[Post for Saturday, January30, 2009]
Bloggers note: I wrote this back in December. I pulled it out of the trash because I needed something for Saturday's post....and I am trying to clean out my massive "in editing" bucket
Its been over a month....maybe two since I sprained my wrist. I sound like a bit of a drama queen but I really do think I fractured it, Regardless of what Dr. Kevorkian says! My wrist was healing fine and then about two weeks ago I went to sit down for a lunch. I braced myself to sit in the seat and I felt a small pop. It hurt right away and then ached for days. Sprained my arse....sprains don't do that. And if they do then keep your mouth shut cause I don't want to hear it.
Whatever....so I can't stand it. My wrist feels good enough for Krav Maga again! If you've been around me these grueling weeks you would have heard me say that I am off my mark since I have been out of Krav for so long.
So.....I went to Tuesdays level 2 class and g-d did it feel good! I missed it so much and I think I was depressed there for about a month or so. I can tell when I am bummed because I just sit there and do nothing. Now....I am thinking about doing the dishes or thinking about doing laundry. Maybe after a few more classes I might actually pitch in....we'll play it by ear.
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Friday, January 30, 2009
Fit to drink
[Post for Friday, January30, 2009>
A long time peeve of mine is the quality of water that we drink. We, as a 1st world country (whatever that is suppose to imply), do not see it fit to consume water with out adding chemicals. Chlorine is my big pet peeve with water, followed by Fluoride.
I know many people have this perception that our water is safe to drink. Really? Try going to another town in a different region. Notice how radically different the water is! Its simply because you are used to the water you use. You bath in it, you wash your clothes in it and your dishes. You pretty much consume it all the time. Its not different because you are used to it. So like I said, try water from somewhere else...notice how it smells funny? Or maybe it leaves pink rings in the crapper (like the water in Round Rock, TX). The water in my neck of the woods is so heavily chlorinated that we had to buy purifier/softener system for the whole house.
So really it comes down to what you consider what is "safe". Unless you are one of these off-grid wackos that buy a purifier/softener system for the whole house. Oh I am not saying that you are going to have your teeth fall out and your eyes melt in your head. What I am saying is that some one tells you, usually the local government, that the water is "safe" for consumption. Being lulled into a false sense of security is fine with most people.
Odds are you are interested in your health but just never thought of water as part of it. Well, you did but in terms of quantity consumed...just not quality. If you want to see what kind of swill you are shooting down your throat then I offer a link to stimulate your senses: http://www.ewg.org/tapwater/yourwater/
Now I am not saying you are prone to get a water borne disease. Nor am I saying that you need to bath in bottled water. Nope, just start thinking about things your are told not to think about. Start asking questions...
By the way, I did a search on my provider and one of the health concerns listened in the report as cancer. Nothing major right? Safe to consume.......ppppffftttttt
A long time peeve of mine is the quality of water that we drink. We, as a 1st world country (whatever that is suppose to imply), do not see it fit to consume water with out adding chemicals. Chlorine is my big pet peeve with water, followed by Fluoride.
I know many people have this perception that our water is safe to drink. Really? Try going to another town in a different region. Notice how radically different the water is! Its simply because you are used to the water you use. You bath in it, you wash your clothes in it and your dishes. You pretty much consume it all the time. Its not different because you are used to it. So like I said, try water from somewhere else...notice how it smells funny? Or maybe it leaves pink rings in the crapper (like the water in Round Rock, TX). The water in my neck of the woods is so heavily chlorinated that we had to buy purifier/softener system for the whole house.
So really it comes down to what you consider what is "safe". Unless you are one of these off-grid wackos that buy a purifier/softener system for the whole house. Oh I am not saying that you are going to have your teeth fall out and your eyes melt in your head. What I am saying is that some one tells you, usually the local government, that the water is "safe" for consumption. Being lulled into a false sense of security is fine with most people.
Odds are you are interested in your health but just never thought of water as part of it. Well, you did but in terms of quantity consumed...just not quality. If you want to see what kind of swill you are shooting down your throat then I offer a link to stimulate your senses: http://www.ewg.org/tapwater/yourwater/
Now I am not saying you are prone to get a water borne disease. Nor am I saying that you need to bath in bottled water. Nope, just start thinking about things your are told not to think about. Start asking questions...
