"Pork and Beans" off Weezer's new red album.
Genius.
Direct link: "Pork and Beans"
Love it.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
OT: Did I Just Get Philip J. Fryed? Ultra-Concentrated Laundry Detergent?
I have meant to blog about this issue for about a month now, but only now have had the time and energy to hit it. Rewind the clock to a month go. Ready. Go.
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So yesterday, I was just in Target buying a few items, headed through the laundry detergent aisle and everything looked normal. All the detergent looked as they always had. Today, I head back to Target for some of other items and happen to stumble into the laundry detergent aisle once again. I think I was seriously cryopreserved, and just woke up at a later date.
The laundry detergent went from this:
To this:
And not just P&G's stuff, the ENTIRE FRIGGIN' LAUNDRY DETERGENT AISLE WAS NOW ULTRA CONCENTRATED DETERGENT.
How the hell did that happen?
Friggin' mind blower. I want to know where I have been the last few months.
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So yesterday, I was just in Target buying a few items, headed through the laundry detergent aisle and everything looked normal. All the detergent looked as they always had. Today, I head back to Target for some of other items and happen to stumble into the laundry detergent aisle once again. I think I was seriously cryopreserved, and just woke up at a later date.
The laundry detergent went from this:
To this:
And not just P&G's stuff, the ENTIRE FRIGGIN' LAUNDRY DETERGENT AISLE WAS NOW ULTRA CONCENTRATED DETERGENT.
How the hell did that happen?
Friggin' mind blower. I want to know where I have been the last few months.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Men's BB: Tony Freeman Transfers to Southern Illinois
After weeks of searching for a new school, Tony Freeman is a Saluki.
The Southern reports (and badly, I might add) that Freeman has verballed to play for Southern Illinois.
My favorite (or the complete opposite) quote was this one:
"The junior planned to return to Iowa City, Iowa, for his senior season, but was told by Hawkeye coach Todd Lickliter he wasn't in the plans for the future of the program."
That is misinformation at best. While I have been in Tony's corner in this decision for him to move on from Iowa, that quote is so far left, it's ridiculous. I do think Lickliter could have given Tony a fairer shake in the matter, but ultimately it came down to Tony not fitting the system. Freeman had to have been upset after his post-season talk with Coach (representative of his quotes in the paper), however none of us know exactly how that conversation went. The fact is the meeting held between the two is only going to be known by those two individuals. We've heard Tony's side, but we will never hear Lick's side.
I wish Tony best of luck in the future, he is now out of the Iowa Hawkeye family and has joined the pack of the Salukis.
Tony's D will come in handy for the Salukis in 2009.
A look back at some of TF highlights I made of the years:
Have fun back in Illinois, Tony.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
OT: I Got Pwned Last Week
![[image]](http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c269/storminspank/RoadPwned.jpg)
I took this picture on my Blackberry. It's pretty easy to hold it straight out in front of you and drive at the same time when you are doing 10 under the speed limit because of these three gentlemen driving down Hwy 52 in Rochester. As you can see, there was no one else around me. Trust me, I can multi-task while driving, esp. in this circumstance. Cripes.
But that's not the point... the point is... I got nuthin'.
Thursday, May 08, 2008
OT: New Browser - Flock
Ok, I might be a little late to the party, but I just discovered "Flock", the Social Web Browser.
Very cool little browser. Currently I run Firefox as my main browser (which also happens to be the fundamental core of Flock), as well as IE7, Opera, and Safari. I've only played around with the browser for a few minutes, but I have to say that it does wonders for the Social Networking niche.
Click on the button below to get started...
Very cool little browser. Currently I run Firefox as my main browser (which also happens to be the fundamental core of Flock), as well as IE7, Opera, and Safari. I've only played around with the browser for a few minutes, but I have to say that it does wonders for the Social Networking niche.
Click on the button below to get started...
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
NFL: Bears Fans Rejoice!! Adam Archuleta Has Been Released!!
ADAM ARCHULETA HAS BEEN RELEASED BY THE CHICAGO BEARS!
More Information HERE.
Strike up the Band!
Hallelujah!!
More Information HERE.
