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October 23, 2009 · 7:58 pm

10-23-2009

This is really interesting…

(disclaimer this picture is from like 3 weeks ago…stay with me) Joe and I were down in the 3rd and deciding ladder ball game, so we decided to have a discussion in the “circle of trust” to discuss it. First of all, I think the circle of trust was too small. Second of all, notice in this picture you can see that I have a full drink, and Jakers is in the background up to mischief about ready to pull the hose. Click here to see what happened. Oh and don’t worry, the good guys won the game in a thriller.

Currently watching…

Great lineup last night – I turned on the angels game just to watch the yankees score 6 in a row, which unecessarily stressed me out. So i switched to the football game to see stupid unc beating florida state by 3 scores (that also probably shouldn’t bother me, but it did). Well by the end of the night the angels one, florida state won, the office was actually funny and 30 rock was good. BEEP BOP BOOP

Shout out to…

Mr Gyro. When I went in I was worried they would have forgot my name and my order since i hadn’t been there for months. Sammy looked at me, paused for a minute and then said, “Blade, I was going to pretend like i didn’t know you since you haven’t come in for so long, but I couldn’t do it. You having the regular?” I seriously started fist pumping. I then asked him about the signed Carleson picture he had (seahawks tight end) and he said he comes in there all the time and is kind of taking my spot, he also wondered why he never sees me at kells anymore. Well listen up people – i’m not too old to go to kells and i’m definitely not going to be replaced at Mr Gyro by a profesional football player. I’m making a come back! Watch out!

This is really interesting…

I’m super excited/anxious about the washington/oregon football game tomorrow. I’m predicting a husky upset though at home over a heavily favored oregon team. On a side note i’ve spent the last 2 days trying to figure out if hate oregon or the university of montana more. I think it’s a crappy toss up really. On another side note the whole klitz family is coming tonight so i’m pretty excited about that.

The Soapbox:

Quick Notes: Go Huskies and Go Cats! My next 3 Saturdays are: oregon/husky game, halloween, montana state portland trip! Buri showed me this random guys bio page and his quote on it was “For me, food is like gasoline. I don’t like stopping to fill up the tank, but I do it to keep the engine running” Uh….okay pyshco. Steph saw sark at the uw bookstore today. SEE YOU AT THE TAILGATES! Have a fun and safe weekend everyone!!!

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October 22, 2009 · 7:54 pm

10-22-2009

Currently watching…

I saw “Alaskan State Troopers” on the national geographic channel last night. First of all, i want to be an alaskan state trooper, fo real. Second of all, my favorite part of the narrative was “Alaska is one of the most isolated states in the country”. Uh ya, I’d definitely put it in the top 2

Currently reading…

This article about a guy in Minnesota who got a DWI for running his “lazy boy” into a parked car on the way home from the bar. Wow, I hope this guy didn’t ruin motorized lazy boys for the rest of us!

Current Status…

10! It’s Thursday, and I’m getting my haircut tonight which means I get Mr. Gyro! Holler. There’s also thursday NBC on tonight, college football, and playoff baseball. playoffs!?

This is really interesting…

TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY! I ORIGINALLY HAD MY WHOLE GADGET IN CAPS, THEN DID A PREVIEW AND REALIZED IT WAS WAY OVER THE TOP AND I FELT BAD FOR MY READER(S). I REALIZED THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO THOUGH INSTEAD OF RE-WRITE IT, SO I DECIDED TO JUST PUBLISH IT ANYWAY. WELL THEN I FRICKIN LOST MY UPDATE – WHICH IS FRUSTRATING BUT IT AT LEAST GAVE ME A SECOND CHANCE TO EASE UP ON THE CAPS. I DON’T KNOW WHAT WE’RE YELLING ABOUT!

The Soapbox:

Steph asked me to print this in today’s issue of the Daylight Savings Times: “i want everyone to know that i really appreciate you letting me drive the car, and i acknowledge it’s a huge sacrifice on your part, and that it’s super nice of you (but you also win b/c your payment is less)”. As you can see from this picture (not counting joe’s face) the Jeep goes WAY over 59 miles per hour.

