Tailgaiting!

So I was like...

"Why the fuck does my knee hurt so bad?"

Ummm.... apparently, I tried to firemans carry a 300 lb Irishman.

Last night sort of snuck up on us

Apparently, the easiest way to avoid a hang-over is to vomit up EVERYTHING you have ever eaten. Man, been a while since I've had dry heaves. Memories! Light the corners of my mind. Misty water-colored memories!

So, I have to award a couple of "Solids" for last night.

The Q.o.C. gets one for bringing my drunk ass a Diet Pepsi.

H.E.P. gets one for babysitting my drunk ass

The G.P. / VoR ver 2.0 gets one for stopping by and dragging the Sidekick's ass home.

Ms. Nancy gets one, because if we had gone to the Bo, I would have wasted all that money by puking it up.


All around good time. Kudos to everyone who pitched in.

live blogging Da Ridge

Tonight I fucked up he Admirol (and hurt potentially forever the Sideckick) but I watch out for my people.
Pics for proof.

@ 12:25 my kitties keep looking at the Admir0l like 'someone is where we usually poop'

Apparantly this is my workout from now on (if you listen closely you can hear my footsteps).
12:48 Just gave the QoC directions home, the admir0l was in a compromising position and I got OWNed on matchmaking. Awesome!

Tray Deee in Jail

Bad news folks, Tray Deee is in jail for attempted murder.

Oktoberfest reveler stuck in chimney 12 hours

LINK

Another busy day @ work.

KH(12:29:24): so apparently Im a neologismite - a maker of nonce words

Gee(12:29:44): is that even a real word?

KH(12:29:46): btw, neologismite = new word

Welcome to Raleigh, Ms. Nancy.

PLANET EARTH - Bird Of Paradise

Great White, Anyone

Great White is playing in downtown Raleigh tomorrow...anyone in?

Almost forgot - Good Lord

I have escaped from the Langoliers long enough to remind everyone about the Kelly Pavlik vs. Jermain Taylor this weekend on free HBO! Fight of the year potential!

It's at night of course which should give all you people time to return from the 3:30 NCSU game (Go Pack!). Also for those of you interested, the Florida-Auburn game is on ESPN at 8. It's going to be a violent night, so everyone, bring your cups.

If there are any takers, let the blog know. Sidekick if you provide location, I can provide food.

Am I stuck in the Langoliers?

Where in the shit is everyone?
If all of you have been eaten by time travelling mouths, I blame Tray Dee.

Umm... 900, beeches.

As we look back on the 900 Greatest Hits, I gotta say, its been a hell of a lot more fun than any of us would have imagined, and lasted WAY longer than expected.
Good times, and thanks to everyone for contributing, reading, bringing in new blood, and keeping politics and religion where they belong.

So HEP was kind enough to not embarrass me.

Last night, as we started playing Halo 3, I had to do a scratch off of my 12 month membership card from Best Buy.
Problem is, HEP's cutleries are made of adamantium, and ground off not only the silver scratch off, but the code underneath.
I was like "HFS!!! HOW AM I GOING TO PLAY!!!"

Anyhoo, everything worked out in the end, and even if Best Buy wont give me a refund, Im sure my marginal cost will soon be close to pennies per hour anyway.

Umm....Why aren't we watching

THIS

Mr. 'Uar, I expect an episode re-enactment during Sunday brunch @ Buffaloes.
Bring the sweaters.
Unless you need some vitamin D.

Recommended listening

So I started Ripping my tiny CD collection to the new 320G desktop and I realized that many may not be aware of Nerf Herder - a self labeled nerd rock band

think dead milkmen meet the chess club.

name derives from insult Leia drops on Han. . .

anywhoo

I've got the original self titled release if the russians can't supply the tunes.

Welcome to the world of gentlemen, gentlemen.

So remember that day when we realized that, by having jobs, we could actually move on from shit whiskey and started drinking Jameson’s ?
How much ‘good’ did that bring into our world?
Three words: Irish Car Bombs.

Todays adult step into the world of mixed drinks: The Bloody Mary.

