One of the downsides of living 5 minutes away from where you work is that there is no such thing as a snow day. While I was working I saw constant updates of SNOW DAY! Good for you and your pathetic life that now instead of sitting behind a cube you get to sit inside and watch TV. Pat on the back. Just a little bitter.
When I got back from work I went to the gym and then the Shee said that Flyers tickets are dirt cheap and asked if I wanted to go. I’d never been to a Flyers game so I thought this was a perfect time. Shee said to ride some action on the game so I put up an amount to cover the 30 dollar tickets and taxied on 95 which was a sheet of ice. I got to the game, met up with the Shee, and grabbed a beer.
He reminded me that yesterday was his birthday that I unfortunately forgot. He didn’t care because if he did it would have been awkward the entire time which would have sucked. I wrote this post last year when I missed his birthday and still stand by it. A birthday is just a superficial way of acting like you are important.
Can you make your elbows touch?
For my first Flyer’s game ever I was surprised by the speed. Hockey live is far better than televised hockey. If you didn’t see the game, and I’d doubt you did, the Flyer’s scored 3 goals in the 3rd period to win 3-1. Our seats were in the 13th section a bit off of center ice but still pretty damn good for 33 bucks. Shee used 2015 technology to buy the tickets on stubhub, download them to his phone, then Uber to the game. Happy late Birthday, Shee.
Wednesday night was the first night I’ve ever participated in a bowling league. I joined a team with friends who are people I would certainly call my friends but I rarely hang out with them directly. Bowling is an activity that brings people together.
An old picture. The new setup has TV’s and more score boxes.
I brought the Black Beauty which is JC’s 16lb bowling ball. I had never used it before. The league takes place at Hi Spot Lanes. Hi Spot is in Manayunk and even though I lived there for 4 years, I had never been. It is an 8 lane alley and from people talking about it, I was expecting a dump. It far and away exceeded my expectations. Their website gallery needs work although it’s evident they have built an online business selling bowling bowls.
The lanes are in good condition and even though the scoring software is from the 80’s, it works well enough. There were a few lane malfunctions but were fixed quickly and worked at about 90%. It’s BYOB which is nice as well.
Big Ern getting accustomed to his rose ball.
I rolled a warm up game with a 14 lb house ball because I was scared of the Black Beauty. I rolled a 151 and saw that the lanes had a decent bite at the finish. This is good. My worse scores come when my hook dies at the close.
The first game got underway and we had a 54 pin handicap. Our team name is “the Cosby’s” so we all were characters from the TV show. I settled on Claire. Watkins is still not pleased with Vanessa.
The Black Beauty
Since I didn’t play last week, my average starts at 130. My first Black Beauty scored an X and I was off. The only impression I can give after finishing the first game is that a 16lb ball is a bit more forgiving than a 14. I hit the Jersey side on about 4 strikes and rolled about 4 other perfect ones. With the game not out of reach on my final ball and their 4th bowler yet to finish, I rolled another strike to cinch it. Our 5 person team won by 12 pins and I finished with a 238, my 2nd high game ever.
The next two games did not go as well as we lost them both and didn’t really have meaningful balls in the 10th. A few team descriptions that are pretty funny.
Watkins is Mr Volatility moving from a 91 to a 164 in a single game. The potential is there but consistency is lacking on his first ball which puts him in bad spots on his second shot.
Mario throws a mean hook that’s almost too mean. He kept missing jersey side and was hitting the 2 pin first which if it just moved over a touch could be potential strikes.
Tim should be known as Talcum or baby powder because I’ve never witnessed anyone use this much baby powder. The finger holes on his ball are too tight and they were getting stuck and the ball was launching. An off night for the creator of the Cosby Shuffle.
Dan is good bowler who controls his straight ball on spare pick ups pretty well. He was mistakenly advised to purchase a finger tip ball which is not what you want to do when you roll a straight ball. Lacking a solid strike ball that I’ve seen in the past, he did very well under those conditions.
I petered off with a 148, 138 which I was disappointed in but it was the first time trying to pick up spares with a heavier ball. My control was off as I missed a single 5 pin which is just about the easiest shot in bowling.
All in all I’m happy to join a league and get out of the house and meet new people on a Wednesday night. Plus it’s an activity I like to do.
