It's a sign!

[Daniel Meyer]

My evil headquarters has a sign...

http://stormriderpress.com/2010/09/06/its-a-sign/

[NCGhostrider]

Thats great Daniel.  Be glad when you get up and going... that way when I head back out toward NC to visit, I will have a place to stop and rest for a bit before coming home.  I generally take 82 from where I am to Texarkana then go north.   Been thru Clarksville many times.   I am wondering what the story is behind your purchase of the old pharmacy, big change from Dallas.  And if I remember, you have/had family in Rocky Mount, NC.  I lived close to there a few years ago.

Best wishes and good luck.   BTW, I do hope you plan on serving pie....

[GreenLantern57]

If you bought from a reputable company, the banner should last a good while. The vinyl is rated for direct sunlight.  I didn't sleep at a Holiday Inn last night, but have taken a tour of a local ad company.

[Daniel Meyer]

I am wondering what the story is behind your purchase of the old pharmacy, big change from Dallas. 

The short of it is, it has a tower and that goes with our house we bought in the same city.

The longer story is I'm looking a bit further into the future than I usually do.

And if I remember, you have/had family in Rocky Mount, NC. 

Tarboro...the wife's parents.

Best wishes and good luck.   BTW, I do hope you plan on serving pie....

Of course! We MUST have pie!

[BnB Tom]

Pie.  You're gonna have pie!

        What's the opening date?  And what kind of pie?   

You know for pie or Bar-B-Q, most of the club will ride thru rain and snow to get there.

  I don't know how you find the time or the energy.  I envy you.

Do it to it Daniel.

[Daniel Meyer]

You know for pie or Bar-B-Q, most of the club will ride thru rain and snow to get there.

I've heard that rumor...

I don't know how you find the time or the energy.  I envy you.

Sometimes I don't. Much like on a long night motorcycle run, occasionally exhausted, wrung out, discouraged, you shout out to the night (nobody else is listening), "What in the HELL am I doing out here?"

But then you catch the right breeze, a sight of the full moon, or the howl of a lone wolf and you remember...

Passion. Motivation.

I need the corporate job a couple more years to overcome assumptions and career path choices I made as a younger man, but the short of it is I want to ditch the thing. It's a soul killer, and it's only an illusion that it's taking me anywhere safe...or to a place I want to go.

If you're gonna sell your soul...you should at least get a good price for it...

I've worked for the same company for 27 years, and in the last three I've seen my retirement systematically (yet somehow legally) looted, my medical coverage devalued to the point of being useless, my "securuty" devolve into only knowing that I'll probably make it through the next pay period, and finally realizing only the folks that play the games (usually incompetent, bully-ing types) succeed in the current corporate environment.

Rate it's going, despite education, skills, dedication, the need for my skillset, etc, I'll be homeless before I retire just in time to watch my social security NOT come in.

The lesson if any kiddos are reading is that the corporate track is pure-d-bull-hockey. Pick something you have passion about, take off, and never look back.

It was time to start working for me instead of them. Turns out the risks are the same...AND I can enjoy what I do (even when I don't).

We're getting there. Hopefully I didn't wake up too late...