Well, should we????

She Said/He Said! Should more women have sex like men?

WTF???

I think we should ALL just have more sex....

Like men or otherwise....

How do you explain this????

Local woman gets 3 speeding tickets in one hour


Getting the first ticket made me late...

....and the second one made me later....


...Occifer...

Just Saying...WTF...

It has been brought to my attention that the phrase "Just saying..." is so last decade....


If that is how you feel....


Feel free to replace all "Just saying..." references on this blog with "WTF"...


That will work in most places...


If not, deal with it...


Just saying....

If he's a saint....

  Pope John Paul II to be beatified May 1



IMHO....
 
Seems like Benedecit may be sweeping a lot of stuff under the rug here....
 
Or pushing it back into the closet...
 
Just saying....
 

Hmmmm......

I am still a virgin....



And now so is G-Man:)





Earth's shift adds 13th sign to zodiac



Just for the record....

All the bitching I do about management at Peyton PHlaCe....

I have to say, right now my direct supervisor is noone to bitch about....

For the most part....

Noone is perfect, right?

MCM is supportive of my WFH philosophy which is a big plus in my book.

MCM is a working manager....

And MCM actually backs us up when others try to knock us down...

At least when MCM believes we deserve to be backed up....

Which is most of the time....

One of my biggest fears right now is that MCM will be raked over by one of the other managers at her level...

Because if she looks bad, they look better, right?

And then I am back working for one of  THEM....

You can hear me now....

Technically challenged as I am...

I think I FINALLY got Google Voice set up so that when I make a phone call the person on the other end will actually hear me and not hang up on me....

Now I can work from home and call into meetings without costing me precious cell phone minutes....

If I had service at my house, that is....

Damn Verizon/Sprint network and their deadzones...

Other than my condo and surrounding area being a dead zone, I love my Virgin Mobile pay-as-you-go plan....

It is so worth it...

$25 per month for 300 minutes and unlimited web access....

That's all I need....

Since I cannot get service at home...

AND I have Google Voice...

AND I now have my mics working...




Oh yeah, I digressed....

It seems the mic jack on my home computer is another deadzone....

I finally realized that it was not just me...when I found a USB adapter for my headset...

The mic now works fine...as long as I USB it in rather than mic jack it in (in layman's terms)...

And as for my work computer....

Apparently I needed to tell the mic jack that it was a mic jack...

Go figure....

Rank this.....

So this week is "rank your people" week at Peyton PHlaCe....

All the managers/supervisors are off-site ranking their underlings...

And FPMs are ranking those who have worked on their Ps....

Coincidentally, or not, I received an email this morning asking me if I trusted upper management...

Apparently. a recent survey indicated that not a sufficient number of people trusted upper managemnent to make upper management happy....

So they decided to ask us individually...

Anonomously, of course...

Of course....

Of course, me being me, I replied that I did not trust the guys at the top...

So...next question....

Why Not????

Ok....they asked for it....

And they got it...

MHO that is....

Why would  I trust a management system that fosters competition and backstabbing in the workplace????


Why do managers have to rank their subordinates?


A simple "I would/would not keep her/him" seems to me to be sufficient ranking criteria....


Knowing that someone in your group has to be ranked 1 =  lowest does not seem good for morale....


Personally, I would hope that everyone on my team deserves a 4 or 5 ranking....


And not a 4 or 5 that they are the best on the team...


But that they know what they are doing and are doing their best to do things right.


That way, I know they are doing their job....


And that makes my job easier...

Yeah, I wrote that.....

Because, as it stands now, instead of trusting that my coworkers are doing a good job, my coworkers are regularly looking over my shoulder....

Trying to catch me in mistakes....

Because if I get caught in more mistakes than they do....

Well, its all about the rankings...

Nothing personal...

Well, unfortunately for me, I am not trying to catch their mistakes...

I am too busy making my own....

Gotta love office politics....

