Steve Harvey and NASCAR

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Well, that had to be uncomfortable. First, half the people probably don't even know who you are. Second, you're in a suit at a jeans and t-shirt event. And last, ain't Nascar where white folks go to get away from black folks....we already took golf away....

ThatColoredFellasweblog.bloghorn.com

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He expresses my opinion of pop music better than I ever could....well maybe not better but still damn nice writing....

First the Olsen Twins, Now eBay: T-Shirt Hell.com Told to Cease and Desist Selling Their New Christopher Reeve T-Shirt

First the Olsen Twins, Now eBay: T-Shirt Hell.com Told to Cease and Desist Selling Their New Christopher Reeve T-Shirt

I love this website even if I don't agree with most of their T-shirts. But their response to corporations in this press release is hilarious......

Drawn Together

Sitting here watching Drawn Together on Comedy Central....should be doing other things but they aren't as much fun as wasting time is....Procrastination is a helluva drug, helluva drug

Is anyone else bothered by Spongebob Squarepants? Something about the whole phenomena bothers me....can't quite put my finger on exactly why it bothers me but it definitely rubs me the wrong way....

I've been very moody lately. It's kind of scary...I don't know exactly why but ....yeah

Old People

I tried to kill an old man today.

I was minding my business in my usual hour and a half morning commute (it's only 30 miles, but it is Atlanta). I'm sitting at the light to turn left. Light go green, me go cuz it's a leading green. Luxury UV across the way decides red light means he can turn right...he cuts the wrong commuter off. I hit my 'you're a stupid ass' horn. He's startled....guess he wasn't expectin' that. He turns right into a strip mall and flips me off. Wow! You cut me off and then flip me the finger for not taking kindly to you cutting me off. Cool, except that he didn't even have the balls to look me in the face when he flipped me the bird. SO he turns, I decide, 'Bump that' and I turn at the next entry into the strip mall. At this time, I have no idea what I'm planning to do...but I know I almost hit a different old man...an innocent one in the crosswalk. I spot the Luxury UV at a drive through cleaners....I may have skidded right up beside him....He's startled and baffled this time because he never looked at me so he doesn't know why I have run up on him like this.....I curse him, flip him off while lookin' him squarely in the eye, then proceed to spin my tires to show my disgust at how immature an 80 year old man can be....

Now I know my actions weren't mature either....but I wasn't in the wrong.....and I'm not 80 so hopefully I have time to learn better...he should have known better....

BoSox and Underdog Bandwagons!!

This society is severely flawed. We love to build something or someone up and then once they reach a certain point, we revel in their collapse. This is particularly true in sports. We hope for, we pray for a dynasty, but if that dynasty lasts too long then it's all about rooting against. Prime example: the number of people that have suddenly become Boston Red Sox fans (and Patriots fans as well but we'll get to that in a different post).

Suddenly, everybody wants Boston to win it because they haven't won it 85 years. Well, let me spit on that a little bit.

1) They have consistently choked for 85 years. No curse of the bambino. That's childish denial for our team chokes. If your team chokes for 85% of a century, they deserve whatever they get. I will not, in fact, I loathe the idea of rooting for them because they haven't won in 85 years. Hell, there are some teams that have never won.

2) Rooting for the underdog doesn't make sense. If you're not a fan of either team, then just watch the game (I refuse to refer to baseball as a sport) for the enjoyment you receive from the game. Don't lose your credibility as a sports fan with bandwagon bullshit! Irag was an underdog against the U.S., are you secretly hoping they win the war??? No? Then what's your fascination with underdogs?

3) I digress a little here just so I can expound on severe dislike of Boston sports not because of the teams themselves but because of their fans. I'm a passionate fan for the teams in my sidebar. Have I ever wanted to fight someone because of their lack of support for my teams??!?! No. But my time in Boston led me to the conclusion that they are the ABSOLUTE WORST FANS ANYWHERE!!!

I sincerely hope Boston loses, not because St. Louis is the underdog...but because their fans don't deserve it!

Lyfe Jennings

HOTT! This CD is off the chain in a ridiculous way. The entire CD is one story with an explanation between each song which acts as a transition between one chapter in Lyfe's life. I picked it up for no particular reason other than I'm pretty damn tired of radio airplay B.S. I wasn't sure if it was gonna be hip hop or R&B especially since Lyfe definitely has the thug life going on. But this cat can sing! It's been a long time since I had the words for the songs in front of me and tried to sing along. Definitely check this CD out....

I also bought Jean Grae, female lyrical artist. Haven't decided how I feel about it yet? There are some things have caught my attention like when I first bought Bahamadia but I have to give it another listen.

