Pain

I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage. -  Friedrich Nietzsche  

If this were to be true my will would be great and I would have all of life's advantages.  Alas, I have become a simple humble man in which pain controls and will not allow to be left alone.

The last two weeks of my life have been a miserable compilation of pain and misery.  Modern medicine has provided little relief and the bottle of mind numbing plastic pills have given nothing but broken medical promises.

I am moody and unapproachable.

Witty remarks are no where to be found.  

A smile is few and far between.

Mind crushing stabs of pain are all that remain in my head.

But hey...what is this??

I awoke this morning with little to no pain??  

Am I dreaming.....the sun is up and I am able to open my eyes and not attack everyone around me?

Joy is realized in the excitement of my boys getting ready for a lake vacation.

4 hours into my day and I remain pain free.....is it possible that I have turned a corner?  

Here to hoping that this isn't just a cruel joke my head is playing on me.

Damn this coat is heavy!!!

I am just plain old angry.

Being a person who allows others to jump on my coat tails and be brought to glory usually worked in my favor in terms of being considered a leader and trendsetter in my respective field.  

But let me ask you this…..when is it time to bitch slap a dim witted tail grabber off of my coat? 

Is it when they start disrespecting you behind your back?

When they start taking credit for your accomplishments? 

When they approach Executives of the company attempting to take all of the glory for a the accomplishment? 

Nah..I can live with all of those slights….my reputation speaks for its self and anyone with half a brain realizes what this douchebag is trying to do.  

It only begins to bother me when this person starts assuming ownership for something he has little or nothing 

to do with.

Sit back and bask in my glow asshole but don’t dare attempt to slow me down.    

The time has come for the hapless, self-important wanker to get off of my tails and put on the coat.   

You want my job….take off the tunnel glasses and see the big picture.

Good luck trying to be me…..

Cheers to your upcoming failure.

Thinking about football in April???

This really blows!!   

The only thing that matters this time of year is normally the Penguins and their playoff run.  But alas…the NFL has to step in and be the bigger bitch and lockout the league, taking the thunder from the NHL playoffs…..FUCKWADS!!!

Here is my 2 cents on the topic:

Greed is greed…..”I want all of the 100 Gazillion dollars we make per year….screw you players!!!”…”I want half of the 100 Gazillion dollars we make every year….screw you owners!!!”  Around and around we go. 

Get over it you rich bunch of pricks!  Each and every one of you has enough money that your grand children can retire before they are even conceived.  I hear by declare that I refuse to watch football next season whether it is in 2011 or 2012.  

(NOTE:  The above statement is a complete and utter lie.  I am a big pussy for the NFL and would watch it even if the league brought in replacement players.)

In the current situation the NFL players are definitely the bitter wife in this sour marriage.  They are essentially going to the judge and asking for half of their husbands (owners) shit for what amounts to a style of living that the players have become accustomed to.  (Fast cars..loose women…you know the stereotype) What happened to us???  Remember the glory days of football where the owners could pay $10 a game and the players would just be happy to be playing something they loved? 

Hopefully both sides realize the people that will end up getting hurt are the fans.  Us 20k per year assholes who save up all year in hopes of attending just one game in person.

Lock your rich asses in a room and work this shit out.   And for GOD SAKE please don’t release the amount of money that was agreed to….it will make the majority of us just puke all over our $10 Wal-Mart shoes.

LET'S GO PENS!!

Ask the Expert

It is known in circles far and wide that I have an opinion on EVERYTHING and can wax knowledgeable on ANY TOPIC!!  If I don't really know the answer....I WILL MAKE SHIT UP!  This is a talent in and of itself, but the real trick and what makes me the MASTER is my uncanny ability to it sell it as FACT!! 

For the last couple of months I have been collecting e-mail questions via the link on the top of this blog.  I have weened out the really shitty ones and have decided to respond to two questions that I have deemed worthy of not only my time but the effort it takes me to make up complete lies on these random topics. 


OFF WE GO!!

{Anonymous:  Say there was a Zombie outbreak and your spouse (assuming you have one) has been infected and is about to go Zombie ape-shit on your ass.  Would you have the balls to do what needs to be done or would you just let her eat your face off? }

What a great opening question!!!  Well, we all know that the possibility of a Zombie outbreak is minimal at best but for sake of this discussion we will assume the following:

1. The government has unleashed a bio-weapon that assists in the creation and animation of corpses that are hungry for human flesh....(Why not Whoppers or McNuggets???  They are freaking delicious!!)
2. The corpses can move around and control muscle function without any working vital organs.
3. My wife was infected by some sort of evil scheme that effected Wal-Mart shoppers during the 5am Black Friday sales.  

On a side note....have you ever been to a Wal-Mart on Black Friday at 5am??  That is some scary shit!!  Those folks would make the best Zombies, especially the ones who have been waiting in their cars since 3am!!  I can only assume that is why the government would target such a fine shopping establishment....most folks who are in there at that time are not far from eating each other anyway.

