The incredibly gorgeous weather we had on Saturday! Gives me hope that this nasty cold stuff WILL come to an end. Hannah and I had been out bumming, and saw these HUGE kites flying over Lake Phalen, so drove by to check it out. The were doing this thing where they skim on sailboat-like crafts along the ice! It was way cooler.
Then, when we drove past the Rec Center, someone had built 2 snowmen on one of the ball fields. One was the pitcher, the other was at bat! But when I took the whole fam damily there after the ReHash someone else had crushed them. Meanies!
Fantasy novels... I need a new series, can anyone recommend one for me? I have read the LOTR trilogy, Mercedes Lackey's Heralds of Valdemar, Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time.
My roommate has been reading a series.. The Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind (it's also being made into a TV series, Legend of the Seeker). He says it's really good.
Your roommate a fantasy nerd like me? I have a new favorite book: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. He's a Wisconsin author, and this is his first novel. It's also the first in a trilogy.
enjoy - after 4 years, having someone finally say they were sorry for something, and it was something I really needed to hear for closure. today may be the best day I've had in a long time.
Yes except I think they call it sarmia or sarnia??? St. Stephan's Romanian Orthodox church has feed too and it sells out quickly. I went to the croatian hall for a cabbage roll feed and theirs weren't as nearly as good as the romanian ones. I tried german style cabbage rolls (with tomato sauce) and they weren't that great, I haven't tried the serbian ones yet.
Enjoy.... just for nostalgia sake when my family came over Superbowl Sunday to have a fish fry and celebrate a couple of birthdays, I had a case of Hamm's beer waiting to refresh them. :cool:
the first day in a while where I didn't stay in bed til noon
if I wouldn't have made a couple phone calls from my car I woulda went right back in and crawled back into bed. Things aren't completely good this morning but better than yesterday morning and the day before. we'll see what tomorrow brings.
Gonna get into the 30's tomorrow - better schedule some outdoor time to motivate your ass out of the cradle. Maybe disc golfing in the snow? Leave the white discs at home, though.
Finally getting all caught up on the threads for the first time in over three weeks. Now to start posting pictures for what's been going on during that off time.
trying to download a ringtone on my new phone and wasting 40 minutes. Every time (after the minutes were deducted), the thing would time out and lose the conection. I sent an e-mail to customer service asking for the 40 minutes back.
Enjoy: Getting my 40 minutes back on my phone. :cool:
No email or explanation yet, but I got my wasted minutes back :cool:
Owners of capital will stimulate the working class to buy more and more of expensive goods, houses and technology, pushing them to take more and more expensive credits, until their debt becomes unbearable. The unpaid debt will lead to bankruptcy of banks, which will have to be nationalised, and the State will have to take the road which will eventually lead to communism"
I hope it does too. Today's encounter was less than productive at the agency. (She and the attorney were there earlier in the day.)
She has a court order. She has an amended court order as they requested so that what she wants is so clearly spelled out there is no way they couldn't understand it, but they are playing stupid and being stubborn.
They maybe hiring at specific offices or certain postions but they just announced they're excessing (transferring out) 45 clerks from the St Paul Processing Center.
They haven't done much hiring the last 10 years or so, so that's when they offer an entrance exam I tell people to jump on it.
mostly the thing in the PP job section is crap....
Its some organization with little to no affiliation to the USPS, and they want you to spend a buncha loot, to get study materials on how/where to take the test...
With no guarantee of hire...
I spent a half an hour on the phone w/ them, a few days ago, finding that out...
ummm....Sorry.... I'm in danger of losing everything, and I NEED a REAL job ASAP, and cant afford the money or time it would take to chase what seems like a scheme project...
Yeah there are private firms out there that "school" people on how to do well on the exam itself. But that doesn't do you any good if the USPS isn't having any hiring exams.
I would recommend paying for those tutoring sessions though. The USPS actually hired one of them to help all the temps get a good score and they gave us alot of good info and we did practice exams to improve speed and accuracy. I probably wouldn't pay more than $100 and I would only do it if you're actually signed up to take an exam.
Look for wharehouse jobs. Overnights. Sucks axe, but you walk in the door between $12 and $17 per hour (when I was looking for them... around 2000...)
