TSU vs LSU vs Vanderbilt

( 20 - 24 Win )( 24 - 7 Win )

Alright Alright I know I've been slacking... buuuuut a funny thing happened on the way to the game last Saturday. Actually, it wasn't so funny. My car died (and has yet to be revived). So I missed last week's homecoming... although I wouldn't say I "missed" some parts of homecoming. I like the parade but I can do without the whole pagentry part.

Anyways my point is... I didn't go but I did get to watch it on TV at least although Tigervision sucks esp. on a big screen tv. So I was sitting on the couch, doodling some sketches for my sculpture class while watching splotches of color on a screen and thinking... I thought you were supposed to pick a team that you could dominate for homecoming?



TSU has suprised many teams in the past with great performances and that night proved to be one of those nights because the Tigers fell far short of dominating anyone except maybe the cheerleaders. DAMN YOU FOR NOT LETTING US WEAR OUR LUCKY WHITE JERSEYS!!!

I think Nick Saban chewed some people out in that locker room at half time... oh well... a W is a W.


Marcus Spears gets another sack

Moving on to a team I love to make fun of in every way possible... Vandy. How much does Vandy stink at football? Let us count the ways (which will probably take more time than counting the fans).

1. Walk around the Vanderbilt campus and you'll see no sign of school spirit, except for the banners hung by sororites who "love the Dores" but not enough to show up at games.

2. Most of the tailgaters are decked out in the opponents colors.

3. As the mighty Commodores sprint out of their tunnel to the roar of their fans, they are drowned out by the overwhelming cries of the visiting team's backers.

4. Even the rare goal-post tearing down moment has an empty feeling which brings me to the age old question: If a goalpost falls at Vandy, will anyone be there to see it?


Oh look... another touchdown.

*shrugs* win or loose, mostly the latter of those two options, they are the poster-childs of those who can't... shouldn't.

Now for highlights. Alley Broussard ran for 80 yards and a touchdown, spearheading a strong running game by LSU. Against Vanderbilt, LSU rushed for 273 yards. LSU, which was second in the SEC in passing at 249 yards a game, threw only 11 times for 102 yards against the Commodores. It was the fewest passes for LSU since the Tigers threw only nine times against Tulane on Nov. 27, 1980.


Seeing big yellow butts was a re-occuring theme for Vandy players.

The Commodores struggled against the Tigers' defense, ranked fifth in the nation. Skyler Green returned a punt 65 yards in the third quarter. Did anyone else hear the crunching on that huge hit the next play after that? I actually kinda felt bad for whoever that was.

Speaking of Skyler Green... Skyler the girls that were sitting behind me seriously want to have your babies... you should give them a call and procreate.


Loved this t-shirt... the fighting squirrels

Every game for the last two years my dad has written a poem after each game... I've never posted any of these "creative" expressions but today I shall. In his literary debut Ernest Daigle presents an ode to...

TROJAN MAN
For those who get lucky
Trojan Man tries to help make the night
Well, LSU got lucky
but this time, Trojan Man put up a fight
A sordid tale of defeat the Trojan Man began to spin
Whle LSU tried hard to give away a surefire win
Out of their sheath, the Tigers finally burst through
Longivity = 4 hard long quarters for our boys from LSU
Trojan Man, your plans were surely meant for our harm
but when the night was over, it was our Tigers who left Baton Rouge
Feeling sensations, of a victory, so nice and warm.

As I Mature

I've learned that you can not make someone love you. All you can do is stalk them and hope they panic and give in. (that one's for you Michael Adam Miller)

I've learned that no matter how much I show I care, some people are just assholes. (too many people to mention here)

I've learned that it takes years to build up trust, and it only takes suspicion, not proof, to destroy it. (don't I know it)

I've learned that you can get by on charm for about 15 minutes. After that, you'd better have a big willy or huge boobs. (What if you have both!!! EWWWW!!!)

I've learned that you shouldn't compare yourself to others since they tend to be more screwed up than you think. (cheerleaders with eating disorders for example)

I've learned that you can keep vomiting long after you think you're finished. (gratefully I haven't learned that yet)

I've learned that we are responsible for what we do, unless we are celebrities. (or you're cute and short)

I've learned that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades, and there had better be a lot of money to take its place. (or he knows how to cook)

I've learned that 99% of the time when something isn't workign in your house, one of your kids did it. (not applicable to me THANK GOD)

I've learned that the people you care most about in life are taken from you too soon and all the less important ones just never go away. (that's why I have a human-sized fly swatter)

I've learned that sometimes something good will happen... if not tough sh@t. (yeah i didn't write that one... or any of them for that matter)

Questionaire

1. WHATS ON YOUR MIND NOW?
I really should be doing something better on a Friday night.

2. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
Listening to some sarcastic frat boys dropouts overdub a Japanese gameshow.