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October 21, 2009 · 7:49 pm

10-21-2009

This is really interesting…

I’m going home to do improvement…home improvement if you will. They don’t call me the sand man for nothing.

Lately I’m thinking…

i’m really busy at work and it’s late, so sorry about the lame gadget update. BAM THEY CALL MY RYHMENOCERIS, MY LYRICS ARE BOTTOMLESS……..(pause)………(pause)…….

Currently reading…

Steph added a couple more things to her blog – in my opinion she has a lot of nerve talking smack about the car that’s she’s putting thousands of miles onto for a super cheap payment, while she saves up a bunch money. (note, the pizza one still makes me hungry)

This is really interesting…

I had a pretty bizarre dream last night involving a few gadget readers – there’s a description in the soapbox in case you’re bored with reality

The Soapbox:

A group of us were walking from my house in billings to Mitch’s (old) house on ave F (ave F represent!). anyway we were all laughing goofing around and for some reason i decided to fling annie over my shoulder as we were crossing 12th ave. Then this car came speeding through the intersection and somehow missed me, but hit annie’s head as well as a car in front of them (don’t worry, she was okay). I ran after the car and watched it speed away down parkhill drive, then take a right at 6th avenue (a little ways away). So i got back on ave F and ran to 6th avenue where i took a right and kept running. About the time I got to the broadwater area Terrell Owens was walking the opposite direction as me in the middle of the street. I said, “Hey, T.O., did you see a blue car going really fast this way?”, and he said “yep”. So i kept running down 6th. Then i woke up, possibly because Seeley was literally laying vertically on me with her head on my shoulder.

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October 20, 2009 · 7:46 pm

10-20-2009

This is really interesting…

Check out this giant inflatable balloon with Santa in it. I made steph get in the picture as a reference for how big it is. After I took the picture Steph casually mentioned “there’s a zero percent chance you can get that and put it up in the yard”. It’s not going in our yard steph, it’s going in our living room

Currently reading…

The latest “40 yard dash” by Pat Forde on espn.com. He hands out some midseason awards which includes a nonimation of washington as most dramatic team of the year. By far the best part about the article is him choosing university of montana coach bobby hauck as “Bum” of the half year. classic

This is really interesting…

Steph and I went to napa autoparts yesterday because both brake lights are out in the ol’ liberty. As we were outside examinng the brake lights trying to figure out how on earth we were going to get them off, a couple of employees were working on other cars right next to us, but didn’t offer to help. After trying to read the owners manual for about 5 minutes we decided to just go in and ask. Well apparently we spent too long trying to figure out what the heck was going on….because it had closed 4 minutes earlier.

This is really interesting…

Dominos (btw i haven’t ordered it since college i don’t think, but i might soon) has a deal where one large pizza and “cinna-sticks” are 6 dollars. As a disclaimer they say “limit of 256 per household”. A) where on eath did they come up with that number 2. the pizzas wouldn’t seem very cheap if you spent over $1500 dollars for it C) this would be a great opportunity for maddie and i to try our pizza delivery boat service!

The Soapbox:

well at least i didn’t use a spoon

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October 19, 2009 · 7:42 pm

10-19-2009

Shout out to…

Joey for the CDs with pictures from nature trip, the dave concert, and his Seattle visit. There are some pretty classic ones, and I now have enought to get me through a couple weeks of gadget updates, which means you guys probably won’t get repeat baby pictures of seeley until November…

Shout out to…

Mikey for the delicious MOD pizza lunch today. I think I see Mikey more than Tanner does, which is crazy seeing as how they live together. Don’t worry tanner, you get to see Rachel more often than I do

This is really interesting…

So yesterday I’m sitting upstairs and Steph lets out this ear piercing scream – i’ve honestly never heard her scream like that. Then she yells again right afterwards. I managed to rush downstairs even though I’m pretty sure i suffered i minor heart attack to see what’s wrong. She says “It was a fly….and it landed on me”. Honestly there could be a 9 foot dragon in the living room holding a dead body and she wouldn’t have screamed as loud. p.s. just to reiterate it was a FLY!

