Monthly Archives: March 2010

March 31, 2010 · 2:06 pm

3-31-2010

This is really interesting…

I can’t really put my finger on it, but this picture from Portland reminds me of a sitcom, or an advertisement or something. Like when I see it, I’m shocked that I know the people in it because this feels like a photo of something esle. Does that make any sense? okay, let’s move on

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Joey, having a puppy is hard, keep your head up and when she falls asleep do whatever you can to not wake her up.

This is really interesting…

Speaking of dogs and peeing, Seeley pretty much goes on demand, but last night for some reason she didn’t have to go. It’s different than when they’re puppies and they have to pee otherwise they’ll go inside, if Seeley doesn’t have to go well she’ll go tomorrow. But steph wasn’t having it, she saw it as her vs. seeley so she made us stand out there for 10 minutes. At one point seeley just layed down which is her signal she definitely doesn’t have to go. Anyways steph couldn’t believe i was just going to “let seeley win”. At one point after we came inside and I explained it’s okay and she’d go tomorrow steph just said “I want seeley to pee”. Then she looked over at her lying on her bed and said “she’s so cute, i’m going to give her a treat”…

This is really interesting…

Well turns out Steph was thinking of “dances with wolves” in her head and hadn’t seen “last of the mohicans” either, which is pretty ridiculous considering how many times she made fun of me for not seeing it. On an unrelated note, I sold my final four tickets today 😦

The Soapbox:

Montana Fun Fact of the Day: “it is illegal for married women to go fishing alone on Sundays, and illegal for unmarried women to fish alone at all.” I’ve only seen that enforced a few times though…

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March 30, 2010 · 12:47 pm

3-30-2010

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Husky spring football practice starts today

Lately I’m thinking…

The ncaa tournament, although I’m not sure if that’s a good thing. I was so stressed out during the Duke game that I could hear my heart pounding and there was still 14 minutes left in the game. At one point I honestly considered leaving my phone unlocked with 911 already dialed in, so that if i needed to go to the hospital I could just hit dial

This is really interesting…

Mikey, Aldrich really only played 2 years considering he played so few minutes his freshman year. When he dominated Hansbrough in the final four that was basically the first time he played in the tournament game, because I remember everyone saying “who in the heck is that tall white guy and where did he come from”. He’s a projected lotery pick so can’t blame him for leaving, although a week ago I thought it was probably a 50% chance. I won’t be rooting for Michigan State in their first matchup because I don’t like their fans remember? On a side note, i have a pretty good feeling about bobcat football this year

Currently watching…

I’m going to watch Last of the Mohicans tonight. Steph said I’ll be the last of the americans to watch that movie, but she’s never seen a single star wars movie so I guess the room she has to talk doesn’t have any vacancy

The Soapbox:

Montana Fun Fact of the Day: “Montana mountain goats will butt heads so hard their hooves fall off.” AHAHHAHAHAHAHHA

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March 29, 2010 · 12:49 pm

3-29-2010

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Well I’ve known for years that my golf game was going downhill but Saturday was a pretty good reminder of where I was at. I lost over 1 golf ball per hole until about the 12th, so I roughly have one left. At one point there were people watching us tee off so I decided to hit my driver even though I knew for a fact I would slice it in the woods simply because I didn’t want to risk hitting my 5 wood 8 feet straight up into the air or off the toe and into their cart. I feel like with the driver I could at least hit it in the air and then act like i was shocked it sliced. Well turns out I hit it 20 yards straight left on the ground into a ravine, which I repeated exactly on the muligan shot. The one par I managed was on a closest to the pin contest so at least I didn’t lost all my money too I guess. I think I play better in flip flops, a little hung over with a road cocktail, but I guess I’ll have to settle with a sober 107 with golf shoes and a tucked in shirt. Oh ya and I’m sore

This is really interesting…

For the most part I don’t really like purchasing new items, but right now there are about 5 big ticket things I really want, like a fly rod, skis, a couple golf clubs (like that’s the problem…), and oh ya, power blinds!

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I can’t believe that “3D TV” is the new big thing now. I mean weren’t there 3D movies when I was like 8? I know a personal TV is a lot different than a movie theatre, but you still need to wear funny glasses. I mean it’s 20-frickin-10. If you asked me 15 years ago what we would have in 2010 I would have either said flying cars or people coming over to your house to hang out via hologram, definitely not a convenient way to watch 1983’s “jaws 3d” at home.

Shout out to…

The Klitz’s, Nebel and Holzer – it was good to be in Portland for a weekend and see everyone.