Ok, new resolution for 2011:

Find a way to work for myself.....

And this is News?????

Study Shows Women's Tear Turn Off Men

I figured this one out by myself a long time ago....

And then again a short time ago....

And then again....

Ok, enough said....

A shout out....

Check out my newest blogger friend at...

 Great(ish) Expectations....

Not only does she give great relationship advice...

She also makes some really awesome jewlery...

Check her wares out at Margo's Originals....

Office treats....

It is the second day back to work and there are leftover treats everywhere....

It seems I am not the only one who over-baked and under-entertained this holiday season.

Which makes my Chinese New Year resolution even more appealing...

And this treat from a friend....

The 2010 TSA Statistics on airport screenings are in...

The screenings exposed:

• 0 Terrorist Plots
• 133 Transvestites
• 1,485 Hernias
• 3,172 Hemorrhoid Cases
• 8,249 Enlarged Prostates
• 59,350 Breast Implants
• 3 Natural Blondes 

Happy New Year!

This year I resolve to...


...allow myself until the Chinese New Year (February 3rd this year) to firm up and start keeping this year's resolutions...


Yeah...


When LDBoy asked me what my resolutions were  I gave the old standby - get in shape and lose weight....


He did not like that too much but I figured it is easy to keep....


I did not say how much weight....


And round is a shape...:)


Though I do intend to ride my stationary bike for at least 30 mins 4 x per week....Saturday to Friday being the week....


That should help somewhat....


I did offer another resolution which I hope to make a reality this year...get out of my current housing situation and find somewhere more economically feasible and comfortable to live.


That one may be a lil trickier to keep.


But I am working on it.


And why am I waiting to the Chinese new year to start keeping these resolutions???


Because someone has to eat up all those leftover baked goods....:) 


And that gives me one more month to win the lotto/meet a rich guy before I need to get serious about a plan  for the housing situation....


And I intend to post to this blog at least once a week....


Yeah...


I'm back...


Happy New year blogger friends!

Open letter to Peyton PHlace....

Dear upper management at Peyton PHlace,

Every single email I get from you insists that I "go green" and print less....

I can understand that edict...

I rarely use your printers....

So when I received your recent email with an attached "newsy" brochure, I read it - on-line....

It was semi-interesting....

But, can you tell me why you felt the need to place a hard copy of that same brochure in my company mail box today?

And not just my mail box - but the mailbox of every f-in employee at this campus????

There were twelve - count 'em 12, pages of full color "news" printed on glossy card stock paper....

Not easily recyclable...

How green is that????

I am not a tree hugger per se...

But - for the love of God...practice what you preach!!!!


And thanks for sending the Benefits Enrollment Brochure to my home this week as well...

Thanks for assuming that I may have had a lil trouble reading that full color brochure on-line....

And for assuming that I am probably not technically literate enough to know how to "Print" a page or two had I really wanted a hard copy...

And for assuming I would not pick it up from my office mailbox ('cuz it was there,too)....

I bet if you had not had that printed you would not have had to up my benefits' rates 14%....

Could you at least offer a paper opt-out plan for this shit????

I hear your constant droning on about how we need to cut costs....

I understand...

I am trying to do that myself.....

Of course, I am pretty sure there was not a lot of cost cutting practiced at your week long management meeting in Europe....

Or at the week-long sales meeting in Orlando (er... Disney World)  earlier this year....

But I digress....

Just Go Green!

Note to my readers: This letter seemed to be the least self-destructive action of all those I concocted to let Peyton PHlaCe know how I feel on this subject...

A day of rejuvenation....

It feels so good....

After several weeks of letting myself go for the sake of my white trash mother-in-law Halloween look ...

I shave my legs....and my pits...

Wiped off the moustache...

Yep, try as I might I just could not grow one of those yet...

Dyed my hair...

Ahhh yeah...

It feels so good....

The weekend that was....

Had a great weekend last weekend....

G-Man visited Friday evening....

