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Graduation Week

michaelmcqueary — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:07:24 GMT

Tomorrow is my baby girls last day of High School and Friday is graduation. I'm not really sure how I feel about this, on one side she has turned out to be a totally amazing young lady, on the other hand, well she's graduating and I'm feeling old...

I'm confused.

michaelmcqueary — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:55:31 GMT

Everyone I know is against this bailout of Wallstreet, the polls show a large majority of the population are against it, yet our elected officials are going ahead with it. Aren't they supposed to be representing what we want?

This was Sara's idea, I like it

michaelmcqueary — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 07:10:14 GMT

YOU'RE ON MY FRIENDS LIST, I WANNA KNOW YOU...I want to know 36 things about you. I don't care if we never talk, never liked each other, or if we already know everything about each other. Short and sweet is fine...You're on my list, so I want to know you better! BE HONEST COPY FROM HERE THEN SEND DIRECTLY TO ME IN A MESSAGE THEN, REPOST THE EMPTY QUESTIONS AS A BULLETIN. 1.)Q. Can you cook? 1.)A. 2.)Q. What was your dream growing up? 2.)A. 3.)Q. What talent do you wish you had? 3.)A. 4.)Q. If I bought you a drink what would it be? 4.)A. 5.)Q. Favorite vegetable? 5.)A 6.)Q. What was the last book you read? 6.)A. 7.)Q. What zodiac sign are you ? 7.)A. 8.)Q. Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? 8.)A 9.)Q. Worst Habit? 9.)A. 10.)Q. If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride? 10.)A. 11.)Q. What is your favorite sport? 11.)A 12.)Q. Negative or Optimistic attitude? 12.)A. 13. )Q. What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me? 13.)A 14.)Q. Worst thing to ever happen to you? 14.)A. 15.)Q. Tell me one weird fact about you 15.)A 16.)Q. Do you have any pets? 16.)A. 17.)Q. What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly? 17.)A. 18.)Q. What was your first impression of me? 18.)A. 19.)Q. Do you think clowns are cute or scary? 19.)A. 20.)Q. If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be??? 20.)A 21.)Q. Would you be my crime partner or my conscience? 21.)A 22.)Q. What color eyes do you have? 22.)A. 23.)Q. Ever been arrested? 23.)A. 24.)Q. Bottle or Draft? 24.)A. 25.)Q. If you won $10,000 dollars today, what would you do with it? 25.)A. 26.)Q. Would you date me? 26.)A. 27.)Q. What 's your favorite place to hang at? 27.)A. 28.)Q. Do you believe in ghosts? 28.)A. 29.)Q. Favorite thing to do in your spare time? 29.)A. 30.)Q. Do you swear a lot? 30.)A. 31.)Q. Biggest pet peeve? 31.)A. 32.)Q. In one word, how would you describe yourself? 32.)A. 33.)Q. Do you believe/appreciate romance? 33.)A. 34.)Q. If you could spend 12 hours with me and ask/do anything you like, what would it be? 34.)A. 35)Q. Do you believe in God? 35)A. 36.)Q. Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same? Sat, October 13, 2007 - 11:40 AM - permalink - 4 Comments

Tales from the Road, Day One

michaelmcqueary — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 03:59:52 GMT

Miles Ridden: 208.6 Current Location: Red Lion Inn, Coos Bay, Oregon Day started late, Darcie didn't want to get up at the "Butt Crack of Dawn" her first day of summer break. So we finally go on the road about noon. Rode to the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport and from there proceded south stopping at the Sea Lion caves to strech and get some water. Tomorrow we plan on leaving around 9am and being in Califorina by lunch. The only bad thing, I left the AC adapter for the notebook on the couch. Hope I can find a universal one before the battery dies. More tomorrow. Chef

Seaworld

michaelmcqueary — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:14:50 GMT

I've uploaded some of the photos from yesterdays trip to Seaworld, I'll try to get the rest done tonight. Amazing how little computer time I have at the moment, too much other stuff to do.

Road Trip Time

michaelmcqueary — Thu, 31 May 2007 14:09:45 GMT

On June 15th I'll be leaving with my daughter for a 10 day motorcycle road trip through northern Cali, Nevada, and central Oregon. We plan on being in the San Jose area on the 17th if anyone would like to get together. Also anyone along the route, we'd love to see you. Flash, Dynalite, Sarah, Kimmie, Jackspot...

Life Changes

michaelmcqueary — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:33:55 GMT

Monday I was informed that my job of 10 years will end April 27, 2007 because it's been outsourced. I have the "opportunity" to apply to the outsource company for a position that I'm overqualified for with totally sucky benifits and probably less pay. If I do nothing and stay till the bitter end I'll get 10 weeks paid plus another 4 weeks of vacation time that's accumulated. This plus unemployment would mean not having to work for 40 weeks. Of course at some point in this time I'd have to find another job. Not sure what I'm going to do yet, but the universe will present something.

New Photo

michaelmcqueary — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 15:12:29 GMT

I just uploaded a current photo of me in the kilt to the photos section, if anyone is interested. The above photo is sunrise over the Cafe from 2001.

To Burn or Not to Burn

michaelmcqueary — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 20:34:37 GMT

It really weird not going this year, not so much from the not going because that was a decision I made last year. More from all my stuff is going with out me, my canopies, my kitchen, my Suburban all going to the burn without me. That is leaving me feeling really strange. I guess after 5 years this feels like the end of a era or something. Oh well, next weekend I'm off to Seattle for Bumbershoot and to visit some of my favorite people that also stayed home this year.

First Time Blogging

michaelmcqueary — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 22:16:55 GMT

Well here goes the first attempt at blogging, seems to be all the rage these days. Even my kids are doing it. Gee, that was a profound first entry.