Monthly Archive for December, 2006

JON KITNA

“I just really wanted to win that game so I could tell all those Bears fans to shut up and go home.”

-Jon Kitna

Five Things People Don’t Know About Me

I keep seeing these these lists around my RSS feeds.  Personally I’m not expecting anybody else to do it but what the hell.  It’s a slow Friday at work.
1. I have maybe the worst diet known to man.  I am addicted to soda/caffeine and will eat junk food at anytime of day. Oddly enough I’ve lost weight recently and enfuegos scale listed me at 145 fully clothed after some Rogue Mocha Porter and Jets Pizza. I just drank a Coke and a bag of Lays Potato Chips while typing #1.

2. Embarrassingly I’ve watched every episode of Lost and Grey’s Anatomy and every episode of Season 13 of ER.

3. I used to be a hardcore athlete.  In 1997 I was regional champion in the 300m Hurdles.  .01 of a second off my high school record in the same event. If i was taller I would have ran in college.

4. I cannot count the amount of times I should have been thrown in a jail cell. I am such a badass.

5. The first concert I ever attended was Michael Bolton and Oleta Adams

Ok well that was awful.  Now I’m suppose to “tag” others to do the same.  You mother ef’ers better do the same.  vanberge jjafuller hellokittn25 jedi kramer and flo.

I picked two I don’t think are going to do it and three I think that will.

Busy weekend though the holidays and I will be out of town Sunday till Sunday.  I should be online and available though cell or e-mail and IM on occasion. I will update next week….

Heroics 3 - A “Guitar Hero 2″ Video

Vanbergs has once again created a new “Heroics” video. Pt. 1 Pt. 2 here

I really don’t want to give anything away if you haven’t watched it yet but honestly it’s another masterpiece.  I ended up doing the encoding and getting the video on the web. Personally Pt. 3 is my favorite of the three. As a cohesive ode to one of the best video games of all time this creation does it the best. If anybody is interested in having a DVD of all three put together let me know it’s an idea I’ve been tossing around.  The trilogy has been completed, who knows what the future holds…..
Let me know if anybody has any problems with these videos…..now without further hesitation….

Link: Youtube - Heroics 3 - A “Guitar Hero 2″ Music Video

Link: Google Video Heroics 3 (Higher Quality) 

Link: iPod Video - Heroics 3 

Press Whore Pt.2 - Harpers Mag Update

Back in October I mentioned I got interviewed by a researcher from Harpers Magazine regarding the bauercount.com statistics. The gentleman that spoke to me over the phone was really cool.  Mostly just verifying the information on the site is real and accurate. When we were talking he wasn’t 100% sure when or even if the information was going to be used. Today I went to Schuler Books and by golly they ended up using using the information in their December issue.

The piece they used the information in was “Harper’s Index”.  The index is pretty much just a series of fun statistics that somehow link together. Many publications do similar things….
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For the lazy they printed “Number of people U.S. counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer personally killed last season on the TV show 24 :38″

Also later in the magazine proper credit was given.

Overall it was a pretty fun experience.  I’ve always wanted to come up with an idea for a website that people would enjoy more then just my typical blog and photo websites. Also the amount of assistance I’ve gotten from on the site is staggering and many thanks go to them as well (jjafuller, Gun Bunnie and others). Almost famous?  negative……

The Art of the Chirstmas List

It’s that time of year when I’m going to be asked a billion times “what do you want for Christmas”. Now I know I’m even lucky to be asked that question but for a man like me it’s a tough question. At this point in my life I have about everything that I want other then things people won’t get me and cost way to much for me to get myself. I have towels. I have clothes. I have kitchen appliances. I want a Lexus. I want a Macbook Pro. I want a Plasma TV.

Sadly those are not possible items to ask for Christmas thus I need some ideas. There are a few things that I want I’m going to list down.

As you can see I don’t have much on my list I can think of.  Anybody have any ideas?