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My time at the bookstore is rapidly drawing to a close, thank god!  What a shit job that was! The more I think about it, the more I think the overall bullshit nature of the job was the direct result of the store manager.  This guy is a real piece of work.  You can tell by the picture to the left what I think of the asshole! Not only do I despise the man, but the entire store hates him.  And he has absolutely no respect, so his ability to lead is non-existent. Needless to say, the store can run much better than it is right now, but ole dipshit just keeps running it into the ground. The great thing about quitting the job is that it gave me absolute power.  I was no longer afraid of losing my job or of being reprimanded.  That power then gave me insight and I saw the bullshit conditions that surrounded the store in general.  What a joke. I have been waiting for bossman to say something to me for the past week or so that I don't approve of so I can just walk out on him.  But the spinel...

UNC is in the Final Four again this year.  That's good news.  The Heels should be in the Final Four every year, pretty much.  But this is where this team really should be.  Hansbrough and company have worked hard and have kicked the shit out of a lot of really good teams to get where they are.  If they play well and play hard and play smart, then they should bring home the trophy.  My thoughts on basketball. Its only going to get in the low 50's today.  That's cold.  That's completely unacceptable.  Its spring, for Christ's sake.  It was 80 degrees two days ago.  This cold weather has no place around here anymore.  My thoughts on the weather. Met Peryn's new man last night.  I didn't actually meet him, as he and I went to boarding school together.  But I hadn't seen him in probably 15 years.  So we went out to dinner and had a nice time.  It is pretty obvious that he (Adair) and Peryn will be married, etc.  And this is a good thing because he comes from...

It never fails.  Each and every year its the same damn story. Every sports reporter outside the Triangle dumps on UNC and thinks that every single opponent the Heels face is going to destroy them.  They all act like UNC is so incredibly over-rated and that their opponent is the real deal. Washington State was going to topple the mighty Heels with their suffocating defense.  Wait, the Heels beat them 68-47. Held WSU to the lowest point total of an opponent all year.  It was the fewest points allowed by a UNC team in the tourney since 1946. Who's up next.  Well, if you listen to the assholes writing the stories, its the best team to ever walk onto the hardwood: Louisville.  A team that captured headlines all throughout the season (sike) and sat atop the polls for most of the season (again, sike).  Yes, if you get to the elite eight, you're a good, deserving team.  But, come on.  I don't think the Heels are going to lie down and cry. This year's team has now set a new sing...

CLOSE ON QUINT QUINT Yeah. The U.S.S. Indianapolis.  June 29th, 1945, three and a half minutes past midnight, two torpedoes from a Japanese submarine slammed into our side. Two or three. We was still under sealed orders after deliverin' the bomb...the Hiroshima bomb...we was goin' back across the Pacific from Tinian to Leyte. Damn near eleven hundred men went over the side. The life boats was lashed down so tight to make the bomb run we couldn't cut a single one adrift. Not one. And there was no rafts. None. That vessel sank in twelve minutes. Yes, that's all she took. We didn't see the first shark till we'd been in the water about an hour. A thirteen-footer near enough. A blue. You measure that by judgin' the dorsal to the tail. What we didn't know... of course the Captain knew...I guess some officers knew... was the bomb mission had been so secret, no distress signals was sent. What the men didn...

WALTER This was a valued rug. He elaborately clears his throat. WALTER This was, uh-- DUDE Yeah man, it really tied the room together-- WALTER This was a valued, uh. Donny, the strike-scoring bowler, enters and sits next Walter. DONNY What tied the room together, Dude? WALTER Were you listening to the story, Donny? DONNY What-- WALTER Were you listening to the Dude's story? DONNY I was bowling-- ...

So we've had really nice weather the last few days and I've attempted to read outside of my nearest coffee shop.  Trouble is, the people who shared in my idea of getting outdoors are complete idiots and their mindless blathering clogs my ears and strangles my mind and makes it impossible to concentrate on what I'm reading. Today's morons were these two college aged girls.  Now right off the bat, I new they'd be idiots because they were young girls.  And we all know that 98% of young girls have absolutely nothing worth a damn EVER run through their minds.  These creatures are the closest things to worthless that we should ever come near. Well these two brain surgeons were true to form.  I read the same paragraph about 20 times and finally gave up.  I sat quietly, trying my hardest not to hear their conversation.  But unlike the two older ladies who were quietly  talking to each other, these two stupid girls were all but screaming.  I could only shake my head in compl...

I have been collecting, or I should say saving  the wine bottles that I have had the pleasure of drinking over the years.  I've dropped a pretty penny on some of these bottles, so I figured that having them on display would at least help their memory live longer.  And I essentially dropped all that money on an empty bottle, since the wine was quickly gone, but the bottle remains. Anywho, I was looking over them last night, and I wrote down some of the bigger ones that I've had over the years.  The following list is just from California.  My French list will be coming in the not-too-distant future.   And yes, you should be very jealous.  And yes, these were some of the most amazing bottles of wine anyone could ever hope to drink.  Again, be jealous... 1974   Heitz Martha's Vineyard 1997   Maya 1997   Joseph Phelps Insignia 1997   Clark Claudon 1997   Caymus Special Selection 1997   Arajou Eisele Vineyards 1997   Dalla Valle 1991   Caymus Special Selection 1996   Harlan Estat...

She should have died hereafter: There would have been a time for such a word. To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time, And all of our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death.  Out, out brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more.  It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.

So I've got a kid on my staff that believes in a literal interpretation in the bible.  And oh all the things that I've heard lately that have completely assaulted my intelligence (and it's an election year, so there have been plenty of things), this is about the most outrageous. Question: If evolution is a myth, then every animal on the planet at the present time would have had to have been on the planet way back when.  So, how in the holy hell did Noah get all those animals on a boat?  I mean, come on!  That would have to be one hell of a big boat.  And where'd he keep all the food?  And how come the animals didn't eat each other or Noah, for that matter?  I'm sorry, but you have to be some kind of serious dimwit to believe the bible literally  happened.  It boggles my mind that people like this really walk among us.  It scares me that people like this actually walk among us.  These are some pretty STUPID people! That's why I put a picture of the raptors in...

For the second day in a row, these god damn Hillary volunteers have taken up residence at my go-to coffee shop.  The bitch is campaigning here in NC tomorrow, so these fucking idiot children are all excited about the prospect of seeing their savior walk on water. And these god damn children are barely old enough to vote.  They still have their little heads in the clouds, thinking that Clinton gives a single damn about any of them.  This is the exact class of morons that can single-handedly ruin this country.  Them and the latinos, who probably won't be voting legally anyway.  But these kids haven't been out in the real world.  They haven't worked, sweated and then had asshole liberals tax them like crazy.  They'll see.  When their savior turns around and burns every one of them, they'll know they were stupid little fuckers all along. I'm really just pissed because I'd like to go to my coffee shop in peace and read my book without hearing these stupid fucking...