The only way this would have been better is if she had thrown in a Boom Goes the Dynamite or two.
Archive for July, 2007
Today in Sports III
July 23, 2007I’m not surprised that someone in the NBA has been accused of fixing games. And I won’t be surprised it if turns out that more than one referee has been fixing games. The horrid officiating in the NBA is a big part of what drove me away from the game.
I have gotten maniacally frustrated over bad calls in past Pacer games but still, I can only imagine how pissed Suns fans are right now. I realize he may be innocent, but it won’t matter. From now on, it’ll be, “whatever, everyone knows the NBA is fixed”.
To add further to the bad taste in my mouth, he was one of the refs in the Pistons Pacers brawl.
Today in Sports
July 23, 2007He’s never thrown an NFL pass and he hasn’t agreed to a contract. The last time he was on the field, his team got routed in the Sugar Bowl. He may end up being good, but as of yet, he’s proven nothing.
And he’s charging $75 an autograph.
What a tool.
Playing with Fire
July 19, 2007What happens when you combine WD-40, fire, and a jack-ass with a sledge hammer?
WARNING: Loud <hilarious> cursing involved
(via the Slog)
The Original Grand Turismo
July 18, 2007Sometime in the late 70’s, the French Director, Claude LeLouche, made a short film, Rendezvous, that mostly consists of a (illegal) high-speed drive through Paris at dawn. He was arrested after the film was released but the Commissaires only held him for a couple of hours.
The film is a breath-taking drive. The high-speeds down the wider boulevards is cool but the slower drive through the twisted streets is much better. The engine noise when the driver downshifts is almost musical.
Of course, if someone had been killed in the filming, I’d probably be singing a different song.
I made a similar film in my Dad’s ‘78 Olds Delta 88 back in Monrovia that was almost as exciting. We didn’t have a camera or a camera mount so we had Eric Brown hang out the window with the video camera from the AV Room. The part where I barely missed Doug Baker’s dog, Brownie, would have made you jump out of your seat. And the cruise down Car Wash Road was like something out of one of the better episodes of Dukes of Hazzard.
Unfortunately, my brother taped over it with a neighborhood dunk contest on an 8′ rim.
Michele’s Nemesis
July 16, 2007This
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An unusually wet June has brought an onslaught of Slugs.
Michele has taken their invasion as a personal affront. First, they turned the freshly planted flowers in the front yard into a (presumably tasty) Zinnia Dahlia Salad. A few weeks later, the Impatiens in the backyard met a similar fate, the night after they were planted.
First, she went after them with some Sluggo. However, the Slugs refused to play their part and they did not Go. Next up was individual copper rings around each plant. Somehow or another, Slugs and copper combine for some sort of electric chair style death, at least as far as I understand it. This plus the Sluggo seemed to do an OK job of deslugging the yard but a few of the slimy bastards still made it through(see sample above, complete with a copper ring barrier that the that the slug went all Andy Dufresne on). Once the Slug made it through the copper barrier, Michele had seen enough. Suddenly, the woman who once didn’t want a slug within three feet of her was actively searching for them to throw in her toxic milk jug (water and dish detergent) where they are currently suffering a long, painful, Sarlacc-style death.
This week’s episode of American Smart-Ass
July 9, 2007Three (slightly inane and overly critical) comments regarding the malfunctioning elevator at work:
1. As long as there is more than one elevator, you don’t really need the ‘Out of Service’ sign. By its very nature, it’s inoperative state forces us to use the next car.
2. While I might be convinced to concede the logic of the ‘Out of Service’ sign, the second part is absolutely unnecessary. I have no choice, I have to use the next car. Sure, it would be awesome if we had a fire pole or a rope ladder but I’m really kinda stuck with whatever shows up when I press the down button.
3. And finally, we don’t really need further notice when the elevator works is fixed. I press the button; the door opens, I’m going to assume the car works.
