Barry O Comes to Costa Rica

 

Obama coming to CR tomorrow for an official visit. Going to press conference and outside possibility I get to him a question.

 

Any requests?

In your opinion, do you consider this to be animal cruelty?

(There is a possibility that this poor animal could belong to a member of the IC)

(This is my "comment" to the newest WWF IC wrestler below)

For all you clowns yet to visit your friend while he lives in a tropical paradise land:



Happy NFL Draft Day

This is the best story of this year's draft, or possibly, one of the best stories of any draft

BDub & Bear Rule

Wild On Bogota

 Miller/Williams South American adventures, 36 hours in.

Highlights:

* Miller and I biggest people to pass through Andean region since conquistadores

* In a robbery attempt, several small Incans swarmed Miller and tried to clean out his pockets. One tiny Andean spit on his ear/neck. So, within 24 hours of arrival, a Colombian spit on Miller.

* Went into a bar last night on a whim. Didnt pick up on the "Flower Power" promos outside. Walked in to see three topless men dancing, a DJ just in jean shorts, and about 150 sweating men dancing to techno. We left and asked for a refund of the cover fee, which to our surprise, was granted.

* Colombian women. They dont seem to make sense. Stunning porcelain dolls just casually traipsing through the city streets.

Next up, the Amazon.

Happy birthday Williams

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The First Lakehouse

Is the blog dead?

This Bear thing is getting legitimately scary from the news reports. That said, check out this meeting of the minds held last week and the original time stamp of the messages. Foreshadowing or just psychic?

Bear Scare

Carnival cruise ship to be towed after fire strands it in Gulf of Mexico

There are few things that would have me trump my own baby. Kevin Dalrymple stranded on a cruise ship is one of them. I have no additional information at this point in time.

Poppy.

Every cliché you hear about having a child is correct.

On day 2, she was already schooling the other babies about the intricacies of indie alt rock.

But, in all seriousness, Poppy is the greatest child of all time. 

BABY ON THE WAY!



Faust will be a Proud Papa before week's end.

           CUBA

Uhh...

I'd forgotten about this. Watched it for first time in years today. Like a fine wine, it's only improved with time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgitaxknNmc

When is the spelling bee?

This Happened.

The bet

When Brent Lubahn said, "The Texans problem is they have no heart," I had heard enough. I said, "Care to make it interesting? (you'd think I had learned my lesson from the Tebow-Haircut Bet- but no.)" So, we made a bet: Loser has to write a post on a topic of the winners choosing. Any and all ideas are welcome. Go Texans!

Can anyone provide insight as to why my son sometimes looks like fat Adam Williams after finishing the night shift at the tico times?

Pachall

Casey Pachall is better than Trevone Boykin

It's Not The End of the World As We Know It... So Please Shut The Fuck Up

Well 12/21/12 is here, and I am sorry to say to all the "Preppers" out there that their time and money was once again NOT well spent. Over the last several weeks, and especially the last few days, people everywhere have been talking about the world coming to an end because of the expiration of the Mayan calendar. Facebook news feeds have been full of jokes, images, and even serious messages to their beloved friends "just in case" this was the end of the world. There were thousands of "End of the World" parties for all the drunks looking for another excuse to get hammered one final time before Apocalypse only to wake up with another Friday morning headache. And there are even some extremest/nut-heads have been spending thousands of dollars preparing for this moment for years. For instance, you can purchase $72,000 for a sealed bunker tube to comfortably fit their family of six.  Seventy-Two Thousand Dollars!!!  For what reason?!  So you can wake up today surrounded by hell?!!

I have been anxiously waiting for 12/21/12 to arrive not because I was anticipating planet Nibiru to collide with Earth, but because this whole thing is fucking retarded!  Hell, not even the Mayans themselves were believing the world was going to end today so why and the hell did everyone decide to take this date and not shut-up about it?  I thought that when I woke up this morning that it was finally over, that was until I walked into my office only to hear my Secretary singing REM, and now thanks to that little incident the song has been stuck in my head for the last 3 hours.  This incident was followed by an invitation to an End of the World party tonight!...  It is almost as if people WANT the world to end today!

How many fucking Armageddon predictions do we have to go through before people finally appreciate life and decide to make something for themselves?!  What the hell is the point of constantly preparing/worrying about something that we can do nothing about.  If it's the end, then it's the end.  I understand for a lot of the people I know, it was nothing more than just humorous fun.  But it got annoying.  It was like everyone was trying to think of the best way to make the exact same fucking joke.  A few examples from taken from my current Facebook newsfeed (post non-apocalpse) - "When I have kids, Im going to make them watch 2012 and then tell them I survived that shit" - "How disappointing, I guess Im going to have to do Christmas shopping after all" - "Hmmmm, I wish I didnt celebrate the end of the world last night - I probably wouldnt feel so bad today!" And of course, about 5 times someone posted this "It's the End of the World As We Know, And I Feel Fine!"  ---  This is just to quote a few, I have since defriended these people.

