Weekend Roundup 10/27

Good morning web denizens. Whether you are stopping by for the first time or just checking in to see (and whine) what is the item of the day, please be aware that a few minor changes are in store in the next few days for the site. In the spirit of my weekend, I plan on doing a little "house" cleaning around here and throw out some of the unused parts. So you pretty much know the extent of the this weekend roundup.

However on Friday I did take part in the Dead Celebrity 5K run in Westerville. It was raining and windy so the conditions were not optimal. It was a costume race so there were many people dressed up like Dead Celebrities (duh) like Steve Irwin, the Braveheart guy, famous runner guy Steve Prefontaine and the Wright Brothers with life size plane (they won the costume contest). It was a fun race but the weather could have been better. Given the crappy weather, soaked from head to toe, and my shoe lace coming untied halfway through, I still PR'd the race with a time of 21:29 and a 21st place out of 320. No races in the future but always looking...

Look at this 'quipment

Mess some junk up with this bad boy.

Fun Game Friday

Take a shot at this game. It's in French but pretty easy to figure out. How long can you keep it up?

Item 9 of the "It's Too Hard and I'm a Crybaby" Contest

* 3 Postcards or letters postmarked from countries on different continents (excluding USA)

I mean c'mon we all pen pals in grade school from other countries and I 'm sure someone's Aunt or Grandma went somewhere. Hell, Dawn & Fry prob. sent some post cards out during their honeymoon.

Weekend Roundup 10/20

Well we are a few days behind on this one but better late than never, right? So last week was a long way ago but here's a quick wrap up. Friday night we had complimentary tickets to the Blue Jackets game against Toronto. Had a good time but unfortunately the home team disappointed. More Blue Jackets updates to come...

Saturday was witness to the first ever World's Fastest Ellerbrock 5K. Your's truly set the course record even after getting lost for about a minute or so. Nobody beat me to win the 6 pack of pounders challenge. Next up is the Dead Celebrity 5K in Westerville this Friday. See ya there (prob. not).

Fun Pic O The Day

How The Rich Stay Rich

Just read this all the way through and just TRY not to be mad at the end.

My Birthday Plus 2 Items

Kinda busy here today and trying to catch up. Yesterday was my birthday and who blogs on their birthday? Your weekend roundup will come later, but first here are two items that you can complain about how hard they are and not get...

* A hospital wristband from 4 different hospitals (Ambulatory care counts the same as the main hospital)

* 1 Issue of Playboy from each decade since it was first published

Ed Needs These Things! Item 6

SIX, SIX, SIX!

* Currency from foreign countries on 4 of the 7 continents (excluding Canada and Mexico)

Friday Musings

Take a look of some of this crazy shit over here.

Cure for Cancer?

Cool picture of the Port of Lisbon:

The Best Essay Ever

What does Oedipus, Dr. Dre, and The Yankees have in common? This real essay that was actually turned in to a college professor. WARNING - Do not drink milk while reading this because it will shoot out your nose and ruin your keyboard. Your company's IT department thanks you.

Update

Unless you have been hiding under a rock the past week you probably have heard that the OSU game will be shown on ESPNU and not on a widely accessible station. I'm not going to get into the politics as to why this is happening but will only state that my brother gets ESPNU and I will be watching the game before the big race. Feel free to drop by and watch if you are in the area. Stay for the race and chili.

Ed Needs These Things! Item 5

HINT: Phillips used to make these bad boys and gave discounts out to their employees. Now if only there was a Phillips factory around during that time...

BTW - laser discs were made all the way up to the year 2000. Fun fact.

Fox Force Five (movie reference...guess it).

* 1 Laser Disc of any Star Wars movie (not DVD)

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South Park Joke or Reality?

According to this post, it's reality. An inside look at the pros/cons of being a World of Warcraft obsessed nerd. Literally reads like the South Park episode.

Calling You Out

Yea that's right bitches, it's put up or shut up time. This weekend anyone that can beat me in the World's Fastest Ellerbrock 5K will receive a 6 pack of Bud Light pounders. All participants will be treated to the chili cookoff that is happening there.

