"So I Married a Tooth Fairy..."

"So I Married a Tooth Fairy..."

In case your wondering....Lynn and Josie participated in the Annual City of Chelsea Christmas Parade. We had a blast last year, so this year she dressed as the tooth fairy. She threw tooth paste while the rest of her staff threw taffy and jawbrakers.

HO,HO

This is a self portrait of Jim Kemp (my former boss.) He drew this card in 2000 for his employee gifts. I have asked him for some more work, so I could post it, but he stays busy so no luck yet. Maybe if enough people leave comments I can use that as a public outcry for his work! Maybe pressure him…..hahaha. Hopefully there will be more Kemp art in the future. Until them Merry Christmas and …. HO, HO!

Wicked!!

Wicked!!

This is one Bad Ass GUN!!!!!

I ripped this post from JIMSMASH!!!

NOT MY JOB

NOT MY JOB

Award goes to..."Street-Line painter man"

Spider-Station

Spider-Station

Does this bug anyone as much as it does me? I have to assume the creator of the Playstation logo was well aware they were using the EXACT same font as the spider-man logo. With that said.....WHY? This happens allot with movie logo's and I have never understood why. Alien’s green gets ripped off quite a bit and I hate it every single time. It’s pretty pathetic to think that one products image was consciously linked to another products image for the sake of marketing. For the life of me I can think of no other reason and I refuse to accept that it’s just coincidence. How could it be?

Bama Search Committee

OFF TO CHINA

OFF TO CHINA

Well it’s that time again. I am headed to China for the 9th time. Well I think it’s the 9th time, I have lost track. I am only going to be gone for 8 days so that means I get the full affect of jet lag. I will be flying in to Shanghai and then traveling to Wujang City (1.5 hr drive) for 2 days, then back and forth to Hongzhou a couple times. They are about a three hour drive apart. I will take some photos for later post.

TOTAL RECALL

TOTAL RECALL

This is cool. The technology, called backscatter, has been around for several years but has not been widely used in the U.S. as an anti-terrorism tool because of privacy concerns. It’s basically like the full body scanner in the movie “Total Recall.” I remember watching that thinking this would be awesome in reality. Looks like its going to be a reality (here is the article.) They are going to install one of these in the Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Az. It will be up and running by Christmas. The top picture is from teh 1990 film "Total Recall." The bottom picture is from the Backscatter machine.

HEAVY DOWN

Heavy Down

This is today’s (yesterday’s now) play list......Heavy Down tempo TUNES. Heavy = audibly darker, nothing really cheery sounding. Down = nothing to high energy.

(click image to read)

Mr. PEEPS

Mr. PEEPS

Well, month number three is just around the corner so its time for a new profile pic. Please join me in welcoming Mr. Peeps to j’s Place.

When I look at him the first thing I see is two eyes floating with a little wry grin between them. I think there is something humorous about him as well, like there is a joke that I am missing. I am not real sure what the flat line and arrow are all about but I think it adds a sense of curiosity (actual size ½” x ¾” on lined note pad paper.)

I hope you like him......he worked hard to make the doodle cut so be nice.

R.I.P. Issac

R.I.P. Issac

World track cycling champion Issac Galvez died Saturday night after crashing against the railing during the next-to-last day of the Madison competition, event organizer Rob Discart said. Galvez, who raced for the Caisse d'Epargne team, was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital, Discart told VRT radio (full story.)

YAO THAT HURT!!!

“YAO THAT HURT!!!”

I was nodding off in bed the other night watching sports center when I was awakened by a video of 5’-9” Nate Robinson blocking 7’-6” Yao Ming. Watch the whole clip and check out the graphic of both players’ feet at the time of the block.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

(click HERE for turkey anthem)

THIS JUST IN

THIS JUST IN

It looks like we might get a satirical news program, in the vein of “The Daily Show," with out having to lean to the left to enjoy it. Fox is currently in talks with a group that produced a pilot called “This Just In” which aims at poking fun at some of the “Sacred Cows,” on the left which frequently get omitted from the punch lines on other shows (read article here.)

Best Tops

Best Tops

This is my current desktop. Its winter...and I like the penguins...thats why.

