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