Some of you will know my friend Graham Black from Indianapolis. In the last week, I've heard through the grapevine that he started a Not-for-profit out in Aspen to promote awareness around Rufie's. Here's an article:
http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20090130/NEWS/901309973&parentprofile=search
Although this thing is just up and running, he has already had an brief mention in the Denver Post and has been contacted by a national network against rape, abuse, and incest to possibly have a campaign in Florida during spring break. Help him out if you can, or at least show him some love by passing on the article.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Friday, January 30, 2009
HE GONE!!!
For those of you that have never heard a White Sox radio broadcast, that title will be lost on you, but Roddy B (AKA Blogo, AKA Skunk Tupee, AKA Napolean with a cabbage patch nose (Thanks Anne)) got booted form Office yesterday. Now politics aside, What in the hell was this guy thinking!?
You're caught on tape, you have the lowest approval rating that most people can remember, and you have become a national joke and now you're expecting people to believe that you have done nothing wrong!? REALLY!? That's like a dude saying, "Well, I made a porn with the girl I cheated on her with and she saw it, things were already going downhill in the relationship, but I'm going to fight the breakup because I think us staying together will be better for her in the long run." D-U-M-B
The thing that gets me is that he keeps claiming that he wants to do things right for the people, but how much taxpayer money has he wasted in this whole charade!? Also, if you're complaining about calling witnesses, save them for your FEDERAL trial. Here's a news flash, YOU GOT ARRESTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES. Also, the guy that charged you, warned you a year before when he was putting a former governor in jail and anyone that has gone against him tells you that he does not play.
Anyway, Peace out Blogo. Enjoy your running around the neighborhood.
You're caught on tape, you have the lowest approval rating that most people can remember, and you have become a national joke and now you're expecting people to believe that you have done nothing wrong!? REALLY!? That's like a dude saying, "Well, I made a porn with the girl I cheated on her with and she saw it, things were already going downhill in the relationship, but I'm going to fight the breakup because I think us staying together will be better for her in the long run." D-U-M-B
The thing that gets me is that he keeps claiming that he wants to do things right for the people, but how much taxpayer money has he wasted in this whole charade!? Also, if you're complaining about calling witnesses, save them for your FEDERAL trial. Here's a news flash, YOU GOT ARRESTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES. Also, the guy that charged you, warned you a year before when he was putting a former governor in jail and anyone that has gone against him tells you that he does not play.
Anyway, Peace out Blogo. Enjoy your running around the neighborhood.
It's been a long time, I shouldn't have left you, without a funny blog to laugh to...
Sorry friends, I didn't realize we were going on a week without a blog so this one will be extended.
Last weekend I learned a very valuable lesson about why most of my friends that run marathons, do triathlons, and are generally healthier than I am don't drink as much, dehydration. I decided that it would be a good idea to go workout for two hours (drinking water while doing that), come home, shower, grab a glass of water, and then go out to celebrate two birthdays. I paid dearly for it Sunday when it felt like my ribs were cramping all day due to dehydration, but I couldn't keep the water down. Lesson learned.
Quick piece of advice for anyone heading to Thailand in the near future. Don't go by boat. Apparently their government is taking all the refugees that come from Myanmar, putting them back in their boats, and dragging them back out to sea. wild.
I've been on training the last three days, so I haven't been able to stay up on the news or what is really going on in the world, but how about Joe Torre agreeing to participate in a book ripping the Yankees. Ballsy my friend.
Congratulations to Greg for winning his office Biggest Loser competition with some ridiculous weight loss over the past few months. Notice I had to clarify that it was weight loss as some others have asked him why he would tell people what a dork he is.
I'm off to see Dierks Bentley, Brad Paisley, and Darius Rucker (AKA Hootie) tonight in Moline. Should be entertaining to drive three hours across flat land and see what a group of people from Western Illinois and Iowa bring to a country concert. Awesome.
Tomorrow is the annual celebration of Joe-ma's mom's birthday in South Bend. Should be a classic time. Past years have resulted in a few hookups for members of the celebration. Top honors going to Los De #2 for finding a MILF who already had a hotel room downtown one year.
Super Bowl Sunday will be filled with Youth Basketball and then rooting for the Cardinals. I get it, the Steelers will probably win, but who doesn't want to see Kurt Warner in a Rascal Scooter getting the Championship trophy and Larry Fitzgerald and Lil' Wayne having a "Dread-off" at the 50 yard line!?
