Well, it's not that bad, yet, but I, for one, am glad that I was _accidentally_ in a super low risk fund for my 401K here at work. (I've actually made 1.6% during the crisis).
So, that being said, we're all going to be poor. That's right, all of us. If you thought you were poor before, get used to living in cardboard. Try going to go get a loan for a new car, anybody? Unless you've never missed a payment on anything in your life and you currently make 300K + a year, forget about it.
Po! We all gonna be Po!
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Okay, this has to be one of the funniest shows ever, but it is wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong.A couple of quotes from some friends of mine regarding the series:
"They are the wrongest wrong people in all of wrong town."
"Put it this way - the gang from Seinfeld watches them and says - man,those people aren't right."
It's hysterical, and I've only watched the first three episodes.
If you're interested, you can watch the first three seasons on hulu.com. Really, I can only watch two at a time before my cringe factor reaches 10. But I'm smiling from ear to ear as I'm cringing... it really is kind of like Seinfeld on crack.
Those people are just WRONG.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Thursday, September 18, 2008
A few good chickens
Hello, my friends! What have you all been up to? Me, I've been burying my head in the sand for weeks, and do you know what I've found? Besides a lot of termites and ants, I actually found an uneaten beef jerky! But that's another story for another day.
So, I was at the Tennou Sushi Bar for lunch today and something unthinkable happened: a fellow diner, 2 seats down at the bar, didn't eat one of their pieces of TORO! It was quite funny actually. When the guy left, the other two guys who had been sitting on the other side of him and I were all eyeing that glorious piece of fish flesh, sort of daring one another to take it off the plate of the now absent diner and eat it. Seriously considered doing it myself and then we started in on a conversation about it, me and the other two dudes. It goes something like this:
"That is a sin."
"Agreed."
"I almost don't care that it's somebody else's food."
"I know what you mean."
And so on. For what it's worth, I did control myself. No second hand toro was consumed. As for the other two gentlemen, well, I don't know. The toro was still on the plate after I paid my check and left. I kind of hope they split it.
So, I was at the Tennou Sushi Bar for lunch today and something unthinkable happened: a fellow diner, 2 seats down at the bar, didn't eat one of their pieces of TORO! It was quite funny actually. When the guy left, the other two guys who had been sitting on the other side of him and I were all eyeing that glorious piece of fish flesh, sort of daring one another to take it off the plate of the now absent diner and eat it. Seriously considered doing it myself and then we started in on a conversation about it, me and the other two dudes. It goes something like this:
"That is a sin."
"Agreed."
"I almost don't care that it's somebody else's food."
"I know what you mean."
And so on. For what it's worth, I did control myself. No second hand toro was consumed. As for the other two gentlemen, well, I don't know. The toro was still on the plate after I paid my check and left. I kind of hope they split it.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Hello
So, what does this ostrich have to say? Very little indeed. Suffice it to say that very little has been happening in the life of this feathered historical displacement specialist.
Hurricanes suck.
I hope my peeps in Houston all made it through in one peas.
Lipstick.
And now, a photo from the men's room at the Superdome on gameday.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Friday, September 12, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Hurricane Cocktail List
MANDATORY EVACUATION
1 1/2 oz. Absolute Ruby Red vodka
1/2 oz..
vermouth
Clamato juice
Prune juice
Combine vodka and vermouth in cocktail glass.
Fill remainder of glass with
equal parts clamato and prune juice. Stir. Drink.
Ask next-door neighbor
who's fichus tree blew over and crashed onto your roof - even though you'd
warned him for months to uproot it - if you can use his bathroom. Repeat.
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CATEGORY 5
1/2 oz. vodka
1/2 oz. tequila
1/2 oz. rum
1/2 oz. bourbon
1/2 oz. gin
Sweet-and-sour mix
Splash of fruit juice
Combine vodka, tequila, rum, bourbon and gin in a tall glass.
Fill
remainder of glass with sweet-and-sour mix and splash of juice.
Stir, then
garnish with an inverted drink umbrella.
Drink during peak storm hours, and
vow not to believe anyone who tries to tell you the hurricane that flooded
your garage and destroyed your shed was just a Category 1.
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CONE OF PROBABILITY
1 oz. cinnamon schnapps
1 sugar cone
Pour the schnapps into the sugar cone.
Every time you hear a TV weatherman
say, "cone of probability," bite off the end of the cone and down the shot.
If you hear Jim Cantore say it, drink two shots consecutively.
(they should
change this to the "Cantore Zone"... damn him.
Have you ever noticed that, despite all the cone of probability talk, if
Cantore is parked in front of your house your ass is toast?) - that is my
personal favorite!
