Why can’t they let me be me?

Today is January 6, 2009 and this is the third letter in the Long Ass Game.

This is the last photograph I took of my late dog, Lucky:

Today is January 5th and this is the second letter in the Long Ass Game.

Today is January 4th, 2009 and here is your first letter in the Long Ass Game.

Time to broaden your horizons.  Check this stuff out - all 100% vouched for by me!

Study up on the Internet with Know Your Meme.  The good folks at Rocketboom have been doing segments on ‘know your meme’ for a long time and finally put a site up about it.  Ever wonder where (insert stupid Internet thing here) started?  Well, there is a 95% chance it was 4Chan.  But some are from other places.  A lot of these have videos that go with them, and I think they want you to be a part of the community.  So sign up!  Maybe you will meet the Star Wars Kid!

Keep Your Computer Spiffy with Glary Utilities.  This app has done wonders for my computer.  It will free up hard drive space, optimize your registry and a bunch of other handy things that you might otherwise miss.  Remember to do a restore point whenever you mess with your registry, but this tool does work and it makes things faster.

Unfuck Your iTunes with TuneUp Media.  A while back I posted that my iTunes was a mess.  Some folks jumped in to help and now it is a lot better.  TuneUp Media attaches itself to your iTunes and finds all the info and album covers for your songs.  It crews up sometimes, but it gives you options and generally works really well.  You get 500 free cleanups and then you have to pay.  I gave them the $20.00 for a lifetime membership and boy howdy does my iTunes look snazzy!  So fix yours you pig.

Combining Your IM Accounts with Digsby.  If you have more than one Instant Message account, then Digsby will let you group everything into one interface.  It’s handy, I can’t deny it.  It does have some drawbacks.  I can’t send files through it (unless there is a way I haven’t figured out yet).  But I didn’t get rid of my original installs, so I can get around it.  Oh, and it is also handy cause there is a ‘no pop up’ feature.  Nothing sucks more than a pop up.  For example:

ME:  Hey, have you seen Todd?
Lou: Nope
ME:  Fuck
Lou:  Why?
ME:  I am supposed to invite him to something.
Lou:  But you hate him…
ME:  I know, but I am pretending to like him so I can get at his awesome porn.
Lou:  Ahhh - well I haven’t seen him.
Todd: (popping up): Hey - I heard you were looking for me!
ME:  Thanks, I really hate that shitter Todd.
Todd: What?
ME:  Wrong Window - I mean a different Todd…

Yeah, no pop up is a mighty nice feature.

 Pretend You Know Photoshop by Copying PSHERO.  This guy does good tutorials.  I know this for a fact because I can follow them.  So check it out.  But make sure you give him credit!  Leeches.

OK - So that’s it for this set of hints.  

It is possible we could have thought of a better title, but this about sums it up.  We are trying something I don’t think anyone else has ever tried and I am looking forward to all of you playing.  It could not be easier to play.  All you need is a little brain power and a lot of patience.  Here is how it works:

1. Every day we post a letter or character from the SECRET MESSAGE;
2. You write it down;
3. When all the letters/characters have been revealed, you unscramble the letters;
4. The unscrambled message will tell you what you need to do to win;
5. First person to do it wins.

That’s it.  It does not get any easier than that.  Except that, well…there are 365 letters/characters in the message.  That’s why we called it Long Ass Game.  It will take a while.  But if you show up late, you can always catch up, because all the posts will be in one category.

And what’s the prize?  Well, it is hard to plan a year ahead, but at least know that the prize will be in line with the enormity of the game.  Have fun!

The first week of the NFL playoffs this season is one where sports gamblers are going to make a ton of money or lose a ton. There is no in-between with this set up. I have no science or fancy math to back this up, but the old adage that looks can be deceiving is especially true this week.

The reason is simple. The four home teams are all underdogs. Home teams in the playoffs tend to win, a quick google search gave me a couple articles that told me home teams win something like 70% in the NFL playoffs.

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The first show that comes to mind is Titus which was a great dark comedy loosely based on his family.  It was loved by many and was canceled for a stupid reason.

The high school drama Boston Public created by David E. Kelley (Picket Fences, The Practice, Ally McBeal,) ran for only 4 years despite critical acclaim and reaching it’s demographic.   It had great story lines and a great cast but then got moved to Fridays

Fastlane was a good show and I’m not just saying that because it gave us a sexy makeout session between Tiffani-Amber Thiessen & Jaime Pressly in a hot tub during episode number 11, “Strap On” air date January 17 2003.  It didn’t necessarily get bad ratings; the issue  probably was that each episode cost 2+ million dollars… and it was moved to “Kiss of Death” Fridays.

Martin (pronounced/marteeeennnn) was my family’s favorite show.  It also got very high ratings but was canceled because of problems(drugs/sexual harassment)  between Lawrence & Tisha Campbell.  Damn divas.  I really loved this show and was sad to see it end like that

Andy Richter Controls the Universe starred Conan’s former sidekick and lasted only 19 episodes.  It is hard to explain this show’s comedy; it had weird plots with somewhat smart jokes thrown in.

Arrested Development was not just a great comedy but one of my favorite shows ever!  It featured Dave Cross from Mr Show which was another of my favorite shows.  everything about this show I loved:  ridiculous characters, Buster the momma’s boy, Gob the magician and the nasty storyline between George & Maeby.  It had an incredibly loyal  fanbase but sadly never got ratings FOX hope for.

1. You don’t have to entertain anybody
2. The remote is all yours!
3. The cat curls up next to you
4. Dinner can be whatever you want
5. Nobody can tell stories about how drunk you were
6. You are the only one who knows you really did wear the lampshade for a hat
7. You don’t have to kiss anybody at midnight
8. There is NOBODY there hollering, “MOM!!!”
9. You can be naked