Random Ramblings

Return of the bad list

2009-06-19T18:31:00.003-05:00

September 20, 2006 was the last time I had to update this list. Go ahead check your calendar I'll wait. We have another addition to the

F#ck-o List

F#ck-o list.....another addition

Backgournd and past additions to the list can be found here:
http://kevinsramblings.blogspot.com/2005/08/fk-o-list.html

Welcome to the list......Bank of America. Here's the story I paid my bill last month online, no big deal I do it all the time. Admittedly I screwed up a bit and paid the thing short by $3. The payment was completely on time aside from that and posted before the due date. The money was taken from my account on 6/2/09. I get a letter from the today dated 6/11/09 stating that I missed a payment. I knew I made the payment and went to go check the statement online. Yep I made the payment and it went through on the 2nd. Then I look at the statement from Bank of America and it shows the credit plus a late charge of $39. No the payment was not late, sure it was $3 light because I'm an idiot but in no way it was late. I give Bank of America a call and the guy admits that they should not of charged the $39 late charge sicne it was on time, albeit short by 300 pennies. Just for wasting my time Bank of America you've made it to the f#ck-o list. But in an unprecedented move I will be moving Washington Mutual off the list because they were bought by my current bank. Bank of America you're coming in at #5 on the list.

My personal f#ck-o list
1) Rockenbach Chevrolet
2) Craphole One a.k.a Capitol One
3) MBNA
4) TCF Express
5) Bank of America

Quick one

2009-06-18T12:13:00.003-05:00

I was looking at this today and had seen I hadn't updated it in a while, so here's a quick and dirty update. I'm not dating the chick from the city any more. There was just some stuff not really too bbig of a deal but that's over. I sort of figured it would come to this sooner or later and it did. No big heartbreak I've moved on no big deal. Been shooting a lot of video for the campaign and just messing around with that. Have some things that will be put in motion as we draw closer to November 2010. Check out the campgain site by clicking on the link to the right.
Doing a Walk a Thon for Children's Memorial Hospital this weekend and then going to the Lou with v2 the weekend after that. Also stopping at the Lincoln Museum in Springfield and of course shooting some stuff at the capitol building. Then in July we're going to the Pro Football HOF and Pittsburgh to see the park there and two Pirate games. There is is a quick update bee good to each other and yourself.

Look at me...

2009-03-29T17:03:00.001-05:00

blogging from the parking lot of Northbrook Court via cell phone waiting for City to show up. I guess they don't call me "The Technology Kid" for nothing. OK they've never called me "The Technology Kid" except when I gave that kid $1 to call me that. What the hell is with this weather. All is well with City except sometimes i have to say I really really suck.

What's up suckers?

2009-03-17T20:45:00.002-05:00

Well I guess I can fill folks in more on my shenanigans since I'm actually doing more so naturally there's more to write about. This weekend went to City and she indulged my nerd tendencies and we saw Watchmen. Pretty decent movie but violent as hell, more then the actual comic. Then we went over to Goose Island to eat and it was packed with St Patrick's Day fools getting their drink on early. Goose Island has the fried pickles but they cut them different from Scotties. After we left there we we're going to go down to Molly's for the Ronnie B cupcake...but there was much drunkedness between us and there so we decided not to.
Sunday she headed up here so she could meet with some foks she use to work with. We hung out for a few hours did the Mills, it was hotter then the devil's armpit in there, and then went over to the Rollins Savanna and walked around there. Then she went over to mee the folks for dinner and that was that. Sunday there was potential for a disater. We stopped in Target to pick up some stuff and when we got there we went to the bathroom. I got done and though I should call v2 to see where they were because I know they usually go to Target on Sunday. Well they were at another store but still coming to Target. Luckily we got out in time so there was no uncomfortable run in at the Target. That would have been interesting and I'm glad it didn't happen because its way too soon to cross that bridge when we get there. All in all its still real good but I have pouty lip becuase she's going to Florida over Spring Break. Stay classy folks.

Yo!

2009-03-12T18:16:00.003-05:00

Well well well its been a while hasn't it. I guess first off after testing the "dating waters" I've actually found a chick cool enough to hang out. How we met was a little bit of a kik in the nuts because I was not expecting it to work at all and figured it would be a bit of a goof. I signed up for six months and figured what the hell I'd give it a try and see what happens fully expecting nothing to come out of it. Well about 4 weeks into the deal and not much was happening so no big deal. Then we started emailing each other and then we met, for some reason I wasn't nervous was a first and it went better then I expected. Its now been a while and all is good so far she even hates the same things that I hate. Its a litte scary that a web site somehow links us two together but ah what the hell do I know? Because there is no way I would have met her any other way. I'm still pushing for a "how we met story" of me saving her in a fire. It might be a hard sell but that's what I'm pushing for.
Here's the basics and as always a little vague to protect the innocent or not so innocent, plus it needs to be because of her job. I'd like to say she's a spy but she's not but she's in a profession with certain internet savy people so we'll keep it vague. Basically: teacher, lives on the north side of Chicago, originally from Highland Park, went to ISU (we weren't there at the same time though), has indy rock cred, coffee nerd (there's a reason for this though), listens to NPR, and that's pretty much the basics. Oh and from this point forward she shall be referred to simply as "City". ALright that is about all for now until later dudes let's not ask a ton of questions and let this shit percolate for a while, deal?

Hey there.

2009-02-28T10:37:00.004-06:00

Good things are happening folks. It's really almost scary how well it has been so far. Because I'm a bit of a fatalist I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop, but I honestly don't see that happening any time soon. This is all I'm saying at this time and I will not be taking questions from reporters.

2009-02-25T20:40:00.003-06:00

Well I haven't really been up to much. Going to the gym 4 or 5 times a week its sort of part of my regular routine now. Belive it or not I actually feel bad if I don't go. except on Tuesdyas becuase that's v2 dinner night. Met a chick a little while back so I'm just sort of seeing how this plays out. I think that is all that has been going on lately. Be good to each other.

Sorry no bad stories

2009-02-08T21:39:00.001-06:00

Met a chick last night and sorry I don't have an disater story because it went pretty well I think.

The Whopper Virgins

2008-12-10T19:18:00.002-06:00

OK I'm sure most of you have seen this new series of commercials for Burger King and there some hubbub about them on the internet. I have an issue that is not raised in the commercial....what happens to these indigenous people the next day when the Whopper and Big Mac go through these people's digestive systems. Can you imagine the bad doody that comes out since they aren't use to eating this stuff?

Well well well...

2008-12-09T21:21:00.003-06:00

The big news is that the governor of Illinois was charged by the feds today. I called it months ago so this is really no surprise. I will have a MAJOR announcement revolving around this issue in about 5 weeks. Keep an eyes right here and it will be official soon. This announcement was in process long before the arrests made today.

Things are coming together

2008-12-06T20:11:00.002-06:00

I've got some solid ideas for the big introduction. Looks like another Illinois governor is going to get in some hot water...Way to go Blago! There is a better alternative because the state deserves better, just give it time.

Teaser Trailer Released This Evening

2008-11-30T17:25:00.002-06:00

With special thanks to Aerosmith

Hey there

2008-11-26T18:22:00.001-06:00

There's someone getting ready to try out for the big league club pretty soon. This means that the 'stache won't be around for too much longer after the end of Movember. I can't be trying out ladies for the big league club with the Hogan 'stache still hanging around. I'll let folks know if anything noteworthy happens when it all goes down, I'm thinking it will probably be next weekend.

Have a safe Thanksgiving and remember all you have to be thankful for.

If you're on Facebook and not hooked up there send me a request over there

Introducing the new whip

2008-11-25T21:40:00.002-06:00

"THE SHARK"

2008-11-17T20:52:00.002-06:00

Well

2008-11-13T15:52:00.003-06:00

my 6 month little internet experience is coming to a close this weekend. Results were less then spectacular. However the stache for charity cash....fantastic. Watch how stupid I can be this weekend I'll post a video here Sunday touting Movember and how I came to the decision to grown the Hogan stache. v2 will be playing a younger version of me in it.

Movember Teaser Trailer

2008-11-12T22:19:00.008-06:00

Hi All,
During Movember (the month formerly known as November) I'm growing a Moustache. That's right I'm bringing the Mo back because I'm passionate about tackling men's health issues and being proactive in the fight against prostate cancer. If you remember last year I found out about this charity on the first of Novmber and was clean shaven and had to go with the evil southern sheriff 'stache. Well this ear I was ready and believe me folks its not the standard run of the mill 'stache either......its the full on Hogan 'stache. I'll be posting a video next week sometime about how I came to the decision to go with the Hogan, it will have a special apperance by v2 in it too. To donate to my Mo you can either: Click this link https://www.movember.com/us/donate and donate online using your credit card or PayPal account,
or Write a check payable to the
‘Prostate Cancer Foundation', referencing my Registration Number 1345511 and mailing it to:
Prostate Cancer Foundation
Attn: Movember
1250 Fourth St
Santa Monica, CA, 90401
All donations are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

The money raised by Movember is donated directly to the Prostate Cancer Foundation which will use the funds for high-impact research to find better treatments and a cure for prostate cancer. Did you know:
--Prostate cancer is the most common non-skin cancer in the US with one in six American men developing the disease and more than 28,000 men dying of the disease every year.
--African American men and those with a family history of prostate cancer are twice as likely to develop the disease and should have regular annual testing starting at 45. All other men should commence testing at 50.
--Prostate cancer is 90% curable if detected and treated early. For those that have supported Movember in previous years you can be very proud of the impact it has had and can check out the details at: [ Fundraising Outcomes ].

Thanks for your support and all you do,
Kevin.

More information is available at http://www.movember.com/. Movember is proudly grown by Canadian Club and Philips Norelco.
Movember is proud to support the Prostate Cancer Foundation

Dang it

2008-11-07T08:23:00.003-06:00

I woke up this morning and that song form the Ipod Touch was going through my head....I have no idea why.

