Very sad - http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=6749091

Katie and I met Coach Dougherty at the Houston Airport one time while the team was traveling for a preseason game. He was one of the nicest people I think I have ever met. We ran into him again at a football game about a year later and he actually remembered us from the airport and spoke to us again. I know a lot of Horned Frog alumni were not fond of him during his brief coaching period at TCU, but I always appreciated his sincerity as a human.

Happy 30th Kevin!!

Also, any good pics from Chambers wedding?

The great umbilical cord beckons

Come one, come all.

Just hit my two-year mark and don't know how much longer I'll be living in tropical paradise and rainforest country. I encourage visits and re-visits within the next 6-12 months or forever hold your Paz.

VIVA LA PLAGA

Did anyone watch the U.S.-Mexico Gold Cup Final on Saturday night at the Rose Bowl? I did, with my Dad, in Texas, USA on Univision in Espanol (ESPN was showing race car highlights).

We listened to commentary of former US player Marcelo Balboa as a commentator (with his Argentine accent), cringed every time Mexican fans yelled "PUTO!" when US keeper Tim Howard took a goal kick, and talked about how much it sucked to watch the Rose Bowl - a slice of Americana, historic college football games and 4th of July celebrations - fill with 80,000 Mexican fans out of 93,000 in attendance.

This was a tournament final in the US of A with the US of A national team playing, yet the game turned into a Mexican home game. Unsurprisingly, Mexico, which is the better team, won 4-2. The trophy celebration was held in Spanish and after the game Howard said:

"CONCACAF should be ashamed of themselves. I think it was a fucking disgrace that the entire postmatch ceremony was in Spanish. You can bet your ass that if we were in Mexico City, it wouldn't be all in English."
http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/soccer/news/story?id=6705473

Bill Plaschke (Around the Horn) wrote a column called "Red, White and Booo" about the fans at the game.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-0626-plaschke-gold-cup-20110626,0,7072114.column

My question is: Where else in the world would this happen? What other national team in the world is Booed on their home turf by an overwhelming majority of opposing fans?

I've tried to answer this. I've looked up immigration stats and tried to think of other scenarios. For certain events, there'd probably be a lot of Turkish fans at a game in Germany, Ukranian fans in Russia or Bangladeshis in attendence in India (perhaps for cricket). But it doesn't compare. We are the porous borders "Come one, come all" capital of the world.

And watching the Gold Cup final on Saturday night, I suddenly became pissed off, xenophobic and Arizonian. Home for 10 days and watching the news about unemployment, the economy, the 2012 elections, etc, and then Saturday night decidely thinking "Immigration IS a problem". Nowhere in the world do immigrants enter a country to suckle at a Teet more than they do on Uncle Sam's. Trust me, I live in Central America, which is essentially an udder from the US that everyone is trying to nurse from (see foreign investment, the Panama Canal and banana republics)

This is long, yes, I know.

I titled this "Viva La Plaga" because, as a joke, Gringos living in Central and South America are known as "La Plaga" or "the plague" because we infiltrate these countries with young drunken tourists, shitty Spanish and entitled mannerisms.

Well, at least we don't call your goalkeeper a "Bitch" every time he takes a goal kick on his home field. I'd like to think we have a little more class than that.

Happy Pride!






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Faust is Tucked

WEEKEND SUCCESS


And a Special Happy 30th Birthday to this guy ->

King Me

Every time you come 'round my city, ring, ring.

Who's buying parade tickets?

the waning days of hair.

Eye think we should get back to the friarcut discussion...

So... I dont think we can go completely bald on top because Faust might be a little worried about his look when he shaves it all off on Sunday.. but I do remember Faust with a buzzed haircut and it is definitely a good look for him.... (see below, ignore Bernie)

Can we agree to a #1 blade on the top and sides? Or should Faust have to do the zero blade as seen below in Timmy Tebow? Who is going to have the clippers? Miller? Will Piper be present? Will Adam still be married after next weekend?

