“Ryan’s Streaks”
Say what you want about my good friend Ryan. One thing you would all have to agree on it he is certainly a man of streaks. I can recall streaks with him going back years ago. Some of them funny, others frustrating when trying to make plans with him. Most of them spring out of nowhere and have no significance what so ever.
I recall his no going into movie theaters streak one summer whenever I wanted to see a movie. I knew I couldn’t call Ryan, because of his streak. He had a no going to the beach streak one time when were about 15 or so just in time for me to come down and visit his family at the shore. He flat out refused to go to the beach or leave the house. He just wanted to watch TV and sleep. He left me sitting there my first day down all fired up to have some fun awkwardly sitting with his grandfather watching the Phillies as he slept.
Eventually I got him to go to the boardwalk for brief time. This was after watching It’s Pat the movie with commercials no less being broadcast on WPIX’s Saturday afternoon movie. Despite it being a beautiful summer day at the shore, we spend the peak hours watching a straight to video horribly unfunny movie with commericals.
The other streak included various streaks aimed at people he chose not to see. However, his most famous streak was easily his Life Is Good T-shirt streak. One fateful day Jenna, Ryan and I were on the boardwalk in Ocean City. It might have been in 1999 I don’t recall. We were in cloud 9 when we found a yellow-shirt with a stick guy on it holding an ice cream cone and stating life was good. I told him it was a great shirt and he should wear it all summer long. The joke turned into reality when he wore the shirt 98 days in a row with little or no washing. It ran from Memorial Day to Labor Day ironically most of us graduated in 1998.
There was the week or two one winter when he had a no driving streak, and snow piled up on his car as it sat idle. He would schedule plans as if he had no car.
Ryan who decided to distance himself from the crew for the most part last September might have started yet another streak. The other night I was over his house, and asked him if he had read Tucker’s World lately. He had mention he couldn’t remember the last time he read it. Than he thought some, more and admitted, he had not been on the Internet the entire month of March maybe longer. Could this be yet another streak in the making? Is Ryan going to be Internet free for the rest of 2003?
Who knows…but that sounds like our wacky Ryan! You never know what silly streak he will come up with next!
Friday, April 04, 2003
Wednesday, April 02, 2003
“Dream Job”
Many Americans are seeking employment right now. As a service to my readers, I am going to take today to write about a job that may in fact be the last job you have, because of how great it is. Let me break it down for you and you can let me know if the job is for you.
What You Will Do:
You have the privilege of repeating the same pieces of information to the dregs of society, stuck up yuppies, or people who just simply can’t speak a lick of English. Many of your potential customers will reek of foul body order or will talk in a derogatory manner. Many of the people you work with will have an IQ less than the number of times Ryan actually picks up his cell phone in a given month.
When there aren’t many customers in the store (quite often lately since the merchandise prices keep rising amongst competition and a slumping economy) you get pace the floor like a mindless drone. You can repetitively open and close doors to our merchandise or zone out. Others prefer to pretend they are actually doing some sort of work. If you are truly honored you get to wipe down the merchandise or do pointless menial busy work. Sometimes you can interact with your co-workers most of which make the products will sell seem like better conversationalists. When you do start to have an enjoyable time, management will promptly scold you and separate anyone appearing to be enjoying their day.
Who Do You Work Along With?
You can work closely with management who for the most part get dumber as you climb the corporate ladder. Every manger will have different policies that contradict that of others few of which actually make sense or benefit you or the store.
How Much Will I Get Paid?
Well you start off with slightly over minimum wage. However if you work hard enough and do what needs to be told you can likely get a raise that consists of ¼ a dollar per year. The longer you stay with the company the less of an increase you get annually.
Are There Rooms For Advancement?
I am glad you asked that! Because there certainly are. Granted the work is no more rewarding and the pay increase is laughable but the real incentive is less interaction with the customers. The higher up you climb the more time you are given to be able to hide from the eyes of the customers. That is basically the only incentive. The few times you do deal with customers is when they are horribly irate. Many times it’s a result of faulty merchandise or damage to their home as result of using our products. If you get to the highest point in the company you don’t have to take any of your phone calls, let alone return them, and have to know little or nothing about the merchandise. Lack of reasonable business sense is a preferred.
What Kind of Environment Will You Work In?
You get to work along with mostly two faced people and ones willing to stab you in the back for their own personal gain (so they don’t have to deal with customers). You also get under rules and regulations that change more often than the Allen Iverson utters the phrase “What’s Up Catdady?”
The actual facility resembles that of a dungeon with its horribly depressing décor. The open windows your only link to the outside world almost mock you for your 8 hour incarceration. Despite the fact we boast satellite TV you will not be able to utilize this luxury. No, you that would count as contact with the outside world. You must be subject to the same 8 minute segment provided by the DISH NETWORK because two people talking about the DISH is much more appealing than say a televised sporting event. If you become filled with murderous rage towards the two hosts of the program. don’t worry…its perfectly normal. Don’t bother to try to active news networks because actually wanting to keep in formed about your country being at war will not be tolerated.
What Kind Of Hours Will I Work?
We don’t even know, because your schedule will change frequently. Occasionally without warning.
All Holidays and weekends are certain to be pissed away why you push pennies us.
Do I get any incentive to do sell?
You get 10 dollars if you successfully dupe the senile, uneducated, naïve, or the finically trapped into paying our corporation money in hopes that the products we sell them don’t break in a mere 5 years. Many times this fee is half the price (or more) of the actual machine. It’s important that you should not let on that the MOST people that service what they we sell are lazy, shady, inept, ignorant, and rarely show up when they make an appointment on time if at all.
Sometimes you get candy.
How Do I Apply?
Go out your front door and look to the sky. Now get into your car and drive towards the dark cloud. You might want to back various different forms of clothing because the climate control in the store is about as dependable as a Dave Roberts forecast. So if this sounds like the place for you to work. Stop in and see us because we are hiring. My friend Jenna and I will be the ones trying to topple Maytag Neptune Stackable Washer/Dryer combos over on ourselves.
Tuesday, April 01, 2003
“Blog Warriors”
When I started a Blog back in September, not only did I have to explain to be people who Tucker was, but also what a Blog actually was. Now they have popped up like weeds all over the internet. Many people use it as a soap box and many use it for political views. I am glad I will have files to go back to in the future of these times.
One of the most read blogs out there right now is one written by an Iraqi. Of course it could very easily be written by some fat guy in Iowa, but after hearing about it on the news this weekend I checked it out. It is a good read.
Here check this out if you aren’t already over whelmed by the war coverage. It gives you an idea of what the Iraqi people are thinking, or at least this particular one. Cut and Paste and check it out.
http://dearraed.blogspot.com/
p.s. The North Korea Leader is Kim-JONG II
When I started a Blog back in September, not only did I have to explain to be people who Tucker was, but also what a Blog actually was. Now they have popped up like weeds all over the internet. Many people use it as a soap box and many use it for political views. I am glad I will have files to go back to in the future of these times.
One of the most read blogs out there right now is one written by an Iraqi. Of course it could very easily be written by some fat guy in Iowa, but after hearing about it on the news this weekend I checked it out. It is a good read.
Here check this out if you aren’t already over whelmed by the war coverage. It gives you an idea of what the Iraqi people are thinking, or at least this particular one. Cut and Paste and check it out.
http://dearraed.blogspot.com/
p.s. The North Korea Leader is Kim-JONG II
Sunday, March 30, 2003
“Leaf Blowing”
Well looks like the Flyers are destined to point their skates at the Toronto Maple Leafs baring a mathematical miracle. These two teams have been checking each other out for months. In fact they actually went out and got players in anticipation for each other.
Now the Flyers are playing fairly well but are up against some of the weakest opponents in the league most of which are already thinking about the golf course instead of the hockey rink. Meanwhile the leafs has suffered massive injuries including Doug Gilmour, Glenn Wesly, and Gord Roberts who has barely played all year. Meanwhile I have read that they have had some Flyer like locker room turmoil with players being angry at Darcy Tucker regarding a dirty hit.
The leafs are a dirty team and will try to scare the Flyers off their system, and Ed Belfour has the tendency to catch fire come playoff season. While I was glad to be proven wrong about the Flyers goalie situation I fear Check-Os mild groin pull might become a sidelining injury. It is common knowledge in the league this point of his injury. So don’t be surprised if the leafs (most likely Tucker) take intended runs at our goalie. It is going to be an ugly series and I fear if the Flyers goals fall short of expectations early on they might get down on themselves.
You know right now that leafs are studying the white hot line of Amonte, Murray, and JR. They likely already have players to in mind to combat them. As for the Flyers when Gagne returns I hope they don’t displace Marty Murray for him, because if it isn’t broken….
The easy schedule is good and bad for the Flyers. It’s good because our players can run up their points to perhaps have other fans around the league stop bending over in laughter looking at how many points our leading scorer has. Also the fact that they are scoring goals is good for moral and will make them think their goal scoring curse has been lifted. At the same time it could be bad because it could be a false sense of security. The reality of the playoffs might hit them like sunlight blinding Dan K’s face after a weekend in a dark apartment.
It’s hard to figure out what the Flyers will do against the leafs. Since I am a die hard, people keep and will continue to ask me what the outcome will be. Although I am posting my predictions on here once they have the match ups set I don’t honestly think I can form an opinion to after I see game 1. I simply don’t know. All I know is that Lima Beanz is a jerk.
Make sure you scroll down and read the other entry for today.
Well looks like the Flyers are destined to point their skates at the Toronto Maple Leafs baring a mathematical miracle. These two teams have been checking each other out for months. In fact they actually went out and got players in anticipation for each other.
Now the Flyers are playing fairly well but are up against some of the weakest opponents in the league most of which are already thinking about the golf course instead of the hockey rink. Meanwhile the leafs has suffered massive injuries including Doug Gilmour, Glenn Wesly, and Gord Roberts who has barely played all year. Meanwhile I have read that they have had some Flyer like locker room turmoil with players being angry at Darcy Tucker regarding a dirty hit.
The leafs are a dirty team and will try to scare the Flyers off their system, and Ed Belfour has the tendency to catch fire come playoff season. While I was glad to be proven wrong about the Flyers goalie situation I fear Check-Os mild groin pull might become a sidelining injury. It is common knowledge in the league this point of his injury. So don’t be surprised if the leafs (most likely Tucker) take intended runs at our goalie. It is going to be an ugly series and I fear if the Flyers goals fall short of expectations early on they might get down on themselves.
You know right now that leafs are studying the white hot line of Amonte, Murray, and JR. They likely already have players to in mind to combat them. As for the Flyers when Gagne returns I hope they don’t displace Marty Murray for him, because if it isn’t broken….
The easy schedule is good and bad for the Flyers. It’s good because our players can run up their points to perhaps have other fans around the league stop bending over in laughter looking at how many points our leading scorer has. Also the fact that they are scoring goals is good for moral and will make them think their goal scoring curse has been lifted. At the same time it could be bad because it could be a false sense of security. The reality of the playoffs might hit them like sunlight blinding Dan K’s face after a weekend in a dark apartment.
It’s hard to figure out what the Flyers will do against the leafs. Since I am a die hard, people keep and will continue to ask me what the outcome will be. Although I am posting my predictions on here once they have the match ups set I don’t honestly think I can form an opinion to after I see game 1. I simply don’t know. All I know is that Lima Beanz is a jerk.
Make sure you scroll down and read the other entry for today.
“The War That Nobody Wanted”
Living in the ultra-liberal state of New Jersey it’s hard to gage realistically if the general public supports the war. I know all of Hollywood with the exception of a few such as Dennis Miller are against the war. Its nice of our celebrities to take time between snorting lines of cocaine to tell people who spend 9 dollars to see their movies what we should all be thinking.
Michael Moore may have made himself a household name this past week with his tirade at the Oscars. Even if you agree with his views I doubt anyone can refer to his as a “fake” war. Perhaps his eyes were still messed up from counting hanging chads and he couldn’t quite make out all the US marines putting their lives on the line.
In Hollywood’s defense, they did not always bash American policies. Even the King himself served for his country. Screen legend James Stewart flew and took part in many important American missions in World War II. However, like the films back than good and evil were black and white.
People will quickly point to the number of protestors against the war. But there are very few people that support the military campaign would be comfortable carrying sides DROP THE BOMB ON SADDAM down the streets of New York or other such cites. Nobody WANTS WAR! Support the troops rallies don’t count as pro-war, because you can support the troops and not the war. Like Drew (writer of his own bog TERMINUS). I would imagine many Hollywood people that support the war effort would keep their mouth shut out of fear of losing work. Of course if we had such a vast means of communications during World War II, I bet Americans would be hollering about picking on that poor Hitler guy.
In the past week many anti-war activist have almost over night turned into military experts and are already pointing out campaign blunders. Democrats are likely secretly slapping high-fives for every hour that passes by that we don’t fine evidence that Saddam has chemical weapons intending to harm the US, our allies, and US interests. As sick as that sounds that gives them a way to get back into the white house.
