http://www.lonecity.com Random Thoughts, Alone in a big city. Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:36:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When it comes to dealing with emotional situations I'm just about as close to a rock as a person can become.  I don't have trouble setting through funerals or watching friends walk away and it happens not only without tears, but also without sadness.  Its not that I'm uncaring.  I ... http://www.lonecity.com/2009/03/24/this-week-i-gave-away-my-sister/ [caption id="attachment_115" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Beware of Signs"][/caption] Over the past fifteen or so years that my family has owned this home I've had the opportunity to visit the trans-jordan landfill about half a dozen times.  We don't produce alot of waste, but theres been a few times that I've needed to ... http://www.lonecity.com/2009/03/15/116/ Its finally over!  The doors are closed to the public.  The sign on the front of the building has been taken down and we're well into stripping the building down to the bare cinder block walls.  We're just a few days worth of shipping away store fixtures and I'll never ... http://www.lonecity.com/2009/03/08/moving-on-to-something-new/ Its strange how people can think of themselves as moral upstanding people and still do the most terrible things.  Con artists thinking they aren't taking anything more than what people can spare will swindle the last dollar from a starving family and feel good about it.  Shoplifters will take from ... http://www.lonecity.com/2009/03/01/can-you-still-be-stealing-if-you-pay-for-the-merchandise/ Over the past dozen or so years I've grown to become what I would call a patient buyer.  If something looks too expensive I wait it out for the right opportunity before nabbing it.  More often than not this strategy has ended in dissapointment as I've gone months (sometimes years) ... http://www.lonecity.com/2009/02/23/ok-im-a-stingy-bastard/ As the economy continues to grind further and futher into recession and despirate measures from the government to boost spending and credit abound my current place of business also draws nearer to closing.  This isn't the first time I've been tasked with shutting down a retail store, though it is ... http://www.lonecity.com/2009/02/15/i-guess-you-never-really-know-a-person/ I'm sure I have mentioned before on my blog that I'm just a bit of an anime fan.  (that first sentance should really be read as freakish otaku geek)  I've even managed to get my poor little brother hooked on my bad habit.  So the other day he called me ... http://www.lonecity.com/2009/02/09/hulu-is-not-just-for-anime/ Its difficult to write about saving money when you simply don't make enough to save.  I wanted to write todays entry in the blog about how I was planning to save up some cash for needed repairs and wanted upgrades to my kitchen.  I guess What I'm really going to ... http://www.lonecity.com/2009/02/03/101/ President Obama is about to wrap up his first week in the white house and I'm surprised there hasn't been more exciting news.  I've never been a racist or thought that way at all.  Still I would have predicted at least one major tragedy to be headlining the news as ... http://www.lonecity.com/2009/01/25/obamas-first-week/ Picture a scene where a mother in a park buys two ice cream cones for her children.  One child is rowdy and more excited about running off to play on the monkey bars.  The other child is calm and composed.  This child is carefully licking the ice cream so it ... http://www.lonecity.com/2009/01/18/shes-coming-to-take-my-ice-cream-away/