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Monday, Sept. 18, 2006 - 8:42 p.m. We started taking an extra day off at the end of our yearly vacation a couple falls back, but�. It don�t really work- we still hate to go back to work. Sure, we only have a 4 day work week now, but the piled-up work will still be there anyway. We came home late Saturday, so yesterday and today were like a typical weekend. Typical, except for the fact the extra dread of returning to work was at a much higher level than a typical workweek�. My computer room work chair died Saturday. Actually, it has been on death watch since a week ago Monday. That morning, I leaned back to stretch before I headed to work. Only problem was, the chair wasn�t happy with my enormous bulk pushing back on it, and I heard a strange �pop� sound. Right after that, I noticed I was �pimping�. Reclining back a bit, in other words. Over the next few days, my angle of recline continued to become more pronounced. Saturday evening, I made the mistake of leaning back once again. The �� pressboard wood holding the back up gave way. Completely. I ended up laid out in a complete 180� position. Now, this chair wasn�t one of the many $59 Wallyworld office chairs I wasted money on in the past. No, This chair was made by Lane, a respected furniture manufacturer, and set us back far more than that. And it now sits on the curb, awaiting the garbage collection tomorrow morning. Why am I telling you about this? Because for now, all I have to perch myself in front of this computer is Codeman�s old grey leather recliner/office-like chair. I am about 2� lower than usual to the computer- looking at the monitor is like looking up at a movie theater�s screen from a front row seat. Highly uncomfortable, to say the least. I have a ton of photos from vacation to edit, but until I can see the screen better, there isn�t any reason to mess with them. I�ll leave you with a few �snapshots�, including this one taken by Lease. I shows the stringer of Channel Catfish I cleaned Tuesday morning. All of these fish were caught in about 2 hours, fishing in an area we had accidentally caught a few nice cats in the past (including Lease�s 7-pounder, landed on Monday evening- it�s the subject of the second and third photograph below):
The fish were 6 , 5, 3, 2, and 2 pounds. Not bad for fishing intentionally for catfish there for the first time. The big one, caught by Lease (and landed by me)- he weight every bit of 7 pounds, and was captured on a 1/32nd ounce tinsel jig, made to catch Bluegills (mainly) and Crappie when they are hesitant to hit a larger lure. The jig is still in the catfish�s mouth in this picture. You can see how small it is, if you look closely:
One more, showing it�s size next to me (as I try to remove the tiny jig from it�s mouth):
I sorted the fillets out on Saturday- we (and by saying we, I mean I) ended up cleaning 17 Channel Catfish and 91 (either) Crappie and Bluegill. Yes, my freezer is stocked for the next year. Might even get a few steaks out of the Crappie fillets, if things work out right at work�. From the reborn �Cracked� (Mad mag�s weaker cousin) magazine�s web site. I read in the Tribune that they had re-launched this old magazine , grown up to match the folks who read it when they were younger (that would include me). The website is promising- click here if you want to see what they are up to. Oh yeah- the paragraph below is from their week 2 NFL recap(it will help if you follow American professional football to understand this- if you don�t, just go to the website and read their review of the �The 5 Most Ineffective Anti-Drug PSAs of All Time� instead, to get an idea of what they are trying to do):
Asked for comment while trying to sneak out through the loading dock and wearing a pair of janitorial coveralls, Lions general manager Matt Millen said, "It's everyone else's fault but mine!" Yeah, my Bears are 2-0. Doesn�t make up for the White Sox�s collapse over the last month, but at least it gives me something to follow�.
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