Eye Think...

In honor of DeShawn Stevenson's increasingly cliched 3-point celebration, eye present the following.

Eye think... Game 4 is the biggest game in Mavs franchise history

Eye think... Game 3 already was

Eye think... Dirk Nowitzki is currently the best player in the NBA

Eye think... He will never be remembered as an all-time great if the Mavs don't win this series

Eye think... Dwayne Wade is too good too hate, and eye would like to hate him

Eye think... JeBron Lames isn't as good as he thinks, and is therefore highly hateable

Eye think... The Mavs have adopted the US national soccer team's approach to fall behind early, make cool comebacks later

Eye think... that stategy often falls short

Eye think... The key to the Mavs success depends Shawn Marion and Peja Stoijavajcicjic, who apparently decided to go back to Serbia after lighting up LA

Eye think... Mario Chalmers is a nice player

Eye think... Chris Bosh is a Jaberwocky

Eye think... that my polite removal from a Nicaraguan restaurant after punching a chair at the end of game 3 was justified

Eye think... Nicaragua should change the nation's name to "Everything costs a dollar"

Eye think... Eye'm going to bed and will pray for the Mavs, as well as poor people and Marc Miller

confusion.

Some predictions for this round of the playoffs

Did everyone see this dunk yesterday? Oh my poopoo. I think I love to watch Dwyane Wade get humiliated in his hometown by Taj Gibson.

Also, is it just me or did it seem that when the Heat beat the the Celtics, they acted like they'd won the championship? LeBron and DWade hugging, elation, confetti, etc.

I enjoyed watching the Bulls beat the crap out them yesterday and I hope they win the series. I also hope JeBron Lames never wins a title.

Predictions for the next 2 weeks:

* Wade gets a flagrant foul and mildly injures a Bull player, perhaps the great Taj. Four minutes later, Wade's childhood home in southside Chicago is shot at, even though he hasn't lived there for 8 years.

* The Heat start blaming Chris Bosh, even though he scored 30 yesterday. Can't be Bron's or DWade's fault.

* Mike Bibby actually disappears on the court, a la Marty McFly's Back to the Future family photo.

* Derrick Rose dunks on Wade and the Sears Tower falls, only to land on Michael Jordan's United Center statue, which keeps it from hitting the ground. No injuries are reported.

* Joakim Noah tries to eat Mario Chalmers.

Other series:

* Mavs win game 1, it is because they were rested. Mavs lose game 1, "they were rusty". Somewhere both those headlines have already been written with fake quotes waiting to be published.

* Ibaka hurts his hand slapping the JumboTron on a jumpball. Cuban asks for him to be fined.

* DeShawn Stevenson begins celebrating 3-pointers made in warm-ups.

* Russell Westbrook records 4 assists/game to himself.

* Everybody on Earth talks about TX-Oklahoma Red River Shootout Part Deux. Yeeehaw!!

* James Hardin announces that he is actually a gay fish.

* Kendrick Perkins gets two fouls at halftime, putting Dallas in a one-in-one situation before the second half begins.

* Jason Kidd named GQ's Weirdest Looking Man Alive contest.

I love the NBA.

poignant.


http://pulitzercenter.org/articles/bin-laden-dead-al-qaeda-impact-afghanistan

I love In-N-Out Burger as much as the next guy, but this video looks like it was directed by the sick mind of Michael Mazur.  If you're in a hurry please jump to the :58 mark.

10 days - The "average ex-user is down to encountering less than two crave episodes per day, each less than 3 minutes.

Congrats AC, keep it up.

"Tyson Chandler is a the second best center in the NBA." -Adam Faust

Are the Mavs the favorites for the NBA Title?
Obviously, I am not the fairest judge of how good the Mavs really are- but I think this is the best team in this mediocre franchises history.  I'd love to hear how others feel about the Mavericks dismantling of the champs, and their chances going forward.

