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Al

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My Interests

Music:

Beatles, Rush, Pink Floyd, U2, Kiss, Devo, mostly stuff from 70s and 80s.

Movies:

Godfather I and II, the real Star Wars trilogy (not those awful "prequels"), The Passion Of The Christ, Donnie Darko, Real Genius, most of the Star Trek movies, and, of course, Titanic. (You don't want to know how many times I've seen it)

Television:

Mythbusters

Books:

mostly non-fiction.

Heroes:

J.C., Richard Winters, Walter Payton

My Blog

The $27931682.47 Man

If you had six million dollars in 1973, that's how much it would be worth today. 1973 is the year that The Six Million Dollar Man debuted on television as a made-for-tv movie. The reason I bring that ...
Posted by Al on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:52:00 PST

The thought that counts

Now that the Christmas season is officially over (even though the tree still occupies it's spot in the living room) I'd like to share my two favorite gifts that I received. First of all let me say tha...
Posted by Al on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:41:00 PST

Thoughts on the Iowa Caucus (and bonus stuff!)

I don't want to turn this into a politcal blog, but yesterday was an important day for the future of our country. Here are my thoughts on the results from last night:1) HUGE night for the Democratic p...
Posted by Al on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:04:00 PST

Happy New Year

Bono was right. Nothing changes on New Year's Day. The same problems you have on December 31 will be there on January 1. I don't have any resolutions for the new year. I must report that last year's ...
Posted by Al on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 07:30:00 PST

Just call me Mr. HR

Yeah I know it's been a long time... I am proud to announce that I am the new Human Resources Lead for my store. This means that I also have to work handling the money a few times a week, as well as m...
Posted by Al on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 03:23:00 PST

And another thing...

This goes out to our Fearless Leader at work: It is simply unacceptable for you to spread rumors about associates with other associates. It is also bad form for you to bad mouth associates a...
Posted by Al on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 07:04:00 PST

Neither Sobel nor Winters

A while ago I tried to figure out if my promotion at work made me Sobel or Winters, and after a few weeks I have come to a different analogy: James T Kirk. For those of you who are not nor ever have ...
Posted by Al on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 05:46:00 PST

Back by popular demand

Yeah it's been a while, but I haven't had much that I felt like blogging about. It might take me a little while to get back in the swing of things. Today as I was driving home from work, I was doing ...
Posted by Al on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:15:00 PST

Easter Sunday

My Easter began last night when I attended the Vigil mass at St Patricks. Except for some rude people who insisted on taking my seat (must have been C&Es) it was a wonderful mass. The highlight wa...
Posted by Al on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:19:00 PST

Good Friday

But he was pierced for our ofenses, crushed for our sins. Upon him was the chastisement that makes us whole, by his stripes we are healed. Isaiah 53:5  
Posted by Al on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 04:43:00 PST