Son of a Preacher Man

This man has honestly been one of the most influential people in how I developed my world view. Hopefully after this story he'll impact many more in the same way.

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*So about a month and a half ago I got a call from my district manager telling me that I had to start training my AM who had worked at GC for three months to be the next store manager of the Sioux Falls, SD location. So everything I learned in two years (which isn't everything) I had to teach to my guy in one month....

Gosh, it feels good to be back. Real freakin' good. By now you all probably know what was at one time the worst kept secret west of the Mississippi that Jessie and I are moving back home so I can open the Maple Grove, MN store. Basically I'm going from the smallest store in the chain to one of the highest profile stores opening this year. I'm not saying that to brag I'm saying it because...

Fuck. The last two days I've been helping out at the Twin Cities store which is about the same size store as mine. Granted, I'm not doing a ton there, just helping out with the dirty work, but I completely forgot what it feels like to be in a store that big. Its run. run. run. I ran Sioux Falls like a mom and pop shop. Laid back, loose and very...well, very not GC. That's what the situation called for. Now I need to flip it. 180. Then spin it around again. I'm not nervous in the least about doing it. Its just a matter of...doing it....

And the drive sucks again.

*Recently Kari posted that they switched over to Firefox from Safari and magically everything worked again. We did it too.

Agreed.

*Ingrid Michaelson

*And for those of you who read Jessie's blog the answer to that question you so desperatly wanted her to answer is Sawyer from Lost. Its no real secret on that one.

Hi Tech!

I'm posting this from my new Treo 700p that my lovely wife bought me for my birthday. My cellphone is way more complex than I'll ever be.

I Don't Blame You

*Its been a while, I know, and you've probably stopped checking this on a regular basis. Its up to me I guess to keep you interested, and boy, has it been interesting.

*I went to California for a managers meeting. That was nice, although I didn't get to see you, Bradley. It was beautiful there. I feel like such a business man when I tell people that I go out to California three times a year for my work. However, when that work is Guitar Center and the evening consist of getting drunk and bitching about the Operations Department that whole business thing goes out the window.

*While out there my old manager, Sean Holmes, informed me that he stumbled across this website while searching for himself on Google. He said he almost called me because he thought that I was on the brink of suicide when I first moved out here because my posts were so depressing. Well, Sean, since you stumbled across this site again while vainly searching for your name on Google, the joke's on you. I don't know how the joke's on you, but it is. You'll see....

*I voted. Mainly so I could say NO to the abortion ban in South Dakota and so that when I complain about the government and people say "Well, did you vote?" I can say, "I sure did," and then give them a box on JuJu fruits, force them to eat the whole thing in one bite and watch them choke to death. Somehow voting is the only way I can get a right to complain, but I'm sure that even if I didn't vote and carried out Operation JuJu fruit they wouldn't test me again...

*Lots of visitors came out to Sioux Falls. Drew and Leuer were here. We drank a lot and watched Death Metal Zombies starring Shengar Banta. You should go on Ebay and buy it. It's a classic. Then my mom and dad came. Dad and I watched football and complained about the pathetic Vikings offense for about two hours while Jessie and mom shopped. Just about perfect. Now we get to see Kari, Erik, Corinne, Ryan??, Finn and hopefully Lego. I don't know who Hank and Wally should be more scared of- Finn or Lego....

*Speaking of Hank- he went to the hospital again with a seroma about two weeks ago. A seroma is blood and fluid that forms in torn scar tissue and makes a huge lump. Not dangerous, but that's not the point. The point is that if Hank wants to keep getting sick like this and going to the hospital he needs to get a frickin' job. I can't support that hobby.

*This website layout still sucks. When I have time (most likely in June) I'll change it.

*For your benefit you want to check this site regularly because I have big news coming up...all the time. Don't forget about me and I will update more than twice a month.

Did I do This Right?

Since everyone is doing this damn poll, I figured it was my turn. Even though Bradley doesn't think I'm smart enough to join in the posing....

1. One book that changed your life – When the Minnesota Twins won the World Series in 1991

2. One book that you've read more than once – I seriously watch Dog the Bounty Hunter all the time

3. One book you'd want on a desert island - Lost is the obvious answer here. The less obvious answer is Charles in Charge. I never really got into that one, but I'm sure if Scott Baio was my babysitter he would give me beer and let me smoke in the house.

