ARRGH!

Yep... thats it.
Prayers Pisio

Started the New Job

It is almost as if I never left the site. I have landed a job working for basically an old employer working on the same projects I worked on the first time I worked here. It feels like home. I need my family here with me soon, and I think that it will be again.

Prayers,

Pisio

Job Update

For those of you who have been following, my unemployment claim was denied. I am assuming that they will try to claim I was insubordinate or something like that. They are really good at that. The funny thing is one of the last things I was told was that I was told was that if I did not like it I could find another job. All I did was what they asked; I started to look for another job. It is going to be fun to appeal the denial of claim. If nothing else, I am just planting the seed for someone down the road who may not be fortunate enough to find another job within a month.

That is correct. I have found another job. I will be working on Maui again. Initially, my beautiful family will not be able to come with me. However, down the road I am hoping that they will be able to. The reason that they can not come is that the company I am working for is not able to guarantee me work beyond six months. I have a history on Maui and am a known commodity there so the site will be able to use me. That means the money should continue to come into them for my services.

I will be keeping up this blog in my free time at home as well as another one. Look for a link and a brief snippet of what that one is about soon. Please pray for me during this move. It is going to be a rough year or so.

Prayers,

Pisio

Update: I have let it go... :)

Imagine this

You are driving down the road in the middle of a blizzard. The wind is blowing and the snow is blinding. You can not see see three feet in front of the car. Your kids are in the back seat strapped into their car seats when your tire blows out. You pull your car to the side of the road and have a decision to make. Turn off the car so that your cell phone can operate or leave your kids in the car with the engine running and the heater going, but you have to get out into the weather and wander far enough form your car so that your cell phone will work. Why these two options? Because the government has decided installing a cell phone jammer in your car is the only way to keep idiots from driving themselves off bridges, or into buildings.

Apparently now it is the business of the United States Government to intrude into your life to the point where they could disable your private property in your private property. Seriously. Lets think this through a bit though. If they put this device anywhere visible or known, the operator can just disable it. It can not be in a place where the operator can be tempted to disable it, because it will only be a matter of time before they do. It can also not have an on and off switch, as the operator will simply turn it off. This means it has to be directly connected to the batter, or the cars electrical system in some fashion; as soon as your car is on, the device necessarily has to come on.

What then do you do in the case of an emergency like the one above? How do you safely call a tow truck while keeping your family safe as well. I have been in cars that will not start up in extreme cold when minutes earlier they had been running (for those of you from warmer areas, this is why people leave their cars running while they go into a convenience store in the middle of December). The bigger question though should be is this even a valid concern of government?

I have a better solution. Let the idiots on the road be personally responsible for their actions. Stiffen the civil and penal penalties allowed for idiots who harm others while on their cell phones in vehicles. You do not punish the whole for the actions of a few, unless the whole is wrong to begin with. The US government really needs to stay out of our cars, our homes and our pants.

Umm... and I thought

Never mind. I really am suffering from a major case of writers block. I am worried about my family and other things. I had two successful interviews with a company that would take me back to Maui and my family would hopefully follow this summer if work stabilizes. I have not heard a peep from them since the second interview concluded on Thursday.

I guess there are no rules for professional behavior about getting back to a candidate for a position. I know that as a candidate I should send a Thank You, and I did. What about the company though? I have applied for a bunch of positions over the last month and aside from the auto reply e-mail saying they had received my resume... NOTHING. Not even a reply that my skill set is not what they are looking for.

I guess this is just normal practice in a time of economic hardship though. I am sure the companies are receiving several applications a day for the same position. They must just be overwhelmed. I know in the past, I have been fired for less. Maybe these companies should evaluate the people they have screening resumes...

Prayers.

Pisio

Congressional Pay

Last night I was watching the Glenn Beck program and he was talking about ways for the government to save money. One of the ways he talked about was limiting the pay of those in Congress to the average pay of what those in the military are making. While I like the premise, I think that it is flawed. I do not think that he has thought this through enough, although I have not read his book Broke yet so I do not know.

Personally I think a better method would be to tie Congressional pay to the median income of the district or state that they represent. Federal "servants" like the President and those in the military could never make more than the median income for the United States as a whole. Right now, that would mean a salary of around $50K a year for enlisted military (a huge pay increase) and the President (a huge pay decrease) (Officers should be paid on a scale that starts them at 10% above the median income and goes from there). Senators would be paid no more than the median income for the state that they represent, and House Reps would be paid no more than the median income of the district that they represent.