I have to give mad props to Gee for recommending that you make a Bloody Mary as spicy as possible, because they are so tasty you want to just keep drinking them, you need something to slow you down, i.e. tongue fire. Kudos on the pickled okra.

I can only look forward to getting older now, and being introduced to new, lively drinks full of tasty, nutritious goodness.

Just when you thought it was safe to buy gas.

Female 'Ninjas' Rob Richland Gas Station With Sword, Dagger

Finish the Fight!!!

The time has come to save the world once and for all as master chief or parish in the attempt to do such a noble thing .... for anyone that shall be on xbox live anytime soon my gamertag is AJDynamite and I'd love to play with you guys (or gals as it may be) so hit me up and let me know what your gamertag is and we can party like Atari!!!!

Being sick finally paid off.

Almost there

The next three months of our lives. Beer and H3.

LINK
Sorry could not get the CTRL+SHIFT+A thing to work for the link.




*****SITE ADMIN NOTE****

You need to highlight something, like LINK, then hit CTRL + SHIFT + A

Proof that we are Noobs.

Just got off the phone with Capt. Businesstime and he told me that he was in process of completing H2 on legendary for the 5th time. Wow, we suck.

18 and life.

I am very tired.
Total with about 8 stops for foot maintenance = 3:30

Little bit more than expected or desired, but if I can do that on a bad day, good days will be much better.

Tomorrow's run might clock in at 19 miles.

Down Lassiter Mill, across the greenway (5), around Shelly Lake (2), up Millbrook to Glenwood (3), up to Lynn (1), down Lynn to Falls (6), down Falls to the house (2).

Wish me luck. I may call one of you goony bastards if I cramp up or get blisters.


***SITE ADMIN NOTE***
Not working out too well.
Blister & my fucking water bottle broke.
Back at the casa, 10 under the belt, hopefully I have 8 left in me.
Wish me luck.

Proven Yet Again

NC State is better than Big 10 powerhouse Michigan...last year, NC State beat Appalachian State and now, this year, NC State beats Wofford and then Wofford beats Appalachian State and Appalachian State beats Michigan.

It wasn't just me.

Hot, bitches!

End of an era. Supermug #3 has seen it last days.

So I had Supermug #1 in high school and the first couple years of college.
Too many days of shindigging broke off the handle. Great cup.

Supermug #2 was damn near perfect, and I suspect I had it almost a decade.
Too many times in the freezer caused it to get cracks, and it had to be retired. You can tell when they're shot - somehow they get a crack, moisture gets inside and they start to sweat. Whats the point of having a thermos mug if it acts like a cup?

Now, Supermug #3, which isn't TOO old, is showing its age, and starting to sweat.

So, if anyone takes a road trip past the Flying J on 40 in Burlington, feel free to pick me up a 34 oz. thermos mug, and you will be reimbursed.
Nothing smaller, nothing larger. 34 oz. is, much like the 90' in baseball, the perfect size.

I think I'm watching an honest to Xenu repo

My neighbor across the street, who's only lived there like 5 months and has the house for sale - I believe his SUV is about to get repo-ed.
Not by Emelio Estevez, cause you know I'd be out there.
"Yo! You were the bomb in Phantoms!"

Wow. Bit of a tear jerker.

Professor w. terminal cancer gives his last lecture.

Live blogging the D-I-V-O-R-C-E

So let me just say, if I was -||- much sleazier, that divorce court is definitely a place to hang out and find smokin' hot single chicks.
I was like "HFS! What kind of idiot would fuck up a relationship with HER!!!"

AND

If you listen intently, they tell you where they live!!!

School email exchanges...

Random Woman:

I'm searching for a math tutor for my daughter who is a Junior at Broughton HS. She needs tutoring in Pre-Calc. If interested, please email me. Thanks!


HP:

Why didn't she type this in a larger font??????? Doesn't she understand?


Me:
SHE'S FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEY DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY DOWN THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'VE CREATED A CHART TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND!

NO BIG FONT	MASS EMAIL USE	USE OF :BCC
HAS A WEBSITE	NO EMOTICONS	EMAILS FOR PERSONAL USE
COULD HAVE JUST ASKED FOR EMAIL LIST FROM ED	SENT TO WHOLE FACULTY INSTEAD OF MATH TEACHERS	THAT'S NOT HOW GAY WORKS

HP

BLOG IT!

