I have a question about this Russian Spy case...

Why oh why did I ever decide against that CIA training?

Meet Anna Chapman. Alleged Russian spy, femme fatale, Apparent Cookie Monster lover, all around hottie, and my new international babe of mystery. I am still in the initial phase of my research but I plan on doing my best to help the US avert any international crises over this spy case. More to come on my new celebrity crush I am sure...

-Doc

It's coming... Fantasy Football

I know it's not even quite July yet but I wanted to gauge the feelings of blog readers on fantasy football for this fall.
It's fun, free, and easy to play. I am looking to set up a league for all my blog and twitter friends to play in. I haven't decided yet yet which platform to use but it will probably be either yahoo or CBSSportsline.
The league can have as few as 8 or as many as 20 teams to play so there is plenty of room for all. Our league will be set up to auto draft which means that you will rank your favorite players and the site will pick them for you so we do not all have to be online at the same time. The league format will be Head to head which means that each week you will play against a specific opponent instead of the whole league. Depending on the number of teams we will look at divisions and playoff format to determine the champion. You will be able to set your lineup ahead of time so playing will not take up a lot of your time. however it will be fun. (Yes, Dana and Kimmeh I said fun and not too serious)
Please leave a comment letting me know your interest and as we get closer to August I will let everyone know how and when to sign up.

-Doc

Finally a good place for a Soccer goal

Mt. Cat sent me this one....
He Shoots he scores... GOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLL !!!

-Doc

Motivational Poster of the Week 6/26/10

Have a great Weekend!

-Doc

Where did 15 years go?

15 years, seriously? Where did it go? As I got here to work this morning and realized that my annual performance review was due today I started thinking. I looked at the heading and it includes my hire date June 25, 1995. Fifteen years ago today. Wow. A lot has happened in the past 15 years. Some bad but most good.
If you consider a working career with a company 30 years then I guess I am at the mid-point. Everything is down hill to retirement right? I seriously need to keep working though because my investments and portfolio aren't nearly ready to support me and my family yet.
I included the most recently taken picture of me that I can find. Taken at our friends' 25 wedding vow ceremony, or more specifically at the party after. I look at myself and how I have aged from that kid that 15 years ago who fresh off a failed first career out of college attempt took the next job with benefits that came along. I figured I would work here a few years until I found my true calling. Did that true calling ever come? Maybe it has and I just never realized it. I have a few things that I would like to tell that kid from fifteen years ago who was so care free and had his whole life in front of him. A few things maybe but I don't think I would tell him to change much. Here's hoping the next fifteen years go well also.

-Doc

X-Rated Models?

Many times people have said that models and some actresses are walking skeletons. Well, Eizo (a Japaneses manufacture of computer displays) and Butter (a German Advertising) agency has brought skeletal modeling (link: http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/06/22/4545973-x-ray-pinups-stripped-to-the-bone) to life. Is this their way to move girly calendar from the garage into the medical office?
I personally found this to be quite fascinating. Maybe an interest in x-rays started when we stood in line a the local hospital to have our Halloween candy x-rayed. I wasn’t worried, but got to keep the x-ray. I think they did find something in the kid standing in front of me. They said they went to a questionable house.

In the world of Homeland Security and airport safety there is a lot of controversy with the new x-ray machines because someone might see your privates. Makes me wonder if this was done to tell Americans we are crazy, just use the airport machines.

Are these more intriguing to you than the Playboy pictoricals where everything is out there? Phil Plait (link: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/06/21/x-rayted-pinup/) questioned if these were racy, because there is a hint of skin like with lingerie modeling.
Maybe the best thing to come out of these images is for everyone to realize the stress feet take when wearing stillettos.

-Disaster Chick

How do they know?

I'm not sure I want to know....

-Doc

Buff Bods of Hollywood

On my trivia team I bring to the table pop culture knowledge. Ever since Kate Moss hit the scene back in the 1990s women have felt the pressure to become model thin even if our body type isn’t meant to be a little boy, i.e. we have hips and tits.

