Skubalon

Big Ten

2010-09-02T22:15:00.000-04:00

Not to thrilled with the new divisions...

Football

2010-09-02T22:06:00.002-04:00

Two money leagues this year. Drafted way better this year than last. Hope I win some cash this time. Last year I went 1-12. Won the first game and then all down hill.

Random Crap

2010-04-19T12:11:00.002-04:00

I wonder who the Lions will draft? If I had the ability to manipulate the draft I would have the Lions trade down from 1st pick to 5th pick and take Berry.

The Tigers I think will be in for a long up and down season?
The Pistons, oh man. Looks like a long stretch of bad basketball?
Wings, old tired legs and an ordinary goalie?
What is RichRod doing to the Wolverines?
Spartie fans will cry when Izzo leaves.

The sunshine is awesome. Going to the Laundromat is a drag. Work is work.

Holy Crap ~ Frank Barone

2010-02-28T23:01:00.005-05:00

I started a facebook page, it's interesting for now.

One of my favorite sporting events to watch is Olympic hockey. I could care less what countries play, they're usually great games. Literally the best players in the world. I really don't pay to much attention to any of the other events unless it involves hot chicks but under any circumstances no figure skating. I love how there are always certain athletes who get hyped on how they are going to win X number of medals and they win a few, don't even finish, come up with excuses blah blah blah...Vonn, Miller, Ono. The only guy who came, saw and conquered was Phelps in the summer Olympics.
Back to hockey, I am absolutely disappointed that the US didn't beat Canada for the Gold. I wish anybody but Crosby would have scored the game winner. I can't stand him, he's a punk.
The US played some outstanding hockey, they were'nt even considered as contenders for any metals.

Fantasy shmantasy

2009-08-23T15:45:00.002-04:00

I got into a cash league.
Starters:
Hasselbeck qp
L.T. rb
Westbrook rd
McFadden rb
S. Smith wr
Berrian wr
Winslow te
Eagles d
some kicker
Polamalu dp

Bench:
Mendenhall rb
Gonzales wr
Coles wr
Holmes wr
Mason wr
Hixon wr
Palmer qp

First place $350
Team name Nacho Cheese

To have a job or not to have a job...

2009-08-23T15:34:00.003-04:00

DMC is needs to trim some 20 million off the budget. The two main items, 420 layoffs or a one year pay freeze? One or the other. Then there are a couple of more things that need to be altered. Like Lower the matching retirement contribution by 1/2 percent or a two percent wage decrease or forfeit 16 hours of vacation time.
They do say we are doing better than all the other hospitals in the SE Michigan? September is when the changes will take effect. I guess I should get a resume ready?

End of times.

2009-08-12T21:15:00.005-04:00

Real signs or not? I would like to think so.

Moose on the loose

2009-08-12T20:55:00.002-04:00

Moose has been to the vet a few times the last few weeks. Once for a annual check up, he's a little chubby. Vet recommended a weight of 14lbs, he's currently 16lbs. Other than that he's tip top.

Two weeks later he had some gunk in his eye. It happened on Saturday stayed the same on Sunday but Vet not open. Took him in on Monday and Vet said he has conjunctivitis, caused by bacteria. Prescribed some eye drops, looks much better after on two days of drops. He gets the drops for a total of 7 days. Way less gunk and pretty much eye is back to normal color.

BTW a trip to the Vet is costly. But gotta take care of weeny dog.

Mexican Radio

2009-08-11T23:29:00.002-04:00

I have had my current car for about two years now. It has not had a radio in it. It was missing the face plate. Last week I bought a face place for it off of ebay. I got it in the mail on Monday. It is so weird hearing music in my car again. There are so many songs are new to me because I've been with out for a while.

Never eat pickles when your have to run around like a chicken with your head cut off.

2009-07-28T23:20:00.002-04:00

Let's just kick Mike Vick some more? He just did time in prison. Now lets let him sign with a team but we'll surprise you as to when he can play? Yep he lied, then he got found out then he was convicted. Quite piliing on the guy the courts set his punishment he did it now leave him alone. If he screws up agian he is the one who has to suffer.

Ok I am kinda looking forward to seeing the Lions. How bad will they suck? Will Stafford be good? I already want to draft my FF team.

Brett please make a decision? I am so sick of the Brett watch.

MJ

2009-06-25T19:11:00.002-04:00

Michael Jackson dead at 50? Holy Crap. At one time he was the man. Now he's gone, he had some hard core personal demons. I owned the Thriller Album, what did I do with that?

NBA Draft

2009-06-25T19:03:00.003-04:00

Pistons should take Hansbrough, if he's not there Evans or Maynor. Joe needs to make some amends for the whole Darko fiasco. When you watch the Nuggets that is what should have been. Chauncy and Mello in Piston uniforms. Yes, it was time for Chauncy to go but had Joe drafted Mello the Pistons would still be contenders. JMO

Full Retard

2009-04-26T18:05:00.007-04:00

Why can't there be some overwhelming #1 in this draft?
It's so easy to be cynical with the Lions. IMO the Lions blew this draft. Not real thrilled with Stafford. They take a TE as their other first round pick. How about a lineman who can block. In the 2nd rd they take a CB. How about a LB you dorks. Lions need some beef that can dominate. Payton, Brady, have some beef that can protect them and let them do their thing. I don't care who you have if they don't have beefers who can play you plain old will suck.
Lions went full retard years ago ............................

How in the world did everyone buy into Sanchez? All that hype, he owes a big thanks to his PR people and ESPN. It's now being reported that Sanchez will be elected to the Hall of Fame before the Jets first game?

What I like to call - How the Spartans are the real national champs or I have nothing else worth thnking or writing about.

2009-04-22T22:41:00.003-04:00

I know this game has been over for quite some time now, but what I say is still true.
The final score was UNC 89 State 72. State had 21 turn overs and UNC scored 25 points as a result of those turnovers. Ok now if you subtract those 25 points then that puts UNC at 64 points. Just listen ok. Now if you you reduced the turnovers by half, 10.5 round up to 11 so by that rational you say they would have only scored half of the 25 points, 12.5 round up 13 points. Add the 13 to 64 giving UNC a final score of 77. Ok that 77 would still be higher than what State actually scored but if you also gave half of their turnovers back as possessions which we will give as 10 rounding down. If of those 10 possessions they shot 40% that would have added 8 points to the Sparties final score giving us 80 points. Therefore to surmise the alternate outcome, Sparties 80 UNC 77. Sparties are the rightful national champions.
Thank you.

Dude I'm so wasted...

2009-03-16T23:45:00.002-04:00

This commercial just makes me think this guy is stoned out of his mind...
However I think this would make a sweet ring tone.

Just mentioning.

2008-11-08T23:17:00.002-05:00

Yesterday I received a letter from the Department of Labor & Economic Growth in regard to me filing for unemployment. (Let me flash back a few months..... I received a letter from DLEG saying I may qualify for for an extension of Unemployment benefits due to being underemployed. My current job at the hospital is contingent, meaning I get what I get. No set amount of hours until a part-time position opens for me. I filled out the form and sent it back. I had been approved for 24 weeks of benefits. It stated that even though I was working I might still qualify for partial benefits. If I made less than 1 1/2 times my approved weekly amount. I read that I should call MARVN even if I did not wish to claim a specific week. I would not loose that week but my weeks would roll over sort of speak. I called MARVN on my scheduled day and as I had already figured that I made to much for the weeks I was calling in for. I followed the prompts and when asked if I wanted to claim the weeks I called about I declined to claim them as I was instructed in the benefits booklet because I had made to much and I did not want to waste the weeks. I forget his exact response but he said I did not qualify and that I would have to reapply, good-bye. One thing MARVN makes clear is that if he don't say good-bye your call was not registered. Meaning no cliam is open so I will get bupkis, so I says to myself, well I don't really see myself qualifying for any benefits so I won't bother to apply because even though I don't make much I will make to much to get anything.
Back to the present. The newest letter says I falsified information by stating that I was laid off from a particular job and not that I had quit. Well I completely forgot about that one job and never put any info down because I was there for like a month and it just didn't register in my head. I need to reply to the letter and explain what I did, but how do I explain what I didn't do that they said I did do, and I never got anything in the first place? And my possible penalty: Discontinuation of benefits and/or paying back 2 times the amount of payment.
I do not receive any benefits and I'm not sending them a payment of $0.00 since that what 2 times 0 is.