3. COMPLETE THIS SENTENCE: THE WORLD NEEDS..
Mydol

4. MODEL OF YOUR CELLPHONE?
Sony Ericsson T616

5. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE?
The standard meal of a college student that costs 1/10th of a dollar.

6. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?
Scarlett

7. WHAT DO YOU DO DURING YOUR CHILL TIME?
Take a nap.

8. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
Chad... I don't remember what about at the moment... I just know he woke me up.

9. THE FIRST THING YOU THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU SEE THE OPPOSITE SEX?
Boxers or Briefs... juuuust kidding... I'm usually thinking about fluffy clouds.

10. AUTO OR MANUAL CAR?
Automatic... buuuuut it has a performance button. Unfortunately that's doing me absolutely NO good right now since my car is currently dead.

11. FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR?
The last day of a semester of school.

12. FAVORITE PLACE?
My bed.

13. FAVORITE SPORTS?
Football then hockey

14. DO U WEAR CONTACTS?
Yeah... people are very intriged by them. Glad to know the fact I'm blind as a bat sparks someones interest.

15. SIBLINGS AND THEIR AGES?
1 knucklehead older brother... the age depends on wether he's being a big baby or not but technically he's 24

16. THE COOLEST WAY YOU HAVE TO RELEASE PRESSURE?
Talk to Anna... there's something about talking to a bassett hound that really could care less about you unless you have food in your hand that is so comforting.

17. THINGS I HATE MOST?
Ignorace and selfishness

18. WHAT IS THE BEST THING ABOUT BEING A GIRL/ BOY?
All natural floatation devices... but are they worth the mood swings?

19. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY?
Happy... have you ever seen me watch a semi-scarey movie... its traumatizing

20. MY BEST FRIENDS ARE:
Just as odd as myself.

21. CHOCOLATES OR FLOWERS?
Flowers since I never buy them for myself and its nice to be splurged on every now and then *hint hint*... chocolate is a necessity.

22. WHEN IM STUCK IN A JAM..
I can usually weasel my way out of sticky situations.

23. Text OR Call...
Texting... I avoid actual conversation with most individuals.

24. IF YOU COULD TURN BACK TIME, YOU WOULD...
Not tried robbing that bank and use my tricycle as a "getaway car"

25. IN YOUR WALLET, YOU HAVE
Money, Identification, Debit Card, Credit Card, Miniature Diploma, Voters Registration, Blockbuster Card... NFL Schedule Foldout Card I skeefed from somebodys Sports Illustrated... absolutely no pictures.

26. WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN SAVER?
This thing called a flurry... its a multicolor mutating fireball thingie.

27. FAVORITE BOARD GAME/s?
Hungry Hungry Hippo... is that even technically a board game?

28. FAVORITE SMELLS?
That's kinda an odd question... I like candles although there are some stinky candles out there too. To all makers of candles... quit making stinky candles.

29. WHAT IS THE LAST THING YOU THINK OF BEFORE YOU GO TO SLEEP?
I'm gonna keep this G-rated and say... something other than what I really think of before I go to sleep... puppies.

30. THINGS I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT
electrical outlets, pillows, hot chocolate, toothbrush... this could go on forever...

31. YOUR FAVOURITE QUOTE??
Anything from Monty Python or Office Space.

on special note I made the list on my friend Jeff's favorite quotations with my infamous "I wonder what beaver taste like" statement I made at Bible Study

Quotes about Beer

Sometimes when I reflect on all the beer I drink I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn't drink this beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. I think, "It is better to drink this beer and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver."
-- Babe Ruth

24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not.
-- H. L. Mencken

When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. So, let's all get drunk and go to heaven!
-- George Bernard Shaw

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
-- Benjamin Franklin

Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza.
-- Dave Barry   

BEER: HELPING UGLY PEOPLE HAVE SEX SINCE 3000 B.C.!
-- W. C. Fields   

Remember "I"! before "E", except in Budweiser.
-- Professor Irwin Corey

To some it's a six-pack, to me it's a "support group." Salvation in a can!
-- Leo Durocher

One night at Cheers, Cliff Clavin explained the "Buffalo Theory" to his buddy Norm:
"Well ya see, Norm, it's like this. A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine! That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers."

