Yesterday afternoon Ricky calls me and tells me that it is a mutual friends birthday and they were going to Fast Eddies for the evening. I take to motorcycle to Odessa and join them for a night of pool and alcohol. Only thing is, i wasn't drinking.
I have always considered myself a decent pool player but last night i was way out classed. These guys are good. You have one to two shots and then the game is over. You miss one shot and it is done. I was impressed at how well they played. Now 4 hours after they were drinking and i was not, i was doing OK. I wasn't shooting any better but they were shooting a lot worse.
If you have never gone to a bar and watch those around you when you are not drinking, i invite you to do so. It is truly funny. People come up with the stupidest shit when they are drinking. Mutual Friend turned 48 and he is single. Last night he decided the convenience of sex with an ex was better than taking matters into his own hands.
It cracked me up. Mutual Friend was drinking and shooting pool and having a great time. There was about 6 of us there. His ex, more like an off/on thing, called him to wish him a happy birthday. He agreed for her to come down to the pool hall and i could see the change in his attitude as soon as she hit the door. He went from having fun to being depressed. He told me he was tired of her shit but was going to get layed tonight. I guess that is the duality of man. I hate her, but she is better than being alone.
Last night helped me to come to grips with my reality. I would much rather be alone that be with someone who depressed me. I also ratified in my own mind that hanging out in bars is not my kind of thing. I will hang out when there is a group like last night, but it seemed to me like i had the most fun and i wasn't drinking and didn't have a hangover this morning.
Way back in the corner of the pool hall a nice guy was teaching his date how to play pool. He would stand behind her and put his hands on her hips to show her proper body position for taking the shot. He would move her boobs out of the way so she could shoot. He was a very polite feller. Mutual Friend decided to go ask him for some lessons also. Polite feller didn't think it was funny.
11 June 2008
08 June 2008
My ass is dragin
Last night Rohmie the Homie, Otto the Vato and myself went out varmint hunting. Homie has access to 50,000 acres south of Odessa. We load up my jeep and all our guns and take off. We had never been on this ranch before so we wanted to get a good layout of it in daylight before we drove around at night. Seemed like a good idea right?
We park the rig and i ask Homie to get a GPS reading to determine home base. We load up and take off. This ranch is very pretty. It has a dry lake bed and several draws and arroyos that are perfect for hunting. We cut through this one draw and kicked up tons of deer. We were shining them and looking at them through the scopes. I would guess we were no more than 40 yards from some of them.
We stopped on top of one ridge and enjoyed some adult beverages as we watched the sunset and the sky turn purple. About 1 hour after sunset it was lightening about 50 miles west of us and the sky was awesome. I love being out on a night like that.
Around 2330, 4 hours into the hunt, we decide to work our way back to the truck. We have covered maybe half of the ranch. Homie checks the GPS and starts navigate our way back to base. The problem is when we left base we followed fence rows and we tried to take the oilfield roads back. It was a cluster fuck.
Oilfield roads dead end at pump jacks and we spent a good deal of time backtracking. At one point we were 3/10 of a mile from the truck when the road quit. I said "Shit, its only 3/10 of a mile. We are going cross country" That was a mistake. I told Homie to point int he direction we need to go and i started popping the brush. We got into some mesquite that was so thick we couldn't back up. It was taller than the jeep and visibility was about 2 feet if we were lucky. I found out that a Yucca plant will stop a 3000 pound jeep.
We were within 1/10 of a mile when we run into a fence. The fence road of course was on the other side of the fence. I was pissed. We just kept paralleling that fence until we found a cross cut we could cross.
In the end i got home about 0200 this morning. After i unloaded it was 0300. We had to be at church at 0600 to cook burritos so i just stayed up. My Brother Knights told me i looked like shit at 0600 this morning. After Mass i came home and crashed until 1500.
It ain't work if you are having fun.
We park the rig and i ask Homie to get a GPS reading to determine home base. We load up and take off. This ranch is very pretty. It has a dry lake bed and several draws and arroyos that are perfect for hunting. We cut through this one draw and kicked up tons of deer. We were shining them and looking at them through the scopes. I would guess we were no more than 40 yards from some of them.
We stopped on top of one ridge and enjoyed some adult beverages as we watched the sunset and the sky turn purple. About 1 hour after sunset it was lightening about 50 miles west of us and the sky was awesome. I love being out on a night like that.
Around 2330, 4 hours into the hunt, we decide to work our way back to the truck. We have covered maybe half of the ranch. Homie checks the GPS and starts navigate our way back to base. The problem is when we left base we followed fence rows and we tried to take the oilfield roads back. It was a cluster fuck.
