Now this is funny. The NCAA has passed a rule that Basketball coaches that come onto the court or curse while coaching will be hit with Technical Fouls with NO WARNING... What??? No Cursing in Basketball? That's like saying, no dribbling in basketball, or no cornrows in basketball... It is totally ridiculous and unenforceable....
These coaches have taking "Working the Ref's" into an artform. It is beautiful to see Bobby Knight going crazy, Coach K has a spotless reputation but he cusses those goddamn refs relentlessly. Jim Valvano was my favorite. He was very creative and let the expletives flow like I had never seen before...
March Madness may be relabled March Lameness since this important aspect of the tournament will be missing. I can hardly wait until a team loses a game because their coach goes crazy with no time left and the other team gets to shoot 2 freethrows to win the game....
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Information - NOT!!!
Tonight I did something I don't do - I called 411 from my cell phone while driving.
I was looking to make some tee times at the City Club of Marietta for this weekend. The first operator told me they could find no listing and transferred me to the problem solving line. 2nd operator asked "City Club of Mariettta?" Yes. What about Marietta City Club? Whatever, I say. Sorry sir we have no listing. WHHHAAAATTT??? I have played golf there 8 times. I say "Excuse me ma'am, if you do a Google search it will come right up, could you give me their number, I am driving."
BITCH responds "I'm sorry sir, this is Information NOT the Internet."
"Ummm, I hear you typing on a computer, can't you Google City Club of Marietta."
"No sir, this is information, not the internet"
"Ummm Obviously not, do you suggest I wait until I get in front of my own computer to find the number?"
One word anser.
"YES"
And the fucking bitch hung up on me.....
Holy Shit... What a cuntrag!!!
Guess what - I Google - City Club of Marietta and I go right to their website.
What a fucking bitch. I woulda called back to complain but that would have cost me another $1.49 and I would have spoken to another incompetent asshole.
Tomorrow I may call Cingular or the lowercase "att" and complain and spend 45 minutes on the phone to get the $`1.40 charge taken off. OR, I might just go outside and catch a $20 bill on fire and watch it burn - that would give me more pleasure in a short amount of time than going thru all the menu's to talk to someone who will say "Well this is att wireless and you were talking to att information and we cannot be responsible for another att department." My brain might explode since I spent 8 years in the orgainization...
I also need to complain that my automatic download text messages of the Clemson football scores are coming thru 4 times per quarter. That works out fine when we win 70-14 but when we lose to the North Avenue Trade School, or the Virginia Dorks that survived the massacre, it really sucks. Those $0.10's are adding up...
I was looking to make some tee times at the City Club of Marietta for this weekend. The first operator told me they could find no listing and transferred me to the problem solving line. 2nd operator asked "City Club of Mariettta?" Yes. What about Marietta City Club? Whatever, I say. Sorry sir we have no listing. WHHHAAAATTT??? I have played golf there 8 times. I say "Excuse me ma'am, if you do a Google search it will come right up, could you give me their number, I am driving."
BITCH responds "I'm sorry sir, this is Information NOT the Internet."
"Ummm, I hear you typing on a computer, can't you Google City Club of Marietta."
"No sir, this is information, not the internet"
"Ummm Obviously not, do you suggest I wait until I get in front of my own computer to find the number?"
One word anser.
"YES"
And the fucking bitch hung up on me.....
Holy Shit... What a cuntrag!!!
Guess what - I Google - City Club of Marietta and I go right to their website.
What a fucking bitch. I woulda called back to complain but that would have cost me another $1.49 and I would have spoken to another incompetent asshole.
Tomorrow I may call Cingular or the lowercase "att" and complain and spend 45 minutes on the phone to get the $`1.40 charge taken off. OR, I might just go outside and catch a $20 bill on fire and watch it burn - that would give me more pleasure in a short amount of time than going thru all the menu's to talk to someone who will say "Well this is att wireless and you were talking to att information and we cannot be responsible for another att department." My brain might explode since I spent 8 years in the orgainization...
I also need to complain that my automatic download text messages of the Clemson football scores are coming thru 4 times per quarter. That works out fine when we win 70-14 but when we lose to the North Avenue Trade School, or the Virginia Dorks that survived the massacre, it really sucks. Those $0.10's are adding up...