If we do find “The Smoking Gun” I don’t except anyone like Michael Moore to apologize for his remarks. Perhaps other countries faces will turn the color of the Red Wings road jersey if at the end of the day war was justified and it turned out we did do the world some good. If no weapons are found freeing innocent people from Iraq wouldn’t be enough for people to all come together on the issue. The people slamming the campaign a mere week and half in are also slamming any attempt to maintain a stable government over there without forcing all the Iraqis to wear I love America t-shirts. If this happens I bet Comcast starts a monopoly, so the people of Iraqi have horrendous cable service just like us.
Even people that think we are fighting the right fight have trouble stomaching the news, the images of dead children, burning buildings, lost of life of civilians, and US soldiers. In my case watching Baghdad in flames made me wonder how horrifying it would be to see US cities a blaze. If it turns out what was alleged was true perhaps at the end of the day it will be worth it. I hope so at this point. I pray so because I wouldn’t want anyone to die for no reason.
Many people fear the condition of Iraq in the postwar era, but I fear more for the condition of the US. Despite the fact chants of US can be heard at various sports stadiums I fear this war will tear the people of the country apart more than bring them together. How many heated exchanges have their been so far? Fights have broken out over beliefs.
I don’t know if anyone can judge about history when you’re on the first page of a chapter. The war is far from over, and people should wait for things to play out before they start blasting the intelligence and decisions of our armed forces. It hard to see families of fallen US soldiers, even more heart breaking if they think their child died for an unworthy cause.
From what I heard our relationships with foreign countries is in about as good shape as Veteran’s Stadium. Second to Iraq is North Korea (and not to mention the damn FRENCH) lead by Kim Jong-Il who is stamping up and down and shouting for us to pay attention to him. Granted he doesn’t like much of his neighboring countries either (and vice versa) but his main beef is with the good old U S of A . Most people close to the situation believe that it has to do with money. I wouldn’t be surprised it would be a great time to try to pick pocket Uncle Sam. Maybe the people of his country were just subjected the American export known as Kangaroo Jack. Perhaps his penis is even smaller than mine is so he is upset about it. Seriously, I just hope (and really think) this war can be fought with words and maybe he will learn not to mess with us after we finish with Iraq. If he wants money, he might want to send his resume to BUZZFLASH.
When the images of this war become history and the smoke clears it will be time to measure the impact on the US and the validity of the cause. I hope if they find Saddam alive someone would spit in his face. I don’t think everyone will able to forgive things such as the lost of a loved one, and I guarantee that the after the war people will still be divided about this conflict. Maybe even more than now when there are empty beds and single more single parents. Certainly more than my younger readers have ever seen, and perhaps more than ever in decades. I just hope that we don’t have to omit the part about being indivisible along with under God in our pledge of allegiance. Because that’s just what the enemy wants.
Living in the ultra-liberal state of New Jersey it’s hard to gage realistically if the general public supports the war. I know all of Hollywood with the exception of a few such as Dennis Miller are against the war. Its nice of our celebrities to take time between snorting lines of cocaine to tell people who spend 9 dollars to see their movies what we should all be thinking.
Michael Moore may have made himself a household name this past week with his tirade at the Oscars. Even if you agree with his views I doubt anyone can refer to his as a “fake” war. Perhaps his eyes were still messed up from counting hanging chads and he couldn’t quite make out all the US marines putting their lives on the line.
In Hollywood’s defense, they did not always bash American policies. Even the King himself served for his country. Screen legend James Stewart flew and took part in many important American missions in World War II. However, like the films back than good and evil were black and white.
People will quickly point to the number of protestors against the war. But there are very few people that support the military campaign would be comfortable carrying sides DROP THE BOMB ON SADDAM down the streets of New York or other such cites. Nobody WANTS WAR! Support the troops rallies don’t count as pro-war, because you can support the troops and not the war. Like Drew (writer of his own bog TERMINUS). I would imagine many Hollywood people that support the war effort would keep their mouth shut out of fear of losing work. Of course if we had such a vast means of communications during World War II, I bet Americans would be hollering about picking on that poor Hitler guy.
In the past week many anti-war activist have almost over night turned into military experts and are already pointing out campaign blunders. Democrats are likely secretly slapping high-fives for every hour that passes by that we don’t fine evidence that Saddam has chemical weapons intending to harm the US, our allies, and US interests. As sick as that sounds that gives them a way to get back into the white house.
If we do find “The Smoking Gun” I don’t except anyone like Michael Moore to apologize for his remarks. Perhaps other countries faces will turn the color of the Red Wings road jersey if at the end of the day war was justified and it turned out we did do the world some good. If no weapons are found freeing innocent people from Iraq wouldn’t be enough for people to all come together on the issue. The people slamming the campaign a mere week and half in are also slamming any attempt to maintain a stable government over there without forcing all the Iraqis to wear I love America t-shirts. If this happens I bet Comcast starts a monopoly, so the people of Iraqi have horrendous cable service just like us.
Even people that think we are fighting the right fight have trouble stomaching the news, the images of dead children, burning buildings, lost of life of civilians, and US soldiers. In my case watching Baghdad in flames made me wonder how horrifying it would be to see US cities a blaze. If it turns out what was alleged was true perhaps at the end of the day it will be worth it. I hope so at this point. I pray so because I wouldn’t want anyone to die for no reason.
Many people fear the condition of Iraq in the postwar era, but I fear more for the condition of the US. Despite the fact chants of US can be heard at various sports stadiums I fear this war will tear the people of the country apart more than bring them together. How many heated exchanges have their been so far? Fights have broken out over beliefs.
I don’t know if anyone can judge about history when you’re on the first page of a chapter. The war is far from over, and people should wait for things to play out before they start blasting the intelligence and decisions of our armed forces. It hard to see families of fallen US soldiers, even more heart breaking if they think their child died for an unworthy cause.
From what I heard our relationships with foreign countries is in about as good shape as Veteran’s Stadium. Second to Iraq is North Korea (and not to mention the damn FRENCH) lead by Kim Jong-Il who is stamping up and down and shouting for us to pay attention to him. Granted he doesn’t like much of his neighboring countries either (and vice versa) but his main beef is with the good old U S of A . Most people close to the situation believe that it has to do with money. I wouldn’t be surprised it would be a great time to try to pick pocket Uncle Sam. Maybe the people of his country were just subjected the American export known as Kangaroo Jack. Perhaps his penis is even smaller than mine is so he is upset about it. Seriously, I just hope (and really think) this war can be fought with words and maybe he will learn not to mess with us after we finish with Iraq. If he wants money, he might want to send his resume to BUZZFLASH.
When the images of this war become history and the smoke clears it will be time to measure the impact on the US and the validity of the cause. I hope if they find Saddam alive someone would spit in his face. I don’t think everyone will able to forgive things such as the lost of a loved one, and I guarantee that the after the war people will still be divided about this conflict. Maybe even more than now when there are empty beds and single more single parents. Certainly more than my younger readers have ever seen, and perhaps more than ever in decades. I just hope that we don’t have to omit the part about being indivisible along with under God in our pledge of allegiance. Because that’s just what the enemy wants.
Friday, March 28, 2003
"Almost Legal !"
The Olsen twins will turn 17 in the month of April making them a year away from being league to all the guys who have oggled them for years. Altough some people tell me 16 is legal in New Jersey, I have my doubts. Here is a list of other hotties about to become fair game. I am sure Lima Beanz who owns a few of the Olsen twin movies, and several pictures already has their date marked.
Kaley Cuoco (8 Simple Rules) turns 18 on NOv 30
Amanda Bynes (What a Girl Wants, Big Fat Liar) turns 17 the first week of April.
Hilary Duff (Agent Cody Banks) will be sweet 16 in November.
For the record Avril is 18..not 17! I am told that is it tiny but tough!
Now is the time to get into line to legally kick some game!
The Olsen twins will turn 17 in the month of April making them a year away from being league to all the guys who have oggled them for years. Altough some people tell me 16 is legal in New Jersey, I have my doubts. Here is a list of other hotties about to become fair game. I am sure Lima Beanz who owns a few of the Olsen twin movies, and several pictures already has their date marked.
Kaley Cuoco (8 Simple Rules) turns 18 on NOv 30
Amanda Bynes (What a Girl Wants, Big Fat Liar) turns 17 the first week of April.
Hilary Duff (Agent Cody Banks) will be sweet 16 in November.
For the record Avril is 18..not 17! I am told that is it tiny but tough!
Now is the time to get into line to legally kick some game!
Wednesday, March 26, 2003
"What's Going On?"
Just try to avoid the reality of war if you wanted to. Not that I am saying anyone should. Its just sometimes it would be nice to take a break from all the horrifying images and death tallies on the news these days. However the reality is that this WAR is going to be around for awhile and in our lives. For example the other day I wondered if Conan was a rerun momentarily forgetting, but of course Late Night was preempted for war coverage. Rick and I went to the Flyers game Monday, and about 4 or so continuous chants of USA! echoed through the FU center.
This war we are in is the first “Cell Phone and Internet” war. So what makes this different than the 1991 Gulf War is there is a lot more information out there, and depending on what your sources are it appears to be a different war. Some of it is just internet rumors I am sure because anyone can just write stuff on a web blog or website and make it sound like facts. So I think you should stop reading them!!!!!!! I love my readers reading Tucker’s World. Both of them
Most people talk about the war and you hear different variations of what is going on. You would think at time we are talking about different countries and different wars. First off the actual objective depends on who you ask. That kind of makes it harder to come together in such a trying time for America, when we can’t even agree why we are fighting.
People either say because we are preventing the next 9/11 by doing this. We have yet to find the dreaded weapons of mass destruction as far as I know. Many Americans (and the vast majority of New Jerseyans) believe we are out to kill Iraqis and steal all of their oil. If this is so than I am sure Bush would be impeached and the rest of the middle of east would reek havoc on the US. I have trouble buying that it is just about Oil.
Others think its time to just free the people of Iraq that have suffered so long under a tyrant rule of Saddam. Now these objective is separated by various different beliefs. Some people think it’s the time to end the suffering. Others thing we are going to pretend we are ending suffering, than turn around and kill everybody and steal their oil. Others on the other hand think Saddam is an awful person, and his treatment of innocent people, but would rather us as a nation turn a blind eye and worry about our economy problems. This out look is funny and ironic because it comes from many supposed human rights liberals. So basically what they are saying is let more people die over there for now and lets worry about getting money for ourselves!
Now what where hear on the news I am sure does not parallel what is actually going one. For one thing we are also being feed Iraqi propaganda. They seem to disagree on the amount of civilian casualties than we do. However, they still think they won the 1991 Gulf War. I have heard other things too which I would love to know more about. For example, about 48 hours ago or so we found a chemical warehouse. It was roughly the same size as a golf course, but I didn’t heard much after we actually found it. I mean just days ago the cover of the Daily News had a picture of U.S. Solider on the front and the headline was about the warehouse. Now I have heard nothing about it since than.
If you go to Drew’s blog TERMINUS and check out the BUZZ FLASH, you may have found an article about this. It mentioned that we already knew it was there. However it was just a written paragraph and served no evidence other than the author of the article telling me we knew about it already. What is odd is the fact that it was camouflaged and unable to be seen by planes and inspections. Why are the hiding this? I have no idea because I haven’t heard squat about in days. Maybe it was just filled with Dixie Chicks CDs or something.
What about the US missiles that supposedly landed in Iran ? I have heard there were a few people hurt. Do most the people of Iraq want us there? I see footage of food being distributed to them and they look damn happy. I have heard that many of them are just surrendering because they are hoping to be liberated so food and supplies wont be cut off from them. Also so the country, not Saddam could get money for Oil, unless of course we kill them and take it from them. At the same time I have heard (granted less) accounts of Iraqis resenting the US for being there.
Now the news is hyping the battle of Baghdad amongst on going sandstorms. If they did have chemical weapons we are going to find out really sound. Many people now think taking the city may be harder than originally thought. Could it be a blood bath? I have no idea! I pray that it isn't. (sorry Drew)
Is this war worth fighting or am I a victim of US propaganda? Even if it is you will feel even more guilty about it than you should, because the democrats are likely to exaggerate missteps and harp on the negative effects of the war in order to retake the white house. Some of the ultra-liberal human shields have already gotten a heavy dose of reality. Many of them after talking to the people of Iraq realized how horrible the people there have it and got the heck out of there.
It frustrating for having friends in this war. Its frustrating even though I know we don’t hear everything for a reason. However its really frustrating not knowing what is really going on over there. Most of all its frustrating trying to figure what to believe. Is our generation out to make it right? Are we just making promises that we know we will never keep?
Too many men, too many people making too many problems, and not much love to go round. Can't you see this is a land of confusion?
Sunday, March 23, 2003
“Freedom of Ignorance”
A week back or so protestors decided to destroy a 9/11 memorial. I still get pissed when I think of it. I thought this was a horrendous display of confusion. First off many of the anti-war people out there are harping that Iraq had nothing to with 9/11, so than why did you destroy a 9/11 memorial if it has nothing to do with your cause? From what I read it was basically made up of pictures and flags. Do they even know what they are protesting?
