(parenthesis)

The most exciting part of my day: I spelled parenthesis correctly for someone.

Impressive - I know

The most un-exciting part of my day was the treacherous drive into work. I really hate having to drive so far, so quickly (which is really my fault for waking up so late). I left my house at 8:25 am (late) and I had to be at work (Livonia) and in a meeting that starts at 9:00am. I got to work at 9:02am, ran into the meeting room and the lights were off - no one around. The meeting was cancelled.

So - I rushed to work so fast that I didn't eat anything, for nothing - And I really don't have all that much to do today.

But I'm a good speller (not really)


"I've developed a new philosophy . . . I only dread one day at a time." - C.Brown

I think that I am going to start taking more advice from Charlie

On my lucky couch!

My wife and I love this commercial. It cracks me up every time.

AT&T Lucky Couch Commercial


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"S" is for Summary

I fell away from the, affectionately titled, "Blogosphere" for a while. Here's what been going down:

Inevitably, hunting season started. I saw a small spike, at a distance on the last day of bow season and a bunch of Doe during rifle. Any hunter will tell you that's the equivalent of a no hitter in baseball( the side with no hits - just to clarify).

What else..(I'm doing this on the fly if you can't tell)..

I've been learning a little bit about HTML - My good friend Mario coached me through a project at work - That's super interesting (Sarcasm)

I have to talk about music - I went to a Joe Purdy concert in Columbus - Totally awesome!!! Here's a brand new song that he played at the show called "Angelina"- I somehow came across it, someone just left it out there streaming on the internet for me to take - Like a quarter dropped on the ground. It's a super great song, it's about someone who kills a woman that he adores - kinda weird, but a very good song. - Check it out.

A Hundred Miles played a battle of the bands preliminary show and we got first place - We have to go play again, in Ohio, for the finals - first place gets $1,000 - The catch?, You ask - Worst venue ever!

***Spoiler Alert*** - The next paragraph is sad. :(

My Aunt Pearl passed away two weeks ago (Actually, my Great Aunt Pearl, but we called her Aunt Pearle), she was in a car accident, very sudden. I wasn't super close to her, but I grew up going to the same church as her. Her husband, My uncle Amen, used to take me with him to the front of the church during the service to sing in the choir (Which I remember enjoying very much) - I cried at her funeral, I didn't think that I would...but I did, not until I went past her casket. I felt strange, very sad. The only thing that I could think of was how horrible it would be to lose a spouse that suddenly. No warning - just gone.


Ok - No more sadness - just pure non-filtered anger

My truck broke down on Eureka on my way to take my suit to the dry cleaners. Ok - So I'm stopped in the right lane at like 2:00pm on a Monday in front of Borders and I have my hazard lights on and every super old grandpa and grandma that are out for their daily 25 MPH sight seeing drive, had to stop about 4 inches from my bumper (probably because they could't see my hazards), sit there for 5 minutes until they figured out what was going on and back up in traffic and go around me. One of them even had the audacity to honk at me. At some point someone needs to pass a law to take your license away when you get too old.

My work cut everyone to 32 hours - it sucks, I'm broke. If anyone needs computers repaired or built or if anyone just wants to hire me for anything (no sex jokes) - Just give them my digits.


That's about it for now. Sorry for the long B-word - but when you only get one every two months it's gotta be long.

I'll try to keep up.

Fly me to the moon - but not now - maybe later

Today we shot a rocket at the moon
In the name of science
To try to find ice
So that astronauts can drink it

Really - Stephen King couldn't make this stuff up



(Go America)

It’s just one of those.......weeks

Just wanted to check in and tell everyone how things are going - I know I haven't wrote a b-word in a while so here it goes......

I HATE MY JOB!!!

Yep that pretty much sums up this week. I normally love my job, but this week has been extra special.

(fun)

I wish that Ryder was here to sing "Bad Day" by Fuel

In The End

So It's been a week since my last e-mail with Giraldo from Tigerdirect.com -

Here's my final response.

Enjoy.

_________________________________

Date: August 24th

To: Giraldo

From: Tom

So that's it then - aye.

