Congratulations to Tim Lincecum on his Cy Young

Congratulations to Tim Lincecum on his Cy Young.
That's a pretty awesome achievement!
However, I just don't seem to care as much as I did, last year.
It's not because he smoked pot or had pot.
It's not because he looks scary like Severus Snape.
It's because he's probably having plenty of fun enjoying his life and working hard, and doesn't really *Need* additional sympathies from me; I've got some other interests more in the forefront now.
But still - Yay, Tim Lincecum! I hope you get the salary you are dreaming of. :-)

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Oldie posted October 5, 2008

Communication to my boss

Title: Federal Governmal, or Govern-Malathion, or Federal Govern via Malathion or Similar (FG-MoS)

"Federal Governmal", as I define it, is the bad or improper governing of the People by the agencies that are Supposed To Be Watching and Protecting the Masses.

No Wait - Let's rename it "Govern-Malathion". Government by Malathion against the people - or by whatever current neurotoxic agent they are now spraying on our agriculture and our non-agricultural plants.

I very humbly and respectfully ask for a minute - [an hour?!] - of your time - on Monday morning?

No weapons - no threats - soft words - respect - humility - remorse. (At least, that's what I'll bring to the table.)

You were absolutely spot-on about quite a few things, that I was too ignorant and green to see. I still want to, and must, thank you for the advanced training in partly-unseen threats against my life on the mean streets.

Even if we never speak again, I just wanted to try to make amends for, or at least apologize for, like 95% of my asshole behavior during the month of September 2008.

At Saturday night at around 9:30, while in the shower, I had something like a "cleansing moment" and a lightning-flash realization, and I next came to believe that throughout September 2008, I have been repeatedly dosed with PCP, acid, or maybe something like parathion (neorotoxic anti-agricultural agent used by local Santa Cruz-area federales and agricultural attached agencies against the growth and productivity of 420 and weeds). I got this way Only by repeated hiking through the hills and redwoods near Santa Cruz!!!

I like to stomp up and down the hills for fitness training - should I Really have to pay for that desire, through my getting an acquired neurological disorder? I think not!!! I think someone, or some agency, should be made to pay for my time and inconvenience and health bills, and said government agency or agricultural agency should be made to stop spraying weeds with toxic chemicals. On all levels: How do these anti-weed chemicals leach into our drinking water - the same water that we are pretty sure that cows haven't urinated into, because it's up a burly, densely tree-populated slope? These slopes are Not out of simple range of helicopters and agricultural Cessnas.

I would respectfully ask you to consider a 9:00 a..m. business meeting, for 1 minute to 1 hour (?) of your time, and perhaps the time of a few of your most-trusted associates who haven't hosed you yet and who think may work well on your team. I believe I May be on to something F-ing huge here.

If you never speak to me again, I want to give you and your boys a potentially massively huge class-action suit against the Federal government. You could possibly take this one all the way to the Supreme Court, if you guys wanted your Kato Kaelin 15 minutes of fame - or you could stop at the city or state level, after you got your 15 acres of redwooded hillside awarded to you by the local government agency with the deepest pockets ...

... to pay you for the decrease in your health through the repeated exposure to neurotoxins by having to camp among parathion-sprayed weeds (and the smoking of parathion-drenched
Weed?! That's a whole 'nuther story!) That's one about the domicile-unencumbered individuals.

Too bad the government has no money, and almost never pays ... You might all get your 15 minutes of fame and a comfortable living out of it, still ...

Maybe you guys would rather keep me out of it - and maybe that's the way you want to go - so you could meet at the law library sometime, independent of me, and start mapping out your legal strategies. You have a fine mind, drive and determination, and Can of course easily do that. But I also have a fine mind, and a Very Different skill set than the one you possess - though I have to admit I have lesser interest in this matter than you guys might, and I just really wanted to throw a potentially big bone your way, out of respect for who you and your friends are, and how you live your lives.

I'd like to think I would have been even More respectful to you, and humble and kind-hearted towards you, had I not been dosed repeatedly with some form of neurotoxin or some party chemical that I didn't know about. I Think I know the source, in my case, and I wish to F that I could have heard what you were trying to tell me (your warning) at the time ... but I didn't ... oh well, F me.

Trust and respect, and have the best F-ing life ever. I wish you much health and contentment.

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In Boredom, I Turn To The Television

So when I'm bored, which happens to be a lot of the time these days, I turn to the television. Lots of pretty good shows this time around.


I've got some of my new favorites. What are some of your favorites?

New for me is Flash Forward and Modern Family!!

Autumn

So autumn is almost here. It's my favorite season. It reminds me of football, especially college football. I always loved watching the Mountaineers on those Saturdays, when my friends and I would forgo studying and just be football fans for a day.

What sort of memories does the change in season elicit in you?

Happy New Year

What are your New Year's resolutions?

I am trying to come up with something that I am not going to break. I thought about eating more fruit and vegetables, less chips and fast food. But that was quickly broken. I also thought about exercising more...and with that I've had more success (such as taking the stairs rather than the elevator) and using the treadmill. I have also thought about ways to make myself a better person.

I will try to keep these resolutions. I do know that by the end of February, most of them will have been forgotten, only to resurface again with the stroke of midnight next year (and then I will feel some remorse or regret).

So tell me, what are your resolutions?

Happy Thanksgiving

Hello everyone. Happy Thanksgiving...

And why is our post entries so far below the title page? I'm not computer saavy enough to fix it, so someone that is part of group please fix it!! Please....please...please...please....please!!

And have a Happy Thanksgiving, while you are fixing it...anyone? anyone? anyone?

Thanks and have a Happy Thanksgiving!

my first post

INTRO: My name is Chad I'm from Ohio I just turned 37 and I have a lovely wife and 7 year old daughter. For those of you who don't know me I'm friends with the "Design Goddess".

OK I've been lurking for months now and figure it's time for me to post since I'm 37 years old and I tried something new today.

Of course my first post would have to be about food! Today I tried Pad Thai for the first time. I have two words for it "SIMPLY INCREDIBLE". I can't believe as much as I like Japanese, Chinese, and food in general that I haven't tried this stuff before now. Generally I get some sort of chicken dish (General Tso's) when I go to restaurants that serve Chinese and Thai.

OK that pretty much sums up what I did or didn't do at work today. I ate. That is pretty much always the highlight of my boring, mindless, unrewarding days at my workplace. They do however pay me so I suppose I'll keep showing up to my might as well be stealing from the State of Ohio job.

So you're comment homework is to tell me your favorite Japanese, Chinese, Thai or for that matter any type of dish.