With three loads of dirty laundry...

He could not understand why I could not get it done as fast as he does...

Maybe because I have one washer and one dryer and therefore can only do one load at a time....

That is ok - I held the clean clothes as ransom to make sure he attended his sister's halloween party Saturday night.

He did not disappoint....

He borrowed hospital gowns when visiting DD...

And shaved patches of his head/beard....

Looked like an escape from the nearest hospital for the mentally challenged....

CareBear and KB were the hottest 50s couple  there....

Those brownies you were serving sure hit the spot, CareBear. They tasted a lil gritty tho...

And then there was Ironman....arch reactor and all...

Pumpkin Taz (would not pose) and  Flower Girl Brownie....

 There was drinking....

And dancing...

 And shenanigans...

And more shenanigans....

 

 

And a peacock couple.....

I did manage to get a family picture....

Before things got to out of control....

And Ironman became Greenman....or Green Power ranger...or something...

And now we  get to do it all again tonight....

Well, not all together, but still....

Be careful out there....

Happy Halloween!!!

And the results are in....

Hey Mom, can you get me to the Kaiser office to pick up my MRI report?

What????

Yeah, they do not have a fax machine at their records office, so they cannot fax the report to the school, but I can go pick them up if I get there within the next hour....

They do not have a fax machine in a records office????

Whatever - I am on my way....

45 mins later, we are standing at the window in front of the lady who can give us the report....

If it was ready....

Her: Your report is not ready.  I cannot give that to you, child....

Me: What the hell do you mean it is NOT ready....you told him to get here within the hour....

Her: Who is this lady? Your mama? 

Me: YES, I am his MAMA.  And I pay for the insurance - so you can tell me why you do not have a fax machine in this office and why you did not mention that the report was not ready before....

Her: Your report does not have to be ready for 2 more days....tell your Mama to calm herself....

Him: You tell her...I am afraid...

Her: Child, you can call radiology or your doctor and ask them to speed things up a bit, but it is up to them.

Him: Let's just go, Mom....

So since we are out and about, we decide to go see G-Man's friend who is in the hospital having a really bad time fighting a battle against Ulcerative Colitis....

I am driving and G-Man is on the phone with radiology....

I get to hear his side of the conversations....two of them - one on my phone, one on his...

It's ready??? It just needs signed?    I am ok with a preliminary...the team doctor can read it....yes, can you fax that over right away?  Let me get you the fax number...hey doc, I need the fax number...440...blah blah blah...not you...hold on...hold on...yes, right away.  Thanks...oh shit...let me get her back on the line....just drive, Mom....

So by now we are at the hospital parking deck....

And G-Man realizes he missed a call from his primary care doc....

Again, I get to hear only his side....

It just needs signed, preliminary is fine....I know you did not order it, our team doctor ordered it....you do not want involved????... just send it to my team doctor who did order it....can radiology send it without a release from you????  I need to know if I can practice today....why not???? ...Jesus Christ - just tell me....
shit...what previous surgery??? my ACL???... Noooo - I have not had neck surgery before....

......

 Let's go up and see DoubleD, Mom...

Talk to me, G-Man.

I'm done, Mom.  They will not let me play with a herniated disc.

I am sorry.

Let's just go see DoubleD.

Which was even more depressing....poor kid was having a really tough time....it hurt us to see such a good kid going through that hell....but I was proud of G-Man for totally forgetting his concerns for a few minutes and talking to DD and encouraging him to do what it takes to get through....

G-Man did not talk much at all after we left the hospital. I dropped him back at campus and headed home...

I was home just long enough to look up some online info about herniated discs....

And I get the call....

G-Man: Mom, they sent over the MRI - but it's not mine  - they were reading the wrong report!!! ...You there?

Me: Yeah, so now what???

G-Man: I don't know yet - we have to wait for the right report....but from the X-ray report - which is mine, the doc says I look fine.

