Speaking of gay and proud and Taiwan:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/23/elton.taiwan.reut/index.html
Our gay and proud friend Elton things apparently does not think all that well of the Taiwanese... Pat you aren't going to the show over there are you?
Thursday, September 23, 2004
Barely avoiding incarceration
I've felt like a bit of a Peeping Tom (or peeping Wang as we call them over here) the last few months - scandalously watching the blog without giving you guys any flashes myself.. so now that Lobao has finally (re)invited me to the party - here's my contribution..
Five days in Japan and all I have to show for it is this picture and a bit of chapping. Don't knock it 'til you've tried it.
Oh yeah - for our (soon to be) lawyer friends.. a.. uh.. friend of mine wants to know what kind of extradition treaties the U.S. has with Taiwan... theoretically speaking
Five days in Japan and all I have to show for it is this picture and a bit of chapping. Don't knock it 'til you've tried it.
Oh yeah - for our (soon to be) lawyer friends.. a.. uh.. friend of mine wants to know what kind of extradition treaties the U.S. has with Taiwan... theoretically speaking
Hotel Party
Gorman, we're gonna have a party when you get back. It's gonna be at the Kings Inn on the near West Side of Columbus. We're gonna fill up the bathtub with one-metric-shit-load of malt liquor and drink ourselves silly. The invite list will include the following: "Puke" Morris, Jason Larrison, Jacob Cropper and Tori Gusty. Special guests include anyone claiming membership in the 6-9 Stallions or the 2-1 ghost stark thugs. The morning after we will proceed to watch Jack the Bear until you puke. Sound good?
Tomorrow night...
Let the count down begin. Metallica, tomorrow night at the Schott... its gonna be wicked awesome. Just thinking about the concert is bringing a smile to my face. As I mentioned earlier, I'm in the home stretch of this big FEMA project at work. I'll have to pull some crazy work hours over the weekend so my blogging will be severely limited.
How much longer do think Metallica can keep up their intensity. I guess their just extreme adrenaline junkies... maybe if we watch the St. Anger documentary I'd have a deeper understanding of the collective Metallica brain. Alright I'm starting to loose any sense of cohesiveness in this posting. I started it 10 minutes ago and as you can see I've lost focus. Did A.D.D exist when we were 9?
How much longer do think Metallica can keep up their intensity. I guess their just extreme adrenaline junkies... maybe if we watch the St. Anger documentary I'd have a deeper understanding of the collective Metallica brain. Alright I'm starting to loose any sense of cohesiveness in this posting. I started it 10 minutes ago and as you can see I've lost focus. Did A.D.D exist when we were 9?
Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Had to be done...
Sorry Joe, but that picture was too bad ass not to post. That pic was taken from Amanda and Andrew's wedding, and Joe's look is 100% genuine... yep that's how good of a party it was. I might have to post the link to Ka's pictures, at the very least just so Ed can know what he missed. The wedding was fun, its always nice to play 'dress up' and drink on someone else's tab. The band was kickn'... oh yea and Kai Watkins (the old G-town band director) played trombone in the band. Actually they played one of those classic funk songs that you guys used to play... maybe I'll have to post an audio blogger message with me singing the bass line.
Oh yea, in video game world... SONY is releasing a slimmed down version of the PS2 as anticipated. It will be smaller and will include a built in network adapter so you don't have to shell out another $50 to get on line. Here's the SlashDot posting...
Smaller Networked Sony "PStwo" Officially Announced
Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday September 21, @08:10AM
from the stuff-to-play-with dept.
Asriel86 writes "Tokyo Game Show has just kicked off, and with quite a bang. Sony just officially announced the PStwociting a stateside release date of November 1st, 2004. The system will be 25% smaller than the current model, will feature a sleeker design, and a built-in Ethernet port (no adapter required). Sony also says that there will be 120 new Playstation 2 games with online compatibility by the end of the year. That equates to thirty games per month or about one game per day for the rest of 2004."
Oh yea, in video game world... SONY is releasing a slimmed down version of the PS2 as anticipated. It will be smaller and will include a built in network adapter so you don't have to shell out another $50 to get on line. Here's the SlashDot posting...
Smaller Networked Sony "PStwo" Officially Announced
Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday September 21, @08:10AM
from the stuff-to-play-with dept.
Asriel86 writes "Tokyo Game Show has just kicked off, and with quite a bang. Sony just officially announced the PStwociting a stateside release date of November 1st, 2004. The system will be 25% smaller than the current model, will feature a sleeker design, and a built-in Ethernet port (no adapter required). Sony also says that there will be 120 new Playstation 2 games with online compatibility by the end of the year. That equates to thirty games per month or about one game per day for the rest of 2004."
Monday, September 20, 2004
Friday, September 17, 2004
Holiday battles...
Here's a link which speculates that Sony will release a new 'slim' version of the PS2 like they did with the PSone.
New, Smaller PS2 Comming Soon
New, Smaller PS2 Comming Soon
Thursday, September 16, 2004
Brand New Scandi Rockers!
You Guys are lucky to have me as your eyes and ears in groovy Europe. These dudes are brand new, still making a name for themselves.
SweatMasters
SweatMasters
Friday Night Lights...
So who's gonna roll over to the Fairview? Joe are you and E coming in to town? I'll be there, meat in hand.
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Red Pill vs. Blue Pill...?
Check it out... this is what the liquid generation quiz came up for me. To find out what kind of super hero you are click on Andy's Captain Jack Sparrow to link up with Liquid Generation, then find the quiz link.
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Gorman Sighting:
Well not actually a sighting but today at the good-old-office I ran into Pat's buddy formally known as Chip (work name George). As you may or may not know he works at Deloitte & Touche which is also where Bob Gorman works. Chip said last time he talked to Pat's dad he said they were expecting him home on December 1st. Not sure if that is for good or not but there it is. So pencil the date in to your calendars as a welcome home party. Shall we inappropriately name it the return of American Taliban in Taiwan???
Ed - Not to create parties where they may or may not exist but I last time I heard Brad and Seth where having a gathering this Friday to drink beer and possibly watch part of the Bobcats game from there place. Any chance you will be making a trip this way?
Ed - Not to create parties where they may or may not exist but I last time I heard Brad and Seth where having a gathering this Friday to drink beer and possibly watch part of the Bobcats game from there place. Any chance you will be making a trip this way?
Binge & Purge...
Now that assault weapons are legal you should go pick up an AK-47 and go postal on your law school. Think about the national attention you and Cleveland State would receive. It could be like that Antwan Fisher Movie (never saw it) or worse Beslan. I'm only kidding of course... please excuse my sarcasm, sometimes I take things too far. Anyway, keep up the good fight Ed. Did they give you a tuition waiver for this quarter?
On a brighter note... Metallica is coming to the Shott a week from this Friday (Sep 24th). I heard a radio add today and its apparently a concert 'in the round'. I know Brad already has some tickets, but I might try to get a couple more. Who's down? I've never seen them with this kind of set up, I hear its bad ass.
Did anyone download the little audio clip? Here's a link to the audioblogger site. All you have to do is click on 'start audioblogging now' and sign up in order to post voice messages. You just give them your blogger ID & password, give them your phone # (becomes your audio-blogger ID) and a 4 digit pin and your in. FYI it is a long distance number (not really an issue for most cell phones).
One more thing... 'I WANT MORE PICTURES'. I'm a visual kinda guy, and I'd like to see some pictures posted. Brad & Seth had some good one from their trip out west. Here's a link to the picture posting help page... Bogger Help: How do you post pictures
Microsoft released a new 'S' controller due to complaints about the Rhino-Testicle Size controller.
On a brighter note... Metallica is coming to the Shott a week from this Friday (Sep 24th). I heard a radio add today and its apparently a concert 'in the round'. I know Brad already has some tickets, but I might try to get a couple more. Who's down? I've never seen them with this kind of set up, I hear its bad ass.
Did anyone download the little audio clip? Here's a link to the audioblogger site. All you have to do is click on 'start audioblogging now' and sign up in order to post voice messages. You just give them your blogger ID & password, give them your phone # (becomes your audio-blogger ID) and a 4 digit pin and your in. FYI it is a long distance number (not really an issue for most cell phones).
One more thing... 'I WANT MORE PICTURES'. I'm a visual kinda guy, and I'd like to see some pictures posted. Brad & Seth had some good one from their trip out west. Here's a link to the picture posting help page... Bogger Help: How do you post pictures
Microsoft released a new 'S' controller due to complaints about the Rhino-Testicle Size controller.
Monday, September 13, 2004
X-box vs PS2...