Tomorrow the sun will rise on 12/22/12, and thank God, not only for another day for me to kickass but these broken record jokes will finally stop!... At least until 2018.

When is the next release coming out?

Friday Afternoon Game Film

STEP YO GAME UP!

SPURS AMOUNG LEAGUE LEADERS IN HIP HOP SHOUTOUTS!

http://www.spin.com/gallery/nba-basketball-teams-lyrical-mentions-rap-songs-lebron-james?image=23

SAN ANTONIO SPURS

NUMBER OF PLAYERS IN RAP SONGS: 4
The Spurs are the league's exemplary modern franchise, but they're an old bunch playing in a small city who ball with little flair. That said, pound-for-pound they can stack up their rap name-drops with anyone on this list. There's Tim Duncan, who was rhymed with "Joe Buddens" by Lil Wayne on Da Drought 3, then there's Tony Parker, who was rhymed with "Bob Barker" in a very rare and based line from Lil B. Topping them all, though, is Argentinian Manu Ginobili, whose marquee facial feature gets used beautifully by Roc Marciano: "The four-four chrome is long-nose / Call it Ginobili."

Manu Ginobili: "The four-four chrome is long-nose / Call it Ginobili, your real nigga show me" — Roc Marciano ("The Man")

Tim Duncan: "Any Tim Duncan, spur of the moment / Let the whole world know I run shit, jump ship quick" — Asher Roth ("Lark on My Go-Kart")

Stephen Jackson: "Stay strapped-up we G’s in action / Knock out orders like Stephen Jackson" — E.S.G. ("Fuck With Me")

Tony Parker: "Light-skinned? Nah, a little dark on TV like Bob Barker / Love is lost sometimes, nigga, ask Tony Parker" — Lil B ("Reggie Miller")

I had 3 beers at lunch today.

I do not care much for my current job right now. But, I am thankful for so much else wonderful in my life. Happy Thanksgiving, friends.

Happy Thanksgiving

This Week in the IC

Salute to Marc Miller on this Veterans Day. We are all in debited to you for your service.  

Happy Birthday to Brent Lubahn who turns 32. 

And Tuesday is Diwali.  So, yeah, Diwali.

"He's just a thrower."

Colorado, Washington Legalize Recreational Marijuana Use

Colorado, Washington legalize recreational marijuana use - Nov. 7, 2012

I am man.

So, I attempted to install a light fixture this weekend. I had my doubts.  I am not "handy." When I turned the power back on, walked back to the light switch flipped it on, and the light actually came on- well, I can hardly explain the overwhelming sense of raw masculinity and satisfaction I felt.  To a lesser degree, I get this same feeling from changing a light bulb.

My intention is not to brag.  (Well, maybe a little.) But also, just to ask the group if you share this sentiment and what tasks (greater or smaller) have you accomplished that left you feeling like Al Borlin on HGH.

Freak.

Freaks

My new company is really into Halloween. It's a little strange.  www.batcetera.com

You can see the disparate effort i put into my pumpkin relative to the rest.  (although, no surprise i found a way to get some face time.)

Run it back

Faust Wedding a video by lmatthew11 on Flickr.

Just barely the best thing to happen to me while at a pollo loco.

Geeks in the FW Star-Telegram


Portillo, do you live in LA or is that just what your shirt says Brah?

Trevone Boykins

... He is suppose to have a cannon of an arm too. If he can pull off more runs like these then it will be Casey who?? GO FROGS

Oh No, Not Again



Rangers dropped 9 of last 13 and are first team in MLB history to piss away a 5-game division lead in final 9 games of season. They were in first place for 161 games of the 162-game season.

Keeping the faith for a playoff run. Fearful that there's a Tex-Hex. I think Thurman Thomas is starting in RF tomorrow. Jim Kelly is pitching.

PS - F'ck David Freese.

Not Good

We're 30.

We're not that young anymore. Miller has more salt-n-pepper than a Golden Corral, Butz is an active AARP member, and Lubahn's oldest kid just applied for college. Wrinkles are showing up, hair is falling out and watching Tivo-ed episodes of "New Girl" with a bottle of Pinot is more enticing than going to a bar called Vertigo to stare at girls you won't talk to on a Saturday night.

But we are still young. We still have good metabolism, are the same age as professional athletes, and only get referred to as "Sir" by commission-earning teenaged bell-hops with pimples.