This might be the best video on YouTube, Happy Friday IC

motivation.

Hey Fools,

It is day 2 of smoke free Faust.  It is actually pretty fucking miserable.  I thought I was being a pussy, but I smoke a lot and I am pretty sure my body is going through withdrawals.  I want to fucking slap the shit out of any one who looks at me cross.  Any way, I just read a blog advising me to share my cravings and weakness with my friends.  I feel like the more people I share it with the less chance I will fail.

I need to be held accountable.  I need support as well.  I feel like I sound like a puss writing all of this stuff, but I don't care, it's time to quit for good.

Peace.

I dont have US cable television but stumbled upon the White House correspondents speech the other night in a hotel and loved every second of it. For about 45 minutes, I felt like an American again. Ahhh. It was nice. I forgot how much I missed decent sarcasm.

Say what you will about Barry Obama, but, forget economic policy, name me another President that has the comedic timing and self-ease as this man.

Seth Meyers's bit was pretty funny too.

Oh and I think Osama Bin Laden is dead.

The LA Times is reporting that OJ Simpson did it.

saxy.

chopped and screwed.

Coming to a Lake House near you.

The decadence begins Friday at noon.

Happy Easter IC! He is risen! Here is an ode to Miracles and the "IC....P"

big dubs.

Dear IC, I would like to cordially invite you all to LouFest this summer in St. Louis. It is held in Forest Park, which is about 2 blocks from my dojo. This is not some lame MN camping invite that turns to vapor, but instead a true event that will live in our hearts and minds for years to come. It is a two day event August 27-28 and is only $64 for a 2 day pass. Come, join me, won't you? Lineup includes:

THE ROOTS + TV ON THE RADIO
CAT POWER + DEERHUNTER + !!!
THE HOLD STEADY + SURFER BLOOD
DOM + DAS RACIST + THE LOW ANTHEM + KINGS GO FORTH
LOST IN THE TREES + UME + SLEEPY SUN + TROUBADOUR DALI
JUMBLING TOWERS + OLD LIGHTS + JON HARDY & THE PUBLIC

NOTE: If you dont come, you are a homo.

So, there is talk that the Bengals like Dalton at the top of the 2nd round. With Carson Palmer saying he will never play another snap for the Bengals, there is a good chance Andy could be under center when this lockout ends. The question is whether that locker room will be accepting of a right wing, Christian, ginger. I am going to guess it isnt the best fit. Thoughts?

yoyo walks buck.

steve jobs' crew.

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I like this Aloe Blacc song more. It resonates with me and I find it more appropriate for the situation.

we should probably describe one another's facial hair characteristics.

stay fit.

ADAM FAUST IS TURNING 30 ON LAKE LBJ This shit is for real. This is not an unperforming trip to Minnesota in August, this is a real trip and there will be a real party.... Faust and I broke down the invitation list last night, it was a long and grueling process, but we somehow managed to narrow it down to the following people: ADub, MilHouse, ChameBone, Browntown, Snake, Creepy Lee, Bear, BDub, Butz, Mazzzzur, and of course the birthday boy himself, AC. You need to make this happen! Put all your plans aside and live for God's Sake! Forget about how much it sets you back and start thinking about how much it will set you forth. Alcohol? - Ya we got that. Cigarettes? - Already ordered a carton. Women? - You know how we role. Up Hill Soccer? - Ill trip your cracker ass to the grass. NBA Playoffs? - We'll pimp that shit outside down at the new boathouse! April 29-May 1, see you there!

dark humor.



happy friday!!!

OPENING DAY IS HERE!!!!!!

Holy Fuck! I could totes see Portillo rocking these bad boys with bird poop shirt.

Rosebud?

I went to Espn.com today, which is an internet website that dubs itself the "worldwide leader in sports", and looked at the NBA standings.

