BlogCrawl the aftermath.
I see I got home and made the rounds last night. I also see that I missed some blogs... sorry.
Well I survived, but now it's time for me to go do the Sunday football thing. Bruce is on his way over to kidnap me for some more high stakes drinking. So I'll talk to you all later!
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VERY high stakes drinking, judging by the silence :-)
Posted by: Harvey at October 01, 2007 03:59 AM (L7a63)
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Sorry I missed the crawl. It was homecoming at USC and we attened the game. 12 noon kickoff + drinking before 10:00 am + blistering sun + more celibratory drinking + heavy dinner at Ruth Cris = in bed by 8:30.
Posted by: spurs at October 01, 2007 09:27 AM (SQsl6)
blog Crowl 2007
aight, I'm homw. there is a glass of jack in front of me and I'm a ery happy man. I was ablt to hang out with Bruce, Grau, Shadoglare, Harvey, Tammi and Ktreva today. Harve jouned grau and i for shootign. had a lot o fun there.k We were the loudsiest thing until som arse showede up with a 50 cal bmg. Fark hgim. Gootta love those russion m44s.
Any way in nweed to go make a shite loud of comments. see ya tuestday when I sober up.
2007 BlogCrawl is here.
Today is the BlogCrawl, since I'm going to be out and about today, you aren't going to get my normal Saturday posts. With that in mind I'm just giving everyone a reminder of today's activities.
This morning from approx 10:30AM until 2PM: Shooting at the Buffalo Range in Ottowa.
This afternoon between 3:30PM and 4:30PM: Arrive at Fritz's Wooden Nickel in Stillman Valley for big drinking fun!
Tonight around ??
? ?M(depends on how drunk I get): Home to post and comment on all the blogs.
Now for the Rules (again):
A) You have to be 21 years old to participate and drink. I donÂ’t want some minorÂ’s parents coming back and saying I told them to get pissed drunk and go on the Internet. If you are under 21, you may still participate as a designated blogger. If you don't want to drink but still make stupid comments, be my quest!
2) Drink as much as you comfortably feel you should. This is for fun, I donÂ’t want to have blog fodder stories involving charcoal slurries and ER visits. Be responsible, especially if you have to drive. IÂ’m saying right now that if you do something stupid and hurt yourself I will make fun of you. I am neither legally, morally nor ethically responsible for anything you do either in the real world or on the Internet. You are all adults and responsible for your own actions.
D) Please attempt to limit the Blog Crawl comments to the hours of 7:00PM September 29 and 7:00 AM CST September 30th. Just so itÂ’s easier to track and the time zone differences for all the participants. Not that IÂ’m going to link to every single post that has a comment on it, I just donÂ’t want to search for them Sunday to see what everyone said. Oh, and a drunken post on your own blog is perfectly acceptable and encouraged. Same with day after posts.
4) Try to leave a comment on every blog in the Bad Example and Frizzen Sparks family. You may use my side bar as a reference if you donÂ’t know who they are. Do not feel limited to these blogs only, go ahead and hit any other blog you would like as well. Oh, and a drunken post on your own blog is perfectly acceptable and encouraged.
To help kick off the BlogCrawl, I thought this sign was appropriate:
Posted by: Richmond at September 29, 2007 08:29 AM (aiciK)
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Happy Birthday Contagion. Guess I will now have to find something appropriate to post on my site for you. Or unappropriate as the case may be, LOL. Will be doing shots of Tequila for you (um, how old did you say you were? Got to make sure I do enough plus one to grow on).
Posted by: Tink at September 29, 2007 09:22 AM (ZW8U5)
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Happy Birthday Contagion! Wish I was gonna be in town for the party. In any case, I could be the Designated Blogger if you need any help getting back to your own blog... *grin*
Posted by: Teresa at September 29, 2007 10:18 AM (rVIv9)
I'd shout "Go Pack!" - but I'm not a fair weather fan. When I give a damn about football, it's *cough* Saints *cough* - just 'cause I'm a N'Orleans brat. However, most of my maternal family are genuine WI cheeseheads - Stevens Point. Unfortunately, I can't say I've ever made it up that way. Someday...
