"Integra, the better choice for telecom"

SO while I am a patient guy, I do expect that when someone calls and tells me that they are "running a little late" and we agree on a new time they will either call me again to let me know they are not going to make it or show up within the acceptable timeframe for busy people. I'm waiting still...
At least they are better than Qwest or Verizon. They won't even give you a ballpark time other than Tuesday between 8 and 6...
Still I could have had lunch if I 'd known that they were not going to bother to show anytime close to the arranged slot that I had for them. I am only one guy running two medical practices IT needs and for me to sit around surfing the Internets is a phenomenal waste of time.
All I need is a fax to ring... It's not like I'm asking for sharks with frikin lasers on their foreheads.

Veterans Day

Thank you all. Thank you to the brave men and women (mostly men though at least until recently but we all know women can kick their share of ass) who have sat in trenches, bug infested swamps, crawled through barbed wire, been shot at, blowed up, hungry, scared, thirsty, mad as hell, and very very tired.
Thank you for following orders.
Thank you for sacrificing your flesh and blood for the standard Americans have come to expect and feel entitled to.
My wish is that you will never again be sent to fight and die for a lie. You will never again be called on to perform in an action that is designed by those who have never been where you are being sent and indeed shirked their duty while insisting that others go and sacrifice.
I wish that politicians would not be allowed to send you to war and then cut your benefits. I wish that when the time to go to war is decided on the troops would be given supplies necessary to protect themselves and that their families wouldn't have to buy them flak jackets and real armor. I wish that Rummy and his ilk would have to ride in the same Hummers that people like Kevin had to ride around in.
I wish that you could all come home.

Stew

Hey
I am really sad that Riggs died. I am sorry for your loss. I wish he could have pulled through.

He never got the chance to meet Olive and show her some sophisticated human behavior modification tricks. She hardly bothers me at all in the morning.

Even though you never call me, or visit, or write and rarely comment more than a few lines in the blog (which I only started doing as a way to get closer to you since you don't communicate or travel) and when you do it is usually sarcastic or trite. I want you to know that Riggs was lucky to have had your intervention in his life. The small amount of time I spent with him showed me that he really loved you and he was happy to be with you.

See how much I got out of a really short visit with you?

Now, it is November and you still haven't announced your imminent arrival. I have plans to attend Thanksgiving dinner with some extended "family" here in Oregon. I know you will be in Chicago for X-mass so I'll stop bothering you about visiting me. I guess we all make sacrifices.
Tell Jenn hi and wish her a happy Thanksgiving for me.