4. One book that made you laugh out loud – News Radio. Great show.

5. One book that made you cry – Andy Richter should have never left Conan. Damn it...Andy....

6. One book that you wish had been written – I really wish that when The Mighty Ducks was filming in Minneapolis I could have been an extra. A lot of people I know were.

7. One book you wish had never been written - The 98 Vikes. Hands down.

8. One book you're currently reading– See the below post about my TiVo schedule.

9. One book you've been meaning to read – 24. Still haven't seen it, but I know I have to. Its inevitable.

B For Effort

Ok, so here's my first draft of my new layout. Expect it to continue to change, as this is my first CSS effort and first designing effort period. Not bad, but there are issues. I know. Feel free to rub them in my face below. However, I'm tired, Jessie needs Marty time just as Marty needs Jessie time, and I need to feel like I accomplished something tonight.

In this sentence I am thanking Kari for all the help!

Love and Some Verses

You know those moments when you're listening to an album and all of the sudden you just close your eyes and are taken away?  
It took me....

>Deep Breath<

Life has slowed, dust has settled and there is once again an semblance of normalcy. Gosh, I have so much to catch you folks up on. Seriously this time. Let's start with a couple lists:

My Fantasy Football Team

QB- Matt Hasselback
QB- Phillip Rivers
RB- Steven Jackson
RB- Willis McGehee
RB- Thomas Jones
RB- Steven Davis
RB- Duce Staley
WR- T.O.
WR- Mushin Muhammed
WR- Nate Burleson
WR- Braylon Edwards
WR- Eric Moulds
TE- Heath Miller
TE- Joe Klopfenstein
DEF- Bears

Overall, not my best draft. Starters are OK and certainly dominated Mr. Daniel Bubna last week, but we'll see how this one pans out. I've won the whole thing with worse.

Our TiVO schedule

- Lost
- The Office
- My Name Is Earl
- Law and Order
- Law and Order: SVU
- Law and Order: CI
- CSI
- CSI: Miami
- CSI: NY
- Grey's Anatomy
- Desperate Housewives
- Oprah (This season is looking to be the most exciting in years)
- The Chelsea Handler Show
- Vikings Football
- Laguna Beach

That's all I can think of. The sad thing is that this is pretty much the same schedule as last year with the addition of Lost, which we finally caught up on. I think CSI for sure has to go, but what can I add. I don't have the intestinal fortitude to be able to take on 24, so please don't suggest that. Otherwise I'm open to your thoughts. Especially you, Corinne and Erik, seeing as you're the TV experts and us siblings have the same taste for the most part.

Taking Suggestions

I also need suggestions for a new cell phone ringer. My previous ringer was Rockin' the Suberbs by Ben Folds, but my crew at work thought it was too wussy. So I changed it to Mystical's Dangerous. I feel as if this ringer is simply too hardcore. Your input is appreciated.

Tough Guy

In case you didn't see this on Jessie's blog here's Hank. He says he had a abscess on his skull caused by some bug, so they put a tube in his head to drain the puss and ooze. What I think happened is he just got a botched piercing and is afraid to tell us.

And the Obligitory Work Update

Like I said to start this post off, it has slowed down quite a bit. There are actually moments here and there when I'm not at work. I think these moments are oddly enough actually referred to as "Not Working." This "Not Working" thing is really foreign to me, but there are times when it actually feels as if I'm enjoying it. Please let me know if this is normal. The main cause of this phenomenon is the fact that I got myself and Assistant Manager. Boyd is the brother of the guitar player from Johnnyrook. I hired him as a personal favor to Zac and promoted him because he's my friend....Actually that's not true at all. I don't know why you thought it would be.

However, there are still people outwriting my entire store from the Minneapolis location. Consistently.

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So geez, what a whirlwind. Last night we killed it here in Sioux Falls and made this town proud. I've never seen a store as busy as I saw it last night and today we were the number three store in the whole district. Now that's saying something.

The most important thing though was that today I was alone in the store making all the calls. It was the most fun I've ever had at work in my entire life.

Where Jesus Wept

I'm forcing myself to blog right now.  Not that I don't want to, but as many of you know, after so much has gone on in your life you don't know where to start.  In reality, however, when I think about it I don't have a lot to say that you would truly care about.

This move has been stressful.  All the reasons I've bitched about before are suddenly upon me.  I mean, the store is doing great.  I'm fine on that front- the guys love me, I'm on schedule, I'm bringing this town to its knees- but the move....

