1, 2, 3, 4, I Declare A Thumb War

It’s time for another episode of Thumbs Up – Thumbs Down.  I’ve had a few things on my mind lately that are either pissing me off or making my day.  Let’s explore, shall we?

Thumbs up to Pandora.  I know it’s a simple idea, but I really like the thought of a radio station that actually plays the music I want to hear.  It’s too bad I can’t get it in my car, but for now I’ll settle with only being able to enjoy it at home and work.  I mean seriously, I type in an artist I like and they give me an unlimited stream of music that doesn’t make me want to shoot myself.  Wait, you’re telling me I can listen to the radio without hearing a Hannah Montana song? Brilliant.

Thumbs down to the March of Dimes Foundation.  Don’t get me wrong, I support the cause, but I don’t necessarily approve of their collection methods.  Last week I got a letter in the mail requesting a donation.  Not a big deal, I can handle that.  However, enclosed in that letter was a book of pre-printed address labels with my name and address on them and, wait for it … a dime.  Okay, I get the cunning attempt at humor when the March of Dimes Foundation sends me a dime, but why is a charity giving money away?  Sure, it’s just a dime, but how many of those letters do you think they sent out?  A lot.  That, plus the address labels, plus whatever other overhead they’ve got, and I’ve gotta spring for a Jackson just to get them to break even on me.  Not smart thinking if you ask me.

Thumbs up to the Cowboys dumping T.O.  I haven’t mentioned it yet because everyone in America was talking about it for a few days.  Allow me, if you will, to pull a quote from a post I wrote on December 14th.  “My Terrell Owens-related prediction for next year is this: T.O. will be out of Dallas by the end of next season.” Okay, sure, I also went on to say that he would have trouble finding another team, but apparently the Bills’ front office doesn’t own a television between them.  The guy is a disease and if he thinks he didn’t get the ball enough from Romo, I can’t wait to see what he has to say about Trent Edwards.

Thumbs down to Mother Nature.  I know, I usually make it a point not to bitch about the weather, but this one was straight out of the playbook.  It was nice for a while.  So calm.  Rising temperatures, no large amounts of snow, things were definitely looking up.  Then, almost as if on cue, Mother Nature let loose with a back-handed bitch slap today in the form of 40 mph winds and 30-below zero wind chills.  Super.  So super, in fact, that 80% of the entire state of North Dakota had to close down for the day.  And things don’t close easy up here.  Driving to and from work was like driving with a huge sheet of white construction paper taped to the windshield.  I may as well have closed my eyes and just hit the cruise control.

Thumbs up to the aforementioned weather leading to me only having to work for about 30 actual minutes today while getting paid for 6 hours of “work.”  If I could go to work everyday and spend three hours watching “How I Met Your Mother” in the break room, count me in.

Thumbs down to me being supremely busy again this week in preparation for another week of training which I leave for on Monday.  I have a ton of work to do and even though I did a bunch yesterday, I’m still gonna be a busy bee the next few days in order to stay caught up.

Thumbs up to that training being in Orlando … during Spring Break week.  Yes, you may now be jealous.  I’ll have class from 9-4 or so everyday, and I imagine I’ll spend the rest of the afternoon and evenings trying to convince ladies that I work for Girls Gone Wild.  God bless America.

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