Anyway, I'm happy to be celebrating it with you!
Posted by: Bitterroot at September 29, 2007 07:49 PM (jZGuZ)
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if you can handle me assaulting your ears:
http://vimeo.com/245210
Happy birthday!
Posted by: wRitErsbLock at September 29, 2007 08:26 PM (0Pi1o)
Posted by: sticks at September 29, 2007 09:21 PM (GhUDr)
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Look due south at midnight. I made up some black powder shotgun shells with some sparklers cut up and put into them. At Midnight, CDT I'll fire two up over the cow pastures.
Posted by: Peter at September 29, 2007 09:31 PM (xg7Zs)
Posted by: Bruce at September 29, 2007 11:48 PM (PA6oE)
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Man we were still in the bar at midnight (8-1/2 hours in a hick bar! Wooooo!) so I think we missed out on the fireworks. But goooo blogcrawl!
Happy Bday Maaan!
By the way, the timestamp on yer blog is an hour off! :p
Posted by: Shadoglare at September 30, 2007 12:06 AM (WfZHc)
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drives quietly up to Contagion's house, yup, everyone is asleep.
Rolls down the window sticks shotgun out, aims at the streetlight.
The night is shattered by the double BOOM of two black powder 12 gauge shells and Peter sneaks back into the night and heads back to Texas, having left a comment at every Bad Example and Frizzen Sparkler blog he could.
His duty done he goes to sleep the sleep of the just.
Posted by: Peter at September 30, 2007 12:41 AM (xg7Zs)
My fingers are numb.
For all of you beer fans and fans of the movie Beerfest, you'll appreciate this. Since I've been doing so good with my "diet", Ktreva took me to my favorite German restaurant for dinner and bought me a present
Posted by: Tammi at September 28, 2007 09:10 PM (dnmhS)
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Very cool... what a great Birthday present. Enjoy!!
Posted by: vw bug at September 29, 2007 04:53 AM (FPOeI)
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It's very cool, but after drinking that much beer that fast, I tend to feel like a bloated tick. I sat on the couch for two hours trying not to be in misery.
Posted by: Contagion at September 29, 2007 07:20 AM (QQZMi)
BlogCrawl 2007 update 2
I have a couple of updates for tomorrowÂ’s blogCrawl. First off, Thank you to Harvey of Bad Example for having the talented Pam of Pamibe make some 2007 Blogcrawl logos. If you would like, place one on your side bar or in a post for you. Harvey has three up at his place, but Pam did such a good job IÂ’m throwing all of them up here so that you can pick which one you like. THANKS PAM!
For the Designated Bloggers:
For the Drunks:
For those that survive the night:
Damn those look good.
Now for the big news! Since this is also my birthday IÂ’m going to share the love with all of you. We all know how much I love to talk on the phone, but for this one time only if you would like a drunken phone call from me just let me know before 9:00AM tomorrow. You can leave me a comment OR if youÂ’re not sure if I have your phone number or not you can e-mail it to me at Contagion_1 AT Yahoo DOT com. If you designate a time, I will do my best to call you during that time period. So IE if you say donÂ’t call after 9:00PM, I will not call after nineÂ… unless IÂ’m too drunk to tell the time and then it falls on Ktreva to keep me from doing it.
Anger Patrol
Have you ever been so mad that youÂ’ve wanted to kill someone? IÂ’m not talking about a friend doing something to piss you of and you say youÂ’re going to kill them. No I mean go home, get a weapon and go hunt the individual down type of anger?
IÂ’ve never been that way and could never fathom how someone could get that madÂ… until yesterday. IÂ’m not going to go into details, just to protect parties involved, mainly me. However I will tell you that someone for the last couple of days has really been pissing me off. Yesterday it was so bad I finally realized that I wanted to go home, grab an axe off the wall and dismember this individual into bite size chunks for stray dogs.
