not really an update

I need a place to post pics so they can be used for ESPN.  We still drink 365 beers, but we no longer blog about it.  Be interesting to see if anyone still finds this blog...

mr thiesens

Found a sweet picture of good ol days thiemens that has to be the new image for my fantasy team as I beat him this week.

not dead yet

Finally updating the 365 Beers blog. Not sure if there will be room for the NOSE blog too, but if the other starts to expand beyond beer related stuff, this one could get resurrected.

So don't delete me yet...

Go Blazers!

What's up peeps? Long time no write....
I just wanted to pop in and say that Rip City is alive and well in the city of Portland. The Trail Blazers are on fire right now! B. Roy is basically the fookin MAN and cannot be stopped. Rudy is insane from beyond the arc and gives them a very dangerous outside presence while their other star rookie, the Odenator himself, has really came into his own and is truly starting to dominate down in the post. L.A. is looking better lately after a little bit of a slow start. Outlaw is still the shiz and gives them some firepower off of the bench. The youngster, Nic Batum, has surprised just about everybody with his play. The Vanilla Gorilla is having his best year ever and is a beast down low and on D; and we don't even have Martell back yet.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a title within the next two years. I would party my ass off if that happened. I'd would get absolutely hammered and possibly get naked. But no rioting for me, I'm not gonna go out like a Phillies fan (Stay classy Philadelphia).

Halo 3

If you thought I wasn't bloggin much before, wait til Halo 3 comes out next week. The only time I'll be touching a computer will be if I need to look something up not available on the 360.

That being said, I found some wonderful links I thought I would pass along regarding Rooster Teeth productions and Red vs Blue, the popular series of halo comedy (or machima as I just learned it is called). No one reads this, so they are more just a list of links for me to refer back to, but here you go just in case.
http://rvb.roosterteeth.com/home.php
The home page
http://www.tomsgames.com/us/2005/09/24/the_cult_of_red_vs/
Article about Red vs Blue and their popularity
http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Halo_3#_note-1
http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Red_vs_Blue
The Halo 3 wiki (like wikpedia, but halo only) and the Red vs Blue link

Halo 3

Halo 3 comes out in September. I fuggin can't wait. It just passed 1 million pre-orders and there was a new article in EGM along with a killer ad.
halo3.com
1up.com/Halo 3

He's received the highest commendations for bravery. Countless decorations for honor and selflessness. But Master Chief's greatest achievement reaches far beyond what any medal could ever hope to commemorate.

For the men and women of the 26th century, he is a human embodiment of possibility, the last Spartan standing against an angry tide. This strength of spirit is forged through his legend.

Jericho VII. The Battle of Reach. High Charity. Tales rife with sacrifice and courage. Tales that grow, flourish, and inspire.

And while he shapes his own history, he in turn shapes the history of all who follow.

For no matter what horrors are released upon the day, they cannot match the reply of soldiers emboldened with his spirit, an army of Master Chiefs unto themselves. BELIEVE

There is also a lot of good info here:
http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/category/halo-3/
including a cool case for holding controllers and games. I think I might geek out and get all this shit, who knows.

Washington

God was missing for six days. Eventually Michael, the Archangel, found him, resting, on the seventh day. He inquired of God. "Where have you been?"
God sighed a deep sigh of satisfaction, and proudly pointed downwards through the clouds, "Look, Michael. Look what I've made."
Archangel Michael looked puzzled, and said, "What is it?"
"It's a planet," replied God, "and I've put Life on it. I'm going to call it Earth and it's going to be a great place of balance."
"Balance?" inquired Michael, still confused.
God explained, pointing to different parts of earth. "For example, northern Europe will be a place of great opportunity and wealth, while southern Europe is going to be poor.
Over there I've placed a continent of white people, and over there is a continent of black people. Balance in all things," God continued pointing to different countries. "This one will be extremely hot, while this one will be very cold and covered in ice."
The Archangel, impressed by God's work, then pointed to a land area and said, "What's that one?"
"Ah," said God, That's Washington State, the most glorious place on earth. There are beautiful mountains, rivers and streams, lakes, forests, hills, plains, and coulees. The people from Washington State are going to be handsome, modest, intelligent, and humorous, and they are going to be found traveling the world. They will be extremely sociable, hardworking, high achieving, and they will be known throughout the world as diplomats, and carriers of peace."
Michael gasped in wonder and admiration, but then proclaimed, "What about balance, God? You said there would be balance."
God smiled, "There is another Washington...wait until you see the idiots I put there."

next blog button strikes again

So I saw the little choice for flagging blogs with objectionable content. So I went to that ass pirates site or what ever it was called and flagged it, then tried to find something a little better. After a bunch of foreign sites, another pillow biter site that I flagged and then threw up in my mouth a little, I found this site
http://theredsrocket.blogspot.com/

A big time Reds fan, I need to save this to check out after the weekend series in Seattle that I am going up for. I hope we win so I can see what he has to say.

This also prompted me to get on myspace for the first time since last year at least. Got some pictures from my trip to LA last month from Apul's site.
http://picasaweb.google.com/wsuape/May16thErikGInTown
not sure what was up with his camera, but you can tell I was in Hollywood, which is cool.

Next Blog button

I will never use the next blog button again. Because my eyes were scarred, so shall yours be when you click here. (sorry, I erased the link. I mean gay is okay, but I really don't want to see it. It's just frightening to see a blog with someones family pictures, then click the next one and see guys blowing each other. Fuck.

If you don't want to click, I understand. I wouldn't if I knew what waited there...

Apparently Blogger is like Myspace and says no graphic material, but doesn't actually enforce it...

Happy B-Day Gogo!

My good friend Margaux turns the big 2-7 today! Have a wonderful Berfday rockstar!