Just in case the Admir0l is feeling down...

this one's for you, brah (replace all references to 'Bret' to 'Admir0l')

9 years, 4 months, 6 days.

Busy day at work

bu1481(15:14:46): Somebody say something to Kevin right now about a fruitcup
nd2386(15:15:20): too bad the fries are gone...kevin ate too fast
tl1831(15:15:31): LOL
bu1481(15:15:55): Sawyer just pushed Kevin out of the way to use his computer
bu1481(15:15:58): That's funny
tl1831(15:15:54): LOL
sp5657(15:16:17): where's that wanted poster????
kh4796(15:19:23): I was not aware
That the GCSC
was part of Oz prison
gb4406(15:22:55): kevin's fruit cup was
fiercely violated by
john michael sawyer

I have been on a

Haiku kick this early morn,
while on hold I wait.

They even surrendered to gingivitis.

F-ing disgusting Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys.

Illusion shattering 10 miles

So I went down to Shelly Lake, around, down the greenway and up Lassiter Mill.
When I hit mile 6, I decided to "turn it on", and really kick the shit out of the last 4.
Which I felt like I had done.
Nope.
1:40 to finish.
Thats.... wait for it....
10 minute miles.

Either I didnt leave the house at 7:12, or Tray Dee used his time machine to once again fuck with me.
As well as not stopping 9/11.
Again.

2.5 the hard way

Ran down quail ridge to pointer to windy hill to millbrook to falls to quail ridge. Twice. Too tired to be angry at myself. Now excuse me I have to go smoke.

Demotivators in my class

Getting my fruit cup taken.

So I got turned into someone's bitch today.
This man



took my figurative fruit cup.
Damn.

***SITE ADMIN NOTE***
Gee is a dirty bastard.

And you thought A-Rod would be the first...

to be caught with photos like these...

Oscar?

Little bit of nostalgia stuck in mi cabesa today

When did I eat corn??!!??

This is what happens when you try to keep up with someone twice your size. No porcelain deities in sight to make deals with!!!! Goodtimes with HEP!

Todays De-motivator -- made for the Sidekick

Every day alive is one day not dead.

A present from Gee, via a Blinkingline comment

Funny stuff -- the squirrels DEFINITELY stop and stare at the Greguar.

Blind Embrace

Avast yee scurvy dawgs!!!!

Its International Talk Like a Pirate Day!

Anyone know where a pirate can get some tasty roast beef sandwichs at a good price?
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRbys


Anyone know where a pirate can get some tasty pancakes and waffles ?
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIhop


Did you hear about the new pirate movie?
It's rated AAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Because its got a lot of BOOTY in it!

Took me long enough to find it

Ya'll know I gotz them Mad Skillz at Scopin the Darpa'net

Todays De-motivator

If only my endless supply of labor could run for me.
Knocked out 4.
Tomorrow is 9.
Not looking forward to it - Im getting a wee bit of flat foot on my left side, and the sole of my foot hurts like a sum-beech.

New member for StRA

"Cap. BusinessTime", Halo buddy & all around good dude
Only ground rules - no politics, no religion.
Or face....

In case there was any doubt I'm a strage bird.

So I had a dream last night, sort of Shakespearean (I watched Ran recently) and who shows up but a man with a metal nose, and starts rapping to "Rico Suave" but its "Tycho Brahe"

Abu Girahb, Quail Ridge style

This kitty hates our freedom. This kitty is holding back information.

Looks like its time to bring back the Top 25 Nobels

Which, in laymans terms, are the rankings of the Nobel Peace prizes from 1973 onward.
I know, I know - thats 35 years.
Quit your whining and drink the damn Irish Car bomb!

Let's jump back in.
1989.
After Ronaldus Maximus, the Iron Lady, and PJP el Deuce defeated the commie forces of the Warsaw Pact, there was only one thing left to do.
Not to continue consistently resisting the use of violence in his people's struggle to regain their freedom as did Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama.
F That.

We needed someone to throw a kicking fucking party on the Berlin Wall.
Thats right, beeches.
Nobel Peace Prize, 1989 goes to David Hasselhoff.

