Hey all you who read and/or follow my blog. Lately I’ve been getting the “Yo great name for a site like this”! I don’t understand why so many people are commenting on this. Have I hit a creative milestone? I think not.

     If these comments are because of my empty thoughts, well I never promised a thrilling mind tingling experience. If it is due to the master of nothing phrase, well that’s what I am. I’m pretty decent at alot of things, but great at none. Do any of you know what Shifu xu means?

     If all the comments are sincere, and I hope they are, then a great thanks goes out to you for reading and letting me know you enjoy. Happy reading to you all! I’ll post more in a little while.

     Man has had a selective focus on character from the beginning. In the middle ages, it became a way of doing business. Honor and character, if not found, would not be returned. Then came chivalry, whereby even if a man was dishonorable, others would still be honorable themselves. Nowadays, the question has truly become, “is this character, or am I being duped?”

     I’ve always prided myself on being abe to read people so as not to get duped. Having been a salesman for so long, I became very good at doing so. So good in fact, I was generally never wrong (97%). Then something happened, I began to let down my guard and trust people and developed a little scheme to figure people out. Usually people will ask something of you, give more than what was asked for and allow them to make all the gratuitous promises that most people will not fulfill in return. If they return the favor, then thy are honorable people. If not, then I know and will treat them differently from then on.

     Unfortunately, most people are not honorable, but some are so sneaky as to make themselves appear so, then stab you in the back. My co-worker is one of those people. Upon all meeting with him, he seems like such a great guy. Doing favors for you, standing up for you when the chips are down, aleays there for you. Behind your back it is another story altogether. He is 100% CYA (cover your own ass).

     Well, I’ve known this for sometime, so I’ve been sure to not cause any waves and stay out of the limelight. He is so dishonorable, that he is stabbing you anyway. This past job we were on took longer than expected. He planned it poorly, materials came in waves (getting only half what is needed for any project), he only worked on this job 1.5 days, and although the house didn’t change from the beginning, he forgot to put things on the to-do list so the list kept getting longer and longer. Since the timeline laid out was at the beginning, of course we ran over schedule.

     Not to keep bashing him, you can see where I am going. He clearly was a major factor in the job being behind. This is where the story gets good. My partner and I had some days off during the job, myself 2 days and him the equivalent of 1 (2 half days). Could you even imagine that over the course of 3.5 weeks, the bosses were led to believe that these 3 days of missed labor caused the job to run over by 1.5 weeks. It was all our fault.

     I found out by needing materials and having to purchase them myself, since he was unable to do his job and get them for us. When I returned to the office for reimbursement 1.5 hours later, he was still there sitting on his ass doing nothing. When I made a comment about it, I saw it, that one thing no one can deny when it happens. Their face and eyes are the exact same as an animal when surprised and fearful. On humans it is a sight to see, because they struggle so hard to hide it and you can see their veins bulge from the effort.

     A comment was then made by our office manager, in reference to when the job would be finished. As she rubbed her eyes and forehead she said, “You guys are killing me!” I immediately retorted, “Me and Dale?” And wouldn’t you know her answer was yes. I was livid and proceeded to tell her just why the job was behind and He (my supervisor) was scared to death of what I was saying and immediately started chiming in and backtracking so as to cover his ass.

     Do I take this up the chain of command? I think I will simply because this is the third time that I know of him doing this to me. This time I going to use the skills I’ve so long ago put aside, and I will destroy him. Just as in the days of chivalry and honor, I will beat down the dishonorable man by letting the world know what he is about.

     This weekend I spent amazing amounts of time coming of age on the internet. I’ve learned just how technologically behind I have become. My new sites are Twitter(it’s more fun than everyone makes it out to be), Fark, Stumble, Technorati, Plaxo and I’m developing a Blog to be my company website (man is it easy to do and you can change appearances at the click of a button).

     On my facebook account, I decided to become more social and connect with people from the past. It is a joy to see where they have gone, what they have done and what they have become. Of course it is pleasing that they at least remember me enough to accept my friend request. It has been a long time.

     My circle of friends in school was average I guess. Now that age has crept up on me, I wish I had been nicer to them. My arrogance and selfishness probably cost me a few friends.

    All I can say is, now is not then and I’m happy for those that are giving me the chance

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     Well, I still love life just as much as before. I had a really good week at work, tiring, but good. The decision was made to start Taylor Global LLC back up again, and already have a job lined up. Advertising is set also.

     My mental state is really good. A week off the weights did some good on my physiology and I’m really not letting the old things bother me anymore. I really have gotten to the point of observing and not judging.

     This weekend though was great. My wife got me to understand that a blog would be a great idea for my business site. After checking things out, I agreed and now am in the process of setting it all up. I am excited about it all and hope to get it up and running in the next week. We also got them set up on her server which means a whole lot of space, so I am almost limitless on what I can do with them.

