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Thursday, July 13, 2006

Microsoft iPod

This is some funny shit. To bad it is so true.
posted by Tom at 7:13 AM

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Thursday, January 19, 2006

I think I just Broke my computer. Two posts in one day!
posted by Tom at 1:52 PM

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At Marks request I will make my first post in over a year:

Four jobs you've had in your life:

- Field Service Engineer
- Computer / Buisness Tech Sales
- Grocery Store (Little of Everything)
- Sandwich Artist

Three movies you could watch over and over:
- Office Space
- LOTR
- Star Wars Eps. 4, 5, 6

Five places you've lived:

- Texas
- Oklahoma
- Virginia
- Tennessee
- North Carolina

Four TV shows you love to watch:

- Dirty Jobs
- Mythbusters
- Modern Marvels
- NCIS

Four places you've been on vacation:

- Phoenix, AZ
- Biltmore Estates Asheville, NC
- VA Beach, VA
- New York City

Four websites you visit daily:

- Coincollector.com
- 2old2play
- Pride (company website)
- Misc Blogs

Four of your favorite foods:

- Crab Legs
- BBQ
- Steak
- Pizza

Four places you'd rather be:

- At home with the wife and dog
- Visiting friends
- Trout fishing on a river in the Jefferson Nat Forest
- In my garage catching up on some woodworking

Four magazines you read:

- Wood
- Woodworkers Journal
- Woodsmith
- Shop Notes

Cars you've owned:

- '90 Subaru Legacy
- '90 GMC Step Side Pickup
- '93 Jeep Wrangler
- '97 Dodge Ram 1500 Pickup
- '00 Jeep Cherokee

Four people to do this meme:

-The four people who might see this on my blog
posted by Tom at 6:55 AM

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Wednesday, December 08, 2004

Short H2 Observations

This game is fun no matter how bad you suck.
1 hour of play seems like 10 miutes.
A successful melee attack always feels better than a sniper shot.
Don't use the rocket launcher as a close quarters weapon when you are trying to defend the guy arming the bomb.
The flag and the bomb make for a great melee attack, adds insult to injury.
People who sing into thier headsets should have their asses kicked.
Always know what color team you are on, it saves on embarrasing betrayal problems.
Any parent who let thier 10 yr old or younger child buy this and get on XB live should be turned into the state.
The game is cool, BUT why in the hell did it take bungie this long to get the game out?
AND last but deffinately not least... Your wife or significant other will never understand why you want to play it as much as you do.

posted by Tom at 10:20 AM

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Monday, November 22, 2004

I think I can hear crickets....

posted by Tom at 7:21 AM

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Wednesday, August 04, 2004

Thank god for stupid people!

I know that I have only been on the job for 2 weeks, but I have made some observations. I truly believe that if it weren't for the stupid people in this world I would probably not have a job now. I'm not talking about the company I work for or anyone I work with, no. But, I am actually talking about the people that work with, use, and sometimes try to break into our machines. These individuals just don't realize that through their ignorance they are making me money. When you receive a call and the details given you involve a nurse kicking a machine and that machine subsequently failing, this makes me money. When a LPN doesn't understand that a touchscreen doesn't react well to a pen being jabbed into the membrane, this makes me money. When a sorry ass thief thinks that a medstation looks like an easy target to break into and finds out that they are not, this makes me money. So, far be it from me to complain about the dumbing down of society, this is what makes me money. So in our everyday life in and around the machines we work with, remember this. That bit of frustration that you take out on the inanimate machine you are standing in front of, makes somebody some money. Thank you and, keep up the good work!

posted by Tom at 7:28 PM

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Sunday, August 01, 2004

Well I'm back from my first week of training with Pyxis. It has all gone rather smoothly and I think that I will like the job quite a bit. My training is about 3 hours from home in Gaffney, South Carolina. It is a pretty small town but it is centrally located to a ton of hospitals stretching from Charlotte, NC to Asheville, NC and everywhere inbetween. The territory is pretty beutiful if you like mountain driving and a whole lot of it at that. I still have 2 more weeks to train then I'll be thrown out on my own. I should get my ID number this week and I'll start ordering the huge amount of parts that I am supposed to have so that they will beat my house when I start working. I just wanted to make this a quick post to update those of you that still stop by ocassionally. Thanks and I'll post again later.

posted by Tom at 11:40 AM

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Thursday, July 08, 2004

I DID IT!!!! I have finally moved myself out of career purgatory and in to career heaven. I have given office depot my two weeks notice and have hotel reservations to start my training in Greenville South Carolina on the 26th of July. I am now an Affiliate Field Service Technician with a company called Pyxis / Cardinal Health. Check out the site if you want to see what I'll be working on. The pay is great and I don't have to move. I hate to move. I do travel though and my territory covers from Asheville NC across Northeast TN and a portion of Southwest VA. All in all I believe its around 90 different facilities I'll service. For once in my life I don't care if I work for a company that makes a crappy product (I'm not saying its a crappy product though). The more times I have to go fix something the more money I make!!! I just wanted to update everyone since it has been a long whole since I last posted. So till I post again...(Tyler enjoy the dry heat) Seeya....

posted by Tom at 7:35 AM