Not to mention people who set up the memorial the loved ones on the tragic day. So whatever message was trying to be relayed was aimed at people who had nothing do to with the war. What was trying to be accomplished here? Why don’t they just piss on ground zero? Freedom of speech is one thing, and I know legally that’s all they were doing. Why not just rip pictures of Bush up or something? All the 9/11 memorial was doing was help healing the wounds and serving as a reminder of that day. The people who erected it might not even support the war. Regardless they are not the ones that made the decision to go.
That’s just a plain out as*hole move, and dare I say it…..is there such a thing….UNAMERICAN.
Regardless of what people feel have the right or wrong of the war. I certainly hope that U.S. Soldiers get the respect they deserve when they make it back home safely.
“Big Mac Attack”
I enjoy discussing current events with everyone, and comparing and contrasting views on the world. I respect people’s opinions. Within the past few months, I have engaged in many conversations about the war. I even have my doubts still not that if will succeed but if we should have gone in the first place.
So the other day I was discussing situation with a co-worker named Phil He told me he supported the campaign months after 9/11 but not the current war. However at one point he told me he thought that Saddam IS a threat to the US, but wouldn’t really do anything for about 5 years or so. I pointed out to him that would be merit for war (based on more hard facts obviously) but what difference would it make if he didn’t do anything for 5 years? Certainly now would be the time to attack if he that was the case. He defended his argument by saying that Saddam was old and in poor health (news to me about the health) and we should just let him die of natural causes instead of the SHOCK AND AWE. This would spare lifes.
Well of course it would be nice if Saddam wasn’t around since we don’t really have a beef with the people of Iraqi, just the government. However, his crazy ass son could just take the reigns, and I doubt Saddam would just nonchalantly give his power to the people on his deathbed.
So I was thinking that maybe if we just wanted him to die of health problems the entire campaign would have been different. Fridays SHOCK AND AWE would certainly been quite more amusing.
Picture this…The City Of Baghdad sits quietly at night. Silently a giant fuzzy purple, goggle eyed creature piloting a plane over head. He than proceeds to drop numerous small objects that descend upon the city, however instead of huge missiles falling thousands of Big Macs land on the ground. The launching of “freedom” fries follows this up.
Saddam is in the midst of an intimate evening with some gay sheep but is alarmed by the noise. Saddam walks out of his palace and sees burgers piling up on the ground. He picks up a Big Mac and snarls when he reads the made in America label.
“Blasted Americans!” Snarls the ruthless dictator.
Then something, happen something he would never except. The smell permeates his nostrils and he unravels the wrapper and sniffs the double beef paddy on a sesame seed bun. Hmmm.. He wonders out loud.
“It says made in America, but it sure smells delicious!” He takes a bite and instantly is addicted.
He turns to his higher-ups and declares that he will eat nothing but Big Macs for the rest of his life. However his advisors tell him that would be really dumb and even the mildly retarded camel could see that eating that stuff on a regular basis is unhealthy. Saddam then reminded him he was madman and blew the advisors face off.
Over time his arteries slowly clogged and his health waned. He didn’t know it but several American CIA agents were working undercover keeping a close eye on Saddam to see if he would have a massive heart attack and die. With the intelligence, they come up with a color, coded chart for the people of America to know level Saddam’s health status.
Blue ---- Saddam is suffering from severe diarrhea other wise known as the Hershey Squirts.
Green--- Diarrhea continues, accompanied by chronic flatulence and occasional stomach noises.
Yellow-- All previous symptoms in addition to massive weight gain, shortness of breath and increased stomach discomfort. Saddam demands his palace be filled with millions of plastic balls.
Orange: All previous symptoms, and severe heartburn, and numbing in the arm. Weight slightly over that of John Goodman. Saddam’s brainstarts to slip from all the fat blocking oxygen to his brain. He than starts soiling himself. He begins to think he is the Hamburgler resulting in confusion for his followers.
Red Alert: Saddam’s heart explodes like a baby milk factory and his head falls off. His lifeless corpse falls to the desert sand and sinks rapidly into the earth like the evil Trumpy in Pod People (maybe one person got that one).
The Iraqis start singing REM’s Shining Happy People, but that one of Saddam’s sons gets an American Lawyer to successfully sue McDonalds for killing his dad. He than gets the billions of dollars together to build up a more powerful regime. He is even more ruthless and when Iraqi TV isn’t saying how great he is they show Blame It On the Bellboy non-stop.
A week back or so protestors decided to destroy a 9/11 memorial. I still get pissed when I think of it. I thought this was a horrendous display of confusion. First off many of the anti-war people out there are harping that Iraq had nothing to with 9/11, so than why did you destroy a 9/11 memorial if it has nothing to do with your cause? From what I read it was basically made up of pictures and flags. Do they even know what they are protesting?
Not to mention people who set up the memorial the loved ones on the tragic day. So whatever message was trying to be relayed was aimed at people who had nothing do to with the war. What was trying to be accomplished here? Why don’t they just piss on ground zero? Freedom of speech is one thing, and I know legally that’s all they were doing. Why not just rip pictures of Bush up or something? All the 9/11 memorial was doing was help healing the wounds and serving as a reminder of that day. The people who erected it might not even support the war. Regardless they are not the ones that made the decision to go.
That’s just a plain out as*hole move, and dare I say it…..is there such a thing….UNAMERICAN.
Regardless of what people feel have the right or wrong of the war. I certainly hope that U.S. Soldiers get the respect they deserve when they make it back home safely.
“Big Mac Attack”
I enjoy discussing current events with everyone, and comparing and contrasting views on the world. I respect people’s opinions. Within the past few months, I have engaged in many conversations about the war. I even have my doubts still not that if will succeed but if we should have gone in the first place.
So the other day I was discussing situation with a co-worker named Phil He told me he supported the campaign months after 9/11 but not the current war. However at one point he told me he thought that Saddam IS a threat to the US, but wouldn’t really do anything for about 5 years or so. I pointed out to him that would be merit for war (based on more hard facts obviously) but what difference would it make if he didn’t do anything for 5 years? Certainly now would be the time to attack if he that was the case. He defended his argument by saying that Saddam was old and in poor health (news to me about the health) and we should just let him die of natural causes instead of the SHOCK AND AWE. This would spare lifes.
Well of course it would be nice if Saddam wasn’t around since we don’t really have a beef with the people of Iraqi, just the government. However, his crazy ass son could just take the reigns, and I doubt Saddam would just nonchalantly give his power to the people on his deathbed.
So I was thinking that maybe if we just wanted him to die of health problems the entire campaign would have been different. Fridays SHOCK AND AWE would certainly been quite more amusing.
Picture this…The City Of Baghdad sits quietly at night. Silently a giant fuzzy purple, goggle eyed creature piloting a plane over head. He than proceeds to drop numerous small objects that descend upon the city, however instead of huge missiles falling thousands of Big Macs land on the ground. The launching of “freedom” fries follows this up.
Saddam is in the midst of an intimate evening with some gay sheep but is alarmed by the noise. Saddam walks out of his palace and sees burgers piling up on the ground. He picks up a Big Mac and snarls when he reads the made in America label.
“Blasted Americans!” Snarls the ruthless dictator.
Then something, happen something he would never except. The smell permeates his nostrils and he unravels the wrapper and sniffs the double beef paddy on a sesame seed bun. Hmmm.. He wonders out loud.
“It says made in America, but it sure smells delicious!” He takes a bite and instantly is addicted.
He turns to his higher-ups and declares that he will eat nothing but Big Macs for the rest of his life. However his advisors tell him that would be really dumb and even the mildly retarded camel could see that eating that stuff on a regular basis is unhealthy. Saddam then reminded him he was madman and blew the advisors face off.
Over time his arteries slowly clogged and his health waned. He didn’t know it but several American CIA agents were working undercover keeping a close eye on Saddam to see if he would have a massive heart attack and die. With the intelligence, they come up with a color, coded chart for the people of America to know level Saddam’s health status.
Blue ---- Saddam is suffering from severe diarrhea other wise known as the Hershey Squirts.
Green--- Diarrhea continues, accompanied by chronic flatulence and occasional stomach noises.
Yellow-- All previous symptoms in addition to massive weight gain, shortness of breath and increased stomach discomfort. Saddam demands his palace be filled with millions of plastic balls.
Orange: All previous symptoms, and severe heartburn, and numbing in the arm. Weight slightly over that of John Goodman. Saddam’s brainstarts to slip from all the fat blocking oxygen to his brain. He than starts soiling himself. He begins to think he is the Hamburgler resulting in confusion for his followers.
Red Alert: Saddam’s heart explodes like a baby milk factory and his head falls off. His lifeless corpse falls to the desert sand and sinks rapidly into the earth like the evil Trumpy in Pod People (maybe one person got that one).
The Iraqis start singing REM’s Shining Happy People, but that one of Saddam’s sons gets an American Lawyer to successfully sue McDonalds for killing his dad. He than gets the billions of dollars together to build up a more powerful regime. He is even more ruthless and when Iraqi TV isn’t saying how great he is they show Blame It On the Bellboy non-stop.
Friday, March 21, 2003
“Shock and Awe”
Earlier today after finished two epos ides of the Transformers on DVD I flipped on the news just to see what was called the shock and awe that we were expecting since yesterday. I was amazed on how much destruction was going on in front of my eyes. Baghdad appears to be on its way to being totally leveled.
Enormous clouds of smoke raised into the sky and buildings were turned into balls of flames. A reporter for ABC was right in the middle of it, and obviously shaken. He estimated that half of the city had been destroyed. Although he did say he may be overstated, but I am sure its hard to gage when missiles are flying over you head. I keep hearing that the end hasn’t come yet, and some addition bombing will happen with in hours that I type this.
I cannot imagine what it is like to be in the middle of that, or even in the neighboring countries. Not only is Baghdad being hit but many of the major cities are basically getting the crap bombed out of them.
Sadly last night (our time) we learned of the first causalities of the war. In addition to the ones killed in the helicopter accident another marine was killed on the ground in an unrelated incident. They say Saddam is still alive, but I don’t know how many men he has left close to him at this point. Many of his monuments and palaces went up in flames about an hour ago.
“Hollywood Poop-Machine”i>
Hopefully its okay to take a break from the war talk for a bit, because I am going to. Hey everyone needs escape these days. This topic is some what relevant with the pending Oscars and all. Not to mention none of these films I am about to discuss are likely ever to be uttered during Oscar season.
I recently saw Bringing Down the House with Steve Martin, frequently funny film, but not flat out classic Martin. Good enough to make me forget St. Bilko, and The Out of Towners and the over-rated Bowfinger. I am also glad it made a lot of money so perhaps Martin will bounce back.
Anyway I was upset at one misstep in the film when the resorted to a pop-medicine joke. Now we all remember the classic scene in the hailrous film Dumb and Dumber (1994) when a jealous Jim Carrey decided he would help out Jeff Daniels digestive track by spiking his drink. Of course he over did it and Daniels couldn’t taste anything. What resulted was one of the most talked about scenes 90’s films, and certainly of Daniel’s career who still fields questions about the scene to this day. It was classic.
I guess it was inevitable that the joke would be copied by lazy writers, and like usual every time you make a copy of a copy of a copy it loses its impact. A few years later a similar prank was pulled in American Pie when the vitictim was a high school senior who refused to use public restrooms. Daniels had to take a dump at his girlfriends, while poor Finch took one in the girl’s room by accident. This kind of worked because of the previous set up, but it was an obvious Dumb and Dumber remake. Granted 5 years had past but I thought it was a cheap way to get laughs and fill a few minutes in an other wise solid comedy.
Just last year in National Lampoon’s Van Wilder, Van’s arch enemy was the vitictim of similar circumstances by the fate of his ex-girlfriend. This poor guy had to unload in a trash can in front of influential people for his law school prospects. This was more gruesome than Daniels but less funny. Why couldn’t they come up with an original way for him to get what he deserved?
Most recently Steve Martin was the mistaken victim of fast relief. This sequence seemed like a last minute throw in. It would have played better with the musical movement of Martin’s limbs had the joke not been already tired. The minute I saw the bottle I was ready to slam my hand against my forehead hoping the set up and delivery would be quick. I couldn’t imagine why they needed that in there. It didn’t even play any significance at the end of the film at all. Didn’t anyone one the set see the previous 3 films ? When I see this joke now I just see the writers initially saying. something funny happens here. Than when the shoot…they say I KNOW! I know many jokes get recycled from previously funnier versions, but this one is too blatant and cheap to allow to continue.
I am looking to put a ban on all these jokes. Write your congressman or the head of a major motion studio in an attempt to retire this worn out gag. You will be glad that you did!
Oh and now we have a new movie out this week with Cub Gooding Jr. who “comically” dresses in drag. ENOUGH! How many times must we see this concept UGGGHH.
