pittsfield-jew

The first post says it all Shalom, This is the home of the Pittsfield Jew. Sure its neat to read about Jews in Brooklyn who are very observant but how about a not so observant Jew who lives in the Mid West?

Thursday, November 30, 2006

Female characters

I am running out of female characters in the movie Hackers. This is the movie I starred in. Here is what else Jonny did recently - besides remembering his name has no H in it. There is no need to put the last name of characters since at this point there are not two Angelina's in the story. Please thank Hashem there is only one Angelina the world couldn't bear another. Here in Michigan it is raining. Jonny went out for Chinese food in his favorite restaurant because it is cheap. He forgot to tip. The place is called the Lucky Kitchen. But wait he did give the counter staff a book. The book is called Mao's People by Michael Frolic. He didn't finish listening to Grossman Chumash Vayetze today. This is probably because there was a benefits meeting. Suddenly the narrator and spelled correctly too has experience vertigo. It is getting really warm in here and everyone is gone. It is 5 o'clock.
 
He drove 70 miles. This is because there was a soccer practice last night. Talked to one of his bosses Renoly Santiago about all the projects and when they are due. Looked at digital cameras on-line last night. No decision made yet. 147.8 pounds. Finished Chapter 20: PL/SQL's runtime architecture Oracle PL/SQL Programming by Feurstein. Read Chapter 23 Isaiah. And as I said earlier Jonny finished reading Mao's People. Well time for Jonny to go teach if you can call it that. So far he has applied for 53 jobs at the U.


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Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Trouble with blogger

Jonny Lee Miller seems to be having problems with the blogger. In other news read Chapter 14 Graphics of Plain English at Work by Bailey. Angelina Jolie called yesterday. She purchased angel hair pasta, hot and sour soup, brocolli and chicken and fresh pressable garlic. Jonny Lee Miller is also up to page 230 of Mao's People by Michael P Frolic. He read Torah Commentary by Friedman for Vayetze, finished it. They lost power yesterday and it caused for resetting of the clocks. More hassles. Today he did a couple of tech reviews and applied for some more jobs. It is almost time to leave. Took a nap around 9:30 today. Happily his friend Laurence Mason is back. Laurence Mason was lucky he got a follow up interview yesterday. Matthew Lillard went home for lunch. Jonny Lee Miller went for a 3.7 mile bike ride at lunch time and his weight is now 146.6 pounds. Time for Jonny Lee Miller to pick up Lorraine Bracco at religious school. Last night it was difficult as usual to get Jesse Bradford to bed, he kept coming out of his room. In the morning he was totally passed out until around 8AM when I took Alberta Watson to school. She was on time right at 8:10 AM. If there wasn't so much difficulty using the blogger today there would be new characters introduced. Reading PL/SQL. Listened to Grossman Vayetze Chumash and Brachos 9a and 9b Talmud.


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Nap

This was originally posted on Tuesday.
 
I just came back from a nap. Soon it will be time to go home. I found
out I got the movies hackers and the net mixed up. Both came out in 1995
and I liked both movies. Matthew Lillard the business analyst I do most
of my work with (Bill) and I went for a walk today. I brought my bike
too. It is beautiful weather out. Jonny Lee Miller - thats me went for a
bike ride too. My weight is now 147. I am in third place in the
contest. At home my wife Angelina Jolie get really upset because we lost
power. When I went back home to get my bike helmet she was yelling at our
sone Jesse Bradford because he couldn't watch TV. Right now I am
listening to Grossman Chumash Vayetze. My middle child Lorraine Bracco was
asleep when I got home last night. So Lorraine gave me a big hug this
morning since she had not seen me in almost a week. I took Alberta Watson to
school about 11 minutes late. Then I had a bin I had to dispose of. I
dropped it off at the yard of a stranger's house. I figured
they could use it as a third recycle bin. My computer programmer
friend Tom who will be now known as Laurence Mason took the day off. In a
few minutes I will be going to the vet to pick up some cat food and
medicine. Alberta Watson thinks we can buy a hotel and then I can stop
looking for another job. In San Diego Jonny Lee Miller hiked Mt Laguna and
Torrey Pines State park.