I can't say 100% either way. You'll have to consider a few things. First exclusive games, some games are only released on one platform. Up coming PS2 releases include... Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (this will eventually come to x-box, but after a year or so), Gran Turismo 4, Metal Gear Solid. The X-box has Halo (which is really cool... Halo 2 is supposed to be better) & better looking versions of the Splinter Cell games than the PS2 (Another Splinter Cell is Expected in the coming months, yes that's two in one year). Does Konomi's soccer game come out on both?
This brings up another issue... overall computing power. The x-box wins this battle as every review of games that come out on both continually say x-box has more polished graphics. Also the x-box comes with a 8 or 10 gig hard drive... which allows you to do some interesting stuff, like custom sound tracks for certain games. Also if your willing to get your hands dirty and spend a little more cash you can modify your x-box so it can play music and video files either off it's own hard drive or a computer on your network (x-box is ready to network out of the box). Here's a cool link that describes other media servers as well as a modded x-box. You can even upgrade the processor and over-clock it.
-The Ps2 will play DVDs right out of the box
-x-box requires you to buy the DVD kit to play dvd's, $50 (includes remote)
-PS2 has a larger library of games
-playing games on line with ps2 requires you to buy a network adapter ($50)
-playing online games with x-box requires you to subscribe to x-box live service... but this results in a more 'cohesive' online experience.
I'm kinda biased towards the Ps2, just cause I have one and like the games that are on it, however I'd like to get an x-box just for the media-center capabilities and the new Halo.
Also you should expect one more price drop for both the PS2 and X-box after this holiday season (probably march of 2005). Microsoft has stated that they will have a new console on display at next year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (in may). It's expected that Microsoft will dump the hard disk in favor of flash-based memory which might affect the ability to mod its operating system. Sony is also expected to release a new console in time for the 2005 holiday season. You have to ask your self is it worth waiting 6 months to save ~$50. I'd say no... you'll more than get that amount of value out of it over 6 months. I wouldn't worry about these new consoles... I don't see you as an 'early adopter' who's willing to shell out the $350 these suckers are goning to cost when they come out... I might become one now that I have income.
This brings up another issue... overall computing power. The x-box wins this battle as every review of games that come out on both continually say x-box has more polished graphics. Also the x-box comes with a 8 or 10 gig hard drive... which allows you to do some interesting stuff, like custom sound tracks for certain games. Also if your willing to get your hands dirty and spend a little more cash you can modify your x-box so it can play music and video files either off it's own hard drive or a computer on your network (x-box is ready to network out of the box). Here's a cool link that describes other media servers as well as a modded x-box. You can even upgrade the processor and over-clock it.
-The Ps2 will play DVDs right out of the box
-x-box requires you to buy the DVD kit to play dvd's, $50 (includes remote)
-PS2 has a larger library of games
-playing games on line with ps2 requires you to buy a network adapter ($50)
-playing online games with x-box requires you to subscribe to x-box live service... but this results in a more 'cohesive' online experience.
I'm kinda biased towards the Ps2, just cause I have one and like the games that are on it, however I'd like to get an x-box just for the media-center capabilities and the new Halo.
Also you should expect one more price drop for both the PS2 and X-box after this holiday season (probably march of 2005). Microsoft has stated that they will have a new console on display at next year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (in may). It's expected that Microsoft will dump the hard disk in favor of flash-based memory which might affect the ability to mod its operating system. Sony is also expected to release a new console in time for the 2005 holiday season. You have to ask your self is it worth waiting 6 months to save ~$50. I'd say no... you'll more than get that amount of value out of it over 6 months. I wouldn't worry about these new consoles... I don't see you as an 'early adopter' who's willing to shell out the $350 these suckers are goning to cost when they come out... I might become one now that I have income.
Miller Time
Hello Children
sorry if you've missed me. I've been on vacation the past week. Erick, remember that Mary bird what i met a bit before i left? She stalked me and invited herself voer for a week to sunny Blighty. I felt like a week off so thought 'why not' and entertained her. it was cheaper than going abroad and more likely to result in shagging. She left yesterday and i can still smell her snatch on me fingers, nice!
Anyway, i have a serious dilemma. Pricewars have broken out in the UK, and I now have the choice of either a PS2 or an X-box, both with one gaem and controller for just £99.......help me choose.
sorry if you've missed me. I've been on vacation the past week. Erick, remember that Mary bird what i met a bit before i left? She stalked me and invited herself voer for a week to sunny Blighty. I felt like a week off so thought 'why not' and entertained her. it was cheaper than going abroad and more likely to result in shagging. She left yesterday and i can still smell her snatch on me fingers, nice!
Anyway, i have a serious dilemma. Pricewars have broken out in the UK, and I now have the choice of either a PS2 or an X-box, both with one gaem and controller for just £99.......help me choose.
Friday, September 10, 2004
Blah blah blah blah blah...
My bad on the lack of recent blogging. Work and school suck. Anyhooch, I was forwarded a funny web link the other day. The cite is devoted to mocking the guy who brought new meaning to the phrase "too cool." Check it, but don't respeck it:
http://www.wwujd.com/
In other news, Foozeball season is starting up. The Browns and Bengals are both poised to have mediocre to horrible seasons. At least the Browns drafted a military genius. Lieutenant Winslow is sure to bring plenty of oohs and aahs from the stupid fucks sitting in that cold, shitty stadium. If they win 7 games I'll be surprised.
For those of you still reading, here are some stupid quotes made at the Olympics:
Weightlifting commentator: "This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning during her warm up and it was amazing."
Dressage commentator: "This is really a lovely horse and I speak from personal experience since I once mounted her mother."
Paul Hamm, Gymnast: "I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father."
Boxing Analyst: "Sure there have been injuries, and even some deaths in boxing, but none of them really that serious."
Softball announcer: "If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again."
Soccer commentator: "Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've got eleven Dicks on the field."
Tennis commentator: "One of the reasons Andy is playing so well is that, before the final round, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them... Oh my God, what have I just said?"
http://www.wwujd.com/
In other news, Foozeball season is starting up. The Browns and Bengals are both poised to have mediocre to horrible seasons. At least the Browns drafted a military genius. Lieutenant Winslow is sure to bring plenty of oohs and aahs from the stupid fucks sitting in that cold, shitty stadium. If they win 7 games I'll be surprised.
For those of you still reading, here are some stupid quotes made at the Olympics:
Weightlifting commentator: "This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning during her warm up and it was amazing."
Dressage commentator: "This is really a lovely horse and I speak from personal experience since I once mounted her mother."
Paul Hamm, Gymnast: "I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father."
Boxing Analyst: "Sure there have been injuries, and even some deaths in boxing, but none of them really that serious."
Softball announcer: "If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again."
Soccer commentator: "Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've got eleven Dicks on the field."
Tennis commentator: "One of the reasons Andy is playing so well is that, before the final round, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them... Oh my God, what have I just said?"
Friday Funk
It's Friday and I've got a boat load of work to do, so what else is new? This week has been really busy so I've kind of avoided the blog, I keep telling my self I'll post something when I get home after work and I always ended up doing something else. Anyway I thought I'd take a few minutes on a Friday morning to drop some blogg while I sip my coffee and place labels on a map.
To recap the week’s events... On Monday I went to Cedar Point with Traci, Jimmy, & Hillary. We had a good time. It always amazes me how dead you feel after your body pumps out the adrenaline all day. The top thrill dragster is un-real. You go from 0 - 120 mph in about 4 seconds. You go so fast and that you have no perspective of how high you get at the top. The entire ride lasts just under 20 seconds, but it was well worth the 50 minute wait (the longest wait of the day).
As far as the weekend plans go... I got a crazy phone message from Alex last night at 2:30am. Apparently he's going to have 'the best party ever' at his apartment. What makes it the best party ever you may ask? The 85 % chance that French Tennis Super Star (and attractive female) Mary Pierce may attend.
In other news... be on the look out for further updates / changes to the blog. Most notably the addition of audio-message blogging. The idea here is that you can call a phone number, leave a message that gets converted to .mp3, which people can then listen too. It may take me a week or two to actually get this functionality added, but once in place I envision plenty of drunk dials.
Happy blogging... don't be afraid.
To recap the week’s events... On Monday I went to Cedar Point with Traci, Jimmy, & Hillary. We had a good time. It always amazes me how dead you feel after your body pumps out the adrenaline all day. The top thrill dragster is un-real. You go from 0 - 120 mph in about 4 seconds. You go so fast and that you have no perspective of how high you get at the top. The entire ride lasts just under 20 seconds, but it was well worth the 50 minute wait (the longest wait of the day).