By the way, I did a search on my provider and one of the health concerns listened in the report as cancer. Nothing major right? Safe to consume.......ppppffftttttt
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Using your movie tastes against you....indeed
I got one of these info type chain letters. You know the kind where you "have" to answer 50 questions about yourself. This one is actually kind of interesting. You basically tick off all the movies you have seen. If you have seen over eighty then supposedly you have no life. Another great litmus test on our cultural maturity. Meh...here it goes:
So there you go....I have no life
| Movie | Yes or No |
| Rocky Horror Picture Show | Yes |
| Grease | Yes |
| Pirates of the Caribbean | Yes |
| Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest | No |
| Boondock Saints | Yes |
| Fight Club | Yes |
| Starsky and Hutch | No |
| Neverending Story | Yes |
| Blazing Saddles | Yes |
| Airplane | Yes |
| The Princess Bride | Yes |
| AnchorMan | Yes |
| Napoleon Dynamite | Yes |
| Labyrinth | Yes |
| Saw | No |
| Saw II | No |
| White Noise | No |
| White Oleander | No |
| Anger Management | No |
| 50 First Dates | No |
| The Princess Diaries | Yes |
| The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | No |
| Scream | Yes |
| Scream 2 | Yes |
| Scream 3 | Yes |
| Scary Movie | Yes |
| Scary Movie 2 | No |
| Scary Movie 3 | No |
| Scary Movie 4 | Yes |
| American Pie | Yes |
| American Pie 2 | Yes |
| American Wedding | Yes |
| American Pie Band Camp | No |
| Harry Potter 1 | Yes |
| Harry Potter 2 | Yes |
| Harry Potter 3 | Yes |
| Harry Potter 4 | No |
| Resident Evil 1 | Yes |
| Resident Evil 2 | No |
| The Wedding Singer | Yes |
| Little Black Book | No |
| The Village | Yes |
| Lilo & Stitch | Yes |
| Finding Nemo | Yes |
| Finding Neverland | Yes |
| Signs | No |
| The Grinch | Yes |
| Texas Chainsaw Massacre | No |
| Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning | No |
| White Chicks | No |
| Butterfly Effect | No |
| 13 Going on 30 | No |
| I, Robot | Yes |
| Robots | Yes |
| Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | Yes |
| Universal Soldier | Yes |
| Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events | Yes |
| Along Came Polly | No |
| Deep Impact | Yes |
| KingPin | Yes |
| Never Been Kissed | Yes |
| Meet The Parents | Yes |
| Meet the Fockers | Yes |
| Eight Crazy Nights | No |
| Joe Dirt | Yes |
| KING KONG | Yes |
| A Cinderella Story | No |
| The Terminal | Yes |
| The Lizzie McGuire Movie | No |
| Passport to Paris | No |
| Dumb & Dumber | Yes |
| Dumber & Dumberer | No |
| Final Destination | Yes |
| Final Destination 2 | Yes |
| Final Destination 3 | No |
| Halloween | No |
| The Ring | No |
| The Ring 2 | No |
| Surviving X-MAS | No |
| Flubber | Yes |
| Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle | No |
| Practical Magic | Yes |
| Chicago | No |
| Ghost Ship | No |
| From Hell | No |
| Hellboy | Yes |
| Secret Window | No |
| I Am Sam | No |
| The Whole Nine Yards | Yes |
| The Whole Ten Yards | Yes |
| The Day After Tomorrow | Yes |
| Child's Play | No |
| Seed of Chucky | No |
| Bride of Chucky | No |
| Ten Things I Hate About You | No |
| Just Married | No |
| Gothika | No |
| Nightmare on Elm Street | Yes |
| Sixteen Candles | No |
| Remember the Titans | No |
| Coach Carter | No |
| The Grudge | Yes |
| The Grudge 2 | No |
| The Mask | Yes |
| Son Of The Mask | No |
| Bad Boys | Yes |
| Bad Boys 2 | Yes |
| Joy Ride | No |
| Lucky Number Sl3ven | Yes |
| Ocean's Eleven | Yes |
| Ocean's Twelve | Yes |
| Bourne Identity | Yes |
| Bourne Supremecy | Yes |
| Lone Star | No |
| Bedazzled | No |
| Predator I | Yes |
| Predator II | Yes |
| The Fog | No |
| Ice Age | Yes |
| Ice Age 2: The Meltdown | Yes |
| Curious George | Yes |
| Independence Day | Yes |
| Cujo | No |
| A Bronx Tale | No |
| Darkness Falls | No |
| Christine | No |
| ET | Yes |
| Children of the Corn | Yes |
| My Bosses Daughter | No |
| Maid in Manhattan | No |
| War of the Worlds | Yes |
| Rush Hour | Yes |
| Rush Hour 2 | Yes |
| Best Bet | No |
| How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days | No |
| She's All That | No |
| Calendar Girls | No |
| Sideways | Yes |
| Mars Attacks | Yes |
| Event Horizon | Yes |
| Ever After | No |
| Wizard of Oz | Yes |
| Forrest Gump | Yes |
| Big Trouble in Little China | Yes |
| The Terminator | Yes |
| The Terminator 2 | Yes |
| The Terminator 3 | No |
| X-Men | Yes |
| X-2 | Yes |
| X-3 | Yes |
| Spider-Man | Yes |
| Spider-Man 2 | Yes |
| Sky High | No |
| Jeepers Creepers | No |
| Jeepers Creepers 2 | No |
| Catch Me If You Can | Yes |
| The Little Mermaid | Yes |
| Freaky Friday | No |
| Reign of Fire | Yes |
| The Skulls | No |
| Cruel Intentions | Yes |
| Cruel Intentions 2 | No |
| The Hot Chick | No |
| Shrek | Yes |
| Shrek 2 | Yes |
| Swimfan | No |
| Miracle on 34th street | Yes |
| Old School | Yes |
| The Notebook | No |
| K-Pax | No |
| Krippendorf's Tribe | No |
| A Walk to Remember | No |
| Ice Castles | No |
| Boogeyman | No |
| The 40-year-old Virgin | Yes |
| Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring | Yes |
| Lord of the Rings The Two Towers | Yes |
| Lord of the Rings Return Of the King | Yes |
| Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark | Yes |
| Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Yes |
| Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Yes |
| Baseketball | Yes |
| Hostel | No |
| Waiting for Guffman | No |
| House of 1000 Corpses | No |
| Devils Rejects | No |
| Elf | No |
| Highlander | Yes |
| Mothman Prophecies | No |
| American History X | Yes |
| Three | No |
| The Jacket | No |
| Kung Fu Hustle | No |
| Shaolin Soccer | No |
| Night Watch | No |
| Monsters Inc. | Yes |
| Titanic | Yes |
| Monty Python and the Holy Grail | Yes |
| Shaun Of the Dead | Yes |
| Willard | No |
| High Tension | No |
| Club Dread | No |
| Hulk | Yes |
| Dawn Of the Dead | Yes |
| Hook | Yes |
| Chronicles Of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe | Yes |
| 28 days later | Yes |
| Orgazmo | No |
| Phantasm | No |
| Waterworld | Yes |
| Kill Bill vol 1 | Yes |
| Kill Bill vol 2 | Yes |
| Mortal Kombat | Yes |
| Wolf Creek | No |
| Kingdom of Heaven | Yes |
| the Hills Have Eyes | Yes |
| I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman | No |
| The Last House on the Left | No |
| Re-Animator | No |
| Army of Darkness | Yes |
| Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace | Yes |
| Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones | Yes |
| Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith | Yes |
| Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope | Yes |
| Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back | Yes |
| Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi | Yes |
| Ewoks Caravan Of Courage | No |
| Ewoks The Battle For Endor | No |
| The Matrix | Yes |
| The Matrix Reloaded | Yes |
| The Matrix Revolutions | Yes |
| Animatrix | Yes |
| Evil Dead | Yes |
| Evil Dead 2 | Yes |
| Team America: World Police | Yes |
| Red Dragon | No |
| Silence of the Lambs | No |
| Hannibal | No |
| That's 134 for yes |
So there you go....I have no life
Making loss against gains
Over the holiday's I did gain a little weight. Maybe about five pounds. I eat mostly right but I was bombarded with treats and large meals constantly. Nothing wrong with it! Feasting with family is fun and stuff. Seems that we all regret gaining weight and I would be lying if I said I was above it or something.
