No Runny Eggs

The repository of one hard-boiled egg from the south suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (and the occassional guest-blogger). The ramblings within may or may not offend, shock and awe you, but they are what I (or my guest-bloggers) think.

Archive for September 11th, 2007

Poll housekeeping

by @ 23:51. Filed under NRE Polls, Politics - National.

I somehow failed to include a “none of the above” choice in the “Which Presidential candidate(s) is/are out this month?” poll. It’s now rectified.

If you haven’t voted, do so.

Drinking Right Presidential straw poll

by @ 23:32. Filed under Miscellaneous.

Uncle Fred (Dooley, not Thompson) and I decided to run a short straw poll at Drinking Right tonight. John Washburn ensured that the process was cleaner than Milwaukee’s elections. Short-and-simple; every vote was a write-in, so no bitching that a candidate got short shrift. Here are the results (there was a late voter; since he wasn’t there when the rest of the ballots were handed out, we let him vote):

Fred Thompson – 5 votes
Ron Paul – 2 votes
A Fucking Candidate – 1 vote
Blank ballot – 1 vote
Keith Conrad – 1 vote
Fred – 1 vote (wish that voter had been more specific; after all, Dooley was in attendance)
Duncan Hunter – 1 vote
Tommy Thompson – 1 vote

If you missed Drinking Right this month, we’ll see you again same time, same day, same place next month.

September Drinking Right – TONIGHT

by @ 17:28. Filed under Miscellaneous.

Nobody’s seen Casper since who knows when, Sean’s gone to DC, and I was gone last month, but there’s still lots of drinking to do. I’ll be at the usual spot (Papa’s Social Club – 7718 W Burleigh in Milwaukee) at the usual time (7 pm) on the usual date (2nd Tuesday – Sept. 11).

Be there, or be somewhere.

Revisions/extensions (5:28 pm 9/11/2007) – Bumped to the top. Now, let’s drink.

Never forget

by @ 8:35. Filed under War on Terror.

Six years ago today, a bunch of Islamists decided to snuff out the lives of 3,000 people because they wanted a worldwide Caliphate full of nobody except their kind. Though they haven’t managed another attack on American soil, they are still as committed to that goal now as they were then.

Fortunately, we’ve been taking the fight to them, slowly but surely eliminating those that hold that murderous view. We need to stay at least as committed to defeating them as they are to killing us.

NFL Week 1 review – and it’s weak

by @ 0:53. Filed under Sports.

We still have the Monday Night games are through the Monday Night games, but so let’s run back through the week that was. First things first, that was one hellova gift from the Eaglets; the Pack had no business being in that game offensively. The defense stepped up nicely, even though Wile E. Thompson’s Golden (Crutch) Boy, Justin Harrell, spent the day in street clothes. Special teams got REAL lucky they ran into a punt return team more inept than their own. Needless to say, I blew the call.

On to the rest of the NFL:
New Orleans 10 @ Indianapolis 41 (-6) – Saints ain’t ready for prime time.
Tennessee 13 @ Jacksonville 10 (-6.5) – That’ll learn me to trust the preseason.
Pittsburgh 34 @ Cleveland 7 (+5.5) – Meet the New NewBrowns. Same as the Old NewBrowns.
New England 38 (-6.5) @ NY Jets 14 – While malcontent + good O-line – 4th rounder = blowout is true, I still don’t think Moss was worth a 4th rounder (because the Packers put the “offensive” in O-line).
Atlanta 3 @ Minnesota 24 (-3) – I might have made a mistake in giving the Pack the season sweep.
Carolina 27 @ St. Louis 13 (-1.5) – Those that have Vernand Morency better pay attention to what happened to Steven Jackson.
Denver 15 (-3-LOSS) @ Buffalo 14 – Prayers for Kevin Everett, who suffered a cervical spine injury.
Kansas City 3 @ Houston 20 (-3) – I was right about taking the under 37.5.
Miami 13 @ Washington 16 (-3-TIE) – Yeah, this game was weak; it also was an overtime game, so I’m fortunate to not take a fat “L” on this one.
Chicago 3 (+6.5) @ San Diego 14 – I probably would’ve taken the under at 23 as well.
Tampa Bay 6 @ Seattle 20 (-6) – I’m glad the Pack doesn’t play the Seahags during the regular season; they’re specializing in taking out players.
Detroit 36 @ Oakland 21 (-2) – I should’ve stuck with the normalcy.
NY Giants 35 @ Dallas 45 (-6) – DOWN GOES MANNING! DOWN GOES MANNING! Fortunately, it wasn’t the Manning on my roster.
Baltimore 20 @ Cincinnati 27 (-3) – I told you to take the offense.
Arizona 17 @ San Francisco 20 (-3-TIE) – What the FUCK happened to Larry Fitzgerald? Did Larry Fine replace him? FUCK!

Since I took all the favorites to win in my no-spread confidence pool, that leaves me at 12-4 straight-up and 7-7-2 against the spread. Not too shabby for Weak 1, considering that is usually my Week of Doom.

Those performanes leave me at 3-1 so far in fantasy ball, but the team I’m losing to is out of players, and I still have 3 to go. That drink (I think I’ll make it an Uncle Jimbo Bacardi and Coke) is going to taste very good once I make up that 25 points.

DAMN! SHIT! FUCK! Where the hell did my receivers go? FUCK! FUCK! FUCK!

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