<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748105421719152629</id><updated>2011-11-27T19:26:22.728-05:00</updated><category term='Intro'/><title type='text'>The Real Dog and Pony Show</title><subtitle type='html'>The world today is filled with political correctness and touchy feely ass grabbing, I cannot handle this anymore.  This blog is dedicated to those of you out there who would rather be real than a cog in the wheel.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Jrod240</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03841362013493264999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>19</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748105421719152629.post-8429001016602822103</id><published>2009-01-01T18:50:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-01T20:39:50.523-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Free advice and thoughts for 2009</title><summary type='text'>A new year is upon us and I have been in a reflective mood. I am also looking forward for 2009. This is going to be the year that the EAC reaches world domination. More on this later. Like I said I have some thoughts I would like to share with you and hopefully you will keep this in mind through the year. Hope your new year will be great.1. If you are going to rob a bank, make sure that you put </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/feeds/8429001016602822103/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4748105421719152629&amp;postID=8429001016602822103' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/8429001016602822103'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/8429001016602822103'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/2009/01/free-advise-and-thoughts-for-2009.html' title='Free advice and thoughts for 2009'/><author><name>Jrod240</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03841362013493264999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748105421719152629.post-7767125144984392380</id><published>2008-12-28T10:45:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-28T11:10:48.131-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Rocket Surgery</title><summary type='text'>The Holiday Season is almost over and I will be the fist in line say Hell Yea!  Don't get me wrong, I love spending time with my family and watching my girls open up their presents, but it seems to me that the holiday seasons bring out the weird in everybody.We have been on the go for quite some time and I found myself low of provisions at my home.  I decided that a Whopper sounded great as this </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/feeds/7767125144984392380/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4748105421719152629&amp;postID=7767125144984392380' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/7767125144984392380'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/7767125144984392380'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/2008/12/rocket-surgery.html' title='Rocket Surgery'/><author><name>Jrod240</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03841362013493264999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748105421719152629.post-7774552241490258751</id><published>2008-12-23T20:05:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-23T20:18:50.570-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Healthy competition</title><summary type='text'>I have a friend who is blind.  This is and of itself is not that big of a deal.  My father was a Special Education teacher while I was growing up.  He has since retired from the noble profession, but I have spent a lot of time with people with different handicaps. I never really thought about my buddy being disabled and I don't treat him that way. We have many spirited debates about the different</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/feeds/7774552241490258751/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4748105421719152629&amp;postID=7774552241490258751' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/7774552241490258751'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/7774552241490258751'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/2008/12/healthy-competition.html' title='Healthy competition'/><author><name>Jrod240</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03841362013493264999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748105421719152629.post-955390527295069955</id><published>2008-12-23T19:51:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-23T20:05:33.364-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Crash Landings</title><summary type='text'>I found out today that I am being transferred for my job.  The only thing that would have made the day better would have been to see my Manager's face when she found out about it.  You all know who I am talking about yes, T-Bag.  She is off of work for the holiday season.  I really have my doubts that she even knows how to spell Christmas. I will miss everyone I work with but with a few </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/feeds/955390527295069955/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4748105421719152629&amp;postID=955390527295069955' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/955390527295069955'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/955390527295069955'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/2008/12/crash-landings.html' title='Crash Landings'/><author><name>Jrod240</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03841362013493264999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748105421719152629.post-8313986854621254930</id><published>2008-12-16T21:05:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-16T21:22:48.186-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Nothing party's like a rental</title><summary type='text'>So far, Blitzen's ass has cost me $5600.00 plus $250.00 deductible.   The damage done to my car when I hit the deer was a little more extensive that what I expected, but I do take solace in the fact that somewhere in Central Ohio, there is a deer running around with the word FORD tattooed across the rear half of his body. Life has been chaotic since this all happened.  I have met several </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/feeds/8313986854621254930/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4748105421719152629&amp;postID=8313986854621254930' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/8313986854621254930'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/8313986854621254930'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/2008/12/nothing-partys-like-rental.html' title='Nothing party&apos;s like a rental'/><author><name>Jrod240</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03841362013493264999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748105421719152629.post-7645656735214872597</id><published>2008-12-15T06:55:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-15T07:16:25.796-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Revenge for grandma Pt 2</title><summary type='text'>The assistance I received from the different sources was running at about 50%.  Half of the people I talked to were helpful and the other half, well, Let's just say, they had been in the back hollow too long. The AAA person was about as helpful as "tits on a boar hog," as my father would say.  