Dub yuh

2008-11-04T11:03:00.004-05:00

Thanks for the memories Dub yuh...

Prak Tis

2008-11-04T10:24:00.002-05:00

Let's see how this works? The Pistons needed an aggressive scorer. Chauncey's time was up here he hit his peak and we needed more, they did resign Rip. Looks like the Pistons are going to have a lot of money to work with.

Ripped from an ESPN article - Those who have been observing the Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat, New Jersey Nets and New York Knicks, among others, maneuver to create salary-cap space already have heard about "the Summer of LeBron." That's 2010, the year that LeBron James can opt out of his contract with the Cavs.
But the off season of 2010 is not just the Summer of LeBron: It's also the Summer of Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Amare Stoudemire, Ray Allen, Tyson Chandler, Manu Ginobili, Richard Jefferson, Joe Johnson, Tracy McGrady, Yao Ming, Steve Nash, Dirk Nowitzki and Michael Redd, each of whom can become an unrestricted free agent in 2010.
And in 2009, the list is illustrious, too: Kobe Bryant, Carlos Boozer, Allen Iverson, Ron Artest, Richard Hamilton, Jason Kidd, Shawn Marion, Andre Miller, Lamar Odom and Rasheed Wallace can become unrestricted free agents next year.

Screw the Yankees

2008-09-23T00:26:00.003-04:00

I've never rooted for the Yankees, they've had/have a few players I liked. Ricky Henderson, Reggie, Catfish, Pudge. But the thing I really do like is that they made a mistake and let Torre go. He only led them to the playoffs 12yrs in a row, 10 of those first place finishes, 2 wild cards, 6 World Series, 4 of those championships. Who wouldn't want a manager like him. Now it looks like he's going to take the Dodgers to the playoffs his first year and the Yanks sit at home. Awesome.

Ofur

2008-09-23T00:12:00.002-04:00

Lions lose to the QB who was their 3rd string QB last season and to last seasons offensive coordinator. SanFran has two wins,Lions zero. Last seasons 1 and 15 Dolphins have a win this season before the Lions. Ughhh. They can't lose next week because they have a bye. Finally a member of the Ford family speaks up and criticises Millen. Canning him now won't change this season but it would at least show that the Fords might want to win a game, maybe?

Looking for a new squad...

2008-09-17T22:27:00.002-04:00

The Lions blow. Get Jimmy Jones for a GM or Bill Cowher. I am considering having a new favorite team. I would have chosen the Bengals but that team will never come to fruition because of players who've made bad decisions off the field. I'm considering Green Bay, Chicago, Denver, Philadelphia?

P.S. All college teams get your licks in now....UofM payback is coming in a few seasons.

Whack, Bam, Boom, Doink

2008-09-08T16:49:00.002-04:00

CERN fires up new atom smasher to near Big Bang

CERN

Run stoppers

2008-09-08T16:32:00.003-04:00

The Detroit Lions D stopped the run with little effort. Their own run that is. By instantly giving up 21 first quarter points they had to give up on the run and go to the passing game to try and catch up. I think I am going to have to be a Vikings fan or something. I hope they can salvage the season, listen to me it's only been one game, hopfully Rudi can add a needed element.

can't keep a good dog down.

2008-09-05T23:42:00.003-04:00

A few weeks ago I had to take Moose to the vet because he had some mysterious blistery out break. The vet said Moose had hives. He probably was bitten by something and he had a reaction. She gave him a steroid shot and a benadryl shot and recommended that he take benadryl for three days. A few hours after the shots he was looking much better.
Then a few weeks later he was stung by a few bee's. He didn't cry or yelp when he was stung. I think it startled him more than anything. I was sitting outside at someones house and Moose came walking over all weird. I looked at him and saw he had something on his back. I got up to look and saw it was a bee. I went to brush the bee off and he turned his head real fast and banged it on a lawn chair, that hurt him because that's when he yelped. Well I knocked the bee off and had to crush it, because that's what you do with bee's that sting. I think he may have been stung three times his neck, back and leg. It knocked him for a loop and I didn't have any benadryl to give him. All his umph was gone, it jacked him up. He had trouble walking, so I laid him down on a blanket and he just sat for awhile and then laid down. We finally came home but then I had nothing to feed him that I could hide the benadryl in, plus I don't think he was really in the mood to eat, so he ruffed it til morning and then I gave him some peanut butter with the benadryl stashed in it. He was a little out of sorts until evening then he was back to normal. Poor Moose dog, for such a little guy he takes a beating.

Bob Saget

2008-08-28T00:01:00.002-04:00

I had a dream the other night. I was looking for Bob Saget and I was going to kick his ass. I have no idea what he did but that's what I was going to do.

White Trash

2008-08-27T23:09:00.002-04:00

White trash - is a pejorative term targeted at lower social class white people with poor prospects and/or low levels of education. To call someone white trash is to accuse a white person of being economically, educationally and/or culturally bankrupt. White trash should be differentiated from the more socially acceptable term Redneck, as each has an unique historical etymology and context in modern usage. While white trash is most commonly used as a pejorative, low- to middle-income rural whites often self-identify as rednecks.

I live next to the "Squidbillies" that's what I like to refer to them as. I got the name from an Adult Swim cartoon. They like to put swim trunks on their son and let him play in the puddles in the parking lot after it rains. Anytime that kid is outside I constantly hear them calling their son... "Griffin, Griffin, Griffin, Griffin, Griffin, Griffin, Griffin, Griffin, Griffin, because Griffin doesn't listen to them. I say whip his ass for not listening or take him back inside. Thankfully he only shows up every other weekend or so. Squidbillies like to stand in front of my door and smoke cigs, so I have to close my door to keep all the smoke from coming inside my apartment. It's doesn't click in their head as to why I close the door. Squidbillies like to turn up the music at 11 PM. Squidbillie dad likes to knock on his own door when he comes home to make his dog bark. Dumb ass. Squidbillies like to talk on the phone outside my door. I hate that, get away from my door or go back inside you den. Squidbillie daughter comes and visits daddybillie every so often, she's a teen, and a bunch of her friends come over and hang out on the sidewalk or constantly go up and down the stairs, in and out of the den until midnight, sometimes they huddle on the stairs and don't get the F@&$ out of the way when I use the stairs. Squidbillies talk loud when their outside no matter what time of day or night it is. The Squidbillies that live on the other side of me and behind me like to put their grills on the sidewalk when they grill so all the smoke and lighter fluid smell fills my apartment. Squidbillies store their crap under the apartment stairs so fellow billies can tell this is a billie friendly environment. Sqiudbillies like to crank up Kid Rock and sit on chairs in front of their apartment and play along on their guitar and say "well I'm getin better", no your not go back inside and smoke some meth. Sqidbillies gather for annual meetings in front of the laundry room and drink beer, smoke cigs and dope, talk very loud and laugh at stupid shit.

I need to get to someplace somewhat "normal" without Squidbillies. If you like Kid Rock you have some innner trash trying to come to the surface. Ok, so I'm prejudice against some people. I'll have to do a blog on Arab people some time.

Deport Todd Jones

2008-06-28T23:00:00.004-04:00

The Tigers have a 500 record now. 40 wins and 40 loses with 82 games remaining and only 5 games out of first. Half the season is left so anything is possible.

Todd Jones tried to screw this up, he gave up 4 runs in the top of the ninth to give Colorado the lead and then was booed by the crowd of 42K plus. He deserved it though. The Tigs put two runners on base in the bottom of the ninth and Cabrera doubled and drove in the two runs for the win.

