TC the Terrible

I’m pissed. Last night I went to the iTunes store to download some of the new PodCasts they have. The ESPN stuff is pretty good, but the comedy stuff from FOX sucks. Instead of getting cool moments/funny lines from The Simpsons or The Family Guy what I got is some dork reading a plot synopsis. Asswipes.

Currently on the iPod is Revolver by the Beatles. This one album is enough to cement them as legends. When all you kiddies get tired of 50 Cent, Jessica Simpson, and the other Pop-Tart bands out there, you need to rip a copy of Revolver and learn what real musicians can do. Revolver was the precursor to Sgt. Pepper’s and pretty much changed the mind set of what could be done on four track recording equipment. It was the last time a Beatles album was looked at as just a collection of random songs. Everything that came later would have a deep meanings below the music. It was also the first time the four of them were stoned enough to let Ringo sing. Good stuff.

This Friday afternoon I’m the lead for a meeting with the first one star general in our chain of command. I spent yesterday crashing on the presentation, I prepped my boss this morning and made his changes. We then went over to the “other” building and did the brief for his boss. I’ll spend this afternoon makes his changes and then I’ll be ready for this Friday afternoon. No one will be able to accuse me of not being prepared.

More to follow.

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Random Thoughts

• I caught a glimpse of Geena Davis last night on Monday Night Football plugging her new show.  Watching her amazing display of ‘don’t give a shit about being here Al’ attitude it struck me that she’s really frumpy and prudish for an actress, but looks like a formerly hot soccer mom trying hard to get some strange.
• Seniors with unexplained weight loss may be at high risk of developing Alzheimer’s, a study out Tuesday suggests.  That makes sense.  If they can’t remember what day it is how to they keep track of the last time they ate?
• Anna Nicole Smith congratulated Britney Spears on becoming a mom a couple of days ago, then proceeded to bash Britney’s husband for having too many babies with too many baby’s mommas before he was 30.  Smith also told Spears to hang onto her cash if the marriage falls apart.  Good advice from a former gold digger.  I wonder if she knows one when she sees one.
• “she used her body like a bandage and she used my body just like a wound.”  Meatloaf must have dated some really strange women when he was younger.
• After harping on the Redskins all summer Michael Wilbon seems to have started drinking the Joe Gibbs flavored Kool-Aid now.  At least he admits that the reason the ‘Skins had such a good Sunday is because they had a bye week.
• No matter how much I like my job, having to work for a living still sucks.  This job would be much more fun if I could do it for the satisfaction alone, and not have to think about the money.
• I need a peaceful morning on the golf course.

Administrative Notes

• Last night my OFFICE GIRLFRIEND from my civilian job e-mailed to say that she is no longer reading the blog due to the extreme amount of space devoted to football.  It’s hard not to type about the Redskins when you live  in the District (or close to it) because it is such an obsession here.  Still, it’s not the first such comment so I may have to dial it back some.
• The crusty ass NCOs that raised me from a pup complained over the weekend that the black background is hard on his eyes.  It was something I had not considered when I was looking for a new theme for the blog.
• THE WOMAN is not bothered by the background color, instead choosing to complain about the color of the fonts.  Which I suppose is the same issue, only stated from a different vantage point.
• I’ve got a fix for that in mind but am not really sure if I want to implement it.  Right now I’ve got zero dollars invested in this version of the blog and I’d like to keep it that way.  Making any kind of major change is going to involve an expenditure of both time and dollars over the near and long term that I’m not sure I want to make.

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Another item from our friends at E-How.com. This time it’s how to win a free flow rap battle. I guess one of the E-How staff writers must have rente 8-Mile over the weekend.

Being a old school white guy, I have no idea how to win a rap battle. Reading this article I realized that niether does the guy/gal that wrote it. I mean, do you really want to practice your ‘spits’ on friends and family?