As far as the weekend plans go... I got a crazy phone message from Alex last night at 2:30am. Apparently he's going to have 'the best party ever' at his apartment. What makes it the best party ever you may ask? The 85 % chance that French Tennis Super Star (and attractive female) Mary Pierce may attend.
In other news... be on the look out for further updates / changes to the blog. Most notably the addition of audio-message blogging. The idea here is that you can call a phone number, leave a message that gets converted to .mp3, which people can then listen too. It may take me a week or two to actually get this functionality added, but once in place I envision plenty of drunk dials.
Happy blogging... don't be afraid.
Wednesday, September 08, 2004
Mo bloging from byrnes on
Mo bloging from byrnes on dart night! just so u know guines is full of vitamen b!$?
Friday, September 03, 2004
Thursday, September 02, 2004
Wednesday, September 01, 2004
attack of the booyah Tribe
Cleveland beat New York 22-0 last night. It was the most lopsided defeat in Yankee history. Jody Gerut and Victor Martinez both hit 3 run homers in the ninth. I guess the only problem is... the Indians still suck. (uncomfortable silence...) Go Red Sox!
Here's the story:
http://msn.foxsports.com/story/2874510
ass punch?
Here's the story:
http://msn.foxsports.com/story/2874510
ass punch?
Cedar Pizzle
If you guys go to Cedar Point you should check their website to see if the Topthrill Dragster will be operational that day. We went a couple of weeks ago and it did not run all day. All of the other coasters were plenty though. We hit up the Millenium Force (awesome!), the Raptor, the Mean Streak, the Corkscrew, the Power Tower and still had time to ride some relaxing kiddie and water rides. A day of coastering is much like a day of drinking and smoking. By the end of it you feel light headed and your memory is spotty at best.
Erin and I will be in Chi Town at one of her friend's weddings. But if anyone needs a place to stay I can leave a key somewhere outside.
Erin and I will be in Chi Town at one of her friend's weddings. But if anyone needs a place to stay I can leave a key somewhere outside.
Tuesday, August 31, 2004
Ain't No Party Like a Labor Day Party...
Cause a Labor Day Party Don't stop!!! Anyway, what's up for this weekend? I know its only Tuesday but is the birthday boy going to make it back to Columbus for the OSU football game? Right now I plan on arriving at Hendocs sometime early on... wondering down to the stadium, drinking heavily and wondering back to Hendocs after the game. I don't have tickets but the first massive tail-gate affair of the year is always interesting. It'll be nice to have two working sidewalks along Lane Ave again.
As for Labor Day, Traci and I kicked around a trip to Cedar Point. I'm sure it will be Jam Packed, but this is probably one of the last chances we could make a Trip up there. Anyway, let me know if any fellow adrenaline Junkies want to make the trip.
As for Labor Day, Traci and I kicked around a trip to Cedar Point. I'm sure it will be Jam Packed, but this is probably one of the last chances we could make a Trip up there. Anyway, let me know if any fellow adrenaline Junkies want to make the trip.
Happy...
day before Brody's Birthday.
Yesterday an administrator here told my V.P. that me and him were gonna "fucking fight". Ahh I love this school.
What about Alan Shearer as coach?
Yesterday an administrator here told my V.P. that me and him were gonna "fucking fight". Ahh I love this school.
What about Alan Shearer as coach?
The Scoop
Here’s the scoop.
No Shit, yesterday was a public holiday, hence why no response. Anyway, here is Andy’s unbiased take on the events of the past few weeks.
Newcastle finished a disappointing 5th in the league last season, mostly due the a lack of transfer activity (for example Chelsea spent £100Million on new players…we spent nowt) and some bizarre team selections by the elderly Sir Bobby Robson.
Close season: Newcastle Chairman Freddy Shepard publicly announces that the upcoming seasons (2004-5) will be the 71 yr old Bobby Robsons Last before his retirement. Nothing unique in that you might think, except that wasn’t Bobby’s decision, it was Freddy’s.
This, in my humble opinion, is where the wheels began to fall off. This announcement had one effect, and one effect only, but was significant enough to lead to Uncle Bobby’s demise as manager: it undermined his authority with the players in the dressing room.
The Chairman and manager tried to move forward through the close season. A number of high profile (and overly expensive) new players were signed to appease the fans unrest. In came: James Milner from Leed Utd (£3.5 million), Stephen Carr from Tottenham (£4million), Nicky Butt from Manchester Utd (£4million) and most notably the dutch scoring legend (and alleged rapist!) Patrick Kluivert from Barcelona (Apparently on £100,000 per week!).
Far from easing the ship this final signing only rocked worse than ever! Newcastles legendary number 9 (king) Alan Shearer is also in his last season before retiring, this time as a player. This time however it was Alan’s decision and has been known for about 1 yr. However, preseason, after the signing of Kluivert, Shearer gives a blunt warning to both Bobby and Kluivert, thinly disguised as a battle cry for the upcoming season, by announcing something like : “this is my last season as a Newcastle United player. I want it to be my best and the break Newcastle All time scoring records. I can’t do that if I’m sitting on the bench” ….because some dutch rapist is on the field in his place. For those of you who don’t know Alan Shearer IS Newcastle Utd. He is a one man legend. He has plotted, and succeeded, in overthrowing TWO previous Newcastle Managers of some repute: Firstly Liverpool and Scotland Legend Kenny Dalgleish, secondly the original role model for Patrick Kluivert, Ruud Gullit. Bobby is wondering how to handle this.
The 2004-5 Season begins: Kluivert is on the bench, Shearer is on the field. A new problem emerges: Kieron Dyer. Ass you will know from previous Bloggs, Kieron Dyer was one of Sir Bob’s first ever signings five years ago. He was hailed as a wonder kid, just 18 yrs of age and already knocking on the door of the full England squad. What a promising talent. However, during his five year stint at Newcastle he has not progressed, in fact…he’s shit. He does still get paid a hell of a lot of money though, and drives round in a bling-ass car and is seen to be dripping in ice. Anyway, at this first game of the season Kieron is asked by Sir Bobby to play wide on the right. He refuses. What? How can he refuse?! He get’s paid thousand to do what the manager tells him to do. The manager is 71, has enormous experience and is respected around the world. Kieron is just some underachieving jumped up little bling-prick. He refuses. Bobby explodes and dumps him from the team altogether. However that is not the end of the story. As I mentioned earlier this was just another signal that the lovable old Uncle Bobby Robson was not in control of his players.
Newcastle play another coulpe of games and we have so far failed to win anything this season. I went to the Norwich game last Wednesday and deafened by the booing from the crowd. Shearer was playing again and did nowt. The white hankies came out at the end f the game as the players trooped off…(White hankies signal the fans want a change of management)
Uncle Bobby sucks it up and faces the media. He annouces changes ahead for this satrudays away game at Aston Villa, that HE is the manager, that HE is in charge,. And that team selection and tactics is HIS job. He’s been in this situation before, many times, and has toughed it out.
Saturday comes and the tem sheet is annouced. BOMBSHELL! Shearer is dropped, Kluivert takes his place from the start. Kieron is nowhere to even be seen. A brave move by Bobby and althought Kluiver did score, a stupid one. We lost 4-2.
Next day: Bobby’s gone.
Althought, from a fans point of view, I believed drastic changes were needed including a new manager; I am somewhat saddened by the way all this came about. Bobby is a true Gentleman, a local hero, a Knight of the realm, and one of the best managers this country has EVER produced….ever. So, for him to lose his job, at his beloved hometown club, in his final year before a proud and deserved retirement is hard to swallow. But, what really sticks in my throat though is that it mostly came about because of the Kieron Dyer incident. Dyer is a little upstart, a shit who has gone off the boil and can only dream of being as well repsected as Bobby Robson, and for him to have one of the decisive effects on this whole affair (regardless of the fact it was unintentional) really gets my goat. And not just me. Reaction in the local news has been strongly anti-Dyer, and the player will most likely never play for Newcatle again, or be able to live in the area due to the hatred now focused on him.
Initial names being throuwn around as a replace include an apprent ‘dream team’ of ex-England manager Terry Venables to be joined by Alan Shearer at the end of the season. Fake Geordie Steve Bruce, currently at Birmingham city and just signed a new two year deal. Martin O’Neill of Celtic would be fantastic, but he’s never coming to Newcastle whenhe can hang on a couple of years and take over the reins at the biggest football club in the world, Manchester Utd. Wee Ginger Whinger Gordon Strachan is another choice, but for me, he lacks a viable connection to the club and the geordie nation. My choices (if we coulnd’t get O’Neill) would be Ex-Striking God and current Wales Boss, Mark “Sparky” Hughes. A born leader on the pitch during his playign days, and strict disciplinarian off it.
