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11/11/2006 17:33 #29623
SpokesduffersCategory: fanaticism
The Buffalo Sabres are a big deal around their league. They are moving the most trinkets in the league at the moment. You know you made it when the new logos are getting photoshopped into stuff. Bein a Stadler and Waldorf fan, I liked this one quite a lot
11/10/2006 15:48 #29622
Now this is more like it.Category: nice day
I'm working in the burbs today, but I spent my lunch hour driving with the windows rolled down and the Ipod turned up. Get out before it's gone ya'all
11/08/2006 23:41 #29621
A Sign for these timesCategory: drink up!
I believe in these difficult and mean-spirited times in which we live there needs to be a message of hope. Just a single image that speaks to us of love, harmony, peace and joy. An image that suggests the universal brotherhood of man. I have found that image, and I ask that all of you take a moment to be inspired by it.
11/08/2006 09:56 #29620
Things that make you go hmmmmCategory: smokey smoke
I just drove past Roswell returning home from dropping my son off at school and it seemed a little weird for a bunch of folks to be outside on a smoke break.
Watch out, Roswell peeps -- contradictions are everywhere
Watch out, Roswell peeps -- contradictions are everywhere
jenks - 11/08/06 18:07
Oh don't get me started. They were probably standing under the "Success! Roswell is smoke free!" banner, too.
I saw one of my patients out on the sidewalk, in the rain, half-naked (in a gown), in her wheelchair (since she's had a few amputations), dragging her oxygen and morphine pump behind her. She just HAD to have that smoke. made me wonder "hmm, where IS rock bottom, exactly?"
Oh don't get me started. They were probably standing under the "Success! Roswell is smoke free!" banner, too.
I saw one of my patients out on the sidewalk, in the rain, half-naked (in a gown), in her wheelchair (since she's had a few amputations), dragging her oxygen and morphine pump behind her. She just HAD to have that smoke. made me wonder "hmm, where IS rock bottom, exactly?"
uncutsaniflush - 11/08/06 17:57
I've seen patients with lung cancer who should be on oxygen (they had the nose thing and an oxygen bottle on wheels (hopefully turned off) smoking outside a side door of the Thomson Cancer Center in Knoxville while my mom was a patient there.
My mom told me that one man said I'm going to die anyway so why bother quitting.
Addiction is powerful.
I've seen patients with lung cancer who should be on oxygen (they had the nose thing and an oxygen bottle on wheels (hopefully turned off) smoking outside a side door of the Thomson Cancer Center in Knoxville while my mom was a patient there.
My mom told me that one man said I'm going to die anyway so why bother quitting.
Addiction is powerful.
imk2 - 11/08/06 10:54
oh, we are well aware. The Roswell cafe will not sell me a latte breve, (latte made with half and half instead of regular milk) because of the responsibility they have to the patients of Roswell, to provide them with the healthiest choices and yada, yada, yada...
But they sell lard laden chocolate éclairs and doughnuts and muffins and sugar glazed everything.
go figure.
oh, we are well aware. The Roswell cafe will not sell me a latte breve, (latte made with half and half instead of regular milk) because of the responsibility they have to the patients of Roswell, to provide them with the healthiest choices and yada, yada, yada...
But they sell lard laden chocolate éclairs and doughnuts and muffins and sugar glazed everything.
go figure.
11/06/2006 21:44 #29619
Getting too old for this shitCategory: weekends
My master plan for getting some extra cash is having a bit of a down side. For the uninitiated, I usher at the Bills games down by some of the players suites where things are fairly tame.
The colder weather has its downsides when you have to stand around for six hours in it. I'll post some pics at some point. On one hand, it's kind of cool to place yourself iin something bigger. On the other hand, I'm looking at the security guys with a little suspicion after some drunken fucksticks allegedly beat up some New England fan at the last game. Most of the guys are pretty good and on the ball inside the stadium, but the forces aren't very numerous outside the stadium where the needs are just as great.
