It's no Lost, but...

have you seen that commercial where the guy wants to get home for Christmas but his flight is canceled? Well check out the rest of the story. The story isn't nearly as cool as the site, which is the reason I have linked to it. Because no one in their right mind would've been interested enough to go to this site.

Oh the holidays

It's always fun to go back home for the holidays. Yes, I live in the same city as my parents, but I don't make it by their house often, and there is also the fact of the whole family there hanging out. I remember when I was younger I would lineup a movie night with my friends. But now I realize the holidays are more about building relationship with your family. I got there around noon and hungout with my dad watching football. We all sat down to a late lunch at 2ish. After lunch was over we played a game called "Mad Gab". We played it for around 3 hours. Afterwards my dad wipped out some old pictures and we sat around looking back through the years.

Some pics from my Treo

I am a huge LSU Tiger fan

Since, I am a huge LSU Tiger fan I am very critical of the coaching. I think LSU will continue to have a great year, 12-1 winner of the SEC West, SEC Overall, and Sugar Bowl Champion. My concern is, what about next year? Tonight was senior night, 22 seniors - 15 of which are very active if not starters, what are we gonna do next year when they are gone?
I was not very critical of Nick Saban and his staff. So my question is, is it Les Miles or is it Jimbo Fisher? The only difference is Les Miles, I'm not saying that it is him, maybe Saban kept tighter reigns on Jimbo than Les is doing. Maybe Jimbo is having all of his play calling changed up by Les. I don't know I'm not on the side line.
I know watching it on TV my friends and I know in the second half with a big lead LSU will run it up the middle on both first and second downs and them throw it, with all kinds of (mental) pressure on the players, on third down. However, tonight at the game I relized others are noticing these same things. The people around me all knew, without me having to tell them, what or play calling would be.
Great game.
Lots of fun tailgating.

BCS

Unfortunately there is not a lot of college football left. There should be more football, but five of the top ten BCS teams don’t have a conference championship game. Of course of the other five teams, three will make it to their championship game, two will be sitting at home.

1. USC
12/03 #12 UCLA

2. Texas
11/25 at Texas A&M
~Big12 Championship

3. Penn State

4. LSU
11/25 Arkansas
~SEC Championship

5. Virginia Tech
11/26 UNC
~ACC Championship

6. Ohio State

7. Oregon

8. Notre Dame
11/26 at Stanford

9. Miami
11/26 Virginia
~ Possible ACC Championship
(Needs Virginia Tech to lose to UNC)

10. Auburn
~ Possible SEC Championship
(Needs LSU to lose to Arkansas)

What was Danville thinking?

My halftime thoughts.

The weather, man.

This might be the best comment ever posted on Dup's blog

Funny comment, left by... me.

Remaining Schedules for the Top 10

1. USC
11/19 #16 Fresno St. *
12/03 #12 UCLA *
~No Pac10 Championship
2. Texas
11/25 at Texas A&M
~Big12 Championship
3. Miami
11/19 Ga Tech
11/26 Virginia
~ACC Championship
4. Penn State
11/19 at Mich St *
~No Big10 Championship
5. LSU
11/19 at Ole Miss
11/25 Arkansas
~SEC Championship
6. Virginia Tech
11/19 at Virginia
11/26 UNC
~Possible ACC Championship
(Needs to win out and have Miami lose one)
7. Ohio State
11/19 at #17 Michigan *
(I haven't taken Ohio State yet this year why will I stop now)
~No Big10 Championship
8. Alabama
11/19 at #11 Auburn *
~Possible SEC Championship
(Needs to win and have LSU lose one)
9. Notre Dame
11/19 Syracuse
11/26 at Stanford
~Independent no Championship
10. Oregon
11/19 Oregon St
~No Pac10 Championship

~ Post season or not
* Possible upset or over rated opponent (see Fresno St. & UCLA)

Pretty funny Ron Burgundy - ESPN Audition video

Managing my Season Passes

True West
Pardon The interuption
Arrested Development
Kitchen Confidential
Las Vegas
CSI:Miami
NCIS
The Amazing Race
Boston Legal
Nip/Tuck
WSOP
My Name Is Earl
E-Ring
Lost
CSI:NY
Joey
CSI
ER
Killer Instinct
Numbers
Cold Case
Family Guy
24
Wanted
The Closer
The Shield
Over There
Rescue Me
Law & Order: All Of Them
The Inside
30 days
Starved
Run's House
Making the Band 3
The Real World
Inside The Actors Studio
MTV Unplugged
Storytellers
Austin City Limits
Soundstage
Punk'd
Chappelle's Show

Warning:

Yes after sleeping all day, thanks to my friend NyQuil, I'm amazed by weird lyrics (see below) at 2 in the morning.

