Porq Barrel Stuffs

The BIG GUY is smiling

2011-02-24T15:28:00.002-05:00

Went to the Doctor yesterday for the results of my stress test.

Good ol' "SAWBONES" said, "HEY JOHNNY!"

That was good enough for me.

The Boss heard the doctor say that the blockage that they put a little hole through back in January , must have gotten a little bigger ( maybe the rust inhibitors I'm taking? ) but the blood vessels AFTER the blockage are getting a goodly amount of blood because the ol' ticker is pumping like a champ so everything looks good.

I got the green light to do stuffs again EXCEPT shovel snow. ( REASON = Cold air constricts blood vessels and the strain of shovelling could cause coronary problems.. DUH! )

So.. next on the list is a 10 hour drive SOUFF!!

Oh yeah, Did I wish everybody a HAPPY BIRTHDAY?

OINK

ANOTHER NEW DAY

2011-01-04T14:11:00.002-05:00

Well boys and girls, I just got back from the hospital for having a stent put in my heart.

Last November(2010), the doctors put one stent in to clear a blockage. COOL!! Keep my heart working.... YAY TEAM!!

They wanted to do another stent to clear another blockage but could not break through the blockage to insert a stent. The wise ol' docs said wait a few weeks and we'll try again.

Well try again was scheduled for 1/3/11 to clear that blockage. They got me on the table but could not clear the previous blockage ( it didn't heal right??) so they put a stent in for a different blockage.

Now I have two stents letting blood flow in and around the ol' ticker and the old blockage is still there but MR. THUMP-THUMP grew or sprouted some other ways for the blood to flow so the docs are not that worried about the blockage for now.

They want to give me another stress test in six months and check out the blockage that they didn't fix yet.

HEY!! I'm still breathing !! and Martha Stewart will say..

" AND THAT'S A GOOD THING!! "

OINK

Oh yeah, thanks for all the prayers and well wishes from out there in PORQLAND

Brand New Day

2010-11-18T16:48:00.002-05:00

Thursday, November 18, 2010.

I didn't do any blogging for a long time. The reason was I was eating pizza, drinking beer, putting salt on my food and chewing cheesesteaks like movie popcorn.

Maybe I overdid it a little? I dunno??

Had some fun over the summer when we went down South. I had three delicious pieces of BOJANGLES chicken breast and then had pulled pork sandwiches for supper that were BBQ'd just right.

At two o'clock in the morning, somebody hit me in the chest with a fire ax then started to jump on the handle. That's what it felt like. I said, "OUCH!" During these pain spasms I noticed that my left arm didn't hurt so I didn't call ELIZABETH like Fred Sandford and Manned It Out.

Very early in the morning ( before anyone was up) I slipped into the kitchen and downed a couple of aspirins to thin my blood just in case!!

A few weeks later I told my doctor about this episode of "heartburn" and low and behold, I was sent for stress tests and all kinds of testing.

Because of my "poor" diet ( How can a diet be poor if its only RICH food??), I was diagnosed as a diabetic and I have blockages in the ol' ticker bone. One trip to the hospital opened one of the blockages and a stent was put in. COOL, let the blood flow! I came home today from another procedure that unblocked another TOTAL BLOCKAGE in the ol' ( as Fred would say..) achy breaky.

So right now I'm sitting home with holes in my arms from IV's and groin area from the wire hanger they used to punch out some of the blockage. I gotsta go back in a few weeks for more stuffs so until then ..

I AM NOT GOING TO RUN A FOUR MINUTE MILE.
I AM NOT GOING TO LIFT HEAVY OBJECTS FOR A WEEK( including six packs )
I AM GONNA TRY TO STAY ALIVE and not be stubborn like some other Polish person and live beyond my 66th birthday.

OH.. Thanks to everybody for the phone calls, cards, and well wishes. I didn't know I owed that
many people money! ??

Love all of ya!!

OINK

Time To Talk, or at least Say Something !!

2010-02-17T15:31:00.002-05:00

Yeah, yeah yeah!! I didn't post in a while.

Maybe I was busy??

Well anyway, the basement has new walls(sheetrock) and ceiling(sheetrock) and a brandy-new door to go outside. I put one coat of primer all around and the plaster guy came around to fix some blemishes and I'm getting ready for the second primer coat, then the final coat.

After this is done, the boss is gonna get her sink, stove and I'm gonna get a freezer for pierogi storage.

The construction in the basement was very colorful from the workers constantly hitting their heads on the steel beam. Of course the colors were various shades of blue language, but I can't blame 'em... I hit my head down there too!!

All new recessed lights and I even ran a hard wire to the router in the den for my PC in the basement. We also switched security systems and the new system reported it to the Boro ( new ordinance that all security systems had to be registered with the Police Dept.) and of course the boro collected a fee for the inspection of this system ( which the new provider paid for!! ) I PASSED!!

So we are back from the Land of Mouse and basically all systems are go to get stuffs done. ( Knowing the way I operate, it'll be around JULY and I'm not saying which year when I get done!!)

Maybe I'll be done for the 20th anniversary of the fire!!

KofC stuffs is the same and football stuffs is over .... for now? Next year ??

The Boss' retirement makes going on vacations a pleasure 'cause we can go anytime( she don't have the CATHOLIC SCHOOL GUILT hanging over her head anymore).

NASCAR racing season started and I'm doing my "GO FAST, TURN LEFT" stuffs.

Hooray for Jonathan Vilma #51 New Orleans Saints Superbowl Champs.

He got bounced from the Jets when they hired a new coach a few years ago and now he has a SUPERBOWL RING!!!

The grandkids are getting bigger and smarter. God bless 'em all.

I'll be back soon!!

OINK

Getting Old

2009-08-04T15:08:00.002-04:00

WOW!! It's been a month since I posted last and about getting old.....
I'M TIRED!

Took the boss to SS and signed her up for benefits. To make up the difference in monthly checks between now and age 66, she would have to live until she's almost 90, so HEY!! "TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN." Thank you Steve Miller.

Still doin' the county stuffs, KofC stuffs, SDO stuffs and getting ready for football stuffs.

BIG NEWS!! The cellar is getting cleaned!! We hired a mover to pack all the "VALUABLE STUFFS" and the cellar is filled with BOXES. That's plural.. not one bock, but boxes!!

I got a storage space on hold for me so all I have to do is move the STUFFS out to storage so the basement can be finished.

It's only been since 92..( FIRE) .. I didn't want to rush into a project.

Spent some time with all the lilly kids watching them function. It was fun to see how cool each one is. 10, 8, 6, soon to be 5, and around Thanksgiving to be 4.

The kids remind me of a CHICAGO song..." MAKE ME SMILE!" and of course the BOSS is super happy doing her "GRANNY" Stuffs wif the chilluns.

OH YEAH!! News Flash, the Ca-doo is NOT under warrantee (50,000+ miles) anymore ..BUT my cost per mile to own and operate said vehicle is under a dollar and getting lower.

OINK

LOOSE LIPS SINK SHIPS

2009-07-03T11:19:00.002-04:00

Well, the war is over and I guess I wasn't talking 'cause I didn't sink any ships

AND..

I didn't have anything to talk about.

Another series of lottery drawings had come and gone and Johnny Bupalini's Hot Dog stand does NOT exist.

I was even thinking about a gin mill with the name "PRIVATE PROPERTY" so I can tell people to leave if I don't want them there and if I want to have a "CIGAR NIGHT", I won't have a group of people saying "NO SMOKING IN A PUBLIC PLACE" stuffs.

It's amazing what money can buy in the good ol' USA!!!

NEWS FLASH..... Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson are still DEAD!! Oh yeah, does anybody really care??

I am officially starting the count down to retirement. I may never make it but at least I have something to shoot for. 2011, 2012?? I dunno!

Don't know what's happening with the football season because of budget cuts.

RAISE THE TAXES AND PAY THE GUY ON THE ROOF WITH THE CAMERA!!

I might have to rake leaves this year!!

OINK

AND THE SIGN SAYS

2009-05-10T01:16:00.002-04:00

ya gotta have a membership card to get inside.

Yep! I was thinking about that song, especially the part where he makes up his own sign and says, "Thank you Lord, I'm doing fine!!!"

Same ol' same ol'.

The Boss is doing her thing with her Mother (92, and starting to shows signs of aging!!).

Work is the same... I'm getting paid.

I'm not showing up at the Knights as often, so when I do go there I have a little extra stuffs to do.. it's some kind of trade-off??

Getting ready for FOOTBALL 2009!!

AND... just slowing down 'cause I am getting old.

Going down SOUFF and I just can't wait to be in the traffic for the ALL-Star race and the Mem day race the following week. That means they'll all be down there for two weeks with their gun racks, hound dogs and pick-up trucks.

I better start practicing so.. Y'all take it easy for now while I go spit off my back deck. maybe put a sofa on my lawn??? HMMMMM????

OINK

Happy 2nd Quarter

2009-04-02T15:05:00.002-04:00

WOW!!!

Hope everyone had a great beginning of the 2nd Quarter. I did!!

I received greeting cards, telephone calls, and even presents to celebrate the 2nd Quarter.

The best of all is the Boss still needs me and she still feeds me.

I somehow have to figure out which of the grandkids are Vera, Chuck and Dave.

I even got a present today at work ( a sixer of Bud ) and a call from my BUDS, Fred.

Maybe we'll get together for some cake??

OINK

FRIENDS OR FOES

2009-03-09T06:04:00.002-04:00

Who needs friends if you have family!!

Perfect example...

I'm down Souff seeing the LILLY kids. A few people know this... Family, friends, work people.

My Sister-In-Law (Lives in Maine) was talking to my son ( lives in Jersey) and told him that since me and the Boss were down SOUFF, he should go over and TP my house.

Who could ask for more??

Ya gotta love it!!

OINK

Push That Clock Ahead

2009-03-08T18:52:00.002-04:00

Time really is flying by fast!!

I remember when we used to push the clocks ahead in APRIL. I just learned how to spell MARCH and we're pushing the clock.

That's it!! I'm done.

No more stuffs until I catch up on some time ( Don't forget, I'm down SOUFF and things move
S L O O O W W W !!)

I'll be back when I start missing work ( and that might be pretty soon!!)

OINK

JOISEY

2009-02-01T06:04:00.002-05:00

Say loud.... Say it Proud!!

Wow... Thank you thank you thank you to kids and spouses.

This year's Christmas gift were tickets to see JERSEY BOYS in the City!!

Not just Tickets, but a limo service to pick us up at home and bring us back after a
fantastic meal at Bobby Flay's BAR AMERICAIN down the street from the theater.

To quote the FOUR SEASONS, "O WHAT A NIGHT!"

The story of the group coming out of Belleville, NJ was definately a soul pleaser for me. After watching TV seasons of the SOPRANOS and their contribution to the "GLORY" of NJ, hearing about the Italian neighborhoods the guys grew up in is not unknown to me.

I'm happy to have JERSEY plates on my car and when I drive down to see lilly kids, I hope the other travelers realize that I'm from JERSEY and if they don't like, THEY MIGHT SLEEP WITH THE FISH.( Thank you Luca Brazzi ).

How can I leave my smelly, corrupt, high taxes, traffic congested state now with all this pride I have??

PONDEROUS!!

Again, Thanks KIDS!! LOVE YA!!

OINK

HAPPY NEW YEAR

2009-01-01T21:32:00.002-05:00

Duh!!

It's just another day. January 1st!! Oh... WAIT!!

JANUARY 1, 2009.... this is the day the the new MLB Network starts!!

I knew that 'cause I just watched Don Larsen pitch his perfect game, (except for the first inning)

Don Larsen and Yogi Berra were on the show to talk about the game and it was broadcast as it was back in 1956 of that 5th game of the World Series. They even showed the TV commercials that were televised that day. Gillette razors and FOAMY.

Baseball being "The American Game" will really have a lot of people watching this new network for at least just the history involved with the game.

Speaking of January 1st, it was January 1, 1972 that we learned that Roberto Clementi went down on a humanitarian flight. This was brought up on the MLB Network.

I'm excited!!

Let's go METS!! I might even root for the Yankees!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Looking forward to a lot of stuffs that the kids are gonna do this year.

Kids get bigger, Stuffs get bigger.

Gotsta love it!

OINK

HO - HO - HO

2008-12-03T20:04:00.002-05:00

Happy Holidays??

Shop, Shop, Shop!!

Run, Run, Run.

What to get? What to get? What to get?

Good Grief Charlie Brown... if everyone was like Linus,
we would be happy with PEACE ON EARTH!!!

Football is over, NASCAR is over, Thanksgiving is over.

2008 is ALMOST over.

Just like we're running out of SHOPPING DAYS 'TILL CHRISTMAS..

I'm running out hair to comb!!

"May your days be merry and bright"

Mine are gonna be "SHINY"

The gut and MY FOREHEAD is getting bigger.

Other than that... all things are cool!!

Gotsa get back on the wagon again to post stuffs!!

OINK

It Ain't Campbell's Soup

2008-10-04T12:21:00.002-04:00

MMMMMMM

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

GOOD!!

Just got a sampling batch of the "WORLD FAMOUS" CRUMBLE cookies.