We just found a place to rent.  I was driving around SuFu (for some reason Sioux Falls kids call this town SuFu) with my new buddy Josh and said "Hey, wanna see the place we're gonna live in?"  He obliged.  We drove around and all I could remember the house was on the corner and had some sweet gardens.  After slowing down in front of five houses and saying "There it is...wait no...it must be further down" we came to a house that i drove by because the gardens looked way too extravagent to be ours.  Well, after closer inspection this house with the immaculate gardens was ours.  Its amazing.  And the landloard does all the yardwork.  We win.

But we have to rent our house now.  I don't even want to talk about it (unless you want to live there).

Seriously, I'm trying to think of more things that you would care about.  I can't.  Most likely because I don't want to get into it.  That's just the way I am.

For those of you who haven't planned the fall trip out here to SoDak you better get on the bus.  We have spare rooms to spare.

Honestly, we miss you.  Thanks for the support through this whole thing.

It Just Keeps Striking Me.

I know I'm not saying much in these posts, and I'm sorry about that.  Today I was looking at my actualy profile on myspace and saw that my location said that i live in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.  I live in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.  I live in Sioux Falls?????

I live in Sioux Falls.

Amazing.

Thus Far Its Been a Whirlwind

*So all I can say is holy crap.  Calling 20 people a day, interviewing ten and trying to manage everything else involved with this move has been crazy.  Its been hard at times, its been fun at times, but most of all its been stretching at all times and I love it.  Please give me a call when you read this.  I am a tad lonely out here and would love to hear a familer voice.  If I don't pick up I'll call back.  Promise.

Still The Hammer Holds

So its here.  The moment I've been waiting for/dreading for the last year of my life.  The moment that all the hard work I've put into Guitar Center finally pays off.  The moment that I am finally able to start walking down that fork in the road towards a new future.  

I'm off to Sioux Falls, South Dakota to be the General Manager of that location.

Its not that I have doubts about going there.  Its not that I am scared of whether or not I'll succeed.  Its not that I don't have confidence that its that best thing to ever happen to us...

But holy shit.  I'm moving.  I've lived in Minneapolis my whole life.  I love this town.  I love this state.  I love my family (both of them!).  I love my friends (that now I wish I had made a greater effort to see them more often) I love GC339 and all those bastards who work there (and even some of those jerks at 392).  I love my house (dear God, please sell and fast).  I love it here.

But

I'm gonna slaughter that city and make all those emo/hardcore kids that live there realize that its time to grow up and become real musicians.  They won't even know what hit them.

Bebo Norman puts it best.

And maybe I am a little scared....

Hide and Seek

It's been such a long week of my life.  I literally feel like GC has taken over and consumed every aspect of my life.  The saddest thing is that I'm not really complaining.  The fact that my own store is looming so brightly over me is making work worth it inside.  However, on the same hand it has pulled me away from things that I know are more important to me.  When I was at the manager's workshop in Cali I asked one of the vice president's of the company what the hardest part of being in management is.  He said without it's the delicate art of managing work and home life.  Not that it can't be done, as a matter of fact, that's the mark of both a good manager and a good husband/father.  Its about finding that balance and boy, am I still searching.  Working six days a week, 10 hrs a day and some nights until 11PM makes it hard.  I will figure this one out though.

Sorry 'bout that one.  I shouldn't post while listening to Imogen Heap.

Jets to L.A.

*So later today I will be setting my feet down on the not- so- fertile soil of of Los Angeles and, true to form before any big trip I take, I couldn't sleep last night.  Think I'm nervous??  I suppose that it was around 4:00 AM when I finally got to sleep, so I'm praying to God that I don't have some stupid kid sitting behind me on the plane kicking my seat the whole way.  If this is the case I will turn around and go Arnold Schwartzanaager on his ass a la Kindergarten Cop.
 
*On a semi-related note I finally got to bed by watching my TiVO'ed Holland World Cup soccer match.  I'm not a huge soccer guy, but when I was down in Haiti I got really into this plucky Dutch team in the European Championships.  I guess I need someone to root for, so I figure I'll root for the underdog.  What's that you say?  Holland isn't an underdog.  Well, I'd like to see you try and play soccer in those damn wooden shoes.  Good luck, buddy.

*What can I really say about Sean Holmes, new store manager of the mighty 339?  From the moment he came you could tell that he is a high quality manager and from what I can see all its going to mean is that the store actually works.