I have to admit I WOL'ed (wowed out loud) to see that the Chicago Bulls are in first place in the East. If they win 7 of their last 10 they will win 60 games. How on Earth has this happened? Is Derrick Rose the best player in the National Basketball Association? If so, that is awesome. I bet it would be fun to be in Chicago right now. Costa Rica doesn't have much of a basketball league.

What is going to happen in the playoffs? Predictions? Kevin, do you think the Mavericks will win it all? You sent me an email a few weeks ago telling me that you thought that would happen.

Happy Friday. Easily the Best Worst song in ever.

Dear Miller,

Sorry to hear about your fall.

Part of me thinks Brent Lubahn would have laughed to see you as a heap of compounded bones on the concrete.

Bye,

Costa Rican Bachelor Party dreams

we'll start with this:

http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/emergency-crews-respond-to-rooftop-fall

Happy Birthday Adam! I'm sending you some Propecia samples in the mail as a gift for your THIRTY years on this planet!

The Final Countdown

This is my second 30-year old post, yes I know. Maybe pyschologically I am expecting some seismic mental shift where my youth evaporates and I lose all interest in things like bad drunken hip-hop dancing (see NYEve) or smoking schwag on a Saturday night at the beach. Probably not.

Anyhow, I recently thought about where I was for each birthday during my 20th decade. They are as follows:

20th: Acapulco, Mexico, spring break Soph. year. Got drunk and obnoxious. Matt Lopez pushed me into a wall. Made out with a Chi-O at a ridiculous spring break club.

21st: Day after spring break, living in West Lowden. Brown, Mazur, Portillo and I think Lund went with me to The Library. I got drunk. Then high. Then passed out and didn't go to classes the next day.

22nd: Had two tests that I "stressed" about (probably pretty important material). Hot SMU girlfriend brought me Chick-Fil-A from Dallas. Studied that night for test the next day, which was also most likely very important material.

23rd: Portillo, Faust and I celebrated in Weiss's and Bear's house on Lubbock while they were out of town for college spring break. Portillo broke in. We drank, got high, played foosball and went to the Oui.

24th: While everyone was at Lubahn's bachelor party, I was at my cousin's wedding at DisneyWorld. Cousin arrived to wedding in Cinderella carriage and the Mickey Mouse song played at reception. Great times.

25th: Living in Memphis, came home to Dallas and went to a party with TCU soccer friends. I scolded them most of the night about not caring enough about poor people (I was sooo enlightened). Met up with Faust. Went to party. Ended up on Faust's couch with mammoth boobed girl. PG-13 events ensued.

26th: Chicago. Woke up to find car window had been smashed, running shoes gone. Taught some orphans had to dominate life just like I was. Came home to meal cooked by Melissa Fink.

27th: Hated my roommates. Detested them. However, on 27th birthday, went with one of them to check out local bars we'd never been to. I picked a spot where there was one guy on the bar passed out. We left. He took me to an unknown place that turned out to be an amazing Brazilian bar with 61 hot latinas and samba music. French kissed a latina who also had a March 18th birthday. Only day I ever liked my roommate.

28th: Wasn't drinking for Lent (after Faust's wedding). Ate Peruvian dinner with friends from work and went home early. Not drinking is lame.

29th: Brown came to visit Costa Rica. Took bus to coast, rented bikes, drank all day by the beach and hung out with two Danish girls at a bar with live Calypso music. Girls came back to our hostel to smoke ganja except all I had were pencil shavings. They went home disappointed, Brown laughed at me while I passed out.

30th:?? Who knows. Trying not to tell anyone so all my non-friends here will leave me alone. Might go roller skating with girlfriend.

Most common Birthday denominator: Drinking

2nd Most: Friends on this blog

I can only hope that trend continues.

* Last thought. Recently read the following in Esquire's "What I've Learned" interview with Aaron Sorkin, who wrote A Few Good Men and the Social Network (I believe I bashed him about a month ago).