I think that this would serve several goods. First and foremost, Congress critters would no longer work to get people dependent on government programs. Welfare and state aid in general decrease median wages for areas therefore by encouraging state aid, Senators and Representatives are deflating their own wages. It would be in the best interests of all involved to set policy that keeps people employed and increases the chances that they would set policy to keep higher paying jobs in their areas. Providing these opportunities for those that they serve is in their best interest, and it would necessarily decrease the need for entitlement programs. The more you can do for yourself, the less you need government.

This also takes the keys to pay raises for themselves away from Congress. The only way they get a pay raise is if the economic situation of the areas they serve improves. Imagine how fast we would see common sense policy in place if they pay of those setting policy actually depended on the policy that they set. I have a feeling the budget would be balanced every year, and policies that forced companies overseas would be eliminated, or at least left to the discretion of the states.

I don't know, I just think that this makes more sense than the current way things are done and the way that Glenn Beck was proposing. My guess is though, this current bunch of leeches would just se the federal minimum wage at $200 per hour and say we tried. That would then force all business out of the area and the median income would be $0 though... Guess what they would be paid... :)

Prayers,

Pisio

A night to remember

About 6’2’’and balding hair with blue eyes and long hairy arms I knew I was in for a long night. The room was full of young women with legs all the way to the floor and hair to match; I was in search of a wing man for the evening. I found him standing against the wall. My height with a full head of hair and 50 pounds on me I knew I had found the guy; a real mouth breather.

“Hey, you want to hit Starbucks?” I queried, giddy as a school boy.

“Do we have time?” came unhesitating reply. I knew I had found my guy; kindred spirits.

He introduced himself as “Shrek”. Curiously, my name is “Donkey”. The night was off to a better start than I had expected. Shrek and Donkey, which one of the high class ladies inside could resist such a pair? Heaven knows we could not resist theirs.

Emboldened, we headed into the Starbucks. We paid for our lattes and had the extra cream added of course. We headed for the exits, but were stopped by a real smart ass. No really, we could not figure out how to get around this donkey. I would shake, and it would shimmy; spin move with the hot button double press “D” action. Shrek did what any self respecting mouth breather would do. Gave him some Captain Crunch until the ass passed out.

A night to remember.

Prayers,

Pisio

Blogvertise

So, I logged in and I have been suspended I guess. Looks like the account is still alive, but I could not find instructions on how to reactivate a suspended account. Then again, it is their customers who have lost a good plugger. Given a bit of headstart with a topic and keywords, I can develop a story around any product wether or not I believe in it, I have used it or I even have the capacity to use it in my home or not. Oh well. Maybe I will dig around a bit more, maybe I wont. I could use the extra money right now, but I am not worried enough about it to worry about it.

Please tune back in for my next post. It will be a doozy. I have decided that every 10 posts I will create a link back madlib where there is a goofy story and I randomly link to my followers blogs throughout it.

Prayers,

Pisio

Aliens in the Attic

Last night my wife and I watched this movie, and I have to be honest with you... I have not laughed so hard since the first time I saw Idiocracy. My wife was really leery when it showed up from Netflix. I think she really wonders about me when I put movies like this in our queue. I wonder about some of the movies I put in our queue as well, but that is another whole blog posting.

Aliens in the Attic though, was absolutely hilarious. It had the typical kid realizes he being different is not a bad thing story line, but story itself was just great. I really do not want to ruin this for you, but just think of a kids version of The Hangover. It is everything you wish would have happened to you on a three day weekend with your cousins in high school, and to boot you get to ruin your sister's life :).

This movie would be great for one of the upcoming cold winter nights with the family, or if you are a single guy, one of the many cold nights you spend alone... I mean honestly... you are reading my blog... you can't be a stud or anything... :)

Prayers,

Pisio

City of Wonder

I had been avoiding playing games on facebook for what seemed like ever. The reason being that I was afraid I would get addicted. The time off though has made me want something a little more interesting than Farkle and Bejeweled Blitz to play. So I started playing City of Wonder. Mistake. I am hooked. I hate having an addictive personality.

I am already at a level 9 and want to go farther. The only issue I am having is getting gold bricks to expand my territory and build the marvels and things I have to build in order to progress. It is maddening. I never thought I could be this hooked on something. Last night I even caught myself doing surveys to try and earn gold bars. That was actually pretty frustrating. I spent 20 minutes trying to qualify for a survey only to be told I did not meet their requirements, even after answering specific questions about experiences at WalMart and things. What a frigging scam I tell ya!

Oh well. Anyway. I need to convince a bunch of my friends to become my allies. That seems to be an effective way to progress in the game. I am not really sure what else I am going to be able to do. I guess I will just invite 26 a day over and over again until a few of them sign up and help me. HEHEHE... It has worked on me in the past, why not on them?

Prayers,

Pisio

Hmmm...

