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A Bayne-full Bad Day

So. Most my reading audience is my crew, my family, and my co-workers. They realize I don't engage in any activity only to do the minimum amount of work necessary, half-ass it, or to have sloppy results. Bad days are no exception! After a late night of doing laundry, I woke up this morning. What I didn't realize was I was waking up into a Bayne bad day … the Sapphire Sled [2004 arctic blue Acura RSX Type S] was so low on car juice, that she wouldn’t turn over for me.    I have no gas can, either. Hauled ass to the nearest gas station; ARCO - AM/PM. To the dismay of the clerk that I’ve seen a billion times before, he looked at the 1 gallon gas can I placed on his counter. I requested a little less than a gallon of gas on a pump. He shook his head, immediately realizing how my morning was going. He quipped, "$3.00 of gas on pump 3. Good luck, buddy."   After damn-near being ran over in the Safeway parking lot, I walked back triumphantly with...

Watershed Withdrawals - Just Press Play

My bro, Jason, always has con depression after NORWESCON or ECCC etc. While I did sympathize with the man, I didn't fully empathize with him either. Until now... By 11am today, in my mind, I should've been at least 6 beers down instead of thinking how hangry I was as I barreled into my lunch time. By 5pm, I was thinking, where is the effing schedule so I can plan my night.  UGH. Last night I created a Watershed 2014 playlist for Mark V (5). I didn't realize I was gonna have a watershed moment at work. Being 'plugged in' all day, everyday is a CLM with our AGMM. So there he sat all day in my bag.  I started cranking up the tunes leaving the parking lot to my date. Only Model Michelle, Great Gary, and WCP will find this hilarious but... Party in the USA was blasting out the Sapphire Sled's speakers.  Since I'm experiencing Watershed Withdrawals, I'll just press play to have all those memories flood my mind like it was yesterday. Oh, hold da door - it was. ...