I'M A WINNER!

Didn't update during the Drunk Show but I can assure you I participated. How drunk was I?





1) Discovered asdfouisfdojfdsaiojj.com is not a website. Did I just smash my hands on my keyboard? Yes.





2) I was mustache drunk

Have a good day everyone! Next year - everyone should come over!

DK

A Public Service Annoucement

So tomorrow is one of my favorite days of the year, the Preston and Steve Public Service Show! And by Public Service, they mean drunk.

Preston and Steve is a morning show on 93.3 WMMR in Philadelphia. I've listened to these guys since I was in high school, and I love them to the point I know I annoy my friends because I'll talk about something they did like I had an actual conversation with someone. Whatever, they're real people who don't try to be anything but who they are on air and the 2-2.5 hours I listen to their podcast each day always entertains.

Anyway, each year they have their drunk show, where two of the people get hammered on air to show the "dangers of drinking". It's HI-larious. And tomorrow will be my second year drinking along with them - which makes it all that much more fun. Anyone is welcome to come over and join me between 6-11am (yeah, I took off to drink, don't judge me). There's also a good possiblity I will drunkenly update between those hours. If you can't come over/drink - feel free to follow along at wmmr.com. And remember to always have a driver if you're going to drink!

Gadzooks!

DK

The 12 Porns of FiOS

On Sunday, after watching Ferngully: The Last Rainforest, myself and my friends MA and MC we going through FiOS On Demand to attempt to find something else to watch.  While MA and I were showing MC how hilarious the titles of the softcore porn was in the On Demand menu, we realized there are a lot of stuff out there with numbers in the title.  Using only actual titles (numbers included) we were able to comprise this little ditty.  I hope you enjoy.

 

Sung to the tune of "The Twelve Days of Christmas"

On the twelfth day of softcore, On Demand gave to me,

12 Big Juicy Jugs

Go 11 Inches Deep

10 Massive MILF Jugs

9 Young Babysitters

8 Ravaged Rears

7 Asians Boned Hard

6 Ass Up Sluts

5 MILF Slut Rampage

4 Wife Sex Tapes 3

3 Way Lesbian Sluts

2 Girls at Once

and... Daddy Gets Lucky #1

Thank you! Thank you!  I think I might belting out 5 MILF Slut Rampage more than I like 5 Gold Rings.  Happy Hump Day everyone!

 

DK

Donde esta?

I can explain my absence with a convo I had the other day w/ my roommate, I Matt My Pants.

IMMP: (after coming back from an event he was invited to because of his blog which he updates regularly and consistently)... and then she told me to stick with the blog!

Me: That's awesome! Sometimes when I'm laying on the couch and think, "Oh, I should blog about this thing." Then I get to my room and think, "Hey! Bed!"

IMMP then judged me.

Updates returning today for an unknown amount of time!

DK

Lost's 100th

Lost is airing it's 100th episode, "The Variable", the evening and I couldn't be more excited.  A week without this show put me into some kind of crazy withdraw.  Who knows what's going to happen this summer...

 

Anyway, Doc Jensen has his weekly episode preview here about tonight's Daniel Faraday centric episode.  I'm expecting many revelations, specifically ones that delve into the Island's time travel rules.  Hope everyone enjoys it tonight.

 

Wishing work was over,

 

DK

Chuck vs NBC

The finale of Chuck was last night, and like the rest of this season, it was absolutely superb. I actually just finished watching it again. I've said before how much I love this show and this was a perfect end to the second season. I've embedded the show below - I loved the whole episode but if you really want to see Chuck at it's best start at 14:35 and just watch until the song is over. TV rarely gets better than that for me. I also ask you all to click on the link to the right to see what you can do to help bring the show back - if you haven't watched the first season, it's available on TheWB.com. Also, I own it on DVD, if you want to come over.