This really is an interesting election cycle. The Democrat Party (the party of the little guy and minorities) endorses the rich white guy over the black guy so the hispanic son of immigrants would lose.

But I thought

The world's most miserable animal was the liberal American woman. Apparently I was wrong. It is the blobfish. Who knew? Personally, I could not tell the difference between the blobfish and Janet Napolitano. Seriously, if I had to choose one in a kissing contest, hands down I would take the fish. At least I would know it was meant to look that way.

And one more thing I guess... How do we know that the blobfish is miserable? How do we know that it is not really smiling? We can tell that the women are not happy, just read what they say, but the fish... Not so much.

Prayers,

Pisio

Happy Monday

Well, Sort of I guess. My wife is blaming me for breaking her camera. Last night while trick or treating with our kids there was an attempted hand off. I was trading her my daughter for the camera. The camera was fumbled. Interesting. I never believed that I would be wrong about everything until I got married.

I am still unemployed. I am applying for jobs here and there. It looks like my most promising jobs are going to be out of state :(; although New Mexico, Arizona and Hawaii are not bad options if I have to leave Colorado. I hope that something comes along soon though. It is so insanely weird to be at home, everyday with my kids. I hear this week wether or not my old employer has to pay me unemployment. My guess is I will have to appeal a denial of claim. Good thing I thought ahead and saved e-mails and voice mails :).

I really am enjoying having the time off. I have been working since I was 16 anywhere from 20 - 90 hours a week. I need a rest, but I also need to feed my family. Does anyone know how adsense works? I had over 2000 visitors last month and made $0.00. Today I had 60 visitors, and made $0.02. Seems a little odd. HMMMM... any other updates?

My son has the show and tell bag for Wednesday. He is going to take the Tonka Tow Truck he bought with his birthday money. Loud with flashing lights, it is perfect for a pre-school class...

Please keep me in your prayers. I am starting to go stir crazy.

Depending on election results tomorrow, I may get back into posting things more of substance.

Prayers,

Pisio

Something tells me

Alcohol was involved.

When I am in need of a good laugh like I am now, I can always find something on Dave Barry's blog that does the job. Like this:

North Dakota police arrest man in urinal shooting

You seriously have got to be kidding me. What the heck? I have been drunk before, but never so badly that I would feel threatened by a urinal. My guess is that this guy probably would have gone home alone anyway, although it is North Dakota.

Oh thank you Dave for making my day. Thank you so very much.

Prayers,

Pisio

P.S.: For those of you that care, I have a lead on a job back on Maui. Pray that something works out, otherwise I may have to get one of those annoying "Donate" buttons.

Unemployed

Well, after what looked like a promising job I went from an "atta boy" keep up the good work to a demotion to being unemployed. Colorado defines you as eligible for unemployment if you are unemployed through "no fault of your own". Just wondering if leaving a job because it has become so hostile to your existence so as to blame you for every problem the company has experienced in since its founding would qualify as "no fault of your own".

For example in an e-mail from the president of the company I am told that progress on the assembly of units had stopped for the last 3-4 weeks even though parts to complete the assembly of units did not show up until the last week. I can not do anything about the assembly of units if the person who orders parts (her son) does not get me the parts in a timely manner. Yet when I mention that little nugget of information I am told he is overwhelmed because of his school schedule and to not complain about his work.

I am told by the vice-president of the company that I am not to be anybody's friend, that I am a supervisor and management's eyes on the assembly team. When I correct an assemblers or engineer's work and am firm with them about it, I get told to stop complaining about other people's work. It is demoralizing the team and causing friction and temperatures to flair. I am told I need to start being nice to people.

OK fine what ever right? After the atta boy on Thursday, I get sent home early on Saturday and on Sunday receive a demotion from Supervisor to an experienced assembler. This is all well and good, except that in order to complete my tasks, I must be trained by an engineer to do so. In the same breath I am told this I am told I can not interact with the engineers, or anyone else for that matter.

Me thinks that I was offered the demotion so that they would not have to fire me and pay me unemployment. I know that they do not want to pay anyone unemployment. ARGH! this is maddening. I have two kids to feed, a mortgage to pay. I am so upset right now I could spit. I know I am not entitled to a job, but there was no warning given and no second chance. Just three days of hell and a kick in the ass.

Maybe, just maybe this will make me rethink my stance on labor unions... Ummm... no probably not upon further reflection.

Pray for me please. I have some nibbles already. I have a shit-ton of experience that someone is bound to need. The main problem is location. I am tied to a house here in Colorado. That probably means a hardship period away from my family as my best options are out of state.