In other news the Hogan groundwork has been laid and now just needs more growing time. I'm putting together something this weekend in regards to this and will post it right here.

That is all for now, godd day.

Youuuuuu

2008-11-03T19:52:00.002-06:00

Hi All,

During Movember (the month formerly known as November) I'm growing a Moustache. That's right I'm bringing the Mo back because I'm passionate about tackling men's health issues and being proactive in the fight against prostate cancer. If you remember last year I found out about this charity on the first of Novmber and was clean shaven and had to go with the evil southern sheriff 'stache. Well this year I was ready and believe me folks its not the standard run of the mill 'stache either......its the full on Hogan 'stache. I'll be posting a video next week sometime about how I came to the decision to go with the Hogan, it will have a special apperance by v2 in it too.

To donate to my Mo you can either:

Click this link https://www.movember.com/us/donate and donate online using your credit card or PayPal account, or
Write a check payable to the ‘Prostate Cancer Foundation', referencing my Registration Number 1345511 and mailing it to:

Prostate Cancer Foundation
Attn: Movember
1250 Fourth St
Santa Monica, CA, 90401

All donations are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

The money raised by Movember is donated directly to the Prostate Cancer Foundation which will use the funds for high-impact research to find better treatments and a cure for prostate cancer.

Did you know:

Prostate cancer is the most common non-skin cancer in the US with one in six American men developing the disease and more than 28,000 men dying of the disease every year.
African American men and those with a family history of prostate cancer are twice as likely to develop the disease and should have regular annual testing starting at 45. All other men should commence testing at 50.
Prostate cancer is 90% curable if detected and treated early.

For those that have supported Movember in previous years you can be very proud of the impact it has had and can check out the details at:
[ Fundraising Outcomes ].

Movember culminates at the end of month Gala Partés. If you would like to be part of this great night you'll need to purchase a [ Gala Parté Ticket ].

Thanks for your support and all you do and remeber to vote Tuesday,

Kevin.

More information is available at http://www.movember.com/.

Movember is proudly grown by Canadian Club and Philips Norelco.

Movember is proud to support the Prostate Cancer Foundation.

What do we both have in common?

2008-10-30T12:32:00.003-05:00

Well at the end of the month I will also have the Hogan stache since we both already have a Zuma. My Zuma would beat his anyday.

That explains it

2008-10-17T15:47:00.002-05:00

I knew I was pretty good at this, I actually say I'm pretty good a detecting BS they put it a little nicer......and prove it through science!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081017/sc_livescience/rejectionfostersintuition

Rejection Fosters Intuition

Jeanna BrynerSenior WriterLiveScience.com

Rejection can make a person more intuitive. New research suggests individuals who have faced the cold shoulder can more easily spot phony people. The ability to spot a fabricated smile, exhibited by test subjects who had suffered rejection, could be a relic of our past, the researchers said. "This seems to be a skill we've acquired through evolution," said researcher Michael Bernstein, a doctoral student in social psychology at Miami University in Ohio. "Living in groups several hundreds of years ago was extremely important to survival. Being kicked out of the group was like death, so they became very good at reading facial expressions and social cues."
A similar, albeit perhaps less lethal, threat occurs when you get knocked out of a clique at school or in the office. In fact, past research has shown social exclusion can make a person cold, literally. And another study revealed that loneliness, at least in older adults, is linked with high blood pressure.
"People these days who are rejected are in a dangerous place because of evolutional pressure to find their way back into a group," Bernstein said.

Spot the fake
Bernstein and his colleagues, including MU psychologist Heather Claypool, studied this phenomenon in 32 individuals, about evenly split between men and women. The researchers had some individuals write about a time when they felt excluded or rejected, while others wrote about a time they felt accepted, and the control group just wrote about what happened yesterday.
Rejected stories included breaking up with a partner and not being called when your friends go out. A football player who had been injured wrote how he could no longer play and felt his football friends didn't associate with him as much.
The participants then watched 20 quick videos showing a person with either a fake or real smile.
The results showed that those primed to feel rejection distinguished the fake smiles nearly 80 percent of the time, compared with about 60 percent for the accepted and control individuals.

Smiling Eyes
Turns out, the eyes might hold the clues for bogus versus genuine smiles.
"We think that rejected people are probably looking harder at these faces, and they may actually be looking at better spots on the face," Bernstein told LiveScience. He added that rejected participants may have focused more on the smiling person's eyes.
"A real smile is not shown in the mouth; it's shown in the eyes," he said. "There are muscles around the eyes that are indicative of a real smile, whereas a fake smile just requires the mouth muscles."
The results were surprising to some of the researchers, who thought rejection would cause individuals to cling to any inkling of camaraderie. Rather, getting the boot from a group makes a person that much more savvy when it comes to entering another one.
"Some thought the subjects who had been rejected would latch on to any sign of positivity and accept the insincere smiles as genuine," Bernstein said. "But it's clear we're equipped with radar for identifying who is open to affiliation and who is not."
The research is detailed in the October issue of the journal Psychological Science.

The streak is alive

2008-10-14T15:14:00.002-05:00

as I am still "The Fixer".

I should be able to include that on a resume or something.

Cause I have no life

2008-10-13T22:07:00.002-05:00

Went to a show on Sunday night and saw this guy. Probably the most intense fan I've ever seen. He's a completely normal guy just a little wrapped up in the drama.

Just an FYI

2008-10-12T22:59:00.000-05:00

Ginger Zee on Channel 5 news looks just as lovely in high definition.

This weekend

2008-10-06T15:50:00.003-05:00

v2 said something that was so insightful about the world, for a kid his age, that it sort of shocked me. We were in the car and I forgot how it came up but he basically said that he noticed how women seem to "eat their own" to a certain point. He noticed how some women will put down another woman who they consider to be smarter, prettier, more successful, etc. and that guys don't really do that. I've never mentioned anything remotely close like this to him before and asked how he realized it. He said from watching what his mom does sometimes to other women. A woman will for sure shit talk another woman before a guy would shit talk another guy. So adults watch how you act and what you say around the kids because eventually they pick up on it.

My plan moving forward continues and you wouldn't believe the reasons I've got up against me.

Well well well props to you Mr. Wolf

2008-09-30T22:11:00.005-05:00

I'm sure most of you have heard of my semi-disdain for Dick Wolf and his Law & Order shows because basically they are the same show just with different names....just like CSI but that is a story for another day. Anyway after watching the Sox game I watched a little of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and the old show brings the double barrel hotness. First off they have the old standby hotness Mariska Hargitay:

"Yes I finally made it to the Ramblings, the highlight of my career!"

Well this year they added some new hotness in an assistant DA played by Michaela McManus,who I guess was on that show One Tree Hill before. Of course she's a DA so she's a little bitchy.

"Wow I can't believe I made the Ramblings too!"

Might have to start checking out the SVU every once in a while.

Every once in a while...

2008-09-30T20:06:00.003-05:00

something happens related to my family and I begin to wonder (or hope) that I'm not related to these people. This weekend was one of those weekends, nothing too terrible, but something incredibly stupid. We were riding to my niece's soccer game basically BSing andwhatever. Someone was talking about stupid or goofy celebrations (stuff like Secretaries Day) and my brother, seemily pretty pissed, says, "Last week was National Stay at Home Week. What the hell is that and who came up with that?" He obviously he thought that there was some agency out there that came out with National Stay at Home Week. Right after he said that I could not laugh at him soon enough he didn't know it was a a ploy ome to watch their new shows. by these people to stay home and watch their new shows.

Are we laughing at Brian? Haaa Brian you suck.

2008-09-23T20:26:00.002-05:00

Last night I was an adult. I went to get the old eyes checked and actually got a pair of glasses along with the contacts. Last time I had a pair was probably 4 years ago.

2008-09-23T20:26:00.001-05:00

Last night I was an adult. I went to get the old eyes checked and actually got a pair of glasses along with the contacts. Last time I had a pair was probably 4 years ago.

If you know this lady...hook me up with the digits

2008-09-16T20:29:00.007-05:00

I have a crush on Sara Bareilles all I want her to do is play piano and sing for me each day,look pretty,

and I'd keep her stocked up in nice dresses and Chuck Taylors

Possibly a surprise Top 5 entry? I'm a sucker for a talented musician female. Easy there...she's 30 even though she doesn't look it. She's on tour now but won't be back around the area on this leg.

Update: I was on the bandwagon for a while and really got on when I saw her open for M5 and Counting Crows. She should have played longer because I thought that Counting Crows when we saw them stunk up the place. I'm not a fan of them to begin with but they didn't even play "Mr. Jones" and that was one of the three songs I knew by them. Contrary to what some have posted 867-5309 is not Sara's number...I tried it and it didn't work. They said there's a Jenny there though and I said I'm not calling for Jenny.

Further Update: I think that Sara may fall into that category of women that I think I could actually date if there was some chance meeting between us. Yes I know I have giant delusions of dating grandeur. Little know fact: I was in a ska quartet in college named "Delusions of Gander"

Yep it's official

2008-09-15T14:44:00.000-05:00

I have the coolest wallet of anyone that you know.

2008-09-12T21:40:00.002-05:00

2010 is right around the corner and I've got my eye on one place....

Details will be coming very soon because I'll be knocking on that door and shaking things up. Keep your eyes on here and pretty soon something will be put up on YouTube.

This morning

2008-09-03T08:03:00.001-05:00

in the parking lot at work I saw a car with a license plate frame that said,

"#1 Moody Blues Fan"

why would someone ever admit to that?

Finally the South Dakota rundown.....

2008-08-25T19:13:00.012-05:00

Hey there folks here's the semi-long form run down from the week we spent in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Its a hell of a long ride up there I will say that right off the back. It can be made in one day but its a real ball buster of a drive. It seemed to take forever to get through South Dakota. Well let's begin, shall we?

