Timewaster Trivia: AllTrivia a millionaire type dealie.

You know you’re from (Lower) (Upper) Michigan… and a plethora of other “you know’s”.

Cave Man Fooz Ball

Yeti 6 Surfin’ Safari.

Cat Town

Holy psycho rodents batman! When squirrels go bad… the hilarious true(?) tale of a man, a motorcycle and one pissed off squirrel.
via my so called blog

Speaking of motorcycles… This can’t be good.

Quote of the day:
From: We’re Not in Lake Wobegon Anymore
- Garrison Keillor

“The party of Lincoln and Liberty was transmogrified into the party of hairy-backed swamp developers and corporate shills, faith-based economists, fundamentalist bullies with Bibles, Christians of convenience, freelance racists, misanthropic frat boys, shrieking midgets of AM radio, tax cheats, nihilists in golf pants, brownshirts in pinstripes, sweatshop tycoons, hacks, fakirs, aggressive dorks, Lamborghini libertarians, people who believe Neil Armstrong�s moonwalk was filmed in Roswell, New Mexico, little honkers out to diminish the rest of us, Newt�s evil spawn and their Etch-A-Sketch president, a dull and rigid man suspicious of the free flow of information and of secular institutions, whose philosophy is a jumble of badly sutured body parts trying to walk. Republicans: The No.1 reason the rest of the world thinks we�re deaf, dumb and dangerous.”

Friday night was very mellow. The missus and I had done the West Covina IKEA Experience� for the better part of the day. Trying to secure the few last items we need to finish up the kitchen and baths over at H.A.T.S. (House Across The Street). Unfortunately we’re still waiting on some door fronts and it looks like we’re going to have to explore other options in the bathroom sink dept. All in all successful yet frustrating. Evening was spent just chilling out. Watched Charade with Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn.

Saturday the missus treated me to a steam and professional massage in the afternoon. It was exactly what I needed. Very relaxing and rejuvinating. When we got home it was time to start getting ready for company.

Can I just say that I have the greatest friends in the whole world?

Stone arrived first and presented me with a new Tiki he carved just for me. I was totally blown away. It’s only his second carving and man, it rocks! I’m calling him Funky Monkey for the time being. Itchyrae and MJS showed up next with two (2!) mini kegs of beer they scored at Trader Joes. Besides the novelty, the beer is most excellent. Then Spinlenf�r showed up with the big surprise. The best damn cheese cake I’ve ever tasted. Seriously. It was beyond amazing. Fed-ex’d in straight from NY, it was to die for. Then Jo and John came over with their dog Ginger and we all spent a great night eating and drinking and laughing (Itchyrae: Uh, Go Longhorns? Praise Satan? EastSide? Is this right? Stone: Son, that is pathetic. ) Given the past week, it was exactly the kind of night I needed. Thanks guys!

Sunday I spent installing Panther (better late than never right?) and my new Airport Express with AirTunes (all thanks to the Spinlenf�r!) and in the evening I headed over to Itchyrae and MJS’s for some delicious sangria and burgers. Yum!

A most excellent weekend.

But alas, it’s Monday again and I have a ton of stuff to do, not to mention preparing for court! Yup. The break-in. In addition to our being harassed by a private detective and a public defender last week, now we’ve been summoned and we have to testify this week. The problem is I have no idea what to wear. I live in cargo shorts and flip flops these days. I think I’ll have to go shopping… bummer

Oops - What happened to Friday? It’s Saturday and I am sick and tired of being sick and tired. Sing me a happy song!

Happy Song - Melissa Ferrick

note: all mp3 links expire 7 days after posting

In other news:
So it’s been a fairly crap week around here if you couldn’t tell by my lack of posts and general good humor. Having a friend off themselves a few days before your birthday really tends to put a damper on the revelry.

But tonight we will celebrate life. With good friends, cold drink, loud music, cheese steaks and yes, cake. You can never go wrong with cake Bring it on baby!

Guy finds a digital camera in the woods. Cool. Guy looks at pictures on the camera. Nice work… Beautiful pictures… wait a minute… what the hell IS that?!? Ack! RUN!
via daypop

Now here’s a guy who’s never going to make the Olympic Springboard Diving Team.

