Too Much Sadness

My house is gloomy today, and all of us that live here are very sad. The lovely little dog I wrote about in this blog just a few short weeks ago is no longer with us :(
While out for an evening stroll and potty walk Brownie got loose from Shelly's hand and he and the leash went out into the street where a car hit him. The only comfort, if there is comfort, is that he appears to have died instantly, no bleeding, no whimpering in pain, no suffering for Brownie. I have no clue what the driver was thinking, Shelly said he didn't even slow down, nor did he stop after he hit the dog. I don't understand how someone can not stop after hitting an animal, any animal, pet or not :(
A friend in the neighborhood came over and buried Brownie which was very nice of him. It's hard to lose a pet, even one that you haven't had very long. They just attach themselves to a family so quickly. I shall miss this dog, he was rather a cute little critter.
I hope that all of us can get over the trauma of losing Brownie in such a tragic way. As for the driver, I'm sure Karma will catch up with him someday...





REST IN PEACE, BROWNIE

The Bug From Hell

The bug from Hell appears to be living quite comfortably inside of my poor, tired body. I thought I had gotten rid of it but it came back with a vengeance! No matter what I take it just seems to laugh it off and continue enjoying itself at my expense.
Some days I am vomiting and some days, like today, I have it easy, I just have the runs. I took enough drugs last night to knock out an elephant but I stayed awake for most of it, dozing off for mere minutes at a time. Needless to say, today I am spent :(
I do hope I can get over this bug soon. I already missed bowling last Thursday and I hate missing my bowling night!
Hopefully, all of you dear readers are feeling great and are not sick at home with the bug from Hell :)

Safety First

No matter what you do for a living, there are safety hazards around your job site. Whether it be from carrying boxes from one place to another, using chemicals or simply from someone leaving something on the floor that you do not see until you have tripped or slipped! All of these safety hazards can be avoidable, with proper training, and every employer has the responsibility to provide their employees with that training. No one wants to have an accident!
But, what I want to talk about today has specifically to do with your hands, as, no matter what job you do, those hands of yours play a very important part and should be taken care of in a proper manner. So, let's talk about safety equipment in regards to your hands.
Proper hand protection is crucial to your work environment, and Critical Tool carries gloves for every situation: cotton gloves for inspection, nitrile gloves for chemicals, latex gloves for the medical field, heat resistant gloves (high heat gloves), dipped and coated gloves, Ansell gloves, welding gloves and many more! Click on the link above and see for yourself just which safety gloves are the correct gloves for you.

They even have gloves to keep your hands warm in cold weather, say, when you are just driving to work or working outside when the weather isn't warm. As you can see, Critical Tool has your hands covered no matter what you may do to earn your living.

Guess Who

Woke up today with an earache,a sore throat and a headache? Darn it, I thought this mess was gone from my system but I see now that it was just taking a breather before attacking me again :(
Maybe I am mistaken, but it certainly appears to me that the more advanced our society gets, the more advanced the germs get too. When I was a kid, you got a cold or the flu and you spent a couple of days resting getting lots of fluids and maybe some Vick's Vaporub for your chest and all was well. And the best part? The bug didn't come back at you every few days like this one is doing.
*SIGH*
Lord knows, I miss those days...

How Desperate

Hospital patients getting drunk on gels
LICHFIELD, England (UPI) -- Some patients in British hospitals have been using alcohol hand gels to get intoxicated, the National Health Service says.

The health agency has issued an official patient safety alert to hospitals and clinics throughout Britain, The Daily Telegraph reported. The gels have been used in patient care for more than four years.

Reported thefts of the alcohol hand gels by patients have already resulted in two hospitals in Staffordshire clearing their wards of gel dispensers.

The dispensers are typically placed around hospital wards for employees to use to fight the spread of infections.

Paramedics who have treated patients accused of stealing the dispensers claim desperate patients with addictions will consume the alcoholic solution despite the presence of a foul-tasting chemical.

The Telegraph said an unspecified number of deaths and serious incidents have been attributed to the consumption of hand gel.




Copyright 2009 by United Press International

I Hate Computers!

Well, not actually computers per se, since I spend 90% of my waking hours in front of one. Actually it isn't even the computer parts that bug me, although that's part of my problem.
My biggest problem is with a certain software company that makes the operating system. Because they are so afraid that somebody might actually want to steal their product they make it nigh on impossible to swap hard drives and keep all their stuff intact :(
I think I like the 95 version best, you could just copy and paste it onto the new drive, reboot and there you go! But, not with this new version.
So, I now have two hard drives inside, both of them with mostly the same stuff on them, but only one of them will actually boot the computer. So, until I am feeling extremely patient and have tons of time with nothing to do, this is how things will stay. Eventually I may just dump all the programs off the master drive, delete all their shortcuts from the desktop and then go into the slave drive and make new shortcuts pointing to the slave.
But, today is not the day. I am not patient. I am tired and cranky and sore from trying to get things to work earlier. Dealing with two computers doesn't seem that bad, but lifting them and moving them around the room seems to have made my back ache.
As for Mr. I Got More Money Than Damned Near Everyone, I hope you and your software geniuses are happy. Maybe you could spend some of that money on something useful, like fixing your software so that you don't always seem to be coming up with another Security Fix. I'm probably asking way too much...

Victory For The Little Guy

I can relate to this story, and I am happy that he won his battle. I was forced to quit wearing my loud shirts at work because the school made us all wear work shirts with our names and positions on them, which totally stunk :(
LITTLESTOWN , Pa. (UPI) -- The Littlestown Borough Council in Pennsylvania has voted to allow a school crossing guard to continue wearing his trademark silly hats to work.

Larry Douthwaite, who has worked as a crossing guard in Littlestown for 15 years, said he is known as the "Hat Man" to children and residents because of his collection of funny hats, including a 2-foot-tall stovepipe hat and a pharaoh-style head covering, WGAL-TV, Lancaster, Pa., reported Wednesday.

However, he said borough officials told him two weeks ago that he could not wear any hats on the job other than his borough-issued "school patrol" hat after labeling his on the job headgear as unprofessional and a distraction to drivers.

Douthwaite and his supporters took the case to the Littlestown Borough Council, which voted unanimously Tuesday to allow the crossing guard to continue to sport his funny hats at the crosswalk. He said he planned to celebrate the victory Wednesday by wearing his pharaoh hat to work.