Well - it was a nice battle, but in the end Tigerdirect has lost - because I have just started, everyone that I can possible tell will know about this debacle.

I am not done.

(oh snap)

Tigerdirect.com...........Sucks

Oh, this is a good one.

I'll take you on a journey through time and space.

We'll see people who work in customer service, and who don't even know what that means.

We'll explore addition and subtraction, and how those are basic skills that everyone should have.

We'll see myself very angry and probably at some of my worst moments.

But most of all I'll show you how Tigerdirect.com sucks.

First off, the background of the story. I build computers, at least a couple a month. People pay me to do this for them. I like doing it. I buy all the parts from online suppliers, because the stores around here are very overpriced. Well, this company charged me for the same order twice, two weeks apart from eachother, and it caused my bank account to overdraw.

And here's the rest of the story.......(it's long)..........

(keep in mind, it's been over a month already at this point).......

(Also keep in mind - I get - very, very angry)................

___________________________

Date: July 20th

From: Tom Hagaman

To:Steve

Hi Steve,

I have attached all of the info I have. I forgot to mention the order number: W6918361

Thanks

______________________________________

Date:July 20th

From: Steve

To: Tom Hagaman

Thanks Thomas, I received your email. I’ll process this today. Please allow 3-5 days for your bank to process our refund.

Cheers,

Steve

_________________________________

Date:July 20th

From: Tom Hagaman

To: Steve

Thank you so much!

_____________________________________

Date:July 31st

From: Tom Hagaman

To: Steve

Hi Steve,

We spoke on Tuesday and you said that you would e-mail me with the status of my refund. Please contact me with either via cell 734.391.XXXX or by e-mail.

_____________________________________

Date:July 31st

From: Steve

To: Tom Hagaman

Hi Thomas,

I understand you spoke with Tyrone following up on this. I’ve re-emailed it to the supervisor I gave it to initially. I will email you once I hear back.

Thanks,

_________________________________

Date:August 6th

From: Tom Hagaman

To: Steve

Steve,

I am not taking this ordeal lightly. I have been waiting almost two months for this refund. Yesterday I was refunded two of the seven overdraft fees that were the result of Tigerdirect's mistake. All of the money will be refunded to me or you will have lost a very valuable customer. This week alone I have bought over $ 600 dollars in parts from other retailers, and I will continue to do so.

Tigerdirect was my go to supplier for any parts that I needed mainly because of how quickly they were delivered. This small mistake would have been easily forgiven if your staff would have dealt with the issue promptly and fully.

Please forward this e-mail on to your supervisor or owner or anyone else you wish.

- Tom Hagaman

______________________________________

Date:August 7th

From: Steve

To: Tom Hagaman

Hi Thomas,

Thank you for your email. Your refund posted days ago. I do apologize for the delay.

Best regards,

__________________________________

Date:August 7th

From: Tom Hagaman

To: Steve

Did you read the last e-mail that I sent???

The refund was not the full amount - please forward to your supervisor - I would like to speak to him directly - I can be reached at 734.391.XXXX

_______________________________________

Date:August 7th

From: Steve

To: Tom Hagaman

I forwarded the overdraft statements to the supervisor. It was the two overdraft charges, correct?

__________________________________

Date:August 7th

From: Tom Hagaman

To: Steve

No - it was 7 - it's stated in the letter that I sent along - 2 of them were refunded

________________________________________

Date:August 7th

From: Steve

To: Tom Hagaman

The PDF you sent shows two insufficient funds, so that’s what they refunded. I attach it for your review. Please send in the other paperwork and explanation that I can forward to the supervisor.

___________________________________

Date:August 7th

From: Tom Hagaman

To: Steve

The letter clearly states that there were seven overdraft charges as a result of the Tigerdirect charges. Look at the "fees charged" column on the last page of the documentation that I sent you.

________________________________________

Date:August 11th

From: Steve

To: Tom Hagaman

Why can't a supervisor call me????? Why does your customer support hide behind this phrase: "I will pass it along to my supervisor" - not acceptable!

