tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57864502011-04-21T14:58:01.619-07:00I'm just waiting for the mothership.Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comBlogger1841100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1094690477058602072004-09-08T17:39:00.000-07:002004-09-08T17:42:35.706-07:00

This blog is dead. Football Poetry lives on for a new season. All hail Football Poetry.

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1081316653029269412004-04-06T22:43:00.000-07:002004-04-06T22:46:56.450-07:00

This is my obligatory weekly post. Basically it boils down to the fact that I now have gotten out of the habit of blogging every night so I don't do it as much anymore. And also that I now lead a "normal" work life, and am not sitting in front of the computer every night with hours to think up something witty. But what I am still into is taking flower pictures everyday and posting them on the

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1080849216006634552004-04-01T11:53:00.000-08:002004-04-01T11:56:13.716-08:00

For anybody that noticed sorry about the glitch. It should all be fixed now.

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1080099321260610722004-03-23T19:35:00.000-08:002004-03-23T19:37:50.513-08:00

I listen to the radio every morning when I wake up. I cannot stand alarms and neither can I just jump right out of bed, I'm a slow waker. I don't really have a problem getting up in the morning, I just take a long long time to wake up and actually be functional. As such, I set my radio to wake me up and listen to The Bob & Tom Show for about an hour. While I'm listening to this show, and any

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1079420046679119782004-03-15T22:44:00.000-08:002004-03-15T22:56:28.610-08:00

The past 10 days of over 70 degree weather here in the Rogue Valley has my brain and body in gardening mode. It's time to start planning my vegetables, and my new perennials. Time to think about how I'm finally going to keep some lupines alive this year, and hopefully my columbines I've been babying along will bloom in a couple of months. It's time to start a gardening moblog. I've got this

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1078896908845216902004-03-09T21:31:00.000-08:002004-03-09T21:37:25.920-08:00

Now that I actually have to get up every morning and go to work, I'm stupidly tired when I get home. I forgot how much I hate going to work in the morning. Not really because it's in the morning, but because it makes me tired when I get home. As such, I have no desire to sit in front of my computer and make up something to write about. So, until further notice I'm breaking my unwritten rule of

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1078810646145638412004-03-08T21:36:00.000-08:002004-03-08T21:39:40.466-08:00

...to get a "good deal." If you order something from a mail order/internet company, complaining about how much the shipping costs, you will not automatically get you the "Oh that guy complained let's give him free shipping" discount. All it does is make the person who has to read your complaint pissy, and much less likely to help you. By the same token, it does not help your case to write a big

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1078467187621588982004-03-04T22:12:00.000-08:002004-03-04T22:15:18.310-08:00

I'm too tired to blog much this week. I need a nap.

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1078291081275916942004-03-02T21:16:00.000-08:002004-03-02T21:20:09.860-08:00

Today some not so great things happened. First off my grandma's husband died. He was in the hospital with pneumonia, for about the last 2 weeks, and had had a stroke last summer. Last I knew he was doing ok, as ok as you can do for being old in the hospital with pneumonia. I heard about it from my dad, whose brother sent the rest of the siblings an e-mail to let them know. Apparently e-mail is

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1078207601667392522004-03-01T22:06:00.000-08:002004-03-01T22:08:49.436-08:00

for this link.

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Can somebody please explain to me what exactly the "sanctity of marriage" is? Because apparently that's what letting the homogays marry is going to unravel. The only thing I can think of is that all those "We Don't Want the Queer's to Merry" really mean is the Sanka-ty of Marriage, in which case I'd like to know how fake coffee got involved in all this. And also why can't gays be joyous or have

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1077855104844674492004-02-26T20:11:00.000-08:002004-02-26T20:13:48.466-08:00

When I was in Middle School I had this friend named Charlie. Charlie was the bane of all teachers, he was hard to control, didn't listen very well and generally made teacher's lives difficult. But I liked him because he was a nice guy and he was absolutely hilarious. Our PE teacher in Middle School was this cranky strange old man whose named rhymed with Elmer Fudd who nobody liked, but Charlie

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1077683655247746382004-02-24T20:33:00.000-08:002004-02-24T20:36:16.560-08:00

In general trying to stuff a moral issue into the Constitution doesn't work out real well. The only one I can think of off the top of my head, Prohibition, that actually made it into the Constitution, didn't exactly turn out all peaches and cream. What it really comes down to is this, the Constituion is a document that outlines the fundamental tenants of how the United States works. What form

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1077604923972487052004-02-23T22:41:00.000-08:002004-02-23T22:44:04.263-08:00

First Callahan in Lincoln, and now this rumor. I'm going to have a heart attack at this rate. I suppose just need to put my faith in Shanahan and his Jesus-like ability to pick out young runners in the draft. But still, Portis is a top 3 back for certain and while Baily is good I don't know if he's worth it.

