Notes and Stuff

• It's funny how being the oldest of five siblings was always so cool .... until you suddenly reach an age where you wish that instead of being the oldest, you'd rather be the youngest. So the odds of living further into the current century were a tad better.
• But then I stop and ponder, had I been born ten years later and was in fact the youngest of the batch, I might never have become a Jackson Browne or Neil Young fan. Why does there seemingly have to be pros and cons to everything?
• When you accidently start printing a report that you quickly realize will result in literally a thousand-plus sheets of paper being used, there ought to be a way to stop the process besides waiting until the paper in the printer runs out or shutting off the power. But I'm told that once in motion, only the IT/IS people can halt the process. If true, that seems ridiculous. I know of no good reason why it has to be this way. It's not like I'm engaging in and attempting to hide illegal activity. I just want to save a tree or two and save the company a little cash.
• Things like the above cause a person to feel shaken and lose confidence in their ability to deal with any new technology that's to be employed. I'm still having issues with the current technology, imagine trying to teach me new tricks.
• It's almost a pleasure when your left ankle routinely starts to ache after too much daily walking because you know how good it's going to feel to get home, lay down and get that ankle horizontally positioned for the evening.
• Guy at a table at the grocery store exit giving me a sales pitch for the local newspaper so fast that I can't understand what he's offering. When I say no thanks, he only speeds up his delivery and ends with how great a deal I'd be getting. But I'm still confused as to what he's actually saying. I'm not going to agree to those terms. Slow the fuck down and be clear!!! I don't want the paper to begin with and if I have no clue what he's saying how's that approach going to change my attitude? ........ Hell just give me the monthly bargain rate your pitching, how long it lasts, what it becomes after that, and how long I'd be committed plus a written statement against any hidden conditions and fees. I want that information in plain talk. I've been bullshitted before, not going to fall for it again. 
• A friend checking out the mix or gray and brown hair sticking out from the back of my baseball cap tells me that I am lucky. That women pay hundreds of dollars the get the exact highlights that I have through natural means. Yeah but I say lets reconsider who's the lucky ones ..... those same women also have hair on top of their head.