My kid won his game, 38-0. Woot.

Well I hope you all have a good weekend.

Who likes Iron Maiden?

Tired of Junkmail?

Throw Penguins

Im going to my 13 year old's football game tonight.

And its freezing outside.

brrrr.

Sorry for the short post but judging from the amount of comments I got yesterday I guess people dont like to read so much.

From: Robert Schultz Mailed-By: gmail.com

Reply-To: Robert Schultz
To: "Walesheck, Georgia"
Cc: advertising@kstp.com, promotion@kstp.com, webcomment@kstp.com
Bcc: robert.schultz@gmail.com
Date: Sep 27, 2005 5:05 PM
Subject: Re: LOST! RE:KSTP
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Ahh....You have obviously missed the point.

#1 Try apologizing for your lack of concern for your viewers. Dont tell them when to tune in to catch the show you screwed them out of in the first place!!! Thats self serving and rude. Showing only regard for your ratings and not for the satisfaction of your viewers.

#2 Even people from milk carton school of customer service know that the customer is always right. So you must have either been absent that day or truly did get your skills from observing the DMV. Buck up and take it when a customer is unhappy and answer with an apology.

#3 I dont give a damn what the other people laid down and did. They should stand up and never watch your self gratifying channel just like I am.

But I guess the real customers are your advertisers. MMMMM...I wonder what they will think of this email when I forward it to them(and post it all over the internet). After all I originally was tuning in to watch their commercials and now I wont be watching them. At least not on your station or on any ABC affiliate.

Thanks, And I hope you learned a lesson in customer service.

-R


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On 9/27/05, Walesheck, Georgia wrote:
Thank you for the very offensive email message. In our effort to be courteous to our viewers we provided the message below. You are the only viewer who chose to send such an insulting email. Most viewers sent back a message of thanks. And no, I didn't learn customer service off a milk carton.

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Schultz
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 4:24 PM
To: Walesheck, Georgia
Cc: All Viewer Email; All Viewer Email; All Viewer Email
Subject: Re: LOST! RE:KSTP


Nice apology.

Oh wait there wasnt one.

Tell me why I would ever watch your stupid channel again?

Something like, "we apologize for the inconvenience our grandstanding/headline grabbing caused you, your wife and your lost viewing party." would go a lot further, Im not even picky about you calling it grandstanding, you could call it slightly over zealous newscasting, or just good ol' bad judgement.

Where did you learn customer service, the side of a milk carton or from the DMV?

Your obvious mass mailing/lack of concern for your customers/consumers upsets me as much as your blatant disregard for them last Wednesday.

Hang it on your ear...Im removing ABC from the channel list on my DVR.

-R


On 9/22/05, Walesheck, Georgia wrote:
We are waiting approval from ABC to re-air the show Lost. When we have that information we will put the info on our web site and also provide details during our broadcasts.
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Schultz
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 9:06 PM
To: All Viewer Email; All Viewer Email; All Viewer Email; All Viewer Email
Cc: lost@abc.com; advertising@abc.com; webmaster@abc.com
Subject: LOST! RE:KSTP


Whats wrong with you people? Scheduled programming for your entire viewing area (which is being sent out statewide) is interrupted by twin cities weather? I think your staff is drunk on the power hurricane Katrina gives the media. I would hope your investors and the people running your commercials are aware of this situation. Im certainly not watching your channel to see twin cities weather, I live hours from the twin cities and I was not at all effected by your "terrible weather situation" (furthermore I think a major cable in the states of MN and WI, Charter carries only one affiliate, the one making me watch twin cities weather!!!! And tell the newscasters telling me to change to channel 12 that they morons!!!! Channel twelve isnt a ABC affiliate for me!) and I just want to enjoy the escapism fictional television offers me, such as that of the season premier of Lost. THE SEASON PREMIER!!!

Get it?

I dont think you do.

My wife traded this night off of work so she could see this show. What do you think Im going to be listening to the rest of the night?!!!!?

Now, Let me also say I understand that life might be threatened and some people might need to be notified...ISNT THAT WHAT THE EMERGENCY BROADCAST SYSTEM IS FOR!!!! Not these talking head newsmen grabbing an audience. Also Im fine with the letter boxing of warnings...Thats cool. REMOVE THE TALKING HEADS!!! And Im not talking about David Byrne.

Will the people from ABC please kick the local affiliate in the nuts or something?! PLEASE! Tell them most of us dont care about whats going on with the weather in the twin cities?!?!

Will the webmaster at ABC.com also forward this on to wherever it might do some good?

Thanks,
R


PS My house full of company thinks Im wasting my time please prove them wrong.

Question: How is it NOT fashion to wear a dog collar?


