tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33236362011-08-18T06:54:40.994-05:00long-winded ramblings that you can’t wait to sink your teeth into.fishdognoreply@blogger.comBlogger1541100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323636.post-71981412524033422512009-02-09T06:21:00.002-06:002009-02-09T06:33:13.877-06:00

i guess i've watched too many indiana jones/national treasure/da vinci code knock-offs lately because last night i dreamt that i had traveled to old europe and ended up in some village with carnival-esque fun-house buildings. kinda scary but not. one of them was a restaurant that had walls that folded out and hid or revealed rooms. it was a bitch to get up and go to the bathroom then find your

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our boys have had a pretty healthy life so far. the only surgery either one has undergone was a little outpatient action for tubes when number two was younger than two. so, we haven't had the pleasure of watching our boys hopped up on the good stuff (although twfkam can tell you stories about me and prescription meds...). but this lucky dad did just that. and he recorded his boy for posterity.

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sorry, but being 82 years old and still headbanging is the total shit. let this guy inspire you...

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this year number two's number eleven snuck up on me. i've been so hunkered down that i blinked and it was here. and that makes me sad. you should never be too busy to miss time with/for your kids—it's too damn short to let that happen. i think sometimes we get selfish and do just that. and it's shameful.last night Rader had a birthday sleepover. i guess we forget how loud and boisterous groups of

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been a cold-ass couple of days here in the penis cave (aka the office den). overcast and wet and cold. the boys were home from school yesterday as the powers that be erred on the side of caution and closed the schools. and of course the meager ice was all gone by 9am. so, in addition to work stress i now had to deal with brothers dwelling in close proximity to each other...anyway. i survived. now

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i've been away just being busy. and lazy. and facebookin’. so this here blog has withered. that's a shame. and believe it or not, folks are askin’ about my whereabouts.twfkam was talking about what your internal playlist would be/is and that got me thinking. i'm all over the place depending on life and the moment. but this week, though (and i guess it really changes week to week for most folks),

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cartoons and heavy metal.

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(click here to view)John SherffiusNov 4, 2008EditorialCartoonists.com

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this sign was seen at the Alaska Women Reject Palin Rally in alaska. check out adventures in ak for more.

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you know, i really liked john mccain the first couple of times he ran for president. heck, i even voted for him in a primary. but tonight, in the second debate of the season, i feel he's just coming across as a prick. his attitude seems condescending. his sideways affronts to obama are ludicrous ("that guy" and he points). his over use of the phrase "my friends" to start off every other retort.

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this is how:thanks, gnosys.

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twfkam has really sunk her teeth into the election and is in it up to her ears. her passion for that which she truly believes is one of the many things that i love about her. after she put an obama sign in the yard (cool) some dumbass came and removed the wire frame holding it up (uncool). twfkam's passion kicked into a near rage and said "fuck this shit, i'm gonna get ten more signs and put them

fishdognoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3323636.post-4955353202516746722008-09-17T13:22:00.005-05:002008-09-18T09:05:32.288-05:00

this could be construed as nsfw by the prim and buttoned up: an 80-year-old midwife offers proper grooming tips for the most intimate of areas. style your own fiffi for your chance to win a shaving kit:RFSU's Intimate Care Guide

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Tim Wise, the author of White Like Me, and of Speaking Treason Fluently is dropping some serious knowledge:Open your eyes and your mindsThanks to twfkam for the link.

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Sarah Palin has picked out an All-American set of names for her children. There's Track, Trig, Bristol, Willow, and Piper.Ever wonder, What would your name would be if Sarah Palin was your mother? Well now you can find out!my name would be Foot Chassis Palin. Who are you?

