Pet Peeve

AAarrrggghhh.

Another Pet Peeve of mine occurred this morning while waiting in line at Tim Horton’s, for my large double-double.

The very long line had a 4 person break in it because there was a girl talking to her friend and not paying attention, but that was not my pet peeve, because quite frankly, had she moved the extra 5 feet, it would not have changed anything.

What really got me steamed was the dude behind me who was standing so close to me that his chest was touching my shoulder – still not a huge problem, until… He took a deep breath and let out a giant sigh… Right into the side of my face!  UGH.  I could feel his breath enter my friggin ear.

GROSS.

 

I wanted to spin towards him and say something like; Dude!!!  If you can breath into my ear, you’re to fucking close!!!”

I didn’t.

I said, “uck” and took a step forward, turning my back towards him.

Yuck, yuck, yuck!!!  I feel dirty.

Grey Tooth update

Not sure if you remember but I posted not too long ago about my son’s front right tooth that I accidentally smacked into the coffee table, causing it to turn grey (almost black). His mouth hit the table in late July / Early August, and it finally started to darken a week before school. I thought it was going to go black or have to be pulled…

Well…

An update: On Friday I looked into his mouth and to my surprise, his tooth was almost white again.

I know when I took him to the dentist the x-rays showed no nerve damage and there was no swelling, so unless either of those occurred it was not going to get fall out or have to be pulled, but I never expected it to heal.

Insert giant “whew” here.

Why I ALWAYS wanted a metal detector as a kid…

LONDON — An unemployed metal detectorist has unearthed the biggest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver ever found in a country field, archaeologists said on Thursday.

The trove of at least 1,350 items, including five kilos (11 pounds) of gold and a smaller amount of silver, was found in July by 55-year-old Terry Herbert with a metal detector near his home in Burntwood, some 15 miles north of Birmingham.

The haul, which is potentially worth a fortune, was officially declared ‘treasure’ on Thursday by a coroner, who has the legal right to decide the status of such finds.

It is believed to date from the seventh century AD, and may have belonged to Saxon royalty. The treasure includes sword hilt fittings inlaid with precious stones, helmets, crosses and a strip of gold bearing a Biblical inscription in Latin.

Toronto Mayor David Miller ready to leave Toronto… :)

What a legacy this guy leaves for the City he claims to love? He bends over for the union, watches as the garbage men hold the city hostage for 2 months during the summer, gives them a whopping pay raise, OT and double-time, caters to his left-wing socialist buddies, then with no viable candidate within miles, announces he’s not running for Mayor again.

He actually said this in the paper, “While it’s been a difficult decision, I feel secure in my priorities, proud of my record and confident in my vision for the city I love,” Miller said, noting he had made the decision privately after his 2006 mayoral win.

“When I was a councillor, the demands on me and my family were significant. After my election as Mayor, the pressures on me as a father and as a husband became immense, and I realized then were I to be re-elected in 2010, and serve until 2014, my daughter would be in university and my son would be about to graduate from high school.”

Miller’s announcement comes on the heels of a 39-day civic strike this summer. His handling of the negotiations made him a target in the media and polls showed his declining popularity.

As recently as yesterday Miller was having to fend off questions about not revealing the full amount of the city’s sick bank liability which is about $200 million more than he disclosed.

His legacy for the city? Increase pay of unionized workers, freeze the pay of non-unionized workers and almost bankrupt the City.

Why wait?

Please Mayor Miller… Go NOW!!!

I guess he’s hoping that the next Mayor will suck worse than him… Chances are he cannot unless he’s another left-winger like Jack Layton or Bob (I’m a Liberal now) Rae. 

That makes me sick!

I cut off his finger?!?

Stewie woke up at 3:30 this morning crying.

I sauntered into his room and was greeted by an angry almost 3 year old, sitting up in his bed with his blankie tucked under his arm.  Through tears he said; “You cut off my finger!”

I rubbed his head, layed him back in bed and said, “No I didn’t, go back to sleep”.

He sat right back up and said louder, “YOU CUT OFF MY FINGER!”

I sat on his bed, layed him back down, then took his hand and counted his fingers to him beginning with his right hand.

“Oh” he said, and I sat there as he dozed off to sleep within seconds.

Nightmares… Joy.

When he awoke in the morning, he ran into his Mummy’s room to tell her that I cut his finger off.  She looked at his hand and counted the fingers as I did earlier.

Then, he pointed to the space between his first finger and thumb.  “There!” he proclaimed… There was my finger…

Apparently my son had 6 fingers…

No surprises from this government…

I remember, as if it were yesterday, asking my former Section Manager if I was under investigation as he was grilling me with question after question regarding something someone told him.  I had done nothing wrong, but based on the anonymous writing of this idiot, I was being treated as a criminal.