Last weekend I learned a very valuable lesson about why most of my friends that run marathons, do triathlons, and are generally healthier than I am don't drink as much, dehydration. I decided that it would be a good idea to go workout for two hours (drinking water while doing that), come home, shower, grab a glass of water, and then go out to celebrate two birthdays. I paid dearly for it Sunday when it felt like my ribs were cramping all day due to dehydration, but I couldn't keep the water down. Lesson learned.
Quick piece of advice for anyone heading to Thailand in the near future. Don't go by boat. Apparently their government is taking all the refugees that come from Myanmar, putting them back in their boats, and dragging them back out to sea. wild.
I've been on training the last three days, so I haven't been able to stay up on the news or what is really going on in the world, but how about Joe Torre agreeing to participate in a book ripping the Yankees. Ballsy my friend.
Congratulations to Greg for winning his office Biggest Loser competition with some ridiculous weight loss over the past few months. Notice I had to clarify that it was weight loss as some others have asked him why he would tell people what a dork he is.
I'm off to see Dierks Bentley, Brad Paisley, and Darius Rucker (AKA Hootie) tonight in Moline. Should be entertaining to drive three hours across flat land and see what a group of people from Western Illinois and Iowa bring to a country concert. Awesome.
Tomorrow is the annual celebration of Joe-ma's mom's birthday in South Bend. Should be a classic time. Past years have resulted in a few hookups for members of the celebration. Top honors going to Los De #2 for finding a MILF who already had a hotel room downtown one year.
Super Bowl Sunday will be filled with Youth Basketball and then rooting for the Cardinals. I get it, the Steelers will probably win, but who doesn't want to see Kurt Warner in a Rascal Scooter getting the Championship trophy and Larry Fitzgerald and Lil' Wayne having a "Dread-off" at the 50 yard line!?
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Sports Thoughts of the Day: 22 Jan
Three Things have happened today while ESPN has been on mute that made me laugh.
1) Steve Marbury might go play in Greece. I ask you, is there a better option for "Starbury" right now. The only three players that I could think it would be a better idea to get out of the country for right now are Ron Artest, Steve Jackson, and Sprewell, just because of that whole choking thing back i nthe day. Think about it, You're going to make $10 Million Euros, You are a short flight from Am-Dam, and you're an NBA Player that actually played at some point. I saw a thing on ESPN a couple months ago about the guys that are getting around the one year out of high school rule by playing overseas, or the dude that was a sixth man that is playing over there now and living a ridiculous life, but this would be someone that the NBA actually thought was good until he told everyone to go F themselves. The only thing that could prevent him from going is the number of people in his crew that are not allowed to leave the greater New York City area for juducial reasons.
2) Mark McGuire's Brother, the one who gave him the 'roids, is writing a book about it. AND They are no longer speaking. The Best part is, Jay is claiming it is out of love for his brother. Awesome. We all saw this coming, but there is no way I saw his brother being the one to break the silence. I guess the economic downtourn takes no prisoners. I wish they were talking, because I am running various conversations through my head right now that would take place at Thanksgiving or Christmas. Most of them result in McGuire running around with a bat and a milk mustache after his brother asks him to pass the juice and he tries to plead the fifth.
3) Venus Williams lost at the Aussie Open. The reaosn this is hilarious is I can only imagine some of the geers being shouted and muttered in the arena based on what I heard last year.
BONUS: I wish Rachel Nichols would quit Eye-f-ing me on the couch. She's like a pasty British chick, teeth and all, but without the fun accent. Gingers...Can't trust 'em.
1) Steve Marbury might go play in Greece. I ask you, is there a better option for "Starbury" right now. The only three players that I could think it would be a better idea to get out of the country for right now are Ron Artest, Steve Jackson, and Sprewell, just because of that whole choking thing back i nthe day. Think about it, You're going to make $10 Million Euros, You are a short flight from Am-Dam, and you're an NBA Player that actually played at some point. I saw a thing on ESPN a couple months ago about the guys that are getting around the one year out of high school rule by playing overseas, or the dude that was a sixth man that is playing over there now and living a ridiculous life, but this would be someone that the NBA actually thought was good until he told everyone to go F themselves. The only thing that could prevent him from going is the number of people in his crew that are not allowed to leave the greater New York City area for juducial reasons.
2) Mark McGuire's Brother, the one who gave him the 'roids, is writing a book about it. AND They are no longer speaking. The Best part is, Jay is claiming it is out of love for his brother. Awesome. We all saw this coming, but there is no way I saw his brother being the one to break the silence. I guess the economic downtourn takes no prisoners. I wish they were talking, because I am running various conversations through my head right now that would take place at Thanksgiving or Christmas. Most of them result in McGuire running around with a bat and a milk mustache after his brother asks him to pass the juice and he tries to plead the fifth.
