pic of the day

pic of the day. this is so sweet, I am lost for words. the sweet results of another successful search with the next blog button.

hawks and stuff

GO HAWKS! Smooty hooked me up, so I will be at the playoff game this weekend between the Seahawks and the team that is going to lose, the Redskins. Even if its raining, I am going to love it.

and check this out a little golf trivia game. try and beat 17...on your first try.

also, I am hoplessly addicted to Hexic HD, the game that comes with the Xbox360. I have spent hundreds on this stupid system and games and downloading arcade games like the original Guantlet and Joust (which rock by the way), and I keep loading up the fucking free game. If anyone else reads this, and is similarily addicted, and needs help with the black pearl and the final couple achievments, check this forum out. I am gonna try these tips tonight and you should see a higher gamer score to the left by tomorrow. Of course, I haven't drank in a week, and my sister is in town, so there is the possibility that I will pass out before I get to play, and then have the hawks game tomorrow, and not get to play until sunday...
and speaking of Joust, found a site with hints http://web.mit.edu/kaihow/www/joust.html

lovely journalism

A good article from N8, about fraternity life. Yeah its a little over the top, but as long as you have been to college or know someone who has been in the greek system, you can find it funny.

And then more fun with the local journalists. Apparently if you read a statistic, and then make it into a blaring headline, that sells papers. Cowlitz has state's highest gonorrhea rate

but on the plus side, the Daily News reported about something good yesterday. A new employer coming to town trailing millions in revenues, thousands in taxes for the county, and hundreds of jobs. And some more specifics on Lyman Lumber today. This is great for our area.

And in case you want to move here, you don't need to bring your own water. I think yesterday was our 35 day of rain or some crazy ass stat like that. And that doesn't even come close to the record of like 50 days. Anyone know how to build a fucking Ark?

Hell on Earth

So as some of you out there know, I work for a plumbing and industrial supply wholesaler as a plumbing salesman. And this month happens to be our dreaded inventory. Here's a little background on my company; we just so happen to be the largest wholesaler in the world with locations everywhere (including Europe). The branch I work for has over 10,000 items on our shelves out in our warehouse with a value easily over a million dollars. So starting Saturday (I usually work Monday through Friday; ten hours a day) we will be spending time out in our lovely warehouse which as of right now is just a little bit colder than a beer cooler. I can seriously see my own breath out there it's that cold. Hopefully Saturday will be a short day and we won't have to work Sunday (that's what management is saying; but you know how they are). But next weekend starting Friday I will stay until a little after midnight only to be back Saturday morning at six in the morning. Saturday night we will probably be here until midnight, run home and take a quick nap and come back Sunday morning probably between 6 and 8. The weekend after that there is a handful of employees from our branch who will be going down to Portland, Oregon's branch and helping them count. I just so happen to be lucky enough to have to go to Portland. About four months ago I got a little promotion into the office from our front desk. One of the stipulations of the promotion was going from hourly pay to salary. I am kicking myself now. So basically this place owns me for the next month and I'm there bitch. And that sucks. Almost as bad as the ladies at Wal-Mart (you know what I'm talking bout Stephaine). So to all of you out there have a safe January and hopefully I will get a chance to post sometime soon. Seacrest out!

cell phones instead of wallets?

(again, sorry this isn't original stuff, but this was too cool not to mention)
Cell Phones as Electronic Wallets
The standardization of near-field communication (NFC) is a form of short-range radio transmission technology that could potentially transform cell phones into electronic wallets. Equipping mobile phones with NFC chips would allow various "smart" cards to be combined within a single device with data display screens.
It is hoped that NFC will appeal to consumers as a way to merge a wallet, transport card and identity card into a single device. Sony, Nokia, MasterCard, Motorola and Visa are among NFC's supporters.
Source: Wireless: Tagging Cellphones as Electronic Wallets International Herald Tribune (01/03/06); Ekman, Ivar

(I want a cool phone that works as my credit card and Id, and has a camera and can only be used by me. that would be some james bond shit.)