OK, back to the question at hand....I WOULD CHOP HER HEAD RIGHT OFF!!  NO HESITATION!  Sorry dear, but you are a Wal-Mart Zombie and I would have no choice!!  While her Zombie head was still rolling around on the kitchen floor, I would immediately run out to her car (do zombies drive?) and see what kind of awesomeness she bought me from Wal-Mart!!  She is a really good shopper!!

{Slappy: I have noticed that you seem to be a big American football fan.  Now that the superbowl is over, do you think there will be a season next year?  If not, do you think that a real sport like futbol will can take over as the American past time?}

So you have noticed that I am a football fan...you powers of perception are great....let's see if you can remember this.... the word SuperBowl NEEDS TO BE CAPITALIZED!!!  By not using the correct emphasis on the word you are cheapening the sport which is unacceptable on this forum.  I will let it slide this time but don't let it happen again. 

Futbol??  What the hell is that?!?  It sounds like something that the elderly soak their feet in after a 4:30 dinner special at Denny's.  I will assume that you mean soccer and it will NEVER be as popular as American (and the only real) football.  Americans are just too lazy to enjoy a sport where 95% of the time is spent sprinting around a gigantic field.  I get tired just watching that shit. 

If you are a soccer fan in American you will just need to accept that you will never be as mainstream as the other sports in the U.S.  Your running around insanely kicking a ball into a BIG ASS goal will always have a backseat to Olympic Curling...you can't even SEE football from your position in the pecking order.

As far as the CBA (Collective Bargaining Agreement), I am confident of NOTHING!!  Owners are too greedy to give up and the players are too rich and stubborn to give in.  If the Direct TV deal wasn't paying the owners a SHIT LOAD of money with or without football this year there would be a better chance of there being a season this year.  It is just too early to tell.

Responding to e-mails is tiring..plus I had to think about soccer which hurts my head.  I am calling it quits for this week.  If you want to have a question answered make sure to get them submitted here!

My Texas Adventure

So as some of you know I traveled to Fort Worth for the "Big Game" which in itself was a HUGE disappointment.  The Steelers lost and there has been a fog over da' burgh ever since.  I refuse to discuss this topic any further........LET'S GO PENS!!!

Anyway....during my adventure several things came to light about the Dallas area, I will use my favorite thing in the world while blogging.....bullet points and bad language!

• Flying sucks unless you have wings!  I am too large of a human being to be crammed into a kindergarten sized seat for 4 hours and of course another LARGE BEAST of a man had to be sitting next to me!  I think it is some kind of running joke that the airlines have.  If the dude in the seat next to me and I decided to jump up and down I guarantee we could have brought that plane DOWN IN A HURRY!!  Just to add insult to injury I get to turn around and see two 85 lb teenagers sitting in the seats behind us!! American Airlines....GO TO HELL!!!
• Real cowboys exist in Texas!  Hats, chaps, spurs...the full fucking deal!!  One dude even rode his horse to the bar!  He was shooting pool in muddy ass Wranglers (they do still exist...I was wondering how they made money), boots, 10 gallon hat and everything!!!  Some of the visiting chicks found this exciting and decided to talk up this chap until they got down wind of him......WOW!  He smelled like his horse actually SHIT IN HIS POCKET!!!
• If you get a chance to be in the Fort Worth area and would like to be entertained, I suggest a place called Billy Bob's.  It is the largest Honky Tonk in the world (that's right bitches!) and has some of the funniest looking people you have ever seen under a single roof!  They have live bull riding.....LIVE BULL RIDING!!!  Noting quite like getting drunk and rooting for a bull to impale some redneck that is pulling on a rope tied to a bulls testicles!!!  BE WARNED...the women in this establishment are not for the faint of heart...they are BIG AND FORWARD!!!  I was accosted by several women and had to physically run from them to escape, which was pretty easy being they were winded after the first 3 steps!!   My favorite of the trip was a rather large stocky lass telling me that I looked like a certain QB for the Steelers and how she wouldn't mind if I did to her what he was accused of (and not charged I might add) in Georgia.  SCARY SHIT RIGHT THERE!!!!
• I am not what I would call a talkative person when it comes to strangers but it was pointed out to me on this trip that I seem to be speaking to EVERYONE!  THIS IS NOT MY FAULT!!  I really don't like strangers and REALLY dislike talking to them but I seem to be the most approachable person on the planet.  During my 2 days in the area I met dozens of people some famous and some not who all started talking to me or made eye contact that I found just too rude not to acknowledge with a head nod.  I found myself speaking / drinking with all different types of people...Politicians, Sports Figures, prostitutes (I assume), folks with dairy products on their heads.....CRAZY!!! 
• DID YOU KNOW THERE IS A MEXICAN HOOTERS?!?!?  
• Just for the record...Country music, live or recorded....CAN SUCK MY BALLS!!  I don't need to hear about your world of woe!!  Suck it up...write in a journal or something...STOP ASSULTING MY EARS!!!

