Friday, September 29, 2006
Boredom makes a person play video games
The last 2 afternoon I've been bored, I actually played an old X-box Madden NFL football game(04) and today I actually put SIM GOLF into the computer and played that for 2 hours. I want to get Civ IV for the computer, but right now it's priced at $50 so I have to wait a few weeks. The CIV series has been lots of fun from the very first version.
Tonight is about watching the Twins play Chicago, and watching WWE Smackdown on tv. This is one of the last episodes of Smackdown I'll see until the college hockey season is over, since most Friday nights are spent watching hockey :).
The baseball playoffs start Tuesday so hopefully the boredom is gone at that point as well.
Tonight is about watching the Twins play Chicago, and watching WWE Smackdown on tv. This is one of the last episodes of Smackdown I'll see until the college hockey season is over, since most Friday nights are spent watching hockey :).
The baseball playoffs start Tuesday so hopefully the boredom is gone at that point as well.
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Car cleaning; fishing season about done; Crazy Bitch
This time of year is always a good time for my car. This is the time when I decide the summer fishing season has come to an end and it's time to clean the car for one of two times each year. I did the whole bit again, Armor-All wipes and washing windows inside. Without Windex wipes and Armor-All wipes, I'm not sure I would have ever started cleaning the car. They take all the work out of the job, you just wipe the surfaces down and you're done, rather than spraying the stuff the old way then wiping it, then having to wash the windows again cause you got Armor-All on the glass. There's no leather surfaces in the car but plenty of soft vinyl.
The fabric seat on the drivers side, one side a seam has split, so I have to find someone to repair that soon before it decides to do more. The Sunfire turned 70,000 this summer.. so I've put on almost 30k miles in 4 years and a few months. A lot of that was enhanced by driving back and forth to Duluth 5+ days a week to work for 5 months total (different jobs, different years.)
Ok.. this song is on way too often.. Crazy Bitch plays at least 2 or 3 times a day and it's getting old fast now.
The fabric seat on the drivers side, one side a seam has split, so I have to find someone to repair that soon before it decides to do more. The Sunfire turned 70,000 this summer.. so I've put on almost 30k miles in 4 years and a few months. A lot of that was enhanced by driving back and forth to Duluth 5+ days a week to work for 5 months total (different jobs, different years.)
Ok.. this song is on way too often.. Crazy Bitch plays at least 2 or 3 times a day and it's getting old fast now.
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Just a short test post
I'm just posting a quick little post to see if I'm doing something wrong or if the blog is still posting correctly, while saying it's at 0% after I did a small template change. THIS post can be ignored if so desired :)
Stock market, cool weather, etc
I got 10 shares of Pepsi stock a while back when I finally finished my 2 year college degree and I've become addicted again to going to the NYSE website and looking at the stock. If I had a 'nest egg,' I know for sure that I'd be a kind of person to (as they say) 'play the market.' To me it's sort of the same as watching athletes statistics when you watch games during the season. The only difference is this can actually involve your own pocket, unless you like to bet on sports, which I don't. In the past 2 days pepsi stock has jumped almost $2.00/share. It must be all the Mountain Dew Livewire I drink, or the Ripples chips, or the Doritos now and then.
On another website, there's a conversation about doctor's, pills, and people getting sick. I for one haven't been sick in more time than I can remember, and haven't had a medical prescription since like 4th grade pennicilin(sp) for strep throat.
The weather is definitely fall-like, cool and a little breezey but nothing wrong with that. The sun's shining so a person really can't complain. It will be SNOWING in a month or so, so complaining might make it snow sooner.
On another website, there's a conversation about doctor's, pills, and people getting sick. I for one haven't been sick in more time than I can remember, and haven't had a medical prescription since like 4th grade pennicilin(sp) for strep throat.
The weather is definitely fall-like, cool and a little breezey but nothing wrong with that. The sun's shining so a person really can't complain. It will be SNOWING in a month or so, so complaining might make it snow sooner.
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
ECW on SCI FI
The ECW on Sci-Fi channel tonight was their best show they've done since starting up on Sci Fi. Hardcore Holly vs RVD was a kick ass match even with the 12 inch long gash Holly got in his back from the table. The 15 minutes working AFTER that were really good action, taking me back to the old ECW days.