Watch this space.
No Shit, yesterday was a public holiday, hence why no response. Anyway, here is Andy’s unbiased take on the events of the past few weeks.
Newcastle finished a disappointing 5th in the league last season, mostly due the a lack of transfer activity (for example Chelsea spent £100Million on new players…we spent nowt) and some bizarre team selections by the elderly Sir Bobby Robson.
Close season: Newcastle Chairman Freddy Shepard publicly announces that the upcoming seasons (2004-5) will be the 71 yr old Bobby Robsons Last before his retirement. Nothing unique in that you might think, except that wasn’t Bobby’s decision, it was Freddy’s.
This, in my humble opinion, is where the wheels began to fall off. This announcement had one effect, and one effect only, but was significant enough to lead to Uncle Bobby’s demise as manager: it undermined his authority with the players in the dressing room.
The Chairman and manager tried to move forward through the close season. A number of high profile (and overly expensive) new players were signed to appease the fans unrest. In came: James Milner from Leed Utd (£3.5 million), Stephen Carr from Tottenham (£4million), Nicky Butt from Manchester Utd (£4million) and most notably the dutch scoring legend (and alleged rapist!) Patrick Kluivert from Barcelona (Apparently on £100,000 per week!).
Far from easing the ship this final signing only rocked worse than ever! Newcastles legendary number 9 (king) Alan Shearer is also in his last season before retiring, this time as a player. This time however it was Alan’s decision and has been known for about 1 yr. However, preseason, after the signing of Kluivert, Shearer gives a blunt warning to both Bobby and Kluivert, thinly disguised as a battle cry for the upcoming season, by announcing something like : “this is my last season as a Newcastle United player. I want it to be my best and the break Newcastle All time scoring records. I can’t do that if I’m sitting on the bench” ….because some dutch rapist is on the field in his place. For those of you who don’t know Alan Shearer IS Newcastle Utd. He is a one man legend. He has plotted, and succeeded, in overthrowing TWO previous Newcastle Managers of some repute: Firstly Liverpool and Scotland Legend Kenny Dalgleish, secondly the original role model for Patrick Kluivert, Ruud Gullit. Bobby is wondering how to handle this.
The 2004-5 Season begins: Kluivert is on the bench, Shearer is on the field. A new problem emerges: Kieron Dyer. Ass you will know from previous Bloggs, Kieron Dyer was one of Sir Bob’s first ever signings five years ago. He was hailed as a wonder kid, just 18 yrs of age and already knocking on the door of the full England squad. What a promising talent. However, during his five year stint at Newcastle he has not progressed, in fact…he’s shit. He does still get paid a hell of a lot of money though, and drives round in a bling-ass car and is seen to be dripping in ice. Anyway, at this first game of the season Kieron is asked by Sir Bobby to play wide on the right. He refuses. What? How can he refuse?! He get’s paid thousand to do what the manager tells him to do. The manager is 71, has enormous experience and is respected around the world. Kieron is just some underachieving jumped up little bling-prick. He refuses. Bobby explodes and dumps him from the team altogether. However that is not the end of the story. As I mentioned earlier this was just another signal that the lovable old Uncle Bobby Robson was not in control of his players.
Newcastle play another coulpe of games and we have so far failed to win anything this season. I went to the Norwich game last Wednesday and deafened by the booing from the crowd. Shearer was playing again and did nowt. The white hankies came out at the end f the game as the players trooped off…(White hankies signal the fans want a change of management)
Uncle Bobby sucks it up and faces the media. He annouces changes ahead for this satrudays away game at Aston Villa, that HE is the manager, that HE is in charge,. And that team selection and tactics is HIS job. He’s been in this situation before, many times, and has toughed it out.
Saturday comes and the tem sheet is annouced. BOMBSHELL! Shearer is dropped, Kluivert takes his place from the start. Kieron is nowhere to even be seen. A brave move by Bobby and althought Kluiver did score, a stupid one. We lost 4-2.
Next day: Bobby’s gone.
Althought, from a fans point of view, I believed drastic changes were needed including a new manager; I am somewhat saddened by the way all this came about. Bobby is a true Gentleman, a local hero, a Knight of the realm, and one of the best managers this country has EVER produced….ever. So, for him to lose his job, at his beloved hometown club, in his final year before a proud and deserved retirement is hard to swallow. But, what really sticks in my throat though is that it mostly came about because of the Kieron Dyer incident. Dyer is a little upstart, a shit who has gone off the boil and can only dream of being as well repsected as Bobby Robson, and for him to have one of the decisive effects on this whole affair (regardless of the fact it was unintentional) really gets my goat. And not just me. Reaction in the local news has been strongly anti-Dyer, and the player will most likely never play for Newcatle again, or be able to live in the area due to the hatred now focused on him.
Initial names being throuwn around as a replace include an apprent ‘dream team’ of ex-England manager Terry Venables to be joined by Alan Shearer at the end of the season. Fake Geordie Steve Bruce, currently at Birmingham city and just signed a new two year deal. Martin O’Neill of Celtic would be fantastic, but he’s never coming to Newcastle whenhe can hang on a couple of years and take over the reins at the biggest football club in the world, Manchester Utd. Wee Ginger Whinger Gordon Strachan is another choice, but for me, he lacks a viable connection to the club and the geordie nation. My choices (if we coulnd’t get O’Neill) would be Ex-Striking God and current Wales Boss, Mark “Sparky” Hughes. A born leader on the pitch during his playign days, and strict disciplinarian off it.
Watch this space.
Monday, August 30, 2004
Whats the scoop?
This just in from Newcastle. The Magpies (nick-name for Newcastle United) fired their coach Sir. Bobby Robson. This guy is a coaching / soccer legend known around the world... as you can see by his title he's been knighted by the crown and is seen as an ambassador of football for the world. Anyway I just read this article and was looking for some on the spot reporting from Andy the Brit. I imagine nobody is actually at work in Newcastle unless you call work hanging out at a pub, drinking a pint of biter and talking about what the team will do next. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if this becomes a national holiday in England (how many holidays do you get a year?).
Newcastle sack Robson
Newcastle sack Robson
Friday, August 27, 2004
Cheekly Weck Up
Well, Eddie can definately attest to that fact that one of our teachers is a stoner. His book on lawyer's strategies is based of off the works of Sun Tzu and (Musashi?). I guess Sun Tzu wrote "The Art of War." He's all about the subliminal, basically trying to teach us how to mind f*ck our adversaries when needed. I can't complain about the class though, it is somewhat relaxing listening to someone philosiphise for an hour or so. I hope the Buckeyes kick ass this year. Keep an eye out for Derek Haw, A.K.A. Derek Raw, he's a speed merchant. As long as Tressel can keep the players out of jail they are bound to have another top 5 finish.
Weekly Check Up
Alright, alright its time for a weekly check up. I'd like to see some contributions from the far reaches of the globe. Andy the Brit has dropped his two cents, and I'm sure has thoroughly confused other readers with his postings in Northern Muppet Speak and STL talk ya heard? As far as I know this has been a pretty big week for a lot of people.
Jared entertained Brad and Seth as they visited the great
Joey & Eddie resumed
Traci began educating the youth of tomorrow earlier this week as well and will be living it up with other teachers at happy hour tonight.
Andy the Brit attended a Newcastle United football game at the glorious St. James Park (one the premier soccer stadiums in the world).
Gorman is still MIA, and I'm still putting in way more hours at work than my body can physically take, I haven't worked out since before the pig roast... my heart hates me for it. Now that I think about it the chances of getting responses from anyone in the next 12 hours is slim due to it being Friday... but anyhoo. Drop some blogg, it'll free your mind. As far as a New Years Trip to
Also Ohio State Football kicks off the 04-05 season next weekend with a home game against
If you have cable and enjoy the NBA and or Larry Bird check out NBA TV this weekend... here's a synopsis from ESPN's Page 2 Sports Guy
FYI: Dave Chapelle Lives in
I just wanna holla at ya!
Ey, yo Nelly. What's up dog, this And the Brit. Get at me man. I been
hollerin' at you. Man I been tryin' to call you 'bout three days.