Look Maw! Elevation!

This is me...



and this is my trip to Nashville, Tennessee...

First time in an airplane in twelve years... let me tell you
I was a little bit nervous. I packed way too much for
one person, but I didn't realize it until I was dragging it
around the airport in New Orleans. Its a small price to pay
for 4 days relaxation with no strings attatched.

Anyways, got there on a Tuesday evening... went to sleep *wooohooo* soooo exciting I know... but I was tired.


Yeah there's a guitar going through my head...

Didn't do too much while I was there... couldn't... I was poor.
That's okay, Nashville was still a beautiful place to walk around
and last time I checked walking was free.


A funny thing happened on the way to the Parthenon

That's my favorite picture... some columns... yada yada I know
it may seem boring but its a beautiful picture. That was taken at
the art museum in the city park, a to-scale replica of the Parthenon
in Greece... way cool. I called my mom while I was there and told
her that I was at the Parthenon because I decided to go to Greece...
her response "but honey, I thought you were in Nashville,
why did you go to Greece"... sometimes its too easy hehe


I know its crooked... downtown Nashville.

In this picture you can see the "infamous" batman building.
Its just a building with pointy ears that apparently Bellsouth
inhabits. From a distance this building stands out on the skyline
and it really does look like the batman costume Val Kimler used
to wear... upon further inspection I compared it to a transformer,
which is like the god of all old-school cartoons, and another
friend said it reminded him of a truck... so I'm guessing the
correct answer to this "what is it?" question is... all of the above.


Home of the Tennessee Titans

That's a very nice stadium...


Hard Rock Cafe

And thats a spinning guitar in front of a very nice stadium...



and THIS is where the hockey team would be playing if there was such a thing as a hockey team playing hockey right now *ugh*



I just put up this picture cause it has Gumby and Pokie in it :)


Thats a rockin' fiberglass horse.

Speaking of fiberglass... I've never seen more fiberglass Elvises in my life... I mean really what's that obsession all about. Anyways that's the Wild Horse Saloon. Downtown Nashville has plenty of hole-in-the-wall places that are institutions in the music industry. Everybody famous has at one time played here or there or somewhere in the vicinity. Music row, where aspiring nobodies take their demo-tapes to hopefully become somebodies, looks like an ordinary street in the garden district of Baton Rouge. Its really quite boring yet somehow not.

One thing that isn't so boring... basements! These people have real basements... I've yet to see a basement though (we don't have basements in Louisiana... we can't even bury our dead underground in some places cause of the shifting of the soggy earth)


I got the blues.

Somebody once told me that the home of blues was recently moved from Memphis to Baton Rouge. My question is... why? Nobody in Baton Rouge knows this... which is unfortunate because I've really grown to appreciate certain genre's of music that I didn't when I was younger such as Jazz and Blues and Classical and all that good stuff. One genre I'll probably never be able to "appreciate" is country... I'm not sure why but it just irritates me... all that and I go to Nashville for a vacation... so ironic.

The one thing I learned from this trip... them peoples in Tennesse love waffles... there's a Waffle House every 5 feet I swear...

Doggie

The family princess... Anna... she smells like a cheesepuff

Wal-Mart is the Devil

Sculpture Project

Cynthia Daigle


Sara Rounds

States Ranked: Smartest to Dumbest

The smartest state in the union for the second consecutive year is Massachusetts.
The dumbest, for the third year in a row, is New Mexico.

These are the findings of the Education State Rankings, a survey by Morgan Quitno Press of hundreds of public school systems in all 50 states. States were graded on a variety of factors based on how they compare to the national average. These included such positive attributes as per-pupil expenditures, public high school graduation rates, average class size, student reading and math proficiency, and pupil-teacher ratios. States received negative points for high drop-out rates and physical violence.

