Well I’m going over to the Izer’s to watch the Super Bowl. I’m not really a big sports fan. I like to watch football, don’t get me wrong. I just can’t tell you names of the guys on the teams. I don’t know stats. I don’t even have a favorite team. Most of my friends are the complete opposite. Izer, Ross, Rindfliesch they all have that sports knowledge. Rindfliesch more than the others. You ever want to bore me to death just have Rindfliesch talk sports to me. I hope it’s a good game. Anyone have predictions on how the game will go?

I thought this would be cool to let you know. I of course think it’s really cool. Most of these I don’t know who they are. I can guess who a couple of them are. Below is a chart of my hits so far for this month of January. I use Hitbox and it tells me all kinds of stuff. This chart is the top ten domains to hit my site.

Domain # Of Visitors %
1. Major ISPs 118 31.55
2. mhtc.net 9 2.41
3. k12.il.us 7 1.87
4. cc.il.us 6 1.60
5. dialinx.net 5 1.34
6. mediaone.net 5 1.34
7. af.mil 4 1.07
8. shawcable.net 4 1.07
9. indy.net 3 0.80
10. level3.net 3 0.80

The Major ISPs consists of .com, .org, .gov, .edu, etc. A few of these domain’s point back to website to give you an idea where these people are coming from. The third one on this list is my local High School. I know one one kid in school who should be doing his school work, not surfing the net. I of course appreciate the hit.

You can go and view my stats at Hitbox here.

Well Ross mentioned Duran Duran as recent music he was listening to. I made a reference to Tom Petty last post, so I figured I would continue with the music theme.

My brother (The Techno Luddite) got me the Beatles One CD for Christmas. Now I have always liked the Beatles. I never owned any of the CD’s. I would always play the Beatles in bars. Ross also likes the Beatles. He has a little bit more knowledge than me on them. One time he did a Beatles tune that I have never heard of at a Karaoke. I can’t remember the name of the tune off the top of my head. But it was a bizarre one. Maybe Mr. Ross can send in the name of the tune. I by the way destroyed A Hard Day’s Night and Yesterday. Or maybe it was Eleanor Rigby.

The point is, if you have the Beatles One make sure to check out the Beatles Official website. It’s a very cool place. They have background info on the CD and all of the songs on it. It shows the sleeves and labels and tells when the songs were first performed. Just go, there is lots of info.

It seems every once in a while I run into someone who inadvertently reminds me of one of my mistakes. It gets me thinking about things I have done. Things I have said. Things I just regret. Things I wish I could snap my fingers and undo. Does anyone else think this way? Or is it just me? I can be a sentimental fool some times.

I of course spend time thinking about these mistakes. I try to psychoanalyze where and when I made the mistake and what I could have done to correct the mistake. And I can come up with some rational approaches. None of which I did when the mistakes were made. That’s not my way. I shoot first and ask questions later. None of this will make sense to anyone who doesn’t know me. It could even leave those who know me in the dark. This is a hard subject to talk about, because the person involved doesn’t want me to talk about it.

This person (yeah a girl) and me had a parting of ways. My fault. She later asked me for some help and I was less than civil. I was outright rude and insulting in a way she would be able to pick up. At that point I was a little man. Bruised ego. Stupidity. Whatever you want to call it. I was wrong in the way I handled the situation. I think I did a good enough job that she won’t ever see this. But I just felt like doing this. I have never been good at apologizing. I have only apologized for my action twice in my life. I don’t like being wrong.

I’m wrong. I wish I could tell her how sorry I am. She never did anything to be at blame for any of what happened. I regret my inadequacies. I didn’t plain for things to happen the way they did. I knew what would happen. It was my own fault. I should have walked away, the moment we became friends. Melodrama. I can only damn her for being her.

It had to be said. Tom Petty put it this way:

Time to move on, time to get going
What lies ahead, I have no way of knowing
But under my feet, baby, grass is growing
It’s time to move on, it’s time to get going

This is a case of ask and though shall receive. After a long sabbatical Mr. Ross shows up in the GuestBook:

Name: Ross
where: AA Meeting
Date: 01/22/01
Time: 02:36 PM

Comments:

Turk what’s new? not much here. working my ass off. Catching up on movies. Saw Scream Two. pretty lame. I thought. But then I thought a Clockwork Orange was funny. I’ve been listening two a lot of eighties music. There’s a radio station out of Madison 105.1 its pretty good. I got the best of Duran Duran cd. I know, I know. I got it mainly for Electric Barbarella. Cool movie that Barbarella. Well that’s all folks. out.

Jeez, I never did really care for Duran Duran. Scream 2, the Izer’s made me go see that piece of shit. What’s wrong with thinking Clockwork Orange was funny? Isn’t? Yeah I dig Barbarella. I hear they are doing a remake.

Adrian has once again stopped by and signed the GuestBook:

Name: adrian
where: some crazed lunatic…
Date: 01/18/01
Time: 07:15 AM

Comments:

glad to hear ya got a raise. I used the converter, you’re making more money than me you bastard! no big deal though, I’m still making the cash. I’m at school again and I’m supposed to be doing something but I’m lazy. gotta go bell just rung

Adrian being the damned smart guy he is was able to figure out the pesos to the dollar and he knows what I make. Damn, next time I use rubles! Whoa!! That’s 253.75 Russian rubles a hour. Oh baby! Sorry just finished watching Johnny Bravo.

My friend I talked about yesterday, did not get a raise. A shame. I just don’t know what to say.

Wow, I’m off four days and a few interesting things happen at the hotel. Nothing that affects me. The hotel’s restaurant got robbed. I hear that they think it was a “inside job”.

The big news of course was that the Front Desk Manager either quit or got fired. Now I have never mentioned the FDM here on the page. Not the up to now current one. I didn’t want any wrong ideas getting into his head. I referred to him as “The Kid”. Which he didn’t much care for. Let me right now clear up any misconceptions about The Kid any of you could have got from hearing me talk about him.

I have/had nothing against him. Sure in the beginning I didn’t like the idea. But, he was a nice guy. I never had any problems with him. In fact I would go as far as to say that the problems the hotel had with him were not his fault. Why? You may ask. Here’s why. The blame should be heaped on the shoulders of whoever hired him. It wasn’t his fault. He got a job that is always a learning experience. I’m sure they were not paying him the greatest amount of money. He’s young. So he is going to pick up things he didn’t maybe know before.

I bet all of us at one time got a job that we may not have been totally qualified for. You learn as you go. That’s part of biting off more than you can chew. I had more than I can handle when I got the gig with Amerihost. And it didn’t work out for me. But I got some experience doing something I hadn’t done before. And it looks good on a resume. I hope he lands on his feet. And I wish him luck.

So who is the title Front Desk Manager going to? Well to my surprise a lady who was Front Desk Manager a few FDM’s back. She’s one of the old guard. She has the experience to run the Front Desk the way it should be ran. So we have a new GM and a new FDM. The new GM doesn’t know me, so I don’t know what to expect from him. She on the other hand has worked with me before. I have change since the last time she worked with me. The biggest change in me is of course this website. She knows that I have it.

But I still don’t know if this site is going to become an issue. I hope not. Because I’m not going to give it up. I don’t foresee me going out of my way to cause trouble. But I will not take any grief over this. I am exercising my rights as an American. I may be getting nervous in my old age. But you never know.