3) Venus Williams lost at the Aussie Open. The reaosn this is hilarious is I can only imagine some of the geers being shouted and muttered in the arena based on what I heard last year.
BONUS: I wish Rachel Nichols would quit Eye-f-ing me on the couch. She's like a pasty British chick, teeth and all, but without the fun accent. Gingers...Can't trust 'em.
When The Heat, goes out, in the apartment....
Sing the title to the Journey song "When the lights go down in the city" to the the true feeling for where I am mentally right now. The furnace is out in the apartment again. The last time this happened was Christmas when I got a call from Joe-Ma telling me that it was roughly 45 in our apartment and since it was Christmas Day and everyone else was gone, he had no choice but to bundle up like a 4 year-old ready to play in the snow for the first time, and hang out. Check back for updates through the day, but it's currently 55 at 7:15am Central. Break out the shorts kids, it's supposed to hit 32 here today.
Random thoughts form the inauguration:
- How hilarious was it that Dick Cheney was in a wheel chair looking like the mad scientist that he is? As if he wasn't old and bitter enough, he had to go out in a wheel chair because he "Pulled a muscle in his back moving". Yeah, right.
- Dr. Jill Biden is hot. The "Doctor" title just adds to it. The F-me boots were a nice touch.
- I think Diane Feinstein was drunk at the lunch. That's the only way you invite everyone at the table to go receive crystal bowls EXCEPT THE PRESIDENT. His wife, Biden, Biden's wife, Pelosi, and some others. the only people left at the Table were Obama and Pelosi's husband. classic.
- Loved the reference to Ted Kennedy having his "Irish Smile" going when he was loaded into the Ambulance. I wonder if someone slipped him some whiskey as a pick me up.
Other Random thoughts:
- It's always nice when you're not the fattest person in spinning class. Yes, I go to spinning classes as a warm up for a workout, I've made my peace with it.
- I'm considering trying the Master Cleanse diet where you make a beverage of 2 Tablespoons Lemon Juice, Two Tablespoons Honey, 1/10th teaspoon cayenne pepper, and 8 ounce of water 6-12 times per day for 10 days. This may be more of a 5-day trial period, but could make for some hilarious blogging.
Random thoughts form the inauguration:
- How hilarious was it that Dick Cheney was in a wheel chair looking like the mad scientist that he is? As if he wasn't old and bitter enough, he had to go out in a wheel chair because he "Pulled a muscle in his back moving". Yeah, right.
- Dr. Jill Biden is hot. The "Doctor" title just adds to it. The F-me boots were a nice touch.
- I think Diane Feinstein was drunk at the lunch. That's the only way you invite everyone at the table to go receive crystal bowls EXCEPT THE PRESIDENT. His wife, Biden, Biden's wife, Pelosi, and some others. the only people left at the Table were Obama and Pelosi's husband. classic.
- Loved the reference to Ted Kennedy having his "Irish Smile" going when he was loaded into the Ambulance. I wonder if someone slipped him some whiskey as a pick me up.
Other Random thoughts:
- It's always nice when you're not the fattest person in spinning class. Yes, I go to spinning classes as a warm up for a workout, I've made my peace with it.
- I'm considering trying the Master Cleanse diet where you make a beverage of 2 Tablespoons Lemon Juice, Two Tablespoons Honey, 1/10th teaspoon cayenne pepper, and 8 ounce of water 6-12 times per day for 10 days. This may be more of a 5-day trial period, but could make for some hilarious blogging.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
The Barack Strut
You've heard of the Barack Roll (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65I0HNvTDH4) and maybe heard the references to the inauguration being "Barack-stock" or "Barack-a-palooza", but I think I just saw one of the most classic things I have witnessed, the Barack Strut. It's the classic, quintessential walk of the half-strut, point, and smile. So far he's thrown it out to the pastor at the church and Dubya, but if you're watching today, I just imagine that in the back of his mind he sounds like the old Budweiser commercial, "WHASSSUUUHHH!?"
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Weekend in Review: Notorious, Publican, Carnivale
So this weekend I endeavored to do something that I had never before attempted, to last an entire weekend without going to a bar. Due to the current economy and coming off the bender that was the holidays, we thought this would be a solid goal to set for a weekend. Well friends, we did a pretty good job of it.
