Ok, so I have two totally random thoughts for today.

1. I was driving down the road yesterday and ran into an awful stench. It wasn’t the usual stenches you smell in Milwaukee (like that Lake Michigan smell or the smell of beer brewing), but something from the car that was in front of me. I rolled down my window to do some more sniffing and I caught a huge whiff of B.O… coming from the CAR. Now, I’ve smelled this sort of thing before, but the part I find funny is the type of cars that the smell comes from. I have NEVER seen it come from a BMW, a Mercedes, or a Honda Civic that is in good shape. It ALWAYS comes from the 1988 Dodge Caravan whose bumper is being held up by bungee cords, a window is covered in a garbage bag, it’s missing at least 2 hubcaps, it is usually dragging something from the undercarriage, it clinks, and almost always has a bumper sticker or two on it. Why is that? What is it always the crappy cars that smell like B.O.?

2. I saw a sign in the bathroom here that was advertising the sports teams here. It said something along the lines of “Are you an experienced athlete? Have you never played a sport but would like to try? Then you can be on our teams! Contact….”

I’m torn on this one. For example, say I’m a pretty hard-core softball player and was looking forward to playing softball at the NCAA Division III level. I get put on a team with someone who has never touched a softball in their lives and is out there, probably trying harder than most of the other people, but is still not very good. I think I’d get frusterated. That’s how I’m torn… yes, it’s a small school and everyone should get the opportunity to play, but what about the people who aren’t half bad and have to be stuck on a team with not-so-good people?

Thoughts on my ruminations???

I’ve had some pretty crappy co-workers and people that I really can’t stand. But I don’t know if I’d ever go so far as to spiking their coffee with urine. Yikes. (thanks for sending the article, Pat)

Say, This Coffee Tastes Funny

Spiking your co-workers’ coffee is one thing. But spiking it with urine…

Yet that’s the accusation made against Thomas Shaheen, a mechanic in vehicle maintenance at the main post office in Akron, Ohio, according to the Akron Beacon Journal.

Prosecutors told the newspaper that co-workers became suspicious about the coffee in their break room and installed a hidden videotape camera to monitor activity around the coffee pot. Sure enough, the camera caught Shaheen in the act, they said.

“Employees did put a video camera in, and that’s how they were able to put a stop to what he was doing,” Chief Akron Prosecutor Douglas Powley said.

“The alleged conduct is just atrocious,” Powley added. “It’s not acceptable behavior.”

He said none of Shaheen’s co-workers was physically harmed or made ill by the tainted coffee.

Shaheen is charged with two misdemeanor counts of adulteration of food or placing harmful objects in food. The Beacon Journal reports that postal officials have declined to discuss the case, as have Shaheen’s co-workers.

Source: Akron Beacon Journal

And winning the Dumbass award of the day…

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Three men trying to steal fuel from a New Zealand farm Monday ended up setting fire to their own car.

Police said the trio had siphoned diesel into a petrol-driven vehicle. When their car would not start, they examined the fuel pipe using a cigarette lighter.

One click, a boom and the car burst into flames.

“It wasn’t a major whodunnit,” senior sergeant Ross Gilbert told Reuters, from the small North Island town of Waipukurau, about 140 miles northeast of Wellington.

“Fortunately for them, there is no criminal charge for stupidity.”

The men, aged 18 to 19, escaped injury but were charged with theft.

Smart move. Guess the world shouldn’t assume that everyone knows that fire and gas don’t play well together.

The world has voted and the votes are in for the 2005 Summer Co-Ed Softball Awards for Club G’s. Congratulations to all of the winners!

Congratulations goes out to Tripp for winning the “Blooper of the Year” award with not just one blooper, but MANY bloopers. Some examples:

Also congratulations to you, Tripp, for winning Defensive MVP, Blooper of the Year, Most Errors in a Game and Biggest Ego for 2 years in a row. That takes talent.

Mike, thanks for playing. Obviously, we would have completely sucked without you. If Bonnie can do anything to make your stay more comfortable, please let her know.

Mallory, we lost our “Quiet as a Mouse” player from last year (Hillary). We better not lose you too.

Tim, congrats on taking over as Club G’s best customer. Barely. I’m getting that back this fall.

Alrighty kids. Have a good time at the partee! Pictures to be posted when I get around to it.

An American Indian tribe with land along the Grand Canyon is planning to build a glass-bottomed walkway that will jut out 70 feet from the canyon’s edge.

The horseshoe-shaped skywalk, expected to open in January, is part of the Hualapai Tribe’s $40 million effort to turn 1,000 acres of reservation land into a tourist destination that will also feature an Indian village and Western-themed town.

Ok, this picture caught my eye when I was looking around today. First of all, it doesn’t look like a horseshoe, it looks like a toilet seat sticking out of the side of the mountain.

Second of all, I don’t know how safe I’d feel going on this. I’m sure they’d build it sturdy and everything, but I would think it’s a lot like the Infinity Room at the House on the Rock in Spring Green, WI. You go out into this thing and by the time you get to the skinny part, the whole thing is moving and rocking a little bit. A little freaky.

Thirdly, $25 admission??? Are they nuts?? I could look over the edge and get virtually the same experience and it would be free. Hmmmmm….

You can never have too many pictures of grandmas smoking weed… or hoodlums behind her looking around to see if anyone is catching him smoking.

I got this letter in the mail today and I’m like “what kind of 2nd grader is writing me a thank you note?” I don’t associate with many children, and even if I did, I doubt they would be writing me to thank you for much of anything.

