Back in business

Finally! I've been trying to post something all morning but it's been down. I was starting to have withdrawals...

So I made it back from California. Great trip. I'm going to do a full post about it later but here's a little pictorial teaser for now. This one is from Fern Canyon in the Redwoods...


I want to give a major shout out to Raynnifer. Congrats on signing the deal. I hope that the next 10 years (and many decades more) are as good to you as the first 10...

Okay so gimme a second to address the whole College sports scene. Pac-16? Really? There are a lot of people who are all about it, but I'm not sold yet. Some of the proposed additions are going to need to prove they're worth it. And not just in athletics but also in academics. Part of being apart of the pacific conference is that you have to be held to a certain standard. I really hope that they don't dismiss the bar just in order to create a "super conference"...

Ah damn! I just remembered that I also have the live-blog album review to put up. Hopefully this week. I have it all written out just need to type and add video. Look forward to that though...

I think I should also mention that while I was away I finally got to see the Pacific Ocean again. It'd been far too long...

Going back to Cali

Memorial Day mayhem in effect. Yay 'Merica. Don't forget to take a few minutes to honor the spirit of the holiday - it's not just about bbq's and beer. I'm out. Peace!

Apples: The Devil's Fruit

I don't like apples. I'd go as far as to say that I hate apples. The apple is a wretched fruit that was brought to earth by Satan himself in order to deceive humanity and force us into corrupt ways.

I don't remember when I started to despise apples, for as long as I can remember. My siblings used to torment me with them. They still do to this day. Everyone does. Even customers at work will call me just to bite into an apple.

I'll be hanging about minding my own business, drinking a cup of coffee and then suddenly that sound. You know the one, that crisp crunchy blast of evil bursting into a persons mouth. If you were able to take everything wrong with the world and condense it into one sound it would be that.


It's here that I'm afraid my relationship has gone beyond just hating them. When I hear someone bite into an apple my body immediately convulses and my spine shakes furiously. It's as if every molecule in my body wants to run as fast as possible in every direction. As soon as they realize that they can't escape the episode is over and I take my body as a whole and get as far away as possible.

This has proven to be somewhat difficult living in Washington. Apples are everywhere. You can't even walk into a grocery store without seeing piles of them just waiting to infect the population with their sinister meat. Large portions of the state are covered in orchards dedicated to their propagation. People erect giant stands along the side of the highway in order to vend them to unsuspecting tourists. It's gone too far.

Even the Bible warned us about them. Point blank told us that the devil was using apples against us. Did anyone listen? NO! We just kept on planting more and more apple trees. Spreading the evil further and further across the planet. Soon there will be no stopping it. We'll all become slaves to the apple.

Why do you think that Apple, Inc has been so successful? They're in a secret alliance with apples (the fruit) to subjugate and then enslave all of humanity. They won't stop until we're all in shackles spending all our days in the orchards and evenings worshiping apple icons. They'll force us to do to strange dances of praise and sacrifice each other for reasons that we don't fully understand.

How can we let this happen!?

We need to stop the madness!!!!!!

Now I know what you're thinking. "I like apples, this guy must just be crazy". Truth be told I probably am, however that doesn't mean that I'm making this all up. It also doesn't mean that you can't enjoy the sweet apple flavor you've come to love.

It's actually quite simple - cook the devil out. By cooking apples you effectively destroy the satanic qualities they hold within allowing you to enjoy the fruit without any adverse side effects. Then you can still enjoy apple pies, apple crisps, apple dumplings, apple cobblers, brown betties, apple strudel, apple sauce, and so many more wonderful foods.

This can also be achieved by pressing the demon out, as when you collect the juices for cider. It's actually extremely reward to make cider. All of those apples agonizing as you steal their life force more and more with each turn of the wheel. You can almost hear them scream.

Happy National Tap Dance Day!

This is quite possibly my greatest fear...

Lost is over. I have to admit I'm a little sad. However I was very satisfied with the ending. It was the perfect was to wrap up the lives of the characters. I know there are a lot of people out there that don't agree but you can't please everyone. I'm not going to get into it too much, because I have plans for a larger recap post. I just remembered that I have no idea what I'm going to do with myself on Tuesdays now that it's over. And it's Tuesday...