Done called your cell phone, your pager, your voice mail over your mama's
house. Your Uncle Darell and I paged Kyjuan like three times. Ya'll
get at me man. I just want to holla at you playa. You know I'm out here in Cali
just doin' it up, hangin' out here. You know. Chillin'. Trying to
do a little TV. You know how I do it. Rollin' round here in a big body Benz wit
two dollars worth of gas. Ha. Who said it won't no future in your
front? Getting ready to put it down like that with that country grammer right.
I heard about it, using them words like St. Louis. HeRRe. TheRRe.
Put them two capitol R's and evr' thang. Ha. I feel you on that right. I feel
you so just get at me so I can do a lil somethin' for you, flip a few
thangs. Just call me back. Whatever. You can't get me, call over my mama's
house, they know how to page me. They a page me to yo number
then i call you back or you could just page my cousin Keith and he'll call my
cousin lil Darrell who got my real pager number and then I'll you back
on his cell phone. He He. Whatever you do playa, do it St. Louis style. Put it
down for the STL ight. Now get at me.
hollerin' at you. Man I been tryin' to call you 'bout three days.
Done called your cell phone, your pager, your voice mail over your mama's
house. Your Uncle Darell and I paged Kyjuan like three times. Ya'll
get at me man. I just want to holla at you playa. You know I'm out here in Cali
just doin' it up, hangin' out here. You know. Chillin'. Trying to
do a little TV. You know how I do it. Rollin' round here in a big body Benz wit
two dollars worth of gas. Ha. Who said it won't no future in your
front? Getting ready to put it down like that with that country grammer right.
I heard about it, using them words like St. Louis. HeRRe. TheRRe.
Put them two capitol R's and evr' thang. Ha. I feel you on that right. I feel
you so just get at me so I can do a lil somethin' for you, flip a few
thangs. Just call me back. Whatever. You can't get me, call over my mama's
house, they know how to page me. They a page me to yo number
then i call you back or you could just page my cousin Keith and he'll call my
cousin lil Darrell who got my real pager number and then I'll you back
on his cell phone. He He. Whatever you do playa, do it St. Louis style. Put it
down for the STL ight. Now get at me.
Thursday, August 26, 2004
Why don't you
...fella's just book a couple of fookin' seats on 'em to get your lardy arses here...isn't of festering infront of you're comuters. we can go raping and piliging....seriously though, who's up for new year as i need to know in order to get shiznit organised. seriously.
Wanna fly cheap?
A new "super economy class" flight has just been unveiled by the commercial transportation company DHL. The "seats" aren't real roomy, and there's no mid-flight snack, but ticket prices are said to be the lowest in years. For information on how to aquire these bargain basement tickets, check out the following link:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/08/25/cuba.crate.ap/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/08/25/cuba.crate.ap/index.html
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
Don't forget the onion
The onion has a couple of great stories today. Here are some quick excerpts... don't forget the link on the right of the blogg.
One more thing. A guy I work with has a friend who left the OSU law school program to teach English as a second language in Taiwain. He left for Taiwan last week so should be there. His name is Robert Paulson (thats a Fight Club Reference)... actually his name is Brent Walters. Anyway, it may be a shot in the dark... but what the hell there can't be 50 teach abroad programs in Taiwan... maybe Gorman and this guy will become roomates. The guy I work with is named Vivek... so take this Brent Walters guy under your wing and show him all the best spots to purchase 'Taiwan Beer' (aka asian PBR)... Back to the onion news...
"Bush Finally Gets Oval Office Just the Way He Wants It"
WASHINGTON, DC—After four different color schemes, a Tiki phase, and more than three years spent rearranging furniture, President Bush has the Oval Office set up just the way he wants it, the chief executive said in an informal press conference Monday.
"Republicans Outraged By Inaccuracies In Metallica Documentary"
WASHINGTON, DC—Republican congressmen lambasted the documentary Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster for its "gross inaccuracies and fabrications" Monday. "[Filmmakers] Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky are clearly biased," Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert said. "By editing together concert footage from three different mediocre shows, they have given the general public a false impression that Metallica still kicks ass." Hastert added that there is no hard evidence to support the film's argument that the album St. Anger has more thrashing riffs than Kill 'Em All.
One more thing. A guy I work with has a friend who left the OSU law school program to teach English as a second language in Taiwain. He left for Taiwan last week so should be there. His name is Robert Paulson (thats a Fight Club Reference)... actually his name is Brent Walters. Anyway, it may be a shot in the dark... but what the hell there can't be 50 teach abroad programs in Taiwan... maybe Gorman and this guy will become roomates. The guy I work with is named Vivek... so take this Brent Walters guy under your wing and show him all the best spots to purchase 'Taiwan Beer' (aka asian PBR)... Back to the onion news...
"Bush Finally Gets Oval Office Just the Way He Wants It"
WASHINGTON, DC—After four different color schemes, a Tiki phase, and more than three years spent rearranging furniture, President Bush has the Oval Office set up just the way he wants it, the chief executive said in an informal press conference Monday.
"Republicans Outraged By Inaccuracies In Metallica Documentary"
WASHINGTON, DC—Republican congressmen lambasted the documentary Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster for its "gross inaccuracies and fabrications" Monday. "[Filmmakers] Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky are clearly biased," Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert said. "By editing together concert footage from three different mediocre shows, they have given the general public a false impression that Metallica still kicks ass." Hastert added that there is no hard evidence to support the film's argument that the album St. Anger has more thrashing riffs than Kill 'Em All.
Jerry Maguire would be saddened!
Everton have rejected Newcastle's £20m bid for Wayne Rooney but Freddy Shepherd, the Newcastle Chairman, has defiantly said: "Our £20m cash bid will stay on the table for now."
(The Mirror Newspaper claim that we'll increase this to £22m on Tuesday, after a root down the back of the sofa for some loose change....)
However, Tuesday's Times Newspaper puts forward one or two conspiracy theories to explain our surprise bid:
"...the bid had been made either as a desperate publicity stunt or a favour to the player’s agents in order to hasten his departure from Goodison Park (Everton's playing home).
While officials at St James’ Park were insisting that their interest was genuine, an alternative theory suggested that it was part of an elaborate plan that would end with Rooney joining Manchester United — with Newcastle handsomely rewarded for their role in the affair.
News of the bid — the first offer received for Rooney since his heroics for England in the European Championship finals — was leaked by Newcastle to Sky Sports News, prompting suspicion about the motives of the Tyneside club. Everton’s first instinct was that Newcastle were using Rooney as an attempt to pacify supporters disenchanted by the sale of Jonathan Woodgate from Newcastle to Real Madrid this week for £13.4 million.
However, an alternative theory emerged. Sources suggested that this may be part of a plan, possibly in collusion with the ProActive Sports Group, which represents Rooney and enjoys a close relationship with Newcastle, to force Everton to confirm his availability and drive him towards Manchester United, either now or during the January transfer window. Another dimension is provided by Newcastle’s interest in John O’Shea, the Manchester United defender, who, it is claimed, will fill the void left by Woodgate if the plan works."
As all this was happening Russian timber tycoon Boris Zingarevich's company denied that he or his 23-year-old son was about to invest £20m into Everton.
The Independent Newspaper continued:
In the Machiavellian world of football, there was even speculation yesterday that Newcastle's bid had been made in conjunction with Manchester United in an attempt to establish a low starting price in a phoney bidding war. As part of this "arrangement", Man United's defender John O'Shea was reputedly promised to Newcastle.
Whatever the veracity or otherwise of such stories, Everton were unmoved by the amount offered by Newcastle, who seemed unconcerned by sordid allegations in several tabloids about Rooney's private life. Shepherd (Newcastle Chairman), having banked £13.4m from Real Madrid for Jonathan Woodgate, was ready to use the fee for buying Rooney. He may yet make an improved offer, but there are other obstacles to any deal.
Rooney is in no condition to pass a medical before the end of August. And without passing a medical, no purchasing club could secure insurance cover for him. Nor would the timing of a transfer suit Everton, who have offered to increase his wages from £13,000 a week to £50,000 in the hope that he might stay, because the manager, David Moyes, would have only days to bring in fresh signings.
(The Mirror Newspaper claim that we'll increase this to £22m on Tuesday, after a root down the back of the sofa for some loose change....)
However, Tuesday's Times Newspaper puts forward one or two conspiracy theories to explain our surprise bid:
"...the bid had been made either as a desperate publicity stunt or a favour to the player’s agents in order to hasten his departure from Goodison Park (Everton's playing home).
While officials at St James’ Park were insisting that their interest was genuine, an alternative theory suggested that it was part of an elaborate plan that would end with Rooney joining Manchester United — with Newcastle handsomely rewarded for their role in the affair.