Ya gotsta check it out www.czejohnsoncookies.blogspot.com

The special delivery dude just dropped off a "care" package of YUMMY...
... YUM ...
YUM Cookies and I think I would rather have one of these cookies instead of a beer.
At least until my teeth fall out!!

OINK

I'm talking GOOD!!

Things Are Things Are Things

2008-09-23T18:31:00.002-04:00

Since nobody in the family is blogging, I figured I might as well type out a few words to keep status quo.

The Ol' Porq is slowin' down.

I get tired just watching the grandkids run around

( and Thanking God I don't have to catch them!!)

Had a family loss a week or so ago and the family spirits are still a little down but we must prevail. 36 years old and losing it to cancer with a 4 year old at home. THAT SUCKS!!

A test of faith?? God only knows.

I still go on Sunday and say my AVE's and drop my drachmas in the basket 'cause that's what I believe. It works for me!!

BOZA KNOWS!!

(Here I wish I knew how to use an International Alphabet(keyboard) to put a dot over the Z on BOZA.)

Since I'm only twelve, maybe I'll learn how to do that when I get older.

The near and dear are all healthy and if they are not happy, they SHOULD BE!!

Somebody once said, " Things are things are things are fair."

Me too!!

Whatever...

OINK

HELLO

2008-08-19T05:26:00.002-04:00

I feel like RIP VAN WINKLE, sleeping for multi-years.

I have to say things now that I may never get a chance to say.

My good buddy JTA suffered a stroke. Just because the guy smokes like a chimney, drinks like a fish and doesn't eat healthy meals, doesn't mean he should be IN this earth instead of ON this earth.

I saw him in hospital yesterday and his right side , eh... doesn't work. Good ol' BUCKAROO just laying there with tubes in his body without a smoke or a drink in his hand.

I didn't recognize him. STROKES SUCK!!

Got me thinking maybe I should eh... maybe take care of myself so I can be around to piss people off like I always do!! HEY!! I'm good at it!!!

I gotsta get rid of the gut!! Got some profile pictures and the ol' labanz is sticking out and lucky for me I wear cowboy boots or I wouldn't be able to see my feet when I look down.

So, maybe I should slow down on the BUZZWEISERS and do some kind of exercise.

That would be easier than cleaning the basement ... or the garage!!

High school football will be starting soon so I can see some chips coming into the coffers!!

Visited the lilly kids and speaking of LILLYKIDS... GREAT NAME for a photographer who takes pictures of " lilly " kids. GREAT IDEA!!
( Thank you very much !! )

It's also good to see the CHIEF SLACKER blogging again.

The lilly kid is doing the cancer walk again this year but she's not walking, she's volunteering to be a help staff for the walkers. This cancer stuffs sucks too! My Ma bought it because of cancer and everybody who donates time, money, talents, etc. for the fight to find a cure is standing tall in my books.

Hey go to CZEJOHNSON.BLOGSPOT.COM to read about my "lilly" and her cancer walk..

maybe send in a pound or two. ( Back in the "OLD" days a pound was worth $5 .. eh British Stering conversion to US dollars )

DO IT!!

OINK

Something New All Over Again!!

2008-06-20T15:50:00.002-04:00

Okay,

I'm getting old!!!

I seem to remember that my password for blogger was something that I typed ...

BUT.... these Google people musta did something???

I had to reset my password AGAIN for the maybe fifth time.

GRRRRRR!!!!

Good news to report...

The old HP computer that had Millenium 2000 operating system upgraded to XP that blew up and I lost a ton of pictures and replaced the hard drive with a 160 giger and loaded another ton of pictures that BLEW up BUT I was able to get off the old "new" hard drive and save on my PC in the basement, that still wasn't cleaned out yet..

( I just read this and what I wanted to say is I saved my NEW batch of pictures from the new hard drive that went ka-blooey on me!!)

I can't get back on the internet downstairs since may 3, 2008 cause, something happened??

I burned some serious gray matter on this situation and still have a trick up my sleeve before I buy 50 ft of line to hard wire the pc to the router.

I dunno??

May be it would be cheaper and probably faster if I buy myself a laptop and charge it to CARDER ASSOCIATES. Wait, I did that already with the new pc upstairs!!

Maybe next years' CAPITAL EXPENDITURES????

Let's go football.!!

The kids are gone, the house is quiet, and I can walk to the bathroom upstairs in my gotchies.

HAPPY SUMMER EVERYBODY!!

Just think, Christmas is JUST around the corner!!! ho-ho-ho!

OINK

CARRIELAND SCHOOL

2008-05-13T05:17:00.002-04:00

Is the world ready for another??

Get ready Earth, 'cause here she comes.

Down in the South there is a little flower growing that someday will
grow into a thing like in "LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS".

Now I don't mean something mean and scary but we're talking about
a force to be reckoned with.

When a three year old starts to SHMOOZE strangers (rather older people she meets for the first time) and walks away as QUEEN OF THE MAY with said "strangers' beckoning to please her,
this little kid is definitely learning the ropes to be a "STAR" graduate from the CARRIELAND SCHOOL.

There are stars rising in the East over here up North that will have "MANKIND" jumping through hoops in the near future too!

Is the world really ready for this??

Time will tell, and I'm sitting back and gonna watch the show!

OINK

NEW STUFFS

2008-05-04T06:12:00.002-04:00

Well, I got the boss her new computer.

Nothing fancy. Cheap Best Buy Deal with extra memory and different size slots to put coins in??? i dunno???

JUST NEW and untouched by CHUCK.

I loaded JAVA and something else so the Boss can play her games on a 19 inch screen.

It's a lot faster than my old 286 !! just joking!!

Now I'll try to piece together the parts of the old machines and see if I can get something cooking from the rubble. ( Maybe I'll create a monster... IT'S ALIVE!!!)

Oh yeah, gonna be shooting football again this season and the Coach says he's got some STATE CHAMP shirts, hats, etc. stuffs for me.

COOL - the team DID get to be State Champs last year.

Now with this expected income, this new computer will be a CARDER ASSOCIATES business expense.

Gotta love those write offs !!

OINK

I did NOT Break it!!

2008-04-17T19:27:00.002-04:00

If I was Yogi Bear... I would be smarter than the average bear....

BUT I'M NOT!! Yogi Bear that is!!

I took an HP All-in-One out of the box, took all the tape off,
installed all the paper trays, PROPERLY inserted the ink cartridges,
plugged the sucker in, hooked up the phone lines for the fax stuffs,
hooked up the internet cables to the router... AND..

installed the software without a hint of a cuss word.!!!!

Yowser yowser!! I feel so smart I think I'll read a quantum physics book!

( did I spell it right?)

Now the big test will be how the Boss handles the "new" printer and the possibility of getting faxes into the house.

TIME WILL TELL and I'm scared a hell!!!

I think I'll copy something!!

heh-heh-heh-heh (the sounds of a lilly kid)

new toy!!!!

OINK

Where's the SUN??

2008-04-09T05:55:00.002-04:00

HEY!!

How come it's cold down here??

The grass is growing, birds are singing, the wind is blowing and the skies are gray!!

Howza guy 'sposed ta get some rays if the SUN ain't around???

Gotta work on my bar tan instead.

( The warm glow from the red neon lights hanging in dark gin mills!!)

And people still smoke in these bars!!

A trip down memory lane!!

I guess all's not that bad!!

OINK

Oh yeah, the lilly kids are cool!!

SOMEBODY KNOWS ME !!

2008-04-01T21:37:00.002-04:00

What a day!!

I drags me ol' raggety butt into the kitchen this morning and I finds me a table of wrapped gifts and a card!!

It must be CHRISTMAS!!

Cool!

I went to work and I get a "SINGING" message from North Carolina, lots of well wishes and see ya soon... 'cause we're heading South for a week!!

1st Born second Son called and said "HAPPY TU-AH!!"

Anita from ITT said I looked pretty good for a being 95!!

Margee ( The Big Guy's old secretary ) called and wished "Johnny" a Happy Birthday.

My buds "FRED" called and said ""HHEEEEYYY!".

Derek called from New York to see if I'm still breathing ( He's listed as a beneficiary on one of my policies!)

My brother called from Rochester to check up on an "ol' fart".

The "CUZ" called and said "STO LAT!"

COOTAH called, even though today is HER birthday!!

I got a call from I thought was Poo-poo head, but it was her husband!

My cousin Tommy came over with some lottery tickets and had a can of ginger ale.

I got a singing trio message from the grandkids -cha-cha-cha!

and last but not least, the RIP called in before he called his cousin COOTAH!!

I had to write this all down today because tomorrow I wouldn't remember!!

Like cleaning the basement!!

OINK

BOO-HOO-HOO

2008-03-31T15:28:00.001-04:00

It's the last day of being some age!!

Boo-hoo-hoo!!

Tomorrow I'll be twelve!!

AGAIN!!

OINK

SEASON FAILURE

2008-03-21T07:18:00.002-04:00

Happy Spring!! BAH HUMBUG !!!

I tried to stand a raw egg up but it didn't work!!

I truly wish I could this year... maybe I should have tried in the morning closer to the equinox??

I wanted to take a picture of the egg/eggs standing and post it on my blog.

Hey... NO SOAP!!

Happy Spring anyway!!

OINK

Writer's Strike

2008-03-10T18:57:00.003-04:00

Dear Union Writers,

Thank you for walking out and leaving me with no NEW TV shows.

I really mean thank you!! All the lousy re-runs have me and the Boss sitting around listening to the OLDIES station on cable and ... get this....

READING BOOKS!!!!

I also have more time to blog now with "MISSING" any of my favorite shows and maybe I'll learn how to post pictures on my blog.

I tried to add a picture of a MARIACHI Band that was playing in my son's neighbor's yard for a birthday party and we had good seats for the show on the kid's back deck.

I wonder if the picture worked???

Gotsta practice or play with centering or whatever with future pictures.

OINK

I WROTE!!

2008-03-07T16:14:00.002-05:00

Reading a blog about actual handwriting made me think that I do not write in script.

Being in the data/input industry for multi-years, I have been taught that "GARBAGE IN = GARBAGE OUT"

In other words, if the key punchers ( that's how long ago I've being doing this) can't read your "PENMANSHIP" they cannot KEY your input.

Soooo... I started to print everything I wanted someone to read in a legible form of BLOCK TYPE.

So what's this have to do with me "writing"???

The American Cancer Society got me this year to "volunteer" to send letters to my "NEIGHBORS" asking for contributions.

The list I received had fifteen addresses on it ... but there are only nine houses on the entire street with the highest house number being 19.... but this list had house numbers in the thirties!!

The Society sent me a list of houses with house numbers of the same street name but a different zip code!!

Well, I photocopied ( I didn't XEROX because that would be brand infringement, or something??) the list and hi-lighted the person's name and sent them the Cancer plea for chips with a HAND PRINTED NOTE from yours truly and explaining how the society screwed up the mailing lists.

If the people respond.. good, if not... I tried!

Hey!! It only cost me a couple of stamps for postage and return self addressed envelopes for the donations AND I probably would have spent that much money or more for a few beers at Johnny's so .. big whoop!

Gotsta stop that cancer thing. GRRRR!!!

Hell I'll probably die from a gunshot wound from a jealous husband/boyfriend or pissed off wife!! Whatever!!

OINK

HAPPY New Year !!

2008-02-15T18:24:00.002-05:00

Okay, I'm late... It's February already!!!

All the Christmas bills are paid and the chilluns got their stuffs and all the kiddies are happy!!

Work is still there and year end went well. The BIG GUY got his budget out and all the State documents are done and the 1099's were sent out before 1/31 and the IRS got their electronic 1099 file from the County.

I'm basically done until next year end!! Sucks to be me!!!

Oh wait... I still have to do a retro pay for all the management ( Non-Union ) people when the budget is officially adopted by the Freeholders. ( That means I get my annual increase!!)

The KofC is rolling along, and the Say Dems are doing their thing and Carder Associates is wondering what will we do next???

The C.H.I.P. Foundation is getting ready for 2008 endeavors and I saw in a NASCAR catalog "BABIES FIRST NASCAR SHIRT" Onesie, or some kind of juvenile garb WITH YOUR FA-VO-RIGHT Driver and all his logos on the piece of clothing.

Makes me want to take my teeth out and SMILE!!! Carrie would kill me if I sent a "JIMMY JAMMIN' JOHNSON " shirt for the Moose!! That's not even funny!!

The Boss mentioned to me today that I did not blog since last year so I is blogging!

Didn't hear from the Chief Slacker in quite a while and there are still dark clouds hanging around the Artful Blogger. T'is the season of LENT which reminds me of a Grand Knight's message I sent out back in 1990..

" LENT

REPENT

MESSAGE SENT."

Hey all you guys, you know that I'm praying for all of you so thimgs are bound to get better.

Not as good as if I hit the lottery tonight.. 170+ million whatever.. but that would be cool!!

First thing I would do is buy a new house .... so I wouldn't have to clean the basement!!!

Naw... maybe I'd do something else heh-heh-heh-heh!!

Went down south a few days ago and 20 miles from home going down, I remembered that I didn't bring a camera. DRAT!!

Maybe I'll remember to bring it to the grandkids (combo) birthday party Sunday to watch the 500!

What can I say???

OINK

Year End Round-Up

2007-12-27T15:44:00.000-05:00

The ol' clock did some spinning and 2007 is just about over.

