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John Harvard goes Commander Chief

I guess that Hal's not the only one in Boston who enjoys a good prank. Some students at MIT decided to outfit the John Harvard statue in honor of the release of Halo 3. Man I wish that I had an Xbox

-Pat

just another ashton kutcher

the "beanie plot" went off so well, i could not have planned it any better. leda and her entire office believed that beanie was coming tomorrow to their office, and when my friend called, acting like the director of the lima organization, leda's supervisor got on the phone and actually said they WANTED him to come and were saddened he wasnt.

it wasnt until i called leda, and while she still thought it was real...and he was coming tom. morning, i broke it to her that it was all fake. the calls. the emails. the form. all fake. i just wish i could have seen her face when my friend called her. haha. oh man.

-Munger
Over and out

and in this corner...

I would just like to say that, in fact I am working at Crate & Barrel...or as we call it "the crate". Yes, yes gentlemen (and brad) I have ventured into the world of retail (tail as i like to call it)It is actually a funny story of how i got to be working there.

First off, Boston is wicked expensive and with my drinking style, some call it a habit, I tend to spend a lot of money. And despite my greatest efforts, I cannot snag me a waitress every night to get me free beer and rides home. So that is part of the reason. The other reason is even better, when I was with "the one who shall not be named" I was in the crate. While I was purchasing my Bamboo sugar and flour containers, the girl behind the counter was BLAITENTLY hitting on me in front of "the one who shall not be named". I was so honored and amused with this, I decided this is where I wanted to work. So i applied, got the job, and worked with THAT girl on monday, and again on thursday, and again on sunday! hahahahaha.

NICE. WOW.
-Munger
Over and out

Uh Oh! BC Tickets

Washington, DC

Well,

I have suddenly gone from having 0 BC tickets to having 6. Andrew and I need one each, which if you are playing along at home, leaves me with...4. I might be able to move 2 of them, which would leave me with 2 because even I couldn't quite talk Pat or Hal into making it out this year. On another note, if anyone has an idea of how to snag a Parking Pass so that we could have our own tailgate, I'm all ears. I figured I'd give you gents first heads up.

Holla,

-Blenk

Crate and Barrel

In the spirit of congratulating Hal,

And seeing as most of us don't get the chance to chat with him so often, I felt it was far past due to announce Hal's second job at Crate and Barrel. Hal, if I ever find myself in Boston, and I realize I'm screwed and forgot I'm throwing an elegant dinner party on a budget, I only hope you are my Super Salesmen to save the day.

Cheers Buddy, I'm buying round 2.

-Blenk

Please explain... I would really ENJOY it.

Seaside, FL

Did I miss something? Why are people now signing their posts with a reference to a skateboard company. I'm sure there's a logical explanation, but I'm all alone down here in Seaside with no one to clue me in.

Oh and apparently somebody went on a post editing rampage and added "hometowns" to the beginning of each post... don't worry, I saved you the trouble this time, but Brian's gotta get with the program.

-Brad

Boiler Up?

Washington, DC

Gents, It's Purdue week. That time of year in every man's life where they are faced with a pissed of redneck nation that savors beating Notre Dame to the point where celebrating the ND score magically finds it's way on the side of your Sun Bowl Loser's Ring. In that spirit, I present to you one of my favorite pictures, and a constant source of smiles.

Enjoi,

-Blenk

New Music Minus The Bear Equals Even Less Money

Fellas,

So maybe I do sleep with new Jimmy Eat World singles under my pillow, who doesn't. That new single they have out right now is rockin' the socks off, almost as hard as I have been rockin the local record store around the corner, yes, vinyls & obscure cds within walking distance is a beautiful thing. New tunes that should be looked into;

Minus The Bear - "Planet of Ice"
The National - "Boxer"
Spoon - "Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga" (Possibly best Artist/Album name combo I've seen in a while)
The New Pornographers - "Challengers"
The Black Keys - "Magic Potion"
Shiny Toy Guns - "We Are Pilots"
SIA - "Colour The Small One"

Martin - Fantastic call on The National, excellent album, and I hope to get some ideas from anyone else that has some good tunes hanging around.