Earlier today after finished two epos ides of the Transformers on DVD I flipped on the news just to see what was called the shock and awe that we were expecting since yesterday. I was amazed on how much destruction was going on in front of my eyes. Baghdad appears to be on its way to being totally leveled.
Enormous clouds of smoke raised into the sky and buildings were turned into balls of flames. A reporter for ABC was right in the middle of it, and obviously shaken. He estimated that half of the city had been destroyed. Although he did say he may be overstated, but I am sure its hard to gage when missiles are flying over you head. I keep hearing that the end hasn’t come yet, and some addition bombing will happen with in hours that I type this.
I cannot imagine what it is like to be in the middle of that, or even in the neighboring countries. Not only is Baghdad being hit but many of the major cities are basically getting the crap bombed out of them.
Sadly last night (our time) we learned of the first causalities of the war. In addition to the ones killed in the helicopter accident another marine was killed on the ground in an unrelated incident. They say Saddam is still alive, but I don’t know how many men he has left close to him at this point. Many of his monuments and palaces went up in flames about an hour ago.
“Hollywood Poop-Machine”i>
Hopefully its okay to take a break from the war talk for a bit, because I am going to. Hey everyone needs escape these days. This topic is some what relevant with the pending Oscars and all. Not to mention none of these films I am about to discuss are likely ever to be uttered during Oscar season.
I recently saw Bringing Down the House with Steve Martin, frequently funny film, but not flat out classic Martin. Good enough to make me forget St. Bilko, and The Out of Towners and the over-rated Bowfinger. I am also glad it made a lot of money so perhaps Martin will bounce back.
Anyway I was upset at one misstep in the film when the resorted to a pop-medicine joke. Now we all remember the classic scene in the hailrous film Dumb and Dumber (1994) when a jealous Jim Carrey decided he would help out Jeff Daniels digestive track by spiking his drink. Of course he over did it and Daniels couldn’t taste anything. What resulted was one of the most talked about scenes 90’s films, and certainly of Daniel’s career who still fields questions about the scene to this day. It was classic.
I guess it was inevitable that the joke would be copied by lazy writers, and like usual every time you make a copy of a copy of a copy it loses its impact. A few years later a similar prank was pulled in American Pie when the vitictim was a high school senior who refused to use public restrooms. Daniels had to take a dump at his girlfriends, while poor Finch took one in the girl’s room by accident. This kind of worked because of the previous set up, but it was an obvious Dumb and Dumber remake. Granted 5 years had past but I thought it was a cheap way to get laughs and fill a few minutes in an other wise solid comedy.
Just last year in National Lampoon’s Van Wilder, Van’s arch enemy was the vitictim of similar circumstances by the fate of his ex-girlfriend. This poor guy had to unload in a trash can in front of influential people for his law school prospects. This was more gruesome than Daniels but less funny. Why couldn’t they come up with an original way for him to get what he deserved?
Most recently Steve Martin was the mistaken victim of fast relief. This sequence seemed like a last minute throw in. It would have played better with the musical movement of Martin’s limbs had the joke not been already tired. The minute I saw the bottle I was ready to slam my hand against my forehead hoping the set up and delivery would be quick. I couldn’t imagine why they needed that in there. It didn’t even play any significance at the end of the film at all. Didn’t anyone one the set see the previous 3 films ? When I see this joke now I just see the writers initially saying. something funny happens here. Than when the shoot…they say I KNOW! I know many jokes get recycled from previously funnier versions, but this one is too blatant and cheap to allow to continue.
I am looking to put a ban on all these jokes. Write your congressman or the head of a major motion studio in an attempt to retire this worn out gag. You will be glad that you did!
Oh and now we have a new movie out this week with Cub Gooding Jr. who “comically” dresses in drag. ENOUGH! How many times must we see this concept UGGGHH.
Wednesday, March 19, 2003
"The Waiting Game From Hell"
Right now the Flyers search for answers after a defeat to a hapless Buffalo team. Right now people are increasingly frustrated with their NCAA brackets not matching the actual outcome of the tournament. Right now as I type this most my readers are fast asleep in their beds waiting for the alarm to buzz off again, and to start another day. Whether it be going to school or work, or just loafing around the house. Right now thousands of American solders stand in a sanding desert awaiting orders.
Driving home from my girlfriend’s tonight hardly a car was on the road. Everything appears normal that is unless you turn on a television, click on the Internet or pick up a newspaper. The hours of a pending war are dwindling. As I type this we have just a few minutes over 18 hours left until the war has begun. I know this because the NBC cable affiliates have shamelessly been running a clock in the bottom right hand corner of the screen. I know that their ratings have been below FOX News and CNN, but it is not like but they act like there are proudly launching a new reality series. I fear many cable networks will package this war as something or an entertainment value.
Turn on the news and you see hundreds of protests around the world. Most people I talk to are either admittedly against the war, or like myself on the fence. Some people think that 9/11 and Iraq are related. Are they? I haven’t been giving hard evidence yet, but I wouldn’t at all be surprised. We know that terrorists involved in plots against America have met with high up Iraqi officials. Yet we have no proof that money exchanged hands. It seemed people were more irate about the possibility of Enron and Bush exchanging money than Iraq and terrorists groups. Some people think its one of the best public relations campaigns ever. Critics of the war site the lack of recent references to Osama. Bush has not publicly mentioned him since July 2002, and not said his name in a speech since February 2002. Not that we haven’t had success going after his followers. The last few months have been highly successful in the war against terror.
Talk to people, and try to research the war, and you will find it’s a confusing situation. People have different variations about what’s going on out there. This lady I work with was telling my this is the first start in a evil American plan to take over the world. She said we were going to destroy Iraq and take all of the their oil. Than we will move on to North Korea, Iran, and Pakistan destroying and looting everything in our paths, but I seriously doubt we have the manpower to do that. Nor will Bush have enough time left on his term. Some Americans are just totally against the Bush policies.
Some fear this war will rage on for years and become a disaster. A friend of mines mother who was giving me advice on my current job search hinted that I might end up in the military. She is under the impression that we are short handed and a draft is not out of the question. Others think it might be over in a few weeks. It would be nice to see most of the Iraqi people just allow American troops to move into Iraqi. From what I understand more people would rather Saddam be ousted than not. However, he still has followers that are likely to fight to the death. I fear that if Saddam has any lethal weapons he might use them to go down out with a fight. Many people think this war will be done in mere weeks.
Many people are irate that the UN didn’t get a final vote on the situation in Iraq. However that would likely just draw things out more, and agree or disagree about this war I honestly think its either now or never. The weather over there is going to get worse in the next few months, and further delays would result in a harder battle for our troops. Or perhaps delay the ordeal another calendar year, which would be deviating to the mental state of our troops.
Still others think our meddling in other countries is responsible for terrorism itself, and we should just let Saddam do his thing and hope that he stays in his corner. Most people think that since he hasn’t been overly aggressive since 1991 he has learned his lesson. Most people thinks Saddam is a horrible person, but cant justify war. While others think, we should deal with North Korea. However, I doubt we would go to war there, given the size of their forces, and the fact that they have means to destroy most of our major cities. Oddly enough some people thing we should throw in the towel on the missile defense system. Well if Iraq doesn’t have nuclear capabilities it very well could in years, than we would have two North Koreas on our hands.
People seem a little more on edge than they did in 1991 about the pending war. I guess that’s understandable in a post 9/11 war. There could very easily be cells waiting for the right moment to strike. I hope that’s not true. I pray for our troops, and hope for peaceful solution even though many cable networks will be disappointed. I hope to be kicking back a cold one with Price this summer.
I have been going through mental anguish trying to get aspects of my life in order since I finished college, and grow ever more increasingly frustrated with my current job status. Part of it is my own damn fault, and I am lucky to have a terrific girl who helps me from feeling too discouraged and helps me keep my sanity. I shift through meager offerings and job openings for resent college grads and it’s a major obstacle in my life. But as far as hardships go compared to the troops at the Iraq border mine is roughly the size of an orange and theirs perhaps the size of the Empire States Building. Sometimes I fear I could fail at a new job, but than I think to myself if people my age and younger can have the balls to stand out in that desert than I can certainly succeed once I get my foot in a door some place. Any place.
I have also heard that Vegas is even running lines on how long the war will last. I think the lost of human lives is simply a horrible thing to put money on. Who out there thinks they know how things will play out? This isn’t something you can put a bet on for any reason, and that is scary as hell.
Right now the Flyers search for answers after a defeat to a hapless Buffalo team. Right now people are increasingly frustrated with their NCAA brackets not matching the actual outcome of the tournament. Right now as I type this most my readers are fast asleep in their beds waiting for the alarm to buzz off again, and to start another day. Whether it be going to school or work, or just loafing around the house. Right now thousands of American solders stand in a sanding desert awaiting orders.
Driving home from my girlfriend’s tonight hardly a car was on the road. Everything appears normal that is unless you turn on a television, click on the Internet or pick up a newspaper. The hours of a pending war are dwindling. As I type this we have just a few minutes over 18 hours left until the war has begun. I know this because the NBC cable affiliates have shamelessly been running a clock in the bottom right hand corner of the screen. I know that their ratings have been below FOX News and CNN, but it is not like but they act like there are proudly launching a new reality series. I fear many cable networks will package this war as something or an entertainment value.
Turn on the news and you see hundreds of protests around the world. Most people I talk to are either admittedly against the war, or like myself on the fence. Some people think that 9/11 and Iraq are related. Are they? I haven’t been giving hard evidence yet, but I wouldn’t at all be surprised. We know that terrorists involved in plots against America have met with high up Iraqi officials. Yet we have no proof that money exchanged hands. It seemed people were more irate about the possibility of Enron and Bush exchanging money than Iraq and terrorists groups. Some people think its one of the best public relations campaigns ever. Critics of the war site the lack of recent references to Osama. Bush has not publicly mentioned him since July 2002, and not said his name in a speech since February 2002. Not that we haven’t had success going after his followers. The last few months have been highly successful in the war against terror.
Talk to people, and try to research the war, and you will find it’s a confusing situation. People have different variations about what’s going on out there. This lady I work with was telling my this is the first start in a evil American plan to take over the world. She said we were going to destroy Iraq and take all of the their oil. Than we will move on to North Korea, Iran, and Pakistan destroying and looting everything in our paths, but I seriously doubt we have the manpower to do that. Nor will Bush have enough time left on his term. Some Americans are just totally against the Bush policies.
Some fear this war will rage on for years and become a disaster. A friend of mines mother who was giving me advice on my current job search hinted that I might end up in the military. She is under the impression that we are short handed and a draft is not out of the question. Others think it might be over in a few weeks. It would be nice to see most of the Iraqi people just allow American troops to move into Iraqi. From what I understand more people would rather Saddam be ousted than not. However, he still has followers that are likely to fight to the death. I fear that if Saddam has any lethal weapons he might use them to go down out with a fight. Many people think this war will be done in mere weeks.
Many people are irate that the UN didn’t get a final vote on the situation in Iraq. However that would likely just draw things out more, and agree or disagree about this war I honestly think its either now or never. The weather over there is going to get worse in the next few months, and further delays would result in a harder battle for our troops. Or perhaps delay the ordeal another calendar year, which would be deviating to the mental state of our troops.
Still others think our meddling in other countries is responsible for terrorism itself, and we should just let Saddam do his thing and hope that he stays in his corner. Most people think that since he hasn’t been overly aggressive since 1991 he has learned his lesson. Most people thinks Saddam is a horrible person, but cant justify war. While others think, we should deal with North Korea. However, I doubt we would go to war there, given the size of their forces, and the fact that they have means to destroy most of our major cities. Oddly enough some people thing we should throw in the towel on the missile defense system. Well if Iraq doesn’t have nuclear capabilities it very well could in years, than we would have two North Koreas on our hands.
People seem a little more on edge than they did in 1991 about the pending war. I guess that’s understandable in a post 9/11 war. There could very easily be cells waiting for the right moment to strike. I hope that’s not true. I pray for our troops, and hope for peaceful solution even though many cable networks will be disappointed. I hope to be kicking back a cold one with Price this summer.
I have been going through mental anguish trying to get aspects of my life in order since I finished college, and grow ever more increasingly frustrated with my current job status. Part of it is my own damn fault, and I am lucky to have a terrific girl who helps me from feeling too discouraged and helps me keep my sanity. I shift through meager offerings and job openings for resent college grads and it’s a major obstacle in my life. But as far as hardships go compared to the troops at the Iraq border mine is roughly the size of an orange and theirs perhaps the size of the Empire States Building. Sometimes I fear I could fail at a new job, but than I think to myself if people my age and younger can have the balls to stand out in that desert than I can certainly succeed once I get my foot in a door some place. Any place.
I have also heard that Vegas is even running lines on how long the war will last. I think the lost of human lives is simply a horrible thing to put money on. Who out there thinks they know how things will play out? This isn’t something you can put a bet on for any reason, and that is scary as hell.