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cindy mccain spent almost $300k on a dress for the republican national convention. wtf?vanity fair breaks it down for you

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been really busy, but had to share this:

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our old-ass dell inspiron 2650 came down with an infection a couple of weeks ago. i tried a few things then let it sit until could really focus on delousing the old girl. from old-ass to broke-ass. after downloading updates to the apps i already had installed and not being able to install the updates because the friggin' virus shut down my ability to run executables, among other things, i decided

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i would so do this to twfkam, except she'd turn it on meGun Scare Prank

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totally ripped this off...

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okay. so when you're up late playing the damn ps2 and challenging your progeny to guitar hero 1, 2 and 3 you should be kicking their ass because you are the consummate rocker and should totally own them. Then wtf is up with your oldest dropping 30k on you on your song? seriously. now granted, i'll give him that i have been drinking since about 5:50 pm and it's now 11:30 pm but shit. that butt

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i've had things to say, just haven't gotten off the ole duff to say them. during my absence we've hosted in our home nine people from other places, spent two days out in the boat (one of them during a storm), rocked the hell outta the river at two all day concerts with my boys, and put back on most of that weight i had lost in spite of exercise and the summer heat.oh, and the house still hasn't

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hokay, i've slacked off of writin' on this thang. just have gotten busy and haven't felt like it, i guess. had lotsa idears, but no follow through. until tonight.we're at birdrunner's house for her nephew's graduation party. and stinkydog came in from tay hoss for the occassion. and finally met twfkam.and the rotation of the planets became synchronized.and the pitchers were refilled. thrice.and

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working from home has really opened up a whole new world to me. and yes, this photo is un-retouched. i was originally gonna post this one, but decided against it.but you know, if i could, i would do this, this or this, but not this.anybody else nekkid today?

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fifteen years ago twfkam was escorted by her dad up the aisle serenaded by harry connick, jr. thirty minutes later i escorted her down the aisle serenaded by fishbone.need i say more?saturday will be the fifteenth anniversary of waking up to journey's "good morning girl" with the reality slowly sinking in that i was now inextricably linked to a deeply fascinating, deeply puzzling, undoubtably

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we have returned from the annual birthday trip to the races. the weather was shite but the fun was beautiful. good company with folks coming in from kansas city, dallas, oxford, conway and little rock. the ponies weren't too generous but the bartenders were. i'll let twfkam reveal details when/if she's ready, but here's a little peek behind the curtain: (thanks to the duke for some pics)

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in honor of the loverly twfkam's birthday, i'm offering up this homage to her by the hoodoo gurus:now go tell her happy birthday then come join the action on the floor!

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a partial lineup for the beale street music festival was announced in the memphis commercial appeal this morning. more to come this afternoon after the official announcement at the hard rock cafe:Aretha FranklinLou ReedSheryl CrowMy Chemical RomanceBuddy GuyThe RootsBlack CrowesCharlie MusselwhiteBettye LaVetteCat PowerJoan Jett & the Blackheartsbsmf on facebookbsmf on myspace

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so, i've been rockin' the home office all morning, having moved from pandora to knac, takin' it to the hnl, ya know. as i was bleeding the ears a wonderful ditty popped up that i just had to share: fighting the darkness by primal fearnow, i've enjoyed all that is primal fear for years (mainly for the aural kinship they share with the metal gods, judas priest). but methinks this track actually

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yeah, i know. sun's coming back out after disappearing for a couple of days and allowing the rain and snow to eat away at the spring temps we enjoyed over the weekend. if you were to average the temps out you'd have to call it tepid. not hot, not cold. tepid. twfkam has pictures.tomorrow will be sunny and 60° F with possible snow to follow by end of week. wtf?gotta love the south and the adage:

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while twfkam was away having fun in the snow with uncle nick and auntie jen i stayed home and held down the fort.no big deal. done it a hundred times.but this weekend differed for a couple of reasons: a birthday bunking party with fourth grade boys and the new dog's period.fung!and so i will first remark upon the latter, as i'm sure you're all saying to yourselves, "what the bleep is he talking

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my god can this dog freakin' mope.twfkam, you need to address this upon your return!