I remembered my password the first time around to get into blogger so that is my MAIN ACCOMPLISHMENT for 2007.

Cleaning the basement accidently got put on hold, even though I did throw out a few empty Jack Daniel's cases in the spring, well it's a start!!

HOORAY for Carteret High School Football Team - Central Jersey Group II Champs!!

They only won because of the "GOOD" game films that were provided during the year!!!

The county is gearing up for a new budget season crunch and the Bosses are running around playing the numbers game. NUMBERS - SHMUMBERS!!!

The coffee pot made a profit this year to buy all the people in Payroll a nice fruit basket for Christmas along with the bosses and the rest of the female staff in the department.

The C.H.I.P. Foundation sent out a dues rebate for the second year to prove the EXCELLENT MANAGEMENT of said institution!!

NASCAR still goes fast and turns left!!

I finally figured out that NY JETS stand for JUST END THE SEASON!!!

My blood pressure is supposed to be taken care of by a little pink pill every morning but now the Docs want me back because they didn't like my blood work.

I don't like going to the doctors... so there!!!

I keep going and they keep finding stuffs.. Who would have thought???

I LIKE CHEESE!!!

Christmas with the family is really cool .. watching the little eyes widen as the presents were being opened.

Hey.. Happy New Year Everybody.. CZE-JOHNSON, COUSIN RACHIE, THE ARTFUL BLOGGER, CHIEF SLACKER, and all the "students" in CANADA.

Oh yeah, Italy was cool!! To see all the antiquities with the history behind it.. WOW!!

Thanks to all who made me happy this year and to those who didn't....

I'll pray for you!!

OINK

MAMA MIA!!!

2007-11-18T17:46:00.000-05:00

SCUZE!

In my last post I was supposed to say "How do you "SAY" pasta in Italian?"

Big Dummy... saying How do to you Pasta in Italian??

That didn't make sense.

Well anyway..

We is back and the laundry is done and we're going back out!!

CARRIELAND .... Here we come!!

Saw just too much in Italy and was truly impressed with slave labor and what can be accomplished!!

The buildings, ruins, monuments, everything... WOW!!! and CHIEF... we DID have a GREAT TIME... Thanks.

I guess if they had MTV in those days, the true artisans would have been punk rockers or rappers instead of MASTER CRAFTSMEN!!

They didn't put a man on the moon, or create a MICROCHIP!! SO THERE!!

It was really too much to comprehend with all the wonders that man created with such limited tools and equipment at that point in time.

To see the ruins from LONG TIME AGO and remember about that time from the histroy books.

WOW!! That's all I can say.

SO... watch out South.. Here we come for the Birthday Party!!

Will the Moose pick the rosary, the hammer, the dollar, or the shot glass?

STO LAT BABY!

OINK

YOU TALKIN' TO ME????

2007-11-07T07:35:00.000-05:00

Oink!

Count down to Italy!

Just when I could say "LIRA" they change the bucks to EUROS!!!

I'm gonna love it. The Boss is worried that I'll get shot for just being me. ( Makes sense!!)

I'm gonna be good. I promise!

The Boss is gonna have a GREAT TIME .. and I'm planning on doin' a "little" walking around,
except in VENICE!!!

git it?? water.... can't walk! git it??

If I learn how to post pictures I will. I needed a new memory chip for the Boss' camera and for 120 bucks I could get an OUTDATED memory card that would hold only 100+ pictures.

GRRRR!! I spend 150 bucks for a brandy new camera with two 2 gig chips that each hold a 1000+ pictures so I think I'm set for Rome , Florence and Venice and maybe a shot of the Munich Airport!!

How do you PASTA in Italian??

OINK

My Name Is JOHNNY

2007-10-08T17:44:00.000-04:00

Hello Boys and Girls...

My name is Johnny and today is my Birthday.

Okay..

So much for foolishness....

I enjoy reading other peoples' blogs and I felt that I also should post something because you know whatever I have to say .. "MUST BE IMPORTANT!!"

So much for foolishness....

FDootball season is in full swing and I picked up an outside contract to make "highlight" tapes of a player from a neighboring school.

I get to tape this dude whenever he's on the field and I pick up a beenie for one game, each game, every game.

The team he plays on does not have lights on their filed so all home games are played Saturday while my regular team usually plays Friday nights.

I only have two conflicts in the entire schedule and I gots me a cover-dude to shoot the "EXTRA" game for that player and he can pick the beenie after he gives the kid's father the tape.

I do know that I'll only be able to shoot one game in November because of the trip and the MOOSE'S birthday around Thanksgiving so it's a good thing I gots me a back-up.

Oh yeah, the Boss read in a comment from a niece that there was some"family" gossip that should be told and the BOSS wants to know... so.. Niece.. if you are reading this, give your Aunt a call or we'll just have to sweat it out of Carrie.

Happy Columbus Day Everyone and I wish you all find a new country on the other side of the ocean.

OINK

Passwords, SMASHWORDS!!!

2007-09-17T05:35:00.000-04:00

Yup,

the o'l Porq forgot his password again so he couldn't post lately!!

To quote a "loved" one.... "JERK!"

Even though the calendar says it is still summer, Good Golly Miss Molly...
I IS COLD!

Best excuse for using covers at night, and it keeps the monsters away too!

High school football is in FULL swing again and much to the dissatifaction of the Boss, I picked up another game to cover on the schedule.

Some guy wants "highlight" tapes of his son ( Junior - WR,DB ) and is willing to PAY!!

The ol' Porq-a-roo usually doesn't turn down chances to pick up some easy chips for the pocket, but like I said, the Boss is NOT happy!

Maybe she'll smile when we're in Italy and I gots me some EUROS in the pocket to purchase stuffs. MAYBE??

Today is Rhena's birthday and the world is a better place. Gotsta call the lilly kid and sing ..

HAPPY TO AHHH !!!

Now, I wonder if I'll remember my password tomorrow?

OINK

BLUE 22 !! hut hut

2007-08-11T07:00:00.000-04:00

Oh Boy Oh Boy!!

The coach called and said he thought I was going to do the videos for football.

Well being the nice guy that I am, how can I leave him on a limb like that with only 2 weeks before scrimmages start??

PLUS... I like the extra chips in my pocket

PLUS... I like getting out in the " fresh" air.. or at least stopping on the way home to get something to "EAT". and wash it down!!!

PLUS... Being an old goat it's hard to re-train myself to stay home on Friday nights during Football season.

Are you ready to hear one happy oink?

OINK

I DID IT!!

2007-08-08T15:45:00.000-04:00

I was talking about finding memory cards for the Boss' camera when we go to Italy in November.

HOLY MOLEY!!

The camera is NOT QUITE OBSOLETE YET!!!

They do not manufacture SMART MEDIA cards anymore..

BUT x amount of years ago, they were the cat's meow!!!

So anyway... I can't find memory cards for the camera.

BUY A NEW CAMERA!!!

I was in a 6th Avenue and they had a sale on so I picked up a new camera for the Boss and extra memory chips ( 2 GIG EACH) and each card can hold 1,000+ pictures.

That should make the trip to Italy easier.

Now I have to get one of those European electric socket converters so I can plug my Norelco in to recharge or the Boss can use a hairdryer,blower, whatever!!!

Now the big quest to find things is a "TINKERBELL" toothbrush.

I'm really looking, but no soap yet!!

Hey!!... don't get the idea that we spoil the grandkids (giggle -giggle)

This is the quite before the storm.. the kids are coming over to stay with GRANMA & GRAMPY for a couple of days so I better get my blog in before I'm completely worn down and all the circuits are burned!!

Not really, it's gonna be fun.

OINK
Gotsta get ready for the Big number one birthday in November.

Yowser Yowser

2007-07-21T15:13:00.000-04:00

I am definately living in the past.

CBS-FM is back to oldies ( 60's,70's,80's) duh.. but it's not ILIKEJACK stuffs.

I went to upgrade the ol' PC and the most I can kick up the memory is to have 2 256mb cards for a total of 512mb memory. DUH AGAIN!!

So EYES figures while I'm at Best Buy, look how much Olympus memory chips are for the camera when we go to Italy. The good people dressed in blue said, "DUH.. How old is your camera?.. you need a SMARTMEDIA card and we don't carry them anymore. TRY the internet."

Okay, Eyes go into the basement and fire up the pc and lo and behold.. they do NOT make any compatible memory chips for the Boss' Olympus camera and the only one available is a 128mb for like $120 fazoolas.

Gooney Goo Gus.. I think it would be cheaper to buy a laptop computer and take that to Italy and download my pictures everyday to it's hard drive and copy them to a 2gig flash drive for safe keeping.

The 128 memory card only holds 130 pictures and I figure I'll take at least that many shots of the BUTANTE's that I'll see.

OINK (sounding very old and feeble)

PC = Plain Crazy???

2007-07-06T18:38:00.000-04:00

Oh Vey!!!

The ol' HP pc was giving the Boss a little run around the past few months...

somekind of blue screen ( like old DOS stuffs ) with all kinds of warnings, etc. etc.

You know, the one's you never read, so I just hit the ALT+CTRL+DELETE and ...
SON OF A GUN.. the screen stayed BLACK!!!

DUH!!!

Okay, try it again.... STILL BLACK!!!!
ok, ok ok ok... don't panic. I think I backed up the pictures of the kiddies except for the last trip down south,,,, hmmmmm??? well here goes...

RE-INSTALL XP!!!

Now, I did this once and had to buy a new power supply and a new Hard Drive so I knew all my data was shot out the window... git it?? WINDOW.... ( Bill Gates Joke!!) so I was very cautious about re-installing XP because they ask if I want my HD formatted???

GOONEY-GOO I don't remember what I told the machine , but about an hour plus later I'm back in business..

The only loss that I know of right now are my FAVORITES ( or the Boss' favorites) have to be re-set.

I would rather sit back and have a beer and let some techno-geek laugh at me but get the job done properly.

Oh well..

Oh Yeah and speaking of re-installing, etc. etc.

I made a doctor's appointment for a check-up.

Ol Stash had a Friar Tuck hairdo when he was 36 with the magic seventeen hairs combed over to hide the glare.

I beat him on that one, BUT .. he had three heart attacks and was dead by the time he was 66.

I gotsta beat him on that one too... by living till at least 68!!! After that is GRAVY!!

I LIKE CHEESE!!! and it's fun saying

OINK

Gray Matter Getting Grayer

2007-06-19T19:16:00.000-04:00

Hey!!

It only took me three tries to remember my password for blogger this time.

The ol' brain-bone might be getting gray, but the little rascal keeps working!!

Some people say you re-live your life through you kids.
Been there, done that, etc. etc.

Appliances break, cars break down, unexpected expenses for the house, kids being kids.

Yep!! Been there, done that.

Watching the same scenes on re-run I can still say...

"I LIKE CHEESE!!"

Gotsta keep playing the lotteries.

OINK

What's My Name?

2007-05-19T12:24:00.000-04:00

Good Grief Charlie Brown!!!

I can't seem to remember my user name for this new blogger stuffs.

Ehhhhh.... maybe that's why I didn't post in a while.... ehhh 'cause I couldn't get in to post!!!

DUH!!

Well anyway, I think I can remember who I am now ( maybe?) and I'll try to post more frequently.

So ... ehhhh... don't get your gotchies in a bunch!!

Oh yeah, the Lilly was here for two weeks and the lilly lilly definately gave me and mama and run for the money. WOW.. lilly kids move fast .. and often..!

The garbageman got some new weekly treats with the addition of dirty diapers in the collection.

Just think if it was in the middle of summer!!
HEAT + STINK = YUCK!!

Being an old goat that I am, it was a task to stay awake after a multi-hour session with the chilluns.

I only hope they stay happy and give THEIR parents a run for the money!!

Heh-heh-heh-heh!!!

OINK

Oh What A NIght!

2007-04-22T06:18:00.000-04:00

Went to a wedding on Saturday and missed all the sporting events of the day.

Rundown - Mets WON, Yanks lost, NASCAR raced, Got some points, Devils maybe played??

Well anyway, the wedding was a nice affair and they had a wedding singer(s) actually two.. a guy and a girl with a sound system (DJ equipment) and sitting at the tables we thought of MILLI VANILLI. These people were so good that you thought it was a recording but they were actually singing. COOL!! Real talents!!

So what do you have at an Italian Groom, Scotish Bride's wedding ?????

POLKAS!!

The boss' knees were hurtin' and the Bride's mother came up to me when they started to play a Polka and said I HAD to dance!!

Luckily, sitting at the table were professional dance instructors, so one of them said they would dance with me.

Now I haven't danced in quite a while ( other than trying to get away from some stuffs the Boss wants me to do ) and this instructor said that she hasn't danced with a partner in a long time too ( she stands in front of the class giving instructions!!)

Well they played five POLKAS strung together and somewhere during the fourth song the legs gave way, right along with my breath, and my back!!

BUT.. I didn't step on her toes once!! or bump into any other dancers out there.!!

Yeah.. I Hurt!! So I made a promise to do some exercises, stretching, jumping jacks, body twists, etc so I'm gonna start by WALKING to the bar instead of driving!!

God, what I do for my family!!

Oh another highlight of the wedding was they had two bagpipers playing in front of the church before the Nuptual Mass and after the ceremony and the BRIDE'S FATHER WORE A KILT to walk his daughter down the aisle!

