May 31, 2004
Pub Crawl Success
Hey Kids- Just wanted to say that it was great to see all of you again at the crawl. Thanks for letting me tag along with you yet again throughout the day. Pat- I'm still waiting for some impressions. Rick- I'm glad that you didn't do too much damage in H-town. Mike- that poor, poor, poor tree. Everyone- next year plan on hanging out longer the day after the crawl to attend a BBQ- it was quite the perfect post-crawl event this year. I hope to see you guys a lot more over the summer!
Chipotle
Shocker: I eat a shitload of burritos. Probably three a week. And, I'm willing to bet, everyone reading this swings their ass into Chipotle every now and again. So, what kind of damage does this do? They can tell you.
Looks like every burrito is over 1300 calories...add a Chipotle-sized soda and you can tack on at least 400 more.
I can't say I really care - how many calories is 15 Miller Lites? - but it's nice to know my favorite got-trashed-last-night-and-was-only-just-now-able-to-eat is about a whole day's worth of food.
May 28, 2004
MobiTV
Okay, I don't deserve Nerd of the Year award. I just now found out about a cell phone service that's been out for six months now, MobiTV. It's a service for Sprint PCS phones that lets you watch TV on your cell phone. So, I got it. The video quality's kind of bad- only about one frame every 2 or 3 seconds, but it's still good enough to know what's going on, and it is pretty damned cool to be able to watch the Discovery Channel no matter where I am. And they've got TLC, too. Oh yeah, and some news channels, sports cannels, and music channels.
May 27, 2004
He was not a crook...
...but maybe he was our kind of guy after all:
"Prime Minister Edward Heath's desire to speak with Nixon about the Middle East. "Can we tell them no?," Kissinger asked Scowcroft. "When I talked to the president, he was loaded."
Nicely done, Dick. From The Smoking Gun, via FARK.
Take me out to the ball game...
Went to the Yankees / Orioles game last night. Loved it!!! (except for the fact that they lost) What did I love even more than the actual game? sitting directly behind home plate about 12 rows in... I actually had players' wives sitting BEHIND me. Times like this, I love my job.
And yet... I couldn't stop gazing up to the very top row and thinking about the days gone by when we would sit up there for $5. Beer. Rum and Cokes. Flasks.
My point? that we should go to Camden soon. Yes, please!
May 24, 2004
Fatboy's last stand
So this weekend proved to be pretty fun as some of us drove up to Atlantic City for a Fatboy's bachelor party. I'd say it was a success, so thanks to the guys who came up. It's good to know that we can still drink until the sun comes up the next day...
May 21, 2004
jerry and superman
jerry and superman together at last
baltimore=smoky city
This guy traveled around to numerous cities to find the smokiest bars...Baltimore ranks #1
May 20, 2004
I just came across this article about a NASCAR fan that tried to shoot down a crop duster because he couldnn't hear a race over the engine noise. He actually hit it three times, one bullet making the battery explode, and another missing the gas tank by about a foot.
Alcohol Patch
Modified anti smoking patches may help people to quit drinking. It's being developed at Duke. Go figure.
May 19, 2004
Atlantic City
I imagine that several people that read this site are going to Atlantic City this weekend, so you might be interested in Blackjack Odds. Rick may have better links.
May 17, 2004
Clever Title of Post
Some people, seriously, need better things to do. For instance, this guy. I mean, I like my cartoons and everything - maybe a little too much - but this is a realm of worthlessness unto itself.
For the record, I was looking for the Futurama-alphabet-decoder dealie.
May 14, 2004
Hero
Don't you hate it when you see a good idea floating around and you think "Hey! I should've thought of that!" Much like the guys at PSU that sell power hour DVDs, a guy at Case Western got a $20,000 grant to develop a wrap-around material to keep kegs cold. I wish I could sit around with $20K and test beer-cooling products....
May 13, 2004
Threat Matrix
Getting on the Threat Matrix may be easier than we thought, according to "The Google Terrorist" blurb.
Ahhh kickball
So the first game of kickball was last night, and I had a blast. Our team managed to pull off a 6-0 victory, so congrats to everyone. We managed to drink quite a bit too, so it looks like it'll be a fun year. And props to Chris who showed up at 'The Dog'.
And the only gossip-worty thing from last night is one of the new teams (orange shirts) were tied with Chris Bocquet's team, and wanted to play a 6th inning even though there was only a few minutes left. So the teams got pissed at each other, and the orange team went to drink somewhere else.
May 10, 2004
FOX is doing it again
Have you guys seen the commercials for the FOX shows coming out this summer? Is there any way they can get any worse? (and by worse I mean so bad that I'm going to watch them).
The list:
- Method & Red - Method Man and Redman move into a gated community with Meth's mom.
- The Simple Life 2 - Giggidy giggidy giggidy. x2.
- The Casino - Okay, this one looks good. Two 34-year-old friends take control of the once-great Golden Nugget casino in Vegas. Hopefully we see dead bodies. Or at least stippers.
- The Next Great Champ - A reality series (gasp!) that tries to find the next boxing champ as contestants wail on each other.
May 07, 2004
Art Attack
So I am tired and hungover, reading the Diamondback online, and I see the article that Art Attack is tonight. The Ataris are playing (who cares) and Talib Kweli will be there (much better). The article made me reminisce about previous Art Attack's, ones that might actually be good. I have only been to one Art Attack. It was the Outkast/Bloodhound Gang one, and I clearly had a good time - just ask Mike and Roy's couch. I just figured I would share. There is also an article about some dude opening a video arcade too. Yeah, good luck with that.
May 05, 2004
Orpah = evil
For those that don't check out Fark or The Smoking Gun, there's a hilarious bit about how people are complaining to the FCC concerning a recent Oprah show that had explicit sexual dialog. Since most of the people that complained were urged to do so by Howard Stern, there were a lot of funny letters sent in.
Classic.
May 04, 2004
Anything you can do, I can do better.
So I just picked this article off of Page 2 of ESPN. Usually their stuff is alright, but I thought this was kind of neat. Great Feats we'd like to see. Some of them actually are conceivable (Bonds hitting .400, Wie winning a PGA event). I thought the line about a sub-2 hr. marathon by "A Kenyan" was funny. Anyway, some of them are ripe for debate, I figured I would share.
Like I always said...
...give anybody a team of stylists and they look good. Otherwise, they're just regular people. This is why I'm always so unimpressed with the whole "hot celebrity" thing (see Mike's post from last week).
May 03, 2004
Look out NFL
So it looks like my dolphins signed someone named Millhouse. Once they sign Uter, their O-Line will be unstoppable....
May 02, 2004
Because I Worry
I'm concerned most of you may not have had your dose of nonsense propaganda for the day, so for all of you still searching for "the absolute truth regarding moral issues" (ugggggh) please go here immediately.
PS - check out the ending of the "Safe Sex" comic. It's hilarious.