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1077260173211199372004-02-19T22:55:00.000-08:002004-02-19T22:58:09.326-08:00

Why do we need commercials for 3 different penis drugs on TV? One oh which increases functionality for a day and a half. I mean seriously, a day and a half. What's up with that? I'm so glad that everybody can get pissed at the Super Bowl half time show, but apparently doesn't bat at eye at penis drugs on the TV. I should really start to consider moving to Canada more seriously.

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1077175637751744022004-02-18T23:22:00.000-08:002004-02-18T23:29:13.293-08:00

See title. I have a obvious lack of motivation when it comes to blog things this week. Wonder why.

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1077081850037813642004-02-17T21:17:00.000-08:002004-02-17T21:26:04.560-08:00

...do you not know you're playing soccer with a baby head? There are some things I will never understand.

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1077000891602914652004-02-16T22:52:00.000-08:002004-02-16T23:09:59.686-08:00

I have no attention span this evening. So instead I'm going to present to everyone (all 2 of you, maybe 3 on a good day) a series of e-mails I spend the weekend sending back and forth. But first a little explanation is at hand. I sold a bunch of crap on eBay this week. As it customary for my auctions, they all ended on Sunday evening. One of my items was a half used Xerox printer blank ink

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1076654438981336032004-02-12T22:37:00.000-08:002004-02-12T22:42:28.293-08:00

The Office is quickly running it's way up my Top TV Shows of All Time list. It has the driest humor I've never seen and so very very funny. If you have BBC America watch it, if you don't go rent the first season on DVD.

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1076571060860054892004-02-11T23:29:00.000-08:002004-02-11T23:32:49.326-08:00

I really want to go over the coast. I haven't been there since last summer, and even that was only a day trip. Man I love the coast so much, it's always warm and always nice. It's usually rainy, but if you can get there on a non-rainy day, I'm pretty sure there's not a better place in the universe. Who wants to go with me?

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1076570416053239342004-02-11T23:19:00.000-08:002004-02-11T23:22:04.653-08:00

Today was a glorious day. I've been able to put behind me that fact that I have no money, and have to go to the dentist soon with no insurance so that it didn't ruin a very nice day outside. See in this part of the country, where it doesn't snow all winter, and doesn't get below 30 for a low temperature on a cold night, we sometimes get these fabulous winter warm days. Today was such a day. It

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1076570061100543302004-02-11T23:12:00.000-08:002004-02-11T23:16:09.780-08:00

At least I'm not longer totally unemployed. I'm going back to the company I worked for before I want back to the company that let me go. How's that confused? It's only part time at only a fraction of the money I was making before, but at least it's some money, and that helps when the bills come due. Now I just need to win the lottery.

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1076397970328488432004-02-09T23:25:00.000-08:002004-02-09T23:27:56.826-08:00

Get ready for a quick lesson in international relations. I was trying to remember if I did this before but I don't think I have, so here we go. Don't worry, I'll try and make this fairly painless but I think it's important to understand. In international relations most political scholars agree that there are 2 schools of thought that dominate the scene. The Realists and the Liberals. The

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1076038489153140302004-02-05T19:33:00.000-08:002004-02-05T19:36:31.326-08:00

I usually like to get up at a decent time in the morning. Now it takes me about an hour to actually wake up, and get moving, but I can normally wake up around 7:30-8 if I want to. But not lately. About the last month or so I've felt like a bear being rudely jolted out of my hibernation, and then I just go back to bed. I'm sure this means nothing. I'm watching hockey right now. I have no idea

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1075966153975413632004-02-04T23:28:00.000-08:002004-02-04T23:30:55.390-08:00

Nothing from me tonight, time to go read instead of stare at ths screen.

