World Panderer

Superunknown

noreply@blogger.com (It's Me! Who else would it be?) — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 13:44:00 +0000

I know I'm heading for the bottom, and I'm riding you all the way!

That is a brilliant line from Soundgarden's Superunknown. My brother found my copy in the garage recently, and it has been in constant rotation ever since.

Rock on!

Blasted by Langerhans

noreply@blogger.com (It's Me! Who else would it be?) — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 12:52:00 +0000

Did you watch the Atlanta Braves game on Sunday (07/02)? If you did, you may have seen me get beaned in the face by a richochet home run from Ryan Langerhans. This line drive shot went over my shoulder in right field. When I looked back to see who caught it, I felt a mule kick right on the bridge of my nose.

Thankfully, the damage was minor.

Tags [Atlanta], [Ken Lay], [North Korea], [Putin], [Supernova], [Treasure Hunters]

Just had a thought...

noreply@blogger.com (It's Me! Who else would it be?) — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:16:00 +0000

Just the thought of this makes me snicker.

"The George W. Bush Presidential Library"

To think that our non-newspaper reading president will have an entire building filled with books, documents, and papers filled with words...

I can see it now! The entire Spiderman Collection in the Marvel Comics Wing. The silence and serenity within the halls of the Graphic Classics.

Of course, Laura will have her "Abstinence Only" section dedicated to her loose (I mean lovely) daughters.

3 Drunks and a Giant Bottle

noreply@blogger.com (It's Me! Who else would it be?) — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:20:00 +0000

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Originally uploaded by Jmonkey2000.

I figured I would throw in another picture from the beerfest. If anyone knows these three amigos. Please be sure to ridicule them at your next siting...

Weekend Update

noreply@blogger.com (It's Me! Who else would it be?) — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:29:00 +0000

Good afternoon lil Panderers!

This was a pretty nice weekend! We took care of many an errand, including but not limited to:

Installed a ceiling fan in the bedroom (we have yet to swing from it)
Detailed the interior of T's car (no more sour milk smell)
Bought a new book, Getting Stoned with Savages : A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu by Maarten Troost. I read his first book about Tarawa, and his insight of the islands was very similar to my experiences on Saipan.
Drank some tasty Flying Dog Pale Ale at Katlanta's b-day event. This event also included some top-notch BBQ and my first foray into Peanut Butter stuffed Jalepenos.
Napped on Sunday in front of the Food Network.

Although this video is from February, I found some enjoyment when I loaded it on You Tube.

Rock on!

Tags [Atlanta], [Decatur], [Beans], [Peppy], [Strudel], [words]

Jokes and Jokes and Jokes

noreply@blogger.com (It's Me! Who else would it be?) — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:28:00 +0000

Wow. I just realized that I post about once a month. If that doesn't inspire you to read my blog, then I don't know what will!

Here is a quick recap of the last couple weeks in order of importance.

T and I have reached the end of our first trimester! Knock on wood, T has been taking pregnancy on like a champ! This past Monday, we listened to the heartbeat of our lil lime within. Amazing Stuff.
T's sister, brother-in-law, and brood of 4 will be moving to the OTP within the next couple months. In order to get a jump on his new job, the B-I-L will be staying with us for a few weeks. It is going to interesting to see how they respond to living in the big city!
My brother recently moved to the DEC! He is working at the Angel, so pop in and give him some serious tips.
Work is going well... I won't provide any more details than that.. you cyber stalkers!
Creative Loafing's Beerfest was a great time! Some of the pictures on the site were taken by yours truly! Here is one of me on the mechanical bull!

I hope you all have a great weekend!

Adding these words may help attract some traffic: The One Percent Doctrine Ron Susk..., Martin Taylor, Clay Aiken, World Cup, Myspace, Tamara Hoover, Singapore, Supernova

Kidney Bean and Other News

noreply@blogger.com (It's Me! Who else would it be?) — Mon, 22 May 2006 19:29:00 +0000

This morning, my beautiful wife and I got our first view of our baby! The ultrasound gave us a terrific view of the body including its little heartbeat. What a wonderful gift we have been given.

For those keeping track and taking notes, we are 8 weeks 2 days in. The expected due date is December 30th. I few days earlier, and we have a Christmas baby. A couple days later, and we have a 2007 baby. How wild.

In an attempt to boost the visability of this blog, here are my comments on the top search terms on Technorati.

Lordi - My sister sent me the You Tube video to 'Rock and Roll Hallelujah". What a mess. I don't care if this Euro-Gwar won some competition. This is Green Jelly rediculous.