This really hasn’t gone away over the past couple of decades. Sex and the City even talked about men who are average on the 10 scale are not looking at average women, but only going for the 9s and 10s. Will and Grace had an episode where Karen and Jack were channel surfing and saying “fat man/skinny wife” over and over again. In real life would Jim Blushi be married to Courtney Thorne Smith?

Now the pressure is finally on men, and the era of the buffed actor is upon us. Does this mean that the scale will work its way back to normal? Is image more important than ever? What about the Average Jane/Joe that most of us are? Does this mean we will see more and more actors on the screen that look good but couldn't act their way out of a wet paper bag?

Motivational Poster of the Week 6/19/10

Have a Great Weekend!

-Doc

Whats on tap for the weekend?

What are you guys doing this weekend? As usual I am looking forward to the weekend with one exception. Tomorrow is the day that I have to pay for my speeding ticket by going to traffic school. Now from all accounts I have heard this will be an excruciatingly long and boring 5 hours. Because it's over an hour away it's going to shoot a gigantic hole right in the middle of my weekend, but I'm not complaining too much. I am just glad that my fine got reduced and going to this class will keep me from getting any points on my license. So think of me tomorrow while you all are having fun I will be watching "Blood runs red on the highway" lol.

Don't forget that Sunday is Father's Day! I want to wish all the Dads out there a great day and to kick back and enjoy yourself. I plan on hanging out with my family and hopefully watching a little NASCAR in the afternoon.

Whats on tap for your weekend? Please tell me all of the fun stuff you are going to be doing while I am stuck in traffic school.

-Doc

Oh Say it isn't so....

I was very dismayed yesterday when I started hearing whispers and rumors of something very terrible on the horizon. My fears were confirmed when I found this article from Fox-News that seems to confirm that Wal-Mart is looking to team up with Jeff Gordon. How How How is it possible that the Great Satan Wal-Mart could ever team up with the Great Savior of NASCAR Jeff Gordon? It's just not fair. It's not right. It goes against everything that I stand for. How can this happen. What will I do if this becomes a reality?

First why do I dislike Wal-Mart? It's simple, because Wal-Mart claims to be a company that is for the little people (IE. offering low prices and a bunch of things all together in one place and helping give people jobs) when in fact they are a controlling Satan-like entity who pays crappy wages, few (if any) benefits, seeks to shut down and bankrupt any small business it deems as competition, and last and most sinister it wants to control what I think and listen too. Yes Wal-Mart wants to control what I can and can't listen to by forcing musical artists to make clean versions of their music. At least as far as what Wal-Mart Considers to be clean. Does anyone really want a company like Wal-Mart deciding what you can and can't listen too? READ MORE ON THE HORRORS OF WAL-MART HERE.

I am just torn up about this and am not sure what I will do if this actually happens. How can I continue to pull for my hero Jeff Gordon if he bends to the almighty dollar and teams up with the Great Satan? I just hope it doesn't come to this... Please Jeff I implore you to stay away from Wal-Mart.

-Doc

What's in a Meme...

I have to come clean and say that once again I have been wrong about something. For years I have touted and been proud of the fact that this blog YJKOTB is "Meme Free." What I was referring to are these posts that involve a series of "get to know you" type questions (examples of such posts here, here, and here) which you answer and then invite, challenge, or "tag" others to also answer the same questions. You all know what I'm talking about right?

Well apparently I'm wrong. Well partially wrong anyway. My friend Dana pointed out to me the other day that My motivational poster about that whole Twilight thing was a Meme. I just thought it was hilarious but anyway it got me to thinking and so I did some research. As it turns out a meme (pronounced like Cream which I didn't know either) is actually "an idea or value or pattern of behavior that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means" Hmmm OK. Well that could be anything and so since I generally found the term "Meme" dealing with internet I checked further.

I have come to the conclusion that what I have been referring to as Memes are actually considered "Internet Memes" These are sort of concepts or catchphrases or that spread virally from person to person via the Internet. More simply put Internet meme's are inside jokes on the internet that only special "in the know people" know about. The best example I can think of for this is "Rick Rolling."

Who knew right? Well most of you probably did but I sure didn't and as a matter of fact my little catchphrase of being "Meme Free since 2007" Is not only wrong but goes completely against what YJKOBT is really all about... I would like nothing more than this blog to be the "inside joke" or the cool kids table of the internet. I actually wish this blog WAS one big Meme!