Where: My brothers (ask me if you need directions)
When: Saturday Oct 21st 3:00 PM shotgun start

Plenty of food will be available and showers for the runners if needed afterwards. There is a chili cookoff so if you want to participate, bring your stuff, there is plenty of space for fires I guess. Festivities will run on throughout the night and all are welcome anytime.

Vote for Me

Vote for Issue 420 or we start killing these kittens by subjecting them to endless negative campaign ads.

Art?

Yea, you might be able to create stuff outta beer tabs, but what about shopping carts?

Working From Home?

The topic of working from home comes up a lot when I discuss my job. A lot of people ask if I work from home, and when I start going down the road why that isn't necessarily possible they start to question why not. Yes, I would love the opportunity to work from home but these people who have beg to differ. Their stories appear to have a pattern, it's great for a few weeks but really starts taking it's toll on me.

I agree that with technology I could do about 85% of my daily activities off site via a secure connection. My last job provided me with a laptop to do just that but still required me to come in everyday. There was a time here at work where working from home was the lateset thing and the company offered it to employees who could manage it. However over the past 3 years it has been phased out and no one is allowed to solely stay offsite.

The main reason? People need to see you and you need to see people. You need people to be available and you need people that are reliable. Believe me, I work with a project that has a lot of different groups of people involved and when someone is out of the office or even takes a long lunch, production grinds to a halt. People get frustrated and eventually deadlines are missed. Even at my last position which didn't involve as many people, work still did not get done as well when someone wasn't there. I am not talking about scheduled leave either. I'm talking about when people came in late, left early, or took long lunches. Mainly not keeping normal work hours. Which is the primary reason why someone wants to work at home, to work when they want to.

Unfortunately that is the bottom line, the company is paying you to work when they want you to and expect you to be available. Until you have enough money to run your own company or you work for someone where you are the sole employee in your area then you pretty much are stuck. The idea to work from home was a nice fad in the 90's but has run it's course and been exposed.

Become Rich Like Mr. Derr in 7 Easy Steps

No you do not have to become someone's sex slave and dishonor your grandma. Follow these steps and just add water! Look how happy grandma is now!

Ed Needs These Things! Item 4

Four. Four?

Okay this one should be easy.

* Airline ticket to a non-American destination

Questions? Leave a comment.

Weekend Roundup 10/13

Welcome Guys and Ghouls,

Hopefully no one died in a haunted house or a summer camp or something on Friday the 13th. We attended one of those rare weddings on a Friday and even rarer Friday the 13th wedding. It definitely threw me off as I kept competing with myself with the thoughts of "It's Friday but I am at a wedding" with "I'm at a wedding but it's Friday". But one nice thing about a Friday wedding I found out is cash bar till 9:30. Everyone get married on Friday!

Saturday was Fry's "shooting" party which I renamed "Blow Shit UP and Watch Francis Knievel Ramp His POS Truck Over Varying Heights of Dirt." There might be pictures of the event over at Fry's website sometime soon.

One thing I want to address quickly is that a few people have voiced concern that the current contest might be too tough. I have made a poll question up to gauge what people are thinking and go from there. Vote it or smoke it (the pole that is).

Ed Needs These Things! Item 3

It's the magic number!

* Picture of you and 2 other people doing seperate keg stands simultaneously (3 keg stands at once)

Helpful Hint: I heard Keg Races 2006 is coming up soon.

Questions? Leave a comment.

Ed Needs These Things! Item 2

Hello, I'm number 2:

* A 8-Track Tape from any album released in 1980

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Election 2006

Okay, I have decided. I am officially announcing how I will vote during the 2006 elections. My policy is wherever there is not a Libertarian candidate or issue on the ballot to vote for, I will vote for whoever had the funniest campaign commercials, regardless of party affliation.

So far I am voting for whoever is opposing Mike DeWine, Shaminsky, and whoever runs the fat guy teaching aerobics class.

Ed Needs These Things! Item 1

Here is your first item:

A set of coins from 2001 (penny, nickel, dime, quarter, half dollar, Sacagawea)

Questions? Leave a comment.