We started out at about 3:45am and it got interesting right from the start. As we were pulling out onto the main drag through town we saw a guy getting arrested. You could tell this guy wasn't, uh hmm, cooperating as the cops were putting him in the squad. Not much really happened noteworthy until we got into southern Minnesota. There's quite a few farms up there that are using wind power. We saw quite a few of the windmills seemingly out in the middle of nowhere. Going through Minnesota we pulled up on something I thought was a blown out tire, it turned out to be a wolf just chilling in the right land. As we slowly rolled by it was like, "What the hell are you looking at?" We stopped in lovely Mitchell South Dakota for lunch and saw some interesting stuff. Mitchell is the home of the Corn Palace which is baiscally entirely covered on the outside by different colored ears of corn. While in Mitchell we stopped at Arby's for lunch for whatever reason....in hindsight I'm glad we did. The check out girl at the Arby's had a few tattoos, but nothing crazy, that were covered by band aids. As the girl was ringing up the stuff I noticed she had some tats across her knuckles. I took a look wondering what they said, well they said "OCA COLA". Go ahead read that last sentence again. This girl didn't have "COCA COLA" but rather "OCA COLA". I guess she didn't want to go all the way with adding that first 'C' to her pinkie finger. Actually looking back her knuckle tats made her look like another kind of "c". Also on the way out there we stopped in the Badlands and it was sort of amazing that smoething that barren looking would be so close to an area so green with trees and grasslands.

First thing that I learned on vacation, when traveling with kids just take the time to find a hotel without a pool. If you don't the kids are more focused on getting back to the stupid hotel and in the pool then actually doing stuff on vacation. Remember this you'll thank me for it later in life.

So we roll into the Black Hills and gambling in legal there and there are literally casinos in evey rinky dink gas station with video poker machines and so forth. Also there's seriously a constant piney smell in the air out there. Its like someone dumped a big bottle of Pine Sol. The first place we visit after we got up there was to go to Rapid City South Dakota, which is the New York City of the Black Hills area. Rapid City is known as the City of Presidents because they have quite a few life sized bronze statues of the Presidents on different street corners in town. Nate is a history nerd so of course we had to visit some of the statues. In a weird little occurance as we were walking around the downtown area to see the statues a SUV with some lady in it slowed down and rolled by and honked her horn. I though wow that was odd. Then the same lady must have went around the block again and did the same thing except this teim she actually waved to me. Yes I guess I'm huge in Rapid City SD. I'm guessing they may have gotten some early intel about my impending announcement regarding the Kevin DeBolt brand. There were two things I did notice while watching the news from Rapid City. They didn't have a sports part of the news on the 10pm newscast on Saturday night. The other thing was that American Legion baseball is HUGE there. On the nights that they did have a sportscast on the new Legion baseball always got top billing. The big sports story up there was that one American Legion team didn't want to schedule a regular season game against some young upstart American Legion team in Rapid City. Legion ball is as big up there as major league baseball is around here.

Tuesday we took a bus tour of all the stuff up there and got an idea of what else we wanted to go back to see later in the week. We saw a lot of good stuff and the biggies of the Black Hills. Went to Mount Rushmore, Needles Highway, and Custer State Park. We went through three tunnels cut into the Black Hills that were really really tight fits for a tour bus. When we went through in the Trailblazer I could reach out the side and touch the side of the tunnel.

Yep we went through these two tunnels in a tour bus.

The main reason we went to Custer State Park was to see bison, an we heard on the tour that the day before they were far off the beating path but we were lucky because when we went the next day they were right next to the road, and at times even in the road.

"Hey you want to see me walk in the street and stop traffic? Watch this its pretty cool."

"See I told you I could go in the street and stop traffic."

At the state park there are donkeys that are descendents of donkeys that were brought there during the gold rush in the area some 140 years ago. They were tame as hell they would eat popcorn right out of your hand. Heck they were even tame enough to take pictures alongside a cocouple of complete jackasses in a cowboy hats.

While we were up there we also went to Deadwood which is a cool little town. A lot of gamlbing joint, Kevin Costner actually owns a casino up there. We went into Costner's place and left winners. We also went to Sturgis while we were up there as the rally was starting right as we were leaving town. While I was there I did decide I needed to buy a Harley, I had the yearn a little while back and it subsided. But now its back and I've got a plan to get one. We also stopped at Wall Drug on the way back, you have to its a law, and its a standard touristy type place. I'll be making my big announcement in the next two weeks probably, I have to go to the Lego Store first...it'll make sense later. I guess that about covers it, take it easy ya'll.

Bravo

2008-08-20T08:16:00.004-05:00

The Chicago Bears have a new marketing campaign "One City. One Team." You can see all the ads here: http://www.chicagobears.com/OneCityOneTeamFullOne.asp

Another Olympic crush

2008-08-19T21:52:00.003-05:00

In additon to swimmer Natalie Coughlin

also Lolo Jones

The New Addition

2008-08-18T22:40:00.008-05:00

Video of Lincoln & Lucy

Please

2008-08-18T08:18:00.003-05:00

From Variety:

Warners whips up Banana Splits
Classic kiddie show gets a modern makeover
By SAM THIELMAN
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'The Banana Splits'
Warners consumer products division has whipped up a new version of the Banana Splits.
Hanna-Barbera’s 1960s phenom is returning in a multiplatform effort starting Sept. 2, with shorts and musicvideos airing on Cartoon Network and its website. Future efforts will include DVD and audio CD releases, as well as live performances.
Turner Animation’s Stu Snyder noted that the Splits have “been entertaining kids for years,” but the return of the property will capitalize on boomer nostalgia as well. “Go Bananas Your Way,” the new Splits album, is “intended to appeal to kids and parents,” according to the release.
Bingo, Drooper, Fleegle and Snorky’s Web presence is targeted at 4- to 7-year-olds, and the live entertainment will include a section of Myrtle Beach, S.C.’s, Hard Rock Park, to be dubbed Banana Splitsville and devoted to the cartoon characters.
Nostalgic revivals of vintage properties are a dicey proposition when it comes to new content, but elderly brands like “Mr. Men” have found surprising support in lifestyle products such as T-shirts and accessories that preserve the original art for sentimental fans. Accordingly, Warners will release apparel, games and books as well.

Warner Brothers please don't screw this up. I LOVED this show when I was a kid.

--Site reated news yes the South Dakota recap will be here by the end of the week.

Lincoln Photos he's 8 weeks old

2008-08-12T20:41:00.002-05:00

This second one is kind of funny you can see Lucy the other Boston peeking in the door to the left of the picture. When the two are together they play grab ass too much to get a picture of either one of them.

One funny one and me being a jerk on vacation

2008-08-12T20:32:00.005-05:00

I think its funny. If you don't get it ask your mom....or maybe your older brother would know better.

We made sure there were no forest fires while we were there. Every time I saw the Smokey the Bear signs I sang the old Smokey the Bear song. Everyone all together now, "Smokey the Bear, Smokey the Bear. Growlin' and a prowlin' and sniffin' the air."

Chicks in South Dakota didn't dig me either because I take pictures like the one below.

That's right who's the biggest ass in this picture? I'll put my money on myself.

South Dakota pics

2008-08-12T20:11:00.006-05:00

Here's some pics from South Dakota. My vacation run down will take place later this week. I was going to do it tonight but I didn't realize how many damn pictures I took. I took all of these except one....check out my skillz.

Here's one especially for those laying down reading the Ramblings. I have no idea why it won't post the right way and have tried to fix it twice. Yep I'm lazy so screw it. Nate is throwing up some gang signs or something or trying to talk to the deaf, I'm not sure which one. Yes Shawn Michaels let me borrow his hat. I actually made the comment to Nate while we were there that if I was on the mountain they would have to change the name to "Mt Crushmore", then did a bad pose. After I said it I wanted to kick myself in the nuts.

Thumbs to Mount Rushmore, I'm sporting a little bit of a heel beard.

Look at me getting all artsy.

Nope not a postcard a photo I actually took.

More artsy stuff.

Check this one out the tour guy pulled over to this place and that's Mt Rushmore through a natural spot in the pines.

Random Photo

2008-08-12T20:05:00.004-05:00

At Wizard World, you know the Nerdfest Nate and I went to about a month ago, we saw the world's greatest Superman. Yes its a bit fuzzy because the lighting in the room was for crap and Nate has few camera skillz.

Photo of me from South Dakota with an indy wrestling gimmick pose and gimmick that sure didn't catch on. You know there's some guy out there going by the name "Big D". There's probably a guy in WCPW trying to use it....FACE!

Knock knock knock

2008-08-12T15:57:00.001-05:00

I'm knocking on your door Rod. I bought an Illinois state flag today.

Pictures of Lincoln and Lucy to follow here later today.

This weekend...

2008-08-10T21:22:00.003-05:00

Went to the Bears pre-season game Thursday night
Friday recovered from the late night Friday and saw TDK again
Saturday bought another Boston Terrier...a male we've named it Lincoln, because Nate is a big Lincoln fan.
Sunday watched way too much of the Olympics

Pictures of Lincoln will follow soon.

Oh and I have a crush on US swimmer Natalie Coughlin, she's 26.

Yes I'm admitting this....and just a thought

2008-08-09T00:55:00.005-05:00

Went with v2 to see The Dark KNight again this afternoon, it was as good the second time around. I did find one singular fault with the film. When the Joker is hanging upside down towards the end I think the shot should have been of him with his chest at the top of the screen instead of the bottom. The way it was shot they had the Joker with his chest at the bottom of the screen and it took away from the idea that he was hanging upside down aside from his hair and jacket feeling the effects of gravity. Okay her's what I'm admitting tonight when we got home we did a little Dark Knight related testing involving the scooter. After this testing all I'm going to say is that while it is a nice visual when Batman is riding the Batpod there are some shenanigans as to how free flowing his cape is. The speed that he is attaining there would be too much wind holding down the cape to make it flow so freely. Unless it was totally made out of something like tissue paper I'd don't think it would fly that way. Otherwise you could go with v2's theory that it was smart fabric like they said in the first one so it was really light material. I still think that it would get stuck on his back from the wind created on the Batpod.