At first I thought it was just a stray thought, then I found myself actually contemplating it. Finally I ended up having to convince myself that it was a bad idea. A VERY bad idea. It took a long time to convince myself that ridding the world of this individual would probably have some serious repercussions on my family. Yet here I sit still thinking about itÂ… and contemplating on how to dispose of the body in a way that would be hard to track back to me.
Posted by: BloodSpite at September 28, 2007 11:52 AM (xUF9P)
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I'm doing good, but damn, it's still hard. I have the perfect weapon, no one even knows I own anything like it and there is no way it could be traced back to me if they found it after I "disposed" of it. I have enough "hiding/disposal" spots for the body... the only thing stopping me is that if, IF I got caught, what that would do to my family.
Posted by: Contagion at September 28, 2007 01:39 PM (QQZMi)
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Dude, you really should lay off the psychotropic drugs.
But seriously, I'm sure everyone has felt this way at some point. Wish you didn't have to deal with it!
Posted by: oddybobo at September 28, 2007 01:50 PM (mZfwW)
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Oh, I have a really, really good imagination and a knack for revenge. I've even been told I'd have a room full of people swear I was with them in a bar in New Orleans the whole evening.
Yes, I've been there. I've actually been there far too long now... So long, in fact, it's difficult to leave.
If you can, try to set it down before it takes control of you. I promise - it's not something you want to be carrying around five years later... The heavier it gets, the harder it is to let-go. (This I know firsthand.)
Like you, talking about it - even under a barely anonymous blog pseudonym - makes it less likely that I'll actually do anything. I don't give a flying f#$k about the repercussions to myself - but the impact on my family would be devastating.
Posted by: Bitterroot at September 28, 2007 04:42 PM (jZGuZ)
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Why no, Contagion, I've never felt like that. Why do you ask?
Posted by: Peter at September 28, 2007 09:21 PM (vxL23)
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Don't recall ever feeling that way about a person. Wanted to blow up a few buildings.
And for disposal, all you need is a big pit of hog manure.
Posted by: Petey at October 01, 2007 09:06 AM (tmnSV)
Point Oktoberfest
This week I happened to stumble across a beer I hadnÂ’t seen before. During the football season opener a friend, Scroatie, had a six-pack of beer from the same company, but not this exact type. Since I hadnÂ’t done an Oktoberfest beer review yet, I thought it would be a good time to do one, even if it is a little late. This weekÂ’s beer is Point Oktoberfest by Stevens Point Brewery.
Like most beers, this comes in your standard 12 oz brown bottle. The label is really busy. There is a blue and white checkerboard background with the scene of people celebrating Oktoberfest. The bar maid is actually quite stunning.
The color is a nice amber/copper. Light passes easily through the beer, and there is no cloudiness at all to it. It poured a thing white head that faded quickly to a film. The film faded into a ring around the glass that eventually disappeared. There was no lacing on the glass at all.
The scent was a bit surprising, I was expecting a much stronger, more German beer scent, instead it smelled of Malts, slightly sweet and a hint of hops. The taste was much the same a slightly malt sweetness with a hint of hop bitterness. You could also taste a slight nuttiness to it.
It is a smooth medium bodied beer, light on the carbonation. ItÂ’s very easy to drink and has a nice feel to it.
This was pretty good, I was figuring on a slightly different style, but still pretty good. I could see myself drinking this during a game or while eating a big plate of brats with sauerkraut. I give this beer a 5 out of 10.
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Here they come out of the woodwork.
Any of you that have read me over the last 3 years know that I'm a Green Bay Packer fan. Tried and true, I'm loyal to my team. Anyone that has known me for longer knows that I've been a Packer fan since the early 80's which is when I truly started watching football. Technically I can say I've been a Packer fan all my life as my father raised me one, but it wasn't until I was older that I started following football and actually caring about the team. Hell, that was back in the Lynn Dickey period where you could hear Packer fans exclaim after a loss, "You might beat the back, but you can't lick our Dickey". I remember watching him play, he had a great arm, but couldn't scramble to save his life.
