So easily amused
We had everyone over for dinner last night. It was an Italian-themed meal: bruschetta, lasagna, and some sort of custard dessert. We also had plenty of Birra Morretti to go around. It was fantastic. Anyway, thanks to everyone for coming over, and a special thanks to the Cobbs for bringing Porter over to keep Homer entertained.
How sad for him, but at least he didn't go the way of the Dodo Latrell Sprewell:
Bonzi signs with Houston for 2 years, $5 mil
For those not keeping track, last month he turned down a 5-year, $36 million offer to stay with the Kings. Quite a pay cut, no?
My employer, Esurance, is having a career fair in Rocklin on October 3rd. If you're interested, contact me using the "Email" link above, and I'll get you the information.
Available positions:
Associate Product Manager #1415
Claims Representatives #1515
Claims Trainer #1628
Compliance Analyst #1552
Insurance Operations Analysts #1527
Licensing Administrator #1605
National SIU Manager #1557
Quantitative Analyst #1437
Rate Pursuit Analyst #1549
Sales Associates #1464
Sr. Claims Representatives#1601
Subrogation Claims Assistant #1563
Subrogation Collectors #1563
Unit Manager #1392
Huh.
Would any of my Indian readers care to give me a little context on this one?
Many thanks to Jeff for providing the original photo booth pics on his Flickr site. My favorite, by far, is shown below. I have no idea who this kid is, but he's cracking me up.
September 19th is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Scurvy currs everywhere, behold the Pirate Keyboard:
Regular trash pickup resumed this morning, meaning that our neighborhood should be spic-and-span by tomorrow morning. It is starting to look like a regular cesspool. Around every toter, there is a swarm of flies. Virtually no one is able to fully close the lids on their containers. It’s about damn time these “sanitation engineers” are getting back to work.
I don’t begrudge them their ability to strike and hold out for better pay, but I think they’re going to get the short end of the stick in the long run. They’re going to have to pay 20% of their medical costs starting next year, and with the way health care costs keep spiraling upward, that 20% is going to eat into their new salaries very quickly. Then again, it’s only a 5-year deal, so I’m sure they’ll be able to renegotiate then if costs are out of control.
Whatever. My trash is getting collected tomorrow, and (hopefully) the county will formulate some sort of reasonable rebate for those of us who have been without service.
Stink, stink, go away… and don’t ever come back!!!
