel or just random? Questions we don't know and I really don't care to know because I have to live my life out here on doomed Earth. Think about it for a moment? If a place hole sucks everything in, Where does it go? To the out side of the universe thus alowing for the Universe itself to expant?

Space is simple yet the complexites are complex ideas you try to figure them out. Who knows if we are right or wrong? You can say what you want about space and be right, no one can prove you wrong.

quote of the day

2006-08-29T22:18:00.000-04:00

"Failure is not an option; to fail is to die."

global warming

2006-08-27T19:44:00.000-04:00

Global warming isn't us Humans. It's the sun getting larger.

Apartment

2006-08-21T00:53:00.000-04:00

today i had john, todd, steph, and nathan over at my apartment. We had a great time. I think we'll have more fun times in the future. The problem is i'll have to have games ready to play.

who's day off is it?

2006-08-20T11:40:00.000-04:00

If we celebrate Labor day with fireworks and a day off, they why do we get mad at the Mexican for celebrating their labor day with a day off and protesting?

ANY ANSWERS?

Schools almost here

2006-08-16T22:17:00.000-04:00

I'll let the cat out of the bag. Im taking engineering classes. Let's just leave it at that.

England, UK

2006-08-14T15:26:00.000-04:00

I have just return from England. It was wonderful. I enjoyed it so much.

delivery fee

2006-06-23T23:47:00.000-04:00

Would you tip if there was a delivery fee?

a slap in the face

2006-06-02T22:38:00.000-04:00

My Former roommate, the one who didn't pay the electric bill, flat out lied to me saying that he payed the KUB bill and is still working on getting it payed off. I called them up today and got a total, NO... it was stil 1400 dollars. He never paid a red cent, still lied to me to my face and didn't care. Some people have the nerves to do such things. Now my question come down to whether or not I should keep being a friend to my friend who wants to creat a reality he doesn't want to live, one who lies to me all the time and spends others money and no care about what he does. He is currently living as a couch hopper. Pathetic.

Knoxville's Greenways

2006-05-30T21:10:00.000-04:00

A week or so ago, the News Sentinel came out with a little guide to Knoxville's Greenways. For those of you that don't know what a greenway is, it's a sorta nature path open to the public that people can run, walk, and simply enjoy nature while getting exercise. I became interested in the different greenways around Knoxville. I've decided that I'm going to go on a quest to photography the greenways around Knoxville, or atleast get some picture, practicing my photography.

Welcome to MY new apartment

2006-05-30T11:38:00.000-04:00

FIRST: I want to take a moment to remember all those who are and have served in the military. I maybe a day late but still, one day set aside is not enough. We should thank them every day.

I have finally move into my apartment as many of you know I have been working on. Let me explain to you other what has happened in the past month in brief. My roommate was irresponsible and failed to pay the KUB (utilities) bill. The electric/water/gas was all shut off may 2. We had to live in the stone age. I had my own apartment, thank the lord. My roommates slacked on cleaning the house. My parents and I had to clean the house very clearly. What's left is his stuff upstairs in his bedroom.

FYI: The KUB bill is in the sum of $1250+ right now and it just keeps growing with fees. It looks as if he is not and will never pay it off. He just killed his credit, all I have to say is "Welcome to reality, the real world. You can't live behind this mature mask anymore. You can't live behind drugs anymore. Life has caught up with you and it's about to get worse." Alot of you can say thank you Dr. Phil, but I tell you like it is. Those of you that know me, know, I'll say stuff like that and move on with my life. This stuff happens to me too and what can you do. deal with it and MOVE ON.

I'll keep you up dated.

NEXT: About 75 Guantanamo prisoners on hunger strike?!!! One, don't let them go. No matter how high the pressure gets. Two, they ( the prisoners ) are stupid. What a great way to have prison population control. Three, It's saving me tax paying money. Don't have to feed them if they don't want to eat. This is my type of prisoner thinking.

Da Vinci Code

2006-05-22T13:00:00.000-04:00

Don't watch it was what Pasters are saying. Movie Critics are saying it a good one, giving it an A for Awesome. Let me tell you what I think after watching it last night. I say go watch it as a movie, not as a religous promotion. It seems everyone has the wrong idea about this movie. I want to make a denotation first, I never saw the Mel Gibs movie, Passion of Christ. I have read the Bible, i know how Jesus died. I've seen other movies like it. They're all the same. Should I see it, yes. Will I, maybe in due time.