COOL!!!

Being Polish, I wore a bowling shirt for my daughter's wedding so it makes sense to me!!

OINK

NEW DAY ARISING

2007-04-21T04:24:00.000-04:00

Oy VEY!!!!

I got the Boss to go to a doctor and she actually went for X-rays on her knees!!

MIRABILE DICTU!!!!

Things are pretty quite in PORQLAND and we are getting ready for the May invasion.

The lilly kid is coming up for a 1st Communion with rest of the tribe and will stay for a few days.

This should prove very interesting for the Boss who is "DOCTORING" now, ( Cholesterol pills, blood pressure pills AND ME!!) to be chasing the other lilly lilly kids around and doing a few rounds of "DIRTY" diapers!!

Thank God for Middlesex County where I can sneak off and pretend to work to get out of some kind of work detail the Boss will find for me to do during the stay.

Maybe go in for half days and be home for lunch??? Hmmmmm???

Naw! I'm not gonna hide, I just like getting up early and getting out of the house so I can STOP somewhere before I come home!!

Well anyway, the Boss is trying to be good for her "DOCTORING" so the Ol' Porq actually put down the salt shaker!! Did you feel the ground shake???

The big thing on the menu so far is GRILLED CHICKEN CAESAR SALAD with crushed red peppers instead of salt!! I have a habit of picking up shakers and automatically covering my plate with STUFFS!! Maybe the crushed red peppers will work??

I even stopped eating pizza five times a week!!

If I start to get get too healthy, maybe I'll challenge Dan and Bill to a run!!! and don't show up like Derek did a few years ago!! ( It's a family thing!!)

Who wants to be an IRONMAN if the New Brunswick Elks have $1.50 cans of Bud and Coors Light for sale?? I'll be an ALUMINUM MAN!!!

OINK

What's My Password???

2007-04-07T08:00:00.000-04:00

This new dag nab fangled stuffs - AGAIN!!!

I tried to make a comment on Rachie's blog to thank her for the birthday acknowledgement, but I couldn't remember my password or this new user name crap for new blogger so I couldn't say anything.. GGGRRRRRRR!!!!!

I figured I would try again today using the OLD ( user friendly) BLOGGER and see what happens..

Well, I signed on but I didn't write my user name down for the new stuffs so ...
EYES GOTSTA DO IT AGAIN!!

Whatever!!!

OINK

Creak.. Groan... Moan

2007-04-01T17:22:00.000-04:00

Ah!!!

The sounds of getting old!!

I got a call on my birthday and I was congratulated to making it into my teens.

I quickly returned the call and informed them that I'm still 12.

I STAYED BACK!!!

Sometimes being Polish pays off!!

OINK

New Fangled Dag Nab it Stuffs

2007-03-15T10:09:00.000-04:00

Did ja ever try to teach an old dog new tricks???

This may be my last blog because this old dog won't remember how to sign on to this new fangled modern day howya doin' gazinta blog stuffs.

OH VEY!!!

Still down south and having a pretty good time with the chilluns but the Boss is gonna need a vacation after this. She definately is getting her fill of the grandkids with all the playing and diaper changing and up and down the steps etc. etc.

She can't wait to get home and only have me to worry about ( which is a big job by itself!) but she truly is enjoying the chilluns.

Oh yeah, 31 dozen pier dogs later, it was a warm up for the Northern Pier Dog convocation that will commence almost immediately when we return home.

The dough was light as phylo dough and I only had some kraut dogs fried up of the new batch and LORDY LORDY these 31 dozen WILL be the Pride of the South!!

I'm getting hungry just thinking about them.

That's it. I'm outta here. Gotsta have a beer!

OINK

NEW BLOGGER

2007-02-14T18:56:00.000-05:00

HEY!!! ???

What's the story on this "NEW" blogger stuffs??

Being an old fart that I am, I don't want to change!!

Some old polacks have a hard time learning something the first time around and now they want me to learn a "NEW" blogger stuffs??

Yeah RIGHT!!!

Will the new stuff hurt??

I'm scared!!

OINK

Computer Nazis

2007-02-04T10:36:00.000-05:00

Blast that Fadder-rat! Fargin' Ice Holes!!

The Computer Nazis at work took away my clandestine phone line that I used to go zooming around the internet without the scrutiny of the "1984" Thought Police watching my keystrokes.

So what that means is..

I can't blog from work.
I can't Yahoo Mail from work.
I can't Fantasy Race from work.
I can't READ blogs from work.
I can't do STUFFS from work.

Oh well, you heard me say it many times before and this time it's really true...

IT ALWAYS SUCKS TO BE SOMEBODY!!!

Oh, I did hear that a new reader of the Porq Stuffs enjoys my style.
( It's nice to have family that knows you and still likes you!! )

So ta-ta for now from PORQLAND and I'll be writing soon ..

from the basement,
(that still needs to be cleaned - ahem CHIEF SLACKER.. do I get any more points???)

OINK

It's PC Time!!

2007-01-27T11:27:00.000-05:00

The county handed out the W-2's and sent out the 1099's. All I have to do is electronically send IRS the 1099 information and that's it for 2007!!

I'll have time to monitor the Yahoo Fantasy races and get the CHIP Foundation rolling for 2007.

Got that 1st qtr. '07 tax bill to pay and I think one more credit card statement from Christmas to deal with, and after that, DRINK THE BEER COLD!!!

The Boss is going to the dentist which will cost a couple of cases of beer, but after that, we are BOTH going to the Doctors for a check up. ( I gotsta get her knees fixed for the Italian trip!! and maybe keep me alive so I could go too!!)

I want to go south to see the lilly kids but I'm also waiting to hear about the movies of Roselle Park talent show. I tried putting the built-in mike on HI vs. REG and I'm wondering if the sound quality was different?? I can't hear anyway but somebody may have noticed!!??!!

The Boss made a load of golumki's ( makes you want to sing "CABBAGE ROLLS AND COFFEE- - MMMM MMMM GOOD!! - SHMENGI BROS.) and I'm so happy that I'm singing in two voices!!!

Now we gotsta make a pierogi plan to stock up for 2007. I think I'm down to only 3 or 4 dozen each.. shudder the thought of running out!!

Time to go fast and turn left.

OINK

Carry Over Vacation

2007-01-08T07:33:00.000-05:00

Well Boys and Girls, this may be the last time that I carry over any significant amount of vacation days from one year to another.

The Boss hung up her chalk and pencils so this makes the middle of August to the middle of June OPEN SEASON for VACATION!!!

No more pencils, no more books!!

NO MORE LESSON PLANS and SUBSTITUTES!!

( Did that rhyme??) DOESN'T MATTER!!!!

Just since September when the official NON WORK started, we had gone to South Dakota for a family wedding and did some sightseeing out there, and we left during the middle of the week!!

The Boss also spent some time with the Lilly kid waiting for the "TREEFROG" and that was almost a month and a half, but it was GOOD!!

We even went down after Christmas and didn't think about the stress of being home on a certain date. ( I wanted to be back for the KofC meeting and then DARTS on Wednesday but I'm not going to mention that!!)

So whenever the Boss feels like a little trip to Roselle Park or Huntersville, the Ol' Porq is ready to pack up and go. ( I found out the club can survive without the Porq pushing numbers all the time!!)

Gonna have to do something about the politicos... hmmmm?? maybe it's time to cut strings??

Oh yeah, I'm gonna have to find somebody to shoot football when I'm on VACATION!!

Oh me oh my!! The troubles of the rich and famous!!!

That was a joke!!

OINK

TREEFROG = Daniel Richard because after this guy is fed, just lay him on your chest and the lump falls asleep like a treefrog hanging on!!!

Woe Is Me

2006-12-14T07:45:00.000-05:00

The boss' computer blew up a couple of weeks ago. Some kind of power ZAP in the neighborhood. BOTTOM LINE = Power supply shot, HARD DRIVE shot.

Valuable data = shot. Hey its only numbers, but the main concern was all, listen.. ALL my digital pictures from multi years = shot.

I really feel bad. HONESTLY, I do!

Gotsta get a new PC with DVD burner instead of just a CD burner.

DAMN!!

Oh and some of my PORQ stuffs was on the computer too!!

DAMN!!

OINK

'TIS THE SEASON...

2006-12-07T07:44:00.000-05:00

Yeah, fa-la-la-la-la etc.

I can tell that the holidays are rapidly approaching and I didn't even start to think of what to buy!

DUH!!

Maybe everybody was bad and they all get BUPKUS!!??

Nay, that won't work.. but I am starting to feel the holiday pressure.

e.g. Today I read a blog and checked out the comments and some dude ( dudette?) made a crack about someone's social intelligence and this dude referred to this questionable person as some jerk eating PEROGIS!!

Now I have been known to throw a few ethnic slurs around and being truly unsensitive about nationalities or blood lines, this SOB didn't even spell PIEROGI correctly!!

Damn, that pisses me off!! If there is one thing that I truly hold near and dear to my heart is the Boss' pierogis!!

I know that they (pierogis)are supposedly an international dish, but once you have had the Boss's stuffs, EVERYTHING ELSE is second place and lower!!

Maybe that jerk should have said "eating MRS. T's so-called pierogis" and I wouldn't have felt any need to RANT like this.

It's got to be the season!!

Picture HOMER SIMPSON thinking of beer, ( dazed look on face, drooling, and making uncomprehensible sounds ) and now think of the Boss' pierogis.. SAME THING!!

Now I'm hungry!

Christmas shopping can wait!

OINK

And This Little Pig

2006-11-29T08:08:00.000-05:00

went wee-wee-wee all the way home.

Well maybe it was like zoom zoom zoom all the way home, but, we made it.

625 miles, one stop for gas (gas only, no restroom stuffs!!), and we made it home in 8 hrs 45 minutes.

ehh.. that's like averaging over 71 MPH.

Let's see, .. speed limit in Jersey = 65,
Pennsy = 65,
Maryland = 65,
West Virginia = 70,
North Carolina = 70 North of Statesville, 65 the rest of the way South.

Now considering the Boss was in the car and she didn't have one nervous puke on the trip, even though she did smoke almost a half a pack of butts, whatever it takes..
WE MADE IT!!!

Glad to be back so I could go to work and rest up.

Hey, chasing after the Lilly kid can tire you out.
"C'mon Hoo-hoo, let's play! COME!"
"Sit down, play!"
"Hey!"
"Go to the CARK (park)?"
"AGAIN!"

Wow, the Boss had her hands full for the five plus weeks she was there, but she loved every minute of it and her aching bones reminds her of the good time she had with the lilly kid.

Oh yeah, me TOO!!

It's gonna be a great time at the Christening when the entire HANDFUL is together.

Boggles the mind!!

OINK

I Got A Hand Full

2006-11-22T06:43:00.000-05:00

Today is Wednesday, Nov. 22 and it's dart night at the club.

I'm in North Carolina so I won't be there tonight,

BUT I STILL GOT A HAND FULL!!
( That's dart talk when you score five points in one inning

git it?? five fingers = five points git it??)

Well anyway, I got a hand full, NOT DARTS, but GRANDKIDS!!

Hooray for Carrie and Troy. Everybody is healthy and doing fine.

Dara Marie

Delaney Rose

Damian Paul

Rhena Elizabeth and introducing...

Daniel Richard.

Another check to AG Edwards!!!

Thanksgiving 2006 = Thank you God for your blessings!!

OINK

We Salute You Who Are About To Die

2006-11-11T07:51:00.000-05:00

Well, at least for all the Vets and active duty dudes out there keeping this country cool!!

THANKS!!!

I gotsta say thanks to a special veteran today...

THE BOSS = Veteran of the Domestic Wars = 39 years !!

HOORAY!!!

I love you !!

and I hope Troy remembered to pick up the two yellows, a pink and a red for today.

OINK

I'M LOST AT SEA WITHOUT A FRIEND

2006-10-27T11:23:00.000-04:00

Hoooooo - hooooooo - hoooooooooo!

Who will rescue MMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE???????

Damn, I hate having my feet cold.

I'm not saying having cold feet, I'm saying "COLD FEET!"

So what happens to all my free time now??

Tuesday - Crash at home from trip up North.

Wednesday - Go to the club for a degree.

Thursday - Go shopping for MOUNDS bars and stuffs for Headquarters.

Friday - K of C Wake

Saturday Morning - 7:30 AM meeting at headquarters ( Be there at 6:45 to make coffee)

Saturday Morning - Go to 4 Seasons and get flowers for CEMETARY SUNDAY

Saturday Afternoon - Football ( away game )

Later that day - Grandkids are playing soccer.

Sunday - Church .. then CEMETARY SUNDAY

It's just like having the Boss home, I'M NOT THERE!!!!

Well at least they celebrated my birthday at the club on Wednesday, and at Johnny's on Thursday, and I'll probably celebrate at the club on Friday after the wake.

Thank God I'm only twelve years old!! Old people get tired!!!

The Boss's car has new rotors and pads so the brake department is set for the next 15 years, unless she drives the car!!!

Well anyway, so much from here for now.

And like the Johnny Cash song,"I STILL MISS SOMEONE."

OINK

WILLIE NELSON

2006-10-20T09:16:00.000-04:00

Yowser yowser!!

I'm on the road again!!

Getting ready to move the Boss to CARRIELAND.

