Ask and you shall receive...

At my company picnic I played tennis for a couple of hours. Well, I forgot how fun tennis is. It's such a great sport. And the work out is incredible and exactly what this flabby old body needs.

So I put the word out at work. And I joined a website: Meet-up Portland, and posted a message asking if anyone would be interested in meeting for tennis. A few days went by. And then one of my employees took me up on the offer. So we played.

Then another employee took me up on the offer. So we played.

Then ten people responded to my posting on Meet-up and now I feel like I created a monster. My body is so sore. Wrist hurts, pecks, calves, biceps, knees, ass cheeks--even my eyes are sore from the sweat that's pored into them over the last few matches.

I'm a wreck. But I'm having so much fun!!

We're doomed...

US judge rules wiretaps illegal.

A US program to tap some phones without warrants is unconstitutional, and must be halted at once, a federal judge in Detroit ruled.

The scheme, approved by President George W Bush in 2001, involves tapping conversations between some callers in the US and people in other countries.

The American Civil Liberties Union brought the case against the program, which was uncovered by the US media.

And, hey, while we're at it, why don't we take the guns from policemen too.

Catching up...

I just realized that it's been a long time since I last posted. It's amazing how time flies when you're having fun. And, yes, I'm having a blast. I love Portland. I love my job. I love my employees. And I love my customers...errr...ok...some of them

Today we had a company conference/picnic. It was pretty cool. About one hour in conference and three hours of tennis and Frisbee. My index finger is bruised from the Frisbee catching. But my weak ass back impressed me during tennis. No painful twitches so far.

Tonight is the final dance off on "So You Think You Can Dance." I really like that show. Even better than American Idol. And if I were going to vote I'd vote for Benji. Anyone else watch?

I'm really jazzed about my store's numbers right now. Last week our revenue percentage over last year was 36%--the highest in the Northwest region!! And my store (with a nice pic of yours truly) was featured on the front page of the company's monthly newsletter. Which means that people across the States get to see my ugly mug.

What else?

Oh yeah. Apparently some nut tried to seek refuge in my store after exposing himself in the park. The police ran into the store and tazored the poor bastard. You see, if he'd just waited a couple of weeks he could've simply joined in on the nude bicycle marathon coming up.

I'm not kidding. They really do bicycle nude through downtown Portland. Can you imagine? There's something else you have to worry about getting caught up in the chain.

Yikes!