The Da Vinci Code, I saw because I have a code that I like to listen, watch and see what "propaganda" the other side has and get the points of view. I then take that and use it to make my own opinion. I think the idea of Christ having a daughter today was entertaining, however rediculus. The movie was to create emotion havic on your religious faith. If you are scared becuase of it, congradulation, you fell into the trap Sony wanted you to fall into. It's Sony's way to crush religous belive in this county. The film was about about relationships.

Over all, if you want a good suspence movie go see it. Be warned though, don't get discouraged if you get lost in some of the religous jargen and wishy washy tails they start going into, take it as part of the movie. If you want to see if for religous reason, then see it. Test your faith. Do the research when you are done. See what you find.

it's DEAD

2006-05-09T02:10:00.000-04:00

OK, MY BLOG HAS OFFICALLY DIED. I NEED IDEAS ABOUT WHAT TO WRITE. GIVE ME SOMETHING PLEASE. IT'S DRIVING ME INSANE. SOMETHING ANYTHING. YOU GIVE ME THE SUBJECT, I TALK. WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION.

rain, no golf

2006-05-09T02:01:00.000-04:00

it rained sunday so the 9:03 tee time was cancelled. I had to go to IJ (food service) company in Alcoa to get Hibachi Sauce for work instead.

i've gone off the deep end

2006-05-01T08:57:00.000-04:00

So let's put the illegal Mexican tresspassers up for adoption. Once they walk into the united states we take them and sell them to a person or company for work adoption.

time for debate

2006-04-30T13:14:00.000-04:00

As harsh as I may seem with my idea, we have a growing problem. This is the new debate. We had our argument about homosexuals, we had our argument about the war in IRAQ, so now it's time to have our argument about the WAR IN THE UNITED STATES. What?? YES!!! It's time we close the boarder to Mexico and DECLARE WAR! Stop the illegals from walking into this country and sending money back home. They are going to take over. But who cares. I don't. No seriously I don't. Infact the more, the better. However, it's time for new laws. First, anyone that is an illegal Mexican trespassers should not be allowed to go back. What, why not let them go back, they are working for the United States, keep them stuck here. Show them the freedom we have. Second, Make sure they pay the same TAX we pay, including Social Security. Third, if they break a law, punish them just as if they were a citizen, even if that means DEATH. Fourth, If they fail to follow the policy of the person they are 'working' for, they should be terminated. Excuse me for saying 'working' for I wish I could say slave. Am I going into muddy water by saying this, YES, and I love doing this too. So instead of letting these illegal Mexican trespassers no in, let's let them in and use them as slaves at minimum wage. They don't mind. It's more money for us. Better chance of getting social security.

kindergarden?

2006-04-11T14:21:00.000-04:00

it feels as if when i go to work i have to babysit kindergarden kids. I am sick and tired of doing this!!!

Gus's: could there be another?

2006-04-10T14:32:00.001-04:00

I'm not the only person that has a "usual" at Gus's Good Time's Deli.

Gus's: could there be another?

2006-04-10T14:32:00.000-04:00

I'm not the only person that has a "usual" at Gus's Good Time's Deli.

quote of the day

2006-04-05T12:43:00.000-04:00

"don't you bring that coolaid to a gin party"

fire? WHERE?

2006-04-01T17:00:00.000-05:00

Who has time to read the directions to a fire extinguisher??

What's global warming?

2006-03-13T12:18:00.000-05:00

I think it's just a natural cause. It's something that is just happening because earth and the solar system is getting old.

a good day for golf

2006-03-12T12:08:00.000-05:00

I went to the golf driving range today. It was a good decision for it was nice and sunny and beautiful out. It is now finally golf season once again in the world. As I was at the golfing range, I thought about one thing, would it be right for me to take the whole bucket of balls for my personal use in playing the game of golf? I paid $6.75 for the ball or did I? What is the $6.75 for? Is the payment of $6.75 for the use of the balls? Is it for the use of the property? Is it for the use of the time I spend on the property using the balls? What did the $6.75 go to?

