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May 5, 2008 - Jak se maj!!! Happy Monday! Such a beautiful day it is!!! To start off, I want to send out my apologies for again missing an update. I would have sent one out last week, but I had no computer! Last Monday was my first day at my new job and I was computerless.
I am now employed by SRCTechnologies in Green Bay. I've joined a group of ex-Nielsenites that are starting up a new company. We're getting our feet wet and hopefully off the ground
soon doing IT consulting. We hope to then move into IT services as we evolve into a more permanent business plan. Its a really great opportunity and its pretty exciting everyday. Right now things are a little slow, expecially compared to my last place of employment, but its also really cool to be starting off like this. Not really even sure what I'll be doing next. The first step is to get our name out there and get some consulting gigs lined up. Not sure what that
will mean as of yet, but it could involve some significant travel if we land jobs out of the area, which is likely. I may be posting updates less frequently (If that's possible) if I start traveling. Obviously, we'll keep you posted on our progress.
My last day at Nielsen we had a going away bash. My buddy BO from Chi-town even showed up. From what I remember, it was a great time!!! Things got pretty bad
at Nielsen before I left, but will (and already do) miss the people there. It consistantly had a great group of core folks that worked and played hard together and I can never thank them enough for all the great times! But sometimes you have to move on, and this was one of those times...
Been riding my Goldwing... Only when sober though, so that's been cutting down on my opportunities. Two weeks ago I got it registered, licensed and insured, and then the next day I got my motorcylcle temps. Get this, two stops at the DMV, and I don't think I was there for more than 25 minutes... In total!!! No lines and quick service... Go figure! I am hoping the weather stays nice and warms up a bit so I can get out on the bike more. It will take quite a bit of getting used to as its bigger than any bike I've ridden before (like 4 times bigger) and its been a while since I was on any bike.
But its a good time...
Been no problem with libations lately (more on that later), so lets keep 'er going. This week's schedule!
5 Cinco de Mayo. Like St. Patty’s, except the Mexicans chased out frogs instead of snakes.
Tequila.
6 Orson Welles’ Birthday (1915). Drink no wine before it’s time. And it’s time.
Paul Masson Wine.
7 Homespun History Day. Remember that time you drank a keg all by yourself? Let the world know!
Truth Serum
1 oz Courvoisier
1 oz Cointreau
Juice of one lemon.
Shake with ice, shoot and tell the troot.
8 Moslem New Year’s Eve. We must drink because they cannot.
Desert Water
1 1/2 oz Tabasco Sauce
1 1/2 oz tequila
Pour Tabasco into shot glass, then use a spoon when you pour the tequila, so they don’t mix. Shoot.
9 Victory Day (USSR). Better luck next time, Ivan. Black Russian.
10 Human Kindness Day. Alert your bartender. Shot on the house.
11 Baron von Munchausen’s Birthday (1720). German adventurer/storyteller drank his way around the world.
Something adventurous.
HEY! Its Cinco de Mayo!!! Tequila tonight!!!
I hope everyone enjoyed their May Day! I hope you were on my mailing list for my annual May Day greeting!
If not, let me know and I'll get you on next year.
Well, this past weekend we held Fish Camp 2008. Wow! What a time! I headed up Thursday night and went on a runner with the SEC-Staqte and Comptroller. Checked out the local establishments. That was a tough start... Not as bad as a water run, but close... Slept pretty late on Friday and then the crew started arriving... Friday was a blurr, although we did manage to get some work done, but the Beer Can Chicken was AWESOME!!! A late night ensued and I was relagated to the garage with the "next generation". Ouch!!! Squirrelly boys and VERY out there. Slept in very late on Saturday, which was fine since the weather was terrible. By late afternoon it was better and good enough to fish, but the SEC-State and I had to go on a rescue mission, and just in time too. That evening's stuffed pork chops were phenominal!!! That FDA Chairman sure can cook! Another LATE night
followed (and the garage was even COLDER), and Sunday the camp started to break up. I ended up spending a little time in the boat, but certainly not much, and ZERO fish were caught.
The SEC-State and FDA Chair's new cottage on Leigh Flowage is really something. Much nicer and more up to date than any of us are used to, but it sure is nice. Running water, flush toilets, heat and even carpeting! (The kind of carpeting you vacuum and not just sweep too!) I "think" I prefer something more rustic, but it sure was nice. They've got a really nice setup there and I'm sure they will enjoy it for a long time. I hope to spend some
time there with them too... ;-)
The SEC-State and FDA Chair stayed there last evening as well and reported in last night. Seems they felt more investigative work was needed on the local establishments...
They'll have to get us a full report...
Oh
yeah, I did post the new Fish Camp stuff last week, not that its any help
now... Its out here...
Glad I got all that out of my system. Hopefully now my life can return to a more normal state of existance, at least for me... But there is a lot of stuff coming up too...
Got a couple birthdays coming up this week... My God-daughter has a birthday this week and the Cheif Inspector turns 18 next Monday. Happy birthday to them both!!! Then its also graduation season and we have a few college grads this spring, so the weekends will be busy for a while... Then at the end of the month we have another wedding coming up... Should all be a blast!
Don't forget Mom's Day this Sunday! Happy Mother's Day to all you Mom's out there!!!
After all the time off I should have more but that's all I have time for today. But as always, before I go, a few words of wisdom for our junior members... I found two, so its a double-header!
"Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own." ~ Aristotle
"A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest." ~ Irish Proverb
As Red would say, "Keep your stick on the ice!"
curtamous
