The life

Kirk Herbstreit is Cool. I have a man crush on the dude. Not in a Gay way, but in the admiration of his life kind of way.

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Again, not gay, but he is a good looking guy. So he has that going for him.
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But that's just the start. His job is to go to the college town in America that has one of the Best College Football games in all the land, on any particular Saturday. The company he works for PAYS him to do that. Then what he has to do is hang out with the Coaches of the respective teams and talk football with them to find out nuances about the teams that are playing.

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His company flies him in on their dime. They put him up in nice hotels and then he has to do that thing, like I said above, where he has to talk football with football coaches and stuff. That's his job. do you understand that? The Mans Job is to go to different college towns, talk with college coaches and players and then America about FOOTBALL. COLLEGE FREAKING FOOTBALL. That's what he does for a LIVING. I am in awe of that.

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Then he has to go on TV and talk about football some more to America.
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That is so cool. Plus, The company not only pays his air fair and hotel bills and put him on the T.V. but they also pay him a bunch of money to do that.

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Remember, He is a good looking, famous guy who goes all around to different college towns all over America, and you know who lives in College towns? College WOMEN, that's who live in those towns. Now, he is married, and I just assume he is faithful to his wife and all, but DAMN if he was single the dude could be legendary with the amount of scoring he could be doing.

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Seriously, Is that the life or what?

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So in summary: women dig him, His job is to watch and talk about football with coaches and players, and then be cool on T.V. while talking about football to America ...These are all things I think I would enjoy. women digging me, talking football for a living, and of course getting paid allot of money to do all that. Yes sir Kirk, I admire the life you have built for yourself.

Bar Stool Economics

An E-mail going around the internet and now re-printed here on my blog.

Bar stool economics

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Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100.

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If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this: The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.The fifth would pay $1.The sixth would pay $3.The seventh would pay $7.The eighth would pay $12.The ninth would pay $18.The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.

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So, that's what they decided to do. The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. "Since you are all such good customers," he said, "I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20."Drinks for the ten now cost just $80.The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the first four men were unaffected.They would still drink for free.But what about the other six men - the paying customers? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his 'fair share?' They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33.But if they subtracted that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer. So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by roughly the same amount and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay. And so: The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings).The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings). The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28%! savings) . The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings). The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings).The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings). Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings. "I only got a dollar out of the $20,"declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man," but he got $10!""Yeah, that's right," exclaimed the fifth man."I only saved a dollar, too. It's unfair that he got ten times more than I!""That's true!!" shouted the seventh man. "Why should he get $10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!" "Wait a minute," yelled the first four men in unison."We didn't get anything at all. The system exploits the poor! "The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up. The next night the tenth man didn't show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn't have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill! And that, boys and girls, journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier. For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible. David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D.Professor of EconomicsUniversityof Georgia

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Thanks Dr. Kamerschen for filling a post on my blog

FL vs GA Week

Here it is Wednesday of the Fl, UGA week, and although I have been thinking about it alot, I havent even mentioned it in my blog. so there you go. ITS FL UGA week and for a little over 3 hours this Saturday all worries will be forgotten, all problems put on the back burner except for the ones the mighty Gators will face during the game. THOSE will be the things I worry about then, and the only thing I will be able to do is YELL at the freaking T.V. about them. -- Or Maybe like the last Four weeks we will blow the bulldogs out also? Then even if we give them a safety or something late in the game, it will be something like 63 to 5 and it really wont be that big a deal to me? -- I think however we are going to have one of those back and forth affairs which are fun also but much more stressful.

Hello Day

To feel like a paper towel on a roll of paper towels is what it felt like getting up this morning.
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My alarm went off and I put it on snooze. As I layed there in bed knowing I had to get up and face the day and all the stuff ahead of me, I imagined I was a paper towel on a roll of paper towels. The bed was the roll, and I was an individual towel. I had to rip myself off from the roll so that I could get to work on cleaning up the spills. Sometimes when you rip the individual towels it doesn't come with a perfect tear. sometimes you get a little edge off from the next sheet , and now the roll isn't all clean cut anymore. You have to be more careful tearing that next piece off so that the roll is even. That's the equivalent of making the bed, all the while wishing you could still be attached to the roll itself, and didn't have to go about the business of cleaning up spills and stuff.

Jim Tressel sweater vest wearing weather and I missed it.