Oilfield roads dead end at pump jacks and we spent a good deal of time backtracking. At one point we were 3/10 of a mile from the truck when the road quit. I said "Shit, its only 3/10 of a mile. We are going cross country" That was a mistake. I told Homie to point int he direction we need to go and i started popping the brush. We got into some mesquite that was so thick we couldn't back up. It was taller than the jeep and visibility was about 2 feet if we were lucky. I found out that a Yucca plant will stop a 3000 pound jeep.
We were within 1/10 of a mile when we run into a fence. The fence road of course was on the other side of the fence. I was pissed. We just kept paralleling that fence until we found a cross cut we could cross.
In the end i got home about 0200 this morning. After i unloaded it was 0300. We had to be at church at 0600 to cook burritos so i just stayed up. My Brother Knights told me i looked like shit at 0600 this morning. After Mass i came home and crashed until 1500.
It ain't work if you are having fun.
05 June 2008
Looks like i am screwed. Might as well go for it all.
| Greed: | Low | |
| Gluttony: | Medium | |
| Wrath: | Medium | |
| Sloth: | Medium | |
| Envy: | Very Low | |
| Lust: | Very Low | |
| Pride: | Medium |
The Seven Deadly Sins Quiz on 4degreez.com
04 June 2008
My baby has come home to Papa
Back in 2002 our office was broke into. The assholes stole our computers, digital cameras, our Nintendo, all kinds of stuff and my .357 Magnum that i kept in my desk drawer. We called the police and Ector County Sheriff's office came out and couldn't lift a single finger print. We had a good idea who stole the stuff because when they took the Nintendo machine, they left the broken controller. Logically we assumed it was someone who played it.
That night i was pissed off. I called our HR guy in the middle of the night and got permission to have a polygraph done on all employees. They were standing there with me when i called the HR guy. Once they knew i was having a polygraph set up, people started confessing to shit that happened in the past. For instance, Ricky pulled me off to the side and told me that the bottle of Crown Royal that everyone assumed one of the office girls took, he actually took it. No one wanted that polygraph. In the end i decided not to do the polygraph. I had enough information to figure out who did it.
Yesterday the Sheriff's office calls me and tells me that they have recovered my pistol that was stolen in 2002. My heart sank. I thought he was going to tell me that it was used in a murder or something. It wasn't. In 2003 Odessa PD executed a search warrant on Jamie Ramirez. They found a .357 Magnum in his residence. Ramirez was a felon so they charged him with Felon in possession of a firearm. 5 years later Odessa PD put it out that they have this gun. Ector County Sheriff's calls them and tells them they have a report of that gun stolen. Sheriff's calls me and i get my gun back today. Ramirez is deceased and the guy that stole my gun is in jail.
Ain't life grand?
That night i was pissed off. I called our HR guy in the middle of the night and got permission to have a polygraph done on all employees. They were standing there with me when i called the HR guy. Once they knew i was having a polygraph set up, people started confessing to shit that happened in the past. For instance, Ricky pulled me off to the side and told me that the bottle of Crown Royal that everyone assumed one of the office girls took, he actually took it. No one wanted that polygraph. In the end i decided not to do the polygraph. I had enough information to figure out who did it.
Yesterday the Sheriff's office calls me and tells me that they have recovered my pistol that was stolen in 2002. My heart sank. I thought he was going to tell me that it was used in a murder or something. It wasn't. In 2003 Odessa PD executed a search warrant on Jamie Ramirez. They found a .357 Magnum in his residence. Ramirez was a felon so they charged him with Felon in possession of a firearm. 5 years later Odessa PD put it out that they have this gun. Ector County Sheriff's calls them and tells them they have a report of that gun stolen. Sheriff's calls me and i get my gun back today. Ramirez is deceased and the guy that stole my gun is in jail.
Ain't life grand?
03 June 2008
Will Obama live?
According to the AP, obama has taken the democratic ticket. It also stated that hillary was open to being his running mate. If obama is that stupid, then he may get what he deserves.
I think obama showed his true colors when he supported Reverend Wright. He is a white hating liberal. That is just who he is.
Now there is around 87 deaths associated with the clinton administration. I foresee that if hillary is the VP, obama will meet his demise so she can assume power. He is an idiot if he picks her.
I think obama showed his true colors when he supported Reverend Wright. He is a white hating liberal. That is just who he is.
Now there is around 87 deaths associated with the clinton administration. I foresee that if hillary is the VP, obama will meet his demise so she can assume power. He is an idiot if he picks her.
28 May 2008
27 May 2008
The Lord's Prayer, salvation or condemnation?
Now before anyone gets the wrong idea, i am not being sacrilegious. Just another way to look at it.
We had a visiting priest come to our church for a week. His name is Father McCaffe. He was awesome. I had a chance to talk with him in a semi-private setting. Naturally i was interested in our personal judgement when we die.
