"Best improv group in Pittsburgh . . ." written by Drew on estrip.org

10/24/08 01:02 - 51ºF - ID#46301

Best improv group in Pittsburgh . . .

Doesn't always improvise. Here's a film trailer they made:

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Category: religion

10/23/08 02:39 - 49ºF - ID#46279

James Dobson: huh?

Here's what I don't get: In the article that (e:James) showed us in his post, we were reminded that James Dobson stated that he wasn't sure if he would even vote for a McCain ticket.

Now, however, he is praying that God intervenes so that McCain wins.

Now, I'm all for divine intervention. In fact, I think we need it. But why should I ask God to elect somebody that I stated I wouldn't?

You can't have it both ways. If a person is such a leader that you ask God to install them supernaturally, than the least you can do is vote for them yourself.

Tony Campolo said that mixing politics and religion is like mixing ice cream and horse manure. The manure doesn't get changed much, but nobody wants to eat the ice cream!

Coming soon (it's been a while): 10 Things I like about Tony Campolo.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: football

10/20/08 10:30 - 56ºF - ID#46221

Hines Ward

I already listed 10 things I like about Hines Ward (http://estrip.org/articles/drew/42423.html), but Jason mentioned football players he likes, and I have to mention what Ward did recently.

Hines Ward is a receiver, and receivers are ordinarily some of the most dainty players around.

Ward is also a veteran. This is significant because some veterans get away with loafing in lopsided games on plays that don't matter to them.

Hines Ward does not slack in the least bit. In fact, he goes out of his way to hit somebody every chance he gets. He is, without a doubt, the best-blocking wide receiver in football, and a large part of the reason that the Steelers run well is because Hines Ward blocks people that other receivers fear.

Two games ago, Ward was fined, not because he did anything illegal (he wasn't penalized), but because he was too aggressive. (This is BS, by the way, Ward plays clean and within the rules)

He swore that he wouldn't let the fine change the way he played, and it didn't. On a pass to Matt Spaeth, Hines Ward launched himself into some hapless Bengal linebacker (who had to outweigh him by at least 50 lbs) and BROKE HIS JAW (unintentionally).

Again, Ward doesn't mean to hurt people--almost everybody he hits is way bigger than he is--he just plays all out.

Watch the video (and please excuse the quality):

Dude is huge, and plays football with all of his heart.

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Category: football

10/20/08 03:43 - 59ºF - ID#46211

Another episode.

Is it bad that this is a highlight of every Monday for me?

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: estrip

10/19/08 11:42 - 42ºF - ID#46205

Does anybody else . . .

. . .post more because of the counter on the front page? It's amazing how easily I can be manipulated by a simple counter.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: house

10/19/08 08:39 - 49ºF - ID#46198

Projects

Janelle and I sometimes fall into traditional gender roles (I take out the trash, she vacuums, for example) but in other ways we break expectations.

One particular way is that Janelle is the handy one in this family. While I was out with church people, Janelle winterized the house: weatherstripping, plastic on the windows, and a new programmable thermostat.

How lucky am I to have a wife like her?

janelle writes at 10:13:44 10/20/08 - Comment #40609: You can borrow me at any time, (e:dragonlady7), but I'm not sure how useful I'll be.

(e:Drew), being a sweet husband, failed to mention that when I replaced the thermostat, I lost the wire in the wall and panicked. Then spent a half hour trying to fish the wire out again with a wire clothes hanger. Then he came home and we finished the project together.

dragonlady7 writes at 09:55:52 10/20/08 - Comment #40607: Having grown up in a house where, well, the house was falling down, I'm sort of used to pulling my own weight. (For example, Mom mixed the concrete, while Dad did anything involving ladders because Mom's not good at heights, though she bravely overcame that only to fall off a ladder and crack a rib. Whoops.)

I was bitterly, bitterly disappointed when, I being the one who brought all the tools to our relationship (Dad got me a toolkit for my 20th birthday or so-- screwdriver set, wrenches, electric drill, hammer, level, etc.), my scrawny skinny boyfriend (e:zobar) turned out to be way better at actually using said tools.

But I'm still the one who carries heavy things, especially up stairs, because regardless of gender, a 210-pound person is going to have more luck shifting something heavy than a 135-pound person-- I just got more ass to put into it.