Some guys wear Bow ties. That's their thing. Andrew Sorenson who was or maybe even still is the President of the University of Alabama wears them, that's just what he does. Dhani Jones wears them. He plays Linebacker for the Bengals. Even has his own company that makes them.
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Barry Goldwater was Huge with the bolo tie thing before he passed away. (side note, true story, I went to college in Arizona and one day I pulled my car up behind a Black sedan with tinted windows and the license plate read: AU H2O, which are the symbols for Gold and water which if your name was GoldWater that would be the perfect plate to have, and yes it was him)
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Other guys wear Hats. David Garard the QB for the Jax Jags thinks its still the forties or something the way he sports those fedoras.
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Me I am a sweater vest guy, Except I am not. I Like the whole sweater vest look, but I live in the tropics. Back in the day when I lived in North Central Florida our winter was more then 4 or 5 random days between October and February so I could sport it a little. Jim Tressel basically stole that signature look from me. Except now not so much. So much to my chagrin when I walked all the way down my hall today, waited for the elevator, caught the elevator, rode down to the lobby and finally walked out the door to find that it was actually sweater vest wearing weather and I didn't sport one. How devastating for the billster. I contemplated going back up to get one on, but then knew I was running late for my day and didn't. Tomorrow though its supposed to be the same. Watch out Jim Tressel. I am going to be sporting it tomorrow!!!

A poem sent to me by a friend

Another E-mail I received today: Man you guys with these E-mails are writing my blog for me!
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'Twas the night before elections > And all through the town > Tempers were flaring > Emotions all up and down! > > I, in my bathrobe > With a dog in my lap > Had cut off the TV > Tired of political crap.> > When all of a sudden > There arose such a noise > I peered out of my window > Saw Obama and his boys > > They had come for my wallet > They wanted my pay > To give to the others > Who had not worked a day! > > He snatched up my money > And quick as a wink > Jumped back on his bandwagon > As I gagged from the stink > > He then rallied his henchmen > Who were pulling his cart > I could tell they were out > To tear my country apart! > > "On Fannie, on Freddie, > On Biden and Ayers! > On Acorn, On Pelosi" > He screamed at the pairs! > > They took off for his cause > And as he flew out of sight > I heard him laugh at the nation > Who wouldn't stand up and fight! > > So I leave you to think > On this one final note- > IF YOU DONT WANT SOCIALISM > GET OUT AND VOTE!!!!>

Two Guys not drinking the kool aid.

I received this E-mail Tonight, I cut it and pasted it here in my blog:

"In a local restaurant my server had on a "Obama 08" tie, again I laughed as he had given away his political preference--justImagine the coincidence. When the bill came I decided not to tip the server and explained To him that I was exploring the Obama redistribution of wealth concept. He stood there in disbelief while I told him that I was going to redistribute his tip to someone who I deemed more in need--the homeless guy outside. The server angrily stormed from my sight. I went outside, gave the homeless guy $10 and told him to thank The server inside as I've decided he could use the money more. The homeless guy was grateful. At the end of my rather unscientific redistribution experiment I realized the homeless guy was grateful for the money he did not earn, but the waiter was pretty angry that I gave away the money He did earn even though the actual recipient needed money more. I guess redistribution of wealth is an easier thing to swallow in concept than in practical application."

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I hope this was a true thing, It probably wasn't, but Just the thought of how Bad O'bama is going to screw us and the fact that Probably More then Half of The people that vote dont see this or dont care. OR know that they are the ones that the wealth is going to get "re-distributed to" just eats me up. His party has better views on Stem Cell research, They also are more in line with my thinking on Roe V Wade and all that, but please, Those issues are secondary when it comes down to it.

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And listen, I DONT make 250 k a year which is the Magic number O'bama says means you deserve to have your money "redistributed at" But I also dont think making 250k is out of the realm of possibility for me down the road in a few years. (Gotta Have hope right?) Plus I dont believe the Number is really 250k, I think that is a lie that he tells in order to get elected. I am pretty sure the real number is Much closer to around 60k or so.

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Also, Today driving down the road I saw this guy:

Thats just funny. Me and That guy aren't driking the O'Bama Kool Aid. I know of others as well, But all you Obama people, you have this thing LOCKED up, If I were you I would not waste my time even voting on the 4th, because like I said, You have locked it all up!

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Sunday Night blues coming on

Sunday Night Blues. I am sure everyone gets them and some days they are worse then the others. Stupid Monday is coming. She is on her way ready to put the beatdown on you and what have you. I could have done more today in the way of work to be better off going into Monday but at some point you have to just take what you can get and play catchup on Monday. I intend to drink a few beers tonight, watch a little World Series Action and go to bed and get up ready to go On Monday. --Just another day in paradise though

The Ohio State.

