Have you ever missed your connecting flight?

It goes something like this...

You- a 737. Me- arriving from Chicago en route to Hartford. You waited patiently at the gate as I winged my way to Newark Airport. You know the one. We met eyes but you already pushed back. I watched you taxi to the run way and takeoff. I know this is a longshot, but I know we shared something. I will be back on Sunday...

You want more?

http://harrisburg.craigslist.org/mis/666575722.html

For the record I like girls.

Brewers, Breuers, and Bresephs

I'm not normally a fan of Troegs beer (a Local Central PA Brew) but tonight I had their Pale Ale and it wasn't bad. It was smoother than most Pale Ales. Though it will never touch the greatness of Dogfish Head 90 Minutes I.P.A., it was good enough. Though I shall say that I was upset that Duke's did not have Riverside Wheat or Ithaca Apricot Wheat as draft options.

Admist all this beer controversy was the opportunity to see great friend and former bandmate, Brandon. He was passing through town on his way to Baltimore. Topics of conversation included movies, politics, The Simpsons, International Economics, and upper tanking, amongst many others. As the beers continued, it became increasingly tougher to stay on topic.

Anyway... tomorrow is an important day for Site Acq. Hopefully all will go well at my public hearing, which I assume it will. After all, I'll have the handsome devil on my side.

Til the next installment...

P.S. - I'm a little buzzed.

Wait, wait, wait

Actually, 2 more random thoughts:

How sweet is that picture of me as a blonde? I miss those days.

If I can keep this thing up with some regularity, does that make me part of the "blogosphere"? Because Cowherd may end up hating me, and we can't have that.

Topical Creme de la creme

It's been a while. Over a year. It seems after a long layoff from spouting my rants, raves, and ridiculous opions via the web, my dedicated audience of one begged for more. I kid, my audience is easily close to three if you include my mom and Eric.

So, what to blog about today? We have so many topics to choose from: Election, Gas Prices, Global Warming, the Gum Disease Gigivitis. But I'm not much of an expert on any of these topics, nor do I have a viable solution. That being said, here are some quick hits:

Election: Though my guitar strap says "O'Bama", my heart says "Split decision".

Gas Prices: Anyone that thinks taxing the oil companies is going to lower prices must have failed 1st grade math. It's simple, you want lower gas prices, increase the supply. Economics... it's fannnnnnTASTIC!

Global Warming: Is this still an issue? A. I prefer warm weather, 2. It was balls cold this winter. I'm actually rooting for it and I find myself producing as much CO-deuce as possible to do my part. We're all in this together people. Leaves changing is overrated.

The Gum Disease Gigivitis: Listerine.

Sorry about the last one, I'm watching Family Guy and Peter said that for reason.

Some final thoughts for today:
I like all flavors.
You a 737, me running through Newark.
I'm gonna live forever.

You wanted it... YOU GOT IT!!!

Back by popular demand, and by popular, I mean Eric's demand. (Oddly enough, my all time favorite blog post was my AP Story about him moving to PA, and oddly enough, he's moving to PA. Chili Dogs won't be the same.)

Enough rambling... Time for more.

So, Notre Dame lost and I'm disappointed in them losing, but next year will be huge. Mark my words.

The OC is getting cancelled, which sucks.

And I have something for you (the reader): Darling. Go ahead, put that in your mouth, chew it, it's delicious.

Basically... I can't stop myself.

This is probably a mistake. But I have to do it.

"You cut me down a tree and brought it back to me
And that’s what made me see where I was going wrong
You put me on a shelf and kept me for yourself
I can only blame myself, you can only blame me

And I could write a song a hundred miles long
Well, that’s where I belong and you belong with me
And I could write it down or spread it all around
Get lost and then get found
Or swallowed in the sea

You put me on a line and hung me out to dry
And darling, that’s when I decide to go to sea
You cut me down to size and opened up my eyes
Made me realize what I could not see

And I could write a book, the one they’ll say that shook
The world and then it took, it took it back from me
And I could write it down or spread it all around
Get lost and then get foundAnd you’ll come back to me
Not swallowed in the sea

And I could write a song a hundred miles long
Well, that’s where I belong and you belong with me
The streets you’re walking on a thousand houses long
Well, that’s where I belong and you belong with me

Ah, what good is it to live with nothing left to give
Forget but not forgiveNot loving all you see
Oh, the streets you’re walking on a thousand houses long
Well, that’s where I belong and you belong with me
Not swallowed in the sea
You belong with me, not swallowed in the sea
Yeah, you belong with me, not swallowed in the sea"

-"Swallowed in the Sea" by Coldplay

I just want it back.

