WTF am I doing up at 3 am...oh yeah I have a vendor meeting at 5:30 am to inspect 6 vehicles 
going to be a long hot day
going to be a long hot day
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I too was up at 3AM, but because I don't sleep. Though, it has been better lately.
FTS friday. Pretty much coasted through the week, means we'll get hammered today, which will suck for someone because I'm not doing shit today.
S'posed to be hot here today. I'm lethargically sweeping crap together for my southern tour next week.
Only going to be 80's here, but stupid humid again. FTS. Planning to ride tonight anyway, need to check out the new stuff we built on Sunday.
New kitty in the house last week. Adopted through one of my employees who is unofficially a foster home for animals. She got him from a friend of a friend who lives in Philly and can't keep him since she's getting a roommate. Or something.
This is Jamal:
New kitty in the house last week. Adopted through one of my employees who is unofficially a foster home for animals. She got him from a friend of a friend who lives in Philly and can't keep him since she's getting a roommate. Or something.
This is Jamal:
Did Jamal give you the permission to take pictures in his home? 
Morning! Humid day again. Gonna coast at work till the end of the day, then a night ride. Only 5 days left until VT50.
Morning! Humid day again. Gonna coast at work till the end of the day, then a night ride. Only 5 days left until VT50.
This.
Jamal doesn't seem to mind living with infidels.Did Jamal give you the permission to take pictures in his home?
Morning monkey brethren.
Only time I'm up this early is when on mini vacation in Pisgah.
Enjoying my complementary, deluxe continental breakfast and plotting today's epic stupidity.
Only time I'm up this early is when on mini vacation in Pisgah.
Enjoying my complementary, deluxe continental breakfast and plotting today's epic stupidity.
I'll just leave this here for @Pesqueeb and @Nick : http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/18/opinion/sunday/the-insomnia-machine.html?rref=collection/sectioncollection/health&action=click&contentCollection=health®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=5&pgtype=sectionfront&_r=0
my return to reality after my blissful weekend away has been pretty brutal. My son, not the easiest kid to deal with at the best of times, is having a really hard time adjusting to grade 1. he's turned into an asshole at all waking hours. bugs his brother, doesn't listen, lies, talks back, resists any attempt at dialogue, doesn't do what asked. it's so fucking exhausting, emotionally and physically. my boss once told me it was my choice to have kids, but it's not like you can send them back once you find out they're defective...
my return to reality after my blissful weekend away has been pretty brutal. My son, not the easiest kid to deal with at the best of times, is having a really hard time adjusting to grade 1. he's turned into an asshole at all waking hours. bugs his brother, doesn't listen, lies, talks back, resists any attempt at dialogue, doesn't do what asked. it's so fucking exhausting, emotionally and physically. my boss once told me it was my choice to have kids, but it's not like you can send them back once you find out they're defective...
Check, check, and check.
Work less, ride moar.This.
That's why there's an adoption system. Send that fucker packing and let it be a lesson to the good one you mean business.
Mornin!
Had my mind boogled the other day when I heard that an executive tried to kill our electronic documentation system because he thought we should just record things on paper. ON PAPER. Jesus Christ.
Had my mind boogled the other day when I heard that an executive tried to kill our electronic documentation system because he thought we should just record things on paper. ON PAPER. Jesus Christ.
He's not defective - he's your reward for being such good parents. You can't expect it all to be easy!
Hello peoples. It looks like a nice sunny day out there. I plan on working, going home to eat and then hitting the trails for a meandering night ride with the coyotes and other animals.
What's he trying to hide? When I think of paper archives I think of this and someone spending days/months trying to find something.Mornin!
Had my mind boogled the other day when I heard that an executive tried to kill our electronic documentation system because he thought we should just record things on paper. ON PAPER. Jesus Christ.
'Morning!! I had a new employee start two weeks ago. She called in "cough cough sick" this past Friday, then has been a no call/no show the past two days. Well at least this makes the termination easy.
Run.Mornin!
Had my mind boogled the other day when I heard that an executive tried to kill our electronic documentation system because he thought we should just record things on paper. ON PAPER. Jesus Christ.