Some Party Videos

Let the pwning begin. The Sidekick demolishes me and the Greguar here. I think that this clip also led to the Sidekick's sabatical and subsequent stages of anger: sleeping, waking, anger, vomiting, more anger, vomity nose blowing (not sure if this is one of his steps but it did happen), and then sleep.

The Admirol in rare form. You the man.

The Sidekick's bro doesn't quite make the cut


The admriol "Oh Faces" during the double shot.


The next time I saw Art he was scurrying away from the bushes in someone else's yard.
***SITE ADMIN NOTE**
THAT IS ME POURING OUT MOONSHINE INSTEAD OF TAKING A SHOT


The QoC takes hers down

When the Rear Admirol's worlds collide


Enjoy them, they will be deleted soon.


***SITE ADMIN NOTE***
I just want to mention -- this is just the Irish Car Bombs.
Next up were the Flaming Dr. Peppers.

Past pics, sorry for the delay

More drinks!
Doing it doggy style.
He looks so happy with my girl on him. I don't know where I am.


The ziti that we made on Friday while doing car bombs.

And, he was only 18 books away from finishing!

Robert Jordan est morte

Football musings

So if I were overseas as I once was and I got a letter saying:

Duke, ECU and APPState have THE only wins over D1 schools (1 each) three weeks into the season.

I would have sworn someone was just taking advantage of the lack of electricity in the 3rd world to pull my leg.

Of all the triangle teams, Dook has the one win. . .

Then ProFootball today. . .

Quit watching the Panthers game because it was 14-0 in the blink of an eye. . . Surprised at the turn of events that happened in my absence. . .

Oakland at Denver; I guess it's fair game to pull some gamesmanship rather than just play the game, at least the boys pulled themselves back into it and typical of teams I root for, missed a win by less than the width of the freaking football. And was that wide left?

Their motto : "Everything should taste like bacon"

Thats right --> BACON SALT!

And... wait for it....
It's kosher!!!

A long 15 miles and no witty commentary.

Kind of crampy - might need to take a bullion cube with me and suck on it like a chaw of dip at around mile 12.

So next week, we're thinking of taking our Magical Mystery Tour to Durham for a jaunt on the Historic Tobacco Trail. T-bone, any interest in joining me for several miles on your roller blades ?

***SITE ADMIN NOTE***
No wonder that first "2" miles went so fast.
Mile marker 9 is in front of Meredith, NOT the vet school.
Ah well.

I'm just putting this out there.

But MAYBE, just maybe, adding single serving liquor shots to the mix might not be the best idea we've ever come up with.
And I thought the G.P. was supposed to be the Voice of Reason Ver. 2.0!!!

Should I lay in the lawn and let it run over me with lawnmowers?

Wow, just wow.

From the game, part deux.

From the game!

Don't Sleep on the Gators

That means you LSU! Damn Creole fucknuts! That big haas is completing passes underhand!

Gators Roll Vols 59-20!

Takin' it back pictures now uploaded

Some of them at least. Check The Sidekick's Slideshow for more information.

If you dont love the internet, go the fuck home. Now.

Sorry Gato Hatas! This just makes me laugh.

H2?

The IRA has struck again! 4 car bombs a piece for me and the Queen. We are attempting to make a baked ziti at 10:30 pm.

Anyone down for some H2 tomorrow? The Queen has to work tomorrow evening so we could do it over here but the Sidekick is allergic to my place. If anyone is interested I am sure that we could find a location.

I have the ingredients for Car bombs, but we can always try something else, beer is always good.

Who's down?

BFT

So, I got's a Big Fucking Truck. $10 goes to the first person who can acutally find me when I'm sitting in it.

*(Please note, photo IS to scale...it is, in fact, that much bigger than the houses and truck in the background. Oh, and that is Capital Blvd that it's parked on).

Now that I've sobered up....

HFS. I thought the "Summer of Kevin" was over.
Then, the Big Mick shows up with some Guinness & we start pounding down Irish Car Bombs and trying to play H2 on Legendary.
All in all, a good time was had.
I'm guessing we'll be running some Halo over the next few days, getting back in shape.

