Sometimes managers just don't think

So at work, where I sell pens and other promotional products, they are trying to use popcorn as a motivational tool. You see this is our busy time of year and they need us to work alot of overtime. So in order to lure us into work for 40plus hours they have come up with the ingenius idea of "Popcorn Days". Now we are forbidden to eat anything but hard candies and peanuts (yeah thats right) at our desk. So you can only eat this popcorn in the lunchroom on your break or lunch. So first off that sucks, second of all, who gives a shit about popcorn?

Ok last one

I realize that posting images from Post Secret is redundant since I like to it from my blog, I do think this one is fantastically funny and will try and refrain from repeating a similar post in the future.




You know what else is kinda funny, I used the word blog in this post and did a spell check and it didn't recognize blog, it is a blog!!

Customize Google

First off if you aren't using gmail yet simply email eatthegoat@gmail.com for an invite. Secondly you must the use the customized google homepage, unless of course you don't use google.

Good Halloween Site

Funniest Post Secret Ever

Cut off by my ISP!!

So I goto check my email the other day and after some confusion realized that my internet was down. I called my ISP and they informed me that my account had been suspended for bandwidth violations. I didn't even know they had a limit on bandwidth. So after some knoodling they reactivated my account and told me to watch it. They also informed me that they had been emailng me at the account I got with my service, again I didn't even know that existed. I have no need for ISP based email, your ISP changes too often and its a pain to change email addresses. Anyway so I read the letters and then goto this page that tells me my usage, this is what it read.

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Monthly combined bandwidth limit: 15360 MB
Current month's bandwidth used to date (MB)
Upstream: 83737
Downstream: 70610

Current month's percentage of combined limit used: 1004 %
Current month's estimated bandwidth usage (based on the current daily average usage): 201300 MB
Estimated amount current limit will be exceeded by (based on the current daily average usage): 185940 MB

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So if I am using 100 times what I am alotted I really don't think this relationship with my ISP is gonna work out. I asked and they can't offer me another package, their loss.

Apocalyptic Flashlight

My buddy got this flashlight at Shoppers Drugmart. It doesn't take batteries. All you do is shake it and the magnet and copper coil create a charge and allow the flashlight to emit light. This is by far the greatest invention I have come across since tiny FM transmitters.

Back to work

So I'm back to work and once again projecting the illusion of productivity, I'm telling ya this is a skill. So anyway, between writting a short story and doing crossword puzzles at work today I happened upon a fly. You know the type, little black, obnoxious. Anyway, so I got to thinking, when a fly is landed on the ceiling do you think it knows its upside down?

A not new stove

Mt friends mom bought this stove as her actuall stove, like this is what she is going to cook xmas dinner in. Can you imagine the time it takes to preheat a stove of this vintage, not to mention the amount of heat that must escape into your home. The turkey won't be the only thing cooking.

Patty's Baby Boy

My buddy Pat had a baby, fortunately its head did not pop off, unlike Mary, who's baby's head did pop off. We all thought she was joking till she showed up at league night with the head as her ball.

Highway Driving

Do people still flash their headlights when they have passed a cop on the highway to warn oncoming speeders of the dangers looming ahead. I remember when I younger you would see this all the time, now I don't see it at all. If this is no longer common practice I think we as a people should bring it back.

Bands That Sell Out

When bands sell out are they really selling out? I was talking with a friend last night about this whole issue when a greenday video came on. We came to an agreement that this saying was created by bands that sucked, you know they dont suck though they just blame it on the bad equipement. Anyway we decided that selling out is really just getting the job, so next time a small independent band makes it big dont say they sold out say they got the job.

Where is RPD?

Currently without web access. RPD has been missing, stealing sometime at a friends house he simply comes to say hello. He also wonders why funkbh is telling us about walmart shopping sprees. You would think with Walmart being common place he would not shop there. Also for the fact that they have drivin most of the mom and pop stores out of business and you can no longer get services from someone you know and trust.

