Gehrke Creek

Justice Department threatens to sue SIUC over White Male discrimination

2005-11-21T19:04:00.000-05:00

The Justice Department is threatening to sue the University of Southern Illinois because of discrimination against whites and male. Only 12 percent of the 129 fellowships awarded since 2000 have been given to Caucasians, and all white recipients have been women.

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Gehrke Creek Fucked up

2005-09-25T13:29:00.000-04:00

I don't know what I did to the Creek but I screwed something up. So I am going to fix it next chance I get, just be patient please.

Link: She went th back route

2005-09-22T18:45:00.000-04:00

That has gotta be unpleasant.
Police extract stolen mobile from woman's posterior | The Register

Practice this morning and Class

2005-09-22T13:01:00.000-04:00

Practice this morning sucked. The boat was never set and I probably
didn't take a single powerful full good stroke. It was very
frustrating at the least. It was defintely not Varsity rowing, more
like high school freshman rowing.

We are going to be having a BBQ after practice on saturday. We
initially expected to be tailgating Baker Blast but with Queen
Murphy effectively ending all fun, we are just going to BBQ. I am
not going to be going to our football game and I hope no one else
at Columbia does either.

Today is a 12k. It has been awhile since I have done a 6k but am
exciting to be getting back on the erg. At least on the erg, stupid
sophomores can't fuck up the set and ruin my row.

Of to class..

More Space Elavator Stuff

2005-09-21T22:26:00.000-04:00

Space Elevator: Wake up, NASA!

Glenn Reynold’s latest Tech Central Station article is interesting, but doesn’t go into much detail on the feasibility and benefits to get going on it.

I personally think NASA is acting stupid in the way only a big bureaucracy can by suggesting we spend 100 billion dollars and use 40 year-old Apollo-style rockets to get us to the moon and Mars. How can their engineers be motivated to get out of bed in the morning to work on such a small-minded plan which does nothing more than get us 4 men back on the moon in 13 years?!

and another article

Is This the Right Way to Return to the Moon?
I wonder, then, if the money wouldn't be better spent on things that have a higher likelihood of delivering those, like space elevators. As I mentioned in an earlier column, space elevator technology promises drastically reduced costs to orbit (from which, as Robert Heinlein famously observed, you're halfway to anywhere in the solar system in terms of energy) and it looks as if we could build a working space elevator -- or several -- within the $100 billion pricetag and over the same time frame.

Columbia shoots itself in the foot..

2005-09-21T14:42:00.000-04:00

First read this.

At first, it just seemed like the kind of inexplainably bad, head-shakingly inept decision that Columbia administrations are legendary for making. But now, the Athletic Department has taken its stupidity—and I don’t use that word lightly—to a whole new level.

Then read this.

As Saturday’s game with Duquesne approaches, so does Baker Blast, the annual celebration of the first home football game of the season.

Conceived in 1991 by the athletics department as a way to build school spirit, encourage attendance at home football games, and support Columbia sports teams, Baker Blast has traditionally been followed by a night football game. This year, in an effort to boost attendance and student support, the new associate athletic director for sports marketing, Barry Neuberger, has made several changes to the festivities.

Now ask yourself, how a make a school that already has problems with attendence at athletic games can shoot itself in the foot. According to the second article, last year only 2,000 fans showed up to Baker Blast. I would venture to say that 60% were Fraternity members and alumni. Now takes those two groups and alienate them by making it harder to tailgate. Columbia wants to increase attendence. THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO DO IT. This is the way to decrease attendence. Am I going to go? I will probably go to our BBQ, but leave afterward to come back to campus. What fun is it watching your team suck (like only Columbia can suck) while sober. It is much more fun to drink and let the booze fill you with a false sense of hope that your Blue and White might pull it out. I don't really care about Columbia's football team. To me they are only a bunch of guys who are smaller than 90% of the crew team that get 250% more than we do for funding. Before they were a reason to drink and have fun while faking that we were a real football school like VA Tech, BC, or maybe even USC. But now they are a nuisance. This weekend is going to be less like Baker Blast and more like the death knell of Columbia sports.

Link: FHM Complimentary Subscription Form

2005-09-21T14:11:00.000-04:00

Want a free subscription to FHM. Sign up! You should know that you are allowing some media company (m2mediagroup) to track your interests. But who cares about selling your soul if you get to stare at hot chicks with little clothing. FHM Complimentary Subscription Form

Link: Nike's MaxSight

2005-09-21T14:09:00.000-04:00

Tinted contact lenses for sports is a fucking cool idea. Instead of wearing sun glasses that fog up when you are sweaty, to stare at your opponent and have him think, "What they fuck! That dude's eyes are red/black." No word on price though and whether you can get them in prescription.

That old addiction is back...

2005-09-20T15:47:00.000-04:00

It seems that it has happened again. I have become addicted to
working out. When you work out you create small tears in the muscle
that you are working, millions of tears. Your body releases
endorphines to block the pain caused my these millions of tears. If
you work out with regularity you can become addicted to these
endorphins and a day without them can make you feel depressed and
withdrawn. I have a second workout today but because of class I
can't do it till 530. It is only 330 and I already feel withdrawal.
All I want to do is sit on the erg and pull. 10k (today's workout)
isn't much but it is enough to sate my addiction. At least for 12
hours, before I am back on the water tomorrow morning.

Link: Where is the International Space Station right now?

2005-09-20T11:19:00.000-04:00

The international space station is our first feeble attempt to reach the stars, something I think needs to be a big part of our future as humans. This page tells you exactly where the ISS is at this very moment. Where is it now?

Link: A New Era of Space Exploration

2005-09-19T15:40:00.000-04:00

Last week I blogged about NASA getting some 18 Billion dollars to put us back on the moon. Here is what they are planning. I think it looks vaguely familiar to what we had back in the day when Kennedy sent the Apollo missions to the moon.

A New Era of Space Exploration

Link: Iron Hyman

2005-09-19T14:25:00.000-04:00

That's right protect your naughty bits from vile impure thoughts, and listen to these tips and testimonials from the people at ironhymen.

"Watch out, boys! Because thanks to Iron Hymen, my baby cave is better guarded than a maximum security prison – even one ringed with electrified razorwire and a crocodile-infested moat!"

"God designed a boy's privates as part sword, part battering-ram, to joyously stab and hammer you with on the magical night you begin your life-long tethering to the man who'll liberate you from the drudgery of ever having to make your own decisions – except when to have a headache or give an "I don't like this" bite."

Link: What you get for wearing an iPod!

2005-09-19T10:13:00.000-04:00

I think iPods are making people more introverted. This website Worth1000.com is having a contest remixing old propaganda posters. This one caught my eye.

Link: Can this man save the world?

2005-09-18T19:33:00.000-04:00

I hope that this is true and in a couple years we will be seeing this in every car.

Joe Williams Sr. believes he has the machine that will help save the world. It will make the sky blue, allow everyone to breathe easier, and, in a time of skyrocketing fuel prices, save us all money.

Read on

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Link: Fetus Trucks

2005-09-18T11:25:00.000-04:00

It seems that the way to get people to say no to abortion or pro choice is to put pictures of aborted fetuses on trucks. take a look

Link: Back to the Moon

2005-09-16T22:00:00.000-04:00

While this is a step in the right direction, we are taking steps backwards. We have been to the moon before, back in the fucking 60's (or was it the 50's). Anyways while this is the right move, we need to spend this money wisely. NASA is not really known for its parsimonious spending. They are going to waste this money on stupid overly expensive shit. They need to use it to fund private space venture that can return a profit. The second someone makes a profit in space EVERYONE is going to be out there. NASA to unveil plan for moon mission in 2018 - Space.com - MSNBC.com

Why typing failure into Google gets you George Bush

2005-09-16T21:54:00.000-04:00

If you do a Google search on the word [failure] or the phrase [miserable failure], the top result is currently the White House’s official biographical page for President Bush. We've received some complaints recently from users who assume that this reflects a political bias on our part. I'd like to explain how these results come up in order to allay these concerns.

