I can't think of a thing to say...batta bing. So I shall babble a little bit. The IRS is meeting me today to give me an offer to come back. One of my friends said make them double your previous rate. I am planning on doing that. I was unhappy there. However, just like an abused wife MSD says things will be different this time and that I will actually do real work. We shall see. My current contract was bought out yesterday so I need to get an offer from the new company just to continue working where I am at. That kind of sucks cause I might have a break in medical coverage and I am having heart problems. For the past week being on this blood pressure medicine (Tarka) I have been having arrhythmias. Basically it feels like my heart skips a beat and I have palpitations and feel faint. I then checked my blood pressure and it was 180/80 and 170/70. It was like that for 4 days straight. Then I had enough and I have now quit taking my medicine and I am back to my normal (150/90). Anyways I am trying to get an appointment setup with a cardiologist. So we shall see. As Christmas is coming people often wonder what to get me. Most people are like ,"What do you get a guy that can get what he wants?" So I shall tell you. This year was a bad year for me financially because I had 4 out of the 4 emergencies happen (medical, dental, computer, car). So, as usual, monetary contributions to the Brian Bass "Human Fund" are welcome. Mom wants to know what else to get me. I'd like the Seinfeld Season 4-5 DVD set ;-) Sometimes it is better to tell people what you want. Other times it is better to let them figure it out. Peety and I do gift exchanges each year just in case we get stuff we don't like we are assured that each other's gift will be cool. Peety usually tells me what he wants and I let him pick me a gift as he puts a lot of thought into it. I've gotten a Willy Wonka Golden Ticket and A Christmas Story lamp. Those are cool. If all else fails, gift certificates are good. Like to Amazon.com or Best Buy. I like figuring out what other people's gifts should be. I remember one year we got everyone vibrating pillows. As I look back, that was a pretty funny gift. Only now do I realize that Grandpa probably didn't like all of those golf gifts we'd give him. Later on I wasn't sure if he liked the sausages we'd give him every single year. I think he liked the sausages a lot better than the golf nick-knacks. It is a good idea to tell someone you don't like those gifts, because they could be repeated and then you are stuck. As a kid I remember digging into the cornucopia of presents and pulling out all of the cool toys. As an adult I am like, clothes sounds good. Maybe I should ask for toys again.

Thought of the Day
Peter: It's already done. I dropped them all off at Toys for Toddlers last night.
Brian: All? Peter, only only one gift was for charity, the rest were for the family.
Peter: No, the rest were from the family. Weren't they? (Pauses.) Oh crap...since when did they change the meaning of "for" to "from"?
Brian: They had a meeting about it last night.
Peter: Why wasn't I told?
Brian: They sent you a card, but it said "for Peter" on it so you must of thought it was from you, so you didn't...you know, its just easier to call you stupid.
-- Family Guy