Da Vinci Code - T and I went to see the movie on Sat. I would give it an 8 of 10. I thought the story was interesting and the acting was pretty good. Really, how can you wrong with Ian Macellan, Audrey Tautou, Paul Bettany, Alfred Molina, and the modern era Tom Hanks in the same film??

Macbook - I want one.

Ted Koppel - There really should be more foreign correspondents. I also want to see news from other countries aired on US networks. We ought to know what the rest of the world thinks about us.

Montenegro - Would you want to be on the tail end of "Serbia and .... ?"

Feedlounge - Come on... How many ways do we need to get content. RSS, OPML, Aggregators.

Talk-show Joe - I guess I need to tak the time to see what this even is...

Eurovision - If this show awards a band like Lordi, we should all be scared.

ROCK!

Yacking on the Man in Black

noreply@blogger.com (It's Me! Who else would it be?) — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 18:36:00 +0000

There I was sitting in class…
Watching the clock as minutes amass…
Into the room walks the man in black…
Looking as though he had just been attacked…

Flushed is his face, damp are his eyes…
His words were soft in hope of disguise…
Reached for his bag, struggled to hold…
No one knew the drama about to unfold…

Shades of pink and the arrival of smell…
Slowly we gazed and were able to tell…
That the man in black was covered in yack…
And leaving was his first order…

Was he sick?
Had he caught the flu?
Neither correct…
As I shall soon inform you…

A man of the streets had demanded some change…
He was tattered, broken and hairless with mange…
Only some change was his minimal need…
Providing him none was the unwise deed…

Up from his belly a caustic brew…
From top to bottom, soaking straight through…
The man in black learned something powerful that day…
Always carry change, or make a faster getaway…

Top News Story Via MS Paint

noreply@blogger.com (It's Me! Who else would it be?) — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 18:11:00 +0000

Egyption ferry sinks while crossing the Red Sea.

Perhaps....

noreply@blogger.com (It's Me! Who else would it be?) — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:17:00 +0000

Maybe, just maybe... when I open my eyes Samuel Alito will not be a newly appointed Supreme Court Justice....

DAMN IT!!!!

Cut Away...

noreply@blogger.com (It's Me! Who else would it be?) — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:27:00 +0000

I want to share my condolences with the ladies of the world who can no longer count on my friend being their “Baby Daddy”. Satisfied with the spawning of two great lil men, today he cuts the ties to future fatherhood. GOD SPEED my friend.

Today, T and I rejoice the upcoming three day weekend. We are going to watch the movies finally delivered by the USPS. My reviews will follow.

Sunday, we’ll celebrate the first birthday of the G-G twins. It amazes me how much these kids have grown, and how quickly they took to running, playing, and smacking their pandering uncle.

Work remains work, and my upcoming Silver Springs trip dances on the horizon. Next Wednesday, I fly into the greater DC area for three days of phone/email transition meetings. Thrills and expletives! Hopefully, I make some time to visit the National Museum of the American Indian, and the United States Holocaust Museum.

Have I mentioned how disappointed the James Frey revelations made me? I sped through this book in a couple days, and the tales of “true-life” horror electrified me. To learn of the liberties of exaggeration taken by the author leaves me feeling angry. I doubt you will find me buying “My Friend Leonard” anytime soon.

Have a great weekend, and let me hear you ROCK!

No New Gig 4 Me

noreply@blogger.com (It's Me! Who else would it be?) — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:17:00 +0000

After waiting (and perhaps lamenting) through the holidays, my employer offered the Web Master position to an external candidate with more years of ~~position~~ experience. What can I do? If I continue to work hard, increase my visibility, and maintain a positive outlook something good will happen.

Classes started last night! Upon review of the syllabi, two of the three classes require group projects. I cannot stand group projects. Group members either do no work or the work they provide sucks. The same can often be said for business, but at least you are paid to put up with the misgivings of others. The International Business project involves the creation of a country profile on India. I can't say I'm thrilled....

The season premier of THE SHIELD airs tonight on FX.
The postman probably dropped the Constant Gardner and the Wedding Crashers on my doorstep.
Idiot inaccurately defines Marcus Vick. Maybe THUG works better.

Mo Betta Wednesday!

New Year... #1 Post

noreply@blogger.com (It's Me! Who else would it be?) — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 17:55:00 +0000

We are into the second full week of the new year, and I am getting to my first post.

