It Looks Like We Need to Reintroduce the SC6 Strippers - Patrons Guidebook..

Okay, the internet access is up today, and I'm feeling a little better , so let's try to post today. I was on SCNow.com, and I heard that there was an incident involving a dancer and patron from the Trophy Club. From what I read, the patron needed a ride home, so one of the dancers took him. He then decided to drag her into his apartment, and offered to give her $200 if she got naked. Yeah, I think the idea wasn't the brightest her ever had either. Luckily, she got away unhurt, and the guy is in jail under $50k bond.

As a frequent patron and friend of the arts, I've decided to try and give y'all some guidelines to follow when at a Strip Club. If our friends had followed these rules, things would have ended a lot better....

First, a message to the guys..... Dancers are great people. They're pretty fun, they're less inhibited, and they geberally treat you nice. However, they are professionals, and this is their job. They are not there to pick up customers and make a few extra bucks after hours. Their job is to earn some extra money and to go home. I'm not saying that their sole purpose is to separate you from your wallet in as little time as possible, although some might be that way. But it is their job. The important thing is to have fun, and don't expect too much. I have made some good friends at the Trophy Club, but I doubt any of them trust me enough to ride in a car with me alone.

Next, a tip for the ladies.... Never ride home with a patron. The bar provides taxi rides for them if they're too drunk to drive - you never should feel obligated to taking one of them home. The guys are probably drunk, looking at pretty, half-naked women all night. Trust me, no good will come out of possibly encouraging the fantasy....

Yes, hanging out at a Strip Club can be a lot of fun, but if you follow these rules, I'm sure we'll all have a better time.....

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Per West Rhino's request, here is the YouTube clip of Al Bundy at the Strip Club....

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM-0S6CMVqc

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Greetings From Hilton Head Island !

Well, I'm here. Just a short note tonight. I got here about 7PM, and Matt and I went to Sticky Fingers for dinner. I had a chicken sandwich w/fries. They put sugar on the fries here - pretty good.

Afterwards, i went food shopping, so i don't blow $30 a day on food. All my junk is unpacked and ready to go, so I'm going straight to bed. Big day tomorrow. See Ya.

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Quit talking About the Conservatives Staying Home... What About the Blue Dogs ?

OK, time to chat about politics again.. Listening to POTUS '08 all the time, you think you hear every political argument from every perspective. But, I had a thought come to me, and I want to get your thoughts on it....




For weeks now, pundits are concerned that John McCain isn't conservative enough to draw the right wing GOP to the polls come November. That the party is downtrodden and unhappy with it's choices. I've heard it so much, it made me think - What about Blue Dog Democrats? Are they really excited with Hillary or Obama?




For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term, Blue Dogs are Democrats with some sense of sanity - fiscal conservatism, pro defense, and a dash of environmental concern. While there may not be a slew of them in Congress right now, my guess is that you're describing a majority of Democrats in those terms. Keeping that in mind, does that describe Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama at all? I didn't think so either.




While the Blue Dogs might have had their person with Bill Richardson or Joe Biden, they might be sacrificing their core beliefs by supporting Obama or Clinton - two of the most liberal members of the Senate. Two firm believers in the thought that the government is responsible for trying to fix everything, and to regulate everything.




Sure, McCain has some work to do, but the thought that Right Wing Republicans will sit at home or vote for a hardcore liberal is crazy. Maybe the media should be more concerned about middle of the road Democrats defecting , rather than the GOP. We're coming for ya, Dog !!


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Ever See The Northern Lights ? Now You Have..

All Together..... Oooh... Aaahh !!

No, it's not smoke - it's the Northern Lights, also known as the Aurora Borealis. I doubt that they're ever made it to South Carolina, so I thought I'd bring them to you.

What exactly are they? Simple. Auroras are produced by the collision of charged particles, mostly electrons but also protons and heavier particles, from the magnetosphere, with atoms and molecules of the Earth's upper atmosphere (at altitudes above 80 km). The particles have energies from 1-100 keV. Most originate from the sun and arrive at the vicinity of earth in the relatively low-energy solar wind. When the trapped magnetic field of the solar wind is favourably oriented (principally southwards) it reconnects with that of the earth and solar particles then enter the magnetosphere and are swept to the magnetotail. Further magnetic reconnection accelerates the particles towards earth. Got it? At least that's what Wikipedia says they are....

