A little something I got from my friends at work - Some of this makes sense

Jeff Foxworthy on Ohio:

All I have to say is “Go Bucks!”
You might be from Ohio (pronounced O-hi-uh), if:
You think all Pro football teams are supposed to wear orange!
You know all the 4 seasons: winter, still winter, almost winter and
construction..
You live less than 30 miles from some college or university.
You know what a buckeye really is, and have a recipe for candied ones.
“Toward the lake” means “north” and “toward the river” means “south.”
You know if other Ohioans are from southern or northern Ohio as soon as they open their mouths.
You can spell words like Cuyahoga, Olentangy, Bellefontaine, Tuscarawas, Wapakoneta and you know which letter is doubled in Cincinnati.
“Vacation! ” means spending a day at Cedar Point in the summer and deer hunting in the fall.
You measure distance in minutes
Your school classes were canceled because of cold.
Your school classes were canceled because of heat.
You’ve had to switch from “heat” to “A/C” in the same day.
You know what should be knee-high by the Fourth of July.
You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. For example:
“Where’s my coat at?”
You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both
unlocked.
You think of the major four food groups as corn, pork, beer, and Jell-O
salad with marshmallows.
You carry jumper cables in your car.
You know what ‘pop’ is.
You design your kid’s Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
(Amen!)
You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and a flannel nightgown.
The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page but requires six pages for sports.
If you actually get these jokes — then forward ‘em to your OHIO friends!

This month is definitely the month - especially if you are into paintballing like I am. I haven’t paintballed in about a year or so and I’m looking into getting back into shape and signing up to the local club and begin my retraining in having some good ole fashion fun. Now in order to do this I would have to supply myself with the right gear that both protects me as well as gives me that sweet look of coolness. BDU pants would be a great start especially if you get yourself some black ones like the ones I want. The one feature that I believe is the one that stands out the most is the reinforced seat and knee patches. These two sections of the body are the ones to go first especially if you are a true baller. So if anyone is thinking about getting me something worthy and long lasting these would be it.

While reading my updates for the day I say that one of the tips of the day was how to present a photo from today to look like it was an original from decades ago. Visit the following link to see what their process was to accomplish such a neat look.

When I take pictures I sometimes find myself wanting to make them look a bit older then what they appear. I have to be honest and say that although I tried many times to get that old look - it doesn’t really come out all that great. I will be adding a gallery with some of my favorite pictures that I have taken in 08. Check out the learning tip, it’s a great piece of information.

HOW FIGHTS START

1: When I got home last night, my wife demanded that I take her someplace
expensive…..so, I took her to a gas station…..
and that’s how the fight started…..

2: I tried to talk my wife into buying a case of Miller Light for $14.95.
Instead, she bought a jar of cold cream for $7.95. I told her the beer
would make her look better at night than the cold cream.
And that’s how the fight started…

3: After retiring, I went to the Social Security office to apply for
Social Security. The woman behind the counter asked me for my driver’s license to verify my age. I looked in my pockets and realized I had left my wallet at home. I told the woman that I was very sorry, but I would have to go home and come back later. The woman said, ‘Unbutton your shirt’. So I opened my shirt revealing my curly silver hair. She said, ‘That silver hair on your chest is proof enough for me’ and she processed my Social Security application. When I got home, I excitedly told my wife about my experience at the Social Security office. She said, ‘You should have dropped your pants. You might have gotten disability, too’.
And that’s how the fight started…..

4: My wife and I were sitting at a table at my high school reunion, and I
kept staring at a drunken lady swigging her drink as she sat alone at a
nearby table. My wife asked, ‘Do you know her?’ ‘Yes,’ I sighed, ‘She’s
my old girlfriend. I understand she took to drinking right after we split up
those many years ago, and I hear she hasn’t been sober since.’ ‘My God!’
says my wife, ‘Who would think a person could go on celebrating that
long?’
And that’s how the fight started…..

5: I rear-ended a car this morning. So, there we were alongside the road and slowly the other driver got out of his car. You know how sometimes you just get soooo stressed and little things just seem funny? Yeah, well I couldn’t believe it…. he was a DWARF!!! He stormed over to my car, looked up at me, and shouted, ‘I AM NOT HAPPY!!!’ So, I looked down at him and said, ‘Well, then which one are you?’
And that’s how the fight started…..

