my so called football life
i became more interested in football this year. thought i’d watch some games, have the guys over, watch the big screen, etc. but so far, the men in blue and gold have refused to show up. darn. maybe i should take this opportunity 4 weeks in to switch over to the blues before their season starts. they’re at least winning in the pre-season…

rode the bike saturday. did about 5 miles, but rode hard. woulda went longer but time was against me, as was the darkness of evening. hopefully can ride again tonight, need to get back on a schedule with it… still wanting a new fuji. hopefully after Christmas…

don’t sleep in dumpsters

kids kill mother over cheeseburger - The argument basically stemmed from a bacon cheeseburger from Wendy’s,” Kettering police Detective Robert Green testified

ok, this is stupid. man suffers severe burns to head, trying to kill head lice

rub a dub dub
so i’m meeting a high falootin’ lawyer from clayton (the home of high-falootin’ everything in saint louis). he’s coming to the house (my measley little abode) to see the damage, mold, lead based paint, you know, all the neat things. i hope he doesn’t get mugged between the driveway and the front door…

CNN recently ran a story about the killer penguins that are results of nuclear fallout in Chernobyl. apparently they are like killer bees, only in tux’s…

hmm.. this whole vibrating phenomenon is going a bit too far… don’t leave that one in the tub, hun

what George W needs is for betty crocker to cook those AlQaeda punks a few pie bombs

friday pictures of note:
* i’ve never even had the urge to streak across my living room, much less a stadium full of people…
* ouch!
* guess who’s back? no, not shady, hockey!
* the war in Iraq will be easier now that we have these
* his last bath was in 1873… eww!

stupid parents of the week: teen dies from starvation, parents charged | parents turned in by their 11 year old. they apparently forced him to sell drugs or get beaten.

brother kills brother just days before his wedding

i guess blogger isn’t going to fix the 503 problem. so i only publish about every third time. that’s nice.

the blogs i read on a daily basis have 2 contrasting styles: either they are short and choppy like mine, with links to craziness known around the world, or they are more precise, hitting only one or two subjects daily, and expounding. i enjoy both, although i don’t necessarily incorporate both. why go on a 6 paragraph tirade about craziness in the world, or some strange happening in your life? does anyone care? doesn’t everyone already realize that the world is all screwed up? why go on and on about it? i prefer to stick the obvious in it’s place, and let the reader marvel themselves. after all, if they have something to say, why not hit the comment button?

i finally finished the old Tom Clancy Net Force book called Hidden Agendas and i’ve started reading a Dean Koontz book, From the Corner of His Eye. so far it’s interesting. i’m not as much into forensic science and detective stuff as carol is but this may change me, ya never know.

got photoshop 7 loaded on my machine yesterday, it looks cool. now i’ve got to learn it. oh, and update my resume

my cousin came over last night, stayed til midnight. it was nice to hang out with him. we watched The Count of Monte Christo. good movie.

i see there’s another psycho mom beating her kid at a Wal Mart in the news… sheesh

make your own cartoon

i think i’ve stumbled across the world’s ugliest jeep | also, french engineers have developed a car that runs on compressed air.

mom gives million-dollar lottery ticket to her son. I’m too old to win all that money,” said Peek. “It is paid over a period of 20 years, and I don’t know what the life span will be for me. Besides, David is a nice boy

how long can you hold the button?

great story about guy who was lost at sea, drifting for four months

my pirate name is Mad William Cash - Every pirate is a little bit crazy. You, though, are more than just a little bit. You’re musical, and you’ve got a certain style if not flair. You’ll do just fine. Arr! - what’s yours?

aim high
that’s what the air force slogan was when i was in. now i think it’s let’s roll after Todd Beamer, but I’m not positive.

i got a notice to vacate from the landlord, thank god it wasn’t from the squirrels. it’s kinda funny, though. the form is totally illegal, not notarized or signed, just a little scare tactic. so what.

psycho killer was looking for bigfoot, instead he killed a petite redhead.

gator bites off man’s forearm - ouch!

