Category: Random Thoughts

I just read an article posted below that says the Stanley Cup is cleaner than your desk….  Based on the findings in the article and my previous research it’s still cleaner to eat off of a toilet seat…  Sorry Stan.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/ct-talk-clean-stanley-cup-0621-20100620,0,1311727.story

Hugs and Pullups coming to you from Donny’s Skybox starting THIS (and every) Thursday, 10:30pm.  It’s suitable for all audiences.

And here’s Joe with the award winning mackerel he caught off the coast of Madagascar in 1972. And yes, he still always tucks his t-shirts into his windpants.

There are days that I eat at my desk at work, typically due to how busy I am during the day.  According to this article from CNN, it would be healthier to eat in the bathroom off of the toilet seat.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/02/09/globaloffice.germs/index.html

So, if you see me in the bathroom eating my lunch, I’m just doing it for my health., and you are welcome to join me for a lunch date…

I’m a proud alumnus of the University of Colorado, an historic institution of higher learning (see? I said “an historic” just so I could show off how smart I am. Weee!) nestled at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. CU students enjoy skiing, mountain climbing, and eating organic produce grown by local farmers. During the Summer, you can hear the faint sounds of young people playing their mandolins on the wind…

…So you can imagine my shock this morning when I turned on ESPN only to hear that CU, which has long-been a member of the Big-12 Conference, is considering a move to the …Pac-10 Conference!?! Whaaaa?

What does that mean, you ask? Let’s examine the basic facts:

The Big-12 consists of Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Kansas, and other large rectangular entities full of wide open spaces. The mascots include Buffaloes, Cowboys, and Cornhuskers, to name a few.

The Pac-10 (Short for Pacific-10) is California, USC, UCLA, and other schools near the Pacific Ocean. The conference is home to, among others, the Cougars, Bears, and Wildcats.

I cannot advise against this move enough! Not only is the state of Colorado the entirely wrong geometric shape, but it’s simply nowhere near the Pacific Ocean! That, and it sounds like there might be a ton of dangerous wild animals running around over there. So no thanks, California! No. Thanks.

~JVB

YALTA, March 10, 2010.

No Spring has ever dragged on so long for me as this one, and time merely drags and does not move, and now I realize how stupid it was of me to take you for granted. I have lost touch with your incredibly smooth swing without getting into touch with the rest of the league, and one can think of nothing in my position but to go drown myself in ale. I fear Winter has begun here again in Yalta— rain, cold, a league without you—simply disgusting.

The Mariners will be in Yalta in June; they will bring their scenery and decorations. All the tickets for the four days advertised were sold in one day, although the prices have been considerably lowered since you retired. They will give among other things Griffey bobble-head dolls, a magnificent tribute in my opinion. I will enjoy mine with great pleasure, although I am not fond of dolls, but the food at the park they say is marvelous.

How many consumptives there are here since you retired! What poverty, and how worried one is with them! The hotels and lodging-houses here won’t take in those who are seriously ill. You can imagine the awful cases that may be seen here. People are dying from exhaustion, from their surroundings, from complete home run withdrawal, and this in blessed Taurida!

One loses all relish for the sun and the sea….but never the Kid.

-A.P. Chekhov

History Mystery

Have a member of Hugs and Pullups explain this — if they can.

– Both bear a striking resemblance to a tall, white, assassinated president (see article below)
– Both have seven letters in their name (and three in the parentheses in this post)
– Both have changed from their original name (Little Fort Road / Marianna)
– Both get rave reviews from yelp!
– Both reluctantly go to Skokie when necessary
– Both have jealousy issues with Halsted
– Both could take on Fullerton in a rumble if it came down to it
– Both simply cannot get enough of dive bars

Now it gets really weird.

– Both began as an Indian trail
– Both were elected Prom Queen in 2002
– Both are a major diagonal thoroughfare of the north side of Chicago
– Both used to have a fish named “Hectic”

– Both totally thought the previous post was about them when they read the title
– Both apparently have a big ego that they thought that
– Both have a show at the de Maat Theatre at Second City tonight at 10:30pm!

– Both realize that the last fact was cheesy, but will type it regardless

History Mystery

Have a history teacher explain this—– if they can.

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head

Now it gets really weird.

Lincoln ‘s secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy’s Secretary was named Lincoln .

Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.

Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.


Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.

Now hang on to your seat.

Lincoln was shot at the theater named ‘Ford’.
Kennedy was shot in a car called ‘ Lincoln ‘ made by ‘Ford’.

Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse.
Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater.

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.