Life in the South

The trials and tribulations of parenthood and living away from family from a "Yankee" raising a baby in the south.

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Uh oh, it's cold and raining in the South

Well, this is a new experience for me. There is a forecast of sleet and freezing rain tonight, and yet Delta has already cancelled over 200 flights tomorrow! There hasn't even been a drop of precipitation yet and there are schools closing! At work today they handed out a weather number just in case it is too bad and they close the offices. This is quite amusing! The grocery stores were slammed because everyone thinks the city is going to be shut down tomorrow. I'll keep you posted!

UPDATE:
No snow, no ice, some sleet, but at 3am. Just 34 degree weather and buckets and buckets of rain.

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

January 24th, Voted most depressing day of the year

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6847012/

So this was on MSNBC again as a 'rerun' the other day. My day hasn't been great so far (boring training for my promotion), and it is so overcast here (so unlike Atlanta) that I can almost believe it right now. On the other hand, who is the mathematician that had enough time on his hands to sit around and come up with a formula for this?

Friday, January 19, 2007

What a shame, "Hold your wee for a Wii."

I am not usually this spiteful when it comes to things, but these radio station DJ's I think should have to do the same thing that this poor woman did. If you listen to the audio they thought they were being funny after numerous warnings that she could die. Now what are her 3 children going to do?

Story: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/17/radio.death.reut/index.html

Audio of Morning show (and them laughing when she said she didn't feel good): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKxDGLGf0lY

Thursday, January 11, 2007

Stupid people are up early today














Another real question submitted by e-mail:

"Are there gremlins in my computer?"

We totally want to tell her that it is Gizmo and to wave at him!

Adam's comments take the cake though (the customers name was Nancy):
Only if you feed them after midnight or get them wet. SO STOP SURFING THE INTERNET AFTER MIDNIGT.....NANCY!!!!

And then he came up with this. . .

Nancy,
There are 3 simple rules:

No Water
No Food after Midnight
No Bright Light

How hard is that to follow? So stop feeding the computer information after midnight. Don't use the computer with the light on. And never, ever spill water on the keyboard. The last thing that you want to happen is for this to come out of your computer:

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Have a great day.

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Grumpy Day

Okay, so I am just annoyed. First, I had a guy call me and ask me where his resumation was. I had to talk to him for 5 minutes to figure out the problem, he was an EMPLOYER! He was trying to hire someone (he was searching resumes)! Another call I had to tell someone to use the "plus sign" in their search. They asked me what I meant by plus sign, "like the one you use in math?" is what I was asked. So when I replied yes, he asked where it was on his keyboard. I just wish I could say next to the Idiot Key.

Another thing that really annoys me is when you eat fast food and your hands smell like it the rest of the day no matter how many times you wash them. Why oh why?

Is it Friday yet? I would even settle for Thursday afternoon since I am taking Friday off for the Hogan's 130th birthday party in Milwaukee! (my dad is turning 50, and Grandma Hogan is 80!) Let the drinking begin!