I'm not suppose to get security, just checking tickets and giving directions, but I had to break up a couple of knuckleheads yesterday. I got it done, but took a stumble into a railing so I've got a nice thigh bruise courtesy a couple of losers. The signed Bills helmet did little to make it hurt less.
The drive home was the cherry on the cake for me. I thought I was smart (smrt!) by scooting down milestrip rd and going to route 5 and basicially getting to our turf via the skyway. Now, everybody is fucking doing it. So, no matter how fast the Bills finish embarassing themselves, it's a hour wait till all the thruway guys get their entrance. Nothing like being a little stiff from standing, bruised from whathave ya and tired to really hate the fact that your great little car is a standard. That was pain. By the time I got home, I was walking like I was in an old western and not in a good way.
Nothing a hot shower and 3 pints of Guinness couldn't assist with.
I took the kids to "Flushed Away" on Saturday night as a precursor and it was so worth it. Lots of unabashed silly. Just the tonic. I'm not sure who enjoyed it more, me or the kids. It was a reward for number one son. He had another Tae Kwon Do Tourney and medalled in forms. I got to help him get over his fear of sparing before he can make the next great leap.
On other fronts, Bill Maher on his last show proposed banning campaign commericals and I sort of think he has a point. Nothing has been gained from the tremendous waste of money in this area. Nobody has said anything of substance in their ads other than their approving of their messages. Nothing has been learned. No candidate be it democrat or republican has come out and said why we should select them. Reynolds and Davis are so busy taking shots at one another, there really isn't anyway to know what they stand for. The same holds true for most of the races out there.
Sad, really. That said, vote, peeps, vote
The colder weather has its downsides when you have to stand around for six hours in it. I'll post some pics at some point. On one hand, it's kind of cool to place yourself iin something bigger. On the other hand, I'm looking at the security guys with a little suspicion after some drunken fucksticks allegedly beat up some New England fan at the last game. Most of the guys are pretty good and on the ball inside the stadium, but the forces aren't very numerous outside the stadium where the needs are just as great.
I'm not suppose to get security, just checking tickets and giving directions, but I had to break up a couple of knuckleheads yesterday. I got it done, but took a stumble into a railing so I've got a nice thigh bruise courtesy a couple of losers. The signed Bills helmet did little to make it hurt less.
The drive home was the cherry on the cake for me. I thought I was smart (smrt!) by scooting down milestrip rd and going to route 5 and basicially getting to our turf via the skyway. Now, everybody is fucking doing it. So, no matter how fast the Bills finish embarassing themselves, it's a hour wait till all the thruway guys get their entrance. Nothing like being a little stiff from standing, bruised from whathave ya and tired to really hate the fact that your great little car is a standard. That was pain. By the time I got home, I was walking like I was in an old western and not in a good way.
Nothing a hot shower and 3 pints of Guinness couldn't assist with.
I took the kids to "Flushed Away" on Saturday night as a precursor and it was so worth it. Lots of unabashed silly. Just the tonic. I'm not sure who enjoyed it more, me or the kids. It was a reward for number one son. He had another Tae Kwon Do Tourney and medalled in forms. I got to help him get over his fear of sparing before he can make the next great leap.
On other fronts, Bill Maher on his last show proposed banning campaign commericals and I sort of think he has a point. Nothing has been gained from the tremendous waste of money in this area. Nobody has said anything of substance in their ads other than their approving of their messages. Nothing has been learned. No candidate be it democrat or republican has come out and said why we should select them. Reynolds and Davis are so busy taking shots at one another, there really isn't anyway to know what they stand for. The same holds true for most of the races out there.
Sad, really. That said, vote, peeps, vote
enknot - 11/10/06 07:08
Crazy day my man, but on the topic of campaign commercials, I think they're going to go away sooner than later. I don't imagine they'll be useful past 2010. Our attentions will be so spread between or webready devices, and any other kind of highly distributed less expensive media we can muster up that campaign commercials will be as yesterday as tape decks. Think about the untampered channels of communication we have. The FCC can never track PODcasts (or Netcasts for all you Leo Laporte fans). You don't have to mention your opponent in them and they can have a lot of content in them and be distributed via bit torrent. All you need is anything else that matters to the listener in them.