Prayers,

Pisio

ARGH

I really started out loving a new job I took about 6 months ago. It was a small R&D shop that supported an important mission for the military. Things started out going well as I think all new jobs do. I made it through my 90 days of probation and was given a couple dollar an hour pay increase. Labor day weekend, they flew the company and the families down to Cocoa Beach Florida for a weekend. I felt like I had a new home.

Things were going well right up to Thursday night. That day I had been asked to put together a schedule for delivery of some units. The schedule was aggressive, but it was attainable provided everyone worked together as a team to get it done. This was generally not a problem. For whatever reason, I am blaming the full moon, this time it was. It seemed everyone was at each other's throats and nobody was doing anything correctly.

One of our units had a bad bottom seal, whoever had installed it cut it too short. I recommended to the engineer that I was working with that we take the 2 minutes required to reseal the unit correctly. The engineer grabbed the seal, stretched it out a bit and re-seated it in the channel. He then grabbed the bottom plate for our unit and sealed it up- This unit failed to enter burn in because the seal failed.

Another of the units had a bad/ intermittent front panel switch. I recommended to the engineer that we replace the switch with a new one. Since the computer was restarting itself intermittently I also recommended switching out the battery board and power protection components. This is an easy switch and takes all of 20 minutes. Again, I was overridden by the engineer.- This unit failed to operate and was brought back for repairs: a new switch, a new battery board and new power protection circuit.

A third of units also failed to enter its burn in period. The unit was showing some resonance on one of the channels. This unit had passed our operational check according to another engineer. It turns out that there were loose connections inside the unit causing the resonance.

In all three cases above, I handed off a system to an engineer and trusted their judgement. This has come back now to bite me in the butt. I have been asked not to come into work tomorrow so that the company can decide where I am best suited to be an employee. They say the failures of these units as my fault, and I believe they are looking for a scapegoat. My guess is that come Monday afternoon I will not have a job. If that is the case, so be it.

I ask for all of your prayers in this situation. I am lucky that I have a wife who has a stable job and who loves me. I worry for my kids, but somehow, somehow, God's hand is here. Please pray that I can see it.

Prayers,

Pisio

Linkback Madlib

Well... It has been a bit over a week and I have picked up three more followers. I really wonder what makes someone want to follow my blog... I would like to think that it is the writing and sharp insight combined with the witty humor. My guess is though, something more sinister is going on... I think that some of you are moles for the Obama administration... especially this gal. Let me put on my tin foil hat so that she can not read my thoughts... Give me just a minute.....

Okay... I am back now... tin foil hat secured tightly... The conspiracy is on... it is only a matter of time...

Anyway... today was a good last day of fall. I say that because I think winter is here in Colorado. It is gonna be cold next week and you know how I can tell? My joints are killing me... Like what this lady would obviously do... I am sure that death by her hand would be much appreciated after the torture she would put me through first. I have a feeling that it is going to be a long winter...

Glad I have this lady to keep me warm and fed... otherwise... I might turn out like this guy.

For those of you who are following me... Sincerely... thank you. I will do this in the future and just pick "random" followers of my blog to link to...

Prayers...

Pisio

Snow

As I was driving to work today, I noticed snow on the summit of Pikes Peak. It was beautiful. This winter is probably going to be a long one. Last winter I was able to sleep in a bit before I got up to shovel some global warming off of my driveway. This year, I will have to be in at work by 9:00am which means being up at the butt crack of dawn to get the snow off the driveway. AHHH Colorado living.

Don't get me wrong. I love the life I have here in Colorado, but somedays I really wonder why I ever left Maui. Sunny with a chance of rain in the afternoon. That was the forecast everyday. Not the same here in Colorado. It can swing from the mid 70's in the morning to the 30's at night. You will not believe how much that will mess with someone's sinuses and head. I know when we get those rapid swings that my head just throbs. It was like that today... my head just throbbed.

Next week, we will start the week with temperatures in the low to mid 70's. Wednesday though if I can believe my coworker, it will be in mid 40's... For a high... ARGH... I will be missing Maui by midweek I am sure... REALLY really missing Maui. Maybe, in a few years we as a family will be able to return. My guess is though that it will be many years before I can return to Maui and get away from the snow...

Prayers,

Pisio

Welcome

To the 11th follower zeitheist.

Mainlanded Out

Maui, I miss your shores, your sunsets and your people. Bring me home soon. *SIGH*

Leeches

I was going to continue the post from yesterday, but I to tired to today. I guess that I am just tired of the leeches. Paul Harvey once said:

"Any man who claims you owe him a living is a cannibal.
Whether foreign or domestic, he is a cannibal.
If you choose to help him, that is one thing.
If he demands you “help” as his “right,” he is a leech,
a sycophant, a parasite.
He is a cannibal seeking to survive by consuming you."

