This is the end my friend the only end my friend...

Today Keyboardist and co-founder of The Doors, Ray Manzarek, died at 74 in Germany. He met a poet named Jim Morrison and together they made in a very short time some of the best music in the history of rock. I personally love the mix of music from haunting end times songs to sexy 60's free love masterpieces. Ironically what it really made me think of today when I first heard the news was PETE!!

Pete was one of the most interesting people i've ever worked with and in fairness one of the oddest. He would take his sandals (year round sandals, snow and all) off at work to not feel "restrained" while in "his process" - keep in mind he did basic data entry and not well (he was fired after 9mo). He was vocally liberal in the post 911 how dare you question W you commie bastard world that was 2002-2003 and in an office that is extremely religious conservative workforce. He was a simple man with no extravagant tastes (well that I know of, I think he might have enjoyed fine ganja, but that could be stereotyping) yet his wife was a filthy rich money is all UA/OSU socialite/business woman. And Pete would be very gushing over his love of his wife and kids, yet both times I met his wife she was a non-stop ball buster who seemed to enjoy telling Pete every wrong thing he was doing. Granted he usually was doing something wrong or annoying, but still... Also, the Salmon!! The Salmon!! I honestly think he got fired more over the Salmon then over his bad work, but everyday - EVERYDAY - he would microwave Salmon and stink up a pretty small office building, every inch of it!! All for his beloved Salmon on Rye bread with Mustard! Anyone hungry now?

But Pete and I had a bond over music, I would say stuff I didn't belief politically just to get him riled up and then I'd laugh and say what you listening to today and i'd laugh again. He was always listening to The Doors - Always! He'd say, I used to listen to it all - "I did the follow the Dead thing for a summer" and "I party'd with Joe Walsh once and he was a lite weight". Any man with that opinion must have lived a heck of an interesting life...

I only wish he was a better employee that enjoyed a less offensive lunch and maybe i'd have more interesting stories... RIP Mr. Manazrek, you made great music that will last forever and today you made me think of a guy that was truly interesting.

If my son asks me what kind of people to be around, i'll say good people of course, but i'll also say search for those that can tell a story and are interesting. Fascinating people with great stories are what really make the world go round and i've never gained more than when i've taken the time to sit and listen to someone's story and got to know them. The biography of a person's life from their own mouth is something great to hear.

Make the code 12345...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2013/05/04/nra-speaker-gun-safes-kids-bedrooms-home-defense_n_3216157.html

... so if your panicked during the break in you won't forget the code - duh!!

National
Retard
Assholiation

If you ask me the biggest mistake in my life...so far...

It would say - Voted for Bush a Second time - I feel no shame for 2000, how was anyone to know where it would go? But as this week is the 10 yr anniversary of the Shock and Awe war it's hard to believe that it took me so long to realize that my social beliefs are more important to me than my fiscal beliefs. Or maybe more accurately that there are few to no politicians truly fighting for fiscal conservatism (most republicans just pay lip service to it) and the few that seem truly fiscally willing to take the flag of financially responsible government leadership are fucking religious psychopaths on the level of Sharia law (Islamic laws where you know you can have your wife stoned to death if she I don't know sneezes funny?) only under the name of Jesus. You know the parts of the bible where it says love thy neighbor unless they do X,Y,Z and then in that case put them in a death camp and keep them from infecting the "Sanctity of Marriage"  and yes sanctity does mean a 54% divorce rate. Oh and never under any circumstance (even violent gang rape) terminate a pregnancy, because fiscal responsibility is more unwanted children on the government dole (dole is British for welfare). Gun laws? Ha, we don't need those, everyone knows that all the gun loving adults of America are stable and mature enough to teach their children to be responsible and safe with guns and then to make sure and lock away those guns so the child doesn't have access to them, duh! That's why Columbine was our last school shooting tragedy? Climate change debate is probably some where in the middle of what both sides try and make you believe (i'm far from an expert), but why is it such a bad thing to try and make companies that make tens of billions of dollars of PROFIT every QUARTER (3 months) do a little more to make those profits safely? Anyway, I guess all i'm saying is when people (alot of people) I know keep asking me if I've watched the 2016 movie about that "African Muslim communist" in the white house, I wish they would remember the 8 year reign of destruction the was the Bush administration and that we survived it, we survived Carter for Christ sake - it's our best trait as Americans - we survive, hopefully!! I hope I can teach my son to listen to what people say, think about it and then form his own opinion, because what is hurting this world more than anything else is sheep - lots of bahhhhd bahhhhd sheep. Ok, I gotta get back to helping the rich fight off starvation and poverty that is higher taxes, we have a client considering only getting a used Lexus for his 16 year old - Fucking Obama!!

If you want to read a couple of letters from someone with real knowledge of the affects of the Iraq war...

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_crucifixion_of_tomas_young_20130310/

http://www.truthdig.com/dig/item/the_last_letter_20130318/?ln

My boys working on his speed Urban!!

http://youtu.be/sVPXdE4RZtw

A little customer service lesson

Sunday night driving home in my wife's car it began to overheat about 10 mins from home, I cranked the heat to keep it from redlining and the next night took it to get looked at and see what was wrong. It was also due for a oil change and I knew the brakes needed replaced so I expected to get a call saying you know you blah blah blah... But the call I got is a lesson in how not to start a conversation.

"Hi is this David?"

"Yes"

"Your wife's car needs a new engine"

"Excuse me?!"

"Yeah it needs a new lower engine block, it's cracked and you need a new engine"

"Um (silence as a clutch my chest)... Um um"

"It's covered under recall warranty, it's a known issue with Gen 8 civics and won't cost you anything, now you do need brakes..."

I won't go on with rest of conversation about brakes et al, but...


MAYBE FUCKING LEAD WITH IT'S COVERED UNDER RECALL WARRANTY DICKHEAD!! FUCKING A MAN!! YOU ABOUT ORPHANED MY KID AND WIDOWED MY WIFE!! 

ok, that's all, oh if you know anyone with a 2006-2009 civic, tell them if it overheats to go to dealership because it could be very serious, but covered!

Yes!! Yes!! Yea!!

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/mike-mccready-new-pearl-jam-album-this-year-for-sure-20130222