Google's search results are generated by computer programs that rank web pages in large part by examining the number and relative popularity of the sites that link to them. By using a practice called googlebombing, however, determined pranksters can occasionally produce odd results. In this case, a number of webmasters use the phrases [failure] and [miserable failure] to describe and link to President Bush's website, thus pushing it to the top of searches for those phrases. We don't condone the practice of googlebombing, or any other action that seeks to affect the integrity of our search results, but we're also reluctant to alter our results by hand in order to prevent such items from showing up. Pranks like this may be distracting to some, but they don't affect the overall quality of our search service, whose objectivity, as always, remains the core of our mission.
The Google Blog Page

FIX FIREFOX

2005-09-16T16:59:00.000-04:00

Unlike Internet Explorer, when a security flaw is found Firefox doesn't hide and ignore it. I tell all my freinds and readers to use Firefox. A couple of weeks ago they found a flaw that allows execution of arbitrary code with exceptionally long URLs. To fix this please read this page.

I was stupid and fixed the flaw in my own browser but should have let y'all know so you can fix yours.

My Spiffy New Sweater

2005-09-15T19:50:00.000-04:00

Columbia has this stupid idea that giving out free stuff after every
year will keep athletes from quitting. Well I love it. Causa I ain't
quitting and I get free shit. After frosh year I got a felt number (like
a varsity letter), after soph year I got a free athletic bag, and now
after Junior year I got a free sweater. This ain't any old sweater this
is a real Ivy League Sweater, white with a nice blue C in the middle.
Pure Ivy League. I will put up a picture next chance I get.

Daily Shit

2005-09-15T11:40:00.000-04:00

Daily Shit.

Here are some links a shit.

I built my own PVR this summer out of Caryn’s old college computer. I used Linux and MythTV. I didn’t bring it to school because I would not have gotten any work done.

Now that TiVo has sold out its customers to the entertainment industry (your TiVo will auto-delete your stored programs if the rightsholder wants to, despite the fact that there is no legal right under copyright to limit home recordings' shelf-lives), you should be looking for an alternative PVR.

Why your computer is so expensive.

Though Pentium 4s can sell for up to $637, Intel's average cost for making a chip comes to $40, according to a report from analysts In-Stat. Read More.

Einstein was the shit.
Albert Einstein's greatest theory - general relativity - has passed its toughest test with the help of two exotic stars that orbit each other at speeds of 621,000 mph. Read More.

The New Zealand government is trying to shut this down.
A DIY Cruise Missile

Expect it to suck for awhile. Game developers usually take years to get used to a new system. Beating Rivals, Microsoft's Xbox 360 Is Expected Nov. 22

This shit is the door to the Universe.
Space Elevator Gets FAA LiftThe LiftPort Group, the space elevator companies, announced September 9 that it has received a waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to use airspace to conduct preliminary tests of its high altitude robotic “lifters.” The lifters are early prototypes of the technology that the company is developing for use in its commercial space elevator to ferry cargo back and forth into space. The tests, which are planned for early fall, will simulate a working space elevator by launching a model elevator “ribbon” attached to moored balloon initially up to a mile high. The robotic lifters will then be tested in their ability to climb up and down the free-hanging ribbon, marking the first-ever test of this technology in the development of the space elevator concept. According to Michael Laine, president of the LiftPort Group in Bremerton, Washington, the FAA go-ahead is a “critical step” in the ultimate developing of the group’s LiftPort Space Elevator concept. -- Leonard David

Google Blog Search: Gehrke Creek

2005-09-14T15:22:00.000-04:00

Google has a new search tool out that searches blogs. Here is the already super infamous Gehrke Creek results. Google Blog Search: gehrke creek

What do you get when you enter "failure" into Google

2005-09-14T15:10:00.000-04:00

Take a look, its funny.
failure - Google Search

Link: American Censorship

2005-09-14T15:06:00.000-04:00

George Bush's government is responsible for more censoryship than anybody I can remember. This is fucking America, MY fucking America and I don't like this censorship crap. As bodies recovered, reporters are told 'no photos, no stories'

I love morning practice

2005-09-14T14:43:00.000-04:00

I love morning practice

Today we had morning practice, our second of the year. Unfortunately we are only going to get three in this week. Bullshit and bullshit keeps getting in our way. Tuesday morning we had a erg test (basically because our coach had a meeting), tomorrow morning we have a eligibility meeting. So out of the possible 5 days of practice this week, we are only on the water for three.

Today our second workout was a 10k. Nothing hard just heart rate stuff. The key to heart rate shit is to do it right, and that is also the hardest part. Why pull 1:58’s when you know you can pull 1:56’s. Well when you pull those 1:56’s your heart rate jumps up 10 beats and your body wears out more and doesn’t have time to recover before your next workout. This leads to over-training and injury.

Link: Curing Obesity through Sterility

2005-09-13T23:21:00.000-04:00

Since I took a nap and I usually don't, I am having trouble falling asleep.

Curing Obesity through Sterility: California 's Controversial Program Under the Microscope "Beginning last November, the city of San Francisco began a program whereupon clinically obese men between the ages of 18 and 55 could undergo a procedure whereupon approximately 1/2 an inch is removed from each vas and the ends are sealed - commonly referred to as a vasectomy - completely free of charge. The overwhelming turnout led the State of California to follow suit, and now California is the first state in the Union to offer state-funded vasectomies to men who have been diagnosed as obese."

Link: Family Guy meets Sin City

2005-09-13T21:25:00.000-04:00

Some dude took Family Guy clips and played around with the colors and other stuff.
Take a look

Wrap up

2005-09-13T18:58:00.000-04:00

Wrap up

Well everyone, my busy day is at a closing. Tuesdays and Thursdays, I have 3 classes in a row. And this morning’s erg test just added to the fun. Not that it is coming to a close I have some fun stuff for all of you. Here are some links and shits….

New York City Parks will become hot-spotted by mid-October—now that summer is over. The heat of the laptop battery will just have to keep me alive while updating Gizmodo from the Central Park zoo, the Delacorte Theater and the Boathouse Cafe in the dead of winter. The free online access, supplied by WiFi Salon, was originally supposed to be in place by this July. But at least it’s not turning into a Madison project

Girl: I don't know who Jim Crow is. Who's Jim Crow?Guy: I don't know...I think he was a sailor.Girl: Oh yeah.
--Brooklyn Museumfrom Overheard in New York

Post nap

2005-09-13T11:46:00.000-04:00

Post nap

Yes that is right I already had a nap today. How did I manage to pull this off? Well I was up at 6:40 this morning shoveling peanut butter down my throat to make sure my body had fuel for an erg test this morning. We did a 30 min erg test. For anyone who has not ever done one, they are quite different than any other erg test you will do. They are long enough that you can’t bullshit it. I did alright beating my score from last year. After the test I drank some sugary stuff, ate some other stuff, and got right back into bed. 2 hours later I got up again. I have to make it to the cafeteria before my next class, which is at 1:10.

Link: Handheld Thunderbolt Detector

2005-09-12T14:19:00.000-04:00

The ThunderBolt is a handheld storm detector capable of providing lightning protection by detecting thunderstorm activity from as far as 75 miles away. Once a storm is detected, it calculates the actual distance in miles and displays warning information on an easy-to-read LCD display. The ThunderBolt then continuously monitors the storm and provides 15-second updates on the distance, approach speed, intensity, and Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) to the user’s exact location.