She's going down to help with the BELLY-ITIS!!

Hey, healthy bodies make healthy babies and we gotsta help Carrie with the new lilly coming soon!!

So the Boss is gonna be down ssouth being a GRAMMA and a MOMMY taking care of two people to make sure everybody is healthy and happy.

The only hitch is ride down with the Boss in the car!!!

So wish me luck!!

Wish her luck!!

Wish I hit the lottery!!!

OINK

MEMORIES

2006-10-12T06:52:00.000-04:00

Oh Boy!!

Me and the Boss are back from South Dakota and back into our daily life routine.

What happened out in South Dakota???

Only our memories will tell.. as of now!!

I took multi pictures of Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse Mountain, Wall Drugs, Deadwood, Sturgis, The Corn Palace, Sioux Falls, etc. etc.

BUT....

I downloaded the pictures from the camera to a laptop everyday so I would not run out of picture space on the camera.

SMART THINKING!!!

My dear friends at United Airlines had a new procedure of handing luggage which now causes the laptop to do EEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!! BLANK !

I think the hard drive in the laptop got knocked around a little ( maybe a lot!!) but the damn thing don't work and I want my pictures off the hard drive.

Brought the laptop into work today and I'll give it to the boys in IT to see if they can pull off my stuffs.

But for now, all I have are memories.

OINK

Talk To Jim Cantore

2006-09-29T07:15:00.000-04:00

That's right folks!!

You can get to talk to Jim Cantore on the Weather Channel.

Took the day off yesterday and did a few things with the boss. After shopping and lunch, came home and rested because it was a long day on the Boss' feet.

I did score a new set of stainless steel pots and stuffs for a pretty cheap price. I wanted to get the anodized stuffs but it was too costly at this point in time and the stainless stuffs was very cheap and what the hell, use a lot of butter when you cook.

AND you can scrub the bottoms of the pots if they get burned!! DUH? whatever!!

So anyway, the boss went upstairs to lie down because I grabbed the sofa as soon as we got home. After a hour or two of watching TV with closed eyes, I went upstairs and told the Boss I talked to Jim Cantore.

SHE WAS SPEECHLESS AND STAMMERED A LITLLE WITH DIS-BELIEF!!!

I then told her that it was reported that we are in the middle of hurricane season and nothing really is cooking up and Jim Cantore was on the Weather Channel and I talked to him.

HE DIDN'T HEAR ME... BUT I TALKED TO HIM!!!!

I think the boss is gonna leave me because I'm a JERK!!!

I still think it's funny that you can talk to ANYBODY but it doesn't mean they will hear you!!!

So when somebody says they talked to someone "special", yea right!!!

OINK

New Toy

2006-09-22T17:48:00.000-04:00

Yowser Yowser Yowser!!!

The ol' Porq picked up a Dell Laptop...

Not the most advanced, not even new, but I still type with one finger so no big deal.

I scomped up two batteries for the bad boy and it has a removable CD drive that's interchangable with a 3.5 floppy drive.

A carrying case, two AC/DC charger units and a couple of memory chips that I don't know how to install or if they fit at all!!

A new version of XP on the hard drive and Office 2000 to boot!!

All this goodness for the super low price of a SMILE!!

Yes Boys and Girls.. the government is good to me!!

So with all this super savings in the pocket, I actually BOUGHT a netgear WIFI card for this little sucker.

COOL.

As a matter of fact, the boss is in the den doing her thing on the net and I'm sitting in the living room typing this blog.

Now I gotsta get somebody to network me into the upstairs PC and the basement PC that Troy set up for me with the NETGEAR stuffs he installed at PORQUEVANIA, Land of the OINK!!

Oh boy oh boy!!

Maybe you can tell I'm a little excited about my new toy.

OINK

Oh yeah, CHEESY TOTS are being advertised in Union County, NJ!!

ROAD TRIP !!!

Rainy Day

2006-09-14T08:37:00.000-04:00

Nothing like getting some rain on your glasses to start the day off!!!

Okay, so now I'm a little pissed about the weather and the inconvenience of "DRYING" my windows... "AIN'T LIFE GRAND?"

I mean, come on.. think about it..

Just because a little water is falling from the sky, you should think of the bright things that can happen.

1) Hot chicks with wet T-shirts
2) Hot chicks with wet T-shirts
3) Good day for playing pool ( moisture in the air will give you better action on the cue ball..)
4) Beer
5) You ain't laying dead in the gutter
6) Beer

Oh I could go on and on but you can see where I'm going... heh-heh-heh

Another good reason to be happy is .. wait. listen up..

I'm going to call for a DOCTOR'S appointment.

Feit & Blondo = Eye exams for me and the Boss.

Both of us are tired of bumping into things so we collectively decided to get our eyes checked.

DUH!!

Ya gotsta have good eyes to look at the pictures of the lilly kids and speaking of lilly kids..

a new post was made with pictures of the youngest getting older and the pictures are good!

They look like the work of the ARTFUL BLOGGER they're so good.

Things to do...

1) Call Feit & Blondo
2) Get Laura set up to take pro pictures. (She's that good!!)
3) Buy a bar ( piss of the Boss )
4) Clean the basement

Sounds like a plan!!

OINK

A New Day Dawning

2006-09-01T12:54:00.000-04:00

Okay Boys and Girls..

The Boss is NOT going to work.

She said back in June, " NO MORE!!"

God bless her!

Her former workmates are busy doing their stuffs to get their classrooms ready and the Boss is sitting home enjoying her new freedom!!

Now I have to plan vacations other than end of June, July or early August ( have to be around to set up the classroom - IF the keys are released to the teachers to get into school!)

We couldn't plan a vacation from September until June because of the dedication involved, but why talk about the PAST!!

So, with football season rolling along right now, I'm the one who is throwing the wrench into the gears because I have to be around for the weekends to film( video, or something).

BUT..

like I said, It's a new day a dawning!!!

and maybe the basement will get cleaned out!!

OINK

one can only hope!!

The Link Don't Work

2006-08-25T07:56:00.000-04:00

Well anyway, I never said I was PC-COOL with links and photos etc, but I'm good at flipping off drivers in person!!

The article is in the Home News Tribune THNT.COM in the local news section.

The article has pictures of his fireworks, weapons AND some sticks of dynamite!!

Did I say "Village Idiot"?

OINK

PEACE IN THE VALLEY

2006-08-25T07:22:00.000-04:00

It was twenty years ago today... etc. etc.

Well NO, This has nothing to do with Sgt Pepper, Beatles, music, etc.

BUT..

me and the Boss are happily singing, LA-LA-LA-LA, etc.

because reading today's newspapers, it was reported the jerk who lives two houses away was arrested for illegal weapons, drugs and fireworks.

Can somebody finally say "HOORAY" ?

This "person" has been celebrating 4th of July at least twenty times a year for the past twenty years!!

After multi-years of calling the police dept. and reporting that "someone" was setting off fireworks, we ( me and the Boss ) stopped calling because of the futality of such efforts to have those who "SERVE AND PROTECT" actually get off their asses and try to catch the SOB, but after multi-calls of complaints from various neighbors regarding the same thing, the good ol' PBA Boys put down their donuts and rolled by and didn't see anything wrong, except maybe burn marks on the pavement from high explosives, or torn papers from firecracker wrappings, DUH!!!

Well the "Village Idiot" finally cooked his goose when he set off his automatic weapon by firing it six times consecutively one night.

Being a neighborhood authority on exploded fireworks after years of experience listening to the jerk's antics, I knew that it was a weapon being discharged.

I guess somebody else in the neighborhood did too and called it in.

Right now, the little jerk is in the county jail with a bail amount of $250,000.

Try this link to see if it works.
http//thnt.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/200608

How can we ever celebrate Christmas without neighborhood fireworks?

Or Thanksgiving?

Or Easter?

Or Ash Wednesday?

Or Full Moon?

Or New Moon? Git it??

The Boss is happy!!!

I know Peter the dog would like to get out of the grave and piss on his leg!!

OINK!

NICE TRY!!!

2006-08-11T11:09:00.000-04:00

Well boys and girls, the last time around I was looking for Cheesy-Tots.

Somebody posted a comment that I should go to a BK and ask the manager to order me a case of the little goodies.

HEY!! GREAT IDEA!!

If only the BK manager spoke "real" english instead of some Hindu dialect, maybe I would have had a chance to communicate with him..

So now my big quest is to find a BK manager that speaks english.

So everything else in PORQLAND is pretty cool so far and I'm chomping at the bit to get into football season. I just bought a 12 pack of video tapes, I printed the labels for the scrimmages and games scheduled so far( don't know about the playoffs yet, but I'm hoping!!) and I'm gonna check the batteries on the ol' camera this weekend.

Oh boy, oh boy!!

Oh yeah, here's another funny thing to talk about.

Everytime I talk to the lilly lilly kid I usually just say Hi, etc and get off the phone. A) I'm hard of hearing, B) I get real impatient waiting for a NOT YET 2 year old to speak and C) everybody knows I'm a prick anyway so I give the phone back to the boss.

Immediately after I give up the phone the lilly lilly kid starts calling
" GRANCAH "

"Whooo- HOOOOOO"

and this really ticks the boss off because she's always being so nice and sweet on the phone to the lilly lilly kid and she gets nada!!

It may not be real funny, but it makes me smile!!

I gotta teach the kid to say..

" JOHNNY "

OINK

Back To The Drawing Board

2006-07-31T13:18:00.000-04:00

DRAT!!!

My plans had been foiled.

The supplier of frozen goods had sent a case of baked potato skins with cheese instead of the generic brand "CHEESY-TOTS" that I wished for. Needless to say, the case was returned to the vendor. The supplier apologized and said they would continue their search for such items as a "CHEESY-TOT".

GRRRR!!!

Now here's something to think about. I went to the Burger King web site (www.bk.com)
and looked up Cheesy tots on their menu and lo and behold they still had them listed as a product to be sold.

DUH???

Maybe they are only being sold regionally and the Northeast is OUT!!! ???

I dunno, but anyway Burger King is still listing them on their web site.

Maybe I'll send a shout out to ORE-IDA about these little treats, and if anybody knows potatoes, ORE-IDA should!!

OINK

Carly Simon Sings

2006-07-27T09:16:00.000-04:00

Yeah Baby...

ANTICIPATION!!!

Almost like a Heinz ketchup commercial.

X amount of months ago, I stopped at a Burger King and discovered they had "CHEESY TOTS" for breakfast ( stopped being served after 10:30 AM)

Now let me tell you ... these little suckers were GOOOOOD!!!

Tater tots with a macaroni & cheese flavor to them. Oh my o my!!!

But alas dear friends, the BK people stopped selling them because it was a short lived promotion.

Once you get hooked, you become addicted......

WHERE DO I FIND CHEESY TOTS???

Yesterday I had the good fortune to stop at a food service dealer and asked about cheesy tots. I guess I spoke to the owner or BIG BOSS of the operation and he had the office staff look up in various catalogs and distributors about any type of frozen tater-tot with a cheese flavor.

He said there is something out there like it but it comes in 18 pound cases.

After hearing this, I started to drool and told him to order me a case.

WE SHALL SEE!!!!

Oh yeah, I gotsta make room in the freezer for stuffs.

Maybe eat a lot of pierogis until the shipment comes in????

HMMMMM ??????

OINK

School Bells Ringing

2006-07-21T07:23:00.000-04:00

Good Grief Charlie Brown!! The nightmares are starting.

The Boss hung up her ACTIVE EMPLOYEE card and wants to be a full time Gramma!!

COOL!!

BUT every summer for the last decade or two, she would rest from a weary work year filling the lilly kids heads up with stuffs. AND... anticipate getting her classroom ready for the opening of school.

Every year the administration would delay in giving the teachers the okay to come into the school to set up, which of course caused a sense of urgency and anxiety for the Boss because she's a ( NOTICE I'M USING PRESENT TENSE!!) dedicated teacher and wants her stuffs to be cool.

Well July is almost over and she had her first dream about setting up her classroom.
Gotsta be an annual instinct that was developed over the years, but anyway, in her dream, she kept telling the staff, "I'M RETIRED!!", but they didn't listen to her.

Maybe this was triggered off by the fact that she is gleaning her accumulated supplies of learning tools to be distributed amongst family and friends and the GARBAGE!!

So until the school stuffs is out of the house, I better be ready for any and all flashbacks the Boss may have in SLUMBERLAND.

I might even try to hang around the house and help her .. NAY, it wouldn't be me..
but anyway, I'll just try not to piss her off until this school stuffs is completely out of the way.

Maybe that's why they call me JOHNNY!!

And I make a frequent post to my blog, not like HALF OF MY KIDS who didn't do squat since May 10th.

OINK

I LIKE IKE

2006-07-06T09:07:00.000-04:00

Trip down souff was great. On the way down ( I 95 + I 85 ) I heard on the radio that it was the fiftieth anniversary of the US Interstate system started by Dwight D.

Cool!! Good job USA!! The highways are great.

What was even better was the ride home. I particularly do NOT like sitting in traffic because of construction so I95 was a less favorable route home.

I checked out good ol' MAPQUEST and they routed me north on I77 to I81 to East I78 to Jersey.

The mileage was about 20 miles longer than the 85, 95 route but I avoided Richmond, DC and Baltimore and possible traffic jams on the NJ Turnpike.