I promised I would let readers get their comments in if they wanted too. I have cut and pasted comments from my former co-worker Ed who has had a previous guest shot on my blog.
"Wam Bam, Adios Saddam"
But I do know about this. The war about to start in Iraq is about to kick off. This will be very quick except for possibly taking Baghdad. Seiging the city will take longer but there will be less casualties on both sides which will be politically advantageous. We have them. Baghdad is not the key to Iraq, but is the final goal. We can take the rest of the country before taking the capitol. If Sadist's inner circle is capable of seeing the wrighting on the wall they may kill him and this be over before Monday. If he languashes in the city this could take awhile.
I think things will unfold this way. On Thursday the air campaign will commense. Baghdad won't need street lights to navigate the roads. 80% of the weapons droped will be percision guided (unlike in '91 20%). This will limit civilian casualties assuming our intelligence is accurate. The air strikes will destroy all communications between their command structure and units in the field. Also units directly outside the city will be tageted. I doubt they will be able to mount any oposition in the air at all. At the same time our ground forces will cross the border and charge up the highway (very convienant?). In the open desert our armored and mechanized infantry will smash through anyone stupid enough to offer resistance. Much of the enemy which consists of conscripts will surender outright. I think chemical weapons will be used against us but be ineffectual. We'll be ready for it. Republican guard units will try to fight but will be cut up by our more modern and be
tter trained forces. They will all have to be delt with before going to Baghdad.
Sadam is a small man. He is a coward. I hope he'll just commit suicide. But he is self delusional and may try to fight it out against the inevitable. Unless his own trusted men take him out, I fear the civilian casualties in the capitol could be high. But I doubt that the military will commit to an urban battle.
We have the trained troops, technology, and equipment. This is the time and the place to show the rest of the world how firm our resolve is. Fighting this war hopefully will also scare other roughes who don't think we have the steel to fight to protect ourselves. Some people outside of the U.S. think we are cowards, unable and unwilling to commit to open warfare. THIS should change their mind. And let IT be a warning to any other beligerant nation or organization who think they can target us.
"Wam Bam, Adios Saddam"
But I do know about this. The war about to start in Iraq is about to kick off. This will be very quick except for possibly taking Baghdad. Seiging the city will take longer but there will be less casualties on both sides which will be politically advantageous. We have them. Baghdad is not the key to Iraq, but is the final goal. We can take the rest of the country before taking the capitol. If Sadist's inner circle is capable of seeing the wrighting on the wall they may kill him and this be over before Monday. If he languashes in the city this could take awhile.
I think things will unfold this way. On Thursday the air campaign will commense. Baghdad won't need street lights to navigate the roads. 80% of the weapons droped will be percision guided (unlike in '91 20%). This will limit civilian casualties assuming our intelligence is accurate. The air strikes will destroy all communications between their command structure and units in the field. Also units directly outside the city will be tageted. I doubt they will be able to mount any oposition in the air at all. At the same time our ground forces will cross the border and charge up the highway (very convienant?). In the open desert our armored and mechanized infantry will smash through anyone stupid enough to offer resistance. Much of the enemy which consists of conscripts will surender outright. I think chemical weapons will be used against us but be ineffectual. We'll be ready for it. Republican guard units will try to fight but will be cut up by our more modern and be
tter trained forces. They will all have to be delt with before going to Baghdad.
Sadam is a small man. He is a coward. I hope he'll just commit suicide. But he is self delusional and may try to fight it out against the inevitable. Unless his own trusted men take him out, I fear the civilian casualties in the capitol could be high. But I doubt that the military will commit to an urban battle.
We have the trained troops, technology, and equipment. This is the time and the place to show the rest of the world how firm our resolve is. Fighting this war hopefully will also scare other roughes who don't think we have the steel to fight to protect ourselves. Some people outside of the U.S. think we are cowards, unable and unwilling to commit to open warfare. THIS should change their mind. And let IT be a warning to any other beligerant nation or organization who think they can target us.
Monday, March 17, 2003
“The Good, The Bad,The Sad”
I wanted to comment on some things I see that make me happy, mad, and/ or sad.
The Good:
The Warmer Weather will result in girls walking around in skimpy clothing.
Sharkey’s Chicken Wings
Tony Amonte has 5 points in his first 2 games as a Flyer
Some random Billionaire bought the Buffalo Sabres.
Laying face down on my bed motionless after coming home from Sears, and trying to pretend I don’t exist. It is one of my favorite things to do in my day.
The fact Widescreen format is becoming more of an acceptable way to view movies.
The Ocean City boardwalk one of my favorite summer rituals and home of some of the best pizza in South Jersey.
The Bad:
The sound of the automatic door at Sears, which means a customer, has entered.
Lima Beanz teaching high school kids.
Moscos’ Christmas sweater
The Ice at the FU center in the spring
Sears Outlet
Taco Bell
People who use the left turn only lane as a means to pass other motorists and cut off traffic to try to make a green light
The negative effects a pending War could have on our country.
If Liza (the newest reader) does not think my comments on girls in skimpy clothing is funny, and puts me in the dog house!
The Sad
Jason Alexander’s KFC ads
Michael Jackson’s nose
The people that clean up the tables at the Echelon Mall.
The La Strada Restaurant a fairly new Italian restaurant located in a seemingly cursed location on the White Horse Pike (Magnolia I think). Everyone tells me that there are never any cars in the parking lot and people that have dined say they were the only people there. Ryan has told me that he has seen the owners staring out the window hoping for motorists to stop by for a little Italian food. He reported seeing them on his way to and on his way back from a recent Sixers Game. I have also heard that its actually owned by two Czech dudes. Just think of the poor guys coming to America in search of a dream coming over on the ship with their ponies and dreams of owning their own business. Think of the poor guys staring out the window hoping that all their money and hard work will pay off and business will start booming. Think of the poor guys going over their bills at the end of the month scratching their heads in attempts to make ends meet.
Maybe I should go in there and suggest reformatting their business and serving Czech. Food. Perhaps I will tell all my friends about their wonderful establishment. I bet they would listen to me because I am a very good man…. scratch that a very GREAT man!
I wanted to comment on some things I see that make me happy, mad, and/ or sad.
The Good:
The Warmer Weather will result in girls walking around in skimpy clothing.
Sharkey’s Chicken Wings
Tony Amonte has 5 points in his first 2 games as a Flyer
Some random Billionaire bought the Buffalo Sabres.
Laying face down on my bed motionless after coming home from Sears, and trying to pretend I don’t exist. It is one of my favorite things to do in my day.
The fact Widescreen format is becoming more of an acceptable way to view movies.
The Ocean City boardwalk one of my favorite summer rituals and home of some of the best pizza in South Jersey.
The Bad:
The sound of the automatic door at Sears, which means a customer, has entered.
Lima Beanz teaching high school kids.
Moscos’ Christmas sweater
The Ice at the FU center in the spring
Sears Outlet
Taco Bell
People who use the left turn only lane as a means to pass other motorists and cut off traffic to try to make a green light
The negative effects a pending War could have on our country.
If Liza (the newest reader) does not think my comments on girls in skimpy clothing is funny, and puts me in the dog house!
The Sad
Jason Alexander’s KFC ads
Michael Jackson’s nose
The people that clean up the tables at the Echelon Mall.
The La Strada Restaurant a fairly new Italian restaurant located in a seemingly cursed location on the White Horse Pike (Magnolia I think). Everyone tells me that there are never any cars in the parking lot and people that have dined say they were the only people there. Ryan has told me that he has seen the owners staring out the window hoping for motorists to stop by for a little Italian food. He reported seeing them on his way to and on his way back from a recent Sixers Game. I have also heard that its actually owned by two Czech dudes. Just think of the poor guys coming to America in search of a dream coming over on the ship with their ponies and dreams of owning their own business. Think of the poor guys staring out the window hoping that all their money and hard work will pay off and business will start booming. Think of the poor guys going over their bills at the end of the month scratching their heads in attempts to make ends meet.
Maybe I should go in there and suggest reformatting their business and serving Czech. Food. Perhaps I will tell all my friends about their wonderful establishment. I bet they would listen to me because I am a very good man…. scratch that a very GREAT man!
"Iraq's Mission"
The following is a transcripte from CNN.com ___
Earlier today, I ordered America's armed forces to strike military and security targets in Iraq. They are joined by British forces. Their mission is to attack Iraq's nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs and its military capacity to threaten its neighbors.
Their purpose is to protect the national interest of the United States, and indeed the interests of people throughout the Middle East and around the world.
Saddam Hussein must not be allowed to threaten his neighbors or the world with nuclear arms, poison gas or biological weapons.
I want to explain why I have decided, with the unanimous recommendation of my national security team, to use force in Iraq; why we have acted now; and what we aim to accomplish.
Six weeks ago, Saddam Hussein announced that he would no longer cooperate with the United Nations weapons inspectors called UNSCOM. They are highly professional experts from dozens of countries. Their job is to oversee the elimination of Iraq's capability to retain, create and use weapons of mass destruction, and to verify that Iraq does not attempt to rebuild that capability.
The inspectors undertook this mission first 7.5 years ago at the end of the Gulf War when Iraq agreed to declare and destroy its arsenal as a condition of the ceasefire.
The international community had good reason to set this requirement. Other countries possess weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles. With Saddam, there is one big difference: He has used them. Not once, but repeatedly. Unleashing chemical weapons against Iranian troops during a decade-long war. Not only against soldiers, but against civilians, firing Scud missiles at the citizens of Israel, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Iran. And not only against a foreign enemy, but even against his own people, gassing Kurdish civilians in Northern Iraq.
-end transcript
Some of you who have read this might have thought it was plucked from a resent CNN weblink, and that it was indeed Bush speaking. It has all the trademarks, but its actually Bill Cinton speaking on Dec. 16 1998. Granted it was just about "miltary strikes" but he is pretty much saying the same damn thing we have been hearing over and over again for almost a year from Bush. Clinton even vaugely referenced farther miltary action if they don't comply. The really haven't complied much at all. This was years ago, but did many people give him crap and say where is the smoking gun? I know he wasn't asking for all out WAR, but he basically was implying that if the situation stays the same or gets worse it might be necessary
I'd rather see a stronger link bettwee Iraq and 9/11 than hearing that the weapons they have could be used against us in the future. The most that I know that have heard is that various terrorists linked to 9/11 met with Iraqi agents. However after reading this Clinton makes it harder to argue lack of miltary support, because he issued a final warning in 1998. Add that to all the ones Bush gave him, and thats quite a few. Basically from what I remember he yanked inspectors out of there so he could hit some targets. They were never allowed back in, and as he had said the inspections weren't progressing anyway. I DONT want war, one of my best friends is over there, but what is the alternative? More sanctions that won't work? Its bad enough we put it off this long with the US soliders standing out there in sandstorms and all, as we try to iron things out with the UN. Id imagine if the US wanted to go to war they may have done it sooner, but simply couldn't have without jumping a few hurrdles.
Is it hard to come to grips with the dirty deeds that need to be done in order to prevent Saddam from getting out of control? Or is it just the US going buck-wild after the land the horrible events of 9/11. Is Bush mad with power? email me at Mst3keith@aol.com cause I'd like to know what my readers think.
Tucker's World has yet to claim a positive position on the WAR, but I thought I would throw these links out here.
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/12/16/transcripts/clinton.html
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/12/16/clinton/
The following is a transcripte from CNN.com ___
Earlier today, I ordered America's armed forces to strike military and security targets in Iraq. They are joined by British forces. Their mission is to attack Iraq's nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs and its military capacity to threaten its neighbors.
Their purpose is to protect the national interest of the United States, and indeed the interests of people throughout the Middle East and around the world.
Saddam Hussein must not be allowed to threaten his neighbors or the world with nuclear arms, poison gas or biological weapons.
I want to explain why I have decided, with the unanimous recommendation of my national security team, to use force in Iraq; why we have acted now; and what we aim to accomplish.
Six weeks ago, Saddam Hussein announced that he would no longer cooperate with the United Nations weapons inspectors called UNSCOM. They are highly professional experts from dozens of countries. Their job is to oversee the elimination of Iraq's capability to retain, create and use weapons of mass destruction, and to verify that Iraq does not attempt to rebuild that capability.
The inspectors undertook this mission first 7.5 years ago at the end of the Gulf War when Iraq agreed to declare and destroy its arsenal as a condition of the ceasefire.
The international community had good reason to set this requirement. Other countries possess weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles. With Saddam, there is one big difference: He has used them. Not once, but repeatedly. Unleashing chemical weapons against Iranian troops during a decade-long war. Not only against soldiers, but against civilians, firing Scud missiles at the citizens of Israel, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Iran. And not only against a foreign enemy, but even against his own people, gassing Kurdish civilians in Northern Iraq.