Friday night five of us went to see Notorious. I will tell you the best thing about this movie was the people watching in the theater. There were a few funny scenes and I now completely understand why Lil' Kim is upset at being portrayed as a crazy hoe, but all told, that movie is crap. I won't even waste your time with the reasons, just know that this article by the NYT was generous: http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/01/16/movies/16noto.html
Saturday was when things started to break down. Brady informed me that there is a bar on Ashland that has been votd best Soccer bar in the US for a number of years running and Arsenal was playing at 11:30. So, I obliged and joined him and two of his buddies for traditional english breakfast of Beer, Baked Beans, Eggs, Sausage, toast, and hashbrowns. Yes, Beer was first, it's the english.
Saturday night Brady, Melano, and I went to a place called the Publican on Fulton. Although being overwhelmed with pretention despite the place looking like a barn with communal wooden tabels and booths with doors on them (pretty funny to watch people figure those out), the place was worth the 1.5 hours of waiting at a standing table. I highly recommend going with some people and sharing a few dishes and a bottle of wine. I do not recommend asking the young, blonde waitress if you can get a Coors Light and a Philly Steak sandwich just to get her reaction. (Confused mess is the answer for those of you wondering what happened).
The Publican was also where new rules got added to "No Bar Weekend". We decided that as long as we weren't paying full price for drinks that it technically wasn't going to a bar, so we drank at Brady's and went to the Hangge Uppe (AKA "Hang Up" AKA "Cheers Chicago" for our group). But, we rescued the night by setting a time limit of 2am, which is approximately the time that things go from Zero to Blackout at that place. Brady's ability to go from the dude that the website http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/ writes about to a backup dancer on tour never ceases to provide great people watching comedy. It's like watching a dad at a wedding and all of a sudden he turns into the breakdancing grandma in church from that one movie ("I feel the SPIRIT!!")
Tonight we hit up Carnivale for dinner. This place definitely gets three "Si!!"s out of five on the Los De scale. Great Apps, Seared Ahi Tuna, Rum Rubbed Pork, and you can hit up the lounge on Sundays for Apps, Wine Flights, and live music. If I wasn't in the middle of a Go Live that has managed to last 12 hours instead of two, we would have scouted it out more.
For those of you that get Monday off, congratulations. I Have a Dream of not working as well. Unfortunately, my company doesn't celebrate diversity or equal working rights so I am sure I'll have some more to write about.
Friday night five of us went to see Notorious. I will tell you the best thing about this movie was the people watching in the theater. There were a few funny scenes and I now completely understand why Lil' Kim is upset at being portrayed as a crazy hoe, but all told, that movie is crap. I won't even waste your time with the reasons, just know that this article by the NYT was generous: http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/01/16/movies/16noto.html
Saturday was when things started to break down. Brady informed me that there is a bar on Ashland that has been votd best Soccer bar in the US for a number of years running and Arsenal was playing at 11:30. So, I obliged and joined him and two of his buddies for traditional english breakfast of Beer, Baked Beans, Eggs, Sausage, toast, and hashbrowns. Yes, Beer was first, it's the english.
Saturday night Brady, Melano, and I went to a place called the Publican on Fulton. Although being overwhelmed with pretention despite the place looking like a barn with communal wooden tabels and booths with doors on them (pretty funny to watch people figure those out), the place was worth the 1.5 hours of waiting at a standing table. I highly recommend going with some people and sharing a few dishes and a bottle of wine. I do not recommend asking the young, blonde waitress if you can get a Coors Light and a Philly Steak sandwich just to get her reaction. (Confused mess is the answer for those of you wondering what happened).
The Publican was also where new rules got added to "No Bar Weekend". We decided that as long as we weren't paying full price for drinks that it technically wasn't going to a bar, so we drank at Brady's and went to the Hangge Uppe (AKA "Hang Up" AKA "Cheers Chicago" for our group). But, we rescued the night by setting a time limit of 2am, which is approximately the time that things go from Zero to Blackout at that place. Brady's ability to go from the dude that the website http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/ writes about to a backup dancer on tour never ceases to provide great people watching comedy. It's like watching a dad at a wedding and all of a sudden he turns into the breakdancing grandma in church from that one movie ("I feel the SPIRIT!!")
Tonight we hit up Carnivale for dinner. This place definitely gets three "Si!!"s out of five on the Los De scale. Great Apps, Seared Ahi Tuna, Rum Rubbed Pork, and you can hit up the lounge on Sundays for Apps, Wine Flights, and live music. If I wasn't in the middle of a Go Live that has managed to last 12 hours instead of two, we would have scouted it out more.
For those of you that get Monday off, congratulations. I Have a Dream of not working as well. Unfortunately, my company doesn't celebrate diversity or equal working rights so I am sure I'll have some more to write about.
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