Monday, October 22, 2007
Goodies RULE!!!!
So, I play golf on Friday and we don't even turn in our score card... I can't document the events of the day to protect the guilty but what an F'd up day. I am sketchy on my own actions that day but I do remember stealing a plate with 4 hamburgers on it from the Chateau Elan grill, then eating 2 or 3 of the burgers then spiking the plate on the ground in some random parking lot. Why? I have no idea.
We get home around 6pm. I leave Money's house and say I will be back there by 9:45pm to go to Smiths Olde Bar... The Goodies were playing.
I get over to Money's house and his ass is passed out. He gets up, showers, and it is ON. We get to Smith's, now comes the decision - do I really want to drink. Of course- but in moderation. I go upstairs and catch the "Rockin' Pontoons" - ha, they would be good if they were set adrift on a pontoon boat in Lake Hartwell, down past LA (lower Anderson). The Goodies came on EARLY, about 11:30. That is the first, non opening start time that I can remember. WOW did they kick ass...! This was one of the best Goodies shows I have ever seen! I had a blast. I just hope it isn't their last show for another year. Who knows, Holiday turned 35 at mid-night and he thinks he is old now.
Got home around 2. SHIT, the Clemson game is at noon... Got up at 6:30 so we could get on the road and go the the blowout... I have been dead tired since.
We get home around 6pm. I leave Money's house and say I will be back there by 9:45pm to go to Smiths Olde Bar... The Goodies were playing.
I get over to Money's house and his ass is passed out. He gets up, showers, and it is ON. We get to Smith's, now comes the decision - do I really want to drink. Of course- but in moderation. I go upstairs and catch the "Rockin' Pontoons" - ha, they would be good if they were set adrift on a pontoon boat in Lake Hartwell, down past LA (lower Anderson). The Goodies came on EARLY, about 11:30. That is the first, non opening start time that I can remember. WOW did they kick ass...! This was one of the best Goodies shows I have ever seen! I had a blast. I just hope it isn't their last show for another year. Who knows, Holiday turned 35 at mid-night and he thinks he is old now.
Got home around 2. SHIT, the Clemson game is at noon... Got up at 6:30 so we could get on the road and go the the blowout... I have been dead tired since.
King Richard
Know what I did Thursday night???
I worked diligently on my bathroom and am almost ready to install the sink.
I made an incredible concoction that I still do not have a name for yet in preparation for my first golf tournament for team Fokker @ Chateau Elan. Let's see, Pint of Bacardi 151, a 5th of Stoli vodka, a 5th of Captain Morgan, 1 750ml of Midori, 4 shots of Peach Schnapps, 1 shot Triple Sec, and 5 shots Three Olives Vodka-Grape flavor, 1/2 gallon of Orange Juice, 6 little cans of Pineapple, 2 Red Bulls, 1 Diet Rock Star, 8 oz of Tonic. I split the mix into 4 Gatorade bottles so everyone would have one and then brought the excess for refills.... Oooof.
While making this drink, guess what was on TV? HBO had a 1978 concert by Richard Pryor. Holy Shit. This was probably the 3rd time I had seen this concert but it has been >10 years since I had seen this one. Damn, his comedy is timeless. It was great too because it was filmed "before" he blew himself up... It was almost 2am before it was over but I laughed as hard the other night as I did the first time I saw this concert when I was in the 8th Grade.
Rest in Peace Richard! You were the GREATEST.
I worked diligently on my bathroom and am almost ready to install the sink.
I made an incredible concoction that I still do not have a name for yet in preparation for my first golf tournament for team Fokker @ Chateau Elan. Let's see, Pint of Bacardi 151, a 5th of Stoli vodka, a 5th of Captain Morgan, 1 750ml of Midori, 4 shots of Peach Schnapps, 1 shot Triple Sec, and 5 shots Three Olives Vodka-Grape flavor, 1/2 gallon of Orange Juice, 6 little cans of Pineapple, 2 Red Bulls, 1 Diet Rock Star, 8 oz of Tonic. I split the mix into 4 Gatorade bottles so everyone would have one and then brought the excess for refills.... Oooof.