She called back to my cell phone twice, but both times it went strait to my voice mail but she did not </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/feeds/7645656735214872597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4748105421719152629&amp;postID=7645656735214872597' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/7645656735214872597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/7645656735214872597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/2008/12/revenge-for-grandma-pt-2.html' title='Revenge for grandma Pt 2'/><author><name>Jrod240</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03841362013493264999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748105421719152629.post-7076078638525398140</id><published>2008-12-15T05:53:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-15T06:54:59.914-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Revenge for grandma</title><summary type='text'>As the song goes, "Grandma got run over by a reindeer..." I will say I took revenge upon the deer population yesterday in her memory. I am not a doctor but I was able to put the front end of my car half way up the ass of a deer yesterday.I was driving back from my parents house yesterday. I was on this two lane country road and everyone in the car was asleep. Things were going great, we were </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/feeds/7076078638525398140/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4748105421719152629&amp;postID=7076078638525398140' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/7076078638525398140'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/7076078638525398140'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/2008/12/revenge-for-grandma.html' title='Revenge for grandma'/><author><name>Jrod240</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03841362013493264999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748105421719152629.post-6282711488392542397</id><published>2008-12-14T11:10:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-14T11:36:00.689-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Nudity and Uniquie uses of the English language</title><summary type='text'>During my pre-marital days, if someone would have told me that I would live with four females and there would be vast amounts of nudity, I would have jumped at the opportunity.  I would have gone into this situation without thinking twice.  As the old adage goes, be careful of what you wish for as you just might get it.I have a wife, two daughters and one cat, a female.  Of coarse, the cat is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/feeds/6282711488392542397/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4748105421719152629&amp;postID=6282711488392542397' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/6282711488392542397'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/6282711488392542397'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/2008/12/nudity-and-uniquie-uses-of-english.html' title='Nudity and Uniquie uses of the English language'/><author><name>Jrod240</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03841362013493264999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748105421719152629.post-8725237850480022776</id><published>2008-12-13T20:53:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T21:15:35.989-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Job opening</title><summary type='text'>During this day and age, the economy is one of the top conversation pieces.  I will not claim to know exactly what the economy is, but all I know is that it sucks.  I just know that I have to pay more for something that is not worth as much as it use to be.  Due to the higher costs of everything, I have decided to start my own business.  Now it is scary starting my own business, in this day and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/feeds/8725237850480022776/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4748105421719152629&amp;postID=8725237850480022776' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/8725237850480022776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/8725237850480022776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/2008/12/job-opening.html' title='Job opening'/><author><name>Jrod240</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03841362013493264999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748105421719152629.post-1972616379160574977</id><published>2008-12-13T00:46:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T01:13:06.194-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Male Enhancement</title><summary type='text'>The radio, Internet and television is filled with "male enhancement" commercials.  Each commercial goes about it in a different way, but ultimately the the message is the same.  They all claim to make your Johnson bigger.  Great, good for them, but here is my first problem with this whole concept.  These commercials tout the benefits of having a bigger talliwhacker, but it's not like you can show</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/feeds/1972616379160574977/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4748105421719152629&amp;postID=1972616379160574977' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/1972616379160574977'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/1972616379160574977'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/2008/12/male-enhancement.html' title='Male Enhancement'/><author><name>Jrod240</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03841362013493264999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748105421719152629.post-3685783840363558909</id><published>2008-12-12T23:52:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T00:23:20.331-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Sad but true tales of idiots.</title><summary type='text'>Humanity fascinates me.  It is one of those things which really is special in this universe.  The advances in art, science and mathematics are astounding, but on the opposite side of the same coin, I am amazed at how low people can sink.  Now I am not talking about the those that have given up, that will be saved for another time, but what I mean is those people who start talking before they </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/feeds/3685783840363558909/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4748105421719152629&amp;postID=3685783840363558909' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/3685783840363558909'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/3685783840363558909'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/2008/12/sad-but-true-tales-of-idiots.html' title='Sad but true tales of idiots.'/><author><name>Jrod240</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03841362013493264999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748105421719152629.post-1272553076432013916</id><published>2008-12-11T18:28:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T18:55:26.694-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Toilet talk</title><summary type='text'>One of the great mysteries of life is why women always go to the bathroom in packs.  There are many theories about why this is.   In my own musings, I just assume that females go in packs for support.  Now to clarify "support."  If some of the women's bathrooms are like the guys bathrooms, then I would assume in order to complete the transaction, they just don't want to sit on the toilet.  I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/feeds/1272553076432013916/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4748105421719152629&amp;postID=1272553076432013916' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/1272553076432013916'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/1272553076432013916'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/2008/12/toilet-talk.html' title='Toilet talk'/><author><name>Jrod240</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03841362013493264999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748105421719152629.post-4617142334139472741</id><published>2008-12-10T09:12:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T09:21:38.744-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Medieval torture</title><summary type='text'>I went to the dentist this morning. He is a nice enough fellow, but I realized the following...My dentist Genghis Khan reincarnated.My dentist is a Sado Masochist.My dentist feels no pain and therefore refuses to give any relief to his subjects.My dentist still uses the same tools that the Spanish Inquisition used to extract confessions.My dentist is a fan of random beatings.My dentist got his </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/feeds/4617142334139472741/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4748105421719152629&amp;postID=4617142334139472741' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/4617142334139472741'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/4617142334139472741'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/2008/12/medieval-torture.html' title='Medieval torture'/><author><name>Jrod240</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03841362013493264999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748105421719152629.post-1185039233394365546</id><published>2008-12-09T20:23:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T20:59:44.931-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Webester's 9th and other tales</title><summary type='text'>I spend all day listening to people telling me how bad their life has become.  