I still can't stand those question and answer tagging things so those won't be posted here... and I need to think up a new catchphrase too. Come clean guys, who else thought that Memes were just those question and answer things? I can't be the only one on the outside of that inside joke or can I?

-Doc

Pantyhose v. Mannyhose

Once upon a time there were guys with names like Kimberly, Courtney, and Ashley long before Johnny Cash introduced us to a boy named Sue. I have known men named all three of those above. They were not always girl's names as they are now associated, but originally boy names. Courtney is one of the most fit middle-aged men I know. He regularly runs 3-7 miles a day, not only climbs mountains for fun - but ice climbs in the winter. I once suggested an activity he might enjoy, and his response was "is it dangerous?" In fashion women have been stealing from men for years - we've got the boyfriend jean and the power suit. I've often been told there is nothing sexier than a woman wearing just her man's shirt around the house.

MSNBC is on in the background at work and the term "mannyhose" caught my attention. Is this what I think it is? OMG - yes! Now, why would men want to punish themselves? Okay, when I wear them I go for the ones with a challenge - you know the kind that shrinks you at least a dress size - that if you were watching me get dressed you would be ROTFLYAO. I know one lady that is doing the "Pantyhose Diet". She has been gaining and losing the same 25 lbs for years. She decided that when she went above a certain weight she would wear pantyhose every day - dressy or casual until she lost the weight. Only exceptions were bedtimes and running. She said it was an uncomfortable reminder, but not torture.

Googling "mannyhose" I discovered more terms that I knew the origin: guyliner, manscara, murse, manpri (confession did have to look this one up), mandal, and mansturizer. I had heard of Metrosexuals before - but didn't know it has spread like this.

Is this a way to take back the feminizing of male names? Women - what female item do you recommend next for men to claim? Men - would you consider trying out a pair of mannyhose? What have your borrowed and liked from females?

- Disaster Chick

Motivational Poster of the Week 6/12/10

Don't get mad at me. I didn't make this one....

Have a great weekend !

-Doc

Out for the Weekend

I'm heading out of town this weekend on my way to a wedding for a good friend of mine. Should be fun to get away for a bit but I'm gonna miss home and my wife and son... I've turned into a big homebody over the past few years, especially since he was born. Even though I know I will probably have a good time and staying home would involve battles about going potty and not listening to me and my wife when we try to tell him something I would probably rather stay home than make this road trip. I mean I know it will be fun and maybe I should be looking forward to 2 nights away I'm really not.
Is anyone else like this or am I the only one?

-Doc

Epic Name Fail

The Mt. Cat sent me this one...

HAHA!!

-Doc

Zeppelin or Revelation ?

Last Friday I was in drive through lane at the ATM machine and as I was waiting for my turn the Led Zeppelin song "Going to California" came on the radio. As I was listening to this song (which I have heard plenty of times) I was struck by the lyrics which seemed very apocalyptic. I started thinking that this sounded a lot like the Book of Revelation the last book of the Bible in which John reveals the visions given to him of the second coming of Jesus Christ and the judgement of earth. Being curious I started doing some research after I got home.

I read through the entire Book of Revelation (NRSV online) and the lyrics to about 25 Led Zeppeling songs. Here I will present to you my findings in part. Below are quotes from Zeppelin tunes and from the book of revelation. You are to try and guess which is which. Some are easy to figure out and some aren't. I think you may be surprised as I was at exactly how similar these two things are.

There are too many to try and guess so just read them and try and figure out yourself. I would love to hear your thoughts and comments though. I will post the correct answers this afternoon so come back and check them out.