international news of interest: political rivalry in Peru - pistol duel style | argentina selects next president by a reality tv show | miss universe was apparently fired for getting married, pregnant

death row inmate chooses black olive as his last meal. prison officials are baffled by his request. but i know why

man disappointed after kidnapping only brings second degree title with it - " Holy cow! What do you have to do to get first-degree kidnapping? I was handcuffed, kidnapped with a gun to my head,” Lochman said. “He drove 100 mph down Hickman Road running red lights with me right next to him."

blogger, what is your problem? you’ve been "working on this" for 2 weeks now…

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so i’m pulling into the parking lot today at work and my coffee spills, just enough to put a few wonderful little splotches on my white shirt. dang. i tried to wash it off then i got inside but my efforts were fruitless. great.

burgular breaks in, drinks beer, falls asleep at the scene

bicyclist accused of drunken riding driving

mother videotaped in beating was upset - no kidding?

teen wants to prove his courage, lights his shorts on fire - "Being totally stupid is not a crime," says an officer.

kid hires internet hit-man to kick, rape, and kill his mother

dad held in beating of 6 week old baby - apparently the mom will be charged too, she was present and did not stop the violence

woman tries to smother sleeping husband, fails

i don’t like cats

europe gets self-cleaning windows

my dream purchase - guitar bought from thrift store for $2.00 sold for $5000.00 dang

man gets more than he bargains for at the local KFC

glowing, beaming, and moving
glowing - friday night i took the kids to the "balloon glow" at Forest Park. saturday was the balloon race, but the night before they have a glow, which is pretty cool. all the hot air balloons were set up in this large field/hill. the public is allowed to walk around, check out the balloons, touch, etc. some were even letting kids get in the basket. about every 7 minutes or so, a siren/whistle goes off and all the balloons did their little flame thrower thingy at the same time. the whole park lit up, it was cool. the kids all enjoyed it, well, except for austin, he was a little intimidated by the flames, but he was ok. he stayed right by my leg but still smiled. it was really a fun time. the crowd was large, and it was not easy keeping the 4 kiddos together. but we made it…

beaming - saturday morning i helped my friend vince put a new steel beam in place at his art building. it wasn’t that bad, took us right at 3 hours to do it. he bought me a soda and a PowerBall ticket. boy did he get off cheap!

moving - well that’s an easy one. i got a bunch of boxes from Dierbergs and a few from Save-a-Lot. carol is gonna pack today and i’ll get some more boxes.

i have a meeting with a high-falootin’ lawyer tonight after work about the house. gonna get the kids tested for lead tomorrow. i hope they are ok. that’s about it on the personal front, glad you could join me. tune in next time when rian asks, "dad, do you remember abraham lincoln?"

the waiting game
i turned in the paperwork for refinancing the truck, and asked for an extra 4G. 3G for moving, 1G for cleaning up some old bills… so now i wait for the phone to ring…

newsflash - FBI warns that planes could be using planes for terrorist plots… what a revelation

a few good father/son stories - first, prison releases son instead of dad, next, father-son team attacks first base coach

boy killed in McDonald’s parking lot - "It’s just one of those sad things that can happen in that second that a child is not being watched,"

couple, 99 and 97, celebrate 75th wedding anniversary

great story on a guy who thought he was MacGyver, caught window-peeper

bus driver thought he just drove over the curb actually ran over a bicyclist. and, to make things worse, it was the drivers first day on the job

wtf? church van driver leaves girl, 2, in van for 7 hours. he forgot she was in there

yep, condemned. well, sorta
so here’s the summary:
Health Inspector: "get your kids tested for lead poisoning, respitory problems, and by all means MOVE as soon as you can if not yesterday"
Building Inspector: "write me a letter in detail telling every problem in the house. i’ll condemn the house as soon as you move"
cool.

11:25AM, I’m still drinking coffee. i drink more and more coffee every day. carol’s started drinking coffee not, too. some of that international stuff, swiss chocolate mocha or something like that…

real busy at work still, haven’t had time to write the letter, need to do it today… ugh

no time for blogging today, county inspector and center for disease control will be at my house at 2:30. details tomorrow.

that is, unless i’m packing because my house was condemned…

HE: Can I buy you a drink?
SHE: Actually I’d rather have the money.