What about waking up in the morning and pulling for OHIO STATE to beat someone. Thats kind of a different thing for the Billster.
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The Team I root for is of course the Gators, and it would be helpful to them if OHIO STATE can put an "L" on Penn State.
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I still believe that if we run the table, our one loss team will be in a better position then any other one loss team to be ranked at least number 2, and have the opportunity to come on down to Miami for the NC.
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If Penn State wins today then I believe they will run the rest of their schedule undefeated and take up one of those slots.

a look ahead to the wonderfulness that is Friday

The beauty of a Friday. Working my butt off tomorrow but then at the end of the day I will have clocked down a fruitful week. Friday Night I am going to have a few drinks with a friend, Hopefully, the woman has stood me up quite a bit in the past, and then Saturday is Gator Game Day. Not going to the game in Gainesville this weekend, but will watch it at an establishment with other clear headed Gator fans. Then Sunday I think the Fish Will beat down the Bills for only their second loss of the season. I just feel it. Hopefully I will see it on that day as well. Also I picked up Ricky Williams to replace the injurred Reggie Bush so come on Sparano give him the rock ...
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Next week will come soon enough, and it is already kind of ugly looking with lots of stupid windshield time, but I will deal with that like the waiter deals with the customers that get sat down at their tables. I will bring the soup, and will make sure no flies are in it as well.

Here is to Shoulder shrugs and neck rolls

Just thinking out loud, and I can do that well, because of this blog. I could keep it all in my head like most men would, or I could let it out. Just put it out on the Internet.
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My life is very bumpity. It has ups and downs and it has lots of setbacks and a few good things that happen here and their. It seems like I always do better by night time. Mornings and days bring challenges, and sometimes... Okay, most of the time I meet the challenges. Not always, but most of the time.

My problems aren't like being a waiter in a restaurant type of challenges, where you have the stupid customer that is difficult and kind of snooty and basically just an asshole, but you know you cant just rip into him because then you might put your job in a fix. Those customers will come in and sit at your station and give you some shit, but at the end of the night, when you go home, they have also, and the next day is a new one.

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No, my problems stick around, Its like a customer who just never leaves. You come in to work your shift, but every day that same customer is sitting at that table bitching about the soup being cold or god forbid a fly is floating around in it. Like I give a shit if you have a fly in your soup, but because I am a waiter, I have to act like it. You probably sleep in a dump you asshole, and flys follow you around and they don't live for very long, so it was probably on your body and just fell in the soup, but to you its just an opportunity to bitch at me. Don't worry about the fly in your soup, worry that you are such a dickhead that I spit in it.

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No, Those aren't the kinds of things that I worry about, because really, my problems are like being born with a big head. You can't help you were born with a big head that is out sized for your body. That's not your fault. But your big head doesn't just bitch at you some and then pay the bill and stiff you on your tip and go home. No, your big head just stays on top of your neck day in and day out. That's the type of problems I have. Problems that just don't go away at the end of the shift.

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So what do you do? You work out on developing your neck muscles and your shoulders so that your big head looks more proportionate. That's what you do. Every day you do shoulder shrugs and neck rolls. You look in the mirror and realize you have a big head and say to yourself, I can't shrink this big old Mellon of mine but I can make it more symmetrical and more in line with my body by getting those neck muscles to look like the big head belongs.

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Some days its not the big head that gets you. Remember, you work on it and develop your neck and shoulders so you are okay with the big head, but then it gets you in a sneaky way. Like when you go to buy a hat or something but they don't make it in your size? Its like you overcame the big head problem that you have with all the neck and shoulder workouts, but then reality sets in and you can't buy a hat because they don't make them that big. Your lack of hatness then becomes another problem, so you end up being okay with the size of your Mellon but damn you wish you had a hat that fit. So the next day when you are waiting on that asshole it turns out his job is: hat maker. Damn, good thing you never told him he was an asshole and the fly in his soup should be the worse of his problems with the soup. No it turns out your buddy the asshole customer has the hat making ability to help you out, so you suck it up.

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This is all a metaphor though, My head, though large, is not abnormally large and really I have such beautiful hair I don't really need a hat or anything and of course I am not a waiter.
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I think I had to many Percoset tonight, cause it feels like someone punched me in my jawbone. Or you know, it did until I had the previously mentioned multiple Percoset. Its like I had to pay a guy this afternoon to punch me in my jaw, but really he just took drills and needles and gutted my mouth all up. He says the Root Canal is all done now, but I still get the joy of the crown coming up. I had to put it off though for a few weeks until I can bank enough to pay that other dentist guy to also punch me. Its a race against the end of the Percoset bottle, verse when the crown goes on.

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Anyhow this all made sense to me. Tomorrow when I wake up I will see if it still does.

LSU had twelve players on the field for this one

Looks like LSU was cheating on this play. They apparently had twelve men on the field. Good for them though because its not cheating if you get away with it.

Love me some bumpy roads

Feeling the love from the inner being of my spirit tonight. I have gone through allot in the past year and a half, and I am stronger because of it. No one chooses to have their ass dragged from behind a truck on a rocky road, but if you find yourself hanging on to that very same truck, I hope that you can learn from it as well. The blood and cuts you get from the ride end up callousing over and makes your spirit stronger. The growth you get from the pain of the ride may make you a better person.
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Love me some bumpy roads.

