Bacon Boar or Is That Boor
I feel it is necessary to point out several discrepancies that were posted about me. Firstly, I did not "nag" the lovely Prometheus into posting the "Heart-shaped glasses" video. He found the video as provocative and controversial (which it is), leading him to post it himself. He enjoys getting under people's skin. MM is however, one of my favorite artists. Secondly, I did stay with him for a week before I going home for Christmas last year. I enjoyed my time with his family. I did not however, force him and Haley to watch Happy Feet. Let me elaborate:
Haley worked a very long day. Hannah and I sat at home watching movies, cleaning, and talking. We tried to stay warm in the large house of theirs. I tend to always be cold and their house did not help. This is where the "slipper controversy" originates. Prometheus was at work for much of the day - grading finals and administrative stuff. When we went to pick up Haley, she was very upset and tired. Prometheus made his usual proposition for when anyone was unhappy, "let me take you out to the movies." She accepted and all of us headed out to Corridor G. The movie options were sparse. Hannah, being ever so young at heart, wanted to watch the light hearted movie about a penguin who did not fit in. The story actually has a great underlying theme if you can look past the hour or so of flipper tapping fun. Haley outright objected to her choice. She was very upset. If you ever met the girls, you can guess what came next. Hannah calling Haley names. Haley calling Hannah selfish. Both girls telling their Dad that the other one was unreasonable. Dad and I trying not to burst out in laughter at the sibling dispute. I tried to reason with Haley that watching Happy Feet was not the end of the world. She refused to accept any justification which supported the tuxedo birds... We sat in the movie theater (Hannah, me, Dad, and Haley) "enjoying" our late night viewing. Haley during which would spout evil phrases towards her sister and her father would send disapproving words my way as well. It was a theatrical masterpiece - for the young at heart. Hannah and I laughed, awed, and chatted through the heart warming film. To this day - Hannah and I are labeled the culprits in ruining the rest of the night. I must disagree. A year later we are laughing about the instance. A year later we smile. I even bought Haley a penguin for her birthday, which made her laugh. It was a very good time for us.
As for the Christmas gifts - if one must justify ones presents in a letter prior to opening, then maybe, just maybe, you shouldn't have sent the gifts. I have yet to light the incense sticks (they smell funny). Never trust his taste in smell-a-ture. It is terrible. The baoding balls however, sit on my desk (in front of a repressive brick). I spent hours of last year in his office trying to master them. That is why he got me a set of my own - so I would stop dropping his. The dozen roses remain dried out and are in a vase in my kitchen.
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Saturday, December 15, 2007
Lucy (Shannon Moran) In the Sky With Diamonds
Talking on the phone with Lucy aka Shannon. I promised not to write what she's talking about. But it's really, really funny. And it would keep the readership in stitches for days. I mean days. But instead, I have to write about not writing about this Very Funny Thing.
But I can write that she now hates Fight Club. She used to love it. And it's my fault. Something about what she would name her tumor.
Do you see the necklace she's wearing in that picture? It's an earring. We found it in the parking lot of our Mexican restaurant in South Charleston, where we spent much of our time.
Last year, she spent a week with me at Christmas. We went to movies and such, before she went home to her family down south. (She and Hannah forced Haley and I to watch Happy Feet. I've never forgiven her). I sent her a Christmas package, which included a dozen roses, baoding balls, incense, and soap from the head shop there in Charleston. Her response: "Are you trying to tell me I smell funny?"
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Not much new to report. I spent most of the day writing, and making lists. I'm an excellent list maker. High on my list is finding some sort of job for the spring. One of my plans is to bartend at night and work on my projects during the day. I have a few other ideas, but I won't make those public beyond my friends.
The girls and I woke and went out and found something we called breakfast. Stopped at Wal-Mart for supplies. Drove around outside of town, looking for a more country setting. We're either moving back to WV, or to a more rural area here. That's undecided at the moment, and depends, considerably, on the events of the next few weeks.
