Looking around on the internet this morning I was reading the Roanoke Times website and I saw that they are looking for a guy with a gun somewhere on the Ferrum Campus. Now I wish I could post up some of the pictures they have on the website because they are not messing aroung this time. They have tactical units going room to room, snipers on roof tops and dogs all over the place. Im guessing that they do not want to have another Virginia Tech on their hands.
Well, in other news tonight after work I am headed off to Wisconsin for a week and half, so the blog will most likely not get updated until sometime the first week of March. I hope everyone stays safe and happy in these upcoming days, later.
"Sometimes when I look at all my children, I say to myself, "Lillian, you should have stayed a virgin." Lillian Carter, mother of US President Jimmy Carter.
M
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Wise words from an old cop...
I got to watch "We own the night" again tonight, and it's always nice to watch cop dramas with my dad. My dad used to be an NYPD transit cop, and his views on how things were back then are always alot different then the Hollywood views of it. He has some of the best stories I have ever heard, from his bathroom story to his lighter stories, there is always something new he tells me every time we talk about it. I remember the stories he told me just before I joined the Marine Corps, they are very similar to the ones he is telling me about the police.
I am sitting here checking out some pictures of this kid I mentor, and what do I find? Me, hiding in the corner acting all goofy, oh ya and Gov. Mark Warner is in it too.
Ya I am a nerd, cheesing all hard in the corner, but anyway I dont have much to say for tonight, I will be leaving for Wisconsin in a couple days, and I hope to have some good pictures when I do return. Well here's tonights quote!
"It's better to be judged by twelve, then carried by six." ~ Old Police Saying
I am sitting here checking out some pictures of this kid I mentor, and what do I find? Me, hiding in the corner acting all goofy, oh ya and Gov. Mark Warner is in it too.
Ya I am a nerd, cheesing all hard in the corner, but anyway I dont have much to say for tonight, I will be leaving for Wisconsin in a couple days, and I hope to have some good pictures when I do return. Well here's tonights quote!
"It's better to be judged by twelve, then carried by six." ~ Old Police Saying
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Stupid COX
Sorry I have not been able to update this in a few days, my Internet has been down at my house. It has been a pretty shitty couple days at work, it turns out they lied to me about my job, they shorted me on my paycheck, I got in trouble for something I didn't do, and they won't give me a pay raise. SO needless to say I am pretty pissed off at them. I won't go off on the details as to why things go wrong at work, since I can't give away what goes on there. Cool thing is I did get offered a weekend job in Lynchburg doing some security on the side. The pay isn't the worlds greatest, and I do have to drive an hour, but he hooked it up to where I can work every other weekend so I can still have some time off.
Well today I went shooting at my buddy Lee's out in Bedford, I shot my .40, and used my friends 12 gauge shotgun, Colt 1911 and Ruger .22. We shot about 500 rounds, so needless to say I am pretty stress free right now. Now I will say this, I am about the luckiest dude alive right now, as I was shooting, I for some reason shot too low and hit the target support which happened to be made of metal. I heard the zip of metal, and realized what I did, we walked up and saw that the round was stuck in the metal frame. I was standing right in front of that target and if it had shot back and hit me I would have been screwed because we were in the sticks. If my camera were working right now I would upload a picture of what almost took me out.
Here's some interesting news for ya, Roanoke City Councilman Alfred Dowe resigned today over some very bad mismanagement of City money. He spent almost $15,000 in travel and food receipts for 2007, but here's the kicker in some occasions he billed both the state and city for re-reimbursement. The Mayor asked him to step down and he did. Now what needs to happen is they need to let Rich Cranwell take his spot. I believe that after he placed 4th in the Primary a couple of weeks ago, he should be allowed to be given the nomination for the seat in which he received enough votes to get, but at the time was not available. Rich would be the best person to take that seat, he is not someone who will let petty things get in the way of whats right for Roanoke. I will write a little bit more about what's happening in Roanoke in tomorrow nights post.
From now on at the end of every post I will be leaving a quote that is pretty relevant to whats been going on in my day. So here's today's.
"The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach." ~ Benjamin E. Mays
Well today I went shooting at my buddy Lee's out in Bedford, I shot my .40, and used my friends 12 gauge shotgun, Colt 1911 and Ruger .22. We shot about 500 rounds, so needless to say I am pretty stress free right now. Now I will say this, I am about the luckiest dude alive right now, as I was shooting, I for some reason shot too low and hit the target support which happened to be made of metal. I heard the zip of metal, and realized what I did, we walked up and saw that the round was stuck in the metal frame. I was standing right in front of that target and if it had shot back and hit me I would have been screwed because we were in the sticks. If my camera were working right now I would upload a picture of what almost took me out.