I thought about this for some time. My only conclusion was that it was the use of the time on the property. Why I say this is because I can bring my own balls and drive them out into the range, with the knoxledge that I wouldn't be getting them back. Here is where it contradicts its' self. If I paid for the balls as time used on property, then why would I pay for the use of thier property to shoot my own golf balls? Why would I spend moneyfor money I already paid on golf balls? So the $6.75 cannot be the use of time. It must be for property. If I go and shoot my golf balls at a driving range I am going to need to pay for the property used, which converts into time used on the property. So here is the next question to be asked. Is the bucket of balls considered a "time" measurement with the use of property?

What about a golf course? You pay to use the property and time but not the ball. You play with your own ball.

to tip?

2006-03-04T14:37:00.000-05:00

Where should you tip? How much should you tip? What makes the standered of tipping? These are questions that I have been thinking about lately.

First let's look at the tip factor. Should one tip 15 percent? What about 20 percent? if you meal is 10 dollars is fifty cents ( $0.50 ) a good tip, Or should it be one dollar? Should you tip based on service or the fact that it's become customary for us to do so?

A question raised was what's the difference between tipping at a sit down resturant and a delivery service. What is the tipping standered there? How much do you tip a delivery driver compaired to a waiter/waitress?

question

2006-02-28T01:00:00.000-05:00

If you set out to fail and fail, have you succeeded or fail?

who one??

2006-02-05T22:35:00.000-05:00

The Bus stops here.... a win for my steelers.

who's right? right or left?

2006-01-25T13:08:00.000-05:00

So why has the United States government feel the need to spy on United States citizens?? The answer is NOT it's George Bush. I think it's something deeper. We'll see with what the people have to say in the elections?

super bowl happy

2006-01-23T23:42:00.000-05:00

so my steelers made it to the super bowl. it's about time. took them only another 10 years.

robots vs clones

2006-01-16T21:38:00.000-05:00

So we create robots to do our dirty work; work we don't want to do. So why not just clone someone?? We people can hack into robots and take control of them. A specificly genetic altered clone can not be hacked into but easily killed, a bullet to the head. So will we be heading to a society where robots rule our life or where clones lead our life? Which is better for us? Robots will always keep us at square one when clones will be easily replaced keeping us at square one also. Clones could go wrong. Which one should we use or should we just TRUST ourselves?

so why?

2006-01-12T21:54:00.000-05:00

Why must we as human have ignorance towards each other. What makes one of us beter than the next? In the end, isn't it that we die, go to either Heavan or Hell? So does this lead us to believe that we fight and kill each of us just becuase of an opinion, being an individual?

snow?

2005-12-05T17:33:00.000-05:00

Is it going to snow in Knoxville? Is it so much to ask for a little snow this year?

today

2005-12-03T15:19:00.000-05:00

"I wish that i could puke on queue. That sitch i would definatly puke."

Quote of the day

2005-11-28T22:41:00.000-05:00

I don't know what I said, but when Meg heard me say it, she just laughed and said that had to be the most rediculus thing i've ever said. It's sad, I can't remember what it was.

Clark helped me improve my golf today. I can't wait to actually get to play with people when I get serious and deep into a business. It will be so much fun. I love that game so much.

Nashville Golf

2005-11-25T16:32:00.000-05:00

I played a nice golf course in Nashville today. It was very very nice. I enjoyed it very much. Nice greens, nice course. I just can't get over it.
I had a nice Thanksgiving at the Opryland Hotel. Good creme brulee (did I spell that correct?) It was just good food. We are now going to eat at a nice place downtown Nashville.

TIME: 3:32 PM Central time.

television

2005-11-18T15:50:00.000-05:00

has it gone to far when they sing christmas songs for a thanksgiving comercial??

McDonalds free food

2005-11-08T00:15:00.000-05:00

I was standing in line at McDonalds when two employees were throwing ranch dressing around. One employee throw it and missed the other and it hit the counter and slid onto the floor exploding all over the place. Some of the ranch dressing got on my foot. I called corperat and complained, then the GM of the local McDonalds and got free food.

Return

2005-11-07T14:54:00.000-05:00

So I've returned from Pennsylvania after seeing my sister's senior reconision on the feild for being in Marching band. Nothing big, but it was a nice break from work. Speaking of work, I have to work tonight, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, and sunday, yes seven days straight. Give me time and I'll tell you about my McDonalds story. While i was home, I made 3 apple pies. I never made that many. But they were made with fresh hand picked apples from Adams County orchards. It was nice to be home for a little. Saw a few people I haven't seen in awhile. But then I havd to return to Knoxville. It may come down to it that next december - 2006 - I'll return to PA to finish school at a local technical school. Living in Knoxville is a living experience and an experiance in it's own, but I need to get a degree in resturant managment.

