TC the Terrible

Pulling Out?

I have no idea the origin of this one and couldn’t find it on Snopes.com so take it for what you will. Personally, I agree with the sentiment even if the facts are a bit off

Regardless of where you stand on the issue of the U.S. involvement in Iraq, here’s a sobering statistic:

There has been a monthly average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq theaterof operations during 

the last 22 months, and a total of 2,112 deaths.

That gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000 soldiers.

The firearm death rate in Washington D.C. is 80.6 per 100,000 persons for the same period.

That means that you are about 25% more likely to be shot and killed in the 

U.S. Capital than you are in Iraq.

Conclusion: The U.S. should pull out of Washington.

August 30th, 2007 Posted by TC the Terrible | Politics, Random Non-sense | no comments

Exhausted

Or at least I will be when this morning catches up to me later on today.

Since I’m headed back to work next week (bummer) and everyone there is a fitness freak I figured it might be time to start running again. Two things to keep in mind here: 1) I really hate to run and 2) our new home sits at the peak of a ridgeline. The first part can sort be compensated for with my iPod shuffle and some decent tunes. The second part, there’s just no way to change that one. And I’m not talking about a subtle little ridge line either.

The graphic on the left shows the couple of miles that I put in today. Notice that the start point (my house) sits at just over 300 feet above sea level. The turn point is about a mile out and sits below the 240 foot marker. A sixty foot climb in less than 3/4 of a mile is a real mofo. Especially for those of us not inclined to run in the flat lands.

The real kicker was when I got home. I was still sweating like a hog when the woman comes down the steps in her running gear. Needless to say, the pout on her face when I told her I had already ran told me that I was heading back out.

Thankfully she was doing a shorter route and at a much reduced speed. If she’d been up for a full throttle run I’d be dead by now. As it stands, my legs are already stiffer than boards.

Nice.

August 30th, 2007 Posted by TC the Terrible | DC Life, Random Non-sense | one comment

“Sway Ratio”?

An article in today’s Telegraph.uk claims that men are attracted to Jessica Alba because of her “Sway ratio”. Yeah, sure. When my buddies are talking smack about women the one thing they never talk about it the ratio between a woman’s hips and her waist.

Same is true of Jessica Alba. Men like her because she has a great smile and loves to show off her hot rack.

August 29th, 2007 Posted by TC the Terrible | Geek, Random Non-sense | no comments

Need a Caddie for a Few Hours?

Well, if you do then you need to click on over to CaddyChicks.com. The owners of the site have come up with an innovative way to match up hookers caddies with johns golfers. Just plug in your zip code and you can search a database of over 5000 hookers caddies to give you a BJ carry your bags.

Now, I’m not saying these girls are hookers or anything. After all, they may have a great feel for the putter, but do you really think any of these women are going to carry a bag for as little as $15 an hour? Nah, me either.

If these ladies (term applied loosely) really were interested in carrying you sticks (not that kind) then answer me this. Why did none of the several dozen profiles I checked out for this article have a picture of the caddie holding clubs or at least on the course?

Nah, they’re not selling sex. Really. They’re not.

August 29th, 2007 Posted by TC the Terrible | Golf, Sports, Geek, Random Non-sense | no comments