Jamies Daily Musings March 2005.

Daily Musings for March 2005.

March 16, 2005

I tend to praise people frequently, especially when it would be to my benefit. For example, I have been training a new temp at work. Whenever I was asked how she was doing, I would answer that I was jealous of her ability to learn quickly, or that I wish I had learned so quickly. What happens, they hire her full-time. You would think that this is a good thing. It is good for Liz, but not so good for me. You see, after I did the training for my department, they have decided to put her into another department. Sometimes I feel I am in a dead end job and every time I have a way to improve my status, I seem to improve someone else’s instead. Congratulations to Liz though. Good Luck.

March 17, 2005

After I poured a bowl of cereal, Jamie Lee come out and told me there was no milk. I ate the cereal dry. Forgot to take Suburban deposit to bank so I did it at lunch, NOT, forgot it at lunch also. Got Mary another cleaning job for Buckeye. $10.00 weekly to vacuum and mop once each week. Great corned beef and cabbage dinner. Slow day for me. Sitting here in front of Wal-Mart and waiting.

March 18, 2005

Had to take Mary to Sangertown Mall for to sell girlscout cookies. She bought me General Tsao’s Chicken for lunch. HOT HOT HOT!!!!! Beautiful day, sunshine and warm. Not much else.

March 19, 2005

Just found David’s spit bottle……GROSS. Ed thought I was going to puke. Syracuse loses to Vermont in round 1 of NCAA tournament…..don’t blame me, I wasn’t watching. “The good idea society” Ed, Joe, and myself are starting a new revolution. Instead of fighting against the government this group will help to provide government officials with alternative ideas and solutions. Assuming of course, he remembers to put the truck into park when he gets out…AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! Whew, that was scary. “Criticization”-the process of ignorance criticizing the intelligent way of doing things…EX: DAVID SAID “I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT YOU DID NOT MAKE THE BOX ON YOUR TRUCK PERFECTLY SQUARE SO THAT THE GARBAGE WILL FIT BETTER”. Picture this: you are driving down the road, you see children in celebration of Easter on the side of the road, smiling, holding up signs, and proclaiming peace in the name of Jesus Christ. A giant Easter bunny is standing there waving to people as they go by and you feel like life is good and wonderful. As you continue driving along, about 2 miles down the road are another group of children, these are not smiling, but they also are holding signs. No Easter bunny here. You notice that their clothing is not as brightly colored, they are dark and dreary. Their signs are larger than the others however, but they think they think they are proclaiming the same message as the other children only in different words “BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW”.

Photo of Easter Bunny on 12b in New Hartford..

March 20, 2005

Stupid contradictions: while sitting in the drive thru lane at McDonalds this morning(I swear I only bought coffee) I read the bumper stickers on the vehicle in front of me…”NOTBUSH.COM” read one of them, just a political view in itself, but when coupled with “WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER” the vehicle seems to take on a personality. We now understand that this person believes that Bush is the cause of the war…..not Saddam, not Bin Laden, not the terrorist attack on US soil(not to mention New York State soil) People, we have personally….personally been attacked, in our own state!!!! Here is an idea…..let’s just let ignore all the death and destruction that has happened within a few hundred miles of our home and attack our president…..The President of the “most powerful nation in the world”. We seem to have lost focus, weren’t we supposed to be finding terrorist leaders that are a threat to us and US(A). USA….UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I am unsure of the actual statistics, but the terrorist attack killed thousands of people in only a few hours, compare that to the numbers killed in the war against terrorism, have as many died? Did not these people, our great, brave, and heroic soldiers(by far the bravest men and women I can imagine, and more heroic than any Marvel comic character could wish to be) volunteer to join the US military. Granted they may not have joined to fight a war, but if you volunteer to be trained to operate the most advanced and sophisticated weapons imaginable, you have to expect to actually use them. One question to end this digression…..how many people in the World Trade Center on that fateful September 11 day were voluntarily there to die…..Not even the policemen and firefighters. They thought it was going to be just another typical day, they thought wrong……..Back to the bumper stickers, “NOTBUSH.COM” AND “WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER” sound like good peaceful messages. What I thought to be contradictory was the shamrock sticker in the back window…A symbol of the Irish…Ireland is the home of the IRA(Irish Republican Army)…Last I knew, they have been involved in one the longest standing wars of religious repression in history… Oh, by the way, today was Palm Sunday. Hope yours was peaceful and happy.