Top Ten:
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Vermont
New Jersey
Wisconsin
New York
Minnesota
Iowa
Pennsylvania
Montana

11-20:
Maine
Virginia
Nebraska
New Hampshire
Kansas
Wyoming
Indiana
Maryland
North Dakota
Ohio

21-30:
Colorado
South Dakota
Rhode Island
Illinois
North Carolina
Missouri
Delaware
Utah
Idaho
Washington

31-40:
Michigan
South Carolina
Texas and West Virginia (tie)
Oregon
Arkansas
Kentucky
Georgia
Florida
Oklahoma

Bottom Ten:
Tennessee
Hawaii
California
Alabama
Alaska
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arizona
Nevada
New Mexico

Tech Support Annoyances

Click Here to view a very funny flash animation concerning the outsourcing of American jobs by greedy corperations. WARNING: lots of explicatives.

Adam says - "That is soooo you."

... and he's right... this is exactly how I sound on the phone with tech support... especially when it gets to the part where I basically give myself the solution to the problem and the guy is like *ummmm yeah sure that will work*

http://www.illwillpress.com/tech.html

on a special note: Apple's tech support (the one exclusion to Tech Support Annoyances) rocks my world... they are gods

Holy Hamburger Batman!

I got this hamburger in Franklin Tennessee. Now why, may you ask, is this hamburger of bun, meat, cheese, ketchup, repeated with a topper bun on top blog worthy? BECAUSE it was the size of my friggin head that's why! It literally took me three attempts, completely seperate meals, to put that thing away. See that ketchup bottle in the background... that wasn't a little bit further down the table... that full-sized bottle was right next to that monster for size comparison. The toothpick that was stuck all the way through was at least 7 to 8 inches long... thats right... longer than the average *ahem* of the American male. That's some serious hamburgerness...

Neon Annoyances

I saw this car in the residential parking lot at LSU on my way to class. I found it so humorous that I had to turn back around and pull out my cameraphone and take a picture.

I'm not sure why people feel like they have to play dress-up with their Dodge Neons. I admit, I drive a 95 Saturn SL2, and although my car is in excellent condition, I don't make it to be more than what it is. It will never be, even in my dreams, anything close to an Italian import, so why pretend with body-kits and spinners.

Although this isn't an example of the annoying practice of buying a $9,000 car and then doing $15,000 worth of upgrades on it... it is an example of what not to do with a random spoiler lying around. I wish you could see it on this picture... but the entire hood, roof, and trunk area is completely rusted... maybe the spoiler offsets the reduction in speed from all the rust *shrugs*

LSU vs Florida

( 24 - 21 Win )

I hear Florida's coach, Ron Zook, isn't sleeping too well lately especially since since Saturday's 24-21 home loss to LSU, which practically elimnated Florida's chance for a conference title while practically guaranteeing LSU another chance at the SEC Championship.


The best "seats" in the house.

If it weren't for my 7th sense of being able to predict football games (if I was the betting kind I'd be filthy rich) I would have been having a heart attack. It couldn't have been more dramatic. Luckily for me, I've had an easy feeling the entire week that we would somehow win this game. Fumbles, interceptions, injuries and many many annoying penalties. The refs were missing calls against Florida and a few cheap shots the Florida players didn't get away with just proved that Florida has always played a little dirty, literally kicking the other team (or stepping on them) while they are down.

The Gators led 21-17 with about two minutes to play Saturday, but the Tigers drove 50 yards for the go-ahead score with little resistance. Not only did LSU rebound from an embarrassing 45-16 loss at Georgia last week, it also overcame a 21-7 deficit, three turnovers and the loss of starting quarterback JaMarcus Russell against Florida.

"We had to get humiliated," LSU coach Nick Saban said. "Sometimes, especially with young players -- just like your puppy dog -- you have to rub their nose in it. We got our nose rubbed in it, and we responded the right way and I'm really proud of that."



We've been embarrassed before and by the Gators at that. I remember their win against us, our only loss last season, in Tiger Stadium.

So what made the difference between a LSU team that should have won last year and didn't and a LSU team that did win this year that shouldn't have... well that's easy... I had on my lucky lavendar underwear.

The Year 1904

[100 years ago]

The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47 years.

Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. had a bathtub.

Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.

A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars.

There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S., and only 144 miles of paved roads.

The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.

Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than California.

With a mere 1.4 million residents, California was only the 21st most populous state in the Union.

The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower.

The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents an hour.

The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year.

A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.

More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. took place at home.

Sugar cost just four cents a pound.  Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen. Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.

Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo.

Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people from entering the country for any reason.

The five leading causes of death in the U.S. were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke

The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii, and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet.

The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was 30!!!

Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented.

There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.

Two of 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or write. Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.

Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at corner drugstores. According to one pharmacist, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health." (Shocking!)