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1075877679731101412004-02-03T22:54:00.000-08:002004-02-03T22:57:09.216-08:00

After I made my last post I clicked on back to the main Blogger page, where, over in the little "most recently updated" list I see a blog that has the following title, Hot Abercrombie Chick. So naturally, I click on it, because 1) it has the words hot and chick in the title, and 2) I'm curious as to what a Hot Abercrombie Chick writes about. Motherfucker. I start reading, and the person (more

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1075875634322542992004-02-03T22:19:00.000-08:002004-02-03T22:22:14.810-08:00

OCONOMOWOC - The South Oconomowoc High School boys demolished their opponent in the state football finals on Friday, to capture their third title in five years. The Spartan's defeated the Lake High Lakers 77-7 in an effort that saw several state records broken. The Spartan's potent offense was led by senior quarterback Blake Bigginton who had a state final's record 567 yards passing and 176 yard

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1075874111684452522004-02-03T21:51:00.000-08:002004-02-03T21:57:04.606-08:00

Remember that long winded, incomprehensible rant I went on about a month ago? Well, as I thought Measure 30 is failing, and failing horribly. I hope the teachers go on strike, no actually all of the state workers go on strike. We deserve any punishment we get, because we've dug our or bed, or made our own grave, or whatever it is.

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1075794101169499082004-02-02T23:40:00.000-08:002004-02-02T23:43:20.436-08:00

Look it was nice while it lasted, this whole "winner take all" style republic you set up, but seriously, it's over. That shit is totally broken, and anybody who pays attention to anything knows it. I know I know, it's a hard pill to swallow, because you think of yourself, as the first true democracy and all that, but really, don't you think it's time to admit your mistake and come up with

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1075792772068796282004-02-02T23:13:00.000-08:002004-02-02T23:21:11.623-08:00

Amazon has set up pages to take contributions to the presidential candidates through their web site. Each candidate has a bio, and in the bio they list their former jobs. I was 'taking a gander' at these pages this weekend, and in particular was looking at John Kerry's. He lists one of his former occupations as cookie-muffin shop owner. I can totally respect a man who lists cookie shop owner on

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1075792392360418822004-02-02T23:10:00.000-08:002004-02-02T23:14:51.996-08:00

This week: 1-0 Overall: 6-5 A piss poor showing, if I must say so myself. Now a long sad 6 month wait until football starts again.

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1075443896697201132004-01-29T22:24:00.000-08:002004-01-29T22:26:32.140-08:00

Delhomme has played well That front four is real nasty Panthers will need luck Fourteen game win streak Isn't about to end now Experience rules Patriots 28-12

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1075357475732284162004-01-28T22:24:00.000-08:002004-01-28T22:26:10.186-08:00

HATTIESBURG - This Mississippi town of approximately 45 thousand town was shocked today when local resident, Delbert Johanson, announced that he had in fact "forgotten number three Dale Earnhardt." Earnhardt, a NASCAR legend who died in an on track accident in February of 2001, was loved by his legion of fans who swore they would "never forget." "I'm still not exactly sure what happened," said

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1075270259257938512004-01-27T22:09:00.000-08:002004-01-27T22:12:32.890-08:00

I went on a baking frenzy today. I made some bread in the bread machine, made carrot bars and supper/dinner (pick your favorite evening meal moniker). I think in a perfect world I'd get to stay home and make food everyday. I think I prefer that over going to "work" as it were. As a matter of fact, I think I'd rather stay home, do the house work and cook instead of going to the office. Actually

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1075186959379639082004-01-26T22:59:00.000-08:002004-01-26T23:04:12.170-08:00

As of this weekend I have had my first double search result hits. This means that 2 people have searched for, and hit my blog, on the same search query. I would like to thank: monkey ninjas and sparkler bomb video As the big winners. Good work boys.

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1075186387402757022004-01-26T22:44:00.000-08:002004-01-26T22:55:12.810-08:00

No, this letter isn't to you, my brother Tony, but to the genius Tony who used to have my cell phone number. Thanks to you I now get more calls per day for you, than I do for me. Why, if you were such a popular guy you wouldn't make sure and let people know that you changed your cell number? I have no idea. I know you're quite popular all over the US, because of the phone calls I've gotten

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1074836247447175732004-01-22T21:36:00.000-08:002004-01-22T21:38:55.716-08:00

The little preview picture of my moblog doesn't appear to be updating like it should. The people over at TextAmerica seem to have some bees in their collective bonnets because I've noticed quite a few odd things over there. Hopefully they can get their act together and things working smoothly. In any event the moblog is updated usually a couple times a day as I'm loving the ability to take