If you remember the seventies...

The following song lyrics were made famous by Manfred Mann, but it was originally written by Bruce Springsteen.
As weird as this version is the Bruce Springsteen version is even weirder. It has extra verses and weird arrangements.

Blinded by the Light – Manfred Mann

[Chorus]
Blinded by the light revved up like a deuce
Another runner in the night
Blinded by the light revved up like a deuce
Another runner in the night
Blinded by the light revved up like a deuce
Another runner in the night (fading)

[Verse 1]
Madman drummers bummers,
Indians in the summer,
With a teenage diplomat
And the dumps with the mumps
As the adolescent pumps his way into his hat
With a boulder on my shoulder,
feeling kinda older,
I tripped the merry-go-round
With this very unpleasin', sneezin' and wheezin,
the calliope crashed to the ground
(pickup)
the calliope crashed to the ground

(chorus)

[Verse 2]
Some silicon sister with a manager mister
told me I go what it takes.
I'll turn you on sonny to something strong
play the song with the funky break
And go-cart Mozart was checkin' out the
weather charts to see if it was safe outside
And little Early Burly came by in his curly wurly
and asked me if I needed a ride
(pickup)
asked me if I needed a ride

(chorus)

[Bridge]
She got down but she never got tired
She's gonna make it to the night
She's gonna make it through the night

(break with soul-stirring solo)

Oh momma that's where the fun is
But momma that's where the fun is
Momma always told me not to look
in the eye's on the sun
But momma that's where the fun is

(chop sticks variation)

[Verse 3]
Some brimstone-baritone, anti-cyclone Rolling Stone
Preacher from the East,
says dethrone the dictaphone, hit it in it's funny bone
thats what they expect it least
It's a new grown chaperon standing in the corner
watching the young girls dance
and some fresh sown moonstone messing with his frozen zone,
only reminding him of romance
(pickup)
and the calliope crashed to the ground

(Chorus)

(Chorus and First Verse)

[Verse 4ish]
Now Scott with the sling-shot finally found a tender spot
and throws his lover in the sand
and some blood-shot forget-me-not
said Daddy's within earshot, save the buck-shot, turn up the band

(repeat Verse 2)
(bridge)

86400 Seconds or 1440 minutes or 24 hours

Within three miles of me there are:
over 50 places to eat
2 movie theaters
30 churches
1 Wal-Mart
1 Target
3 Grocery Stores
5 Drug Stores
For a grand total of
0 places you can get NyQuil within three miles of where I live after midnight.

"If you have a take, don’t suck!"

SEC
(5) LSU vs. (4) Alabama – LSU (30-13)
(15) Auburn vs. (9) Georgia – Georgia
(12) Florida vs. South Carolina – South Carolina
Arkansas vs. Mississippi – Arkansas
Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt – Vanderbilt
Memphis vs. Tennessee – Tennessee

ACC
(24) Georgia Tech vs. Virginia – Georgia Tech
(3) Miami vs. Wake Forest – Miami
(17) Florida State vs. Clemson – Clemson

Pac10
(1) USC vs. California - USC
(11) Oregon vs. Washington State – Washington State
Arizona State vs. (14) UCLA – Arizona State

Big10
(25) Northwestern vs. (10) Ohio State – Northwestern
Indiana vs. (21) Michigan – Michigan
Iowa vs. (19) Wisconsin – Wisconsin

Big12
Kansas vs. (2) Texas – Texas
(13) Texas Tech vs. Oklahoma State – Texas Tech
(22) Colorado vs. Iowa State – Iowa State

BigEast
(16) West Virginia vs. Cincinnati – West Virginia
Rutgers vs. (23) Louisville – Rutgers

WAC
Boise State vs. (20) Fresno State – Fresno State

MountainWest
UNLV vs. (18) TCU – TCU

Independent
Navy vs. (7) Notre Dame – Notre Dame

What is up with the lines at the men's room?

One of my friends had this on his blog for a few seconds, until his wife asked him to remove it.

BCS prediction

1.USC
2.Texas
3.Miami
4.Penn State
5.Alabama
6.LSU
7.Ohio State
8.Virginia Tech
9.Georgia
10.Oregon

“If you have a take, don’t suck!”