The Soapbox:

Montana Fun Fact of the Day: (btw this is the last week of MT fun facts, as I get the feeling they aren’t that fun anymore, and in today’s case, not really facts either) “The ‘Going to the Sun Road’ in Glacier Park is considered one of the most scenic drives in America. “

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March 26, 2010 · 1:03 pm

3-26-2010

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Okay this is the last of the Spokane trip pics, and sorry for those that this is a repeat. This is Tanner and I singing “any man of mine” by shania twain, and I’m pretty sure we absolutely killed it. A lady asked Tanner for his autograph on a napkin afterwards and he signed it S. Twain and then casually lifted her up. I’ll tell you what, any man of mine better be able to support my weight with one arm while holding the microphone with the other. Let’s go boys

This is really interesting…

and by ‘interesting’ I mean ‘frustrating’ – Kansas beat kansas state three times this year and yet kansas state is in the elite 8. oh well i guess. On a side note, worst case scenario for me is kentucky wins the whole thing. best case scenario is kentucky wins the whole thing and then the ncaa takes it away for an unprecented 3rd forfeited final four by calipari

Shout out to…

Everyone going on the big sky trip, wish i was there. Say hello to Chet for me – hope he alphorn playing goes well, bring me back something french

This is really interesting…

Montana Fun Fact of the Day: “In Helena, Montana it is illegal to throw an item across a street.” I’m looking at you Jamie McCullough! She must be going nuts with the lenient laws in vegas, just throwing stuff everywhere

The Soapbox:

Have a fun and safe weekend everyone!! Reader of the Week returns next Friday after 2 weeks off. RAARRRRRRRR

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March 25, 2010 · 1:40 pm

3-25-2010

Lately I’m thinking…

In my defense, and as I told Tanner that night, you’d be an idiot not to slide down that runway of a dance floor, they were pretty much begging for it

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Sorry for the late notice but Steph, Seeley and I are heading to Portland this weekend – Neebz, Holz, wanna hang out? On actually a RElated note (as opposed to UNrelated) Jakers I don’t think I’ll be able to go when you’re going to be there, we have prom…

Currently watching…

Thank goodness basketball is back on tonight, Go Cornell & UW

Lately I’m thinking…

Joey, sounds like Myah just doesn’t give a crap where you want her to use the bathroom. Get it? Anyways great gadget work today everybody And I’m out

The Soapbox:

Montana Fun Fact of the Day: “Montana is the only state with a triple divide allowing water to flow into the Pacific, Atlantic, and Hudson Bay. This phenomenon occurs at Triple Divide Peak in Glacier National Park.” Triple threat yo, the Indian ocean is lucky it’s that far away

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March 24, 2010 · 3:17 pm

3-24-2010

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It was really fun rooting for Kansas in a crowded bar of people who were just rooting for an upset – hey look kansas scored for the first time in 6 minutes yipee…….

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Sorry for the late update, i’ve been in a meeting all afternoon, and i get to go back in 20 minutes! Luckily Wednesdays are my slow, crappy gadget days anyway, so it kind of works out

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“It was the lug nut….fixed it”

This is really interesting…

It’s too sunny and I’m wearing too many flip flops to be inside at meetings. Oh and currently watching: it’s weird no having a college bball game guaranteed to be on ESPN every night, i’ve been spending 2 hours per night on the comcast guide screen this week, looking forward to the games starting again tomorrow

The Soapbox:

Montana Fun Fact of the Day: “46 out of Montana’s 56 counties are considered ‘frontier counties’ with an average population of 6 or fewer people per square mile.” Put that in your census and send it

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March 23, 2010 · 10:23 am

3-23-2010

Current Status…

Let’s go with a 3.4 – I can’t remember a recent time where I felt this anxious at work. Oh ya and in case you didn’t notice, yes Kansas lost and no your rubbing it in doesn’t help

Lately I’m thinking…

30 minutes before selection sunday started I said “the one team i don’t want in Kansas’s bracket is UNI” and everyone had no idea why I would say that. I guess it’s pretty clear now, although I’d much rather not be able to say i told you so.

Shout out to…

Everyone who went to Spokane, (and to joey for not going, as much fun as that would have been i can’t imagine what sunday/monday/today would have been like if you went). Lots of peaks and valleys but that was a really fun trip. On an unrelated note, Tanner you’re completely correct, nobody I’ve ever heard sing karaoke is very good (especially hearing skeelo’s 4th rendition of wind beneath my wings) but whenever I do it I feel like I absolutey killed it and the crowd is going crazy…Something there doesn’t add up

This is really interesting…

The karaoke bar might have been the most ridiculous – here’s how the conversation went when I went up to order a drink: “Hi, I’ll have a rum and coke please”….”Oh sorry sir, we’re not serving you anymore”….”why?”…..”you dropped the microphone, danced with a chair, and switched pants with that guy at the bar”…..”oh okay, that’s fine”

The Soapbox:

Turns out all the things combined were enough to get our 10+ person group cut off. Here were my favorite quotes from that day alone: “Blade didn’t have his bag for 2 days, and once he got it back that’s what he decided to wear” -Mikey. “Wow we’ve been here a lot and never seen anyone cut off before” -2 people tanner knew at the karoke bar. “The karaoke bar was fun, we got there a little early though, the music hadn’t started yet, then we got cut off 10 minutes after it did” -Tanner on the phone. “It’s not a big deal guys, this happens all the time” -Tanner to our best friends from Texas A&M who couldn’t believe the bartenders would do that

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March 17, 2010 · 11:58 am

3-17-2010

This is really interesting…

Joey I feel your pain on the work bracket, I had to email the whole company telling them it was mandatory just to get the 5 brackets that have been turned in so far. Let’s see that means if you put in 5 dollars you should win about..$6.25. Oh ya and so far one person has gave me the $5 and one person has given me a canadian 5 dollar bill.