Why I love America

I went to see the socialist candidate for President of the united States of America, but after walking down to the park and eyeing the security procedures I would have had to go through to get in the back of the park to hear him from about 3000 yards away, I just walked off instead. It was a nice little walk though and I probably burned some calories so thanks O'bama. I heard tiny little bits of his speech -- nothing of substance though. He didn't have loud speakers like he should have. Evidently the gist of the thing is that BUSH was a bad president and only he can solve the problem because HE would be a GOOD president ! I know I am like a fucking journalist here on this blog just breaking news for the masses. I did see some cool things and took some pictures though. I saw a bunch of Bicycle cops wearing shorts.

It is kind of like a Conga line of bicycle cops. I would wear black bootie short socks though like some of them at the end of the line myself if I was a bicycle cop. and look at the third guy in. Hey Bicycle cop dude, The 80's called, they want their calve length socks back.

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On the way back I saw this guy and his truck all decked out in some kind of party mode Urging everyone to VOTE for Barrack Obama. He had it in a little Heart shaped sign. Honestly. Is that necessary? The kool aid that all these O'bama people are drinking must be laced with angel pee. Seriously I get that he is a dynamic dude, I get that and I get that he can speak well and just by talking so beautifully it makes your heart go all flutter flutter. It doesn't even matter what he says to the O'Bama lovers because they are so Enamored with the word CHANGE. Look I get that he is going to be my president but who is going to feel worse four years from now? Me or all The Kool Aid drinking O'bama fans when they find out he is just a scummy politician and power hungry Harvard educated Lawyer?

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I did see a big old sign on the American Airlines Arena though. Tina Turner is coming to town in about 10 days. When I looked up at that building I saw some cops up on top with guns. I guess they were Snipers. Probably if they saw some one that was going to do harm to O'bama they would shoot them.

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Also I saw Tom Brady at the thing. I thought he was recuperating from Knee surgery but evidently its coming along well enough that he can walk down the street.

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Plus on the positive side, even though it was a rally for O'bama the most liberal, socialistic candidate that will soon be our president. The American spirit is alive and well. There were tons of Street vendors selling all kinds of stuff. Mostly O'bama "Change" T-shirts. but also water, and buttons and signs and flags and stuff. None of these people were actually with the candidate. they were out on the street where 45 thousand or so people were walking along selling. Using Capitalism at a socialistic rally. Damn How I love America.

An E-mail I received tonight

Greetings Downtowners: Tomorrow, Tuesday, October 21, 2008, Presidential Candidate Barack Obama will be holding a rally at our Bicentennial Park , located at 1075 Biscayne Blvd. The rally will begin at 6:00pm until 8:00pm. 20,000 to 40,000 people are expected to attend therefore you can expect traffic delays in our Downtown Area. The delays can start as early as 3:00pm., and may continue to well after 10:00pm. Also keep in mind that the Miami Heat will be having a game starting at 7:30pm. There are currently no plans to close any streets. Please find alternate routes in and out of Downtown, avoid using major streets and avenues. Residents will be assisted in and out of their buildings. Officers have been advised to allow residents in and out of their buildings.

Ofc. Wanda Mendez City Of Miami Police Dept. Downtown Neighborhood Resource Officer.
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He is going to jam up my neighborhood tomorrow as he hangs out down the street from me with all those adoring O'bama fans that can't see past his eloquence. I think I will go on down there and just listen to what he has to say just for kicks since I can walk to that park from my apartment.

Playing comeback tomorrow

Here is to living in the world of consequences --- I am freaking Exhausted --- so tonight no work for me, just football and going to bed early. I will pay for the slothfullness tomorrow when the expectations are not met. --- Thats okay, I can take it. And tomorrow I will be rested and ready to play comeback.
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I know I should be like the turtle and continue down the road but tonight I play rabbit and will try to sprint em down tomorrow.

To the Adrenaline Rush of a close series.

No doubt watching the Rays win tonight was a special thing to see. It was what makes Sports such a great thing. At that level of competition, with that intensity, with that city, and that franchise doing what they did all year, as well as in the playoffs, and against the establishment that is the Red Sox, .... Just Wow.

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I am just an observer here. I am not invested in the Rays, nor the Redsox. I am not really even invested in baseball. So from that perspective, I am just an average guy, A guy who always puts Football first. A guy who has watched maybe 8 innings total of playoff baseball this season before tonight, A guy who was just watching the ALCS because I was home, and it was on, and the Bucs were dominating the Seahawks, that was absolutely AWESOME!

