Category: Humor

Hair Spray

Well… not quite. This post is more of a vent about hair cuts than hair sprays (but I bet it got your attention ;-)). I’m sure some don’t like whiners and complainers – I don’t either – but that’s why I have a blog – so I can vent here and you don’t have to listen to it later ;-).

I love my barber. Jerry at Elm Street Barber does a great job, he knows me by name, it’s always a good experience (unless I try to tell him I want something different and then we run into problems – usually my fault). He gives me a great HOT shave with a straight edge blade. He makes sure I’m clean when I walk out and gives me a spray of aftershave before I get up.

Jerry always asks about my wife, my job, my dog. We talk a little politics, we talk a little pop-culture. I always feel good when I leave my barber.

I loved when I lived in downtown Waxahachie and I could walk a block to get to my barber. I didn’t even mind driving 5 minutes to get to my favorite barber when we lived on the north side of town.

But now… we live in Red Oak. That’s a good 15 minutes away from my favorite barber. So the last two times I’ve needed a few hairs cut I’ve tried places closer to home. Here’s what I’ve learned and things I don’t want when getting my hair cut:

  • A short fade doesn’t mean the same thing from barber to barber/hair stylist
  • A little off the top doesn’t mean the same thing from barber to barber/hair stylist
  • I don’t want to have to set an appointment to come back – and I don’t want to set an appointment for a haircut tomorrow that I need to day
  • I don’t want my barber to smoke 3 cigarettes before I walk in
  • I don’t want to get sick from my visit to the barber – if you’re sick – stay home! I don’t want to hear your sniffles in my ear
  • I don’t want to walk over other people’s hair when I come in. If you’re sprawled out in your chair with a blanket over you before I walk in – you probably have time to sweep the floor
  • If you’re going to advertise a HOT SHAVE you should at least use a warm wet towel to prep my neck and the shaving cream should stay warm between the shaving cream canister and my neck
  • Also, if you’re going to advertise a HOT SHAVE use a towel rather than a cheap paper towel to clean my neck afterwards and use a straight edge single blade rather than a Bic razar
  • I don’t want my barber to clean up my face with their hands either. Spend a few bucks and get a nice duster and/or hook up a hose to an air compressor to clean me off

I think that’s about it. Jerry I’m sorry I’ve forsaken you. I’ll be back next month.

Tracking Santa then and now

From the Google blog:
It was more than half a century ago, on Christmas Eve in 1955, that a Sears Roebuck & Co. store in Colorado Springs advertised a special hotline number for kids to call Santa. What the company didn’t know at the time was that they had inadvertently misprinted the telephone number. Instead of Santa’s workshop, the phone number put kids through to the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), the bi-national U.S.-Canadian military organization responsible for the aerospace defense of the U. S. and Canada. Worse, it wasn’t just any number at NORAD: it was the commander-in-chief’s operations hotline. In the spirit of the season, Colonel Harry Shoup, the director of operations at the time, had his staff check radar data for any indication of a sleigh making its way south from the North Pole. They found that indeed there were signs of Santa, and merrily gave the children who called an update on his location. Thus, a tradition was born, and NORAD has continued to help children track Santa on Christmas Eve ever since.

Google is joining the effort. This holiday season, NORAD has partnered with Google to use technology including Google Maps, Google Earth, iGoogle and YouTube to track Santa. I can remember tracking Santa with my grandfather as a child, and I’m so proud to see my company carry on his vision of doing something this special for kids around the world.

The countdown begins December 1st on NORAD’s website, where families can find a new kid-friendly game or activity every day until December 24th. And starting at 1:00 am PST on December 24th, you’ll be able to track Santa’s trip in real time. You can download Google Earth and add the NORAD Tracks Santa iGoogle gadget to your iGoogle page anytime, but make sure to come back to noradsanta.org on December 24th to download the special Santa Tracking file for an enhanced 3D Santa-tracking experience.

Not over yet

What a weekend… and it’s not over yet.


The stockings are hung by the chimney with care…

Yesterday (Friday) was my last day to work for Ellis County. It was a great job. I enjoyed it and I’m thankful for everyone who helped me along the way. Another opportunity came available and I was surprised that I was offered a job with Dallas County Community College District.
I’ll be working in their admin building downtown helping keep their course catalog updated online.
It’s a step up pay wise as well as benefit wise it would appear.
I’ll start the new position Wednesday, Dec. 5.
As part of wrapping up things with the county, I turned my laptop in and set it up for my boss. Not a big deal, but we ended up checking on some phone calls and complaints later than I expected so we got back to the office later than normal and I still had to finish a couple things with the computers before leaving.
Not a big deal in and of itself but apparently I didn’t hear/understand or forgot that Laurie wanted to head to Dallas at 4 p.m. DOH! She txt’d me around 4:20 asking when I’d be home. Thinking we weren’t leaving till 5 I told her I’d be home by then and then discovered through the next couple messages that that was going to mess up our schedule.
DOH!
I hate doing things like that. I hate running late, especially when someone is counting on me – and I do it far too often. I need to add that to my list of things to improve this year and next.
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