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1074835936818658532004-01-22T21:31:00.000-08:002004-01-22T21:33:45.153-08:00

The rash of non-updating blogs continues. Thanks to the few of you that continue to update on a regular basis. You prevent me from having to do something besides stare at my computer screen. Tomorrow is my last official day of getting paid for doing nothing. Come Monday I'll not be making any money at all. It is time, as they say, to fish or cut bait. I am seriously contemplating going into

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1074756948320809812004-01-21T23:35:00.000-08:002004-01-21T23:37:15.686-08:00

The job hunt continues. I love my new camera phone, it's so cool that I can take pictures of all sorts of odd things whenever I feel like it. I really like the jello pictures I took this afternoon. Click the moblog to see them. I'm seriously considering going into business for myself, if not now when? Besides I think the 6 months I spend telecommuting have made me despise normal office work.

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1074666327584764232004-01-20T22:25:00.000-08:002004-01-20T22:26:54.046-08:00

I'd like to say that I feel sorry for you, what with losing your 3rd straight NFC championship and all, but I don't really. See, you have this atrocious run defense, and I'm some what of a football snob, so that kind of thing offends me. I can stomach a team getting into the playoffs with a bad run D, but I can't stand a bad defense getting to the Super Bowl. Anyway, that's a trivial point, let

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1074664227098559892004-01-20T21:47:00.000-08:002004-01-20T21:52:18.356-08:00

The big news today is that my moblog is now up and running. You can visit it by going to http://mothership.textamerica.com/. I've also added a little preview pane which allows one to view my newest photo and get there by clicking on said photo. Enjoy.

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1074584084775232902004-01-19T23:34:00.000-08:002004-01-19T23:36:10.153-08:00

I went shopping with my mom today. She had the day off because of MLK Day, and I of course have no job, so I technically didn't have the day off. However, I check my Palm and didn't have anything scheduled for late morning so I penciled her in for about 11:30 AM. We intended to go grocery shopping, which is just about the only kind of shopping I don't hate. She on the other hand despises

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1074582851607102772004-01-19T23:13:00.000-08:002004-01-19T23:15:37.263-08:00

Not having a job is an odd thing. I feel like I'm on permanent vacation, but in the back of my head there is this nagging feeling that the shit is about to go down. The back of my head is right because the shit is going to go down, and, unlike Cypress Hill, I'm not sure that I'm going to be ready. The crushing weight of our capitalist society is going to come down on my head like a ton of bricks

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1074581831200045382004-01-19T22:56:00.000-08:002004-01-19T22:58:36.233-08:00

...comments are back up and running. Thanks to the HaloScan folks. Comment away.

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1074581156855976242004-01-19T22:45:00.000-08:002004-01-19T22:47:22.043-08:00

1-1 Overall playoffs: 5-5

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1074235520963952652004-01-15T22:32:00.000-08:002004-01-15T22:46:42.250-08:00

Here are jobs I'd actually be good at: 1. Voice over guy 2. Comic book store clerk 3. Improv comedy actor 4. Nursery owner (plants not babies) 5. History teacher 6. Radio talk show host 7. Sports caster So, if anybody has any openings for any of those jobs send me an e-mail and we'll talk.

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1074234643366969012004-01-15T22:30:00.000-08:002004-01-15T22:32:04.840-08:00

I hate looking for a job more than anything else. Moving is a close second, but at least with moving you know when it will be over, job hunting, on the other hand just never seems to go away. I think I hate job hunting because I don't really like doing what it entails. Oh I can look in the newspaper, and on the internet but when it actually comes down to having an interview I'm not really that

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1074233660467090722004-01-15T22:14:00.000-08:002004-01-15T22:15:42.153-08:00

Indianapolis at New England Pats play tough defense One more MVP to face Belichick won't quit Indy wants the win Remember the goal line stand? Too hot to be stopped Indianapolis 20-19 Carolina at Philadelphia That run D still blows Yet Philly always escapes McNabb is the show Davis may not play That front four must sack McNabb Delhomme don't stop now Carolina 26-20

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1074232615794859442004-01-15T21:55:00.000-08:002004-01-15T21:58:16.890-08:00

Apparently, well not apparently since it says so on their web site, Halo Scan is taking over for BlogSpeak. For whatever reason the guy who runs BlogSpeak is giving it up. This means comments should be back soon.