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Looking forward to the World Series now. I am sure I wont even watch all of it but if they play a game 7 in that one, my T.V. will be on it, and probably even more then that. Wednesday is Game 1 and I don't see why I would not be watching that as well.

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Good Luck Ray's -- but not to much. I am just a fan and I want the drama and the tension to build and build. I am the guy who wants to see the Ray's win but I want to see it in seven, Not a sweep or even 4 to 1 ... Give me some more of that adrenaline you were pushing on us tonight.

Have a good weekend

Long day of travelling. Going to GNV via Sarasota today. Lots of windshield time, lots of sports talk chatter - crap fast food and peeing in those skanky gas station facilities. lots of boredom but at the end of the day I will be wrestling with my son and holding hands with my daughter.
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Took down the previous post, because when I read it this morning it just looked a little whiny, Thanks for the comment SCG much appreciated.
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Have a good weekend

The one where Bill gets all Political

Best Debate yet tonight. Bottom line is that people who are for O'bama are not going to be swayed because they basically don't pay attention. They are so built in to not wanting President Bush to be elected again that they are blind to the fact that he is not running.
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We basically have a choice. In 19 days, I fear the American People are going to make the wrong decision. We have a choice between a good and decent man who believes in Capitalism or a Johnny come lately who believes in socialism. He Damn near believes in communism. If it is up to Mr. O'Bama the people who suck in America, and who live off others work will come out in mass. To them its a free ride. Mr. O'bama told that Plumber dude that basically we need to redistribute the wealth of America. That means it doesn't matter about your ability, or work ethic, it matters that people get something that is not due to them.

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We have two flawed candidates running for President, the choice isn't who is better but who is less worse. The less worse candidate is McCain. He is clearly the better of the two choices we have.

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McCain is a good Man and he doesn't believe I should have to work for the benefit of Others. Read Ayn Rands book, Atlas Shrugged. People of ability that just go on Strike. I don't want to work to subsidize the masses, I want to work for my family for my children and for myself. I Understand how awful O'Bama's ideals are. Look, O'bama is a clean well spoken man of accomplishment but he is a total socialist and he scares me with his ideals.

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I can't imagine being an American, if O'Bama becomes President. He is a total Joke not because he is not smart, he is . I hate that he is probably going to win and I hate that the most liberal senator in the entire senate is going to get elected as my President.

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Bottom line McCain worked O'bama tonight but the democrats dont care about the issues they just dont want Bush to be president again.

something to think about

If you have a bunch of money come in, and then you have a bunch of extra bills, are you mad at the bills for coming in and squashing your windfall? Or are you glad you had the money when the extra bills came in? Two ways to look at it I guess, and it will make you think ...
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I believe that the money came in because it was needed, and had the bills not also been coming, then maybe the money wouldnt have either, even though neither the bills or the money have anything to do with each other. Life just works that way. Without chaos, you cannot have stillness, and vice versa. Without Night there is no Day.
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When my daughter was about three years old she told me that having bills is good because it means you have money, and its true-- ever bill a homeless person for something?

13 and 1 here we come

One more thing, FLORIDA FOOTBALL IS A JOY TO WATCH. Okay, don't get me wrong, they lost to a team they shouldn't have, and then they made that loss seem even so much more depressing when they wore out LSU. How could a team that could do that to LSU lose to Ole Miss?
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But its like Life. Sometimes stupid stuff trips you up. Sometimes you get worked when you least expect it, but in the end, Florida Football is Wholesome and Good. Florida Football is NEIL ARMSTRONG walking on the moon. It's Kennedy's speach guaranteeing that would happen within the next ten years in 1960, and then sitting in front of your Black and White T.V. when Neil says those words in 1969: One Small Step For Man, One Giant leap for mankind.
Florida Football is about 92 thousand people showing up on a Saturday Night all willing and rooting for the same thing. It's about beautiful college women walking around in Sundresses, and Sunshine and the Bell tower standing tall. It's about drinking beer with your friends and its about eating Burgers.

So when you get little setbacks like Ole Miss beating you, then you just deal and go on to the next game and you wear Arkansas Out at Arkansas. Then you wear Out the number 4 team in the country. Then you take a week off, and in the week off, you commit to being humble and you think about OLE MISS beating you. USE that loss you Mighty Gators. DO NOT let that loss hurt you. Let it help you. USE it to think about how fragile life is and when I say Life thats more of a metaphor for COLLEGE FOOTBALL. Life doesnt care. Your bills have to get paid weather or not you made enough money to pay them or not. If you find yourself short, then Borrow it but of course pay it back. If you find its hard to Play at Noon, then just look at the starving kids in Africa or at the Genocide going on in Darfur. Look at 9/11 and look at the fact as a Nation we may elect a socialist to the highest office in the land. That is hard stuff, playing football at Noon, not so much in comparison.
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Twelve regular season games, one Championship game and then the bowl game. Fourteen Saturdays out of the 52 is all you get this year . One of those Saturdays turned out kind of bad already, but we have a 5 and 1 record now and only 8 to go ----13 and 1 is the place to end up and now that we have that new Time Machine of ours, No problems.