While making this drink, guess what was on TV? HBO had a 1978 concert by Richard Pryor. Holy Shit. This was probably the 3rd time I had seen this concert but it has been >10 years since I had seen this one. Damn, his comedy is timeless. It was great too because it was filmed "before" he blew himself up... It was almost 2am before it was over but I laughed as hard the other night as I did the first time I saw this concert when I was in the 8th Grade.
Rest in Peace Richard! You were the GREATEST.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Beware of those dirty rednecks...
I heard about this story on Friday and finally read about it today... All I can say is HA!!! This totally shows how utterly in contempt that those assholes in Washington hold the every day American in. They thing "WE" might infect them with cooties or something.
I have been to 6 Busch Series races, the Sunday NASCAR races have too many damn people there, and I gotta say that race fans are different than your normal football game. I guess it may be a cross section closely resembling a Georgia game but take the red to another level. There is nothing wrong with these people, don't get me wrong. If the politicians would do their research, NASCAR has the fans with the highest income level: studies say the average fan makes over $70K BUT they don't tend to be white collar fans. That means you can make some killer jack in construction, or in an auto plant or being a mechanic. Nothing wrong with that. These politicians are idiots.
Here's the Article:
NASCAR Flap Raises Caution Flag for Dems
By MIKE BAKER, Associated Press Writer
Sun Oct 14, 3:29 PM
The field takes the green flag for the start ...
RALEIGH, N.C. - It got the GOP's engines revving _ a Democratic official suggesting staffers get immunized for several diseases before heading south from Washington and into the Red State wilds of NASCAR country to conduct research at a pair of races.
The reaction on both sides illustrates just how valuable candidates for elected office consider the votes of NASCAR fans who pack grandstands by the thousands every weekend and the donations of business leaders who spend millions to sponsor the sport.
It started last month, when an official with the House Committee on Homeland Security suggested that staff aides get immunizations before visiting health facilities at Alabama's Talladega Superspeedway and North Carolina's Lowe's Motor Speedway, where the Bank of America 500 was run Saturday.
In an e-mail, a staffer who works for committee chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., noted an "unusual need for whomever attending to be vaccinated against hepatitis A and B," as well as "the more normal things _ tetanus, diphtheria, and of course, seasonal influenza."
The note didn't explain why the committee saw such concern. It didn't mention NASCAR or the races at the tracks at all. But the implication was enough to draw a snarky complaint from Republican Rep. Robin Hayes, whose district includes Lowe's Motor Speedway.
"I have never heard of immunizations for domestic travel, and ... I feel compelled to ask why the heck the committee feels that immunizations are needed to travel to my hometown," wrote Hayes.
Thompson responded to Hayes that such immunizations are "are recommended for public safety professionals working in areas such as hospitals, holding areas and similar locations." But the staffers were only scheduled to visit a few health care facilities _ not work at them.
"What do they know about NASCAR that we don't?" said Dr. David Weber, a professor of medicine and public health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Weber said everyone should be up to date on standard vaccinations, he but saw no need for special vaccinations to visit a health care facility or a NASCAR event. Debbie Crane, a spokeswoman for the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, said such shots are recommended for "general health" for all adults _ but not for any specific circumstance.
"The very idea of immunization is laughable," said Lowe's Motor Speedway President Humpy Wheeler. "It's like taping your ankles to go to the mailbox."
He noted that no NASCAR event has ever sparked an outbreak _ "other than a few headaches because somebody's favorite driver ran out of gas, or maybe a morning hangover."
I have been to 6 Busch Series races, the Sunday NASCAR races have too many damn people there, and I gotta say that race fans are different than your normal football game. I guess it may be a cross section closely resembling a Georgia game but take the red to another level. There is nothing wrong with these people, don't get me wrong. If the politicians would do their research, NASCAR has the fans with the highest income level: studies say the average fan makes over $70K BUT they don't tend to be white collar fans. That means you can make some killer jack in construction, or in an auto plant or being a mechanic. Nothing wrong with that. These politicians are idiots.
Here's the Article:
NASCAR Flap Raises Caution Flag for Dems
By MIKE BAKER, Associated Press Writer
Sun Oct 14, 3:29 PM
The field takes the green flag for the start ...
RALEIGH, N.C. - It got the GOP's engines revving _ a Democratic official suggesting staffers get immunized for several diseases before heading south from Washington and into the Red State wilds of NASCAR country to conduct research at a pair of races.