The Big Show/Sandman match also was good, considering Sandman isn't the best wrestler, but when weapons and ECW hardcore is the match, he has a kick ass style. I missed the first 10 minutes or so while flipping back and forth to the Twins game. BTW the Twins will probably have to win out to win the division but that doesn't matter THAT much since they'll play the Yankees, who they played well against this year, as wild card.
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Almost time for summer fishing season to end (meaning time to clean out the car also), it's getting to be too windy and probably time to not fish until the water turns solid as someone says (aka Ice Fishing.) I've never tried it but I might this year with some people from My FIshing Pals website.
The Big Show/Sandman match also was good, considering Sandman isn't the best wrestler, but when weapons and ECW hardcore is the match, he has a kick ass style. I missed the first 10 minutes or so while flipping back and forth to the Twins game. BTW the Twins will probably have to win out to win the division but that doesn't matter THAT much since they'll play the Yankees, who they played well against this year, as wild card.
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Almost time for summer fishing season to end (meaning time to clean out the car also), it's getting to be too windy and probably time to not fish until the water turns solid as someone says (aka Ice Fishing.) I've never tried it but I might this year with some people from My FIshing Pals website.
College hockey withdrawl finally ending
The season starts Saturday, finally. UMD Women playing the Minnnesota Whitecaps in an exhibition game and the Men start a week later against Lakehead University from Thunder Bay, Ontario. Summer is great, with fishing and warm weather, but nothing can compete with hockey season starting as the best time of the year. (Opening fishing week is close......)
Monday, September 25, 2006
Not all Mondays suck (though many do)
Trying this post in bold. I like the text color and the white bold was too bright the other dayToday's Monday.. so far it's not a normal Monday since it doesn't seem to suck as much as other Mondays. Then again I still have to go to the post office and ship 1 beanie baby that's been paid for. I have more to ship but they have to be paid for still, plus I have more to list tonight and a couple other nights this week.
Watching the TNA Wrestling ppv last night was different. I rarely watch TNA Impact (their Spike tv show) and watching the PPV was weird. I didn't recognize about 1/4 of the wrestlers, but some I knew of course. The worst thing with TNA I believe is that Jeff Jarrett is still their champion. He's old and seems to play the kind of game that HHH (Paul Levesque) has been accused of for years in the WWE/WWF, and holding guys back for his own spotlight. Jeff Jarrett was old and boring back in his WCW days, sticking to the same old gimmick of hitting people over the head with a fake guitar.. wtf!
This is nuts, there's an area code in Houston Texas of 281, and the area code here in Northern Minnesota is 218. In Houston they also have the prefix 879 like here, and we're getting a ton of calls meant to be to a photography company in Houston because either the people dialing are transposing the number 281 into 218, or the company fucked up their business cards. Whichever it is, it's annoying as hell. I've googled and reverse lookup'd the other number and it's not found so the next step soon will be to call te idiots and tell them we're sick of getting their calls. I'm glad I don't have a land line MYSELF, and it's only my Aunt's phoneline, but it's still annoying.
Watching the TNA Wrestling ppv last night was different. I rarely watch TNA Impact (their Spike tv show) and watching the PPV was weird. I didn't recognize about 1/4 of the wrestlers, but some I knew of course. The worst thing with TNA I believe is that Jeff Jarrett is still their champion. He's old and seems to play the kind of game that HHH (Paul Levesque) has been accused of for years in the WWE/WWF, and holding guys back for his own spotlight. Jeff Jarrett was old and boring back in his WCW days, sticking to the same old gimmick of hitting people over the head with a fake guitar.. wtf!
This is nuts, there's an area code in Houston Texas of 281, and the area code here in Northern Minnesota is 218. In Houston they also have the prefix 879 like here, and we're getting a ton of calls meant to be to a photography company in Houston because either the people dialing are transposing the number 281 into 218, or the company fucked up their business cards. Whichever it is, it's annoying as hell. I've googled and reverse lookup'd the other number and it's not found so the next step soon will be to call te idiots and tell them we're sick of getting their calls. I'm glad I don't have a land line MYSELF, and it's only my Aunt's phoneline, but it's still annoying.