I told my 16, almost 17, year old that he was slave to fashion. I think it kinda pissed him off. He denied it adamantly. But he is, I told him he was just conforming with the non conformist which is conformation at its silliest. And so fashionable.

He got mad at me.

Thats ok...I dont like his dog collar.

I winter-proofed my porch over the weekend. It should work out better than last year. This time I used 8 ml Milar (instead of 4) with a layer of cardboard and a layer of insulation. Im waiting to see how hot it gets in there on a sunny 55' day (like today).

On the downside I left my car window cracked in the rain all weekend. My butt is sorta wet right now. :^(

But the goodside is that Ive decided to start cutting down on ciggarettes...And only smoking when I cant stand it any longer (Should make for a fun day with my coworkers...), should be intersting to see how my day goes.

Hope everyone had as good a weekend as me.

:^)

Well, I brought in(to work) my 8 foot tomato plant today. I brought it into work to avoid the frost. Appearently it will live forever as long as it doesnt frost. Also it should get more light here than it was getting on my back porch. So hopefully next year it will produce more tomatos then it did this year (2).

If you wanna see it just stop by my cube.

In other news click some links.

Katrina: the Gathering
Hooters Handbook
Bible stories built in legos


Enjoy.

From: Robert Schultz Mailed-By: gmail.com

Reply-To: Robert Schultz
To: advertising@kstp.com, nrweather@kstp.com, promotion@kstp.com, webcomment@kstp.com
Cc: lost@abc.com, advertising@abc.com, webmaster@abc.com
Bcc: Date: Sep 21, 2005 9:06 PM
Subject: LOST! RE:KSTP

Whats wrong with you people? Scheduled programming for your entire viewing area (which is being sent out statewide) is interrupted by twin cities weather? I think your staff is drunk on the power hurricane Katrina gives the media. I would hope your investors and the people running your commercials are aware of this situation. Im certainly not watching your channel to see twin cities weather, I live hours from the twin cities and I was not at all effected by your "terrible weather situation" (furthermore I think a major cable provider in the states of MN and WI, Charter, carries only one affiliate, the one making me watch twin cities weather!!!! And tell the newscasters telling me to change to channel 12 that they morons!!!! Channel twelve isnt a ABC affiliate for me!) and I just want to enjoy the escapism fictional television offers me, such as that of the season premier of Lost. THE SEASON PREMIER!!!

Get it?

I dont think you do.

My wife traded this night off of work so she could see this show. What do you think Im going to be listening to the rest of the night?!!!!?

Now, Let me also say I understand that life might be threatened and some people might need to be notified...ISNT THAT WHAT THE EMERGENCY BROADCAST SYSTEM IS FOR!!!! Not these talking head newsmen grabbing an audience. Also Im fine with the letter boxing of warnings...Thats cool. REMOVE THE TALKING HEADS!!! And Im not talking about David Byrne.

Will the people from ABC please kick the local affiliate in the nuts or something?! PLEASE! Tell them most of us dont care about whats going on with the weather in the twin cities?!?!

Will the webmaster at ABC.com also forward this on to wherever it might do some good?

Thanks,
R


PS My house full of company thinks Im wasting my time please prove them wrong.

I was trying to think of a way to afford buying a segway.

Maybe I could market candy?

yeah...yeah...

"sugar coated polyoctigons, they'r made with technology far beyond anything this planet's candy industry is capable of manufacturing"

Candy thats out of this world.

But for the life of me I couldnt envision a polyoctigon.

So I started to think it was impossible.

math2.org/mmb/thread/34521

Alarm is sounding

I wake up.

Me:Honey, time to wake up.
Wife:Ok...-Rolls over, Back to sleep-
Me:Honey, are you going to wake up the kids.
Wife: Yeah...-Rolls over, Back to sleep-
Me: Honey...
Wife(Yelling):Yeah! DONT WORRY ABOUT IT, ILL GET THEM UP GRRRR.

So I get in the shower. I get out of the shower. Wife is still in bed.

Needless to say this filled me with a most unpleasant feeling.

GRRR

So there I was...

Coming along the fence. I hear the sweet tweeting of the birds in the trees. The fresh breeze in my hair. Yeah, Im coming along the fence. Nearing my destination. That green and clear plastic container containing all the yummy yummy cracked corn, peanuts, sunflower seeds and other seed. YUM.

Ok Im there. Boy that thing doesnt look that tall from down the fence...IS SOMEONE WATCHING!? no...I dont think so. I dont see anyone.

Climb climb climb...I climb the pole. IS SOMEONE WATCHING?!?! No I dont think so...Get out of my way birds. I rule this Plastic feed container.

YUM! This stuff is good! And its just magically here everytime I come by. Boy isnt life great? IS SOMEONE WATCHING?!!?! I dont think so. No. YUM!