Uh can I borrow (e:janelle) sometime? He's still not all that handy.

james writes at 08:42:31 10/20/08 - Comment #40547: Manly things Jim does, in our house:

gut and skin the dinner

produces bath tubs full of testosterone

arm wrestles

befriends big blue oxen

jim writes at 08:39:57 10/20/08 - Comment #40545: Manly things that James does, in our house:

- Drinks the beer

- Cusses

- Decides who we vote for

- All muscle-y from working out.

tinypliny writes at 09:33:13 10/19/08 - Comment #40531: Extremely? :)

PS: I read that once and I was like.. huh? I am always going through this internal readjustment of orienting to what a patriarchal family might feel like, here. Back home, mum does all the crazy electrical rewiring and repairs and general meddling, by default. :)

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10/17/08 10:05 - 46ºF - ID#46157

New kitchen

Still a couple details to take care of, but mostly finished.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: politics

10/15/08 09:53 - 45ºF - ID#46123

700 Billion

I really should be working, but I found this and had to share it:

Wednesday, October 08, 2008

What will $700 billion buy? The South Florida Sun-Sentinel provides some interesting answers. Some examples:
Gasoline for a year for every adult in America. (175 billion gallons of gas)

You could literally buy the world a Coke. One 2-liter bottle per week for a year.

You could buy a 60-inch HDTV for every man, woman and child in the U.S.

Sounds like Monopoly money? It should. You could buy 10 Monopoly games for each of the 6.7 billion human beings on planet earth.

You could buy everyone in America 2200 McDonalds apple pies. What's more American than that?

You could buy a brand new Hummer for each of the 11 million people on the island of Cuba

You could buy 2 mountain bikes for everyone in China.

You could buy 438 pounds of rice for every single person in Africa.

You could buy a Caribbean Island for every single person in the state of South Dakota.

Entire population of South Florida could cruise around the world continuously for 8.4 months.

dcoffee writes at 07:37:19 10/15/08 - Comment #40314: A lot of people are saying, "where's my $700 billion?" I think that's a completely valid question. How come we can bail out the rich and leave the rest of us empty handed? The stock market probably needed a boost, but this economy is going nowhere if the general public doesn't get their $700 billion too.

drew writes at 01:03:14 10/15/08 - Comment #40297: That's a good deal.

Of course, normally when they are purchased at a retail establishment, a donation is made to charity.

If you chose the "Terrible Top" you would not be the first to do so (but that doesn't make it a bad choice).

tinypliny writes at 12:58:21 10/15/08 - Comment #40295: :::link:::

I am sure bargaining skills from Delhi's mean markets will bring down the price of a 6.7 billion of 'em. Especially when they will be made to order in China. ;) Heheheh
I wish I had one of them RIGHT now. I just thought of a running theme for my "costume" at the party... But, darn it, I don't. :/

drew writes at 11:54:35 10/15/08 - Comment #40290: First of all, they cost more than that.

Secondly, buying a Terrible Towel for a person that lives in Cleavland is like buying an American flag for Osama Bin Ladin. I would never allow it to be desecrated in such a way.

jason writes at 11:18:02 10/15/08 - Comment #40285: Lol @ the Terrible Towel crack. See, you're not so foreign now, are you Tiny?

tinypliny writes at 11:17:17 10/15/08 - Comment #40284: The Universe probably contains around 100 billion galaxies. The bailing out of this country is 7 times that.
It's growing debt is probably equivalent to the number of stars in all those galaxies. 7 X 10^22.

tinypliny writes at 10:51:26 10/15/08 - Comment #40282

You can buy nearly 21 good quality Terrible towels for everyone on the planet*. All 6.7 billion of them.

at ~$5 a towel.

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10/14/08 12:12 - 63ºF - ID#46103

Even when they have a bye . . .

the show must go on!

Please note that Jim is wearing a T-shirt from my alma mater. Go Shaler Titans! Go Steelers!

I thought I recognized the name. Jim is a couple of years older than me but was in Shaler at the same time as me.

Art Howe graduated from our high school, too. And Danny Fortson. Yep, lots of fame from good 'ol Shaler.

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Category: football

10/13/08 10:01 - 59ºF - ID#46081

Football Idea

Just last night it occurred to me that football officials should have flags in two different colors, instead of just yellow. Then when there is a penalty, they could throw one flag for an offensive penalty, and a different one for a defensive penalty, thus letting the offense know if it got a "free play," and encouraging them to go for a big one.

Please forward this to the commissioner of the NFL. Thanks.

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