Sometimes there are players on Detroit teams that I just can't stand; when Federov was with the Wings, or the fist time Lindsey Hunter was with the Pistons I liked him when he came back because he knew his role, Harrington with the dreadful Lions and now I absolutely loath Todd Jones. No lead is secure with him pitching. I want him deported. I think he's American though but still we could send him to America Jr. or something.

Livid

2008-06-27T23:09:00.003-04:00

A week ago someone got into my car and stole Moose's bubbles.

Poop

2008-06-27T22:53:00.002-04:00

This morning I took Moose outside to go potty, yes I said "potty", and my car had a flat tire. I had to change a tire at 6 A.M. I missed an hour of work, that sucked more than anything.
I'm out of toilet paper too.
Poop.

Don't mess with the Zohan...

2008-06-22T00:00:00.002-04:00

Jun 20, 2008 7:34
NY Times: Israel conducts drill simulating IAF strike on Iran
By JPOST.COM STAFF

Israel has conducted a drill simulating an attack on facilities in Iran, The New York Times reported Friday.

Senior American officials, who preferred to remain unnamed, told the paper that the exercise included 100 F-15 and F-16 warplanes which have undertaken maneuvers in the eastern Mediterranean and near the coasts of Greece.

Helicopters also joined in the maneuvers, simulating forays into enemy territory to rescue downed pilots.

The aircraft used in the drill flew a distance of about 1,500 kilometers - similar to the distance between Israel and uranium enrichment facilities at Natanz, the officials said.

IDF officials reportedly refused to comment on the exercise and its purpose.

Finals

2008-06-18T10:06:00.001-04:00

The Finals blew. Screw Boston and the Lakers folded what a disappointment.

Good Bye and Good Riddance

2008-06-03T01:41:00.002-04:00

Good luck on the job search Flip. Sheed thanks for the help on that one championship, but it's time for you to move on. The only thing I can really say about how the Pistons went down is "that was some hoe ass shit"

Notes

2008-05-13T23:15:00.002-04:00

With his 11th point, Hamilton broke Isiah Thomas' career playoff scoring record of 2,261 points and he did it in 110 games -- one fewer than Thomas needed to set the mark. "That's a great honor because Isiah is Detroit basketball," Hamilton said. "To pass one of his records is crazy because I haven't been here that long." ... Hamilton is four games away from breaking Bill Laimbeer's franchise record of 113 playoff appearances. ... Stuckey, drafted by Detroit with a pick acquired from Orlando for Darko Milicic, was named to the All-Rookie second team. ... Saunders said McDyess was told as he was arriving at the arena that his grandmother, who helped raise him, had died.

Six Straight.

2008-05-13T23:12:00.002-04:00

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- The Detroit Pistons made just enough shots and stops to advance to the Eastern Conference finals for a sixth straight year.

Richard Hamilton scored 19 of his 31 points in the first half, made victory-sealing free throws late in the game and Tayshaun Prince had a key block, helping Detroit hold off the Orlando Magic for a 91-86 win Tuesday night in Game 5 of the second-round series.

"Playing in six straight is awesome, but now we expect to do this," Hamilton said. "We're supposed to be here."

The Pistons will have a break before facing the Boston Celtics or Cleveland Cavaliers in the conference finals.

Detroit made just 36 percent of its shots and allowed the Magic to make nearly half of their attempts, but made up for the disparity at the line and by taking care of the ball.

The Pistons were 28-of-32 at the line and had just three turnovers -- setting an NBA playoff record for the fewest giveaways in a game -- while Orlando was 16-of-28 and had a playoff-high 21 turnovers, which turned into 34 points for Detroit.

"The fact that the game is close at the end when you look at the free throw shooting and turnover disparity is remarkable," Orlando coach Stan Van Gundy said.

To the Magic's credit, they didn't go away easily against a playoff-tested team that improved to 15-3 when it has a chance to advance since 2003.

Detroit led by 10 late, but was ahead 85-84 with just under a minute left after Hedo Turkoglu made back-to-back shots.

The Pistons won when Hamilton made two key free throws, Prince blocked Turkoglu's dunk attempt, and Hamilton made two more at the line in the last 20 seconds of the game.

Playing without All-Star point guard Chauncey Billups for the second straight game because of a strained hamstring, rookie Rodney Stuckey filled the void with 15 points, six assists and no turnovers.

"I'm never scared," Stuckey said.

Antonio McDyess had 17 points and 10 rebounds, Rasheed Wallace had 14 points and Prince added 10.

Turkoglu had 18 points and nine rebounds, and Dwight Howard, Rashard Lewis and Jameer Nelson had 14 points apiece for the Magic. Nelson had guaranteed his team would extend the series with a win.

"We played them tough," Nelson said. "If there's anyone in their locker room who didn't think this was tough, they don't know what tough is."

Howard also had 17 rebounds and three blocks, but his night was marred by going 6-of-15 at the line.

Orlando was in the second round of the playoffs for the first time since 1996.

The Magic scored the last seven points of the first quarter to make it 20-all in what had to be a frustrating score for them.

They allowed Detroit to score all but two of its points off turnovers and offensive rebounds.

Lewis had as many missed shots (four) as turnovers in a scoreless first, but each of the other starters scored at least four points to make up for the awful start from the team's leading scorer.

When Lewis finally scored midway through the second quarter, his hook capped a 10-2 run that put Orlando ahead 33-27.

Detroit then went on a 16-3 run, and took a 47-41 lead into halftime.

The Pistons enjoyed quite an advantage at the line.

Hamilton made all 10 of his free throws before intermission and Detroit missed only one of 14 attempts while Howard was 6-of-13 to sink Orlando's total to 7-of-16 in the first half.

The Magic carried a 68-65 lead into the final period but struggled at the start of the fourth. After Lewis made two free throws in the opening seconds, Orlando went scoreless for nearly 7 minutes as the Pistons went ahead on Stuckey's steal and layup during a McDyess-led 13-0 run that put them ahead 78-70.

The Magic still wouldn't go away until fading in the final seconds.

"It's good to get this over with," Detroit coach Flip Saunders said. "Now we get a chance to rest, especially Chauncey, and we get a chance to prepare."

I remember.......

2008-05-11T20:43:00.003-04:00

Brett Favre, Dan Marino, Joe Montana, Randall Cunningham, Steve Young, John Elway, Warren Moon, Jim Kelly, Boomer Esiason, Stevie Yzerman, Mario Lemieux, Michael Jordan, Reggie Miller, Joe Dumars, Isiah Thomas, players I remember watching.... they're all retired now and that makes me feel old.

There's only one Return...

2008-05-06T08:43:00.001-04:00

Could this be true?

2008-05-06T08:03:00.000-04:00

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.
- Evelyn Waugh

Sicko de Mayo

2008-05-05T22:48:00.002-04:00

I feel horrible. I don't know if I have the flu or what? Cause my sinus' are all jacked up to. I'm running a fever. For some reason I keep spelling fever f e a v e r.
My throat is raw, I keep hacking up crap. Moose doesn't get it that I feel like crap and I need him to just sleep like a good little puppy. Even though I felt like crap on Sunday I took him to the bark park. I had to work today and it was a struggle. I should have called in today? I will lay around as much as possible Tuesday so if ANY one reads this on Tuesday call me because I will be bored. On a positive note I will now be quiting cigs. Oh and I keep sneezing. One more thing, I haven't missed work since I started at the hospital. Yes that is a big deal!

Cinco de Mayo

2008-05-05T22:44:00.001-04:00

The 5th of May is not Mexican Independence Day, but it should be! And Cinco de Mayo is not an American holiday, but it should be. Mexico declared its independence from mother Spain on midnight, the 15th of September, 1810. And it took 11 years before the first Spanish soldiers were told and forced to leave Mexico.

So, why Cinco de Mayo? And why should Americans savor this day as well? Because 4,000 Mexican soldiers smashed the French and traitor Mexican army of 8,000 at Puebla, Mexico, 100 miles east of Mexico City on the morning of May 5, 1862.