How Badly Do You Want A Beer?

Dicko would be drinking straight from the tap on this one....

Craziness I say!

Check this shit out right here.... WOW!

"Get that ballerina a drink!"

So a couple of years ago I went camping up in the San Juan Islands with my good friends Garrett and Chris. It was one of the best vacations I have ever been on and I had an incredibly good time. There's a couple of very funny stories from that trip and I'm gonna share one right here.
We were drinking in a little bar in Friday Harbor, on one of the first nights, for a couple of hours and we were all feeling pretty good. It all started going downhill when some hippie chick, wearing a sleeveless sun dress, walked in. She raised her right arm, revealing a huge, hairy armpit as she pointed to a couple of people sitting at the bar and asked, "What man here will buy a lady a drink?"
Well the place when completely quiet as everybody in the place tried to ignore her. But my buddy Chris was extremely wasted by this point and out of nowhere he slammed his hand down on the counter and yelled, "Get that ballerina a drink!"
The bartender poured the drink and the hippie chick chugged it down with the quickness. She turned to back to my buddy Chris and pointed at him, revealing the same hairy armpit, and once again asked, "Will you buy a lady a drink?"
Once again, Chris slapped his money down on the bar and said, "Give the ballerina another drink!" The bartender gave her another drink and she wandered over to the other side of the bar enjoying her second drink.
Garrett and I weren't really surprised at Chris buying drinks, it was just he kept calling her ballerina. "Hey Chris" Garrett asked "why do you keep calling that hippie a ballerina?"
Without missing a beat Chris replied, "Any woman who can lift her leg that high has got to be a ballerina".....

Way to go Steve!

My mom just forwarded me this story about my buddy Steve that I grew up with. Steve moved away to Hawaii at the end of last year to get out of the Longview/Kelso area. At work he heard an injured dog out in the jungle up on the hill behind his restaurant. Well there had been people searching for the dog for a while now, and Steve ended up finding it and rescuing it. What a great story, check it out.

Post # 500 is about Wiffleball

So yesterday was the kickoff of our wiffleball league. As the defending league champ I had to defend our title. So I went out and threw the first no-hitter of my career. The Salem Blazers didn't know what hit 'em. We ended up winning 9-0 in game one.
Eddie B pitched game two and we won that one as well 14-9. We are now in first place in the Southern Division with a chance to make some noise this season. What a good time.
Erik was at a volleyball tourney so he couldn't join us this weekend. He plans on making it down next weekend though. I'm thinking we will be 4-0 come next Monday.

Oh yeah, this also happens to be the 500th NOSE post. Great Success!

new dilbert

I borrowed this from my daily Dilbert and Scott Adams. Best comic he has posted in awhile. Man I love dilbert.

Deaf Plan Silent Protest

TALLAHASSEE – Advocates for the state’s 3 million residents with hearing loss rally at the Capitol today to push for state benefits.
The Florida Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing plans to flood the Capitol entrance at 9:30 a.m. and hold a “silent protest” in the rotunda outside of the House and Senate chambers at 10 a.m.
Advocates are pushing for state licensure of interpreters, improved educational services, better access to emergency preparedness plans, increased use of captioning for films and television broadcasts and increased funding for direct services, according to a written release.
Other event organizers include the Florida Association for the Deaf, the Hearing Loss Association of Florida, the Florida Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, the Florida Deaf Service Center Association and the Florida Coordinating Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

...this was too good to pass up

Famous Bowls and Beer Fest

Last night after getting home and cleaning house a little bit I decided to head over to KFC for a Famous Bowl and then go home and watch BeerFest. Before I get into my review of Beerfest I must first talk about the KFC Famous Bowl and give it the proper respect that it so rightly deserves. This thing is one of the most wonderful meals of all time. Mashed potatoes, corn and chicken topped with gravy and cheese is so good that I cannot think of words to describe how happy it makes me feel. I'll admit that I was a little skeptical at first but once I tried it, I was in heaven. Take my word on this and go try a Famous Bowl. You'll be thanking me later.
Okay, now to Beer Fest. I've got a couple of thoughts on this so hear goes. First off, I say we start playing a drinking game to this movie. Everytime somebody in the movie drinks, you drink. After about thirty minutes you would be hammered. I especially enjoyed all of the beer games and the insane amounts of beer being consumed. And Jay Chandasakhar (sp?) was hilarious like always. Now on to something I didn't like...
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SPOILER WARNING: IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE MOVIE, READ AT YOUR OWN RISK
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Okay, so when Landslide dies in the huge vat of beer, what the fuck is up with his twin brother showing up out of nowhere? I mean come on, he wasn't even at his twin brother's funeral? Give me a break. And how convenient that he just so happen to teach Landslide everything he knew about beer drinking. Oh, and he wants to be called Landslide too, in his brother's memory. Oh, and he's banging the original Landslide's widow. WTF? So basically they decided to kill of one of the main characters and then just have him come back from the dead but call him his "twin". What a crock of shit. I really enjoyed everything about this movie except for that.

Go Cougs

http://www.washington.edu/alumni/survey/index.htmlVote for who has the best alumni, Cougs or Huskies. The voting is on the Husky site, so it will be even funnier when we beat them at this too.

not dead

Sorry it seems a little dead around NOSE, but that is cause drinking is occupying our every thought(s). So please head to 365beers if you come here and find nothing new. There is always a new post there, and still the occasional one here.

A big deal for us geeks, Grand Theft Auto 4 is supposed to have a trailer released end of March by Rockstar games, and has a countdown on this page, so that's exciting.

and for your viewing pleasure, a movie line. Do you know the movie?

"Ladies, Ladies... I think I might be able to work out a deal where one, mabye both, of you could be pregnant by the holidays. What do you say?"