School is set to begin tonight! I am looking forward to once again surrendering a couple of my weeknights to learn more about the global economy and how to communicate properly.

This semester I am taking 2 full courses, and one mini-mester course. My load should be considerably lighter after I finish the 7-week course. No Finance this time around, so I may (hopefully) have an easier time than last semester.

Yesterday, I went to check out the carnival that is the “JC music dungeon”. Never in my life have I seen so many records, cds, tapes and 8-tracks in one person's home. It seemed that around every corner, another stash was revealed. We listened to his Magnaplaner speakers, which alone required special attention. He also gave me rummage privileges to his plethora of bootlegs. In an attempt to help him free up some space, I walked away with tons of Ryan Adams, Whiskeytown, and Morphine.

The rest of the weekend involved the Piedmont Dog Park, NFL Playoffs, Terrapin Cream Ale, Sleep and Athens Pizza.

We also have houseguests this week. Miss Madame Fannie and the King Elvis Ellerman are staying with us while their parents are woot wooting it in Arizona.

The Eve of the Eve...

noreply@blogger.com (It's Me! Who else would it be?) — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 21:33:00 +0000

Today T and I got out of dodge early to have lunch and finish up some last X-mas gift shopping... We had some fantastic Mexican at Zapata in Norcross. I had some fantastic Mole Enchiladas. Mole! Mole! Mole!....

Then it was on to the FORUM on Peachtree Parkway to spend the last of my greenbacks. Alarmingly, someone was having a heart attack outside of Barnes and Noble. Very scary! It seemed like the EMTs were able to stabilize her, but when we first came up they were performing CPR. Not the image you want to link with the Holiday Season.

Now I am plotting out my afternoon nap!

Look Out... It's Christmas Time!

noreply@blogger.com (It's Me! Who else would it be?) — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 15:36:00 +0000

I’m back
I’m back in the saddle again
I’m back
I’m back in the saddle again

Who missed me? Where have I been? What have I been doing?
It's been a month since my last post, and I have been biting at the bit to get back into the swing-a-ling of things.

Of course no one reads this, so it doesn't remotely matter where I've been :)

I hope everyone has a very merry christmas and a happy new year! T and I will be staying in Atlanta and celebrating on Christmas Eve. Christmas morning will be spent at my mom's house with the rest of the gang!

Since this is the time of lists... Here are my top 5 albums for 2005....

1. My Morning Jacket - Z
2. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Howl
3. System of a Down - Hypnotize
4. Ryan Adams and the Cardinals - Cold Roses
5. Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze

And to all a good FIGHT!

The Final Countdown

noreply@blogger.com (It's Me! Who else would it be?) — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 21:56:00 +0000

If your first thoughts are of the hair-metal band EUROPE, you get 50 points.

The real countdown, the only one that matters in Atlanta... is the number of days until the new Georgia Aquarium smells like PEE. My statistics-free analysis predicts that the smell of 1000's of children peeing will permeate the entire place within two weeks. Because how much of that $200 million dollars was spent on air fresheners? Probably not nearly enough...

Does that mean I won't be checking out the whale sharks, and big boy belugas? OH Hells No! I will be there probably after the place has taken on its new smell...

ECK!

Thursday is the new Friday...

noreply@blogger.com (It's Me! Who else would it be?) — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 13:57:00 +0000

With Veteran's Day being observed tomorrow, my work week is slowing down to a crawl. It is fitting that my grandfather's funeral is being held this weekend, seeing as how he served in WWII and the Korean War. There will definately be some military representation in the services.

I cannot go on with all serious subject matter. I do have to throw out some things of amusement. Like the Panthers cheerleaders that were arrested for not only for performing sexual acts in a public restroom, but for also punching someone out. No link supplied, as I am sure you have all read about it by now.

Today on FARK, I read that 4 students were kicked out of ROTC and suspended from school for having sex on a school trip. Back when my parents were telling me about ROTC in high school, I had no idea this is what was going on. I thought it had more to do with making pyramids out of people, and putting them on leashes. Thanks to Lynndie England for being the supreme follower IDIOT.

William E. Swetnam - My Grandpa

noreply@blogger.com (It's Me! Who else would it be?) — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 21:12:00 +0000

The past week has been tragic and emotionally taxing far beyond anything I have lived through previously. Saturday morning (11/05), my grandfather [William E. Swetnam] passed away at the age of 88 in Asheville, NC due to complications from his recent surgury. He died from a pulmonary embolism in each of his lungs.