Back to the pics...

Oooooh..........

Ahhhhh..........










Hmmmm......





Pretty nice, eh? If you want to see some live, my best suggestion is to go anywhere between Upstate New York and the Arctic Circle and just look up.


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My Life Is Finally Back on Track..

WOO-WOO !! Mike Has a REAL JOB Again !!!!

SC6 has a major announcement. I've been keeping quiet on this week until everything was official, but I can now let the cat out the bag - I once again have a real job.......

Yes, I will be working a full-time job with base pay plus bonuses and benefits, adding up to an amount of income on which I can actually survive - and then some. I got back in touch with Hilton Head Island Honda (say that ten times fast), and they needed a Service Advisor ASAP, I jumped on it, and I'll be starting Monday. The good news is that I'll be making as much as I was at Newsome, and I don't have to work Saturdays - excellent..

It will be pretty similar to when i was helping out Matt at his body shop. I'll be in HHI during the week, and back in Flotown during the weekends to play with Rocket, and catch up on all the domestic crap. It will be a bit hectic, but the weight that has come off of my shoulders today is tremendous. How I went jobless for five months and eleven days while having two mortgages, and a $450/month car payment, and only owing what little I do is incredible. God truly has had my back lately......

I do need to thank some other people who help me also. First is Ben. I had been slow or late with my half of the mortgage for four months, and he never bitched, complained or even asked when i was paying. He even lent me a couple hundred once, all of which is more than I probably would have done. I've been real lucky to have him as a co-owner.

Next is Bobby and his wife Jean, for loaning me money and for letting me stop by the house whenever I would get cabin fever from sitting at home for too long. Bob always would listen an support me when I was down, and kick me in the ass when I needed it. Bobby's Mom was also nice enough to lend me some money in addition to an overly generous X-mas present that helped too. She's great - even for a Hillary fan !!

I need to thank my brother Matt for his willingness to let me stay at his place , and for giving me some work - which he paid for out of his own pocket. He put himself in a bad position just to keep me out of a hole. He's probably my best friend of all time, and i owe him alot right now. I also want to thank Gene at Victory Chevrolet for letting me work part time at the dealership the last month to show the other dealers that I was back to my old, kickass ways again. Lastly, thanks to my old boss at Newsome, Joey Vause, for giving me a great recommendation to Honda, which sealed the deal.

Lastly, thanks to all of you for reading the blog, and enduring all the tales of woe lately. This blog was about all i had going for a while.. I'll be a little busier than I was, but I think I can still crank out a couple posts a day for y'all. I owe you that much.....

I really hope the positiveness is coming through on this post. After five and a half months, i feel like everything that I had lost has finally been given back to me again - just about ! I think by April, I'll be fully back to where I was before Sept. 11th, 2007. I can now go do things again, pay back the money i owe, put tires on the Avalon, and maybe even renew my favorite philanthropic endeavor - The Mike Reino Foundation Scholarship Fund for Wayward Strippers !! Apply at The Trophy Club. Well, that one better wait...

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Elmo Knows Your Child's Fear... Or At Least One Kid's Fear..

What Do You When Elmo Wants to Kill Your Kid ??

Here's one of those stories that is almost unbelieveable, so I'll just print the article from Fox News today. Suffice to say, when Elmo knows your name, he knows your fear........

It sounds like something the talking doll Chucky from the movies might say: "Kill James!" Instead, a Florida family says the threat to their toddler is coming from a talking Elmo doll.
The Bowman family, of Lithia, Fla., said an Elmo doll belonging to their 2-year-old son, James, began to spout death threats towards him after they changed its batteries, TBO.com reports.
The Elmo Knows Your Name Doll started saying "Kill James!" in a sing-song voice, the site reports.
"It's not something that really you would think would ever come out of a toy," James' mother, Melissa, told the site. "But once I heard, I was just kind of distraught."
The toy's manufacturer, Fisher-Price, said it will issue the Bowmans a voucher for a replacement doll, TBO.com reports.

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If Barack Were a Muppet....

Writing this blog is a lot easier when I get suggestions from you guys. Here's one my sister sent me today.. It compares the Presidential candidates, and which Muppet they resemble. Here you go...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmzKADYpGq0

Personally, I think Barack Obama looks more like Ralph the Dog than Kermit. The best ones are Mitt Romney as Guy Smiley and Joe Biden as Sam the Eagle - I had that one on the blog last year...