I am able to forget most of them. Some of them I can't forget even if I choose to forget, but then there are the ones that are able to hit me with something that I never thought I would see or hear in my life. Some people just really don't know what they say.  Here are just a few of those times.I spend close to 8 hours</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/feeds/1185039233394365546/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4748105421719152629&amp;postID=1185039233394365546' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/1185039233394365546'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/1185039233394365546'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/2008/12/webesters-9th-and-other-tales.html' title='Webester&apos;s 9th and other tales'/><author><name>Jrod240</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03841362013493264999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748105421719152629.post-8280312168361366015</id><published>2008-12-08T21:32:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T21:34:12.487-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Going bald and loving it</title><summary type='text'>Looking up at the television monitor of a local convince store, I couldn't help but smile to myself at the poor guy who's head looked like a dome light.  A full head of dark hair encircled a small patch of nothing at the crown of his head.  It might as well have been a halo surrounding him.  The black and white images shifted to another camera and then I realized I was the guy with the dome light</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/feeds/8280312168361366015/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4748105421719152629&amp;postID=8280312168361366015' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/8280312168361366015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/8280312168361366015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/2008/12/going-bald-and-loving-it.html' title='Going bald and loving it'/><author><name>Jrod240</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03841362013493264999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748105421719152629.post-1239902084262042655</id><published>2008-12-08T19:55:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T20:21:05.160-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Promoted to a level of incompetence</title><summary type='text'>My job is filled with all manners of stress.  There is the stress from the dealing with the public, there is the stress of processing claims in a timely fashion and then just to make matters worse, I have 2 managers who think the best way to get you to do your work is to hover over your shoulder and tell you how to do everything. I try to get to work at 7:00 a.m. each day just so I can avoid my </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/feeds/1239902084262042655/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4748105421719152629&amp;postID=1239902084262042655' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/1239902084262042655'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/1239902084262042655'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/2008/12/promoted-to-level-of-incompetence.html' title='Promoted to a level of incompetence'/><author><name>Jrod240</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03841362013493264999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748105421719152629.post-4388998831362577684</id><published>2008-12-07T11:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-07T11:26:01.632-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Love in the real world</title><summary type='text'>I have often wondered about the word "LOVE."  To use one word in the English language to describe a feeling always bothered me.  Now all words are used to describe, define or name an object, tangible or otherwise, but this was one of those few words which really did not sit well with me.  If I say I love pizza, this statement is true, I really like pizza, but then I turn right around and say I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/feeds/4388998831362577684/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4748105421719152629&amp;postID=4388998831362577684' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/4388998831362577684'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/4388998831362577684'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/2008/12/love-in-real-world.html' title='Love in the real world'/><author><name>Jrod240</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03841362013493264999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748105421719152629.post-7605547044955487916</id><published>2008-12-06T20:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-06T20:41:51.082-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Let it cool first...</title><summary type='text'>Friday was just another day at work.  It was the first week of the month and my office was slammed.  The lobby of my office was packed with people.  Sometime earlier that day a large group of Russian students came in to the office for work purposes.  This put a strain on the man power available for claim processing.  As I was between scheduled appointments, I was required by my supervisor to call</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/feeds/7605547044955487916/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4748105421719152629&amp;postID=7605547044955487916' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/7605547044955487916'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/7605547044955487916'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/2008/12/let-it-cool-first.html' title='Let it cool first...'/><author><name>Jrod240</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03841362013493264999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748105421719152629.post-3955635986029819492</id><published>2008-12-06T18:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-06T19:08:45.145-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Intro'/><title type='text'>Missing teeth in the Cog of the Machine</title><summary type='text'>I work for a federal agency which is one of the largest employers in the USA.  I love this country and just want to be able to leave it a better place than what it was when I started with it.  I will admit that since I am still gainfully employed by said agency.  I know how this agency works and in this economy, I am one of the few people who can honestly say, my job is guaranteed. The older and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/feeds/3955635986029819492/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4748105421719152629&amp;postID=3955635986029819492' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/3955635986029819492'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4748105421719152629/posts/default/3955635986029819492'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://therealdogandponyshow.blogspot.com/2008/12/missing-teeth-in-cog-of-machine.html' title='Missing teeth in the Cog of the Machine'/><author><name>Jrod240</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03841362013493264999</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