Spent the rest of the day home, each doing our little assignments. Marla and I went to the bookstore, and carried the elder bahs out for pizza. She's gone to work. I'm waiting on Lucy to call. She has a new job. The bah is spending the night with friends.
Normal average day. Haley headed off to bed. Hannah's watching Almost Famous, one of my favorite movies.
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No video available, but this is the latest by my friend and former band-mate Alex Imas. The next Bob Dylan. Mark my words.
Gypsy Woman.mp3
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I know you said you get this one all the time, BF, but you once said it helped.
Plus it's my favourite.
Invictus
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever Gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeoning of chance
My head is bloody but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the horror of the shade
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find me, unafraid.
It matters not how straight the gate,
How charged with punishment the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.
[William Ernest Henley]
Come to think of it, this is very you-like, Mr. Thunder.
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Friday, December 14, 2007
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Marilyn Manson - Heart-Shaped Glasses
My advice to you is not to click play. Most of you are old and dying (physically and spiritually) and this is not the sort of thing that's going to make you happy. I had no intention of posting it, but Lucy aka Shannon nagged me into it. It's her favorite MM video, and he's her favorite "artist." It stars the wierd dude himself (38 years of age) and his then 19 year old girlfriend. She was, at the time, the highest paid video model in history. If you watch it, you'll know why. My advice is NOT do so.
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He sleeps in my bed most nights.
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The girls and I dropped Marla (this is most likely Jo Pisarki who supported JJ in Charleston by working at Hooter's) off at work. Then we went to see I am Legend. I love Will Smith, but this was somewhat disappointing. The movie is an adaptation of a 1954 novel by Richard Matheson.
Proficient but not exemplary.
Haley drove home. Talked to Lucy aka Shannon Moran, before making her go to sleep. (End of term work limited her sleeping to just six hours in the last seventy-two. It doesn't help that we stay on the phone for many, many hours each night. So now I'm sitting here working on something I'm writing. Waiting for Marla aka Jo to call.
All of us received letters from Cajun yesterday. He's well. We were starting to worry, because he had gone silent for ten days. Turns out the PX ran out of stamps. Typical government operation. He's well. Happy. Fit. We will be seeing him soon.
I try not to be too negative here. I have great friends, and two magnificent daughters. I'm also not the guy we saw on the street tonight at 7:00, holding a sign. Wife standing beside him. Crying. Still, all pain is relative to the observer. I'm not him. And he's not living in Pol Pot's Cambodia.
I keep thinking there has to be some meaning for all the suffering in the world. Sometimes I want to punch God in the face. I understand the whole suffering to be able to choose the good bit. And generally I believe it. But at times it seems wantonly callous.
Note to my Iowa readers. I'll be coming through Waterloo, Aimes, Des Moines, and Elkader next week. Talk to Frasier if you want to meet up. He knows how to contact me.
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Rough day at the end of a rough week. It's probably been the roughest week for us since July. My immune system is falling apart. I'm trying not to let it show, though. Going to grab the girls in a few minutes and go out. Something has to feel a bit better soon.
Had to call mom last night and tell her that Liam and Eli would not be coming for Christmas, and listen to her cry. This isn't the first time I've had to deal with these games. You just have to love your children more fiercely than anyone else dares, and pray to God each night that they'll come back to you in time. It worked with Haley and Hannah. Donovan turns 12 next year. It's hard on the daughters, though. Haley leaves for college in eighteen months. She watched Liam for multiple hours every day, for over two years. For all intents, the boys will never really know her again.
I hate Christmas. Always have. This year reminds me why.
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You may have noticed a pattern. I take the blog down when I go out of town, or when the readership starts to get too large. For reasons I will not say.
But it's picking back up again, even with a truncated blog. I don't know when the full blog will return, but given the devotion that some of you seem to have, I'm sure you'll know before I do.
I hope you are entertained.
posted by Prometheus @ 5:22 PM 0 Comments
Lucy (Shannon Moran) Today, on the subject of Turkey Bacon
"I remember going over there and finding turkey bacon in the fridge. You and your turkey bacon. It's gross. Turkey's don't make bacon. Pigs make bacon. It's not even the right color. I wouldn't even eat it."
