04:12 am - Well wadda ya know!!

Not only is the US going to hell in a handbasket, so is Canada and Starfleet in general....


I had to tell that bunch of idiots to grow up and get a frakking life!!



OK, on top of that my health has been iffy as of late and needs improvement.


Get me off this frakking rock!!!!!

Current Mood: annoyed

11:39 pm - Updates Really

Looks like George Bush has struck again with the mortage meltdown. Meanwhile dirty tricks once again in Florida are aimed at throwing the Democrats into kaos without much success. And in this corner we have some bunch of hacks in the State Dept looking at Obama's passport info. Hmmmm it seems that the US is heading to hell once more in a handbasket and dragging the rest of te planet with them.

I feel safer here is Canada... :)

Current Mood: content

03:20 am - Happy Holidays!

Welp!

Just a bit of shopping to finish then all I have to do is wait for my sister to come on down! :)


OK, looks like my bosses won't give any of us the 24th off even though we have the 25th off. Hmmmm...

Anyhow, off to bed and the away tomorrow.

Current Mood: groggy

11:15 pm - Updates.....

Welp:


Mother is set for the time being with a few new items. The coffee maker was finally replaced with a decent one.

I keep looking at the media and I'm still finding that the whole thing is just completly vulgar from the word go. Too bad we don't have something like an ignore function on our TV sets so we can just filter out the garbage.

Anyhow!!

George Bush has once again screwed up in Pakistan, stay tuned for the Earth shattering Kaboom.....

Later!

Current Mood: blah

09:09 pm - Just a quick update.

Not much to report. Mother's Birthday is this week so with any luck the family will stop by and wish her a Happy Birthday.

Saw a friend last week she was happy to meet me. I'm hoping I can get another date with her sometime soon.


Here's a photo of me with my new glasses!!



Later!

12:28 am - Glasses

I'm getting my new glasses tomorrow, I'll post a pic once I get home.. The world is still mourning Princess Diana, she was a great catalyst for change in the UK. Now we need it here in North America.

Stay tuned....

12:01 am - SFX

Just got home from SFX. Got alot of autographs!! Photos too. This was just a day trip. If I can pull it off along with Polaris 22, plus Starfleet having it's IC in Ithica next year I'm going again for the weekend.





Startfleet takes on the Lord of the Sith....



Game avatars on alert



Nice outfit.



Lunch $20.00 hot stirfry chicken and shrimp on noodles, water and coke........The lineup for pizza was impossible!!



SITH LORDS!!






Twi'lek Jedi Knight.

Current Mood: geeky

09:11 pm - Laughing cat

I like that image!!





Credit Lolcats.com

Got a new bluetooth headset for the phone. I can't stand thos headphone wires!!!

Mom's coffee maker exploded. Glad I wasn't there or I would have laughed to the point of having to go to the hospital.

Current Mood: content

08:19 pm - Phones and Family

Went out shopping yesterday and got a new cell phone on a 3 yr commitment with Rogers. It's a Sony Ericson W810i with a Walkman capability on it. I'm going to putting all my music on it for entertaining myself while doing Offline work. It's also a movie camera, still camera, radio, MP# player. All in all a sweet phone. I gave my sister the old Samsung and the spare SIM card they come with.

I also got an appointment with a optician to be tested for a new set of glasses. The ones I have are ages old.

My sister came up with her brood and we ate, talked, ate some more then they went back to Ottawa to continue getting ready to take possesion of their new home. We'll be seeing them in about two weeks..

Current Mood: happy

12:58 pm - Changes

I thought I would change the format a bit to allow some of the images I load up to show fully.

10:41 pm - LOL!!

Your Score: Lion Warning Cat

70% Affectionate, 53% Excitable, 40% Hungry

You are the good Samaritan of the lolcat world. Protecting others from danger by shouting observations and guidance in cases of imminent threat, you believe in the well-being of everyone.

Current Mood: cheerful

10:34 pm - My Resume

On tap tonight: My resume........

OBJECTIVE
Employment in either the tech support field, Internet Service Provider or other back office function.

QUALIFICATIONS

Technical Skills
 Operating systems; ability to maintain, upgrade and build entire computer systems for business and personal application; network administration (Novell & Microsoft); electronics and telecommunication concepts.
 Working with the consumer in assisting them to resolve their difficulties over the
phone in a timely fashion.

Software Proficiency
Proficient in Microsoft Internet Explorer, Samson. Liquid Credit, Microsoft Word

Organizational Skills
 Limestone Rail Club, President. Organize and maintain club membership and activities.
 Board Member, and past Vice-President of the Independent Living Resource Center,
Kingston, ON.

EDUCATION

Novatech Computer Careers - Kingston, ON.
Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) A+ Certified
(Verification #CDCDTT4129)
Microsoft Certified Professional, Network Technology Server 4.0
(Id#1145717)

Novatech Computer Careers - Kingston, ON.
Graduate as Telecommunications/Information Superhighway Specialist.

St. Lawrence College - Kingston, ON. Introduction to Computers

St. Lawrence College - Kingston, ON. Business Administration .

Kingston Collegiate & Vocational Institute (KCVI) - Kingston, ON. Grade XII Diploma.

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Startek Canada Services LTD
Customer Care Specialist, providing cell phone activation services to dealers which includes running credit and rate plan adjustment support for dealers, customers and other customer care units within the company. Facilitating of changes of responsibility for customers.

Computer Science Corporation
Providing out source support for Electronic Testing Services in the United States. Duties mostly consisted of fixing passwords and first level technical support.

Adecco/Compaq Canada/HP Technical Support Specialist,
Providing technical support to US end users of the Compaq Presario
Desktop line of computers and printers at their Ottawa call center.

