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Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:34:07 GMT

it's official.

http://sports.espn.go.com/videogames/news/story?id=2840830

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

time to throw away that jersey...

Monday, January 29, 2007

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:41:53 GMT

give me some input on color selection (tried to include at least one studio pic and one "real" pic):

edit: done and done

Sunday, December 03, 2006

Sun, 03 Dec 2006 21:32:25 GMT

win·ner [win-er] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–noun

1.	a person or thing that wins; victor.

—Idiom
2. winner take all, a situation or outcome whereby the winner receives all the prizes or rewards.
3. Vince Young.

[Origin: 1325–75; ME; see win, -er¹]

edit: in case you needed more evidence, here's an excerpt from Bill Simmons' column LAST week:

TITANS (+7.5) over Colts
Here's why you take the Titans in this game: Because they're 4-3 in their last seven games, with two of those losses coming by one point to the Colts and Ravens. Because the underdogs are 94-75-6 against the spread. Because the home dogs are 35-21-4. Because Vince Young wins football games.

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 22:02:05 GMT

woooooohoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

DC eta summer '07

edit: going to have a few months free time to travel next year... any ideas on where?

Sunday, September 17, 2006

Sun, 17 Sep 2006 00:32:21 GMT

apparently making $89k in Houston is the same as making $205k in NYC

http://money.cnn.com/2006/07/13/pf/six_fig_farthest/index.htm?postversion=2006071410

16 cities where 6FigureJobs.com and TheLadders.com have had the greatest number of six-figure job listings, and the gross salary required to replicate $100,000 after adjusting for cost-of-living.

New York $205,426 San Francisco $179,034 Los Angeles $156,106 San Diego $149,384 Washington, D.C. $141,894 Boston $137,649 Chicago $126,929 Seattle $117,037 Atlanta $102,805 Denver $102,348 Cleveland $101,986 Milwaukee $101,478 Phoenix $97,976 Dallas $93,665 Charlotte $92,991 Houston $88,977

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:07:28 GMT

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/11/AR2006071100084.html

the dream is over.

Monday, June 26, 2006

Mon, 26 Jun 2006 12:50:00 GMT

a day with the red sox (and dennis)

fun weekend in boston highlighted by a nice saturday in the legends suite at fenway, hanging out with dennis eckersley (not pictured). and yes, pictures were from my pos camera phone, so they suck.

first, got to see the world series trophy, along with a tour of the monster and other notable park features:

then hung out in the catered legends suite, where I think the four of us were the only ones taking full advantage of the open bar:

with a relaxing view of the game and good ol' curt schilling, who unfortunately got an ND despite a decent performance:

and all i wanted to see was wild thing jonathan paplebon, who we got to see for a nice 2.1 innings, including getting out of a 1-out, runners at 2nd and 3rd play with a play at the plate (i swear that's him in the picture):

in the tenth with two outs, and big papi coming up to the plate, the atmosphere was becoming intense:

and then of course if you were watching the game, you know what happened next. there was bedlam at fenway:

a great weekend with plenty of alcohol. good times all around... i think theo would approve:

Thursday, June 01, 2006

Thu, 01 Jun 2006 18:49:47 GMT

A New Fable?

An investment banker was taking a few days off near a small coastal Mexican village, where he came upon a fisherman............

The banker complimented the fisherman on his catch, and was astonished to learn that it didn't take long for the fisherman to complete his daily work. The banker then asked the fisherman what he did for the rest of his day.

"I sleep late", the fisherman replied, "fish a little, play with my children, take a siesta with my wife, stroll around the village with my friends, sip some wine, play a little guitar. I keep myself occupied, senor."

The investment banker scoffed. "I have an MBA from Harvard," he proudly exclaimed. What you need to do is spend more time fishing. With the extra proceeds buy a bigger boat. With the proceeds from that boat, buy a few more. Then, instead of selling your catch to a middleman, you would be able to sell direct to a processor. You'll be so successful that you could end up running your empire from New York."

"But senor," the fisherman asked, "how long will all that take."

"15 - 20 years," came the reply.

"And then what, senor ?"

The investment banker laughed. "Then, my friend, you'd do an IPO, sell stock in your company, and make millions."

"Millions, senor. Then what ?."

"Then", said the banker, "you'd retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village. You'd sleep in late, fish a little, play with your children, take a siesta with your wife, stroll around the village with your friends, sip some wine, play a little guitar."

Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Tue, 30 May 2006 14:19:14 GMT

thoughts from memorial day weekend:

- i'm old. people born in 1988 are in college... yikes.

- there's no way i could do the spike's challenge, as much as i love their stuff.

- x3 sucked.

- eventually when i win the lottery i'm going to become an undergrad for life... there's nothing better than being on campus...

Monday, May 22, 2006

Mon, 22 May 2006 20:20:29 GMT

season finale of 24... ARE YOU READY?!?! (i think this is the one where jack dies... the contract they gave kiefer was just to throw you off!)

i will delete any spoiler comments people make after it airs, so please keep them to yourself.

edit: i predicted part of the ending. the clever part, not the very last part.