Round 2 Quotes

Hello Competitors-

Welcome to round 2. Same rules apply except for tie breaker. Getting last names of actors and characters will be considered first in a tiebreaker, fun information/quotes from the movie in question, and timing will also be considered. Ultimately, I will judge the tiebreaker process going forward. Trust the Senator's judgement on this one. I will be fair.

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Round 2

“Take that your freaky piece of shit, you don’t mow another guy’s lawn!”

“That is a Cosby sweater… a COSBY SWEATER!”

“Yeah, well, listen. You ought to ditch the two geeks you're in the car with now and get in with us. But that's alright, we'll worry about that later. I will see you there.”

“You want to know what it takes to sell real estate? It takes BRASS BALLS to sell real estate.”

“Paul Allen has mistaken me for this dickhead Marcus Halberstram. It seems logical because Marcus also works at P&P and in fact does the same exact thing I do and he also has a penchant for Valentino suits and Oliver Peoples glasses. Marcus and I even go to the same barber, although I have a slightly better haircut.”

“Well, things are getting pretty serious right now. I mean, we chat online for, like, two hours every day so I guess you could say things are gettin' pretty serious.”

“Oz… Friends don’t engage in sexual congress with each other’s wives.”

“YES. You ain't cool, unless you pee your pants.”

“Are you crazy? A man in a really nice camper wants to put our song on the radio! Gimme a pen, I'm signin'! You're signin'! We're all signin'!”

“I can't hear you, you're trailing off and did I catch a niner in there? Were you calling from a walkie-talkie?”

Round 1- National Movie Quote Contest

The Results are in for round 1. Two perfect scores and 7 very strong scores. Via the tiebreaker rules, Kyle P. is our round 1 champ.

Standings Through Round 1
1. Kyle P., Griffith, Indiana- 40 points*
Monica F., Jim Thorpe, PA- 40 points
3. Jason C., Ponte Vedra Beach, FLA- 34 points
4. Danny R., Griffith, Indiana- 29 points
5. Steve L., Palatine, Illinois- 26 points
Daniel R., Warsaw, Indiana- 26 points
6. Joe K., Warsaw, Indiana- 26 points
Eric S., West Lafayette, Indiana- 26 points
Scott G., Savannah, Georgia- 26 points

Thanks for all who entered and keep it coming. The battle was won by Kyle, but who will win the war??? Round 2 will be posted shortly.

Success as a failure

One of the first things my new boss taught me when I started with SCS is that its OK to fail as long as you CYA (cover your ass). If I have exausted every single option and nothing works and the best solution isn't possible, it's ok. It's happened to me on a few sites, but none more evident than today.

I made my way down to the Huntington market with 4 very specific goals. Now I gave myself 2 full days to achieve them, but I am already well on my way to failing at three of them. And they aren't even very challenging goals, but I am trying.

Lawrence County, Ohio
Goal: Find out property info on a parcel.
Normally in most counties in PA, this isn't hard. You look at a tax assessment map, find the parcel number, and look up the owner's name. For some reason, in Ohio, this is an extremely cumbersome and difficult process. They don't know which way north is. I walk into this place with a survey depicting 4 different parcels, with legal descriptions, and 3 different departments can't tell me who own the parcel next to it. Failure #1.

Prichard, WV- Tower Site
Goal: Obtain telephone circuit ID from telco box at tower site.
The first few times I went to this site, the gate at the access road was secure with what I could only describe as a twisty tie. This wasn't the case today. There were five (5) locks, 3 combo, 2 key, daisy chained together at the road gate. This poses a problem for young, Patrick. See I had the combo to the compound and tried it on all three combo locks. To my chagrin, not a one worked. So there I stand, I good 1/2 mile from the tower, with no way into the the access road. If the combos I got today don't work, I'm walking it.

Lawrence County (that's right, another one), Kentucky (that's right, the difinitive -tucky)
Goal: Obtain Tax Parcel ID and Deed Book reference for existing tower site
The sad reality is that the tower own could not provide this info for me after asking for it over a month ago. I went to the courthouse, looked up the maps, and the maps in this Lawrence County were actually good. But, the map numbers did not reference property owners or deed numbers. HOW DOES THIS COUNTY COLLECT PROPERTY TAXES?????? I went to the recorder's office, and they were less helpful than mapping.

So three goals today, 3 failures. Not one of them was within my control. It's very sobering.