just a few good links

Nothing too original today...don't have the time. But I had to post a link to the story about the guy who jumped on the ice during a Canadians practice and took a shot on goal. They didn't arrest him, they just kind of said, nice shot, but I blocked your ass. hockey wannabe
and a few other good stories I had to check out after I read this one.
dead 2 1/2 years
dead drunk (being drunk can turn out real, real bad...)
and a link to 50 ways to get fired from N8.
I especially like the hasslehoff idea.

public service anouncement

You may not of heard, but I am a banker. And the news on the street is Wal-mart wants to get into banking. I'm not in the mood for debate on monopolies and the government and public structure, but this cartoon pretty much says it all.
http://www.danzigercartoons.com Jeff's site has way more great cartoons. Please check em out if you don't read the paper regularly. All rights reserved New York Post.
(if you can't read all those signs, its the rubble left over from hardware stores, drug stores, grocery stores, clothing stores...you get the idea)

great sites and Willie doesn't know

Too good sites that Smoot contributed, but for some reason didn't post.
http://www.despair.com/viewall.html
http://www.flagrantdisregard.com/flickr/motivator.php

and, for those of you that know Josh B., this is funny. Willie emailed me part of the lyrics from Scotty Doesn't Know, from the movie Eurotrip. And I thought it would be funny to change them, and switch scotty to willie, and matt damon to burckhardt, the cockblocker.

willie thinks shes here to see him.
but shes here for my cum.
cause willie doesnt know, willie doesnt know

hes buying her drinks all night,
while I find out shes tight.
cause willie doesnt know, willie doesnt know.

still seems funny to me, but maybe you had to be there...

great quote and halo 2

second thing first, damn Dicko...you have 850 games of team slayer on Halo 2 and are a level 27. Played that game a few times have you?

and watching My Name is Earl and The Office last night, I saw the best quote of the day on the Office. (If you don't watch the show, a quick synopsis: Jim and Pam are the cool ones in the office. Pam has been engaged for 3 years, and you can tell Jim and Pam really like each other, but never have the balls to say it.)

Jim's girlfriend: (outside looking in at Pam and her fiance after they finally set a date for the wedding) "Do you think that will ever be us?"
Jim: (looking longingly at Pam) "No."
Jim's girlfriend: "Well then why did you bring me tonight? Why are we dating?"
Jim: "I don't know. Let's break up."

Classic. And what makes it funnier is that they are on a party boat, so she can't just storm off. They both have to sit on the boat while everyone is celebrating and wait for it to dock. Jim has some rad timing.

game of the year

yeah, yeah, yeah, triple posts are cool. as long as you fine people read the last couple, cause they are good. But since I have temporarily abandonded the website because I am busy and the blog is easier, I thought I would post something that would normally go on one of my website pages.

Specifically, Video Game of the Year for 2005.
For the Gamecube, Resident Evil 4 (I have this one, and it deserves it. Games like this are the reason I still have my Cube...)
For the PS2, God of War (I still haven't gotten this one, or beaten GTA: San Andreas yet for that matter, but I am keeping my PS2 until I play this game.)
For the Xbox, Ninja Gaiden Black (I play Halo 2 too much to even have played all the games I have on the shelf, so I never got to this one, but its supposed to be awesome... and now I have a 360, so I probably won't be ever getting this one as I am addicted to achievements on the 360 and you have to have the 360 versions to earn achievements...)
for the new Xbox360, Project Gotham Racing 3 (I like racing games only if they crash stuff, but like I said above, you have to have the 360 versions to earn achievments, so it looks like its off to ebay to sell a perfectly good copy and spend another $10-20 to get the newer one...damn)
For the PC gamers, Civilization 4 (I'm not much into PC games anymore because of lack of time, but if I was, I would get this. It looks great)
and for the other systems, sorry go to Gamespot.com if you want, cause I don't play the other systems. but I should mention that of all the categories, it was Resident Evil 4 won game of the year. Pretty amazing that Nintendo is still kicking it strong. Anyone see that crazy controller they are promoting for their next gen system (Revolution)?