Strike up the Band!
Hallelujah!!
Friday, May 02, 2008
MEN'S BB: Tony Freeman is No Longer a Hawkeye
There are several stories out of Iowa City explaining what happened today. Bottom line is that Tony Freeman will be transferring from Iowa. Rumors of this move have been circulating since March, and have now been confirmed. The rumors of Tony's departure really picked up steam after a recent I-Club outing where the captains of the 08-09 team were announced and Tony wasn't one of them. Randy Peterson's article in the Des Moines Register gives us Tony's side of the story.
Jon Miller, founder of Hawkeyenation.com, has a terrific analysis of the situation. Read about it HERE.
Say what you will about Tony's on the court freestyling ways, losing a player of his caliber is never a good thing. He will be missed sorely, and it most certainly will lower expectations for next year's squad.
If anything good came out of this situation, it would be that it looks like Jeff Peterson is going to be sticking around.
Good luck to Tony wherever he ends up. He is no longer a Hawkeye. Just as the case with Tyler Smith, he will never be thought of as a Hawkeye again. That's a shame, in my opinion.
Jon Miller, founder of Hawkeyenation.com, has a terrific analysis of the situation. Read about it HERE.
Say what you will about Tony's on the court freestyling ways, losing a player of his caliber is never a good thing. He will be missed sorely, and it most certainly will lower expectations for next year's squad.
If anything good came out of this situation, it would be that it looks like Jeff Peterson is going to be sticking around.
Good luck to Tony wherever he ends up. He is no longer a Hawkeye. Just as the case with Tyler Smith, he will never be thought of as a Hawkeye again. That's a shame, in my opinion.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
FOOTBALL: Here's What Frustrates Me The Most About Iowa Football Right Now
This blog entry could end up very lengthy, so I am going to try to approach it will the understanding that I am going to cut myself off after so many words.
Think back 3 or 4 years ago...
At the time everyone was talking about the recruiting classes coming in, the cupcake schedule, and the perfect coach at the helm. For all intents and purposes, it looked like the years between or 07-09 were going to be a cakewalk for the Iowa Football program. I mean, let's face it, Iowa had been spitting out 10 win seasons against decent competition. Now in those years ahead, Iowa was going to be able to get through the Big Ten season without facing Michigan OR Ohio State. HOLY COW! How does THAT happen? The toughest games on the schedule? Wisconsin (a team Iowa absolutely owned the past few decades) and Purdue/MSU. Add in a fairly posh non-conference schedule, and Iowa was pretty much guaranteed a BCS game.
Ouch.
Think about that, though. I know expectations change, however these couple years were supposed to be the years where Iowa gets the break in the schedule and shouldn't have issues winning football games. Not only did Iowa not get to a BCS game last year, they didn't even get A Bowl game. Iowa was dealt one of the easiest schedule since I have been born and they can't even muster a winning record. Just sad.
If it didn't happen in 07, it SURELY would happen in 08 with the famed recruiting class in its junior year and having the system down pat. However, expectations are fairly low around most of the Iowa fanbase, as well as across the national scene.
It's frustrating to me to see a program that once had a chip on its shoulder, once had a sense of moxy, once had pride and respect, to end up looking like a program that doesn't know what to do next... almost like a kid lost in the grocery store. Kirk Ferentz has remained steadfast through it all with his normal demeanor and normal attitude towards it all. He is a rock, and for that I applaud him. That said, I want to see results from this program. Enough of the off-the-field events. Enough of the deer in the headlights looks from the players. Enough following instead of leading. It's time to get that chip back on the shoulder and go out and punch someone in the mouth. I, for one, am tired of looking at our team and seeing a 16 year trying to hit on supermodel.
The time is now. This Hawkeye team needs to step up to the plate and do something. Now.
All I am asking is to see some fire from this Iowa program. I don't think that is too much to ask.
"The Catch" was the beginning of the end.
Last year's results were nothing like the results of the '04 season, even though both situations are comparable.
