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Happy Monday
posted on Jul 26 2009

  • We hadn’t been to a Mariners game in 7 weeks, so we made it count with club level seats and too much food: 1 BBQ Chicken, 1 BBQ pork, 2 bags of potato chips, 1 ice cream, 1 bag of peanuts, caramel apple… then a bag of kettle corn on the way home.
  • Bumped into Mike Holmgren as we were leaving sushi on Saturday. I played it cool.. didn’t say “Hey” or “Thank you for taking to the Super Bowl!” or “Brett Favre is a god! Thank you for getting him to Green Bay!” All things considered, I played it cool.
  • Visited the new über-green Starbucks. The coffee was the same. (same = bad)
  • Tried a new coffee shop. Cafe Stella, you get 4 stars on Yelp from us. I know that makes your day.
  • (500) Days of Summer
  • 2 hours of soccer.
  • Last sermon in the Trial series.





  • 2-0
    posted on Jul 24 2009

    Whoa.
    Our indoor soccer team won, again.
    With me as goalie.
    This world has gone mad.

    12-7 win (yeah, a few got past me) and we’re in first place with 5 games remaining in the season.






    Happy Friday
    posted on Jul 24 2009

    Sorry for the slow week around here. My computer crashed on Monday and I’ve actually relished the evenings of being internet-less.

    That being said… it’s Friday. Happy Mariners Day.






    …I’m Just Saying
    posted on Jul 23 2009

    There are days I wish I smoked, simply so I’d be able to take a smoke break.






    Quotes (from Mad Men)
    posted on Jul 23 2009

    Eugene: Hey Brooklyn, come home with me.
    Peggy Olson: Nuh-uh.
    Eugene: Why not? I live alone.
    Peggy Olson: Why should I?
    Eugene: Because I like you, and we’re having a good time, and I’m a good kisser and you know you want to.
    Peggy Olson: Eugene, I’m in the persuasion business, and frankly I’m disappointed by your presentation.






    Homeless Sign
    posted on Jul 22 2009

    …being held by a guy outside of church Sunday night. Wrong crowd, dude.

    Blowup girlfriend popped.
    Need money to patch the whole.






    U.S. Open Cup Championship
    posted on Jul 22 2009

    Watching online I yelled and hollered like it was college football season. The Sounders overcame a 1-0 deficit to score in the 89th minute, and win in overtime.

    U.S. Open Championship, here we come.






    Confessions
    posted on Jul 21 2009

    We stopped watching Defiance half-way through on Monday night.

    Respect the story.
    Hate the movie.






    Don Draper Is Drowning
    posted on Jul 21 2009

    Read more here.
    [credit: Brooke Williams Johnson]






    4 Weeks
    posted on Jul 21 2009

    Heading back to the South for the first time since Christmas. Heading to the Gulf Coast for a couple of days, then onto Seaside for 4-ish days, and then the good ole high school reunion. We’ll be in Jasper for less than 48 hours, and most likely not be in Hattiesburg at all.






    Embrace
    posted on Jul 21 2009

    One of the best sports articles I’ve read since I moved to Seattle…

    Something remarkable is happening in Seattle. The Sounders have tapped into a sports void in this town. They have created an alliance between a franchise and its fans.






    The New Danny
    posted on Jul 21 2009

    The Jasper City Board of Education hired Jeremy Crigger as principal of Walker High School Monday afternoon at its monthly board meeting.

    [...]

    While Crigger’s exact salary is still unknown, Sparkman said it would be about $92,000 per year.






    40 Months…
    posted on Jul 21 2009

    …until 2012′s election.

    2012 Match-ups: Obama, Romney Tied at 45%; Obama 48%, Palin 42%






    Quotes (from The Wire)
    posted on Jul 21 2009

    “That shrimp was right.”

    - Donette [season 1, episode 5]






    William Fitzsimmons
    posted on Jul 20 2009

    He’s one of my favorite artists of all time. So if you somehow overlooked the link to his myspace page with free music, I suggest you click.






    Happy Monday
    posted on Jul 20 2009

  • Concert: William Fitzsimmons and Jenny Owen Youngs at the High Dive.
  • Along with 65,289 people, watched Chelsea FC vs. Seattle Sounders FC. One of the best teams in North America versus a top world power. Losing 2-0 wasn’t all that bad.
  • Saturday night cookout with friends where we learned how to shoot dice… just like in rap videos.
  • Bought my first official pair of indoor soccer shoes. I’m so Euro.
  • Seattle Public Library, and Elliott Bay Bookstore on Sunday afternoon.
  • Re-runs of Mad Men, Season 1… just to build up the excitement.





  • Yes
    posted on Jul 17 2009

    Please attend this and give us a report.






    Bush > Obama
    posted on Jul 17 2009






    1-0
    posted on Jul 17 2009

    Ho.Lee.Poo.

    We won. Our indoor soccer team actually won (and with myself in goal, mind you). After leading 2-0 at the half we finished 5-3, with me yelling to “do anything with the ball, except let it get near me.”

    We’re 1-0… I almost forgot what winning felt like.2






    BSCC
    posted on Jul 16 2009

    Bevill State Community College was recently announced to have been ranked among the Top 50 associated degree nursing producers for two-year colleges across the nation.

    Each year, Community College Week, a bi-weekly independent magazine that focuses on information about two-year colleges, releases special reports featuring the top 100 degree- and certificate-producing two-year institutions.

    According to the report, Bevill State’s Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) program ranked 41st in the number of degrees awarded in the 2007-2008 year. The college awarded 194 ADN degrees during the 2007-2008 year — a 3 percent increase in the number of degrees awarded from the previous year.