Posts Tagged ‘People’

A Soft Paw

14Jul08

[At home, in the church.]
My grandfather died today. The first person, who meant something to me in my adult frame of mind, died today.
When Julie and I went to see him a few weeks ago, I had two things that I wanted to happen in case something like this happened before I could see him [...]


I don’t just “kill bugs.”
1. Profiling - Judging by the size of the house and the Mercedes in the driveway, it was obvious they were rich.
2. Laziness - I knew I’d have to mix more chemical to treat the house with what I had on me, but I didn’t want to, so I looked for [...]


The question.
“At what age do you cease to be young?“
The answer.
“When you start looking back on your life more than you look forward.“
-Ryland Sanders


This job has a social observation benefit to it that I wasn’t told about. It’s really eye opening and one of my favorite parts of the job.
After treating a HUD apartment complex in Northern Kentucky, I learned the following things.

The VHS tape format is not dead.
Once inside the apartment, there is no algebraic equation to [...]


Me talking to Tony about problems a client is having with a DVD.
ME: I couldn’t believe it didn’t work for him.
TONY: Are you using garbage DVDs? lol
ME: I’M USING WHAT I CAN AFFORD! CDs with DVD written on them using a Sharpie
A friend talking about her medical problems, that I could relate all to well [...]


Alison (11), my niece, when asked if she and her sister (13) could drive the car if I passed out.
We could figure it out. The skinny one makes it go and the fat one stops it.
Alison (11), my niece, during an after school chat in the car.
It’s so fun to ruin the lives of little [...]


Red, Red Night

16Jan08

“More memories at midnight than morning.“


As a kid, I used to want to be like my cousin Shane. I used to have a crush on my neighbor, Sherry. This past year, I looked up their names on the sheriff’s website and came across their mugshots. So many bad decisions in their faces. So many wrong conclusions I made as a [...]


“Inside dead, outside dirty. I’ll change when I’m thirty… four.”