Tennessee Football

2005-11-05T16:54:00.000-05:00

When does basketball season start?? I'm getting tired of seeing the Vols lose week after week, when they could have won. I ready for basketball.

the life of a Newspaper quote

2005-10-24T20:58:00.000-04:00

A newspaper's life begins in a tree. It's cut down and made into paper to make a long story short. The large rolls of paper are sold to a Newsprinting newspaper company. They then take the paper and make it's life.

"Yesterday it's paper.
Today it's News.
Tomorrow it's Toilet Paper." - jTp

My explination to Hatcher about the Daily Beacon.

the roommates

2005-10-23T21:52:00.000-04:00

I have this one roommate who always needs to be high, drunk, tripping, rolling, or doing some type of drug to stay un stressed. It drives me insaine, but if he wants to waste his life away like that then he can do it.

Boone, N.C.

2005-10-20T12:18:00.000-04:00

Some of you have been told that I was traveling to Boone, N.C. to see a friend of mine who graduated and when to grad school. This is true. After work Wednesday, I traveled the whole way to Boone, N.C. It turns out I am the first person, other than John's family to be here. Now for all you who want to visit, good. Anyone who makes up an excuse, shame on you. I left Knoxville at 12:30am after work and didn't get into Boone until around 3:30am. There is no excuse. Studying, football, none. If I took the time out of my schedual to get here, you can too.

Sunday Golf

2005-10-16T13:58:00.000-04:00

It was nice to have played golf on sunday morning, but where we went today, they were total assholes about it. We were rushed on the first hole and pushed on the second. The "ref" was all over us during our second hole. I wasn't confertable about golfing until about the 4th or 5th hole. I never felt so pushed and shoved in golf. I tell you unless I go and get a Tee time next time we go, I will not go back there again after what I went though last time. They probably thought we were jerks also. I can under stand playing by the rules by why do they have to come around and tell us how to play golf. They must not have anything else better to do then to ride around in carts telling people what to do. Doesn't he have anything else to do? Next, there were these two guys who were driving into the course. They were meaning to drive into the trees but what they were doing were total assholes. I can't believe this. This course was obvious only for people who have money and who pay the course people to shut up and leave them alone. It's for elite only. Sorry, I enjoyed myself, but didn't have a good game golfing.

Assistant Suicide

2005-10-11T12:48:00.000-04:00

Isn't it strange that someone may need assistance in killing themselve? If you want to kill yourself, then kill yourself! Where is the line drawn between suicide and murder? So they call assistant suicide a cheap way of murder. You don't have the guts to kill yourself, so you want someone else to do it for you. What about them people that can't talk or give consent to having someone else kill you?? Where do you draw the line between this? This subject should in my opinion be simply, if you can't kill yourself then someone should be able to kill you. If you can't kill yourself than you don't want to die. What about people who are suffering and can't kill themselves? Well, how do we know they are suffering in the first place? It's only Human instince to stay alive.

candy bars

2005-10-07T13:41:00.000-04:00

So an emplyee at work gave me a candy bar last night because he didn't want to eat it. I took it and it was one of them special wrappers where a chance at winning could be me. I opened the wrapper and realized it never needed to be purchased. Why bother buy candy to win when I can just open it up in the store. It said no purchase nessisary. I didn't need to purchase it in the store or at the store. My co-workers said that's because you can write for a peice for free. Of course we would have to pay for the stamp, but would you spend 37 cents to just get a peice that was going to say, 'Sorry Try Again?' I don't think so. Next, you actually have to open the candy bar to be able to write in to get that "free" peice. So, that would mean you have to open it at the store. Why try? How many people HONESTLY do you know won their 75,000 dollar prize??

Free time

2005-10-06T15:15:00.000-04:00

With all the free time i now have, I had to figure out what I am going to do with it. I have decided that I would write a book. It only seems like the right thing to do. So - here is my tease...

I was walking home from the bar one cold night in September. It wasn’t fun stumbling around in the dark. The street lamp wasn’t that brightly light for me to see clearly. What was bad is, I tripped on a dark colored half-empty bottle of beer lying on the road. I didn’t realize that this trip would be an eternity.
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Chapter One