This is really interesting…

There are 9,223,372,036,854,780,000 different ways to fill out a bracket – for those of you who aren’t “distance from earth to pluto space scientiests” that’s over 9 quintillion….so good luck! On a side note, isn’t it crazy Pluto isn’t a planet anymore? I mean it was for a while, and now it’s not, total mind blower. Somebody really messed up

Current Status…

A Why Not Wednesday Dipsy Doozy 10 as I’m heading to Spokane tonight for the first round games. This is the best weekend of the year. The only thing that could bring me down is I felt like I was getting a cold for the first time all year, but now I’m starting to think it’s allergies as I’m just sitting here sneezing trying to breathe, and other people have complained about them the last couple days. I’m going to try getting Clariten clear and see if that helps. Maybe I’m just allergic to fun weekends, and it’s starting to set in

Lately I’m thinking…

Montana Fun Fact of the Day: ‘In Montana the word “spendy” means “expensive’ …uhhh wait a minute, pretty sure that’s just a planet earth fun fact right?

The Soapbox:

Have a fun and safe bracket weekend everyone, I’m out until next week. I have Cornell in the elite 8, let’s go you big red smart people!

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March 16, 2010 · 12:16 pm

3-16-2010

Lately I’m thinking…

I don’t have a lot for today

Currently watching…

This video of people just wrecking & falling down (my favorite kind of humor) from my Russian friend Nikita. You don’t need sound, although the first minute or two it’s pretty funny to hear people scream and yell, but after that it’s just this weird techno background music and nothing else. Oh ya and it’s 7 minutes long

Currently watching…

The Bird/Magic show on HBO, it’s really good. I really like when shows like that transcend sports, if that isn’t too cliche to say. I also watched half of the Reggie Miller 30 for 30 ESPN series, but i’m only half way through it. I was going to finish it before I mentioned it on here, but eh what can ya do. It’s good so far

Lately I’m thinking…

Filling out Brackets is stressful. The last couple years I’ve got down to my final four and then I’m like “wait, i don’t think these teams are going to make the final four”, but because of the bracket I can’t think of who else to put there. I’m also not sure if I should fill out every bracket the same for every pool, or change it a bit to improve your chances of at least one bracket being good. I just hate seeing an upset and then saying “I picked that! ..in a different bracket”, and then everyone you’re with is like “suuuure” or “who cares”. I think i’m going to try and have the same bracket in all pools for that reason. Oh and once you second guess your pick and flip it, you’re totally screwed, because now instead of possibly just incorrectly picking a game, you’re twice as mad at yourself if they lose for screwing yourself over. So you think about flipping it back, but now the “flip” argument applies both ways.

The Soapbox:

Montana Fun Fact of the Day: Big Sky/Moonlight is the biggest ski resort in America, with 5,512 skiable acres. “Well I didn’t have a mountain, I had a newsroom”

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March 15, 2010 · 12:15 pm

3-15-2010

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Well Kansas was awarded the #1 overall seed in the tourney…and then got put in the toughest region, so I guess the ranking of the #1 seeds doesn’t actually apply to anything? Besides big 10 champ ohio state (who was in the running for a #1), co-acc champ maryland, and big east tourney finalist georgetown they also drew the only 2 teams to beat them this year and UNI is the exact kind of team that gives kansas trouble. Oh well, you have to win tough games to advance, and it’s not like they’ll play all those teams, but the committee definitely didn’t do them any favors.

This is really interesting…

I was on an ESPN chat yesterday for my comment “The supposedly top 2 teams (Kansas & Kentucky) have the two toughest roads”. I should be on TV or something

This is really interesting…

So the beer pong kicked off at 3:30 at work on Friday, and Dan and I went 5-0! 3-0 to win the bracket championship and then we won 2 more for good measure against challenging teams. At one point we were listening to Britts Mix (the CATS edition no less) playing out of the speaker on my iPhone! Somebody asked “is this the kind of music you listen to??” to which I just replied “Uh no”. The best part is every cat growl somebody would say “what?” at the same time I was saying “cats!”

Current Status…

Strong to quite strong – I had a great weekend with some skiing and some alehousing (in wedgewood), the tournament is rapidly approaching and my work gave me both Friday and Monday off as comp days for working so much the last couple weeks – bonus! Joey’s gadget problems are a cause of concern though.

The Soapbox:

Montana Fun Fact of the Day: No state has as many different species of mammals as Montana  BONUS SHOUT OUT to Heather for getting accepted into 5 years of radiology programs! For some reason they don’t tell her where at until Thursday, but that’s great news

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