Father shares favorite memory of slain WDBJ reporter

Dad of slain journalist shares his favorite story about how his daughter created a fake scenario with local law enforcement.  Strange thing to share as being his favorite thing his daughter did at her job as a journalist.

only the love of a Stepford mom can heal this

Chad.  Two days in a row, two different strange guys have entered my work place as an alleged customer.  Two different guys named Chad.  Both were not just slightly odd but over the top strange and creepy.  The first Chad looked like he had huffed a can of red spray paint before entering.  I don't know what the air temperature was that night but it was hot and humid at 8:00 PM.  He comes in wearing a thick sweatshirt backwards.  The vibe he put off agitated six different customers.  The tension was incredibly high.  If I would have yelled "Get him"  there is no doubt he would have knocked to the ground and dog piled.   The next day the second Chad enters with a girl who paid for merchandise and left.  Chad was twitchy and made lots of involuntary body movements.  I looked directly at his face and made eye contact with him.  He was cross eyed.  He kept calling me ma'am and responded to everything with sing song sarcasm.  Apparently Chad was texting his friends because when he was going toward the front door (which he thought he was going to just walk out without paying) Four people entered asking silly questions.  One of them walked up to Chad and they started calling each other M-Fer's (a term of endearment for incestuous offspring such as Chad and his friends).  Chad walked past me through the exit door with his cargo pocket stuffed full.  He took 10 steps away and I asked him to come back.  He jogged to a car and zigzagged through the parking lot to prevent me from seeing the license plate.  

While I drove home I though about the Chad's.   There was a time when the fate of either Chad would have been a bullet in the back of the head.  In a world that saw different as dangerous.  We now embrace them as one of us, with the Stepford mom love.

August Moon

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Sales tax rates

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Mockery

Catholic imagery is popular when someone wants to mock Christianity.  Is it because other religious traditions are dull and boring.  Is it because other religious traditions wilt under the heat of embarrassment?  I think of it as endearment, and a gratitude.  This mockery is actually nervous laughter acknowledging the reality they would face in opposition to each other without this Christian scapegoat.

Eric Prydz -Generate

What are the chances:

Of a rattlesnake biting a flea?  It might be impossible because the fangs don't meet.

Irish Goddess Macha

Because I was nice to you, you owe me, due and payable on demand.

So I went over the managers head and asked to see where in my job description it says I have to give an employee a ride home.  He said it doesn't.  I said you need to tell your manager to stop telling me I have to, and have her stop asking other employees to give her a ride home too.  It just comes down to them being bullies.  They are part of a cliche and each benefits from the others shadow side.  It is tough to navigate this type of interpersonal relating.  But it is what I always encounter in groups of people.  There is no getting around it.

everyone is entitled to their opinion

Yesterday at work I was told by the manager.  "You will have to work things out with the no name employee who is having prolonged car trouble."  I said "What do you mean"?  Manager said "You will have to work out a solution and give no name a ride home if no name needs one."   I said "No."  "Schedule yourself to work with no name and you can give no name a ride home that solves everything."

Today I'm going to see If I can get it in writing that have to give this no name employee a ride home as part of my job duties.

I believe in nice people that help me...

It's a regular day.  The phone rings.
Thank you for calling blah blah blah how can I help you?
Yea Hi it's me <no name employee>  I'm having trouble starting my car.  I'll be late to work.
Okay thanks for calling.
*40 minutes later* <no name employee> shows up in the building.
I brought my car to show you it doesn't work.  I have to wait until some nice person jump starts my battery, because I don't believe a tow trucks, or mechanics.  I believe in nice people that help me.  Oh and I can't work today bye.

To be continued...

Exploring the depravity that is the Affordable Care Act. ACT I

Got an early morning call from 1-866-704-1590

a recorded message told me to call

1-866-704-1590 ext. 2229893

I called 1-800-552-8159.
I said someone is committing fraud and is filling prescription drugs in my name.  The operator asked what is your birth date?  I said August 19, 2015.  The operator said that is impossible.  I said I was born yesterday.  I also believe that you don't realize your company is trolling for customers.

Come and get your mouthful of jizz

St. Cecilia’s Catholic Cathedral in Omaha

making a doll

A few days ago, a customer and her daughter were buying all sorts of items.  The little girl was excited to tell me all about her project she was making.  She said her dad was going to help her make a doll that represents her.  The next customer was a man who said we are making one too.  So I asked if it was a school project and he said yes.  I thought what a great school project for a girl and her dad.

Free Bleeding

CVS now offering Safe Surrender for Adults parking spaces

“The caller was stating that she observed two white males remove a body, an unconscious individual at the time, from their vehicle and proceed to put it in a Jeep directly next to them,” 

Officers quickly responded to the CVS parking lot and found the victim lying in the back seat of a black Jeep. He was dead.

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2015/08/13/body-found-at-busy-sterling-heights-intersection/

Who are fathering all these unwanted pregnancies?

If DNA tests were done on all aborted fetuses.   I wonder what the results would show.