Naked Football

I love this parody on the "naked streaker"!

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Working Trends

There is a startling occurance happening in Bismarck right now. For the first time that I can remember, there are businesses actually closing because they cannot find workers. Granted the businesses in question are not the greatest paying businesses, but they are jobs. The first happened about a month ago, and was the closing of the rather new A&W on the north side of town. Now just last week the Wendy's on State Street has closed citing the same reason.

I find it hard to believe that they cannot find anyone to work. I think the trend does not have anything to do with a shortage of people but rather a laziness forming in the next generation. I have noticed that fewer college kids are working as compared to when I was in college full time. Also many high school kids no longer have jobs or work very few hours compared to years ago. a lot of these same kids expect to enter the workforce after school with $50k a year jobs and not have to work their way up the corporate ladder. When as not to most of our surprise, this is far from the truth. Actually I'm rather sick of the notion that these kids have about work and expect everything to be handed to them. It makes me glad that I am not an employer that employs un-trained/un-experienced people because the turnover rate and lack of work ethics I hear about from other employers would be maddening.

All I have to comment on the issue is that I hope this next generation wakes up or we are in for some hard economic times in the future of our country.

Being Sick Sucks

I have been fighting a head cold for 3 days now. It finally won. I am staying home from work today to sleep.

This post was more of a test than anything as I migrated this site to a new server last night. Looks like everything went as planned.

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Surgery is a Success!

Everything went well they said. Trenton is awake and everything went as planned. As things look he will be released tomorrow around noon or so...

Hotel stay and surgery

Our lovely hotel was less than stellar. I think they messed up and put two box springs on the bed instead of a mattress. To top it all off the shower this morning was ice cold and there was no adjustment on the water temperature.

Hopefully the surgery goes a lot better than our hotel stay. They admitted Trenton shortly after 9 for surgery. We expect to know more in about 2 hours. We have used the time so far to catch some much needed nurishment in the hospital cafe which was excellant. Now starts the rest of the wait for the after surgery news. Hopefully we now more soon and everything goes well...

Well we made it

An hour ahead of time to spare even. The drive was pretty un-eventful. A couple of diaper changes along the way and light traffic all the way down.

Found the hotel and hospital without trouble. I'm in the waiting room right now wishing they had a couch to take a nap on. This waking up at 2 AM to drive 6 hours is very over-rated.

At least I have my blackberry to keep me busy....

Ghosts of North Dakota

I saw a neat news story on the local news last night about these guys that have been going across North Dakota and photographing and filming the vacant and near vacant towns in North Dakota. I always thought this type of stuff was pretty neat because once it’s gone, it’s gone.

I’m glad someone out there is preserving this North Dakota history and I wish them well in their journeys. If you would like to visit the site go to: GhostsofNorthDakota.com

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More of a test than anything

I'm just testing out posting from my blackberry phone as I'm not sure if I will have internet at the hotel we are staying at in Minneapolis for Trenton's eye surgery.

We leave very early Thursday morning and tomorrow I have a ton of stuff to do including getting the tranny oil changed in my Avalanche before the trip.

Eichele Wedding

I’m getting ready to head down to Streeter for James’s wedding. I’m taking the camper so we don’t have to drive back tonight. Should be an all night party, knowing the groom!



Last night we went out to Driscoll, as the bar owner’s sister was having a 21st birthday celebration. I was surprised by the amount of people out there. Ended up having a great time.



Well I’m off to Streeter.

Trenton comes for a visit

Heather stayed with us the other night with the new baby, Trenton. Pedro was really jealous about having something compete for his attention. One thing I noticed, is even after they had left, the house smelled like "baby" for like 2 days. Unbelievable how something so small can leave such a lasting effect...

Long Week!

Wow, what a week. Glad it is finally over. Got a lot accomplished this week though. Sealed two new accounts. Got approval on another about a design. Gave my final speech for college. I think I sold my laptop. DJ in Steele tonight. Out in New Salem tomorrow. Wow what a week!

Coke and Pepsi agree to quit selling at schools

Well ain't this a wonderful thing:

Coke and Pepsi agree to quit selling pop at schools

Oh this makes them look like such a great company, helping fight teen obesity and all. They are even giving up all their sales and such.

Anyone thought of this? All the kids are just gonna walk across the street and buy it at the local convenience store and spend an extra $.25 because of taxes and the fact that it's not coming out of a vending machine. Wow, Coke and Pepsi actually stand to increase profits off this move. Unbelievable.

Scott Adams on Pay Equality

This is a subject I like to follow because I don’t think there is any real answer but I like to hear the theories.  Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert, weighs in:

I have a hobby of asking men and women, and boys and girls, if they would prefer to be CEO of a major company or enjoy an easier lifestyle with less money. About half of all males say they’d take the CEO option with all of its downsides. Females occasionally opt for the hypothetical CEO lifestyle but not often. All other things being equal, the person with the most desire will have the best results. I’ve never seen a study that measured desire.
 
Read More: Gender Pay Disparity

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At least someone thinks so!

Your Blogging Type is Confident and Insightful

You’ve got a ton of brain power, and you leverage it into brilliant blog. Both creative and logical, you come up with amazing ideas and insights. A total perfectionist, you find yourself revising and rewriting posts a lot of the time. You blog for yourself - and you don’t care how popular (or unpopular) your blog is!

What’s Your Blogging Personality?

Macintosh Ads

I know, I’m late to the party but hey I just saw these and they are great. Not saying I’m a Mac fan but their marketing department is clever. Too bad these vids didn’t work on my linux box...

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Best Dell Commercial Ever

Dell on QVC

I have to say, I’ve always waited for someone to do something like this. That is if it’s real...

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Two kinds of people in this world...

There are two kinds of people in this world. Those that use a new towel every time they take a shower and those that don’t. No particular reason for posting this other than the fact that I was washing towels and thought back to college when there was some guys that used the same towel all year it seamed like without washing it. (These same guys also went months on end with the same sheets). Me? New towel every time.

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New Tech Spy » Scientists Discover (Biggest Ever) Oilfield off U.S. coast

Music to my ears!! Maybe gas prices will return to "normal" levels!

New Tech Spy » Scientists Discover (Biggest Ever) Oilfield off U.S. coast: ".Scientists from the University of Cornell have discovered a massive amount of Oil off the coast of Louisiana.The find is some 60 billion barrels or 3 Times more than current US recoverable Oil of 20 Billion barrels, and would bring US total reserves to 80 billion barrels which is on par with Venezuela. In comparison to other finds around the world, this is twice the size of all Oil ever found in the North Sea and 6 times larger than the estimates of the Alaskan ANWR oil deposits."