*Does someone wanna do me a favor and turn the switch off in my head that makes me constantly think of work.  Please?  I mean, you guys gotta be pretty annoyed and uninterested.

*And finally, I'll miss you, babe.  Take good care of my two guys and hopefully when I get back Hank isn't scared to go outside anymore and you tell Wally to call me if his brother is picking on him too much.  Good luck with your first week of summer school and you show those kids who's boss.  Fail one of those little bastards for me.  Bye, hun!  Mooah!

Mow 'Em Down

*I just mowed the lawn.  I'm hot and tired.  Very hot and tired.

*So not only is GC 339 getting a new store manager, but we're getting a new district manager too.  The two people that I had manipulated into making them think I'm a good guy are both gone so now its back to square one.

Actually, I'm really excited to meet both of them.  Our store has been perpetually down and seeing as 339 is the biggest store in the district they ain't gonna bring some joker in to manage us.  He's gonna be a rock star and maybe, just maybe, I'll get a bonus.  Or heck, write the numbers I should be writing.  I'll keep you posted on a semi weekly basis.

*California in t- minus 7 days.  This guy who's been hiring and firing all around the district is gonna be there.  Kinda nerve- racking.  Oh, and Brad, my rules and reg sheet says that I am not supposed to visit "my family or old school friend while out on this trip."  Sorry, friend.

*Well, Jessie's home.  I'm gonna take off and be a good husband.

And Now I'm That Guy

I hate being the one to cause turmoil.

It's that simple and yes, that cryptic.

Its funny how crappy situations can teach you so much. 

When I was a teenager I took those personality tests and found I was a raging phlegmatic.  I don't want to be the guy to stir things up. You see, I just want to be the amicable one.  Nothing turns my stomach more than when I'm that guy, and now all of the sudden...I'm him. 

Dear Jesus, switch it off.  Just please, switch it off. For some reason I can't make this one right inside.

I promise I didn't mean to.

Sure beats work

*Even though we didn't catch anything, sitting on a lake in northern Minnesota sure beats working any day....I caught nothing, well, next to nothing as my four pound bass was exciting.  But still...it was relaxing.  Especially when Hank almost drowned when he swam half way across the lake and wouldn't come back.  Or when I lost my glasses in the mucky water and had to go in 50 degree for about ten minutes while i fished around with my feet for them.  Actually now that I think of it- those parts weren't all that relaxing, but they still beat work.

*I'm on a downloading kick now that we have internet.  I tunes now has 1,498 songs, 4.2 days of listening time and 6.6 gigs.  It was about half of that before.  But have no fear- my I-pod can hold 20 gigs.  We have a ways to go.

*So a lot of changes are going on at work.  I found out yesterday that its official my manager is leaving our store.  So probably starting June 1st there's gonna be big changes.  I don't know what to think.  I guess I'm more nervous than anything that this new manager is going to be all gung-ho and go nuts with trying to save the mighty 339.  Fire 15 people his first day and murder the door staff.  It certainly is a position that could attract a guy like that.  I guess we'll see.  I'm safe though.  They already bought my plane tickets to L.A.  Suckers.

Haha!

I'm going fishing up north.  See ya Monday.  Don't you dare try calling as I won't have reception/the want to talk to you....

How Do You Drown a Blonde?

Everytime I visit this I eventually break into tears from laughing. Oh, and for those of you keeping score- I am alone with nobody to do my typical 'fake laugh at your incredibly un-funny joke.' No, my friends, this is high comedy....

Here ya go.....

Widget (and not the world watcher)

I forgot that I need for you to know that I writing this blog from my new Blogger widget on the dashboard of my Mac.  I'm becoming such an Apple geek.  I love it.

Oh, and if you have a blog that doesn't have an rss feed then I'm going to need you to go ahead and get that done, so I can moniter your blog from my RSS scrolling widget....

Like River Phoenix From the Ashes....

Well, my friends, the time has finally arrived. I will no longer have an excuse to not blog, at least a computer excuse that is. I sold the keyboard just so I could be more connected with the likes of you turds. Please welcome a new Mac Mini to the Rowles household. Pretty exciting if you ask me. For you spec geeks: 1.5GHZ single core processor with the Intel chip set, 1 gig of ram on the motherboard upgradable to 2 gigs, 60 gig hard drive and the ever famous Superdrive DVDRW. $700. Brand new.