Arret!

HFS

Tonight AWESOME! Very fucked up.

The Admirol and I played Halo 2 on Legendary thinking that we would make it way past the second hangar bay. Soooo wrong. After 4 Irish car bombs and 4 guiness a peice we realized what we were up against. No way we are ever going to make it past the 2nd hangar bay if we continue going at this rate. I think it would be great if we continue at this rate. Anyone else? However when H3 drops we should have an awesome time. I'm ready beeches.
Now I'm off to get the Queen of Confrontation some folders. If I get a DWI I am so going to have to castrate the Admirol. He knows what I am talking about.

Wow. Oden likely out for season after knee surgery

LINK

I cant believe we never posted this before !

Sorry for the lack of witty banter today.

Mostly, I talked w. Deus Porcelina.
Short, declarative sentences, punctuated w. epithets.

Trapped in the Bathroom

Not political, just good PG-13 humor.

"That's not how gay works."

This is a prank.

Everything else, bullshit posturing (and it has been 'confirmed' as real in this case).

I'm guessing we can say the Cold War is over.

Karl Marx Strasse, Berlin

Interestingly enough, the Big B is two "S"-es in Deutsch. I learned that because we lived near Giessen
You can follow highway E40 West to Herborn , and that, mon freres, is where I grew up.
And where my dad was doing his part to put a Wal Mart into downtown Berlin.

Something wicked this way blows chunks.

So all I can think is that my "Voila" was bad, because I didn't have anything to eat yesterday until about 8:30, and spent almost all night in a fetal cramp ball yacking.

Things were looking good @ 8:30 this morning, so I tried some biscuit.
Yack & cramps that put me down till 1.

Anyone I may have had plans with, I do apologize, but I'm clearing the social calendar for tonight, hoping at some point I will be able to eat.

Gee humorously thought this might be from drinking, and I'm like "Who the hell drinks on a Tuesday? "

Mr. Pooler is aware of my proclivity at contacting businesses to compliment them on their products. In this case, I expect some Bird's Eye coupons!

Quick Six. Ummm...not so much.

So I've moved my shortest runs up to 4 miles, my mid-week run is now 9, and my hill run is now a staggering 6 miles.
Thats 4 times up and down Lassiter Mill.
Yo estoy mui loco.

Per Sidekick request

Link to IronicTitleSmackTalk is now available on the right hand side under "We are not a sports blog"

Adding to the list of regrets.

So #1 regret of all time: Not kicking a field goal @ graduation
#2: Not going downtown to see Cheap Trick, live & free

#3 has just been added tonight: Never seeing U2 on the "Joshua Tree" tour.
Just watched "Rattle & Hum".
Wow.
My first thought, which sounds quite gay, was: If even 10% of the men in Ireland are as handsome as Bono, its surprising they haven't taken over the world by fecundity.
(Maybe Pooler is Irish?)
The Sidekick helpfully noted - Irish Potato Famine.
Ahhh!!!
Anyway - great movie, very beautimous what with the black & white cinematography.

Completely NSFW!!!

SMOKING HOT!

Look at that ankle!!!

What exactly did I miss while I was asleep?

WWTDD, my link to the gossipy rags of LA & NY, is currently down!!!

Something wonderful and beautiful apparently happened in Las Vegas yesterday, if by "wonderful & beautiful" I mean a walking Darwin Award of tragedy known as Britney Spears did something humorous.
Anyone?
Anyone?

So the family pc (read Mintcy's Laptop - mine apparently awaits reburial to join its friends already returned to the cretaceous) is starting to show its age. I started looking around online and found myself completely overwhelmed by all the IEEE xyz 123 acronyms and the like and have no idea why any one 2GB RAM is more important to have than another, etc. As well as a DVD +/- ^2 RW/WR/RR/WW/WTF choice I would apparently need to make.

We want a desktop that that can be used to edit mini DV footage to be burned onto DVD for memories, Grandparents and the beyond 3 hour drive family and friends. Edit involves cut out the footage of my feet and ceiling and any audio point where I use four letter words while capturing memories of my feet and ceiling. We don't play video games, but it sounds like the editing requirements and gaming requirements are very similar.