Read on
This is perfect for crew. Not to keep you off the water but to let you stay on. I know I have been forced to row to the dock and sat there while nothing happened. Other times storms appear out of nowhere. Either way this is a cool piece of technology. I bet it uses static electricity presence in the air or something like that.

Apple and Samsung use illegal business practices to ensure Apple's Media Player Dominance

2005-09-12T14:16:00.000-04:00

Samsung has raised the ire of everyone else in the NAND flash marketplace because they offered such a huge volume discount to Apple. One analyst thinks it was as high as 50 percent. This effectively makes it impossible for anyone else to compete on price in the 4GB and 6GB flash player space.

Read on

Basically it comes down to this. Samsung gave apple such a nice price break that no one else can get the same kind of memory for that cheap. That means that all of the Nano's competitors will cost a heap of more money. Do you remember studying kickbacks with railroads back when Rockefeller and Carnegie were the kinds of industry? Well this is the same shit and just like back then they will get away with it.

Link: If I dig a very deep hole, where I go to stop?

2005-09-12T14:12:00.000-04:00

If I dig a very deep hole, where I go to stop?
Another stupid application for Google Maps..."

Link: Three Named to Cross Country/Track and Field Staff

2005-09-12T14:02:00.000-04:00

I have to apologize to Caryn, this article came out last week on Friday or Saturday and I just did have time to put it up yet.

Wood promoted Chris Miltenberg, a graduate assistant last season, to a full-time assistant coaching position, and hired Colleen Kelly and Caryn Waterson as assistant coaches.

Three Named to Cross Country/Track and Field Staff :: Miltenberg Joined by Georgetown Teammate; Waterson a Former Lion

Link: Kenyan, 73, kills leopard with bare hands

2005-09-12T13:58:00.000-04:00

NAIROBI - A 73-year-old Kenyan grandfather reached into the mouth of an attacking leopard and tore out its tongue to kill it, authorities said Wednesday.

Read On

Link: Why Apple sucks more (from Slashdot)

2005-09-11T20:47:00.000-04:00

Why the Rokr Phone Is An Important Failure
An anonymous reader writes 'The Guardian has some interesting commentary on the new iPod cellphone.' From the article: 'The music-player module works like an iPod - though it lacks the clickwheel that makes its big brothers function so slickly. But overall, the impression is distinctly underwhelming. The word on the streets is that far from being the revolutionary device that will bring about media 'convergence', the Rokr is, well, just the sum of its parts. And that, it seems to me, is the most interesting thing about it.'"

Link: Because her breats are so big, we have to do as she says

2005-09-11T15:56:00.000-04:00

Pamela Anderson (Lee sometimes) first was famous because of Baywatch. She then got more famous when sex videos of her found thier way onto every little boys' hard drive. Here she is telling you not to eat meat. And since her breasts are absolutely humongous, we should do as she says.

Kentucky Fried Cruelty.com Pam Anderson Expose

Another weekend...not yet.

2005-09-10T08:52:00.000-04:00

Crew is odd. It can rule your life. Most people's weekends start friday night. Most Columbia student's weekends start thursday night. My weekend does not start until after my workout Saturday morning. This morning I am heading in around 10 to do a 15k. After an hour with my heart rate at 155 my weekend begins.

List of fun things I am going to do on my weekend:
1. get a clothes hamper (left my old one at home)
2. maybe buy Deer Hunter
3. Buy and drink beer
4. Buy and eat salsa

Update on the DVD experiment:
Well Matt and I went into Harlem and bought 40 year old virgin from some dude. For $5 and a nice 20 min stroll we actually go a watchable movie. Caryn, Matt, and I watched it while eating dinner. It was a good movie. Very funny. It would have cost us $42 for all three of us to pay subway fare and the ticket price. The only thing that was missing was the theater feeling. That was ruined by people coming and going from the suite.

Link: How to Help a Friend Who Gets Arrested in the Middle of the Night

2005-09-09T15:04:00.000-04:00

Usually there is some good stuff to know.

1. 2 girls is better than 2 guys in an orgy
2. Knives are sharp
3. The Earth is round
4. How to spring a person from jail.

Link: Kanye West says what we all know

2005-09-09T14:31:00.000-04:00

I hate the way they portray us in the media. If you see a black family it says they are looting if you see a white family it says they are looking for food.

We already realize a lot of the people that could help are at war now fighting another way and they’ve given them permission to go down and shoot us.

George Bush doesn't care about black people.

Click the link and there is a video you can watch of it.

Take a look

Link: Deadspin, the new ESPN

2005-09-09T14:26:00.000-04:00

Deadspin is a new blog brought to you by your freinds at Gawker Media (they have a bunch of blogs like the DCist, the Gothamist, and the Bostonist. They also bring you Gizmodod (a tech blog) and Fleshbot which is what is sounds like. Anyways they are now bringing you a new cruder ESPN -like sports blog. How are the unique? Here is some stuff from thier FAQ.

2. Why are you doing a blog about sports? Aren’t blogs about Hillary Clinton being a lesbian and Tara Reid drunkenly shoving firecrackers up her nose?

3. What makes you any different from ESPN or SI.com or any other sports site on the web?
Well, first off, unlike a lot of their columnists, we do not pee sitting down. (Except after drinking.) We also are not writing this site as some part of careerist synergy to support our screaming, unhinged appearances on “Around the Horn,” our wacky sitcom with the crazy but lovable neighbors or even our best-seller about imaginary spiritual conversations with our late nana. We are only trying to find and provide sports information on the web in a way that makes you forget, if just for the briefest of seconds, that you have to file that report/duplicate that invoice/fax that cover sheet/fluff that hairless dude.

Take a look. They have some stuff on MLB, NFl, and Terrel Owens even gets his own section (he would be so proud).

3 day weekend after all

2005-09-09T13:45:00.000-04:00

3 day weekend after all

It turns out that labs don’t start till the second week of classes at Columbia. Unfortunately I was wrong about the duration of the lab. Instead of 4 hours it is 5 hours, from 1-6. Looks like I won’t have time to nap on Fridays. Last weekend Matt Dean and I ventured into Harlem to find MarioKart 64. It cost $15 at GameStop and was a worthy purchase. On the way to and from we saw pirated DVDs sold on every corner. I want to buy one and see how it turns out. Instead of paying $25 for Caryn and I to go to the movies we can enjoy it for only $5 in the comforts of my suite.

Conglomeration of stuff

2005-09-08T20:37:00.000-04:00

Conglomeration of stuff

Thursdays usually mean the end of the week for Columbia students. Unfortunately this semester I have a Friday class and not just a regular class but a lab. Labs here at Columbia are 4 hours long. So on Friday from 1 until 5 I am going to having fun messing around with chemicals.

In case you are interested here are the classes I am taking this semester:
Computational Linear Algebra
Database Systems
Biometrics
Computer Networks
Chemistry Lab
I am also trying to set up an Independent Research Project

Fun Fun Fun....

Anyways here is some other good stuff I am have stumbled across:

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyDostoevsky's magnum opus contains three invaluable lessons for life.
Russians like murder.

Russians like vodka.

Russians like underage prostitutes named Sonya
Evil Empire? More like AWESOME Empire!

Mother and young girl at the Met, looking at a series of paintings on the Seven Sins:
Girl: Mom, what's sloth?
Mom: Letting yourself go.

Two hulking football players in the drink line at John Jay.
#1: You're a faggot ass!
#2: Shit, naw I ain't
#3: You just told me you like teabaggin'
To which the second raised only mild objections

Overheard in Bulter Lounge: So last time I was with her, I got so high that I couldn't get it up, but I've been thinking about poking her on the Facebook to make it up to her.