Since the start of January I have been eating right. I also exercise at least two times a week at least. This morning I did my wii weight in and found that I lost 3 pounds! My BMI dropped back to 29.75, which takes me out of obese and into overweight! YEAH BEING OVERWEIGHT!
Now its time to burn! Using my new success I really need to drive for my 170 lbs goal!
K, I am off to work
Since the start of January I have been eating right. I also exercise at least two times a week at least. This morning I did my wii weight in and found that I lost 3 pounds! My BMI dropped back to 29.75, which takes me out of obese and into overweight! YEAH BEING OVERWEIGHT!
Now its time to burn! Using my new success I really need to drive for my 170 lbs goal!
K, I am off to work
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Playhouse
ok...this post catches me up on my post back log
So I started work on the kids playhouse! Got it level as that was the major reason why it was leaning the way it was. I then removed all the old boards from the back and put new ones up. This time screws where used thus ensure that the boards stay in place. The previous owner of the playhouse use tacks. I have pictures put I need to get them off my phone. Still learning how this damn thing works.
Oh crap its almost time for KM class. More later kiddos
So I started work on the kids playhouse! Got it level as that was the major reason why it was leaning the way it was. I then removed all the old boards from the back and put new ones up. This time screws where used thus ensure that the boards stay in place. The previous owner of the playhouse use tacks. I have pictures put I need to get them off my phone. Still learning how this damn thing works.
Oh crap its almost time for KM class. More later kiddos
No Mo'
[Tuesday's post 1-26-2009]
Finally eliminated a huge schedule conflict for me. It basically prevented me from spending any real time with my family and interfered with my Krav Maga schedule. Now its like....I can do what I want....um...pretty much when I want. Very strange feeling
I went outside today....its like...sunny and stuff. Time to catch up on all my projects! And more Krav Maga classes until my belt test April 4th!
Finally eliminated a huge schedule conflict for me. It basically prevented me from spending any real time with my family and interfered with my Krav Maga schedule. Now its like....I can do what I want....um...pretty much when I want. Very strange feeling
I went outside today....its like...sunny and stuff. Time to catch up on all my projects! And more Krav Maga classes until my belt test April 4th!
New office
[Monday's post 1-26-2009]
So the company saw it fit to move me out from the basement and into my own office. I have a phone...a chair....and even a calculator. I tell ya I am moving up in the world. They say if I am really good that they let me borrow the hall pass so I can go potty in the restroom. I have goals people...GOALS!
In other news....its Monday. President Obama promised to get rid of Monday's. He told me so when he stopped here in Austin during his campaign. Yet, here it is Monday and he is President! WTF dude! I mean you can close that Gitmo abomination but you can't strike Monday from the books. Weak dude, weak. Hope my arse!
So the company saw it fit to move me out from the basement and into my own office. I have a phone...a chair....and even a calculator. I tell ya I am moving up in the world. They say if I am really good that they let me borrow the hall pass so I can go potty in the restroom. I have goals people...GOALS!
In other news....its Monday. President Obama promised to get rid of Monday's. He told me so when he stopped here in Austin during his campaign. Yet, here it is Monday and he is President! WTF dude! I mean you can close that Gitmo abomination but you can't strike Monday from the books. Weak dude, weak. Hope my arse!
boooooored
[Sunday's post 1-25-2009]
Didn't get to work on the play house like I had wanted. I basically sat around all day. For some reason I have really lacked any motivation to do anything. Like reading the news, or politics, or whatever.....think winter is fugging with me.
Well I did play warhammer.....but whatever
Didn't get to work on the play house like I had wanted. I basically sat around all day. For some reason I have really lacked any motivation to do anything. Like reading the news, or politics, or whatever.....think winter is fugging with me.
Well I did play warhammer.....but whatever
Wood
[Saturday's post 1-24-2009]
Made a trip out to the Home Depot today! Got boards to fix the kids play house, some plywood and 1x2's to make a small little desk thingy to hold my printer. It should work to also de-clutter my home office.
I love wood....I love the smell of wood.... I like to hold wood in my hand and think of all the things I could do with my wood. OH! I also put up a new post for the fence. Gonna expand the fence a bit :)
Made a trip out to the Home Depot today! Got boards to fix the kids play house, some plywood and 1x2's to make a small little desk thingy to hold my printer. It should work to also de-clutter my home office.