SEC
(4) Alabama vs. Miss. St. – I’m afraid of an upset here, but Alabama
Appalachian St. vs. (6) LSU – LSU (58 – 7)
Tennessee vs. (8) Notre Dame – Notre Dame (42 – 10)
Vanderbilt vs. (13) Florida – Vanderbilt (21 – 15)
(17) Auburn vs. Kentucky – Auburn

Pac10
Stanford vs. (1) USC – USC
(7) UCLA vs. Arizona – UCLA
(23) California vs. (15) Oregon – California

ACC
(5) Miami vs. (3) Virginia Tech – Virgina Tech (17 – 35)
N.C. State vs. (9) Florida State – Florida State
(19) Boston College vs. North Carolina – North Carolina

Big12
(2) Texas vs. Baylor – Texas
Texas A&M vs. (16) Texas Tech – Texas Tech
Missouri vs. (25) Colorado – Missouri

Big10
(14) Wisconsin vs. (10) Penn State – Penn State (38 – 17)
Illinois vs. (12) Ohio State – Ohio State

Wac
San Jose State vs. (21) Fresno State – Fresno State

MoutainWest
Colorado State vs. (20) TCU – TCU

State Of The Me Address

When I was twenty I was ready to get married to what I thought was the love of my life. Now here I am many years later totally dissatisfied with ever girl in my circle of availability. But I often wonder if I’m dissatisfied in them or in myself. It has gotta be them because I’m the same guy I was in my teen years. Of course that isn’t true at all. As far as my looks and general disposition I am, but in matters of my heart/mind well I am changed. For two years my ex-girlfriend had my head so messed up I didn’t know who I was or what I was doing. During which time I meet many girls I liked that also seemed to be interested in me. But with my current state of heart/mind I stirred clear so not to be a time bomb in someone else’s life. Many years later, here I am at that place where I hope it is them and not me.

Rant Ahead

So I’m sitting here watching Boston Legal and there are some parents that want to sue a school over a Halloween pageant. They are offended by witch decorations. So by parents I mean two sets of parents one set are Christians and the other set are Wiccans. Of course, Boston Legal is a television show, meaning it is not real, but they do generally get their ideas from somewhere. And this morning on Kid Kraddic I heard them talk about an incident at Walt Disney Elementary School, apparently this year the school decided that the students won’t be able to wear costumes (I searched for close to an hour for the story on the net). Well, unaware of the new rule, one boy showed up wearing his costume only to have his teacher make him remove it and sit in class wearing his underwear.
As a kid I never really got into Halloween, mostly because I didn’t like deciding what I wanted to be. But at the same time I didn’t hate the holiday. Hear I am many years removed from the age of a trick or treater I still don’t hate the holiday. But lots of Christians do. And rightfully so, Halloween has always been satanic in nature, sacrifices and other evil deeds happen every year during the witching hour.
All that said, let the kids dress up and go get some candy.

The Palms?

Why did they decide to call their Mexican restaurant, Las Palmas?

This is great

Some of you may have seen one of Dave's friends Andrea, well after a comment on my blog I checked out her blog, lots of interesting topics (she post 4x as much as Dave). Anywho I found this and it is one of the best, I guess parodies would be a good word, that I have ever seen.

Check it out

All Hallows Eve

Last night, Halloween, I watched "The Blair Witch Project". I have not been living under a rock {*****Movie Spoiler*****} for the past eight years, I know this movie scared everyone when it came out because they thought it was all based on a true story. The official website was so well organized and thought out that it all just seemed all too real. Then as you are watching the movie it looks like something you would see on 60 minutes, “…this is actually footage from the aspiring filmmakers camera.” It has a bunch of nobody actors, really who uses 100% nobody actors? And have I mentioned the storyline? It is an urban legend passed down through the years, no one knows if it’s true or if the witnesses and stories are crazy.
Now I need to watch Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 I hear from a reliable source ”Snobby Pants” that it is worth a watch. While on this Horror genre kick I need to watch The Exorcist so that Matthews and I can both see Exorcist: The Beginning.
Then hopefully I will be done with this genre and I can then begin my Westerns.

Dear Mr. NCAA

The polls that ruin what is college football. Okay, on the real I like the BCS but it is still distorted by humans and their opinions. All polls should wait till week 6. Every conference would have a championship game or none of them would.
Currently the Pac 10 is not a tough conference, I know Oregon St. and Arizona St. gave LSU everything they wanted and more these past two years, But for three years in a row we are 3-0 versus the Pac 10. The big twelve we are 1-1 since 2002, Our win vs. Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl and our lose vs. Texas in the Cotton Bowl.
Now I’m not saying Texas and USC suck, I think they are both good, but I am saying they go unchallenged every year. There needs to be a huge realignment in college football, dropping the 1-A from 117 teams, down to 80ish, putting the worthy mid-major schools into the “big” conferences, doing away with or completely restructuring the Big East.
Then we can go with a 24 team playoff system (the top 8 teams would start playing in week 2 of the brackets)

But that is just my opinion, I could be wrong.