All We Gotta Do Is...

I can't say enough about this weekend's SNL. Hugh Laurie was perfect. He performed a protest song that was like a throw back to SNL's greatness way back when. (Although he's performed it many times and it ain't new...)

I Can Drive! I Just Don't Know What the Lights Mean.

I want one of those blog-map-things that tell where visitors to your blog come from. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

If yes, do you know where I can get one?

(And no, the title of this post does not reflect it's content. I've decided that if I can't think of a post title, I'm just going to use a quote from a movie I've seen recently. Points to those who know what movie.)

Project RunGay

How have I not known about this site before?? Project RunGAY is now in my life.





I am complete.

Clap Hands

Beck was the musical guest last night on, notably, one of the best SNLs I've seen in a long time. I think it had a lot to do with the host (Hugh Laurie). I DVR'd it and am keeping it forever. Beck performed Clap Hands and I must share with the world.

Tribute to My One Fan

Hello out there.

It's me. The random blogger you read.

I don't know who you are. Most of the people that regularly visit my blog are friends. You are a mystery. The only thing I know about you is that you hail from Sioux Falls, South Dakota. I really thought that no one in South Dakota knew about me.

I must admit, I feel a little more pressure to make my postings good now that I know it's not just people who know me coming to my space. I'm getting a little sweaty just thinking about the added pressure impressing someone who hasn't seen me get loopy at 3 a.m. I guess, though, if you've been checking out my blog already and have deemed it worthy enough to come back I don't have to get too worked up about you.

Just know that I know you come around and I'm grateful.

Introduce yourself sometime. Or not - you can be my mysterious visitor.

Whatever.

(South Dakota? Really? I honestly thought only antelope and stone Presidents lived in the Dakotas. Who know there were actual people there?)

Tomorrow I'm Getting a Rolling Stone Subscription

I'm kind of suprised I don't already have one.

Silly me.

Can't Sleep - Clown Will Eat Me

I can't sleep.

Stupid insomnia.

My Life in a Box Pt.II

Something exciting happened this week and I'm pretty sure my life will never be the same. It's something I've hinted for but never thought would really happen.

That's right.

We got DVR!!!

We can do so much. I've already set it to record all my shows. And then some.

I'm never leaving the couch.

So I Didn't Get My Ass Kicked at Work Today...

I didn't work yesterday. This is what I missed:

A woman became upset on the phone and threatened to come down to the store and kick Shonda (my manager)'s ass. This woman has been violent to another customer at a different store.

Shonda called me last night and told me the crazy story (it's quite a bit longer, I summerize). We were both kind of worried that she was going to come into the store today to make good on her promise. So last night Sam and I dropped his police car in front of our store. You know... just in case.

Nothing happened. But oh, the crazy business of health food.

All the President's Speeches

All the speeches the President has ever made... in under a minute and a half.

Out 'N About

Today is National Coming Out Day!

Congratulations and I love you to my GLBT friends and readers.

Here's some great links in celebration:

OutZoneTV
The Trevor Project - Because gay youth are four times as likely to attempt suicide than their heterosexual peers.
Human Rights Campaign
Your Family Friends and Neighbors
Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays

Let me know if you know of other sites I need to be aware of.

Plus One

My blog is now officially cohabitated. Sam has started a new police-themed blog and will occasionally post on this blog when he has other non-police things to talk about.

So, Welcome!

I'll Never be the Same

I'm so disillusioned.

The Coke machine ate my dollar bill and I'll never have it back.

I'm disproportionately upset about this.

Because In Every City There Are Fools to Pity

Teaching Fools the Basic Rules.

Mr. T has a new reality TV show.

Mr. T on his show: "My show ain't no 'Dr. Phil,' with people sitting around crying. You're a fool — that's what's wrong with you. You're a fool if you don't take my advice."

Who else is psyched?

Movie Quote Me

How can a movie made over 10 years ago be so poignant today? Hmm... interesting. Some favorite lines from The American President.

Oh yes, [the President does answer to me] he does. I'm a citizen, this is my president, and in this country it is not only permissible to question our leaders, it is our responsibility.