I wish to speak your mysterious "supervisor" on the phone - if he exists.

734-391-XXXX

_______________________________________

Date:August 11th

From: Giraldo Sanchez

To: Steve

(Forwarded to me)

Steve,

Please explain to your customer that I need a detailed overdraft statement. It needs to have the dates of the transaction so our credit department can refund him his overdraft fees. The statement you gave me does not include the dates the transactions were processed.

Regards

giraldo

_________________________________

Date:August 11th

From: Tom Hagaman

To: Steve

Steve,

I don't know how to get anymore information than this. I printed this page from my bank account online. It shows the dates that the purchases from the overdraft statement were made. My bank does not have a "more detailed overdraft statement".

_____________________________________

Date:August 11th

From: Giraldo Sanchez

To: Tom Hagaman

Thomas,

The statement that Steve brought me only has Description, Item amount & Fee Charged. Below you claim it shows dates that the purchases from the overdraft statement were made. Am I missing something ??? If I had the dates this issue would have been resolved. Maybe we are looking at two different statements. Please advise.

Giraldo

_____________________________________

Date:August 11th

From: Tom Hagaman

To: Giraldo Sanchez

Hi Giraldo,

I attached a second page, which is the page that I mentioned in the e-mail below, that is a print out from my account online that shows the dates. I attached it to the last e-mail.

I do not have a document that shows all of the information. I have an overdraft statement - which you have, and the printed account history, which shows that transaction dates. I have attached everything that I have to this e-mail.

Please keep in mind that I am only concerned with the overdraft charges caused by Tiger, there were others which were my fault, but at the same time if that order would not have gone through, these seven fees would have been avoided.

Thanks.

_____________________________________

Date:August 11th

From: Giraldo Sanchez

To: Tom Hagaman

Thomas,

This is exactly what I needed. I apologize for the confusion between Steve and I. Can you please provide me with the phone number to your bank. In some occasions our credit department will attempt to convince the bank to drop some of the fees. Either way I will have this issue resolved ASAP.

Best regards

Giraldo

________________________________

Date:August 11th

From: Tom Hagaman

To: Giraldo Sanchez

Giraldo,

Thank you. Here is the number to my bank: 877-981-3733 - Charter One Bank

______________________________________

Date:August 11th

From: Giraldo Sanchez

To: Tom Hagaman

I am on it!!

______________________________________

Date:August 12th

From: Giraldo Sanchez

To: Tom Hagaman

Thomas,

According to the bank statement and your bank, we were not the cause of your overdraft fees. When you placed your order with us, you account was already overdrawn. We only refund overdraft fees that are caused due to our error.

Regards

Giraldo

____________________________________

Date:August 12th

From: Tom Hagaman

To: Giraldo Sanchez

That is not the case. If you look at the bank statement my account balance was $ xxx.xx. before the overdraft fees were applied - The over draft that happened because of the two Tigerdirect charges.

________________________________________

Date:August 12th

From: Giraldo Sanchez

To: Tom Hagaman

Correct, You had $xxx.xx. and then you placed an order with us for $xxx.xx. We only charged you what you OK’ed for us to charge. It is not our fault that you did not have sufficient funds when you placed your order with us. There was no error on our part. We did what we were supposed to do. This is between you and your bank. I apologize. I cannot refund you for something we did not cause.

___________________________________

Date:August 12th

From: Tom Hagaman

To: Giraldo Sanchez

You are very wrong - We are talking about an order that was not supposed to go through. Do I need to go over it all again?Tigerdirect's incompetent staff is to blame. How dare you tell me that I "ok'ed" that purchase - I did no such thing. I placed an order and Tigerdirect's staff couldn't handle a small change to that order - Tigerdirect sent me the same order twice - I "ok'ed" one order not two. The fact that I have went through two customer service reps before you, you, and an accountant and none of you can look at something and clearly see that you were at fault is mind blowing.

I've now made 4 or 5 phone calls (long phone calls) and 26 emails - I've wasted hours over this small issue, and then you tell me it's my fault. It's almost comical.