"There are signposts along the way of getting older. The first is when the Playmate of the Year is younger than you are. Suddenly, you're starting to feel dirty because you are 23 and she's 19 and you really shouldn't be looking at that picture."
"The next thing that happens is professional athletes are younger than you are."
"Then Coaches and Managers are younger than you are."
"And finally, the last one that happens: You're the same age as the President of the US."

Good luck this decade friends.

Video of the Week



Short and Funny, you will laugh. Williams might even laugh.

I found out today that my car only has few months to live.  I love my 1997 4Runner, but it is time for me to begin to look for my next ride.  Pipes has a Jeta, so I think I am going to need to go SUV.  I have a big dog and a big ego.

Here are some of my initial thoughts.  I would like to hear what you guys thinks.  

Toyota 4Runner-

+ My favorite car of all time.  Dependable, reliable, and I think I look handsome in it.

- Time for something different?

Subaru Outback

+ Dependable (Subaru's rank 2nd in overall best quality automobile in 2011), Also pretty indie rock

- Potentially too indie rock.

2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee

+ I fucking love the new Jeeps. 

- Price Tag

I love Earth

People who are "green" always get mislabeled as hippies, or tree-huggers, or over-zealous nature dorks. Having lived in a region that is just some jungle isthmus that emerged from the ocean some time ago (or maybe is sinking into it), I admit I am becoming green. I get it. I appreciate it. You live in a place that is stupefyingly rich with nature for long enough, you begin to get angry at hotels or highways or golf courses mowing through it.

I'm a f'ing green and there's no turning back.

(Double rainbow)

(Miller and I jumped off this waterfall)

Which is gayer?

Me and Brother on a Saturday morning or my Badass Spurs tweet with cool symbols?





You guys are so far behind

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Wheel of fucking fortune.

It's still on. On TV. This show dates god. Who watches it and why do they watch it? Also, Vanna White has not aged in the 3,000 yrs it's been running. Explain this to me. How? How, Vanna? Are you a fucking T1000? Did you and Indiana Jones find the holy grail, Vanna? If Vanna White and Charlie Sheen had a kid it would absolutely rule the world. There's no way you could take it out, the thing would have 100 lives. It would run on coke, eat glass and out crazy a somali pirate.

adub just needs alub. chuck sheen need be screened. hotels blow... unless they got hot tub, so butz if no hot tub, i sorry. im also sorry i keep linking drivel. found this and thought of drivel. and lark voorhies. always thought she was so hot.

can we not just be? be chuck sheee..... ssshhhhhh......

Perhaps already outdated and overused, but Charlie Sheen is an amazing person and this is an amazing graphic. Faust, take notes. This is what America wants....and needs.

embedding disabled by request, but i(adam williams) do request all watch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5aSa4tmVNM&feature=player_embedded

if any of y'all ever want to do some fun and gun... i know a few spots we could merry-go-round.

happy friday!!! ... shit heads.

worth a listen:

fear the reaper.



http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/another-runaway-general-army-deploys-psy-ops-on-u-s-senators-20110223

I hear this song 1-2 times/day, or at least some Cumbia variation. It's good the first 10 times or so, though stretch 30-67 has been tough.

I recommend it when cooking Tex-Mex.

random poll request: would you rather: read fiction? read non-fiction?

ive lately thought less of fiction, as there's enough that seems not real in real life. but i will trump your nonsense with links!!! all i have time for lately is the incessant linking of drivel to people... in my spare time that is.

for the iphone, if you have one that is... wait for it... ohhh... oh god, fuuuuucccccccccckkkkkk yes:

http://tap.dj/

and shitty link two in tow... anybody know colleen prietz? fuellllllll tvvvvvvvvvvvvvv, ooooohhhhhhhhh, gawd... fuckkkkkk, yes! :



who pissed in your cheerios anusdub? oh wait, oh gawd, yes... i did. not really.

paz. truce. love.