Being a Packer fan to me is part of who I am. It's like being a Husband, father and re-enactor, I identify myself with it. I live it, I breath it and I love it. The heritage, the memories, the excitement and the disappointment. I remember watching the games with my father and learning new ways to curse with out it being an actual curse, such as my infamous "For the love of Pete!" and "Oh my heck!" My father had much better control over his tongue then I do.
After the domination of the NFC in the 90's there were a ton of Packers had a ton of "fans". People that swore they were true Packer fans and loyal to the team. Then a couple of years ago they started to disappear. Sure the Packers had a very bad losing season and then a mediocre 8 and 8 season. It's not a winning season, but it's not a losing season either. Either way, you didn't see as many people claiming to be Packer fans or wearing their Green Bay gear. In fact you started seeing some of these people wear the Blue and Orange of our arch rivals, the Chicago Bears.
Now the Packers are 3 and 0 on the season and the Bears are 1-2. Sure it's early into the season, but these bandwagon jumpers are already rearing their ugly heads. At work, at the store, on the radio I've heard and seen people who had been cheering on the Bears for the last couple of years raising a boisterous voice to the cheer, "GO PACK!" I was happy when these fair weather fans where cheering for other teams. It makes me sick to think I'm someplace talking with someone about the greatness of the Packers when just a year ago they were pulling for New England, the Colts, the Steelers or the Bears.
I just feel that it waters down the fan base and the opportunities for real fans. But I guess it's too much to ask them to pick a team and stick with them through thick and thin.
Posted by: That 1 Guy at September 25, 2007 08:16 PM (AwUi+)
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Then there are teams that don't stick with their fans... St. Louis Cardinals. I loathe Bill Bidwell - I wish he had sold the team to someone who would have kept them in St. Louis. Instead he moves to Arizona and continues to make mice-feet of the whole business. *sigh*
When I was a kid Dan Dierdorf lived in my neighborhood. I used to see him out cutting his lawn in the summer. (and no we were not rich - this was in the days before football players got payed huge $$$)
Posted by: Teresa at September 25, 2007 08:20 PM (rVIv9)
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Is it possible to be a diehard Bears fan for life, but still secretly hope that the Packers go all the way this year?
Brett Faivre is one of my all-time favorite players; the only way he could be better is if he had played in Chicago. But...if this is really his last year, I'd be happy if they went all the way.
Posted by: Raging Mom at September 26, 2007 11:12 AM (l+Chn)
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I'm a die hard steelers fan as evidenced by my toe-picture at place, and I've always been - even when they suck, I'm a fan. Why? It is how I was raised, it is where I come from. Now, all that aside, I've been rooting for the Pack to do well this year (I still love my Steelers), oh, and I never root for the Bears.
Posted by: oddybobo at September 26, 2007 05:08 PM (mZfwW)
BlogCrawl Reminder
Here is a quick reminder that next Saturday is the BlogCrawl. IÂ’m hoping to get enough people to turn this into a big giant comment festival. Lets spread the love if you are going to participate. Here is also a quick reminder of the Rules:
A) You have to be 21 years old to participate and drink. I donÂ’t want some minorÂ’s parents coming back and saying I told them to get pissed drunk and go on the Internet. If you are under 21, you may still participate as a designated blogger. If you don't want to drink but still make stupid comments, be my quest!
2) Drink as much as you comfortably feel you should. This is for fun, I donÂ’t want to have blog fodder stories involving charcoal slurries and ER visits. Be responsible, especially if you have to drive. IÂ’m saying right now that if you do something stupid and hurt yourself I will make fun of you. I am neither legally, morally nor ethically responsible for anything you do either in the real world or on the Internet. You are all adults and responsible for your own actions.
