Stardate:        91318.16

Sol III Date:    09/18/2013/02:30

Tires, brakes, shocks, drivers door (I have to climb in from the passenger side because you can only close the drivers door from the outside), electrical (there is a short in some well out of easy to find so the windows don’t work,  nor do the turn signals = expensive).

I have found a car......well, truthfully some has found a 2001 ford escort 2XZ 4 cylinders, 5 speed stick, air cared negotiated the price down to $500 that runs nicely.

Has pretty new tires and was taken in to be reset so it would pass air care. Dirty, even by my fairly elastic standards, which may be why it is available.

Set it up to do the paper work (buy it) tomorrow (Wednesday) afternoon – I am not a ‘car’ person but am old enough to admit it and listen to those who know their way around a vehicle.

The numbers (cost of work the Cougar needs + the significant $$$$ I will save on gas costs) say that unless the car dies after I drive it out of the current owners driveway I am ahead of the game. The way the Cougar guzzles gas the payback on gas savings alone is 6 months or less.

As always nervous about what is a massive expenditure on my budget and something were I have to trust someone else’s judgment.

Ramping up the nervous is that the person I had arranged over last weekend to lend me the $500 hasn’t returned the call i made at 5 PM. Not returning calls quickly is very unusual for him so my mind keeps trying to catastrophize. – Pardon me for a minute I need to step outside and SCREAM!!!!!!!!! – how do you spell relief? Scream.

The numbers say do it. The person recommending it knows cars. If necessary I can find the $500 elsewhere. My reputation on repayment may even let me still do the paper work tomorrow even if I needed an extra day or tow for raise $500....... ...................................................................................................................................................................................................

..........my tummy is still nervous, my head is still tryi8ng to run catastrophic scenarios and with my brain cells trying to melt down I have the beginning of a splitting headache.

It is at times like this that I appreciate the ineptness of Abbotsford City Council, especially vis-à-vis the homeless.

With several article/commentary ideas in my head on how good an idea/proposal Abbotsford Community Services 20 units of Housing First/first stage housing is, I should be able to distract my brain enough to mellow out enough to lie down quietly which will send me off to the land of nod in less than 5 minutes.

Granting me sleep to deal with tomorrow; should there prove to be anything to deal with.

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Stardate:        91179.39

Sol III Date:    07/29/2013/09:15

In Germany, Gunther Burpus remained wedged in his front-door cat flap for two days because passers-by thought he was a piece of installation art. Mr Burpus, 41, of Bremen, was using the flap because he had mislaid his keys. Unfortunately he was spotted by a group of student pranksters who removed his trousers and pants, painted his bottom bright blue, stuck a daffodil between his buttocks and erected a sign saying 'Germany Resurgent, an Essay in Street Art. Please give Generously'. Passers-by assumed Mr Burpus' screams were part of the act and it was only when an old woman complained to the police that he was finally freed. "I kept calling for help," he said, "but people just said 'Very good! Very clever!' and threw coins at me."

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Stardate:        91178.22

Sol III Date:    07/28/2013/23:00

                       

                        Death

What is life?

It is the flash of a firefly in the night.

It is the breath of a buffalo in winter time.

It is the little shadow which runs across the grass

And loses itself in the Sunset.

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Stardate:        91129.03

Sol III Date:    07/10/2013/23:30

I love to read. So much so that there isn't room in the bedroom for a bed because of the space taken up by bookshelves. I have a futon that is always in couch form, never out in bed form. 

When I saw this I just had to share.

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Stardate:        91120.37

Sol III Date:    07/07/2013/19:30

Have you seen the new commercial for Lepage’s 100% glue?

Watching the commercial I found myself wondering: “if Lepage’s new product is 100% glue, what were Lepage’s using before they switched to 100% Glue??? Snot?”  

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Stardate:        91117.83

Sol III Date:    06/07/2013/21:12

Things NOT to say at a Job Interview

• I’m sorry I’m yawning. I usually sleep until my soap operas are on.
• Do you know of any companies where I could get a job I would like better than this one?
• What job am I applying for?
• What is it you people do at this company anyway?
• Why aren’t you in a more interesting business.
• I would have been more successful if nobvo9dy would have snitched on me.
• My resume might make me look like I’m a job hopper. But IO want you to know I never left any of those jobs voluntarily.
• What are the Zodiac signs of the board members?
• Will the company move my rock collection from California to Maryland?
• Would it be a problem is I’m angry most of the time?
• Will the company pay to relocate my horse?
• I have no difficulty in starting or holding my bowel movement.
• At times I have the strong urge to do something harmful or shocking.
• I feel uneasy indoors.
• I am fascinated by fire.
• Will anyone notice if I come in late and leave early?
• What does the company consider a good absenteeism rate?
• The job description mentions weekend work. Are you serious?
• Will my office be near an ice machine?
• How many warnings do you get before you are fired.
• My legs are really hairy.
• I never get hungry.
• I had haemorrhoids from sitting at the desk all day, but I found that taking a walk after lunch really helped me.
• How do you define Sexual Harassment?
• Why do you want the job? I’m here for a paycheque. Isn’t everybody?
• Where do you see yourself in five years? How am I suppose to know? Isn’t that your job?
• I think I'm going to throw up.

Post Script: We wish to thank the Breckenridge Zone for allowing the use of, and putting a different spin on, its new product. “How to ensure you blow the Job Interview”.

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Stardate:        91114.11

Sol III Date:    05/07/2013/12:35

The missionary was hiking through the dark mysterious jungle when he heard a padding behind him and realized he was being followed by a lion.

Realizing that he could not escape he knelt down on his knees with his eyes closed, to pray. As nothing happened, he opened his eyes and there was the lion with his paws clasped, prying beside him.

Said the missionary to the lion: “Isn’t it wonderful to find someone of your faith in the middle of the jungle? It’s nice to see you praying.”

Said the lion: “Shut up, I’m trying to say Grace.”