Moving Day

I'm moving on Saturday to a new place. I think I'm going to have to learn how to swim cause there is a pool on the 3rd floor. I actually will have a full size fridge, and a dishwasher, and a washer/dryer, and a clean stove. I'm pretty excited.

AZ little of WalMart

I have been doing a little more shopping at Walmart in the last few months. Here are some highlights.

Mess Set - $3.00. This set included 4 pots, measuring cup and a handle. All aluminum one piece construction. And I could clean it easily enough to use it again.

You have got to wonder what happened to get this in my camping bag for $3.00. I mean, I can see the physical characteristics of it. But someone had to move it through the production line, pack it and label it. Somehow it got from China to Ontario by ship, train and truck. And I purchased it at a price that Walmart profited from. It wasn't a loss-leader or opening price point item.

Rubbermaid storage containers, various sizes - From $4.77 to $12.86. Some may remember Rubbermaid (i don't) as a North American corporation that sold a great product and employed many people. More may remember the pressure that Walmart put on them to slash costs and move operations overseas, nearly bankrupting the once pround Fortune 500 company.

Bag of fun - $8.00 Contents include; 1 flying disk (a middlebrow frisbee) , set of velcro mitts and ball, water splat football, wiffleball set and a beachball.

The frisbee actually flew very true. I liked the action as much as Pat's authentic frisbee. The velcro mitts kept on stickin. The Splat Football and Beachball did thier job, which isn't much really. My issues were with the wiffleball set. The race on thehandles wasn't wide enough to fit the ball. Oh yeah, it had a handy zippered mesh carrying case.

Coleman cooler with bonus set - $19.99 Well, the bonus set was nice.

Oh my god, look what happened in London Today

Pub must restore thatched roof

Plans to restore a fire-ravaged thatched pub in Leicestershire are on hold to allow time for talks on the restoration of its roof.

Weather network message of the day

Comment on an addition of weather news about a month ago. About people and the exposure to the suns UV rays that can cause cancer, or maybe it was about pets. It was mentioned on TWN that pets have no protection against the suns damaging rays. I would like to say my neighbour, shes a little eccentric, the last few years she is not very friendly, Im not on speaking terms with her, its ever since she became and unwed single mother she hates men, so she doesnt talk to me. Shes got this brown dog, its either a rotweiller or a lab, I swear to you this is true, I think shes trying to protect her dog from the suns harmful rays. It looks like shes fastened a Lampshade to her dogs head if you can believe it; she lives about 3 houses away. I dont know if thats what it is or the purpose of it because I can no longer talk to her, she hates men now. I saw this dog walking around with a Lampshade on its head; you can investigate this if you want.

I shit you not

Open a new checking account at TD Bank and they will give you a free Ipod Shuffle. This guy at work told me about it and I of course did not believe him but then I checked the website and its true!!

Breaking News

So Im watching my morning news show Breakfast Television. There was a very uninteresting news serial about potato bugs. Then all of a sudden they cut in with a breaking news story. So this can't wait breaking news story is a live shot of the Olympic committee about who is going to get, are you ready, I hope you are. The 2012 Olympic games. Are they serious, this is breaking news, an event that won't take place for 7 years is breaking news. I was quite bothered by the situation and think I may have to write a letter. I write lots of letters.

Weather network message of the day

My name is George, Im calling from just west of wiarton Ontario. This is really nothing to do with weather but I have a question about the high gasoline prices. How much gasoline is being used at a drag strip or like Daytona 500, if the gas prices are going up why are they allowing race drivers to compete, how much gas do they use. I would like to race my car too but I can’t because the gas is too much. But all the car races use astronomical amounts of gas for nothing, just to go around the track 500 miles. Thats 500 miles I can’t use in gas for what half a year, all the driving I do, thank you for listening. If the gas price is going up why allow car races.


This is the same guy who called in about low water levels