Last Post of the Decade!

So I guess that whole end of the world thing in 2000 is not really in play? I guess the new end of days is sometime in 2011 or 2012 according to the Incan calendar or Nostradamus, or maybe it was Cleo? Either way... pretty quiet here today. I have been taking a peek at all of the end of the year/ decade best/worst of lists. You know, best dressed, top athletes, best games, grossest celebrity dumps. That kind of stuff. When I think about it this has been a pretty eventful year and decade for the ol' Jaybird. I suppose they all are in some way or another, and if not you are not really l-i-v-i-n! In the last 10 years though I; had 3 jobs, was arrested for assault and battery w/ a deadly weapon (a door to the ass, dismissed), jumped and beat up by 8 guys, fantasy football champ, my brother had a baby, I moved back home to VT and got a real job and sorted out my life (but seemed to have misplaced my hair somewhere?), bought a car, paid it all off, bought a house (not all paid off), went through the worst recession since the Great Depression, Michael Jackson died, used the Scottie Pippen defense, GOT MARRIED, drove 135MPH, made over 1million inappropriate jokes/comments, ate at the Grammercy Tavern, went to Barbados, Jamaica, Morea (South Pacific), France, made and lost friends, karate chopped a few people, scored 107.88 on the Microsoft paper airplane game... started a blog. Pretty exhausting when you think about it. What will the next decade bring? Besides the end of the world of course! Hopefully a puppy.

Have a safe and very merry new year HAHAHA... beef jerky time!

Happy F*ing New Year !!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no6-vsHgHJg

Yup, that's right... I am an A-S-S-H-O-L-E!!! Anywho had a really fun bite to eat w/ some friends from the old Boston neighborhood at the Daily Planet last night. Food was ok, service was suspect, company was excellent! 1 thumb up.

Boy... am I fat!

So we started Thursday night and had a big dinner, then a big brunch the next morning, then another big dinner, then a small breakfast, then grazing all day then another huge dinner. It was all lovely but hot dog... it looks like I am about to give birth (presumably to a crowned pork roast)! Pretty mellow Christmas, we had easy drives, pretty easy family interactions. The big controversy was the battle between our cat and my in-laws cat. Mine is a big pussy. On the plus side, he caught a mouse last night when we got home and had another one he was messing w/ at about 4AM. I am a little freaked out though because I have no idea where he left it, or if he let it go. So there might be a dead and half eaten mouse in my house somewhere, or dead in the wall?! Boo-Yeah!!! So the best gift this year (not counting my wife's), Bose i-pod dock. Looks great, sounds great. Worst? Always a toss up but this year I am going w/ the old Transformer toys my folks stuck me w/. I thought I had left them all behind but alas, joke was on me. Well, looks like it is time for another beer to pile on the fatness!!!

Christmas is here

I can't believe I am at work today. The phone rang once between 8-10AM. Seriously... I had a pleasant day off w/ the special lady yesterday though. We did some last minute present wrapping, she made a lovely lunch (stuffed acorn squash), and we watched Mad Men and a Harry Potter movie. So the other night we had our group holiday party at Bistro 156. I will say, they did a pretty ok job. Our CIO set it up and they rolled out a series of decent apps and one waitress kept the drinks flowing. The sliders were kind of like budget White Castle but the wings were ok (I liked the spicy Thai sauce), the cheese platter was good and the artichoke dip was not bad. All in all acceptable. 1 thumb up. It is a nice space. We are all guys (except 1 trooper KB who really holds her own), so the random office hook up is out of play, except one guy was hugging alot and I might have gotten my butt grabbed. In fairness though, I am quite hard to resist. As usual though we get a little tipsy and talk shit. Sports, movies, work... pretty much everything is in play (even my height... which is B.S. since I am average for a male in the U.S.!). I like to give my boss a hard time, he is a good sport about it though. Treats me like one of those small dogs that bark alot. For some reason my keycard did not work this morning though? (just kidding). I will give credit where credit is due, most places you work the folks at the top sit in their ivory tower and send out orders to their minions. At our place those same folks will look you in the eye and engage in sometimes difficult dialogue. That is not easy but does give people a sense they are important. Now if we could just do something about those clowns that trade Corporates... The capper as usual was my cab ride home. For some reason the cabbies in Burlington want you to ride shotgun so that they can share their life stories w/ you. Oh, your brother is married to a 300lb. woman and does not save any money? Fascinating! You are a level 12 ogre on World of Warcraft? Alright! I should go to the Rusty Scuffer more often because your cousin works there and makes a great steak? Well sir, I think you are on to something!! I have a 30minute ride home... 2 thumbs down! So there you have it, next stop family business. Wish me luck!! Here is an old school video... maybe NSFW for bad language.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gfwQRjzcJE&feature=related

Have a happy long weekend!

Today's Holiday Video

Sure, why not?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvYOm89IcUU

2 for Tuesday!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg9eZxpV3VA

My special lady got me a home brewing kit for Christmas. She is the best. I got her a chia-pig!

Holiday Cheer

Yup, it is that time of year... there isn't shit going on in the office. The phone rang about 4 times, I got a handful of emails, 1 inappropriate text from a colleague, and I took 2 poops! Another great winter shaping up where it snows all over the Northeast except here in VT. On the bright side it is cold as f*** so that is awesome. My special lady laugh/spit wife at a dinner party this weekend. Was it one of the funniest things I have seen lately? Hell to the yeah!!! We also had really good fish tacos w/ Alaskan salmon and halibut cheeks. Solid. BTW, Christmas shopping hell? Lowes/K-mart/kiddie book store. My head nearly exploded trying to get a few random things. I also enjoyed the "Green" store that recently opened near us. They advertised having materials for a root cellar. When I went there though, they did not, nor was the girl working there versed in the theory of a root cellar. But she thought it would be something their patrons would be interested in... Really? Think so? WTF?! Well, no more negativity, I am going to put a new holiday video up to cheer you all up, yyyaaaayyyyy!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgnXAvh5qFs

Flu Me?! Flu You!!!

So by writing this post I can almost guarantee I will be sick in the next week or two but I am forging ahead... I read a story today on Bloomberg news relating to the flu. Apparently there have been next to no cases of "seasonal" flu this year as it has been crowded out by the dreaded "swine" flu. Bad news right? Wrong. Swine flu has killed 10k people this year, 1/3 the amount that seasonal flu annually kills. Hey, this is like global warming to me... you should drink OJ, wash your hands, try to stay healthy by all means, but if you believed the media you would think we were all going to die from the f*ing flu! People get sick, old people and children have weaker immune systems and have trouble fighting tough flu's off. This is not new nor is it news. Why do we need to find something to panic about, to slap the term pandemic on?

Went to the Bluebird Tavern for the second time last night... off the chain yo! They make a not bad Old Fashion. Head cheese sounds scary right? Well, it is delicious when fried up crispy and served on cheesy grits my friends. Deviled egg? You are devilish you little scamp! The bacon was a bid crunchy though, as in I used it to scrape the ice off my car after dinner. For my main course I rocked rabbit. It was good but there was so much fried food (meat and veggies all fried) on my plate I nearly had a coronary finishing it all... which I did! 1 8/10s up, it was a little chilly in the dining room.