I would like to embark on this arduous quest armed with more than a wide eyed look of shock and awe. So if anyone has recently updated their PC for the sake of keeping the grandparents and other relatives very well informed of the weekly antics of their FAVORITE grandkid, please shoot me some advice.

t

Speaking of early AM

I forgot we started our new schedule today, so I'm awake 1hr early.
As soon as my biscuits & eggs are cooked - back to sleep!

question about beginners "luck" and survivor football.

Picking Kansas City over Houston merely because I remember some TE named Gonzalez for the Chiefs means I voted myself off the island. I'm that dude that gets more airtime via the nths of a minute that'll replay over the rest of the season than I'll get in the first episode from which I'll be ejected. . .

ouch

so can I still put my two cents in here and there OR should I just wait for Bball to start?

damn pro football. . .

AND the Raiders lost to Detroit. At least Calvin Johnson made it happen. . .

damn football. . .

augh!

going to bed to await the emergence of the premolar cutting toddler somewhere in the early am. .

lookout tangent

thought the morning while driving past UNC campus on way back from chocolate cake purchasing with the very asleed 25 lb deadweight on my shoulder. (granted I don't work out, but fatherhood has me more ripped than I've been in the last decade - If I keep hoisting him over my head for the next decade, I should be RIPPED)

Is APPSTATE the only NC school with a win over a formerly D1 football opponent?

After TWO weekends of play. . .

were I more fair weathered (like dook 'bball only' fans, i'd be sportin' some boone paraphenalia) although NOT boone's farm as some of us may fondly be glad they can't recall. . .

Once you take it back, you can never give it away.

Lesson #1 - no more liquor parties.
Ever.

Mad props go out to the 'Uar - you, mon frere, are a good man and you deserve an "atta boy!"

In a very Seinfeldian turn of events, I believe the G.P. hid a bottle of 151 somewhere in my house.

Thanks to everyone who made this 9/11 memorable!

Live Blogging the party!

Being the FF commissioner sucks.

There's lots of hooch flowing.

Lots of people make specific conversations very, very difficult.

*Earlyish morning addendums*

The Admir0l's people are drinkers apparently.

My 5 stages of grief:

1)Sleeping
2)Waking
3)Anger
4)Vomiting
5)More anger, for a very long time
6)More sleeping

Antacids apparently make vomiting much more tolerable.

Being the center of a Venn diagram of drinking can really put a strain on the body:



I'm sure that there will be many, many pictures and vids posted in the next several days.

I'm assuming that fun was had by most, I think we were fairly successful at taking it back!

QoC's party pics

We should really feed the Admirol more often.

Booyah!

Completely out of the blue shin dig!

So Ms. X, the name of our newest member until she has a non-meatspace name, had some "good news" today, worthy of a shin-dig.
Me, the 'Uar, the Sidekick and his next of kin joined H.E.P., Ms X, her sister, her brother, and Hurricane Fran for an enjoyable celebration of Ms X's ex's incarceration.

Hopefully, I will wake up tomorrow and not have to file and insurance claim for Hurricane damage.

So you thought pictures of Vanessa Hudgens were mildly NSFW?

GUESS WHO GOT HIS FUCKING CAMERA BACK!

Thats right, beeches, in no time, StRA is gonna be full on mirror shots of me dancing.

The battle is half way finished!

Most polar bears gone by 2050.

Your helmets cant freeze water, you ursine bastards.

Oh, and F You, Colbert.

New members for StRA

Invites have been sent to "Ms. X" & A.J. Dynamite
We're growing by leaps and bounds.
Only ground rules - no politics, no religion.
Or face....

Celebration @ Da Ridge

We are having a get together tonight. All adults are invited. Probably not a good idea to bring small babies to Da Ridge. We do not smoke in the house so it will be a smoke-free environment. We will have beer. If you want something else bring it. We can have juices or diet soft drinks for pregnant ladies. Sorry about it being last minute, but we did not know that we were going to end up have cause for celebration today. Let's roll beeches!