(click image....then right click to set as your desktop)

SEGREGATION

Segregation in Alabama

Basso Agreed!!

Basso Agreed!!

Discovery Channel and Ivan Basso confirmed Friday that under the terms of their contract, the Italian rider has agreed to provide a DNA sample if this is requested in a national judicial or disciplinary investigation.

"There has never been a DNA issue," Johan Bruyneel said. "Ivan agreed through his lawyer even before we signed to give a sample. He just wanted to make sure that the guarantees provided by the law would be respected."

So I guess those upset pro-tour managers can take a pill!!! Looks like they get there DNA if they want it.

REUSABLE

REUSABLE

A friend of mine in china sent these to me. I though they were some pretty good ideas. Reminds me of a "reusable" project I once had in school. Chop sticks and votive were my favorites. Thanks Leeanne!!

AUBURN FIGHT SONG

WAR EAGLE

(The Auburn Fight Song)

(click here to listen)

War...Eagle, fly down the field, Ever to conquer, never to yield.

War...Eagle fearless and true. Fight on, you Orange and Blue.

Go! Go! Go!

On to vic'try, strike up the band,

Give 'em hell, give 'em hell.

Stand up and yell, Hey!

War...Eagle, win for Auburn,Power of Dixie Land!

BAMA FRIENDS

To my BAMA Friends and Family:

I love you guys......Just NOT this weekend!! Oh....and fear the thumb.....and WAR DAMN EAGLE!

JimSmash GPK Post

THANKS JIMSMASH!!!


For the memories....I loved me some Garbage Pall Kids and JimSmash brought it all back in a flood of emotion. I could not hold back the tears. Please go see JimSmash GPK Post Here, he has a link to all the GPK cards...so check it out!!! Go see all of JimSmash Here!!!

HACK

HACK

OH yea this lab is TOP NOTCH!!! Let’s ruin a career based on this labs findings……

A hacker stole data from computers at the French anti-doping lab where tests are being challenged by American cyclist Floyd Landis, police said Tuesday. The complaint was lodged by French Anti-Doping Agency president Pierre Bordry on Nov. 7.

"Intruders penetrated the lab's information systems and used material taken inside in order to denigrate the lab," Bordry told France Info radio Tuesday.

According to sports daily L'Equipe, a hacker accessed data and sent out letters to the IOC and WADA with the aim of discrediting the lab by calling into question its reliability.(Full article)


Well I would have to say “GOOD QUESTION!!!” This place is about at secure as a nurse’s station in elementary school!! GIVE ME A BREAK!

ISIS

ISIS

In The Absence Of Truth

Heavy, down tempo, metal……ahhhh…. just the way I like it. I have just recently (6 months or so) started listing to ISIS (band info.) I have been looking for this type of band for a while. I wondered where all the heavy instrumental stuff was. Where was the blanket of dark sound I could wrap myself in? I found just that in ISIS.

Their new album “In The Absence Of Truth” was released on the Ipecac label October 31st. It’s easily as good as “Panopticon,” their 2004 release. If anything, it's a bit smoother. The transitions from ambient to driving metal are seamless and flowing. Lyrics are still few and far between, as well as indecipherable. The traditional growling vocals are still there but are highlighted with traditional clean vocals on a couple of tracks. The clean vocal is something I had not heard on the previous two albums, at least not to this extent, and it helps add to the over all depth of the album. Guitars and drums remain simple and heavy through out. The average track length is around 7 minutes and total playing time is 1 hour. There is a type of sensory deprivation I get when listening to ISIS and I think that’s the reason I want more (Buy Here.)

NEW KIT

NEW KIT

Check out Basso in his new Team Discovery Kit. That didn’t take long! I am sure the Disco crew was eager to reap the benefits of the Basso signing (publicity, publicity, publicity.) So here he is, in Disco Blue but much to the chagrin of other pro tour team managers. The managers were hoping to collectively force (full story) all the riders implicated in Operación Puerto to submit blood samples for DNA testing. The plan was to cross reference the results to those from the bags of blood that were discovered in Operación Puerto. Team Discovery signing Basso as soon as the charges were dropped erased thier hopes of forced submission to DNA testing.