This is really interesting…

Over the weekend I got a couple fantasy football notices that “Carson Palmer (bench) is predicted to outscore Chad Ochocinco (starter)” and i might want to switch them. Uhhh that’s great, but i’m guessing if i played carson palmer at WR he would catch less passes than raiders 1st round pick Darrius Heyward-bay. (zing – sorry mikey) That seems like an alert that ESPN could go ahead and put the 5 minutes worth of time into making sure the people they are suggesting play the same position.

The Soapbox:

The seahawks got obliterated, UW blew the game by leaving not one, but 2 guys open (maybe trying to make the QB think about which wide open guy to throw it to?) for a 50 yard touchdown to win the game with 5 seconds left, and MSU decided to win on a 70 degree day when I wasn’t there instead of losing on a 7 degree day like they did the week before. Maddie is currently the only football player i like. Well and jake locker

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October 16, 2009 · 7:14 pm

10-16-2009

Lately I’m thinking…

Well I didn’t have a mountain. I had a newsroom

Shout out to…

William “Bill” Anderson who is moving to Italy on Sunday. I like you, but you’re crazy. I’m going to go meet him for a few beers at pyramid brewery at 6:00 tonight – who’s coming with me? On a side note, Bill has taken his pants off in public more than anyone i’ve ever met. I think at kells one time he tried getting us a cab with his pants around his ankles and a cigarette in his mouth. Anyways in can you’re still wondering….. nobody picked us up

Current Status…

Well it’s Friday, I just had a delicious piecoras lunch with steph, and i’m going for after work beers, you figure it out. Okay I’ll just tell you, 9.9

Lately I’m thinking…

A couple of quick hitters: I can’t really think of anything to put in the gadget today sorry. Kate’s pub is awesome, we went there last night and they are covered with halloween decorations, have cheap drinks, and have 1/2 off the ENTIRE menu until 7:00 for happy hour. I’m excited to watch a lot of football tomorrow. Would it be too much to ask for the huskies and cats to both win on the same day?

The Soapbox:

Have a fun and safe weekend everybody!!

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October 15, 2009 · 7:10 pm

10-15-2009

This is really interesting…

Crap I just lost my update, now i have to start over. that’s always pretty devastating, so this update might not be quite as good as the one i just knocked out of the frickin park 20 minutes ago….

Lately I’m thinking…

CATS! I hope a nice MSU victory will lift the spirits of the McCullough household. Sounds like it should be a fun weekend to be in bozeman….i’m kind of glad i’m far away this weekend – i have flashbacks that are pure chaos.

Currently watching…

Top Chef – that show makes it seem like there are 18 days in a week when you’re waiting for a new episode. My 3 favorite people made it to the “top 3 dishes” and my 3 least favorite people were in the “3 worst dishes”. geeze, make me a judge on that show already. I like pork AND pinot. I WANT A KNIFE SET

Currently reading…

Steph’s never been released (until now) blog! I’m pretty sure this one is different than her last one for those wondering. Anyway the last couple entries are pretty funny, you should check it out. The top one is a funny video (watch it with sound) and the next one is a ridiculous (and unfortunately pretty accurate) break down of my pizza eating habits. It makes me hungry just reading it

The Soapbox:

It’s called reading! Top to bottom, left to right… a group of words together is called a sentence. Take Tylenol for any headaches… Midol for any cramps.

