Some housekeeping….

Tomorrow I leave out for 9 weeks of training in Indianapolis, Indiana. I am, as I have noted, going “over the road” to drive truck once again. Because I do not have any verifiable work experience available; I will have to go through the full trucking school again. I am not complaining as I need to really brush up on my skills a bit. I’ve been away from driving truck for 9 years.

I will not be taking my laptop, due to baggage concerns. I will have my Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone. I really wanted to take the laptop; but Greyhound’s baggage policy is just too restrictive.

So, until I am able to return for my laptop, I will be putting the blog in full moderation mode.

Posting will be limited, mostly to pictures of my travels across the Country. I might try and sneak in a link or two to something that catches my eye.

For now, I will be going silent. Wish me luck and your prayers are much appreciated.

Tomorrow is a new dawn and a new chapter is this old fogey’s life.

 

Health issues preventing me from going back to work

Believe it not….

Yes, I had to do this today….

As I wrote awhile back, I have wanted to go back into driving truck for a living. Well, I went today for my DOT physical and I got a bit of a surprise. I had sugar in my urine. So, I had to stab my finger and check my blood. My blood sugar was 275, DOT rules say nothing over 200. My Blood pressure was 160 over 100. For DOT regs, it must be no more than 140/90.

I was wondering why I was having headaches here as of late. I found my answer —- blood pressure. 🙄

Needless to say, I have a doctor’s appointment coming up next Wednesday at 2:00pm. As I have to see what on earth is going on here. I guess sitting around for 10 years doing nothing but writing has taken its toll on the ol’ body here. One thing I will mention, Diabetes does run on both sides of my family. I was hoping it would skip over me; I guess it is what they say, hope floats. 🙄

So, my DOT thing is on hold, till I can either get this under control or something.

Also too, full disclosure with me here: I went online today and applied for STATE medical insurance help.  I won’t take federal, unless I absolutely HAVE TO do it. But, now; I will be blunt with everyone: This sugar in the blood and high blood pressure stuff is NOT anything to play around with and I am not getting any younger.

So, honestly, I do not give two flips where it is coming from. I want to live and be healthy. So, at the point, politics is not in my realm of view at the moment. Sorry, but I am not dying young, just so I can say, “Screw the Government!” Why I see it, if the Republicans think that my dying young is somehow or another preserving some sort of freedom, then they can just go jump in the lake and I will call myself a Democrat again. I did not like Obama, for many reasons. His wanting to help people, like me, be taken care of, was not one of them. I am not much into “Mob Rule” at all, but I am not dying so some wealthy Republican can feel good about himself. If you know what I mean and I think you do! 😀

Anyhow, I will everyone posted on this. Needless to say, this was a huge shock to me. The last time I took a DOT physical, I passed with flying colors —- this was in 2003, 10 years later and now this; it sickens me a bit. For years, I was the epitome of health and now….this. 🙁 It was not the way I thought my life would turn out, that is for sure.

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Clicksor ads are GONE!

Just some housekeeping for my readers.

I had this brilliant idea of bringing on some new ads on here, so that I could have another revenue stream. So, I checked out this company called clicksor. Anyhow, the first I noticed is that there were full-page ads and pop-under ads; which I am no fan of at all. Then, I noticed that I had to manually disable them in the code. Which really had me ready to punch the laptop. I was able to do it though.

Anyhow, even after all that, the silly ads were STILL causing my virus software to go off and tell me that Malware was trying to attack my browser. Anyhow, When it comes to that sort of stuff; that being viruses, malware and such, I don’t take any chances. I got burned once with a virus; and ever since then I have been hyper careful about that stuff.

So, the extra ad at the top and the one at the bottom on the single post page are both history. I like money, but not at the cost of possibly planting malware on someone’s machine or laptop. Including mine! 😯

Now, the ad at the top, in the right sidebar is from another company and it works fine. Same goes with the amazon bar at the top.

Just thought I would tell everyone what the heck was going on around this place. 😀

 

Changed themes…again….

Okay here is the deal on the looks change.

The 3 column that I was running, was tossing errors and when you are a production blogger, like me; that is never a good thing. Anyhow, I at first, tried WordPress’s newest theme, Twenty-Twelve. Well, it was nice, but it had some issues that I really did not like, in the display department. So, I ditched it and got this one here, which was made by the same people in 2011. Looks-wise, I like this one much better than the other one.

So, there’s that. Nerd

December and to the end of the year fundraiser

brokeconservativebloggerfundBecause none of the corporations or crony capitalists are cutting me any checks nor is any of Obama’s friends. I could use a little help with expenses around here. It is tough being an independent and not down with the partisan crowds. Because of this, nobody wants to get behind you. Unlike some out there, who are of partisan, ethnic or political privilege; I do not have such luxuries. So, if you can, put a few bucks in to my donation jar, because I could really use the support.

But, it’s all done, under the jump.
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Some Post Thanksgiving Turkey Coma Housekeeping

That’s a heck of a title….

Anyhow, first, I made a rather startling discovery. I contradicted myself. 😯

Yes, in the comments policy section of the blog here:

UpdateAlso too, the posting of personal information of ANYONE in the comment sections is forbidden, you do it and you will be banned.

Then I go and  post something like this here.  Um. Oops. 😳

This shall be amended to read:

The posting of personal information of ANYONE in the comment sections is discouraged. The only exception will be when I actually ask for something of the sort, and it must be sent to me privately. Ultimately, I am the person who will decide whether something will be allowed to stand or not. Most usually, I will reject such things; but there some exceptions.  (Updated: November 23, 2012)

Also too, some came here looking for a posting, which involved a picture of my Thanksgiving Dinner. Well, here what happened. I took the picture and it looked HORRIBLE! So, I pulled the posting. Sorry about that. I really should never post, unless I am sure I want to publish. Sometimes, I forget that.

 

Lucky Him

For getting those kind of sales.

Me? I get nothing. Sad

Hits are low and people just are not buying. Many clicks, but no buys on Amazon stuff.

Which reminds me:

If you are not a big fan of shopping and do not want to fight the crowds. You can click the link above and shop to your heart’s content. A bit what you spend will go towards the blog here, at no extra cost to you at all. Christmas is coming, and you do want to be sure you get that perfect gift for the wife and/or the kids. You can do so, right here and now.

As always, thanks for your support of the blog. Big GrinBatting Eyelashes

Alright! Anger time is over, I am back

Yeah, I know, I said I was quitting until Tuesday. I lied. Well, I did not actually lie. There is just important stuff to blog about and if I am going to be successful at this blogging stuff; I am going have to push past the pissed off feelings and get back to it.  I still am not happy about the situation, but, eh, those are the breaks, comes with the territory I suppose.

Oh, and Brayton? Bite me, you fat hog.

Out for a while today

I shall be out today with my Dad. This blog will be around for as long as I wish to keep it up, my Father will not be.

So, I am going to be out with him until the afternoon sometime. After which I will most likely crash out; as I am going on about 5 hours of sleep and feeling it too! SleepyYawn

I shall resume blogging this evening or tomorrow.

Until then, check out the links in my sidebars or better yet; find YOUR Dad and hang out with him today. Big Grin

Until I return, behave yourselves and be well… Winking