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For Lucy/Shannon. Her Favorite
Marilyn Manson, This is the New Shit.
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Staying up. Writing one last piece of crap for UC. I'll miss you, my Faustian friend (I was going to identify you by initials, but that still might trigger Ed's anti-JJ bloodlust). I really will.
As much as I bitch and complain (insert your own descriptor here), etc. and generally annoy you and waste your time, I just wanted to let you know that you've made a profound difference in my life. I should probably pay you for all the free therapy, but since I'm cheap, you're stuck with this post.
We both know I'd be lying if I said that your courses made a great difference in my intellectual development. But I've learned countless, often invaluable, lessons from you outside the classroom. Thank you for being there for me. I know I can't repay you for your kindness, but I give you my word that I'll pass it on.
I mean, that's the reason we poor deluded souls go in to teaching -- to make a difference in people's lives. We stay there for other reasons. But that's why we enter the ivory (or cement in this particular case) tower in the first place.
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Thursday, December 13, 2007
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Last ride of the Rohirrim.
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The magic of DVD's. The Fight Club DVD included two PSA's. One from Pitt. The other from Lucy's favorite leading man, Ed Norton.
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BR aired from 1979 to 1981. I was 11 in 1979. Living in rural Arkansas with four TV stations, none of which were all that interesting. I loved this show.
Erin Gray...one of my first crushes. She was hotter than hell.
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Libertad! Igualdad! Fraternidad!
You sullen pig of a man
you force me into the mud
with your stinking ash-cart!
Brother!
--if we were rich
we'd stick our chests out
and hold our heads high!
It is dreams that have destroyed us.
There is no more pride
in horses or in reign holding.
We sit hunched together brooding
our fate.
Well--
all things turn bitter in the end
whether you choose the right
or the left way
and--
dreams are not a bad thing.
[William Carlos Williams]
posted by Prudence aka Hannah Wilkes @ 7:33 PM 2 Comments
Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off.
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In addition to the Rocket and AP, the Mitchell Report also names Miguel Tejada (recently traded to the Astros), Brian Roberts, Mike Stanton (and God he sucked so much he needed every extra edge), and Chuck Knoblauch.
Lots of Yankees and former Yankees. I wonder if Joe Torre catches some hell over this too? I doubt it. Given the number of stars implicated, the blame will be diffuse.
You'll also need to pay attention to race in this issue. Barry Bonds caught hell, while Big Mac largely (but not entirely) escaped public scorn. As did Sosa (but he was polite and popular among baseball writers).
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- It's going to be an ugly few days for MLB. The Mitchell Report will name Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte, among others.
- According to an AP report: "The Mitchell Report exposes a "serious drug culture within baseball, from top to bottom," fingers MVPs and All-Stars and calls for beefed-up testing by an outside agency to clean up the game."
- I've been writing about Mike Huckabee for weeks, long before anyone started paying attention. I think there's a good chance he will win the nomination. Huckabee now has a 16 point lead in Iowa. Leads in Michigan. Leads in South Carolina. And leads nationally. Mike's blueprint is to win Iowa, ignore New Hampshire, and turn South Carolina into a "make or break" battleground. He's smarter than people think. He's not just trying to win over religious and southern paleo-conservative voters. He has a liberal Republican agenda too. Win there, and he probably wins the nomination. And oddly, he might have the best chance (of any of the potential Republican nominees) to defeat HRC. His biggest obstacle, I feel, relates to the Wayne Dumond matter I posted about weeks ago. His greatest media asset? He's a talk radio darling. Boortz supports him, because Mike supports the Fair Tax. Rush doesn't think he's tough enough to stand up to the Clintons, however.
