I like Johnathan

Click on the zombie kid on the right hand corner of the page. This video makes me laugh and laugh and laugh. The more I watch it, the funnier it is.

Things I have learned this week

This is Murphy. He had a tough 4th of July, so I put him on the interbay. He's a Newfoundland/Husky mix, and there ought to be a law forbidding those two breeds to , uh, breed. He has a soft fuzzy wooly undercoat like a Husky. He has extra oil in his topcoat like a Newf, which makes him waterproof. When he sheds, the wool gets caught in the oil and makes dog fur glue. The whole process takes about 3 months and about 4 different kinds of brushes, including, (I can't believe I'm admitting this) a dull steak knife.

When Gus sheds, his hair just sort of pops out. Removing his old hair is like peeling an orange. So, there's all you never wanted to know about my big dog's hair. Maybe next week I will fascinate you with a fun story about my little dog's fleas.

Here is what I learned this week.

*Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Actually, Jefferson wrote it and signed it. They both became presidents. They both died on July 4, 1826. Wierd, huh?

*It's hard to think of things to blog about.

*The new White Stripes cd is great.

Things I have learned this week

That's my dog, Gus. He's a Great Pyrenees. (Sometimes, he's just a pretty good Pyrenees) I have two other dogs. One more dog, and I'll be the crazy dog lady. I didn't learn anything about Gus this week, but he was a good boy so I put his picture on the interbay. Here's what I learned:

*Napoleon Bonaparte wasn't super short. He was 5'6", average height for a man in his day. The British made up stories about him being 5'2" to try to literally belittle him.

*The Prime Minister of Canada is Stephen Harper.

*The Padres just got a whole lot cuter.

*Mitch Canham is dating a girl named Marlis, and she is stunning. Possibly better looking than he is. She looks really smart and funny, too.

* If you are planning a wedding in the Seattle area , check out Gerald Pope photography. Lovely work.

*If your hangers keep complaining about being cold, you can buy them charming handmade ponchos here.

* (4/09-sadly, your hangers will have to tough it out, the ponchos are no longer available.) Carnegie Deli brand pastrami from Costco is not nearly as delicious as it looks. It's just okay.

He wants to be your President.

Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is running for President. I don't know much about him, other than he organized the Salt Lake City Olympics and he seems to be somewhat impaired in the smarts department.

I swear this is true. In 1983, he loaded the presumably large Mormon family into the station wagon and set out from Boston on a 12 hour trip to Ontario. The Romney kids couldn't leave the family dog behind, so he packed Seamus the Irish Setter into his PetPorter....and strapped it to the roof of the car.

At some point during the trip, Russ, or one of the other Romney kids, noticed Seamus diarrhea running down the windows. Mitt pulled in to a service station, hosed down the car, (problem solved!) and headed for Canada.

Oh, he also used the incident to illustrate his "emotion free crisis management" in an interview with the Boston Globe.

I pray he doesn't have an Aunt Edna.

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Joey Almighty

In 2001, then- 39 year- old Joey Salvati was in the shower when God spoke to him. The Lord did not ask Joey to make sure he wiped the pubes off the soap, He asked Joey to manufacture and deliver wooden paddles designed for spanking kids.

Click here to read the article.

Of course this pathetic loser lives with his mother.

Why is it that God never tells anyone how to cure cancer?

No Authority Yet

A good way to learn about blogging is to read other blogs. I've discovered that blogging is a very popular subject among bloggers. Since I've only been at it for a week, I don't feel qualified to dispense advice- but I am happy to share what I have learned.

1. Get a counter. I got mine from statcounter. I got it because Tony Pierce told me to. I didn't think I would need it, because I didn't think anyone would read my blog, but...

2. People will read your blog if you blog about a hot athlete.

3. There is a thing called technorati . I am not exactly sure what it is, but it has put itself in charge of dealing out Authority, and it hasn't given me any yet. I don't know if that's important or not, but I want some Authority.

4. Blogging is harder than it looks.

5. Blogging is more fun than you would think.

Bittersweep

Mitch Canham has likely played his last game for OSU. He made it a doozy- he went 2 for 4 and had a couple great plays at the plate...oh, and the Beavs are NCAA Champs for the second year in a row. They went undefeated in the tournament.
I am really happy for the Beavs, but sad about Canham. He has been drafted by the Padres, and even though he could come back and play his Senior year in Corvallis, he probably won't. There is a chance he could play A ball in Eugene for the Ems on his way to the bigs- but the Ems aren't on TV. Now I am left to wait for Mitch to get to the show... and I can only hope he plays in the AL. Until then, our romance will probably cool off a little- and by "romance" I mean "me blogging about him", which is too bad, because an incredible thing happened last week. People came to my blog! Somehow, they searched for Mitch Canham, and they got here.
I'm almost certain they were sorely disappointed by what they found. Especially if they googled "beaver pictures".

Jobu delivers

Today could be the day that the Beavs become National Champions for the second year in a row.

Oregon State- fight, fight, fight.

I ask Jobu to come

One of the fun things about baseball is voodoo. Some may call it superstition, or ritual, or whatever... but it works like this:

If something works for you, don't change it. If you don't know what it is that is working for you, don't change anything.

Did you see what my boyfriend did on Wednesday? He tore. it. up. as the Beavs dominated the UC Irvine Anteaters on their way to the CWS final series.

Here's where the voodoo comes in. Although the Beavs crushed Arizona State on Monday to get to UCI, Mitch was...quiet at the plate. Then I told the world about our relationship on Wednesday... and he had an incredible game- he went 4 for 5 with one HR and all kinds of RBI.

I don't want to detract from Mitch's talent. I am not so vain as to think that he stepped his game up just because I blogged about him. However, voodoo being what it is, I made damn sure to get a Mitch post in today.

This would never happen in woodshop

Savannah Larson is 13 years old. After a solo at her final choir concert at Monticello Middle School in Longview, Washington, she approached the microphone and addressed the auditorium.
She said, " Oops, I totally forgot to thank my wonderful choir teacher Miss Noakes. She has taught me over the last two years, and she always knows the right thing to say in a bad situation, like, ' God Dammit, get your ass out in the hall, Why won't you fucking listen, and I don't care whether you learn or not, I get paid either way."
Savannah says she took the drastic step after complaints to the school about Noakes' potty mouth were, in her opinion, ignored.
Savannah was suspended for 10 days- the rest of the school year- and excluded from her 8th grade graduation ceremony. The teacher in question has been suspended as well, after a school district investigation revealed that Savannah wasn't making things up.

Who could have imagined a pair of balls this huge would be found on a thirteen year old choir girl?

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