The French had landed in Mexico (along with Spanish and English troops) five months earlier on the pretext of collecting Mexican debts from the newly elected government of democratic President (and Indian) Benito Juarez. The English and Spanish quickly made deals and left. The French, however, had different ideas.

Under Emperor Napoleon III, who detested the United States, the French came to stay. They brought a Hapsburg prince with them to rule the new Mexican empire. His name was Maximilian; his wife, Carolota. Napoleon's French Army had not been defeated in 50 years, and it invaded Mexico with the finest modern equipment and with a newly reconstituted Foreign Legion. The French were not afraid of anyone, especially since the United States was embroiled in its own Civil War.

The French Army left the port of Vera Cruz to attack Mexico City to the west, as the French assumed that the Mexicans would give up should their capital fall to the enemy -- as European countries traditionally did.

Under the command of Texas-born General Zaragosa, (and the cavalry under the command of Colonel Porfirio Diaz, later to be Mexico's president and dictator), the Mexicans awaited. Brightly dressed French Dragoons led the enemy columns. The Mexican Army was less stylish.

General Zaragosa ordered Colonel Diaz to take his cavalry, the best in the world, out to the French flanks. In response, the French did a most stupid thing; they sent their cavalry off to chase Diaz and his men, who proceeded to butcher them. The remaining French infantrymen charged the Mexican defenders through sloppy mud from a thunderstorm and through hundreds of head of stampeding cattle stirred up by Indians armed only with machetes.

When the battle was over, many French were killed or wounded and their cavalry was being chased by Diaz' superb horsemen miles away. The Mexicans had won a great victory that kept Napoleon III from supplying the confederate rebels for another year, allowing the United States to build the greatest army the world had ever seen. This grand army smashed the Confederates at Gettysburg just 14 months after the battle of Puebla, essentially ending the Civil War.

Union forces were then rushed to the Texas/Mexican border under General Phil Sheridan, who made sure that the Mexicans got all the weapons and ammunition they needed to expel the French. American soldiers were discharged with their uniforms and rifles if they promised to join the Mexican Army to fight the French. The American Legion of Honor marched in the Victory Parade in Mexico, City.

It might be a historical stretch to credit the survival of the United States to those brave 4,000 Mexicans who faced an army twice as large in 1862. But who knows?

In gratitude, thousands of Mexicans crossed the border after Pearl Harbor to join the U.S. Armed Forces. As recently as the Persian Gulf War, Mexicans flooded American consulates with phone calls, trying to join up and fight another war for America.

Mexicans, you see, never forget who their friends are, and neither do Americans. That's why Cinco de Mayo is such a party -- A party that celebrates freedom and liberty. There are two ideals which Mexicans and Americans have fought shoulder to shoulder to protect, ever since the 5th of May, 1862. VIVA! el CINCO DE MAYO!!

Augusten

2008-05-04T15:50:00.004-04:00

I am hooked on the author Augusten Burroughs. He has written several memoirs, each very entertaining. He has some of the most bizarre and interesting happenings in his life, this stuff couldn't be made up because it's so out there. It is pretty light reading and easy to get through, I usually don't like books that come across as spoon feeding you, but his experiences are so interesting.

Practical Vampire Slayer

2008-05-03T00:31:00.002-04:00

I came across this blog one night while I was searching for something, but I don't recall what? I thought I bookmarked it because it looked like it could be interesting. Well I didn't and I've spent a few hours every night for three days to find it. It probably won't be worth the time I spent looking for it? I hate how sometimes I will let simple non important things obsess me.
One time I took my dog to be groomed in October and since Halloween was that month they had some little rubber thingy to hook to your dogs collar and you would get one free with the grooming. Well I didn't get one when I picked up my dog and just left. For three days I thought about how I didn't get my free little rubber thingy. I actually lost sleep over it. I finally went back and asked the groomer a question, then before I left I asked if they had anymore of the little rubber thingy's because I hadn't gotten one when I had brought my dog in. The groomer gave me one and then I was happy with my little rubber thingy, which is sitting in a drawer. But once I got that little rubber thingy I was at peace and all was well in my little world.

If I were a dog

2008-04-28T17:49:00.000-04:00

I took a quiz to see what kind of dog I would be.

Labrador Retriever
The Caretaker

Your family is what makes you tick, and you never "flea" from an opportunity to hang out with the whole gang. A family picnic complete with hot dogs, deviled eggs and a refreshing swim in the lake is hard for you to stray from. Your sparky temperament and dogged intelligence mean you are not only a blast to hang out with, but great to work with as well. Your close pals appreciate your patience and forgiveness, knowing you'd rather let sleeping dogs lie than dwell on the mishaps of the past. Your dashing good looks may one day lead to a modelling career, if only you can tame the unfortunate clumsiness that sometimes causes you to go flailing from the catwalk.

I really do like deviled eggs and koegle hot dogs. I don't mean I can't eat one with out the other, their both good independently.

LIKELY PROFESSIONS: Doctor, Sales Executive, Teacher

What kind of dog are you?

Karma Korn

2008-04-27T23:36:00.000-04:00

I don't know who I have done wrong but today was all about me getting my ass chewed out by nurse's, patients and a manager. I'm going to burn my uniform and release the negative energy with held in them. Then I'm going to bury my work shoes and get a hair cut. I shall be free of bad mojo.

Tyler Durden

2008-04-27T00:03:00.000-04:00

I want to invent my own Tyler Durden.

If you've never seen the movie you won't understand.

Boo

2008-04-26T23:11:00.000-04:00

I don't mean the scary "boo", I mean the disapproval type of boo. It's the same old Lions draft bungle. Sure Calvin Johnson will be a stud but he won't give us anymore wins than we've had the last several years. The pick should have been traded and worked into filling other holes in this team. This year we take an OT, but there were a few better prospects and we have so many holes still. In the second round we take an undersized OLB, we don't need undersized anything. This team sucks and will for a long time. Oh ya, they will win their first four games and fool everyone, but then the bottom will drop out and it will be the same ol same. Pathetic. I wish the Ford's would sell the team and the new owner would move them to another state then a whole new person could bring a new franchise to the state. Wait, I think Michigan could support two football teams, say one in west Michigan? Oh well, wishful thinking.

Screw You.

2008-04-25T00:14:00.000-04:00

I hate: American Idol, hot dogs other than Koegel's, nurse's that act like bitches, people who say quotes they learned in some leadership book, owners who don't pick up their dogs poop, cigarette butts on the ground, high gas prices, Walmart furniture, living pay check to pay check, litter bugs, waking up for work at 5 AM, leaving my dog alone, shopping at Meijer, feeling depressed, sleeping all day when it's sunny out, living so far away from my friends, waiting for football season, feeling alone, stores putting Christmas crap out before Halloween, that Matt Millen has not been fired yet, being a procrastinator, paying for Internet/cable service, SUV's, women who say the can't find the right guy, Bush's lies, people who profit off of war, Congressional hearings on steroids, people who hurt children, telemarketers, that MTV created this horrid reality craze, morning radio, inconsiderate people, not having anything interesting to say, being boring, that I don't punch people in the face who piss me off, my brother's dad, not having a radio in my car, that my TV is on the floor, not having health insurance, being forced to wear a seat belt, not having a fenced in yard that my dog can play in, bands/singers who do cover songs, tailgaters, when the Pistons don't play like they should, being to tired to finish this list...

My dirty weiner.

2008-04-21T00:42:00.000-04:00

I took my Daschund to the Bark Park, great place to meet women however on Saturday it must have been couples day. Oh well, Moose had a good time. We were there for a few hours. Moose had a tongue hanging out good time. He ended up rolling in the mud and was completely covered. There were several other dogs playing in the mud, all the owners were laughing at the dogs, and dreading having to put them back in our cars in that condition. My clothes and car were a little messy, he was dry but the mud was still caked on, but it was a good day regardless.

Wasted day.