Peace out, Nerd Herders

DK

A Case of the Mon... Tuesdays 4/28/09

Actually getting a chance to take a deep breath at work so I decided what better way to celebrate than by actually updating.  This story is a pretty obvious but since we're all going to die from this I figured it was a good choice.

 

OMG!1!! SWINE FLU!!!! THERE'S NO ESCAPE!!!! PANDEMIC!!!!

 

I'm a little tired this morning so I just glanced at most of the article but I'm pretty sure that's the headline.  And now a point/counterpoint.

 

POINT - Article:

The WHO has lifted its pandemic alert to phase 4, meaning there is sustained human-to-human transmission of the virus causing outbreaks in at least one country. It also indicates the risk of a deadly global outbreak.

"At this time, containment is not a feasible option," said Keiji Fukuda, assistant director-general of the World Health Organization.

COUNTERPOINT - Me: I just ate a ham, egg, and cheese sandwich for breakfast..... w/ bacon.  Take that swine.  Delicious, delicious swine.

Because let's be real folks, if we stop eating bacon, the pigs have already won!

DK

Harry Kalas 1936 - 2009

This may seem a little late to post but I'm still kind of in shock over. Harry Kalas, the voice of Philadelphia baseball, died on Tuesday of heart disease. He died doing what he loved, sitting in the press box, going over the starting line up for a game that was only a few hours away. And he will be missed.

I'll be 25 in June, which means since I've been alive, I've heard Harry Kalas call baseball games. I can't imagine listening to a game without him behind the mic. When I heard the news, I could actually feel myself tearing up a bit. It was like losing a friend.

There's a lot of articles out there about Harry the K. ESPN.com's Jayson Stark, a resident of the Philly area wrote an excellent one. It also contains a great video that contains his call of Mike Schmidt's 500th home run and the Phillies 2008 World Series win. Also, just about every article on philly.com's Phillies page is about him. These articles say things better than I ever feel I could.

The Phillies hit three home runs on Tuesday. With each one I could here Kalas saying "OUTTA HERE!" in my head. And that's how it always will be.

DK

A Case of the Mondays 4/10/09

Hope everyone had a good week, a recap of my goings on will be up later today.  But for now, let's get rid of any residual happiness you may have from the weekend with two stories.

 

Few U.S. cities escape reach of the recession

 

93% of metro areas are suffering from a recession.  The county is receiving an A in economic decline.  You know, just in case you thought things might be turning around.   HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

Florida Boat slams into tug, killing 5

 

You know that Sunday night feeling.  You're not quite ready for bed but you know you should be going because you had work in the morning.  Sometimes you'll do something fun, just to try to hold off the week for a few more hours.  Now imagine you crash into a tug boat and 5 of your friends die.

 

This story reminds me of the time my friend CM was riding his bike and was "hit by a car".  And by "hit by a car" I mean ran into a parked car.  The tug boat was docked, so can someone explain to me how someone ran into it?  You should be vigilant on a boat anyway, especially if you're near the dock!

 

I will say I find it to be hilarious that the article goes out of its way to refer to the boat as a "pleasure boat".  Something about five deaths and seven injuries does scream pleasurable to me.  But maybe that's just me.

 

DK

USE YOUR WORDS: A weekend homework assignment

A random word from the wonderful website known as Urban Dictionary. Your assignment: Use the word in conversation this weekend, then post how you used the word in the comments section. Have fun!

1. Julian
A very honest man who is freakishly horny. He gets hard an average of 45 times per day. Many woman like him and dream of having sex with him. He is a player but everyone loves him because he is sweet like candy. He has an overactive imagination and can make up very sexual stories that can turn anyone on and get them wet like a lake.

DK

Barry Bonds can suck it.

While watching the Phillies home opener on Sunday (stupid Braves), I made a prediction about this season.

Ryan Howard will hit 100 home runs this season.

Yeah, that's right. One hundred.