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I didn't win the lottery today, and I didn't find a new job. Now I didn't really expect to find a job today as I've only been jobless for 2 days, but I did rather expect to win the lottery, because, well I have that penciled into my day planner, so it's bound to happen. Then I remembered that I didn't buy a lottery ticket, and I also remembered that I don't have a day planner. I'm not sure how I

Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529122533707667531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786450.post-1074060376075361132004-01-13T22:03:00.000-08:002004-01-13T22:07:35.890-08:00

If you like wind band music, even if you don't and your just a fan of the classical genre, Holidays & Epiphanies by Ron Nelson is pure genius. You should go get it.

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Thanks to Mr. Wheaton's post today I've finally gotten on the RSS trolley. How nerd sheik.

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The best part about losing my job is that the economy is in total shambles. Oregon has the 2nd highest unemployment rate in the union (take that Alaska!) and my area of Oregon has the highest in the state, so I officially have the 2nd worst place in the country to try and find a job. I suppose I should be counting my blessings, when I was last looking for work Oregon had the highest unemployment

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Not that it matters a whole lot, but BlogSpeak appears to be down right now, so comments are not available. They'll be active again when BlogSpeak wakes up.

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I also forgot to mention that Callahan did get hired by Nebraska, so my weekend, while otherwise nice, started and ended in the worst way possible. I think things could only get worse if Al Davis bought the Broncos.

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Forgot to post this earlier, what with me being jobless and all. 2-2 Playoff results overall: 4-4

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Today started just fine, but then I got a phone call about 2 PM. The long and short of it is I was fired from my job. The reason? Something about 're-evaluating numbers' and 'changing direction of the company' basically the same old line of management crap that everyone who wasn't an idiot at their job gets. Like the top people wake up one day and say, "Let's fire some workers today for no

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Carolina at St. Louis Cats must bring their game Control the tempo and clock That back four worries me Martz, protect young Mark The blitz will be strong and fierce Dump to the hot route Rams 27-20 Tennessee at New England Dear Titans defense You must stop young Tom Brady There is no other Pats know who to stop That McNair fellow won't quit But it's not enough New England 12-10

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If this actually happens, and Callahan actually takes the job I just might have to kill myself. Seriously, I don't know if I can handle that.

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Looked at my referral logs tonight and found a hit from this site: Marcellus Wallace's Bloody Gitch So I went there and looks like he linked me. Which reminds me, if for some reason, someone decides to link me, you know for my voracious wit, quick tongue, unreadable, incomprehensible tirades, drop me a comment so I can return the favor. I have, returned the favor.

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Now that I've suckered you with the title (what exactly is accidental porn?) I'm going to bore you with local politics. I normally try and avoid anything too localized because well, it doesn't make for good reading for people not directly involved. Since I have about 2 (plus or minus 2) readers, and neither of them are from my local area I avoid such topics, but I cannot rest silent any longer.

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Every time you contact a customer support person with a stupid question they are making stabby gestures at you over the phone. If you ask a dumb question that can be explained by reading some material provided by the product, the person you are talking to is flipping you off. If you send an e-mail to get help and can't put together a coherent train of thought, or series of questions, expect to

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SIOUX FALLS - One local elementary school is taking what school administrators call "necessary and proactive" steps to to help fight the War on Terror on school grounds. At Arthur C. Mellette Elementary School in west Souix Falls the school has purchased metal detectors, spectrograph machines, for detecting bomb making materials, and stepped up internal security. Principal Edwina Gustafson says

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...been paying attention to the news in the past few days, and who can blame you, you've been missing a really sweet NASA mission that is in it's prime right now. The Spirit rover has successfully landed on Mars and is starting to send pictures back to Earth. It leaves its landing spot and begins rolling around Mars in just over a week from now. A goddamn remote control robot on the surface of

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...is a freaking genius. Thanks Fark.

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Did somebody forget to pay the bill over at Blogpatrol? I haven't been able to get to their site in days, and I really need to check my referral logs to see all that traffic I'm getting. Ok maybe I don't.

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2-2 What happened to the Denver defense? At least they didn't lose to someone I really hate.