First year QB, 4th string starting RB, Starting TE wasn't even in the 2 deeps to start the year, First Year Kicker. Gallery Gone. Kaeding Gone. Freddie Gone. Mo Brown Gone. Hodges, Clauss, Steen, Sanders All Gone. The offense replaced EIGHT starters, the defense replaced SEVEN starters. The injury bug struck hard that season too.
Last year's team arguably had more coming back that the 04 team did.
2004: 10-2 - Cap One Champs
2007: 6-6 - Sitting Home Eating Nachos
What's the common denominator? I don't know. I honestly don't know what the hell happened to the Iowa program. There wasn't much turnover as far as personnel goes in the program. Coordinators stayed the same. Schemes stayed the same. Did the coaches forget how to coach? Did the players forget how to play? Very doubtful.
The ONLY thing I can think of is attitude. Love or Hate Drew Tate's "attitude", that guy had HEART. He had FIRE. He had the INTANGIBLES. Something that we have been SORELY missing from this Iowa team the past three years.
We can sit here and make excuses... injuries, talent, coaching, etc... But when it comes down to it, if our guys don't have the attitude, the passion, the gumption, the want to, then we will NEVER get back to where we were 3 years ago.
Why was 2004 so different? Iowa won 10 games that year without a ton of superstars. Yes, that team had Roth, Greenway, Hodge, and Paschal... all NFL players, but what about the offense? How was Drew Tate able to become the BT POY as a first year starter? Senior WRs, sure. But zero running game.
Remember the OSU game? That Iowa team went out and beat the piss out of a team made up of Troy Smith, Antonio Pittman, Teddy Ginn Jr, Santonio Holmes, Vernon Gholston, Nick Mangold, Schlegel, Carpenter, Dustin Fox, Donte Whitner... The List goes ON and ON and ON.
How DID Iowa beat the Buckeyes that year? Can you tell me Iowa had more talent? Had more NFL prospects? Surely, that dog don't hunt. Iowa had those 10 wins seasons because our players played their tails off, they played within themselves, and our coaching staff had them believe in themselves.
We Need Some Moxy.
Think back 3 or 4 years ago...
At the time everyone was talking about the recruiting classes coming in, the cupcake schedule, and the perfect coach at the helm. For all intents and purposes, it looked like the years between or 07-09 were going to be a cakewalk for the Iowa Football program. I mean, let's face it, Iowa had been spitting out 10 win seasons against decent competition. Now in those years ahead, Iowa was going to be able to get through the Big Ten season without facing Michigan OR Ohio State. HOLY COW! How does THAT happen? The toughest games on the schedule? Wisconsin (a team Iowa absolutely owned the past few decades) and Purdue/MSU. Add in a fairly posh non-conference schedule, and Iowa was pretty much guaranteed a BCS game.
Ouch.
Think about that, though. I know expectations change, however these couple years were supposed to be the years where Iowa gets the break in the schedule and shouldn't have issues winning football games. Not only did Iowa not get to a BCS game last year, they didn't even get A Bowl game. Iowa was dealt one of the easiest schedule since I have been born and they can't even muster a winning record. Just sad.
If it didn't happen in 07, it SURELY would happen in 08 with the famed recruiting class in its junior year and having the system down pat. However, expectations are fairly low around most of the Iowa fanbase, as well as across the national scene.
It's frustrating to me to see a program that once had a chip on its shoulder, once had a sense of moxy, once had pride and respect, to end up looking like a program that doesn't know what to do next... almost like a kid lost in the grocery store. Kirk Ferentz has remained steadfast through it all with his normal demeanor and normal attitude towards it all. He is a rock, and for that I applaud him. That said, I want to see results from this program. Enough of the off-the-field events. Enough of the deer in the headlights looks from the players. Enough following instead of leading. It's time to get that chip back on the shoulder and go out and punch someone in the mouth. I, for one, am tired of looking at our team and seeing a 16 year trying to hit on supermodel.
The time is now. This Hawkeye team needs to step up to the plate and do something. Now.
All I am asking is to see some fire from this Iowa program. I don't think that is too much to ask.
"The Catch" was the beginning of the end.
Last year's results were nothing like the results of the '04 season, even though both situations are comparable.