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so, after the week from hell with work (which included at least 36 hours straight through) i've purposely avoided a computer this weekend. i had spent the latter half of the week in mississippi at headquarters and arrived home late friday night. My oldest was the only one still up at that hour and he and I decided to fire up a movie, since i was still wired from the drive. we decided on "national

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i woke up excited today because my arkansas razorbacks were playing their last game of the season and by all reports they were ready to kick ass and take names.by the second series i realized that they weren't.mizzou had shown up with a serious something to prove. they played great and never allowed the hogs a chance.THEIR back had over 150 yds by halftime, not ours.THEIR back was the one who set

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we had our last game of the season for my adult soccer league team. we ended up having to forfeit because we were short on players. the first game of the season we had eight guys on the sidelines and not everyone was there. by the fifth game we were down to a couple of subs. we played the last few games with barely eleven.i have no idea why folks stopped showing up. coulda been a myriad of

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well. we went ahead and committed mortgage.we'd been house hunting in the rock since august and recently narrowed the search to a few great properties. head won out over heart after a weekend review and we made an offer (check out twfkam's post).and today we accepted terms and signed the initial paperwork to get the ball rolling and hopefully get us into the house soon.nothing like overwhelming

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social studies and thanksgiving collide into the weekend art project for school: take the cardboard turkey and decorate it in your own imaginative way. number two and i sit down and draw up all kinds of ideas: frankenturkey, turkey dog, george washingturkey, honest abe turkey, alien turkey, poor man's turkey (wearing a barrel), mer-turkey, big-pile-of-poo-turkey, zombie turkey, 70s vampire turkey

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okay. i know i should be working, but i'm a tad distracted today. it happens to the best of us. so, as therapy i will post the following videos to distract you, too. enjoy!Absolutely Hilarious Indian Music Video - Watch more free videos

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i'm sitting here working and enjoying some great classic honky tonk via willie's place on xmradio/tv. checked gmail and this was waiting for me (thanks, ribs):What's It Gonna Be? on FunnyOrDie.comand then i'm searching for some info on this campaign against saggin' and this video came up:Get your own TV Channel on Chime.TV!that's just ridiculous. but i'm sure there are some whack jobs out there

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(thanks, stinkydog)

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I love food. i don't have a favorite, i just have food. when i'm asked if i like a certain style or ethnicity i simply retort, "is it food? then we're good."so, over the past month since my last post, i've discovered (or rediscovered) a few items that have really set off some mouthgasms. please allow me to share.snickers darki was in line at wally world, checking out after scrounging up dinner

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so, with twfnam and the boys over in little rock, i'm left to my devices in oxpatch. to facilitate the imminent telecommute/travel once the house sells and i move, i purchased a loverly 17" macbook pro. it's bad ass. it has a built-in camera and kooky effects to play with. and play i did: just wait for the boys to get ahold of this!!!

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four years wasn't long enough.we'll miss you.

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been a month since my last post. sigh. i hate it when life happens.lotsa stuff going on right now: craziness at work (but when isn't there?), prepping to sell the house, prepping to move... and to top it off i've spent the past week as bachelor dad. i'm about at the end of my wits, it seems. i should be off my ass painting doors and not blogging. sigh.i took a personal dna test online and the

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i had my twenty year high school reunion this past weekend. it was a hoot hanging out with old classmates and the like. i also gathered a group of elementary school classmates together for a "hey, how ya doin?" here's a couple of us now. gonna have to dig up some from then...here’s caryn and me at the high school party at the little rock zoo.and here’s the crew that made it to birdrunner's: top -

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with twfkam in frisco and the boys at sleepovers, i decided to get outta the house and hit a local joint to get my ass rocked. and man, was it rocked proper.the hives (yes, the group from sweden) have been in town working on their latest cd (you know, they are featured on timbaland’s latest single which debuted this week) and decided to celebrate Pelle’s (the lead singer) birthday with a show. i

