Black Friday!!!

Well another Thanksgiving full of football, turkey & crap I'd never eat any other day is over. Thursday Night my wife an I TRIED to map out some kinda plan of attack for Friday which is known as Black Friday( I worked in retail for years, believe me, we had a much different name for it). We got up at 3:20 a.m. and headed to our first store which was open at 4 a.m.

The parking lot was full and the line to get in the store was un-godly! They were only going to let people in through one set of doors and there had to be over 300 people wanting to get in. I got pissed and said to hell with this, we'll come back later ( and we did). On to our next store which was much smoother. Then at Target, my wife about got into a fight with some dumb lady who cut in front of while waiting to check-out. Now the line was clear to the back of the store and we were pretty far back. This goofy lady's excuse was she wasn't going to go back there!! GRRR!! I do remember one year I worked at Kohl's, I had a line waiting to be checked out, alright fine. Well some jackass decided he was to be before all those who waited and jumped in front of the lady who was next. Slapped a calculator and a $100 bill on the counter and said "I want this and I'm in a hurry!". I was like you know all of these people have been waiting before you, you need to get in the back of the line. He yelled a wonderful name at me and said no. I took his $100 bill and crumpled it in his face and took the calculater and tossed it and told him "back of the line!" His face was so red he just boiled over. he threatened to get the manager. I told him to please do and when were both escorted out of the store, I would kick his ass. Then the cool thing was all those people who were waiting cheered me and scared him off! Then one year when I worked at Shop-Ko, I helped the cashier by bagging merchandise. Well we had one lady who was just having a bad day and just gave the cashier Rena, who I was helping, a real bad time for no reason at all. I tried to defuse it but to no avail. This stupid lady had Rena in tears and the manager had to get her off the register for awhile to calm her down. But in a bit of poetic justice. The next day we were in line at Wal-Mart, in line was this same lady was giving the cashier a hard time. The cashier was about to burst into tears until I stepped in and said "Don't worry about her, she was mean to us yesterday at Shop-Ko". She looked at me and just froze and never said a damned word the rest of the time! I swear this is my last go round doing this crap, but I get sucked back into it anyway. The good news was we pretty much finished up our shopping in that one day.

The Dark Knight Returns

I am a huge Batfanatic! I grew up in the sixties glued to the television, sitting in my little rocking chair and wearing my Batman cape, watching Batman. Soon I started collecting the comics. In the seventies I watched Superfriends on Saturday Morning and the various Batman cartoons that were made by Filmation. Even as I grew older and got married, I couldn't shake it. My wife could not understand my glee in 1989 when Tim Burton's Batman movie came out or when I was mad as hell over the stinkfest Batman & Robin movie that came out with George Clooney. All hope was dashed for any other Batman movies after Joel Schumaker made a mockery of the legend. But when Batman Begins came out, I was blown away and became a kid again. If there is one thing I look forward to in 2008, it's the new Batman movie. Plus, it has my favorite Batman villian The Joker. If these posters that leaked out are real, then they are pretty damned cool. I love The Joker poster.

Let's get in the spirit.

Yes it's only 6 weeks away, and ready or not, Christmas is coming. My son is freaking out on getting a Playstation 3 for Christmas, will he get one? Here's where my favorite part comes in. Much to my wife's dismay I love teasing him on if he's going to get something or not. That's part of the suprise come Christmas morning to see what you got. I remember when I was 12, I snuck around and found my presents before my Mom had to chance to wrap them. It was great when I found them but come Christmas morn I had no real joy because I knew what everything was. That was the first and last time I ever did that! So anyway to help us prepare for the season, here is some Frank to enjoy...http://sharebee.com/10d3e81f

What a rough year

It's been a while since I've blogged on my site, but 2007 has been a rough and heartbreaking year. It started in January with the death of our beloved dog, then many friends that we knew passed away including an old boss of mine, Rich Lamsargis. Rich was a great guy who was quick with a joke and a die-hard Cardinals fan who never failed to tell me how bad my Chicago Cubs were. But Rich was kind of a mentor who instilled work ethics in me and pushed me harder because He knew I could do it. Rich is missed by many, including his wife and daughter. Then on April 18th, my Mother-in-law was diagnosed with cancer and was given 8-10 months to live. You know, when they give you a time frame, you really hope and pray that they're wrong and that the odds can be beaten. But 6 months to the date, on October 18th, My Mother-in-law lost her bout with cancer. JoAnn was a brave woman and taught me much in that time. She relied on her faith and when things were starting to go bad, She questioned God, but she never blamed him or stopped loving him. In June, I thought my wife was having a heart attack! When we took her to the ER they found she had fluid built up around her heart. They operated and drained the fluid. She's doing fine now, but just dealing with the loss of her Mother. I swear, my wife has been through more crap than Job. But like her Mother, she refuses to blame God. I've never seen anyone as devoted as my wife. When I get discouraged, she's there to put me straight.
I know the holidays will be tough this year, but I know we'll get through it together. My wife's sister is having a baby next year, so there is hope that 2008 will be filled with wonderful promises.