My other Phillies fan friends laughed at me (as will most fans of baseball) but I am telling you not only is this completely possible, it is going to happen. All Ryan Howard has to do is working on his Batting Average. Because he only hits home runs. Either that or he strikes out. So get rid of the strikes outs. What are you left with? All home runs. All the time. Think about it.

I'll be tracking Ryan's success on sidebar.

GO PHILLIES!

DK

Everything I ever wanted to know about pirates I learned from Veggie Tales!

And apparently it was all lies.

Pirates do a lot! Like shanghai ships, steal cargo, hold U.S. sailors hostage, and generally terrorize the high seas! Who fucking knew? I went to Seton Hall and I was the laziest pirate you ever saw.

Seriously though, I knew that pirates were still a problem in today's society but I didn't realize they could actually cause this much trouble in one fell swoop. And apparently Obama's in a bit of a pickle because he doesn't want to use the fire power we have out there on the seas. This article analyzing his dilemma is nice but I'm going to assume that Barack has just decided to go in a different with this one.

He can either use the whole navy or....

JUST USE A FUCKING ARMY OF NINJAS

It's a rivalry as old as time itself. The two groups will be forced to battle for all eternity so not only don't you worry about the pirates anymore, you can use the kinetic energy from the fighting as a green source of energy!


I, of course, will be sitting out as I received a Doctorate of Ninjology as a Seton Hall Pirate so I'm perpetually conflicted.


DK

P.S. The spell check tried to tell me Ninjology isn't a word. Silly, right?

Weekend!

Just got done working overnight so it means that even though it's 7am on a Friday I'm done for the week! Yay!

A bunch of stuff I saw this week that I wanted to post about which I'll be doing today. Was really busy this week - the sleep I got between ending work at 12:30pm and having to be back at 9pm was the most I got all week.

My thoughts about the week and a Use Your Words to follow...

DK

Dead is Dead

Updated post with actual link to Doc Jensen's recap. I can be dumb like that sometimes.

In case you were wondering, Lost was excellent last night. It's definitely at number one on my List of Things That Are The Shit. As always, Doc Jensen's recap can be found here.

It's become a fairly consistent thing on Lost that the episodes that focus on Ben Linus are some of the best. It's amazing how a character that was supposed to only be on the show for a few episode has become such an important part of the show. It's definitely a testament to Michael Emerson's amazing performance.

SPOILERS AHEAD

Last night we got a good amount of answers (of course more questions were raised but it's Lost - there have to be) about everyone's favorite manipulator.

The flashback scenes showed us some of Ben's time in the others before he was their leader. We also got a view of Widmore at the end of his leadership. Though he claimed to Locke in "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham" to have been tricked by Ben and forced off the island, this episode showed Widmore as a leader who had become corrupted and was being replaced by the island for no longer doing what was in its best interest. We know the same thing happened to Ben.

One of the focuses that pulled both men's attention away from the island seemed to be family. Widmore had Penny and Ben had Alex. Since Locke is the island's new chosen one is he doomed to repeat this pattern of being corrupted by a position of power within the Others? Or, as I personally believe at this point, has Locke's life off the island been miserable up to this point to make sure he doesn't have the connections to others that the previous leaders did? His only love is dead and his father, the one person he was never able to move past, was brought to him by the island to be killed by Sawyer. It's interesting.

Speaking of Locke, how crazy/awesome was Locke-zarus. Back from the dead with a smile on his face and a plan in his noggin... I don't believe for a second he's the same Locke as he claimed to Sun but I also don't he's an apparition like Christian Shepard or the other island ghosts. We know Ben's rules changed on the island once Alex was shot but even he was unsettled with the fact that for Locke dead just might not be dead. The idea Ben was forced to follow Locke was another in a series of role reversals we've had this season (the other big one being Jack and Sawyer).