Here's some interesting news for ya, Roanoke City Councilman Alfred Dowe resigned today over some very bad mismanagement of City money. He spent almost $15,000 in travel and food receipts for 2007, but here's the kicker in some occasions he billed both the state and city for re-reimbursement. The Mayor asked him to step down and he did. Now what needs to happen is they need to let Rich Cranwell take his spot. I believe that after he placed 4th in the Primary a couple of weeks ago, he should be allowed to be given the nomination for the seat in which he received enough votes to get, but at the time was not available. Rich would be the best person to take that seat, he is not someone who will let petty things get in the way of whats right for Roanoke. I will write a little bit more about what's happening in Roanoke in tomorrow nights post.
From now on at the end of every post I will be leaving a quote that is pretty relevant to whats been going on in my day. So here's today's.
"The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach." ~ Benjamin E. Mays
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
COPS
So, I come home from the work and the bar around 1:45 this morning and after I get out of my car a cop pulls up behind me a shines his flood light on me. I walk up to him and ask if he needs any help, and he tells me they are looking for some guy who has tried to break into two different cars in the last half an hour or so. Of course this is the exact thing a guy wants to hear after he comes home from work. But anyway, I come home, and of course its always nice to know that I sleep safely since my dog barks at anything that comes with in two feet of the home, including.... leafs.
I'm sitting here reading some stuff trying to pass time online before I go to bed and I see this whole Lindsay Lohan photo shoot thing. I am not impressed, she does not strike me as beautiful in anyway. I mean of course, shes famous and all that good stuff, but as someone who does drugs and drinks way too much and is always showing her kitten in the tabloids shes very unattractive.
Well, other then that, tonight was pretty lame at work, I have my class to teach tomorrow night, I am doing that on the procedures and processes at the plant, wish me luck.
M
I'm sitting here reading some stuff trying to pass time online before I go to bed and I see this whole Lindsay Lohan photo shoot thing. I am not impressed, she does not strike me as beautiful in anyway. I mean of course, shes famous and all that good stuff, but as someone who does drugs and drinks way too much and is always showing her kitten in the tabloids shes very unattractive.
Well, other then that, tonight was pretty lame at work, I have my class to teach tomorrow night, I am doing that on the procedures and processes at the plant, wish me luck.
M
Monday, February 18, 2008
New Blog
Well, I am going to try and keep at this thing on a more full time basis from now on. I think I have started over about three times by now, and this time its for real. I like to write and, if you know me, you know I always have a lot to say. So I guess I can use this entry as a way for you to get to know me a little better.
I am at work alot, I wont say I work alot, because we all know the truth, I dont. I moved to Roanoke, Va back in the summer of 2002, I went to WFHS and joined the Marine Corps after I graduated. I worked on V-22 Ospreys while I was in, so please dont talk shit about my bird. I got injured while I was in, so now I am back in Roanoke. I am very active in politics, I have worked on a City Council race here, as well as Sam Rasoul's Congressional Race here in the 6th District. I used to blog on RaisingKaine and Cobalt6, but I don't anymore, I wanted my own place to rant and rave.
This blog is going to be full of some very very crazy opinions, as well as some of the daily happenings of my life. Like I said, I am at work alot, and the people I work with are some of the strangest people I have ever had the joy to work with. So, I hope as time goes on you will enjoy reading all of what happens in my life. Please, stay tuned for more. Thanks.
M
I am at work alot, I wont say I work alot, because we all know the truth, I dont. I moved to Roanoke, Va back in the summer of 2002, I went to WFHS and joined the Marine Corps after I graduated. I worked on V-22 Ospreys while I was in, so please dont talk shit about my bird. I got injured while I was in, so now I am back in Roanoke. I am very active in politics, I have worked on a City Council race here, as well as Sam Rasoul's Congressional Race here in the 6th District. I used to blog on RaisingKaine and Cobalt6, but I don't anymore, I wanted my own place to rant and rave.
This blog is going to be full of some very very crazy opinions, as well as some of the daily happenings of my life. Like I said, I am at work alot, and the people I work with are some of the strangest people I have ever had the joy to work with. So, I hope as time goes on you will enjoy reading all of what happens in my life. Please, stay tuned for more. Thanks.
M
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