News of the bid — the first offer received for Rooney since his heroics for England in the European Championship finals — was leaked by Newcastle to Sky Sports News, prompting suspicion about the motives of the Tyneside club. Everton’s first instinct was that Newcastle were using Rooney as an attempt to pacify supporters disenchanted by the sale of Jonathan Woodgate from Newcastle to Real Madrid this week for £13.4 million.
However, an alternative theory emerged. Sources suggested that this may be part of a plan, possibly in collusion with the ProActive Sports Group, which represents Rooney and enjoys a close relationship with Newcastle, to force Everton to confirm his availability and drive him towards Manchester United, either now or during the January transfer window. Another dimension is provided by Newcastle’s interest in John O’Shea, the Manchester United defender, who, it is claimed, will fill the void left by Woodgate if the plan works."
As all this was happening Russian timber tycoon Boris Zingarevich's company denied that he or his 23-year-old son was about to invest £20m into Everton.
The Independent Newspaper continued:
In the Machiavellian world of football, there was even speculation yesterday that Newcastle's bid had been made in conjunction with Manchester United in an attempt to establish a low starting price in a phoney bidding war. As part of this "arrangement", Man United's defender John O'Shea was reputedly promised to Newcastle.
Whatever the veracity or otherwise of such stories, Everton were unmoved by the amount offered by Newcastle, who seemed unconcerned by sordid allegations in several tabloids about Rooney's private life. Shepherd (Newcastle Chairman), having banked £13.4m from Real Madrid for Jonathan Woodgate, was ready to use the fee for buying Rooney. He may yet make an improved offer, but there are other obstacles to any deal.
Rooney is in no condition to pass a medical before the end of August. And without passing a medical, no purchasing club could secure insurance cover for him. Nor would the timing of a transfer suit Everton, who have offered to increase his wages from £13,000 a week to £50,000 in the hope that he might stay, because the manager, David Moyes, would have only days to bring in fresh signings.
Monday, August 23, 2004
Dopeman
That dude does look like Sleazy-E. I hope in this one you can carjack a fresh El Camino rollin' kilo-G, whatever that means... It's all about makin' that GPA.
Sunday, August 22, 2004
Can you dig it?
The new Grand Theft Auto is coming out some time in October... yea that's right I still play and purchase video games on a semi-regular basis... typically 2 games a year. Anyway the new GTA website is up... you can check out the stuff here. Of note... this GTA takes place in early 90-s California... so gangsta themes abound... in fact in one preview clip I heard a classic NWA track... 'Dope Man'. Also this time there are three cities in the state of San Andreas... one is like Vegas, one is like L.A. and one is like San Francisco. Below you should see some pictures and a link... check out the dead-on easy-E clone.
GTA San Andreas
GTA San Andreas
Friday, August 20, 2004
Ed would be proud...
Just finished reading about the on-going death and destruction in Najaf (I hope something good comes out of it)... and I stumbled upon this article about the 'Fat Darell'. It was picked best sandwich by Maxim, and it sounds like something Ed would concoct with a little help from Logan-hat-bam at 2:00am. I bet if the US-lead coalition began air-lifting these sandwiches for a couple of months straight Iraq would become a model of capitalist society. Maybe that joke was in bad taste... not the sandwich, just the joke.
Click here to read the article and induce drooling...
Click here to read the article and induce drooling...
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
Black Gold
War during election campaigning months is a good idea for W. He and his party probably make the kind of money it takes to sponsor a Presidential election and live comfortably all the while. Because of the war, there' s not much oil available for drilling right now, so stock value rises. Bush has a lot of connections in Texas. Some of Bush and Cheney's Houston ex-Enron chronies are getting fat No-Bid Contracts. Halliburton received a $2 billion job that no one else could even apply for. Kickback please... thank you. Halliburton makes money from the war, and Oil shareholders reap the benefits of a supply shortage. We get stuck with the high ass gas prices. Hell, light crude was pushed to an all-time high of $47.01 early this Morning. I wonder how high it will go? Hmmmm. I think I'm gonna buy some Earl, er... I mean Oil stock.
Here's a good article on the subject:
http://money.cnn.com/2004/08/18/markets/oil/index.htm?cnn=yes
Here's a good article on the subject:
http://money.cnn.com/2004/08/18/markets/oil/index.htm?cnn=yes
Sizzle Sauce...
Man... reminiscing about those old school wrestlers got me thinking of other 'cold-war' era memories... like Rocky III. Anyway, I just read this little article on LeBron... apparently he now has his own flava of poweraid. I know Ed will be first in line to taste the sizzle.
Powerade FLAVA23 hits shelves next month
Iverson vs Dyer
I did see Iverson last night and he was a lazy little bastard. We have similar problems with a certain Newcastle united player named Keiron Dyer who is the self styled 'king of bling' ....see how we deal with this wannabe's
Keiron Dyer
Keiron Dyer
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
Time out on technology
My MP3 harddrive is toast...10 gigs all gone...all of it!
my car cd player wont eject my cd.
my pics on my digital camera won't upload to the laptop.
I'm on hiatus from technology! It let me down and I'm pissed!
PS use my work number if you want to get a hold of me 503-617-4219. Don't bother with the cell if its during the day.
my car cd player wont eject my cd.
my pics on my digital camera won't upload to the laptop.
I'm on hiatus from technology! It let me down and I'm pissed!
PS use my work number if you want to get a hold of me 503-617-4219. Don't bother with the cell if its during the day.
Can you taste the pain...?
A guy at work and I were just talking about old school WWF... which made me do a quick google... low and behold I found this website. My first questions was... "I wonder how many of these Brad had?"
WWF Action Figures
WWF Action Figures
Thirsty MotherF*cker!?
What I wouldn't give to see Allen Iverson's skinny ass walking down the street with a full large Coke from Rally's. What a lazy punk. He (and pretty much the rest of the team) didn't even start playing until there was about 8 minutes left and they were down by about 20. Duh... we might actually lose this one guys... I could just see Iverson at the postgame conference, "This wasn't even the Medals Tournament. Basically we talkin' bout practice. Practice. I mean, we talkin' bout Practice. Are we talkin' bout the Medals Tournament? Oh yeah, we talkin' bout practice." If they don't beat Greece tonight I'll puke. I mean, c'mon... It's gonna be 12 thugs vs. a team Chock Full 'o' Pratsinatkis. If they don't win a medal you all know who I will be laying the blame on... the F'ing Brits. Just kidding Andy... kind of.
Who knew?
Who knew the inventors of the English language had such different slang than us yanks. Those pictures were great... really made me think of soccer hooligans. I'm sure if I spent an hour or two riding a train to go see a browns game my liver and equilibrium would be sloppy. Anyhoo, keep up the good work, that Stella tower was quite impressive. I especially love the look on the other guys face... were you guys singing some
Monday, August 16, 2004
Loopy
Andy, I don't know what you are on, but if you could Fed Ex me a nickel bag of whatever it is, I'll owe you one.
Thursday, August 12, 2004
More Madden Glory...
The Day the World Stops
I might be sucked into the marketing hype... that and I've had a steady job for a while so I think I'm gonna get this game in addition to College football. Cyber-porn is the gift that keeps on giving... infact, maybe we should set up some sort of international trade network... I'm sure you could probably find a different flavor of porn (i.e. stuff we don't get over here).
I might be sucked into the marketing hype... that and I've had a steady job for a while so I think I'm gonna get this game in addition to College football. Cyber-porn is the gift that keeps on giving... infact, maybe we should set up some sort of international trade network... I'm sure you could probably find a different flavor of porn (i.e. stuff we don't get over here).
Insane in the membrane
How about this guy as your next president. He seems just as loopy.
Dubya'S Role Model
Also, who is this uber-stud that Ed wishes he was and keeps posting ramblings from? While here, remember that CD full of Porn you made for me in Cleveland before i left. It has since found numerous new fans here in my office. From the bottom of my heart, Thank you Ed, i've never found it so easy to make friends and to settle in a new place.
Dubya'S Role Model
Also, who is this uber-stud that Ed wishes he was and keeps posting ramblings from? While here, remember that CD full of Porn you made for me in Cleveland before i left. It has since found numerous new fans here in my office. From the bottom of my heart, Thank you Ed, i've never found it so easy to make friends and to settle in a new place.
Wednesday, August 11, 2004
Tuesday, August 10, 2004
Desert or Dessert?
