Heya, with state budget cuts my kiddo's autism classes were significantly reduced. She desperately needs speech therapy so in an effort to raise the much needed funds, we are holding a little family fundraiser for her. If you or anyone you know might want to purchase one of these watches, please send them my way! They are 19.99+tx and all proceeds go towards her services! Thank you in advance! (They retail for $49.99)

( Pictures )

There is something that goes along with being chronically ill that makes one also chronically angry. Or rather, I was chronically angry before I became chronically ill and one isn’t helping the other. But for once, I don’t want to write about being ill. I wanted to figure out or at least document my inability to live with other people. This situation has come to a head in the event of deadbeat roommate’s departure from my house. And there was a moment when I considered that I should just move into my own place at the end of my lease with deadbeat. I decided against this because lately, with my health being so shitty, extra stress needs to be trimmed away wherever possible. And so, I did not want to move. Plus there is the problem of the small menagerie I have acquired since moving here. Two cats and one hyper dog do not bode well for an efficiency apartment, which is most likely what I could afford. But I was hopeful that my new roommate would solve all of my living situation problems.

( Read more... )

While watching the Cowboys looked improved (but still not that impressive, considering) I got curious about the Raiders. Given the official bust status of Jamarcus Russell and the impending bust status of Darrius Heyward-Bey, decided to see if they were the exceptions or the rules to The Liche King's draft strategy (Which is basically "Take the biggest name or the fast guy"):

I took a look at the Raiders' first rounders since their Super Bowl year.

2003: (31) Nnamdi Asomugha, CB, Cal, (32) Tyler Brayton, DE, Colorado
- Asomugha is a Pro Bowler and the Raiders' best defensive player. Brayton is a career backup currently with Carolina

2004: (2) Robert Gallery, OT, Iowa
- Everybody thought Gallery was the truth. He's turned into a solid guard and is probably Oakland's best OL. But you don't spend the #2 overall on a good guard.

2005: (23) Fabian Washington, DB, Nebraska
- Fastest guy in the draft, so naturally Davis gook him. A semi-decent nickel back who was dropped with the quickness once they brought in Deanglo Hall. Currently on IR with Baltimore.

2006: (7) Michael Huff, S, Texas
(Yet another DB...) Everybody thought The Liche King would take golden boy Matt Leinart here. Exactly like Washington, high hopes turned into spot duty for Huff, who plays mainly on passing downs.

2007: (1) JaMarcus Russell, QB, LSU
- Complete bust. Maybe he'll turn it around with another team and some decent coaching.

2008: (4) Darren McFadden, RB, Arkansas
- Through the better part of two season, McFadden has only been healthy enough to show flashes.

2009: (7) Darrius Heyward-Bey, WR, Maryland
- People are STILL going "WTF" over this one. All speed and no hands, Heyward-Bey proves with every snap why Michael Crabtree and Jeremy Maclin were both rated much higher than him.

That's One star (Asomugha) one salvaged bust (Gallery), two bit players (Washington, Huff) , one outright bust (Russell), one bust-in-waiting (Hewyood-Bey), and one whodat (Brayton).

That... is not a good record. But when you're that bad for that long, your record is going to be pretty full of fail.

Wonder if I have the stomach to delve into the Lions or Browns in such a way.

So, since we're all sittin' around watching Turkey Day football and shootin' it up on nflfans, Hell, why not make with some playoff / Super Bowl predictions?

My two cents: Indianapolis makes it to SB44 from the AFC. And from the NFC, between New Orleans, Minnesota, and the field, I'll take the field.

True or False: the only way the Saints will get a Sunday nighter is if they're 15-0. (January 3: Saints at Carolina)

I say true. One, it looks to me like Minnesota-Carolina (Dec. 21) will be moved out, but the Saints play the previous night in Dallas. Two, the league and the networks bent over backwards to cover the game that made the Pats 16-0.

Discuss.

Is there ANY hope that the Raiders might win today?

Give it to me straight doc, I can take it.

The wacky final play happens about three minutes in but most of it is pretty good.

I stayed up until 6pm today so I could get stuff done.
By stuff I mean:

1. breakfast at Grumpy's diner
A. pay my $100 driver responsibility fee so that my license doesn't get suspended
2. pay $125 to have my license reinstated since I was two days too late
c. take my car in to see why my wipey-wipe fluid won't spray. it turns out my pump is dead. luckily it's covered by the optional insurance i picked up when I bought the car used
IV. go to Cheetah's, the local seedy pathetic daytime nudey bar and drink coors while I waited for my car to get fixed

Came home and fell asleep from 6pm to 10pm.Got up and went to see Electric Six play in East Lansing. It was slightly less douchey than usual. I think a lot of the college monkeys went home for the holiday. Got out of there at 2am and went to Meijer to shop for food.

I'm eating dinner at Dan Kelly's house tomorrow. He's making crab legs and bacon explosion. I'm bringing greens, potato salad, and I'm going to make hot wings and deep fried bacon wrapped pepperoni slices when I get there. There shall be tastiness.

This went so well last year I figured we'd do it again this year!

Don't forget your last minute pick 'ems! Also, drop by the nflfans IRC Chat.

I figured I'd get this up early since a lot of people probably won't be around. Maybe you can chime in early before the food and football festivities begin. :)

baking orange-cranberry-walnut muffins for dessert tomorrow!

http://alienlovespredator.com/2009/11/25/hello-martyr-hello-fatwa/

http://alienlovespredator.com/?p=1422

Day late, sorry…

I wanna plug another swell comic that I discovered in the last year… Brian McFadden’s Big Fat Whale. It’s an editorial/political/internet comic so if you liked my short lived (though one day hopefully, due to live again) If You See Something, you’ll love BFW. Checkitout!

And have an awesome Thanksgiving everyone, to those who observe. What are you thankful for? Here’s what my kids, Rachel and Adrian, answered at school.

   

Reminder: Follow me on Twitter, become a fan at the aLp page on Facebook, hang out on the official aLp forums.

Mike Shanahan met with Bills COO Russel Brandon for seven hours on Monday night and Tuesday morning in Denver where Brandon delivered a once in a lifetime offer on a great timeshare "persuasive presentation about why Shanahan should be interested in the Bills."

From the article:

"We had an excellent meeting," Shanahan said Wednesday. "I was really impressed with Russ Brandon and everything he had to say. We're going to stay in touch and see what develops."