"Gotta Catch Them All!"

Wow.

"I'm about to lose control and I think I like it!"

Apparently this was Sean at Young Adult group last Sunday night. I wish I could've been there since it was game night. This photo (un-enhanced, of course) was taken as he was acting out a movie scene for charades. Personally, I would have guessed a Jackie Chan movie, but he was trying to show "The Notebook". Where a flying jump-kick fits into a romantic drama about a woman's battle to remember her husband is anyone's guess...

"Hello...China?"

You might be redneck if...

Brother Hits the Big Time

I've never been much of a leech. I can't stand the shallowness of people who are unable to make a name for themselves and piggy back on the success of others instead. You know the kind; always tagging along with people who are smarter or better looking or wealthier than they are. It really is pathetic.

But on a totally unrelated note, guess what? My big brother Ryan just landed a sweet job and made the front page of yesterday's Circleville Herald! I've uploaded a PDF document of the paper here. He's very smart and talented. He's not a child of privilege, but is a self-made success story. I'm very proud to be his little brother. I look up to him very much. Hopefully one day when he reaches the top he can get me a job or something....or at least a little notoriety since we share the same last name.

*Smile*

A picture is worth a thousand words.

Barry, don't apologize

Apparently you can't be funny anymore. Barry Melrose makes a crack about Newark not being safe and he gets vilified.

From article: In a video segment posted on ESPN.com last week, Melrose described the recently opened arena as a "beautiful new building" but added, "Don't go outside if you have a wallet or anything else, because the area around the arena is just horrible."

Newark mayor Cory A. Booker and Municipal Council president Mildred Crump took exception to the remarks and called for Melrose to apologize.

"All of us make mistakes, but it's a shame when it's at the expense of 300,000 people," Booker said, referring to Newark's population.

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"ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz said the network would not punish Melrose for the comments.

"Barry addressed it and that was the important thing," Krulewitz said. "He obviously was remorseful and we feel it's in everybody's best interests to put it behind us.""

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Wouldn't punish Melrose?!?!? Why should they? And why should he be remorseful? Why should he sugar coat how he (rightly) feels? In this age where every liberal nut job in hollywood has the "right" to make their moronic political opinions known, why does Barry Melrose get slammed? Is it the mullet? What a wonderful PC age we live in. What's the big deal? Newark IS a sewer. But hey, what can you expect from a screwed-up state a like NJ?

Oh, its bad...

You know your Fantasy Team's having a bad day when you click on "Optimal Lineup" tab, and notice that the Quarterback, who you've benched because its a bye week for him, has more points (0) than your starter (-2).

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NASCAR is....contagious?

Can't say that I blame them.......

WASHINGTON --
NASCAR fans might seem rabid, but are they actually contagious?

Getting a hepatitis shot is standard procedure for travelers to parts of Africa and Asia, but some congressional aides were instructed to get immunized before going to Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord and the racetrack in Talladega, Ala.

The House Homeland Security Committee planned a fact-finding trip about public health preparedness at mass gatherings and decided to conduct the research at two of the nation's most heavily attended sporting events, NASCAR's Bank of America 500 event this weekend and the UAW-Ford 500 last weekend.

Staff who organized the trips advised the NASCAR-bound aides to get a range of vaccines before attending -- hepatitis A, hepatitis B, tetanus, diphtheria and influenza.

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Oh, come on, I'm just teasing! Or am I???

Remodeling Discovery

Its truly amazing what you'll find when you undertake a remodeling job in an old building. Don't ask me why, but we found these viking artifacts in what was formerly Broadmoor Baptist Church (don't ask me why Baptists would have these, let alone hide them in a wall).

Like any other priceless artifact, we proceeded to mess around with them. Phil, being somewhat Nordic, is showing us how his ancestors made use of them to crush their foes. I'm not quite sure why he thinks its ok to put his lips on that "horn", if that is what it is...

Jack's the Real Star

Jack is a modest guy. He's so modest that he didn't even make available to the world his 30 seconds of stardom. Even though he was on the news here in Jackson, MS he decided to keep it to himself. No glory for him I guess.

Here's to you, Mr. Modesty. You and your Sprite hat that is....

This is crazy.

Congrats, Sean!

Hello avid readers!

In case some of you haven't heard, our very own Sean co-hosted a radio show on AFR. It kind of bums me out, though, because he is always one-upping me. He couldn't stand that I was (temporarily) a bigger celebrity because of my crack reporting during a recent news episode on WAPT news.
I must admit, though, that he did an excellent job. So great a job, it seems, that he has already begun to branch out into other media. This is the movie poster of the part he has been offered.
Apparently, it is the sequel to the box office hit "Stomp the Yard". Personally, I didn't know that Scribey could dance, but I recently found out that he minored in Urban Dance Stylings in college.

Fun with Signs

For those of you planning on visiting the Jackson Metro area anytime soon, please keep an eye on all traffic signs as you enter the city.



If you happen to stop by, let me know and I'll take you to my favorite Chinese restaurant.



Don't forget to fill up on your way out. Don't wanna run out of gas in the middle of Jackson.

Mii and Harry Potter

One of the several blogs that I keep track of on a daily basis is called Nintendo Wii Fanboy, part of the Joystiq network of Fanboy sites. They have a weekly feature called the Mii Spotlight. Each week they invite readers to submit pictures of various Miis they have created according to the weekly theme.

This week, given the senseless hysteria for the world's most favorite British wimp, the theme was Harry Potter characters. The picture you see above was my own submission, and sure enough it was selected to be placed on the Wii Fanboy site for the week. Check it out here.

Why am I telling you here? Well, I guess I just wanted the world to know how funny and amazing I am. Go ahead, you can blush.

Adam or Eve?!?!?

So...I'm always a little behind the times. I'm finally getting around to checking out Secondlife, you know, that whole virtual world thingy. I tried to get on their servers a while back, but I was still running Vista then, and I couldn't login because their SL client doesn't support Vista yet (yikes). Besides that, I didn't think my paltry intel video card in my Lenovo 3000 n100 would cut the mustard, either.

About a month ago, I dumped Vista and went Ubuntu Linux only. I REALLY like Ubuntu. Stuff just seems to work, with very little manual configuring...even Java, which I've always had issues installing (I'm no Linux/Java guru). For kicks, I decided to give SL another shot with the Linux client. Although its an ALPHA, I ran the startup script, and it fired right up.

If you know me, you realize I'm not a really social kind of guy, so the idea of "talking" to other people online isn't all that appealing. I have enough trouble with my first life, let alone my Secondlife...but I like checking out new (to me) things. I did a little of the orientation, and things seem to work ok. Maybe I'm impatient, but I haven't been able to put clothes on yet. I do alot of clicking and nothing happens. Another thing I've noticed is this: After logging out then in, it appears I've changed sexes. My formerly chisled male body seems to have morphed into that of a young girl. Creepy, yes. I don't know if its the ALPHA status of the SL client, or if its because I'm a moron.

BTW, for those of you who are (funny) about this kind of thing, trust me...there is no simulated frontal nudity in SL (To my knowledge). So, there aren't a bunch of naked virtual people running around (I hope). Either way, I probably won't get that into the game anyway...

Jacko Baggins

"Can you please help me find the Ring?"