[dropcap background=”yes” color=”#333333″]K[/dropcap]obe Bryant released a documentary of his life called Muse on Showtime. He is the narrator and no one else would be more fitting. Kobe Bryant is a huge fan of Kobe Bryant. Ego aside, it’s worthwhile to view the life as told by the NBA’s 3rd highest point scorer’s perspective. He truly is a special human being who dedicated himself to the life of basketball and has earned his spot as arguably a top 10 player of all time.
Kobe Bryant at Lower Merion
Kobe’s early life had him transitioning from Italy, where his dad played pro ball, to life in Philadelphia. At 18 he was acquired by the Lakers and has spent the last 18 years there. This movie was made because Kobe has 9 months of rehab to repair an Achilles (or rotator cuff) and he has nothing better to do. With that backdrop, here are the highlights:
Kobe has 4 airballs in a playoff game
I had never seen the above clip before. How you don’t want to go into a shell and hide letting an entire city, all of your teammates, and yourself down after wanting to take every shot and completely catching air 4!!!! times is absurd. A true testament to his mental toughness.
The Black Mamba
Kobe says that he created the Black Mamba to separate basketball from his personal life. The black mamba is the lethal side of Kobe that appears on the court and was unstoppable in his prime. There would be competition from other players but his biggest challenge was overcoming the goals he set for himself. There not many players in the NBA who work harder than Kobe at their craft.
The clip below has got to be a high point of how awesome Kobe was in his prime.
Muse briefly touches on this incident but I’ll go in more detail. Kobe is seen crying and saying how his wife hated his guts and how they had a miscarriage but it never goes into why. Fortunately, the internet never forgets. This police interview after Kobe was accused of sexually assaulting a 19 year old girl in Colorado gets wild.
The setup is that a this young girl is showing Kobe around while he is rehabbing his knee and they end up banging. She stops him short, leaves, and then accuses him of rape. These are the classic, unforgettable details. He starts off saying he knows nothing but as the detectives press on he realizes the girl has already talked and he has to cooperate. Kobe’s answers are bold.
Pg 12 – I did have sexual intercourse with her
Pg 17 – She had a lot of bleeding. From where? Her vaginal area? Did she cut herself or something, there’s no blood on me whatesoever man…
Pg 18- Did you ever ask her if you wanted, if you could cum in her face? Yes. That’s when she said no. That’s when she said no. That’s when she said no.
Pg 20 – Did she give you oral sex? Yeah it was quick. I just told her to get up because she didn’t know what she was doing.
Pg 33 – See this is the way I at it, I, you know, I look at it this way, she’s an attractive young lady okay. She wasn’t that attractive.
Pg 34 – I jerked off when she left.
Pg 37 – (about another girl he cheats with is wife)Her name is Michelle. And is this somebody you frequent or a one time incident or…? No. She’s a, she’s a frequent (inaudible).
Kobe and his wife Vanessa
Those are the highlights of the 57 page interview. The way he describes it is she put her leg up on the chair and was asking for it. He pulled her panties down and banged her for a few minutes before not finishing when she said to stop. How could that not be consensual? That’s not a position for a female that you randomly find yourself in.
They ended up settling out of court when it turned out she was on medication and a borderline schizophrenic. She brought panties as evidence that had another man’s semen and pubic hair. This was pretty much the low point of Kobe’s career but also the most fascinating because he is portrayed as such wholesome guy that it’s refreshing to see him as cheating male.
So then I decided to search for what the victim looked like and this is what I came up with. I have no idea if this is her or not but my research found her to be Katelyn Faber or Kate Lovell. Lovell looks like this.
Kate Lovell
This is Katelyn Faber. I think the media caught wind of the girl’s first name and hit the yearbook. I’m fairly certain it’s the one above if she was on a talk show.
Katelyn Faber
My Feelings on Kobe
I came away admiring Kobe’s longevity and devotion to the game. He seems like a nice guy even though you hear all the time how arrogant he is. He works hard and got to the top and it’s a shame to see him succumb to injuries even though he still has the talent to play. I don’t think he could ever not be the head honcho though which could make it difficult to play on teams when he’s 41. I bet he’s a fun person to hang out with if your talented. Horrible if you suck though. I will never forget this story. By far my favorite.
LeSean McCoy for Kiko Alonzo. Who is Kiko Alonzo, I asked? I watch more football than 90% of the population and have never heard of the man. Is he from Africa? Nope, he conveniently played at OREGON.