I look around in my generation and those after me and all I see is leeches. The Public Education and the way we are raised has done a good job to kill the most innovative and entrepenurial spirit the world has ever seen... the American Spirit. It does not help that we have an entire class of these leeches (read: Professional Politicians) "leading" the country. I mean in all sincerity, we can look at other nations and see where the policies they put in place and advocate for will lead... Just look at Greece.

I am not a racist. I married a filipina and have two half filipina children. My best man was half black. Our matron of honor was Hawaiian/ filipina. Our bridesmaids and groomsmen were White, Japanese, Filipino and Micronesian. I do not care about race or sex, I care about character. The content of the character of the man this nation elected to be their Santa Claus in Chief is severely lacking. We elected a leech. The character of the politicians we have elected is severely lacking. We've elected leeches.

America, please wake up. Look at Greece and ask yourself if European Socialism works. Ask yourself why if the policies of the left work why the left most countries in the world are running right. Turn around before it is too late.

We elected leeches so that they could give us things for free. Redistribute from the producers to give to the leeches. Punish those who produce, reward those who suck on the teat of big government. We have raised our children to be leeches. We have allowed an entire class of people to become totally dependent on government... leeches. The Republican Party was founded to end slavery... One can only hope they return to that mindset and free the enslaved leeches. They will find it painful at first, but the country as a whole will survive better without them...

DAMN LEECHES!

Prayers,

Pisio

Welcome to the new follower

I have had 9 followers for the last year. It is great to have a 10th.

Of Taxes and Terrible Thinking

This is a quote from the friend of a facebook friend from today. The original post was about the amount of her paycheck that goes to taxes:

"The problem is that I WOULD have no problem (and many other people thank goodness) to give my taxes for healthcare, education, protection of natural resources, sustainable agriculture, protection of species and this planet BUT I have huge problem with giving my taxes for terrible subsidies (off shore drilling and GMO included among many others), and meaningless wars!!!"

Lets dig into this a bit shall we?

The author of this post thinks that taxes should go for:

• Healthcare for all
• Education for all
• Protecting "natural resources"
• Sustainable agriculture
• Protection of animals
• Protecting the Earth

I am all for everyone getting the healthcare that they need and in a pinch you already can, at an emergency room. As a matter of fact, this is required by law. You can also find discount health plans. If health care is really that important to you I am pretty sure you can cut out things like TV, the newest cell phone and perhaps even soda, chips and cookies from your diet. If you can do all those things and still can not afford health insurance or health care, there are charities that will be happy to help you out. There is also a growing contingent of doctors that will treat you for what you can afford. If you say you have no insurance, and want to work out a cash payment, you can. I know from personal experience that if you can not afford the bill from a hospital stay, you can work out an interest free payment plan with the hospital. They will take anything from $25 up until your bill is paid off... Unless of course you go to a state run hospital.

Furthermore, please show me in the United States Constitution where it states a person's well being is something the state must provide for. I guess what I am saying is that private business and charities are better suited to handle this than the government. If you don't believe me, try the healthcare system in Canada, England or Cuba.

Education for all is already provided for in about 48 state constitutions. This is a legitimate interest of the state and a public education should be provided for. I guess the question is, to what level? Since this is not a power given directly to the Federal Government it would seem that by the 10th Amendment to the Constitution this would be something the states could rightfully claim for themselves. This would make sense from an educational standpoint as then the people closest to the students could make decisions regarding what should be taught. Each state is its own little laboratory. As it stands due to a centralization of the educational system Colorado, Wyoming, Rhode Island and Florida are all beholden to Texas for curriculum and textbook standards. Texas is a huge market compared to say Colorado. Is it safe to assume that students in Texas are the same as students in Colorado and should be taught from the same textbooks? The Catholic Church tried this centralization of curriculum. By mandating that only books on the conformity list be taught for certain grade levels, Catholics actually came away knowing less about their Faith than had Catechists at the local level been able to pick and choose the books that best suited their students. I guess, again, what I am arguing is that something that could be done at the local level better and more efficiently should be left at that local level.

I will continue this analysis tomorrow since this post is getting long. I guess though what is most disturbing is the contempt the author shows for a legitimate expenditure for the Federal Government. UNLESS she would want that to be done by corporations and private citizens of course.

Prayers,

Pisio

This is why the Muslims Hate Us

Any time that pee-wee football players 12 and 13 years of age have to get in and try to separate "adults" over a football play, this country is in trouble. I am amazed at the level of maturity some of the kids have shown, trying to separate and be peace makers between their parents and coaches. That gives me hope that not all is lost, but I am saddened that those who should be positive role models in the lives of these young men instead are behaving like children.