I love wood....I love the smell of wood.... I like to hold wood in my hand and think of all the things I could do with my wood. OH! I also put up a new post for the fence. Gonna expand the fence a bit :)
Bummer
[Friday's post 1-23-2009]
My son was sick last night. Since the state deems that I am only allowed to see my son on Thursdays it makes it super tough. I didn't want to drag him out to be just to be with me for two hours. He needs to rest
really, the State of Texas is more destructive to children then the FLDS wackos in West Texas. Backwards bunch of crooks
My son was sick last night. Since the state deems that I am only allowed to see my son on Thursdays it makes it super tough. I didn't want to drag him out to be just to be with me for two hours. He needs to rest
really, the State of Texas is more destructive to children then the FLDS wackos in West Texas. Backwards bunch of crooks
Fall'gain
[Thursday's post 1-22-2009]
Its Fall'gain
Fall'gain is something I've been saying since we moved to the country. Basically about this time of year. The Cedar trees release their pollen. It started at the end of December but that was the start of it.....not the apex of it. About this time, Fall'gain, The cedar trees are about ready to burst. resulting in the very green trees turning a dark orangey red color....almost like oak trees look in the fall. When you look out from our house at the valley and rolling hills you see a sea of orange-red almost like what it looks like in fall......fall again.
So starting something next week or week and a half we are going to getting pounded in the face with cedar sperm.
Its Fall'gain
Fall'gain is something I've been saying since we moved to the country. Basically about this time of year. The Cedar trees release their pollen. It started at the end of December but that was the start of it.....not the apex of it. About this time, Fall'gain, The cedar trees are about ready to burst. resulting in the very green trees turning a dark orangey red color....almost like oak trees look in the fall. When you look out from our house at the valley and rolling hills you see a sea of orange-red almost like what it looks like in fall......fall again.
So starting something next week or week and a half we are going to getting pounded in the face with cedar sperm.
Wiiplacement
[Wednesday's post 1-21-2009]
It happened. Wife took the the Wii into Best Buy to have it "repaired" under the two year warranty (thank you very much). What do they do.....replace it with a new unit. And as things are apparently not transferable between Wii's we lost all of our character, character development, and our virtual fish tank. I should call Nintendo and see if we can get refunded for that last one.
But my wife is totally awesome and managed to get one of the last Wii Fitness games in town (the one with the balance board). Fitness via video games sounds lame right? Hey, I would have agreed with you but check this out. The Wii Fit measures your BMI and then tracks it. It also takes your weight and tracks that also. It also tests your balance and tracks that as well. You set goals and it also tracks that as well. It makes tracking your fitness info easy peasy crunchuweasy. Back in my day we used pencil and paper for all that nonesense. Now we have video games to do that!
I also get Yoga which is totally helping my martial arts felxability and helps to work out my pulled calf muscle. Has strength training as well as cardo training! It also has balance games which the kids totally love! Oh...plus everything is scaleable. YOu unlock reps, new exericse, new yoga moves and stuff. Its really cool and I am really glad she bought it!
Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
It happened. Wife took the the Wii into Best Buy to have it "repaired" under the two year warranty (thank you very much). What do they do.....replace it with a new unit. And as things are apparently not transferable between Wii's we lost all of our character, character development, and our virtual fish tank. I should call Nintendo and see if we can get refunded for that last one.
But my wife is totally awesome and managed to get one of the last Wii Fitness games in town (the one with the balance board). Fitness via video games sounds lame right? Hey, I would have agreed with you but check this out. The Wii Fit measures your BMI and then tracks it. It also takes your weight and tracks that also. It also tests your balance and tracks that as well. You set goals and it also tracks that as well. It makes tracking your fitness info easy peasy crunchuweasy. Back in my day we used pencil and paper for all that nonesense. Now we have video games to do that!
I also get Yoga which is totally helping my martial arts felxability and helps to work out my pulled calf muscle. Has strength training as well as cardo training! It also has balance games which the kids totally love! Oh...plus everything is scaleable. YOu unlock reps, new exericse, new yoga moves and stuff. Its really cool and I am really glad she bought it!
Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Big kids
[Tuesday's post 1-20-2009]
So Monica has a new boyfriend! Yay! Finally! Cause we were all starting to think she might switch sides......which would be kind of hot.
ANYWAYS! She has a new boyfriend. And being that we have been friend for over half a decade most of us, her "friends", have had a field day picking on her. I don't know why we do it and to add we never met this guy. Still the jokes are rolling out of the gaff factory. He is maybe four years younger..maybe....still its enough for the cougar jokes. Many days I often ask her if she packed him his favorite lunch. Or when making dinner plans I try to schedule the time it takes her to pick him up from daycare. My favorite so far is asking if they watch "Curious George" together or does she work during his TV time?
Still...I think its important to note that this must be a great guy. Monica is a wonderful woman and had great taste in friends as well as mates. Shes smart and knows what she is doing and if this guy is lucky enough to be in her life then he one of the best out there. Gratz to Mr. lucky and I hope you told your teacher at show0and-tell where she touches you at night. I think the DA is looking to press charges against her.
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had too......just too easy
So Monica has a new boyfriend! Yay! Finally! Cause we were all starting to think she might switch sides......which would be kind of hot.
ANYWAYS! She has a new boyfriend. And being that we have been friend for over half a decade most of us, her "friends", have had a field day picking on her. I don't know why we do it and to add we never met this guy. Still the jokes are rolling out of the gaff factory. He is maybe four years younger..maybe....still its enough for the cougar jokes. Many days I often ask her if she packed him his favorite lunch. Or when making dinner plans I try to schedule the time it takes her to pick him up from daycare. My favorite so far is asking if they watch "Curious George" together or does she work during his TV time?
Still...I think its important to note that this must be a great guy. Monica is a wonderful woman and had great taste in friends as well as mates. Shes smart and knows what she is doing and if this guy is lucky enough to be in her life then he one of the best out there. Gratz to Mr. lucky and I hope you told your teacher at show0and-tell where she touches you at night. I think the DA is looking to press charges against her.