Also, If anybody feels like taking a road trip to Pittsburgh this weekend, Minus The Bear will be here playing at The Diesel Club & Lounge, and if the name isnt good enough, I kid you not, it is the Club Fever of Pittsburgh. It should be a fantastic show. I'm out and to quote Mr Floro...

Go Irish - Beat Somebody, Anybody

-bSet

My mom tells dirty jokes

Seaside, FL

Here's a joke for you courtesy of my mother... the same one who sent me a "You're mom thinks I'm hot" T-shirt. She's starting to scare me.

-Brad

The son of a wiseguy goes to confession and the following conversation ensues:

Bless me Father, for I have sinned. I have been with a loose girl".
The priest asks, "Is that you, little Joey Pagano ?"
"Yes, Father, it is."
"And who was the girl you were with?"
"I can't tell you, Father, I don't want to ruin her reputation."
Well, Joey, I'm sure to find out her name sooner or later, so you may as well tell me now. Was it Tina Minetti?"
"I cannot say."
"Was it Teresa Mazzarelli?"
"I'll never tell."
"Was it Nina Capelli?"
"I'm sorry, but I cannot name her."
"Was it Cathy Piriano?"
"My lips are sealed."
"Was it Rosie Di Angelo, then?"
"Please, Father, I cannot tell you."
The priest sighs in frustration. "You're very tight lipped, Joey Pagano, and I admire that. But you've sinned and have to atone. You cannot be an altar boy now for 4 months. Now you go and behave yourself."
Joey walks back to his pew, and his friend Franco slides over and whispers, "What'd you get?"
"4 months vacation and five good leads."

"Gimme that food!"

Seaside, FL

By far the best Monday morning movie I've ever seen... I didn't even realize that was me in it until about halfway through. That's going to become my tagline in the office for this week though...

"Desperate times call for... FOOD! Gimme that food!"

Hahahahaha

Enjoy your weeks everyone.

-Brad

RE: Work Week Kickoff

Atlanta, GA

Holy crap, what a way to start a week. I haven't even seen that one. Funny tho, and entertaining. French toast huh? I never would have imagined people cooking in our house like that. Or maybe not.

In other news, anyone else catch that gem about it "raining touchdowns in South Bend" on the NBC telecast Saturday? More like sprinkling. A bright spot in an otherwise pretty bleak performance. But at least we're scoring, right?

I'm gonna come at you like a spider monkey,

- Motown

Work Week Kickoff

Washington, DC

Hey Fellas,
Thought this might be a funny way to start a work week.
Enjoi,

- Blenk

Do you like how i dance? I've got zirconium pants!

Seaside, FL

For your listening pleasure...


So I went to San Diego last week for work. I got to see Bonnie and Andrew, which was cool. I got to watch the Irish get spanked on TV, which was bad. Then we went to a Guster concert at the house of blues, and saw my new favorite band open for them... Tally Hall.

They hail from the retarded cousin of the Ohio valley, and more specifically from it's resident whore (Ann Arbor). Proof that not all Wolverines should be burned at the stake. These guys put on a hilariously entertaining live show complete with a cover of Biz Markie's "Just a Friend", and their CD isn't bad either. So if you guys are bored with music, check out "Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum"... especially "Welcome to Tally Hall" which is a quintessential whiteboy rap. It had the huge black security card at the HOB holding onto the wall for support he was laughing so hard. And definitely check out a concert if you get the chance.

I'm also looking forward to Jimmy Eat World's new album on October 16th. What do you guys think of the new single... I bet Brian sleeps with a burned copy of it under his pillow... freak.