I guess I should not be surprised though, most of the "parents" are of my generation. We were spoiled by our parents getting everything we needed and most of what we wanted. Some of us turned out okay, but most of us, well... not so much. We became lazy expecting everything to be handed to us, never having to work for a thing. Need healthcare... that is the government's job, need a job, it is your right... Your kid is involved in a play you do not like... Somebody's gonna pay!

If America ever wants to reclaim moral authority abroad, then there must be a return to things like individual responsibility. The WWII (my grandparent's) generation were respected and loved world wide for the responsibility they took on themselves to be great. No one handed them anything, they worked for everything and earned everything. As a country now though, we expect everything and believe we are entitled to it. We have no sense of responsibility towards ourselves, or our neighbor. We need take responsibility for our health and prosperity on our own shoulders and stop expecting everything to be handed to us.

Is this, why the Muslims hate us? Well, it is probably not a huge reason, but I think the irrational behavior displayed by parents in the clip above does play a part in it. The behavior is a symptom of the problem. Men, teach your sons how to be men... Sons if your dad acts like those in the sourced news story... Teach them how to be men.

Prayers,

Pisio

Hawaii

I took a quiz on Facebook today, what state should you live in? I did this after a friend of mine answered the same quiz and was told she should live in California. Based on how wrong they got that one, I wanted to see what would come up for me... Probably, Massachusettes or Michigan... Nope. With me, they got it spot on. I should live in Hawaii.

I lived my formative years in Hawaii, specifically on Maui. I graduated from St. Anthony JR/SR High School in Wailuku. Shane Victorino was 5 years behind me (he was such a punk in those days, I hear he really turned his attitude around though). Hawaii though has always stuck with me. I am still in touch with a lot of people from the island, and I can honestly say that I have more friends on that island than I do here in Colorado.

Am I happy with my life here in Colorado? Yes. Very much so. I love my new job and our house and the schools that my kids will have a chance to go to. I can't help this feeling though that something is lacking in our lives here. No, not the beach and bikinis. There is just something missing in the people. I am not used to a place where people are uncomfortable being called aunty or uncle by my children, or me for that matter. And I have to admit the handshakes rather than hugs are getting a little bit cold...

All I used to hear when I lived here in the 90's before my parents uprooted me and made me move to Hawaii was how racist the islands were. Is there racism present in Hawaii? Yes. Is it what people made it out to be? By no means. The people there just do not like dumbasses (although I can't explain why they elect who they elect), and the things that they do.

It even grew on me. If you go to Hawaii, remember, not everyone is on vacation. It is no more appropriate to stop on a main road and read a map in Hawaii than it would be in say... Chicago. In Hawaii you may get called a Haole for doing so... I will take that over what I might get in Chicago. If you are lost, pull over to a gas station and ask. That is what the people are there for. They will, if you are not a dumbass, give you the shirt off your back if you need it. You just have to go there and show the respect to them that you would anyone else.

Ohhh... why do I feel the need to apologize for Hawaii? I guess because it is calling me back. I can hear the Ocean taunting me in my dreams, daring me to wade in its waters again. I want so badly to swim with the Honu and Humu again. I want to feel the warn embrace of Hawaii and her people.... ARGH! I do not like the midlife crisis I think I am about to go through. Hopefully it will be short.

Prayers and aloha!

Pisio

Johnny 5

Do you remember the movie "Short Circuit"? I am a little bit irritated right now and freaked out. I am looking at my DirecTV receiver and it looks like some evil incarnation of Johnny 5 staring out at me with two little beady eyes... To make it worse, there is a little orange power button for a power strip that would be about the chest for one of those little robots. I am expecting to see a little laser gun pop up from behind the table and try to roast me here in a moment...

I wonder though, is it Johnny 5, or a bastard cousin of ET? there is a plant next to the head that it could be reaching out to give me... I bet the little bastard is going to throw it at me...

In case you are wondering... Yes... I am drinking wine... I like wine, especially after a long day of reworking other people's mistakes... I like wine...

I think I just pooped my pants...

Prayers.

Pisio

P.S. CARTPUSHER!!!! RAHARHEHEHARGH

Umm... and I thought

that when I was an Inventory Control Supervisor that I had it rough. This is just a little bizarre, and I can not even imagine the look on the judge's face when he/she saw this request. Yes judge, that is right, we need a warrant to search this guy's anus.

Police: Drop your pants, bend over, spread em and cough...

Butthole: Umm... Nope, you will need a warrant.

I guess technically it is a good thing that police officers have to get a warrant to search a butthole, but C'mon... this is just wrong. Perhaps in a state like Colorado or Arizona the police could have searched the butthole without a warrant, but they could not even attempt it in Washington State. I am not sure if this says more about Washington or Arizona...