Mythbusters
I decided while watching it tonight to make an entry about this show. It's a great show on discovery channel. While there's other good shows, this one outranks most to me. It's midnight and a 2 hour episode about movie myths is on.
I've seen them test some myths I'd wonder about (shooting guns in water for one), but one that was on an hour ago was whether or not buttered toast lands buter side up or down. It's all funny so you can't help but like the show, whether the tests seem like something that seems obviously plausable or not.
As the title of this blog states, this is definitely a RANDOM THOUGHT ;)
I've seen them test some myths I'd wonder about (shooting guns in water for one), but one that was on an hour ago was whether or not buttered toast lands buter side up or down. It's all funny so you can't help but like the show, whether the tests seem like something that seems obviously plausable or not.
As the title of this blog states, this is definitely a RANDOM THOUGHT ;)
Sunday, September 24, 2006
Vikings Offense is becoming offensive.
The Vikings offense is becoming pathetic. They have a great defense but can't figure out how to play offense. They don't hold the ball, keep possession, and thus wear their defense out because they spend too much time on the field. Brad Johnson is still good enough to carry the team, but they have to let Mewelde Moore run the ball more than Chester Taylor. Taylor doesn't get enough yards and gets stopped behind the line of scrimmage too often to give the offense short yardage.
The only thing I really noticed Brad Johnson do bad was his last play of the game.. 4th and 3 and he goes for a huge play instead of making the first down and moving towards a game tying field goal.
Watching the NWA/TNA wrestling ppv on Paltalk right now, not a bad PPV though I don't regularily watch NWA/TNA since their tv show is only an hour long and they tape 3 shows in one night and show one per week before their PPV.
The only thing I really noticed Brad Johnson do bad was his last play of the game.. 4th and 3 and he goes for a huge play instead of making the first down and moving towards a game tying field goal.
Watching the NWA/TNA wrestling ppv on Paltalk right now, not a bad PPV though I don't regularily watch NWA/TNA since their tv show is only an hour long and they tape 3 shows in one night and show one per week before their PPV.
Black & Blue division
The title says it all, if you're a FOOTBALL fan. Minnesota Vikings vs Chicago Bears is the big matchup today. GO VIKINGS! Playing in the Dome I think the Vikings will pull off a win, but they need to make the offense roll more while playing the same tight defense they have the first 2 weeks of the season.
Packers play Detroit and I don't expect them to pick up a win in Detroit. I just hope that by the time the Vikings play Green Bay, that the Packers have won a game, I (or any other Vikings fan) dont' want their first chance at a win to come against the Purple.
Packers play Detroit and I don't expect them to pick up a win in Detroit. I just hope that by the time the Vikings play Green Bay, that the Packers have won a game, I (or any other Vikings fan) dont' want their first chance at a win to come against the Purple.
Saturday, September 23, 2006
What a comeback! Let's Go Irish!
Notre Dame, after I mentioned they were playing terrible, turned the game around and scored 19 points in the 4th quarter to win by 3 points! They were down 37-21 and shut down Michigan State's offense and took control of the game. Sweet game and Brady Quinn finally got his game back so to speak.
Let's GO IRISH
Let's GO IRISH
Rain Rain goooooo away!
Today's the rainiest day I can remember in years. Nonstop raining and drizzling all day. We need rain before winter but still, this is sorta lame after a while.
I decided to be lazy today, and because of the rain etc I decided to skip the whole democrat rally, rather than be out in the rain all afternoon.
1 week until College hockey starts, finally! UMD Bulldog women are playing the Minnesota Whitecaps, who are part of a women's pro hockey league.
Gopher football lost to Purdue today, and Notre Dame is playing Michigan State right now and are down 14-0 already in the 1st quarter. They're on their way to losing two games in a row.
I started playing SIMGolf again for the first time in more months than I can remember. I had to search for almost an hour for the little card with the registration number for the game to play it when I installed it. I really like the SIM franchises; most are really fun especially when the weather is like it is.
Making beef stroganoff tomorrow for dinner.. yum!
I decided to be lazy today, and because of the rain etc I decided to skip the whole democrat rally, rather than be out in the rain all afternoon.
1 week until College hockey starts, finally! UMD Bulldog women are playing the Minnesota Whitecaps, who are part of a women's pro hockey league.