The Browns Play Pro Football

Tonights blog post has been self censored.
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Instead of that, I will just tell you how awesome the National Football League really is.
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My Goodness, the Browns just beat the Giants in a beautiful display, except for all the illegal procedure penalties. Man's will, Man's hopes and Man's Beliefs can actually overcome odds and better Football players as well. The Browns just proved that. It was a Buzz Saw they put on em. and it was awesome. The NFL has professional football players on ALL the teams, Hence the reason they call it the PRO'S .

A Gloat Post.

I am not sure when I went through it, nor even where I was at the time it happened. That's what people don't understand about time travel. Its pretty tricky stuff. This past Friday I drove up to Gainesville and on Saturday I watched the Gators take LSU out to the Wood shack out back, and just beat their asses like it was 1995.

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It was Like I was in the Mid- 1990's all over again, some damn time portal I went through brought me to a place I had been at before.

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Twelve years ago or so, that's how it was with Florida Football. Back then Number 4 type teams in all the land of college Football would come into the Swamp, and then the Gators would just put a beat down on them. Back then the teams were named Auburn or FSU or whatever. The other night they called them LSU. Number 4 team in the nation comes into the swamp, and not only do they get beat, but after its all over, LSU fans go what the fuck was that Buzz saw we just got caught up in?

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Grown men whose knowledge and love for the game is like mine, wonder out loud if maybe their school wont be lucky to play in the liberty bowl or something, when, before it started, they believed their school had National Championship type talent. The beat down wasn't just the score, but it included the questioning that comes into the minds of good people for the rest of the season. Its the kind of beat down that isn't just one Saturday in the fall but the type that makes LSU fans wonder if they could even beat Syracuse. It was bad, but no, you shouldn't disband your whole program and play badmitton or something going forward.

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There is allot to be said for the type of game where the lead changes back and forth and what not. Those close games are good also, but every once in awhile, after you take a bunch of crap, what you need is this. You need to watch the team you care about beat another team down. Not the Northern Illinoises of the world, but the previously un-beaten Defending National Champions. (even if it was the first and only two loss National Champions you may ever see) It just did my heart good. In fact, I feel guilty about it sort of, I mean LSU is a Nice Top Tier SEC school. People that Follow LSU Football understand their place in the world, and yet after it was over they are now wondering if they could even beat Syracuse.

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Afterwards, As I was driving back to the hotel, LSU fans were giving me shit, but they were doing it by pointing out that Yes, Maybe they took a beating that night, but at least Ole Miss didn't beat them. I just pointed out how they got beat down by a school that got beat by Ole Miss.

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Anyhow, To all the LSU people that will read this, and you know who you are, I do believe Yall could travel to Syracuse and beat them. Seriously, You could, and Badmitton is for Middle school kids, Get that out of your minds as well.

A look ahead to this weekend

I am doing the 332 miles to the 352 area Tomorrow. All you burglars and Thieves, I am out of the 305 tomorrow. Come on over and burglarize my stuff.
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Okay don't really do that. Plus I think I actually live in the 786 at least that's the prefix of my home phone, but maybe they just ran out of the 305 prefix.
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Tomorrow is a day that I will take for Me. The Next day as well, which is one of my Favorite days of the year. The Day Florida Plays LSU. I haven't missed that game in the last 16 years. Me and My friend that I have known since we were barely in our 20's, go every year. Its a motherfucking tradition is what it is. Its a thing that is consistent. Its a thing we do. We get married, we get divorced we change jobs, move to different cities and we just go. We are like NIKE, we Just Do It. I do believe if I died in September of some future year, I would resurrect, just to go to that football game.
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Sure, some work will get done as well tomorrow, I will talk with some people I need to talk with, and make some appointments and stuff. I will schedule and plan and Negotiate some things with some people. No commitments on my end if the negotiating doesn't go the way I want it to. not tomorrow anyways, A big part of negotiating is saying no, Not that I don't realize the value of compromise, but that's not what tomorrow is about. Tomorrow will be about driving up the state of Florida. It will be about Colin Cowherd talking to me through my radio. It will be about Ricky Jean Francois. Which, by the way, if they were going to make a movie about Saturday's LSU vs FLORIDA Clash, the LSU side character that talks shit prior to the game MUST be named Francois. Life is beautiful that way. That is so awesome that his name just spells Louisiana, not that it actually spells Louisiana, but that it is FRANCOIS a french ass name if ever there was one.