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had too......just too easy
[Monday's post 1-19-2009]
Bitch muffins.....my little click map was reset. I got an e-mail from the map people stating that my super clicked happy map is being archived and that I get a new map with new opportunities to add new clicks. WTF ever! That sucks man.....it was like totally cool and like totally awesome to like totally have all those totally awesome dots over my totally awesome map...like totally totally duuude!!! Nargly...Tubular....cowabunga
Dude
Totally
No idea where any of that come from........totally
Bitch muffins.....my little click map was reset. I got an e-mail from the map people stating that my super clicked happy map is being archived and that I get a new map with new opportunities to add new clicks. WTF ever! That sucks man.....it was like totally cool and like totally awesome to like totally have all those totally awesome dots over my totally awesome map...like totally totally duuude!!! Nargly...Tubular....cowabunga
Dude
Totally
No idea where any of that come from........totally
WAAAAAAGGHHHH!!!!!!!
[Sunday's post 1-18-2009]
Wii is still dead......moving on
Many of you will recall that I was playing a game called Eve. Oh who am I kidding...I bet most of you don't even remember and maybe one of you when through the archives to actually check. Yeah, I was playing Eve online.....and you might recall I was trying to sell my character. Well its been sold and I made a cool $100 off of it. I'm going to fix the kids play fort which is in need of repairs.
Anyone, so I quit eve but picked up a game called Warhammer. My buddy Eric from down teh streen and past the big oak tree turned me on to it when I was visiting last. It basically a slash and hack game. Something that you can pick up or put down when ever you want....or so I thought. I've been having so much fun on it that I forget to put it down....sometime for several hours.
My wife was kind enough to buy me a new office chair. The previous officer chair had a blow out and she wanted me to game in comfort. Still...I think she is getting a little tired of my new gaming habit and has start to make little "suggestions". Does this mean I have my own addiction? Wonder if I can go to rehab for this...some place in Hawaii would be nice.
Wii is still dead......moving on
Many of you will recall that I was playing a game called Eve. Oh who am I kidding...I bet most of you don't even remember and maybe one of you when through the archives to actually check. Yeah, I was playing Eve online.....and you might recall I was trying to sell my character. Well its been sold and I made a cool $100 off of it. I'm going to fix the kids play fort which is in need of repairs.
Anyone, so I quit eve but picked up a game called Warhammer. My buddy Eric from down teh streen and past the big oak tree turned me on to it when I was visiting last. It basically a slash and hack game. Something that you can pick up or put down when ever you want....or so I thought. I've been having so much fun on it that I forget to put it down....sometime for several hours.
My wife was kind enough to buy me a new office chair. The previous officer chair had a blow out and she wanted me to game in comfort. Still...I think she is getting a little tired of my new gaming habit and has start to make little "suggestions". Does this mean I have my own addiction? Wonder if I can go to rehab for this...some place in Hawaii would be nice.
R.I.P. little Wii
[Saturday's post 1-17-2009]
As the title says....my Wii died. I don't know what caused my Wii to kick the bucket...its done nothing other than sit there. No abuse that I can recall....nothing.
Anywho, Wii just started giving out a black screen [of death] and no audio. I replugged all the cables, tried different audio channels, heck I even tried different cables all together. Muerte
This really bummed son out...he had been waiting all week to play the Wii. And really bummed me out cause my high score is on that Wii (for bowling). I'm worried that when I take it back to Best Buy they won't fix it but rather exchange it. That means my little Mii will die with the Wii. Mii bowling score will be lost.
Mii no likely likely
As the title says....my Wii died. I don't know what caused my Wii to kick the bucket...its done nothing other than sit there. No abuse that I can recall....nothing.
Anywho, Wii just started giving out a black screen [of death] and no audio. I replugged all the cables, tried different audio channels, heck I even tried different cables all together. Muerte
This really bummed son out...he had been waiting all week to play the Wii. And really bummed me out cause my high score is on that Wii (for bowling). I'm worried that when I take it back to Best Buy they won't fix it but rather exchange it. That means my little Mii will die with the Wii. Mii bowling score will be lost.
Mii no likely likely
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
About Beer Can Chicken
[Friday's post 1-16-2009]
Steve, from the nude blog, reminded me that some people actually read this blog apart from my wife and my mother. Also, said people don't live in my country (or state to you Statism lovers) and beer can chicken is a foreign idea to you. So bare with me as I attempt to translate how this all works.
First, You'll need
Another note: Once your future dinner date has passed, prepare it by removing all feathers, neck, and inner workings. If you buy yours from the store it should already be like this and if not talk to the manager.
Another Another note: Give that co....foul a rub down down with the rub unless you don't wanna'
First thing is first! Set up your BBQ pit for indirect grilling. Indirect grilling is just basically moving the hot coals in a circle or piles at the edge of your BBQ pit. The objective is to NOT have the food directly over the hot coals.....hence the indirect part.
Now drink half of the beer that you set aside for the cooking of your bird. Savor the flavor! Now I have to step in here. If you prefer real beer. I mean REAL beer and not that piss commercial water we drink and labeled AS beer then do the following: Pour out a commercial beer all the way. When that can is empty you wash it out and half way fill it with your choice of BEER. The idea is to put good beer in the can...which... I am sure you figured out if you are already drinking BEER.
Now here is where the magic happens. Take the can of beer in one hand and your foul in the other. Go Spartan 0n this bird and shove that can up it back end cavity. Yuuuuuup. Shove that can up the birds arse. Now set your sodomized foul on the grill so it stands up. Display it to your grill in all its violated glory.
*Optional* I usually stick an orange in the next of the bird
Now for the next 30 minutes plus, rotate the bird on its axis. There are going to be cool "spots" in your grill and rotating your birds ensures even cooking. Every 20 minutes or so, poke the bird in the thickest part. You should start seeing clear juice. Once you do, then cook it for another 30 minutes. That's just my experience.
