THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY FAIR 08/03/10

By Ryan Meehan

Due to employment-related circumstances I attended The Mississippi Valley Fair Tuesday, August 3rd in Davenport, IA.  You’ll notice that I took no pictures of the event, because every time I email myself a picture it costs me a quarter, and if these people aren’t going to pay for soap to clean themselves with I’m not going to pay to take pictures of them.  Simple as that. 

So here is the complete breakdown, and yes I do take my job seriously and I was working through all of this but you can’t go to an event like this and not people watch. 

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YOUR POOR ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS CAN SNOWBALL INTO MUCH LARGER PROBLEMS‏

by Ryan Meehan

Welcome to FOH, where it goes down a lot more than it doesn’t…

More unnecessary anger from the pulpit, but if you consider the fact that I shouldn’t even need to be up here speaking whatsoever maybe everybody else could cut me some slack.
 
I’ve been beyond organized my whole life.  Even during the darkest periods of my life, I’ve still always managed to keep everything I have in order.  But I don’t expect a medal for it because it isn’t like it’s difficult to keep your shit together.  
 
I’ve been watching a lot of A & E lately and they have a show which most of you have probably already seen called Hoarders where these sick individuals store ungodly amounts of shit in their living space and then claim that it’s an addiction.  Then to make matters worse, they actually bring in someone whose title is a – wait for it – “personal organizer” to help them get their “life” back.  It’s hard to feel sorry for the participants of this show, so to me it’s a comedy and I laugh my ass off at it weekly.  
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Mailbag: From a Few Moons Ago

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This is a mail bag article I was going to do a few moons ago, but just never got around to it. I would love to do these on a monthly basis, but I’ll just have to wait to see if the demand is there. You can submit questions to Firstorderhistorians@gmail.com for consideration in the mailbag posts. Continue reading