Job sux. but it pays the bills.
I woke up. Ate. Went to work for many hours. Came home. Took an hour and a half nap. Watched my youngest all day. Wife came home and I took an hour and a half nap. Repeat.
It is a sucky way to go, but when you've got nothing else... You've gotta do what you've gotta do. I did that for a year before I was laid off.
I'll write a months worth...
I'll sell you a couple of those that you can use...
cant promise they'll lead to a washer though....
Then, when we drove past the Rec Center, someone had built 2 snowmen on one of the ball fields. One was the pitcher, the other was at bat! But when I took the whole fam damily there after the ReHash someone else had crushed them. Meanies!
Ideas?
I enjoy those - sex, murder, fun, explosions.. and very quick reads.
A couple of months ago I attempted Romanian cabbage rolls and my husband said they were better than what his mother use to make. :sillygrin:
Your roommate a fantasy nerd like me? I have a new favorite book: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. He's a Wisconsin author, and this is his first novel. It's also the first in a trilogy.
looks like there could be a hunt a month.
The Hunt a Month Club
if I wouldn't have made a couple phone calls from my car I woulda went right back in and crawled back into bed. Things aren't completely good this morning but better than yesterday morning and the day before. we'll see what tomorrow brings.
glad you had one of the better days today J
my medallion hunting gang resume is starting to look better than my job one...
Enjoy: Getting my 40 minutes back on my phone. :cool:
No email or explanation yet, but I got my wasted minutes back :cool:
Owners of capital will stimulate the working class to buy more and more of expensive goods, houses and technology, pushing them to take more and more expensive credits, until their debt becomes unbearable. The unpaid debt will lead to bankruptcy of banks, which will have to be nationalised, and the State will have to take the road which will eventually lead to communism"
Karl Marx, Das Kapital, 1867
I am expecting something from UPS so started towards the door and who walks in from the living room?
My daughter!
So surprised!!!!!
She is here dealing with her adoption records that the agency is refusing to let go of...and this time she is armed with an attorney.
rush order put in today...
finding out the "medallion" is square...heh
2"x2" by 1/2 inch...kinda cool.. and in my hands
Her and her attorney are meeting on Sunday with game plan #2 for Monday. She's extended her stay through Monday late afternoon.
She is definately not giving in or up. And her attorney, being a friend is "honored" to be helping her.
Hope this all turns out the way she would like it to.
In the meantime, we get the chance to see her again.
The surprise stuff has to stop. Makes a mom and dad a bit crazy.
She has a court order. She has an amended court order as they requested so that what she wants is so clearly spelled out there is no way they couldn't understand it, but they are playing stupid and being stubborn.
I believe they have met their match.
They haven't done much hiring the last 10 years or so, so that's when they offer an entrance exam I tell people to jump on it.
Its some organization with little to no affiliation to the USPS, and they want you to spend a buncha loot, to get study materials on how/where to take the test...
With no guarantee of hire...
I spent a half an hour on the phone w/ them, a few days ago, finding that out...
ummm....Sorry.... I'm in danger of losing everything, and I NEED a REAL job ASAP, and cant afford the money or time it would take to chase what seems like a scheme project...
I would recommend paying for those tutoring sessions though. The USPS actually hired one of them to help all the temps get a good score and they gave us alot of good info and we did practice exams to improve speed and accuracy. I probably wouldn't pay more than $100 and I would only do it if you're actually signed up to take an exam.
The best place to find hiring/testing info is http://www.usps.com/employment/welcome.htm?from=home_footer&page=careers
Job sux. but it pays the bills.
I woke up. Ate. Went to work for many hours. Came home. Took an hour and a half nap. Watched my youngest all day. Wife came home and I took an hour and a half nap. Repeat.
It is a sucky way to go, but when you've got nothing else... You've gotta do what you've gotta do. I did that for a year before I was laid off.
since ive got alotta backroom/warehouse/truck unloading and/or merchandising/stock experience...
I can find places who say they're hiring, but then they have a million reasons why they DONT want me...
or they go with the old stand-by - "that position has already been filled"
I didnt know lawyers work on Sundays.
or caribou coffee (free coffee)
or a reception person at a comedy club? you'd have a shoe in.