Random Office Space

From the ladies at the News Sentinel.
It's another Random This Episode.



These ladies are brilliant.

sad story

A real sad story from Wedneday's El Paso Times. A man was charged with intoxicated manslaughter after speeding down Alameda near Fox Plaza, braking, then rolling over. His 4 year old son was ejected and died at the scene.

As a co-worker put it: No punishment will compare that what he will have to carry for the rest of his life.

My Desk

I'm working on it.

Frank's Desk
Originally uploaded by After Hours / Unfinished Business Photos.

Morris' Desk

I want scenery like this.

Morris' Desk
Originally uploaded by After Hours / Unfinished Business Photos.

Tony's Desk

Tony's Desk
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Jesse's Desk

Jesse's Desk
Originally uploaded by After Hours / Unfinished Business Photos.

So this is what an insurance salesman's desk looks like.

Ferny's Desk

Ferny's Desk
Originally uploaded by After Hours / Unfinished Business Photos.

Ferny sent me this out of the blue. It started a new picture message blitz as you will see.

Going Home

Going Home
Originally uploaded by After Hours / Unfinished Business Photos.

Rocky vs. The Border Fence

Never expected this from Stallone.

Quote: "I support Mexicans who work in my country"

A good read.

Do You Feel Like We Do?

Do you ever hear that song that makes you want to learn guitar?

Try Peter Frampton's Do You Feel Like We Do?
Or even listen to Local H's live cover.

Even thought it's a mere 9 minutes compared to Frampton's 14 1/2 minute glorious ascent into rock-nirvana, you can't blame them, the Frampton machine can never be replicated, only shared.

Snow Day

It snowed on Jan. 2. It was nice while it lasted.

Grindhouse Trailer

Sabbatical over

I've been on vacation (off-an on) for the last 2 weeks but that's all over with now. In almost 12 hours my mid-December hiatus will end.

Things I learned while I was on vacation:

1. Paper plates and plastic cups are a must while on vacation. I believe it will become a permant anchor for future vacations. One disadvantage: There is certainly more trash to throw away.

2. Eat in. It can become way too expensive to eat out everyday. Exception: San Francisco Oven.

3. Send greeting cards. People loved them I found out. I loved mine. I suggest you humor yourself my making your signature as difficult to read as possible. For some reason, in my pack of 32 there were a few with a picture of Santa holding the American Flag. The message read something about patriotism. I thought Santa was the biggest illegal alien there was.

And just what did I do: i watched a lot of tv. Probably the most television I've watched in a while. I grew fond of movies like Jingle All The Way, Home Alone 2 and of course I could not miss 24 Hours of A Christmas Story. I caught about 4 hours of it.

I'm actually excited to be back. I'm hoping to be involved in some creative projects soon and will take a few months to learn some different ways to improve the website. Once a get a nice basic grasp of HTML, I'm hoping to learn a little bit of Flash, and finally get that PhotoShop thing down (complete with personal home installation).

Looks like there are some things to keep an eye out for.

Edwards looks to announce his presidential bid. But what about Obama?

Saddam to be executed soon. He called for and end to hate?

Sun Bowl may be sold out, maybe not.

New Years Resolutions.

The Number 23

Click here.

New Favorite Show

Mythbusters move over, its Rob and Big.

The "Commoner"

The phrase that has had the most impact on me during the past few years goes a little something like this: "If you kick a dog long enough, eventually you are going to get bitten."

Its something of a revolutionary statement of sorts. Its empowering. It says its not only ok to say something is terribly wrong, but it allows the means to publically spread that message. Sometimes its violent, most times its prudence that contains it.

I was reading Blaming 'whitey', an interesting article discussing whether blacks should stop blaming the white population altogether before "reprisals" are felt.

Personal responsibility is important, but its just as important as historical responsibility. I'm not saying anyone race is owed some sort of apology, but I do think that an acknowledgement of neglect, economic exploitation and agreement on adopting a diverse lesson plans in the classroom are important.

Its beyond race I think. It might be capitalism. It might not.

Careful. We bite.

The Political Machine

Tonite is the big tree lighting extravaganza downtown. I'm planning to make an appearance right as the Lights Parade kicks off. Honestly, and I think Jeanette feels the same way, I'm looking forward to the vendors the most. Always a fun atmosphere I hear. Downside: I will have to make an appearance at work to convert a video for online.

Thanksgiving 06

One thing I hate about these things is getting there late. I don't like being late to anything, plus the parking situation was a real drag. After though, I had fun. Some say this parade was a record 100-entries long. Sure felt like it.

See the whole set here.

To watch video of the parade, click here
courtesy of the El Paso Times.

Bad Start

After winning the first game by a 20+ margin. I tied the second game. The third game, well, that started a little bad. I placed a respectable second. Sigh.

Samuel Adams Night

I'm not a Samuel Adams type of beer guy but somehow on a night like this it seemed appropriate. I've been re-reading some "revolutionary" text.

I've come to one conclusion since the democrats have taken power. If there is to be a revolution, it will be necessary to translate it into many languages.

"If ever time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin." -- Samuel Adams