2008-04-21T00:37:00.000-04:00

I went out on Saturday night. It's been a very long time since I've had two days in a row off. Of course I spent more than I wanted but hey it's been a long time. My cousin Dario came to hang out before he moves back to D.C. I was just so tired the next day. I ate a ton of food took many naps and watched basketball. Stupid Pistons.

First Hookah

2008-04-21T00:17:00.000-04:00

I had my first Hookah the other night or should I say smoked one for the first time.
Not to bad I must say. I'd do it again. The tobacco was very smooth, apple flavor, nothing like smoking a cigarette.

Southern Style NIghtmare

2008-03-06T12:13:00.000-05:00

Not to long ago I tried the Southern Style Sandwich at McD's. I liked it. I had eaten it around 10PM. Well around 11 I went to bed. I ended up having the most bizarre dreams so I kept waking up. This is the one that stuck in my head because it scared me. I dreamt that I moved back to Grayling (AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!) My Dad, my uncle Dave, and three cousin, Dario, Dave and Jimmy were living up there too. I saw them at the restaurant but I don't know it the worked there or just happened to be in the kitchen. But apparently I was working there, and it was my first day. The whole place had been remodeled, looking very modern. It was time to close up and there was food out the needed to be put away. Everyone told me to leave it and the night guy would put it away. I looked around and thought, it needs to be put away right now. Everyone kept telling me just leave it, it will be OK. Then I woke up.

Trust me this would be a nightmare. If this were to happen to me I ask that if you love me that you will put a bullet in the back of my head. Just make sure my dog has a good home too.

Freeze scumbag

2008-03-03T18:39:00.000-05:00

I was returning home one night when I noticed someone following me very closely, either a drunkard or a cop. It was around 11PM so I figured it was a cop. He stayed right up on my bumper. I was doing the speed limit but I had no seat belt on. I pulled into my drive way and parked the car, however I could see that the officer pulled into the other entrance and pretty much sped over and parked behind me and hit the lights. I was starting to get out of my car when he rolled up but when the lights came on he told me to get back into the car. He came over, looked inside the car and saw that I had a bunch of cookware and such in the back seat. He asked me if I was moving, which I wasn't but I said yes anyway. It was quicker than explaining the story. He asked for my ID, and asked why I didn't have my seat belt on? "Duh, because I'm home now" the actual quote was "oh I just didn't remember to put it on" that's what came out, he told me to stay in the car and in a minute he called me over and gave back the license and told me to wear a seat belt and off he went into the night to get some Tim Horton's coffee and doughnuts.

Huron Valley-Sinai

2008-02-24T00:23:00.000-05:00

I have started my new job at the hospital in the food service dept. I have been through two days of orientation and two days of actual work schedule. It's pretty easy work and decent pay. Everyone is pretty cool there. I'm sure I will like it, not just because it's easy, but because it will be fun there or so it seems. So far I have only been in the food runner position. Next week I will be assembling the meals. I was told it I think running was easy wait until I do the assembling line. I think this job will really work out in helping me return to school, the scheduling looks very flexible. I just need to bring in enough cash to cover living expenses, just like everybody else, right! I am definitely thinking of some type of medical field, not just because I work at a hospital now, because through my employment search there are tons of openings for people in the medical field. Truck drivers are also needed everywhere. I sure hope this works out for me. Next big thing I'm looking forward to is summer.

Mama Mia!

2008-02-14T14:07:00.002-05:00

I am working a part-time cash job at Mama Mia's. I wash dishes there until I start my job at the hopital. On word describes the owners, their daughter and cook. INSANE! I thought I was on some kind of hidden camera deal. The cook was telling the female owner to F off and get out of her head. The female owner was yelling at the husband who was taking care of a banquet down stairs. The husband was yelling at the bus boy. The mother and daughter were arguing. Any question I asked the female owner her answer was always, "I don't know." Well she should know because she is the owner. She should have at least told me who would know the answer.
It wasn't just the yelling, but what the were yelling about and the language. They are all crazy there. I can't wait to tell them Im done.
I start my orientation on Monday and it runs through Tuesday. I will never forget the insanity of Mama Mia's.

Needling.

2008-02-13T14:52:00.000-05:00

I will be starting a new job in a week or so at Huron Valley-Sinai. Before I can start I had to have a physical, drug screen, TB test and fill out paper work.
When it was time for the nurse to take blood, I hate needles by the way, she tried both arms and then had to draw it from my hand. I was given a TB,and tetanus shot as well. I had to deal with five needles, I hated that. The job is only contingent but I hope to work it into something full-time permanent. I have to go to DMC in Detroit on Monday for orientation and then another orientation/training session on Tuesday back at HVS, then I find out when I actually start in Food Services. Yeah.

My dog is broken

2008-02-12T19:36:00.000-05:00

My dog Moose became sick a week ago. He would wake up in the morning and vomit. He did this 4 days in a row. On the fourth day I took him to the vet. I told the vet that Moose was going a little stir crazy because of the weather, he is not outside much because his paws get cold so fast and he cant walk, I end up having to pick him up and carry him inside. Because of this he had destroyed most of his toys and I believe he had ingested some of the pieces because I've seen him drop some toy stuffing out his backside when he does his business. So we thought it was the toy parts causing problems for him. The vet also ran a bunch of tests and took some x-rays. Vets also cost as much as people doctors. Ouch. We saw some stuff in his intestines and all his tests came out good so the vet put him on a bland diet. The food is some special blend by Purina or something like that. He was on the diest for a full week, then on Monday I fed him his normal food. Not a good idea, he woke up again Tuesday morning and vomited again. I called the vet once again and told them it was starting over again. The vet called me back and suggested I continue the bland diet for Moose. I went back to the vet and bought the special dog food for him this time I bought him only three cans of soft and a bag of dry. I don't like him eatting wet(can) food because it creates tarter on his teeth and dry food is so much easier to store and transport. The food he was previously eatting he had been eating it for more than six months. I hope it is just the food causing the problem and not someting serious.

The Can Opener

2008-02-12T19:32:00.001-05:00

I finally bought a new can opener and I love it. The previous one was junk. It was a fight just to open a can and then it would not completely open the can lid. I would need a pair of pliers to rip it the rest of the way open, but the new one cuts like a knife through warm butter. Ahh the simple things is life a wonderful.

HNY

2008-01-01T02:59:00.001-05:00

Moose says Happy New Year. I say BFD.

Karaoke every Friday and Saturday night.

2007-12-30T14:33:00.000-05:00

Every friday and saturday night I hear the karaoke singers. I give them credit for singing but oh man a lot of them are horrible.
When the guy running the ka rokie speaks I always think Im at a strip club by the way he speaks.
"Let's hear it for Mer i ahhhhhh next up is Ashh ley."
Maybe it's just me.

Country songs.

2007-12-16T12:48:00.000-05:00

I wrote these country songs.

I'm only going half way because I don't want to hurt you.
If it's happy hour then why do I feel like this.
I thought only hot chicks listened to country music?
Trying like hell to get to heaven.
You think that's big, wait til later.
I have all the answers, just don't know the questions.
That shake is pretty cold.
There should be a country song about that.
Should have been a weather man.
The Pope wears a cowboy hat to.
Broke, lonely and sad, other than that life is great.
if it wernt four spel chek eyed louk lyke a fool.

Graduation

2007-11-18T21:17:00.001-05:00

Moose took his final exam today and passed. He received his diploma, and had his picture taken with his graduation cap on. He plans to continue his training after taking some time to relax and hang out at the dog park. Moose is considering a law enforcement career.

Thanks Lloyd

2007-11-18T19:55:00.000-05:00

Word on the street is that Lloyd is retireing as Michigans head coach after their bowl game this year.