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Tennessee at Baltimore Steve practiced this week That spells trouble for Ray-Ray Titans start their push Tennessee 24-20 Dallas at Carolina Panthers D heals self But their corners are suspect Three good Cowboy wides Dallas 21-16 Seattle at Green Bay Supernatural Forces work for the Packers `Hawks can't stop them now Green Bay 30-14 Denver at Indianapolis Clinton P. returns Will the Indy

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Dead Like Me: Rumor is the 1st season will be out on DVD in May. Box Office Poison: Bought it on recommendation, glad I did.

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Diamond Walnut San Francisco Bowl Runner-up: Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl presented by Bridgestone

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I was just sitting here trying to figure out what to do with my slightly less than 2 hours left of work. Then I realized, just totally out of the blue that I should read. I only have a giant pile of comics sitting over in the corner that I haven't cracked open yet. What's more scary is that reading didn't entire my mind until just now. My brain is rotting.

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1. Sports squad won championship in fantastic/blowout/over-rated/Cinderella/repeat manner. 2. Nature unleashed her wrath by sending storm/tornado/hurricane/earthquake/flood/plague of locusts over wide spread area. Locals were not pleased. 3. Famous people died. 4. Politicians were caught in some scandal/lie involving young female intern/associate/campaign worker/domestic servant. 5. Michael

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9-7 Overall season results: 114-68 I was correct 62.6% of the time.

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Last week of the season, enjoy it: Buffalo at New England Who can stop the Pats? It sure isn't the bad Bills Twelve game winning streak New England 17-3 Seattle at San Francisco `Hawks need this win bad Lose and the season is done Pack your bags young men San Francisco 24-20 Philadelphia at Washington Eagles win away Washington is just so bad Fun and Gun indeed Philadelphia 28-17

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VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II ushered in the traditional Christmas Eve mass from inside St. Peter's Basilica with a surprise message, one of hopelessness, doubt and apathy. In what is traditionally an pronouncement of hope, peace and love, the aged pontiff this year parted with that message and offered a somewhat bleaker picture. "As you all know the pope suffers greatly with his physical

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Anybody want to design a nice blog skin for me? I really want a nice one, and all of the ones I can find via Google are nice in their own teenage angsty, Dragonball Z fanboy, 3rd period Chemistry way, but not exactly what I'm looking for. The one I have no is ok I guess, but it could be better. It's basically the best that my brain could come up with, and my creative side rates at about a 3 on

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In a follow up to my post from last week about becoming an internet celebrity I did a little Google search on "how to become an internet celebrity" and came up with the following links: Become Famous Branding Yourself Online Gratuitous baby seal picture Ok yes the third link has nothing to do with becoming an internet celebrity, but I'm hoping to pull in the Google hits for "gratuitous baby

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No matter what you think about Starbucks, they make some fine coffee.

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For a rant that is not related to football in anyway. Ready? Good, because here it comes. As the kids says, WTF is up with Michael Jackson all over the damned news? Seriously people, the fact that Michael Jackson may or may not have molested some poor child(ren) makes absolutely no difference in all of our lives, so WHY THE HELL IS IT ALL OVER THE MAGIC TV BOX!!!!???? See here's the dilly-yo,

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I know you desperately want to win a Super Bowl in Kansas City, and as long as you don't beat my Broncos in the playoffs that's just fine with me. But you're not going to, why's that you ask? Well it's pretty simple, your defense has turned to utter crap these past few weeks. It was never all that solid to begin with, but it was serviceable enough when your offense was scoring 40 points a game.

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11-5 Overall: 105-61

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Atlanta at Tampa Bay Rich McKay swapped teams That's got to be a bit weird "Hey Gruden what's up?" Tampa Bay 28-10 Kansas City at Minnesota The cliches abound For this mid-day barnburner Basketball score, whoot! Minnesota 45-40 New England at New York Jets The Pats just don't lose I don't know how they do this But they do, game on New England 28-24 New Orleans at Jacksonville This one

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Right, so my trip to the kitchen for some water and pineapple yum-yums kicked my brain into gear and I now have a topic to write about. I really need to get me a cult of personality. I'm totally fascinated by them. I don't even need a Stalin like cult, just a small group of rabid internet fans who think everything that comes out of my word-hole is gold. I want to be able to post my Amazon wish

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I think I discovered why nobody updated their blog today. Becaue they can't think of anything. I'm suffering from the same problem right now, I'm sitting here, almost midnight, trying to think of something to put down but can't really come up with anything. I'm trying to think of a story to tell becaue I have lots of them and most of them are funnier than poo, but I can't think of one right now.