In the 2013 season he was lights out recording 10 tackles a game and getting interceptions like it was his job (it isn’t as a linebacker). He was named defensive rookie of the month in September and finished 3rd in the league in tackles (159). Seemed like a tremendous player ala Luke Kuechly (I’m just going out on a limb with that one but he’s white, a linebacker, and putting up huge numbers). What could go wrong?
Defenders are used to seeing 25 from behind.
Oh wait, he missed the entire 2014 season with an ACL tear. Some people can come back from ACL’s like Jeremy Maclin and Rob Gronkowski, but it’s still a serious injury. He would have to be quite a linebacker to equate to Shady’s skill at running back which fans will be scrutinizing closely.
LeSean McCoy was traded for reasons that mostly pertain to money. The Eagles pick up almost 10 million of cap space (LeSean was owed 10.25m vs Alonso’s 750k). Chip probably creamed his pants thinking he is getting an equivalent, elite caliber player on the defensive end that saves him money. Talk also says that LeSean was fading as his 5.1 ypc in 2013 dropped to 4.2 last season. This is hogwash.
Eagles offense will not be as explosive.
I’d argue that DeSean Jackson made everyone better in 2013. He finished the year with 1300+ yards and 9 TDS and was a deep threat that spread the field.
Riley Cooper shined (835 yards and 8 TD) with DeSean which is saying something after his last year with Maclin as the WR1 (535 yards and 3 TD).
Jordan Matthews (872 & 8) emerged last year but Nick Foles regressed (easy to fall off a 27-2 year).
LeSean went for 1,607 and 539 receiving yards in ’13 vs 1319 rushing and 155 receiving yards in ’14. Sproles and Polk took numbers away from him one could argue.
Maclin put up almost identical numbers as DeSean did last year but he did it with more underneath catches instead of the only way Desean catches the ball, long bombs.
Nothing surprises me in this business anymore! In total shock!
The Eagles are going to have to use Shady’s cash to get some defensive talent. Cary Williams was a bum and easy to replace and Trent Cole dropped to 40 tackles and 6.5 sacks last year vs 44 and 8 in ’14 so I don’t see that as a huge loss.
They’ll miss Shady on offense. This offense is nowhere near as good as they think they are without LeSean and DeSean. They don’t have the playmakers. QB issues as well.
The first day I got back from New Orleans I felt fine. I stayed in on Friday night and when I woke up on Saturday morning, I felt a tickle in my throat. I hate getting sick so I bought some cough drops and took it (relatively) easy on a Saturday night. Sunday came and went and I felt under the weather. Monday I went full out head cold with a runny nose that wouldn’t stop running. Today has been more of the same. Even though I don’t feel sick, I can tell my brain isn’t functioning 100%.
A few minutes ago I had a 26 minute conversation with a customer in Calgary. It went like this:
Customer: I can’t decide between your standard and heavy duty slate ripper.
Me: I’ll make it easy on you, we are out of stock on the heavy duty.
C: But will the standard model break? I’m going to be hitting it with a hammer.
M: It won’t break. It’s a one piece forging.
C: But I’m going to be hitting it with a hammer.
M: It won’t break.
C: What about a sledge hammer?
M: It won’t break.
C: How can you be so certain?
M: Because I’ve sold 1,000’s of them and they don’t break.
C: But I’m going to be hitting with a hammer.
M: I’m going to hit you over the head with hammer.
I added a little bit of drama and I didn’t really say the last line but I feel like situations like this happen and I can’t tell if it’s him or me. Like if I didn’t have a head cold would I have wrapped this up in 2 minutes. I tend to think not but who the hell knows.
This will probably be the only post I ever write about Ronda Rousey. Not surprisingly it has nothing to do with her ability. If you don’t follow female UFC, there isn’t much to know except it is dominated by one woman, Ronda Rousey. Here was her latest fight against Cat Zingano who was 9-0 coming into this fight.
Anytime your fight fits in Gif format, you probably aren’t so happy. Either way, Rousey won in 14 seconds blah blah blah. The more important (body) part to focus in on are her cans. How does she fight with those puppies? There’s nothing more erotic than having Ronda Rousey mash your head into her boobs while she pummels away on your head. I caught a glimpse during a sportscenter highlight and double taked then reverse DVR’d to make sure I was seeing what I thought I was. You can’t stop them, you can only hope to contain them.