Here goes...... Zeppelin or Revelation:

The sea was red and the sky was grey,I wondered how tomorrow could ever follow.

sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood

The drums will shake the castle wall, the ring wraiths ride in black

The mountains and the canyons started to tremble and shake as the children of the sun began to awake

And every island fled away, and no mountains were to be found

behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering

Ride a white mare in the footsteps of dawn Try to find a woman who's never been born

And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the Earth

To sit with elders of the gentle race, this world has seldom seen They talk of days for which they sit and wait, all will be revealed

And my eyes fill with sand, as I scan this wasted land

From the houses of the holy, we can watch the white doves go From the door comes Satan's daughter

There's an angel on my shoulder, In my hand a sword of gold

The Prince of Peace embraced the gloom and walked the night alone

The Dark Lord rides in force tonight, and time will tell us all

you have given them blood to drink. It is what they deserve

I hear the horses thunder down in the valley below I'm waiting for the angels of Avalon

all the angels stood - In waiting. Round about the throne

It's a friendship so pure, Angels singing all around

The pain of war cannot exceed the woe of aftermath

No comfort has the fire at night that lights the face so cold

Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life

Oh, Lord, deliver me All the wrong I've done You can deliver me, Lord

Into the sun the south the north, at last the birds have flown The shackles of commitment fell, in pieces on the ground

I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death

Walking side by side with death The devil mocks their every step

By the fire and smoke and sulfur coming out of their mouths.

The nations raged, but your wrath has come, and is the time for judging the dead

a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet

it had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon

The snow drives back the foot that's slow The dogs of doom are howling

Then the dragon took his stand on the sand of the seashore

With flames from the dragon of darkness, the sunlight blinds.

Then the dragon was angry with the woman, and went off to make war

Queen of Light took her plow, And then she turned to go

I rule as a queen, and I will never see grief

The Prince of Peace embraced the gloom, And walked the night alone.

The woman clothed in purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and jewels and pearls

and the light of a lamp will shine in you no more

You are the sunlight in my growing so little warmth I've felt before

So what do you think? Pretty similar aren't they? I would love to hear your thoughts on this. Check back here this afternoon and I will post a link to the "answers"

OK HERE IS THE LINK TO THE ANSWERS

-Doc

Thank you for all your Prayers this Weekend

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Doc asked me to post this update as he can't seem to access his blog, but I can :)
You've got to love Google ...

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Good morning everyone. I wanted to take a minute and give a quick recap of what happened this past weekend for everyone who has asked and also say a big thank you.

Saturday afternoon we were at our son Patrick's birthday party and part of what we did was have the kids to splash around at the Kannapolis splash pad. It's a small concrete water park about the size of a basketball court where water shoots out of the ground and other various ways. It's a great way to stay cool and have fun on a hot summer day for just a dollar.

As you can imagine on a 90+ degree day it was very crowded and there were kids everywhere. As all the kids were running around and splashing our friend's son Colin and another child ran into each other and Colin fell back and hit his head on the concrete. He of course had a bump on his head and was crying but after a few minutes and an ice pack he calmed down. It seemed as if this was just a simple accident, just a bump on the head and things would be fine.

On the way home from the park in the car Colin passed out and became ill. His parents called paramedics and immediately he was taken to the hospital where he had surgery to relieve pressure on the brain. Apparently the simple bump actually fractured his skull and caused bleeding on the brain. It appears that the surgery was successful and as of this morning Colin was out of ICU and in a regular room. He is in some discomfort for sure but according to his folks he is awake, alert, and asking all kinds of questions. He still has a lot of healing to do but it seems he will be OK and for this we are so thankful.

I updated about this a few times on Twitter this weekend and asked for your prayers and the response was amazing. His folks want to say thank you for the outpouring of love and prayers for Colin. The power of prayer really works and it certainly did in this case. It was a very tense weekend for them and I know Colin and his family have some long days ahead but it seems that things will be OK.

Thank you all.

-Doc

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Motivational Poster of the Week 6/5/10

Have a kick ass weekend!

-The AbsolutGator

Red Dragon

I’m the kind of person that may mention something that I’m interested in or doing in passing. However, I mull it around in my head for quite some time and when I finally decide to do it many are surprised and not sure where I got that crazy idea. Several years ago when the gas prices hiked up I considered getting a motorcycle or scooter. I love the Vespa scooters from Roman Holiday, and I’m a bit of a vintage girl. The Vespa should be perfect for me...