Me: You are not practicing yet are you?

G-Man: No, they said I am done for year because it is my second concussion - I forgot about that rule...but I think I might be ok for next year...I gotta go...luv ya...

So glad that day is behind us...what an emotional roller coaster....

But in the end all has worked out....

DD has since taken a turn for the better - much better.  He started eating and walking and getting past all the shit that he was dealt.  He is now recovering at home with his family.  A family of saints...I love them...

And two days later, G-Man got HIS MRI report... 

The pain in his neck was caused by a flare-up of arthiritis...most likely a result of all those previous hits to the neck....

He is pretty happy...

As he posted on FaceBook...

Hey everyone...I'm ok...I just have arthritis in my neck...

Just???

What Phillipia has been up to....

Not a lot, but let me tell you about it....

Or at least about some of it....

Some of it is even too personal to share with my blogger friends...

Unless you want to meet for drinks somewhere - then I may tell all:)

Last I wrote, I believe I told you that G-Man was nominated for Jacket Prince...

I was all ready to go watch the homecoming parade and see him on the court....

What I did not realize was that he was one of several nominees and only the winner was allowed on the King's Court...

And did he win?  Most likely not since he missed the pep rally where the winner was chosen....

And where was he during the 9:00 PM pep rally?

In my car on his way to the clinic for a 10:00 PM MRI appointment....

Let me back up....

He was also nominated to be a co-captain for the Week 5 JV football game....

Prolly because it was the last game he would play this season....

Because G-Man does not do anything half-way....

The other team was bigger, stronger, faster, but that has never stopped G-Man from plowing through....

Or trying to....

Yeah, he landed on his head....or neck...he is not quite sure....

But he got up and walked away....no worries....

That was after the helmet he took to the chest that knocked him out of the game at least long enough for the trainer to take a look at him....

And before the play that left him laying on the field thinking he should get up but not quite able to....

But he did get up eventually and walked off the field....

And ACTED like he was fine for a couple more days....

Til the team doctor insisted on an MRI....

So where was I?

Oh yeah, on the way to an MRI and x-ray appointment....

With a worried G-Man....

If they tell me I am done, you may not hear from me for a while, Mom...

There is life beyond football, G-Man, really.....

Anyway, 5 days later we are still waiting for an MRI report....

And the pain in his neck is not getting better....

Of course, it does not help that the docs told him not to take any pain meds because he may have a concussion and they do not want to block the pain because....wtf????

Stay tuned for the MRI results.....

The toad has turned into a prince...

Okay....


He was not really a toad...


But he was a wild child...


Really wild....


CarBbear and LDBoy's friends did not visit much...


And he was the reason....


But that was years ago...


He has grown....


Into a prince....


Or at least a candidate for one...


On the  B-W Homecoming  Court...


I had no clue there was such a thing as a Jacket Prince...


But I guess there is...


Congrats, G-Man.

Prince G-Man takes the pass...

Yay....

My new favorite show is back...

HIMYM season premier was Monday night....

I set my calendar to remind me...

But I ain't gonna lie...

I am technologically challenged when it comes to the whole cable box/tv hookup thingy....

Where are you when I need you G-Man?

Yeah - so I missed it....

But I am computer literate...

Oh yeah...

And a couple hours after show time...

Wait for it....

I suited up (in my pj's)...

And watched on my time...

And was not at all disappointed......

Thank you CBS....

It wasn't me....

As you may know if you have followed me ever....


I created, hosted, and maintained a few web sites for the local high school....


 While G-Man was a student there....


He is no longer a student there...


I transfered/canceled domains over the summer...


The track site has a new owner and is looking good...


The football site got a new name and new face and I canceled my domain...


All is well...


It's the moms' site that's the problem...


Again....


I cannot help it....


They did not want to keep the domain...


I did not want it any more...


So now it is parked....


Free....


Courtesy of Godaddy....


And their sponsors....

Yeah...


I got a call....