- Mike's smart, too. He made a few anti-Mormon remarks, to draw attention to Mitt's membership in what most conservative evangelicals and fundamentalists regard as a cult, before pulling back. Smart politics. He scores points, and then withdraws before he looks like a bully. That's the power of negative attack advertisements. Voters will not remember the apology. But Mr. and Mrs. Jesus Voter in the South Carolina primary will remember the attacks. Note that Hillary did the same thing with Obama's admitted drug use, too. Oh, and Mike will not be releasing his sermons from his days as a Baptist minister. Smart. Those sermons about rounding up Magic Johnson and HIV positives, sending them off to an isolated leper colony? They won't play so well in mainstream America.
- For political junkies, there are two polling websites you'll want to visit as you gear up for next year's election. These are, in my view, the two best polling outfits in America. Rasmussen Reports (their analysis tends to favor Republicans, and conservative Democrats) and Zogby International (which tends to favor Democrats, and liberal Republicans).
- Missouri considers apologizing for slavery. They ought to provide a free college education (by taxing the fuck out of the top 5% of income earners) to African Americans for the next three generations. We might see some changes then.
- For Lucy aka Shannon: Bill talks to Marilyn Manson, Short People, Witches, and others.
- In closing, Haley is reading Huck Finn. She hates it. I don't blame her. I hated it too. But I'm reminded of Twain's legendary determination. (He wrote his future wife, Livy, 189 love letters before they married). And his fear of failure. When the Atlantic Monthly praised his Innocents Abroad, he wrote the editor (William Dean Howells) with the following: "When I read that review of yours, I felt like the woman who was so glad her baby had come white."
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Not much new today. Woke up at 7:00 and carried the girls to school. Home and back to bed. I was sick to my stomach. Crawled out of bed again around 10:00, when my phone rang. Spent the balance of the morning and early afternoon writing and filling out various paperwork. Talking to Lucy and a few others. We're leaving on our trip soon, but we'll be going without Liam and Eli. I am not allowed to see them this Christmas. MJ is 3,000 miles away, and I've spent nearly a month's worth of days with her since September. We have seen Liam and Eli three times since we moved here in August. I could have moved anywhere in the United States. I moved here to be closer to them and to get my life back in order. That's not going so well to date.
Haley and Hannah, especially Haley, are upset. She opened the door a few minutes ago. Home from her walk. She sat on the floor beside me in the kitchen. She's depressed about the entire matter. "When have we ever had this small of a family," she asked. I don't know, sissy. I only hope God will sort it all out in the end. I keep putting my faith in people, and people keep letting me down. Now that I think about it, God doesn't have such a good track record for 2007, either.
At least my eyes are open.
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Capitol One: Florida 38, Michigan 20
Cotton: Arkansas 35, Missouri 34
Outback: Tennessee 20, Wisconsin 17
Holiday: Arizona St. 37, Texas 20
Rose: USC 31 Illinois 20
Fiesta: Oklahoma 34 WVU 28
Sugar: Georgia 40 Hawaii 31
Orange: Kansas 27 Va. Tech 17
National Championship: OSU 24 LSU 21
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Lucy aka Shannon Loves Bon Jovi
Funny story. I spent last week in Charleston with Lucy/Shannon. Most of the time I played Mr. Mom, watching MJ whose given name is Teagan Blair Moran Jones so Lucy/Shannon could finish her projects. MJ aka Teagan went to bed between 9-10 each night. Lucy/Shannon and I sat up and talked while she wrote into the quiet hours of the morning.
We went to Panera, to the stores, and out a few times (more on all that later). But on Friday night, the night before I went home, we drove over to Kanawha City. Picked up a "Family Secret Movie." It's one of those movies that, if you hate, they kick you out of the family. Trapped in Paradise. I hate comedies. A bad start. Lucy/Shannon described it as an action, comedy-drama. She failed to tell me it was a Christmas movie on top of that. There has never been a good Christmas movie. Never. I expected to hate it, but alas it turned out better than I thought. We watched almost all of it, before being interrupted with other matters.