The reaction on both sides illustrates just how valuable candidates for elected office consider the votes of NASCAR fans who pack grandstands by the thousands every weekend and the donations of business leaders who spend millions to sponsor the sport.
It started last month, when an official with the House Committee on Homeland Security suggested that staff aides get immunizations before visiting health facilities at Alabama's Talladega Superspeedway and North Carolina's Lowe's Motor Speedway, where the Bank of America 500 was run Saturday.
In an e-mail, a staffer who works for committee chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., noted an "unusual need for whomever attending to be vaccinated against hepatitis A and B," as well as "the more normal things _ tetanus, diphtheria, and of course, seasonal influenza."
The note didn't explain why the committee saw such concern. It didn't mention NASCAR or the races at the tracks at all. But the implication was enough to draw a snarky complaint from Republican Rep. Robin Hayes, whose district includes Lowe's Motor Speedway.
"I have never heard of immunizations for domestic travel, and ... I feel compelled to ask why the heck the committee feels that immunizations are needed to travel to my hometown," wrote Hayes.
Thompson responded to Hayes that such immunizations are "are recommended for public safety professionals working in areas such as hospitals, holding areas and similar locations." But the staffers were only scheduled to visit a few health care facilities _ not work at them.
"What do they know about NASCAR that we don't?" said Dr. David Weber, a professor of medicine and public health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Weber said everyone should be up to date on standard vaccinations, he but saw no need for special vaccinations to visit a health care facility or a NASCAR event. Debbie Crane, a spokeswoman for the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, said such shots are recommended for "general health" for all adults _ but not for any specific circumstance.
"The very idea of immunization is laughable," said Lowe's Motor Speedway President Humpy Wheeler. "It's like taping your ankles to go to the mailbox."
He noted that no NASCAR event has ever sparked an outbreak _ "other than a few headaches because somebody's favorite driver ran out of gas, or maybe a morning hangover."
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Smarties - me nOt fiNk seW
What is the fucking obsession with these little candies??? I am in my hotel in lovely Waycross, GA and they have a punkin bucket of candy out and I have snagged 8 sleeves of Smarties.
I haven't eaten any of these in about 2 years and it brings back so many bland memories... This has probably been the #1 Halloween candy over the years since I stopped going to the old ladies that gave out the all Orange and all Black candies (I think they were peanut butter/caramel candies and I HATED them.)
It all comes back to me know - I hate these damn Smarties candies!!! They are pure sugar without much flavor. The white ones taste like sweet chalk and only the pink ones are tart. Yiiick. I tested 5 of these sleeves during the football game and determined -I don't care if I ever have any more of these candies for the rest of my life - but will take the remaining 3 sleeves with me tomorrow for the ride back to ATL - just in case I go into Diabetic shock.
I haven't eaten any of these in about 2 years and it brings back so many bland memories... This has probably been the #1 Halloween candy over the years since I stopped going to the old ladies that gave out the all Orange and all Black candies (I think they were peanut butter/caramel candies and I HATED them.)
It all comes back to me know - I hate these damn Smarties candies!!! They are pure sugar without much flavor. The white ones taste like sweet chalk and only the pink ones are tart. Yiiick. I tested 5 of these sleeves during the football game and determined -I don't care if I ever have any more of these candies for the rest of my life - but will take the remaining 3 sleeves with me tomorrow for the ride back to ATL - just in case I go into Diabetic shock.
Squids vs. Eat Shit Pitt
Whoda thunk this would be one of the best college football games of the year.?.?
Good for the Squids - Beat Notre Dame.
Good for the Squids - Beat Notre Dame.
Up Your Nose and Up Your Ass - NOT the Tailgate I want to go to!
Disturbing alcohol related stories that just make me shake my head....
#1
Prince Harry has been busted snorting Vodka. That's right, SNORTING Vodka. Ummm, Ouch, Ewww, and Gag. Apparently this is the rage in the UK... They gave us Punk Rock but can keep this crazy habit. No thank you! But that's why you snort coke, not drink it, You get a quicker buzz up your nose...
