Friday's Thoughts....

Good day!

Well, after the beautiful Sunday we had, it turned quite ugly & rainy here.... and cold. It's kinda weird to be battling a peeling sunburn while it's 40, windy, and raining outside... welcome to Spring.... Supposed to be nice this weekend again, though... seems hard to believe.

Well, this week, I finally got out of the house and decided to go get a passport. This is quite a scam, in some ways. First, I need a certified copy of my birth certificate from the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm, and the AKC... which costs money, for just a copy, with a little embosser stamp on it. I'd like to sell 5 cent copies all day for $20, I'll tell you that...

Then, you need passport photos... okay another $15.

Then you go to the Post Office, and a nice lady collects all your paperwork, and charges you a $30 handling fee.... not bad for 5 minutes work... next time a handyman charges me $80, I'll shake his hand... he had to actually drive out and fix something... the post office lady just took the stuff, stapled it together, and took my money.

Then you write a check to the state department for like $60. That gets you a passport in ten to twelve weeks. If you need it faster, that's an extra $90. I may be a somewhat senior dog, but I'll take my chances on being alive for 12 more weeks.

I dunno, that seems like a lot of cash for a passport. But one never knows, if I win a satellite, and a seat to a Poker tourney in the Bahamas or something, I'll have no advance warning at all, I'll have to go, so I better be ready.

Harley Party tomorrow. Might be some further Adventures of Fireplug!!! Playboy Playmate Tour is at Milwaukee HD. Might be fun...

Tomorrow night, one of my favorite co-workers (or former co-workers) is having his retirement party... a bittersweet day, to be sure. The people I like seem to go... the ones I can't stand show no signs of leaving... funny how that works.

I wonder what that'll feel like, to dump my keys, pager, and ID on the desk and walk out one last time.... Seems like a long ways away... I wonder if I'll even make it that far...

The draft is tomorrow... so many rumors I can't even keep up. The only one I haven't heard is that I'll be drafted in the third round... Don't you think the Raiders, or maybe the Browns could use an old high school intramural quarterback??? Why not?? heh heh...

I see J&P Cycles has a "trailer in a bag" for a motorcycle... It's around $1000. It would have cost $400 to rent a trailer. This thing comes apart though, so it can be stored. Kind of a neat concept. I'd like to see it in person, but I think the concept has merit....

The J&P Cycles book, I've decided, is a very dangerous thing.... lotta cool stuff in there.

Fireplug Sez: Go get yourself a bacon cheeseburger! If you don't you'll be sorry! Then you'll look at me, all full & satisfied from the Bacon cheeseburger I just ate, and you'll be more jealous of me than you already are....