Go ahead and feel pity for me know because that's what my evening partial consisted of.

Observation: I think its odd that chicks say they want an old fashion romantic guy then they get sort of weirded out by standard old school guy stuff like opening doors for them or whatever. Get the stories straight ladies come on.

Just got the first season of the Showtime show Californication on DVD. Its pretty funny I've seen three of them so far. David Duchoveny (who I'm not even a fan of) plays this dickish writer in Los Angeles and stuff that happens with his ex-wife and stuff. Its a pretty solid show.

One last thought, the guy lighting the torch at the Olympics was sort of corny if you ask me.

Okay I'm out suckers. Oh wait I'm the sucker I had in depth discussion on the cape physics in The Dark Knight. I can only imagine what would have happened if I got in a crash what the hell the cops would have thought, "Well chief he was wearing a cape at the time of the accident." If I would have died or something do it you could have felt free to go ahead and laugh because it would have been pretty damn funny if you ask me. In case you are wondering.....yes I own two capes.......actually I own two of them. My name is Kevin....and I am an ubernerd. And one wonders why there aren't lovely ladies knocking down my door.

Just an FYI

2008-07-26T20:41:00.001-05:00

I'll be out on a South Dakota adventure for the next week. The place we are staying has wifi so if anything awesome happens there I will let you know. Otherwise I wouldn't expect too much in te way of updates here. Chillax and talk to ya later.

What's missing from this picture?

2008-07-25T12:06:00.002-05:00

http://kevinsramblings.blogspot.com/2008/07/all-hope-now-lost-for-season.html#links

Orton: Man, I'm glad that Kevin had shoulder soreness and couldn't come out this year.

Grossman: You're happy? How do you think I feel?

I could totally rock that orange QB jersey.

Yep it happened again

2008-07-25T11:07:00.002-05:00

Okay I’ve been called lots of things in the past few years, and yes I’m still the undisputed world heavyweight champion of love. I try and spread it wherever I go and when I’m not being a genuine smart ass, like I often times are on here. I’m pretty much try and spread the joy whoever I run into, I think that life in general is pretty grand.
When I did the fashion disaster dates before I got called “sweet” she said I was like Tony Robbins. I’m a big positive mental attitude guy and frankly Tony Robbins scares me a bit because he’s got a bit of the horse teeth. Anyway I tell you this story to tell you this one. This morning I’m on the internet date thing and there’s this lady on there and she’s absolutely adorable, real clean cut girl, attractive. She doesn’t want a dude with a kid and that’s all fine with me you know I understand. Its throws a wrench into things some times so it doesn’t really bother me when that’s the case. Being the WHCL (world heavyweight champion of love, come on follow me people) I sent her a little email, knowing full well she didn’t want a guy with a kid:

Good Morning,
I just have to tell you that you are adorable. That's all. Best wishes finding your match. Have a great weekend.

Then she sends this back a little while later:

Thank you, that's very sweet! Best of luck to you.

There it is again that “s” word. Being the WHCL just carries that stigma I guess.

**totally unrelated to this post but I found this site: http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/ and find it oddly entertaining

2008-07-24T20:36:00.001-05:00

Everything that you ever hoped would happen in your life comes true here:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kevins-Ramblings/30531225844?ref=mf

One last thing

2008-07-23T22:38:00.003-05:00

One last thing about my, I guess you could put it this way, option not being picked up. Well as some have said that everything seems to even out for me and well here's something good that happened today...well actually two things.

1) I was on the Ron & Fez show on XM radio 202 noon to three. Yep me and old Ronnie B shared a couple of moments

2) I did a dry run and once we move to Lincolnshire in late August I wil be able to ride The Beast down to work. Check it.

Well I think we've all learned a lot today and well........hit it band

You take the good, you take the bad,
you take them both and there you have
The Facts of Life, the Facts of Life.
There's a time you got to go and show
You're growin' now you know about
The Facts of Life, the Facts of Life.

When the world never seems
to be livin up to your dreams
And suddenly you're finding out
the Facts of Life are all about you, you.
It takes a lot to get 'em right
When you're learning the Facts of Life. (learning the Facts of Life)
Learning the Facts of Life (learning the Facts of Life)
Learning the Facts of Life

Oh the humanity....

2008-07-23T17:01:00.005-05:00

Well this chapter comes to a close. I got the kiss off email this morning from the time with the chick where I was dressed like an immigrant. Ah it was about what I had expected. Worst part of the entire deal? In the kiss off email I was called "sweet" and a "perfect gentleman". Next person that calls me "sweet" goes home with a black eye.

Look out now.

2008-07-23T08:51:00.001-05:00

Potential disaters coming...details will follow if it turns into a train wreck. The ball is out of my court now.

All hope now lost for the season?

2008-07-22T08:41:00.002-05:00

Yes the reports are true....I have some soreness in my right shoulder so I will not be heading to the Chicago Bears training camp today to fight for the starting quarterback job. I will still sign any of my Bears jerseys that you may have purchased in anticipation of my debut in the National Football League.

One last Friday date note

2008-07-21T08:45:00.003-05:00

One thing I forgot to mention in my Firday wrap up post. Of course she asked about the "Rerun" license plates. I told her it was just a goofy nickname and its tied to the show "What's Happenin'", she actually said she liked that show. If that is indeed the case and not just a little white lie maybe the world is coming together because I've never heard a female admit to liking What's Happenin'. Just a note I did not do the standard Rerun dance move that I do. I can't pull that ace out of my sleeve too soon can I?

One more thing I found funny that I didn't post in my first date recap from the original one where I dressed like a idiot. When I told her I didn't drink she asked if I was a recovering alcoholic. I chuckled and admired her candor. She said she was a straight shooter and she wasn't lying. I'm only addicted to one thing........kicking ass..........and taking names.*

Just a reminder, go see the Dark Knight at the theater, don't wait for the DVD. The flick gave me goosebumps, seriously.

*Okay not really but it sounds bad ass doesn't it? If I ever write an action movie that will be the catch phrase of my hero.

The Dark Knight

2008-07-19T14:52:00.003-05:00

The Dark Knight at IMAX this morning at 9:00 was sold out, we got there about 7:50 and by the time it started there wasn't a empty seat in the house. Its taken the top spot in as the best comic book movie of all time. Okay here's a show of my nerdom, there were times in the movie where I actually got goosebumps. All I will say about the movie as not to ruin it for anyone is that Joker is creepy as hell, funny yet still creepy as hell.

Well here's post game wrap up

2008-07-18T22:17:00.005-05:00

I met with the lady tonight after work for a little date action. It was a standard dinner/date affair you know nothing out of the ordinary. So you're probably wondering how your good old buddy Kev did aren't ya? Well as I've said before that I can never really tell but. Now the disclaimer this is just one side of the story she may have a totally different story. Go ahead now and place your bets as to whether it went well or not, I'll wait.

Okay the betting windows have closed.

I think I might have gone 2 for 2 with the lady. Admittedly there was very very slight nerves on my side maybe like 3% which is a good sign. Instead of appearring as a nervous Nelly I think on that front I did pretty well. The lady is pretty much confirmed as cool as hell and has her stuff together. I'm for sure going to give her another call see if she thought it went well enough for another round. I feel sorta like a little bitch because I wanted to break the 24 hour don't call rule because she pretty much rules. Check this out we were talking about flying and I said I always go into Passenger 57 mode when I get on a plane. She wasid something about always checking folks out and making sure there's no shenanigans going on. Then I told her an inner working of my mind where I don't like to sit with my back to the door. Then she said she's the same way and she was worried about when we got to the restaurant that she was sitting facing the door. So I guess we share that weird little sitting facing the door thing.

Last but probably most importantly she got some special treatment on the short ride from dinner to the movie place. Here is is, she got to steer the XM on the way to the theater. As those who know me I rule the XM with an iron fist and don't easily surreder control. I gave her a shot at the old remote and she did very well, so kudos to her on that front. Controlling the XM is a big deal and she did as well as one could expect, she had passed the inital trial with flying colors.

Just taking it slow right now and we'll see how stuff goes, just treated her like lady and I think I got my gentlemen groove back as it has not had a need to be in use for a while. I didn't even do a classic Beatles song to her but I wanted to, next time I guess.

One bad thing did happen before I got to the date. I was pulling into my florist to pick up a little something and right as I pulled into the lot the girl working there is literally pulling the little cord that turns the "OPEN" sign on and off. I had to go elsewhere to get some flowers but other then that there was no other issues. I went with yellow tulips it was an alright selection but I was a little peeved that I got shut out of my regular place. As I was driving there I was thinking "dang its hot these flowers may get screwed up in the car." Then I remembered that two cups in the car so I could set here up with a cup and water to put them in so they hopefully stay somewhat nice for a while. You might be wondering why did I have two plastic cups in my trunk? They were in there from when Nate and I did the Chilren's Memorial Hospital walk. I think that might be good karma coming back for rasing money for the hospital.

Well I guess this is about this for the wrap up, we'll have to wait and see what happens when I give her a call later this weekend. Tomorrow bright and early its The Dark Knight and then the Fire game at night, and calling her cause she's pretty kick ass.

Now if this goes bad ou can just laugh at me if this all goes south because I thought it went pretty well.

This weekend

2008-07-16T15:42:00.003-05:00

Well Friday is a go with "fashion disaster", well see how it goes and if there are any notable things I will let ya know.

Her official code name is "fashion disaster" since I was one when we met the first time. My fashion disaster was even made more evident because she was dressed like an adult and I was dressed like an idiot. I won't be dressed like one this time...can't guarantee I won't act like one though.

Then Saturday The Dark Knight at 9:00am. Fire game that night.