Gorman probably had another Lolapalooza/Goldschlager incident. He'll wake up in a Taiwanese bathtub full of ice with both of his kidneys missing. Gordo, if your'e out there, try not to drink the whiskey straight out of the bottle for God's sake. Anyways, all this talk of Taiwan and England has given me the urge to travel. But not travel to just any normal run of the mill 3rd world country. You guessed it boys and girls, I'm talkin' bout hittin' up Camel Junction, A.K.A. Baghdad. Once your plane swerves to avoid the surface to air missles, and lands safely at a airport of rubbish, you're money. And the best part is, in a country where the government and economy is as stable as Gorman in a liquor store, there is no national currency. My plan is to invent a new currency... I'll call it the Culo. The Culo is bound to spread like wildfire b/c it will be emblazened with a seal that features Saddam and W duking it out, Greco Roman style.
So I guess my only question is... Who's coming with me?
Check out this article for more info:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/08/09/bt.tour.iraq.reut/index.html
Show me the Culo
Ass Punch,
Joe
So I guess my only question is... Who's coming with me?
Check out this article for more info:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/08/09/bt.tour.iraq.reut/index.html
Show me the Culo
Ass Punch,
Joe
our long lost friend
Has anyone heard from Gorman in the last month. Maybe we should contact the embassy in Taiwan to make sure everything is all right.
Wing Man
Barley's suck, that's why you never saw me there last ngiht. I went there once, the one on 33 and got a micro brew beer. It was a "scottish Ale" and was as flat as hell, and tasted like detergent. I took it back to the bar and complained. the barman told me "that's how the english carbonate their beers!". i told him the change it for two reasons 1) I'm English and no it's not
2) It's a Scottish ale, and if an Englishman was even in Scotland he wouldn't be carbonating beer, he'd be getting spiked!
2) It's a Scottish ale, and if an Englishman was even in Scotland he wouldn't be carbonating beer, he'd be getting spiked!
Monday, August 09, 2004
Aburrido
I feel like I just ate about 3 of those deep fried British Kabob thingies. Oh wait, what I actually ate was a steaming pile of Gomer, er... I mean Kung Pao Chicken. You know how you get that feeling after eating a big lunch and then returning to work. Sitting at your desk... staring, tired, looking out the window, trying not to fall asleep. That is me right now, especialy cuz El Bosso is out of El Towno.
Keith Barret...
You should've seen a picture of Keither Barret? Looks like he's trying to do Primetime Glick bit... some sort of fake interview guy... try to reload the page a couple of times... I can see the image can you?
Here's a link to the bbc page...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/
Here's a link to the bbc page...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/
Eh?
What guy? Who? And how the hell are you watching BBC 2....I hope you've paid your license fee!
Good. I'm glad you'll be coming, who are you bringing? Does she like roasts? I will be busy beavering away decorating my pad. I'd also like you to bring me a nice duggout too, can't get them here....You can get well cool credit card pipes though, and I've just ordered one. While here I thought we could enjoy a nice dinner, check it out:
Brit Cuisine
Good. I'm glad you'll be coming, who are you bringing? Does she like roasts? I will be busy beavering away decorating my pad. I'd also like you to bring me a nice duggout too, can't get them here....You can get well cool credit card pipes though, and I've just ordered one. While here I thought we could enjoy a nice dinner, check it out:
Brit Cuisine
My Nizzle...
A trip to
Monday Shizzle
For Erick!!
By the way, did you remember your mate Trevor was getting married this weekend! Bad boy. You kids checked out the shots of Casa D'Andy? Imagine sitting on that balcony burning one down.....WELL IT'LL NEVER HAPPEN UNLESS YOU GET YOUR ASSES HERE!
Anyway, has anyone heard of Blinkx? it's allegedly better than google. I just got it today, seems cool.
Blinkx
By the way, did you remember your mate Trevor was getting married this weekend! Bad boy. You kids checked out the shots of Casa D'Andy? Imagine sitting on that balcony burning one down.....WELL IT'LL NEVER HAPPEN UNLESS YOU GET YOUR ASSES HERE!
Anyway, has anyone heard of Blinkx? it's allegedly better than google. I just got it today, seems cool.
Blinkx
Friday, August 06, 2004
Tip...
What kind of tip did you give the driver? Just think, if you guys did get it on... three weeks later she'd be dropping you a little note... "I'm two weeks late... we need to talk?" You'd have a little Andy or Helen running around in your new flat. You should have told her your policy before even motioning for the door.
How long did you talk to Kluivert? Did you ask him for a picture... that would've been great evidence... you could post the picture of you with your arms around a large Dutch Soccer player and a co-worker who was beaten as a child with the ugly stick.
How long did you talk to Kluivert? Did you ask him for a picture... that would've been great evidence... you could post the picture of you with your arms around a large Dutch Soccer player and a co-worker who was beaten as a child with the ugly stick.
Close Call
As one of the older members of our blogging community I feel it is sometimes my duty to impart little pearls of wisdom upon you all. After all, should we not use these technological advancements to better ourselves and the world? Today's lesson revolves around not dipping one's pen into the corporate ink. Allow me to explain.
Last night was a birthday for a lass here at work. It was also the leaving party for two others. A large group of us were out on the lash, having fun. As the night progressed my own eyesight, along with my colleges, began to deteriote and beer glasses were required. As I said, Uncle Andy has taken a vow of celibacy when it comes to the ladies at work for professional reasons. Nothing to do with the fact that 99% of them are absolute fookin' munters. Anyway, apparently this isn't a two way agreement and one little munter named Helen (ginger munter too!) made a play for me. Here's the skinny.
We decided to share a cab as she lives in Gosforth, on the way to mine, thus we can split the costs. On the way she asked where in Gosforth I lived. I said I didn't’t. I lived in Killingworth, but Gosforth is on the way and so I thought we could share a cab and then I’d also know she got home safely. Apparently this gentlemanly gesture made her wetter than a flash flood. She told me not to go ‘all the way’ back to Killy ... I could crash at hers. I told her it was alright, I didn’t mind going home. She then ignored me and told the driver not to take me there. I was now attempting to let the driver know I didn’t want anything to do with this munter through men’s secret language….subtle changes in voice tone, a look in the rear view mirror, terror on my face. The bloke started laughing! He f-ing laughed at me when what I needed was some male camaraderie!
Anyway, we get to hers and she’s still on about it. I’m still insisting not. She gets out the cab (one of those big mini vans with a slidey door) and on her way past (to get out on MY side, when hers is fine!) I think, not sure here, she tried to plant one on me. I did something really cool like pretend not to notice and move me head away at the same time….you know, make her think it was just unfortunate circumstance or something. Close one that one!
I’d just gotten over that one when she pulled a surprise manoeuvre. Picture the scene. I’m in the left hand side of the back seat. She’d just climbed over me and out the door. I’d turned my head left to look out the open door. She then pulled a move for which I have to give her credit. She’d read my head turn and turned it against me! I was vulnerable, looking out the door….she spun around and leaned in for goodnighter!!!!! I was caught open, naïve, defenceless….what could I do??? No simple head turn could protect me from this onslaught. I needed something drastic here…I needn’t have worried. Despite the alcohol, the balmy summer night air, and the fact my balls are fuller than Ed Hastie's wallet… intuition kicked in. I did a bum shift!! I slide me arse right across that back seat to the other side of the fookin van!! Get in!! TAKE THAT BITCH!!
By now the driver realised I was in trouble and that was my bag of tricks empty. Despite his earlier failings he made up valiantly by putting it in reverse and getting that little shift backwards a car does when reverse engages…..it wasn’t much, the van basically only shifted onto its back haunches … but it was enough. She reeled backwards from that one like Tyson from a can of mace. I had one last heroic action I had to do. With no regard for my own personal safety I leant forward, putting myself to within just inches of her….and closed the door.
We were safe and off. The driver and I breathed a sigh of releif and he commended me on my choice to go home alone. this girl is rank ugly!
Today it's tense, she's not talking to me. Imagine how she'd have been if i'd ragged-bagged-and-shagged her and puked on her back!
Here endeth the lesson.
Last night was a birthday for a lass here at work. It was also the leaving party for two others. A large group of us were out on the lash, having fun. As the night progressed my own eyesight, along with my colleges, began to deteriote and beer glasses were required. As I said, Uncle Andy has taken a vow of celibacy when it comes to the ladies at work for professional reasons. Nothing to do with the fact that 99% of them are absolute fookin' munters. Anyway, apparently this isn't a two way agreement and one little munter named Helen (ginger munter too!) made a play for me. Here's the skinny.