D) Please attempt to limit the Blog Crawl comments to the hours of 7:00PM September 29 and 7:00 AM CST September 30th. Just so itÂ’s easier to track and the time zone differences for all the participants. Not that IÂ’m going to link to every single post that has a comment on it, I just donÂ’t want to search for them Sunday to see what everyone said. Oh, and a drunken post on your own blog is perfectly acceptable and encouraged. Same with day after posts.
4) Try to leave a comment on every blog in the Bad Example and Frizzen Sparks family. You may use my side bar as a reference if you donÂ’t know who they are. Do not feel limited to these blogs only, go ahead and hit any other blog you would like as well. Oh, and a drunken post on your own blog is perfectly acceptable and encouraged.
Green Bay fun.
What a great weekend! Ktreva and I left Rockford around 10:00AM Saturday Morning. We were to our hotel and out shopping in Green Bay by 2:00 PM. We found some new items for each of us. Ktreva was extremely happy as that she got a new ladies cut Jersey that JUST came out. It’s all sparkly and glittery in off colors and everyone was asking her were she got on game day. She loved the extra attention. It also got her some extra attention for the legendary Packalope. This man is in the NFL Hall of Fame as a fan, and has been on countless television specials, documentaries and sporting magazines as an “Ultimate Fan”.
Giving the Packalope some love.
Of course Ktreva wasnÂ’t the only one that got their picture taken. We were doing some pre-tailgating tailgating. Yes, I that is correct. As we were walking around what did I see, a giant walking inflatable bottle of Miller Lite with two of the Miller Girls in tow. They were handing out stuff and about for photo opportunities. Me being the dirty old man that I am couldnÂ’t pass up a chance to have my picture taken with the Giant inflatable bottle and the two slightly less attractive than my wife Miller Girls. Unfortunately the bottle did not find it amusing when I tried to pop his top for a frosty one. Later on they had the Miller Lite Ref girls walking around as part of the Beer League policing. Ktreva wouldnÂ’t let me get my picture with them though, something about me being a perv.
Trust me that smile is real.
We had club seats for the game, which were really nice. Cup holders, waitresses, private bathrooms, a special lounge, and VIP access. Well worth the price of admission. We sat around some of the best and nicest people we’ve met at a game. We made friends with the people around us and had a great time. There were some Charger fans sitting in the “commoner” section right below us that were really obnoxious. Of course once the game started going against them, they shut up. They also left with more than 2 minutes left on the clock. We met some really nice Charger fans, so I’m not saying all of them are obnoxious, but this group of 20 definitely was. To make matters worse, I think they were related to one of the players.
One of the guys were sitting with took a picture of Ktreva and I together. Between her Jersey and my necklace we were a hit. Oh, I forgot to tell you about the necklace! You have all seen the Packer Cheese wedges; well this year they have the “Wisconsin Lei”. It’s a lei made out of foam cheese and bratwursts. I saw it and had to buy one!
She couldnÂ’t keep her hands off of my meat.
Every year Green Bay has a specialty hat they sell for various charities and causes. A couple of years ago it was a pink hat for breast cancer, last year was a red hat for heart disease, this year it was a charcoal gray hat for the Military. They even had a wall were fans can sign a thank you to the troops. Of course I bought the hat and signed the wall, $5.00 of the hat goes toward charities that focus on veteran health, counseling and family support.
Me signing the wall after buying the hat on Saturday.
We had a great weekend. A lot of football (Packers beat the Chargers 31 to 24), we even had time to catch a couple of movies we wanted to see, ate at some great restaurants and just had some one on one time that we really needed to have.
Posted by: Bruce at September 24, 2007 08:57 PM (PA6oE)
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We didn't get the game here, but I kept watching the scoreboard updates and I was so happy they won while you were there. Sounds like it was a great time all the way around.
BTW - that necklace thing... it's just wrong! Really wrong.
Posted by: Teresa at September 25, 2007 09:11 AM (rVIv9)
More time Wasters
I really meant to be on the road for Green Bay by now, but I started playing this game. I'm not sure what it's called as it's mostly in Japanese. Depending on what order you pick the different panels depends on how your island grows. There are so many different combinations that it's really hard to figure out what is the best pattern.