Dark Knight

2008-07-13T19:14:00.002-05:00

Two tickets IMAX 9:00am Saturday morning the 19th. Word.

Oh yeah forgot to add total cost through Fandango........$29.

The Beast continues to grow

2008-07-07T19:09:00.002-05:00

The Beast got its tags today but its not yet at full growl yet. Once it gets that I'll put together a little video and put it on you tube. Hopefully this week I can take it to get finalized for this summer....big bore is a possibility for next summer.

To be completely honest

2008-07-04T23:01:00.003-05:00

about Wednesday night I didn't mention in the Ramblings that I was basically dressed like a clown because now at work we can wear shorts or jeans since we're moving pretty soon. Like I said before metting on Wednesday night came together pretty quickly and I figured well I might as well go now and meet this girl. The one error I made was when I woke up that morning and dressed like a clown. Basically I was wearing a Dutch national team jersey and some khaki shorts. Not a bad combo if I'm just kicking it around the house but far far far far from something I should be wearing to meet a fin young lady for the first time. Well I didn't exactly get ther with the khaki shorts I was originally wearing because as I left the house the button falls off the shorts. By the time I had left it was already late and I figured I had to run in and put something else on.....this is where the combo got even worse. How much worse you ask? Well to give it the full due here's a picture of it below because every person I've told about this since Wednesday night has not believed it and had a good little chuckle out of my terrible terrible clothing decision. This bad bad decision was made even worse because she actually was there dressed like a normal adult would be dressed and not like (someone called this ensemble) a immigrant. Let's remember that if I had gotten rolling 5 minutes earlier I could have averted this disaster, no need to adjust the color on your monitor just bask in it:

Bad huh? I dare say absolutely terrible. I must have somehow come over this obstacle during the time we were hanging out becuase we're going out again sometime in the near future. When I can overcome an ensemble like this during a date I must be doing something right becuase this is God awful. Just keep old Kev in your thoughts and pray that I have the common sense not to pull off something this terrible..especially when meeting a lady for the first time.

In regards to last nights post...

2008-07-03T11:11:00.002-05:00

WIN.

I guess I did do alright. There's some stuff going on that needs to be taken care of but I go the thumbs up. Yeah kid.

Wow who's the big winner tonight?

2008-07-02T21:43:00.007-05:00

Kevin is. Kevin's the big winner. Kevin wins.

Okay some stuff moved real fast this afternoon in regards to this post. Things hit the ground running and something after work came together in about 2 hours this afternoon. So all I want to say about it now, if it was a DisataDate (trademark pending) I would bust it out here for your entertainment. Well I think it went pretty well and its all I'm going to say now, it went a lot better then I had expected because I didn't actually get as nervous as I usually would so I think I did pretty well. Here's how in tune (I think at least) we were, she had made joke about a certain character in a movie and I was thinking the exact same thing that she actually said. I didnt' expect it but hot damn it was pretty funny to hear her say it. Seriously I don't think for an initial things I don't think I could have asked for anything more. I will for sure be getting in contact with her again, hopefully I didn't scare her away, I don't think I did. If I did and this was an unforseen failure by me I'll be sure to let you know because acutally my own failures after a while are pretty funny. I don't think this is going to be one of those failures just yet I think I did pretty damn good but I guess the next time I talk to her will tell. The only possible thing I might have not been too good at was I might have talked a little too much, so if there is room for improvement that would be it.

I might be back, baby. Let's all hope I don't f this one up.

Hey there

2008-06-30T20:15:00.002-05:00

Welcome to the Rambling special guest, you know who you are. If you're asking yourself, "Is he talking to me?" Well no not you, just someone who may actually run in fear after reading these dumb posts. I hope you find some chuckles out of the dumb things I write here. I'm really not as big of a nerd as I appear to be here, okay maybe I am. A nerd with a heart of gold I guess.

Wizard World-I touched Tina Fey...

2008-06-30T07:42:00.003-05:00

Well Wizard World was actually pretty decent. If you ever notice when you go to a fan convention its just a giant love fest. I mean admittedly most of those folks at the convention would admit to bein nerds but each one had a little different nerd DNA in them. Some people were DC comic fans some were Marvel fans but they all just get along becuase they all have the basic comic nerd DNA. One bad thing from the show....no George "The Animal" Steele. One good thing though and I have to give v2 big props on this one I touched Tina Fey...well sorta.
v2 was standing in line to get a comic autographed by these two guys at the DC booth and I was sort of looking around the DC stuff and he says, "That's the guy from 30 Rock!" I followed the guy until he got outside of the convention and it was the guy from 30 Rock. It was the guy who plays Pete the producer guy on the show. I read somewhere he was a comic fan so it wasn't surprising he was there. He also does some stuff on Adult Swim and stuff from what I saw on his imdb page. I shook the guys hand and told him I loved the show and he went on his way it was maybe 15 or 20 seconds. I'm sure he's had the opportunity to shake Tina Fey's hand and I shook his so yeah I indirectly shook Tina Fey's hand. Well I guess that is it, we didn;t get any video because the batteries died right when we got there....stupid batteries.

2008-06-26T20:08:00.004-05:00

Well for regular readers know I've been making a run at the whole online dating deal here for a little over a month. Its gone about as expected, nothing spectacular yet. I still think that I'm pretty picky so naturally that isn't helping the situation. I guess we'll have to see how it goes for a little while longer. I'm hoping at the least what I get out of this would be a couple decent stories of bad dates which I already have a name for (Gene Simmons marketing mind ain't got shit on me) DisastaDates. See its disaster and date in one word, wow clever huh?

Last night I realized another issue that I have with actually meeting a cool chick that puts up with all my stupid crap. My life is really one gigantic sausage party. I thought about it and aside from the chicks at work and women in the family I only talk to like two other women on the face of the earth. One of them I used to work with and the other one is the wife of my borhter from another mother.

This weekend is what I have called NerdFest since I bought the tickets but mine and v2's Saturday looks like this, Wizard World and ROH. For non nerds out there Wizard World is a big comic book convention and ROH is a wrestling company. What more can a man ask for? I'll have the little video camera at Wizard World because I can almost guarantee we'll see something interesting. Then after it goes through my terrible video editing skills I'll post it on You tube if it doesn't stink too bad. Well I guess that is all for now....get ready the Whig Party 2.0 will be launched soon.

One of my favorite games is what I call

2008-06-23T17:18:00.002-05:00

"On an all new House

...a patient comes into the hospital and has the gout. (gout is my answer to every medical issue on House)

...a medical mysery that only House can diagnose. He will screw around for 90% of the show making the others doctors feel stupid. Then at the last minute let them know it was an busted appendix at the end.

...a patient dies while under the care of House. Then House has to go in front of the medical review board who pulls his license because they realize House is a complete asshole.

...an angry patient shoots House in the groin.

WSJ on warning

2008-06-20T12:40:00.002-05:00

http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-GREATEST08.html

Wall Stree Journal you are officially on notice for not including me on this list. It is a obvious slap in my face not including me in this Top 10. WSJ by discounting my vast crane game skills and not including me on the list cheapens the list as a whole.

Walk-a-Thon/Weekend review

2008-06-16T20:21:00.007-05:00

Well this weekend Nate and myself did the Children's Memorial Hospital on Sunday morning. There were about 1200 people there walking and running but the weather did not fully cooperate. Due a storm blowing in it got rolling about a hour late, I took a picture of the storm before we were pushed inside to wait it out. Thanks to everyone who donated as the money goes to the hospital with the area of greatest need.

On Saturday night at church was Dad Fest, where after the service they have a bunch of classic cars, a band and a bid shinding. Nate wanted to take a picture of him in the 18 wheeler. He doesn't have a CDL yet.

Here's one of my all time favorite pictures of Nate that I took. It has a special title that I cal it that I won't post here. I took this when we were looking for the worlds largest ball of paint. More info on the ball of paint can be found here: http://kevinsramblings.blogspot.com/2004/07/road-trippin.html#links

Well that is all for now folks, in two tweeks were going to Wizard World which is an admitted nerd fest. I'm going to have both a camera and video camera with me for the event. I'm sure there's going to be some interesting things to see there. As an added bonus the same Saturday at Wizard World we're going to the ROH show in Chicago Ridge. When it comes to v2 if Delirious is on the card he's sold on the show. Well that is all for now talk to ya later.

A peek into the old music collection

2008-06-12T23:10:00.002-05:00

Kevin’s Top 40
I’ve been saying I’m going to do this for a while and well the time has finally come. I’ve got about 4100 songs on the trusty mp3 player. Just to give folks how odd and unusual my musical tastes can be I’ve got the player and will do an random shuffle and put the first 40 songs that come up here with a little bit on each of the songs. Just a little peek into what’s on the player I’ve got everything on the player from rap to country to what I call “God rock“.

1) Rico Suave-Gerardo My love of unintentionally bad music rears its ugly head right from the start.

2)Children of Sanchez Theme-Chuck Mangione Hey when your Dad had a kick ass stereo system that even had a reel to reel player you’re going to like some stuff that was hitting your ear drums from an early age. Mangione is probably best know for his song “Feels So Good”. Feels So Good is like a song you’d put on when the [lowers voice an octave] special lady in your life is coming over probably…oh yeah.

3) Gather & Give Finger Eleven- high school kid rock the reason its on the player because its on the same CD as “Paralyzer” no I don’t cut too many songs from most Cds I put on the player

4) Tired of Sex-Weezer- The entire Weezer catalog is on there

5) Lick Myself- Triumph the Insult Comic Dog- Conan fans know all about Triumph and who knew he had a CD? I did.

6) You’re All I Need to Get By- Marvin Gaye Who doesn’t own some Marvin? You’re All I Need to Get By is like a song you’d put on when the [lowers voice an octave] special lady in your life is coming over probably…oh yeah.