Former T-Mobile team manager Olaf Ludwig comments:
"Discovery regards dropping the legal proceedings as the same thing as being cleared," Ludwig told the Berlin Kurier daily. "What's left of a code of honor among team managers is questionable - the dumb one here is CSC (Basso’s Former Team) boss Bjarne Riis, who dissolved his contract with Basso."

Discovery Team Manager Bill Stapleton’s remarks: "I think he's been exonerated," Bill Stapleton said. "The ProTour required we wait until there was a decision. Now it's time to move on."

Quick Facts:

Operación Puerto - Spanish police uncovered a major doping network run by Madrid-based sports doctor Eufemio Fuentes at the end of May, allegedly implicating a host of top names in the sport, including former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich and Italy's Ivan Basso, as well as team managers.
Blood doping - The practice of illicitly boosting the number of red blood cells (RBCs) in the circulation in order to enhance athletic performance. RBCs from a compatible donor (or the athlete themselves) are harvested, concentrated and then transfused into the athlete’s circulation prior to competition.

MEGA!!!!

MEGA!!!!

I thought this video really captures the scale of the Mega-ramp. Oh, the whole video just happens to be set to "Orion" from Metalica's "Master of Puppets." So... its worth listening to, if nothing else.

“FAT SQUIRREL”

Wild Life Cholesterol At All Time High!!

House and Senate approve bill banning trans fats and high calorie garbage. The bill, referred to as “Fat Squirrel,” will lower wild life cholesterol by 0.00345% by the year 2020.

I think that’s Dominos......

GO GIRL!!!

GO GIRL!!!

The SI.com Cheerleader of the Week is .....

Auburn's Krista Klumpp -- a senior from Smiths Station, Ala. -- is a Radio, Television and Film major and a second generation Auburn cheerleader. When not rooting on the Tigers, Krista likes to watch The Price is Right and cheer for the Yankees.

Not only is Krista a dedicated Auburn cheerleader but her great grandfather invented Velveeta Cheese!!!!

Name: Krista KlumppBirth Date: July 7, 1985

Hometown: Smiths Station, Ala.

School: Auburn UniversityYear: SeniorMajor: Radio, Television and Film

1. In 10 years, I'll likely be: In the field of Sports Broadcasting and starting a family.

2. Why I love Auburn: Auburn, to me, is a family tradition. My grandfather attended Auburn University, as well as both my parents and my older sister. My mother was a former Cheerleader at Auburn during the late 70's. At Auburn, we are all a part of the "Auburn Family". We also known for having the best traditions in the country, including Tiger Walk, Rolling Toomer's Corner and War Eagle.

3. Movies I can't live without: Sister Act II and Sweet Home Alabama

4. Music I can't live without: I listen to all types of music. My favorite singers are Mariah Carey and Kelly Clarkson.

5. TV shows I can't live without: The Price is Right and Desperate Housewives

6. One misconception about cheerleaders: "We are not just Cheerleaders". As Auburn Cheerleaders not only do we cheer at Auburn Football games we also cheer at Men's and Women's Basketball games, Volleyball games and Gymnastics meets. In addition to cheering for Auburn athletic events, we are heavily involved in and around our community. On average, we make 4-5 appearances per week at local elementary schools, retirement homes and alumni club events.

7. My favorite sport is: Football and Baseball

8. My favorite teams are: Auburn (of course), the Atlanta Falcons and the New York Yankees.

9. I like to spend my weekends: After cheering for Auburn and Rolling Toomer's Corner, I like to tailgate with my family and friends. After church on Sundays, I finish homework and rest up for the week ahead.

10. Strange and unusual fact about me: My great grandfather invented Velveeta Cheese.

11. My friends would be surprised to know that: My ultimate dream job would be to become a Game Show Host.

12. If I Had More Time I Would: Sleep ... and I've always wanted to learn to play the piano.

13. Favorite Foods: Pretzels and Sour Cream

14. Five People I'd Like To Have Dinner With (Living or Dead): Bob Barker, President George W. Bush, Bo Jackson, Oprah Winfrey, and Michael Vick.