So Locke leads, and Ben follows all the way to a cozy little place I like to call Smokey's Hideaway. I don't believe for a second Ben truly came back to be judged but the island forced one of his lies into truth last night and revealed to us more about the smoke monster than we've ever known. In a cave underneath the temple guarding wall Ben came face to face with the smoke monster and it flashed the events in Ben's life that lead to Alex's death. And while it did judged him worthy to continue living (for now), it didn't lead Ben go without a warning delivered by his dearly departed daughter. We know you're planning to kill Locke again. You better listen to him or we'll be back for you. And you wouldn't want that Ben. For you, Dead is Dead.

I could write about this stuff forever so I leave with a few Other Thoughts:

It was interesting seeing Ben's mommy issues come to the surface, and how his father shaped him as a parent....thank God Ben didn't kill Penny....was that picture about Smokey's grate him having the stare down w/ Anubis? because that's how I took it...oh boy! I was hoping we'd end up with another faction on the island! Though my friend Jon pointed out they may be from Widmore....excited for a Miles-centric next week...

And to end things a quote from the show Psych that just seemed to fit last night:

Shawn: Slap a wig on you, you're a dead ringer for when I was a kid.

Namaste,

DK

A Case of the Mondays - 4/6/09

Hey everybody,

 

Hope you all had a good weekend, I know I did.  And what better way to follow up your great weekend with a good old fashioned Monday.  Now there are definitely different levels to the Mondays.  There was mine last week, where I was an hour late to work.  Or there's this:

 

At least 70 dead as quake hits Italy

 

Official reports are saying 70, rescue workers are saying closer to a hundred and everyone agrees those numbers are going to get higher.  Not only that but they believe approx 100,000 people are now homeless and 10-15,000 building has been damaged or destroyed.  And for good measure, there's fear that one of the main hospitals in the area is going to collapse.

 

This is obviously a huge tragedy and my heart goes out to those who've lost loved ones and/or their homes.  I don't want to overshadow that when I make my next statement.

 

An interesting fact I found in the article:

 

The earthquake struck at 3:32 a.m. local time in a quake-prone Abruzzo region that has had at least nine smaller jolts since the beginning of April.

 

You're on a fault line that's show an increase in activity recently? Hmmmmmm, maybe you want to GET THE FUCK OUT OF DODGE!  I'm sorry but living in an earthquake prone area you need to be prepared for a situation like this.  The fact that around 15,000 buildings have been destroyed (including the hospital) means they weren't built in preparation for an earthquake.  Those buildings don't sound like they were built to withstand a quake.  And while I realize a 6.3 magnitude quake isn't anything to scoff at, it's not a 6.3 out of 6.3.  What if this quake had been worse?  It's a bit scary.

 

So, the lesson here?  Know the dangers when you live on a fault line so you don't get surprised if (hypothetically) one day half your state falls into the ocean....  California, I'm looking at you.

 

Have a good week everyone!

 

DK

World Fucking Champions

We're about an hour away from the Phillies opening day and I'm incredibly excited. At least for another hour the Phils are the best team in baseball. I loved watching last season, and when they finally won the World Series is a moment I'll remember for the rest of my life. It definitely replaced Joe Carter's '93 home run.

ESPN put up an excerpt from Jayson Stark's book Worth The Wait which does a great job of catching the excitement and magic felt in the city of Philadelphia after that win. It's a perfect read to start the season. Now all we have to do is win it again.

GO PHILLIES!!!!!

DK

Whatever happened, happened

In case you were wondering, Lost was excellent last night. Doc Jensen's recap can, as always, be found here.

So many questions, so many consequences, and next week, so much smoke (fingers crossed!).

I love this show.

DK

From the halls of County General....

As I may have mentioned before, I like to watch my TV shows in season long increments on DVD in about a week. One of my more recent forays was watching the first ten seasons (all that's been released on DVD) of ER. ER is ending it's 15 year run tonight and despite the fact I'm still 5 season back I'll be watching it tonight (and possibly getting quite emotional).