7) All I Need-The Temptations Who doesn’t own some Temptations? All I Need is like a song you’d put on when the [lowers voice an octave] special lady in your life is coming over probably…oh yeah. Weird back to back songs with All I Need in the title.

8) Just To See You Smile-Tim McGraw Yee haw the first country tune on here. I saw Tim when he first started out and was opening for (please skip the rest of this if you don’t want to hate me forever) Little Texas. Yes I’ve seen Little Texas in concecert Where are they now? Working at a Sonic maybe?

9) We Rock the Mic-KJ-52 God rap yes believe it there is such a genre of music out there.

10) Pulse of the Rhyme- Ice T Back in high school and college I was a real big Ice T before he was on that Law & Order show. Ice T in my opinion was one of the better West Coast rappers. His wife looks like a Barbie doll, look it up if you don’t believe me. She’s got as much plastic in her as a Barbie doll too. If Ice T every asks you I never said anything like this about his wife.

11) Praise You With the Dance- Casting Crowns I guess this would be God pop. Casting Crowns is a group of like 8 guys and gals from the south somewhere. They sing a lot of their stuff in the hipper churches across the country

12) Sold- John Michael Montgomery- Yeah most of the John Michael Montgomery older catalog on the player too. I’ve seen him in concert a few times and he even sang the song from my wedding, but surprisingly I still don’t hate the guy.

13) Drift & Die Puddle of Mudd I’m a pretty big Puddle fan I’ve seen them in concert and I think their lead singer looks like Edge from WWE. I think Puddle doesn’t get the proper rock respect they deserve for some reason

14) Revolutionary Generation-Public Enemy My favorite rap act of all time no doubt hands down. Something happened to them in recent years as I think their last two albums have been, ahem, not that good. If you don’t own “It Takes a Nation on Millions to Hold Us Back” you’re doing yourself a disservice, damn good album one of my top 3 favorite albums of all time

15) A Moment Like This- Kelly Clarkson Admit it deep down inside you like Kelly Clarkson if you don’t you’re lying to yourself. Yes I do own all the Kelly Clarkson albums too. Sometimes my music tastes are so much like that of a high school girl.

16) Somewhere Other Then The Night-Garth Brooks- Yep I own the entire Garth Brooks catalog. Somewhere Other Then The Night is like a song you’d put on when the special lady in your life is coming over probably…oh yeah. Sort of related on the Garth Brooks front, he’s got this song called “That Summer” it’s a song about a kid who goes to work on a farm one summer with this widow lady. Then one night the lady puts on a nice dress one night and then gets plowed by the boy. Get it “plowed” because it happened on the farm? Thanks I’ll be here all week. There’s actually a line in the song of something along the lines of “her hands turned from leather to lace in that one touch”, Garth likes the older ladies apparently.

17) Enemy-Octane This is a band from out east that I found out about on the Opie & Anthony show. Just a standard rock band sort of like a little lighter Disturbed.

18) If I Had No Loot- Tony! Toni! Tone! A hit from the new jack swing era, I actually saw these guys in concert in like 1991 at the Club Dance MTV tour with C&C Music Factory and the guy who came up first on this thing Gerardo. I can’t make this stuff up.

19) Give My Love to Rose-Johnny Cash One of my top 3 artists of all time. Cash can do no wrong, if you say otherwise I will punch you in the mouth because Johnny would want it that way.

20) Road to Life-Me Phi Me- If anyone here owns this CD I would be amazed. Me Phi Me is like a different rap type artist from my college days. Its sort of like rap music with a message behind it, sort of along the line of Comon. I think Me Phi Me is actually from Chicago I could be wrong about that though.

21) Southern Hallelujah-Trace Adkins You can’t go wrong with a Trace Adkins song, he did a song about chrome how can you not like that?

22) Fallen Angel-Poison more high school year rock, not my favorite Poison song but that’s why they call this a shuffle don’t they?

23) New York State of Mind- Billy Joel I sing Billy Joel tunes when they come on the XM in the car. I don’t own a lot of Billy Joel just like a two disc greatest hits and maybe another one. Billy sure does like his wine doesn’t he? Can you imagine if you were at home and he crashed in your house? I mean it would be weird enough a car crashing into you house but then the car is driven by Billy Joel? That is a story that no one could top.

24) Dead Wrong-The Fray This is on here because they are my substitute for not listening to Coldplay. How can you not like that Over My Head (Cable Car) and How to Save a Life tunes? Yeah I sing these tunes in my car too, Nate just loves it because I take the songs and make them my own. My singing talent is really an untapped and could bring about world peace…okay maybe not.

25) Uhh in You- Snow Yeah this song is on the same CD as Informer. Yes Informer is one of my all time favorite bad songs and yes I do own a Snow CD. No he was not on the same tour with Gerardo…..unfortunately.

26) There Will Be Light-Ben Harper and the Blind Boys of Alabama The Blind Boys of Alabama rule that’s why this is on the player.

27) Ride Captain Ride- Blues Image- From the Anchorman soundtrack which actually is a pretty good soundtrack. I don’t like this song as much as Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl) by Looking Glass though but pretty close. I want to date a chick named Brandy just to sing this song to her. I knew a Brandy in middle school and high school, she got pregnant like Junior year, true story.

28) I Know You Got Soul- Eric B and Rakim- Anyone who is an old school rap fanand doesn’t give them props is a fool. Eric B has one of the best flows of all time.

29) Swimming in Your Ocean-Crash Test Dummies yes this is the Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm band, and this is from the same CD its actually a pretty good disc.

30) Information Overload-Living Colour Probably in my top 5 favorite bands of all time, I like their older stuff better this is off their first CD that had Cult of Personality on it.

31) Billy Brown-Third Day more god pop this group could pass as a regular pop act for some of their stuff. Mainstream Switchfoot fans don’t kid yourselves that Switchfoot is basically God rock too.

32) Rock the Night- Europe this is off the same CD that The Final Countdown is on, if you don’t like The Final Countdown I will fight you.

33) Crash-Gwen Stefani- See I do have the musical taste of a high school girl sometimes. I liked Gwen more when she was with No Doubt before they got hugely popular. Tragic Kingdom is my favorite No Doubt album.

34) Hola Hovita- Jay-Z How can a rap fan today not own Jay-Z, the guy does some just amazing stuff on his songs. I’m a big Jay-Z fan.

35) Starts With Goodbye-Carrie Underwood-What you didn’t think a song from my future wife would come up on a random shuffle. The second AI contestant to make a showing in the shuffle. I also own the William Hung CD, no really I do. Call me Carrie I want to take you out for a Fresca and some cheese fries.

36) I Already Do-Chely Wright- I’m a big Chely Wright fan I think its because she’s hot and can sing. Oh wait that’s exactly why I’m a fan of Chely Wright. Call me Chely I want to take you out for a Fresca and some cheese fries.

37) Unforgettable-Lou Rawls You Can’t go wrong with Lou Rawls. Not my favorite Lou Rawls tune, that you be, “You’ll Never Another Love Like Mine” but hey you can’t go wrong with Lou Rawls. Yep I sing Lou Rawls tunes in the car too. “I’m not braggin’ on myself baby but I’m the one who loves you and there’s no one else.” Unforgettable is like a song you’d put on when the [lowers voice an octave] special lady in your life is coming over probably…oh yeah.

38) Newark to C.I.- Shaquille O’Neal Yes I own the Shaquille O’Neal rap album and I feel sorry for those who do not own any Shaq rhymes.

39) Coming Home-John Legend I’m a an of John Legend talented musician and song writer. For some reason chicks dig him a lot.

40) Promise Land-Elvis No explanation need here as almost the entire world knows I am a huge Elvis fan. Either Elvis, Johnny Cash, or U2 probably have the most tunes on my mp3 player. He’s almost as talented a Kelvis which is pretty damn good.

Well there it is a look at about 10% of my mp3 player. I’m a little surprised that more rap tunes didn’t show up but it is a pretty good representation of my musical taste and there was nothing really really really embarrassing on the shuffle but there is some stuff on there that is absolutely god awful that I listen too for some reason. Okay discuss.

Quick review I'm only posting this for one reason

2008-06-02T09:58:00.002-05:00

Friday-not much Nate got brought over by his mom and didn't get there until late. We went to the Dog N Suds. We both got the Pizza Burger, contrary to my sister's review we both thought it stunk. My sister is going to get hit in the collarbone next time I see her for saying it was good.

Saturday-went to Nate's soccer game the weather was good, but the top of my done got sunburned, the rest was properly sunblocked. I Nate signed up for soccer next year and turned in my forms to ref next year, hopefully I won't get my ankle messd up again. Then went to see the Chicago Slaughter football game on Saturday night. They are in a minor leauge type indoor football league. We had really good seats and it was a really good game. Both of us got Steve McMichael's autograph after the game. He was on the much beloved '85 Bears Super Bowl team.

Sunday went to church and then (here's the reason for this whole post) went to see the Indiana Jones flick. It stunk. It was beyond bad it was god awful. Sure the Indy flicks are suppsoed to be a little unbelievelable and so on but this one was just dumb. Space aliens helped the Incas and then at the end a space ship comes out of the ground that was buried under one of those Inca pyramid looking things. The movie just sucked. Yes I made this whole post to say the Indiana Jones movie sucked.

Howdy folks

2008-05-29T19:15:00.004-05:00

What have I been up to lately? Well alot of the usual stuff as you know my life is not exactly the life of James Bond. I guess to start off last weekend we headed down to Indy for a graduation party for two of my cousins, one got her teacher degree and the other got her law degree. Pretty cool huh? The traffic down there wasn't as bad as we had expected and that's a good thing.

I've been riding The Beast pretty regularly and its always a good time. I also added the Dark Knight sticker to the back of the helmet. Yes I know that people think that I actually am Batman and of course I can't lie to them, yes I am Batman. I may even be better then Batman becuase I do make dreams come true, just ask v2.