Once the bird is done, put on some gloves and extract the gerb......I mean beer can from the rear end of the chicken. Put the bird on a plate and servce to your amazed and maybe horrified dinner company.
So there you go! Beer can chicken
Steve, from the nude blog, reminded me that some people actually read this blog apart from my wife and my mother. Also, said people don't live in my country (or state to you Statism lovers) and beer can chicken is a foreign idea to you. So bare with me as I attempt to translate how this all works.
First, You'll need
- Purchase, Raise, or some how legally procure a five pound bird. My preference is a chicken but a Quetzalcoatlus works just fine I hear.
- A seasoning you are partial to, to rub down your foul [or insert crude joke here].
- A can of beer that you don't mind not drinking the half of. If you can't think of one, then just try buying a six pack and drink the other five while you use the poor sixth beer for cooking.
- Charcoal
- BBQ pit
- *optional* a beer-can chicken stand.
Another note: Once your future dinner date has passed, prepare it by removing all feathers, neck, and inner workings. If you buy yours from the store it should already be like this and if not talk to the manager.
Another Another note: Give that co....foul a rub down down with the rub unless you don't wanna'
First thing is first! Set up your BBQ pit for indirect grilling. Indirect grilling is just basically moving the hot coals in a circle or piles at the edge of your BBQ pit. The objective is to NOT have the food directly over the hot coals.....hence the indirect part.
Now drink half of the beer that you set aside for the cooking of your bird. Savor the flavor! Now I have to step in here. If you prefer real beer. I mean REAL beer and not that piss commercial water we drink and labeled AS beer then do the following: Pour out a commercial beer all the way. When that can is empty you wash it out and half way fill it with your choice of BEER. The idea is to put good beer in the can...which... I am sure you figured out if you are already drinking BEER.
Now here is where the magic happens. Take the can of beer in one hand and your foul in the other. Go Spartan 0n this bird and shove that can up it back end cavity. Yuuuuuup. Shove that can up the birds arse. Now set your sodomized foul on the grill so it stands up. Display it to your grill in all its violated glory.
*Optional* I usually stick an orange in the next of the bird
Now for the next 30 minutes plus, rotate the bird on its axis. There are going to be cool "spots" in your grill and rotating your birds ensures even cooking. Every 20 minutes or so, poke the bird in the thickest part. You should start seeing clear juice. Once you do, then cook it for another 30 minutes. That's just my experience.
Once the bird is done, put on some gloves and extract the gerb......I mean beer can from the rear end of the chicken. Put the bird on a plate and servce to your amazed and maybe horrified dinner company.
So there you go! Beer can chicken
IT'S FIXED!
[Thursday's post 1-15-2009]
Good news everyone! The economy is fixed! That's right! You can all return to your jobs that you have been laid off from! Congress, spending countless days in session, have managed to fix our economy. They are now able to turn their attention to other important matters. Like how baseball players are poking each other in the rear end so they can make their muscles bigger - OR - using the government to change your college football championships.
A good thing let me tell you! Had it not been for Congress flexing its strictly enumerated powers to legislate our lives....woo boy! I think having a corrupt, unquestioned, self-serving governmental body would have been the last thing this nation needs and would have been kicked to the curb a long time ago...... I am still talking about the BCS here.....right?
Good news everyone! The economy is fixed! That's right! You can all return to your jobs that you have been laid off from! Congress, spending countless days in session, have managed to fix our economy. They are now able to turn their attention to other important matters. Like how baseball players are poking each other in the rear end so they can make their muscles bigger - OR - using the government to change your college football championships.
A good thing let me tell you! Had it not been for Congress flexing its strictly enumerated powers to legislate our lives....woo boy! I think having a corrupt, unquestioned, self-serving governmental body would have been the last thing this nation needs and would have been kicked to the curb a long time ago...... I am still talking about the BCS here.....right?
Gee Wiz
We are not even done with this month out of the year and I already forgot to post ever day this year. Seeing as I left off from Wednesday it seems I owe you folks six posts (that includes today's post). This post doesn't count :P
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
The work baron's
In cubicles around the world, pasty faced workers of the corporate drone force clacks away at keyboards in a feverish pace to reach 'the" end. The end of the fiscal year is fast approaching and with it a new fiscal year. However the mood is not of pop guns and champagne, nay my gentle reader, nay.
The New fiscal year is whipped into play with planning and spreadsheets. 20 hour days that tan excel grid lines into your face. Finance locks itself in a room with the ops folks for a short 14 hour planning session. Buckets are brought in for "relief". But now the day of Romain efficiency in task management is yet upon us again.
Fiscal Year 2010 is but days away.....
[edit: corrected for spelling mistakes]
The New fiscal year is whipped into play with planning and spreadsheets. 20 hour days that tan excel grid lines into your face. Finance locks itself in a room with the ops folks for a short 14 hour planning session. Buckets are brought in for "relief". But now the day of Romain efficiency in task management is yet upon us again.
Fiscal Year 2010 is but days away.....
[edit: corrected for spelling mistakes]
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
300 and add a 0
Did anyone notice that I hit 3,000 unique visitors to my little blog? Its strange....its like people read my blog or something. Could it be my smorgasbord (yes, that's how you spell it) of topics ranging from poop to politics? Bad analogy, its like saying the same thing twice....its repetitively redundant. Maybe .....uh... I cover topics from stupid office humor to...oh crap whatever! You get the idea!
Man...so yeah...3,000 + people out there bored silly reading my little blog. So what do you do at this point? Add a tip jar? Put ads on your blog? Run around the neighborhood naked screaming that people like you? Any of you 3,000 + readers have any ideas?
Its cold and second arrest for public nudity is a no no
Man...so yeah...3,000 + people out there bored silly reading my little blog. So what do you do at this point? Add a tip jar? Put ads on your blog? Run around the neighborhood naked screaming that people like you? Any of you 3,000 + readers have any ideas?