***We now have a cooler filled with 36 slimline bud select. We also have a case of Michelob light in the slimline variety. We already had a 1/2 gallon of smirnoff and we picked up cranberry juice. There is talk of getting a nugget tray and some chiken minis.***

Officially resigning my post as Activities Director

After Saturday, I don't think I can keep up the pace of this summer.
We have lots of football to concentrate on (the 'Uar still needs to get Army/Navy tkts! ) and we have the following events:

Halo 3
Beer Fest
Trey D & Kate's Liquor Fest

Then babies start popping out.

January brings us the "Big Russ 1 year Anniversary Invitational"

After that, I'm thinking we can put a minor kibosh on shin-digging until probably the Cinco de Mayo party.
If anyone has anything that I may have missed, please update the Calendar.

I meant to edit my Top 5 movies, Evah recently.

So
#1 I THOUGHT was Conan, but I have to knock that to #2

#1 movie of all time: Midway.
Not only does it capture the glory of war, but it also encompasses the enormous Clauswitz-ian fog of war, and how 1 day literally changed the course of history.
Greatest. Movie. Ever.

#2 Conan
#3 Aliens
#4 Empire (Not John Leguizamo - fucking Empire Strikes Back)
#5 Shogun Assassin, Robocop or Fellowship.

Free appetizers @ Fox & Hound

I hope a good time was had by all.
Thanks to everyone for coming out.

Have a good Friday, see most of you Saturday.
Except for Trey & Kate, who put the needs of their family above taking back 9/11.

The 7 Most Useless Transformers Ever

LINK

I mentioned KSK is back.

Did I happen to mention, the Sex Cannon has ALSO returned?

Why I Teach: part deux

The science dept has ~35 carts that are used for various things. Sometimes people will borrow them and will never return them. My dept chair went around this summer and collected carts from people's rooms over the summer. Here is one man's complaint and my numerous responses.

Athletic trainer guy's email to the enitre WHS staff: Subject: Sprots (yes that is his spelling) medicine cart is missing and needed

My student trainers are moving large amounts of water daily and they would be very thankful if anyone knows the where abouts of a large grey cart with sides. It has sports medicine written on its sides. Thankyou.

My response to dept chair: I can't believe that you took the poor atheltic kids cart. Now they have to carry water like 300 yards.

My dept chair's response: : )

Let them surffe or should that be suffer...

Athletic trainers school wide email today: Please help us find this cart. I allowed it to be used to help people move books and stuff in and out of rooms. We need this back. If you have seen it please let us know. This is really important to us.

My response to Dept chair but accidentally sent to the trainer guy instead because I hit reply instead of forward: It's time to send him a ransom note. We could take pictures of (his) cart with a copy of today's N&O.

SAMPLE LETTER: If you ever want to see your precious cart in one piece you will place $500 in small unmarked bills in [Dept. Chair's] mailbox. Do not alert the authorities. Do not attempt to find me. I found your little cart once I can find it again. Consider yourself warned.


What do you think?

My message to dept chair explaining that I had just dimed her out: Oh no, the jig is soon to be up. I sent the message to him instead of to you. That was the biggest mistake ever. If he comes to you for his cart then send him to my room he can have one of mine, or you can or whatever is more convenient.

My email to Sidekick: Ok so [Dept. chair] has this guys cart. It does say sports medicine but they wrote that over the word science. It is a science cart. [My dept. chair] told me this in confidence and I have been joking with her about it for the past few days. Today I made the penultimate gaffe in jokes. I sent the below email (see above email) to [athelitc trainer guy] istead of to [my dept. chair]. I suck!

The sidekick's response: See, had you sent it in unnaturally large font everything probably would have been OK.

My response to sidekick: DAMNIT!!! (in 36 font)

Sidekick's response: Much better, now you just need to start sending all of your correspondence to the entire faculty.


Also, BLOG IT!

This just never gets old

Funny stuff.

Two the hard way bitches.

In my quest to run the 'Autism Ribbon Run' for my wife, as she is laid low with Kelly-Hope, I have begun training.

Today: just over two miles in 26 minutes. Unfortunately, no late evening nap for me.

Let me say this now: biking 20 miles is much, much, much easier for me than running two fucking miles. Cunts.

8 the hard way: Shelly Lake to Lassiter Mill & home

Must take nappy nap.