I agree

2005-09-08T17:59:00.000-04:00

"'Go fuck yourself, Mr. Cheney!! Go fuck yourself!!!'

Cheney: [chuckles]

Link to details and video

Good Morning

2005-09-08T08:04:00.000-04:00

I have this uncanny ability to wake up right before my alarm goes off. My alarm was set for 8 o'clock this morning and I was up at 7:57. I forgot my alarm clock at home so I had to improvise by using a computer program to start playing music at the designated time.

Link: Bush jams with Country singers while people drown

2005-09-07T16:38:00.000-04:00

What an ass.Boing Boing: A tale of two photos: Mississippi Goddamn

Link: FEMA says no pictures of NOLA dead

2005-09-07T16:36:00.000-04:00

Article Link< : "The U.S. government agency leading the rescue efforts after Hurricane Katrina said on Tuesday it does not want the news media to take photographs of the dead as they are recovered from the flooded New Orleans area.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, heavily criticized for its slow response to the devastation caused by the hurricane, rejected requests from journalists to accompany rescue boats as they went out to search for storm victims."

Link: Apple - iPod nano

2005-09-07T16:00:00.000-04:00

There is evil all around. The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that iPods were cool. the iPod nano

Couple of things

2005-09-07T14:05:00.000-04:00

My computer was doing fine until it crashed. I couldn't fix it so I had to reload the OS, which is ok because I backup my files at least once a week. What didn't work so well is that our network is so innundated with viruses (or is it virii?) that while downloading updates my computer was infected and reinfected. I think I ended up reloading the OS like 3 times before I could patch the computer before it became infected yet again. FUN. Ok well now the Creek is back.

Today I was walking from the cafeteria to my class when I happened across an oddity. This fucking idiot was smoking a cigerette while wearing a yellow Lance Armstrong Cancer Foundation bracelet. The stupidity of some people is amazing.

Today I broke 2,000,000 meters. It took me a year total, but only 9 months of that was I actively erging. The other 3 months (this past summer) was spent ingesting buffalo wings and beer.

Link: Haile Gebrsellassie runs world's fastest 10 mi race

2005-09-07T10:22:00.000-04:00

Well it seems I have my computer up and running so here is a link. I would write more but I have to get some breakfast before class at 11.
IAAF article

Technical Difficulties

2005-09-06T15:40:00.000-04:00

Don't worry Gehrke Creek will resume shortly, I have been
experiencing technical difficulties that have taken up a large
amount of my free time. When these are solved your regularly
scheduled Blog will resume.

Link: President Bush: Sell the Ranch

2005-09-05T14:47:00.000-04:00

Dear Mr. Bush,
It's time to Sell the Ranch. What does that have to do with anything? Hear me out, and I'll explain: Currently, New Orleans is underwater. Thousands of people are missing and/or dead. Scores more have lost their homes permanently, and are suffering in squalid conditions.......

Read on....

Labor Day 2005

2005-09-05T10:35:00.000-04:00

Labor Day 2005

What ever happened to schools starting after Labor Day. I am pretty sure that most colleges and high schools have been having classes for some time. Gonzaga always started before labor day. Even my elementary school started before labor day. Columbia is a little behind in the times. We start tomorrow the day after labor day. And what is the price we pay for starting this late. I won’t be home for Christmas Break until the 23rd. Yes that is right. I think it is ridiculous. I will have one day off before Christmas. During high school I had a week off before and now I only have a day.

Today is pretty laid back. I am going to the gym at 1 and have some other stuff to do. I can’t register for the extra classes I need till tomorrow after 1. We also have a crew meeting at 7 o’clock. Mike will then tell us when we get to get out on the water. Ok I am off to eat some rice. Later

Hey Y'all

2005-09-04T23:05:00.000-04:00

Hey Y’all

It is Sunday night and I don’t usually drink on a Sunday night but I don’t have classes till Tuesday. I wanted to just post something since I had not posted since Friday. I hope everybody else had a good move into their dorm rooms and to be excited for this coming year on Gehrke Creek.

Be Prepared

2005-09-02T18:58:00.000-04:00

While I like to be prepared for the staistically improbable and the almost never to happen. Here is a guide on what to do if you find yourself without a parachute and 30,000 feet between you and mother earth. First thing to remember, Gravity has never failed. While I prefer to think about what would happen if everyone in the world but me became zombies, this is along the same lines.
Unplanned Freefall Guide

Link: New Orleans Mayor to feds: 'Get off your asses'

2005-09-02T16:46:00.000-04:00

This is an excerpt from an Interview with the Mayor of New Orleans. The entire article can be found here

WWL:apparently there's a section of our citizenry out there that thinks because of a law that says the federal government can't come in unless requested by the proper people, that everything that's going on to this point has been done as good as it can possibly be.

NAGIN: Really?

WWL: I know you don't feel that way.

NAGIN: Well, did the tsunami victims request? Did it go through a formal process to request?

You know, did the Iraqi people request that we go in there? Did they ask us to go in there? What is more important?

And I'll tell you, man, I'm probably going get in a whole bunch of trouble. I'm probably going to get in so much trouble it ain't even funny. You probably won't even want to deal with me after this interview is over.

WWL: You and I will be in the funny place together.

NAGIN: But we authorized $8 billion to go to Iraq lickety-quick. After 9/11, we gave the president unprecedented powers lickety-quick to take care of New York and other places.

Now, you mean to tell me that a place where most of your oil is coming through, a place that is so unique when you mention New Orleans anywhere around the world, everybody's eyes light up -- you mean to tell me that a place where you probably have thousands of people that have died and thousands more that are dying every day, that we can't figure out a way to authorize the resources that we need? Come on, man.">CNN.com - Mayor to feds: 'Get off your asses' - Sep 2, 2005: "apparently there's a section of our citizenry out there that thinks because of a law that says the federal government can't come in unless requested by the proper people, that everything that's going on to this point has been done as good as it can possibly be.

NAGIN: Really?

WWL: I know you don't feel that way.

NAGIN: Well, did the tsunami victims request? Did it go through a formal process to request?

You know, did the Iraqi people request that we go in there? Did they ask us to go in there? What is more important?

And I'll tell you, man, I'm probably going get in a whole bunch of trouble. I'm probably going to get in so much trouble it ain't even funny. You probably won't even want to deal with me after this interview is over.

WWL: You and I will be in the funny place together.

NAGIN: But we authorized $8 billion to go to Iraq lickety-quick. After 9/11, we gave the president unprecedented powers lickety-quick to take care of New York and other places.

Now, you mean to tell me that a place where most of your oil is coming through, a place that is so unique when you mention New Orleans anywhere around the world, everybody's eyes light up -- you mean to tell me that a place where you probably have thousands of people that have died and thousands more that are dying every day, that we can't figure out a way to authorize the resources that we need? Come on, man."

Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things

2005-09-02T12:33:00.000-04:00

as new orleans, now exclusively populated by a starving, parched skeleton crew of the abandoned descendants of slaves, comes apart at the seams:

the right has gotten their wish. they successfully made government ineffective. this is what happens when you take away the power of government. the point of effective government is to keep this from happening to society. and there is no better poster boy for the ineffectivity of government than the sitting president.

the literal meaning of homeland security is that you secure the land you live on, no? by now the absolute vacuum of leadership is becoming apparent even to TV viewers.

in his eerie disconnectedness to what's going on around him, isn't it starting to seem like bush is heavily medicated? he's *zonked*, right?

do they have him take these long vacations so they can change his meds? what's going on here?

he's got to go. he's got to go *now*.">Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things: " as new orleans, now exclusively populated by a starving, parched skeleton crew of the abandoned descendants of slaves, comes apart at the seams:

the right has gotten their wish. they successfully made government ineffective. this is what happens when you take away the power of government. the point of effective government is to keep this from happening to society. and there is no better poster boy for the ineffectivity of government than the sitting president.

the literal meaning of homeland security is that you secure the land you live on, no? by now the absolute vacuum of leadership is becoming apparent even to TV viewers.

in his eerie disconnectedness to what's going on around him, isn't it starting to seem like bush is heavily medicated? he's *zonked*, right?

do they have him take these long vacations so they can change his meds? what's going on here?

he's got to go. he's got to go *now*."

Stolen from BoingBoing.com

Link: Stupid white people get stupid Chinese tattoos

2005-09-02T10:13:00.000-04:00

Every wonder what those Chinese characters really mean? Well if you were stupid enough to get a chinese tattoo in all likelyhood you are a complete moron. READ THIS ARTICLE

Tim Bass used a Japanese dictionary to choose these characters to represent his first name. That’s a bad idea if you don’t know Japanese. Bass was too scared to ask what his tattoo really meant until I interviewed him. It looks like it says "unreliable delivery service."

Link: If it doesn't work the first time

2005-09-02T10:05:00.000-04:00

.....make it a racist comment. A couple of days ago I blogged about a women who was sueing a doctor because he called her fat. Well she was fat, she was really fat, she was so fat she could die from being fat. Well it seemed that the medical board found this as funny as you and I did and ignored it. So when she found out that she wasn't going to get anywhere by just being called fat she turned it into a racist comment.

"Let's face it, if your husband were to die tomorrow, who would want you?" the state Board of Medicine says Dr. Terry Bennett told the overweight patient in June 2004.
"Well, men might want you, but not the types you want to want you. Might even be a black guy," it quoted him as saying, based on the woman's complaint.

This is so stupid that I doubt we will ever know what really happened.
Article Link

Last day of Summer

2005-09-02T08:50:00.000-04:00

Well here it is, the last day of summer and I am at the office. I took a
good deal of time off this summer to travel, Boston, NYC, Vienna, Germany,
and Michigan. I am ready to head back to school and row. I am not ready
for classes.

Yesterday the humidity was tolerable and it made my workout so much
easier. I hope it holds out for today.

I had no gas in my car which I only need for another day. So I went to the
station, where gas costs $3.69 a gallon. Fucking ridiculous. I put in 5
dollars worth, which got me 1.3 gallons. Just enough to go about 30 miles.
George Bush is doing a horrible job. Don't give me that bullshit about him
not being responsible for our economy. He is more singly responsible than
any other man, except maybe Allan Greenspan. Piece of shit motherfucker
(Bush not Greenspan). I am getting to dislike him all the more and I am
stuck with his ass for another 3 years because my fellow american is too
stupid to think for himself. He has to get caught up in the righteousness
of the Republican party. <sarcasm> Abortion is not ok. BUT capital
punishmen is. Lets fight a war in Iraq for no obvious reason, while one of
our largest urban centers degenerates into a war zone itself</sarcasm>

The Wild Wild West

2005-09-01T17:43:00.000-04:00

The Wild Wild West

New Orleans has turned into a shootin’, lootin’, heck of a town. A city that was once known for boozing and partying is now at the mercy of complete fucking idiots. Why do people cause trouble when they are already fucked. Evacuation of the Superdome was halted because of gunfire and arson. It is unbelievable. They are stupider than anyone could imagine. Why should we send a relief effort when they are going to get shot at and attacked. Another thing. I read somewhere that they are blaming the collapse of the levies on the Iraqi war. Someone is claiming that money that should have been spent on reinforcing the levies was spent on the war. America is falling apart and President Bush is too stupid to know what to do. Gas prices have skyrocketed. They jump by 60 cents in the span of 48 hours. Don’t say I didn’t tell you. The economy suffered under Bush’s first 4 years and it is going to be suffering for another 3 till we get this dolt out of office.

A couple things

2005-09-01T08:44:00.000-04:00

I leave for New York on Saturday that gives me just under two days before
I head back to school. This summer has been a decent one. No huge bummers
except maybe the mixup at Thompson's Boat Center, but what can I expect,
that place is run like a madhouse. I did a lot of traveling and although I
am ready to head back to Columbia and see my freinds I am not too keen on
starting school. 3 of the 5 classes I registered for in the spring got
canceled. So I have to find some more classes. The Comp Sci department's
offerings are a little skimpy this semester. Right now I have Chemistry
Lab, Computer Networks, and Linear Algebra. I could pick up Advanced
Operating Systems and maybe a research project. Hopefully it will all work
itself out.

Another 10k today, but at least the humidity is supposed to have dropped
despite us not getting any rain from Katrina. The clouds were moving at a
good clip yesterday but never opened up.

The Onion hits the nail on the head: Google

2005-08-31T20:37:00.000-04:00

This is so close to the truth it is funny.

Google Announces Plan To Destroy All Information It Can't Index

He deserves it

2005-08-31T18:59:00.000-04:00

He deserves it

Rafael Palmeiro is 0 for 19 since returning from his suspension. Last night he also wore ear plugs to keep out the boos of the Blue Jays fans. I don’t care what you say cheating is cheating. And when you lie to everybody in the US and then get caught red handed you are guilty. I agree with Frank Robinson who said that his record should be wiped clean. All of his states, all 3000 of his hits, should not count. He is a cheater and should be treated as such. It used to be in rowing that if you got caught doping you were banned for life. Now you only get a 2 year suspension. This changed because rowing wanted to join WADA (World Anit-Doping Agency) and anyone who joins has to take their standards. So instead of a life ban you only get a 2 year suspension. Why is it that Lance Armstrong is being hounded by a bunch of fucking crazy French tabloid papers, while Palmeiro gets off with a wrist slap. He should be sent to Federal Pound Me in the Ass Prison.

Humidity sucks ass

2005-08-31T11:32:00.000-04:00

Yesterday I probably sweated away more body weight than I have ever
before. It wasn't super hot, only about 85, but the humidity must
have been near 100. Today it isn't any better. I know I am going to
be sweating like I am erging in a sauna. Why can't it just rain.
Then it would be cooler and less humid. I can't wait to get back to
an air conditioned erg room with mirrors and a stereo. The radio
isn't bad for erging but commercials suck and I hate erging to Dave
Matthews (which DC101 always seesm to play when I am on the
machine).

Stop, Think, you know evolution makes sense.

2005-08-30T21:28:00.000-04:00

Read this article, laugh, and then think how stupid some people are to think that God opened us up like a watch and tinkered with our insides until it worked.

NYtimes article

Stuff and Shit

2005-08-30T16:55:00.000-04:00

I did a 10k today. It is 90 degrees out as well as being about 100% humidity. I persisted and finished the workout. I sweated like I have never before. I drank a whole liter of water during and directly after the workout. Some dude was walking up the street as I was finishing up the workout. It turned out he rowed at John Hopkins back in the 90s and his close friend rowed at Columbia. I am ridiculously spent. I am supposed to be going to the batting cages later with Cat but Tony is over here waiting for her to show up so they can go to the dog park with their giant dogs. It is actually a lot of fun going to the park with them. Logan and Kali (the dogs) romp around and cause general havoc. They play in the water and chase each other.

Link: Get the Nationals on TV

2005-08-30T09:53:00.000-04:00

If you are a Nationals fan and going away to college this means that you will never see the Nationals on TV (except when they play the Braves ). Help out the cause go here.