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Have You Seen This Ad ?

Luckily, I've Never Had to Buy One of These.....

Yeah, i know...... I have to get laid to need a home pregnancy test ! To that I say this with love - F.U. Anyway, I caught a commercial for the new ClearBlue Digital Home Pregnancy Test tonight, and it was really strange. Strange but cool. First, take a second and check it out....

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqX7VxW3wL0

Yes, to say it is the finest piece of technology you'll ever pee on is great. Kudos to the ad agency...... The odd part of the ad is that it really seems to be targeting guys. The whole thing is like a Gillette Mach III Twin Turbo with Sonic Boost ad. We're all used to the nervous couple staring at the stick ad, so this was a nice departure. Want further proof of it's new target market? I caught this ad on Channel 21 during 'Two and a Half Men". Twice.

But will it get guys to buy them? My guess is that you'll have about the same luck as getting us to pick up a box of Kotex during peak hours. As Ben told me, "The only tester i'd buy is the one that's 100% guaranteed to read 'Not Pregnant'...... Such are Men..

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Time for A Good, Stupid Movie...

I took a trip back into my youth last night. I watched that 1979 Bill Murray classic, 'Meatballs'. I was going to write a post about the similarities between Barack Obama's "Yes We Can" speech, and Murray's 'It Just Doesn't Matter" scene. It would have been pretty classic, but alas, i finally looked for something, but couldn't find it on YouTube. It used to be there, but it was removed for 'terms of use violation'.. Damn !!!



So, to make up for it, here's s different scene.....



www.youtube.com/watch?v=hij9Bg1uPSE&feature=related


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Obama Gets the Endorsement of the Mafia - I Mean the Teamsters.

If Hillary Can't Get Jimmy Hoffa's Gang to Support Her, She is in Trouble..

Even Bobby agrees - Hillary clinton is in big friggin trouble. Barack Obama got the endorsement of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters today. If there was a group that Clinton thought that she could count on to support her, and work to get her elected, that was it. However, the neverending tide that is Team Obama continues to rack up victories, endorsements, and all the while, they are chipping away at every strength Clinton had.

Yeah, Obama winning Wisconsin was not unexpected, but his 17 point win showed some scary stats for Clinton. She only won women by 2 pts. She lost union voters. Too bad for her, there are very few Hispanics in the Cheddar State, but there are tons in Texas. Great, right?? Nope.

Hillary is putting all her eggs in Texas, Ohio and Pennsylvania - just like Rudy did in Florida. The fact is that Clinton is fading, Obama is surging, and there almost nothing she can do to stop it. Almost...

What Clinton needs to do is to stop harping on the lack of experience - no one cares. She needs to show that Barack Obama has bad ideas for America, and that she is the better alternative for the Democratic Party. Get into specifics, not 'my health care plan will cover more, and his won't". That's BS. Find some real differences between the two of them. That, and a big screw-up by Obama wouldn't hurt either.

There is one big problem - the two of them pretty much are the same. So, we are back to square one. As Edie McClurg said in 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' , "Oh my - You're F**ked"...

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Is American Idol Packed With Ringers??

Luckily, This Guy Didn't Make It.....

American Idol: Where a person can go from a nobody to a rock star in just a few months. Where America's best amateur singers can show their talents.. Well, we have to stop it there. I don't watch American Idol too much. I like to catch the tryouts - what i like to call the Freak Show. I always thought it was made up of amateurs, but word is getting out that some rigers have gotten through the Idol vetting process.........

So far, two of the Idol 'Final 24' have had major recording contracts already. Carly Hennessy had a $2 million record deal with MCA, and her album bombed. However, since she is no longer under contract with MCA, she is eligible for Idol. The potential problem is that she was under contract with MCA around the time Idol judge Randy Jackson was an executive there - very interesting...... But she is not alone..

Kristy Lee Cook, another contestant, was signed to Arista Records and Britney Spears recording company as early as 2001. Obviously, she is no newcomer to the biz. It kind of takes the allure of the show away when people who have already had their chances - and blown them - to try and work their way back in again. If you are already in the biz, you work your way back in through your contacts that you've made. Not by appearing to be a nubie.

Fear not, my friends who want a fair American Idol, I've seen these two, and neither is that talented. See, there is Justice in the world..