Last May I got my motorcycle license by taking a motorcycle class so I proudly have a “CM” on my license. Last year I never made a commitment to find a bike. I decided I was going to go with a motorcycle over a scooter. But in discussion about the cc’s some told the 650 is powerful enough. Others said no, go with the 900. Agggh….I can’t make up my mind.

Wednesday, I got an email from Vespa with $400-500 off a new scooter. I discovered we had a dealer in Topeka (they keep a few bikes on hand). The one I wanted was sitting on the floor and looks like the one in the above picture. The one in the picture is for sale on e-bay in Vista Cali and was apparently used in a Jonas Brothers video? Because there had been damage in shipping they were willing to give me over $1,000 off. I rode it around their building and had a blast! Looking at the yearly insurance, the monthly payment, and we've had a HUGE oil disaster and this cute scooter gets 70 mpg it was too good to turn down. This little Vespa was going home with me.

They delivered it and I had to take it for a spin. I live on a street that is 2 blocks long located between 6th and 8th Street. I stared going toward 6th street which is a 5 lane and realized it was about 5 PM so that wasn’t going to be a good idea. I turned and was on my way to 8th street which is a 2 way with no painted lines. At 7th Street I had the thought I should turn here, but there was a car waiting on me – I’ll just go to 8th.

I’m stopped at 8th street and about to go but see a car so I wait. I'm thinking this is really nice I can really see the cars. Okay, no traffic at all so I proceed to do a left hand turn. Oh, not I’m going too fast. I think I hit the accelerator when I was trying to hit the break. In front of me is a church with a grassy lawn and all I have to do is jump the curb and miss a street sign. I’m not sure if I just fell over or if there was some sliding into my stop these things happen so quickly. There is no damage to the lawn or the sign. The bike was on top of one leg. I was able to turn the bike off and get it off of me. I walk it over to the church drive way. Two cars are about to leave and I tell them to go on and a lady asks if I’m okay. I said I was. Traffic was clear again so I go home. Along the way the bike keeps dying.

I feel like an idiot. Damage to the bike: glass in right mirror shattered and the check engine light is on so I have to get it back to the dealer. No other physical damage to the bike. Damage to Disaster Chick with injuries most painful to least: Big toe there is a gash in the groove on the right side of the nail with what appears to be three big punctures so it could just be dried blood in the groove (this ruined a pair of dressy Crocs - they do exist); right side of my upper rib cage under my breast is hurting more (hurt slightly the first day or two and it worse today) with deep breaths and when I’m making a significant position change, however, there is no sign of bruising; right thigh has a huge bruise (bigger than my hand) that has been iced quite a bit that had grown a huge goose egg in the time to took me to get to the church driveway; backside of right bicep has some road/grass rash; and left side of back just in the spot that you often see pregnant women putting their hand for support is tender.

The color listed on the dealer key tag says “Red Dragon” although the official color is Dragon Red – I think this Vespa earned itself itself the nickname "Dragon" after our first experience together. It has a total of 4 miles on it. I’m going to ride again. There is a community theater about 2 blocks from my house and there are no major streets to get there, so it looks like that will be where I practice. I’m not going be defeated by a Vespa.

What accidents have you been in that left you feeling like you were stupid? Doesn't have to involve a two wheeler - could be anything - trampoline, walking into a wall, ect. - help me feel like I'm not the only dumb one out here!!!

-Disaster Chick

Happy Birthday Shout Out

Due to work issues I don't have the time today to type out a random thoughts post but I didn't want to let today go by without a Happy Birthday shout out to my buddy AbsolutGator. Hey Bro, It's not the big 4 - 0 just yet but we can't get much closer. Hope you have a great day!

Oh and for anyone who wants to give him birthday spankings be careful because this picture clearly illustrates where he likes them. HAHA!

Happy Birthday Bro !!

-Doc

Can you keep a Secret?

Ummmm yeah.

-Doc

Harry Potter Quest begins and a Bonus Motivational Poster

To mark the start of my summer quest to re-read the Harry Potter series I have renamed my fantasy baseball team The Whomping Willows and wanted to share this motivational poster that Mt. Cat found for me. If you haven't read Harry Potter or you just haven't in a while I suggest you try and re-read them as well. You will pick up little things you missed before. Enjoy:

-Doc