-Brad

Oh I Have Stories

Washington, DC
I have stories oh do I have some stories. Ok not really but I wanted to share some funny videos.

www.aglassandahalffullproductions.com/?CMP=EMC-a_mgp\n

www.break.com/index/the-front-fell-off.html"

Ok enjoi. I'll share my stories, such as the one about Blelvis, in the near future.

-GBoll

Go Green! Go White?

Seaside, FL

"NOTRE DAME, Ind. -- adidas will supply 75,000 white towels on behalf of Hannah & Friends and und.com (the University of Notre Dame's official athletics Web site) to fans attending the Sept. 22 Notre Dame-Michigan State football game at Notre Dame Stadium.

The towels read "Tradition Never Graduates - Notre Dame Football," along with the logos of adidas, Hannah & Friends, and und.com.

The towels will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis at each Notre Dame Stadium gate when the facility opens at 2:00 p.m. EDT Saturday (kickoff is 3:30 p.m. EDT). This marks the second year towels have been distributed at an early Irish home football game (also 2006 vs. Penn State)."

So on Saturday we'll have a stadium full of people in green shirts, waving white towels, to cheer the irish on to victory over a team whose motto is "Go green, go white." That's right adidas... tradition doesn't graduate. But offensive lineman sure as fuck do.

- Brad

I have a picture, pinned to my wall

New York, New YorkI was watching Family Guy while I ate dinner and it was the one where Peter acts like 'Lando Griffin' the cool new kid at school. How did we never notice this before? Holy crap. He's right, they're pretty great.

-Tom

Pretty Pretty Pretty Nicky

Washington, DC
So shortly after leaving one of our favorite chill out spots in Adams Morgan, I found that Greg had pulled ahead with the three lovely ladies who would be staying over that evening. While crossing through the darkest part of our journey, Jeff and I accompanied by my friend Pete here a voice which we distinctively hear say, "Watch this." Out from the darkness appears a man who says "Hey man how you doin? You fellas havin' a good night? Cause that's excellent man." Seeing as none of us had consumed fewer than 10 drinks thus far, chatting with this man seemed fairly normal. Conversation led this man to say "Hey, we friends now right?" To which I respond, "Sure bud, I guess we are." To which I was quickly rebutted with, "How can we be friends if you don't even know my name!?" "I'm sorry man, what's your name?" "Hell, I'm Pretty Nicky." "Haha what?" "Pretty Nicky man...come here and give me a hug." Shocked into stiffness, this man quickly descended upon me wrapping me up and giving me a hug. My only thoughts were, "Damn it. This guys gonna try and take my wallet...oh jesus now I smell like aqua velva and cocoa butter." (A fact which the next morning I realized was more true than I had initially thought.) Fortunately I was able to walk away having survived my first homeless man hug...and with a new friend in DC none the less! But, if you are ever find yourself walking home in the dark through the intersection at Columbia Road and 16th, don't walk alone, and be sure to stop and give Pretty Nicky a hug...tell him Brandon sent ya...then check for you wallet.

-Blenk

Big Spill

Washington, DC
So yesterday at lunch I'm sitting in the park across the street from the office eating and I notice a big group of police officers going through Segway training. They have the kind with big knobby mountain bike tires and they're taking them down a small set of stairs in the park. There's one real big cop by the way, and he looks pretty smart riding a Segway with a helmet and all that. So I'm eating my sandwich when I hear a huge crash. I look over and the big dude has bit it and taken a huge spill off the Segway. He's on his back at the bottom of the stairs but the people mover's still up top. All the other cops go, "Whoa nice one!" but don't really help him up. Must suck being a heavyset cop on a Segway....

-Jeff

We Are Up and Running

Ladies and Gentlemen,
We are now on the move. I'm still getting a feel for the ins and outs of setting this up. Hopefully this will due till after work tomorrow. Until then, gather your tall tales...the air is crisp, the fire warm, and the drinks have just been topped off.
Blenk