I also bought Mos Def's new CD. It's in the car deck now...I'm on the fence right now with that one too.

Lastly, (yeah I went a little crazy at Best Buy last night), I copped Anthony Hamilton. Liked it through the first eight songs are so but then started to tune it out. Not necessarily because of the music but it just happened.

Now that's a camera phone

Ok, this camera phone is no joke. This is the kind of camera phone I'd be willing to walk around the mall and be a pervert with. A 5 megapixel camera phone with true color LCD screen (16.7 million colors), that's fire!!!

Who says?

Can anyone tell me exactly why shit, fuck, and damn are curse words? At what point in human history did soceity decide that we don't like those words. I don't believe there is any biblical reasons behind the condemning of these words. I would look it up myself (and may still after my bachelor party weekend concludes) but I'm at work right now.

I find it odd that we call these bad words when they are actually some of the most flexible, understood words in language. Each of these words can be used singularly or in sentences conveying happiness, sadness, or shock. Yet, they are the bad words. If these words were more accepted, perhaps we would not work so diligently at creating slang such as the notoriously '80's fad of bad being good (must use the Run DMC line now: Not bad meaning bad but bad meaning good).

I'm off to ponder....

It's one of my favorite times of the year!!! Monopoly at McDonald's!!!

Please feel free to send me any unused monopoly pieces....

It appears that I am having some difficulty with the commenting feature. I will try to rectify as soon as possible.

It's amazing how many blogs are dedicated to just the presidential election....wonder what the authors are going to do when the election is over????

Finally something that made me smile today...in my daily job listing email I ran across the following

Title: Penetration Tester
Skills: Penetration Tester

Date: 10-19-2004
Location: Atlanta, GA
Area code: 404

Tax term: FULLTIME
Pay rate: Market
Length: Perm

Position ID: 15596
Dice ID: 10109755

Something isn't right in my world. I can't seem to stay in a good mood for any extended period of time unless I've been drinking. I think part of it is not being particularly happy with the ol' jobby job. But there's something else and I can't put my finger on it.

I need to find another source of income. I became very accustomed to the kind of money made as a contract worker. Yeah, now I have benefits but I only go for medical attention a couple times a year if that. And with the money I was making before, I could afford to pay for the treatments. Now, I feel like I'm always broke and I hate that feeling.

I hate getting out of the bed in the morning just so I can sit in traffic. I bet that if I would have had to drive through Atlanta traffic when I first moved to Atlanta, I probably wouldn't have stayed here. I mean it is almost impossible to have a good start to your weekday when you have to sit in traffic like this. I have a plan for that though.

People should have assigned departure times from their homes. If you miss your departure time, you have to wait an hour or two. Too bad so sad. OR, corporate America should allow employees to arrive at their leisure. This way, employees who have no obligation to leave their abodes early ie kids or something can come in a little later and stay a little later. It works for all parties involved because Corporate America gets to extend it's workday and employees are less stressed with traffic concerns......

Delving into the political world -- an excellent site that provides random statements from each of the candidates. It allows you to pick which one you agree with more without telling you which candidate made the statement. Click here. Here is how I fared the first time around.

You preferred Bush's statements 33% of the time You preferred Kerry's statements 67% of the time Voting purely on the issues you should vote Kerry Who would you vote for if you voted on the issues? Find out now!

This past weekend...how can I sum it up....okay here goes...Bachelor Party, naked stripper ladies with bananas and whipped cream followed by needing a ride home on Sunday after a day of football...

Drunken debauchery at its finest. And it wasn't even my bachelor party which is coming this weekend by the way. I'm actually a little scared. I am going to have to tell the strippers that I can't do what I saw done this past weekend....no no no....can't have that happen....

All three of my squads won this weekend...first time that's happened in at least a month...all Four including Lakers preseason victory last night...but alas...sports talk no longer occurs on this blog...see sidebar for sports commentary...

I am in the process of creating team specific blogs. So, there may be less content here, at least sports related content anyway, and more life shit, or bullshit as the case may be. Keep in eye out for links to the other blogs...Lakers, Redskins, and Hokies coverage from the obscure eye of the straight guy.....

So can somebody, anybody, tell me why I get yelled at for doing someone a favor? You ask me to take in your dry cleaning for you. Never mind that I'm sleep when you ask. So I take it to the only dry cleaners I know of. My bad for not remembering YOU had a bad experience with them. I even remember to tell them that you don't want friggin creases in your pants with no reminder from you. Then, they call me and tell me that they put creases in your pants and they are sending them back. I call you to tell you off the situation and you want me to get mad for you at them?!?!? When I tell you I can't do that, you call them and realize that the place I took them is not the place you wanted them to be taken. Realizing that my doing you favors is getting me nothing but static, I simply say, 'Handle your own dry cleaning for now' and being you that you are you get more pissy at me......and somehow I'm wrong in all this......