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Florida football players have names like Percy and Tim, Guys you might go fishing with. Brandon and Bubba, Just good old names. LSU has guys like Francois and Dinardeauxx or whatever.
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Last year we outplayed the bastards in Red Stick, but they beat us because their coach has nuts the size of basketballs.
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They ended up getting a MERCY FUCK from the College football world in the form of being the first EVER two loss team to win the National Championship. It was like they were the fat dude with Acne problems and a stutter, wearing high waters and a 3 dollar shirt with greasy hair and a scraggly beard, but right before closing, they got lucky and picked up a One Night stand that looked like Jessica Biel. My friends, that's just lucky. Last year they Won the National Championship only because everyone sucked so bad. It was like a B minus student somehow becoming Valedictorian.

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This year the Mighty Gators already had the loss to the team they should have beat. We do that every year that we win the National Championship. Proof? in 96 we lost to FSU but proved that was a fluke by kicking their ass in the Sugar Bowl. 2006 we lost to Auburn, They ended up not even winning the West that year. Losing to Ole Miss was the best thing we could have done. We have no chance of winning a National Championship with Two losses and that is our one, so the rest of the season is all about being undefeated. Its all about toughness and all about having the Karma.

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We will win on Saturday and I am pretty sure it will be close for three quarters, but then in the end we will walk away..... My prediction. Bill has a great time this weekend. He probably will drink to much and get a little silly and the Gators will prevail. 32 to 21 but it wont really be that close.

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Gainesville watch out. I am coming up their this weekend and Hell is coming with it. you hear me? Hell is coming with it...

Ricky Jean Francois isnt the only one talking trash

A friend of mine from the Baton Rouge Area sent this to me.
Evidently A hurricane originating in the RED STICK area is brewing and coming on over to Gainesville with the estimated damage at "beyond belief"
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Ricky Jean Francois says they are going to "hurt" Tebow and put him in the training room
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Honestly -- I am pretty sure my friend from Baton Rouge thinks a slight breeze is something more then that and as Francois will find out Tebow is pretty good and motivated.
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As Lee Corso might say, "not so fast my friends"

Drunk Pumpkins

A friend of mine sent me this photograph- Pumpkins throwing up are funny.

Playing Hurt

Just some observations.
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Brian Westbrook broke two ribs last week playing football. He is planning on playing this week. "Just shoot me up coach, give me a flak jacket and get me the damn Ball."
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Pretty sure he is tougher then me.
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Two Weeks ago Anquan Boldin got rocked. He had his Sinus broken --- I dont even know what that means, or how you do that, but I hope my sinuses never do anything but create some snot and stuff. He had Surgery, and now will be playing Wide Receiver in the National Football League this upcoming week. Running across the middle of a football field. - Playing wide receiver in the NFL and going over the middle, is like swimming in a lake filled with hungry alligators.

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I did have a guy drill through a tooth yesterday. I still have the hole in the thing right now as it is evidently a multiple visit process, and then I came home and wrote up some reports and stuff. Thats just me playing hurt and all, emulating Brian and Anquan.

a fun night that ended just a little bit worse then I would have wanted

Oh my goodness --- So tonight I am down in Fantasy football in both my leagues. I came back and won in one of the leagues. So that was awesome.
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I also came back in the other league, the varsity league as it were, The league with all the BIG money down on it. the one I call the Varsity league even though our commissioner can't even figure out how to name it, (come on Josh you can do better then the no name league, Call it the Varsity)
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The CBS fantasy sports site just calls us the "no name league". That's the one with the big Money in it, the one I have never even been in the playoffs.
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The one I want to win more then the other, not that I don't want to win both, but seriously, winning money because you know football is better when its BIG BIG money. -Winning money because of football knowledge is like SEX with THREE HOT women at the same time. Its just the bomb. I know, I have won money because of my knowledge of fantasy football, just not as much as I would like. Not that I have ever had sex with three hot women at the same time. I am not a porno star or anything , but I can imagine....--- Even though I was down by a million bajillion points to start it, I had Reggie Bush, and he is worth about million Bajillion points, even if he was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars as a college player. I always root for USC to lose, and not USC the South Carolina Team, but USC the stupid California team.
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He single handily won the J.V. league, well him and Devery Henderson, but he also did all he could in the Varsity league (I have him in both leagues) but NOOOOOOOO. on the last play of the game DREW FUCKING BREES thows a pick, which is worth one point for the VIKINGS DEFENSE and you know what? the dudes I played tonight in the big money league, they had the STUPID VIKINGS DEFENSE.
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They Probably only had that D because they were drunk when they were drafting, at the end, and they didn't want to take the penalty of having to take a shot for drafting a defense that had already been picked. All this happened way back in AUGUST, so with the LAST pick of our draft, or at least close to it, they took the stupid VIKINGS defense and low and behold along with their touchdown tonight, and that last PICK they went ahead 63 to 62. AND YES at 62 to 62 I was going to win because I had the tie breaker.
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But here is the thing. I was so fired up when Bush returned those two punts for Touchdowns and Yes I was SOOOOO into this game. I enjoyed the hell out of it.
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It was like my Marriage. for the majority of it, it was awesome being married to that woman, but then in the end, Drew Brees threw a Pick and I got divorced. Not in that order. So even though you live with the loss of it all, you still have to remember how you felt during the process and most of the process was awesome, just the ending sucked. both tonight and in my Marriage. Stupid Fantasy Football. Damn I love me some Fantasy Football.