Why don't he write?
Okay, IÂ’ve had enough people ask me about the poor demise of Graumagus and Frizzen Sparks. People itÂ’s really not my place to give you all of the details, but I will give you some. But in fine re-enactor tradition IÂ’m going to do it in song format
Graumagus has gone away.
Nothing to read John, DonÂ’t go to read.
Graumagus has gone away.
Nothing to read at Frizzen Sparks dot com.
To me way hey, hey Grau
Nothing to read John, DonÂ’t go to read.
Way, hey, hey Grau
Nothing to read at Frizzen Sparks Dot com.
Forgot to renew the domain.
Nothing to read John, donÂ’t go to read.
The address didnÂ’t remain.
Nothing to read at Frizzen Sparks Dot com.
To me way hey, hey Grau
Nothing to read John, DonÂ’t go to read.
Way, hey, hey Grau
Nothing to read at Frizzen Sparks Dot com.
Someone claimed up the domain.
Nothing to read John, DonÂ’t go to read.
Grau with anger has gone insane.
Nothing to read at Frizzen Sparks Dot com.
To me way hey, hey Grau
Nothing to read John, DonÂ’t go to read.
Way, hey, hey Grau
Nothing to read at Frizzen Sparks Dot com.
GrauÂ’s not sure what to do.
Nothing to read John, donÂ’t go to read.
GrauÂ’s mood has turned blue.
Nothing to read at Frizzen Sparks Dot Com.
To me way hey, hey Grau
Nothing to read John, DonÂ’t go to read.
Way, hey, hey Grau
Nothing to read at Frizzen Sparks Dot com.
Frizzen Sparks is dead and gone.
Nothing to read John, DonÂ’t go to read.
Frizzen Sparks is dead and gone.
Nothing to read at Frizzen Sparks dot com.
Hey writing a song about this is not that easy. For those of you that missed the point. He forgot to renew his domain and thinks someone poached it. HeÂ’s not sure what heÂ’s going to do right now. And that is all the information any of you are getting from me regarding it. If you want to know more, youÂ’ll have to talk to him.
Oh, and I didn't like the address because I didn't want to drive any more traffic that way if it was indeed stolen.
Posted by: Eric at September 21, 2007 07:29 PM (g02Hg)
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Looks like it's just a placeholder put there due to the expiration, otherwise still his. I emailed the details.
Posted by: Shadoglare at September 21, 2007 10:16 PM (Dky8q)
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I just did some research from my end, and the Whois registry still lists Grau as the owner - and that it was renewed on the 12th. What may have happened is the Registrar might have changed the nameserver back to it's own at the expiration, and all Grau needs to do is call his registrar and have that changed to the nameserver of his webhost.
If you said all that too Shadoglare, forgive my duplication.
Posted by: The Cyberwolfe at September 21, 2007 11:45 PM (2Yvi7)
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Just relaying what was told to me. I'll make sure to pass on that it looks to be okay.
Posted by: Contagion at September 22, 2007 07:44 AM (QQZMi)
100,000 visits.
Well hell it looks like I just passed the 100,000k visitor mark. The lucky(?) person was refered over from Quality Weenie with the Internet provider being Wide Open West.
Huh... I wonder if I should have offered a prize for that... but what the hell would I give?
Big weekend.
This weekend I'm actually taking Ktreva out of town on a romantic weekend for two. Saturday I'm going to take her shopping and on Sunday I have tickets to a very hard to get show. I know people that have been waiting years to get their hands on these tickets.
Home from work again.
I'm at work and my mother calls. Clone has explosive diarrhea and had to leave pre-school. So I'm home taking care of him. The worst part of this is that he doesn't feel sick or bad at all, he just has liquid poop shooting out his boot. There is also the problem that it happens so fast there isn't time for him to get to the bathroom.
Not sure what will help.
