Vertigo

That's right folks, if you've been wondering why the updates have slowed in the last week it is because I have been experiencing vertigo for the last week and a half. Oh, believe me, it's about as much fun as you can imagine. Finally made myself go to the doctor last week and I now have a date with a specialist, an otologist. Sadly it's not until the 21st since he is extremely busy and is only at this location one day a week. Hopefully if I keep taking my meds it can keep it at bay until it goes away as the severe case I had yesterday afternoon was no fun what so ever. Luckily I took my medication and it subsided in time to play in our game yesterday afternoon.

That's right, the Potomac Pirates are in First place in the Potomac division. I apparently pitched a gem when I was playing yesterday, which was nice since I don't think I was even at 80% health wise cause of this vertigo bullshit. People always ask, how is it hard to pitch in kickball. Well, it's not just the slow underhand that you're used to, people chuck that red ball at you. I'm not a speed pitcher like some of the other folks in the league. The best way to describe me is the Greg Maddux of the league. No Cy Young awards, but just some nasty curvy shit to throw you off just enough to make you kick a bad ball.

I'll probably have something more substantial later on today, I think a piece about Roger Clemens and the Yankees may be brewing, but we'll see. Here's to hoping that I have a spell free day as I really don't want to spend my afternoon like I did yesterday.

Tis The Season

That's right ladies and gentlemen, today is Opening Day for DC Potomac. After a year that saw the Pirates get robbed in the playoffs only to go and win the fall trophy we begin once again to finally capture our first spring crown. As a matter of fact, I forgot to give everyone the link to my pre-season GMOT that I put out last week. I highly suggest going to my column and watching my video, one that will change each week with a different homage. For Week One I have given much thought about who to do and I think I might have to do some thinkin thinkin thinkin and go back to the top of the mountain...yeah...

Excuse me for a moment...customer on the phone, she's broken something far away...sigh...

Yeah, that was fun now where was I, oh yes politics politics politics. Wait, no, I got that from History of the World Part One that introduced Anita to over this weekend. Speaking of this last weekend and movies, I highly recommend Hot Fuzz to everyone who enjoyed Shaun of the Dead. I love the fact that their parodies are merely homages to certain films and not straight parodies. Hollywood forgot how to do parodies around the time they stopped making the Airplane movies. I personally have a deep love for Point Break in for my stupid movie to love category and it was hilarious to see it in this movie.

Nick Frost and Simon Pegg are as always beautiful together with Pegg being even more of a straight man in this movie. I can assume that these three (with director Edgar Wright) could make movies until we all are dust and they would never bore or cease to amuse me. Wow...Cate Blanchette and Peter Jackson made uncredited cameos, which you would never know because their faces were covered. I figured the lady Cate played was the GF from Shaun, wow I was WAY off.

Sorry updates have been sporadic, been dealing with being engaged and everything that is involved since we live in a very busy community in the sense that we have to book the place NOW for this time next year, pure insanity. Not sure if more will come today or not but who knows, we'll see.

New Season Is A Comin

You may ask yourself, hey, where are you in this picture? Well I'm definitely in it, but the photographer, damn him to hell, cut me off. You see I was laying on the floor in all my glory and was cut completely out. How's that for a sign of respect? Well we are mere weeks away from the start of a new kickball season, hell next Friday is not only our Free Friday Nights at the EWA it is also the Pre-Season party for the Potomac Division. Which means, as the CZAR of all media, I need to get my butt in order and start working on the pre-season GMOT.

The GMOT, if you have not been paying attention, is the Ghost Man On Third Newsletter that we put out and I have been given full editorial control...yes, I too agree this is a bad idea. I really do need to make that video before next week...now to just get what to say down without offending...too many people. I'm gonna try not to piss of EVERYONE, but then I was never to good at that so I will just be my charming self.

Along with the new season of kickball comes a new season of DJing and as such I've been updating my CDs, getting requests, and slowly listening to the crap they request as to try to defuse the anger I was legend for. Hell, this even consists of listening to a few country songs seeing as D-Rob is always known for it. We're talking O.A.R., The Killers, and of course...Kelly Clarkson.

I've also been working on my format of the GMOT, you know true editorial type deals. Perhaps I will make it like a Newspaper front page, but it depends on involved that gets. I want to have it out Weds afternoon each week, which doesn't give me too much time so it may be pushed back to Thursday just for those who do actually work at jobs where they have to work and still want to contribute to the GMOT.

That being said, don't be surprised if my entries are less...exspansive...as they are now, but I will put links up to the GMOT so you can at least still see my work, and have no idea what we're talking about.

Morning Meme

Freewheel did this and I need to post something while I get through all my other blogs so here it is, five things you may have not known about me.

1.My mother wanted to name me Reginald originally. My Grandfather, being an old native Texan responded, "I'm not havin no grandson named after a [censored]." I loved my grandfather, and he wasn't a racist person, just a quick reminder how only fifty years ago things were so different then they are now.

2.Did you know I always wanted to be a showgirl in Vegas? Not really, but I've been told it's scary how many movies I can quote, and that are my actual verbage most of the time.

3.I am torn over which is worse, the racism of Bear fan or the homophobia of Tony Dungy.

4.I have decided to put off going to CSB in the spring so I won't miss any of my last full season in the Potomac Division.

5. My father's players when I was really little, say 2-5, nicknamed me Bear after my father's favorite coach Bear Bryant.