15. Favorite Activity: Water Sports

16. Next Risk I Want To Take: To become Miss USA

17. Every Woman Should Have: A Credit Card and Mascara

18. Places I Want To Visit And Why: I've always wanted to visit Hawaii to learn how to surf and hula dance.

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

North Korean Army seeks Munitions Specialist – Must be highly self motivated. Steady hand a plus. People skills not required. Excellent health and benefits package after first 90 days.

WHY SPORT?

WHY SPORT?

I watched Rutgers (15) defeat Louisville (3) last night. Man what a game (click here for recap.) It was their first victory over a ranked team since 1988. Louisville also represented the highest ranked team they have ever defeated. Rutgers has had a football program for 137 years! Needless to say it could have been their biggest win ever. Fans stormed the field with 3 seconds left to play and the view from the blimp camera was awesome. It was like a reverse damn breaking with people flooding the field from all sides at once. The players, coaches and security had to force the fans off the field, reversing the tide of humanity. The students retreated to just outside of the end zones and side lines to from a human fence. The distant blimp camera view captured the mass of it all. I noticed something from this view I had never noticed from lower, in stadium, cameras. Maybe it was just the length of time the camera stayed on the field, I’m not sure, but I saw an energy I just hadn’t seen before. Anyway…..it got me thinking about sport in general. Why do I and so many people love it so much? Why do we get so swept away by a sport, even when we are not playing it ourselves? Why do we get so excited? Well….what ever that reason is, I like it. Below are the four reasons I find sport so compelling.

Sport is:

Honest - Rules define the game, break the rules and you are no longer playing the game and cannot achieve victory.

Blind - No race, No creed, No heritage, No gender, No age. The only requirement is you must play to win.

Sport has:

Spirit - It can possess a crowd of thousands to rush a field and embrace. It can insight a crowd to trample itself. It can make your day or ruin it. It can drive you, to push your body and mind, to places it could never go with out it. It can raise the hope of an entire country.

Purpose - There is an end. Victory is achievable on any day against any foe. The result is definite and undeniable.

I GOT YOUR HIDDEN RIGHT HERE!!!!

I GOT YOUR HIDDEN RIGHT HERE!!!!

Well this is by far my biggest pet peeve. I respect all of these artists. However, I can not for the life of me figure out why you would put a hidden track on your CD. Oh that’s right! It’s a surprise for all the attentive listeners…..it’s a BONUS! Yea… a bonus pain in my ass!! It breaks my concentration at work when everything goes silent. I can’t put these tracks in any mix! If I do I have to make the effort and forward to the next track. I never get to enjoy the “BONUS” because I am not going to sit through up to ten minutes of silence for that little snippet of tunes. At least some artist put the music on its own track, but still, encased by silence. LAME!…PEOPLE…LAME!. Not to mention after the very first time it was done it was unoriginal. It kills me, these artist are some of my favorites….how could they go so terribly wrong!! Idiocy from my music collection documented below:

Beck
“Midnight Vultures”
TRACK 11 - Debra (5:33-12:40 BLANK AS HELL)

Nirvana
“Nevermind”
TRACK 12 - Something In The Way (3:45 – 13:52 10 QUITE FRIKIN
MINUTES)

Blue October
“History for Sale”
TRACK 12 - Amazing (4:59 – 10:04 BLANKARINO)

Hurt
“Vol.I”
TRACK 11 - House Carpenter (6:45 – 8:30 YEP NOT A SOUND)

Cold
“Year Of The Spider”
Track 12 – Kill The Music Industry (2:55 – 16:08 SHHHHHHHH)

Joss Stone
“Mind, Body, and Soul”
TRACK 14 - Sleep Like A Child (5:08 – 15:27 SILENCE) here is a twist…..the “untitled hidden Track” (track 15) is its own track?? So track 14 just has a lame ass 10+ minute dead spot.

Nonpoint
“To The Pain”
TRACK 15 - Bonus Track (0 – 9:21 NADA PEEP ) ahhhhh more originality……this is also its own track with a lame ass 9+ minute dead silence at the beginning of the track

KORN
“Follow the Leader”
TRACK 13 - My Gift ToYou (7:10 – 9:14 BLANKY BLANK BLANK)

Tool
“Undertow”
TRACKS 10-98 (each 1 sec. of NOTHINGNESS) On a note of originality it’s the only CD I have with 99 tracks; total playing time 69 min. hehehe.