Somedays, you just can not make this stuff up.

Enjoy!

Pisio

EntreCard: UPDATED

I signed up for entrecard again. I used to get about 100 visits a day from this site before I went a bit nuts and stopped writing all together. I guess it became a hassle to try and drop consistently each day and do everything else that my life required of me at the time. I don't know why I stopped writing. It has always been such a release for me. I need to vent and get out the pent up anger and well... just rant. Entrecarders seemed to understand that.

I met a lot of cool bloggers there. Some I still drop in on once and a while, others I need to get back to visiting. Maybe, just maybe, if Entrecard approves my blog once again I will be able to get back into the swing of this blog. It was pretty popular there for a while. I am sure that here pretty soon I will get into ranting about what the left has done to the country, and maybe what the right wants to do to it. There will be posts about my kids and my life in general.

Oh well, it is in their hands now. If they choose to reinstate me I will be very happy. If they don't, this blog will still creep along. like the snail, and its author. Through the many twists and turns of life, love and well... WHATEVAHS!

Prayers

Pisio

UPDATE: I have been approved... despite pooping my pants.

DADT

I know that this will be all over the news tonight that Republicans are heartless bastards for not allowing LGBT persons to serve openly in the military. I just want to let you know that I am all for DADT for a couple of reasons.

First off, as a person who used to conduct interviews it is illegal to ask a person's sexual orientation whether or not that is used in any decision making. I find it hard to believe that the push to repeal DADT is anything more than a political statement. I could give a shit less who I was serving with and who was fighting side by side with as long as they were doing their job. I wonder how them being able to proclaim to the world and "serve openly" will affect their ability to their job. Unless you are a gay (or straight) porn star having to star in a straight (or gay) movie I don't see how orientation could affect your ability to do your job.

Secondly, if it really is about equal treatment, why tell anyone? Seems to me that if I don't know you are gay, I can't treat you differently because you are gay. However, I may treat you differently because you are gay if I know you are gay. Do you want equal treatment or what? Then I won't ask, please don't tell.

Finally, the military is a separate society. You surrender a lot of who you are for the good of what you are doing. It really is a place where there are no labels. You are either enlisted or an officer. You are a soldier first, everything else a very Very VEry VERy VERY distant second. You wear your branch of service over your heart, your name over your other breast. Equal, but one closer to what allows you to live than the other. If you can not sacrifice your orientation for the time you serve, don't join.

All of us sacrifice things to serve, some give our very lives, if it is what the nation and mission require. Give your libido a rest for the duration of the contract, throw an orgy when you get out... After all you will have earned it...

Pisio

P.S.: Do I find homosexuality morally wrong and against the natural law, yes. Will condemn someone who practices or believes differently, no. What you do in your bedroom is between you, your partner and your God, or lack there of.

ARRGH

I thought that I would be able to get back to blogging, but it has not worked out that way. I need some time of release right now, so it may be blogging. I like to write, I just do not have a lot of energy and time. Trying to raise two kids, make the bills and other things is just overwhelming. I am glad that I have the wife that I do, she really does not need a lot of help, and most of the time she is happy with what I can give her. Oh well...

Maybe, just maybe, November 2nd will give me a lot to talk about... Since BO got elected I have just not had a lot to say. I never believed this country would elect a smooth talking Marxist, but they did... Shut me up real quick...

PEACE!

Pisio

Lazy Days

I have to enjoy them while I can. I think that the last few weekends of this month are going to be spent working to get a couple of project orders out. Today I have sat on my butt and just zoned. Kids are being fed though. Don't worry about them

Mikey is watching Nick Jr, and I have the USA v. England World cup match on in the gamecast mode from ESPN. Gabby is eating, and I hope that she will want to go down for another nap in about an hour... That will allow me to rest even more. Maybe even take a nap.

In other news, my wife thinks I don't read her blog... HEHEHEHE...

Prayers,

Pisio

Memorial Day

I know it is a week late, but the memorial day holiday was awesome. I took out the Pelican canoe and was able to fish a bit. Spent the day with my mom, wife sister and the kids. It was just great to get out there and enjoy the freedoms people are fighting and have fought so hard to protect.

Thank you to all who have served and the families who have sacrificed with you.

Prayers,

Pisio

BLAH BLAH BLAH

This really just has been an odd week so far. I had been extremely productive at work, until today. Everything that could go wrong did, but I still managed to get a lot done. Notes not matching what was built, not matching templates... connectors not fitting connections... Software acting great... AHHH the joys of being an electronics technician... It is still better than being a Wal Mart Associate... Wal Mart... ARGH!