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so bonehead, out in los angeles on business, calls me on friday night:"dude, you gotta watch jimmy kimmel. we just got picked to be on their game show thing they do outside the studio. not sure what it is but we'll probably be on so you gotta watch."kimmel comes on late here in the mid-south and it was a loooong week so i broke out the tivo.i get some call a couple of hours later with alot of

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wow. been another long while. spring break, folks. trekked to florida for a week of friends, family and theme parks. suffice it to say, we worked it from dawn to dusk. it’s taken this long to recover and pull down the photos (faster than birdrunner did when they went last year, hehe). twfkam laid it all out for ya over in her neck o the woods, but here are a few tidbits from me:ian gets a

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so, we've been gearing up for this spring break vacation for months now. planning. preparing. making lists. you know, that old chestnut. about a month ago we realized that we hadn't seen the camera since around new years. we didn't fret too much because our cleaning method usually involves taking what's on the counter and shoving it under the counter in a cabinet with free space. or in a drawer.

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yes, stinkydog, birdrunner and twfkam, i'm a sheep. and a monster:Get Your Monster Nameanyone get the link to this headline and the one below it?

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wrapped up city league basketball last night with a loss to a team we should have beaten. i seem to have a knack for bringing out the prick in folks, as was the case with the short guy on the other team. in the early minutes of the game i got turned into him while cutting through the lane and from then on it was his mission to show me how awesome he was. i then made it my mission to lay a body on

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i have my first sunburn of the season. i usually get it on our annual trip to the races for twfkam's birthday but colored up this morning while coaching soccer... a head start on the beach tan that is coming in a week!

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so, it's been a month since i've put anything up here. now, i've put plenty of posts in my noggin, just haven't extricated them. work. play. work. didn't give a shit. work. play. stuff. stuff. beer. beer. beer. work. and stuff.i have great pics from rader's birthday to post.we finished basketball with rader's team. mercy. suffice to say that we finished the season. remind me again why i do this?

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  my youngest turned nine years old two days ago. we celebrated and played basketball and ate pizza. it was great. he’s such a great kid i don’t deserve him. twfkam was on the ball and honored him in a timely manner. it’s a shame that i’m just now getting to it. i’d been thinking about it for three days, but just couldn’t spit it out. nine years of headaches, happiness, hamburgers and haircuts. i

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my cell phone tour of san francisco. exciting stuff.

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ok. not my heart so much as the waistline i took with me. regardless of the amount of exercise (and there was plenty) i still don’t think it was enough to offset the food. and it’s all about the food when you travel with me.just so ya know, i spent the past week in san francisco with my company’s client conference, running the av and logistics. we held it at the fairmont hotel atop nob hill. if

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first, thanks to you four readers who have continually stopped by just in case i got off my ass and had put pen to paper and then reminded me that i need to keep the public informed. you guys are great. almost as great as the past month or so...holidazewe hosted big brother’s family over the xmas week. it was very cool having them in town. for a couple of days we experienced overload, what with

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The Barry Gibb Talk Show - new

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The Barry Gibb Talk Show

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A Special Christmas Box

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so we tried new cocktail recipe last night while watching "uncle buck." i broke out the playboy bartender's guide that bonehead had gifted and we chose the following: after dinner mint2 oz whiskey/bourbon1/2 oz kahluasplash of peppermint schnappspour whiskey and kahlua over ice in cocktail glass. add a splash of schnapps. enjoy!yum. definately an after-dinner drink, though.

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so, i had a birthday yesterday. gifts were bestowed upon me by the family and my eldest fixed me a breakfast of scrambled eggs and cinnimon toast. we all stayed in bed until after 10 watching tv together then i got the boys outside to put up the christmas lights that i had gotten out a day after thanksgiving. a day after thanksgiving! and even then i didn't get them up until we returned from a

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ok, so it's been a loooooong while. here's a mea culpa: one of my most favoritist (or as twfkam would say "lurveliest") snl short films. enjoy.i plan on posting all about my son's kick-ass flag football team next. or something about turning old. i really haven't decided.

