Random Thoughts and Urinal Etiquette!!!

Urinal Stances, A Study
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Just a couple of random thoughts this evening. First off, the World Series this year is fantastic, I am a Yankees fan, and nothing makes me happier than watching the Rays who have the 2ND lowest paid roster in Major League Baseball competing at a higher level than anyone else! Oh and seeing Boston loose but that is obvious. Second I have come to the decision that I am sick of election talk lets just get it over already, and vote it's important!!!!!! 

OK now for a little urinal etiquette, this comes from an experience at work in which I was using the bathroom at the urinal (obviously) and a person came in and with 3 open toilet stalls and 2 other urinals this lovely guy decides to stand right next to me. Now understand that when I say right next to me, I mean right next to me. There are 3 urinals on the wall to which I was facing and I was against the wall which automatically creates a buffer urinal, or so I thought!  Nope, not for this gent, he just strides right in and claims the urinal right in the middle, nods and says "Whew what a day!". Now my first thought was yeah what a day moron it is 10 am, then I thought wow all this open bathroom space and your dumb ass has to stand right next to me!!!! So I have decided that it is time that I take matters into my own hands, and set out some guide lines so that there is no confusion the next time that you walk into a bathroom. 

1. If a buffer urinal is possible do so! Look I get it, if the movie just let out there is not such thing, but for gods sake use some common sense people! 
2. You can pee in toilets in public restrooms it is not against any laws that I am aware of!
3. Pick a tile on the wall and stare at it! AKA Mind you own damn business!
4. Don't try to hold a conversation when you should be holding something else. (This isn't social hour you can talk outside after you get done!)
5. Do not try to talk on the phone and the use the urinal, unless you got insurance. Becasue the last time I checked if you drop it, it's a straight shot!!
6. It is not cool to drink and pee at the same time, matter of fact is nasty so knock that shit off!
7. Don't set you beer on top of the urinal, because if that shit falls off and gets on me there is a good chance your getting peed on!
8. If it is a troff urinal, all I have to say is hope your not shy, and start hanging out it places that have been updated this century!
9. FLUSH THE URINAL!
10. Be patient don't pee in the sink!
11. Don't pretend to know me. I am not anti social, but it is a bathroom and I don't know you that well. 
12. Before you whip around to head out of the bathroom, make sure all your seats and chairbacks are in the up right and locked postion! Check you fly moron!!!!
13. Wash your hands !! Pee splatters!!!

Dream Jobs and Set Backs

Well, well, well, so here we are again. As most of you know I have been unemployed for the past 3 months or so due to the my previous company loosing there contract with DirecTV. So as you can imagine life has been a bit stressful, the day that I found out I was loosing my job was also the day that we closed on our new house, wow the way the world works! At any rate I have been on the hunt for a new job, with no luck. Until I got an email from an attorney friend, about a job with the state, I also got a call from my wife about the same job, and another email for a mentor of mine who's wife works for the same state agency. So I jumped and got all the info and the required documents in to the agency and was called for an interview.  I went to the interview and thought that things went very well, and then the waiting began. 

On Sunday my wife, Maverick and I went to my parents house for dinner after we had finished eating, I made the comment that they should be expecting a phone call from me around 10 or 10:30 because that is when i would be getting the call about my job, my dream job!

The next morning I got up and had my coffee and at 10:22 I got the call letting me know that I had the job! Now let me make this very clear this was all a gut feeling, god, whatever you want to call it. I had no idea that I was going to get this call!

About the set backs, I went for a run last Monday and things just didn't feel right my legs were heavy and tight and I could not find my groove at all. My back was sore afterwards and I felt like crap. So I waited and thought that my back was better and today I stepped out the door, and 5 steps in my back was screaming, so I walked for a bit and did some stretching. Now my back is killing me and I am not sure how to fix it. I just hope that I can be back on the road in a couple of weeks, I haven't tried the bike yet so I am not sure, we shall see.

Building the Foundation and Suffering the Whole Way!

No this is not about the idiotic  bush white house rebuilding the finicial foundations of this country, this is about me back on the road again.  After about 2 years off I am back at it. I have goals and the suffering has begun. I have forgotten how sweet the suffering can be though, 2 years is a long time, to do nothing, except get married, buy a house, remodel the house, change jobs, loose your job, get another dog, and the list goes on. Now look no one has to tell me that you can still squeez a 30 minuet run in if you want to, but you have to want to. Today is the day I actually want to, I want to get back to 6 min miles and runner's highs, I want people to see me on days that are miserable outside and think that guy is crazy. Those are the days I miss the most, but they will be here soon enough. So as the goals grow closer and the I have bad days, I will still step out the door and run and ride like I got no brains, and i will let you know the progress along the way. Good and Bad!!!! 

And I know that this is old news by now, but if this doesn't get you excited about the 09 road racing season nothing will!!!!!