But that's not the story. The car ride over to Blockbuster and Kroger. That's the story. We picked up the movie. Picked up a few drinks. Talked to The Science Elitist and His Boon Companion for 30 minutes (we ran into them in the adult beverage section of Kroger). Alas, EVEN THAT isn't the story. On the way over, this old Bon Jovi song came over the radio. It's been 15 years since I heard it, I'm guessing. And I still remember every word today (I have this thing with song lyrics). So I sang, while Lucy/Shannon mocked me. Mocked me. Mocked the song's melodramatic undertone. We laughed so hard we nearly cried. At the end of the day, we sat there. Broke. Happy. Together against the world, like we were last year. Laughing, with our baby sleeping away in the back seat of the car. It's the kind of thing that you'll remember the rest of your life.
posted by Prometheus @ 10:49 PM 1 Comments
Nickelback - If Everyone Cared (video)
For Marla.
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"Prak was a witness in a trial on Argabuthon where the Dwellers in the Forest were suing the Princes of the Plains and the Tribesmen of the Cold Hillsides. Prak was a messenger for Dwellers in the Forest sent to the other two parties to ask "the reason for this intolerable behaviour." The white robots of Krikkit broke into the court room to steal the Argabuthon Sceptre of Justice, as it was part of the Wikkit Gate Key. In so doing they may have jogged a surgeon's arm, while the surgeon was injecting Prak with truth serum, resulting in too high a dose. When the trial resumed, Prak was instructed to tell "the Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth," which, due to the overdose, he did. People at the scene had to flee or risk insanity as Prak told every single bit of the entire truth of the entire universe and all of its history, much of which they found ghastly. Prak recalled that many of the weird bits involved frogs or Arthur Dent. As a result, when Arthur Dent came to visit him in search of the truth, he nearly died laughing. He never did write down anything he discovered while telling the truth, first because he could not find a pencil and then because he could not be bothered. He has therefore forgotten almost all of it, but did recall the address of God's Last Message to His Creation, which he gave to Arthur when the laughter subsided. He died afterwards, not having recovered from his laughing fit."
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A new head coach for the Arkansas Razorbacks. Woo-Pig-Sooie.
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Best song ever.
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For Lucy, Marla, Prudence, Noted Sir, Mr. Thunder, and Haley/Hannah.
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"Where's My Entertainment?": Here You Go, Hot Pants.
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"Please, would you tell me," said Alice, a little timidly, ... "why your cat grins like that?"
"It's a Cheshire cat," said the Duchess, "and that's why."
"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here."
Alice didn't think that proved it at all: however she went on. "And how do you know that you're mad?"
"To begin with," said the Cat, "a dog's not mad. You grant that?"
"I suppose so," said Alice
"Well, then, " the Cat went on, "you see a dog growls when it's angry, and wags its tail when it's pleased. Now I growl when I'm pleased, and wag my tail when I'm angry. Therefore I'm mad."
"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
"I don't much care where –" said Alice.
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.
"– so long as I get somewhere," Alice added as an explanation.
"Oh, you're sure to do that," said the Cat, "if you only walk long enough."
Now. Who is the Cat?
posted by Prometheus @ 12:27 PM 1 Comments
For Lucy.
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So its time for me to back up my comments eh?
National Championship. Ohio State vs. LSU. This game should be very interesting in my opinion. On paper LSU is the more dominant team, but Ohio State has proven that you can't count them out this season. The only game they lost was against Illinois and I believe they have the most talented player in college football, more on that later. LSU likes to lose their cool when they find out they are playing a team with a decent defense. I see Ohio State coming out on top this season and Tressel making a whole lot of dough shortly after their win.
The Ohio State University 35 LSU 31
Orange: Va Tech v. Kansas. Virginia Tech might not have beaten any big teams this year, but they did stop Boston College cold last week. Matt Ryan did NOT look like the Heisman candidate everyone made him out to be. VTech is also playing during a very emotional season, with the massacre last spring semester and now their biggest NFL prodigy (Vick for those who are uneducated) has tarnished his own name (who wants to claim they had a dog murderer on their team?). V Tech wants to be remembered for something, something other than losing. More importantly I am not impressed with Kansas' offense, they might be strong, but all those teams they blanked were pretty pathetic themselves. It looked like the Patriots mopping up the floor with the Redskins from a few weeks back.
