Baseball Season and TV Programs

Baseball season is here and anybody that knows me, knows I love baseball. My team of choice is the Braves. The home opener was last night and I was there. It was great for about 4 innings and then the sky opened up. If you live in the Atlanta area and bad weather is on the way, all you have to do is turn your TV to WSB TV and Glen Burns will spend two hours showing you pixelated images of bad weather, possible tornado sitings, hail and thunderstorms. Monica Pearson can just go home. To be fair there was lots of bad weather in the surrounding Atlanta area.

Anyway, the rain started falling and ground crew came out and covered the infield. I waited a couple of hours but it wasn't letting up. But by the time I finished the Marta ride home, play had resumed. The Braves win in 10 innings, 6 to 5 at 1:30 am. It all good though, I had my beer, pizza and bag of salty peanuts without have to get a co-signer.

I've been watching the show "Life on Mars". Its about a cop, in NY City and he get hit by a car and is transported back to 1973, but he still has 2008-09 memories. I guess it wasn't getting the viewer-ship so ABC was getting ready to pull the plug. Before they did they at least finished the story line. The ending was so lame! The main character, Sam Tyler, is a cop in 2008, gets hit by a car and wakes up in 1973, then wakes up on a space ship on a mission to Mars mission. The people on the mission with him are all the people he interacted with in 1973. It was so lame but I guess it was better then pulling the plug on the show in mid season.

Adventures in Unemployment

Its been a week since I was let go from my employers. It was tough to do. The more I hung around that last day the worst it got. A part of me wishes that they had let me go the day they told me my position was being eliminated, but I guess its better to look for a job while you still have a job. It was still tough, because I made so many good friends and contacts there.

I went to the unemployment office last week. It wasn't as painful as I feared. The first obstacle was finding a place to park. I had to park at a different office building about two blocks away. It was raining that day, but fortunately for me it had stopped by the time I had parked.

The place was crowded, but not overly so. Maybe the rain kept people away. I got there at the right time, they were having another briefing in about 20 minutes so I didn't have to wait to long. Note to self: next time I have to go to the unemployment office, bring a pen. They have tons of forms to fill out and only have these little Putt-Putt Golf pencils to use. After the briefing, they released us to the computers where the rest of our info is uploaded. Its a good thing having computer skills. I was done in short order and was free to leave and enjoy the rest of my day.

The toughest thing about being unemployed is finding something to do. I actually have a lot of honey-do projects that need to be done but I'm having trouble getting motivated. I am still searching the job boards for the next big thing but I need a hobby. That's a lie, I do have hobbies, just need to do them. I guess I'll get tired of watching TV in a little bit. I did contact a college to look into finishing my education. Hmm..that's a funny statement, finishing your education. I don't think I'll ever finish my education, because I learn things all the time. My wife doesn't understand how I can watch the Discovery or History Channel. I just find that stuff interesting.