I needed that.  This summer has been a collection of trips and projects that have put stress and strain both on me and my wallet.  In addition, the little projects around the house have taken up valuable relaxation time and have drastically impacted my ability to maintain a cleanly living environment.  Dusting or cleaning mildew off the tiles in ( Read more... )

If I didn't have the Olympics this summer and was forced to watch nothing but preseason football and the Twins bullpen, I'd be in a pretty tough place right now.  I just saw this picture which shows the very end of the 100m butterfly final.  This was the race that Phelps won by 1/100 of a second.  That's Phelps on the left.  How the hell did he win ( Read more... )

I've been really terrible at posting as there have been less and less postings on my friends page so Livejournal has pretty much fallen out of my daily routine.  I'm more compelled to post when others are posting - It's not a competition, but I don't want to lose.  Anyway, I've been busy and a little burned out from trying to maintain order.  So, ( Read more... )

I'll be the first to admit that the idea of Brett Favre "unretiring" is pretty much the most annoying thing in the world, but these shenanigans are absolutely making my summer.  I've assumed all along that there was about a zero chance that Brett Favre would end up in purple.  I mean, the Packers would never let that happen, would they?  But as ( Read more... )

It has been some time since I've posted here and, really, there is way too much to cover to do this in one post and I'm way too busy right now to cover any of them.  That being said, I've been bookmarking a few articles over the last week and they're starting to pile up so here are some links:

A completely objective view of Minneapolis from a man ( Read more... )

 Happy Birthday, America!!

This weekend was celebrated in all the ways that would make the America that I know and love most happy.

Thursday night, 4 of us went down to the Taste of MN to see REO Speedwagon play.  The whole experience was a little lackluster.  Obtaining food and beverage was pretty much more work than it was worth.  There are exactly ( Read more... )

 God damnit.

If he comes back, this is the most pathetic retirement, yet.  He retired for the offseason.  This is the equivalent of me holding a press conference Friday evening and, in a tearful display, proclaiming that I don't have the desire to keep reconciling bank accounts and that the day-to-day grind of being a professional accountant has ( Read more... )

I've got about a million things to accomplish today before I skip town for 8 of the next 10 days.  It is unlikely that I'll accomplish half of those things.

Last night, my countertops for the kitchen came in and they are no loosely installed so as to at least give me an idea what they will look like.  I think they look pretty damn good and, at ( Read more... )

 God, I hate censoring movies on TV.  I guess I'm ok if there's a f%$# or sh#@ that needs to be bleeped out on occasion, but if there's more than a few swear words, you may as well leave it off tv.  I really hate when entire scenes are deleted.  One example is:

Me, Myself and Irene is always on TBS.  There's a fair amount of swearing in this, but ( Read more... )

Ladies and gentlemen,

I present to you just one of the 9 completely and utterly worthless starting pitchers on my fantasy baseball team.  Seriously, it wasn't bad enough that he was so worthless so as to be demoted to the bullpen, but instead he ups the ante by completely losing his mind.

How worthless has my starting rotation been?  Twice this ( Read more... )