I want this elevated to someone else, send this e-mail to the damn owner of the company if you have to. I 'd like to share my thoughts with him\her on their poorly ran company.

_______________________________________

(You wouldn't like me when I'm angry)

I kissed a girl....and I liked it

My thoughts for the day:

Why the heck is Katy Perry on the Vans Warped Tour line up?????

(inconceivable!!)

Tom Hagaman - Driver

This dude has the same name as me.

He's a driver for Habitat for Humanity of Collier County Florida.

If you ever read this Tom Hagaman No. 2 - Keep up the good work!

(Tom Hagaman's are slowly taking over the world)

Why did the chicken take the redeye?.....To get to Detroit quicker.

On my way to work yesterday while driving on my favorite cop infested strip of Eureka Rd. in front of the airport, a Rooster ran in front of my truck...weird....and then for some reason I found it hilarious enough to laugh while answering the age old question in my head - - Why did the chicken cross the road?....

10. He couldn't flag down a taxi.
9. To get to the median
8. He's a terrorist chicken who has just attacked the airport.
7. He likes to lay in the fields and watch the airplanes as they land.
6. He's lost
5. To prove that he could
4. Because he wanted to
3. The airport taxes were just to high so moving was optimal.
2. Your mom crossed the road.
1. He heard that Obama was flying into town......oh yeah...I said it.

(Ba-gock)

Time Bomb

The new DMB album (Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King) is fantastic musically, and weird lyrically (Like usual). This one stuck out to me.

I'm a ticking time bomb
Waiting to blow my top
No one would ever know
Not until I blew up

No one would believe it
He was such a normal guy
Shake their heads and wonder why

If Martians fell from the sky
What would that do to god?
Would we put the weapons down
Or aim it up at the sky

No one would believe it
Except the fucking nut jobs
They laugh and cry we told you so

Baby when I get home
I want to believe in Jesus
Hammer in the final nail
Help me pick up the pieces

When everything starts to fall
So fast that it terrifies you
When will you hit the wall?
Are you gonna learn to fly?

No one would believe it
Except for all the people
Watching as you fly away

Baby when I get home
I want to pick up the pieces
Hammer in the final nail
And lean me up against Jesus

Baby when I get home
I want to believe in Jesus
You can Hammer in the final nail
But help me pick up
the pieces

Baby when I get home
Help me pick up the pieces
You can hammer in the final nail
I wanna believe in Jesus

What the heck is he trying to say??

If I had to take a stab at it I would say that he wants to believe that there is a God but he doesn't really see any proof of it - I'm mixing these lyrics with what I already kind of know about him.

Later on in the album on the song "Why I Am" he says this.

And when my story ends it's gonna end with him.
Heaven or hell I'm going there with the GrooGrux King.

It sounds to me like he believes that there is a Heaven and a Hell, it doesn't sound like he knows where he is going.

Or he's just making a point about how much he loved his friend, who knows.

What do you think??

Last Clock On The Wall

Joe Purdy (Most of you know him from that Kia Spectra commercial) has a new album out. It's called "Last Clock On The Wall" - and it is delight. (Will Ferrell voice).

Here is my favorite from "Last Clock On The Wall". If you like it , you should buy the album. - I have to say that so it looks like this is free publicity and not me just giving you a free song, which is really all that's happening.

Miss Me - Joe Purdy

Stickers

I've been thinking of making a bumper sticker that says: "Out of a job yet? Keep wasting your time making stupid bumper stickers".

But that would kind of be hypocritical.......and kind of mean.......but I really hate those stickers.

(Made in China)

Fallon For The First Time

Has anybody watched "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon"? It's strange. This was only the 3rd or 4th time that I've watched it and it's like he's unprepared to do the show like someone just woke him up from a nap or something. I've always kind of liked Fallon - On SNL, but now that he's got his own rodeo, it's just...strange. He starts the show with a monologue, like most late night shows, he's wearing a suit that's a size too small, and he makes it overly noticeable that he is reading cue cards - like pausing to read ahead on the card and stumbling over pronunciations of words. Very un-prepared, and it's seems as if he's nervous, but he's not (I think). His body language says that he's scared out of his mind. 