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FEEDER BAND
2 oz. Midori
2 oz. rum
1 scoop vanilla ice cream
After your home loses power, combine Midori and rum in a cocktail glass.
Add a scoop of th e vanilla ice cream that is melting in your freezer.
Stir,
and drink through a straw.
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BEACH EROSION
1 1/2 oz. Goldschläger
1 1/2 oz. apple brandy
1 pack Sugar in the Raw
Combine Goldschläger, apple brandy and sugar in cocktail glass.
As you
drink, seriously contemplate moving your Yankee ass back to New Jersey where
it belongs.
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DOWNED POWER LINE
1 1/2 oz. rum
5 oz. Jolt Cola
Combine ingredients in a cocktail glass.
Drink while trying to figure out how the heck you're supposed to go two
freakin' weeks without television and AC.
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FLOOD ZONE
2 oz. Kahlúa
2 oz. Baileys Irish cream
4 oz. rum
Serve in a 6-ounce glass and laugh-cry deliriously as the mess spills
all over the countertop.
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COLD SHOWER
2 oz. Blue Aftershock
4 oz.. Sprite
Combine in a cocktail glass with crushed ice you received after
waiting in line for three hours at a mall parking lot.
Take a deep
breath, sip and scream like a little girl when the cold beverage hits
your tongue.
Repeat.
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LOOTERS WILL BE SHOT
1 oz. Jack Daniel's
Splash of sarsaparilla
Rock salt
Load both barrels of a shotgun with rock salt.
Climb to the roof of your house with gun, bottle of Jack Daniel's and
can of sarsaparilla.
Fill shot glass with Jack and splash of
sarsaparilla. Watch for looters.
When you spot one, blast his *** with
rock salt. Drink shot. Repeat.
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THE CHAIN SAW
1 oz. Goldschläger
1 oz. Rumplemintz
3 oz. Jim Beam
Spl ash of vermouth
Combine Goldschläger, Rumplemintz and Jim Beam in an empty soup can.
Add splash of vermouth. Drink.
Remove chain saw from garage and attempt
to cut up fallen tree limbs in yard.
Ask neighbor to drive you to
hospital when it all goes horribly wrong.
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FOUR-WAY STOP
1 1/2 oz. vodka
1 1/2 oz. vodka and Midori
1 1/2 oz. vodka and Galliano
1 1/2 oz. vodka and grenadine
Pour each ingredient into a separate shot glass.
Serve one to yourself
and three other people.
The person with the clear shot of vodka drinks
first.. The person to his right drinks the Midori shot, and so on.
If somebody drinks out of order, develop a quick case of road rage and
beat the living shit out of him.
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BLUE TARP
1 1/2 oz. Curacao
2 oz. pineapple juice
Splash of lime
Combine ingredients in a leaky paper cup and serve.
Wait six to eight months for someone to repair the cup.
If you're impatient, hire an unlicensed, out-of-state contractor to do
the job for an exorbitant sum and pray he doesn't hurt himself in the
process.
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FEMA FIZZLE
1 oz. Southern Comfort
2 oz. sloe gin
Tonic water
One week af ter the storm has passed and your neighborhood is still in
ruins with no sign of help on the way, combine Southern Comfort and gin
in a cocktail glass.
Fill remainder with tonic and add a dash of
Angostura bitters. Serve with a nut brownie.
Before drinking, raise the glass and say the toast, "Doing a helluva
job Brownie
1 1/2 oz. Absolute Ruby Red vodka
1/2 oz..
vermouth
Clamato juice
Prune juice
Combine vodka and vermouth in cocktail glass.
Fill remainder of glass with
equal parts clamato and prune juice. Stir. Drink.
Ask next-door neighbor
who's fichus tree blew over and crashed onto your roof - even though you'd
warned him for months to uproot it - if you can use his bathroom. Repeat.
======================================================
CATEGORY 5
1/2 oz. vodka
1/2 oz. tequila
1/2 oz. rum
1/2 oz. bourbon
1/2 oz. gin
Sweet-and-sour mix
Splash of fruit juice
Combine vodka, tequila, rum, bourbon and gin in a tall glass.
Fill
remainder of glass with sweet-and-sour mix and splash of juice.
Stir, then
garnish with an inverted drink umbrella.
Drink during peak storm hours, and
vow not to believe anyone who tries to tell you the hurricane that flooded
your garage and destroyed your shed was just a Category 1.
============================================================
CONE OF PROBABILITY
1 oz. cinnamon schnapps
1 sugar cone
Pour the schnapps into the sugar cone.
Every time you hear a TV weatherman
say, "cone of probability," bite off the end of the cone and down the shot.
If you hear Jim Cantore say it, drink two shots consecutively.
(they should
change this to the "Cantore Zone"... damn him.