What would you do? Take the Extreme Survival Quiz. I am so dead.

Fun and Games:
Blockdude

Pixelfield

In Other News
My birthday turned out better than I expected. Despite there being a dark cloud hanging over our little hamlet, we managed to rally and I got completely shit faced on smoking martini’s (made using dry ice - very cool to look at, dangerous when consumed in quantity). Damn, those were good. I haven’t been that drunk since… well, we won’t go there. Now where did I put the Advil? Ouch.

Thanks to everyone who left me happy birthday wishes below! You guys rock. Well, all except for the weezer geezer old coot remarks. Why, when I was your age we had RESPECT for our elders! Swat! I take comfort in know that you can only dream of looking this good when you’re my age. Heh.

I’m trying to enjoy my birthday today, but I’m having a bit of a tough time getting into the spirit. Perhaps getting into the spirits will help… I’m off to the bar. I need a fucking drink.

Hee Larry Us: Will Ferrell Does Dubya

And thanks to the Missus for pointing out this review of The Little Goat:

I SPENT 7 MINUTES READING IT
While my country was under attack, this book had me hypnotized.

-George

Recess gets Regulated
It’s a sad, sad day when kids don’t get to learn life’s hard lessons taught on the playground. Lessons like “Quit it!” or “Ouch! That hurt!” or “I was the last one picked, I’m such a loser!” Gimme a break. What’s next? Taking away pencils because they’re pointy and sharp and they contain lead and some parent might sue? Oh wait, nevermind. (it’s a joke people!)

Holy Piece of Crap Batman! MTV got hit with the ugly stick! Ack! This monstrosity has to go down in the record books as THE WORST site re-design of a major brand. WTF is up with that logo? Load time is ridiculously slow, navigation is a nightmare, and and and… I just don’t have the words…

Play the Invisible Curser Game (even when cheating, it’s still hard!)

And finally, This story is why I will never, ever jump out of a plane… Encounter with power lines saves skydiver

No, not again… But if you’re looking for a way to kill the last 2 hours of work on Friday check out Catch and Release. Catch the wad of paper (click to grab) and pitch it in the can (drag and release). Takes a while to master (all the better for killing time) - Love the smarmy comments.
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Hey, it’s Friday! And oh, look… I’m still living on the surface of the sun!

I Melt With You - Modern English

note: all mp3 links expire 7 days after posting

ed. note: I accidentily deleted this entry. this is a repost. comments were lost. Doh.

Beer Bear. My sympathies pal, I’ve been there too…

From America’s Funniest Home Videos (used to be on eBaums World until Disney sued) Funny Cats - a great montage of cats (even if you don’t like cats - it’s funny damn it!)

Meow Mix Caf� opens in NYC.
via oddgirl

Puzzled Sheep - a rather addicting game. Read the instructions first!

Dog Toy or Marital Aid?
via the missus

From Yeti Sports: Ylympics!

And finally: Bush vs. Bush Which horses ass will win the great debate?

er, torch, you’ve got there.

What’s with the swimsuits the guys are wearing? Is it just me or do half of them seem to be employing The Bulge�?

In a similar vein…

I’ve heard people talking about the phallic nature of the Athens 2004 Flame lighting the cauldron (even though it looked more like a big fattie joint to me) I guess it’s all in the eye of the beholder. I’ll let these concept drawings for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Stadium speak for themselves…

In other news:

Joke of the day via the missus…

I recently picked a new primary care physician.

After two visits and exhaustive lab tests, he said I was doing “fairly well” for my age.

A little concerned about that comment, I couldn’t resist asking him, “Do you think I’ll live to be 80?”

He asked, “Well, do you smoke tobacco or drink beer/wine?”

“Oh no,” I replied. “I’ve not done either.”

Then he asked, “Do you eat rib-eye steaks and barbecued ribs?”

I said, “No, my other Doctor said that all red meat is very unhealthy!”

“Do you spend a lot of time in the sun, like playing golf, sailing, hiking, or bicycling?”

No, I don’t,” I said.

He asked, “Do you gamble, drive fast cars, or have a lot of sex?”

“No,” I said. “I don’t do any of those things.”

He looked at me and said, “Then why do you give a shit if you live to be 80?”