-end transcript
Some of you who have read this might have thought it was plucked from a resent CNN weblink, and that it was indeed Bush speaking. It has all the trademarks, but its actually Bill Cinton speaking on Dec. 16 1998. Granted it was just about "miltary strikes" but he is pretty much saying the same damn thing we have been hearing over and over again for almost a year from Bush. Clinton even vaugely referenced farther miltary action if they don't comply. The really haven't complied much at all. This was years ago, but did many people give him crap and say where is the smoking gun? I know he wasn't asking for all out WAR, but he basically was implying that if the situation stays the same or gets worse it might be necessary
I'd rather see a stronger link bettwee Iraq and 9/11 than hearing that the weapons they have could be used against us in the future. The most that I know that have heard is that various terrorists linked to 9/11 met with Iraqi agents. However after reading this Clinton makes it harder to argue lack of miltary support, because he issued a final warning in 1998. Add that to all the ones Bush gave him, and thats quite a few. Basically from what I remember he yanked inspectors out of there so he could hit some targets. They were never allowed back in, and as he had said the inspections weren't progressing anyway. I DONT want war, one of my best friends is over there, but what is the alternative? More sanctions that won't work? Its bad enough we put it off this long with the US soliders standing out there in sandstorms and all, as we try to iron things out with the UN. Id imagine if the US wanted to go to war they may have done it sooner, but simply couldn't have without jumping a few hurrdles.
Is it hard to come to grips with the dirty deeds that need to be done in order to prevent Saddam from getting out of control? Or is it just the US going buck-wild after the land the horrible events of 9/11. Is Bush mad with power? email me at Mst3keith@aol.com cause I'd like to know what my readers think.
Tucker's World has yet to claim a positive position on the WAR, but I thought I would throw these links out here.
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/12/16/transcripts/clinton.html
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/12/16/clinton/
Friday, March 14, 2003
"Thats Amonte!"
When the fans all get pumped up, when the goal actually lights up…that’s AMONTEEEEEEEEEE…when tears falls from the other goalies eye like a Nuccio’s pizza pie ..that’s AMONTEEEEEEEEEEE.
The sports side of the Philly Daily News hitting newsstands today shows new comer Tony Amonte dressed in the new flyers jersey and waving to the fans. His tongue is out in KISS like fashion and in the last few days the players have been all doing something I haven’t seen a Flyers team in a long time. Actually smiling. Signs of life!
I predicted Amonte would net two goals he didn’t prove me right but notched an important goal and assisted on another. Looking at the highlights last night at Harpers I felt like I was watching another team. The goals were a result of inspired play and excellent puck movement. The goals were cleanly beating the goalie. Amonte still harbors the potential to score the big goals the Flyers are always in the need of. Even though former Flyers St. Jaques managed to stick it to us, it didn’t spoil the night.
Not only did Amonte return to the lineup but cheapskate John Leclair returned to the line up after sitting out for what seemed like years. Amonte, Leclair and JR reunited as the American express line on the power play. Maybe Amonte will be the sparkplug the Flyers needed to get their power play out of the basement.
In a somewhat related noted I bumped into a Sterling Alumni (I really don’t know him, but Tom was with me and he knew him from his class) and talked some Flyers with him. Apparently, he met now former Flyers Bruno St. Jaques and Guilliame Lefebvre at Top Dog and scored Lefbvre’s cell phone number (stud of the Winter?) He told me that Lefebvre actually pronounces his name like Lafleur don’t ask me how. He also said the Lindros/Brindy scandal was true. Even the Tocchet part but it wasn’t at a Cherry Hill bar it was in the locker room. Apparently Toc beat the crap out of him and the whole Lesard (former Phantom) running into the Big E was just SPIN from the Flyers.
Anyway I don’t want to get all excited by a win over a team that threw in the towel in January but its what the doctor ordered for the pending post season. It was a nice fun game for them before they start the hell that is the journey to the Cup.
“Sweet Child of NOT Mine”
One of my customers seemingly young at heart Philly native my age tries to understand about the new appliance that she is purchasing, but she can’t simply because her out of control child is screaming at the top of his lungs. Her kid keeps running all around the store and screaming for no reason. When he actually stops, it is to open doors of appliances and slamming the doors.
Her friend turns to me and tells me she hates kids and is glad she doesn’t have any. I agreed with her, and was glad to find one more person who shared my lack of desire to have an offspring. Luckily, I have managed to fine perhaps the only girl in South Jersey who has nightmares not dreams about changing diapers and losing sleep for a wailing infant.
Another kid in the store has corn smeared all over her face leaving globs of it everywhere she goes. I guess most people would think it was cute, but I simply thought it was repulsive. It made me sick to my stomach. Kid after bratty kid comes in the store making it an ideal place for a high school field trip for horny high schoolers to either scare them off sex for life or hammer home the importance of safe sex.
I am an Uncle and the best thing about that role is you don’t have to live with the child. Now don’t get me wrong and all my nephew is a cool kid, but he is currently going through the terrible 2s. This consists of yelling as loud as you possibly can non-stop and knocking everything over that you can find. I’m told that the terrible 2s start when they start walking and actually last for several years in some cases. Also refusing to eat, go to bed or shut up are the norm. I can see the fatigue in my brother and his wife’s eyes as they try to settle down their son. One time I came home with a splitting headache and had to pop advil and hide out in my room.
I talked to a friend of mine about the potential of spreading my seed before I became corpse. My theory is maybe something drops down in your brain, like a chemical one day that says I want to have a kid! That would be AWEWSOME. May it just happens over night. Right now I just see kids as a ball and chain and a constant burden, especially on a young adult such as myself who has yet to land a job to support myself let alone a eating, breathing, poop machine.
Maybe not wanting a child ever is side of immaturity. If that is the case than I’m glad my road map to maturity is so confusing. I mean sure children bring happiness and joy into many parents’ lives, but I do not understand some people’s rush to start a household of their own. I used to work with a girl younger than me who had two kids already, making less than me. She didn’t have a problem with it either.
If I ever do make good money I’d like to be able to spend it on myself and do the things I always wanted to do. I am only 23. Every time I see a young couple dragging in bratty kids, or in many cases several bratty kids I just say thank GOD that’s not me. Id rather live with my parents until I am 30 instead of having their fate. Reading this might make you think that I am (or that Tucker Character) is a self-centered jerk. That’s not the case, I actually feel sorry for my brother when he just appears in the need of a quiet night alone with his wife. I wouldn’t even wish sleepless nights, poop diapers, constant care, life long money woes and personal commitment, and hours of BLUES CLUES on my worst enemy.
When the fans all get pumped up, when the goal actually lights up…that’s AMONTEEEEEEEEEE…when tears falls from the other goalies eye like a Nuccio’s pizza pie ..that’s AMONTEEEEEEEEEEE.
The sports side of the Philly Daily News hitting newsstands today shows new comer Tony Amonte dressed in the new flyers jersey and waving to the fans. His tongue is out in KISS like fashion and in the last few days the players have been all doing something I haven’t seen a Flyers team in a long time. Actually smiling. Signs of life!
I predicted Amonte would net two goals he didn’t prove me right but notched an important goal and assisted on another. Looking at the highlights last night at Harpers I felt like I was watching another team. The goals were a result of inspired play and excellent puck movement. The goals were cleanly beating the goalie. Amonte still harbors the potential to score the big goals the Flyers are always in the need of. Even though former Flyers St. Jaques managed to stick it to us, it didn’t spoil the night.
Not only did Amonte return to the lineup but cheapskate John Leclair returned to the line up after sitting out for what seemed like years. Amonte, Leclair and JR reunited as the American express line on the power play. Maybe Amonte will be the sparkplug the Flyers needed to get their power play out of the basement.
In a somewhat related noted I bumped into a Sterling Alumni (I really don’t know him, but Tom was with me and he knew him from his class) and talked some Flyers with him. Apparently, he met now former Flyers Bruno St. Jaques and Guilliame Lefebvre at Top Dog and scored Lefbvre’s cell phone number (stud of the Winter?) He told me that Lefebvre actually pronounces his name like Lafleur don’t ask me how. He also said the Lindros/Brindy scandal was true. Even the Tocchet part but it wasn’t at a Cherry Hill bar it was in the locker room. Apparently Toc beat the crap out of him and the whole Lesard (former Phantom) running into the Big E was just SPIN from the Flyers.
Anyway I don’t want to get all excited by a win over a team that threw in the towel in January but its what the doctor ordered for the pending post season. It was a nice fun game for them before they start the hell that is the journey to the Cup.
“Sweet Child of NOT Mine”
One of my customers seemingly young at heart Philly native my age tries to understand about the new appliance that she is purchasing, but she can’t simply because her out of control child is screaming at the top of his lungs. Her kid keeps running all around the store and screaming for no reason. When he actually stops, it is to open doors of appliances and slamming the doors.
Her friend turns to me and tells me she hates kids and is glad she doesn’t have any. I agreed with her, and was glad to find one more person who shared my lack of desire to have an offspring. Luckily, I have managed to fine perhaps the only girl in South Jersey who has nightmares not dreams about changing diapers and losing sleep for a wailing infant.
Another kid in the store has corn smeared all over her face leaving globs of it everywhere she goes. I guess most people would think it was cute, but I simply thought it was repulsive. It made me sick to my stomach. Kid after bratty kid comes in the store making it an ideal place for a high school field trip for horny high schoolers to either scare them off sex for life or hammer home the importance of safe sex.
I am an Uncle and the best thing about that role is you don’t have to live with the child. Now don’t get me wrong and all my nephew is a cool kid, but he is currently going through the terrible 2s. This consists of yelling as loud as you possibly can non-stop and knocking everything over that you can find. I’m told that the terrible 2s start when they start walking and actually last for several years in some cases. Also refusing to eat, go to bed or shut up are the norm. I can see the fatigue in my brother and his wife’s eyes as they try to settle down their son. One time I came home with a splitting headache and had to pop advil and hide out in my room.
I talked to a friend of mine about the potential of spreading my seed before I became corpse. My theory is maybe something drops down in your brain, like a chemical one day that says I want to have a kid! That would be AWEWSOME. May it just happens over night. Right now I just see kids as a ball and chain and a constant burden, especially on a young adult such as myself who has yet to land a job to support myself let alone a eating, breathing, poop machine.
Maybe not wanting a child ever is side of immaturity. If that is the case than I’m glad my road map to maturity is so confusing. I mean sure children bring happiness and joy into many parents’ lives, but I do not understand some people’s rush to start a household of their own. I used to work with a girl younger than me who had two kids already, making less than me. She didn’t have a problem with it either.
If I ever do make good money I’d like to be able to spend it on myself and do the things I always wanted to do. I am only 23. Every time I see a young couple dragging in bratty kids, or in many cases several bratty kids I just say thank GOD that’s not me. Id rather live with my parents until I am 30 instead of having their fate. Reading this might make you think that I am (or that Tucker Character) is a self-centered jerk. That’s not the case, I actually feel sorry for my brother when he just appears in the need of a quiet night alone with his wife. I wouldn’t even wish sleepless nights, poop diapers, constant care, life long money woes and personal commitment, and hours of BLUES CLUES on my worst enemy.
Wednesday, March 12, 2003
"Trading Places"
The weather is warming up, the little X has started to appear next to teams in the NHL standings, and the smell of grills a blazing will soon replace the smell of firewood burning. That could mean only one thing, that the NHL playoffs are almost here. The National Hockey Night theme will soon be blaring almost non- stop in my household. But before the “2nd season” we get the fun of watching the crazy trade deadline madness. The deadline was 3 pm yesterday. Here is a run down on winners and the losers in perhaps the biggest trading deadline day in my lifetime.
Winners:
Flyers
The Flyers picked up sniper Tony Amonte, who has produced poorly for the Coyotes this season after signing a big contract. The long time NHL staple has been known to put the puck in the net something the Flyers sorely need. Only a few teams have managed to score less than Philly. Despite Amontes’ disappointing stint in Phoenix he will likely get a new spark playing for a talent stocked team such as the Flyers. He also played with JR with the Blackhawks and Leclair in many USA team games. With someone passing to him, he can easily put the biscuit in the basket.
In order to make room for all the newcomers (including the return of the RUSSIAN TANK) the Flyers shipped off Guillame Lefebvre (who a day later was sent to the penguins) and waivered Todd Wairner who was swiftly picked up by Nashville. Although Wariner played fairly well the team is overstocked ( even more so with Lapointe) with players of his abilities and he was simply the odd man out. So the Flyers basically gave up a potential life time AHLer and some meaningless draft picks for some one who could potentially get the team scoring again.
The Maple Leafs
In what seemed to be an arms race against the likely 1st round foe the Flyers the leafs went out and snatched some playoffs warriors. Granted most of what they picked up will just help them get far this season, but they picked up an impressive cast of players. The addressed their lack of offensive defenseman problem (unlike the Flyers) and picked up the ageless Phil Housley, and solid blue liner Glen Wesley. AT the same, time the picked up the playoff machine Doug Gilmour who was supposed to retire at least twice, but keeps coming back from more. Even though he has lost most his teeth and is certainly in the twilight of his career he could be a thorn in Philly’s side come Mid-April.