And then he did a bit called "slow jam the news" and I laughed through the whole thing.

So, In conclusion: I'm on the fence about Jimmy Fallon being a talk show host, but he's a funny guy.

Rock on.

Master of Disguise

Why are "under cover" police vehicles always a brand

new car? Like I don't know that a brand new Dodge

Charger with tinted windows and no rims that is sitting

on the side of the road facing traffic with it's window

down and a radar gun pointed at me is not a cop.

Just a thought, wouldn't it be a little more believable

if they used a 1987 Chevrolet Celebrity or a Ford

Fiesta, yeah just retro fit a 12 cyl. engine into a

Fiesta - that won't be dangerous at all.

But seriously, how pissed would you be if you were

pulled over by that grandma that you just sped past

because she was doing 15 under the speed limit,

Oh wait - that's a cop - busted!

Coconut Records

I bought an album the other day, on a whim, I do that sometimes. It's really good. It's a solo project by Jason Schwartzman called Coconut Records. There are two album's so far Nighttiming (2007) and Davy (2009)  - I am buying Davy today because the other one was really good. Niighttiming is different, it is definitely an indie album - but it has more of a raw sound than other indie bands. It sound as if he intentionally made the album sound "unpolished". I've heard other bands try to pull that off but Schwartzman does it exceptionally well. He mixes that sound with very "old school" sounding synth and witty lyrics. Here is one lyric that stood out to me as funny and yet sad at the same time.

" i miss you (ooooh…)

I’m goin back home to the west coast

I wish you woulda put yourself in my suitcase"

Well that's my very short music review for today. I have included my favorite off of Nighttiming, if you like it -  be sure an buy the album, I know that it is available on itunes. This download will only be available for 7 days.

Back To You - Coconut Records

Re: Questions

Subject: Questions

Sent: Thu 4/30/2009 2:08 PM

From: Tom Hagaman

To: 'Nicole LaPointe'; 'Nicole LaPointe'

CC:: 'Brianne Hagaman'; 'Brianne Hagaman'; 'Adam';  (beyouteefullsmile@yahoo.com)

Nicole,

I sent this to both e-mail addresses because I didn’t know which one you would be checking, and because when I start typing “N-I” I get about 7 e-mail addresses for you.

So here go the questions:

1.       1. What time should I be at the event on the 14^th?

2.     2. What should I wear?

3.     3. Any idea about the sound system yet?

4.     4. How do you feel about global warming?

6.     5. If a tree falls in the woods, and it lands on a squirrel, does it die?

7.     6. Will Chrysler survive?

So if you could just answer those that would be great! (extra credit if you spell your name correctly)

I’m considering this my blog for the day, so I’ve carbon copied the Fab Five ®™

_______________________________________________

Subject: Re: Questions

Sent: Thu 4/30/2009 2:36 PM

From:Nicole LaPointe

To: Hagaman, Tom; Nicole LaPointe

CC:: Adam; Brianne Hagaman; Brianne Hagaman; beyouteefullsmile@yahoo.com

Well, here goes the answers...

 

Name: Nicole LaPointe (Hooray! Extra Credit Done!!!)

 

1. Need to arrive on the 14th at 4 p.m. to set up. Music set to begin at 5:30 p.m.

 

2. Where work cloths...Khakis and a nice shirt is fine

 

3. Sound System not looking good, will advise you in person on this :(

 

4. Global warming is not really real. I think it is made up for the government to make money etc.

 

5. I hope the squirrel dies and every bird that was perched in that fallen tree as well!!!

 

6. I hope Chrysler survives...My wishful thinking is YES!

 

 

Thanks,

 

Nicole

___________________________________________________

Subject: Re: Questions

Sent: Fri 5/1/2009 7:23 AM

From: Adam Gorsline

To: Hagaman, Tom

CC:: Nicole LaPointe; Nicole LaPointe; Brianne Hagaman; Brianne Hagaman;

Did you trademark symbol the fab five?

Adam

 GO WINGS!!!