This weekend was insane! M's game with the AK. GREAT GAME!!! 15-8!!! YAAAAAY!!!! Post game hit up the tree. Saturday helped my sis with some yard work. Went to a "birthday" party, which was a blast! Slept till mid afternoon. Then watched the Lost finale. I'm still recovering from it all...


I've been thinking about getting a couple of highly poisonous snakes and insects to set free in my house. Figure its a great way to prevent break ins. But only if I'm immune to their venoms. Maybe this is a bad idea...



Was watching this show on discovery last night about our solar system and how it all works. Since I woke up this morning I've had this song stuck in my head...

Tusk Talk: Warthog Round Up

A while back I did a little post about boars. Now at that time I didn't get too much into warthogs. Warthogs are exponentially more bad ass than boars being as they have tusks. Tusks make everything better.

Now if my life here comes to an end and I have to be reincarnated into the Suidae family I would do everything in my power to make myself a warthog. I imagine it would be something like this...


I spend my days roaming about the open grasslands of Africa in search of roots or grubs or such. Each afternoon I find a nice little watering hole where I drink and wash the dust from my tusks, however I usually prefer to have them coated in dirt and grim to deter poachers from making me into a mini grand piano.

The ground is scalding hot and I have to find some refuge. I think about digging a burrow, but that sounds like a lot of work and with the risk of heat exhaustion very real I decide to forgo the work for a little thievery. There is an aardvark no far away who seems to have spent the whole morning preparing his own burrow. I circle around for a few minutes, sizing up my potential foe. He seems like a pussy. I'm sure I could take him. Then I notice the children. He's a she!!! I realize what a bad idea this is and take off in search of an easier fight.

I find a shady little area just off the savanna to rest for a spell. Then suddenly out of nowhere a lion shows up. The snarling beast thinks of me as an easy target, little does he know that my tusks are buried only an inch deep. He moves in for the kill only to find that when he's inches from my jugular I'm ready to defend myself. I lunge towards the feline, my ivory tusks gleaming in the sun, and immediately take out his left eye. The cat is taken back a little bit, but not out entirely. He circles me once more and tries to come from behind. I'm not having any of it and take out his right eye with one well timed turn of the neck. He's blinded and lying in pain. I consider having mercy on my opponent, killing him now to end his suffering, not a chance. I casually trot away, leaving the lion to the vultures.

The battle leaves me tired and I have to find a drink. I roll up to the local watering hole and have a wonderful conversation with a Giraffe named Melba. After getting through all the standard small talk I find that she had a child not long ago who was an unfortunate victim of a lion attack. She describes the attacker to me and as it turns out it was the very same lion I'd just seriously wounded. I agree to show her where I left him.

When we arrive Melba immediately agrees that this is the same lion who took her young. She becomes overwhelmed with emotion. I do my best to calm her but in the end I can't hold her back. She begins to kick the lion repeatedly, screaming and crying all the while. Every animals within a mile came running to see the spectacle, lucky for us this was a lone hunter and no other predators came to witness the beating. A family of elephants arrive and are horrified by what they see. Just as they move in to break it up Melba raises a hoof high in the air and crushes the lion's skull with ease. A small bit of brain lands in front of me. I smell it before walking away.

It's all just another day as a warthog...

Literature: A brand of kitty litter for the mature feline

Oh how I love giraffes. They are quite possibly the most perfect animal on the planet. Woodland Park Zoo posted this picture earlier that I think is just grand...


What'd y'all think of that storm last night? If you hadn't already heard/experienced, we had a rare late spring storm roll through Seattle yesterday. High winds, lots of rain, you know, a storm. I was unfortunate enough to get stuck in the down pour on my way home from work. It wasn't all so bad though. It was still pretty warm at that point and the wind wasn't kickin' too much yet. Here's a pic I snagged at the bus stop. I really wish that I'd taken video because that set of clouds was moving so fast it was in and out in about 8 minutes...


A word to the wise, don't go robbing people outside of a ninja school. It's a horrible idea. To be honest I can't think of many ideas that are worse than that. Well maybe trying to rob the school itself...

They've unveiled the new mascots for the 2012 Olympics. They're named Wenlock and Mandeville and were created by the final drops of steel from the Olympic Stadium. I actually really like the story added to it. What I really want to know is how I get a job as one of them for the games. That'd be awesome...