Its cold and second arrest for public nudity is a no no
Monday, January 12, 2009
Monday
This was my Monday post [bloggers note, I suck and posted this on Tuesday]
Monday...let's see....what did I do. Um....oh yeah. Worked all day and then.....oh yes...worked all night! Seems with this economic poo poo employers (or just mine) is find a whole bunch of new work and a whole bunch of less people for said work. Which gets dumped on the can-do-it-all guy that is woefully underpaid.
Or so goes the Dilbert comic strip. Is it fictional comedy or Non-fiction my sad reality?
Good news is that "Big Bang Theory" and "How I met your mother" had new episodes! Love "Big Bang Theory"! So freaking funny and fresh new material.
"How I met your mother".... I like it cause Cobie Smulders is gorgeous. Well... I think it more cause of the charter than anything else. I mean yes she is physically beautiful but her character is just more of a wholesome down to earth kind of thinking. Anywho....YAY for TV! It takes my mind off this prison of overworked and overtaxed life we call the American way!
Maybe we'll do something useful to our children and abolish the direct income tax
Monday...let's see....what did I do. Um....oh yeah. Worked all day and then.....oh yes...worked all night! Seems with this economic poo poo employers (or just mine) is find a whole bunch of new work and a whole bunch of less people for said work. Which gets dumped on the can-do-it-all guy that is woefully underpaid.
Or so goes the Dilbert comic strip. Is it fictional comedy or Non-fiction my sad reality?
Good news is that "Big Bang Theory" and "How I met your mother" had new episodes! Love "Big Bang Theory"! So freaking funny and fresh new material.
"How I met your mother".... I like it cause Cobie Smulders is gorgeous. Well... I think it more cause of the charter than anything else. I mean yes she is physically beautiful but her character is just more of a wholesome down to earth kind of thinking. Anywho....YAY for TV! It takes my mind off this prison of overworked and overtaxed life we call the American way!
Maybe we'll do something useful to our children and abolish the direct income tax
Sunday, January 11, 2009
More cold!
This was my Sunday post [bloggers note, I suck and posted this on Tuesday]
Man its freaking cold AGAIN! WTF ever happened to global warming?!?! Next ten days it is suppose to be in the mid to low thirties. Yeah yeah yeah....all you Yankies are sitting up there in your 0 degree ice storm or whatever laughing at me.....wait till summer you weenies when you bitchin' about 90 degree sunshine. I'll be outside in the 108 degree weather with jeans and a long sleeve shirt as I get a round or two of disc golf in.
Man its freaking cold AGAIN! WTF ever happened to global warming?!?! Next ten days it is suppose to be in the mid to low thirties. Yeah yeah yeah....all you Yankies are sitting up there in your 0 degree ice storm or whatever laughing at me.....wait till summer you weenies when you bitchin' about 90 degree sunshine. I'll be outside in the 108 degree weather with jeans and a long sleeve shirt as I get a round or two of disc golf in.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Wii Bowling
258!
Seven straight strikes and on the eight....SPARE. On the ninth....strike. Tenth spare then strike
BUT it does mark the first time I had a closed frame game (meaning I knocked down all the pins and left no open frame).
Giggity giggity ..all riiiiiiiiight
Seven straight strikes and on the eight....SPARE. On the ninth....strike. Tenth spare then strike
BUT it does mark the first time I had a closed frame game (meaning I knocked down all the pins and left no open frame).
Giggity giggity ..all riiiiiiiiight
Friday, January 9, 2009
On this day...
On this day, Jan. 9th 1858, Anson Jones, that last president of The Republic of Texas, committed suicide.
Anson Jones, for those of you uneducated in the history of our great state, was the President that pursued annexation of Texas into the United States.
I personally could not see a better end to a critter like this....maybe drawn and quartered would have been my call. The damaged is done and I can only assume that the gravity of such an action laid on the soul of Mr. Jones until he could bear it no more. Can't say I blame him
edit: Could have sworn I posted this on Friday [1/10/2009]
Anson Jones, for those of you uneducated in the history of our great state, was the President that pursued annexation of Texas into the United States.
I personally could not see a better end to a critter like this....maybe drawn and quartered would have been my call. The damaged is done and I can only assume that the gravity of such an action laid on the soul of Mr. Jones until he could bear it no more. Can't say I blame him
edit: Could have sworn I posted this on Friday [1/10/2009]
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Orange belt test
My Krav Maga studio announced in early December that orange belt/level two test will be April 4th.
My yellow belt/level one test (which I passed) was 3.5 hours long. This test, as I understand it, will be 5 hours long. It will cover the white belt/level one, which we refer to as the "basic", and level two material. I pretty much have to do white belt/level one perfect or close to it. I also have to have intense motivation (for five hours) and execute yellow belt/level two with profession.
my intention on preparing for the test was to practice every move 10 times a day, eat healthy, and do 10 push ups and crunches an hour to the best of my availability. Well.....can't say I have done every move a day. Pretty much when my mother walks by I put her in a sleeper hold and ask her for her rent money......yeah...I am sure that doesn't count does it? I have done the push ups, sorta kinda. And I have done pretty well on the rabbit food.
During the holiday I only gained five pounds. I want to get down to 170 lbs by test time so for the last two weeks I have managed very healthy meals, only missing two healthy meals for a hamburger.
From here on I'll try and keep you updated. I am not going to make another silly promise and try to give you the nitty gritty details but minor milestones can't hurt. I'll also let you know when my mother pays her rent.
