some random rants
It’s the weekend. Whee! Or something like that.
The lack of updates this past week is simply due to nothing very interesting happening. So rather then bore you with short pointless posts everyday you can get one BIG pointless post and you will be all caught up.
In training this week we have still been working on the Weights and Measures section. The theory goes that the NYPD has set down certain criteria for what to weight and how much of a certain drug we have to analyze depending on what it is, how they got it and how much the weight is. Sounds good in theory. It’s supposed to save us work and time eventually. Right now it is just making us homicidal/suicidal. It starts out simple, get the weight of what yah got and then look and see what yah have to do with it depending on the weight. The idea is to find the highest charge for the DA. But then it starts getting complicated with how you have to number the different items and label them on your paper work. Then god-forbid you have more then one item, then it can get confusing. Not to mention that each drug has a different set of charges and an almost totally different weighing method, as in say the case of Marihuana. So yah, needless to say its been a load of fun. What did help some was when we got “cases” to analyze mid-week. They were tic-tac’s. We had to weight them and count/figure how many to analyze depending on what they were supposed to be in each case.
See! Doesn’t that all sound uber exciting? Just like on CSI. Right….
Tiger escapes this week are down from 1 two weeks ago to 0 this week but that number can climb at any minute! I am always on guard. Had a close run in with a squirrel walking back to my apartment from dropping off my laundry but he veered off at the last minute before things got ugly.
So I have come to the conclusion that all I would need to be quite well off money wise right now is $60,000. That would pay off my student loans with just enough left over to pay off my credit card. See I’m not greedy. Sure $1,000,000 (or more) would be nice but its more then I need right now. I figure it’s more realistic to wish for a smaller more manageable amount then the big money. Sure $60,000 is quite a lot of money for about 99% of the population but for that 1% that its not its pocket change. They spend that much on a mid-priced dinner. They wont miss it and it will go to a good cause, paying my student loans so I can focus more time and energy on the ever important war against drugs with out worrying as much about paying stuff off. I promise not to squander it on new toys or anything like that! Heck you don’t even have to send ME the money. You can send it to the credit card and loan people for me! 
So what do you say Mr. Trump or Mr. Gates?
Speaking of focusing on science stuff it some times amazes me that what I know is so much more then a majority of the average American people (yah I know that isn’t saying much talking about Americans but I don’t know many people outside the USA so I will stick to bashing my own country for now.)
Anyway, I just am amazed some times how much bad/wrong/and just silly science information is floating around out there. I should start a page correcting it but i don’t think there is enough room on the Internet for the size said page would have to be. Maybe for a start Myth Busters on Discovery should become required watching, that might help a little. No your cellphone wont blow up the gas station, nor will having a tongue stud (or any internal metal) make you more likely to be hit by lightning, yes, we EVOLVED from little things into bigger ones, I have no problems believing I am descended from a monkey, hell some days I embrace it! Also bring back Mr. Wizard damn it. He may of hated those kids but he made them learn by God! I am probably coming off sounding like a condescending know-it-all at the moment. I don’t claim to know it all…..just more then most people hehehehe. That and I had to vent so you lucky readers get to listen to it. Unless you got bored by my second paragraph and have surfed over to some dancing hamster page or that one with the badgers and mushrooms or something. Your loss.
I guess thats enough ranting for now. Now back to what I plan to do all weekend which is nothing. Well I did do some stuff today, laundry and bought food (and a book at a tag sale “The Tao of Pooh” for a 1$.) I had pilfered it from Meg but had to give it back so when I saw it today I thought it was a good sign. Plus it’s a cool book. Then tonight I made this turkey chili which came out alright I guess. Not as good as the stuff I usually make which is truly unfortunate seeing as with how much I have I will be eating it all weekend. Ah well. So it goes.
I am sure something more interesting must of happened to me this week but I will be damed if I can think of it. Me and a few guys from work were supposed to see Alien Vs. Predator Friday after work but it was sold out. Sad! Though we will try again Monday. Oh yah I looks like they are opening a “Family Dollar” just a little ways down from where I live. Sure NYC has enough dollar/0.99c stores, but family dollar tends to be the more classy of the “everything for a dollar” places. Woot!
Ok, now I really am just rambeling so I shall go. I’ll try and update again sooner then a week but my life really isn’t that exciting