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Monday, November 27, 2006

Headache

Jonny Lee Miller has a headache. Wow it is going to take awhile to
get used to all of these spellings. I hate my first name but its okay for
a pseudo name. Finally got a hold of Angelina Jolie. She is getting on
the plane soon with our kids Jesse Bradford age 5; Alberta Watson age
10 soon to be 11 and Lorraine Bracco age 8.

Now whenever I introduce a new character it will be an actor or
actress. But since this post took so long to write Jonny Lee Miller must get
back to PL/SQL. He hopes everyone had a nice T-day. And I am listening
to Vayetze from Grossman with a hefty 146.6 Monday weigh in. No word on
the sale of the company Jonny Lee Miller works for. He is allowed to go
1st, 2nd or 3rd person - makes for some really creative writing. Almost
done with reading the book Mao's People.



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Monday, November 20, 2006

Monday

It is Monday again yeah. It is a weird week because tomorrow I travel to San Diego and my wife and family travel to Harrisburg. My weather will be really nice. I am winning the weight loss contest. We have an official weigh in every Monday and I am in first place in a field of 13. I listened to Grossman Chumash Toledot. Here at work I got sleepy and took a nap. Everyone is worried about their jobs. But at this point there is not much we can do. Today I am picking up L at religious school. We did alot of clean up this weekend. Other items of note for the weekend. We went to a play called the somewhat true tale of Robin Hood. It was Robin Hood with attitude. There was rock music with the kids doing lip singing and dancing. It was really awesome. Speaking of really awesome there were alot of spontaneous impulsive decisions made. For example I took L with me to R's soccer game. Then we went to Target and bought the Pokeman ranger nintendo game. R did some babysitting for another family. They were intrigued by her Red Cross training. Ah yes back to the awesome stuff. I finished reading The Dark Tower. Finally the book and 7 book series complete. My new weight is 144.4. I read chapter 13 of Plain English at Work by Bailey and the title of the chapter was bullets. I read chapter 21 of Isaiah. There is no school tonight that is why I am doing the religious school car pool pick up. I started a new book called Mao's People. This is of course a non-fiction book. Friday night services were very nice. R and I sat in the back and watched L go up on the Bima with all the other children. We vaccumed some of the house this weekend too since the cleaning lady will not be here this week. I help S apply for a part-time teacher job at WCC. They wrote her back right away and said they want someone with a Master's in psychology or sociology. What is wrong with an MSW I ask you? Well enough banter for now back to work. Oh yeah sold a book and took it to the post office today. It sold for nearly $40.


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Friday, November 17, 2006

Friday

Tonight we have an event for L. She is part of the Friday night service at the temple. Of course S is mad at me because I didn't shave last night. And she is mad because I am wearing a sweatshirt. Oh well she is mad. I just finished listening to Grossman Chaya Sara 1 hour tape. A couple of days ago I read Plain English at Work chapter 12 Headings by Bailey. I am in the middle of PL/SQL by O'Reilley chapter 20 PL/SQL's Runtime Architecture. And I am reading The Dark Tower by King. I am on page 778 of that book. My claim check input file program is running - slowly. It started at 3:34 and is still going. I hope it can run in under two hours. I have just two days to design the NPI for ERA 835. This morning after S was screaming for no reason I checked my weight and it is 147. Z and S are staying home and not going to temple. I graded a bunch of papers at work. I also did relax and let go three times. After the second time I fell asleep. The Air America radio station here disappeared. In it's place was the all michigan band channel. They play U of M marching music continuously.


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Thursday, November 16, 2006

Thursday

I have school tonight. Up to page 762 of my book. Listened to part of Chaya Sara today. Didn't finish again. So I keep hearing the first 20 or 30 minutes of the 60 minute chumash. Z lost some more of my screw driver parts. What else can go wrong. Some people are saying the company will be sold by November 30. That gives the MICH govt about 6 business days to conclude their business. I have applied for 48 jobs at the U. S has applied for 3 jobs at WCC. She has also applied for 2 jobs at the U. Two days ago I was running scared but now I am less caring since Thanksgiving is coming up. I am trying to get psyched up for my visit with my family in California. Also today we had an all day party. So naturally I went to the party from 11 to 12. Come 1 PM I was dozing. There was nothing here for me to find for dinner either. There won't be any blogging after Tuesday the 22nd until Sunday night the 26th. I guess that isn't that much of a gap. I read a few pages of Chaya Sara in Friedman. Drank one of my Samuel Adams Winter lagers for the second night in a row. And for the thrid day in a row I have lost weight. 145.6.