Talk about a weird way to catch a buzz -
#2
I just read that a woman has been acquitted of assisted murder in the alcohol poisoning death of her husband. Her husband died with a 0.47 blood alcohol content. You may ask - was she forcing shots down his throat??? NO!!!! She was giving him Sherry enemas! ENEMAs of Sherry. Sherry tastes like shit by mouth, why would you stick it up your ass? Why Sherry Enemas? She states that was his request and it was his priviate passion and a new, more effective way to get drunk. Uhhh-no thanks, my Miller High Life tastes just fine as I swallow another gulp.
People are fucked up....
We had a little brother of a girl in HS who used to drink cologne and I thought that was extreme, not anymore...
#1
Prince Harry has been busted snorting Vodka. That's right, SNORTING Vodka. Ummm, Ouch, Ewww, and Gag. Apparently this is the rage in the UK... They gave us Punk Rock but can keep this crazy habit. No thank you! But that's why you snort coke, not drink it, You get a quicker buzz up your nose...
Talk about a weird way to catch a buzz -
#2
I just read that a woman has been acquitted of assisted murder in the alcohol poisoning death of her husband. Her husband died with a 0.47 blood alcohol content. You may ask - was she forcing shots down his throat??? NO!!!! She was giving him Sherry enemas! ENEMAs of Sherry. Sherry tastes like shit by mouth, why would you stick it up your ass? Why Sherry Enemas? She states that was his request and it was his priviate passion and a new, more effective way to get drunk. Uhhh-no thanks, my Miller High Life tastes just fine as I swallow another gulp.
People are fucked up....
We had a little brother of a girl in HS who used to drink cologne and I thought that was extreme, not anymore...
BEER Wars???
What is the world coming to? I read this morning that Miller Brewing Co. will be joining forces in North America with Molson/Coors in a bid to combat the evil forces of Budweiser.
WHAT? That's ridiculous in my book.
Miller has about 20% market share and Coors has 11%, while Budweiser has almost 50% of the US Beer market. I knew they were big but damn, 50%. I didn't major in math but this would only put the Miller/Coors venture at 31%. Yes, that's big BUT 50% is huge. I now wonder what the joined forces of Miller/Coors do to bridge the gap. I know Miller is guilty of purchasing smaller breweries and forcing them out of business (One of my favorite Microbrews was Cellis from Texas - they are gone now after being bought by Miller) These big boys will always have their market share and won't really be able to make up ground - the product is the produt and in the US MARKETING is a deciding factor. These beers are interchangeable, sometimes my purchases are based on how funny the last commercial I saw was.
I have recently been moving my taste buds towards Budweiser since one of my soccer boys works for the Bud Plant in Cartersville. The Michelob derrivatives are good, the Martzen, hefe, IPA, Pale Ale.
What will happen to my personal favorite - Pabst Blue Ribbon? They have made an incredible comeback. A friend of the wife is from Milwalkee and states no one up there drinks PBR anymore since the Japanese came in and took over. So, I like the Toyota of beers, whatever.
Microbrews are never going to go away. They are part of the landscape now. These mega corporations will never be able to squash these local brews, and that is good. I will say that I saw the BREWING special on the History Channel and they made a remarkable statement. I thought they would bash the 1 million gallon a day brewers but they said - for the major brewers to brew such a light beer in huge quantities and keep the quality at such a high level, the big boys should be commended because the brewing process is very easy to make a mistake and they never do.
Hmmm. Which brings me to my soccer boy. Sunday, after our game that I hurt my knee in, he stated - I am surprised I could run so much, I had to taste 36 hours of production this morning and then went home and took a nap then came to the game.... I told him - I'm sure there are aspects of your job that suck, just like anyone else's, BUT you will not get any sympathy from me... I continued - If you ever need help, just give me a call and I can have 5 guys in Cartersville in 30 minutes.
Just call me Bob or Doug Mckenzie, eh.
WHAT? That's ridiculous in my book.
Miller has about 20% market share and Coors has 11%, while Budweiser has almost 50% of the US Beer market. I knew they were big but damn, 50%. I didn't major in math but this would only put the Miller/Coors venture at 31%. Yes, that's big BUT 50% is huge. I now wonder what the joined forces of Miller/Coors do to bridge the gap. I know Miller is guilty of purchasing smaller breweries and forcing them out of business (One of my favorite Microbrews was Cellis from Texas - they are gone now after being bought by Miller) These big boys will always have their market share and won't really be able to make up ground - the product is the produt and in the US MARKETING is a deciding factor. These beers are interchangeable, sometimes my purchases are based on how funny the last commercial I saw was.
