Chicago held its mayoral primary election yesterday. No only did incumbent Lori Lightfoot not get a majority of the vote, she wasn’t the leading vote getter in a field of eight. She didn’t even finish second to make it to the general election. When you piss on and piss off so many voters that notContinue reading “Mayor Beetlejuice thrown out.”
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Uniform Blues, Part Two
Managed to get my Wally World vest stained in two shifts. Since this is my weekend, I get to see if I can get it clean or if I go back to the old vests.
Uniform Blues
We got new vests at Wally World last year. Most of us held onto the old dark blue vests as long as we could. This week I found out why. My old vests had holes in the pockets for several months. The holes grew to the point my boxcutter fell out of the vest, soContinue reading “Uniform Blues”
Weeding out the help
For most employers trying to hire people it’s warm bodies wanted, cold ones considered. You don’t have to work hard to keep your job. You have to work harder to get fired than you doing your job. At Wally World, one of the stockers got fired for being too slow. It was bad enough sheContinue reading “Weeding out the help”
Accidental Reduction Plan
At the bottled water company in Phoenix, we had an employee that was responsible for far more than his share of the accidents in the plant. When he wasn’t causing accidents he was a good employee. The new plantt manager decided to make him the safety coordinator since he had so much accident experience. OurContinue reading “Accidental Reduction Plan”
Chanute girls grapple their way to state championship
Chanute, which didn’t even have a girls wrestling team four years ago, came out of nowhere to win the 1A-4A state wrestling championship. The Blue Comets sent five girls to the state tournament. While neither of their finalists won, the losers piled up so many points in the consolation bracket that they clinched the teamContinue reading “Chanute girls grapple their way to state championship”
Spring is coming soon
Today is cold and tonight will be colder. After tomorrow, the weather should stay warm for quite a while. Fortunately I just used the last of the stew meat and the carrots to make the winter’s last batch of beef stew. On to grilling season!
Hard times are coming
We hear about layoffs at tech companies and large banks but it doesn’t matter much around here because tech companies never had known presence here and Bank of America left almost a decade ago. When Walmart announces sales are expected to fall, people around here start paying attention. Consumers are tapped out and are strugglingContinue reading “Hard times are coming”
Winding down
After the forensics tournament was done, I stopped by the Sears Hometown Store in Indy to see if they were still open. Surprisingly they were. There were more store furnishings than merchandise, but while they were digging in the back of the store they found some clothes. Hometown stores normally sell appliances and lawn andContinue reading “Winding down”
Getting Judgy
For the third year in a row, I ended up spending a Saturday judging a forensics tournament at Altoona-Midway. The kids give oral performances in a variety of formats including duets, improvisation, informative speech and impromptu. Sometimes the kids pick a topic and sometimes they have to draw a topic at random. We judge theirContinue reading “Getting Judgy”
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