It looks like Boopie is up to old tricks. Ktreva has been asking him for a while now if heÂ’s been doing his homework and what not, he of course has been saying yes. Well due to a history of the boy not doing his homework, she called the school. Guess what, so far two of his teachers have confirmed he has not been turning in his homework and that he could end up failing some of his classes this quarter.
LOVELY
So now Boopie of course is mad at us because not only did we not trust him, but also heÂ’s grounded and loss the use of his cell phone. (All his phone are belong to me.) Of course since he is a Gen Y or millennial, he feels this is completely unfair. My thing is that heÂ’s going to pass High School if it kills him and heÂ’s going to start learning to tell the truth if I have to beat it out of him.
To be honest IÂ’m almost at my wits ends with the boy. He wonÂ’t put on clean cloths, he wonÂ’t shower, he wonÂ’t eat, and then he lies about itÂ… badly. IÂ’m tempted to start looking into boarding or military schools, but I just donÂ’t know if he would last at either one before they sent him home.
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Man, I hate to say it, but have you considered taking him to a counselor? Not a "counselor" like they have in the school, but to an actual counselor?
Posted by: Shadoglare at September 20, 2007 09:16 PM (Dky8q)
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Actually, that is was I was thinking, but I really didn't want to say it.....
The hygene stuff is what makes if a little diffrent than a regular painintheass teenager phase. But I'm no DR.
Posted by: Sarah at September 20, 2007 10:44 PM (r+NsA)
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There sounds like there is more going on here then just being a regular teenager these days.
A counsler might be a good idea, or have him talk to a trusted friend of the family or other parent about what is going on or just sit him down and talk to him yourself.
I can't remember if you have mentioned it or not, but does his biological father play a part in his life? Could be that is starting to affect him.
Posted by: Quality Weenie at September 21, 2007 07:14 AM (BksWB)
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I am going to go with the counselor idea too. I had a friend in high school who was like this and that really seemed to make the difference for him....that and the threat of military school.
But i would suggest exhausting all other options before going the military school route, because sometimes that can cause more problems. There are a couple of military school kids i see over at juvi crt and they mostly just feel like their family gave up on them and the consequences of their actions don't matter anymore.
Posted by: Sari at September 21, 2007 08:50 AM (rqDaj)
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He is seeing a counselor, not that it's doing any good. I think a lot of it has to do with his Biological father. Whiche I can't do anything about.
Posted by: Contagion at September 21, 2007 01:32 PM (QQZMi)
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Take him in to see his regular doc for a complete physical, and ask him to also check Boopie out for signs of clinical depression. All the signs are there, my friend.
Posted by: Omnibus Driver at September 21, 2007 02:05 PM (WOXRM)
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I went through something similar with my oldest, a boy. At some point, we just hammered the point home that he was old enough to take responsibility for his actions. If he screwed up, it was his fault and nobody else's.
Since he acted like he wanted to not be part of the family, that was how he was treated. We fed him, he had a place to sleep, but for the most part he was on his own. That meant no rides, he walked everywhere. No borrowing the car, ever. He needed money? He got a job.
He barely passed high school, went into the Navy and did a tour on a sub. Now he's out, has a good job and is taking night classes at the local community college and will start full-time school either in the spring or next fall (his high school grades killed him). The final straw was him losing a job he loved because he didn't have a four year degree.
We gave him free reign within the rules of our house and never cut him any slack on the rules. He's gradually getting his act together.
We didn't follow any specific plan so much as just got fed up with fighting for everything. It's working for us, so far... sort of. Good luck on however you handle your situation, it's the hardest thing in the world to deal with.
Posted by: Ted at September 21, 2007 04:47 PM (yRolC)
Fat Tire
Tonight I decided to review a beer that IÂ’ve had many people ask me if I had tried one. IÂ’ve seen it around for a while now, but just never tried it. This week I decided due to the fact I kept meaning to review it and I was asked 5 times in the last two weeks about it, that I was going to do a review of Fat Tire Amber Ale by the New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins CO.