Wikipedia explanation for this stupid idea!!!

For Comprehensive Hidden Track Lists http://www.hiddensongs.com/

Rolling Toomer's Corner

Rolling Toomer's Corner

After Auburn victories, students and fans converge on an old town landmark, the drugstore at Toomer's Corner, and completely toilet paper the entire area in celebration.

VOTE HERE for greatest college football tradition.

DISCO BASSO!!!

DISCO BASSO!!!

Basso joins Team Discovery Channel. Oh man…..this is pretty exciting. Basso was the only man to hang with Lance in the mountains a couple years ago. He did not get to race Le Tour this year because of Operation Puerto, which was a complete travesty, considering there was no merit to the allegations and he and everyone else involved has since been cleared. Lance is still involved with Team Discovery and has a knack for building a winning team around a great talent. I see some really great things for the American Discovery Channel team in 07. GO DISCO!!!!!

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Two weeks after being cleared of doping accusations, Giro d'Italia champion Ivan Basso signed a two-year contract to ride for Lance Armstrong's former Discovery Channel cycling team.

"I am very excited to have Ivan as a part of the team," said Bill Stapleton, general manager of the Discovery team. "During Lance's final Tours, Ivan pushed Lance to a new level and we expect great things from him in 2007."

Basso finished third in the 2004 Tour de France and was second in 2005 behind Armstrong. Basso left his Danish team, CSC, three weeks ago. Basso will begin training with Discovery in December in Austin and Stapleton said he considers him the team leader for the 2007 Tour de France. (Entire article here)

Basso’s results:

2006 – Team CSC
Stages 5 (TTT), 8, 16, 20 and Overall – 2006 Giro d'Italia.
Azzurri d'Italia classification
Stage 2 and overall – Critérium International
Stage 2B – Circuit de la Sarthe

2005 – Team CSC
Stages 17 and 18 – 2005 Giro d'Italia
Stages 1, 2, 3, 5 and overall – Post Danmark Rundt
2nd Overall – Tour de France

2004 – Team CSC
Stage 12 and 3rd overall, Tour de France
Giro dell'Emilia
Grand Prix Jyske Bank

2003 – Fassa Bortolo
7th overall – Tour de France

2002 – Fassa Bortolo
11th overall – Tour de France
White jersey best young rider classification

2001 – Fassa Bortolo
Stage 1 – Tour Méditerranéen
Stage 5 – Bicicleta Vasca
Stage 5 – Österreich Rundfahrt

2000 – Amica Chips
Stages 1 and 3B – Regio Tour

1999 – Riso Scotti-Vinavil

1998 – Amateur

F#CK IT!!

F#CK IT!!!

Well, profanities are now allowed in news interviews. This is complete and utter SH&T!! Are you kidding me!!!…….we must now brace ourselves for a litany of profanity laced interviews. This also means that, if you have children in the room, you can no longer guage what language they are exposed to. You know when this gets out people are going to absolutly expliot it. I mean really…why allow this!!! Whats the point! I can’t think of a single one. We all know you can’t controll live interviews. People subcontiously know cursing is not allowed so the interiews generally stay clean. With this briliant move the muzzles are off! And for what…..

(Drudge Link view here)

"MAKE HIM STAND"

"MAKE HIM STAND"

Saddam during his trial.

Saddam had refused to stand for the verdict and had to be lifted to his feet by two court bailiffs.

"Make him stand," the judge ordered as the former president stayed seated.

He then stood in silence and waited for his fate to be announced to the world.

Saddam was convicted of ordering the deaths of 148 Shia men and teenage boys in the town of Dujail in 1982. The killings followed a failed assassination attempt against him and were intended to act as a grim warning to others not to oppose him.

I grabbed these four lines from an article (click to view article) linked to Drudge. I felt these words and his actions frame what happened today very well. Saddam Hussein was a brutal dictator, who not even on the day of his verdict, would stand and hold himself accountable. I think there is a chance the prayers of many Iraq's were answered today. He will be held accountable...

SOUTH PARK SEC

SOUTH PARK SEC

Thanks Brian....great pic!

(click image for better view)

GAME TIME!!!

