Friday, June 2, 2006
Now That's Excitement!
As a commission-only salesman, I now know what my of my brethern are addicted to nicotine and alcohol. The gunslinger life is exciting and maddening if you take it too seriously. When you score, you better score big and party like it's 1999. Here's what happened yesterday. First call, 6 a.m., a...
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Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Well, Everything Went According to Plan ...
There was a reason I couldn't sleep last night. Everything I feared would happen came true. We did not close. The construction schedule has been thrown out of whack. My funding will be delayed and now I am $500 in the hole and have less than $40 to my name. Not even the thought of six closings...
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Jinx
I know today is going to be a bad day. I know I'm going to get yelled at. I know I'll just have to ride it out, yet here I am, up at three in the morning because I postively kknow everything is going to blow up today, Today is the end of the month. I have a closing scheduled for 1 p.m. The customer...
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Friday, May 26, 2006
Busy, Busy, Busy
Ok, here's what's been happening: Two near fights at work between Tom and the new office manager. Tom's been in prison and was arrested 39 times one year for barroom brawls. Gunny is a former Marine drill sargeant trained to kill. Have seven deals closing before the end of the month. Cha-ching,...
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Saturday, May 20, 2006
He Said / She Said
In the middle of Game 6 of the Spurs-Mavericks series, Eldest Daughter's husband, my "son-in-law," calls wanting to talk. Seems that his bride has been hanging out with a particular girlfriend, going to happy hours after work, changing clothes, and then staying out until midnight, leaving him...
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Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Now That's A Perk!
I'm editing this small spanish-language newspaper, and instead of pay they let me write a leftist propaganda column. The newspaper owners are Anglo, and I know they personally disagree with my views, but as I've said to them over and over, they aren't the intended audience, Latins are, and we've...
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Coming Soon to a Theatre Near You!
Last night our empty living room was transformed into a palace. With the help of rented costumes, Kris was became a drag Queen Elizabeth, Better Half into Mary, Queen of Scots, yours truly into the King of Spain, and the nieghbor's kid into a Page. With the aid of two borrowed digital camcorders, we...
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Monday, May 15, 2006
Another Death
While scanning through the paper, I was shocked to see the death notice of Arnold Velez, first publisher of La Estrella, the Spanish-language publication of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Not only was Arnold the first publisher, he conceived and sold the idea of a Spanisj-language publication to...
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Saturday, May 13, 2006
Sissy Baseball
News today that Girl Genius aced her TAKS test with a perfect score in math and English. Her teacher couldn't wait to tell Better Half the news and the principal came personally congratulated her. A perfect score in the state's mandatory skill test means that the school can carry two or three...
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Friday, May 12, 2006
School Talent Show Ass Whipping
If Texans truly wanted meaningful reform of the educational system, there should be laws that govern artistic performances in the public schools. Rule #1 – If every fricking kid in the grade is going to perform, then limit the performances to only one or two grades per night. Rule #2 – Each kid...
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