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Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Wednesday

As usual my motivation is at a stand still. I finished a project and finished up the paper work for it today. I only have four more days until the holiday. I want to make my own mock graveyard since the one already here is not accurate. The guy who runs it refuses to take my criticism. I sent an email to the guy I interviewed with on Nov 2. It has been 13 days so my email said I am following up. I started listening to Chaya Sara Grossman again. Didn't finish yet. Read some of my book and dozed off at 1:30 in my car. Up to page 704 of my book. Also read Chapter 19 of Isaiah. S is complaining that I made work for her. This bunkbed broke and it was my fault. She was sitting on it. The wooden housing for the wheel bracket split off. She is going to ask her friend to fix it. I think I should come up with creative psuedo names for characters like Tom Cruise and other actors and actresses. Maybe make a whole family tree. No more like I should spend my creative energy fixing up my Hebrew JAVA program and sharpening my programming skills. Instead of screwing around I should read some more of my PL/SQL book. My weight today is 147. The other thing S is mad about is I left the freezer door open. She got mad at me when I discovered her mistake. She yelled everyone does it, just forget about it and leave me alone. I was bagging up some tzedakka clothes. There were two shirts with the tags still on them and the price still on it.


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Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Tuesday

Our company has almost sold. The department of Justice has approved the sale. Now we wait for the State of Michigan to approve. I weighed in at 147.6 pounds this morning. I am up to page 648 of The Dark Tower King. I listened to Chaya Sara Grossman again. The only nap I took was around 8:40 AM. In a week I will be flying to California for the trip to visit my parents and brother. I will have to drive to the airport twice that day. Once for my wife and kids and then again later for myself. S applied for two UM jobs in social work. The president and the manager of enrollment were no go's on the references. They agreed but were very luke warm. So I might go with someone else. I got the former CIO and the manager of member services. S also applied for a coordinator job at a community college. In addition she wants to apply for two more at the community college. I applied for position 2780 at the U today. This is my 47th application. Two have closed. So there are still 45 outstanding. Our new printer toner came yesterday finally. It prints great.


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Monday, November 13, 2006

Monday

Another rotten Monday as usual. I have gotten past page 600 of The Dark Tower by King. I started listening to Chaya Sara Chumash by Grossman. I entered the weight loss contest here at work. My weight was an even 150.0 pounds. Right now my stomach hurts so I am trying to see if drinking tea will help. I had to go to the eye center to sign papers so my cost of eye glasses could be deducted from my monthly salary. The glasses were for my oldest child R (girl). This made me so tired I came back to work and took a nap till 1PM. I had some popcorn in the car so my stomach wasn't rumbling as much as it could have. I had a couple pieces of cracklin oat cereal too. This was left over by my middle child L (girl). I took L to her friend's house before school. R wasn't taken to school by her usual driver (me). Instead mom (S) took her. L's daily morning assignment is to eat her cracklin oat in order to make everything flow nicely. She resists so much there is always a late morning say 10 am bowl of cereal uneaten by the child and lovingly consumed by one of the two dogs. It was this small bowl of uneaten sugar and fiber that carried me through my noon time slumber. Z was another story entirely. He was dropped off by me as well. He went to day care. I had to remove his body suit evening wear for the more day time appropriate clothing. This was a cramped cold car experience prolonged by his insistant rearranging of my vehicle.


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Friday, November 10, 2006

more fun

There is more fun these days. I tried to get S a job with the U, but the job was closed. Even though talking to my parents is a pain I feel much better now that I talked to my father last night. Here is a clip from Tom
 It is an audio of a joke someone played on a telemarketer. Basically very funny.
 
Yeah Democrats won the house and the house. Read some of Plain English at Work, chapter 11, Typefonts, by Bailey. A programmer here at work is planning a fun contest.
 
Okay everyone who wants to lose some weight and keep it off during the “Holidays” (i.e. massive eating and couch-potato days), come join our IS Dept M-Care Sale Date Diet Bet.
 
xxx has agreed to be our Administrator and will do weigh-in’s this Monday and Tuesday (Nov 13 and 14). 
 
The end date of the Diet Bet is the official “M-Care Sale Date”.  And you never know when that will be!
 