Photo of Jamie in drive-thru.

Actual car with bumper stickers (Rome, N.Y.).

March 21, 2005 thru March 25,2005

Anther long, tedious week at work. Get up, work, drive, work, drive, come home and do family stuff and then sleep…..start over.

March 26, 2005

Happy Birthday to me. Nine AM and we are on the way. Sitting here watching a train go by, reminds me of days of old when we used to go to the barge canal where uncle Bob Muzzy worked to watch boats pass thru the locks. There was a railroad bridge over the canal, and I always found the trains more interesting that the boats, but we were there as a family. Family….the most important aspect of anyones life. Here is my memory of the day. My brothers have denied this so I am unclear if this really has happened, but my memory seems to be so vivid……I remember dressing in layers of clothing, many, many layers. Having a helmet get put on my head and then being told to run…..thwap, thwap, thwap…..the sound of B-B’s pelting me…..That’s it, I quit. In the house I go, take off the layers, and go back outside. Seems I forgot to tell the brothers I quit…..thwap, OUCH!!!!! A B-B right into my unprotected temple…..Whew, that bring me from the memory portion of my writing. Speaking of family importance….Terry Schiavo….god bless her and protect her….this is day number 8 of her feeding tube being removed. She is slowly starving to death. They say that she is brain dead, I disagree, she seems to respond interactively to her surroundings(digression…quoting Ed”blah,blah,blah,blah,blah”). It is of this writers opinion that her husband should give up any rights and let her parents make the decision of her life. Maybe they would get farther if they were pursuing this as a custody battle. Let them have their child back and they can go on with their lives. My closing thought on this…..Mike Schiavo should go to trial for murder if she dies, and also a civil case for wrongful death. The civil case would be clean cut, the family would win. The criminal case….with todays society, I am unsure. OJ, Robert Blake, and several other celebrities have gotten off for more obvious crimes…I pray to god that the right things should occur. According to His will, and noone elses.

I forgot to mention that today is also my earthly fathers birthday. I miss him dearly. He was probably the most likeable man on the planet. I hope that when I am gone that I have done him justice by passing along his legacy. God bless you, dad. I love you. The protestors are gone today, but the Easter bunny is still out waving away. Sweet triumph, the true message of peace shall prevail(see last Sunday)

March 27, 2005

Easter Sunday…Pastor Hanna’s sermon was wonderful today. We then had a scrumptious dinner, ham, mashed potatoes, lasagna, the works. I worked on taxes then helped the mrs clean and did the courier route.

March 29, 2005

Happy Birthday to ED!!!! Cub Scout Pack 50 Blue and Gold Banquet. This year we were at the Rome Polish Home. Wonderful meal of: chicken, baked ziti, scalloped potatoes, corn, and all the fixin’s. This is a day for the kids. A day for them to just get out and have fun. We honored them with all sorts of awards. Every kid left with something.

March 31, 2005

Dogs, prisoners, terrorists, even Saddam and Osama……All of these have certain inalienable rights. But not Terry Schaivo and apparently thousands of other severely handicapped people. Terry went to meet her maker today. I cried for her, unsure if they were tears of joy or tears of mourning. Probably both. I am sad to see that noone could help her, sad for her family as her husband had them escorted from the room. In all essence she died alone. He does not count in my book. If there are no people present that love you while at your death, you have died alone. This is one of my biggest fears, to die alone. Please, God, do not let me die alone. Pope John Paul II said a prayer and had comments on this situation and just hours later his own health took a turn for the worse. He has spiked a very high fever. Even though I am not catholic, I am saddened about the Pontiff’s ill health.

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