First year QB, 4th string starting RB, Starting TE wasn't even in the 2 deeps to start the year, First Year Kicker. Gallery Gone. Kaeding Gone. Freddie Gone. Mo Brown Gone. Hodges, Clauss, Steen, Sanders All Gone. The offense replaced EIGHT starters, the defense replaced SEVEN starters. The injury bug struck hard that season too.
Last year's team arguably had more coming back that the 04 team did.
2004: 10-2 - Cap One Champs
2007: 6-6 - Sitting Home Eating Nachos
What's the common denominator? I don't know. I honestly don't know what the hell happened to the Iowa program. There wasn't much turnover as far as personnel goes in the program. Coordinators stayed the same. Schemes stayed the same. Did the coaches forget how to coach? Did the players forget how to play? Very doubtful.
The ONLY thing I can think of is attitude. Love or Hate Drew Tate's "attitude", that guy had HEART. He had FIRE. He had the INTANGIBLES. Something that we have been SORELY missing from this Iowa team the past three years.
We can sit here and make excuses... injuries, talent, coaching, etc... But when it comes down to it, if our guys don't have the attitude, the passion, the gumption, the want to, then we will NEVER get back to where we were 3 years ago.
Why was 2004 so different? Iowa won 10 games that year without a ton of superstars. Yes, that team had Roth, Greenway, Hodge, and Paschal... all NFL players, but what about the offense? How was Drew Tate able to become the BT POY as a first year starter? Senior WRs, sure. But zero running game.
Remember the OSU game? That Iowa team went out and beat the piss out of a team made up of Troy Smith, Antonio Pittman, Teddy Ginn Jr, Santonio Holmes, Vernon Gholston, Nick Mangold, Schlegel, Carpenter, Dustin Fox, Donte Whitner... The List goes ON and ON and ON.
How DID Iowa beat the Buckeyes that year? Can you tell me Iowa had more talent? Had more NFL prospects? Surely, that dog don't hunt. Iowa had those 10 wins seasons because our players played their tails off, they played within themselves, and our coaching staff had them believe in themselves.
We Need Some Moxy.
Friday, April 25, 2008
OT: Nerds Rejoice! Guillermo del Toro Signs on to Direct the New Hobbit Films
Guillermo del Toro the dude that rocked the dojo in Pan's Labyrinth has officially signed on to direct the next two chapters in the Lord of the Rings series. Ok, wait, not the next two, the first two chapters... well, you know what I am talking about.
del Toro is going to move to New Zealand for the next four years, and with Peter Jackson, are going to give birth to an epic duo of movies.
New Line is expected to release the movies sometime between 2010 and 2012.
del Toro is going to move to New Zealand for the next four years, and with Peter Jackson, are going to give birth to an epic duo of movies.
New Line is expected to release the movies sometime between 2010 and 2012.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
FOOTBALL: Tate Forcier Posts Offers on Website, Bielema is Cool
For the past half year, various forums on the Internet have discussed the presence of several offer sheets posted online. A QB from California has his offers scanned and posted on a website. It gives an insight as to what the different programs preach to their recruits. Iowa happened to be one of colleges that offered Forcier. SI columnist, Andy Staples, recently wrote an article on it entitled, "A closer look at the small and LARGE print of recruiting letters".
The link to the different Forcier offers has been passed around the various Hawkeye message boards the past few months, as well. Here is the link everyone is talking about: http://www.qbforce.com/tate/offers/Offers.htm
My favorite? Besides Iowa? It has to be Wisconsin. If you didn't notice, check out the P.S. at the bottom of the letter from Bielema. I have posted it below for your convenience.
(CLICKABLE FOR BIGGER, JUICIER IMAGE)
Bret = Cool.
The link to the different Forcier offers has been passed around the various Hawkeye message boards the past few months, as well. Here is the link everyone is talking about: http://www.qbforce.com/tate/offers/Offers.htm
My favorite? Besides Iowa? It has to be Wisconsin. If you didn't notice, check out the P.S. at the bottom of the letter from Bielema. I have posted it below for your convenience.
(CLICKABLE FOR BIGGER, JUICIER IMAGE)
Bret = Cool.
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