Interesting Experience in Chicago Already

Well my wife and I got to Chicago yesterday and what a way to arrive.  We were driving along I-55 when we got caught in this torrential rain.  Now normally rain hitting your windshield at 60 mph makes things pretty tough to see but we were sitting still and I could hardly see.  My wife comments on the trees to my daughter noticing that they are bending drastically.  Then it hit me that I am not in New Jersey anymore and I should be more alert.  The rain slacks up real quick just in time for us to see a tornado forming and making its way to the ground.  It kept forming up to a point and then would kinda lose its form then it would point down again.  We could see the clouds swirling but luckily it never touched down.  My wife had just called her parents and asked if they had any alerts and they said no.  Right when we saw it they called back telling us the sirens were going off.  Well I can honestly say you don't see than everyday and would be okay if I never saw it again.

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Chicago LAN and Back to Work

I do not remember a time I have been this stressed about going to work for another company. I have been unemployed for three years (with the exception of a couple of self employed gigs). The day after the Chicago LAN I start back to work with a great company that has been around for a very long time. My title is Floating General Manager and will be working for an international auto auction. I will be traveling and be away all week and then come home on the weekends. Now I have to go and buy a bunch of clothes. I used to wear suits to work all the time so I do not have alot of business casual stuff. Plus, how do you balance dressing for business but also outside working around greasy cars? I budgeted all year to go to the LAN and now have all of these expenses to get back to work. Top it off that all of my hotels and meals have to come out of my pocket in the beginning to get the reimbursement flowing. Hotels for a week at a time is expensive. I would not be near as stressed out if it were not for the LAN but after last year I am a lifer and will do anything to keep from missing any of them. Do not get me wrong, I am so excited to go back to work in a management capacity and complaining is the last thing you will hear from me.

 

I am so ready for the Chicago LAN. It will be really great seeing everybody again. I think some lessons were learned from the last one that will make this one even better. Gaming for me will be minor. Hanging out with everybody is where the fun is (and trying to get singled out in one of Dantez's videos). I gamed too much early on last year and didn't figure it out until too late thus missing out on some things. Many of the friends I made last year are some of my best friends now. Therefore I am very excited to see what comes out of this one (or doesn't, shouldn't, can't). It is dissappointing that more people are not coming. I guess most of you forgot about all the LAN blogs and threads that made you sick with envy last year. Well buckle up because it will happen again.

 

So I am going early to Chicago this Saturday to make sure I am good and rested since I will be sleep deprived next weekend and then start my new job first thing Monday. I must be a sadist (not really so no little gifts from Gaius please). See you there.

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Origin of "Drawing a Blank"

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Blogging Blank

I am sitting here thinking "hey dufus, you have not written a blog in ages".  The reason I haven't is that I am drawing a blank here.  But then how do you actually draw a blank?  I mean, I do not have a pencil in my hand trying to draw something on my computer screen (I learned a while ago that it doesn't work by the way).  I am not using AutoCAD either.  I tried MS Paint but could not figure out how to draw a blank to save my life.  I even tried the little paint bucket.  Is it just as simple as this,________?  Is that really considered a blank?  If you know then fill it in.  Then maybe I will actually have something to blog about and I can quit trying to figure out this blank thing.

 

Remember, if you ain't at the Chicago LAN then you ain't really 2OLD2PLAY!!!!  (that should get em there)

 

Please refer to my previous blog titled "Comments to Blogs".  I will do my best.

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Always check your toothpaste

I was awakened this morning to a disturbing yelp and ruckus. My wife is running around like crazy and is putting dial soap in her mouth. She is rinsing and spitting, rinsing, and spitting (don't go there Castle). It turns our that she went to brush her teeth this morning and grabbed the tube of toothpaste. The problem is that is was a tube of A&D diaper ointment and yes, she did get started brushing her teeth. Absolutely hilarious. So after a half a bar of dial and a call to poison control she is ok. Crisis over.

The real funny thing is that I almost did the same thing yesterday. I guess I should have moved the tube after that.

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