OUCH! RUN! SOMEONE WAS WATCHING! OUCH! WTF! Im covered in yellow paint!? WTF?!?!? Where did that come from? I didnt think someone was watching. Im not going back there again. It smells like that yellow paint. That yellow paint that hurts me when it hits. I dont think Ill go back there. No. Someones watching.

-----Heheheheheheh-------

Take that squirrels. Stay the hell away from my bird feeder.

Yeah...I remember when I was a long haired hippy. Days in the sun, no worries.

Those days are gone. But I do have a picture of it. Aint I just cute?



Incidently I have today off. Ahhhhh. Maybe those days arent so gone after all.

baldwin_mandy: Why does your tummy hurt?
canopenner1: Prolly cause of stress
baldwin_mandy: what stress can you have in your life????
canopenner1: 4 kids, a wife, and this hell job...NONE....NONE AT ALL!
baldwin_mandy: what is wrong with 4 kids a wife and a job??? What is wrong with all or part of them?
canopenner1: its stressful...Im supposed to be a naked caveman with no responcibilities other than eating some termites....dont you watch the discovery channel?

Sometimes I hate being the email admin :^(

While Smoking...

Tony: Hey Jill, you want to be on our bowling team?
Jill: Im already on your team.
Tony: No, not for work...For like a league.
Jill: How much is it?
Tony: Like 10 bucks a night and 16 dollars for the league...But then you get a little card and can bowl any time for $1.50.
Jill:Maybe Ill do that
Me: I HAVE TO POOP.

Man, I watched that "Flight that Fought Back" movie on the discovery channel last night...

...And it was the biggest ball fest ive had in awhile. I musta balled my eyes out 8 times in 2 hours. Everytime they had this old couple talking about their 20 year old daughter or when they showed videos of this other guy playing with his kids the water works would just well up. Or the gay guys mom, talking about this message she left him "Looks like these guys are turning planes into missles to strike targets on the ground, if you have change overpower them and take the plane back."-Oh its making me cry now...Better stop writing about it.

I feel like crap today. Ick.

If you see smoke in southeast Brainerd tonight dont call the fire dept. Its just my friend Gregg Peterson's birthday party.

Hey I find this Flipbook thing...

You should try it.

Heres a link to the one I made...Entitled " Who Dropped That!? "

I think this guy has it down.

People can blame president Bush all they want.

They don't care that the city of new Orleans had a hurricane disaster plan not put into effect by its mayor.

They don't care that there was ample warning that this was about to happen.

They don't care that the people of new Orleans had YEARS to prevent this. To build better levees or maybe putting their pumping stations on emergency power(might be a good idea,no?).

Its all the fault of the pres., heck isn't he responsible? Yeah...Cause its certainly not you and me, and for sure not the people who are living there...

There have been 5 hurricanes since 1851 as strong as Katrina. I bet it wasn't the Pres who oversaw and paid for construction of the levee system in New Orleans. And like I said...Its common knowledge that this was going to happen ,yet the people in New Orleans just kept looking the other way. I guess the president failed them somehow.

And don't get me started on the looters, I bet the pres should be responsible for that too...Definitely not you and me...And for sure not the people of New Orleans.

And as far as it being a racist plot to murder minorities and the poor...That's plain old asinine, accept the fact that this was caused by sheer idiocy coupled with irresponsibility and a pinch of idle hands...Move on, the human race is not what you thought it was. Its just a bunch of monkeys trying to carve a meal and a roof out of the cold world and not doing too good a job.

Maybe everyone should try and do a better job and not point so many fingers. Not at you not and not at me and not at the people of new Orleans.


Good thing nobody reads my sunday night posts...Unless I forget to post 2morrow.

IN other news kids start school. :^P My wife lost one of their bus passes so I have to get up at 6:30 and call the local bus czar. Vunderval.

Arg!

Good mood yesterday has definately passed.

I came in today to the cleaning people having mangled one of my plants. I sent a nasty-gram to the facilities guy and to HR about it.

In good news you should go try the google desktop application

Its sweet! Im in love with it. Too bad Im already married.

So there I was.

Showering. It was nice...My bathroom was about 55 degrees. I had the water on all hot(like usual). I was scrubbing my hair. Flinging soap everywhere.

Out of nowhere-THERE IS A GIANT FLYING BUG!!!

"HOLY SHIT AAHHHHHHHH", I scream with soap in my eyes.

We have a problem with these blue iridescence mud dabbing wasps at my house. I thought it was one of those.

But after I got all the soap out of my face and stopped screaming I realized it was a moth. LOL.

I opened the shower door and used a shampoo bottle like a ping pong paddle and "wapped" it out of the shower.

Sometimes life can be so invigorating.