If you do not plan to be around here on the Sale Date then please do not join our bet.  Or, plan on coming in to get weighed-in from your new job. J
 
I have not fully grasped the proper rules as yet, but I have been advised that Percent of Weight Lost is the best determining factor.
$5 cash gets you in.
 
Plan on buying appropriate (good for you) groceries this weekend and starting your personal diet plus exercise routine next week.
(Nobody will be tracking anybody’s exercise time.)
 
I’ll have a sign-up sheet outside my cube so you can see who your competition is.  J
 
Thanks everyone!
 
Listened to Brachos 9, Talmud by Grossman. Also listened to Vayera Chumash by Grossman. A new coffee maker is coming to our house. A new cell phone is coming to our house soon. Having problems with our HP toner cartridge order. Up to page 500 of The Dark Tower I just have trouble putting the book down.


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getting it done

I made a list of things to do last night at around this time. I brought the list home and now I'm prepared to report what was done and what wasn't. In other news the Sec of Defense (US) is resigning - again. This time I guess Bush will let him. I want to hear the Dems spin this one. Is Bush admitting he made mistakes in Iraq? I doubt that. Up to around page 400 in The Dark Tower. Tonight I have to pick up L and the other girl. After dinner I have to pick up a different child and take her and R to the soccer training. After sitting there for an hour I get to take them both home. It has been really quiet here today. Most people are in a training. Tom was out today because of an interview. I hope he gets the job. It will be pressure off him. I went for a walk with a couple of the BA's. It was nice to get some exercise. Been working the whole day on the design and coding of the provider specialist address extract file. Didn't nap at all today. But i drank so much coffee this afternoon my hands are jittery. Read a little Friedman Torah Vayera last night. He explains the part about the angels visiting Abram. Listened to Grossman Vayera today again. Also listened to Grossman Talmud Brachos 8. Now listening to click FM the Jewish Internet radio station. I did quite a bit of web surfing today I admit. In other world news it looks as if trouble is brewing in the Gaza strip. In my opinion Israel hasn't even finished getting out of the mess in Lebanon and now moving on to a new area.


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Wednesday, November 08, 2006

getting it done

I made a list of things to do last night at around this time. I brought the list home and now I'm prepared to report what was done and what wasn't. In other news the Sec of Defense (US) is resigning - again. This time I guess Bush will let him. I want to hear the Dems spin this one. Is Bush admitting he made mistakes in Iraq? I doubt that. Up to around page 400 in The Dark Tower. Tonight I have to pick up L and the other girl. After dinner I have to pick up a different child and take her and R to the soccer training. After sitting there for an hour I get to take them both home. It has been really quiet here today. Most people are in a training. Tom was out today because of an interview. I hope he gets the job. It will be pressure off him. I went for a walk with a couple of the BA's. It was nice to get some exercise. Been working the whole day on the design and coding of the provider specialist address extract file. Didn't nap at all today. But i drank so much coffee this afternoon my hands are jittery. Read a little Friedman Torah Vayera last night. He explains the part about the angels visiting Abram. Listened to Grossman Vayera today again. Also listened to Grossman Talmud Brachos 8. Now listening to click FM the Jewish Internet radio station. I did quite a bit of web surfing today I admit. In other world news it looks as if trouble is brewing in the Gaza strip. In my opinion Israel hasn't even finished getting out of the mess in Lebanon and now moving on to a new area.

picture / joke

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

raining

Yes it is raining. Today is election day. I voted already. I voted straight Democratic ticket. It only took 15 minutes. I got to work around 9. Now it is around 10 and almost time for a break. I have to go to the phone store. This phone store errand may take awhile. Right now I am listening to Brachos 7b Grossman. I am up to page 300 something in The Dark Tower King. Last night's class went well. We went through access project 2 and only one person stayed for the whole thing. What is wrong with these people they won't stay for the full 3 hour class. I am also working on fixing the 835.


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Monday, November 06, 2006

Nothing

I feel like doing nothing today. This lack of motivation is here again. I took a nap and now need some coffee. It is almost time to go to school. I had to meet L and S at 11:40. I was a few minutes late. When I got to Whole Foods I was right behind S and she never looked in the rear view mirror. She almost took off without me. I couldn't call because Z broke my cell phone. The 835 program needs to be fixed. The specialist labels need to be converted to the HP9000. The NPI needs to be programmed into the 835. That is my project list. Also there have been 44 jobs I have applied for at the U.


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