day 1 - 2:30 pm

Some guy @ the pump giving shit to the toyota owner said "I'm a real home grown American, that's why I drive an American car" before it was pointed out to him by toyota guy that Jeep is owned by a German company - don't think that's true but... "Yeah, well it was born in America." Then towards Indy a big anti evolution sign - you could tell because it had the monkey to human drawing with a slash thru it and a verse, the very first one - "In the beginning, God creted... This is the heartland folks.

Day 1 (cont)

2 pm - on eastern time now. Polished off a strawnana shake in Lafayette. Phone battery getting low. Time 2 get some gas & get back 2 it.

Day 1 (cont)

12 noon - blogger on the phone sucks ass. couldn't edit the thread, had 2 start a whole new post. Ok, think I figured it out - html mode is needed. Driving in Indiana, thinking of stopping soon 4 lunch. Kovac called with airplane sob story. It has begun

Live Blog - Day 1

10:20 am - work calls. Easy one, phew. Methinks it's time to shut down the desktop & go downstairs...

10:10 am - Fung misses call from Decker, and Decker leaves message that ends with "This Fucking Sucks". Not sure whether to be worried, or if that's par for the course

9:26 am - ...we are officially behind schedule. Not that that really matters - an hour or so off won't kill us, we probably wouldn't do anything till after dinner anyway. Guess I can spend some time cleaning this pigsty up.

9:15 am - Adam calls. @Logan, ready to leave. Fung also ready to leave. However, Fung hadn't read his email, or he'd know...

8:30 am - packing, scrubbing, anticipatin'...

7:00 am - Fung wakes up. Goes around & starts collecting up all the gadgets that have been charging up overnight. New camcorder - check. Batteries for camera - check. Phone - check. Laptop - check.

Could it be?

Rumors are flying about that the tourney may wake from its 2 year slumber. Something about a "road trip" to the C-Bus in the July. As a reminder, the score is @$$#0le$, I mean Moshdawgs 27, Polish-African Remix 21. At this stage last time the Moshdawgs were up 26-22, but the Remix were in the midst of a 7 game winning streak to take the lead, which save for a 33-34 blip, they kept or were even the rest of the way to a historic championship. Moral of the story - watch your back, Moshdawg.

Blast from the beginning of the Immortal and Everlasting Tournament of 100

Thought this might provide motivation for the next time we play! Soon! Columbus? October?

An Olympian Pastime

From the Washington Post 12 Aug 2008

At the center of the storm, Phelps seems to be the calmest eye, that is until his every synapse erupts as the gun sounds. "I'm just here enjoying myself," the 23-year old said a few days ago. "I never experienced a campus dorm room [so] I enjoy the [Olympic] Village... little grass areas and sculptures... I stay in my room and watch movies or we [swimmers] sit around playing Spades all day." (emphasis mine)

Enough said.