ER is an amazing show and it will be sad to see it go. I remember watching it a bit when I was younger but I never really followed it. To be fair, the show started when I was 10 and I doubt my parents wanted to discuss with me why Carol Hathaway tried to kill herself in the pilot. But it was always there. Always on at 10pm Thursdays on NBC.

I loved the way the show started out with a bang, never stopping to fully explain the medical jargon they were throwing your way. A show that assumed the viewer was smart enough to follow what was going on and be pulled into these characters lives. And pulled we were. Drs. Ross, Carter, Benton, Weaver, Romano - you say these names and people know them. And if you know a person who can legitimately tell you that they did not cry when Mark Greene died they are a dirty liar and/or Satan has a special place in hell for their soulless husks.

I'm not showing the show was perfect, cause it wasn't. I'm at a part at season 10 where it's swinging towards the weaker end (A helicopter crash? Onto the guy afraid of helicopters? Come on!) but I don't care. From beginning to end it feels great.

So set your DVRs and turn get in front of your TVs at 8pm for a look back and then watch one more story be told from the halls of County General.

DK

WHAT THE KECK of the day: After

Despite being exhausted this is what I look like after a haircut, a 15-min back massage and other assorted (obviously increadibly manly) pampering. Stress is wonderfully gone.

WHAT THE KECK of the day: Before

The face is because it's 7am and I've been at work since 2:45am.

A Case of the Mondays 3/30/09

Don't really have time to look for a story so today's Case of the Mondays is my own:

 

Plan: To get to work early to get a head start on the work I need to get done this week.

 

Actual: Showed up an hour and a half late after sleeping through my alarm.

 

Not the best way to start the week.  In better news, I think I'm over the initial enchantment of my new computer so I'll actually be updating this blog like I planned.  I spent the weekend watching TV shows on Hulu, playing the preloaded games I have on my computer, and Lewis and Clarking my way through the internet. Ok, now time to play catch up on work.

 

DK

He's Our Yo.. HOLY SHIT

Lying in bed with 4 hrs til I need to be at work and all I can think
about is how fucking awesome Lost is. Very happy I stayed up for it.

...and working overtime.

Busy at work (had to be in at 4:30 am today, don't you wish you were me?!?!) but I had a pretty funny experience I thought I'd share.

I was in between observing two sets of driver start times and had some business to take care of. Please note that having business to take care of is what I say in the situation where imattmypants would say "making brown brown".  For the dense out there, I was pooping.  Someone comes into the bathroom, gets done, then leaves and shuts off the light.  At first I thought he was messing with me but I could hear him walking away from the bathroom.  I sat there in the dark for a few minutes thinking to myself, "Is there any way I try to finish up in here in the dark that doesn't end up w/ me running into a wall and/or dropping everything I own (including the clothes I was wearing) into the toilet."  I decided the answer to that question was no.  Luckily I have a Nextel so I was able to have this conversation:

 

DK: ::keys up M::

M: What's up?

DK: Can you come back and turn the light on in the bathroom?

M: What?

DK: Can you come turn the light back on in the bathroom? 

M: Yeah, I was just in the bathroom.

DK: COME TURN THE LIGHT BACK ON!

M: Ohhhhhh!  ::Starts laughing:: Sorry, man, I'm just trying to be green.

 

That's all.  Updates will start to be much more regular starting Thursday.  My computer should be getting to my apartment today and I'll be there to start playing with it then.  It should have actually gotten there yesterday but my roommate was able to get to the door when they rang.

 

He had some business to take care of.

 

DK

A Case of the Mondays - 3/23/09

Every Monday I will be presenting the worst story I find on a "legitimate" news site to help replace those Monday morning blues with righteous indignation.  As much as your day may suck, remember it could always be worse.

 

Sorry I wasn't around this weekend, computer is finally arriving at my apartment today so I'll be able to start updating more.  Today's story isn't really one that promotes righteous indignation but it's still pretty horrible.