AsI always say that honesty is the best policy, thanks Slick, so I've recently dived into:
1) a alligator infested river
2) a kidde pool filled with that jelly like substance found on Spam
3) the online dating scene

Yep you guessed it #3 and its actually not all that different from my regular dating life. I find it just as hard to talk to chicks online as I do in person. The biggest problem I have with the whole dating thing is that I have no, as the kids call it today, "game". I can BS with the best of them just talking about whatever when I'm hanging out. Talking when it comes to chicks I'm I got nothing. If you want to talk about stupid crap for hours but when it comes to talking to......*insert sultry voice here* the ladies I really have nothing. I'm a bad first date guy because it takes me about two times until I'm somewhat comfortable with things and the real dude comes out. If I could BS better I'd be a better first date guy but I just don't have a big BS gene in me. Surprisingly even though I stink at first dates I've only done a one and done date twice in my lifetime.
So the big issue with the whole online deal is if I can't talk to chicks in like real life what makes me think I could woo them through an email? Its call delusions of grandeur kids, that's what its called.
One last observation....98% of the profiles are exactly the same, if you get chance check it out. Apparently all women are easy going, are comfortable in either a little black dress or sitting on the couch in sweatpants, love to go to Cubs games, love to travel, like sushi, like to laugh, and is looking for smoeone who is smart. Another issue with the whole thing is I know that my stupid profile is terrible. Even though I do a shitload of writing its stupid comedy type stuff and not about me. Its like I need a creative writing teacher to punch up my profile. Its pretty much based in truth but could use a little help. Any takers? Seriously I can send it to you if you think you can help a brotha out.

I usually don't do this but give them the remix...

2008-05-19T12:05:00.007-05:00

A little shout out to R Kelly there.

Well here’s my weekend in a nutshell

Saturday morning-v2 soccer game

Saturday evening-Fire game w/ v2 got rained on for about ¾ of the game. The big stud on the Fire is the guy named Cuauhtemoc Blanco, or as in soccer circles just as Blanco. Its kind of funny because in South American soccer they give a lot of the guys nicknames based on their last name. There was a soccer name generator and mine would be DeBito. Found it here it is: http://www.minimalsworld.net/BrazilName/brazilian.shtml
Anyway back to the Fire game, so Blanco is the main striker for the Fire and he’s te type of player if he played for any other team but yours he would be a dick. Since he’s on your team you love the guy. The guy is out there showing up the refs, bitching about bad calls, all soccer guys do it but he has a certain flair when doing it. People were actually laughing in the stands at him giving hell to the refs.

BLANCO RULES.

It’s just really entertaining to watch the guy play. Check out the Fire on Channel 50 and you can see Blanco in action. He’s got a little hot dog in him of course here’s his goal celebration:

So we got rained on and the Fire lost. We’ll make another trip down there because it’s a pretty good place to see a soccer game didn’t seem like there was a bad seat in the joint.

Sunday-We went to do this thing through church packing these scientifically designed meals to send to kids in Zimbabwe. There were about 50 or so people there and in the two hours we were there we packed enough food to feed 78 kids in Zimbabwe……FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR. Check this site out: http://www.fmsc.org/ they are trying to put a warehouse around Rolling Meadows later this year.
Then Sunday night I rode the Beast up to the post office and came back to watch the ACM awards. My unrequited crush on Carrie Underwood is still in effect. Call me Carrie you know you want to. Okay that’s about all. Heading down to Indy for the weekend so be good to each other.

What's up kids?

2008-05-11T21:47:00.003-05:00

Happy Day to all the moms out there.

This past Friday I was going to go to Nielsen's Enterprises in Lake Villa to check out what scooters they had in stock. I've been thinking about getting one for a while now and went ahead and got on on Friday night. I can just screw around riding it around town pretty safely at the speed it can go to. Plus Brian and my buddy Jason have them so I figured what the hell. I haven't brought it home yet since it is getting some updates to give it a little more juice. I should have it by later this week. I ended up getting a Yamaha Zuma which is right here:

We're going to be starting our on gang pretty soon so if you hear about a renegade scooter gang you know who they are talking about. We'll I guess that's all for now folks and for the Indiana contingent reading this we'll see you in a couple weeks. I gotta start writing more on this thing because I think of this good stuff during the day and then never get around to writing it down anywhere. I will be posting about some upcoming shenanigans that will be starting once I get something looked over by a friend of mine. Of course it will all make it here eventually because when it come to my life I have no shame no matter how goofy my life is.

For discussion

2008-05-08T14:36:00.002-05:00

The new look of Clay Aiken makes him look like Samantha from Sex and the City. The only difference is that Clay had probably taken more.....oh never mind its too easy.

How ya been?

2008-05-05T12:13:00.003-05:00

Well its been a while since I’ve done an update here so I guess here it goes. Not much has been going on really. I was sick as a dog for about two weeks and finally got over that a little while back. Still waiting to hear about the “other stuff” which some folks know about, it just seems to move really slow but I had that knowledge before going into the whole thing.

This weekend I had v2 and we went to his soccer game, they ended up tying and the weather was not that great. Hopefully this will be the last week that the weather is bad for soccer. I also got some concert tickets for a show v2 wanted to go to. He thought his mom was going to take him but she jobbed him out and didn’t get him a ticket. I make dreams come true so I got him tickets for it. We also got Bears tickets for preseason game for someone I know who has season tickets. Plus there’s another pretty big thing coming up that v2 doesn’t know about that will make him shit a brick. Making dreams come true is my job.

This weekend we went to go see Iron Man. Pretty solid flick, good to see they are putting real actors in these parts so they can pull the stuff off. Iron Man is still my second favorite comic book flick ever, Batman Begins is still my top pick, can’t wait until the next one comes out in July. I got a free movie ticket when I went to Iron Man so I went to go see Forgetting Sarah Marshall after I dropped Nate off. It was alright nothing special though really. I would mildly endorse it. That’s about all from the weekend now onto the shill portion.

From an email I sent out yesterday:

Good Day,
Its Kevin here and as part of our new Father's Day tradition on June 15, 2008 Nate and myself will participate in the Loop the Loop for Kids 5K Run/Walk to raise money for the patients and families at Children's Memorial Hospital. Children's Memorial is one of the leading pediatric healthcare institutions serving over 100,000 patients annually. With 1,100 pediatric specialists, Children's Memorial offers a depth of expertise that is unavailable anywhere else in the region. Last year, CMH served 113,352 children and performed 15,726 surgical procedures and is the leading hospital in the area specializing in treating children. If you could sponsor Nate and myself it would be greatly appreciated and all the money goes directly to Children's Memorial Hospital.

To sponsor me online the link to my page can be found at:
https://secure.childrensmemorial.org/loop/donations/donate.asp?runnerID=3163

Thanks,
Kevin & Nate DeBolt

Special offer for blog readers only. If you are the first (or only) person to donate at least $50 we will let you pick the name of our team (Nate and myself) from a list of 4 possible team names. Let me know when you make the donation and I will send you a list of the 4 names to pick from.

CMH is really good at getting tax documents out to you once you make a donation too.

Couple of quick shots:
GTA4 is pretty fun, haven’t gotten that deep into it yet.
Kyle Busch is a tool.

Quick review

2008-04-04T12:49:00.000-05:00

Its been a whils since I wrote something here, blame Call of Duty 4. Anyway this stuff isn't too bad.

Well...

2008-03-11T15:56:00.002-05:00

today the "work wife" left the company. I could comment further but won't at this time.

Bravo

2008-03-10T11:03:00.002-05:00

For non super hero movie nerds like myself let me tell you something. The next Batman movie, The Dark Knight, is vial marketing geniuses. I got a call from Harvey Dent on Friday night right after I got in the car from getting gas. Luckily Nate was with me and heard the whole message. It was awesome.

www.ibelieveinharveydent.com

I don't see any possible way this movie can't rule.

2008-03-07T12:21:00.002-06:00

CoD4 I'm up to sergeant, got to the double didgit level last night. Its more addictive then black tar heroin. No CoD4 this weekend as v2 is in the house. Going to a show on Saturday and meeting Mick Foley.

Rank up

2008-03-06T08:01:00.002-06:00

This is my rifle.
There are many like it, but this one is MINE.
My rifle is my best friend.
It is my life.
I must master it as I must master my life.
My rifle without me is useless.
Without my rifle, I am useless.

Within the past few days I've started playing Call of Duty 4 online in mercenary deathmatch games. Call of Duty 4 is a first person video game and I went through the standard story and finished the game and heard only good things about online play. Well I can say online play gets off to a bad start because you start out as a low leve grunt with just the M16. As you play it longer you get better weapons and naturally become better at the game. I can saw up until the time you actually get a red dot sight on your rifle get ready for your ass to be handed to you. Last night I was playing just hoping to get a sight added to my rifle and was literally swearing at the game about the crappy ways I was getting killed. Then it happened, I got a high enough rank to add the sight to the M16. I played two deathmatches with the sight and had 4 kills the first game. The last game I played I had my best game so far....9 kills in a 10 minute games. I am officially hooked on this game.

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Wheels might be turning in Kevster's life, I'll let you guys know.

Attention America Attention

2008-02-25T11:17:00.002-06:00

Diablo Cody* who won a Oscar for the Juno screenplay yesterday is getting called stripper in nearly every story about her today. Just to get the facts straight she did the stripping thing so she could right a book about it, its not like she was wearing see through 4 inch heels and then became this great writer. She was a writer first, then did the stipping thing as sort of research to write then book, then went on to write the Juno screenplay. Okay that's all.

Geez yeah you got me I have a school boy crush on Diablo Cody. So if you know Diablo Cody have her write me or give me a call. We could be like America's blogging odd couple.

*that's a pen name

2008-02-19T13:05:00.001-06:00

Over on You Tube I posted the stuff I shot at the Auto Show. Pretty soon some CITW remixes will be up there too. Worked out all the details last night.

http://www.youtube.com/user/KevsRandomRamblings

Oh I almost forgot

2008-02-18T10:21:00.002-06:00

I stopped a nuclear attack this weekend on the eastern seaboard of the United States. My commander and other brothers in arms on Call of Duty 4 probably indirectly saved the world from another world war. You can thank me later.