The time difference was unbelievable!! Mapquest estimated a 9 hr 58 min trip from Cardross Lane to Albert Street and we left 6:30 AM and was back in HOMETOWN USA by 3:30 PM.

9 hours flat. Including two pit stops.

Only had to hit the speed limit twice during the trip when the rains came down in buckets so I slowed down to 60 ish to pass some 18 wheelers kicking up some monster spray on the windshield.

Needless to say the BOSS was "VERY" happy when the rains came thinking of hydro-plane-ing off a cliff into the Shenandoah Valley or some dopey mountain in Virginia or West Virginia or someplace along the route.

WHATEVER!!! I made good time and the Boss got home safely, ( Physically and not to mentally damaged !!)

Gotsta do it again!!

Had a great visit and the lilly lilly kid can say "WHOOO - WHOOOO!!!"

Next I gotta teach her to spit!!

OINK

Sorry to hear about FLOODS Part III!! I hate water in the basement!!

On your Mark, Get Set...

2006-06-28T07:17:00.000-04:00

Oh Boy, we're getting ready to GO!!

The boss wants to go down to see the Lilly kid. Hey!! What ever the boss wants.. etc. etc. etc.

The only problem is getting there.

600 miles at 600 MPH = 1 hour travel time.

600 miles at 60 MPH = 10 hours travel time.

Now follow this logic, the faster you travel, the shorter the time span require to travel that distance. DUH!!!

The boss goes bonkers when we drive to church on Sunday mornings ( Distance from house to church = 413 steps!! but we drive anyway!!) now mathematically convert
413 steps to 600 miles and think of the "PLEASURE" we are going to have driving to the Kid's house!!

Now if I can get an eight track tape of Led's Whole Lotta Love and Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody playing continuously for 600 miles, I'm sure the boss will want me to SPEED!!! (giggle- giggle a memorable event driving the Kid to school in Florida!!)

Almost a Phase II belly buster but that's another story from the past!!

OINK

L I V E

2006-06-21T06:45:00.000-04:00

Wow, everyday I amaze myself with the shallowness of the inhabitants of earth!!

I myself am probably in the thick of those masses, but Jumpin' Jeebers Johnny, I DON'T walk around looking for pity or extra attention because of a mishap.

People should NOT be cuddled, coddled?? because of a misfortune. HEY!! SHIT HAPPENS!

When are people going to learn to wipe their own ass after a shitty deal??

The Pilgrims came to New England and screwed the natives and fought and starved and put up with a lot of bullshit. The ones that lived became stronger!!

California and Alaska gold rushes - people looking for fortunes perished in the wilderness, either by elements or stupidity!! WHATEVER!!

World War I - eh.. I think a few people died in Europe during that one.

World War II - eh.. let's see, the Japs helped a few people to the promise land and our boys in the Pacific helped a few of them honor their Emperor.

Oh, Don't forget about the Bataan Death March, or even the group that got smoked in Hiroshima and Nagasaki!!

In Europe and Africa, a few band-aids were distributed because people were getting hurt

OR KILLED!!!

Wait... did somebody say it was a picnic up in the hills of Korea during the winter??

Didn't this add a few toe tags to list of " FALLEN HEROES?"

How about " HELL NO, WE WON"T GO!!!" and the boys that turned into men from Vietman or the boys that turned into dust from Vietman???

Everyone of the people who died in the history of our country must have been ORPHANS!

No Family, no matter, just bury the bastards!! BUT TODAY.....

Oh the poor poor families of the victims in 9-11!!!

THEY ARE SPECIAL!!!

MY ASS!!!

Death is death and it sucks. People should get off their sorry asses and get up and

L I V E !!!!

Good o' Uncle Sam taught me a lesson down in Fort Polk, Lousy-anna.

You hate to see your foxhole buddy get shot in the head, BUT you're glad it wasn't YOU!!

Let's go troops.. pick up your guns and get back into the battle of LIFE.

JEEZ... some people!!!

I dunno???

OINK

Will Sandwichman Fly Again??

2006-06-14T06:48:00.000-04:00

Today was the official last day for SANDWICHMAN!!

The cape will be carefully put away.

Oh !! Where did the years from 1975 go??

The PBJ's, the ham and cheeses, the Schickhaus bologna's????

The invention of the Martin's Potato roll, mayo, lettuce, imported ham( sliced thin), Gulden's mustard, Clausen's pickle, Hormel Hard salami, Gulden's mustard, white american cheese, Gulden's mustard on the other side of the Martin's Potato roll.

Roast beef on potato roll with a spoon full of Ma's potato salad and SALT.

Or how about Ma's meatballs ( red or brown) on a potato roll??

Off into the sunset ( or sunrise??) Sandwichman leaves the scene..

maybe to return on a Grandkid overnight???

I miss him already, 'cause I'm HUNGRY!!

OINK

The Octave of End

2006-06-09T06:43:00.000-04:00

Eight days and the fat lady sings. Some will hear the song as a happy tune while others will hear the blues.

How can one person have so many mixed emotions about one thing and all of them are TRUE???

Listening to the "Litany of the End" and various war stories of her fellow workers and the buzz that this is creating makes me laugh that the soon to be be former management is not revealing the fact that the Boss is hanging up her chalk, erasers and pointer to be a full time GRANDMA.

Not to be disrespectful to her employer, but when work gets out that Mrs. C will NOT be there any longer, a few parents will be saddened. I thank them for their support to the boss and any teacher who really gives a hoot about education other than just a means of obtaining a paycheck.

So no more hallways ringing with the tune of "I'll beat you with a stick" where the students come running smiling for hugs, no more stories about our kids to make the 1st graders feel important, and just no more loving to a profession that was wanted since the second grade many years ago.

It will be gone...

BUT NOT FORGOTTEN!!!

If she is to get a "watch" for her "retirement", it would have to be BIG BEN in comparison for her love and dedication to teaching.

Now this is pretty mushy from a grouchy old fart like me but, God Damn Sam..

SHE DESERVES IT

AND MORE!!

OINK

A New day is A-Coming

2006-06-01T18:28:00.000-04:00

Well boys and girls, the Boss gave her notice that she is not going back to work in September. No more pencils, no more books!! etc.,etc.,etc.

Mama's gonna be cool and do an ALFRED E. NEUMAN, "What me worry?"

You know this is going to cut in on the lifestyle of the rich and famous, but Gloria Gaynor said, "I'LL SURVIVE!!"

I'm happy for the Boss because she is happy!!

It's good to see her smile again!!!

OINK

PLEASE!!! GRAMPA...

2006-05-20T18:35:00.000-04:00

Overnight sleep ok! The rascals were up and running around by 6:15 AM.

Made a batch of banana pancakes and a second batch of strawberry pancakes which were totally consumed by 6:59 AM.

Oh shit, it's gonna be a long day!!

Couple hours of toys and videos and TV got us to lunch with some plain jelly on toast and a peanut butter jelly on toast and the boy ate a banana..!??...

Ok kiddies time to rock. We loaded up the green machine and headed over to the Hometown First Aid Rescue demonstrations at the Emergency Squads' location. Since we were going to the First Aid people's house, I might as well drop off my donation and save the postage. The Squad members who looked at the check gave the Boy a stuffed teddy bear that they were hocking to raise funds. COOL!!! uhhh WAIT, I gots two other grandkiddies.... ehhhhhh..the Boss shows up with the two girls in tow and we head over to where the bears were... " AND SIGN SAYS YOU GOT TO HAVE MEMBERSHIP CARD TO GET INSIDE" or something like that .. or actually " all donations over $20.00 will receive a stuffed bear..." so me digs in the pocket and yank out 40 fazoolas to make the girls smile.

Hmmm.. if I brought my check book, I could have written a check and claimed the donation on my taxes... damn... I'll do it anyway!! F IRS!!

So we does the First Aid scene with County Emergency Vehicles and Super big Rescue Trucks from North Brunswick and a load of other ambulances and the Police DARE-mobile all shiny'ed up for public viewing. NOT BAD so far.. they even had some dude selling hot dogs off a pushcart and the kids each inhaled one plain dog. COOL.

They were giving away door prizes and the Boss won a 2 lb cookie tray from a local bakery which was next door to a RITA'S ice store.

NEXT STOP... RITA'S!! Oh yeah.. the Boss had three free gimme tickets for some italian ice so this didn't cost anything and me and the Boss finished what the kids didn't. PLUS I got the cookies from the bakery!! FREE!!!!!

ALL ABOARD... WALMART here we come.

We pushed the basket around the Wal and ending up around 120 in the hole. We got stuffs.

Loaded up the green machine with the stuffs and headed home.

Unloaded the van and put the Met game on!!! Hey 9th inning Mets 4, Yankees 1, Billy Wagner pitching... COOL I thought. I saw the walk, the hit batsman and the blown double play attempt. SCORE TIED!!

JUST THEN... one of the grandkids says, "GRAMPA, all the other kids have somebody to play with cause they're blowing bubbles with Gramma. Will you please play with me?"

END OF THE MET GAME!!

Had a great time playing catch, soccer, chase the ball and Monkey in the middle, bubbles and whatever with the kiddies.

I finally find out after supper that the Mets lost and I also lost my 2006 NASCAR pin to celebrate NASCAR Day, but I still have the backing clasp for the LOST lapel pin.

Kids are just about finished with showers and baths and I think the Boss will retire the younguns early. Not that they are tired... WE NEED THE REST!! oh yeah, maybe their gums hurt so I can rub some Jezynowka to relieve the pain( or knock 'em out!!)

All this fun and I didn't have to drive 600 miles one way!! What a NASCAR day!!

More tomorrow when we go to church and then some!!!

OINK

It's PAYDAY??? ... ALREADY?????

2006-05-18T07:46:00.000-04:00

Good grief!! Time certainly flies by 'cause it's payday again.

Oh Damn!! Another trip to the bank!!

Sign my long name!!!

Weigh myself down with wads of cash!!

Damn,, doesn't anybody feel sorry for me???

Well, you know it always sucks to be somebody!!!

STOP!!! Don't tell me about direct deposit!!

If I had direct deposit , how can I get out of the house to go to the bank and see the "LADIES"???? and maybe make a side trip to Johnny's???? or just disappear from the Boss for a few hours on a regular schedule?????

I push enough buttons during the day without having to push more buttons on ATM's or whatever the hell you call those machines that give you back YOUR money 'cause you have direct deposit??

HEY!!! PUSH THIS!!

Oh, and Johnny Bupalini feels the same way too!!

OINK

Side note.... I wanted to sneak down to NASCARLAND for the All Star Race ..BUT

the Boss signed us up to baby sit the kiddies this weekend because of a MAN-KAI In-law wedding or something..

Soooooo.. that means I don't drive down to Carolina to see the race.. or members of family down there BUT..

my car passed Inspection, so I'm free to zoom around for another 2 years endangering the lives of all who leave their homes!! heh-heh-heh-heh-heh

REMEMBER... May 20th - NASCAR DAY ... Drive fast and turn left!!

When are Kids NOT Kids?

2006-05-11T19:47:00.000-04:00

Damn.. I'm only twelve years old, but reading the blogs of the chilluns make me and the world see that the kids ain't kids no more!!

Hell.. they can say FULL sentences!!!

Yowser yowser... reading the blogs is definately PONDEROUS!!!

The kid asked me in her blog what I didn't say to my folks before their passing...

eh... probably that I didn't say how much I realized how much THEY sacrificed for me and my brother. But now that they are gone, I can see that they instilled their sense of duty and love to their family in how I try to treat my kids and hope they learn the same lessons I learned from my folks.

Simple, hard working folks who really gave a damn that tried their best. That's a hell of an epitath.

Do I regret my not saying things to my folks? NO!!!

If they didn't know that I loved them and appreciated all they did for me and my brother, well .. it sucks to be them. I know my kids love me and the Boss so..

gooney goo gus!! I'm not a mushy hearts and flowers dude!

Kid - " Eh hey I love you!"
Porq - " Good! get me a beer!"

Is there anything else??? I know, you know, the Boss knows, the kids know, and

BOZA KNOWS!!

OINK

MAY DAY

2006-05-01T10:25:00.000-04:00

So here we are.. the first of May and what to my wondering eyes should appear...

A bunch of illegals that are not supposed to be here PROTESTING by NOT WORKING!!

I've been in this country for a couple of years now and I seem to remember that MAY DAY, you know May First was always a big whoop-die do in Russia for all the Commie Bastards to march around with their tanks and rocket launchers and weapons of mass destruction to show that THEY are the tough guys on the block by standing in a mirror and flexing their muscles.

I'm talking MACHO stuffs.

So anyway, if the freggin' Commies did all their stuffs on MAY DAY and these illegal people who are living in the good ol' USA want to protest and MARCH on MAY DAY...

DOES THAT MAKE THEM COMMIES??

If it does, we should round up this scummy red horde and burn their bodies like fossil fuel.. just for the sake of good ol' USA.

I like it here and I don't protest.(except when I get bad service in a restaurant or gin mill) I might sneak out of work every now and then and "MOVE MY CAR" but God Damn Sam.. it's the best place to be!!

Cinco de Count-down has started!!

