IT'S FRIDAY!!!

It seems like the older you get, the faster the week flies by. It just seemed like we celebrated Nicki's birthday dinner at Happy Joe's. Tomorrow is December 1. It won't be long before we look back and cannot believe how fast 2007 came and went. 2008 hopefully will slow down a little. I don't look forward to being 40 and the slower the next two years go by, the longer I can prolong the inevitable of being old. At least my kids aren't getting married by the time I am 40. I know of people my age that were grandparents by the time they were 40. My kids will barely be teenagers. Hopefully being that young, they will help me to feel young. Hey it's lunch time, I cannot believe how fast this morning has flown by. See ya November...hello December.

HEY...I'VE UPGRADED

You no longer have to be a member to leave a comment on my blog. I was wondering why no one was responding to the little bit of humor that I have been writing and then I looked in the settings and realized by default you had to be a member to leave a comment. I know how people hate signing up for things on the internet, with all the spam and such going on. It is now safe to leave a little bit of your wit now. All you have to do is select add a comment and type to your hearts content. I want to know what your response is.
I hope everyones Thanksgiving went ok. We had 29 people at my parents house and we still had plenty of food. We enjoyed seeing Steve and Karen again after 22 years. I hope to keep in contact with them now I know where they are and have an email address for Steve. He was the first one to get me interested in computers. Because of him showing me how to do things on his Commodore 64, it inspired me buying my first Timex Sinclair1000 and got my interest peeked. Now I work in the industry. Thank you Steve.

Again, leave me a comment. I hope I don't lose contact with the all the friends I now know the next 20 years.

Happy Thanksgiving. What are you thankful for? In this world sometimes, it is hard to find anything to be thankful for. It takes a little bit of looking around, but I am sure you will find something. Be thankful you are alive for one thing. Be thankful that you have a roof over your head, a place to lay your head and food to feed your head. Be thankful that you have the freedom to say what you want, read what you want and believe what you want. Be thankful that you can worship where you choose, worship how you choose and worship who you choose. Just be thankful.

Dang it's cold. The difference in a few days can make a big change in temperature. I can't wait for spring. I now it's a little early for a person to say that, but it's true. I hope the next 3 1/2 months go by fast because I am ready to go to the Caribbean. The next couple of weeks will be real busy. I just hope I got time to post. That is if I don't freeze to death first.

The stuff we talk about at work sometimes is downright intellectual. Today we were talking about the possibilities and differences between propane and gas powered vehicles versus gas/propane powered vehicles with automatic cylinder shutting off to save gas on the highway. Then to top it all off, we had to add the male answer to everything mechanical-Nitrous.! Why is it with males than they need more power? Everything is better if it is bigger. If it works just good enough, how much better will it work if we add 10 more horsepower to it or 10 more lbs of pressure to that power washer to make it strong enough to peal paint off the center line on the highway? My friend can make it to St. Louis in 4 and a half hours, but if I took away 1 bathroom break and took 15 pounds off my car and increased my overall mph by 1.725 miles per hour(just enough to go under the radar)I bet I can make it in 4 hours....try and beat that! My car is cooler, my computer is faster and my wife is cuter than anyone of my friends. Maybe we can talk about that at work someday, doesn't get anymore intellectual than that.

It has been so hectic this past week. I have been running around so much transporting people and supplies from site to site. It is so surprising what difference a week makes in the weather. Fall is really here. The days are getting shorter and the nights are getting colder. The winds around here have really been picking up and blowing everyone in my neighborhood leaves into my yard. This weekend I will finally do the final preparations for the winter to my yard. It will be a good lesson in character for the kids. Plus it will give them a chance to earn their allowances. That is of course my life isn't made more hectic by then.

My life seems so hectic sometimes. With all the running around I did at work, talking to customers on the phone and running to Taco Bell, I forgot to post yesterday. I was going through my list of things I usually check in the morning and I saw the Useless Knowledge web log page staring at me in the face. I knew it right then that people were waiting for my knowledge and opinion of life. I had to post right away. People are relying on me.
But then there are times in my life that I am at a loss for words. Some days I do not fell very philosophical. Today is not one of those days. I know why I am here for....to bring joy into your lives. Just kidding. My joy is seeing others happy. I love seeing smiles on my kids faces when they get something they like, or when I congratulate them on something they did. My kids do bring me joy. So Jordon, Austin and Nicole, for all you do...this blogs for you.

Fall is in the air. This time of year inspires me. The leavings are changing, there is a chill in the morning air and you can smell the burning leaves. I was up on the tallest building in the Illinois Quad Cities the other day and was looking at the bright array of the different color of leaves. It was so much different that the monotonous green leaves that I saw in the summer. Every tree seemed different. As the song and the scripture verse goes, "to everything there is a season, a time to change". It is the time for everything to die and prepare for the winter sleep. It is a time to get rid of the old and prepare for the new. Change is good...monotony is bad. As anyone who knows me, I like to be different. I try not to blend in with the everyday crowd. I am as diverse as they come, which is good. As a famous orator once said"Life is a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get".
I know people have New Years resolutions, but what about fall resolutions. I resolve this fall to be as normal as I can, without giving up the uniqueness that I am known for.
See you next week....for it is the weekend!!!!

IF......

If I were a rich man, a ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum...

Not quite Fiddler on the Roof, but you got the point. Have you ever thought what would you do if you had money from an inheritance or won the lottery? Could you change your life or would you try to change the world? Would I try to improve my life as it is now, or would I put the money to use for the improvement of my kids lives in the future? Could I actually be happy in my present surroundings knowing I had millions in the bank? I would certainly hope so. At this time in my life, I am happy. Everything seems to be going the way that I want. I admit, I would pay off my bills, and maybe buy a few frivolous things, but I would remain working and in the same house. My kids are growing up and getting bigger and my wife is aging gracefully. She looks better now that she did the day I married her. I love my kids. I love my wife. I love my job. I love Coal Valley. It is probably the best little town in the Quad Cities.

So, as I look at it now, maybe I am a rich man! a ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum

Is it to early to stop saying"Wow, I can't believe I've kept this up" ? I just hate it when someone repeats something to you every time you see them because they can't remember they told you the same story the last six times they saw you. Or when every time the see you they ask you what are you doing now? Just because I had a dozen jobs in my lifetime, it does not mean I cannot hold down a job. I have room for improvement. I am always striving to get to that dream job. Right now, I love my job. "Hello, my name is Jeffrey......I am a geek". I have always liked computers and finding out new things about them. From my Timex Sinclair 1000 to my current HP-Compaq laptop, I am hooked. See, something does hold my interest. Wow, I can't believe I have kept this up.

Wow, this is my second post. Who would have thought that I would make it to day two? If you knew me 10 years ago, you would have known that I gave up on things way to early. I have been through so many hobbies and jobs. My whole life have been like a network executive trying to determine which sitcom is going to continue to run. I wish I had Nielson to help me decide. I want to more like M*A*S*H than the succeeder After M*A*SH. But, at least I am not like the worst sitcom of all time-Coprock.

The Start?

This is my site about nothing. My wife says I am always full of useless knowledge, so I thought I would put some of it to good use. This will be a collection of my thoughts and ramblings. Some of it might be of some use to you, however, most of it won't. Join the journey into my head and try not to get lost.