Guard Dog

Last night did not go as planned. Not to say it went badly though. Lady Guard dog is moving in for real and we were up until 3 am unpacking boxes and rearranging stuff. I have a four bedroom house and she had a one bedroom apartment, yet somehow she has twice as much stuff as I do. Rather than go out to dinner we just made microwave pizza and watched Saturday Night Live. I found out something about her I didn't know though. She reads her horoscope regularly and actually believes it offers some insight in day to day life. I found that funny. She told me the one thing in life she has always wanted was a horse. She doesn't even want to learn to ride one, she just wanted to have one as a pet. I think I can make that happen.

bad advice imo, tracking your partner sends the wrong message: "I don't trust you enough when you're not around me."Maybe she needed a night out with the girls. Yeah I have to agree with you on this. I can certainly understand you being concerned with her safety Hurlie. As long as that is all it is. But tracking via GPS/Cell phones.... bad idea. Sooner or later that comes out and it would not be a pleasant conversation.

Devaluation of currency to control debt has been done before. In every case it has led to the complete collapse of the country that tried it. That's why I buy guns, ammo, gold, and have improved by property to have a level of self sufficiency. Plus... well, zombies. You never know!

I'm sure there will still be plenty to be unhappy about.

I'm wiped out. I've been up since 0500 going back and forth to midtown Memphis moving my fiancees stuff. I just finished my second trip (it's a pretty long drive). I was hoping to have it all done before she gets off work this afternoon so I could just take her to dinner. Now I'm not sure that will happen. I'm glad I have a pickup truck!

Taking Fiancee to the Peabody tonight for dinner followed by drinks on the rooftop lounge and then a trip back to her almost empty apartment.

This is worth a chuckle http://kissingsuzykolber.uproxx.com/2013/10/32-team-logos-fat.html

Competition & capitalism... it's a beautiful thing!

I have a private high deductible insurance policy that renews in March. I'm cringing at what the cost will go up to.

I hope you went for the top shelf stuff like Pritchards or El Dorado!

That can gets a coolness rating of 9.9!

Wow, The Tigers finally found their bats. But with Lester facing Sanchez tonight the pitching edge goes to the Sox. I think the series will decided tonight. If the Sox win and go back to Boston only needing one win in two games they will get it. If Detroit wins I think they will find a way to win in Boston. The Sox have not had their backs to a wall all year. I don't think they will know how to handle it. And that is an organization that has not handled pressure well in the past.

Is anyone else really looking forward to the Broncos - Colts game on Sunday night? The return of Manning to Indy, Manning vs Luck (old lion vs young lion), shutting up Jim Irsay after his rather thoughtless comments this week. Rarely does a game have so much back story.

Well not to cast a shadow on your optimism Bruce but there still is a bear in the woods called deficit spending. Nothing in the last 24 hours has changed the problems in our governments economic behavior.

Hasn't this generally been how you've spend the last week or so? ... I approve.. You 2 are very similar in that regard, " two peas in a pod" I'm sure you would get on very well if you ever met in RL You're right. There are a lot of similarities between KP & Ros! The biggest difference is Ros has many girlfriends, KP has one!

It was just the joys (and side effects) of a misspent youth!

Stephanie think i shouldn't worry about things I can't control. Tommy thinks we should go swimming in the creek and cook hot dogs over a fire (I always make a few for him)

I like the ideas Wals. Unfortunately i will have little say in the final reckoning. With the exception of myself and my partners who actually own the business we have only three employees who really work for us. Those guys, well two men and one woman, none of whom I've ever met in person, will receive a severance. We've already decided on that one bit of business. They already know whats going on since they are our "office staff" such as we even have one. We also employ 14 contractors through Tek Systems. Since they are not really ours they will just be terminated. The real issue here is our company does not have any real assets beyond our build contracts and ourselves. The contracts are already signed and their projects started. Our biggest expense is hardware. Since we are a small operation we buy by the project and cannot keep enough stock to buy in bulk. This is also because we custom design each project to the individual site using equipment that can be purchased for the best value in each region. So we end up paying top dollar for the hardware and have to under price our labor costs to make competitive bids. Professional network designers usually make a lot more money than i do. But I'm accepting less because every job we complete increases the value of the business and I have a stake in that. We also keep our costs low by going to companies like Tek Systems for help. The company that has offered to buy us out can provide the hardware at a fraction of the price we bid on those contracts and since they will provide their own labor and retain the designers at the same price they will get far more juice from each job than we could have squeezed. It always comes down to economics. We were doing good with the means we have. but they can do better and like I said, many of my partners are wanting to move on to other things now that this is off the ground.

Like I said before guys, this whole thing was just political theater. There was never any serious threat of a collapse or default here. Just a giant monkey feces throwing fight.

Jeez Enoch. It's gotten to the point a guy can't even engage in a little internet hyperbole without some one coming in ans screwing it all up with facts.

GD wouldn't another solution be to arrest every politician for sedition that is associated with the Tea Party? Then there would be less political conflict? Problem solved... Yeah what the hell. If there is going to be an armed insurrection let's go ahead and get on with it!

You are partially correct Gorgon. However spending and it's effect on currency valuation and interest rates is the one thing the government CAN control.

Well, those were just the pros Hurlie. There are cons too. Not the least of which is they don't want our employees, they want our customers. The design guys (including me) would be retained as contractors until all current work is completed but for everyone else that is pretty much it. I guess I'll have to update the old resume and start looking at Linkedin & Monster again.

Edit: I expect the Dodgers and Angels to make a major place for Price. Especially the Angels because their pitching sucks big time. Followed a couple of links and found this artcile about the situation with Schiano. http://tbo.com/sports/bucs/fennelly-bucs-mess-just-cant-end-well-20131013/ should have posted this in the NFL thread Best quote ever: I’d call this a circus, but I’ve stopped doing that out of fear of litigation that actual circuses might consider it libelous to be compared with the Bucs. Hey, don’t think guys with seltzer bottles don’t have lawyers.

Just to point out, almost the entire 8 years of Clinton's Presidency he had to deal with a congress where both houses were controlled by the other party. I keep telling you guys, we are the best off when the white house and congress are controlled by different parties. When democrats held all the cards they went hog wild, spent a ton of money and gave us Obamacare. When the republicans held all the cards they went hog wild, spent a ton of money and gave us the Patriot Act. when one party is running the show it's a BAD thing!