My weekend in short

2008-02-17T22:07:00.002-06:00

Watched the Godfather for the first time in a long time. Seriously you should watch this one again. When Sonny goes to beat his sisters husband take a close look at the punches and kicks he delivers to the guy miss by so much its laughable.

The new Knight Rider movie tonight kind of stunk.

Random Things

2008-01-29T11:08:00.001-06:00

Yeah I'm out of most marketers target market now that I'm 35.

One of the hottest things on planet earth are ladies who are indeed hot but for some reason don't think they are really as hot as they are.

PS3-Yea! Best But not having COD:4 in stock-Boo!

Um OK

2008-01-29T08:11:00.001-06:00

This morning I was getting gas there was a blue pair of mens bikini underwear laying right next to the pump. What a way to start a Friday.

I fixed the word "pair" because someone ordered me to. I'm not going to say who it was but their name rhymes with Randy Balazar.

Um OK

2008-01-25T08:33:00.000-06:00

This morning I was getting gas there was a blue pari of mens bikini underwear laying right next to the pump. What a way to start a Friday.

you tube

2008-01-11T07:27:00.000-06:00

We had a birth at the house, see the results here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvXU9mtaI00

Sure the video isn't that exciting but its a start.

This weekend

2008-01-07T09:19:00.000-06:00

I went 2-2 on the football playoff picks and saw Juno. Juno is a pretty good movie I would recommend it. That is all good day.

Hey there

2008-01-02T09:41:00.000-06:00

I hope everybody had a safe NYE. It was quite cold in Chicagoland. I picked up Nate after work and I schooled him in Madden. Then we watched Dick Clark and Nate even grapsed the absurdity of Dick Clark still doing the NYE gig. I know I live a crazy life NYE with a 10 year old playing Madden. My first purchase of 2008 you ask? The jersey of the one and only

All I want out of the NFL playoffs is anyone but the Patriots. I'd rather see the Packers win the Super Bowl then the Pats and that's really saying something.

Happy New Year

2007-12-31T09:35:00.000-06:00

Happy New Year a little early my regualr readers. Looking back there have been over 22,000 visitors to both this site and CITW too.

I'd like to award my 2007 turds of the year award. It was a close competition so I had to award it to two Chicago area guys in particular, Drew Peterson and Craig Stebic. Both of these characters wives disapppeared from the Chicago area under unusual circumstances and have yet to be found. Let's hope the don't make it out of 2008 without finding both of these guys wives. If you don;t have any idea of who either these guys are do a google search. Drew Peterson is particularly a real a-hole a I think its only a matter of time before they find something to charge him with his wive's disappearance.

So good riddance to 2007 and here's to a healthy and prosperous 2008 for all of you.

Ahh the Ramblings did me in

2007-12-13T21:05:00.000-06:00

Well I think my wacky, witty Ramblings may have done me in. I get contacted by this lady thru my just as entertaining myspace page. She was a nice lady nothing crazy or anything. In the message she sent she sent me her blog so I sent her this fantastic entertainment filled blog. I think she may have checked the Ramblings and got never wrote back. Well I hope she at least got some laughs from little blog that aims to entertain. This weekend myself and Version 2 will be posting a special holiday greeting to everyone. Yes you can probably guess I got a new toy and want to roll it out. I'll post a link to the video here once its done. It won't be a technical masterpiece because I still haven't decided on what editing software I want to get.

Bonus question of the week. Why is my myspace page listed under "rerunfromwhatshappenin"? There are actually two correct answers.

Take it easy and talk to you in a while.

This guy

2007-12-12T11:55:00.000-06:00

Drew Peterson you POS. Do you actually think if your wife ran away with some guy that she wouldn't call somebody and say, "Hey I'm still alive!" Its not like she would have not seen something in the media about a massive search going on for her. Someone in their right mind can't think that he didn't have something to do with her disappearance can they?

Oversell

2007-12-11T08:54:00.000-06:00

Well the Chicago area weather forecasters did a classic oversell on the ice storm today. It basically amounted to rain. They get all worked up for nothing. Soon the Ramblings will be moving forward with the multimedia portion of things after a few tests are run. Take it easy people.

Coming soon

2007-11-28T12:30:00.001-06:00

The Ramblings will be going multimedia. Yes you read that correctly.

Last night...

2007-11-28T08:19:00.000-06:00

Nate and I were going into the Target and I saw a open

in the trash can in front of the store. It amused me by the oddness of seeing that where I did. I'm guessing that 99.9999999998% of all these boxes are thrown away in bathrooms across the country except for this lucky little guy. It was sort of like seeing a white buffalo I guess.

Love is grand isn't it?

2007-11-07T12:07:00.000-06:00

A little background here, "Mandy" and "Jake" were together for like 5 years they bought a place together and then earlier this year things went south. They bought a place together and then recently Jake put together something together to buy Mandy out of her stake in the place. Mandy recently moved and this email exchange took place right after Mandy moved out. You may wonder why am I putting this on here? Just read towards the end and you will see why, I did it for you the loyal readers could also enjoy the email blasting that Jake took from Mandy. Mitch is a mutual friend of Jake and Mandy.

Mandy: Where would you like to meet tonight?

Jake: Wherever you would like.

Mandy: What time you getting off work? I'm super tired and not feeling well so I don't want to make a big deal about it.

Jake: Should be getting out of work around 5.

Mandy: Wait, can't I give the keys to Mitch and he can bring me the check tomorrow? That is if you are going to the house tonight.

Jake: Sure, that will work. I am going to the house tonight. Can you also give him the garage door opener when you give him the keys?

Mandy: Nope, lost it in the car somewhere. When I find it, I'll hand it over. Cool?

Jake: Not really, but I don’t have much choice in the matter, do I? How do you lose it in the car? Nevermind… just give it to him when you find it.

Mandy: It's cute how you are trying to relay to me that you're upset though email. Remember when I had to pack up my whole fucking life because you wanted to be a whore and fuck other women because you didn't, if ever love me? Well the garage door opener got lost in the shuffle of packing up an entire house full of life and memories of five long years if you can imagine that. So you think I'm going to drop in and visit you with my fancy garage door opener? Think again, I want nothing to do with you or your vast array of sluts that you are going to bring into that house. I just want to get my shit out of the garage this weekend and start to live a life that has little if anything to do with you.

Like you have any reason to be upset or not trust me. You're an asshole.

Jake: Like I said, give it to Mitch when you find it.

Mandy: Very good.

Have a great afternoon and let me know when would be a good time for me to stop by this weekend. I'm thinking on Sunday, weather permitting. ;)

Jake: Just send me a text when you know what time you want to come by.

Jake, you got served.

5 days in.

2007-11-05T08:54:00.000-06:00

Well 5 days into Movember and its starting to bother me a little bit. The 'stache is still blonde but I'm sure by the end of the week it will appear to be darker.

If you're reading this go here, read the details, my number is 135635 beacuse you, or someone you know has a prostate.

Bad 'staches for all

2007-11-01T12:55:00.000-05:00

Hi All,
During Movember (the month formerly known as November) I'll be growing a Mo (slang for moustache). That's right - I'm bringing the Mo back because I'm passionate about men's health and the fight against prostate cancer. Why...
Prostate cancer is the most common non-skin cancer in America.
In 2007, more than 218,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and more than 27,000 American men will die from the disease.
To sponsor my Mo (moustache) and fight against prostate cancer please go to http://www.movember.com/us/donate/?action=sponsorlink&rego=135635, enter my registration number which is 135635 and your credit card details. Or you can sponsor me by check made payable to the "Prostate Cancer Foundation" clearly marking the donation as being for my registration number: 135635. Please mail checks to: Prostate Cancer Foundation, Attn: Movember, 1250 Fourth St, Santa Monica, CA 90401.
All donations are made directly to the Prostate Cancer Foundation which will use the funds for high-impact research to find better treatments and a cure for prostate cancer. The Prostate Cancer Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization. All donations are tax-deductible to the full extent permitted by law.
Movember culminates at the end of the month at the Gala Partés. These glamorous and groomed events will see Tom Selleck and Borat look-a-likes battle it out for their chance to take home the prestigious Man of Movember title. If you would like to be part of this great night you'll need to purchase a Gala Parté ticket .

Okay this isn't a joke I'm really doing this. If you throw some sponsor money towards the cause I'll even set you up with a weekly update of how bad (I have a feeling my isn't going to look good) the 'stache looks week to week. From previous facial hair attempts I can tell you that it will probably look pretty bad, but hey its for charity so who cares?

Thanks for your support
Kevin
More info is available at http://www.movember.com/.

I've already gotten a sponsor so there's no backing out now. I shaved this morning so as of this writing I have a fine grit sandpaper 'stache.

Coming soon....

2007-10-10T12:37:00.000-05:00

The shortly awaited debut of Random Ramblings in easy to read book fashion. As of right now its about 160-ish pages without any of the hindsight Ramblings added in yet. Basically I'm doing it for two reasons: 1) so I don't lose any Ramblings once they fall off the blog 2) I've honestly don't have anything better to do. I'll have some more details about it once I'm done.

Oh what the heck I'll add this, I bought the world's greatest pillow earlier this week. For those who don't know I'm a bit of a heater even while I'm sleeping. I go to Bed Bath & Beyond, everybody want to help you in that store, and buy a pillow. I see this pillow which is supposed to reghular your temperature so you're not baking while you sleep. I thought it was total gimmick but seriously it works like a charm. A bonus of the pillow is I actually am sleeping better and can acutally remeber stuff that I dream about. The first night I had a dream I was fighting this things that looked like the Incredible Hulk but also transformed like Transformers. Weird but they only get better from there.