Top Barstool comment on a similar post:
I mean let’s be honest, this chick isn’t letting anyone with a below average chode fuck her. She’s strapping on and fucking you.
Here’s a gif of a genius adding water to oil. Or vice versa.
DO NOT USE WATER ON A GREASE FIRE!
Start evacuating everyone from the building. Fires spread extremely fast and can overwhelm victims in minutes. Treat burns only after evacuating the building.
Turn off the Burner! The fire might go out with this simple step.
Call 911. There’s no reason to wait, Rocky Mountain Fire will be there to assist even if you manage to get the fire out.
The easiest way to smother a grease fire is to cover it with a pan lid. Be careful with glass lids; they can break from the extreme heat of open flame.
Grease fires can also be smothered with baking soda, but it takes a lot of baking soda to do the trick. Unless the baking soda is easily accessible, it’s usually easier to quickly find a lid.
A dry chemical fire extinguisher will also work, but it will contaminate your kitchen and food. Class K fire extinguishers are available to put out grease and other kitchen fires, but they are usually only found in commercial kitchens.
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I’ve started reading Jobs. As the title implies, it’s about the life of Steve Jobs. I’m about 20% (this has replaced page #’s) of the way through and Steve’s pursuit of designing perfection is always apparent. I’ve written about perfection before so this isn’t groundbreaking by any means but worth re-visiting.
A common theme among the elite is perfection. Perfection differs depending on the project and the person. Take this blog post. If I say I only want to release it when I believe it’s perfect, will it ever be published?
Nope. First of all, the idea for the post isn’t insanely great. If all I ever was trying to achieve was perfection, I’d have a total of 0 blog posts. My skills do not allow me to achieve impeccable results. This is the issue with 97% of people roaming the earth.
Steve Jobs was born different. He didn’t follow the rules and had a gift bestowed upon him that average people don’t have. Perfection is subjective but some people’s understanding of pure greatness varies.
Perfection is why Apple is the most valuable company in the world. As I finish the remaining 80% of the this book I may change these thoughts but what I’ve taken out of the beginning is attention to detail and perfection separate the elite from the great.
If you watch ESPN you’ve probably seen the below video of Kevin Stalling’s upset at his player:
When I first saw this video I only saw this part. I wasn’t aware that the coach’s player was previously clapping in the face of his opponent who they just beat as a method of taunting. This behavior from a player is out of line and makes it look as though the coach is doing a poor job developing his team’s sportsmanship. I understand why the coach was irate.
HOWEVER…you can’t use the word “kill”. Although I also feel the word “whip” would also have been looked poorly upon. The politically correct way would have been, “I’m very mad at you right now.”
The word “fucking” caught my eye in this exchange. If he didn’t say fucking would it still been as bad. “I’m going to kill you.” I guess it would. My sense is that people actually react to the word fuck in this back and forth. It wouldn’t be as bad if he wasn’t cursing. Cursing. Curse words. What the fuck!
The definition of a curse word is obscure. In its more literal sense, the term “profanity” specifically refers to “offensive words, or religious words, used in a way that shows you do not respect God or holy things.” Words that god does not look highly upon. Fucking or sex. Shit or poop. Cock or penis. Pussy or vagina. It makes no difference which one I say. There’s no reason fuck should be a curse word and sex shouldn’t be. Yet for a bizarre reason our society spazzes out over curse words.
Perhaps I’m wrong though and this whole ordeal was because Stallings said he was going to kill him. A further look at this part though would lead to a situation where the killer wouldn’t be the brightest or maybe he is a diabolical mastermind. There would be no reason to expect that Stallings was actually going to kill him, It’s called a figure of speech.
After further review, my initial, out of context, reaction was the coach should be fired but after analyzing the situation, I believe he made the right move by apologizing and life will move on. Here is what the player thought:
Coach Stallings is the best coach in America. I felt no offense to anything. We are both fiery people and that's why I chose Vandy ⚓️
One of the downsides of living 5 minutes away from where you work is that there is no such thing as a snow day. While I was working I saw constant updates of SNOW DAY! Good for you and your pathetic life that now instead of sitting behind a cube you get to sit inside and watch TV. Pat on the back. Just a little bitter.