HE: I’m a photographer. I’ve been looking for a face like yours.
SHE: I’m a plastic surgeon. I’ve been looking for a face like yours.

HE: Your face must turn a few heads.
SHE: And your face must turn a few stomachs.

HE: Go on ,don’t be shy. Ask me out.
SHE: Okay, get out.

HE: What would you say if I asked you to marry me?
SHE: Nothing. I can’t talk and laugh at the same time.

HE: Where have you been all my life?
SHE: Hiding from you.

HE: Haven’t I seen you some place before?
SHE: Yes. That’s why I don’t go there anymore.

HE: So, what do you do for a living?
SHE: I’m a female impersonator.

HE: Hey baby, what’s your sign?
SHE: Do not enter.

HE: Your body is like a temple.
SHE: Sorry, there are no services today.

HE: If I could see you naked, I’d die happy.
SHE: If I saw you naked, I’d probably die laughing.

no more for me, thanks
my friend Eric just had another baby. well, actually his wife had the baby. anyway, he’s now the papa of 2, on his way to four or five or ten… here’s her picture

wild story about deaths of children in elevators - warning: not for the weak-stomached

wrong body delivered to grieving family

the one-handed typing technique and other neat stuff

i missed the robot last night on tv, but here’s an update (if you don’t feel like reading the update, here’s a summary: they didn’t find anything)

be yo very own rappa - and yo blood, do it gangsta style - oh, and don’t fuhget the bling

lady marries monkey

les joies de famille
or
y’all have issues
yeah, i guess so. oh well.

the weather was absolutely great this weekend. i sat out on the front porch several times, watching the hummingbirds. the feeder is getting low again already. they fly south in about 2 weeks, all the way to panama and other parts of central and south america. the ones on the east coast actually fly 500 miles across the Gulf of Mexico nonstop. pretty cool.

tragic - babysitter charged with death of infant - she gave the baby a lethal dose of cold medicine so she (the baby) would go to sleep

check this out - this guy grows bonsai trees, and also crashes cars into them

al-Qaeda releases new video of bin-Laden’s vacation

the great pop vs. soda controversy

how to glue this to that

hire a ninja massage therapist

black mold
we’ve finally had enough. yeah, we’ve said it before, but i think this time it’s final. we’re moving. somewhere, somehow. we’ve got to get out of there. now.
i don’t think i’ve mentioned too much about the house, other than the squirrels, but it’s bad. well, i did mention the breaking steps, the falling mother-in-law, etc. but there’s more. about 6 months ago a stain about 12 square inches in area showed up on the upstairs ceiling in the middle room. i told the landlord about it, telling her i assumed the wonderful squirrels were peeing on the roof as they had their little fun running around…
well, yesterday when i was looking at my friends building they were discussing ‘black mold’. well, i didn’t say anything, but i went home and last night started looking it up. black mold, which is now what that 12 inch stain has turned into, it sometimes deadly. oh, that’s nice.
sooooo… i’m building a case against my landlord. i’ve documented everything i can remember and i have copies of letters that i’ve sent her in the past. carol and i have given ourselves a 2 month deadline to be moved out. we’re going to start looking for places, but it looks like we may have to move out towards st. charles in order to get something that we can afford, decent size, and decent neighborhood. oh well. i have got to get my family out of this dump…

annnywayyy… trying to refinance the truck, lump in some other stuff, etc… that’s a real fun time…

kev’s in town, hoping to ride my bike this weekend… speaking of bikes, i got really mad at some bike riders yesterday. they were riding on the road, which is not a problem, but i was turning left less than 20 feet ahead and they decide to stop, on the side of the road, but still in the road. cars are coming the other way so i can’t go around, i’d just gone through an intersection and the cars behind me were in the middle of the street… i tried to tell the bikers to just freakin go but they stood there like they were dumbfounded. (maybe they were) finally i made it around them and made my turn, etc. stupid morons.

don’t eat at goofy’s kitchen near DisneyLand. just don’t.

student gets 20 years for raping girl in wheelchair

hey look! it’s the psychic chicken network

didn’t i mention this last week?