Its been a busy couple of months. I didn't say exciting, just busy. Work has kept me very occupied and at times wanting to pursue a career in shoveling manure out of a burning vat of acid, but I'm plugging away and hopefully in at year, if things go as planned I will chugging beers with fellow store managers at the manager retreat. GC is sending me off to LA for a manager in training workshop for a couple of days in mid-June (Bradley, I truly hope my schedule allows us a romantic evening together). Other than that for the most part I'm just stressed out of my mind. All I can think about is work and my numbers. I can't tell if I want my own store for the pay or just to get the heck out of commissioned sales. It kills me. However, a light does exist at the end of the tunnel, or should I say weekend. Jessie and I are headed up to the cabin to finally relax and get some much needed walleye in our lives. As King David and Jeff Buckley once said, "Hallelujah."

And hallelujah is right.

Now admit it...you miss me....

Soon, my friends, we will see a new era of Marty and Jessie on the interwebthingy. Maybe. We just need to get the super fast internet and then life could be better for you. I wish I could say more, but I'm in Chicago and we're about to go to Magnificent Mile and Jessie will be in shopper's paradise. Maybe I'll buy Nomar jersey at half price. Welp, check back eventually...maybe I'll be better....

Making One Bread

Sonnet XLVIII

Two happy lovers make one bread,
a single moon drop in the grass.
Walking, they cast two shadows that flow together;
waking, they leave one sun empty in their bed.

Of all the possible truths, they chose the day;
they held it, not with ropes but with an aroma.
They did not shred the peace; they did not shatter words;
their happiness is a transparent tower.

The air and wine accompany the lovers.
The night delights them with its joyous petals.
They have a right to all the carnations.

Two happy lovers, without an ending, with no death,
they are born, they die, many times while they live:
they have the eternal life of the Natural.

— Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets (Cien sonetos de amor)

I love you, honey. Happy anniversery.

Finally

*No more broken delete key, no more moniter that is coming unhinged from the keyboard, no more getting a billion popups, no more having to deal with fifteen error messages saying that IE doesn't work, no more bumping the computer the wrong way brings it to a deadly hault, no more Windows 98....

*More producing music on my computer, more listening to music on my computer, more producing and listening to said music through this, you may see it as a disadvantage having 56k (and really I'm just trying my best to cope with it) but I see it as an advantage because now while the page is loading I just spin in my chair and play this, my chair is actually a computer chair, i guess to simply sum it up I don't want to vomit all over myself whenever I log onto the internet. Yeah, I got a new computer, reformatted my old hard drive and my life is no longer in shambles. Thanks Drew.

*I've never done one of these. I think they're stupid.

36 things you might not know about me...

1. what color is your underwear right now? Its obvious some horny high school kid wrote this to his crush pretending it was a chain quiz, but simply just wanted to know what color her underwear is. Well sonny, the jokes on you because I don't wear underwear.
2. What are you listening to right now? Amos Lee
3. What are the last 2 digits in your phone number? 84 (God, I miss you Randy...cash money, homey...cash money....)
4. What was the last thing you ate? Probably Cooler Ranch Doritos
5. If you were a crayon what color would you be? As Jessie would say, "This question's gay."
6. How is the weather right now? It's my day off, I don't go outside.
7. Last person you talked to on the phone? Drew
8. Whats the first thing you notice about the opposite sex? 'She's not as hot as Jessie'
9. Favorite Food? Tacos
10. Do you drink? Only when I'm alone
11. Do you smoke? Absolutely
12. Ever get so drunk you dont remember? Once again this is the horny teenager trying to get some dirt on her....
13. Hair color? Brown
14. Eye color? Brown
15. Favorite TV Show? Laguna Beach...I need my fix....
16. Favorite Month? May
17. Have you ever cried for no reason? I have some emo in me.
18. Last Movie you Watched? Left Side! Strong Side! Left Side! Strong Side! Ahhhh!!
19. Favorite Day of the Year? This Sunday
20. Are you too shy to ask someone out? Poor kid....
21. Hugs or Kisses? Either one as long as they don't have almonds
22. Chocolate or Vanilla? Nothing clever comes to mind....
23. What books are you reading? Z's been letting me borrow Term Limits by Vince Flynn. That was about a month ago....
24. Piercings/Tattoos? I had my eyebrow pierced on a trip to Texas. Two months later I realized I wasn't "alternative" enough to have it. And Jessie's dad nearly castrated me.
25. Favorite movie? Left Side! Strong Side! Left Side! Strong Side! Ahhh!....Actually I don't know if that really is, I just wanted to be clever.
26. Any pets? Hank and Wally.
27. AIM? debussy100.
28. Butter, Plain or Salted popcorn? That's none of your business and as a matter of fact a pretty rude question.
29. dogs or cats? Hank and Wally
30. Favorite Flower? Lady Slipper...and you thought I'd be sarcastic on this one....
31. Have you ever fired a gun? Yes. At camp as a kid.
32. Do you like to travel by plane as opposed to car? 33. Right handed or left handed? You sick bastard.
34. How many pillows do you sleep with? 2
35. Who are you missing right now? 1. Jessie 2. Drew. I don't work with either of them.
36. Who famous do you think is gorgeous/handsome? I'm not going to answer a question with such awkward grammer. For those of you keeping track that is the second post I have mentioned Amos Lee and Holly Williams in the same post. I refuse to branch out. Oh, and yes, Drew did get three mentions in this blog. I owed him big, besides I know he'll comment.

