sometimes you hear "happy birthday" & wonder if it's for you & then realize it's not even your bday, but sometimes it IS your bday, isn't it? yes.

jerky mcjerkleheimer decided to change the vanpool route. not to reveal too much personal information here, but my clockout time at work is 4:30 pm central time. jerky's new route has him picking me up 1/3 of a mile from my office at 4:30 pm central time. i will not bore you further with explanation of the dilemma because i know you are smart enough to see that my time machine is broken. suffice it to say that i have called the vanpool office for options and will continue to contact them until the issue is resolved. here's hoping the resolution isn't ace no longer rides jerky's van because as jerky as he is, it's better than walking to work.

who do you think will be the next coach at kentucky? i don't think it will be billy donovan, because he's really the king of gatorland. i can't see him giving all that up -- he is florida basketball, and he'd never be that great at kentucky. he'd be part of a great program, but he would not be the program. they're saying maybe barnes out of texas, or gillispie out of texas a&m, or maybe izzo from michigan state. i can see all those as possibilities, but really thought that calipari from memphis was a strong candidate. memphis signed him through 2012, so he's out of the running, and at this point, i am thinking maybe kentucky will ask donovan, he will turn them down, and they will hire someone out of left field. bruce pearl was really an out-of-left-field hire at ut, and look what he's done for that program.

going on record to say that something's up at my workplace. not sure what yet, but something's brewing. also brewing - thunderstorms predicted for this evening and tomorrow. the weatherman -- who should be telling us the barometric pressure & humidity levels -- is instead telling us to take the umbrella. what if i don't like umbrellas? huh? what then? maybe i prefer ponchos, or rain bonnets, or just gettin' freakin' soaked? whatcha gonna do about it buddy? eh? eh? criminy. what i really need is a barometric pressure guage for the changing climate at work. yeah.