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August 2, 2007

Taking "flame war" a bit too seriously

This is probably old hat to all of you, but Brian sent me a link a couple days ago and I laughed so hard I almost pissed myself.

Some guy in got into a flame war with another guy online, and it pissed him off so much that he drove 1,300 miles from VA to TX to the other guy's house. All along the way, he stopped at the state borders and took photos of the welcome signs to post online (I heard a rumor that he also posted taunts that he was coming for him, but who knows if that's true or not).

Well, the guy in TX didn't take him seriously, but when VA arrived, he set fire to the guy's trailer and burned it to the ground! (!!!)

That in itself is funny enough, but listen to this— that guy from VA is a 9-year veteran of the Navy who earned several medals during his career, including pistol expert and rifle expert. He is Fire Controlman 2nd Class Petty Officer Russell Tavares, weapons systems operator at the AEGIS Training and Readiness Center.

And the best part? His nickname online was PyroDice.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... Oh FUCK, that's so funny I can't stand it!

The other guy, by the way, was a Vietnam vet who said, and I quote: "Before this happened, the rule was: Nobody messes with the haunted house guy."

Ummm... yeah. If I had to wager a bet, my money'd be on the pyro working for AEGIS than some douche running a haunted house, but maybe that's just me.

Read the whole -ucked up story here.

August 2, 2007 4:50 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

August 7, 2007

Happy Birthday Weekend

We had a great weekend gearing up to Brian's 32nd birthday on Monday.

On Saturday, I planned some particularly naughty activities that I refuse to divulge, other than to say it involved copious amounts of alcohol. I definitely can't hold my liquor like I used to. This is probably due to the fact that I typically only drink once or twice a year, but it was fun, anyway.

On Sunday night we drove up to the Majestic Theatre in Kansas City to see one of our favorite comedians, John Pinette. If you haven't heard of him, you simply MUST click that link and listen to some of his act. He is HYSTERICALLY funny. Brian was laughing so hard he was crying. Me, too, which is saying something, because I typically only smile or snicker a bit. Something has to be really.fucking.funny to get me to laugh out loud.

We arrived late— long, convoluted story which involved my OCD, an unshakable feeling that my house was going to burn down in my absence, and a detour back home which wasted 25 minutes. I attempted to make up those 25 minutes by swapping Brian's car (which is quite fuel-efficient) with mine (which hauls balls and guzzles gas as fast as a frat boy with a beer bong).

Needless to say, we were only 10 minutes late. But I digress...

We arrived late, and as we were standing at the door to go in, John Pinette himself walked right by us. Brian said "Hey! We thought we were too late!" John smiled and told us his opening act was up, and he'd be out in a few minutes. It was pretty cool to meet him in person. (See, having an obsessive compulsive disorder comes can be quite convenient at times! Snort!)

Anyway, he loved the crowd so much that he ended up doing an extended set, so we were there for over 2 hours, which was awesome. Afterwards, we had him autograph his DVD for us. It said "Brian, thx for coming. Now get out of line. John Pinette." *

Bwahahahaha!

On Monday, his actual birthday, I took him to one of his favorite BBQ joints— Famous Daves. We were planning on catching Bourne Ultimatum at the theater afterwards, but we came home and rented a movie instead.

Sounds pretty tame, I know, but for us it was nice— especially lately, with as busy as we've been. "Working weekends" have sadly become the norm.

* His rants against waiting in lines are the BEST.

August 7, 2007 7:34 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

August 9, 2007

Silicone bracelets

Heh, check out my new bracelet*! Isn't that the shiznit?

I also have oodles of different other colors and sayings, too, which I'm going to order in mass quantities and sell up on the redhead site, of course. Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee!

* Yes, yes, I know I have curiously wide wrists and hands. All the better to strangle people with, mwahahaha!

August 9, 2007 7:40 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

August 20, 2007

25 Ways to Tell You're a Grown Up

August 20, 2007 11:01 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

August 22, 2007

How Geek Are You?

78% GeekMingle²

The Star Wars and Star Trek shit gets me every time.

August 22, 2007 3:49 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

August 25, 2007

NFL Suspends Vick Indefinitely

I was thrilled to hear that Michael Vick was suspended indefinitely without pay from the NFL, and even more so to hear the NFL Commissioner say "Your admitted conduct was not only illegal, but also cruel and reprehensible. Your team, the NFL, and NFL fans have all been hurt by your actions."

Best Friends Animal Sanctuary worked hard to make that happen, so in celebration and gratitude, I just had to sponsor this little girl, who has bad allergies just like Cheeto. Poor baby.

It's heartbreaking to read all the stories about why the dogs were given up or how long they've been waiting for a home, but at least they're in good hands now. I love everything they do for animals. (Read this story about Best Friends invited Patricia Simonet, an applied animal behaviorist, to the sanctuary to assess how they might reduce the dogs and cats' stress levels. It's amazing.)

One of these days I'm going to fly down there myself for a visit. I think it'd be a perfect little mini vacation.

August 25, 2007 8:39 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)