Eighteen percent of households in the U.S. had at least one full-time servant or domestic.

There were only about 230 reported murders in the entire U.S.

Fortune Cookie

"Don't wait for others to open the right doors for you"

Why didn't I get this little scrap of wisdom from a deliciously fancy-bended wafer earlier... its always kinda weird how they seem to be timed so perfectly... and I don't even LIKE chinese food. Anyways, all I can say is my doors are opening and I feel great about the light that's streaming through.

A Day On The Water

My good friend Lenny just bought a boat so he invited Katy and myself down to the bayou to spend a day in the sun. Katy and I immediately agreed on instituting the "no swimsuit" rule. On the way down to Stevensville... it couldn't go unoticed the abundance of roadkill... thanks Katy... I was rather comfortable being oblivious to that fact ;) Anyways had a great time... here are some pictures.


Katy


Lenny


Lenny


Lenny's Friend

Quotation - The Scarlet Letter

"It may serve, let us hope, to symbolise some sweet moral blossom that may be found along the track, or relieve the darkening close of a tale of human frailty and sorrow."

The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne 1846

Quotation - A Season In Hell

"To whom shall I hire myself out? What beast should I adore? What holy image is attacked? What hearts shall I break? What lies should I uphold? In what blood tread?"

A Season in Hell, Arthur Rimbaud 1961

Confession

I love you... I love the memories I have with you and everything that is you... I miss you... with all my heart... no one or nothing could replace you...

LSU vs Georgia

(16 - 45 Loss)

Every dawg has its day... and the Georgia Bulldogs were drooling to get back at LSU for the embarrasment last year. My opinion is that it really isn't revenge at all because LSU is a completely different team that it was last year... which could explain why the Tigers seemed to tuck their tails and run. Once again, I have only myself to blame... I was actually watching the game wearing a red shirt and NOT my lucky fuzzy tiger tail... and I didn't even realize it until the game was over.



The Golden Band from Tigerland


The most intense part of the Pre-Game show


Tigerband forms "LSU" on the field


The Drumline

Making You Think A Little

There were 39 combat related killings in Iraq during the month of January. In the fair city of Detroit there were 35 murders in the month of January.  That's just one American city, about as deadly as the entire war torn country of Iraq.

When some claim President Bush shouldn't have started this war, state the following ..
FDR led us into World War II. Germany never attacked us: Japan did. From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost, an average of 112,500 per year.
Truman...finished that war and started one in Korea, North Korea never attacked us. From 1950-1953, 55,000 lives were lost, an average of 18,334 per year.
John F. Kennedy...started the Vietnam conflict in 1962. Vietnam never attacked us.
Johnson...turned Vietnam into a quagmire. From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost, an average of 5,800 per year.
Clinton...went to war in Bosnia without UN or French consent, Bosnia never attacked us. He was offered Osama bin Laden's head on a platter three times by Sudan and did nothing. Osama has attacked us on multiple occasions.

In the two years since terrorists attacked us President Bush has:
liberated two countries, crushed the Taliban,crippled al-Qaida, put nuclear inspectors in Libya, Iran and North Korea without firing a shot, and captured a terrorist who slaughtered 300,000 of his own people.

The Democrats are complaining about how long the war is taking, but...It took less time to take Iraq than it took Janet Reno to take the Branch Davidian compound. That was a 51-day operation.
We've been looking for evidence of chemical weapons in Iraq for less time than it took Hillary Clinton to find the Rose Law Firm billing records.
It took less time for the 3rd Infantry Division and the Marines to destroy the Medina Republican Guard than it took Ted Kennedy to call the police after his Oldsmobile sank at Chappaquiddick.
It took less time to take Iraq than it took to count the votes in Florida.

Our Commander-In-Chief is doing a GREAT JOB! The military morale is high! The biased media hopes we are too ignorant to realize the facts.

Some people still don't understand why military personnel do what they do for a living. This exchange between Senators John Glenn and Senator Howard Metzenbaum is worth reading. Not only is it a pretty impressive impromptu speech, but it's also a good example of one man's explanation of why men and women in the armed services do what they do for a living. This IS a typical, though sad, example of what some who have never served think of the military.

Senator Metzenbaum to Senator Glenn:
"How can you run for Senate when you've never held a real job?"