     My little puppies are becoming active. They are starting to realize what people are or should I say just aware of what is differet and want to explore. I am worried about the little one though, it seems to sleep too much for it’s age. I’m thinking it may have a mental issue.

     Lastly, I joined a challenge on my bodybuilding site. 8 weeks to see who can produce the best results. I am stoked and am looking forward to winning.

BEWARE OF HE WHO TRIES TO POISON YOUR MIND AGAINST ANOTHER UNDER THE PRETENSE OF HELPING YOU. THE CHANCES ARE A THOUSAND TO ONE HE IS TRYING TO HELP HIMSELF.

Napolean Hill

     Well here it is another week. I’ve learned that if I don’t watch the news, I don’t have as much to say. I think the news is relevant in our lives, but useless. Most news is tainted and the truth lies somewhere buried on someones desk because they were paid not to print it. If you watch other countries news, you find a whole new perspective on how things truly are.

     As mentors always say, there is more than one side to the story. We should take the time to learn the other sides of thought. I don’t mean the radicals side, because that is what we get every day, I mean the real mans story. The one, who like most of us, is affected by what goes on and is not an active player.

     What is the true agenda of the news media? Are they really trying to get the facts out, or simply trying to twist the facts for better ratings and more sales of their particular media? I fear we are becoming to attached to the rhetoric of extremists. This would make us no better than Islamic extremists. We hear of shootings and other deaths related to the hype the media blares out. Yet the media gets little blame.

     Personally, I am wary of the man!

     This will I’m sure raise a few tempers. Why do Cristians always ask in their initial meeting at some point, “Do you go to church?” I know they are digging just so that the next question can be, “Where do you go?” and at that point they are going to get the denomination because it is always included in the name of the church name.

     Does it matter, either question? What is so special about going to church anyway? It seems that a bunch of like minded people get together just so that they can have someone stand on a podium and profess to the congregation how right they are to be there. This person will also tell them that what they are currently thinking is correct and therefore justify to the individuals that they are righteous, good and probably better than everyone else who does not go to church.

     What a crock of crap! Jesus never had a church and certainly neither did God! They spread their word from person to person and from time to time, people would gather at his location on their own. Was his message diluted in some way because he did not have a central locale he called church?

     Secondly, the person preaching, who said he was a good enough person to tell you what you should believe? Another person who really has no credentials. I say this because I don’t remember, recently anyway, God or Jesus, ever telling anyone that they were pure enough to talk about what is right and wrong. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.

     I could tirade on forever, but understand, I’m not knocking any particular faith. I myself am a Taoist, believeing that I see, your God, my Tao, in everything, and I do mean everything. I believe that a much better understanding of God can be reached by observing nature and it’s reaction to itself. Why would I want someone telling me how things are, when I can see them for myself. Now is all that matters, and I don’t need to join a “support group” to feel I am right.

     Don’t get me wrong, I believe there is a God, but I am comfortable enough with what I don’t know, to say I don’t know. Where does he live?  What does he look like? What is his purpose for us, for himself? Did he really do all those things in the Bible? Why does he not have more written? Has goodness ceased to exist and therefore no writings are necessary? Does he have a wife, other kids? You see where I am going?

     No one knows the answers to these things and those that think they do will tell you, “In the good book it says……”. In other words, I myself, do not know, I only know what I am told. Maybe this why you are refered to as sheep in the Bible also.

     So the next time you ask me, “Do you go to Church?”, I will most likely just say “No, I do not.”, because I don’t think you would understand anyway.

Have a wonderful day, every day!

     I just don’t have any great stories this week, just some complaining and griping about little stuff. I started taking a NOS supplement again and boy does it make a difference in motivation level. I worked out so hard I think I pushed a couple of muscles a little too far, mainly my shoulders and middle back. Either way, I’m not injured so it feels great and I feel great.

     On occasion, Patti says I have this attitude when someone tells me I’m wrong or things don’t get done my way. Honestly, it feels that when these times pop up, I just don’t care. It really doesn’t matter to me, so I guess, no reaction comes off as pouting or so it would seem. I’m changing and I don’t think we have caught up to each other yet.

     Work is just that. It has changed and now I have to start invoicing again. Should it continue as it did last week, there will be a need to discuss higher pay per hour or going back to bidding for jobs. I haven’t had to chase my money in a year or so, and if I’m going to go there again, then it won’t be at my current rate of pay. It may very well be a time for change here also.

     Other than those things I’m enjoying life. I love watching the birds and the squirrels in the morning, the weather is awesome, I’m currently watching my grass grow(exciting huh?), and overall have gotten back to seeing nature interact with itself as well as us. It is truly amazing the things that happen without guidance, or so it would seem.

     Fiona’s little pups have opened their eyes and are now getting to all fours. The fun is about to begin. Well enough for now, it’s Saturday and I’ve got things to accomplish. I know this weeks post is a bit boring, but don’t you worry, by Monday I’m sure to have something I’m passionate about.