Man I love conflict. I really do. I hope work understands that I’m not a pain in the ass to just them. Case in point, check this thread out over at the unofficial Coranto Forums. I also should say that I’m not giving this kid trouble just for the hell of it. I really am against a move to PHP. Of course if you don’t know what Coranto is this little post doesn’t really matter. Just move along, there’s nothing to see here.

This was so funny I had to pass it on:

A plane with George Bush, Bill Clinton, Henry Kissinger, the Pope, and a very young reporter aboard was experiencing engine problems (‘W’ was piloting…go figure). Dubya orders everyone to search for parachutes, and they find 4 parachutes.

‘One of us will not make it, we have one chute too few’ Bill exclaims. So they decide that as the president and former president, that Dubya and Slick should get two of the chutes, and Henry Kissinger, the Pope, and the young reporter will draw straws for the last two.

Dubya and Slick bail out, leaving the three behind with two chutes. As the pope prepares the straws to be drawn, Henry Kissinger says “I’m sorry, but my knowledge of the world powers is too great to lose, and besides, I’M THE SMARTEST MAN IN THE WORLD!’ whereupon he grabs the last chute and jumps from the plane.

The pope says ‘I am an old man, here, take the last chute and save yourself child’. The reporter replies ‘No problem, we have two chutes left, the smartest man in the world just stole my backpack!’

All most made me cry I laughed so hard.

Well the GuestBook is getting it’s exercise. Three new entries in december. The latest is from a fellow auditor. A comrade in arms you could say. Here is what Randy had to say:

This is a pretty cool site. I’ve been an auditor for over 3 years…first yr and a half at a de-flagged HI (Little Rock, AR)on ENCORE, with a bad tape drive, no support modem for L-TRACS or whoever to dial into our system, and worst of all…NO HINDUSTANI BLOOD IN MY FAMILY!!!…most recently at a Comfort Inn/Suites…still supporting the PATEL CARTEL…I DID learn how to say “Boy I need to get some sleep” in Gujarati…(sounds like)—>ma-ne-hun-gah-VEH-sheh!!!Try that one with your property owner.

Yeah well I’m never going to get used to these cheap ass fucks. Seriously these guys are cheap. I can’t believe how bad they are. Yeah I miss our HI flag. I’ll try that phrase in Gujarati out man. Thanks for stopping by Randy.

From my host:

There will be a planned MySQL database server and HTTP outage on December 23, 2002 We plan on upgrading MySQL and HTTP to fix varoious outages. The timeframe for this upgrade will be from 3:00PM to 9:00PM EST. The estimated downtime will be about 5 minutes.

So between 3:00PM to 9:00PM be aware of possible downtime here at Hotelblues.com.

Well the Forum has been a hot bed of activity. Between my AOD guild-mates and the poor guy I referred to as the pinhead the forum has seen the most action it ever has. I think my attitude problem cause’s more problems than it’s worth. Then again this site has always attracted strange people. That’s not meant as an insult.

I mention in the forum thread for the last post how I just don’t like talking about religion, politics, and women. I think it’s best to avoid these topics. Most of my friends (yeah I have some) know I don’t talk about this stuff. I have had bad experiences with all three of these subjects. The guy obviously has mistaken me for something I’m not. My favorite quote from this so far:

You’re obviously a conservative christian that beats his wife/girlfriend.

Anyway this is what I love about this internet thing. The interaction with people you don’t even know. I’ve added his Simpson quote to my random quote pool:

“God has no place within these walls…just like facts have no place in organized religion!” -Superintendent Chalmers, The Simpson’s

Man that’s great. Well I have to go and beat my wife/girlfriend. Thanks for stopping by my strange chunk of the internet.

The Forum now has two registered members counting me. The newsiest member is Iggy. Iggy who is one of the original viewers of this website. Iggy has her own Greatest Hit’s and her own section of this website called Dear Iggy. So this would be a good time to register for the forum. All I can say is welcome back Iggy!

Four years. Man time flies when your having fun. So four years ago I was fired from this same hotel I work at now because I was not happy. That probably sounds strange, huh? This is a day I have forever vowed to never work again. I had to swap New Years Eve with the Dude so I could have it off.

I use this for my look back at the past year. Past installments include Year In Review 1999, Year In Review 2000, and Year In Review 2001. Per the usual for me this year has been more of the same.

Of course it was a strange year for the hotel. The events of the hotel being sold was something new. The whole auction and wondering if the place would still be there was interesting. New owners are always fun. All in all it’s been business as usual. Which isn’t a good thing.

As I said in the first (which still applies) one I owe lots of people thanks. Thanks for just being there. These thanks go to all of my family and friends. And I of course consider my friends family. So it’s a shout out to all of my peeps, be it friend or family.