The memorial services are this Saturday (11/12) in Franklin, NC. Services will also be held in Beaufort, SC on Saturday (11/19). Donations in my grandfathers name can be made to:

St. Agnes Episcopal Church, Franklin, NC
Diocese: Western North Carolina
Office Address:
84 Church Street
Franklin , NC 28734
The Rev. Claude Y. Stewart - Interim Priest-in-Charge
cystewart@earthlink.net
Primary Phone: (828) 524-4910

Is Friday Night Allright 4 Fighting Too?!?

noreply@blogger.com (It's Me! Who else would it be?) — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 14:16:00 +0000

The weekend is nearly upon us! Only a short work day away from planting myself face first into a pile of nonsense.

Tonight the mrs. and I are having dinner at 2 Urban Licks. I took a look at the menu online and everything looks tasty… If anyone has any recommendations, let me know!

Tomorrow is the Dick-hater Whino Festival! I am looking forward to tasting some FARKING MERLOT! Down with the PINOT.

Then there will be some hungover cahooting at Lenny's Bar where we'll be checking out Sovus Radio. If they suck, there will only be one person to blame.

Sunday is all about Finance... Exam coming up, so I need to be solving some problems and memorizing some formulas.

Maybe just maybe, I will squeeze in the Falcons/Dolphins game....

Busted....

noreply@blogger.com (It's Me! Who else would it be?) — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 16:58:00 +0000

Trick-o-Treat was a complete bust last night. We hurried home and dumped all the candy into a big pail only to have 10 kids come the whole night. Completely disappointing! Now I have enough candy at the house to last a year. The next time you see me, it will be on Springer, and they will be cutting down the walls of the house to get me out.

I have an important Green Lantern update to make!!! He has new teeth! So not only are veneers for PWT (via Extreme Makeover) and celebrities, they are now also for image-obsessed coworkers.

In Recovery...

noreply@blogger.com (It's Me! Who else would it be?) — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 18:48:00 +0000

Just got word that my grandfather made it through his surgery today. Turns out that he had two cancerous growths in his intestines. We won't find out until Wednesday whether or not it spread into his lymph nodes.

I am relieved to some degree, but we still have that uncertainty...eck...

Happy Halloween...

noreply@blogger.com (It's Me! Who else would it be?) — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:05:00 +0000

It seems like the folks at Exxon Mobile underestimated the Trick portion of "Trick or Treat". Over 1000 employees were inoculated with purified water rather than the flu shot.

This weekend T and I kept it pretty low key. After complaining about our lack of Halloween plans, we grabbed some Mexican and watched The Amityville Horror. I have never seen the original, but this one was pretty creepy.

In between the hours of studying Saturday, I went to the Eggleston Children’s Hospital to volunteer for a Halloween art activity. That was a blast. It was hard to see some of the children hooked up to all the machinery, but being able to put smiles on their faces was amazing.

Saturday night we watched some great football games. UCLA over Stanford was awesome.

Yesterday I had to venture down to school to work on a group project. I absolutely hate them, because I end up doing all the work and have to explain simple shtuff to the idiots J

T&K came over for dinner and Desperate Housewives last night. Just a mere three or four weeks into the season, and they are already airing re-runs… What the hell is that about??? Instead we laughed hysterically through episodes of Family Guy and American Dad.

Skrewel...

noreply@blogger.com (It's Me! Who else would it be?) — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 13:06:00 +0000

So last night I had to make the choice between staying in class or going to see Neil Diamond... Of course I stayed in class. A coworker of mine ended up with 18 free tickets, so there was a mass trip to see them "Come to America". I am sure it was a lot of laughs, but I like to keep my dinner down..

OUCH!....

noreply@blogger.com (It's Me! Who else would it be?) — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 16:29:00 +0000

That's what I call "Sneaking one through the guard".
Obviously, the one not being pummelled recorded the victory...

The Space Between...

noreply@blogger.com (It's Me! Who else would it be?) — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 14:32:00 +0000

Loose adaptation of a DMB song

The Space Between
My recent posts...
Is the laughter keeps us coming back for more
The Space Between
The times I write...
And hope to keep safe from the pain

This weekend flew by in a flicker of light! I didn't get to any school work, but I managed to watch DiG! on Friday, and 200 Cigarettes on Sat. DiG! is a documentary that traces seven years of friendly/rivalry between the Brian Jonestown Massacre and the Dandy Warhols. Heroin is bitch, is all I can say...

I got this great pic of my Papichu this weekend.... He is reverting back to his 1980's cowboy days!