Scandinavian Scandal, Shop n Slave, Country, and Rednecks
-picksburg
Summers in picksburgs all rite, but sometimes you just cant win
No matter what you do, you cant make people happy and when you try to do what other people what you go insane and end up miserable
So Im just doin what I think I should, cause im always right and never wrong
Never

Moving on...
Quotes
Phil at Shop n Slave looking at the takeback cart full of groceries (not supposed to contain anything that can spoil)
"Theres a nice gallon of milk"

Nest "What would you do if they got brad paisely to play fallfest"
npoc "get drunk"
"samething I'd do if they got trick pony"

Shop n Slave
Tomorrow I celebrate my 2 year anniversary of working at the Glenshaw Shop n Slave
It has been an interesting 2 years, I was trained to be a cashier but refused to ever cashier, Ive seen the store get remodeled, Ive been there through 5 different store managers, Cashiers come and go but npoc always remains the constant, I have pushed over 1million carts back and forth through the parking lot, Ive spent a fourth of july, christmas eve and new years eve in there, Ive had the pleasure of working with frank traupman, mark, mike smitty, phillipo, jared, recently fired randy, videogame john, fat matt goss, ryan, denny (fired), nicole, chrissy, old man ray, chuck the bathroom cleaner, mike o (fired twice), jan (fired), josh and ned cooper, warren g the regulator and so many others
Some memorable shop n slave moments
-I skip my second day of cashier training
-I skip orientation and 2 years later have yet to attend it
-The FISH meeting with phil and mike smitty
-Somebody took a shit in the frozen food aisle and chuck cleaned it with his bare hands
-Black Jay slams a shoplifter up against the glass
-I push 27 carts at one time
-Me, smitty and toubo stick 7 different goo slingshots to the ceiling and they remain hanging from the ceiling for 3 weeks
-4 of us pitch in on a $20 instant game and win $50
-I take a 47 minute break while on the clock
-Mark has a seizure on the job
-Frank declares "Im almost outta here" 2 minutes into his shift
-Women spills dog food all over phils register
-The busiest Sunday of all time, 8 lanes open and lines back to the deli, I walk out
-Brad changes the spelling in the deli on turkey breast to turkey beast
-Motorized cart race outside

My uniform continues to stray further and further from the dresscode
My pants are no longer the company color, I wear a hat reserved only for deli workers, and its always backwards, my black shoes have turned either to white sneakers or brown boots and the apron has been banished as has my nametag

I am truly untouchable

Scandinavian Scandal
The biggest sports disappointment quite possibly in my entire life
It still hurts, the lingering effects have not faded
In the European cup 2004 Italy becomes the first team to go undefeated and have 5 points and not advance to the next round
Ill set up the scenario
After tieing both denmark and sweden Italy was setup with a showdown against bulgaria where all they had to do was win and hope that denmark and sweden did not tie 2-2
I mean what are the chances of a 2-2 tie, it is very very rare in soccer
Italy fell down early 1-0 on penalty kick but responded back right after halftime with a goal from matterazzi and then facing elimination Cassono puts in a beauty in injury time with only 2 minutes left to play
But on the otherside of portugal, the 2 Scandinavian countrys conspire and miraculously tie exactly 2-2 eliminating the heavily favored azzuri and advancing both sweden and denmark
If there has ever been a bigger scandal in sports this is it
The azzuri were handicapped from the beginning
Their star player and future of the team, Totti was suspended for 3 entire games for spitting
Countless others received yellow cards and were suspended for the bulgaria game
Bulgarias only goal came on a cheaply awarded penatly kick
Buffon was spectacular in goal, Cassono was amazing and truly showcased that him and Totti will lead Italy to the 2006 World Cup
Its sad it had to end this way
f'n Scandinavians

You Might Be a Redneck If...
-Your screen door has no screen
(at 529 mclane it has no hinges either)
-Your outdoor light used to be in a mall parking lot
(at 529 ours used to be at 527, suckers)
-Your dads cell number has nothing to do with a telephone
-Your doctor prescribes moonshine as a painkiller
-Your son is named for your favorite pro wrestler

Country Summer
Back to back days, July 5th and 6th
Phil Vassar on the 5th at the regatta
and Tim McGraw and Big and Rich on the 6th at the Pavillion
Just Added
HANK WILLIAMS JR. and Montgomery gentry
July 30th at the pavilion
I never thought I would get a chance to see hank but the last rebel is coming to tahn, in what could be the greatest concert of all time

Less than 60 days til npoc returns to the tahn

up to 183 and putting up 230

-npoc