March 31, 2005
Mitch Hedberg
Apparently Mitch Hedberg is dead. I only know from an anonymous text message, and Comedy Central is the only web site right now that I can find with the news - and there isn't any info except that he isn't alive anymore. So, everyone go in the woods and drop some acid for Mitch. I think he would have wanted that way.
Soul is in the Bowl
I cannot believe this exists. I cannot believe the Safeway behind my work carries it.
March 30, 2005
Miss USA
The Miss USA pageant is coming to Baltimore. The Columbia Sheraton is the official hotel. Let the stalking begin.
I would have to say Miss Alabama is my favorite.
March 28, 2005
Classy
Has anyone else heard of the new food fad called the Media Diet?
It consists of strictly one Floridian vegetable.
La HFS fiestaval
In case anyone cares, there will be and HFStival 2005. Angry white people rejoice.
March 27, 2005
Where's the Cake?
Here's the cake. A friend is moving to North Carolina (come on and raise up) this week, so we're giving her a little send-off here in my shithole house. She digs the Homestar Runner, so Aaron and I decided to surprise her with a custom cake. His was the idea, mine was the execution. Actual size is about 18" x 14".
No, Rick, I'm not going to make you a Homestar Runner cake. Or a Strongbad crepe. Or a King of Town beignet. Any nerd pastry at all - I'm not doing it.
Final Four
Ok, the website is empty. So.....Who's going to win the Final Four?
Also, as an update in our riveting Player Pool (for the 5 of us that care), here are the standings (possibly accurate):
Pat - 842 points
Remaining Players: Sean May, Deron Williams, Francisco Garcia, Alan Anderson
Chad - 736 points
Remaining Players: Rashad McCants, Roger Powell Jr., Marvin Williams, Tequan Dean
Mike - 649 points
Remaining Players: Jawad Williams, Dee Brown
Roy - 647 points
Remaining Players: Luther Head, Raymond Felton,
John - 579 points
Remaining Players: Larry O'Bannon, James Augustine, Ellis Myles
March 23, 2005
Random Crap & Beyond
Wear a temporary tattoo & earn money.
My horoscope rawks.
Roy's boy Usher makes it into a discussion of evolution.
In other news, all of my brackets are destroyed. Duke sucks.
Hooray bible belt
Could we not accept facts a little more, please?
Hey all
Yeah, TT was empty for a bit... nice to know that absolutely nothing goes on when I'm away. That, or you've all been too drunk to post, which would be awesome. I've been sober for 48 hours because "The Man" doesn't let people drink just becaue theres a few missles aboard.
So I'm not back yet (I'm posting this from the ship), but I'm bored (lights out was over an hour ago, but us civilians aren't bound by such petty rules, and there's no way I'm going to bed at 10:00), so here's a classic highlights/lowlights so far:
Highlights:
- Buying my tickets at the last minute and getting bumped to first class for one of the segments
- Drinking at 7:00 am... I ordered a Bloody Mary cause it seemed normal... anywho, I found out they give you two vodka mini bottles with them.
- After drinking a bunch of "double" Bloody Marys, they just start giving you double rum and cokes when you ask for them. Sweet.
- The bartender at my "usual" bar knew what I wanted once I walked in.
- Since the sonar equipment is fully operational, my job here is cake. I just wander around and watch people track stuff on sonar (if there's no ships or subs, they'll track whales)
Lowlights:
- The Incredibles was so boring that I watched some of the new Bridget Jones movie instead.
- My first hotel was $310 for the first night. In order to not get yelled at by whoever foots the bill, I've relocated to another hotel ($200)
- I'm sober right now.
Also, related to me getting drunk on the plane... I found out after 10 mini bottles, the flight attendants are required to ask you if you have someone to drive you home. Tell them it's a connecting flight and you can keep drinking.
OK, I'll stop boring you guys. Hopefully everyone is getting smashed, or at least watching a lot of basketball. And it's Chad's birthday tomorrow (today I guess), so make sure to make fun of him for being 27, because that's fucking old.
March 22, 2005
Where's the Cake?
There it is!!!
(not actual cake)
What? Nothing was on the site.
March 18, 2005
Match Day
So I just wanted to inform those of you who were unable to visit Baltimore last night that one Kathryn Jordan matched at the University of Cincinnati and one Michelle Folsom matched at Thomas Jefferson University (in Philadelphia). Your love and support through these years of medical school have meant quite a bit to us!
March Madness
Today is Day 2 in the NCAA world of March Madness. Yesterday was fun, but probably lacked a little of the usual drama. Chad and I both fell asleep on the couch last night after a half day of work, and multiple malted beverages. If you missed much of yesterday, recap with The Sports Guy. His stuff is funny. Also, if you are searching for something to maintain interest in crappy games, follow our Player Pool as I update the scores after every 4 game "session". Thanks to Fatboy for the easy HTML tabling program. Oh, and you are all Oklahoma State fans dammit (Arizona is a viable substitute) - Daddy wants to win a pool.