 

14 people, including 7 kids, die in plane crash

 

The biggest thing about this is that this is the 4th major plane crash in the US in the last few months.  I personally get nervous on planes anyway (though it's more of a claustrophobia thing) but the idea that we're averaging over one plane crash a month is terrifying!  Plus it this crash completely shits on the rule of 3s.  It's not like there's been two crashes and I shouldn't fly until the third one happens.  Now it could happen at anytime.  Recently, I was thinking about visiting a friend in FL.  Thank goodness that fell through.

 

On a lighter note, at least they landed in a cemetery, am I right? ...  too soon?

 

Have a good week everyone,

 

DK

WHAT THE KECK of the day

WEEKEND!

Fuck you!

I was on the Wikipedia (at no point will I ever question anything I read on there - so don't try to convince me otherwise) and came across this entry for the No Cussing Club.

 

The No Cussing Club is an advocacy organization asking people to refrain from using profanity in public space. The organization was founded by then 14-year-old McKay Hatch in 2007. The club gained its first news coverage when the city council of South Pasadena, California issued a proclamation designating the first week of March as No Cussing Week, to recognize Hatch's disapproval of the use of "cuss words."

 

Members of the club often take the 'No Cussing Challenge', which reads as follows:

 

I won't cuss, swear, use bad language, or tell dirty jokes. Clean language is the sign of intelligence and always demands respect. I will use my language to uplift, encourage and motivate. I will Leave People Better Than I Found Them.

 

As a fan/student of the cursing arts I actually this as a different kind of challenge.  To make a 'Cussing Challenge'.  Here goes:

 

I will fucking cuss, swear like a goddamn sailor, use shitty language, or tell more dirty joke then I can shake my dick at.  Finding new and inventive ways to curse is a sign of intelligence and I'll continue to fucking word skeet at you until you respect me.  I will use my language to offend, entertain, put down, and display anger.  I will leave people shells of their former fucking selves.  Cunt.

 

THANK YOU FOLKS, I'LL BE HERE ALL WEEK!

 

DK

USE YOUR WORDS: A weekend homework assignment

A random word from the wonderful website known as Urban Dictionary.  Your assignment: Use the word in conversation this weekend, then post how you used the word in the comments section.  Have fun!

 

1.	Vaggyhole
	Typically known as a vagina but in particular the vaginal opening, hence the "hole" It can be abbreviated to vaggio

DK

WHAT THE KECK of the day

Watching the Wire until The Office starts.

Jon + Heidi 4 Eva!!!

I mentioned my friends set a wedding date earlier but for some reason as I was talking about it this song popped into my head. It's from one of the greatest movies ever made. Enjoy!

I heart Muppets.

DK

I just pray that they're the slow ones....

MSNBC.com posted a fun article in their Games section about why we love playing video games with zombies in them so much.  They give 5 pretty good reason, but they also include the best possible reason to play these games

 

Practice, practice, practice
Faliszek offers up another explanation for the current zombie game outbreak.

"I think with the pending zombie apocalypse, people just want to get in as much practice as possible," he says.

Let's face it, things on planet Earth aren't looking so good and one can't help but wonder: Could zombies be the next plague upon us? Better safe than sorry, I say. And what better way to prepare than by playing video games?

Look me in the eyes when I tell you this because it's very important.  The Zombie Apocalypse will happen one day and it would not surprise me in the least.  It's either that or we'll get stuck in some Terminator/Matrix robots taking over shit.  But personally I thinking it's going to be zombies.  And I have a proof for my logic.