The Red Wings
Defenseman Mathieu Schneider ended up in the Motor City after various NHL general managers made a bid for him. Including the Flyers who weren’t going to part with any young talent (for once) to rent an older player.
The Saint Louis Blues
Okay from what I heard about scouting reports Justin Papineau who was sent to the Islanders will be a solid NHL performer one day, but for the Blues the Future is NOW. The team that never won a cup is in their best position to win one in recent memory. Papineau was small price to pay for goaltending insurance from here on out. They picked up Stanley Cup winner Chris Osgood who granted came off a injury plagued season but at the same time could be the missing piece of the Blues puzzle. Certainly an upgrade over the inconstant Johnson with players like Demitra, Weight, Macinnis and Mellanby firing on all cylinders with their eyes on the prize, they could be the dark horse of the west.
In addition they managed to pick up Valrie Bure from the panthers for another prospect, a defensemen this time. Also a couple of boxes of Teddie Grahams were included.
Bruins
They picked up Dan McGillis for a draft pick, if they intend to be in playoffs he could certainly fill the role of one of their 6-man. Especially since they have been hampered by injuries on the blue line all season long. They also picked up Ian Moran from the Penguins for a Cam Neely autographed copy of Dumb and Dumber. However, it was a VHS because the penguins sold their DVD player to the Blackhawks, but Theo Fleury stole it for drug money.
Sens.
They got Rob RAY! They seriously needed some toughness though or someone to open and close the door. ROB RAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Time Will Tell -----
Dallas
They nabbed journeyman Stu Barnes put up some numbers in the past, but has fallen off. They gave Buffalo a young prospect and a draft pick. This trade is only as good as how if Barnes makes an immediate impact though. Dallas might be in a rebuilding period sometime soon and could have used what they gave up.
Coyotes:
Jan Hirdina (penguins) and Chris Gratton won’t exactly put fans in the seats of an arena that has seen JR and Amonte peace out recently. These type of players are basically in place for next season to hold down the fort until a 2004 to see what happens. Amonte simply didn’t fit in here though. Although this team does seem to becoming the island of misfit toys they did the best they could given their situation. If exclude that they had to give Amonte away, these separate trades were good moves.
The Flames
They got Dean McCammond back! Basically because the Lanch (they landed Bates Battaglia ) had an over stock over players, and injuries kept the former Flyer out of action a lot this season. McCammond was delighted to be going from the NHL’s elite to an early season of Golf. At least he gets to play along side the CHIEF ! An obvious reference to former Flyer Craig Berube who actually has two less points (6) than the 5 million dollar man in Boston Lapointe(8.)
Losers__
The Oilers:
The Oilers gave away their leading scorer Anston Carter to the Rangers for Cory Cross ( an okay d-man) and the over-rated Dvorak. I wonder what racial slur Beezer made when he heard about this trade!
The Rangers
Granted they got the better end of the Oilers trade, but they are 4 points out of a playoff spot and on the outside looking in. They would need a miracle to get in. Even if they do they wont go far. The Rangers payroll is already insane, and Carter isn’t worth as much as he gets paid. If the NHL puts on a salary cap in 2004 (the damn well better, look for a future post on this one) teams like the Rangers are going to have to dump a large amount of players in the off season or next year. Not to mention the fact half the team should have retired already. Something Mark Messier will never do. They SUCK.
Penguins
Poor Mario had get rid of all his talent, most notably on the day of the deadline Jan Hirdina to the Coyotes. Mario got an enrollment in the jelly of the month club in return. The penguins are hoping and praying to stay together till 2004 a new collective bargining agreement is reached that will benefit small market teams. In the mean time, they have to horde prospects for the future, which they certainly have done. Many of the players may not amount to much but some easily could be gems down the line. I liked the moving of Wayne Primeau to the Shark for Matt Bradley. They could use an up and coming defensive forward.They also managed to pick up Brain Holzinger from Tampa for Marc Bergevin in an actual trade. If anyone is interested, the Penguins are having an Alex Kovlev bobble head night, despite the fact they traded him away weeks ago. That’s pretty sad. On second thought maybe Mario is just hoping the Igloos roof collapses before the collective bargaining agreement is reached.
Vancover
Despite picking up Brad May, who is known for occasionally scoring a big goal (MAY DAY, MAY DAY,MAY DAY) you have to think they wanted some more veteran spice to the recipe of young talent they have. They needed a veteran like Mike Ricci or someone to help these kids out. Too bad they couldn’t afford to keep Andrew Cassels in town..if they did the would certainly have (Italian accent) A SPICEY MEATBALL!
The Islanders
Despite taking one of the best playmaking d-man in the league in Niinimma they may have squandered their chances by prematurely unloading Chris Osgood. Who is going to start in net if they even make the playoffs? Garth Snow? Or are you going to put all that pressure on the goalie of the Future in Rick Diprieto? Why not just wait for Summer to do unload Osgood? Dumb move unless they already have written this season off.
Buffalo
Their trades will benefit them about as much as a College Degree has benefited me so far.
Tucker cause he works horrible hours and will miss most of the post-season action unless the next job he lands has better hours. Other options are multiple VCRs, wiring up TVio, or suicide.
The weather is warming up, the little X has started to appear next to teams in the NHL standings, and the smell of grills a blazing will soon replace the smell of firewood burning. That could mean only one thing, that the NHL playoffs are almost here. The National Hockey Night theme will soon be blaring almost non- stop in my household. But before the “2nd season” we get the fun of watching the crazy trade deadline madness. The deadline was 3 pm yesterday. Here is a run down on winners and the losers in perhaps the biggest trading deadline day in my lifetime.
Winners:
Flyers
The Flyers picked up sniper Tony Amonte, who has produced poorly for the Coyotes this season after signing a big contract. The long time NHL staple has been known to put the puck in the net something the Flyers sorely need. Only a few teams have managed to score less than Philly. Despite Amontes’ disappointing stint in Phoenix he will likely get a new spark playing for a talent stocked team such as the Flyers. He also played with JR with the Blackhawks and Leclair in many USA team games. With someone passing to him, he can easily put the biscuit in the basket.
In order to make room for all the newcomers (including the return of the RUSSIAN TANK) the Flyers shipped off Guillame Lefebvre (who a day later was sent to the penguins) and waivered Todd Wairner who was swiftly picked up by Nashville. Although Wariner played fairly well the team is overstocked ( even more so with Lapointe) with players of his abilities and he was simply the odd man out. So the Flyers basically gave up a potential life time AHLer and some meaningless draft picks for some one who could potentially get the team scoring again.
The Maple Leafs
In what seemed to be an arms race against the likely 1st round foe the Flyers the leafs went out and snatched some playoffs warriors. Granted most of what they picked up will just help them get far this season, but they picked up an impressive cast of players. The addressed their lack of offensive defenseman problem (unlike the Flyers) and picked up the ageless Phil Housley, and solid blue liner Glen Wesley. AT the same, time the picked up the playoff machine Doug Gilmour who was supposed to retire at least twice, but keeps coming back from more. Even though he has lost most his teeth and is certainly in the twilight of his career he could be a thorn in Philly’s side come Mid-April.
The Red Wings
Defenseman Mathieu Schneider ended up in the Motor City after various NHL general managers made a bid for him. Including the Flyers who weren’t going to part with any young talent (for once) to rent an older player.
The Saint Louis Blues
Okay from what I heard about scouting reports Justin Papineau who was sent to the Islanders will be a solid NHL performer one day, but for the Blues the Future is NOW. The team that never won a cup is in their best position to win one in recent memory. Papineau was small price to pay for goaltending insurance from here on out. They picked up Stanley Cup winner Chris Osgood who granted came off a injury plagued season but at the same time could be the missing piece of the Blues puzzle. Certainly an upgrade over the inconstant Johnson with players like Demitra, Weight, Macinnis and Mellanby firing on all cylinders with their eyes on the prize, they could be the dark horse of the west.
In addition they managed to pick up Valrie Bure from the panthers for another prospect, a defensemen this time. Also a couple of boxes of Teddie Grahams were included.
Bruins
They picked up Dan McGillis for a draft pick, if they intend to be in playoffs he could certainly fill the role of one of their 6-man. Especially since they have been hampered by injuries on the blue line all season long. They also picked up Ian Moran from the Penguins for a Cam Neely autographed copy of Dumb and Dumber. However, it was a VHS because the penguins sold their DVD player to the Blackhawks, but Theo Fleury stole it for drug money.
Sens.
They got Rob RAY! They seriously needed some toughness though or someone to open and close the door. ROB RAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Time Will Tell -----
Dallas
They nabbed journeyman Stu Barnes put up some numbers in the past, but has fallen off. They gave Buffalo a young prospect and a draft pick. This trade is only as good as how if Barnes makes an immediate impact though. Dallas might be in a rebuilding period sometime soon and could have used what they gave up.
Coyotes:
Jan Hirdina (penguins) and Chris Gratton won’t exactly put fans in the seats of an arena that has seen JR and Amonte peace out recently. These type of players are basically in place for next season to hold down the fort until a 2004 to see what happens. Amonte simply didn’t fit in here though. Although this team does seem to becoming the island of misfit toys they did the best they could given their situation. If exclude that they had to give Amonte away, these separate trades were good moves.
The Flames
They got Dean McCammond back! Basically because the Lanch (they landed Bates Battaglia ) had an over stock over players, and injuries kept the former Flyer out of action a lot this season. McCammond was delighted to be going from the NHL’s elite to an early season of Golf. At least he gets to play along side the CHIEF ! An obvious reference to former Flyer Craig Berube who actually has two less points (6) than the 5 million dollar man in Boston Lapointe(8.)
Losers__
The Oilers:
The Oilers gave away their leading scorer Anston Carter to the Rangers for Cory Cross ( an okay d-man) and the over-rated Dvorak. I wonder what racial slur Beezer made when he heard about this trade!
The Rangers
Granted they got the better end of the Oilers trade, but they are 4 points out of a playoff spot and on the outside looking in. They would need a miracle to get in. Even if they do they wont go far. The Rangers payroll is already insane, and Carter isn’t worth as much as he gets paid. If the NHL puts on a salary cap in 2004 (the damn well better, look for a future post on this one) teams like the Rangers are going to have to dump a large amount of players in the off season or next year. Not to mention the fact half the team should have retired already. Something Mark Messier will never do. They SUCK.
Penguins
Poor Mario had get rid of all his talent, most notably on the day of the deadline Jan Hirdina to the Coyotes. Mario got an enrollment in the jelly of the month club in return. The penguins are hoping and praying to stay together till 2004 a new collective bargining agreement is reached that will benefit small market teams. In the mean time, they have to horde prospects for the future, which they certainly have done. Many of the players may not amount to much but some easily could be gems down the line. I liked the moving of Wayne Primeau to the Shark for Matt Bradley. They could use an up and coming defensive forward.They also managed to pick up Brain Holzinger from Tampa for Marc Bergevin in an actual trade. If anyone is interested, the Penguins are having an Alex Kovlev bobble head night, despite the fact they traded him away weeks ago. That’s pretty sad. On second thought maybe Mario is just hoping the Igloos roof collapses before the collective bargaining agreement is reached.
Vancover
Despite picking up Brad May, who is known for occasionally scoring a big goal (MAY DAY, MAY DAY,MAY DAY) you have to think they wanted some more veteran spice to the recipe of young talent they have. They needed a veteran like Mike Ricci or someone to help these kids out. Too bad they couldn’t afford to keep Andrew Cassels in town..if they did the would certainly have (Italian accent) A SPICEY MEATBALL!
The Islanders
Despite taking one of the best playmaking d-man in the league in Niinimma they may have squandered their chances by prematurely unloading Chris Osgood. Who is going to start in net if they even make the playoffs? Garth Snow? Or are you going to put all that pressure on the goalie of the Future in Rick Diprieto? Why not just wait for Summer to do unload Osgood? Dumb move unless they already have written this season off.
Buffalo
Their trades will benefit them about as much as a College Degree has benefited me so far.
Tucker cause he works horrible hours and will miss most of the post-season action unless the next job he lands has better hours. Other options are multiple VCRs, wiring up TVio, or suicide.
Sunday, March 09, 2003
A former classmate of mine emailed me this story. Instead of spaming everyone's email I figured I would post this on here. I found it amusing. Its written by a 29 yearold but I could certainly relate to the majority of it. Enjoy!
"1984"
When I was a kid adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were when they were growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school every morning uphill both ways through year 'round blizzards carrying their younger siblings on their backs to their one-room schoolhouse where they maintained a straight-A average despite their full-time after-school job at the local textile mill where they worked for 35 cents an hour just to help keep their family from starving to death!
And I remember promising myself that when I grew up there was no way in hell I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on kids about how hard I had it and how easy they've got it.