My yellow belt/level one test (which I passed) was 3.5 hours long. This test, as I understand it, will be 5 hours long. It will cover the white belt/level one, which we refer to as the "basic", and level two material. I pretty much have to do white belt/level one perfect or close to it. I also have to have intense motivation (for five hours) and execute yellow belt/level two with profession.
my intention on preparing for the test was to practice every move 10 times a day, eat healthy, and do 10 push ups and crunches an hour to the best of my availability. Well.....can't say I have done every move a day. Pretty much when my mother walks by I put her in a sleeper hold and ask her for her rent money......yeah...I am sure that doesn't count does it? I have done the push ups, sorta kinda. And I have done pretty well on the rabbit food.
During the holiday I only gained five pounds. I want to get down to 170 lbs by test time so for the last two weeks I have managed very healthy meals, only missing two healthy meals for a hamburger.
From here on I'll try and keep you updated. I am not going to make another silly promise and try to give you the nitty gritty details but minor milestones can't hurt. I'll also let you know when my mother pays her rent.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Toooooold you
This may be hard to swallow but I've watched those economist folks provide stunning oral arguments that government intervention in the the economy would only lead to industries looking for hand outs. Now it seams that we are going to blow our load of the government budge for yet another bail out. Now I might be a bit anal but bailing out the porn industry is just ....well.....
I don't know......I don't want to come off like some jerk off blogger trying to make a series of bad puns about a random news article.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28549145/
I don't know......I don't want to come off like some jerk off blogger trying to make a series of bad puns about a random news article.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28549145/
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
New Year's Resolutions
Yeah, I mean why not?
Improving yourself is something that you should be doing all the time. Much like learning, self-improvement should be a daily activity. So taking a chance to make a yearly goal should be pursued. Here we go:
1) Blog at LEAST once a day
2) Build my investment portfolio
3) Lose my last 30 ~ 40 pounds
4) Get my Orange belt in Krav Maga
5) Pay off another credit card
6) Private
7) Finish the front walk way and retaining wall projects
If you folks think I need some more then leave a comment and I will promptly ignore it. Thanks, hugs and kisses, HCB
Improving yourself is something that you should be doing all the time. Much like learning, self-improvement should be a daily activity. So taking a chance to make a yearly goal should be pursued. Here we go:
1) Blog at LEAST once a day
2) Build my investment portfolio
3) Lose my last 30 ~ 40 pounds
4) Get my Orange belt in Krav Maga
5) Pay off another credit card
6) Private
7) Finish the front walk way and retaining wall projects
If you folks think I need some more then leave a comment and I will promptly ignore it. Thanks, hugs and kisses, HCB
New Year
Shannon McCleskey was the first love in my life. It was in middle school in our debate class. She was a grade above me but we still found ourselves in the same "elective classes". From time to time we ate lunch together and we were friends. It was a bit awkward for her since associating with an underclassman was a middle school social shame and being that I wasn't on the football team didn't help either. I never really had the guts to tell her how I felt about her back then... I was so freaking shy and if she had not smiled at me that first day of class.... I don't know.
Then when I graduate into high school and she is one of the first people I looked for. I found that she joined something called ROTC and I just had to be in it. I managed to talk my school consular into changing my elective classes around so I could be in ROTC with her [not in the same class but still]. From there our friendship flourished as it provided a great venue for us to interact. We went camping together as well as vacations [Padre Island several times]. We also attended competitions together for our saber team drills. Later on she pulled some strings to get me into the command council of our ROTC unit, which did wonders for my own personal skill set.
However things never turned romantic. Not for a lack of wanting it but more so a lack of timing and a huge weak spine. I was still too shy to ask her out, even after five years of being friends. And when she perused me I was in a relationship and had some strange sense of honor to stay in it [It's high school for crying out loud].
It wasn't until my senor year I told her how I honestly felt about her.I had written a letter a year before telling myself all the things I really enjoyed about her. I saved it and gave it to her during her freshman year in college. She was engaged by then but she told me she felt the exact same way about me. Despite her commitment we finally had our chance to share how we felt about each other.
I think about her fondly from time to time. I miss her greatly. You see....about two weeks later she reached for something in her car, lost control and hit a tree. She died at the scene of the accident.
I learned that it is NOT ok to NOT tell someone how you feel about them. That you should ALWAYS pursue your goals. Do NOT hold back because it makes you feel awkward. If you are holding back on something because it makes you feel weird...then that is NOT ok and you need to pursue it.
Nothing will bring her back but telling you might help you avoid losing something forever. In this New Year find your "Shannon McCleskey" and "ask her out".
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Then when I graduate into high school and she is one of the first people I looked for. I found that she joined something called ROTC and I just had to be in it. I managed to talk my school consular into changing my elective classes around so I could be in ROTC with her [not in the same class but still]. From there our friendship flourished as it provided a great venue for us to interact. We went camping together as well as vacations [Padre Island several times]. We also attended competitions together for our saber team drills. Later on she pulled some strings to get me into the command council of our ROTC unit, which did wonders for my own personal skill set.
However things never turned romantic. Not for a lack of wanting it but more so a lack of timing and a huge weak spine. I was still too shy to ask her out, even after five years of being friends. And when she perused me I was in a relationship and had some strange sense of honor to stay in it [It's high school for crying out loud].
It wasn't until my senor year I told her how I honestly felt about her.I had written a letter a year before telling myself all the things I really enjoyed about her. I saved it and gave it to her during her freshman year in college. She was engaged by then but she told me she felt the exact same way about me. Despite her commitment we finally had our chance to share how we felt about each other.
I think about her fondly from time to time. I miss her greatly. You see....about two weeks later she reached for something in her car, lost control and hit a tree. She died at the scene of the accident.
I learned that it is NOT ok to NOT tell someone how you feel about them. That you should ALWAYS pursue your goals. Do NOT hold back because it makes you feel awkward. If you are holding back on something because it makes you feel weird...then that is NOT ok and you need to pursue it.
Nothing will bring her back but telling you might help you avoid losing something forever. In this New Year find your "Shannon McCleskey" and "ask her out".
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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