Scarry Berry

2007-10-25T01:38:00.000-04:00

I took my dog to be groomed at Petsmart. He is a short hair Daschund so not much grooming to do but they wash him, trim his nails. I take him in at the scheduled time and they tell me about the Top Dog package well as far as I'm concerned he is the Top Dog, so I kinda have to get that package. One of the extras with the package is Scarry Berry remoisturizer and cologne.
I pick him up from the groomer an hour later and leave. We get to the car and I smell something, a nice fragrance. I think, is it my dog? It has to be? He just got washed. I pick him up, holding him correctly because he is a wiener dog. I raise him to face level and I inhale. The scent is coming from him. I put my nose right against his fur and inhale. Scarry Berry smells very nice. Not a girly scent so it's okay for him to smell like that. My puppy has never smelled so good, or should I say Scarry.

Everyone else did this one.

2007-10-21T23:12:00.000-04:00

What LoTR Character Are You?

You are most like Gimli. Most people think you're pretty rough, but you're actually rather sophisticated. Unlike others, you don't need everything to be perfect. You're flexible. When problems come your way, you face them head-on and get whatever help you need. You also stick to your morals very closely, and you are unlikely to compromise. You are very loyal to your friends, but don't be so controlling!

Why I got to be the short guy?

LDS

2007-10-16T00:54:00.000-04:00

What Mormon Theology Is Really All About

Posted Jul 24, 2006

A Christian group made this hilariously melodramatic short back in the 1970s to debunk the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Slave Owner Day

2007-10-08T22:22:00.000-04:00

It's my understanding that Columbus was a slave owner, murderer, and rapist.
He never found America, he landed on Haiti. He wasn't even the first European to land in North America, so to celebrate there is no mail delivery and the banks are closed. It seems to me that the I talians were the ones to first celebrate Columbus then it turned into a national Holiday.
My favorite Holidays are St Patty's (beer), Thanksgiving (lot's of food and the night before is the biggest bar night of the year) I like Cinco de Drinko or Drinko de Mayo which ever you want to call it. No I'm not an alky. I just like de brew,

Stem Cells?

2007-10-08T22:19:00.000-04:00

Stem Cell reasearch. I can't really say I know much about it.

Playoffs

2007-10-04T01:35:00.000-04:00

Never bet against the Yankees....I'm predicting a Philly's vs. Yankees World Series or Cubs/Yanks or Philly's/Sox or Cubs/Sox or Angles/Cubs or Angles/Phillys. I'm personally pulling for the Cubs because they have C-Mo who was traded from the Tigers to the Cubs because he spoke out against Leland when the Tigers were playing like crap and guess what the Tigers missed the playoffs because of many factors like the middle relief was atrocious, Todd Jones is horrible, Brandon Inge is a career .158 hitter which is no help and Pudge is not as productive as he used to be since he stopped using steroids, "I mean cut his weight down because of his age" although I think he is good for the pitching staff. Bonderman under achieved. Rogers and Sheffield being hurt a lot didn't help. Not doing anything at the trade dead line was dumb and Leland was out coached quite a bit this season.
I say the Tigers break the bank and sign A-Rod because he is probably going to leave the Yankees. He's to sensitive and he's not the man in NY Jeter is and he had to move to 3rd base, basically he's a baby, but he can play. He's future hall of fame for sure. I'm ready for the Pistons and Hockey. Lions are a fluke they can score 30 but they can give up 60 easy.

Who would you pick?

2007-10-04T00:10:00.000-04:00

I remembered a question someone had asked the night of the Superbowl. If you could smoke a joint with ANY five people who would it be? *Why not 4 or 6? I don't remember who I picked, everyone said who they would pick and we laughed at some of the picks.
Well I was watching the baseball playoffs on TBS and they were showing a promo for a new show coming out staring Frank Caliendo. He's a funny guy and I think he would be hilarious if he were high, then I remembered the question. I don't know why they had him make NFL picks on Fox? He's funny but that doesn't mean he knows anything about making picks on Sunday?
Wait, back to the topic. NO, I'm not stoned.

I started thinking about the question of who would I pick, so here is my list:

Frank Caliendo
Denis Hopper
Dave Chappelle
Jack Black
Paris

It was not an easy decision to leave off Chris Tucker who has become a little big headed (is that an oxymoron?) No more Rush Hour movies. I remember seeing him on Def Comedy Jam on HBO 20 years ago. (Angie you thought I was going to say Brad Pitt, huh) Bill Clinton would be cool too just for the fact you could say you blazed down with a former President. He'd probably have some cool stories to but he'd get to deep and that's a buzz kill or so I hear.

Shampoo and I'm not talking about the movie

2007-10-02T17:43:00.000-04:00

OK seems to me that all the shampoo's out there now have to have some kind of combination of this and that. Then they have silly little slogans on them. You know what I don't care if there is a cute slogan on the bottle or what mixtures are in it, I just need something that deep cleans. My hair gets oily and I need something that will clean it well when I wash it. OK that inexpensive stuff that says for "Men" dose not work well for me. I don't care if my hair smells like strawberry's or vanilla, I just want it to be clean.

IronMan

2007-09-13T22:18:00.000-04:00

This is going to be sweet.

September 11

2007-09-11T04:40:00.001-04:00

Walmart

2007-09-10T20:46:00.001-04:00

I took my dog into Walmart the other day. It was warm out but inside a car it gets very hot. I put him in a shopping cart and he behaved pretty well. He only barked once when I was in the check out line because there were so many people around he was dying to have someone pay attention to him and pet him. I should have taken a picture of him in the cart while we were in the store, as proof of his excursion.
The whole time I was in there I kept expecting a manager to come up to me and tell me I could not have the dog inside the store, but no, nothing to report.
I did get many looks from employee's and other shoppers.
Oh I bought paper towels, a can of spagheti O's (yuck, now I know why I never eat that crap), Cheetos (good)and I couldn't find the right size floor mats for my car.

Somethings rotten in Denmark.

2007-09-10T20:32:00.000-04:00

I've been saying that Lloyd needs to be replaced as the coach for a few years now.

OSU would never stand for their team to be performing like this. Getting destroyed in bowl games and always losing to UofM.

But it appears that this is considered acceptable for Michigan's program.

Lloyd says he doesn't care if we lose a hundred games.

They won't fire him they'll wait for him to retire. I sure hope it's at the end of this season.

I bought a MSU jersey the other day. I had to do it to protest my displeasure of Michigan's uncalled for play.

How does the wining est D1 school in college football come to this. We should be pulling in talent from all over the country just on our name alone.

I know it's hard to replace your stars on D fence but we should have been able to recruit good enough players to step in and not be so horrible, and the Offense?

Henne played pretty bad. I blame the coach for all of this. He has not prepared this team to be competitive.

I'm getting a shirt made that says "Fire Lloyd" they should have replaced him years ago. This stupid ball control offense Michigan loves is outdated. We should be as good as USC, Florida and better than ohio state. I can't wait until ohio state beats the crap out of Michigan this year, maybe just maybe they will get rid of Lloyd after that. Heck I'll take an 0-12 season if it leads to Lloyd getting the boot.

DKOTR

2007-07-05T20:29:00.000-04:00

For a few nights it sounded like there was someone walking up on the roof. Must be my imagination? This morning I was started when I opened my living room blinds and saw some one hanging over the roof looking down toward my window. I was like WTF. I stared at the kid like what are you doing and you need to stop being a jerk staring into my window. His eyes were open but he didn't blink. I went outside to confront the kid and when I got closer he didn't look so good. He had been shot and died up on the roof. Well I don't know if he was shot while he was on the roof but he died up there for sure. I never heard a gun shot. Although I am not home from 1:30 in the morning to 8 in the morning, it could have happened then.

Dead Kid On The Roof.
You don't see that very often. Then I started thinking that any ones life can end quickly and at any age. We would never get to say good bye to anyone or tell them how important they were to us. It's sad. Then the people left behind miss you, that's sad too. Why was that boy on the roof and why and who shot him? No matter what questions are answered that boy will never come back to life he is gone a part of history never to make new memories or share his life with others.

This was a dream I had the other day. I have some strange dreams and they always seems to me anyway, that there is an underlying meaning to them. Sometimes I figure it out and other times I can't and people just tell me I have weird dreams.

