Welcome to my brain.

I'm sure you'll find it rather confusing, somewhat boring and often times completely scattered. Well, that's me.

There are a few things you should know about me first.

1. I love my wife. She's the best thing that has ever happened to me. The sun rises and sets with her. She is my life. She is my everything.

2. I'm always right. I'm often wrong and will always admit it when I am. But I'm always right. Don't forget that.

3. I love history. Especially when there's a mystery involved. I love geology and paleontology. I'm a scientist at heart.

4. I'm a writer. I LOVE writing. You'll get lots of samples in the coming days, weeks and months.

5. I'm very opinionated. For some reason, this angers others greatly. I never understood that... I don't ever force my opinion on others. I just have them. You choose to read my blog. I'm not in your home busting down your door forcing you to read my words or believe in my beliefs. (I'm not talking about movies, mom and dad.)

6. I love my family.

7. I love my iPod. Music is cool.

8. I'm cool. I rock. I'm awesome. Just ask my wife.

9. I have three pictures of my wife in my office. She's the best ever.

10. I know what STENDEC means. (Google it)


So this is my first post on a blog, I created one many years ago, but lost all the password and user name info. So I'll start over. You'll probably see lots of rants... because I like to rant and rave on just about everything. My blog, my opinion. We all have them. Let me have mine, thank you.

I'm sitting at work now. (On my break) Piles of paperwork all around me. I'm getting it done. My job is not that hard. It's more annoying and frustrating. You see, I have a few idiotic people working for me. They are nice people, don't get me wrong, they're just idiots sometimes. We all are, sometimes. But these gems take the cake daily.

If I just did my paperwork, I'd be less frustrated, less annoyed. However I also need to make sure 6 other employees stay busy. I used to be one of those 6 employees and I never had to go talk to my supervisor as much as my guys do now. I'm not sure if it's lack of confidence on their part, or simply that they do not know what to do on a daily basis. They keep coming to me asking what they need to do... "Work! Stay busy. Clean. Organize. You know... work!"

I give them tasks everyday, but they don't want to do those. They would rather goof off and talk. That's fine with me, just as long as you don't get caught. You can use your cell phone as long as you don't get caught. You can listen to the radio as long as you don't get caught. I'm not a hard person to work for. I'm not a dictator. I'm not that type of boss. But if I hear that you got caught goofing off when the tasks I assigned haven't been done, well, I have little sympathy.

They're adults, not children. If they would rather goof off instead of working, then that's on them.

Sure, some would say "But Jeff, you're their manager, it's your responsibility to keep them in check." Yes, it is... but for how long? How many times do I need to tell them to keep busy, work, clean and organize? Once? Done that. Twice? Did that too. Thrice? (I love that word.) Been there as well. 4-5-6-7 times? You betcha.

So after that, if they still get caught being stupid and goofing off instead of doing their work, there's not much I can do about it. I'm their supervisor, not their dad.

These guys are adults, not children. That's all.

Okay... so that's all for now... I'm going to post some writing I did last night... I only got two paragraphs, but darn-it, they're excellent.

-Jeff