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October 14, 2009 · 7:05 pm

10-14-2009

Lately I’m thinking…

Is this the most boring gadget picture of all time? Yes. But I tried to send it to nebel over homecoming and it didn’t work, so i’m gadget sending it to him here. You see, they give you free ice at the cats paw when you buy liquor, which doesn’t seem like much, but it’s frickin awesome when you get it and usually saves you a gas station stop. Everytime Nebel and I would run out of ice when we lived at perkins place (no room for ice trays in the freezer….) we would just walk to the cats paw and buy a bottle of vodka. Free ice

This is really interesting…

so……when I was in bozeman last weekend tanner i went to the cats paw for liquor and ice, but when we walked in all the liquor was gone, it was just the bar part (bars can sell liquor to go in mt). Everyone was basically just starring at us as we stood there. So we walked outside and got in the car to contemplate our next move. We then looked up and realized the sign said “liquor” so we decided to go back in. Turns out they just moved it to the back of the bar! Is this one of the worst stories in gadget history? Ya maybe

Current Status…

I have no idea what day it is. Okay that just made me curious and I looked, it’s wednesday. (UPDATE: wait it is right? oh yep it is) I had an iced delicious chai this morning to go along with my snickerdoodle cookie from specialties (thanks steph). It’s raining buckets outside. I’m going to REI tonight. Joey has adult braces. I’ll call it a 9

Currently reading…

(this is a reading & watching section today..BAM!) I was watching this show a couple weeks ago about grasshoppers for some reason (honestly i have no idea why, they don’t even insterest me) and they said on the show that swarms have been known to fly to a certain height where they actually hit planes. Well I tried looking that up today while eating lunch to see what the actual height was and if that was even accurate. On the google results page, one of the top hits was titled “4 amazing facts about locusts”. Click here to see for yourself what they are

The Soapbox:

“It’s not going in the yard, Russ. It’s going in the living room.”

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October 13, 2009 · 7:01 pm

10-13-2009

Current Status…

It’s raining, i’m not wearing flip flops, i had to get up an hour early today and work is super busy. Other than that i’m pretty good though & I think i might go get a treat!

Shout out to…

Stephanie. She put some of the halloween decorations up yesterday when i was at work, and when i came home i was kind of dissapointed i didn’t get to do it. Then i realized she had cleaned up, made a delicious dinner, and put a welcome home note on the skeleton greeter at the door. i’m a jerk, sorry. On a side note the house looks really good with decorations inside and i’m going to put inflatable bart up in the front yard tonight, so if you drive by, don’t be scared.

Lately I’m thinking…

Joey i forgot about the bobcat colored braces, that’s awesome. You may have not been a great beer drinking partner, but you sure were a good ping pong throwing partner. Nate, i recently ordered the halloween costume i had ordered last year that came a day late, so i think i’m in business.

Currently watching…

I saw the replay of the UW-arizona game last night. I’ve obviously always thought locker was a good player, but last night i got that good old fashioned feeling of a full on man crash.

The Soapbox:

THANK YOU VERY MUCH MISS LIPPY

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October 12, 2009 · 2:55 am

10-12-2009

This is really interesting…

This guy must have got this flask at costco or something. Keep in mind he was about twice the size of me, so i’m pretty sure that thing holds about a gallon. on a side note, i predict that my gadget is short and sucky today, sorry

Shout out to…

Everyone who made it to bozeman. Also an anti-shout out to everyone who made it to bozeman. Honestly i bet we could have just as much fun next year without anywhere near as many drinks. rosas is so delicious i honestly can’t believe it. three 20 inches in 2 days isn’t too shabby.

Lately I’m thinking…

I definitely would not want tyler hansbrough looking for my puppy. although i could imagine the surprise on his face if he actually found it…

This is really interesting…

As the cats were giving up 16 4th quarter points in single digit weather on saturday to punt away the game, the stupid griz were scoring 21 4th quarter points to come back and win their game and UW was about to begin a game that the husky blog writer Bob Condotta ended up calling “one of the most miraculous finishes in UW history”. Thanks bobcats. (unfortunately i can’t stay mad at you and will travel to portland to watch you play again, good luck!)

The Soapbox:

things i can’t find that you might have: my black “Klean kanteen” which was last seen with freezing cold hot chocolate in it (cold chocolate if you will), 1 black sock, headphones. wow that’s a pretty short list – i dominate. tanner i hope your house is okay and you got the blue paint out of your hair.

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