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twfkam tagged me, and by the blogosphere rules i gotta answer questions then tag others to do the same. if i didn't, i'd probably develop some kinda limp, and there's some places i just don't wanna go limp. so here goes.i attended seminary, studying to be a catholic priest. after a year, i chose to be a daddy instead of a father. four years later when i got married, it was in a catholic church in

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been awhile, i know. so what's been hapnin? well...flag football, babysince my last post my vikings have won three of four games. two being squeekers with the last play deciding the game (in our favor, thank the gods). rader is a great center: caught some important passes, made some good runs, and grabbed lots of flags. dad couldn't be more proud. i hope our streak holds for three more games-

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final score: 12-7our first flag football game of the season wasn’t pretty, but we still ended up with a “w.” i was so busy getting our collective shit together that i didn’t get a chance to meet coach o. since i’ll be in chicago from saturday til wednesday, i’ll miss the next two games and that sucks. one of the dads has stepped up in my absence. last year when this happened they won in my

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Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Where'd You Gotheme song for my absence.

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today we celebrate my god son’s first birthday. it should be a helluva party out in the valley. stop by his idle blog and leave him a message. maybe the sudden spurt of attention will convince mom to update it for dad while he’s deployed from here to here. we love you jackson— and you, too, mama and papa foote. hope your day is great!

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why do folks think its okay to proselytize and evangelize via email?those emails are as offensive and brainless as the spam from exiled african diplomats wanting to "borrow" your bank account in exchange for some ghost money.and less believable.please respect your friends and their time and stop sending out such tripe. whether it’s “i am a proud god-fearing american patriot,” ”get outta debt the

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no more fat dogs!

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sometimes it’s just funny as shit to push twfkam’s buttons. and it irritates her to no end that i do it, and do it just to get a rise out of her. what is it about crossing that imaginary line of “leave-me-alone-and-don’t-touch-me” that’s so satisfying? i’m a sick bastard. i do it because i love the shit out of her. twfkam say’s i’ll soon be a divorced bastard. i just touch her boob or pat her

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i love the new miller light campaign, “man laws.” i find the commercials funny, smart, and well-cast. i’ve even found myself considering buying miller lite.i know. treat yourself and visit the men of the square table.

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NSFW: liberal use of the f-bomb follows.it turns out that the early rumors of canada’s back to back wins on rockstar were true. i understand why magni was dumped. he’s gonna put a band together and be kick-ass. toby was still a bit wet behind the ears and sure seemed to be the favorite moving into the finals. lukas was good vocalist, had been consistent and appeared in the bottom three just a

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today i wore my very first (and only) piece of ole miss merchandise: a bucket hat i got at a women's soccer match friday night. since we've moved here to oxford i’ve made a conscious effort not to buy any ole miss stuff. i usually go outta my way to endorse my hogs and rub it in these rebel faces. but i’ve become a fan of ole miss women’s soccer. they’re a top 25 team and play lights out. today’s

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i've got beer on the line with this year's rock star: supernova show. my buddy irfan is claiming that the job will go to magni and i say it will go to dilana. the rumor mills are claiming it's already been decided and it's going to be lukas (my second choice). after this week it looks wide open, still. the front-runners were okay. the dark horses were good. they axed ryan before storm, which is a

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it’s amazing how my brain convinces me that i’m 18 years old when my feet hit a sports surface of anykind. softball diamond. basketball court. soccer pitch. they’re all the same. it doesn’t matter. tonight i was out on the pitch for 3.5 hrs: an hour or so coaching my u10s and the rest playing like i was 18 again. the fountain of youth it aint.my u10s (the Fire) scrimmaged and performed pretty