No justice, no peace!

Winner, winner chicken dinner

This sounds like it would be fun.

The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible

Maybe in the year leading up to the "30th Birthday Roast of the 'Uar", we could each do a month or so.

Someone figure out how we can add polls to StRA, so we can gauge the level of support for hare-brained schemes, until the Voice of Reason Ver I or II steps in and debunks them.

Long story short

We found that a customer had a router which was 'disconneted' last year. So billing stopped. But no one ever shut down their DS3 circuit - that's 34 Mbps.

Here are some intra-office back & forths.

FROM MRS X
I believe that 02R is the old back-up that we requested disconnected a year ago. It was removed from the biller and never from the network.

Reply, FROM MR. X
Please arrange for 02R to be removed from management since it has not been billed for a year. AT&T must have lost money on that DS3 circuit.

Reply ALL, from Rear Admir0l
Please arrange for 02R and its DS3 to be moved to our Vandelae Industries North Raleigh Disaster Recovery Center.

"Rear Admir0l"
Director
Vandelae Industries
North Raleigh Disaster Recovery Center

Florida's Next

Appalachian State, one of my Alma Matters, has several more big programs on their 'to beat' list. First and foremost, Florida. Who wins in a swamp match between a gator and wolverine? It doesn't matter because the redneck mountaineer just shotgun blasts both of 'em.

Current list of supplies for the 9/11 shindig

Currently, we are looking at burgers and a couple pounds of fries for grub.
I recently visited Buffaloes so I have plenty of ketchup

For the Irish Car Bombs:
I'm going to get half gallons of Baileys & Jameson's & a case of Guinness

***The Brain Trust needs to work out who's getting what***

For Flaming Dr. Peppers:
3/4 shot amaretto almond liqueur
1/4 oz 151 proof rum
1/2 glass beer

Ummmm... now that I think about it -- I dont know if anyone but Tom actually LIKES Dr. Pepper, much less en fuego!

For Kamikazees:
1 - 3 oz vodka
1 oz triple sec
1 oz lime juice

This... now this is a drink I can get my hands around.

Funniest thing.... ever?

The Sidekick re-enacting Jessica Alba explaining to Jessica Biel which areas of Derek Jeter are "infected" w. the herp -- Priceless.

800th post = A new blog for your reading pleasure.

Blogging Steve V.

ack college/pro conflict

So it was bad enough that Ronald Curry is on the Raiders roster. Now I realize Dante Culpeper was a UCF player - although it is not confirmed that he was a graduate. . .

Ack

Funny DC Story

We're approaching the FDR memorial, when someone asks about a statue which consists of a giant hand coming out of the ground.

I remark that if it's a hill giant, then it has 15 hit die and a resistance to frost. Our tour guide hears me and asks 'is that a D&D conversation I hear?'

He then spends the next 5 minutes deatailing his half orc monk with a 4 charisma.

More to come later as this may be either the best or worst tour guide evah.


***SITE ADMIN NOTE***
CLOSE!
12+ HD, although in 1st edition, they only have 8.

"They" are trying to preemptively take 9/11 back

LINK

We must act now!
Or within the next 6 days.

Once again, I love the Internet, Part 1/0

Forget the fact that it links to StRA faves
a) The ninjas from RealUltimatePower
and
b) the "Oh Snap!" diagram
This is better than the Chinese regulating reincarnation.

Worst thing about taking a crap in the woods

Is that:
A) You might not be sure if you pooped on your shoes or shorts
and
B) Being too tired to actually care.

16 is in the books.

Tentative schedule for this week:
Maybe 3 or 4 on Tue & Thurs
Definite 8 on Wednesday.

Hey, maybe WE didnt win, but....

No Division I-AA team had beaten a team ranked in The Associated Press poll from 1989-2006, and it's unlikely that it had ever happened before. The Division I subdivisions were created in 1978.

ASU - 15 game win streak, dating from last season, when they lost to ... Da Pack!

Some of the fun @ tailgating:
Our host had a bottle of Jack, & a bike cop made him pour it out.
Later, I boo-ed the cop.
Good times!

Yummy!

The Wake ‘n’ Bacon