Then I remembered that Friday night, Jenny and Erica got together to work on Amber’s bachelorette party invitations. I open it up, and sure enough, that’s what it was.

See, the thing is, Jenny writes very small the majority of the time. She wanted to make sure she wrote big enough for the envelopes, so she wrote extra slow to make sure she wrote neat… and this is what came of it. You know I love you Jenny, but this is some pretty funny stuff.

I got an interesting forward yesterday from my friend, Amanda, and I thought I’d enlighten you all on a Friday morning with some useless trivia…

Did you all see this article today?

Moss admits smoking marijuana since entering NFL

Can Randy Moss be any more of an idiot? If any of you aren’t familiar with the NFL, they have this thing called a drug policy. I’m sure it’s much like you’ve seen in your workplaces or schools. The Drug Policy: No Tolerance. No drugs. Period.

So, good idea, Randyboy… do an interview with HBO and tell them that you’ve done marijuana since entering the NFL. And don’t just stop there… tell them that you STILL smoke weed once in a “blue moon.”

“I have used, you know, marijuana … since I’ve been in the league,” Moss said in an interview for HBO’s “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” scheduled to air Tuesday night. “But as far as abusing it and, you know, letting it take control over me, I don’t do that, no.”

When pressed whether he still smokes marijuana, the star receiver with the checkered past said: “I might. I might have fun. And, you know, hopefully … I won’t get into any trouble by the NFL by saying that, you know. I have had fun throughout my years and, you know, predominantly in the offseason.

“But, you know, I don’t want any kids, you know, watching this taking a lesson from me as far as ‘Well, Randy Moss used it so I’m going to use it.’ I don’t want that to get across. Like I say … I have used [marijuana] in the past. And every blue moon or every once in a while I might.”

Yeah, I’m sure the NFL is going to turn it’s head on this one. After being on a team with the guy that got caught with “The Whizzinator“, I’m sure they wouldn’t think that you are smoking pot now.

As for Moss’ agent telling the media that HBO is just trying to ruin Moss’ career, that’s crazytalk. Moss didn’t have to say those things in the interview. It’s about as cut and dry and you can get, isn’t it?

Maybe he should fire his agent and hire Drew Rosenhaus. That would solve all his problems…

For anyone that has visited or lives in Milwaukee, you’ve probably heard of Grand Avenue Mall. It’s right in the middle of downtown.

Here’s my question: How is the mall named Grand Avenue? There is no street around there with the name of “Grand Avenue,” as far as I know. Is Wisconsin Avenue (the road that the mall is on) just “grand?”

I’m sure Heraldblog has some sort of explanation for me. Must be some silly name that the Republicans thought of, right?

It took a while for me to get my butt in gear, but I just added all of Marcia’s pictures that she took from Vegas.

I didn’t name any of them, so if you want to know what is going on in any of the pictures, you better leave a comment below.

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE NEW PICTURES.

Tim, I told you… you gotta stop doing this stuff!

Police seek diaper-clad man who pesters women

LONDON (Reuters) - UK police said Monday they were searching for a man wearing just a diaper, who approaches women late at night and asks: “Are there any baby changing facilities around here?”

Cleveland police in northeast England said the latest incident occurred around 11 p.m. Sunday when he surprised a women walking her dog in a play area in Eaglescliffe, near Middlesbrough.

Police said no one had been assaulted by the man but described his behavior as bizarre and a cause for concern.

“There have been several reports of him having been seen in Eaglescliffe dressed only in a nappy and we are keen to trace him and speak to him,” police said.

I realize that not everyone can control their bowel movements, Tim, but dressed only in your nappy? That’s just out of line…

Within the next month, I will completely be moved out of my apartment on the lower East side of Milwaukee. I’ve been here nearly two years and they have been a great two years with lots of memories. As much fun as it’s been though, I’m ready to move on and move up.

Neill and I thought we’d put together a list of things that we will and won’t miss about living in this apartment of ours.

Things We’ll Miss

Things We Won’t Miss:

Many of you have spent time in Casa del Cass St. What are you going to miss and what are you not going to miss?

With college students heading back to school this month, I figured this post might be helpful in figuring out inexpensive furniture for your room. While Target and IKEA are considered “upper end” for furniture by most college students, Goodwill and rummage sales are probably more around their price ranges. Well, why pay, when you can get something for free… as long as you don’t mind putting in a little work?

Take a looksie at that furniture (Courtesy of Jose Avila at www.fedexfurniture.com). Yes. Those are FedEx Boxes.

This guy, Jose Avila, was strapped for cash, and decided to make his furniture out of FedEx boxes… which have been surprisingly sturdy. He has a bed, couch, table and other furniture all made out of these things. The bed can even handle him jumping up and down on it. Pretty nutso.

FedEx isn’t amused though. They think that Avila is infringing on their copyright…

But that feel-good message seems to be lost on FedEx. The company claims that Avila is infringing on its trademark and its copyright. T he day after Avila launched the site in June, FedEx asked him to take it down, claiming he had violated the DMCA.

Now, what Avila was saying was just his attempt of telling people that “it’s ok to be ghetto” has turned into a legal uproar that he is fighting.

Personally, I think the guy has just found a creative way to make cheap furniture. FedEx doesn’t charge for it’s boxes. The only reason this guy is getting in trouble is because FedEx is being anal about something that just happened to get a little media hype.

What do you think?

(and a Thank you to Neill for sending me this article)

Ok, try number two… that’s a picture of my new living space! We should be closing on the house within the month!

Check out all the pictures of the house that Neill took here. Then check out his website and click on his ads, because I’m stealing some of his bandwidth and I owe him.