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after dropping our lad from b'ham, simon, off at the airport, we returned forthwith to oxpatch. then, after dropping off twfkam at the house i dropped my ass in a stadium seat to watch talladega nights and then i promptly laughed said ass off.the drive home was awkward.go see the damn movie and shut up about how stupid you think it may be. until then, bask in the goodness that is will ferrell:

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'What will your obituary say?'(thanks, birdrunner and stinkydog)

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i busted my hump to drop to 190 before i headed to the windy city. but once we were there i ate my way around downtown. we started the trip with deep dish at pizzeria due and ended with deep dish at geno's east. between the bookend of dreams we enjoyed italian beef at portillo's, latin at the mambo grill and thai at singha. i’d recommend any of those for your next visit. we even stopped in at the

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this week i’ve had my nose to the proverbial grindstone getting all the shit ready for the conference in chicago next week. barely saw the family and even pulled an all-nighter on wednesday ( i couldn't sleep so i went back into work... sad, i know). rader had soccer evaluations on monday and kicked it in the ass. i was very proud. he ended up number four out of forty-two eight-year-olds. no too

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as twfkam would say: today's run was sponsored by red dog, miller lite and gatorade.I'm back running again. well, that is back to running consistently. three to four miles a day. and playing soccer two to three times a week. i'm fucking determined (thank you pantera) to hit 190 by weeks end. gotta have some fudge room while in chicago and eating all that yummy food. unlike twfkam's last trip, i

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well, it was just me and rader who ended up at the 2006 water valley watermelon carnival. we walked around an checked out the booths, the concessions and the free watermelon (cold, sweet, wet, yum). monkey took a turn on the velcro jump thing (eat your heart out letterman!) and then had a go at the sledgehammer-bell game. his prize was a fake dookie chain with a cobra head. when asked why that he

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well, i’ve made it through the week. today was the first morning in five that i woke up after sunrise. i gave birth last night— late but that particular task is done (amazing how than when you proof something, the more you look at it the more mistakes you find. we finally just stopped looking). the bad thing is that i kept the monkey waiting an hour and a half for his sno-biz and blockbuster run.

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cats that look like hitler

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one of my favorite authors, george pelecanos, has posted a piece on the music he'll be listening to during his upcoming book signing tour. his "tour music" is always a nice collection of jazz, rock, r&b/soul and funk with a few surprizes thrown in for good measure. i've spent the past couple of days listening to what selections i could find on napster and have thoroughly enjoyed what i've heard:

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twfkam is spending the week in hotlanta at a conference, leaving me a the bachelor dad. it really hasn't been all bad, though. we started the week in little rock after dropping her at the airport. we spent the day at wild river country with uncle bone and the nieces and enjoyed a yummy dinner of mac n cheese, broccoli n cheese, and hot dogs (sans buns).on monday we met the lads in bryant and then

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An Open Letter to Larry the Cable Guy (thank you, brother joe)Irony lives in Roanoke, VADoug Benson Loves Movies

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you can't help but love em. some of you have a thing for em, so i thought i'd help you out. thank me later.    

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larry the cable guy making a monty python reference: here and here.actually, that just makes me like him that much more.

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i've been working too much and have lacked the inspiration to blog as of late.sorry, you three.so, i'll just leave you with this. If that don't keep you busy, then you aint tryin'.

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adam corolla vs ann coulterawesome.

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just a quick word on how lovely bussin’ me wife is. sometimes twkfam’s lips are just perfect. warm cup of coffee on a cold morning perfect. soft. inviting. relaxing. reinvigorating.it’s funny (and weird for many to consider, i'm sure) but i love to kiss my wife. just about nothing will kill that. not morning breath. not spinach in teeth. the rare smoke-breath comes close, but i can usually move

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looking for some background noise while i worked at home tonight, i came across george carlin on hbo, "life is worth losing." that dude is still funny as hell. and now, everytime i watch him i think of my buddy mitch. i have no idea why. could be because they're both from noo yawk. could be because they sometimes share the same thoughts. could be because i feel like i could walk up to either and

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