Queen's University Libraries, Special Reader Services
Creating web pages containing information on services and resources for students with disabilities who attend or are planning to attend Queen's University.

Novatech Plastics
Cataloging company assets, filling product information requests, creating and
maintaining database files for the business.

Queen's University Libraries
Faculty and student computer lab assistant.
Support and guidance with obtaining information from CD.

Independent Living Resource Center, Kingston, ON
Office Assistant
Participated in the development of the Disability Resource Database
System (DRDS). Compiled information and co-designed a booklet for a
accessibility guide to the City of Kingston for persons with disabilities.

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Canvasser, enumerator for Elections Canada.
Linkages Self Help Committee, Kingston, ON.
Personal experience advisor to first year Occupational Therapy students at Queens
University.

OTHER
Personal Interests and Hobbies
Computers, reading, high technology, science and science fiction, model building, model trains.

Organization and Club Memberships
Member of World Wildlife Fund
Canadian Railroad Historical Association, Kingston Division.
-Treasurer 2000 - 2001
Founding member and past president of the Limestone Rail Club.

References Available Upon Request

Current Mood: determined

10:38 pm - Polaris 21

The best way to describe the con is wow.....


Here are the photos of the costumes that people where wearing.




That's me in my reduced Jedi Knight costume. The full garb is too hot and clumsy in a wheelchair.





And I though my costume was hot....... Canadian contingent of Predators. They actually did bag an alien with help from the Stargate troops......




Now that's a hot costume!!



That's her from last year.......



What would a con be without the 501st???











The Sith are on the rise.


I'll post more when I have time........ Later

Current Mood: accomplished

12:53 am - Kinetic Sculpture

OK:

Had to send mother to hospital tonight. So far no word on the status of her condition other than she nearly killed herself pushing my wheelchair. Maybe now she'll take better care of herself.

UPDATE: They're keeping her overnight. Whew!!


Went to a concert last night after work then did a little pubbing. A friend from work was there posing for a painter they had doing some very talented portraits.


Ever hear of kinetic Sculpture?? Have a look, the music is also good.

http://www.glumbert.com/media/kineticsculpture

Current Mood: calm

12:11 am - Bed time

I'm just this side of tired that I'm skipping the rest of my web surfing and getting into a cozy bed to sleep off the days activities.

I did some shopping for the cat and after getting to my destination going the wrong way on the bus, I accquired the materiel requested to keep this thing fed till late July when my sister comes to pick him up.. I'm going out again as well to pick up some tortilla chips and a bottle of salsa (mild) so I can have a snack.

Other than that alls quiet (YMMV)

Current Mood: tired

09:31 pm

Well if you must know, yes, I'm able to breath freely through both sides of the nose today and I feel better now.

On the other hand I bought this P.O.S. sewing machine from a upstart shop for $77.00 and it's just a pain. The machine jams when to bobbin in put in place and it's drove me and mother NUTS. Needless to say the damned thing is going back on Monday and I'm getting her a better one next week.

09:09 pm - Surgery

Well, it's been four days since I underwent rhinoplasty (got a nose job) to correct a deviated septum and clear out some excess material in my passages. The surgery went well but I still bleed like a stuck pig and I can't breath through the nose quite yet. I'm on antibiotics as well. I'm able to walk again after I thought for sure they had buggered up my muscles, that took about two days to correct. I'm now waiting to see how long it gonna take to allow me to nose breath again.



Here's looking at you kid.... :)

10:54 pm - I'm a Han Solo.....

Star Wars Horoscope for Scorpio

You are a powerful character. You tend to be possessive and lusty - which explains your greedy nature. You feel threatened when people try to order you around or control you. You are prone to suspicion and jealousy - but your resilience and passion get you what you want. Star wars character you are most like: Han Solo

Current Mood: amused

11:47 am - Jerry Falwell

One brainless hipocrite down, too many of them to go.

How many people has he turned off of religion or sent them elswhere to find faith without the politics.

At this point I am so disgusted with any religion that it makes me wonder just what the hell is going on with our society. Too many times religion has been used as the excuse to lead the masses to war for all the wrong reasons.

The right wing "We are the superior power on Earth" mentality has costed the US billions that could have been put to more peacefull purposes. And they'll be paying for it for decades. Pray the Iranians don't decide to cut the oil flow. If you want to bring the US to it's knees, starve them of their oil supply.

There needs to be some serious changes made in that country. First some sort of a constitutional amendment to ensure that the religous leaders can't influence policy in government.

Second: The Prime Directive. Yes it's from Star Trek, but it holds that there shall be abolutely no interference in the progression of a developing society. Saddam was contained until Baby Bush decided that they were going in to stop them from developing WMD. It turned out to be a lie and now we have the mess were in.

Third: Check you sources. The CIA should send there intelligence specialists to Journalism school to learn to get their info from reliable sources and have the evidence. Jane Fonda recently stated on Larry King that both Iraq and Viet Nam were sparked by a lie. I agree.

Altogether the US needs to flush the political toilet and rid themselves of the whole mess. Already the middle east is beginning to put together a colition to help Iraq truly rebuild. But the US needs to clean up it's act and make a serios effort to fostering change without cocking back the hammer every time. There's too many example of US interference in the affairs of other countries leading to a worse situation than what was there before.

Next time a dictator tries to stir things up, just box them in then wait them out.

Current Mood: annoyed

01:20 am

Nice day today!

Sat out by the tracks and watched frieghters trundle by. At one point I kept hearing a squeak and looked down on the tracks to see that the rail was giving about 2 inches every time there was a loaded rail car on it. Needless to say I told them about it and added the reminder about that huge wreck we had in March. 30 cars piled up. They dragged them to a lot near by and cut all of them up for scrap......

Other wise it was quiet for me. Tomorrow though I have to iron some shirts for work......

Current Mood: content