just looking
we went and looked at my friend vince’s building today. his girlfriend/live-in is an artist. she does ceramics, clay tiles, etc. she’s the one that employed me to make a website for her most recent project. anyway, they bought this building and are in the process of turning it into a work-building. its several large rooms and a few small offices. anyway that’s what we looked at today. cool. it looks like they have a lot of work ahead of them to get it in good shape, but still it would be fun. i think it would be fun to have a building and build walls, etc for a computer shop, etc. but it’s all just a dream.

i went to dodge.com today and was looking around at dakotas. they are nice, would look really good lowered and fixed up, but i think i’ll pass. don’t need another payment at this time. dang we have too many already…

stupid is as stupid does
i have this little sign that i made and put on my monitor here at work. it reminds me that i’m not really supposed to have fun and/or do stupid things. sometimes i don’t see the sign, and i ‘accidentally’ have fun and/or do something stupid. well, yesterday i did something stupid. it happens, i’m not proud of it, but it happened. it’s over now. now i have to dig my way out from all the rubble…

    scenario: we have this woman here that does our newsletter every 2 weeks. she writes it all up, etc, and i have to magically turn it into HTML so that we can put it out on the portal for all the employees to see. well, this woman, "mrs. s" we’ll call her, is very eccentric. she’s also from the east coast, so she has a very annoying accent, etc. her voice is kinda whiney and then you add the ‘paahk the caah’ dialect and it adds up to disaster.
    well, yesterday i finished my HTML conversion and sent it up to the portal people so they could add it. not 10 seconds after i sent it, she calls me with more changes. so, i fix the changes and send another email to the ‘portal people’. i say "mrs. s just called me and had another change. if she calls me again i’m going to beat her with a stupid stick. oops - it looks like someone already did."
    ok that was mean. i shouldn’t talk about anyone. now for the good part: the portal people always reply and let mrs. s know that it’s ok to put out an email stating that the new newsletter is available, blah blah blah. well, the portal people decided to just do a reply to my email and add her name in. hopefully you see where this is going.
    it was a bad mistake. i shouldn’t have said anything mean about anyone, but i did. now i’m gonna have to pray that she didn’t read it, or else i’m gonna have to apologize. either way it sucks. i feel really bad, as i guess i should. dangit.
     P.S. my sign on my desk says: This is a business environment, Will

half staff flags and concrete barriers
i work in a federal building. on the walk in from the parking lot this morning i noticed 2 things: the flag was at half staff. good. it will probably be that way every 9-11 for a long time, if not as long as this country exists. two, there are huge concrete barriers across the road in front of the building. no vehicles are allowed anywhere near this place today unless they are cop cars, etc. we are on orange alert, which means random searches, everything is subject to search. not a good day to bring in a knife with your lunch.

i’m sure everyone will be posting about 9-11, and all the lives lost, etc. but what about the lives that weren’t lost? what about those that lived? i saw a guy on tv last night that worked on the 83rd floor. he had just got out of the elevator when the plane hit tower 1. his skin was almost melted off, and of course he freaked out. he made it down, obviously. people in the stairwells were letting him by because of his injuries, he probably passed people that were dead minutes later. very interesting. anyway, i’m not going to spend much more time on 9-11, not because i don’t care, but i don’t feel like giving these moron AlQueda guys any more of my brain power.

on a lighter note, two-headed turtle found

debt collection in Hong Kong is a real mess. here’s an excerpt: Collectors have been known to throw snakes, or a swarm of grasshoppers into an apartment to hasten debt repayment, or to hang the carcasses of dogs and cats outside. - i guess a few phone calls a week is no big deal after all!

nice try, guys - suspects pretend to be hostages

Intel tries to make future chips ‘hacker-proof’ - it’s all about hyperthreading, baby.

catholics - the idol worshipping freaks of the world. c’mon, really? if mary really wanted to show herself to the world, why would she hide in a tree, or on the side of a building, or in a flower, etc? weirdos

lady leaves her kids alone for eight days while she treks the country with her guy-pal. sounds familiar if i do say…

man tries to rob store wearing a plastic cooler on his head - he mumbled something to the lady, but she couldn’t understand, most likely because of the freakin cooler on his head