I'm trying to figure out the next installment of "Tusk Talk" if you got some ideas hit me up...

Cut the power? (Complete with cheesy map)

Really Arizona? That's your solution? As you may have read, Gary Pierce, a commissioner on the Arizona Corporation Commission, said that if LA wants to boycott Arizona then they would review and possibly terminate the energy contracts with LA. Currently they supply about 25% of the power to the massive urban area. This seems stupid to me. If they don't sell it to LA who are they going to sell it to? Are they going to have to cut pricing to sell it elsewhere? Is it just going to go to waste? Isn't this essentially forcing LA to boycott AZ power?

I guess it's their decision to do it. If that is in fact the course of action they choose to take I want to see the state of Washington step up and try to help fill the void. Being a part of the "Pacific Coast Bloc" we need to look out for each other. If we have excess power I believe that California should get first dibs (they probably do already) and if we aren't producing enough we need to increase production. Cover the Columbia Basin in wind/solar fields, NOW!!! And it's not just us here in Washington, but Oregon also needs to help out. We're all in this together.

The way things are going we need to start planning for the possibility that we're going to be fending for ourselves. The little things are starting to build up. Now with the apparent success of the Tea Party movement things are going to get a lot worse. Last time the liberals were angry we just protested (GW). If the Tea Party gets their way and acheives massive cuts in social services we're going to see more than a few a protests, we're going to see civil unrest and who knows how far it will go.

There is absolutely no reason for the three Pacific states to fall with the rest of the country. We share a more common bounds with each other than we do with the rest of the country. By reinforcing our connection to each other outside of the federal government we will be better prepared for whatever situations may arise.

I'll end simply by saying: WEST COAST TILL I DIE!!!!!

"I trust I can rely on your vote"

People in Kentucky, Arkansas, Oregon and Pennsylvania are all voting today (In Oregon it's the final day to mail back ballots). I just want to tip my hat to all the people that made it out to vote. I know many Americans don't vote in primary elections but they are just as important as general elections, if not more so. So if it wasn't your turn today make sure you know when you're up...

Now to honor the Americans that are turning in their primary ballots today I've decided that a little "Electioneering" was in order.

If everything I'm told is true

I have no reason to care anymore. Might as well just give up and let them win. In time I think I could even grow to respect them. Maybe even love them. Any problems that occur by their actions won't happen until long after I'm dead. Then it's not my problem. I'm only worried about myself like a good God-fearing American. Let the next generations worry about green house gases, energy dependence, environmental disasters...

There are days that I really that I could. However I can't accept that. Defeat is not acceptable. This aggression can not stand! Too many generations before us have taken that very approach and left us with up against the wall.

Every time I hear more about what going in the gulf I get angrier. Rage is nearing maximum level. I'm about to burst and just start spewing out 5,000 barrels a day!!!

Now is the time to step up and make sure this doesn't happen again. I don't want to hear anybody giving up. Remember what Captain Planet told us all as children, "THE POWER IS YOURS!" It's still true.

I was pleased to hear the western states are already making moves to permanently ban drilling on the pacific coast (excluding Alaska). This is a great step forward however it's not far enough. We need to make sure that other states follow suit. If the federal government isn't paying attention we need to make sure that they know we are and we're not going to tolerate it anymore. If it happens in the gulf it could happen here.

Grab your pen!!! Write some angry letters people!!!! Before this is the only fate we have to look forward to...

"The problem is you're just too damn sexy"

So I've been working on some ideas for this totem pole. I think that I'm going to do a horizontal orca that is accented with other characters. Here's a quick sketch I did the other day. It's by no means a finished product and the quality sucks but kinda shows what I'm talking about...



I need to figure out the color scheme. I've been messing with a few things but I don't seem to like anything all that much. I know that it's going to be mostly black and white, beyond that I'm at a loss. I'm also trying to figure out how to incorporate various symbols I want to be a part of it. I think that they fin's and the tail are going to sport a few other characters, but we'll see. Like I've said, first I need to make a lil one...

This dude that works for my company is in the office today. He keeps touching me. If it happens again I might freak out and threaten his life. I don't know why anyone would assume it's okay to come up behind a person and start rubbing their neck. Creepy...



That last one is courtesy of Google Image "Creepy Dude"