Even though it comes in a 12 oz brown bottle, this one has a different shape to it. Along the base of the neck there is a band blown into the glass with the name of the brewing company on it. The label is blue and red with a picture of a red bicycle on it and the name of the beer under the bike. There are hops in the blue border framing the bike. On the side there is a story of how Fat Tire got itÂ’s name.
When poured into a glass it forms about a quarter inch white head with large bubbles. The head fades fast leaving a film on the top of the beer and some lacing on the side of the glass. There is a deep clear amber color to it. Light passes through easily with no problems.
I had difficulty making out the full scent of the beer initially. The scent was not weak, just very subtle. There was a pleasant combination of malts with a citrus accent. The taste was very mild. It had a light malt flavor with a mild hop backbone. There was just a hint of bitterness that enhanced the flavor. There is almost no aftertaste.
This is a medium bodied beer with a light carbonation to it. ItÂ’s very easy to drink and leaves almost no coating in the mouth.
This is another beer that I had heard a lot of people say was a great beer, and it is very good. The flavor was a little mild and the nose was kind of weak. Over all I thought this was a good beer. I could see someone sitting down on a hot summer day drinking a six-pack of this with some friends while they grilled. IÂ’m going to rate this a 5.5 out of ten.
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Now, have a glass of Jack and relax - the conference sounds like it was hideous and you'll need more than a wimpy beer to get rid of the taste. *grin*
Posted by: Teresa at September 19, 2007 06:36 PM (rVIv9)
Posted by: Bruce at September 19, 2007 08:37 PM (JSCoF)
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This is very much a summer beer. I have to be in the mood for it. Like buying it out of a cooler at a lot party outside of a phish show and it is my favorite....not quite the same in the bar or under other circumstances.
Posted by: Sari at September 21, 2007 08:52 AM (rqDaj)
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F*ck Fat Tire -- go to the brewery and get some La Folie, 1554 and the proper sampling glassware (even if it has the loathsome Fat Tire bike on it). Shaped much like a brandy snifter, these beers are even better when your nose is in the glass -- and Belgian beer should always be served in the glassware that the brewery has determined showcases their beer the best!
IIRC, I had the La Folie brewed in 2001 (bought in '03) and it was intriguing, to say the least. It has been so long that I cannot recall the specific notes but I would buy as many bottles as I could haul (and allowed) if I were in Ft. Collins today!
Probably due to lack of availability in WI, 1554 is my favorite US brewed dark beer. The acidic finish is wonderful and almost disappears from your tongue. When I'm in a state that sells it, I usually haul at least 2 cases back -- in '03 I hauled 15!
If not for the Flemish, Belgium would really suck -- the Dutch tell Belgian jokes like we tell Polish jokes. Enjoy the beer!
Posted by: Mike the EE at September 21, 2007 10:11 AM (5Wwy3)
Twas hell i'twas.
I'm back from my retreat. God that was awfully boring, especially since most of the stuff they covered we covered at the Conference I went to in August and other meetings I've attended in the last three months.
I'd tell you more about it, but I really need a beer right now. For the beer review that is... yeah for the beer review.
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Off again
Work is sending me off on another retreat. No, this one is not sensitivity class. What burns me about this whole thing is that again I asked "Do I have to go?" Because I have a lot of stuff going on at work, at home and with my health I didn't feel that two extra days out of the office would do me any good. In their infinite wisdom it was decreed that this, indeed, was a mandatory event and I have to go.
So last week I'm finishing up details and seeing who else is going from my office so we can carpool or what not. They have 8 of these seminars going on through out the year, so the sups attending were spread out. Come to find out that no one else from my office is attending this one. Even the ones that were assigned to go at this time aren't going. It seems that they weren't able to register, so they aren't going.
In fact most of the other management in the office is not attending. Needless to say this rather irritates me because if I had known that if I just held off registering for this and waited too long, that I wouldn't have to go.
This double standard at work is really starting to piss me off.
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