We are physically still considered "in our primes" for the most part, though still feeling young and still acting young are entirely different. Some elements of our youth and 20s should be retired, shelved and locked away post-30, only to be looked back upon with both fondness and shame, sort of like every other bad habit we've given up along the way.   

Ten Things to Give Up at 30

10. Going to stripclubs.

You went enough times between 21-30 to know you aren't missing much but a feeling of remorse, $11 drinks and clothes that wreak of a girl named Licorice who has two kids and lopsided implants.

9. Getting TOO drunk in public.
With your friends at a summer lakehouse or at a bachelor party, great. At a wedding or work outing or throwing up at a bar called anything O'Shea's on a Thursday is no longer justifiable.

8. Wearing a backwards hat. 
Do you still think Fred Durst is cool? Neither does anyone else.






7. Wearing T-shirts with clever slogans.
Showing up at a party or bar wearing a t-shirt that said something like "Beer is the reason I get up every afternoon" was hard to pull off five years ago. It is now impossible.

6. Posting on Facebook more than 1/Week. 
Sure everyone is doing it. Politicians, Bill Gates, LeBron, Snooki, Gino Weiss. Doesn't mean you should. If you're getting a haircut, think Chik-Fil-A fries are the best, or got some great shots of a Galveston sunset, no one cares. If they do, and "Like" your bullshit, it is because they too have as little to do as you do.

 

5.  Jager shots, Buttery Nipples, Long Island Ice-Teas, Coors Light. 
These are drinks you used to drink for the purpose of getting drunk or because you didn't know what else to order. We are not 20 and this is not The Library or The Cellar. Hold off on the group order of Red-Headed Slut shots (and see #9)

4. Jewelry.

If it is not a wedding ring, Goose's dog tags from Top Gun, or a hand-woven bracelet given to you by a young El Salvadorian boy before he died in a mudslide, take it off. Eventually you will look like a Pizza shop owner or an indie rocker. You are neither. 

3. Movie Quotes.
Yes, the movie was funny and yes a line from it might be applicable at the present time, but Billy Madison came out in 1995, and 11.3 million people have now quoted the "wolfpack" speech from the Hangover. Try to be original because "they may take our lives, but they'll never take... OUR FREEDOM!" (to make up our own jokes)

2. Video games, Fantasy Sports and Cargo Shorts.
If any of these apply to you, you likely know you are indulging in something past its expiration date. Whether it's playing Call of Duty or reading through CJ Spiller's projected stats versus the Bengals, you are fully aware you could and probably should be doing something better with your time. Like ridding your drawers of cargo shorts.

1. Smoking Weed.
Rapper Rick Ross referred to smoking weed as taking a vacation. You zone out, go numb for a few hours and have a mini-mind adventure. We've taken that adventure hundreds of times, and it is fun, but do you still need to "go on vacation" Tuesday night after dinner?  

Any and all arguments appreciated. Please include any additions you think worthy of making the list. 

I am using this post to announce that the official IC 2013 New Years trip this year will be to Cuba by way of Costa Rica. Fly into San Jose Friday December 28th. Fly out of San Jose Sunday, January 6th. What happens in between will be Castro-tastic. Who is with us?

My girlfriend's company made this vid in lovely Central America. She helped with script. I think it's pretty funny and more impressive than Miller's band.

 

I read a story today about three lions escaping from a Guatemalan circus and eating a "yegua." I didn't know what a yegua was in Spanish so I looked it up. Below is the defintion from wordreference.com. Apparently a yegua is one of three things: a mare, a whore, or a bonehead. I like to think that the lions escaped and ate a whore, though maybe they ate the bonehead that left their cage open. (bonehead featured above)

yegua

España

 

Definición | Sinónimos | Conjugator | in context | images

Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary © 2009 Oxford University Press:

yegua sustantivo femenino

1. ( Zool ) mare

2. (Chi fam)
   1. (persona torpe) bonehead (colloq)
2. (puta) whore (sl)

I would see this in the theatre

Chicago Teachers Strike

Knowing that our one and only Adam Williams was once a part of the educational system in Chicago I thought he could provide some keen insight into what I think is an absolutely absurd situation!

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/12/us-usa-chicago-schools-idUSBRE8870DL20120912

They Told Me Not To Smoke Drugs But I Wouldn't Listen

Featuring Zack Galifianakis in cartoon form.

Kevin: TCU Football Questions leading up to opening day

Impact of four players lost due to drug sting?

Kevin can you outline the significance of the four guys that were kicked off the team please? Were they good? How much is this going to hurt us this Big12 year?