Virginia Tech 28 Kansas 13
Fiesta: Oklahoma v. West Virginia. The Pitt upset still sits in my stomach like a 2am Grilled Stuffed Burrito from Taco Bell, it is still letting me know its there and it plans on reminding me again sometime down the road. This is easily what the National Championship game should have been. Oklahoma is probably the last team that anyone in the nation wants to play and West Virginia is going to have to be up to the task. If Dykes, Dingle, and Berry can penetrate the Sooners line and make them make stupid mistakes West Virginia stands just as a good a chance as anyone else against a Rookie QB(everyone forgets that OU is starting a rook). White, Slaton, and Devine need to be in shape and healthy as well. The real game breaker here will have to be Owen Schmitt, his last game in the Gold and Blue is going to be emotional and he has proven in the past that he is a game winner.
West Virginia 48 Oklahoma 45 in 2OT with Oklahoma getting the ball first in the 2nd
Sugar: Hawaii v. Georgia. One thing holds true in college football and this season speaks of it better than any other one. You can't count out the underdog. Hawaii is explosive with their passing game and Georgia has probably the best set of DBs in the league at the moment, those guys rivals a few NFL teams! This might end up being the show stopper this year. I am not expected another Boise St. Miracle like last year, I am expecting a hard fought game against two teams that should have had bids for the National Championship. I see Colt Brennen making a huge statement this game with 4 TDs against one of the most talented defenses in the league.
Hawaii 55 Georgia 28
Rose: USC v. Illinois. Another great match up. Who would have thought that USC would have rebounded like they did, I sure as hell did. What I didn't expect was Illinois to produce the most gifted individual in college football currently. Juice Williams will pick apart USC's defense through the air and on the ground. You can't keep the kid down, nor can you keep de-motivated. At the beginning of this season NO one had Illinois producing anything more than average play during the season. Look out, they mean business.
Illinois 32 USC 21
Other Games of Note:
Capitol One: Florida 42, Michigan 13.
Cotton: Arkansas 35, Missouri 18
Outback: Wisconsin 23, Tennessee 13
Holiday: Arizona State 31, Texas 21.
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Well we only agreed on one game JJ, I thought I was going have to take up for a team I didn't want to, but that wasnt the case. We both see Florida winning in the Capitol One bowl, and are at odds on everything else. Only time will tell, until then good luck my good friend. I would put money on all of my picks aside from the Hawaii game, but that is just me rooting for the major underdog.
Is Oklahoma the most favored team in BCS play this season?
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Marguerite: "I had a dream about you... We were in the audience at Geary auditorium, making out while Ed gave an address entitled "A Vision for Greatness." Good lord, this place has fucked me up."
Prudence/Hannah: "You now have the same phone as the Drs. Blackwood. Come the Revolution, you are all going down."
Chuckie P: “You can't teach God anything."
Truman Capote, the Master: "She is pure Alice in Wonderland, and her appearance and demeanor are a nicely judged mix of the Red Queen and a flamingo.”
Me to the nice Israeli woman who asked about the blanket: "I dropped it on the ground outside. I had to chase a homeless guy down who tried to run away with it. Do you want to buy it?"
Lucy/Shannon: "He does little things to make me happy, even if it comes at a cost to him."
posted by Prometheus @ 11:28 AM 0 Comments
Oh, God, were the girls funny this morning.
Haley: "We're going to be late. Look. We are ONE MINUTE behind schedule. You were supposed to wake up today and make a hot nutritious iron-rich breakfast. I'm giving blood today!"
Me: "I didn't sleep well last night."
Hannah: "Me either. You kept looking for the phone charger. And you were singing."
Haley: "I told her not to tell you not to sing, because you'd just sing louder."
Hannah: "I am so glad both of you set the alarm clock last night. I woke up at 6:30! I can't fix my hair that fast. Haley wouldn't get out of bed."
Haley: "Excuse me. I can't just jump out of bed. It's a process."
Me: "What do you mean a process?"
Haley: "It's a process! I have to wake up by degree. Look! It's the evil bicycle guy!"