That's how it starts.... w/pillows

2007-06-19T22:36:00.000-04:00

It's all fun and games until someone loses and eye then it's a riot.

No more Sorpranos

2007-06-13T20:29:00.000-04:00

It was a unique ending. One of Tony's guys flips on him and cooperates with the Feds.
Tony's lawyer tells him there could be a subpoena coming? That piece of shit Phil gets whacked, it was sweet, shot in the head then a SUV crushes his head. AJ's SUV catches on fire and blows up. Maybe the deal with the SUV's was some kind of message? It just faded to black at the end of the show. Tony was sitting in a restaurant waiting for his family, one by one they show up and when the last one shows up it just ends, it faded to black. Eight years and it was over just like that. Don't know if the Feds get Tony, no one tried to kill him in the restaurant. Oh and the song for the final scene was Journey's Don't Stop. I heard a lot of fans were mad how it ended. I liked it. Tony didn't get scared and go to the Feds for help.

Sopranos Finale

2007-06-10T21:04:00.000-04:00

It's starting right now. Here is my prediction. Tony tries to take out Phil and fails. He then rats everyone out and goes into witness protection. Maybe that's what happens. I don't know I just want to be surprised.

Gulp!

2007-06-08T12:51:00.000-04:00

I made a big commitment and I'm not sure how it will turn out. I got a dog. He's a miniature Dachshund. I never really had a pet before. I mean there where a few dogs living in my home when I was a kid but I didn't have to do anything. They weren't mine. This one I am totally responsible for.
Oh his name is Moose, he is 14 weeks old. I must admit that I do experience a great deal of anxiety over this. I don't want him to bark at night because I don't want my neighbors to complain, because Im not supposed to have a dog here in the first place. He is so cute and lovable and usually quite, unless I take to long to give him his food or put him in his kennel. He wakes up so early like 6:30. He has had a few potty accidents inside, it's my fault. I'm still learning. I want him to sleep in his kennel at night but he carries on. I know Im supposed to ignore him and he will eventually stop but my neighbor downstairs will be a dick, I'm certain of it.
I let him nap with me on the couch during the day. I shouldn't have bought him. I don't have the money for someting like this but his first owner realized that she couldn't keep him and was going to sell him and I couldn't resist. I got to know him and he is a pretty cool doog.
I am going to get him in a puppy boot camp. It is supposed to help the both of us. I am going to do this because I want to be the right kind of pet owner and I have no experiece training or riasing a pet.

He is pretty attached to me, when he sleeps he has to be near me actually lay right up against me. When he plays with his toys he has to be on my lap or right up agaist me. He bites me on accident because he is so into his toy. Don't get me wrong he's awesome. We just both need some training and we should be OK.

I'm not going to be one of those goofy owners and put clothes on him. Nor will I let him lick my mouth or nose, that's gross.

Everywhere I take him every one just loves him, but it's funny to me when they call me his Daddy. I laugh to myself, he's not my baby he's my dog.

I've notice different things too, like how much trash and stuff is on the ground now.

He loves me I can tell.

Paris

2007-06-08T12:41:00.000-04:00

She spent a day or two in jail. Now she is supposed to go back to see the judge because she wasn't supposed to be out yet. I have MSNBC on just for noise and to hear real news but the big story is Paris. I can't believe this. Rising gas prices, a failing war in Iraq, among other news worthy happenings. Nope it's is she going to have to go back to jail, what will she wear whe she comes out of her house, give me f'n break. I don't care. The stupid media people can not be that desperate. Is most of America really that interested?

Props

2007-05-31T23:57:00.000-04:00

Are we seeing Leron transform? He did it up. Kept making the big shot. I think the Pistons are in serious trouble. I really hate to say it, but I kept having flash backs of Jordan. Should have someone on the Pistons hammered Lebron, he scored 29 of Cleavland's last 30 and 25 straight. Did our D stink or did our offense disappear?

48 pts 18-33 FGs 2-3 3Pts 10-14 FT 9 REB 7 AST

Lebron vs Pistons

2007-05-25T00:16:00.000-04:00

I don't know if the Pistons are playing really bad, the Cav's are really good or everybody is playing like crap?
The Pistons are lucky they are not down two games instead of two up. If Lebron would go Jordan like and just score like crazy and forget about "getting my teammates involved", because none of them are reliable. Sure Jordan, Magic, Bird, and Duncan would defer the last shot to a teammate because they had/have people who they can depend on to hit that important shot. Not Lebron, it's him and him only who can and should make the money shot. I've got the Pistons to win but if Lebron goes off and makes sure he drops 30 plus on the Pistons I think they have the upper hand in every game. I don't know maybe it's just me, but Lebron needs to do a lot more to earn his "next Jordan" label.
On the Pistons side Chauncey needs to cut down on his turnovers and no foul trouble, Sheed needs to stay emotional.
I think it was on ESPN but I heard that who ever wins the East will win the Finals, I don't know about that? The Spurs look tuff, real tuff.

This is deep.

2007-05-18T00:17:00.000-04:00

The most unfair thing about life is the way it ends. I mean, life is tough. It takes up a lot of your time. What do you get at the end of it? A Death! What's that, a bonus?

I think the life cycle is all backwards:

You should die first, get it out of the way.
Then you live in an old age home.
You get kicked out when you're too young, you get a gold watch, you go to work.
You work forty years until you're young enough to enjoy your retirement.
You do drugs, alcohol, you party, you get ready for high school.
You go to grade school, you become a kid, you play, you have no responsibilities, you become a little baby, you go back into the womb, you spend your last nine months floating

... and you finish off as an orgasm."

Booz

2007-05-13T23:08:00.000-04:00

Is Carlos Boozer really that good or is he just playing out of his mind right now?
I like Utah to win this series but GS drops threes like nobodys business. If GS wins that would be cool to.
I say Pistons v San Antonio in the Finals though.

Spider Man 3

2007-05-13T23:00:00.000-04:00

I was looking forward to this movie. Then I watched it. It stunk. It was a diasapointment. To many villians at one time, to much talking with Marry Jane. Forgiving Sandman? Venom to much talking like a human and what no trade mark tongue?
Im sorry I ever paid money for a ticket.

Bad Boys

2007-05-11T19:27:00.000-04:00

I am looking for a picture of Rick Mahorn in a Pistons uniform where he is just hammering someone. I can't seem to find one. If anyone one knows where on the net I could find one let me know.

Rickasaki Say.....

2007-05-08T01:00:00.000-04:00

"There is no I in Team, but there is a U in Suck."

3 x Superbowl winner.

2007-05-04T10:58:00.000-04:00

Is it really a big deal that Tom Brady wore a Yankee hat? I've heard some say this is like Jesus having a Satan tattoo. I have a bigger problem with him having a man purse. Come on Tom you're a Michigan man.

This is funny.

2007-05-02T22:52:00.000-04:00

Playoffs

2007-05-02T21:37:00.000-04:00

I watched the Pistons in the first round and they look focused. This was their first, first round sweep since 1990. They have not swept anyone in any round since then either. I like their chances to go to the Finals. The Bulls are talented but I think they are a bit over hyped. They beat the Heat. Broken down diesel and wheel me off in a wheel chair because my shoulder hurts and I have to make a T-Mobile commercial (Flash). ha ha Remember last year he was flash. Sorry NBA he is good but he's not your MJ replacement. Without the diesel he will just be AI. Oh so pretty but not much accomplished by himself.
I'm not a big Ben fan either, not just because he left the Pistons. We won one championship when he was here. ONE! There is no way that Chicago's starting five are better than the Piston's starting five. NO WAY. Concerning the other Ben, we have Lindsey. Who I used to hate with a passion. I like him now, he can play some hard core D. Deng will have his hands full going aginst Sheed, Price and C-Webb. If big Ben can average 25 pts a night (he can't make a free throw) or we get zero production from our bench then the Bulls win. Short of that the Pistons win.
The Cav's, sure they have the faux 23. He's good, but no killer instinct, he hesitates in big moments. He does not dominate when his team needs him to. I know they won their first round series. Against the Wiz though AND the Wiz were missing agent Zero. The Cav's should have blown away the Wizards, but they didn't. They will lose to the Nets not because the Nets are better but because Lebron will fold at the end of the games like a lawn chair. Watch.

