I'm cranky.

I would like someone to explain to me why you would allow your child to scream at the top of its lungs in public, when you sure wouldn't allow that type of behavior at home.

Tonight, I went to the local Caucasian Refuse Sanctuary(Walmart), and we could hear this kid hollering for whatever reason from halfway across the store. The kid's got a future as a singer, for sure. Mom is standing there attempting to convince the kid to put a jacket on, and the kid's having none of it.

Is it just me, or is attempting to negotiate ANYTHING with a 2-3 year old a complete waste of time? I'm standing and rooting for mom to haul off and belt the kid. I'm also sure I wasn't the only one. Grandma is busy trying to put away the powered shopping cart, and is absolutely useless.

So, my buddy and I follow this happy lil family out the door. We' re watching this sorta close, as we'd figured as much as the kid was screamin, her head was gonna start spinning around any second, and pea soup all over the place. No such luck.

I generally don't condone beating the crap out of kids, but in that case, I sure would have understood mom layin' the smack down.

I would have cheered.



In happy news: Black for PS2 will be released Tuesday. I can't WAIT!!

So, ummm, yeah.

So, I've been doin' the Ebay thing again, adding to my diecast collection.

I lost out on what would have been an awesome addition to my collection because I was at work when it ended. DAMN having to put in hours workin' for the man!!

Ah well. Another chance will come. I'm patient. At this rate, my niece and nephews will inherit an awesome collection when I croak.

Side note: I saw a Hot Wheels Jeep CJ8 in mint condition go for like, $75. Im kicking myself for losing the one I had.

On the video game front:

I managed to get a copy of Splashdown: Rides Gone Wild from overstock.com. W00t!!

12 days till the release of Black for PS2. From what I've read, and seen on the internet, this may be one of the top 10 games EVER for PS2, in this blogger's humble opinion. I can't WAIT.


My apologies for a post full of fluff. It's been a LONG freakin month so far at work. Hopefully, all the bullshit having to do with the conversion to another company will end soon. Cross your fingers for my sanity remaining intact.

Some movie stars should just STFU.

For the most part, I consider most TV and movie stars to be complete idiots who'd be street sweepers if they weren't famous. Case in point from contactmusic.com:

GWYNETH PALTROW prefers living in London to Los Angeles, because British people are "more intelligent and civilised".

OK, sure, Gwyneth. Tell that to Scotland. Oh, and call us during the next soccer riot, willya? Also, you may wish to read this article before you open your stupid mouth again.

More intelligent? You and your hubby named your kid 'Apple'. Oh, and your husband's band sucks. Do us a favor and freakin' disappear from the public eye, will you? PLEASE????

Apparently Gwyneth and her braindead hubby are going to have another lil' curtain climber. I wonder what absolutely moronic name they'll saddle this poor kid with.

An old article I once read quoted her as commenting how she couldn't imagine working since she had the first kid. I'm thinking we shoulda got that in writing.

Make sure you pass this story on to your friends. More people should know this woman thinks we Americans are stupid barbarians.

Then, we can not go to movies she stars in, because we wouldn't wish to offend her with our stupid, barbaric presence. We probably shouldn't buy any more of her hubby's band's material(Coldplay, in case you didn't know) because we might offend him too.


Pretty civilized, don't you think??

I do like my lil' bloggin toys.

Like this one:

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And this one:

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One thing I DON'T like having to do is edit someone's shitty HTML coding to make the thing show up right. Such is life in the big city.

The PartsGuy as Maximum Leader test went ok. Nobody died. I'm more than happy to hand over the reins, but I'll miss going to the bank and seeing the teller with long brown hair and nice brown eyes. Sigh.

Speaking of brown hair and gorgeous eyes, Andrea, if'n you read this, get hold of me and lemme know how you're doin, ok??


I'm sorta tired, as I was getting up at 5:30 so's I could head into work a bit early and get the paperwork crap ironed out before the store opened. I don't have to be in till 12:30 tomorrow, so I think I'll be sleeping late.

You watch, 6 am, I'll be wide awake.

New thinger on the side.

I decided to put the lil button on the side saying 'I am Pro-Victory'. Click it 'n go see what other people have to say.