Imagine a senator running against an opponent that wants to band some freedoms on the web, or is tough on video games. He's just signed his death warrant if the campaigning opponent can get on to a podcast and expose this to a demographic that have a direct opposition to those views, and who don't even normally vote. Whammo!
Ok those are just pipe dreams and suppositions. Maybe it's just way early and I'm still sleepy... I think it going to happen though.
Crazy day my man, but on the topic of campaign commercials, I think they're going to go away sooner than later. I don't imagine they'll be useful past 2010. Our attentions will be so spread between or webready devices, and any other kind of highly distributed less expensive media we can muster up that campaign commercials will be as yesterday as tape decks. Think about the untampered channels of communication we have. The FCC can never track PODcasts (or Netcasts for all you Leo Laporte fans). You don't have to mention your opponent in them and they can have a lot of content in them and be distributed via bit torrent. All you need is anything else that matters to the listener in them.
Imagine a senator running against an opponent that wants to band some freedoms on the web, or is tough on video games. He's just signed his death warrant if the campaigning opponent can get on to a podcast and expose this to a demographic that have a direct opposition to those views, and who don't even normally vote. Whammo!
Ok those are just pipe dreams and suppositions. Maybe it's just way early and I'm still sleepy... I think it going to happen though.
metalpeter - 11/09/06 20:22
Carey if you don't like what the thin mints do to yeah I know someone who would gladly take one of those boxes off your hands if you don't want them :) . On to Bill Maher He makes a good point because most of the adds are mud slinging except the Spitzer ones but no one even knew who he was even running aganst.
Carey if you don't like what the thin mints do to yeah I know someone who would gladly take one of those boxes off your hands if you don't want them :) . On to Bill Maher He makes a good point because most of the adds are mud slinging except the Spitzer ones but no one even knew who he was even running aganst.
theecarey - 11/06/06 23:31
Guiness can be good therapy- other than the occasional car bomb- gross but necessary. I havent had a Guiness in a LONG time. I try to stay away from all that.. It was doing bad things to my waistline.
Girl scout cookie treatment, well, thats something else. I completly forgot I ordered a few boxes back in September from a co worker.Been years since I had any. Today she came to distribute the goods. I gave her my money, we made an exchange. Upon taking the bag of gluton, I said, "thank you" but I had other choice words in mind.
I brought them home and have them tucked away for the next time I have one of those days.
I know an open box, will soon enough be an empty one.
On another note-- FLushed Away was good? I usually enjoy the kid movies, but didnt think that one looked funny at all. Good to know otherwise.
btw, Congrats to #1
Guiness can be good therapy- other than the occasional car bomb- gross but necessary. I havent had a Guiness in a LONG time. I try to stay away from all that.. It was doing bad things to my waistline.
Girl scout cookie treatment, well, thats something else. I completly forgot I ordered a few boxes back in September from a co worker.Been years since I had any. Today she came to distribute the goods. I gave her my money, we made an exchange. Upon taking the bag of gluton, I said, "thank you" but I had other choice words in mind.
I brought them home and have them tucked away for the next time I have one of those days.
I know an open box, will soon enough be an empty one.
On another note-- FLushed Away was good? I usually enjoy the kid movies, but didnt think that one looked funny at all. Good to know otherwise.
btw, Congrats to #1
I think if after the Bush Admin. leaves office a rainbow falls on the whitehouse I wouldn't be suprised. Aren't rainbows gods way of telling the humans here on earth that he was fuckin' with you hardcore and you've passed the test?
Oh crap, I just noticed that that rainbow is touching a Beer Store (snort).
At the end of the Rainbow, there is a Pot 'O Gold!