Have you ever noticed that, despite all the cone of probability talk, if
Cantore is parked in front of your house your ass is toast?) - that is my
personal favorite!
==================================================
FEEDER BAND
2 oz. Midori
2 oz. rum
1 scoop vanilla ice cream
After your home loses power, combine Midori and rum in a cocktail glass.
Add a scoop of th e vanilla ice cream that is melting in your freezer.
Stir,
and drink through a straw.
============================================================
BEACH EROSION
1 1/2 oz. Goldschläger
1 1/2 oz. apple brandy
1 pack Sugar in the Raw
Combine Goldschläger, apple brandy and sugar in cocktail glass.
As you
drink, seriously contemplate moving your Yankee ass back to New Jersey where
it belongs.
============================================================
DOWNED POWER LINE
1 1/2 oz. rum
5 oz. Jolt Cola
Combine ingredients in a cocktail glass.
Drink while trying to figure out how the heck you're supposed to go two
freakin' weeks without television and AC.
============================================================
FLOOD ZONE
2 oz. Kahlúa
2 oz. Baileys Irish cream
4 oz. rum
Serve in a 6-ounce glass and laugh-cry deliriously as the mess spills
all over the countertop.
============================================================
COLD SHOWER
2 oz. Blue Aftershock
4 oz.. Sprite
Combine in a cocktail glass with crushed ice you received after
waiting in line for three hours at a mall parking lot.
Take a deep
breath, sip and scream like a little girl when the cold beverage hits
your tongue.
Repeat.
============================================================
LOOTERS WILL BE SHOT
1 oz. Jack Daniel's
Splash of sarsaparilla
Rock salt
Load both barrels of a shotgun with rock salt.
Climb to the roof of your house with gun, bottle of Jack Daniel's and
can of sarsaparilla.
Fill shot glass with Jack and splash of
sarsaparilla. Watch for looters.
When you spot one, blast his *** with
rock salt. Drink shot. Repeat.
============================================================
THE CHAIN SAW
1 oz. Goldschläger
1 oz. Rumplemintz
3 oz. Jim Beam
Spl ash of vermouth
Combine Goldschläger, Rumplemintz and Jim Beam in an empty soup can.
Add splash of vermouth. Drink.
Remove chain saw from garage and attempt
to cut up fallen tree limbs in yard.
Ask neighbor to drive you to
hospital when it all goes horribly wrong.
============================================================
FOUR-WAY STOP
1 1/2 oz. vodka
1 1/2 oz. vodka and Midori
1 1/2 oz. vodka and Galliano
1 1/2 oz. vodka and grenadine
Pour each ingredient into a separate shot glass.
Serve one to yourself
and three other people.
The person with the clear shot of vodka drinks
first.. The person to his right drinks the Midori shot, and so on.
If somebody drinks out of order, develop a quick case of road rage and
beat the living shit out of him.
============================================================
BLUE TARP
1 1/2 oz. Curacao
2 oz. pineapple juice
Splash of lime
Combine ingredients in a leaky paper cup and serve.
Wait six to eight months for someone to repair the cup.
If you're impatient, hire an unlicensed, out-of-state contractor to do
the job for an exorbitant sum and pray he doesn't hurt himself in the
process.
============================================================
FEMA FIZZLE
1 oz. Southern Comfort
2 oz. sloe gin
Tonic water
One week af ter the storm has passed and your neighborhood is still in
ruins with no sign of help on the way, combine Southern Comfort and gin
in a cocktail glass.
Fill remainder with tonic and add a dash of
Angostura bitters. Serve with a nut brownie.
Before drinking, raise the glass and say the toast, "Doing a helluva
job Brownie
Bad Repp, No Juice
If any of you have been reading Natalie's blog, she is STILL without power in Baton Rouge. That city is starting to remind me of NOLA after Katrina. Shit, my house in NOLA only lost power for 12 hours after Gustav.
Anywhoo, Heidi called to tell me that she's planning on dressing up like a bunny rabbit and hopping her next marathon instead of running. Good luck, Heidi! I think it's a grand plan!
Anywhoo, Heidi called to tell me that she's planning on dressing up like a bunny rabbit and hopping her next marathon instead of running. Good luck, Heidi! I think it's a grand plan!
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Monday, September 08, 2008
Back to Normal
Archibald is back at work. This is a nice, welcome return to normalcy. Hoping all of my peeps in BR get their power back soon and can surf the interwebs at their leisure.
Was unable to attend the Saints game yesterday due to a, ahem, gastrointestinal disturbance. Watched on the telly, though, so all is well.
Was unable to attend the Saints game yesterday due to a, ahem, gastrointestinal disturbance. Watched on the telly, though, so all is well.