6: I took my wife to a restaurant. The waiter, for some reason, took my
order first. ‘I’ll have the strip steak, medium rare please.’ He said,
‘Aren’t you worried about the mad cow?’ ‘Nah, she can order for
herself.’
And that’s how the fight started…..

Well I started this morning by having two sausage burritos from McDs and some water. With that I should be fine until lunch time where I haven’t decided what I’m doing since I forgot to pack my lunch last night. I did manage to do some running in place last night for about two minutes and I did three sets (15) of push ups. Just as soon as I’m done writing this post I will do some more running in place but it will be for a minute and then some jumping jacks right after.
I’m going to try to do these every half hour but seeing that it looks like I’m going to be busy today I might only be able to do it every hour. Well for those of you reading this have a great day and remember think they way I am - Every goal is reachable, you just have to try.

I have decided to get an early start on my weight control. Yeah I know I’ve been saying this for many years now but when I found myself breathing hard by simply walking up and down my home stairs I knew that me putting this aside had to stop. I started out yesterday by having a small breakfast that was healthy and delicious as well. Then for lunch I had some lasagna left over from Sunday. I managed to do some push-ups throughout the day in the warehouse (where I work) and a some running in place for a minute three different times each. My dinner consisted of white rice and chicken with a glass of diet soda.

I am trying to drink more water every other hour so that I’m not so dry throughout the day. Now it’s day two and so far so good - I believe tonight is left over night so I’m probably going to have a sandwich with some cheese nips. I did manage to do some added workout segments last night and I hope to do some more tonight. Until tomorrow or maybe later on tonight - see ya.

The following video was sent to me from a good friend that enjoys displays like this. I would love to know how long it took to put them al up and then having them sequenced accoring to the song. With what I saw it looks like it might be a few thousand lights and a nice high light bill to go with it. Something like this really shows me that people still have a lot of love in their hearts for just about anything.
Enjoy

Last week I posted about getting a Chevy Cavalier and we did in fact get one from some very loving and helpful couple. It’s a 1990 and it does need a little work but I am looking forward to tuning it up and replacing the brakes and checking the brake line that seems to have a leak. Yeah - on the way home I had some issues with the brake line on the driver side.

The reservoir for the brake fluid would get low quickly when ever I am at a red light. With the brake pedal pushed in the pressure was weak and of course the fluid would drip even more when the pressure was applied. I had to stop at an AutoZone and ask my wonderful wife to buy me a bottle of brake fluid so that I can make it home. Well - the gray beast is currently sitting in front of my house waiting for the tweeking to begin. I plan on starting that as soon as I get paid next week.

I am currently borrowing what has been called the “Blue Bomber” from of friend that was nice enough to let us borrow it so that I can get to and from work and also to take care of any necessities that may come up like buying car parts for the Chevy. I will keep you guys posted on my endeavours as soon as I get the funds to start.

The following video that you’ll see is of Rush Limbaugh stating the true facts on what Mexico expects of you if you decide to move there. Watch it and let me know what you think.

This past weekend I had the pleasure of going to a Michigan game with a good friend of mine. Michigan was scheduled to meet Miami (Ohio) at high noon on Saturday. Well before I get going on the day’s event I want to first say thank you to Joe for bringing me along to experience a good game in The Big House.

I can honestly tell you that being with that many Michigan fans you can’t help but cheer along with them. It was so crazy that while walking up to the stadium a bunch of grown men began singing the fight song very loudly which of course I joined in but not at the same range as they were. Well I heard that the Big House was going to be under construction but I didn’t think they were going to be that deep in construction.

It looks like they’re adding more suites to the stadium, which of couirse will bring in more money for the university. The game started out to be quite exciting especially after Michigan went on a 10 to 0 lead by the second quarter. Now the second and third quarter belong to Miami because it wasn’t until the fourth quarter that Michigan scored another touchdown.