“No, you are not under investigation” he replied to me in front of union representation and my former team leader.

LIAR!

Turns out he lied to my face…

I requested a report much along the line of the freedom to information act to see what had been written, emailed, or communicated about me in the year and a bit since I had been gone.  Anyone can request one.  It’s the same way the story of the 2 senior CRA employees stealing from taxpayers came out.  Go google ATIP – Access to Information.

What I found was very interesting. 

Not only did I find that those idiots had launched an investigation, I also read the communications between the Director of Internal Audit in Ottawa and the senior management team due to this investigation.  All the accounts I had accessed in 2007 were investigated, 154 page audit, and nothing odd was found, not one instance and this covered about 2300 accounts.  HA!.  The audit head, none too pleased, communicated this to senior management especially after the government managers tried to shut down this “investigation” after seeing no issues and trying to save face.  The audit head chastised them for hurrying up this critically important audit (?) surrounding the allegations of this idiot and her anonymous “tip”. 

I’m shaking my head.

Other things turned up in my request was a memo from the Head of Employee Relations criticizing my former managers for telling me that I could not seek employment while on leave – since it said so in the collective agreement which I sited to them about a thousand times…  Also interesting was a referral from a former team leader of mine for about 2 weeks about how I was not suited to be a team leader… She was promoted because she is bilingual, not necessarily competent.  

So I was not “qualified” to be a team leader in the government – with 10 years’ experience and a MBA – But somehow able to do so much more in the private sector.  

This former team leader clearly prejudiced herself at the request of her friends and I have to say if I saw her today I’d probably have to be refrained from spitting in her face…

Anyways, it’s been a year since I started my new gig… Love it!  Glad to be out of that place, and will NEVER go back. 

Oh, and the other information I learned in the 952 pages sent to me, about me, over the past year and a bit…

I should write a book. 

Or sue for constructive dismissal…

If you understand, then this is for you!

L’Shana Tova.

 

May you and your family be blessed and have a wonderful new year full of health, happiness and prosperity.

(Tonight begins the Jewish New Year – Rosh Hashana)

Being a Dad

Last week Linus went back to school – to Junior Kindergarten at a new school.  I think he likes it.  Today, Stewie went back to his school for another year of pre-school.  I was with him for the hour while their Mummy attended school.  I know he liked it.

But there is something bothering Stewie.  I posted here a couple weeks ago that he was not sleeping well – monsters – but that fear of monsters has subsided and now he just wants to sleep in our bed… with his Mummy. 

Going on about a month now, I’m finding more and more that I’m exhausted during the day and losing patience at night.  It goes something like this… He goes to bed around 7pm, gets up around 11pm, and when I walk him to his room he demands that I stay with him or he cries / whines / wails.  He then comes back to our room, I pick him up and take him back to his room.  This continues until I’m furious, and he’s waken up the entire house…

Getting angry doesn’t work.

Talking to him… Does not work.

Bribing?

Nope.

I think he might be nervous for baby coming and because of the new school… Stay tuned.

 

Sunday I took the kids outside to check out garden.  Stewie walked outside, and said, “Oh! It’s friggin’ cold out here”.  And inside he returned.

 

I’m working on a post about the… government of course.  Some breaking developments.  But since my blog is no longer anonymous, I want to be clear and truthful in what I write… It’s coming… Stay tuned for that too.

Go Jays Go. Go Empire Go

While watching the Jays play the Yankees on Sunday, Linus blurted out; “Dad, who do we want to win?”  I said, “The Blue Jays, of course, they’re from Toronto”.  “OHHHH”, he said… “We want the Blue Jays AND the Empire to win!”.

 I love that kid!!!

 

If you don’t understand the comment about the “Empire”, you shouldn’t ask… You wont find it amusing.

I’ve been busy…

Intaxicating.

 

That is what I have been busy doing… Updating my professional blog, www.intaxicating.wordpress.com.  I added a bunch of tax / accounting / management links, I included some IRS related articles and some information regarding how to work better with your boss during times of recession…

 

It’s been fun!

But I still have a lot of parenting stuff to talk about – kids still not sleeping well, taking the little one to the office with me today, and other stuff like Tim Horton’s raising the price of their large coffee from $1.49 to $1.58… GASP.

Also planning on a trip to the cottage this long weekend, and being home to receive some deliveries like the mattresses for the boys bunk bed that is being installed right now as I type. 

Loads of fun…

Enjoy your weekend.