Senator Glenn: "I served 23 years in the United States Marine Corps. I served through two wars. I flew 149 missions. My plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire on 12 different occasions. I was in the space program. It wasn't my checkbook, Howard; it was my life on the line. It was not a nine-to-five job, where I took time off to take the daily cash receipts to the bank. I ask you to go with me ... as I went the other day... to a veteran's hospital and look those men - with their mangled bodies - in the eye, and tell THEM they didn't hold a job! You go with me to the Space Program at NASA and go, as I have gone, to the widows and orphans of Ed White, Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee... and you look those kids in the eye and tell them that their DADS didn't hold a job. You go with me on Memorial Day and you stand in Arlington National Cemetery, where I have more friends buried than I'd like to remember, and you watch those waving flags. You stand there, and you think about this nation, and you tell ME that those people didn't have a job? I'll tell you, Howard Metzenbaum; you should be on your knees every day of your life thanking God that there were some men - SOME MEN - who held REAL jobs. And they required a dedication to a purpose - and a love of country and a dedication to duty - that was more important than life itself. And their self-sacrifice is what made this country possible. I HAVE held a job, Howard! What about you?" For those who don't remember - During W.W.II, Howard Metzenbaum was an attorney representing the Communist Party in the USA.

"I Love Animals"

Today a friend of mine turned 27. Steven called me Saturday, midday, to invite me to join him and several other friends at a local resturant in celebration. I told him that I would tell Chad and that we would see him there. So I get ready after the game (see LSU vs Florida) and drive out to Baton Rouge to the resturant. I give ole' Steven a call while standing around outside and ask "Hey, where are you guys at?" and in a rather Eyoreish type of mumbling he said that he was at home.

Everyone said they were busy so he was just sitting around all depressed.

I was like... "but I told you I would be here... goober"... apparently he hadn't heard me say that. Anyways, I spent 15 minutes making him a birthday card and he was gonna get it gosh dern it.

So I said that he better get ready for some company then I stopped at the store to get a little cake and some candles, a little schmirnoff, and a really cheesy girly movie.

The trio was complete when M.A.M showed up... the fire hazarad (aka birthday cake) was good... I was totally embarrased about a wayward text message (twice)... and the movie... lol I can't believe those guys actually sat through that super-cheese without chocking me for getting it. I got seriously violated with an oil check while talking with Katy... that makes two paybacks waiting for Mr. Miller.

Well anyways, I hope it cheered him up... wish I could have gotten the little dump-truck candles. (Steven wants to sell his pretty red Acura for a DUMP TRUCK.. that's right ladies... you think you're gonna be getting the "sex-machine" but no... the carriage that awaits you will be a notorious rock thrower... oh what visions of romance)

"I don't like sports, so I just hang around with my pets all day... I love animals" ... whatcha trying to tell me Steven... *wink* Happy Birthday my friend.

John Kerry is Brilliant

John Kerry meets with the Queen of England. He asks her, "Your Majesty, how do you run such an efficient government? Are there any tips you can give to me?"

"Well," says the Queen, "the most important thing is to surround yourself with intelligent people." Kerry frowns. "But how do I know the people around me are really intelligent?" The Queen takes a sip of tea. "Oh, that's easy. You just ask them to answer an intelligent riddle."

The Queen pushes a button on her intercom. "Please send Tony Blair in here, would you?" Tony Blair walks into the room. "Yes, my Queen?"

The Queen smiles. "Answer me this, please, Tony. Your mother and father have a child. It is not your brother and it is not your sister. Who is it?" Without pausing for a moment, Tony Blair answers, "That would be me." "Yes! Very good," says the Queen.

Kerry goes back home to ask John Edwards, his vice presidential choice the same question. "John. Answer this for me. Your mother and your father have a child. It's not your brother and it's not your sister. Who is it?" "I'm not sure," says John Edwards. "Let me get back to you on that one."

Edwards goes to his advisors and asks every one, but none can give him an answer. Finally, he ends up in the men's room and recognizes Colin Powell's shoes in the next stall. Edwards shouts, "Colin! Can you answer this for me? Your mother and father have a child and it's not your brother or your sister. Who is it?" Colin Powell yells back, "That's easy. It's me!"

Edwards smiles, and says, "Thanks!" Then, Edwards goes back to speak with Kerry. "Say, I did some research and I have the answer to that riddle. It's Colin Powell."

Kerry gets up, stomps over to John Edwards, and angrily yells into his face, "No, you idiot! It's Tony Blair!"

MAY GOD BE WITH US ALL DURING THIS ELECTION.