As you can see, all of here still play video games and are still a little addicted. how about you?

quote of the day

"i know how girls feel"
-N8

thursday night

after 2 full days (12 hours) of work and volleyball (coaching and finances for the club) I think I will enjoy the opportunity to watch some TV tonight. http://www.nbc.com/My_Name_Is_Earl/ My Name is Earl, the Office, and a new one for me Four Kings, are teaming up on NBC with Will and Grace to try and take back thursday nights from whatever station is winning thursdays now. I'm not sure if you've seen the commercials, but NBC has the #1 monday, tuesday, wednesday, friday, reality, sports, and the #1 show or something like that. So I guess no one gives a shit about tuesday because they are moving the 2 reasons for that #1 ranking to Thursday. Which is great becuase volleyball practice is tusdays and i have missed most of that last couple Earls. I hate that I am actually "planning" to watch TV, but fuck, I love that show and the Office.

and I am pissed that I missed the Rose Bowl because of practice. If we have a tournament on Super Bowl weekend I am gonna be super pissed. Like a triple-dog-dare, but the pissed equivalent. But we did go get applebees quisadillas and hot wings and hefewiezen after practice, and I saw some highlights, so that was nice. Plus my good buddy nate Tivo'd the game, so I hope to watch that tonight or tomorrow to see "the game of the year," or what ever they are calling it, for myself.

Also, the Xbox360 rocks.
I highly recommend picking one up if you have the means. (movie?)

also, I finally found a "next blog" worth mentioning. http://isobellasworld.blogspot.com/ not sure if she really is a call girl, but the idea of someone keeping an online journal that mentions anything about the job which is selling sex, is an interesting idea, real or not.

The Greatest Invention EVER!

I must have been very good this past year (funny I don't remember that) because I cleaned up on Christmas. I received a Sony cyber-shot digital camera, some clothes, a couple gift cards, the World Series of Poker video game for the X-Box, but the best gift I received was the new Apple video iPod with a car adapter/charger. This thing is so fuckin sweet that I can't properly describe how it makes me feel deep down inside. There's nothing like coming into work before anybody else is here and pluggin my iPod into my computer and blaring "Fuck tha Police". So since Christmas I have uploaded about 2300 songs and two videos (we love the Chronic, what? cles of Narnia) onto this bad boy and I have room for about another five thousand songs or so. The only downside to all this music is realizing how many CDs have been "borrowed" from me in the last couple of years. I can't seem to locate any of my Pearl Jam, Deftones, Soundgarden, Ice Cube, Snoop and other various good shit. So if any of you reading this out there have my CDs I want them back...Don't make me send three-finger Louie after you. And if anybody out there has any suggestions on music I may like feel free to e-mail the suggestions to gr8_n8_77@yahoo.com. I listen to about everything except for Country. If you suggest country to me I will hunt you down punch you in the neck. Hard.

time off

This comic is a good example of why I love Scott Adams and Dilbert. As for the post title, I spent the long weekend (I had Monday off, Fed was closed) cleaning up Christmas, watching football, playing on Xbox Live, drinking and playing poker on Saturday night, so all in all, it was pretty good. Felt like I got something acomplished while at the same time wasting a maximum amount of time. As for the lack of posts, Smoot is in Yakima, and Dicko, N8, and I were busy not checking the internet all weekend.

Afroman hits home

(sung to the tune of the Afroman hit)
I was gonna come over last night until I got high,
I was gonna check out your new xbox but then I got high,
Now I'm sitting at home not calling you back, and I know why (why man),
cause I got high, because I got high, because I got high.
la da da da la da da la la da da.

(n8's verse)
I was gonna woop your ass at Madden until I got high,
I was gonna drink all your beer until I got high,
Now Gus is playin solo, and we all know why (why man),
cause I got high, because I got high, because I got high.
doo, doo, doo, doo da doo, doo da di,

Addiction

Hi everybody. My name is n8 b and I'm addicted to myspace.
Seriously.
I thought I would sign up and just kind of surf around checkin out all my friends pages. How wrong I was. By day two I was obsessed with upping the number of my friends, adding music to my page, postin new pics, etc. This thing is very evil.
That being said, if you're on there add me to your friends. If you're not and you want to stay sane, DO NOT sign up. It's worse than crack I tell you (well from what I've heard). But if you're not signed up and have a few hundred hours to waste, by all means sign up and let's be friends. Except for you Nancy Smoot. Go breed your hate elsewhere.
Sorry I haven't been posting. I was gonna blame it on the hustle and bustle of the holidaze, but that would be lying. And that's wrong. Just plain wrong. I promise to post more often.
I *sour patch kid* all of you.