__________________________________________________

Subject: Re: Questions

Sent: Fri 5/1/2009 10:39 AM

From: Hagaman, Tom

To: Adam Gorsline

Of course I did.

__________________________________

Subject: Re: Questions

Sent: Fri 5/1/2009 10:41 AM

From: Adam Gorsline

To: Hagaman, Tom

I like it

Adam

 GO WINGS!!!

Summer Mix 2009

So those of you who know me, you know that I make alot of playlists and mixed Cd's and so forth. Two of those playlists include a fall mix and a summer mix. Well I decided to broaden the seasonal mix's availability and let all of you download it (I'm not sure of the legal ramifications on this one, but it will only be available for a short time). These playlists include old and new songs that have currently caught my eye (ear?) and have been deemed worthy for "the playlist". So here you go, hope you enjoy. This download will only be available for 7 days, after that you will need to build a time machine or you could just e-mail me and I will send it to you.

Tom's Summer Mix 2009

Track Listing

1.Little Things - Danny Elfman

2. Commin' Home - Cheeseburger

3. Readymade - Red Hot Chili Peppers

4. Detroit '67 - Sam Roberts

5. I Was Once A Loyal Lover - Death Cab For Cutie

6. The Dynamo Of Volition  - Jason Mraz

7. Rain Delays -Crash Parallel

8. Where Is My Mind?(Pixies Cover) - John P. Strohm

9. 0% Interest - Jason Mraz

10. Smoothie Song - Nickel Creek

11. Old Enough (feat. Ricky Skaggs & Ashley Monroe) - The Raconteurs

12. Jackson Square - Mason Jennings

13. Outlaws - Joe Purdy

14. The Dynamo Of Volition [From an All Night Session] - Jason Mraz

The Battery Thief Cometh

"Da DA Da Da" (Blues Guitar)

You wake up in the morning

"Da DA Da Da"

And you go to brush your teeth

"Da DA Da Da"

You pull out your toothbrush

"Da DA Da Da"

And you give the paste a little squeeze

"Da DA Da Da"

Then you go to do the task

"Da DA Da Da"

And you flick the switch

"Da DA Da Da"

But nothin' happens

"Da DA Da Da"

And your toothbrush - It's  electric

"Da DA Da Da"

I've got the, Gotta use my old toothbrush because my wife took the batteries out of my electric toothbrush and put them in her's, Blues

" Da Da dada  dada dada dada da dada da  DA   DA DAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaa"

(thank you)

It's Been Such A Long Time

Hello All - I know that my consistency in the so called "blogosphere" has been somewhat horrible. For the last two weeks at work I have taken on new responsibilities that have temporarily rendered me useless to family, friends, loved ones, strangers, myself. It's hilarious what we will do, or not do, when we are really really busy - which things we will give up doing first to make time for other things. All of a sudden, simple everyday things like showering become a major hassle (I shower, don't worry). I find myself doing un-characteristic things, like telling people no. I told my sister-in-law no when she asked me to fix her computer, why? - I would have never done that on a normal week. My wife and sis in law were making mac and cheese at her place and they asked me to come over to eat some. MAC & CHEESE!!!!!! What do you think I said? - - - - - - - "I'm too tired"  -  too tired for mac & cheese.      ~ tear ~ 

I took a nap in the middle of the day.......I over reacted when someone left only one slice of pizza in the box (But really, who does that? that’s like leaving a little bit of milk in the jug - it's just enough milk for.....nothing.  Or like leaving only half of a peanuty treat in the cupboard that you weren't supposed to eat. You know who you are.)..... 

We've been recycling for a little while now and Bri just went and got a recycling bin (Before the bin, recycling meant bagging it up and putting it in the garage). Bri, being smarter, read the pamphlet and it said to not put the water bottle caps in the bucket. 

Ok, so, when you're sitting on the couch and you're in the funky funk that I've been in where you really really like conserving energy (laziness), and you just finished a bottle of water and the recycling bin is 2 feet to your left and the trash can is 15 feet away. What do you do???

You take the cap off, and try to basketball each of the two components into their respective bins.

And it never works.

~~ Tear ~~