OINK

Same ol' Same ol'

2006-04-27T10:26:00.000-04:00

Well, I feel like a character from POLTERGEIST.... "HE'S BACK!"

Yes boys & girls, I am back.

The pile of newspapers ( Thank you JTA!!!) that stacked up during the Easter trip is down to a daily pile and the bills have been paid and I still got a pile of checks to cash.

LIFE IS GOOD!!!

Still didn't visit Johnny's yet for an official visit other than give JTA some smokes from down South!!

Gotsta get to the club to do the books for month-end and find out what was paid while I was away. ( I ACTUALLY missed a meeting!!!!! )

The grass around the house is finally turning green ( zoysia stuffs!! ) and I walked around with the spray bottle zapping the dandelions that sprouted. I refuse to cut the grass in APRIL!!

Stop and think about this.. if you start cutting your lawn in April, by the time you put the mower away for the winter you'll have over a half year of mowing under your belt. GRRR!!!

I think I bitched about mowing lawns last year on my blog.. maybe I'll dig the archives and check it out. uuhh.. like maybe I'm busy!!!

But the school year is winding down and the Boss is waiting to talk contracts so this is an interesting time of the year especially after her getting the ROYAL HARDWARE STORE ( not just a screw job but the whole enchilada !!) last year because its a "SECOND" income.

People who really know me know that I suck and can be a pretty mean SOB if I want to.
If the school gives any kind of BS to the Boss, Leibowitz, Aronowicz, et al will be contacted!!

Gooney - Goo Gus!!

Ok.. been back to work for three and half days and I'm starting to think about taking some time off... HMMMMM?????

Sounds like an Everly Brother song... "Problems, problems, problems all day long.."

I almost feel sorry for me... heh-heh-heh!!

OINK

Where Am I??

2006-04-18T06:58:00.000-04:00

It's been some time that I posted and now that Lent is over and He is Risen, I can rejoice in telling everyone that things are going GOOD!!

I'm getting ready to do my weekly NASCAR picks right here in the heart of NASCARLAND and my hopes that the geographical MOJO will work.

I even went to an AUTO-RITE store to buy a NASCAR DAY PIN. Good ol' Gomer behind the counter said, "EHH?? I don't think we have them... ehhh we had them last year.. ehhh I'll call my manager."

He did and the store didn't have them. DRAT guess I gotsta go to CONCORD to the track to try and get one.

Troy said we should go to the site of the future Hall of Fame and take pictures and go back X years later for a BEFORE and AFTER shots.. HHHMMMMM??!!!

Everybody is healthy and smiling. I can see why the lilly kid posts about her little Boogie running around. COOL!!

It's amazing to see little creatures actually process thought and react to situations. MANKAI, Son of Dan, must have a great time watching his three grow in wisdom. I'm sure the Quinster will agree that it is a humbling process to watch a little person grow from such a small seed into the fantastic creature before us.

HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD!!!

OINK

Lent is almost Spent

2006-04-05T12:56:00.000-04:00

Amen I say to you my brothers, 'tis the season of spiritual readings.

In one of the daily mass readings was Isaiah 55:1. "Even if you have no money , come and eat and drink for free."

Hey , now that the Quinster is getting religion again, how can you spiritually top this offer??????

It's like a free buffet for bag people to chow down and booze it up.

Maybe I'm interpreting this scripture wrong, but God Damn Sam,
It SURE SOUNDS GOOD!!!

I just found out last night that my hopes for a Cinco de Mayo celebration has been dashed into the rocks because of family obligations( Cousin's kid receiving Holy Communion that weekend). Sucks to be me !!!

Back in January or Febutary I was talking to the Boneman about heading off to Casa de Quinn III for cinco de mayo but alas... foiled again.

Maybe some obscure weekend after that before football starts a little cribbage, pool, beer consumption, general debauchery, etc. with materialize!!!

The shrink wrapped kielbasi is ordered and I'm gonna start packing the bags for the trip to NASCARLAND. I intend to take a trip to Concord and buy one of those NASCAR DAY lapel pins to celebrate uhhh...

NASCAR DAY!!!

Will Farrell's commercial makes you have to have a pin!! or at least celebrate NASCAR DAY!!!

OINK

I Seed it!!

2006-03-30T06:46:00.000-05:00

Remember the movie STRIPES????

Bill Murray and the "troops" were marching off to their barracks and he started to sing DO-WAH DEE-DEE. This may not be the best moment in motion picture history, ...

BUT IT IS MEMORABLE!!!

Manfred Mann just makes you want to bob your head, snap your fingers, shuffle your feet.. everything!! It's a COOL song.

Okay .. now equate this song to your everyday life...

Did you ever really feel good about something that you wanted to

"SNAP YOUR FINGERS, SHUFFLE YOUR FEET, ETC. ETC."
Of course you did.. because you felt GOOD.

Well I saw the lilly kid do her "DUCK WALK".

I don't know what she was thinking about , or what was going on in her head,

BUT SHE WAS GROOVIN' ON SOMETHING that really turned her on. COOL!!

She was doing her "DUCK WALK" = taking exagerated heavy steps(almost a stomp), bobbing her head forward in time with her steps and wearing a BIG grin!!!

WOW!!! She was doing her "DUCK WALK".

Now this makes me feel good because the lilly lilly was having a good time and when kids have a good time that must mean I'm having a good time 'cause I'm a kid!!!

Well the lilly kid is gone and safely back home and the 1st thing I did was...

TURN UP THE VOLUMN ON THE TV... WHAT???

never mind.. you know what I mean.

OINK

DODGED THE BULLET

2006-03-25T00:59:00.000-05:00

Yowser yowser!!

The Ol' Porq must lead a good life 'cause I was just blessed with .. get ready..

NOT HAVING TO CHANGE A STINKY DIAPER!!!

Yep.. It don't get any better than that!!

Friday, the lilly kid was going to Wash DC and the Boss went to work. Good ol' Porq took a vacation day to stay with the lilly lilly!! until the Boss came home!!

Well just before the lilly took off, the lilly lilly was put down for a nap and the fun began.

The monitor was turned up so I would'nt miss anything and after about an hour, the kid woke up. Now I threatened that I would keep the kid standing in the bathtub all day so I would NOT have to worry about any leaks of soggy clothes, but that was VETOED by the mother. GRRRR!! I thought it was a good idea!!

Next worry was there wasn't any barmaid at Johnny's working the morning shift. Original plan was if things got soggy or stinky, put kid in plastic bag with head out and take to Johnny's for fixin'.( Ya gotta use a pool table for something in the day time!!)

But .. LO and Behold... I did do a HUGGIE switch during my tenure as PROTECTOR OF THE INFANT!!! What the hell happened to the pins?? It's now some kind of paper, plastic, rubber velcro???? i dunno ???????

But the Boss came home after work, and the house didn't burn(again) and the lilly lilly was safe from the PROTECTOR OF THE INFANT!!! and the rest of the world.

Now get ready for the yang part of my ying. The Boss' cousin in Chicago passed away and Friday was the viewing and Saturday is the Funeral. DAMN!! Bill was a great guy and raised a super family and the Earth lost a GOOD GUY. I really feel bad that me and the Boss couldn't get out to Chicago for the wake and funeral. Maybe some weekend in the very near future we can get to personally give our sympathies to Marge and her kids.

Love ya Bill .. SEMPER FI!!! TEMPUS FUGIT MEMEMTO MORES!!

OINK

Here's to the 1st JC

2006-03-15T11:36:00.000-05:00

Mirabile Dictu!!

yea yea yea 20 years of Catholic school education but I still remember some Latin from Freshman and Sophmore year.

So, not to delay the celebration any longer...

"STAB THE BASTARD ALREADY!!"

Happy Ides of March !!

Et tu Brute?

This was probably a pilot for a Soprano episode multi-years later.

OINK

People DO care

2006-03-14T10:06:00.000-05:00

Wow,

Reading some blogs the past few days, I am most gloriously satisfied to see that people out there on Earth, really do care about other humans on this planet.

It is truly refreshing to learn that people actually are concerned if somebody in Wisconsin has a date, or if somebody in South Africa is going into the Fall season, or if people in Maryland are having crocuses blooming in their yards.

Students in Canada are going on Spring break to get plastered and screw around. Friends of my daughter are concerned about a "play" weekend get-together. Multi-people are bent out of shape that a local politician wants to give "ALIENS" people who entered the USA illegally, some kind of rights. Oh just a multitude of various subjects that sometimes pisses people off in their blogs or just the joy of reading someone vent about some type of "injustice" or ridiculous situation that seems to fill OUR LIVES!!!

Keep up the good work out there all you people and I think I'm gonna sue the people who gave the Boss a bunch of shit pertaining to her teaching credentials and without any chance of explanation or rebuttal, takes her kid out of school and puts the little precious in a new school. BASTADGES!! FORGING ICE HOLES!!Ask Johnny Dangerously.

Well anyway, IJDM!! Oh yeah.. does having blood pressures in triple figures mean anything?

OINK

Dark Day in Sunny S-ville

2006-03-08T07:33:00.000-05:00

Oh Woe and Groan!!!

True love got kicked in the professional noogies yesterday.

This entire scenario is because children have children.

One parent of the Boss' students, didn't like the fact that the Boss told this particular person that some actions should not be done in the presence of children.

This parent(child) didn't like the idea that this was a professional observance and took this information as a REPRIMAND. This parent(child) became irate that this must have been the first time in that person's life that ANYONE said that this person did ANYTHING WRONG!!!

Letters were written and sent to various supervisory staff and conferences were scheduled to rectify this parent's concern. Needless to say the parents did not follow what they had said they would do and took further action to blemish the Boss' credentials without giving the Boss any means or chance to counterpoint these attacks.

The Boss is very much so hurt and the SUN IS NOT SHINING!!!

I even started to clean the basement to try and make her a little happy.

Damn those kids who have kids!! I wish I could really say what's on my mind, but I'm sure there must be some kind of decency laws for the internet.

DARK DAYS IN SUNNY S-VILLE, even if the sun IS shining!!

OINK

Happy Stuffs

2006-03-06T13:23:00.000-05:00

Hey...

We just did the Family Bowling stuffs this weekend. The kids all had fun!!

Even Granma enjoyed herself with the kids.

COOL!!

The shirts didn't win the best outfit but if all 15 shirts were there, we might have gotten an honorable mention.

One cool thing that happened... the boy did not bowl but me and the Boss took care of him whilst the others bowled. On one of the ways back from the amusement machines(quarter hungry, money eating monsters!!) the boy saw a contingent of people wearing black shirts and immediately set his course to this site. Upon arrival to this destination, the boy looked up and probably did a WTF... WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE???

HEY KID...

WRONG BLACK SHIRTS!!!

I corraled the little bugger and headed him to GRANMA sitting by Mom and Dad and the WORLD WAS GOOD AGAIN!!

This happened twice to the boy and once with the next one up the ladder.
(These kids are definately POLISH!!) I'm so PROUD!!

Hey we still had a real good time.

Can't wait to see the real lilly kid for Easter.
If I'm going there for Easter, maybe I should call her a "LILY" kid??

Pierogi school WILL be open!!

OINK

MARCH EVE

2006-02-28T11:14:00.000-05:00

Okay BOYS & GIRLS, get your party hats ready for tonight's celebration.

MARCH EVE!!!!

I don't want to hear about any of the pagan behavioral patterns during Mardi Gras, or Shrove Tuesday, or FAT TUESDAY..

HELL NO!!!

It's MARCH EVE!!!

If you really think about it, in 31 days it'll be APRIL EVE!!!

I don't want to wait so long so I'm gonna celebrate today !!

Maybe I'll give up NON-CELEBRATING for Lent?????

Hmmmmmm?? Something to ponder!!

OINK

FEBUTARY TWO TWO

2006-02-24T06:46:00.000-05:00

Count Down to LENT!!!

My last post I was jumping up and down because I could sneek off and do some web stuffs on my clandestine phone line at work instead of going through the main computer with all the WEBSENSE BLOCKS!!

Since that last post, me and the Boss went to the chillun's happy b-day parties and it was pretty cool to see the D-Man's house filled up with the lilly things running around and watching his buddies( parents of said lilly things) go through the stress and "JOY" of parenting whilst I just sat back and watched over an emptying can of BUD. To be repeated multi-times!!! Yowser yowser yowser.

SSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE?????????????

I think it's funny to watch other people get older!! Quinn with Heather and the joys of raising a girl!! ( In a few years he'll be out there chasing the paper-boy away from the house thinking he has "other" ideas!!), Eddie, Todd and Tom having the joy of saying "YES DEAR!!!" for no apparent reason other than just HABIT!! Even reading about my Lilly with her lilly and the joys of parenting just makes me smile.

Oh yeah, and want to have a beer.

The other night around 8:30 PM I received a call about healthcare in the State of NJ.

WOW.. this dude was asking me all kinds of questions about health care.. Do I go to the doctors? NO! Am I on medication? NO! Do I go to the dentist? NO! How often do I eat fruit? Twice a year!? Do I eat vegetables? NO! MEAT AND POTATOES THAT'S IT!! Do I think people should get antibiotics for colds? NO! Unless you got green and yellow snots dripping from your head!! Did I get flu shots? NO! Did a doctor ever tell me I have diabetes? NO! How is my mental health? GREAT! How is my physical health? GREAT! Do I exercise? NO but sometimes walk to the bar! Do I drink? YES! All kinds of crazy questions and the dude finally hung up wondering why I'm still alive!!

