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I'm sitting here in a small hole in the wall in Carbondale, IL where I just had a fantastic burger. They make all of their own patties using their own special blend of spices and Angus Ground Beef. I had their most extensive burger which included, one patty, Beef Brisket, Fried Egg, Cheddar Cheese, and Bacon on a Ciabatta bun with lettuce, tomato, onion, and...
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I spent my day churning up old memories as I dug through boxes in my storage unit. I'm currently living on the road with work, so all of the furniture, books, most photos, kitchen equipment and such, are all packed away into a storage unit. I wasn't out of college for very long before I went on the road, so there were still bunches of...
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So, I just attended one of the few weddings I've been invited to in my life. It was a very short ceremony with some intimate friends and the reception was about the same. I guess I hope that some day I'll be at a larger wedding where there are lots of people whom I don't know and the speeches are easily heard throughout the dining...
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So, tomorrow, I will be attending a wedding of a guy I've known since High School. We weren't especially close friends, but we hung out on a regular basis. He had his rehearsal dinner tonight, which I didn't attend, and then came back up to the area where we both have family,which is where I"m staying. He asked if I wanted to go bowling and...
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So, today I'm traveling via Amtrak rails over to CT for a weekend wedding. It's really comfortable to be traveling in the business class section of the train with plenty of legroom and much more comfortable than getting crammed into a plane with hundreds of other people. I just wish that the train had included WiFi access so that I didn't have to use my...
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I have discovered that when traveling with a company that brings along equipment to provide utilities that you need to be flexible. The travel plans from Asheville, NC to Indiana, PA were pretty well set out, but one truck driver made a terrible mistake. The bus that travels all of the company travel employees arrived on time for the pick up and made good time...
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Ok, a new post that isn't about work. I went out last night and caught some live music at a local venue here in Asheville, NC and was reminded that live music can be hit or miss. The venue was the Emerald Lounge, which is a nice little bar, and the band that was on when I arrived was really good, but I was less...
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I made a pretty costly mistake tonight, but I also did a good deed. I was traveling back from hanging out with Corgan and friends to celebrate her going pink in a town that I"m not familiar with in a rental car and it turns out that I was breaking the speed limit. Normally, this wouldn't be much of an issue, but it was noticed...
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I had an amazing time tonight. I don't usually have a car, but I had a day off today and the company I work for rented me a car for the week due to some outside circumstances, so I took it out for a spin. I grabbed a friend and we drove from Asheville, NC all the way to Dillard, GA, which included some nice...
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I made it through the last two days at work. I worked 13 hours today and 15 hours yesterday. The 8 hour day I'm going to have tomorrow seems really easy in comparison. It's been a good week of work, which has reminded me of what it was like to work with the bigger show that I was working before this one.

I had an...
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Well, I made it through the first part of my week, which means I've put the circus together once, done 3 shows in 2 days and the put it all back in the trucks. Part #2 where we set it all up again and perform 5 shows in three days starts tomorrow. I would've spent my whole day sleeping today, but work starts tomorrow at...
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I'm looking forward to getting through the next two weeks of work. Each week is going to be a six day work week and I will probably go over 40 hours each week, but because I'm paid on salary I won't make any overtime. However, most weeks I do work under 40 hours and I still get paid for 40 hours, so it all balances...
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