Why would [he], his party's most powerful spokesman, ...choose to reject upholding the Constitution? If you can answer that question, then, folks, you're smarter than I am, because I didn't understand it until a couple of minutes ago. Everybody knows American isn't easy. America is advanced citizenship. You gotta want it bad, 'cause it's gonna put up a fight. It's gonna say, "You want free speech? Let's see you acknowledge a man whose words make your blood boil, who's standing center stage and advocating, at the top of his lungs, that which you would spend a lifetime opposing at the top of yours. You want to claim this land as the land of the free, then the symbol of your country can't just be a flag; the symbol also has to be one of its citizens exercising his right to burn that flag in protest." Show me that, defend that, celebrate that in your classrooms. Then you can stand up and sing about the land of the free. This is a country made up of people with hard jobs that they're terrified of losing. The roots of freedom are of little or no interest to them at the moment. We are a nation afraid to go out at night. We're a society that has assigned low priority to education and has looked the other way while our public schools have been decimated. We have serious problems to solve, and we need serious men to solve them. ...He is interested in two things and two things only: Making you afraid of it and telling you who's to blame for it. That, ladies and gentlemen, is how you win elections. You gather a group of middle-aged, middle-class, middle- income voters who remember with longing an easier time, and you talk to them about family and American values and personal character.

That's right. I am the man.

U - G - L - Y You Ain't Got No Alibi

What's the policy on ugly babies? I mean, when you see an ugly baby, what do you do? I mean, seriously.

Sam and I saw a freakishly ugly baby tonight at dinner and we almost lost it. Luckily, the family sat down as we were finishing our meal so we didn't have to deal with it long.












Thanks to uahole.com for the comic. It's perfect.

Mo' Music

The latest additions to my collection:

Mr. Dylan

and Ms. Simon

Gotta love 'em.

My Life in a Box

This fall there are so many great television shows on it's hard for me to watch all of them without a DVR or a TIVO (*cough* Christmas present *cough*). So without further adieu I present my best friend in episode updates.... Television Without Pity.

My fall line up is:
Gilmore Girls - Still great.
Grey's Anatomy - which, by the way, I can NEVER catch! They switched nights on me and now I'm all confused. Damn them.
Heroes - A new show that I'm into. Very good - a little confusing, but very good.
House - I don't really watch this one live, but I do try to get the reruns when they come on USA later
Project Runway - This one really isn't fall TV, it's a hangover from the summer. But I'm still watching cause it's still on the air. And cause I love it!!
Studio 60 - My favorite new show of the fall. It's so West Wing, but so much better. If you aren't watching this show, I don't think I can be your friend anymore.

Who Hates the Amish That Much??

My god.

Just, ... dear god.

A 32-year-old truck driver took about a dozen Amish girls hostage in a one-room schoolhouse today, barricaded the door, executed four girls and wounding several others, and then killed himself. Apparently he was acting on a 20-year old grudge.

I don't care what your "childhood grudge" is, you don't execute a 6-year-old girl.

How fucked up was this guy?

I mean, seriously.

I can't even wrap my mind around this happening.

My thoughts and prayers are with this small community.

Happy Birthday To ME!!!

About my birthdate (courtesy of paulsadowski.com)
1 October 1982
Your date of conception was on or about 8 January 1982 which was a Friday.
You were born on a Friday under the astrological sign Libra.

Your Life path number is 4.
Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 4, 8, 11 & 22.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 6 & 7.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 3, 5 & 9.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2445243.5.
The golden number for 1982 is 7.
The epact number for 1982 is 5.
The year 1982 was not a leap year.

Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 1/25/1982 and ending 2/12/1983.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Dog.
Your Native American Zodiac sign is Raven; your plant is Ivy.
You were born in the Egyptian month of Choiach, the fourth month of the season of Poret (Emergence - Fertile soil).
Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 14 Tishri 5743.

As of 10/1/2006 10:52:31 AM EDT
You are 24 years old.
You are 288 months old.
You are 1,253 weeks old.
You are 8,766 days old.
You are 210,394 hours old.
You are 12,623,692 minutes old.
You are 757,421,551 seconds old.

Top songs of 1982
I Love Rock `n' Roll by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Eye of the Tiger by Survivor
Ebony and Ivory by Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
Centerfold by J. Geils Band
Maneater by Daryl Hall & John Oates
Jack & Diane by John Cougar
Don't You Want Me by Human League
Up Where We Belong by Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
Abracadabra by Steve Miller Band
Hard to Say I'm Sorry by Chicago

Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 3.43091976516634 years old. (Life's just a big chewy bone for you!)
There are 365 days till your next birthday.

In 1982 there were approximately 3.6 million births in the US.
In 1982 the US population was approximately 226,545,805 people, 64.0 persons per square mile.
In 1982 in the US there were 2,495,000 marriages (10.8%) and 1,180,000 divorces (5.1%)
In 1982 in the US there were approximately 1,990,000 deaths (8.8 per 1000)

Your birthstone is Tourmaline.

Your birth tree is Hazelnut Tree, the Extraordinary
Charming, undemanding, very understanding, knows how to make an impression, active fighter for social cause, popular, moody and capricious lover, honest and tolerant partner, precise sense of judgement.

The moon's phase on the day you were born was waxing gibbous.

WOO HOO!!