It didn't bother me to answer these questions because it was a crappy night for TV programming anyway!! What does 160 over 110 mean? I got one of those blood pressure machines you hook up to your arm and I was wondering why I was getting a headache every so often. MAYBE I SHOULD CUT DOWN ON THE SALT????? HMmmmmm????

Lay off beer for two days, drink wine instead or vodka and water with a splash of cranberry juice( for the kidneys!!)

Well anyway, MAN-KAI(Son of Dan) is blogging again and WEEBL & BOB are still rocking the world!!

OINK

Happy Surprise

2006-02-14T09:46:00.000-05:00

La-Dee-Da !!!!

Eyes feel like singing!!!

Last week I got zapped on the superlink.net stuffs because the boss wasn't paying the company and being a "THRIFTY" dude that he is, didn't want to spend spit on anything, but anyway...

long story short... since nobody was paying, they( superlink) cut us off. So ends my danc@superlink etc but anyway,

the BIG GUY likes the short e-mail address of apk etc instead of a long county e-mail address with all the dot gov crap involved so the BIG GUY says .. "HEY" I want my superlink or something and good golly miss molly, I can now sign on to the web with my clandestine phone line to read blogs of Capt. Bee and Daily Slacker and Quinn and Boneman Jr. and the CZE-stuffs from South and AYERD comes on all systems so I guess I can still watch my Yahoo Fantasy Racing and be able to post various messages etc etc etc.

la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

SEEEEEEE!!! I told you I feel like singing.

Oh yeah, Happy V-Day peoples.!!

OINK

Yawn

2006-02-07T13:49:00.000-05:00

It's Febutary already!!

I've been awake at work now all year!!!

Damn!!

I gotsta hit that lottery!!!

First stop after cashing in the winning ticket.....

SOMEPLACE WARM!!

I want to sit in the sun and take a nap!!

I wanna be served by the pool.

I want a suntan!! I gotta get rid of these winter "itchies".

Damn, my skin is dry.

Oh, I think I need a haircut too!

OINK

This is not a self pity blog, I just want to bitch a little...

thas all!!

AIN'T LIFE GRAND!!!!!

Sure is a hell of a lot better than being DEAD!!!

Realization

2006-01-25T18:47:00.000-05:00

Wow..

I just read the Bone's and Quinn's blog. These guys are talking about getting old and being sick.

Wait....

GETTING OLD

BEING SICK...... ???????

I know I was born a long time ago but I'm TWELVE YEARS OLD!!!

I gave some blood back in Sep. '05 and had a cholestorol reading of 261.
I gave blood again in Dec. '05 and got a cholestorol reading of 229.

When the weather started to chill down ( remember back in early November the temperature dropped??) well I started to do a few glasses of OJ in the morning.
(UN-FORTIFIED -- I ran out of Vanilla Vodka) and I didn't get any cold yet this WINTER..

A had a few beers during the interum and lo a behold... the ol' Porq is still breathing.

SHIT.... I gotta write a book about being healthy OR.. keep going to CHURCH!!

BOZA KNOWS!!!

I don't know what's cooking but God damn SAM Keep it coming!!

(Quinn is getting old?.. doesn't lightning sort of shorten your life span??)

If Dan is the IRONMAN, Bill must be the IRONROD, and the Porq is the PORQ.

Maybe its in the genes... I wear WRANGLERS!!

OINK

FOILED AGAIN!!!

2006-01-20T07:59:00.000-05:00

Well, after I did my post, I tried to get on to a site..

N.G. !!

Websense blocked the site for "POOR TASTE"

STYM!!

OINK

Sneaky Thang!!

2006-01-20T06:38:00.000-05:00

Oh Baby..

I'm sitting at my desk right now and have "FULL" access to the web.

Yesterday one of the IT dudes was playing with my machine and had to use his sign in to download some new programs needed for work.

heh-heh-heh-heh-heh!!! He DIDN'T SIGN OUT!!!!!

So if somebdoy from IT gets locked up for hitting "FORBIDDEN" sites..

SUCKS TO BE HIM!!!

OINK

NEW YEAR - NEW STUFFS

2006-01-17T09:16:00.000-05:00

Oh Boy!!

Here we go into 2006 and you can call me "JAMES BROWN" because...

" I FEEL GOOD ! "

Oh yeah baby..

I think I'm healthy 'cause the nose isn't running, my head doesn't hurt, just have the normal aches and pains of and old grouch and I got some good things coming up..

1) FAMILY BOWLING - ( K of C ) Teams of 4 Handicapped scoring
( Derek, Dawn, Dara & Delaney = BOWLERS... Grandma, Grampy & Damian = Spectators)
Then back to the Club for chicken fingers, soda and stuffs for the "Families"
The grandkids were bugging Derek to go bowling anyway... COOL!!

2) TRIP SOUTH - Happy Easter in North Carolina. Go to church, eat some eggs, kielbasi, drink some beer and make pierogis!!!
oh yeah and see the lilly kids!!

LIFE IS GOOD!!!

OINK

PARADISE LOST

2006-01-03T07:41:00.000-05:00

Well, I had my chance to learn some stuffs about blogging, and I never found the time.

The CHIEF SLACKER would be proud because I had since 12/23 until 1/1 to learn some stuffs about blogging, so ... STBM!!

Happy and healthy to everybody, even if I think you suck, maybe if you're healthy and happy you wouldn't suck!! Sounds like a win-win situation!!

Well anyway, 2006 is rolling along and I already am used to writing 2006 because of the dues notices and the SECOND NOTICES that I sent out before the postal rates go up. ( Yes, I am a cheap bastard!!)

The lilly kid went home with the boogie and now I can walk around the house without being afraid of being bitten by the LOCUST!!

Got a few leftovers from Christmas, but who doesn't love swedish meatballs on Martin's potato rolls??? or a cold roast beef sandwich with potato salad on a potato roll??? MMMMMMM!

The house will probably smell like fried kielbasi for the next few weeks BUT..

what's wrong with that????

OINK

Christmas Time!!

2005-12-26T18:27:00.000-05:00

Oh boy!!

Family..

Food...

Friends..

anda few stops to the local drinkatorium!!

The house is full of kids, my kids, my kids kids, my kids friends.

Perogis, kielbasi, fried ham, SUPER potato salad, macaroni salad, white meat turkey, gravy, stuffing, swedish meatballs, italian meatballs,,,,, and all kinds of desserts.

Somebody brought over an apple-cranberry pie. MMMMMM- Good! Just like Campbells soup.

I still have some of Joyce's pumpkin loaf. MMMMMM- Good! Just like Campbells soup.

The boss did all the cooking and I did the dishes. Now everybody is crashing in the living room and dining room so I tip-toed to the basement to get away and blog and share the greatness of the season.

Happiness and peace brothers!!

OINK

Oopps!! I was wrong!

2005-12-20T13:22:00.000-05:00

tee-hee-hee

I am embarassed!! I thought I was locked out at work.

I just used up my websense time for "BOARDS & BULLSHIT STUFFS".

So, I have to limit my time reading other people's blogs and comments etc. etc., so I can get on the system to say my stuffs!!

COOL!!

The lilly kid is coming to town, you better not cry, you better not shout

'cause LILLY KID IS COMING TO TOWN!!

I can't wait to sing "SWEET BABY JESUS" to lilly Rhena... or maybe ..

"PORK FISH PIE" another holiday favorite!!

Oh boy oh boy.. it's most wonderful time of the year!!

OINK

AAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!

2005-12-15T15:22:00.000-05:00

I have been websensed, or webcents, or somekind of web-shit!!

I can't get to blogspot in work anymore!!!

What am I supposed to do from 6:30 AM 'til 2:15 PM??????

I might as well retire!!!

NO!!!

I'm not quitter!!!

I'll tough it out or maybe payoff somebody in IT to loosen up my line...

HMMMMMMMM!!!!! Sounds like a plan.

Until I get cooking at work again, all future posts will be from home ... LATE!!!!

A woeful OINK!!

Happy Birthday!!!

2005-12-09T12:34:00.000-05:00

HB Troy Boy!!!

I took today off to put up the Christmas tree, but the snow that came in the early hours put me behind schedule a little bit.

I feel funny because I'm blogging and I'm NOT at work!!

Scary!!!

OINK

Another Day After Wednesday

2005-12-08T07:54:00.000-05:00

Hey...

I'm ALIVE!!!

No biggie last night... BUMPER NIGHT ( 1st place plays 2nd place head to head) 3rd place plays 4th, etc. etc.

We took 5 out of 7 points and that makes me happy because I shot like crap but the other team shot POOP-IER!!!

Another victory last night with the league money man.. I stated that I had paid in advance one week early in the season, he said " NO!!"

grrr... I'm not cheap, but god damn sam!! I don't like to be cheated out of money and if I did pay and did not properly mark the sheets than I'm pissed at myself for being stupid ( again)

well anyway, sure as shittin' , I told him to look around the 10/24 scores sheets and lo and behold..

right next to the CHUCK was " 10 PD ".

MIRABILE DICTU !!!! Thank you Sister Anna David - Homeroom Sophomore year.

I was going to blog last night when I first came home from Darts ( early this time) and I started to go off on the JAPS for Pearl Harbor, but I screwed up the blog and deleted a large portion because I was screwing around with the fonts and bold and italics .. whatever but it got screwed up so I deleted the whole damn thing and went to bed.

Thanks to the ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, MARINES, COAST GUARD, and NATIONAL GUARDS for serving our country!!

OINK

oh boy... the lilly kid is coming to town and the other lillies will be together for CHRISTMAS..

I DON'T WANT TO SEE X-MAS SHIT!!! CHRIST-MAS!!!

People don't have a problem hollerin' out when they're pissed' "JESUS CHRIST!!!" well..

SAY Christ when you're talking about the season, Jesus is reason for the season season!!

oh yeah I already OINK'ed

December Eve is OVER

2005-12-01T07:48:00.000-05:00

Waaa- HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!

What a party last night!!

I hope all of you had a great December Eve last night 'cause the ol' PORQ did the ol' party hearty trick, and I had lots of reasons to celebrate.

1) December only comes around once a year, so WHY NOT CELEBRATE?

2) The boss' school project went well with her 1st graders doing the readings at a special Mass.

3) I found out that I overpaid some employees and now I have to take the money back... JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS!!!!! ( some people think I enjoy being a prick... heh-heh-heh-heh.. if they only knew!!!)

4) Before I went to "DARTS" the Boss wished me well and asked what time would I be home. I said probably around 9 but didn't show up until 11!! eh... I ran late!!!

5) Our dart team swept 7 games.

6) I collected chips for the CHIP FOUNDATION so I can get the funds to the proper recipients of the Charity Helping Individual People fund.

7) I did a few "snowshoes" last night and I remembered how nice the VO mixes with the 100 proof peppermint schnapps.. it slides down real easy!!

8) And since people wished me a HAPPY BIRTHDAY, I had a few beers!!

I can't wait for February EVE!!! The one in between Dec & Feb is for amateurs... the silly boneheads who have a few drinks and put lampshades on their heads and blow horns and jump up and down at midnight. ??? I don't get it???? Why celebrate only once a year??? JERKS!!!

Well anyway, here we are ... DECEMBER!! Oh boy it's gonna be fun to celebrate another Birthday and what really got me going this morning ( other than the pain of multi-doses of stuffs last night) is reading a blog and a person out in TEXAS wished my lilly kid a happy too-ahhh!
It makes me feel good that people like my kids and somewhere in the back of my brainbone, me and the boss did a good job bringing the kids up. COOL! Ya bust yer butt hollerin', worrying, and trying to make the little suckers grow up good and check it out, 30 plus years later the kids are cool!! (The Boss did a DAMN good job!! - I just taught them how to spit!!)

Happy Birthday to EVERYBODY!!!

OINK

OUCH!!!

2005-11-28T08:07:00.000-05:00

HEY!!!

DID YOU HEAR ME??

That was the sound of the entire staff of PIEROGI MAKERS OF PORQLAND made late Saturday night, and all day Sunday.

Well, we set an all time high production count this time and I am NOT looking forward to try to break this record anytime in the near and distant future.

Again, the house is causing airplanes to drift off course because of all the tin-foil pierogi packages in the freezer ( COMSTOCK LOAD PART II ) .

Being a freak for tradition, I guess it was "FUN" to watch my son and daughter-in-law bust their butts doing the pierogi stuffs and they can truly appreciate the LABOR involved in creating such culinary delights. Maybe the kids will learn to "HORDE" their pier-dogs and try to make some on their own ( so I can mooch THEIR pier-dogs!!).

Still got some dough left so RAVIOLI's are on the agenda. ( I think I have 6 square inches of space in my freezer so WHAT THE HELL... throw out the OMAHA STEAKS to make room and Start up production!!)

Lilly kid and LOCUST will be here for Christmas so me and the Boss should have enough for the coming holiday.

Oh, by the way, did you know it is illegal to transport frozen pierogis from NJ to North Carolina?

I don't know if this is going to work, but maybe the kid grew up to be a law abiding citizen!!??!!

Get out the frying pans 'cause we're gonna do an ALTON BROWN...

" GOOD EATS "

OINK