Despite today being an arduous journey through the 1st level of hell, it was a better day than my best day at Wal Mart... ARGH Wal Mart. The night has been awesome so far though... Dinner and a thunderstorm. What could be better...

I'm betting on Smelly Cat Fibi, but praying I am wrong...

I AM WRONG! YEAH Lee... You beat Smelly Cat Fibi... I wonder if Obama's money was on her?

HAHAHAHA!

Peace...

Pisio

Fatherhood

Off on a sidebar... I posted this without text today... Pretty neat of me huh?

I love being a father. My two little kids are growing so fast. Michael is going to be a little man before I know it, and Gabby is getting more and more beautiful by the day... Where has the time gone?

I think that my biggest concern is that some of the best friends I have ever had are missing them growing up. I am wondering though, which is more important? Having my family see my kids grow up, or having my good friends miss them growing up. You would think with technology the way it is that it would be possible for both to watch them grow up...

I am just wondering though... How much do you share via technology to allow your friends the opportunity to watch your kids grow? My daddy instinct says as little as necessary... My pride says share everything because nothing will happen to you.... Dilemmas... if this is the worst one I face for the next week I really am sitting pretty...

Prayers...

Pisio

I Love It!

And by it, I mean my new job. It is awesome. I am using my head and the skills that I learned from the military to build something that is actually being used. I guess after the treatment I received at my last two jobs I have forgotten what it was like to be treated like a human with skills and talents that should be used. I had gotten so tired of fighting for others and myself, I did not notice I was being treated like garbage. Man do I know the difference now.

This new company actually appreciates me. They are letting me think and create a little bit. I am able to make their products more maintenance friendly, and aesthetically pleasing to the eye. The engineers are not offended or upset when I do this, they actually appreciate it, especially if things work when I am done altering them. So far so good as far as that goes.

I am loving life again. There for a while I was feeling like I was doomed to be in the retail run around for the rest of my life. This company took a chance on me, and so far all parties involved are happy that they did. Now I just need to get back to school. Jonah and I are getting some debt we acquired while I was a cartpusher paid off, and then I will resume my degree pursuits. I am leaning towards Thomas Edison State College. They are a distance education college out of New Jersey, and they offer a lot of good programs. Any number of them I could complete very quickly...

I LOVE MY NEW LIFE!

Prayers,

Pisio

Criminal Minds

I tried to convince my wife that this was a good show, but she would not believe me. Then there was an episode that changed her mind. Now she is addicted to it like a bad drug or something, and I am her pusher... HEHEHEHE... I guess husbands can be bad influences after all.

I really am not sure what it is about the show that I like so much, but I do know that I like it too. I like the way that they profile behavior and are able to paint a picture of what a criminal is like. It is like a behavior puzzle that they are able to solve... sometimes they have the box to look at, but most times there is some kind of twist... like an unexpected assistant, or two killers in one person's body.

It is a nice escape from reality I guess. I think that you have to turn your mind off for a little bit each day, and Criminal Minds allows me that escape.

Prayers,

Pisio

AARGH

My little girl is driving me nuts... I think I know why a lot of male mammals eat their children... I know that I need to be patient and loving with her, but she is such a little chimp some days... Most days...

Today, she spent the entire day crying. Tylenol... No work. Noni's house... No work... Sleep... No work... Food... No Work... Momma... No work... Finally tonight at about 9:00 she went into her crib with no complaint... Peace and quiet...

Surprisingly her brother went down at about the same time with little or no struggle...

Long day... peaceful night...

Prayers,

Pisio

Okay...

So at one point this was a PR 3 blog, but I went so long without posting that I lost my PR... Argh... wonder how I can get it back? I have more time right now. I am taking a break from school... AGAIN... and I have more time since my new job is 9am - 6pm Monday through Friday. My wife likes to blog at night, and since we have Netflix now she watches movies and T.V. shows while she blogs. We do have a lot of cuddle time on the couch, but she does spend a lot of time with her computer. Maybe later this year I can get her a new one...

If any of you readers and followers are still out there, let me know where you would like me to take this blog... It will still be a personal diary of sorts... for the most part again. I have some other ideas about themes and things, but the snail still fits...

Prayers,

Pisio

WOW!

I can not believe how long it has been since I last posted... I did not realize that being a father of two could take so much out of you. I hope that I can get back to posting more often, but I can not promise anything. I also need to update the layout and things. Hmm... Well perhaps later this week I post something of substance, but I just wanted to let my followers (creepy to even think) that I am still around, and hope to be posting more often again soon. I also intend to lighten up the mood of this place. More humor, less doom and gloom... I hope anyway.

Prayers,

Pisio