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Tunes, Volume I…..

Mookie — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:42:38 +0000

Change is for punks……

Mookie — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:27:36 +0000

Craig Biggio’s number was retired today. I think I like baseball best of all the sports for two reasons; first is I never played it and second, most folks won’t sit and watch it with me. It requires long periods of not talking and even longer periods of not stating the obvious such as football or basketball. My buddy calls baseball nothing more than “golf with defense” and has declared it the most useless sport of all time. Although I challenge that he has never had to sit through a cricket match, I say ‘fine, more $7.00 beer for me’. (more…)

Water Power Welder….

Mookie — Mon, 12 May 2008 02:10:31 +0000

Firefighters have to cut stuff, we’re always around water; hmmm…. check this out !

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We Are But Mere Mortals….

Mookie — Fri, 02 May 2008 03:41:31 +0000

This is simply amazing….

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Money For Your Conveyance, Calculate Your Stimulus

Mookie — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:47:22 +0000

Tax time is right around the corner, and as such we are all preparing to spend our big-ass returns; right? Yeah, I have to pay this year (also). Not as much as Fookie (I Win Again!), but still, I hate paying the government when they have proven to be such mischievous spenders. And to think, Republicans would have me believe that it is my sandal wearin’ hippie freak Demo friends that are taking all my hard earned greenbacks to give to the poor. It’s probably Hillary’s fault, or that Obama Bin Laden dude.

This is not, repeat not, a political post, simply another in the long line of ‘hey check this out’. So, check this out ! (more…)

I can’t feel my ass, but my family tree is H U G E !!

Mookie — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:52:33 +0000

This past couple of weeks has been rather hectic. I walked out in the middle of a fire officer training class because apparently the guy teaching the class was too busy worrying about how good his resume sounded to all of us rather than concentrating on the fact that he is a racist. So, yeah. Might wanna have somebody look into a background before you hire a guy. Could be helpful. I did learn this, however; Don’t ever just ‘assume’ that the participants in the class you’re teaching want to hear your version of the origin of the word honky. Christ that guy was a friggin’ idiot. But ! The instructor for the morning class (yeah, I walked on a class 1 hour after returning from the lunch break on the first day; what?) brought cookies. Oh My God they were good. And I am a fat person, people (see rest of story). Hands down, after my grama’, and mama, the best damn Peanut Butter cookies I’ve had in my short 30 sumthin’ years. Thanks for those Chief ! Also, the pyramid built on the foundation of credibility using the management styles and theories as the upper stones was actually very neat and I will keep that close, remember it, and try to use that personally. Now, on to the real point of this post: I’m Fat, and My family is also huge…. (more…)

Photo Fun and Updates….

Mookie — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:32:14 +0000

Sorry for the posting delay, things got busy at the chocolate factory! Although my temper has been fairly short lately, I am proud to report that I am officially classified now as a non-smoker. Having been 44 days now with no craving of the Camel goodness, the Chantix site says I can call myself a non-smoker. I have to say to all of you curious about it, it was friggin’ easy. No B.S. E A S Y …… (more…)

I get Punk’d by Pownce….

Mookie — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:52:11 +0000

Well, crap. It is rather hard to run a small and simple contest win the company that has the prize decides to just give it away for ‘nuthin. But, I am resilient (and embarrassed) so I will make the offer a short and sweet one; you all won! (more…)

Get Ready To Pownce !

Mookie — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 06:08:37 +0000

It is time for the first Mookie’s Musings Contest. This one is easy and cheap (i.e. free) and the winner(s) get two of the new ‘Texas-Fire.com’ stickers (so new there are not even pictures of them yet!). ‘Wanna know how to win? Well then read on right meow! (more…)

No Smoke, Smoke Grenades, and Casino MI’s

Mookie — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:53:11 +0000

It wasn’t intended to be a new years resolution, it just turned out that way. After 18 years of smoking a pack a day, I have gone 18 days without a cigarette. It would have been more, but my nephew just received his learners permit, and I allowed him to ‘learn’ in the beater truck I just bought about 20 days ago, so I had a little moment there. So, if you scratch that day, and add the 13 days I went before what Ashton and I will refer to only as “The Ketchup Incident”, that is 31 days with only one cigarette. (more…)