We decided to share a cab as she lives in Gosforth, on the way to mine, thus we can split the costs. On the way she asked where in Gosforth I lived. I said I didn't’t. I lived in Killingworth, but Gosforth is on the way and so I thought we could share a cab and then I’d also know she got home safely. Apparently this gentlemanly gesture made her wetter than a flash flood. She told me not to go ‘all the way’ back to Killy ... I could crash at hers. I told her it was alright, I didn’t mind going home. She then ignored me and told the driver not to take me there. I was now attempting to let the driver know I didn’t want anything to do with this munter through men’s secret language….subtle changes in voice tone, a look in the rear view mirror, terror on my face. The bloke started laughing! He f-ing laughed at me when what I needed was some male camaraderie!
Anyway, we get to hers and she’s still on about it. I’m still insisting not. She gets out the cab (one of those big mini vans with a slidey door) and on her way past (to get out on MY side, when hers is fine!) I think, not sure here, she tried to plant one on me. I did something really cool like pretend not to notice and move me head away at the same time….you know, make her think it was just unfortunate circumstance or something. Close one that one!
I’d just gotten over that one when she pulled a surprise manoeuvre. Picture the scene. I’m in the left hand side of the back seat. She’d just climbed over me and out the door. I’d turned my head left to look out the open door. She then pulled a move for which I have to give her credit. She’d read my head turn and turned it against me! I was vulnerable, looking out the door….she spun around and leaned in for goodnighter!!!!! I was caught open, naïve, defenceless….what could I do??? No simple head turn could protect me from this onslaught. I needed something drastic here…I needn’t have worried. Despite the alcohol, the balmy summer night air, and the fact my balls are fuller than Ed Hastie's wallet… intuition kicked in. I did a bum shift!! I slide me arse right across that back seat to the other side of the fookin van!! Get in!! TAKE THAT BITCH!!
By now the driver realised I was in trouble and that was my bag of tricks empty. Despite his earlier failings he made up valiantly by putting it in reverse and getting that little shift backwards a car does when reverse engages…..it wasn’t much, the van basically only shifted onto its back haunches … but it was enough. She reeled backwards from that one like Tyson from a can of mace. I had one last heroic action I had to do. With no regard for my own personal safety I leant forward, putting myself to within just inches of her….and closed the door.
We were safe and off. The driver and I breathed a sigh of releif and he commended me on my choice to go home alone. this girl is rank ugly!
Today it's tense, she's not talking to me. Imagine how she'd have been if i'd ragged-bagged-and-shagged her and puked on her back!
Here endeth the lesson.
Your Boss....
HA! We snobby Euro's mock you american's...when we're not sleeping in the afternoon!
Snobby Euro's!
Anyway, sorry about the constipation of late, i feel much better now i'm finally back to blogging. I've been running around the country lately. No excuse, i know, as it's only about the size of franklin County, but hey ... it's my little Britain and I love it.
Was out on the lash last night and who shold i bump into. Mr. P. Kluivert (Newcastle's newest dutch striker/doushbag). I kid you not. He was asking me where a club named 'iKON' was. He's obvioulsly new to area as iKON is more sh!t than that dirty Quarters place on the corner of Lane and High.
Hey E, remember that nice blonde i was giving it to before i left? She's coming over in Sept to see if my cock tastes any different on this side of the pond...get in! Are you gonna get your asses here for New years? I have my own pad, check it out.
Andy's Pad!
Snobby Euro's!
Anyway, sorry about the constipation of late, i feel much better now i'm finally back to blogging. I've been running around the country lately. No excuse, i know, as it's only about the size of franklin County, but hey ... it's my little Britain and I love it.
Was out on the lash last night and who shold i bump into. Mr. P. Kluivert (Newcastle's newest dutch striker/doushbag). I kid you not. He was asking me where a club named 'iKON' was. He's obvioulsly new to area as iKON is more sh!t than that dirty Quarters place on the corner of Lane and High.
Hey E, remember that nice blonde i was giving it to before i left? She's coming over in Sept to see if my cock tastes any different on this side of the pond...get in! Are you gonna get your asses here for New years? I have my own pad, check it out.
Andy's Pad!
Thursday, August 05, 2004
More Pain:
How does the saying go? Hung over once shame on you, hung over twice shame on.... shut the fuck up. There aint no shame in being hung over.
I am up for a few tonight. time and place???
I am up for a few tonight. time and place???
Urban dic...
tionary has a firefox search engine plug in. If you've made the switch to FireFox (after noticing a complete lack of popups) you'll be familiar with the built in search bar. By default this searches for stuff using google, but you can install search plug-ins to search other things like (dictionary.com... that's a big one for me). Also I just saw that you can add urban dictionary... just incase you forgot the true meaning of "Chili dogging"
Good stuff
That was a cool article Joe... I agree with just about everything the guy said... Team
Also, judging from Ed's lack of posting I can only assume that his boss is back in town and must now appear to be doing something other than gambling and recruiting stripers for his 'International Striper Society'. In fact he'll probably be contacting Andy da Brit to shorten the Gap between the Queen's troop of stripers... don't know where this is going...
Rock out!
Wednesday, August 04, 2004
Proof of Concept...
This posting is simply meant to make Ed happy... the following was posted on Slashdot
DEFCON WiFi Shootout Winners Set A Land Record
Posted by timothy on Wednesday August 04, @07:52AM
from the congratulations-all-'round dept.
bscience writes "While attending the DEFCON 12 convention this past weekend I had the chance to see the standing ovation a group of 19 year olds received for establishing a 55.1 mile unamplified WiFi connection!" A snippet from the Wired story linked there: "Mobile warriors having trouble making a wireless connection across the hall might want to give some Ohio teens a call. This weekend they were able to make a 55-mile Wi-Fi connection. ... They might have achieved an even greater distance, Justin Rigling said, "but there was no road left."" (Here's the post from a few weeks back about the competition.)
....
Anyway I know what your probably thinking...
Joe: "WOW 55 miles is a hell of a long distance for a wireless network. "
Ed: "Erick is simply one bad mofo... I'm so greateful. He's improved the quality of our lives by posting this to the blogg... I'm gonna tell all of my friends the cool news."
Brad: "I bet I could do better... on second thought I'd rather drink some scotch."
Da Brit: "Sounds like an opportunity for me to sell off my internet access to all of Newcastle."
Traci: "You spelled Wi-fi wrong."
DEFCON WiFi Shootout Winners Set A Land Record
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from the congratulations-all-'round dept.
bscience writes "While attending the DEFCON 12 convention this past weekend I had the chance to see the standing ovation a group of 19 year olds received for establishing a 55.1 mile unamplified WiFi connection!" A snippet from the Wired story linked there: "Mobile warriors having trouble making a wireless connection across the hall might want to give some Ohio teens a call. This weekend they were able to make a 55-mile Wi-Fi connection.
....
Anyway I know what your probably thinking...
Joe: "WOW 55 miles is a hell of a long distance for a wireless network. "
Ed: "Erick is simply one bad mofo... I'm so greateful. He's improved the quality of our lives by posting this to the blogg... I'm gonna tell all of my friends the cool news."
Brad: "I bet I could do better... on second thought I'd rather drink some scotch."
Da Brit: "Sounds like an opportunity for me to sell off my internet access to all of Newcastle."
Traci: "You spelled Wi-fi wrong."
Tied up...
I'll be busy all day Saturday with a wedding and birthday party to attend... along with a little bit of work thrown in. However, I should be free on Sunday... and golf sounds good, maybe not eagle sticks though... something a little closer and cheaper. Don't forget the Metallica Documentary... its our Duty!
Huh?
Anyone doing anything Saturday evening or Sunday day? I was thinking about Rick Flair's palace, or possibly some Eagle Sticky on the day of the Sabath. E's gonna be out of town and I'm lookin for something to do. I have to study on Saturday day though, b/c I have a professional responsibility/ethics state test next weekend. Here's a sample "ethics" question: You see a half-dead rabbit crawling across the street after being side-swiped by a Hummer. Do you
a) Break the rabbit's neck and put it out of its misery
b) Capture the wounded creature, cook it, and pawn the meat off to your in-laws
c) Drive by the rabbit without looking twice, and head directly to Rick Flair's leisure lounge
d) Pull a Jason Yun, and tie the dead rabbit to the antenae of the Hummer that hit it
a) Break the rabbit's neck and put it out of its misery
b) Capture the wounded creature, cook it, and pawn the meat off to your in-laws
c) Drive by the rabbit without looking twice, and head directly to Rick Flair's leisure lounge
d) Pull a Jason Yun, and tie the dead rabbit to the antenae of the Hummer that hit it
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