I'm planning on watching a Pistons/Spurs final.

Lions Draft

2007-04-27T18:07:00.000-04:00

Once again the Lions have a high draft pick. Once again they'll take a player they don't need. Well I shouldn't say don't need, these bums need quite a bit.
2002 Joey Harrington well he was highly rated. I was all for it. He was a bust, not the Lions fault.
2003 Charles Rogers another highly rated prospect. Once again a bust, not the Lions fault.
2004 Roy Williams and Kevin Jones in the first round. Both nice picks. Williams went to a pro bowl. Jones I don't believe is a RB stud. He had a nice rookie season.
2005 Mike Williams. Stupid ass pick. Anyone who was in favor of this pick had their head up their ass. No way should the Lions picked this dud. This was my opinion the day of this pick. I was at Phil's house playing poker and we were flipping between the Pistons and the draft. Dumb pick.
2006 Ernie Simms. Umm, absolutly the Lions needed D help but Simms? Should have could have done better.
2007 Looks like Calvin Johnson but it should be Brady Quinn. I'd rather have Quinn or Peterson. Johnson is probably a sure thing. Taking Johnson and then trading him for Gaines Adams and another 2nd round pick is stupid.

2003 Andre Johnson would have been better but Rogers was a local guy. What could you do? Have better scouting.
2004 I can live with this draft.
2005 Stupid, stupid, stupid. DeMarcus Ware and Shawne Merriman were picked right after Mike Williams. Dumb F'em pick here.
2006 Ernie Simms? Matt Leinart and Jay Cutler were drafted right behind Simms.
Simms is a starter but how could he have been rated higher than Leinart and Cutler.
Both of them are starting QB's. Leinart QB'ed back to back National Championships.
Another dumb F'en pick here.
2007 The Lions will dick this draft up too. I wish the Ford's would just sell the team and that they would be moved out of the state.
But you know what? I will still watch those losers for a few games and then give up on them like I always do because they suck ass.
Every year there is hope, then the season starts and it's all down hill. Thanks you pathetic losers.

I love this game!!!

2007-04-23T22:49:00.000-04:00

I had heard of this game but never played it until this past weekend. I love it. I just might have to get it for myself. I played this game for several hours. I was hooked. My left arm was sore for a few days, but it was worth it. Now when I hear songs I start to think I wonder which color button would I need to be pushing for this song. The ONLY draw back is the limited amount of songs even when the cheats are enabled. There are a few Punk songs to play. I have a thing for Punk music. I can't wait for Guitar Hero III because I would think every band will want their songs on this game.

Barbershop

2007-04-02T16:26:00.000-04:00

I have been growing a beard for awhile. This is the first time I have ever done this. There have been times when I don't shave for awhile but never have I really let it grow out. Mainly for the reason my employer had a no facial hair policy.
Well I made the decision to do it a few months ago. Since I've never had facial hair I wasn't to sure how to shape or trim it. I kept my neck clean and shaped the face part some. I just let it grow long. I eventually used a trimmer because it was getting real long. only me being a rookie it became clumpy in spots. I then decided that I needed to find a barber who did beards. Well in this day and age there are not a lot of barbers around.

Before I went on my GR trip I had mentioned to Megan that I was looking for a barber.
The day before we left she told me that she knew of a barber shop in GR but that it was in the hood. She asked me if I would be afraid to go to it. No I wouldn't be afraid I told her. When her and I got to GR she did a little clothes shopping and then she took me to the barbershop. I loved the place.
It was all brothers up in there. I haven't patrond to many black owned business'.
It was awesome. I got a real shave in the hood.

The only thing I was uncomfortable with was when the barber was using the straight razor on me. I think the name of the place was razor sharp. Next time I go to GR I'm going back. The shave was only $5. I like inexpensive.

NCAA

2007-04-02T15:51:00.000-04:00

I'm picking OSU over Florida in tonights game.
I had OSU winning it all in my backets, but I don't think I can win the cash. Oh well there were some realy great games to watch. I hope this one is as well.

Brackets

2007-03-22T23:36:00.000-04:00

I filled out an NCAA bracket at the ESPN webstie. After the the first round I was 27 and 5 that's not to shabby. I did pick Winthrop over Notre Dame too. After Satuday's half of second round I was 35 and 5. I was only in the top 50,000 in over 3,000,000 entries, not to bad. There was still one perfect bracket after Saturday. That's amazing! Then came Sunday, that completely decimated my bracket. Stupid Wisconsin Badgers. I had them in the ship. Glad I didn't have any money invested.

Busted

2007-03-22T23:16:00.000-04:00

When I moved over here to Wolverine Lake I asked around to see where there were some decent watering holes? There were a few close to me but nothing special. However the good spots are found in Novi. But EVERYONE mentioned to becareful because the Novi police like to stay busy and will pull you over for pretty much anything.

Well I was heading over to Megan's and it was a nice mild day and I forgot to put my seat belt on. Honest. Well I just happend to come across a Novi police officer who so kindly noticed that I was not wearing my seatbelt. It was a lady officer so she had to have been looking at me because I am so handsome and then realized that I was not wearing the proper restraining belt.

She was kind on the eyes, but it sill sucked getting a ticket. I hear those things are a $100? No points, but still. I've only gotten one other ticket in my life. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Novi police. The closest BW3 is in Novi. Well looks like I might be better off drinking soda with my wings. ;)

Bold as love

2007-03-02T00:17:00.000-05:00

Anger he smiles towering in shiny metallic purple armor
Queen Jealousy, envy waits behind him
Her fiery green gown sneers at the grassy ground
Blue are the life-going waters taken for granted
They quietly understand
The once happy turquoise armies lay opposite ready
But wonder why the fight is on

But they're all bold as love
Yeah, they're all bold as love
They're all bold as love
Just ask the axis

My red is so confident that he flashes
Trophies of war and ribbons of euphoria
Orange is young, full of daring
But very unsteady for the first go around
My yellow in this case is not so mellow
In fact I'm trying to say it's frightened like me
And all these emotions of mine keep holding me from
Giving my life to a rainbow like you

I'm bold, bold as love
Yeah I'm bold, bold as love
I'm bold, bold as love
Just ask the axis
Yeah he knows, he knows everything
I'm bold, bold as love

Melancholy

2007-03-01T21:33:00.000-05:00

I'm still in the "in between jobs state" I am going insane. I have some internalized feelings in which I am dealing with, some are unavoidable others are self inflicted.
The funny thing is that I know how I can manage them, but I seem to be in a forget the answer and dwell on the problem stage.
Perhaps I should send out pity party invitations?

Sunshine and Lolly Pops

2007-02-15T23:09:00.000-05:00

Letting go of such self contained egoism leads to an unrequited internal malaise. Lackadaisical reprisal sufficiently exasperated. A vastness of contempt, and conceit intermingled with delusion.

Blured vision

2007-02-09T17:54:00.000-05:00

I need new glasses. I hate not being able to read things and forget about driving at night. I you were to drive with me you would be taking your life into your own hands. I never went and had my eyes checked when I had insurence. What a goof? Now I have lots of spare time but no eye coverage. Damit I just want to read.

Prospective Employer

2007-02-01T13:17:00.000-05:00

My cousin Mike called me this afternoon. He works at Ford Motor Company. He's been there for several years. He told me one of the union guys asked him if he had any family members who would be interested in employment? Mike knows I am between jobs right now, so he called me and asked if I was interested, and of course I'm interested. Not having to be anywhere by a specific time is sweet. Not doing anything constructive or productive is very boring. So even if this job is only part-time, which I hear Ford is only hiring these days, I would still consider taking the position. I mean I have talked about going back to school for years. Maybe I'll actually quit procrastinating?