Hitting 300 is good in Baseball

Good day today, The Mighty Gators won. Watched that some. Okay, truthfully you know I watched the whole thing from start to finish. I disagree with the player of the game though. It was truly Brandon Jacobs --- Little guy knows he can play some football.
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Tonight I went out with a friend and we drank some and ran our game etc. My game has some success here and there, but its alot like Baseball in that 30 percent is awesome. Tonight was the other 70 percent part of the equasion, although the night before saw lots of base knocks if no home runs were hit anyways.
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Living inside my head has been a big help with all of it.

Crazy Sentence Writing

OKAY, College Game Day is at VANDERBILT.... Thats a sentence you never expect to write. In the entire history of sentence writing, those combination of letters and words put together are just one of those things you just dont think is possible. Bare with me, while I go take a few deep breaths.... Okay I am back, Its going to be all right Its just that sometimes when your whole world gets shaken up you just need to sit back and reflect.
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VANDERBILT IS A TOP 25 TEAM. Okay, I said it ---the sentence writing going on in this blog is just absolutely crazy. Its like a crackhead doing speed in a rollercoaster, with his schlong hanging out kind of sentence writing thats going on in this post. WOW.

Big Weekend coming up

Big week coming up.
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A new friend of mine who is the first baseman and also a drummer in a cover band is playing Tobacco Road this Saturday. Thats a pretty big time place to play, as that bar has been around for over 100 years. A bunch of us from the "Last Kid Picked" will be there, and some other people I know may show up as well. I also love that I can ride that train thing to get there and that is one of my favorite bars. And "last Kid Picked" won a damn game finally, last week.

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Sunday is the Dolphins vs the Chargers and I invited myself, I only have to bring the tailgate, I felt kind of guilty inviting myself but the hell with it, I made it clear that I can take rejection. I didnt really feel that bad, cause its NFL football on a Sunday Afternoon. LIVING...
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Got some Drugs for my tooth today from the Dentist who works across the street. They have to last till Tuesday, when I can have the joy of a root canal on a tooth that already had a root canal. Oh Joy. It hurt like hell the first time, and I am a total wuss when it comes to dental work.

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This Friday I am doing the 332 to the 352 but not to see my kids, although I did make a date with them for Sunday Morning breakfast before I head back. I am going up there this weekend to see the Mighty Gators take on those Cajuns from Baton Rouge. A game I have not missed, home or away in over 16 years. A friend of mine who now lives at the home of the SEC East Leading Vanderbilt Commodores is coming down and we will probably drink to much, tell some lies and have a blow out weekend. Before Last weekend I was sure the Gators would take them, now after that mess last Saturday not so much.

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Took My kids to that debacle last weekend. Stupid Ole Miss. My son made it the whole game which is good for him. I had tried to take him to a game before and we were unable to finish. This time though, we made it with the help of some Cotton candy and a couple of "Chill's" Love me some "Chills" and so does my Boy. My Daughter does also, but she is excellent at going to football games already. She shook Tebow's hand as he came in during the Gator Walk. Or you know, gave him five as it were.

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Random thoughts

When the surfing is good then get out on the board, although I do wonder if maybe its not a little crazy playing so close to all those rocks and stuff. I once heard of a guy who went surfing Every day of his life for over ten years. Rain or shine. Wouldn't travel to the midwest for a vacation because He would miss a day surfing. Thats me. Surf boy, just take my rides and paddle back out and do it again.
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Centrust building is PINK tonight. My daughter would love that. she has some kind of obsession with the color.
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Found a Dentist who works across the street. I will have to suck it up tomorrow and just deal with it as he fixes my problem tooth. I wonder what homeless people do when they have tooth issues? I dont know ? I gave one three dollars tonight though thinking that she should save it for the inevitable root canal she is going to have, but pretty sure she will buy a quart instead. Thats what I would do if I was her... I always was a saver and investor, and preached it, and did it, and followed it, and none of it mattered in the end anyways so to hell with it , buy a quart and get liquored up....