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Why did hardly anyone update their blog today?

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And now more stories from yesteryear: The funniest thing about little kids is their complete lack of perspective about things. When I was probably 5, my parents decided to buy a nativity scene to have as a Christmas decoration. As I recall they went to the local pottery store and cast it from molds themselves as part of a class. They then painted it according to their own desires. One of the

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House of Waffles lives. What is House of Waffles? The idea is a collaborative blog for Waffle members. What is Waffle, for those of you who aren't on Waffle that read my blog (this means you Sue)? Waffle is basically a listserv created before the days of listservs. A listserv that has gone horribly wrong. It's like a train wreck, or a bad hurricane, or pure bliss, depending on who you ask.

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I was going to write this post about the capture of Saddam Hussein as I'd feel remiss if I didn't. But as I started to plot out exactly how to lay out my argument I realized that I'd be preaching to the choir, as the kids say. Those who agree with me already agree with me, and those who do not would probably reply with the following: Jerk. Because that's what the internet boils down to. Idiots

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14-2 Overall: 94-56

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Minnesota at Chicago It's time for young Rex Bears D keeps them in this one But rookie means loss Minnesota 24-17 Atlanta at Indianapolis First coaching axe falls Colts will make the title game Manning wins again Indianapolis 30-20 San Francisco at Cincinnati Niners should watch out The Bengals will be real mad Playoff hopes still live! Cincinnati 28-20 Detroit at Kansas City Record

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Dear motherfucking scientist type dudes, Please invent a way to get rid of headaches. I don't have migranes, or Jeebus forbid, cluster headaches, but I do get regular run of the mill headaches quite often. It's horrid. Make the go away. I'm tired of taking Excedrin want a way to make them go away forever. Right now I'm willing to consider an extra hole in the head if it means no more brain

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I don't really like pop (or soda, if you're one of those heathens that calls it such) very much. It's much to sugary for me, and when I'm thirsty I want something refreshing, not something filled with sugar and salt which will just make me even more thirsty in 15 minutes. I also can't drink it very fast, all those damn carbon dioxide bubbles hurt my mouth. What kind of freak even came up with

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Slightly new look my crime fighting buddies. However there is an odd IE 5 quirk that I can't get rid of. When I view the new look locally, with the html file I'm working out of eveything is fine. When I publish the new template, things are not fine and the format gets all funked up. Hopefully I can work out what's going on in the next few days. If not, well you IE 5 people can just suck it.

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My Christmas arrived early this year. I got a new 80 gallon aquarium. I'm totally excited as I've never had one that big before (must resist urge to make innuendo...) I've decided to make it a cichlid tank. I had a smaller 30 gallon tank that housed cichlids when I lived in Iowa, but it really was much too small. This one will be much better. I'm thinking about going with the Maylandia

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I'm seriously considering making the jump to my own domain name. Now I just need to think of a good domain name. Any suggestions?

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My absolute favorite part of the Christmas season, I think even more than presents now that I'm over the age of 15, is the lights. Luckily my parents are the same way. As I have not moved out of my boyhood home since re-re-locating to Oregon (If you're keeping track out there, I have officially hit the Triumverate of Cool. I have a computer job, like comic books, and live with my parents.) I

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10-6 Overall: 80-54

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Dallas at Philadelphia Make the playoff push These teams will meet one more time Hot Eagles at home Philadelphia 16-13 Washington at New York Giants Look, I love Tiki But glue the ball to his hands Say goodbye to Jim Washington 28-26 Oakland at Pittsburgh 'Dumbest' team, indeed Enjoy life at the bottom Raiders lose again Pittsburgh 28-10 Seattle at Minnesota Can't win on the road Verses

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I know you're a champion of tax cuts to stimulate (huh huh...I said stimulate) the economy. So let's you and me make a little deal ok? It'll work out just smashing for everyone involved trust me. First, let me tell you where I'm coming from. Without going into the usual lot over arguing if the rich actually deserve the largest portion of the tax cut, it's a fact that they do pay the vast

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Ever notice how boring my life is? Because it's totally a big giant snoozefest. How can you tell? Well first off there's my blog. It's the domain of the mundane. Sure the things I chose to write about I am the penultimate example of wit and humor, but those topics are pretty boring (i.e. see socks from earlier today). I don't lose my job, leave my husband, fight with my best friend, hate my

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