The Auditor From Hell

At the end of the tax year, the IRS office sent an inspector to audit the books of a local hospital. While the IRS agent was checking the books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too little left to be of any use?" "Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to the bandage company and every now and then they send us a free box of bandages." "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.   "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left over after setting a cast on a patient?" "Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to trap him with an unanswerable question . "We save it and send it back to the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of plaster." "I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all the little foreskins and send them to the IRS Office, and about once a year they send us a complete d*ck."

Welcome to the World of Travian

Hey there.  We all need a little place to escape.  Many of us have hobbies, such as reading or playing guitar.  Recently, I've been introduced into the world of Travian.  It's a military type game that plays similar to that of Command and Conquer and to a lesser extent, Risk.  You start off with a city and you build your resources: Wood, Clay, Iron, and Wheat.  You need certain amounts to build barracks (to train your army) or build a palace (where you can send out settlers and expand your empire).  Of course, you're not the only player, other players are scattered across the grid and each is out for blood.  You can be a lone wolf, but trust me, you will be devoured.  It would be better to make friends and join an alliance to protect yourself and coordinate an well thought out attack on stronger players to destroy their cities and take their resources.

And because it plays in real time, you are producing resources as you sleep.  You find yourself checking in from time to time to assure that you do not have any incoming attacks and if you do, you act accordingly and build your defenses. Check out the battle report below.

I must say that it's definitely the game of the moment, at least for me.  It's easy for me to check in, upgrade some stuff, attack away, and build defenses.  All within a few minutes.  If you're online as much as I am, and are looking to get into a military type game, definitely check out Travian.

Tony's Pizza Sweepstakes Winners!

Hey there.  I'm a little on the late side in reporting the winners, but nevertheless, we do have winners!  Congrats to Elin and Canada Provinces!  You guys win free pizza.  I will be contacting you shortly to ask for an address to where I can send your coupons!  Considering that there were only 3 comments (I didn't include myself) you guys had a 33% chance of winning.  lol  I guess that's my fault for not pushing to contest strong enough.  Either way, hope you guys enjoy!  Later.

Our Son is Getting His Hearing Tested

Hey there.  Today, our young one is off to get his hearing tested.  It's usually done at the hospital within the first 2 days of the baby being born.  When the technician came in to test our baby, it turns out that one of his ears produced a result of "inconclusive".  Now... that may be nothing, since she stated that it could be that there is still some fluid in his ear so the machine couldn't get a proper read.  Nevertheless, because of that inconclusive result, we've had to go through all sorts of calls, authorizations, and what not just to get our boy scheduled for a hearing test. 

We're hoping that everything will be fine and it was just some build up in his ear.  But the fact that this hearing test is hours long is a little scary.  Our baby will also have to be sedated and he can't eat hours before the test, which must be hell cause, well... he's my son.  lol  My wife has been texting me how he's struggling to stay awake and he's fussy cause he's hungry.  The test is scheduled for 1 PM, which is approx. 3 hours away from the time of this post. 

I'm trying to occupy my mind with work.  It's helping... but not entirely.  Guess I should go back to reviewing these files... Later.

How to Be Cruel to Old Guys

Hey there.  I don't think it's just cruel to old guys, but for those without the best of vision.  lol  Later.

Top Commentators of the Month of February

 Hey there friends.  You notice something different this time around?  No more top blogs... No more top droppers.  It's all about the comments now.  I simply cannot find the time to drop on Entrecard anymore so I simply do not have the credits that it would take to supply a monthly contest.  So I'm just going to drop the top blog thing altogether.  I'll still have the widget up and I'll probably drop my card IF I see the widget on a site that I'm on, but I won't take a very active part in it anymore.  It's just too time consuming.  With that being said, I'm adding a blogroll link to the top commentator winners.

So here we go.  Top commentator was once again Ann (Ann's Snap Edit and Scrap), earning a blogroll link and $5 (paypal).  Runner ups include Silvergirl (Live for Life) and Jennifer (Redhead Ranting), earning a blogroll link and $2.50 (paypal). 

Winners, please contact me at Metallman555@gmail.com to claim your prize.  You'll have until March 10th to claim your prize or you'll forfeit the prize.  Many thanks to all of you who commented and keep in mind that this is a monthly contest.  Keep at it, and maybe you'll end up with some cash.  Later!