No More Driving, No Kids!!

I survived my first official Christmas as a married man, barely. I have always considered myself a Christmas type of guy. I enjoyed driving through neighborhoods looking at the lights, spending time with family. A regular Clark Griswald. I don't know anymore though and I am not sure if it was just all of the running around this year, the changes in family dynamics or if I am just becoming a grinch....

Running Around...
I know that driving to family events, shopping malls and traffic are all part of the holiday season, but this year, it seemed to really piss me off. I found myself cussing out grandmas who have no business on the road rather than ignoring the idiots and decrepit and listening to Christmas music on that channel that plays non-stop holiday music for a month. I seriously almost knocked a guy out because he was actually blocking the entrance to parking for the whole mall and NO ONE was pulling out of a spot.

Family Dynamics...
Usually, my Christmas Eve is spent with my mom's family and Christmas Day with my dad's family. This year, being married, there were two more families to visit, which not only means more running around, it also mean that you get to hear this..."When are the kids coming?" Oh and don't forget about this, "You better take care of her!" coming from the all of the family members that you have never met because they aren't allowed out of the house except for holidays. The other problem is that now that I am older, my cousins are having kids. Although, the 4 "kids" ranging from 6 months to 4 years old are all very cute, I realize more and more that after 10 minutes, cuteness falls to annoying. Nothing says get me out of here like picking up a kid and discovering that there is now piss on your shirt and pants.

So is it just me? I hope it was just this year and next year I will be my normal "Dicko Claus" self.

what did you get for christmas?

I'm always curious about presents. My Christmas was looking bleak between work stress and present buying stress and funerals, but it turned out okay. I got a new jacket and some simpsons dvds and some books and of course I bought myself a Xbox360. Plus I took Abby shopping and to dinner and a movie at Cinetopia in Vancouver. And Abby took care of a lot of the shopping and I think everyone liked what we got them, which is important too me.

Cinetopia was a little spendy, but the snacks are reasonable and you can take those and pizza or other food into the theatres, plus its really loud, really big screens, big comfy chairs with plenty of leg room, and we went into the restaurant and wine bar, which is really upscale. They serve food in portions to share at $7-$15 and you order a few different ones (or 5 like us, we were hungry) and then get some overpriced (but very good) wine, and get full and drunk before the movie. It was nice. (although I spent over $100, you could easily get away with $30-50 without the wine)

We saw the Lion the Witch and The Wardrobe, the Chronicles of Narnia, and that movie was great. Good for kids although young kids might get scared at the battle scene cause they show some close-ups of some really scary and ugly looking creatures. But there is no blood and no sex and no cussing, so older children should be fine. It's a great story and really good special effects.

christmas is rad

there is no feeling like the one that makes you spend money on stuff for people on
1. stuff they don't want
2. stuff they could buy themselves.

thats why I am a big fan of money, gift cards, and liquor.

Mmmmm.....Trout

From the "what the hell?" file;
A rainbow trout fished out of Holmes Lake in Lincoln, Neb., on Dec. 17, 2005, features a double mouth. Clarence Olberding, 57, of Lincoln, wasn't just telling a fisherman's fib when he called over another angler to look at the two-mouthed trout. It weighed in at about a pound. Olberding, who plans to smoke and eat the fish, said the hook was in the upper mouth, and that the lower one did not appear to be functional.
First question: Why would you fish in a pond near a Nuclear power plant? I am just assuming that it was near a power plant due to the uniqueness of this fish. It kind of reminds me of that three-eyed fish on the Simpsons. I remember coming home from Portland and driving by the old Trojan Nuclear power plant near Rainier and seeing old guys fishing in the little ponds next to the plant. Why? I mean there are so many better places to fish than right next to a power plant.
Second question: Why the hell would you eat this thing? I mean look at the damn thing. It has TWO MOUTHS. That shit is not normal. Well at least the lower one did not appear to be functional so that makes it okay. I would imagine seeing this at Marsh's Free Museum, but if I pulled one out of a lake, I would give up seafood forever. I still might just from looking at that pic. What an ugly fuckin fish. Nuff said.