March 15, 2005
Birthdays
Happy Birthday to Natalie Page Powell, who was born this morning at 9:05 am, weighing in at 7 lbs 8 oz. Natalie was born at St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore. In a series of suspicious omens, today is also Rick's birthday and St. Agnes is where I was born.
March 14, 2005
NCAA
So Maryland isn't making the tournmanet, but at least we're allowed to bitch about it, right? Oh well, I can still have fun rooting for whoever is playing Villanova.
March 10, 2005
Off to a Good Start
So if you check out Fark, you will see an article listed with an "Obvious" tag: Drew gets interviewed for an article about how Duke [Stinks]. In other news, apparently "sucks" isn't suitable for print. Ladies and gentlemen, that is a Shafer/Fisher hybrid headline, greenlighted for Fark. I have the account, Chad has the headline. Good times. This can only mean a W today right? Riiiiiiiight?
Anyway, other articles for your perusal:
Said Fark article about overall sentiment about Duke
Terps Put Season on the Line - no kidding
Junior's Essay about how great the ACC Tourney is
Article on Gilchrist and salvaging the season. Does anyone think, seriously, that this kid might have some head issues? Like bi-polar or ADD - one of those things? I read something about that yesterday. I dunno.
OK - so you jerks who will be at the game - enjoy, and for us idiots who are taking long "lunches" today to sneak to a Damon's, not drinking because they have to go back to work...well, everyone cross your fingers.
March 07, 2005
Road trippin'...
Hey everyone who reads this! Well, as most of you know I'm back now from my cross country trip and I just got pics up on Snapfish. I'm trying to organize them but currently lack sufficient time and patience. Hope ya'll enjoy them - I'll try to have my friends add their digital photos to the website too...
March 05, 2005
March 04, 2005
This one's for daddy
He takes less money to stay with the home team? Who amongst us would call him a traitor?
Mustache Contest?
So, how's that mustache contest coming? I want to see pictures. I'd have joined in on the contest, but that would have meant shaving, and I really don't like to shave. Guess I'm just lazy.
Say it With Me Now...Ugggggh
First, I'm not breaking any promises - this isn't politics, it's journalism. Now, watch this clip, initially barf in your mouth, then celebrate the end portion that indicates that perhaps, even in this dark hour of Talking Points and Jeff Gannon, there may be hope for common sense and objective interrogation in today's media. Yeah, I'm not buying it either.
March 03, 2005
4.8
I want to go to Columbus, Ohio. Again. For a T-Shirt.
worst sports jobs
not sure if you saw this but thought it may be a good topic of discussion...
The gold, it calls to us...
http://www.piratescasting.com/
March 02, 2005
Patriots to be fined?
No, of course not, but aprently Randall Gay got away with a big NFL no-no by putting his own name on his jersey. Thanks to FARK for teh link and some haX0r for teh data.
You know, according to that list, they won't stop you from getting a Packers #44 "Shoeshitter" jersey. Chad, this one has you all over it.
Funny Voice Mail
This might be an old forward that everybody but me knows about, but it is pretty funny.
Read the story first, then listen...
On a recent Spurs trip, we were asking one of our sponsors who works at Jack in the Box some funny stories or experiences with the company. The funniest story he had was when an operations manager was late for a meeting and called his boss to tell him he was running late. As he was leaving the voice mail message, he witnessed an accident and went on to provide "play by play" of the incident. After telling us the story, he promised to send us a copy of the voice mail and here it is. This is the actual voice mail message. It was passed along and forwarded so many times within Jack in the Box, it crashed their voice mail server.
March 01, 2005
Please participate in this discussion!
Today, the supreme court ruled 5-4 that it is unconstitutional to excecute minor's that have been convicted of murder.
I'm probably in the minority here, but I think that if a minor is found guilty of murder then the death penalty should still apply. For example:
What if the DC Snipers were a couple of 16 year old punks?
What if the guys who shot up Columbine didn't off themselves?
Would we really be willing to donate the time and resources available to jail, feed, clothe, and even educate these people in jail? Hell a lot of kids that grow up in communities with gang violence might see murder as a step up in the world...do my 25 years...get a college education...at the oldest they are 42 and able to work. That's not exactly fair to the person they killed....thoughts?
Fiddy cent...doing his part...
to perpetuate all those stereo-types about this crazy hip-hop music you kids love so much...
Ok so it wasn't actually 50, but apparenlty some of his crew.
G-gg--ggg--G-UNIT
g--gg-gg-gg---Get your ass in the car!