I hope to experience more games in the future but with the cost of the tickets being in the $50 dollar and up range I don’t think I’ll being going up any time soon on my own dime. Yes people that’s right I’m saying that I’m seriously broke especially if you read the post on me losing my car to a black bear. Once again I would like to thank Joe for a good time and a great experience.

While searching for hobby ideas this morning I came across the video you see below. Now I don’t know how many of you knew about this but when I saw it it completely threw me off because here I thought that shooting rubber bands at someone one by one with your hands was bad enough but it looks like the craft world has gone a bit further then expected. Watch the video and let me know what you think. I just might get one of these just to keep my cats from climbing on the dinning room table each time we’re done with dinner. The wife might not approve but as long as the cats don’t rat me out I think it’s a great idea.

Well boys and girls I’m here to tell you that I have removed on black bear from this world’s inventory. I gladly welcome all the bear jokes you might have in mind. While on my way home yesterday from visiting my uncle in Connecticut I had the unusual pleasure of discovering that black bears not only live in Pennsylvania but they wander the highway as well. While cruising along I-80 West towards my lovely home a black bear managed to dodge vehicles from the east bound side, cross the median and then try to cross the west bound side all in one try - well I saw that and was completely upset and was not going to allow that to happen on my watch.

So I proceeded to change lanes and direct my Tough Chevy Cobalt right at the bear and stop him from achieving such a task. Okay maybe it didn’t really go that way, what happened was a young black bear tried to cross the west bound side where I was traveling on and the two us met very unscheduled like. The bear was hit at a high speed of 65 mph where it then rolled back into the grassy median.

I got out of the car to make sure that no one else was involved in the accident and then proceeded to be amazed that a black bear is what ran in front of me. It tried to get back up but it was terribly injured from the impact, I then took a look at the damage to my car. The Cobalt took a good hit and managed to keep running (the engine I mean) but the front driver side wheel was completely pushed back into the wheel well so I was unable to drive home.

The impact to the bear was so great that I actually have some black bear hair on the fender as well as on the plastic wheel cover. Some nice folks stopped to make sure I was okay as well as take pictures of the bear that truely had many of them as well as the passer bys completely confused as to seeing a bear on the highway. The black bear did not die instantly or five minutes later - it suffered for another 10 to 15 minutes before the officer showed up and decided to put it down.

So, I currently do not have a vehicle and hopefully the insurance folks will see whether or not the car can be saved or I have to start from the beginning, which of course will be interesting because not only do I not have any cash for the deductible if it’s fixable but I don’t any cash set aside to buy another vehicle - so the final scenario is going top be quite interesting. The moral of the story is - black bears can be dangerous in and out of the wilderness.

In case some of you are wondering, the bear was about 250 lbs and it looked a lot like the picture I have posted.

This post has been written with a heavy heart filled with sadness. I received this little tid bit from a friend of mine last week but I was unable to post it due to time restraints, well that and the fact that if I’m going to be disappointed I think I should include you fine folks as well. After all these years I was hoping for better things to come my way especially when the time was right - for example:

- finding a four leaf clover
- reaching the end of a rainbow
- having a rabbit’s foot
or even wishing upon a shooting star

These are moments/scenarios that people look to in order to make a wish or hope for a new beginning. Well let me stop chatting for a bit and let you watch the video below so that you too can feel the way I do - enjoy.

I apologize for not posting more frequently but I have been introduced to a game that is truely gathering almost all of my attention from blogging.The game that is to be blamed is called Combat Arms. A co-worker of mine mentioned playing it and I just had to try it out for myself and as god as my witness I am 100% addicted to it. I’m not sure how many of you reading this are gamers of such games that involve strategy and skill but even if you are or aren’t you must try it out and I can pretty much guarantee that you won’t be disappointed. Click on the link above and view the graphics of the game - truely amazing.

Watching the video at first look appears to be quite brutal but as the coverage goes on you’ll notice that they are basically fighting with very stylish weapons that are no different then pillows. My friend Bill is involved in battles like this but his battles are with actual weapons with of course careful attention to safety. This sport might be something I would try out gicen that there are some times where I find myself wanting to hit something or someone and the only thing I have is my punching bag at home that doesn’t really fight back. I think I’ll do some research and see if something like this is local or maybe in the state.