Most Protestants believe in the "Once Saved, Always Saved" mentality. Catholics believe that you only get into heaven through Faith and Works. in other words, you have to be a believer and put those beliefs into action.
So Father McCaffe (FM) and I were talking. The conversation went something like this:
So, FM how do you think we are judged when we die?
(FM) Well Ray, tell me how you envision your judgement at the time of your death.
(ME) OK FM, although no one really knows, i think i will stand face to face with Jesus and we will discuss the good and the bad that i have done in my life.
(FM) A lot of people believe just as you do. You are correct that no one knows but let me give you a little food for thought. Do you Ray, believe that with God, all things are possible?
(ME) Of course, all you have to do is look around and see that. He left His fingerprints on every living thing.
(FM) Your right. Now imagine this. At the exact moment of your death, you are transformed to another dimension so to speak, and there is the person whom you despise most in your life. That person needs your help for whatever it is. (For example, you despise someone who stole from you. This person is hungry and you can buy him or her a meal. Something along those lines). Now you do not know that you are actually dead. You have to make a decision. What would happen if you decided not to help that person. What would be the repercussions if that was your judgement?
(ME) I had this dumb look on my face. FM could tell that he lost me. So i said "What makes you think that would happen on our judgement?
(FM) Ray, can you recite the Lord's Prayer? IF you can, recite it to me
(ME) Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on Earth as it is Heaven. Give us this day, our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us...
(FM) Stop. You are asking God to forgive you as you forgive others. If you are not willing to forgive, then you are asking God not to forgive you. Hence the test. That is why it is dangerous to live with hate in your heart.
After a lengthy discussion, FM said that no one knows what happens upon our death. But if his scenario was to play out, having hate in our heart is a bad thing. This is why we must forgive people and learn to love our fellow man.
So now when i pray the Lord's prayer, it makes me stop and think about who i still hold a grudge against. Then i start thinking about all the people who may hold a grudge against me. I have done some mean things to people that i am truly sorry for. I have to live with that and the possibility that on someones final judgement, i have created hate in their heart. When the whole of this concept settled on me, it hit me hard. I feel bad about some of the things i have done and said to people. I wonder sometimes if i should contact them and try to make amends like in a 12 step program. I just don't know.....
We had a visiting priest come to our church for a week. His name is Father McCaffe. He was awesome. I had a chance to talk with him in a semi-private setting. Naturally i was interested in our personal judgement when we die.
Most Protestants believe in the "Once Saved, Always Saved" mentality. Catholics believe that you only get into heaven through Faith and Works. in other words, you have to be a believer and put those beliefs into action.
So Father McCaffe (FM) and I were talking. The conversation went something like this:
So, FM how do you think we are judged when we die?
(FM) Well Ray, tell me how you envision your judgement at the time of your death.
(ME) OK FM, although no one really knows, i think i will stand face to face with Jesus and we will discuss the good and the bad that i have done in my life.
(FM) A lot of people believe just as you do. You are correct that no one knows but let me give you a little food for thought. Do you Ray, believe that with God, all things are possible?
(ME) Of course, all you have to do is look around and see that. He left His fingerprints on every living thing.
(FM) Your right. Now imagine this. At the exact moment of your death, you are transformed to another dimension so to speak, and there is the person whom you despise most in your life. That person needs your help for whatever it is. (For example, you despise someone who stole from you. This person is hungry and you can buy him or her a meal. Something along those lines). Now you do not know that you are actually dead. You have to make a decision. What would happen if you decided not to help that person. What would be the repercussions if that was your judgement?
(ME) I had this dumb look on my face. FM could tell that he lost me. So i said "What makes you think that would happen on our judgement?
(FM) Ray, can you recite the Lord's Prayer? IF you can, recite it to me
(ME) Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on Earth as it is Heaven. Give us this day, our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us...
(FM) Stop. You are asking God to forgive you as you forgive others. If you are not willing to forgive, then you are asking God not to forgive you. Hence the test. That is why it is dangerous to live with hate in your heart.
After a lengthy discussion, FM said that no one knows what happens upon our death. But if his scenario was to play out, having hate in our heart is a bad thing. This is why we must forgive people and learn to love our fellow man.
So now when i pray the Lord's prayer, it makes me stop and think about who i still hold a grudge against. Then i start thinking about all the people who may hold a grudge against me. I have done some mean things to people that i am truly sorry for. I have to live with that and the possibility that on someones final judgement, i have created hate in their heart. When the whole of this concept settled on me, it hit me hard. I feel bad about some of the things i have done and said to people. I wonder sometimes if i should contact them and try to make amends like in a 12 step program. I just don't know.....
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