My guess is his incompetence and inability to see, despite 20 years of indicators, that the world is transitioning to computers. If so he didn't do a very good job.What's he trying to hide? When I think of paper archives I think of this and someone spending days/months trying to find something.
Meeting was over by 6:15 am. I drove the camper to work for a reason. Post meeting I went back to it made coffee and breakfast and surfed the net.. win
I did this at 8k on Sunday. It was very satisfying.
Today I plan to revise a PowerPoint. It's more interesting than it seems because it's for the online side to a good radiology journal and is on a topic interesting to me.
Success.
Now to attempt to lighten the Pisgah pack a bit. Enough consumables and tools for an all day adventure be heavy yo.
Now to attempt to lighten the Pisgah pack a bit. Enough consumables and tools for an all day adventure be heavy yo.
Just don't be like the multitude of assholes that shit in the woods and then leave a steaming pile of dung with a streamer of shitty tp flapping in the wind.
@AngryMetalsmith What was the final call on trails for today? If in doubt, bring moar whiskey and less food. No way you starve to death, but if the shit hits the fan, booze may get you to laugh at it rather than curl up and wait for death
For my part, I'm working on my annual personal statement/CV for the Chairman. In no danger of real criticism/trouble since I'm making him money but the guy is one of the most conceptually stupid people I've met so explaining my 5-year-plan is always excrutiating/infuriating. Not looking forward to this shit.
For my part, I'm working on my annual personal statement/CV for the Chairman. In no danger of real criticism/trouble since I'm making him money but the guy is one of the most conceptually stupid people I've met so explaining my 5-year-plan is always excrutiating/infuriating. Not looking forward to this shit.
Morning Monkeys.
The bus commute is in full effect. It only takes about 10 minutes longer than driving and when I am reading, I don't even notice. I still want to move, though. Meetings about meetings today.
@Adventurous we have an interesting problem here. We have overly complicated and redundant electronic tracking systems for time and resources. Since nobody wants other people to find out just how little they actually do, they spend time figuring out ways to make things harder to track so you think they are busy all the time.
The bus commute is in full effect. It only takes about 10 minutes longer than driving and when I am reading, I don't even notice. I still want to move, though. Meetings about meetings today.
@Adventurous we have an interesting problem here. We have overly complicated and redundant electronic tracking systems for time and resources. Since nobody wants other people to find out just how little they actually do, they spend time figuring out ways to make things harder to track so you think they are busy all the time.
Don't drink anymore but "safety" is paramount.@AngryMetalsmith What was the final call on trails for today? If in doubt, bring moar whiskey and less food. No way you starve to death, but if the shit hits the fan, booze may get you to laugh at it rather than curl up and wait for death
Looking like Squirrel gap is on. Not sure if I'm going to do an out and back or the big stupid loop. Have to see how it goes.
Might go hunt for some gas first though as Brevard is out.
I might not be a millenial, but I was certain I was entitled to easy children...He's not defective - he's your reward for being such good parents. You can't expect it all to be easy!
also, I fail to see the reward in this...
maybe it's the preservation of my sanity and a sense of humour?! 
You gotta get creative in teh definition of "reward"...<snip>
also, I fail to see the reward in this...
sunburnt?
cat hole. shoe heel works if you don't have a trowel.Just don't be like the multitude of assholes that shit in the woods and then leave a steaming pile of dung with a streamer of shitty tp flapping in the wind.
i too am in the "awake at 3am" club today, but due to the kid having some kind of head cold. leaking snot like a spigot.
How to shit in the woods:Just don't be like the multitude of assholes that shit in the woods and then leave a steaming pile of dung with a streamer of shitty tp flapping in the wind.
Find a big rock near the surface of the ground.
Roll rock away.
Shit in crater, place TP in crater.
Roll rock back into hole.
A wise man will roll the rock away from themselves.
Yup. Around here it's like people never learned how to shit in the woods.
When my kid told me he hated me (6yo) I picked up the phone, fake dialed 'my monster friends' and told them it was open season on my son given his feelings for me.
Kid didn't sleep for days.
Now I just point at the door and tell the GTFO.
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