Can't make up my mind if I want to play basketball today or go to the driving range. Playing basketball means I will lift weights which will make me as big and sexy as I was back in 2000. Playing golf is what I kind of feel like doing because it's my current challenge. Also, think I may need to get lessons...this learning on my own thing is not going particularly well....or maybe my expectations are a little high....although it was reassuring to read on a golf website that for beginners it is pretty common for the ball to go the same yardage regardless of the club.

I'm not sure if I like my job....

So Jerry Rice is making noise about wanting to be traded because he can still give 100% and make things happen on the field. Jerry? Come on man, stop playing, for real tho'...why can't some athletes just go out gracefully? Why do only the bad players find a way to leave the league quietly? Why tarnish a great career by going and doing nothing for a different team? Shoulda stopped after San Fran!

My list of those that won't go away:

• Jerry Rice - WR - Oakland Raiders - His 100% is only 50% of what his greatness and contribution used to be. Be like Usher and let it burn.


• Emmitt Smith - RB - Arizona Cardinals - I mean, the fact that you have celebrity status AND your first name is Emmitt should be enough for you to want to fade into the shadows gracefully. Plus, you resorted to playing for the Cardinals?!?! I know you had a decent game but you're not even the bonafied starter...you're playing because others are hurt....


• Eddie George - RB - Dallas Cowboys - I know Eddie used to be a warrior. He used to play through injuries and still does. But did you ever think that maybe if you took some games off due to injury, you could have that burst that made you a threat to opposing defenses???


• Dikembe Mutombo - C - Some Team Somewhere - When your last shining moment was in 199-??4 maybe, then you should stop. No more dunk on him. It's done, over. Next.


• Vlade Divac - C - Los Angeles Lakers - Dude, you played with, not for, but with Magic Johnson....hell, there's some former player commentators that I don't think can say that!


• Kevin Willis - C\PF - Somebody still - Man, let somebody else be the persistent non factor ninth man off the bench in an eight player rotation....


• Gary Payton - PG - Boston Celtics - You could get off of this list if you could shoot a three, or a mid range jumper, or could at least still play defense or something....


• Reggie Miller - SG - Indiana Pacers - You've been a bitch your whole career but you could shoot the lights out. Still can, but be a graceful bitch and get out while people still look at you without sympathy....maybe if you aged as well as your sister.....

This may be an ongoing theme as we move through the 'Real Sports' seasons....lists that will be heard by only you o' faithful reader.....

Wow, I had typed what I thought was a pretty damn good entry only to have my browser crap on me.

Now it's decision time...do I try to recreate my literary excellence or just say two tears in a bucket and move on...

You know it's a tough decision because I don't know if I can rehash the same passion for the topic that I had when I initially authored it. And even if I could, would I be able to recreate the same wit that was making the post magical....

I slipped back into my Boston persona Saturday spending over 13 hours in bars! Wow...didn't know I still had that in me. As far as the VaTech\WVU affair, my Hokies did what, as I later found out, we were expected to do. How we were the favorites against a 'supposed' top 10 team eludes me. What eludes me even more than a courteous migrant worker is the fact that the media refuses to admit we played a good game....everything is about how WVU wasn't really as good as they were ranked or they didn't play the way they have or something....damn it.... Show the Hokies some flippin' love! Believe it or not, we could very easily be undefeated this year if exactly two plays happened differently. Yeah, I know you hear what if's all the time but right now our season has hinged on exactly two plays....a horrid, embarassing, sham of an offensive pass interference call against USC and our punter inexplicably dropping the ball against NC State (a blocked punt I can take...but the punter just dropping the ball doesn't sit well with me)....

Assplosive! That describes the bowel movement after a glass of milk. Nasty, or as Luda would say 'Awfully Nasty!'

I think I am addicted to golf but I'm not sure. I went to the range for the first time last weekend....bought a cheapo set of clubs this week....and have been plotting how I could manage to go to work today, hit the driving range, and play in a pool tournament all in a single day. Because, well, there's football tomorrow....

Speaking of which, VaTech's game against WVA is huge for me on several personal levels as well as sports levels. I know a lot of WVA fans, met many recently during my expeditions to the Northern version of the Carolinas, and there has been a considerable amount of shit spoken. Now VaTech is the underdog in this game. And for all intents and purposes, we are underdogs for this season, but we could have a really big season relatively speaking if we were to flip the script this game. Plus, if we lose this game, that puts us below 500 for the first time since 92 I believe. Scary thought.....