I have recently been moving my taste buds towards Budweiser since one of my soccer boys works for the Bud Plant in Cartersville. The Michelob derrivatives are good, the Martzen, hefe, IPA, Pale Ale.
What will happen to my personal favorite - Pabst Blue Ribbon? They have made an incredible comeback. A friend of the wife is from Milwalkee and states no one up there drinks PBR anymore since the Japanese came in and took over. So, I like the Toyota of beers, whatever.
Microbrews are never going to go away. They are part of the landscape now. These mega corporations will never be able to squash these local brews, and that is good. I will say that I saw the BREWING special on the History Channel and they made a remarkable statement. I thought they would bash the 1 million gallon a day brewers but they said - for the major brewers to brew such a light beer in huge quantities and keep the quality at such a high level, the big boys should be commended because the brewing process is very easy to make a mistake and they never do.
Hmmm. Which brings me to my soccer boy. Sunday, after our game that I hurt my knee in, he stated - I am surprised I could run so much, I had to taste 36 hours of production this morning and then went home and took a nap then came to the game.... I told him - I'm sure there are aspects of your job that suck, just like anyone else's, BUT you will not get any sympathy from me... I continued - If you ever need help, just give me a call and I can have 5 guys in Cartersville in 30 minutes.
Just call me Bob or Doug Mckenzie, eh.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
31 Days wasn't the charm either...
After I posted yesterday I tried to go to the bank - it was Columbus Day so how big an idiot did I feel like. But right outside the bank was a flower store.... Hmmm. I haven't bought "the Wife" flowers since we've been married, so I got the proverbial Dozen Red Roses. Took em home, put em in a vase, put em on the mantle - let's see if she sees em.
I cook a big meal: marinated tip roast from Trader Joe's, broccoli, and potatoes, peppers, tomato in tin foil on the grill; a bottle of wine.
She gets home and shakes her head that I am hobbling around on my swollen knee, changes and comes down stairs and says "Why did you buy yourself flowers?" Great response.
She eats in a hurry and scurries upstairs to watch the Hills. I am left to ice my knee and watch the Cowboys win and Wankees lose, unload and load the dishwasher.... By the time the MNF game was over she was sound asleep. Ummmm, nothing I can write would do justice to the thoughts going thru my head.
I cook a big meal: marinated tip roast from Trader Joe's, broccoli, and potatoes, peppers, tomato in tin foil on the grill; a bottle of wine.
She gets home and shakes her head that I am hobbling around on my swollen knee, changes and comes down stairs and says "Why did you buy yourself flowers?" Great response.
She eats in a hurry and scurries upstairs to watch the Hills. I am left to ice my knee and watch the Cowboys win and Wankees lose, unload and load the dishwasher.... By the time the MNF game was over she was sound asleep. Ummmm, nothing I can write would do justice to the thoughts going thru my head.
Monday, October 8, 2007
30 Days of Wedded Bliss
Today marks the 1 month anniversary of the begining of the end of my life.
It's been an interesting ride.
I mentioned this was our anniversary last night - received mixed reviews.
This morning for breakfast I didn't mention anything about it, waited until she was leaving for work and threw it out there again. Got a kiss on the cheek.
I thought women wanted guys to remember this kind of crap.
I guess my on-going home improvement project continues to piss her off. (That bathroom may be the death of me.)
I didn't help my cause by coming home limping last night. Tweaked my knee in game 3 of my soccer season. Not good - swollen, tender and tight.
It's been an interesting ride.
I mentioned this was our anniversary last night - received mixed reviews.
This morning for breakfast I didn't mention anything about it, waited until she was leaving for work and threw it out there again. Got a kiss on the cheek.
I thought women wanted guys to remember this kind of crap.
I guess my on-going home improvement project continues to piss her off. (That bathroom may be the death of me.)
I didn't help my cause by coming home limping last night. Tweaked my knee in game 3 of my soccer season. Not good - swollen, tender and tight.
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