While your humble PartsGuy is rather partial to peace, quiet, cute furry puppies, and stuff like that, I also realize, and I wish more people would understand, is sometimes, you gotta go kick some ass. I've been saying since oh, I don't know, FOREVER that terrorists need to be exterminated like the cockroaches they are.

I'm not going to get into the political side of it, because one, plenty of other people, much smarter than I am already have; and two, it makes your PartsGuy cranky.

Ok, crankiER.


So, anyway, brief summary time.

Cute furry puppies= GOOD.
Terrorists, and the assholes who support them, BAD!


Oh, and Rosie O'Donnell is still a fat ugly pig who should be run over by a bus.

Work. Ugh.

So, the PartsGuy as Maximum Leader thing is rapidly coming to a close. I'm ok with that. It's not too horrible, I for SURE don't mind leaving at 5 instead of 7:30.

I'm not crazy about getting up at 5:30, though.

I plan on sleeping in my first day off.

Wow! 2 days in a row!

The first day of your humble PartsGuy being in charge went well. This scares me. I only have to make it to next Thursday when the boss gets back.

I got left some projects to do, 3 stocklifts and a relabel project. 2 of the 3 stocklifts are done. My plan is to get as much of it done as I can tomorrow, so they're out of the way. I'm planning on sticking a couple of the guys on the relabel while I handle the last stocklift. We'll see how that goes. I'm hoping to have the last lift done tomorrow, in between shuffling paperwork and other crap.

I got my stock purchase statement today. As of 12/30/05, I own almost 13 shares of the company. PartsGuy= future mogul? Who knows. I maxed out my contribution to the plan, as I figure if it goes right off the top, I won't miss it. It'd be nice to be able to buy about 15 shares or so per quarter. Woohoo.


Your humble PartsGuy also managed to get his taxes finished. The refund will be more than enough to get the digital SLR camera I've been lusting after since PartsDad let me try his:





Ain't it pretty?? It's the Nikon D50. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my Minolta Z2, I just want something that'll let me get better pics for actually printing off, instead of seeing them all on my computer.

I REALLY would like to print off a few pics to keep, just in case my computer gets nailed with another virus that causes me to lose all my pics. I could care less about the pics of naked chicks, but to lose the pics of a dear friend who passed away REALLY corks my butt.

So, tomorrow is day 2 of the PartsGuy In Command Challenge. Should make for some interesting reading later this week. One of the days is going to be absolutely hellish. It's ok though, as I relish the idea. Bring it on.

In video game news:

Criterion Games says 'Black' will be released Feb 21st. I can't wait.

Other stuff:

If you have a broadband connection, then go here. Download the video of Keith Olberman taking the piss out of Bill O'Reilly. Incredibly funny!!! I had tears from laughing so hard.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/01/31.html#a6951


I'd LOVE to know what that braying jackass dipdunk thought about the potshots Olbermann took. About time someone gave back what that bullying asshole dishes out.

I'm willing to bet O'Reilly whines like a girl.

Various things.

The boss heads out for Houston tomorrow for a manager's conference. That leaves me running the show for the better part of a week. Then we've got a store remodel coming up too. I sense that Feb is going to be Hell Month. 1st week of March might be vacation time.

I've decided I'd like to have my own private armory a couple of firearms laying around Stately PartsGuy Manor. I'm a collector, what can I say?

A quick tour of impactguns.com pulled up some fine choices.

In the rifle category:








Remington 710 in 30.06. I like it, so that's reason enough to get one.


In the shotgun category:

Maverick Arms 88 in 12 gauge.18" barrel. Good stuff. Either this, or a Remington 870 in black.

In the handgun category, for the day when WI DOES manage to get a concealed carry law enacted, I'll prob carry one of these.

Glock 17, in 9mm. I like the design. Good enough reason to get one, yes?

There's a whole mess of other stuff I'd like to have. I'll post up a few now and then when I run out of decent ideas for a post find ones I like.

Well, that's about all for tonight. I've gotta be up at about 6:15 in the morning(ugh!) to go open the shop and haul in the night freight. Wish me luck, for the next week should prove VERY interesting indeed.