August 2008
3-0
week 1 wager review: Two big spreads & an upset. Vacation paid for. Next week NFL & college.
At what point...
…does everyone stop pounding their chests or making sour faces about the people who didn’t win their party’s nominations, the potential first ladies, and the VP nominees & focus on Obama vs McCain?? After the Republican convention maybe? Fantastic. That other nonsense has nothing to do with paying our bills, defending our country, or protecting our rights.
This whole Sarah Palin thing is a joke, right?
If this story/rumor is false, as it probably is, then it is just as dispicable as the, “Obama is a Muslim” story line. When did the tipping point occur for this country where we decided if you disagree with someone then you look to tear them down. Pretty fuckin’ sad state of affairs.
cajunboy:
Each time I see a picture of Sarah Palin and her young family, I can’t help but...
Redneck Philosophy 101
When trying to figure out the best cut of beef you have two options: you can either stick your head up a cows ass or just ask a butcher.
“Humility is not always a trait that you can teach
yourself. Rather, more often...”
– my own random thought after reading some self
absorbed bloggers who
happened to cross my
Dashboard via reblogs
today.
“There are six billion people in this world and sometimes, all you need is one.”
– (via heidelweiss) (via soupsoup)
okay, I snapped
50ish yr old guy starts complaining loudly about peoples checked bags being too big & that he never should have checked his. Valid argument but you keep it to yourself and never berate the flight attendant, who has nothing to do with the issue, on a packed flight at the top of your lungs. He is sitting 2 rows behind me. I stood up & calmly told him that I had not paid the fee to hear a...
For those who like to wager amongst friends
Take USC giving 19.5 to Virginia. You can spend the $$ now.
Take Florida giving 35.5 to Hawaii. No June Jones. No Colt Brennan. No way Hawaii covers in The Swamp.
Take Alabama getting 5 vs. Clemson. SEC vs. ACC?? Please.
okay Wed. karma, I apologize.
not allowing me to print my boarding pass is understandable considering my last rant, but hiding my sunglasses?!? That’s just fucked up.
Today is a travel day...
…and I am not in a good mod at all. It could get ugly.
So help me Wednesday, if you get out of hand, I will unleash my Monday wrath upon you.
Refocus Folks...the White House is not an...
Did Democrats not learn from 2000 & 2004? Continuing to knock Clinton, even though she will be a key component of the Obama campaign the next two months, is just plain moronic. Keep in mind most Dems stood by during the past two elections with their heads up their asses while the Republicans bulldozed their way to the White House with a shitty candidate. Now in 2008 rather then focusing all...
You got to fawkin' kiddin' me brah!
cajunboy:
Maybe it’s just me, but I detect a more than a trace of “perhaps he’s Tom Brady’s secret gay lover” insinuation in this Boston Magazine article on Brady’s mysterious assistant, Will McDonough.
That might be the nicest thing they say (or hint at) about him in this article.
“When in doubt, always kiss the girl.”
– John Carney, 101 Tips for Living (via markyb)
Amendment to this Tip: Unless you’re her boss.
Don't call me hon.
thumbwrestlinginbaltimore:
Kia,
My apologies if I offended you, but I think you may be over-reacting, perhaps not in general, but certainly to this specific circumstance. I was simply trying to explain the accent used by my friend’s father to an audience of blog readers largely not from the area. In no way did I intend for it to be a racist statement, simply a means of conveying understanding...
FAA Reports Delays Due to Problem With System That...
Control center in Atlanta is having communication issues with flights across the entire country. Started on East Coast and now spreading.
UPDATE: All flight plans now have to be generated out of Salt Lake City which usually splits the domestic duties with Atlanta.
Under...or maybe it's Over
johnmurray:
anyone want to start an over/under on what hillary clinton does at the convention tonight? i say she snatches a raven out of the air, breaks its neck on live television, and then drinks its blood. takers?
Right before she comes out the lights flicker and then go out completely as Chopin’s Funeral March begins to blare from the speakers. When the lights come back on Biden is...
18 yr old found with video of him raping the... →
If you are too disgusted to click the link to the article just know that he was also found with child porn involving 4 & 5 yr old girls.
There is not a jail term long enough.
I'm in
johnmurray:
anyone want to start an over/under on hurricane gustav? i say category 4, makes landfall in biloxi. takers?
Category 5 and landfall in Galveston, TX. Not good.
For what it's worth observation
disapprovingmonkey:
rebloggingrebloggingjulia:
This is nothing more than a personal observation but I think if I had to spend an hour having some beers with one of the candidates, all politics aside, it would be McCain. He obviously has some stories, both war & some inside the Senate stuff, that would make the time fly. Obama just strikes me as “that guy” who would be checking his Blackberry...
100 Reasons Why McCain Won’t Be President of the... →
soupsoup:
blakeley:
aja:
When asked, he didn’t know what kind of car he drives.