But....Now that I've reached the ripe old age of twenty-nine, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today. You've got it so easy! I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a damned Utopia! And I hate to say it but you kids today you don't know how good you've got it! I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have The Internet--we wanted to know something, we had to go to the damned library and look it up ourselves! And there was no email! We had to actually write somebody a letter--with a pen!--and then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox and it would take like a week to get there! And there were no MP3s or Napsters! You wanted to steal music, you had go to the damned record store and shoplift it yourself! Or we had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the DJ'd usually talk over the beginning and messed it all up! You want to hear about hardship? You couldn't just download porn! You had to bribe some homeless dude to buy you a copy of "Hustler" at the 7-11! It was either that or steal the lingerie section of the JC Penney catalog! Those were your options!
We didn't have fancy shit like Call Waiting! If you were on the phone and somebody else called they got a busy signal! And we didn't have fancy Caller ID Boxes either! When the the phone rang, you had no idea who it was it could be your boss, your mom, a collections agent, your drug dealer, you didn't know!!! You just had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!
And we didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation videogames with high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games like "Space Invaders" and "Asteroids" and the graphics sucked ass! Your guy was a little square! You had to use your imagination! And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen forever! And you could never win, the game just kept getting harder and faster until you died... Just like LIFE!
When you went to the movie theater there was no such thing as stadium seating! All the seats were the same height! A tall guy sat in front of you, you were screwed! And sure, we had cable television, but back then that was only like 20 channels and there was no onscreen menu! You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on! And there was no Cartoon Network! You could only get cartoons on Saturday morning... ...D'ya hear I'm saying!?! We had to wait ALL WEEK, you spoiled little bastards!
That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it too easy You're spoiled, I swear to God! You guys wouldn't last five minutes back in 1984!!!
"1984"
When I was a kid adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were when they were growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school every morning uphill both ways through year 'round blizzards carrying their younger siblings on their backs to their one-room schoolhouse where they maintained a straight-A average despite their full-time after-school job at the local textile mill where they worked for 35 cents an hour just to help keep their family from starving to death!
And I remember promising myself that when I grew up there was no way in hell I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on kids about how hard I had it and how easy they've got it.
But....Now that I've reached the ripe old age of twenty-nine, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today. You've got it so easy! I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a damned Utopia! And I hate to say it but you kids today you don't know how good you've got it! I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have The Internet--we wanted to know something, we had to go to the damned library and look it up ourselves! And there was no email! We had to actually write somebody a letter--with a pen!--and then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox and it would take like a week to get there! And there were no MP3s or Napsters! You wanted to steal music, you had go to the damned record store and shoplift it yourself! Or we had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the DJ'd usually talk over the beginning and messed it all up! You want to hear about hardship? You couldn't just download porn! You had to bribe some homeless dude to buy you a copy of "Hustler" at the 7-11! It was either that or steal the lingerie section of the JC Penney catalog! Those were your options!
We didn't have fancy shit like Call Waiting! If you were on the phone and somebody else called they got a busy signal! And we didn't have fancy Caller ID Boxes either! When the the phone rang, you had no idea who it was it could be your boss, your mom, a collections agent, your drug dealer, you didn't know!!! You just had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!
And we didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation videogames with high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games like "Space Invaders" and "Asteroids" and the graphics sucked ass! Your guy was a little square! You had to use your imagination! And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen forever! And you could never win, the game just kept getting harder and faster until you died... Just like LIFE!
When you went to the movie theater there was no such thing as stadium seating! All the seats were the same height! A tall guy sat in front of you, you were screwed! And sure, we had cable television, but back then that was only like 20 channels and there was no onscreen menu! You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on! And there was no Cartoon Network! You could only get cartoons on Saturday morning... ...D'ya hear I'm saying!?! We had to wait ALL WEEK, you spoiled little bastards!
That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it too easy You're spoiled, I swear to God! You guys wouldn't last five minutes back in 1984!!!
Friday, March 07, 2003
“Human Speed-Bumps”
Okay I am all for freedom of speech, and protesting something or cute little catchy chants. But there is a fine line between making a statement and just becoming royal pain in the ass.
A few days ago there were many local students college and high school that decided to walk out and protest the pending (possible) war with Iraq. That’s fine and dandy, although I’m sure several students simply did it in order to make the absentee total high enough to merit class being cancelled. Heck I walked one time in grade school once for some reason that I don’t recall. All I knew was the person who lead the revolt was Sharon Hiley, the kind of girl (10 years ago anyway) that got all the guys out of their seat. I think it had something to do with her getting detention or something. Who knows, but I doubt half of them actually believed in the cause.
Anyway a few days ago some smart-asses came up with the idea of laying in front cars in the city of brotherly love. I guess this was a cheap ploy to get on TV (it worked most local network affiliates got footage of the event), but when they are causing traffic snarls that’s simply just interfering with other peoples daily life. Christ I am not sure an Anti-War protest needs anymore coverage I have seen more articles and seen enough footage to fill a small museum. Now before you jump all over my pasty white back of course its important for them to get coverage! I am just saying it’s not like its something we are unaware of, anyone that cares about the future of the country is aware of this.
Now if some dude was laying in front of the tempo and I was late for a job interview it would have gotten ugly. After politely telling him to pick his ass off the pavement and not getting a response I would resort to yelling. Than I would result to kicking him in the ribs repeatly at least he would look like a hypocrite if he came swinging. I even saw a poor woman yelling at the people that she agreed with them and she just wanted to get through. I don’t know what Joe Public is going to do due anyway to please the protester. Why don’t they just engulf the White House and sing folks songs holding hands.
Now we have an incident where highschoolers turned a walk-out protest into a miniature looting fest. They broke windows and shelves in a Mobil gas station and stole merchandise. The event also disrupted traffic like in Philly. I am not saying protesters are all going to start trouble, but you have to figure kids are going to be protesting just to protest. It’s the teenager code in many aspects. Okay, you won’t stand of violence or a WAR FOR OIL, but you do stand for destruction and stealing snickers? Anyone that can manage such a complicated issue to NO BLOOD FOR OIL is certainly over simplifying. Are things going to get out of hand again? Are we going to have water hoses being aimed at protestors again?
Say what you want to say, but don’t put others in danger or jump in the faces of other students on a college campus screaming stuff at them. Give them literature if you desire its about educating not forcefully shouting silly catch phrases or causing destruction for attention. I haven’t decided what side of the fence I have fallen in, but I guess I should soon so I know what to pain on my chest for CNN. Speaking of painting chests, does anyone know what happened to Sharon Hilly?
Okay I am all for freedom of speech, and protesting something or cute little catchy chants. But there is a fine line between making a statement and just becoming royal pain in the ass.
A few days ago there were many local students college and high school that decided to walk out and protest the pending (possible) war with Iraq. That’s fine and dandy, although I’m sure several students simply did it in order to make the absentee total high enough to merit class being cancelled. Heck I walked one time in grade school once for some reason that I don’t recall. All I knew was the person who lead the revolt was Sharon Hiley, the kind of girl (10 years ago anyway) that got all the guys out of their seat. I think it had something to do with her getting detention or something. Who knows, but I doubt half of them actually believed in the cause.
Anyway a few days ago some smart-asses came up with the idea of laying in front cars in the city of brotherly love. I guess this was a cheap ploy to get on TV (it worked most local network affiliates got footage of the event), but when they are causing traffic snarls that’s simply just interfering with other peoples daily life. Christ I am not sure an Anti-War protest needs anymore coverage I have seen more articles and seen enough footage to fill a small museum. Now before you jump all over my pasty white back of course its important for them to get coverage! I am just saying it’s not like its something we are unaware of, anyone that cares about the future of the country is aware of this.
Now if some dude was laying in front of the tempo and I was late for a job interview it would have gotten ugly. After politely telling him to pick his ass off the pavement and not getting a response I would resort to yelling. Than I would result to kicking him in the ribs repeatly at least he would look like a hypocrite if he came swinging. I even saw a poor woman yelling at the people that she agreed with them and she just wanted to get through. I don’t know what Joe Public is going to do due anyway to please the protester. Why don’t they just engulf the White House and sing folks songs holding hands.
Now we have an incident where highschoolers turned a walk-out protest into a miniature looting fest. They broke windows and shelves in a Mobil gas station and stole merchandise. The event also disrupted traffic like in Philly. I am not saying protesters are all going to start trouble, but you have to figure kids are going to be protesting just to protest. It’s the teenager code in many aspects. Okay, you won’t stand of violence or a WAR FOR OIL, but you do stand for destruction and stealing snickers? Anyone that can manage such a complicated issue to NO BLOOD FOR OIL is certainly over simplifying. Are things going to get out of hand again? Are we going to have water hoses being aimed at protestors again?
Say what you want to say, but don’t put others in danger or jump in the faces of other students on a college campus screaming stuff at them. Give them literature if you desire its about educating not forcefully shouting silly catch phrases or causing destruction for attention. I haven’t decided what side of the fence I have fallen in, but I guess I should soon so I know what to pain on my chest for CNN. Speaking of painting chests, does anyone know what happened to Sharon Hilly?
Thursday, March 06, 2003
"It Is On"
For those of you wondering Ryan is playing at Damico's Friday night. He plays from about 6ish to 9ish. You usually don't have to make reservations. The food is pretty damn good, and they give you (with most platters) a plentiful size. You get a salad and soup too so its a sweet deal!
However the best part of the night is Ryan, Chris Arter, and dude named dave playing jazz type music. Oh yeah and the boss of the establishment Vinny just might stop by your table and say hello. Maybe even if your lucky you can get a seat near Ryan's parents.
For those of you wondering Ryan is playing at Damico's Friday night. He plays from about 6ish to 9ish. You usually don't have to make reservations. The food is pretty damn good, and they give you (with most platters) a plentiful size. You get a salad and soup too so its a sweet deal!
However the best part of the night is Ryan, Chris Arter, and dude named dave playing jazz type music. Oh yeah and the boss of the establishment Vinny just might stop by your table and say hello. Maybe even if your lucky you can get a seat near Ryan's parents.
Wednesday, March 05, 2003
"Can You Smell That Smell?"
Earlier today I stopped by my friend Ricks house who lives just down the White Horse Pike from me. I was there to pick up money I had left behind in his car. Something I am famous for, and luckily Rick didn't pocket the loot. Anyway when I got to Rick's house his car was there (both of them actually) and I knew he had to be home.
So as I am knocking on his door and calling his home on my cell phone to get him to come to the door. As I did this I smelled a strong ordor of gas. It was so intensely strong that I started to wonder if it was actually coming from Rick's house. He still wasn't opening the door. Perhaps he had enough of Boscovs and shoved his head in the oven to OFT himself. Perhaps it was the silent killer and slowly killed him leaking from somewhere while he was listening to Pink Floyd. Perhaps his rooting corpse would greet his mother upon her return home. So I figured I'd try to open the door, but it was locked.
I thought either im jumping to conclusions or he is already dead anyway. So I opted not to bloody my hand or break his a window for no reason. I could have tried the back door but there was too much snow out there, and like I said I figured if that gas was leaking he was dead already. Im sure I would have felt bad when I heard of a grisly discovery on the 10 O'clock news.
Than I got home to continue my job search (IT STINKS). I noticed he was online and well. Finally I went back over his house and while I was there I voiced my concern of the strong gas smell. He told me they called the gas company out a month ago, and they just shrugged over the strong odor and told him not to worry about it. Not that they found the source of the odor. Odd since its so strong and their the gas company and all.
So if you see a block of Laruel Springs engulfed in flames you will know why. Thanks for reading this and wasting precious seconds of your worthless life.
Earlier today I stopped by my friend Ricks house who lives just down the White Horse Pike from me. I was there to pick up money I had left behind in his car. Something I am famous for, and luckily Rick didn't pocket the loot. Anyway when I got to Rick's house his car was there (both of them actually) and I knew he had to be home.
So as I am knocking on his door and calling his home on my cell phone to get him to come to the door. As I did this I smelled a strong ordor of gas. It was so intensely strong that I started to wonder if it was actually coming from Rick's house. He still wasn't opening the door. Perhaps he had enough of Boscovs and shoved his head in the oven to OFT himself. Perhaps it was the silent killer and slowly killed him leaking from somewhere while he was listening to Pink Floyd. Perhaps his rooting corpse would greet his mother upon her return home. So I figured I'd try to open the door, but it was locked.
I thought either im jumping to conclusions or he is already dead anyway. So I opted not to bloody my hand or break his a window for no reason. I could have tried the back door but there was too much snow out there, and like I said I figured if that gas was leaking he was dead already. Im sure I would have felt bad when I heard of a grisly discovery on the 10 O'clock news.
Than I got home to continue my job search (IT STINKS). I noticed he was online and well. Finally I went back over his house and while I was there I voiced my concern of the strong gas smell. He told me they called the gas company out a month ago, and they just shrugged over the strong odor and told him not to worry about it. Not that they found the source of the odor. Odd since its so strong and their the gas company and all.
So if you see a block of Laruel Springs engulfed in flames you will know why. Thanks for reading this and wasting precious seconds of your worthless life.
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