Words, Jobs, and Diseased Hookers

Needless to say, a lot has happened. I'm not exactly sure how, or when, but it has happened. A trip to Vegas... Christmas with the family(s)... and a new job. Oh, it has most definetly been happening.

So, as I was staring out of my 6th floor hotel room window at the 5th floor indoor pool (you got me!?), I realized that with all that has happened since my last post.... there's really not a whole lot I can rant about. Sure, flying still sucks, my left-back wheel still wobbles on my truck from two accidents ago, and people still seem to walk around in this world as if their heads are detached... but is there really anything to rant about? Have I become so copacetic with life that I have nothing else to post to my own blog.

Oh.... I think not.

It occured to me the other day that there are two words in the english language that I don't really care for, and one that I find to be very fitting. No, they're not common slang or slurs commonly heard when dealing with Microsoft products, but rather three words, all beginning with "p": precocious, pontificate, and pretentious.

Precocious - I don't care for this word largely because I don't really know what it means. I think this is mostly because no one else knows what it means either. People go on and on using it incorrectly, so I really have no way of knowing what the proper definition of the word is. Resorting to a dictionary is out of the question as well.

Pontificate - Anyone that actually uses this word in regular speech qualifies under my next word, end of story.

Pretentious - This is a perfectly fitting word. It means exactly what it sounds like it means: arragonce to the highest. (see "One who uses the word 'pontificate'") Not much else to say here. It's just one of those words that sounds exactly like what it means. It rolls off the tongue like a grape off a fork.


Okay, now that I have that off my chest... onto some things I've learned by transitioning from one job to another. The items below appear in not particular order:

• Not all managers are detached from reality, but it sure seems to help when it comes time for promotions.
• Ir-regardless is not a word, no matter how high your job ranking. Ass.
  
• Most of the people in the private sector don't know what they're doing. They're just winging it like the rest of us.
• Open-book accounting and general candor in the workplace are two ideals that every company should strive toward.
• Business cards are kind of empowering... unless thay have your personal cell phone number on them.

And, to sum up this completely random and sprawling rant, I'll leave you all with one piece of advice. When in Las Vegas, do not, under any condition or pressure, go to the show "Jubilee!" Trust me, you're better off spending the $80 on a disease-ridden hooker. At least diseased hookers aren't men who run around in nothing but oversized Grecian nut-cups and sandals. Even if they are, at least you'd get a little something for your $80. I think I'm scarred for life.