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Once Again, Strange Things are Afoot at the Waffle House..

As Kid Rock and the Firefighter in Walterboro Can Attest, Nothing Good Goes On at the Waffle House..



You probably heard about this already, but just in case. Firefighter Barry McRoy was leaving after having his greasy breakfast that leaves you running for the bathroom, when two guys entered. The two of them were apparently fighting for control of a handgun (all together - WTF??), when it went off. It struck McRoy in the chest, but the bullet or fragment of it was stopped by a DVD he had in his pocket. Lucky guy....




While most people are amazed by the odds of a DVD stopping a bullet, my first thought was - WHY DOES ALL THE CRAZY STUFF GO ON AT THE WAFFLE HOUSE ??? Seriously. Nothing good ever seems to go on. I know, chances are that it's the only open at 4AM where you can get that ever important omelet after a night of heavy drinking, but the Waffle House seems to be the one that attracts that special class of clientele that thinks it's OK to bring a loaded gun to a restaurant..



Now, maybe some of y'all are looking for that kind of fun when you go out for a diahrrea burger, but personally, I try to stay away from flying bullets and chairs...

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Easy Come, Easy Go... It's Pfffttt for Another Hollywood Marriage..

Pink and Carey Hart.. With This Many Tattoos, How Could it Go Wrong??

Another day, another Hollywood divorce. Kooky singer Pink and her Motocross/Tattoo Parlor owner Carey Hart are splitting up after two years of marriage. In Hollywood terms, they had just passed their silver anniversary...

Sure, even people who don't appear to all their eggs in the basket are entitled to be happy. But, when you're dealing with two people who have spent their entire adult lives trying to scare people more than everyone else, being married just isn't going to be a good fit. Maybe Pink should have had an idea when she had to propose that Hart wasn't really the marrying kind. Of course, I'm just guessing here.

Still, they are taking the high road. "This decision was made by best friends with a huge amount of love and respect for one another. While the marriage is over, our friendship has never been stronger." Very Good.....Best of Luck, you crazy kids !!

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Guess Jim Will Have to be Raul's Friend Now...

'The Beard' Decides to Take a Permanent Vacation.....

VIVA CUBA LIBRE !!!!! Well, not quite. Yes, Jim's buddy Fidel Castro has decided to not 'run ' for President of Cuba. Will it lead to a free Cuba? No, at least not yet. Raul is the equivalent of Yuri Andropov after Leonid Brezhnev died. He's a temporary fix who's sole purpose is to continue Fidel's old policies. The real chance for change will come after Raul kicks the bucket, and they find someone who isn't named Castro..

So, it looks like we'll be dealing with a Cuba that has no interest in entering the real world for at least another five or so years. It's a shame, because there are a lot of possibilities for Cuba - possibilities that it had 50 years ago when Castro took over. Possibilities that haven't been restarted since then. Mayeb Jim can go down to Havana, sit down with Raul, and fix Cuba. Maybe not......

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It's That Time of the Year Again.. Flu Season.

I've written a post every day for 71 consecutive days, so to keep the streak alive, I'm going to write a short one. I caught the flu Sunday, but I got it full-blown this morning. For the first time in about six years, I went to work, stayed for about a half-hour, then went home.

The Airborne and Advil seemed to be working pretty good, but I'm still far from 100%. Wish me luck, because I can't afford to skip two days of work. I'm going back to bed.... Sorry for not adding much to chat about today..

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Happy President's Day ! Here's Some POTUS Trivia.

In this year where we elect a new President, we wish you a happy President's Day. No it's not Lincoln's or Washington's birthday's - Lincoln was born on the 12th, and Washington the 22nd.. I know I have to work, and you probably do too. So, to get you through the day, we here at SC6 have complied a list of interesting trivia about the 43 men who have served before we elect a new President in November....

The Tall and Short of It...

At 5'4" and 100 lbs., James Madison was the smallest President ever - smaller than a jockey. Dennis Kucinich may have a chance yet. The tallest was Abraham Lincoln at 6'4".

Bad Sports.

Since William Howard Taft first threw out a first pitch, every President has done it, except for one - Jimmy Carter. Guess it wasn't 'Presidential' - but Billy Bud was OK.

Speaking of OK...

The term 'okay' was started by those around Martin Van Buren, who was referred to as O.K. , short for Old Kinderhook - his hometown in New York.