Hannah: "No, it's not."
Haley: "Yes, it is."
Hannah: "No, he wears a red helmet."
Haley: "Fine....wait, there he is!"
Hannah: "Yes, that's him."
Haley: "Yesterday, I heard him coming so I moved OFF the sidewalk. He looked at me like he was disappointed. I think he likes bumping into us. I don't think people should be able to ride bicycles."
Me, as we arrive: "I'm going to school with you guys today."
Hannah: "Uh, no, you're not. Not dressed like that." I was wearing white crocs, black CK sleep pants, and a gray pullover.
Me: "Make good choices," as they get out of the car.
Hannah: "I love you daddy."
And so on.
posted by Prometheus @ 11:00 AM 3 Comments
Okay, big guy. Here we go. Let's start with the BCS:
National Championship. Ohio State vs. LSU. Excuse me. The Big 10 (that numerically challenged conference) plays the worst football of any major conference in America. They'll be exposed by an LSU team that's faster and stronger than last year's Florida Gators. LSU 40, Ohio State 14.
Orange: Va Tech v. Kansas. The ACC is the second worst major conference. That said, VA Tech will give Kansas, who has YET to beat a ranked team this year, a good game. Kansas 28, Virginia Tech 24.
Fiesta: Oklahoma v. West Virginia. I almost called the Pitt upset, but backed away. I won't make that mistake again. Oklahoma 37, WVU 22.
Sugar: Hawaii v. Georgia. The Bulldogs, pissed off at being 1.) left out of the BCS title game and 2.) of having to play a mid-major, blow out the Rainbow Warriors. UGA 42, Hawaii 10.
Rose: USC v. Illinois. Two of the hottest teams in America. I think USC is the best team in the country, right now. Ohio State is lucky they ended up in the National Championship game. The Trojans might have scored 60 on them. SC rules 44-7.
Other Games of Note:
Capitol One: Florida 30, Michigan 21.
Cotton: Missouri 32, Arkansas 23.
Outback: Tennessee 17, Wisconsin 14.
Holiday: Texas 41, Arizona State 27.
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She's in school, texting me. I'm blogging from a Cheney-esque undisclosed location.
Haley: "This is taking forever."
Me: "Patience, young one."
Haley: "The weird Red Cross guys are freaking me out. And they have an interrogation room!"
posted by Prometheus @ 10:44 AM 3 Comments
Monday, December 10, 2007
Glad to have you back, I honestly thought that when you disappeared I was, probably, never going to see or hear from you again.
Im still PO'd over WVU blowing the game against PITT. Oh well I suppose, all the more reason for the E'ers to win in the Fiesta Bowl and prove they are a legitimate team within the NCAA. Speaking of WVU have you been keeping up with their Basketball Team?
Well it seems like my bowl picture didnt happen because Mizzou and WVU both lost and threw the whole BCS into whack ONCE again this semester. So you make your picks first and I will post the counter points, even if I don't agree with them, you know I like to debate so much.
I am still pulling for Arkansas to dominate in the Cotton Bowl.
"Most of you will find the contents of this interim blog boring. Sports, politics, history, travel, kids, and family. My major interests in life."
Sports, politics, and history you say? How did you know JJ?
posted by WhiteThunder @ 7:42 PM 7 Comments
posted by Prometheus @ 2:06 PM 8 Comments
Dear Reader,
My previous blog shall remain down for the foreseeable future. I have resolved all my legal problems, save one. And that one will be resolved within thirty days to six months. At this point, I cannot be certain about the time. Suffice it to say, the outcome of this legal matter is more important to me than the story. So I shall not post further on the subject matter of the former blog, until this last legal matter is resolved. At that time, I will restore the old blog and finish the story. I have several announcements to make. Some that relate to the subject matter of the blog, and some that do not. These will also wait.
Most of you will find the contents of this interim blog boring. Sports, politics, history, travel, kids, and family. My major interests in life.
Have a Merry Christmas.
posted by Prometheus @ 2:00 PM 3 Comments
Can we all spell C-U-L-T???
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