*Thanks. I now feel much worse then when I started this post. That took way to much of my life away.

I'll Tell You My Dirty Little Secret

*Soooo...I leave for Madison on Thursday. Soooo...I have to wake up at four in the morning to get me and my co workers there. They have me working in accessories at the big G.O. out there. I frickin' hate accessories. Its the remidial class in the school of Guitar Center. Crap. By the way for those not 'hip' to the GC language G.O. is grand opening. While out there I'm going to free to T.O. myself into dialing the GP and GS and by GPQC'ing everyone in the store and adding a PG to every qualifying ticket. Get me the hell away from that place. Someone? Anyone? Its creeping into my pores. The other night I was up late and caught myself wondering what I should change my approval password to. I dream about the frickin' place non stop, my venacular resembles that of an arrogant rockstar, and for God's sake (and worst of all) the other day I was sitting at home bored off my rocker and the thought entered my mind 'maybe I should just go into work.' Then I decided I had better things to do like NHL 2K6...or slowly tearing my fingernails off on by one....The saddest thing is I complain, but in my heart of hearts I know I love my job. And that is my sad existence.

*Shouldn't I have more to blog about than this? I mean, its been so long....I guess not...Here's the latest quiz. Just a precursor to this one- the moment I saw this quiz I knew from the get go who I was going to be. I mean, if it isn't obvious to you that I'm Tyra you just simply don't know me well enough. As a matter of fact the whole time I was thinking "Don't be Tyra, don't be Tyra, don't be Tyra!" After all, this outcome to me is predictable and boring and we all know that variety is the spice of both your life and mine....

Take the quiz:
Which Victoria's Secret Angel are you?

Tyra Banks
You are easygoing, sweet, and care for others!


*And while we're on the topic of sercrets....

Things I Shouldn't Watch

*A couple nights ago Jess and I were talking about our finances and I had mentioned some thing I saw on Oprah that was a pretty good idea. She gave me a funny look and I knew immedietly that I had let the cat out of the bag. But let me explain...so with Tivo we have a season pass for Oprah and sometimes I might see what the topic is. Afterall, sometimes she has KG or Lebron or some topic that maybe can relate to me. As many of you know I'm a talk radio junkie and the way I see it Oprah can be like talk radio only on TV....I'm sorry I'm only trying to justify it. I know that's not possible. I know its also not possible to justify how I stayed up until 1 AM riveted to my TV watching Project Runway on Bravo...As Jessie slept next to me...and I was the one who chose the programming. Now you know- this is what marriage does to you.

*I'm getting my computer fixed starting Friday. I hope. Go Drew, go.

*I now work on Sundays. I always promised myself that I would never work Sundays, but Z (my boss) sees it as some kind of trial by fire to see how well me and my co-manager do with no adult supervision....Sucker.

1 Month, 1 Day and What Happened In Between

*It actually is your fault for having so much faith in me. I know in your mind you thought, "Oh, Marty is busy, but that doesn't mean he'll completely neglect his blog." As a matter of fact, that is precicely what it meant. After all, why would I want to talk to you guys after working all day? I mean, you all are kind of rude....

*Anyways this is what happened in my sabbatical...ready???...I worked. Too hard.

*Doesn't it feel good to be caught up?