 

People = Stupid

Scientists = People

Ambition + Curiosity + Arrogance + Scientists + "May God have mercy on our souls" = Zombies

 

Just remember, you should always have an aluminum baseball bat somewhere near your person in case this finally happens.  It's lightweight, powerful, hard to break, and does not need to be reloaded.  Get guns as soon as possible but never rely 100% on them.  You don't know how long this is going to last and you'll have limited ammo.  Also, make sure the first place you head is a grocery story.  You need canned goods, bottled water, and cigarettes.  After an apocalypse everyone smokes, so the more cigarettes you have the more you can trade for other goods.  All of this is null and void if you're dealing with fast zombies.  Then you should get in a truck of some kind and run away.

 

Before I go, let me give you some hints on places to avoid during this dark time in humanity's future:

 

Cemeteries

Hospitals

The Mall

Back for someone

Any Umbrella Corp building

 

Good luck, survivors.

 

DK

Namaste

Lost was back from a week off last night and we had another episode this season that I found to be spectacular.  Lost really is one of my favorite shows ever and they still give a wonderful mix of mystery, answers, and character in each episode that makes me hate the fact I didn't find out about this show in 3 years after it is all out on DVD.  (My roommate was asking me about it and I told him to wait because it can be frustrating to have to wait a week for a new episode).  Occasionally as an episode gets done I think about the pilot and can't believe what a plane crash on an island has blossomed into. 

 

I could recap here but after each episode I call up my friend Jon and we go through it together so I can that itch to talk about theories out of the way right quick.  Plus there's a lot of Lost recaps at there much better than mine.  My favorite is Doc Jenson's on EW.com, if you're a fan of the show you should definitely be reading this every week. [There be spoilers there]  If you're not a fan of the show you should be.  If you actively don't like the show..... LaFleur says we shouldn't worry the Purge just yet.

 

Namaste,

DK

 

P.S. Congrats to Jon for setting a wedding date!  Memorial Day weekend is gonna be ridiculous.

WHAT THE KECK of the day

Just got done the 2+ hour drive home from work today. Not the norm...
Need food...

Where only the strong survive! [insert other stupid cliches]!

Real Housewives of New Jersey!

 

Right side of brain: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Left side of brain: YYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

 

Please note these "ladies" will not actually represent what a normal New Jerseyians are like.  Now if you'll excuse me I have to grease my hair back, cover myself in cheap cologne, and go clubbing (I'll be the one pumping my fist in the air).

 

DK

WHAT THE KECK o' the day

NEW FEATURE: WHAT THE KECK of the day: A daily picture of me for your viewing pleasure.  Because what's the point of reading my words if you can't see my beautiful face.

Green bagels and Half and Half (Half Guinness, half Harp).  Finally enjoying St. Patrick's Day!

The (un)luck of the Irish!

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY, EVERYONE!

 

I celebrated my St. Patrick's Day by waking up at 5am and driving two hours and ten minutes to work.  Then heading to my mom's house and possibly making myself an Irish Car Bomb.  Better than last year when I had a pint of Guinness with the traditional Irish fried seafood from the Jersey Shore.

 

I'm German and Irish but I have a nice mix of those stereotypical personalities - the German side I have a nice cool, controlled, pushed down rather than show it form of anger but from my Irish side I get a love of good beer, a laid back personality (just didn't get the anger), the knowledge that the best way to treat a woman is to punch her like she's a pop star (too soon?) so I'd very much like to celebrate this great day/excuse to get hammered.  They should make it a Friday every year.  And we should get off as a national holiday.

 

Oh well, at least my mom has some Irish potatoes waiting for me.

 

And possibly some St. Patty's Day boxers.

 

DK

Carmichael, Charles Carmichael

The day is ending... The sun, despite the fact I haven't seen it at all today, will soon be setting... and that means one thing:

 

Almost time for NEW TV (most days)!

 

I tend to watch a fair amount of television.  By fair amount, of course, I mean more than the a normal person, and probably much more than is healthy.  Like I can finish a season of a TV show on DVD in a day or two, and that's not necessarily on the weekend.  I tend to avoid the reality program and am a bigger fan of escapism.