GAME TIME!!!
Oh....Yea!!! the 2006-2007 season started today. Can I get a HELL YEA!!!! from the NBA Fans?

PREGNANCY Q & A

PREGNANCY

Q & A

Q: Should I have a baby after 35?

A: No, 35 children is enough.

Q: I'm two months pregnant now. When will my baby move?

A: With any luck, right after he finishes college.

Q: What is the most reliable method to determine a baby's sex?

A: Childbirth.

Q: My wife is five months pregnant and so moody that sometimes she's borderline irrational.

A: So what's your question?

Q: My childbirth instructor says it's not pain I'll feel during labor, but pressure. Is she right?

A: Yes, in the same way that a tornado might be called an air current.

Q: When is the best time to get an epidural?

A: Right after you find out you're pregnant.

Q: Is there any reason I have to be in the delivery room while my wife is in labor?

A: Not unless the word "alimony" means anything to you.

Q: Is there anything I should avoid while recovering from childbirth?

A: Yes, pregnancy.

Q: Do I have to have a baby shower?

A: Not if you change the baby's diaper very quickly.

Q: Our baby was born last week. When will my wife begin to feel and act normal again?

A: When the kids are in college.

**thanks uncle Larry .....and yes that is a pregnant Barbie**

MOST DANGEROUS!!!

MOST DANGEROUS!!!

“Don’t be rollin up in the Ham…..cus we be bus’n caps!!!”

1. St. Louis
2. Detroit
3. Flint, Mich.
4. Compton, Calif.
5. Camden, N.J.
6. Birmingham, Ala.
17. Atlanta

22. Little Rock, Ark.
73. Montgomery, Ala.
93. Huntsville, Ala.
143. Mobile, Ala.
146. Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Without further ado... I give you the 6th most dangerous city in the whole U.S. of A. The HAM!!! That’s right Birmingham, Alabama is #6……I knew that I had bars on my windows and a security alarm for some reason. This list only reflects the cities that report their crime. Click Here for the entire list in reverse order from least to greatest crime rate. On that note….Why in the hell would you put out a list in reverse order? Who cares which city is safest…jeez!! Notice my list is reverse of thier reverse list…..mmmmm…hmmmm

I actually found a fired round on my back porch when I moved in 4 years ago. It was just the bullet. My guess was a shot fired in the air and it landed on my back porch. Grrreeat…..(story snagged from DRUDGE)

Lil' man

Lil' man.....

It's time for a new profile pic. So I give you "Lil' man." He started out as a small 5 point star and turned in to a little man. Out of all the doodles I have drawn, this is the only one that makes me smile. His actual size it about 3/8" square. He was drawn probably 5 yrs ago in black ink on cheap lined note pad paper with a BIC micro fine tip(.5mm) uni-ball rollerball pen. My old boss Jim Kemp, who does killer illustrations I might add, will draw with nothing else. This was the finest tipped pen he could find that would still draw a solid dark line. It’s also cheap and readily available.

Ahhhhhh...

Ahhhhhhh……

I almost had this template looking the way I wanted. But….alas, in order to have more control over it, I had to start over. So….I may screw it up before I get it just the way I like it. NO laughing in the mean time!!!

Le Tour

Le Tour…..

Oh yea……the 2007 Tour De France route has been released. Now all we have to do is count the days till the worlds toughest race gets underway. I can’t wait……

The route
Running from Saturday July 7th to Sunday July 29th 2007, the 94th Tour de France will be made up of a prologue and 20 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,550 kilometres. This will be the first time the tour comes to London and the first time the tour will begin anywhere in Britain.

These 20 stages have the following profiles
+ 11 flat stages
+ 6 mountain stages
+ 1 medium mountain stage
+ 2 individual time-trial stages

Distinctive aspects of the race
+ 3 mountain finishes
+ 2 rest days
+ 117 kilometres of individual time-trials (including the prologue)
+ 21 Category 1, Category 2 and highest level passes will be climbed

12 new stop-over towns
+ London
+ Canterbury
+ Waregem
+ Villers-Cotterêts
+ Joigny
+ Chablis
+ Semur-en-Auxois
+ Tignes
+ Tallard
+ Mazamet
+ Cognac
+ Marcoussis
Complete 07 Tour Info (click image for better view)