The Holtonian

Work, Cubical Realty, Pastoral Vacancy, and Cardinals... all the good stuff

So not much has been going on lately, at least not much I want to address to the whole world. I might have the possibility to go up to the home base of my company up north. It could be a good opportunity to get my name out there. THough apparently it is already out there and my name has come up several times to head up special projects but I get beat out for more experienced people. Funny thing is, I never hear or know I'm up for any of this stuff. I just hear after the fact. Oh well. So my job is going good. Though I would like to roll into something with a little more of a mental challenge. I'm the type that once I master something I want to move on and do different things... not necessarily tougher things, but things that I haven't mastered yet. I think something should open up soon, just keep on hoping. And in the words of Joe Dirt, "life's a garden, dig it!" Man that was a wise red neck.

But in other news, I got to change to a more private cube which is great. Cube location is key in the corporate world. A crappy cube is a sign of a low man on the totem pole. If you have a good cube, where no one can see what you're doing, that is by far the best cube. My cube is great, I could pull a Kastanza and go to sleep underneath my desk and no one would be the wiser... have no fear mom and dad, I will not sleep on the job, but its nice to know the option is there.

Its not so much that I desire cube privacy so that I can do nothing all day but look at Yahoo and check the internet, no that got old about a few months ago. Mainly I want the privacy to get away from people, I mean I'm not super popular Fonzi at work by any means. But its nice to be off the beaten Cube path and be able to work without as many distractions. Plus the way my cube used to be I would always get snuck up on by people because I'd be jamming to my tunes then turn around and realize someone had been standing there talking to me for about 5 minutes.

Our Pastor's Leaving if you saw Roe's blog. Some Ohioan church called him to their church, so my idea is to get a massive redrover game going on between churchs and start calling other pastors. "red rover red rover send Joe Novenson right over..." and basically we'll get a massive army of pastors and rule the OPC WORLD! Which is really not that big so its like being president of Lithuania.

But I'm bummed to see the pastor who married me and wifey leave. I mean he was my first pastor in a sense. I didn't belong to a church prior to the Cstone. But I understand the move, sometimes its time to move on. Its like the Ateam or the Incredible Hulk, sometimes you do the good deeds, and you got to ride off into the sunset and help the many other helpless people. Come to think of it Pastor Bob does resemble Bruce Banner a little bit... and he always has this weird sad music when he drives home from church. Plus one time I told him I was doubting Infant baptism and he turned real green and started picking up pews and throwing them... it was kind of scarry... So i did what any good Presbyterian would do... I yielded to the Church's authority and wisdom on the subject and said, "Ok pastor bob... I'll do the infant baptism thing... just put down the pew..."

But on a serious note We'll really miss his leadership, sense of humor, and fellowship... and of course his pastoring. "YOu better treat him right Ohio... Or I"M COMING AFTER YOU!!!! YOU THOUGHT CLEVELAND ROCKED BEFORE, WAIT TILL I BRING THE SMACK DOWN! SO TREAT P BOB RIGHT OR ELSE!" Sorry I was turning into the Incredible Holton... similar to the Hulk, only instead of getting big, green, angry, and strong I get, angry, hungrier, sweaty, and tired.

In other news the Cards tore up the Dodgers, which is good. The Dodgers I think have had an easy run so far. They still lack the good Starting pitching like they did last year. They seem to get lucky as far as that goes. Though Lowe is a a good addition, he got lit up tonight, but i think he'll settle down. Plus when Gagne comes back they'll have a great bullpen and probably won't even need a starting pitcher. Their offense is great too with Bradly, Drew (he's ok, but won't have a season like last year ever again), Hee Seop Choi (possibly the largest Asian next to Yao, 240lbs and 6ft 5. HUGE!), and Crazy man Kent who is possibly the biggest jerk or just that good. I mean you gotta respect Kent for going toe to toe... sort of... with Bonds. I mean they had it out back in the day.

But the cards are rolling so that's good. I'm really digging Gruzalanek, i like his style.. and his name though i can't and don't desire to spell it right. Then there's So taguchi... the smallest asian in baseball. I weigh more than that guy and I'm 3 inches shorter.... granted i'm overweight but lets not split hairs. Anyway the Cards handled themselves ok against the west. A good first outing and I think next time around they'll do even better.