Hey, Nationals fans are assembling a campaign to try to convince Comcast and Cox to start carrying Nationals games on cable. Now we're stuck with just two or three games a week on UPN.

There's an online petition you can sign (as well as other ways to get involved) at: www.nationalsoncable.com.

When you get to thinking....

2005-08-29T21:43:00.000-04:00

When you get to thinking…

I am sitting here not doing a whole lot. I am watching After the Sunset and enjoying it quiet a bit. But that is beside the point. This post is really hard to focus on because the movie is fucking funny. Back on topic. I want to go camping this Thanksgiving and seeing as you need a permit to camp in a Federal Park our only real option is the George Washington or Thomas Jefferson National Forests, where it is legal to camp without a permit. The TJ forest is to far away so the GW forest is the only option left. It is a 2 hour drive west. We would then hike into the back country. Here is a map (flash required) of the two forests. I need to order a map of the country we would be headed to so that we don’t get lost. Either way. As rugged as you want to be you still have to be responsible this entails:

A map

Water

Good friends and libations

Warm clothing (it is going to be November)

Tools (hatchet, maybe a saw, a sharp knife, definitely matches)

Food

Food is the harder part. Having been a boyscout I did a lot of camp cooking. Good things to bring: no dairy, meat, potatoes, bread, Peanut Butter, Jelly. Junk food is easy to pack and eat while camping but although I am not a health food nut (I think natural Peanut Butter is for stupid people) Doritos and Coke just ain’t my thang.

A Link and A Thanks

2005-08-29T18:45:00.000-04:00

I found this life expectancy test online. It asks a lot of questions. After I took the test it told me this one nice little tidbit.Life Expectancy

If you do not have any sexual partner, your life expectancy would be 0.33 years longer

I would like to thank everyone who clicked on THIS LINK. Please click on it some more. If you want to know what it does. It makes my brain more powerful so I can fold laundry with it.

The Washington Nationals

2005-08-29T09:13:00.000-04:00

I have not written abou the Nationals in a little while. This is bascially
because they are no longer exciting. They went from first in the NL East
to last. They are "still" in the wild card race but so is everybody else
in the NL East. This huge slide coming from the team that went on a 12
game winning streak earlier in the season is disheartening. BUT

They still have out-preformed absolutely everybodys expectations. I
expected them to get hammered in the NL East, not be 2.5 games out of
first. I think all credit is due to Frank Robinson. He has turned the
crappy Expos into a competitor. Our pitching has been much better than
expected. Workhorses like Loaza and Hernadez did what they are paid to do
(and paid well) while new comers like Patterson who make less than 10% of
what Hernadez makes stepped up to the proverbial plate and delivered.
While Wilkerson was dominate in the beginning of the season he now leads
the MLB in strike outs. Guzman just shows us that he can suck more than
we ever thought possible. With a batting average around .190 and fielding
errors the norm, he should be lynched. He is stealing from our pockets.

Just talking about this gets me angry. Fuck Guzman. Go Nationals.

Link: And I thought my mom was meddlesome

2005-08-29T08:49:00.000-04:00

This takes things to a new level. I think that problem today is that people just don't keep to themselves. I am not hippie but sometimes it is better to let nature run its course. So what if your kid's roommate has a huge poster of Andrew WK with a broken and bleeding nose hanging on his wall.
Colleges Try to Deal With Hovering Parents :

Click on my link.

2005-08-28T21:54:00.000-04:00

Don't think just click. NOW!!! Obey my dog!!
Help Marty by clicking this link many times!

To my Audience

2005-08-28T21:30:00.000-04:00

To my Audience

I have not blogged this weekend because I preferred to actually relax and enjoy it. With this in mind I didn’t work out. Tomorrow I am going to start working out again. This week it is 10k’s straight through. I leave for college next Saturday and I will be working till Friday. I have to go shopping for some clothes and stuff. I also have started to pack but I am a long way from done. I am ready to head back and hang out with my friends but I am not ready to go back to classes. I am also ready to go back to working out full time. Some seriously funny shit went down this weekend and I will update you on this funny shit later.

Mornings and Buffalo Wings

2005-08-26T07:59:00.000-04:00

Mornings

Mornings are definitely not my strong suit. I woke up at the ride hour this morning after getting 8.5 hours of sleep and I was still tired and groggy. I would say it takes a good 20 minutes for me to wake up and gain just 10% of my normal operating faculties.

Last night I went to the batting cages and sucked it up royally. JT McGrath and his sister Katie, who I actually went to elementary school with back during the time of the dinosaurs, went to go his some balls. JT and I went to the fast pitch cage while Katie went to the slow softball cage. JT did real well despite not having hit in awhile. On the other hand I fucking sucked. I missed all 16 of my first pitches. I don’t know why I was just slow.

Anyway I am done with my cocoa puffs so now I have to go to work. We order buffalo wings on Friday for lunch. We will see how that works with my 10k erg workout this afternoon. I am thinking that it won’t.

Various Things

2005-08-25T16:31:00.000-04:00

Various Things

Sometimes I have a whole lot of various things that pop in my head during the day. They are usually not related but just come. I was watching Necessary Roughness and noticed that the dude, Jason Bateman, from Arrested Development was in it. It is a good movie, it was better when I was younger and movies were all around crappier. These days it is not that good just decent.

During my erg piece I had some weirdo thought about computer science stuff but I am not going to put it up because I don’t think anyone would really be interested or understand.

Today

2005-08-25T08:34:00.000-04:00

Not much today either. I think I am going to the batting cages later with
JT. It is real cool outside, a chilly 65 this morning. It is usually
around 71 at this point and 88 by around 4 when I erg. Today is only a 5k
so I can let my heart beat climb up to around 165.

Stupid story of the day:
I woke up and looked at my alarm clock and it read 34. I usually set my
alarm for 30, so I thought maybe I forgot to set it and now I am late. I
went downstairs showered, dressed, ate breakfast and made my lunch. After
I finished making my 3 ham and hot sauce sandwhiches I look at the clock
and it says 7:07. I think, "It must be an hour behind." Upon inspection of
other clocks I find out that my alarm had read 6:34 not 7:34. I had gotten
up a whole hour early. No wonder I was more tired than usual. Well, that
means I only got 6.5 hours of sleep last night. Not enough. This has
happened once before this summer. I am so out of it in the morning I can't
even tell time.

Link: A Very Familiar Accusation

2005-08-25T07:37:00.000-04:00

Lance Armstrong has been accused nearly a hundred times of doping and cheating his way to winning the tour. All but one allegation has been from the French, those chickenshit bastards who when the Nazis knock on thier door said, "I surrender." They whole French nation needs to grow a pair of testicles and admit they got beat at thier own game. The following is quoted from Michael Wilbon's Washington Post article. He makes excellent points but I will always believe Lance didn't cheat. If it ever turned out he did I would be wrecked.

So, here we are again, at the point where we're expected to choose who we believe. We did this with Jose Canseco when he wrote his juice-and-tell book. We did this with Rafael Palmeiro when he told Congress, while pointing for dramatic emphasis, that he never took steroids -- only to test positive for steroids weeks later.

Clearly, the great majority of Americans want to believe Armstrong. But a whole lot of people believed Palmeiro, too.A Very Familiar Accusation: "So, here we are again, at the point where we're expected to choose who we believe. We did this with Jose Canseco when he wrote his juice-and-tell book. We did this with Rafael Palmeiro when he told Congress, while pointing for dramatic emphasis, that he never took steroids -- only to test positive for steroids weeks later.

Clearly, the great majority of Americans want to believe Armstrong. But a whole lot of people believed Palmeiro, too.

Caryn gifts us with a rant

2005-08-24T22:18:00.000-04:00

Caryn gifts us with a rant

Caryn: <blockquote>What I don't understand is the guys on the sidewalk and in the park who see a girl with a fairly decent body, and make comments at her. Do they really think that they'll impress her? Get somewhere by making the comments? Because it's not at all flattering and actually skeeves women out by telling some girl that she has "great legs baby", what does that accomplish?<br>Seriously. It just makes the girl want to run away. Get a life or go jack off by yourself! It's something I hate. Guys always making comments. "How'd you get that nice looking stomach?" "Hey hot stuff" "Baby I love your legs" "D girl you look good" ugh. and of course it's always the sketchy looking guys with no jobs who sit around on the sidewalks with nothing to do, and not some hot guy with a high paying job. sighs.</blockquote>
*on a side note, my girlfriend doesn’t tell me anything about the leers she gets

10K and Core

2005-08-24T17:41:00.000-04:00

10K and Core

That is what is on my plate after work today. I already got the 10k done. It went decently. I have yet to do the core. I am waiting for the food I ate to digest. I have yet to ask what is for dinner but I hope it is yummy.

Fat people don't like being called Fat

2005-08-24T11:34:00.000-04:00

This fatty is getting a doctor investigated by the New Hampshire Board of Medicince because she could not take being called fat. Well from the rest of the world to her, "SHUT UP FATTY". The doctor supposedly said,

You need to get on a program, join a group of like-minded people and peel off the weight that is going to kill you.

If you are going to get in trouble for something like that you might as well say something really inflamatory like.

Lose the weight of die, fatty!
Fat people make me laugh
Would you like another cheeseburger, Fatty McFatterson

Woman Offended by Doc's Obesity Advice - Yahoo! News

More Google world domination: Google Talk & Knives

2005-08-24T09:51:00.000-04:00

Well it seems Google is up to it's old tricks again, trying to take over the world. They just introduced a AIM competitor, Google Talk. So far as I can tell it is exactly the same. You just need a GMail account to use it. I haven't had anytime to play with it but I will when I get home today.

In other news. Nothing much is going on. I head back to school a week from Saturday and I really should start packing. I have started to pack but just haphazardly putting stuff to one side that I want to take to college. I am a notoriously late packer. I usually don't until I absolutely have to.

Either way, I have also been looking online at hunting knives. Don't ask me why but I have. It seems that you can get some really really expensive ones (upwards of $1,000). Why they are so expensive I have no clue. But you can also get some HUGE cheap ones, like a 13 inch knife (with about a 10 inch blade) for around $15. Obviously the quality has something to do with it, but I don't think I need a $1000 knife or a 13 inch knife for that matter. It would probably be easier to just go to a knife store.

Bloggity Blog Blog

2005-08-23T20:48:00.000-04:00

Bloggity Blog Blog

Well another day another dollar they say. Or should it be another day another erg piece. I haven’t been to the batting cages lately; I plan on going a little bit later this week and put my bat to good use.

We went to go drop our used broken TV off at the dump but my mom failed to read the directions correctly that stated that they dump was only open on Mondays. Today being a Tuesday, it was not open. We headed back home and took the TV out because it is very heavy and would ruin my Mom’s SUV’s already horrible gas mileage. After all that I finally got to sit my ass down.

Now I am just sitting around enjoying my own company.

What's up Doc?

2005-08-23T11:26:00.000-04:00

....my cock up your ass! (Sorry that is a line from Buzz Bunny) Anyways.
This time the doctor didn't use liquid nitrogen, he used a lazer. It was a
very powerful one. And it hurt. I don't know if it hurt as much as the
liquid nitrogen, but I think it just hurt different. I have another
appointment next week before I head back to college. Outs...

Link: Kids these days are pussies

2005-08-23T08:55:00.000-04:00

It seems that the kids today are whining more than they need to. Kids getting cut from teams are complaining more and more. 95% of the kids that get cut from a team suck, the other 5% could be on the team but there just isn't room and someone else is just better. I have had two different experieces with getting cut. The being on the wrong side and the being on the right side. When I was a Junior at Gonzaga I didn't make the Varsity team. I played for 2 years on the JV. It is kind of hard to remember how I felt all those 5 years ago. I know it hurt then but I didn't act like a fag and complain and write a goddamn newspaper story about it. I sacked up and played basketball for one more season, then quit to try crew. At crew I was on the other end of the deal. I saw a bunch of kids who at least showed up for practice get the axe. Some of them deserved it, some just weren't good enough, some I would have liked to see not get cut. But life ain't a fucking whatever. Coaches who say they don't like making cuts are the kind of coaches I would not want to play for (sorry I know it is incorrect to finish a sentence with a preposition). Either way, here is my message to the kids of today.

Fucking sack up. Instead of crying yourself to sleep at night, workout harder
Here is the link to the yahoo.com story High Schools Address the Cruelest Cut

Meh and Meh

2005-08-23T08:47:00.000-04:00

Today isn't spectacular. I don't reall have a whole lot to look forward
to. I have a doc appointment around 11 but beyond that not a whole lot. I
have a 5k after work today. After my workout, it is just hang out and
relax. Oh well. I will update if anything funny comes up.

Link: Guns to Grab

2005-08-22T21:55:00.000-04:00

This is great. For someone who didn't grow up around guns this was highly informative. Survival Guns AND Personal Self Defense Weapons:

My only intent is helping Christian families properly prepare as the Bible tells us to do. To prepare for bad times while in times of plenty. However, one should make no mistake that self-styled 'survivalist gurus' arming doom-and-gloom whacko groups need not apply!

Starts and Finishes

2005-08-22T18:41:00.000-04:00

Starts and Finishes

Well today wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought it would be. Work was not horrible and when I got home I did a 10k. All 10,000 meters, in all it’s glory. And it when slow, real slow. The good news is I am started down that path and I will only get faster. That was the start.

The finish is the antlers. The wood panel, plaque, and hanger all came. It cost be around 8 bucks total. I mounted the antlers to the wood panel. Stuck the plaque underneath and attached the hanger on the back. All that is needed is place on my wall at Columbia. The plaque reads. <blockquote>This deer was shot and killed for sport. It was then eaten.</blockquote>

Upcoming week

2005-08-22T08:50:00.000-04:00

I can't say that I am looking forward to this upcoming week. Things at
work just aren't much fun anymore with the summer winding down. I wish
they would pick back up. A lot of the people I know have left for the
summer. I have 2 more weeks before I head up to school on the 3rd of
September, till then I have a lot of workouts and work. Today I am really
doing a 10k, not a 5k. This week I am alternating between 10ks and 5ks.
Alright back to my boring job.

Marty

NYC Weekend Recap

2005-08-21T18:53:00.000-04:00

NYC Weekend Recap

I got back from NYC about an hour ago. I took the bus roundtrip. The ride up was not a hassle at all, the ride back was a different matter altogether. I arrived at Port Authority Bus Station at 12:20 and asked what gate Washington, D.C. was, “Gate 71, 12:30 bus.” I thought “Excellent” I might make the early bus. FUCK NO. I got to the area and found a line that snaked around the whole concourse, everybody in line for DC. I stood in line for an hour before getting on the 1:30 bus. The ride back was uneventful. I read a lot and almost fell asleep before Caryn called me.

That is just about the ride back though. Up in NYC I did a lot. Caryn and I went over to the East Side to have dinner with some family friends who were visiting their son, who lives in the city. After that we headed up to Columbia to hang out with some friends of mine who stayed in the city for the summer. They were heading out to a part on Central Park South but we just headed back to Caryn’s apartment and passed out. We were up mildly early and walked around the neighborhood. She lives on 81st street which is near 2 movie theaters and a bunch of retail stores. We went to the Natural History Museum for the afternoon and enjoyed staring at large stuffed mammals from all over the world. After that ended up drinking pitchers at a bar near Caryn’s place with Ted, a good Columbia friend of mine. We made it through 5 pitchers before stumbling home and stuffing out faces full of leftovers. Ted passed out on the couch as Caryn and I made it a little bit farther to her bed.

Up in the NYC

2005-08-20T09:48:00.000-04:00

Well I got up here after about a 5 hour bus ride in which I enjoyed a
couple of good books. The bus was pretty much empty with about 18 people
for 58 seats. Greyhound is totally worth the extra 5 bucks. The chinatown
bus is 30 round trip and is always packed. The greyhound is 35 round trip
and almost never packed. If it is they usually send another bus. Yesterday
we went to dinner with some of Caryn's family freinds. We went to a
upscale mexican restaurant called Rosa Mexicano. It was good. I asked the
waiter which beer to order, not being familiar with Mexican beers. I mean
I know Corona and Dos Equis but beyond that I don't know much. He
recommended the Pacifico and by God was he right. It was an excellent
beer. I ended up getting the stacked tortilla (spelling?) with shredded
chicken. It was very filling.

After which we headed up to Columbia to hang out with some of my freinds I
haven't drank with in awhile. We didn't stay long unfortunately because
they wanted to go to a party on Central Park South (which was basically
were we came from and we didn't feel like going back).

What to do if...

2005-08-19T10:02:00.000-04:00

....someone confronts you in Maryland for wearing a Nationals tshirt: kick them in the nuts or tell them that their whole team is juiced up on horse steroids.

...your freind tells you they are becoming a vegetarian: kick them in the nuts or vagina (if they lack a nut sack which is usually the case if they even think of becoming a vegetarian) or pretend like you are being understanding, invite them over for a vegetarian dinner but really feed them meat.

...you only have enough money in your wallet to buy Busch or Busch light (aka The Beast): whore yourself out for the extra dollar and get Natty or kick the store clerk in the nuts and run off with a case.

...you are overweight: kick yourself in the nuts or workout and lose that weight, fatty!

Link: Testicular news story

2005-08-19T09:35:00.000-04:00

Woman, 93, grabbed robber where it hurts

Link: need colonoscopy would like to give art

2005-08-19T09:13:00.000-04:00

This guy wants someone to stick a tube up his ass and check for cancer and in return he will give you some of his art.
need colonoscopy would like to give art

Another Comic!

2005-08-19T08:34:00.000-04:00

It has been awhile since I last published an online comic. And this time I found another wonderful online comic strip maker. Take a look, and if you don't notice a common theme...you might just be a redneck (or retard) ((or just plain stupid)).

Another hilarious comic by ME.

I can't think of a title

2005-08-18T21:36:00.000-04:00

I can’t think of a title

I decided to write a post because I have only written one today. But the fact is that nothing really has happened that is worth writing about. Tomorrow I got up to NYC to see Caryn. I have a lot of stuff to do at home and I am kind of sick of traveling but I haven’t seen her in 2 weeks and it will be another 2 weeks till I would get to see her. My orders are also supposed to come in tomorrow, but with my luck they won’t arrive till after I have left. I ordered a really cool knife from Overstock.com and stuff to mount my antlers with from VanDyke’s Taxidermy. I’ll be back in NOVA on Sunday night.

Overplayed

2005-08-18T11:02:00.000-04:00

When I was in elementary school I once thought to myself, music is ok but
what is the big deal. All my freinds were heavy into Nirvana and Pearl Jam
and other stuff. I didn't really get into music until I had a car. I spend
90% of my music listening time in the car. A couple of days ago I wrote a
post about the relatively new System Of A Down CD. Since then I have
listened to it multiple times and its appeal is starting to wane. I need a
new CD to listen to. Tool hasn't come out with a new CD in 4 years.
Eminem's latest CD didn't live up to his earlier works. The Foo Fighters
CD is decent but not great.

Erg Stories

2005-08-17T19:25:00.000-04:00

Erg Stories

I was sitting on the erg today trying to keep my mind focused on the task at hand in the 90 degree heat. I failed at this task just long enough to think of some of the other times I had “odd” erg experiences. Here are some:

1. While I was attending the College of William and Mary, we didn’t have a real crew team let alone an erg room. Instead we had our ergs in the basement of the rec center. Down there it was cold cement and pain. I spent a lot of time in that basement by myself. Some kind soul had donated a shitty ass stereo. One night after dinner I was down there doing an hour of power. About 40 into it the CD starts to skip. The boombox is about 15 feet away and I am pulling a decent split, getting up is the last thing I want to do. I spent the next 20 minutes erging to a skipping CD. Hell could have a room where the CD skips forever and you can never get to the stereo to skip the track. Next time I sat down I put a bucket of tennis balls next to me. With 40 minutes to go the CD starts to skip again. On the recovery I pick up a tennis ball and hurl it at the boombox. After about 5 strokes, 5 tennis balls, and 1 hit the CD no longer skipped. And the boombox had a dented left speaker.

2. Over this past Christmas I wanted to keep my training up. This meant 10-15k daily. While I was erging in garage in freezing temperatures, my little brother would be asleep till about 3 in the afternoon from hard partying. I would have had breakfast, worked out, eaten lunch, and showered before he would be awake.

3. During this past school year some days we had some pretty high volume days. The heaviest days I did were 30k. I would get up at 6 in the morning to get a 15k in before the girls team (who gaggle like geese even at 7 am in the morning) would show up for erg practice. I would do a 15k, go to class, eat lunch, take an hour to do random stuff, and head back to the erg room for another 15k. Sitting in the erg room those cold winter mornings knowing I would be back in about 8 hours was fun.

4. One day in the middle of a 20k, I looked into the wall to wall mirrors we have and Bryan Volpenhein was staring back. Weirdest moment by far.

I know I have one more but I can’t remember it right now….and I have to set the table.

The Usual

2005-08-17T17:32:00.000-04:00

The Usual

Today has been pretty usual. I got my workout in, showered, and had a snack. I ordered a bunch of stuff online about 5 days ago and when I checked online neither site had shipped my order. So I emailed customer support and both companies had made the same SNAFU and shipped but had not sent me a email with shipping info. We will see if the packages show up.

PETA takes it a step too far & Cookie Dough

2005-08-17T09:30:00.000-04:00

Yesterday I accompanied my mom to Price Club (COSTCO) to buy large
quantities of most everything. We bought a lot of meat, and I mean a lot.
We also purchased some stuff for going back to college, like a 5 pound tub
of cookie dough. Yes that is right, 5 pounds of delictable cookie dough. I
know what you are thinking, that I am going to eat it raw before I even
leave for college, but I can assure that that is not going to happen. I
have some self-discpline.

To change topics, I read an article yesterday talking about how ridiculous
PETA has become. The president of PETA, some self-serving wench, wrote a
letter to Yasir Arrafat (back when he was alive) decrying the use of a
donkey in a recent suicide bombing. It seems the donkey was laden with
explosives and and sent somewhere to explode. It seems that this PETA
president would rather laden humans with explosives than a stupid ass ass.
Either way, PETA is retarded.

Link: Family Guy Blog

2005-08-16T19:23:00.000-04:00

Here is a great idea. A blog written by various people who work on Family Guy. It is written by interns, writers, and other people. Take a look.
Family Guy

Video Clip: Stupid Dog

2005-08-16T12:29:00.000-04:00

This is fucking hilarious. I laughed out loud at this one. Look at the look on the dog's face and how it looks like hit foot is sneaking up on him.
Stupid Dog