right, right?

Or is it?

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=332364&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

snow!

First snow (accumulated) of the year!

captain's wafers are awesome

Back in school we would go out late at night and get food at King's, a crappy 24 hour restaurant that they have in Pittsburgh. The food there sucks, except for the breakfast and the Captain's Wafers.

I haven't had Captain's Wafers since then... till today. Chris' diner on Lee Road. Get some soap. That's where it's at.

work work work

In case you haven't noticed, I haven't updated this blog in about a week. What can I say, I've been busy. Plus, I'm training you for when I'm going to be on vacation for a week.

Yep, that's right. Another vacation. Going to the UK with Barnes for a week. Be back by Xmas.

bling bling

Sweet...

we must protect this house!

So I was reading the column by Len Pasquarelli on espn.com, and I found a little know fact about this ridiculous commercial that we've been seeing.

For those of you who aren't familiar with it, Under Armour has these crazy ads with a bunch of football players going nuts in the weight room, then running out out onto the field like a bunch of madmen. At the end, random dude screams out "We must protect this house!"

Apparently, "random dude" has a name, it's Eric Ogbogu. Now I need to get his jersey. Here's the full story. I'm really looking forward to see the MicroMovie they made. I can't believe I missed it when it aired during the ESPYs.

yay

So I've been buying a lot of stuff. Citibank called yesteday morning to see if someone jacked my card. No, it's all me. I'm an efficient spending machine. Kohls, Amazon, Newegg, Shutterfly, and Adorama Camera must be happy.

Speaking of Shutterfly, it's super fun uploading 159MB of photos from the last three years to print... "develop" for those who use the old school film lingo.

While I upload all of them, I updated my wish list at Amazon and plastered it on the right nav of this blog. With any luck, maybe some of you would do the spending and I can do the recieving. Something makes me think I'll get nothing, but it doesn't hurt to try, right?

bible all-stars

First Place:
George W. Bush - pro-abstinence lobbyist

Honorable Mention:
Karl Herrick - author, Super Bible Toolbar

thanks, iTunes

I like iTunes, but sometimes things just make me wonder...

Case 1:
I'm randomly asked to reauthorize a song I bought a month ago... er... why?

Case 2:
The oh so smooth transition from Tool to Cranberries. Very nice...

free napster

I got 12 free songs from Napster if anyone wants them. I don't care if I know you or not. If you want them, e-mail me or something.

more random

Random link of the day... Thanks, friendster.

Thanks, Texas

Meanwhile, I wait patiently for my package to arrive. My first true gainshare purchase, part deux.

Oh yes, if anyone wants to buy anything for me for the holidays, feel free. Check out the wishlist.

an update

At this point Peyton Manning has thrown for 6 TDs, 3 to Marvin Harrison. My calculations say that that between the two of them they have already scored 44 and 30 points for my fantasy team, respectively. Thanks, fellas. I appreciate the effort.

So I haven't updated this thing is a week. Sorry. I'll try harder.

So a recap of what I didn't cover....

Last weekend:
Fun adventures down in Texas...

The good:

• Waffle House. The most friendly one I've been at. Also the best breakfast I've had in a while. No better way to start the morning than with some pancakes, sausage, bacon, eggs, and grits. Yum!
• The airport. Nice, new, and spacious.
• Alamo Theatre at West Oaks mall. Kick ass. It's one of those restaurant/bar/movie theatre deals. Plus, instead of showing ads before movies, they show old school movies and cartoons instead. Nothing like seeing old runs of spiderman, superman, and weird japanese superhero movies before seeing the Incredibles. Good movie, by the way.
  

The bad:

• The crazy toll plazas. Yes, we do have exact change! What? Coins only? F*ck! A gold star to Hula who somehow got us across three lanes of traffic without getting us shot. A special thank you to you Texans who didn't shoot us.
• Where are we? Oh yeah, we're in Texas. For every time we *almost* forgot where we were, we were reminded that we were in Texas. Was it the giant Texas flags everywhere? The "Native Texan" license plate frames? I don't know... where are we?
• The airport. We have to go through security to eat? What's up with that? Apparently there was food at Terminal A (where I came from), but I didn't want to backtrack across the airport. Besides, the tram thing sucked. Little 6-person cars that crawled on this track that twisted its way along a straight hallway (yes, really). Like something you'd expect at a chocolate factory but without the flair.
• Haliburton. 'nuff said.
  

The weird:

• Houston Texans cheerleaders at the mall... and the line of young kids lining up with their parents. And Hula and I standing behind them to get a gift for Scott.
• The "turkey drop." We didn't see this happen, but John Eagle Honda had a promotion where they were going to drop turkeys from a chopper. We went to check it out, but we either got the date, time, or location wrong. Sigh...
• The airport. But I have to admit, that was the most beautiful car rental facility I've ever seen. Big open atrium, massive counters, marble floors, gigantic covered lot. A lot nicer than most hotels I've been in. I see our airport taxes are hard at work.
  

butch

It's about time...

another state down

Tomorrow (technically today), I'll be heading down to Houston, TX to celebrate the union of Scott Schneider and Jennifer Teasdale. Congrats! I'll be back sometime on Sunday, which means that there's a good chance I'll get screwed over in fantasy football this week. :(

Oh well!

any publicity is good publicity

Tim Couch is once again mentioned on ESPN.com. It's a look at all the QBs drafted #1.

i am going to die

I just purchased a "lifetime membership" from AAII.com (American Assoc. of Individual Investors). This is the confirmation that I recieved.

THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF YOUR PURCHASE:

Membership: AAII NL Term: LIFE Start Date: 11/01/2004 End Date: 10/31/2029
1 at $390.00 = $390.00

Apparently I will die on Halloween 2029 and I have a little less than 25 years to live. This is the best $390 I've ever spent!

the power of all of us

This is what I call a good ad campaign. And no, it's not Progressive (that would be too sarcastic even for me).

The Power of All of Us

best job posting ever

Stupid people are funny.

I found this "job" on craigslist for Cleveland. No phone calls, please!

business review

So I've been working on this important project at work and tomorrow I get the chance to present my project to the head of our business group. It's supposed to be really intimidating, but for some reason I'm not really too worked up about it. I guess I've presented in front of enough people to not give a shit. Bad choice of words. I care. As in the song Anna Begins by Counting Crows, "I'm not worried. I am not overly concerned." We'll see if that lasts into the morning.

Worst case scenario:
Prototype doesn't work, they ask me a lot of hard questions, and I start crying. There's no crying in football, unless you're Dick Vermiel.

Best case scenario:
The main presenters actually tell me how they want me to present (yeah, they left out that minor detail... but they have the rest of the presentation to worry about). I wing it anyway, they ask me a lot of hard questions, and I answer them with aplomb because I know what I'm talking about.

Perhaps I shouldn't wear jeans and a t-shirt to work tomorrow. Maybe I should wear a tie (j/k).

"buzz log"

That last post was retarded. I apologize. I'll try to do better.

On Yahoo! today I noticed this "Buzz Log" thingamajiggee. I guess it's supposed to let people know what's buzzworthy. Curious, I took a look. I'm not sure if I was humored or just disappointed.

The featured item for the day was maps. Rationale: What kind of maps are people looking for? End result: We have a bunch of dorks.