I'm terrible at coming up with titles for blogs and such, which is why this one sucks as well.
Enjoy. :-) (This wasn’t my idea, I saw it a bit ago by someone unknown.)
Everyone pick a Bluth and an 80 proof beverage, put on a DVD (or stream on Netflix)
Player 1 shoots every time Gob says, ‘Come on!’
Player 2 shoots every time Tobias says or does something fruity.
Player 3 shoots every time George Sr. lies.
Player 4 shoots every time George Michael or Maeby feel awkward (twice if both.)
Player 5 shoots every time Gob does a magic trick.
Player 6 shoots every time Lucille demeans someone.
Have any suggestions/additions/changes? I’m open to ideas.
Since I can never seem to really stay with a blog/theme for a while, that must speak volumes about me. Agreed?
So, I wracked my brain and scoured old forum posts from bygone days, and I think I came up with my entire cell phone history (in roughly chronological order). Here goes:
Nokia 5160 (AT&T Prepaid)
Nokia 8290 (Voicestream)
Samsung Q105 (Voicestream)
Nokia 8390 (unlocked to use on Voicestream)
Nokia 3390 (T-Mobile after they acquired Voicestream)
Nokia 6010 (T-Mobile)
Nokia 3650 (T-Mobile, my first smartphone)
Nokia 6600 (T-Mobile, my second smartphone)
Nokia 6200 (unlocked to use on T-Mobile)
Nokia 6230 (unlocked to use on T-Mobile)
Nokia N73 Music Edition (unbranded, unlocked, used on T-Mobile. Never officially sold in US.)
Motorola V360 (T-Mobile)
Nokia 6133 (T-Mobile)
BlackBerry 8320 (T-Mobile)
BlackBerry 8900 (T-Mobile)
BlackBerry 9700 (T-Mobile)
T-Mobile G2 (aka HTC Desire Z) (T-Mobile)
Since it’s getting cold outside, what better time for a hot buttered rum? Several years back, I came across this recipe, and it’s absolutely fantastic, so I figured I would share it here.
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Serves 12
1 lb dark brown sugar
1/2 lb salted butter
1 tsp ground nutmeg
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground cloves
1 tsp ground white cardamom
750 ml top-quality dark rum (a standard “fifth” bottle, 750ml, will serve 12)
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MAKING THE BATTER
1. Put all batter ingredients (everything but the rum) in a food processor and run it until the stuff turns creamy. Fold it down once with a rubber spatula to make sure the spices are blended in, and run the food processor some more.
2. Scoop the mixture into a leftover container, and refrigerate. It will keep for many months in the refrigerator, even though it contains butter.
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MAKING THE DRINKS
1. Fill a coffee mug half-full of boiling water. The easiest way to do this is to put a mug of hot water in the microwave. If you don’t have a microwave, then fill the mug with boiling water, pour it out, then fill it half-full of boiling water.
2. Add 2 generous tablespoons of batter. Stir until the batter dissolves in the hot water. I use a small wire whisk for this stirring.
3. Add 2 jiggers of the best rum you can afford. When I make this in quantities for parties I like to use Myers Dark Rum.
One theory of hot-toddy making is that it is impossible to use too much batter, and you should keep stirring more in until you are bored with stirring.
Another theory of hot-toddy making is that it is impossible to use too much rum, and that you should keep stirring in more until your friends panic.
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Enjoy! *clinks mugs*
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This is pretty odd. I’ve got this book called, appropriately enough, The Odd Index, full of strange facts and unusual tidbits. One of those is a section called “24 Representative “Self-Appraisal” Questions Asked on a Typical State Trooper Job Application”
I’ll write these questions out as they’re found, and then my would-be answers to them if I were intentionally trying to fail the test. Ready? Here we go…
- While driving an automobile, can you move your head from side to side without moving your body?
Sorry, my neck doesn’t swivel, therefore my entire body must turn with my head when I look in any direction.
- Are your arms long enough to hold an Ithaca Model 37 pump-action shotgun steady and perfectly level at shoulder height?
No. I am struck with a condition that makes my arms tremble at the slightest stress. Additionally, my right arm is 1 foot shorter than my right, causing my aim to be badly skewed.
- Can you climb over a four foot high fence?
Are you kidding me? No human being can climb that high!
- Can you enter a window from the top of a ladder?
What? Windows on top of ladders? What kind of ladders are we talking about, exactly?
- Can you climb lengthwise over a full-sized, sedan-type automobile?
Unfortunately, a compact car is the best I can do. Anything else is just asking too much.
- Can you crawl through a three foot by three foot opening?
Hey, hey, I’m not a kid anymore. I’m too big for these kinds of questions, we’re not in a playground!
- Can you change a car tire?
I can’t even butter my bread.
- Could you pull a 120 pound object off the highway by yourself?
Well, I might be able to move it a foot or so. Maybe all the way off the road, provided there aren’t any cars coming down the highway for the following couple hours after my arrival on scene.
- Could you work effectively without regular, structured meal breaks?
If I don’t get my food on time, things can get quite ugly. I wouldn’t advise it.
- Are you missing any fingers or toes?
I’m writing this with the aid of the big toe on my right foot, if that’s any indication.
- Are you missing any arms or legs?
No. Not the full limb, just the hands and one foot as mentioned on the previous question, as well as the aforementioned shortened arm. So, in short, no.
- If required, could you poke someone with a nightstick?
Oh I could do more than poke someone, believe you me!
- Could you kill a vicious or injured animal at close range with a gun?
Sure, why not? And in what order? Injured before vicious or the other way around?
- Would you be able to handle the recoil of a .357 Magnum handgun?
I’ve never tried that before. Hand me one and take about 10 steps back, then we’ll see if I can or not.
- Have you ever been fired from a job?
I’ve never held a job for more than a week straight. That’s a good thing, right? It’s diverse.
- Do you have an uncontrollable need for sleep?
Ahh….not that I kn—…….mm…..wh…..huh? Oh. No, I don’t.
- Do you have any speech defects?
N-n-n-nn—nnnn-no I don’t have any thpeech d-d-dd-defectb.
- Are you a hypochondriac?
No. I just have chronic bronchitis, back problems, gout, scurvy as well as good healthy dose of jock itch.
- Are you afraid of the dark?
Please don’t turn off the lights in the test room, thanks.
- Are you an alcoholic?
Why? Just because all the bartenders know my name does that mean I have some sort of problem?
- Can you precisely move both your eyes in the same direction at the same time?
Sorry, no. My eyes are strangely configured such that one moves in the exact opposite of the other wherever I look.
- Are you afraid of firearms?
You mean this job involves handling guns? Oooh…I don’t know about that.
- Can you resist a bribe?
For $1500 I can, sure.
- Would you be able to resist free meals?
Who can turn down a free meal? Especially with this crazy “no regular, scheduled meal breaks” nonsense.
Know what I never knew was even possible? For something to become so hot that it becomes purple. Purple, for god’s sake! You know… red hot, white hot, etc.
Something I was listening to the other day described something about being purple hot. That sounds like it would be pretty painful if it came in contact with some sort of bodily appendage. Don’t think I’d be a fan.