 

One of my favorite shows right now is Chuck.  I've watched the show since the pilot and have continued enjoying it over the last two years.  Just picked up the first season on DVD last week (whilest buying the new Kelly Clarkson CD!) and have been rewatching it.

 

The show is escapism for me at it's finest: A geek chic main character I can relate to, hot girls in sexy outfits fighting, at least one good/hilarious slow motion scene an episode (see previous mention of hot girls), witty banter, pop culture referances, and Adam Baldwin (not one of those Baldwins).  I think it's a great, fun show that has a lot to offer and despite not having the best ratings has the network behind it which is awesome.  That being said, and despite the fact it looks like there's a rerun tonight, if you have a Neilson box in your house, TURN ON NBC TONIGHT @ 8!! I haven't seen anything saying Chuck has been picked up for a new season and I swear if it gets cancelled I will Neilson box your face.

 

Also, going to be catching up with Adam Baldwin's old Firefly co-star Nathon Fillion on ABC in Castle.  Is it the good show?  Probably not but it was better than I was expecting.  And it's got Malcolm Reynolds in it!  I'd really like Fillion to have a sucessful show on his hands.

 

Before I leave a Chuck quote:

 

Chuck is trying to stop a missle from being launched at California and is running out of time

Chuck: Do we carry any Rush CD's?
Morgan: Not to worry buddy! I have every Rush track on my Zune.
Chuck: Ok.... Wait, you have a Zune!?
Morgan: Pfft! No, I'll go get my iPod.

 

DK

A Case of the Mondays - 3/16/09

Every Monday I will be presenting the worst story I find on a "legitimate" news site to help replace those Monday morning blues with righteous indignation.  As much as your day may suck, remember it could always be worse.

 

Lots of option staring me in the face from msnbc.com this morning but despite the ridiculousness of AIG still giving out bonus we find ourselves coming to this story.

 

Austria's Fritzl Denies Murder, Admits Incest

 

I'm sure most people have been following this story to some extent.  Basically, a father in Austria kept his daughter locked in a basement dungeon for 24 years as a sex slave with whom he had at least 6 children.  I know this story has been around for a while but it was on msnbc's front page and it preceded to boggle the mind all over again.

 

Here's the first three things to pop into my head:

 

Firstly, how in God's name is there a person in this world that has to come to the point in his life where admitting to incest is THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS!  F my daughter?  Yeah I did that.  But what would make you think I'm a murderer?.

Secondly, we have this doozy -

 Fritzl pleaded "partially" guilty to rape -- understood to mean he is contesting the way the charge is worded -- and deprivation of liberty.

Pretty sure rape is one of those things you can't be partially guilty of.  Stealing someone's lunch out of the fridge?  Sure, if you were to take just the chips and the cookies.  That's partially.  You don't partially stick your dick in someone against their will. 

 

Thirdly, this girl was in her basement for 24 years and her mother claims to never noticed.  There are two options here: either she is a liar or she's stupid.  The police seems to think she's the latter.

Couple of other thoughts while reading this article -

 

Fritzl walking into the court covering his face with a blue folder.  While this is the picture that was at the beginning of the article, the information was giving to me next to his mug shot.  They also felt the need to tell me his suit was mismatched.

 

I was a communication major in college so I know most people in that field aren't really math savvy but this seems like a pretty obvious mistake.

 

He remained silent and motionless, ignoring questions from television crews before the judge and eight-person jury -- six men and six women -- entered and cameras were sent out.

 

Just an FYI - 6 + 6 NEVER EQUALS 12!!!

 

That's all I have for now.  Enjoy your week!

DK

If I blog, and no one reads it, does it make a sound?

With a new computer on the way, an overabundance of crazy going on in my head, and more TV watching then I could shake a remote at, I have returned to the blog-o-sphere with a vengeance. Or at least with the knowledge I can write here for more than 2 months at a time.

Hello again, non-iPhone compatible, non-work filtered Internet. I've missed you ever so much.