Gopher football lost to Purdue today, and Notre Dame is playing Michigan State right now and are down 14-0 already in the 1st quarter. They're on their way to losing two games in a row.
I started playing SIMGolf again for the first time in more months than I can remember. I had to search for almost an hour for the little card with the registration number for the game to play it when I installed it. I really like the SIM franchises; most are really fun especially when the weather is like it is.
Making beef stroganoff tomorrow for dinner.. yum!
Friday, September 22, 2006
First day of fall
What a way for Fall/Autumn to start. Rainy and gray just like you'd expect it to be.
This weather might make the Democrat picnic/rally tomorrow that's scheduled for 6 hours, a little miserable if you're not dressed for the weather. It still might be well worth going to, for connections and to just meet people who are running for different offices. Only thing is the flyer that came in the mail advertised steve kelly for attorney general, while Lori Swanson actually won the primary and is Mike Hatch's (Governor candidate) assistant over the years.
Politics and the weather was the only random thoughts for now, I only woke up half houra go ;) oops.
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Late summer fishing rocks
Today again I headed out to the river to see what was biting. I don't bring the camera with so much when I go in the late summer/fall as much as the other times, because I do more walking in fall fishing than summer. Today I caught 5, I think, smallmouth Bass in an hour and half. The wind really started kicking up at around 5 pm so I headed home instead of trying to cast into it.
Fishing the St. Louis River is always good, but the river is generally catch & release because of mercury levels from pollution and factories over the years. They say you can eat them now and then but I really haven't. Besides, I never fish for walleye, and if I catch one it's purely by accident.
The high school football game is a road game(in Hermantown), and the forecast says it's going to be raining so I think I'll skip going to watch the game this week. Cold and wet isn't a very fun feeling, when you don't want to be.
Testing white font, I didn't look at the template to see what color it was beforehand. The blog looks readable enough but I was just curious.
Fishing the St. Louis River is always good, but the river is generally catch & release because of mercury levels from pollution and factories over the years. They say you can eat them now and then but I really haven't. Besides, I never fish for walleye, and if I catch one it's purely by accident.
The high school football game is a road game(in Hermantown), and the forecast says it's going to be raining so I think I'll skip going to watch the game this week. Cold and wet isn't a very fun feeling, when you don't want to be.
Testing white font, I didn't look at the template to see what color it was beforehand. The blog looks readable enough but I was just curious.
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Hump day, without the humping
It's Wednesday, aka HUMP day, minus the humping, but I'm not complaining.
I'm now up to 40 eBay listings of the Beanie Babies. I decided that I'd put some of them up every other day, rather than dive headfirst into them and drown in them damn things.
Took about 2 hours this afternoon and went fishing. I caught close to 10 (if not 10) smallmouth bass, and 1 small northern pike. Late summer, early fall fishing is one of my favorite times to go fishing. The crankbaits, Rapala shad raps, etc that I like to fish with do really well this time of year. Depending on the weather I want to fish at least 1 more time this week, trying a few other spots on the river.
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I'm now up to 40 eBay listings of the Beanie Babies. I decided that I'd put some of them up every other day, rather than dive headfirst into them and drown in them damn things.
Took about 2 hours this afternoon and went fishing. I caught close to 10 (if not 10) smallmouth bass, and 1 small northern pike. Late summer, early fall fishing is one of my favorite times to go fishing. The crankbaits, Rapala shad raps, etc that I like to fish with do really well this time of year. Depending on the weather I want to fish at least 1 more time this week, trying a few other spots on the river.
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Tuesdays Random thoughts
Tonight, Animal Planet showed the Steve Irwin memorial service. Or at least an hour of the service they did for him at Australia Zoo. I don't know when it actually took place but I turned it on and watched it. It wasn't too bad, lots of his friends and stuff did some speaking. I'm sure the actual event was more than an hour but that's what Animal Planet showed. They showed a bunch of clips of old shows after people's short speeches.
Today was weird.. it was sunny and partly cloud most of the day, but was so windy it still rained
even at the times when it looked more sunny than cloudy. It's definitely starting to get colder at night and stay cool/cold during the day.
I took a drive to Jay Cooke State Park to take some pictures of the leaves changing colors.
