A mid-twenties white collar dude’s take on everything
I got a message on Flickr today from a guy from some publishing company that does travel books asking permission to use one of my pictures from Honduras in an upcoming travel guide. Pretty cool stuff! Not one of the better pictures I took down there, but it’s kind of fun nonetheless. I am charging him $0. This photography hobby is already paying huge dividends.
Someone on Irish Eyes posted some links to this series of interview articles that Tim Prister of Irish Illustrated did with Charlie Weis after signing day. Turns out Yahoo decided to publish this formerly premium content. It’s a bit of a read, but it’s really entertaining and informative. Check it out!
One night last week when the wife was at work I decided to rent Jackass 2. Pretty funny stuff, but this was my favorite scene:
Last year Kerry Neal became the first Irish commit on February 22nd. This year we did about 3 days better as Rivals is reporting that C Mike Golic, Jr. has committed to the Irish. If you know anything about the Irish, you’ll recognize that name. Mike Golic, Sr. became the first commit in Gerry Faust’s 1981 recruiting class, and it looks like Junior has followed suit.
Golic, Jr. is listed at 6′5″ 260, which is obviously a little small for a center, but he’ll have plenty of time to bulk up once he gets to school. Let’s hope next year’s recruiting class finishes with a bang instead of another whimper.
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Today is President’s Day, which for me now means I have the day off because the stock market is closed. So now I have a day to catch up on some blogging, study for my CFA, and probably take a nap. On to the bad news.
After consulting with two different doctors and undergoing an x-ray and MRI, I have been told that I indeed have a torn ACL. This stinks, of course. The doctor believes I actually tore it several years ago, and that over the past two months I have simply re-aggravated it (first in November playing Frisbee on the beach, and most recently in Honduras jumping off a Mayan ruin). I think I probably did it Freshman year playing team handball on that crappy Loftus astroturf (this was of course before the installed field turf in there). I had completely forgotten about hurting my knee back then, but my parents reminded me about it.
So here’s where I am now: my knee is still fairly swollen and I have a hard time going down stairs. However, I have almost gotten rid of my limp from my latest episode. My Dr. recommended to me that I have reconstructive surgery to repair the knee since I’m still a relatively young person and will want to be active. Evidently when you have a torn ACL and continue to tweak it like I have done the last two months, it breaks down the cartilage. I already had 1/3 of it removed in high school, so at this rate I’ll be out of knee cartilage by age 35 and have severe arthritis.
Unfortunately I just don’t have time to have major surgery and endure 3 days of physical therapy per week. So I’m looking at an early June incision date (the exam is June 2nd). Unfortunately, looks like this golf season could be cut a bit short.
I hate getting old.
I just joined Facebook the other day. Turns out it’s addicting. I much prefer it to Myspace. Far cleaner interface. Much nicer. Almost seems more mature, for lack of a better term.
We had some take a doodoo pie news today when Tracy Morgan plead guilty to drunk driving. You may remember when Morgan was arrested back in November.
Morgan was quoted as saying “Drunk driving ain’t cool”. Nice.
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Don’t think I ever mentioned this, but this hit is one of the best I’ve ever seen in a football game, partly because of who it was on and where he went to school.
The wife just did something technological that I’ve never done: uploaded a video to Youtube. She took this using her digital camera on our Honduras trip. Haha!
I created a junk email account to use online for stupid registrations that require an email address. This morning I had this message waiting in my inbox:
Hello,
I want to solicit your attention to recieve money on my behalf.The purpose of my contacting you is because my status will not permit me to do this alone.
When you reply this message,I will send you details of the business and more information about myself.
My personal email is: mou_xinshengxx1@yahoo.com.hk
Thank you.Mou Xinsheng
A quick Google for “Mou Xinsheng” turned up a Chinese government official. Turns out people are sending these scam messages from supposed officials to make them seem more legitimate. Naturally, I had to respond:
Dear Mou,First let me begin by saying I’m honored to have
received a message from a Chinese dignitary such as yourself. The fact
that you would consider me, a lowly piece of Birmingham trailer trash,
for this mission truly inspires me. I would be very interested in
hearing the details of your business, but before I do, I would like to
ask you a couple of questions:1) Have you ever heard the “i” before “e” except after “c” rule? You should totally check it out. It’s bangin’.
2)
What exactly is your status? I’m pretty free-wheeling myself. I’m a
nut job. I’m always swingin’ for the fences, you know what I’m
saying? If you’re down, so am I, Mou.3) What’s the story with your email address? You emailed me from tivoli@adelphia.net but asked me to respond to mou_xingshengxxmx@yahoo.com.hk
. That’s some crazy s***, Mou. Do you work at Adelphia and are
therefore asking me to respond to your personal email for this
“business”?4) If you do work for Adelphia, how are you from
China? If you don’t work for Adelphia, how are you sending me a
message from an Adelphia email account from within China? To my
extensive knowledge (and I am a pretty smart guy for a piece of trailer
trash, Mou), China doesn’t allow American ISP’s to operate within its
borders. Remember, you guys are a bunch of commie pigs, Mou.5) How exactly do you pronounce your name, Mou? Is it like
“Moo” or “Moe”? I’ve spent the last 45 minutes trying to figure this
out over a six pack of Keystone Light. If I don’t figure it out soon,
I’m going to go inside and beat my dog senseless in frustration. Don’t
screw with me, Moe.6) What exactly is in this for me, Moo/Moe? The last time I
trusted a communist I ended up with a piece of shrapnel lodged in my
rectum. Try taking a dump in that condition, Moe.I hope you
don’t find my questions too cynical. Truth be told, I am actually
quite interested in your proposal. I could use some money because at
times we run out of Spam and are forced to survive on grubs and puddle
water until we get our food stamps at the beginning of the month. You
could really help me out, Moe.Eagerly awaiting your courteous response,
Lars G. Dingleberry
Birmingham, AL
I really hope I hear back from this guy. These are always fun. I’ll keep you posted.
This chart is pretty interesting, especially since it bodes well for the Butters.
Hey kids…sorry for the lack of posting since my return, but I’ve been crazy busy trying to catch up on things at work. For now, enjoy the hilarity:
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