My BIG FAT Texas Trip was a AWESOME time even if my friends and I passed out at Denny's, my hotel bed had no sheets, my roommate left the shower on after passing out, and I had to listen to Clay Watkins!

One last piece of advise....never eat country fried steak at 3am and then again for breakfast at 10.  At least if you are not 10 paces from a clean bathroom!!!

Oh yeah...Taco Bell won't let you walk through the Drive-Thru at midnight....BASTARDS!!  COME ON I NEED A CHICKEN SOFT TACO!!!

Bringing back the hardware!!!

OK, to my amazement writing this blog does not qualify me to receive a press pass to the SuperBowl.  I for one, think that is utter BULLSHIT!!!

I spend quality seconds of my life thinking about these posts, which is more than I can say for some other "professional" writers.

Anyway, I am off to Arlington this weekend to watch the boys in Black and Gold bring back the hardware!

Wish me luck!!

Not that I am playing or anything....CHRIST, I CAN'T EVEN GET TICKETS TO GO INSIDE!!!  The big game for the Steelers is on Sunday but my date with destiny is Saturday night when I will face the Brazilian steakhouse!!

MEAT ON A STICK....AS MUCH AS YOU WANT!!!! 

Bring it steak bitches....I am going to close your shit down!!!

(I most likely will get the meat sweats from just my second helping and be crying for ice cream to cut the salt...but I have to talk shit right?!?  It's SuperBowl week!!!)




GO STEELERS!!!!

Book your flight to Arlington people!!!

Now I am normally not one for predictions or using fate or destiny to describe our beloved Steelers but I am about to make an exception.....

Do you know what the 23rd of January means to the city of Pittsburgh and Steelers?  No it isn't just the AFC Championship,  it is the birthday of Myron Cope!!!  Do you really think that the ghost of Myron would allow the Steelers to be beaten on his birthday?!?!  Not a chance!!!

If you happen to be fortunate enough to be going to the game....hell even if you are watching it on TV somewhere, get those towels out and see if we can stir up the ghost of cope to will the Steelers to victory and a chance of their 7th SuperBowl championship!!

Remember what it means when you disrespect the Terrible Towel?  Here is a reminder.....




And here is a little something to get you fired up for Sunday!!!




Just
Ended
Their
Season

Oh Cinderella....the fairy tale is OVER!!

GO STEELERS!!!

AFC Divisional Playoff Time!!!

 

So this is what it takes for me to begin blogging again this year!! 

A game of titantic proportions....Steelers / Ravens III for the right to play for the AFC Championship (against the Patriots of course).   This is my ABSOLUTE favorite time of the year, the weather is crappy, Steelers are in the playoffs and the Ravens think they are going to the Superbowl.  This happens every year without fail.  Turn on ANY sportscast and you will hear Reverend Ray-Ray Lewis preaching on how he is the "LORDS" linebacker and the Ravens are the best team since the NFL formed. 

I understand why Ray-Ray is the "LORDS" linebacker, it isn't all that complex.  Have you ever done something and said to yourself....."Lord, if I can get away without shoveling my driveway until tomorrow, I will NEVER ASK FOR ANYTHING AGAIN!!"   I would bet that is the type of deal that Ray-Ray had to agree to in order to get away with murder.  MURDER..not just a euphemism for something smaller but ACTUAL MURDER!!  He has to walk in fear every day so that the lord just doesn't burn his ass with a lightening bolt.  That's enough about the most over-rated linebacker in the league. 

Let's talk about Flacco! 

While you are tuned into Ray-Ray talking up the Raven again, just stay tuned, there will no doubt be a dumbass sports reporter following up that conversation with how Joe Flacco is an elite QB in the league.  I have even heard comparisons that put him above Big Ben in the QB conversations.

HAVE YOU LOST YOUR FUCKING MINDS?!?!?

I will be the first to admit that I am a bit of a homer when it comes to my Steelers but let's just take a look at the hard facts, and to make it easier to read for any Ravens fans that may attempt to read this we will just discuss what is really important.

BEN HAS 2 SUPERBOWL RINGS!!!

For those of your wondering about career stats....here you go.

Ben - 1766 completions, 22,502 yards, 144 TD's, 86 INTs

Joe - 818 completions, 10,206 yards, 60 TD's, 34 INTs

HOW ARE THEY EVEN IN THE SAME QB CONVERSATION!?!?!?

The most enjoyable time of the week waiting for the game is the funny pictures that are put on facebook and other social media spots about the Ravens.....here are some of my favorites.

Many people say Flacco looks like Bert but I think the next picture is more accurate.

Better resemblance....right?

This is more offensive to Bert than Flacco.  

Flacco appearing on the Simpons!!

Man he is HOT!!!

Poor Ray-Ray!!

At least he has somewhere to work after he loses in the playoffs again!!

So in summary......RAVEN SUCK...Ray-Ray is washed up.....and Flacco looks like several Sesame Street Charaters.

GO STEELERS!!!