And yet there’s only one reason he will be elected: American’s are racist.
I am voting for Obama so I have no problem in saying: Sorry but that is just a complete douchebag New York way of looking at things.
For what it's worth observation
This is nothing more than a personal observation but I think if I had to spend an hour having some beers with one of the candidates, all politics aside, it would be McCain. He obviously has some stories, both war & some inside the Senate stuff, that would make the time fly. Obama just strikes me as “that guy” who would be checking his Blackberry every 5 minutes while in between...
Trip starts tomorrow
So I am off tomorrow for 10 days in Florida. No better way to kick off the college football season than in the South. Half of the trip will be spent in St. Augustine, which I here is the Riviera of the South, Southeast, Florida, North Florida, the Jacksonville area. Anyway, as long as the fishing is good & the beer cold, all will be okay. If by any chance anyone has ever been there and knows...
“What worries me is not the younger generation’s rebelliousness in petty matters,...”
– Albert Jay Nock (via johncarney) (via soupsoup) (via unicornology) (via mikehudack)
Luckily among every generation there is always leader, or leaders, that pull everyone else along with them.
Teddy is my boy & all...
…but if you are painting the picture that your are now the party of change do you really want Sen. Kennedy out there tonight? For me it would have been even more powerful than it was to have had him introduce Obama for his speech Thursday as a symbolic “passing of the torch”.
“I ain’t got no quarrel with those Viet Cong, anyway. They never called me...”
– Muhammad Ali (via noraleah)
While I can understand people who get frustrated after hearing about John McCain’s P.O.W. story seemingly being beaten over their head by the GOP, I have a hard time figuring out how Ali can be used as a comparison. Ali allowed himself to be manipulated by the Nation of...
Wiki ain't always right →
“I ain’t got no quarrel with those Viet Cong, anyway. They never called me...”
– Muhammad Ali (via noraleah)
While I can understand people who get frustrated after hearing about John McCain’s P.O.W. story seemingly being beaten over their head by the GOP, I have a hard time figuring out how Ali can be used as a comparison. Ali allowed himself to be manipulated by the...
NEW GOAL:
seashellhell:
Quit being so hard on myself.
Now I just have to figure out HOW to do that.
“If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.”
~ Mary Pickford—Actress, co-founder of United Artists film studio, and one...
There's a difference between being hurt & being...
That’s a common “theory” used in sports for athletes to describe a physical state. However, I think it can also be applied to a person’s emotional state when it comes to relationships. Being “hurt” emotionally is something you can recover from and move forward from in time. However when you are emotionally “injured” it is probably a good idea to end...
“Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical...”
– Frank Lloyd Wright
Why L.A. does not have an N.F.L. team
skeetonmischa:
I might lose some points on the being a dude front, but I’m going to be completely honest with you. I could care less about the upcoming football season. You know, I just can’t see myself getting excited about seventeen weeks of dudes falling over until say January of next year or whenever the playoffs start because you know, victories will actually mean something. I’m more excited...
sarazucker:
billie holiday - the way you look...
“Your kitchen table is like mine, you sit there at night after you put the kids...”
– Joe Biden. This year’s VP debate as compared with ‘04 may end up looking a lot like Rocky V, when little Rocky Jr. (played by John Edwards) gets thumped by a schoolyard bully (Dick Cheney) only to get serious about a training and workout regimen (all his new-found musculature makes him look like a...
Clinton Creates 'whip Team' To Quell Anti-Obama... →
Once people start blowing kazoos you know it’s getting out of hand: “If people get down there on the floor and want to start blowing kazoos and making a scene we want to make sure we’ve got people who stand in front of them with Obama signs,” said person involved in the planning.
Can you imagine that meeting?!? “Okay folks, item #18 on convention protest concerns:...
John McCain/Colin Powell?? →
That selection might make the VP debate worth watching.
U.S. Embassy requests immediate release of foreign... →
One of the more telling aspects of the story:
Under pressure to address human rights and free speech concerns, China said it would allow protests during the Games in three designated areas. But none of the more than 70 applications to demonstrate was approved, and some people were arrested as they sought the permits, rights groups and relatives said.
Text message= Last to know
Was Omar Minaya & the N.Y Mets in charge of sending out the Obama V.P. text message?!?
The text message idea was a fantastic campaign ploy in every way but execution.
For non-sports fans, Minaya earlier this year fired the former NY Mets manager Willie Randolph at about the same time, the middle of the night, that everyone started getting the VP text. The text that was supposed to let YOU be...
The choice
cajunboy:
It’s going to be Chet Edwards. Mark it down. And remember that you heard it here first.
How do I know?
Don’t ask me about these things.
Looks almost certain to be Joe Biden. As of midnight Friday Secret Service has picked up his security detail. Hope it’s just a smoke screen. Not a great choice. At. All.
Should have been Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius
