This is why I can’t stand Bob Knight. He’s the epitome of what’s wrong with universities placing too much emphasis, and giving too much power to collegiate athletics.
WARNING! This is NSFW [Not Safe For Work]. You kinda like learning a new acronym, don’t cha?
That said… the video is kinda funny.
[clip via Deadspin]
ROCK! If they’d only had this a couple months ago.
Take a peek at the Charles Bridge in Prague… or my Boat Hostel in Germany… or the Bear Pit in Bern, Switzerland.
Or… just take a peek at the line at the Eiffel Tower. (Lawd!)
Go at night time… the view is prettier.
I’m gonna go waster some time… Google Earth - Europe.
The individual who brought you ‘Singles’ has now come up with a couple more genius groups on Facebook. And, of course, he has asked me to join.
The first group is actually a fan club… for himself. How fitting.
Description: You know how it goes… How many pancakes does it take to jack up a car? Blue; because pens are not made of cheese!
…and the second group; oh, brother.
Description: This group is open to everyone who has thoughts, is, or is not considering dating and eventually marriage and those already married. Anyone share why or why you don’t think marriage is for you. Why do you feel God is leading you to be single? to get married? Married people, tell how God has worked to make your marriage the best it can be.
But we’re not done yet folks. From another individual by the name of Kenneth Livingston… I wish I was making this up.
Description: To those who are waiting til they get married, but sex is not the only reason they are getting married… Sorry to the “i cant wait to get married so i can have sex group”, but we want more than sex when we get married… Then the sex will be awesome!
Nothing against people “waiting”… toss me in that boat while you’re at it. There’s just more subtle ways of expressing your sexual frustration.
Folks, summer time is upon us, which can only mean one thing: New, more fashionable clothes.
At DaVille we’ve got some awesome designs that have already caught the attention of a major apparel seller (I’ll tell you more later).
Girls Designs:
Guys Designs:
My current favs are the Meat & 3, and the School Bus.
We’ve decided to be less like other clothing lines in that we are selling premium quility fabric.
Look at it this way: If you were to rank fabrics on a 1 to 5 scale…
- Those jerseys you got playing Park & Rec. baseball/basketball as a kid were a 2.
- Those old sorority/fraternity shirts you got in college were a 2.5… sometimes a 3 for those big events.
- The shirts you’d find at Abercrombie & Fitch would be at a 4… 4.5.
- DaVille tees have just been upgraded to a 5… easily. I wouldn’t be working with them if I didn’t like what DaVille was offering.
We made this decision based on the fact that we could do one of two things:
2 - Offer shirts at the same price, but with better quality. Thus making less profit, but giving you more.
Giving you something you could wear out on a Saturday night… not something you could wear to the gym.
I freakin’ love these clothes.
[I've also got a major crush on the model seen here. A free shirt goes to the first person to tell her how strong I am...]
On my way home from a wedding shower Saturday night I passed a stretch limousine. I was quickly reminded that it was prom night for Walker High School, my alma mater.
I couldn’t help but think of all the ignorant things which would occur later that night amoung underaged, unknowing, unsupervised teenagers.
How interesting that for most individuals the loss of their innocence at the height of their ignorance.
Anyways… my mind began to drift as I thought about all that happened at my proms. Don’t get me wrong… we were good kids. The groups I spent my prom nights with were tame folks with a good head on their shoulders. But as I attempted to recall everything from prom past, I was suprised by how much information I could not remember. I came up with the following:
I attended prom four times. Yes, four.
Those of you in-the-know realize that Walker High has a Junior/Senior Prom, meaning that only Juniors and Seniors can attend. (Just in case that title wasn’t self-explanitory) I went my Sophomore year ’cause I was dating a Junior. Also, I returned for one last prom during college (yes, I was “that guy”) because my “lady friend” wanted me to go. I also use the term “lady friend” as a vague term of endearment because, well, Ashley were never quite defined… for almost three years.
Anyways.
Sophomore Year
Junior Year
Senior Year
Freshman (in college… yeah.) Year
The quick video you can view above is not a joke… it’s actually what Scientologists believe. South Park did this episode a couple of months back and it caught me quite off guard. In an effort to better understand others beliefs, as well as to strengthen my own, I’ve done a good bit of research on Scientology over the past couple of weeks and I an attest that the South Park creators have described perfectly the beliefs of Scientology.
It’s actually quite impressive how simply they put it.
Do yourself a favor and read up on Scientology, its beliefs, and its criticism.
It will truly open your eyes… to what kind of idiots will actually believe this crap.
Some notable changes on the Facebook today…
Friend Melting Pot : All of your friends are now listed under one big giant group on the lefthand side. No more listing by schools. However, everyone can now the the total number of “friends” you have.
Education Specification : You can now flaunt all your different degrees from different universities.
I also found 2 up-and-commers you need to keep your eye on: Nate Sallie and Jason Morant. Nate is like a better version of Gavin Degraw, and Jason has a slightly more “chill” instrumental sound of John Mayer but with a Chris Martin-esque [Coldplay] voice.
Nate also beat me in ping-pong after one of our Ministers told him I was the “Ping Pong Master.” I claim that I caved under pressure… but in reality, Nate was just really good.
He has one of the nastiest opposite-corner-forehands and serves I have ever seen… un-returnable. Quite a player, real nice guy.
As you can tell, I can’t smile… I’m absoutely terrible at that and hugging. Basically I stink at any friendly gesture.
Have a great weekend everybody!
Just because it’s April doesn’t mean you can’t find a football game to watch.
I got my start in journalism covering the Birmingham Steeldogs of Arena Football [af2] after being a fan of the sport for years. (If only you could have been one of the 5 guys who fell witness to the instance in Des Moines, Iowa where I convinced a janitor to let me into Veterans Memorial Auditorium, aka ‘The Barn’, and run up and down the turf of the now-defunct Iowa Barnstormers.)
If you’ve never been, go, I have yet to take someone (even the most traditional football fan) who didn’t come away completely in love with Arena Football.
Tip: Get seats along the sidelines as close to the field as possible. You’ll thank me for it.
No matter where you live… there is a team near you. [To answer a common question: The af2 is the minor league of the AFL (Arena Football League)]
AFL Teams
af2 Teams
…the Columbine shootings occured.
It was my senior year of high school and I was out of school early ’cause I was taking a college course and we had the day off. I still remember walking over to the treadmill in Gold’s Gym, turning to the TV just as the news was breaking.
For almost half-an-hour, myself and everyone else in the gym couldn’t move. We gathered around the televisions much like we all did on 9/11. People starred at the screen in utter disbelief. Women cried… us “men” pretended to be tough… taking-in the action on CNN.
Sad day.
This quote made me laugh out loud:
“…how do you explain the Easter Bunny to a two-year-old? Look, Sweetie, this giant bunny wearing a bow-tie is going to break into the house while you’re sleeping because Jesus died for your sins.”
Yeah. Hooking up a $5,000 speaker is that exact same thing as putting shingles on a roof.
One of the most popular (and by popular I mean “made fun of”) episodes of Saved By The Bell comes on tonight at on the Cartoon Network tonight at 11:00 PM Central.
This comes on the heels as my cousin Bailey emailed me an advertisement for a t-shirt [seen here] which is sold by Busted Tees.
I’ve said it before, but for me… a day without both Saved By The Bell and a good quiet-time is no day at all.
However, I would not recommend mixing the two. You don’t want to come away from your time with God thinking that while Jesus was on the cross, Zack Attack was playing in the background.
USA Today on ten underpriced and on-the-rise European cities.
Made it: Bruges, Belgium
Missed it: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Making a quick-trip to Birmingham tonight to rendevous with some former Disciple Now leaders Ellen Robinson [fb] and Christy Inda for some Johnny Ray’s… bar-b-que for the soul.
Lawd… what a day for the students of Duke University.
Deadspin has a great round-up of all-things-Duke. One interesting bit of info:
Duke Lacrosse Accused Turn Themselves In - Deadspin
For those in the Birmingham metro-area, a little concert for you in Jasper this Thursday night.
Jasper… not kidding.
Begins: 6:00 PM
Location:
If you get lost… call me.
Tickets:
You can buy tickets at:
Or… email/call Chad Hayes:
If you wanna go…
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