The bad news is that they found a dead guy in the parking lot at my work yesterday afternoon.

A male of above average age (60-65) rolled onto the lot sometime in the early morning and put a 45 caliber round through his right temple. The bullet passed through and stuck in the B-pillar of his SUV.

The reason it took so long for my daytime co-workers to find him was that he parked in a corner and had the windows of his vehicle tinted so dark that you couldn�t see inside. A couple people walked by in the early dawn hours and looked through the windshield, but just saw what looked to be a guy sleeping. Later that afternoon, when the sun was out in full, one of them figured it out as they were walking to their cars to go home.

As of two Mondays ago, I got moved to my new (smelly) location. Otherwise, a strange vehicle in the parking lot would have been part of my duties to check out and I would have found the guy.

I guess I could actually chalk up not finding a corpse in the �Good News� column, but even cold hearted little ol� me can�t figure out why people do that sort of thing, so I feel a little bit sorry for them.

Must be the domestication of marriage. I�ll talk to the Analog Wife about it.

Maybe someday I�ll tell you about the guy who was found to have done something quite similar, except with a pneumatic nail gun.

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Speaking of guns, the Good News is that, hoping against hope that the IRS didn�t snag too much out of the check resulting from last week�s hefty overtime run, I should be able to pick up my Boomershoot rifle this weekend. I�ll know tonight when I get to work and get to see my paycheck.

Updates to follow.

First the ‘Bad News’

It seems that my email has been hacked. I literally have nothing from before about 1700PST last night. If you have emailed me in the past, email me again so that I can fill up my address book.

In the category of ‘Not So Bad News’, it appears that my new location is going to be my new permanent location.

This is not so bad because, if you remember yesterday’s post, the ‘corporate created conspiratorial emergency’ is cause for them to install high speed internet access.

This will not be one of those “In The Near Future” programs either. It will be installed to-day.

So, my internet-less existence at work should be over to-night.

They’re even leaving me an extra port so I can plug my laptop in. That and they are thinking of going G Wireless, because there will be at least a half dozen new PC’s in this tiny building. YAY!

Also, I seem to have gotten used to the smell. I really wish that there was an web version of ‘Smell-O-Vision’ so that you all could get a giggle out of the pungency (some on the left would say I deserve it).

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In the ‘Good News’ department (besides the possibility of wireless)…

I am now a licensed State of Washington Weighmaster. Hopefully, this will enable me to make my upcoming pay increase a little bit interesting.

Add to all that the fact that the overtime this ’emergency’ has dropped upon me (23 hours in two days) should help me pay off the smith a week or two early and pick up my Boomershoot Rifle (I got the rings and bases the smith likes in yesterday and will be stopping by on Friday).

Speaking of Boomershoot, it seems that another participant of the festivities, Kirk of the Fun Turns to Tragedy Blog has honored us with the addition of RNS to his blogroll.

And seeing as how my roll has been seriously neglected for a while, I will be returning the favor and sliding him on in there as I do the necessary repairs.

If you haven’t stopped by Kirk’s place or the Boomershoot site at this time, make a note to do so at your earliest convenience. I would suggest you start at the top, but do make sure to look at this post about his new Savage 10FLP rifle that he will be bringing to the Boomershoot.

More good news, I only need 35 fresh souls to hit the Boomershoot site until I get my prize!

Have a good day all.