Wednesday December 13th, 2006 @ 8:20 AM. Social Security called me at home and asked me if I was me, and I said, “yeah…”, she (Erica) said, “Mr. Shoemake do you have an appointment today at 1:30 with Social Security?” (Pause…) I said, “yeah…”, she (Erica from Hell) said, “your case worker is out sick today so we’re going to have to cancel your appointment.” I said, “you’re kidding me”, she (Erica The Ball Breaker) said, “no, when she comes back in to work she’ll call you and reschedule your appointment for NEXT week.” (Pause…) I said, “GRRE-ATE!” She (Erica The Bureaucratic No Frigging Soul Having Bee-yotch) said, “thank you and have a nice day” (Click)

On another fine note my sister called me at 7:00 AM and said that they had to take my older brother to the Emergency Room this morning with chest pains and extreme shortness of breath, and that his Nitro tablets were not helping. And when I got on the computer I found out that Peter Boyle, who played Frank Barone, the father on “Everybody Loves Raymond” died Tuesday in N.Y. He died Tuesday evening at the New York Presbyterian Hospital. He had been suffering from multiple myeloma and heart disease. He was also in movies like, "Young Frankenstein" and "The Dream Team". He was 71 years old. That man could really make me laugh.

Some days things just really suck.