The Wizard of Id nailed it!

I saw this in the Sunday comics & thought he absolutely nailed it dead on...

Enjoy!


You'll have to double-click on it to see the whole thing, but it's priceless!

The Tooth is out!

Emily lost her first tooth today. She was so excited, but she got a little scared when her gum started to bleed afterward. She has been showing everyone she saw her missing tooth. She has also been very well behaved because the Tooth Fairy knows if you are bad or good.

psoriasis psucks

Well, it's official, I'm plagued with psoriasis.

Went to see the doc today and, well, yep, it's psoriasis.

What is it you ask?
Well, it's a condition where your skin grows skin cells way too fast. The cells turn white and flake off. Think of like Dandruff only 100 times worse.

Your skin flakes off in these big white patches because the skin under it is growing too fast.

I have it on my scalp and on other parts of my body.

Here's what wikipedia has to say about it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psoriasis

And the bad news is that it never goes away. It isn't one of those "curable" diseases either. Oh goody!

Steroids apparently will slow down the growth of the cells (basically white cream stuff), but beyond that, I get to look like I have massive amounts of dandruff for the rest of my life. That and it itches like no tomorrow!

Technically, I think I've had it for a good 5-10 years but didn't realize what it was as it was in really small patches. Unfortunately....it's GROWING!!!

The good news? My blood pressure rocks! 120/80! (I guess that's good, I wouldn't really know, but the nurse said that "that's about to perfect as you can get" so I figured it had to be good.)

So, anyone got any coal tar? I guess that calms down the inflammation.

Fun, eh?

Fun With Food

These pictures were sent to me by a friend.
Pretty cool, huh!

What Part Of "We're Closed" Don't You Understand?

Running a business from home, I'm consistently amazed at the number of times my phone rings on the weekend or at some very strange hours of the day.

On the "contact us" page on my website where my phone number is listed, I even go so far as to spell out the hours I'm open explicitly and even post a virtual clock of what time and day of the week it is.

Here's the link to the page:
http://www.utahbiodieselsupply.com/contactus.php

Just below the clock, I even indicate verbiage that say's, "If the clock above indicates Wed, Sat, or Sun, we're closed", yet every weekend the phone still rings.

It's strange. I don't understand it. Do people just think that magically by calling they can change what time it is? Or maybe even what day of the week it is?

The funny thing is, the clock is pretty prominent near the phone number. I even have "Closed Wed, Sat, & Sun" in bold red lettering...yet still the phone will ring.

The strangest thing is when it rings at 3am in the morning, or 11pm at night.

I have no idea who these people are that call, because....as the site say's, I'm closed during those times and I won't answer the phone.

The funny thing is, people that have my work cell number think that if they call that number I'll pick up (the message on that phone just say's that I don't answer that phone and to call my main number).

Today my main line rang, then the cell rang, then a moment later the main business line rang again. I think it's kind of funny....but, I still won't pick up the phone.

The reason? There's this thing called Precedent. If I answer it for one customer, then that means I might have to do it for the rest...and I value my time and my sanity.

When I first started the business, I'd answer the phone quite a bit, but then I finally developed "office hours" and life has been much better ever since.

The weekends are mine and once it hit's 6pm, the rest of the evening is mine too.

That said, I guess some people just never do quite get it......or else they just can't read.

Oh well, it's the weekend & I'm off to enjoy the rest of it.

My Brother

My brother David has been in Iraq since December. He is part of the Air Force reserve. When he left we were told that he would only be gone for six months. He isn't in combat, but helps to unload cargo and wounded from planes. These are some pictures he sent me.



The plane ride into Balad,Iraq





Gear




DUST



Working

Happy Birthday Daniel!!!

My brother's birthday is today.

Here's a few pictures of him over the years.
He's the red-headed one...