For the many well wishes extended me last week for the birth of my first child. Mom and son are doing well. We haven't been getting a lot of sleep lately, but it sure has been a joy.

As for the "life sucks" part of the header, i freaking got fired from my job last monday... a few hours after leaving the office. The prick bosses cited "poor performance" and then went into some bull ****e reasons relating to email and internet usage. Bull ****e because there was no known company policy about what they claimed i was violating. The bosses were doing the same stuff. You know the drill. A little bit of porn (stupid, i know, but i ain't gonna deny it... especially since the boss was sending me porno pics on a regular basis), downloading and uploading songs onto the work computer for listening while working, playing fake poker at an online casino during lunch. Yeah, so as a "Happy Baby" gift they fire me. My pop, who is an attorney in VA whose specialty is employment law, says i could sue 'em and win, but it would cost me ten grand that i don't really have just to get to a judge. Not worth the hassle. So i had to laugh when i saw another subject line "when life hands you lemons". Life has handed me lemons my friends, and i am going to make lemonade! I've decided to pursue a career in carpentry. Something i've wanted to do for a long time. I really enjoy working with my hands and building things and being able to see what you've had a hand in creating. So i'll be taking a huge cut in pay, but i'll be happier for it. Now just need to find a company that'll take me on. Luckily we had been saving for a new house (which ain't gonna happen now) so we have some deccent reserves while i'm unemployed.

Anyway, thanks for the well wishes on the baby and for letting me vent here. For all you religious types, send up a few prayers for me and the wife and kid so that we'll land on our feet. I'd appreciate it. I'm sure it'll all work itself out, as it always seems to. But the extra stress sure doesn't help much.

The upside? Aside from doing something i should have done a long time ago by going into carpentry, i'll have more time to hang out here! Although it is on dial-up, so maybe not that often.

No new music news for me. Too much else going on to worry about it.

Hope all is well with you folks. Hope to keep checking in and contributing when i can.

Tug