This is my first time trying to post pictures in a blog entry so I'm doing it to see if they work with regular html or if I have to use the 'add picture' link.
The TWINS won again tonight; and are almost guaranteed to be making the playoffs this season now :) Unless something goes drastically wrong, they'll be at least the wild card now.
Today was weird.. it was sunny and partly cloud most of the day, but was so windy it still rained
even at the times when it looked more sunny than cloudy. It's definitely starting to get colder at night and stay cool/cold during the day.
I took a drive to Jay Cooke State Park to take some pictures of the leaves changing colors.
This is my first time trying to post pictures in a blog entry so I'm doing it to see if they work with regular html or if I have to use the 'add picture' link.
The TWINS won again tonight; and are almost guaranteed to be making the playoffs this season now :) Unless something goes drastically wrong, they'll be at least the wild card now.
Monday, September 18, 2006
Boring week ahead
This weekend's weather forecast could 'depress a clown' and yes, I know clowns are depressed beforehand. The only day they're forecasting sunshine is Wednesday, and the temperatures will be low 40's.
Next Saturday is a large Democratic party picnic/rally they're holding with John Edwards (John Kerry's running mate in 2004) coming to speak. I've thought about going, but I'm not sure how with the weather forecast being for rain, but who knows, it could be fun. The picnic is to try and rally the democrats together after what I suppose was sort of a separation with Becky Lourey and Mike Hatch both being on the Democrat primary ballot. I already mentioned why I voted for Hatch and would have anyway.
In-between today (Monday) and Saturday I don't know of anything to really do besides list more of these darn Beanie Babies, and sit in the house working on my website (link on the left.) I changed the layout and look of this whole blog because I wanted it to look a little more different than it did. I set it up so the google bar shows up after a post, so if ya feel like earning me 3 cents, click on one of the google ads you find interesting.
I've now been typing in this thing for 11 days and so far (someone said it would slow down like a new toy you stop playing with) I've posted every single day. If it gets slow and boring to type stuff in here I may not do it every day but time will tell. With the hockey season coming up there will be more to type about, and if I still have that basketball coaching job (they haven't called yet for this season (doesn't start until November 20th), a LOT more to talk about every day.
Next Saturday is a large Democratic party picnic/rally they're holding with John Edwards (John Kerry's running mate in 2004) coming to speak. I've thought about going, but I'm not sure how with the weather forecast being for rain, but who knows, it could be fun. The picnic is to try and rally the democrats together after what I suppose was sort of a separation with Becky Lourey and Mike Hatch both being on the Democrat primary ballot. I already mentioned why I voted for Hatch and would have anyway.
In-between today (Monday) and Saturday I don't know of anything to really do besides list more of these darn Beanie Babies, and sit in the house working on my website (link on the left.) I changed the layout and look of this whole blog because I wanted it to look a little more different than it did. I set it up so the google bar shows up after a post, so if ya feel like earning me 3 cents, click on one of the google ads you find interesting.
I've now been typing in this thing for 11 days and so far (someone said it would slow down like a new toy you stop playing with) I've posted every single day. If it gets slow and boring to type stuff in here I may not do it every day but time will tell. With the hockey season coming up there will be more to type about, and if I still have that basketball coaching job (they haven't called yet for this season (doesn't start until November 20th), a LOT more to talk about every day.
Sunday, September 17, 2006
Vikings win... but relying on a former Packer???
The Vikings win again, but dang this is getting tough having to watch them rely on a former Green Bay Packer to win the game for them. They've played against 2 really good defenses so far and come out ahead, unlike in the last couple season where they weren't even close.
WWE PPV on tonight :) Wrestling kicks ass. DX vs McMahons/Big Show in 'hell in a cell' should be huge fun to watch. John Cena vs EDGE in a TLC (tables, ladders, and chairs) match is going to be bloody I expect.
Packers lose!!! yay! I guess Favre played good but I don't care as long as the Packers lose! ;)
WWE PPV on tonight :) Wrestling kicks ass. DX vs McMahons/Big Show in 'hell in a cell' should be huge fun to watch. John Cena vs EDGE in a TLC (tables, ladders, and chairs) match is going to be bloody I expect.
Packers lose!!! yay! I guess Favre played good but I don't care as long as the Packers lose! ;)
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