SC May Elect Presidents, But They Don't Raise 'Em.....

Virginia has been the birthplace of the most US Presidents - Eight. Thirty-one states have never given birth to a US President..

Why Rudy Giuliani Was Doomed.......

All 43 presidents have ancestry from only seven countries - Dutch, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Swiss and German. Not a Paisano in sight !!

Empty and Full Houses....

Six Presidents had no children. John Tyler went the other way - he had fifteen kids. Mrs. Tyler eventualy moved out of the White House and into a shoe......

So........ You're Left-Handed ?

Remember when being left handed was like being possessed by Satan? Parents used to 'train' you out of it back in the old days. Only six Presidents were left-handed, but most of them are recent. James Garfield, Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H. Bush and Bill Clinton.

But What About Bill Clinton's Bird ??

Thomas Jefferson had a Mockingbird named Dick. Jeff used to walk all over the White House with Dick on his shoulder, and he even trained Dick to eat food right out of his own mouth. Did I just say Dick and Mouth in the same sentence? I better quit this one....

Go Jump in the Creek - Naked.

President John Quincy Adams used to go for a swim in the Potomac River every morning - completely nude! Guess they don't have any Pike or Barracuda in the Potomac.....

Copernicus Can Kiss My Ass !!

Here's another example that we don't always vote the most intelligent people to be President. Andrew Jackson thought that the world was flat. 'Nuff Said.

Where Was John Edwards for This One ?

While in office, President Franklin Pierce was arrested for killing an old lady when he ran over her with his horse. Pierce died from alcohol related illness, so there is no word if he was DWI'd on his pony. He was later acquitted for lack of evidence.

There's Mark Sanford Cheap, Then There's This.......

Zachary Taylor had to wait for twelve days to be notified that he had won his party's nomination for President... Why? Because he never accepted a postage due letter ! I shit you not.

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Voting for Hillary: Another Sign That You're Dumber Than Most People Are..

As we get further into the Primaries, it's interesting to see the data that comes out of all the votes. Now, I've always said that if you vote for Hillary, you must be crazy or stupid, but there appears to be proof of it....

While previous election have brought up groups like Soccer Mom, NASCAR Dads, and Generation X and Y, there appears to be a focus group that Hillary attracts - Stupid People. The general results of all the data is showing that those who are voting for Hillary are less educated and poorer than literally every other candidate - even Barack Obama. Sure, Obama is getting all the kids, who are generally pretty poor due to inflate student loan bills, but he has that upper income group pulling for him as well. Another sign that high income doesn't necessarily mean high intelligence.

Why is this? My guess is that Hillary is representative of that Old School - Nanny State Democratic Party. The idea that says "You ARE stupid, so just leave it all to us, and make sure you vote for me again in 2-6 years. But, for God's sake - DON'T THINK !" Any other ideas? I can't wait for a West Rhino opinion on this one.........

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What Every Democratic Candidate Needs... The SuperDelegate Friends !!

Truth , Justice, and People Whose Vote Counts More Than Yours....

These are times that try men's souls... When you don't know if your candidate can win in the Primary system, where can you turn to? Where is the answer? It's the SuperDelegate Friends !! Yes, the 400 or so Superheros that can save the Democratic Party from itself....

Led by such freaks of nature like Vixen (Nancy Pelosi), Pink (Barney Frank), and the Black Avengers (include the entire CBC), these free agents can use their influence on the two remaining Democratic candidates to get that earmark, or maybe even a coveted Cabinet gig. Yep, you get one chance to vote in your state, and your local delegates have to vote based on the Primary or Caucus results. But not our SuperDelegate Friends...

Like a Red Light District prostitute, hey can whore themselves out in Denver for all it's worth. Don't think it happens? It's happening already.. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), a civil rights legend who had already had endorsed Hillary Clinton, did a 180 spin, and now has put his name behind Barack Obama. You might have changed your mind too, but since Lewis is a SuperDelegate Friend, his switch now gives Obama another delegate. Guess his vote counts a little more than your does.......

For a party that pushes the idea of equality among all people, the SuperDelegate Friend idea is pretty elitist. It sounds to me that the Democratic Party has set up a system that allows the party insiders to "fix the mistakes" that it's voters might make during the Primaries and Caucuses. Once again, it's a system that tells it's supporters that they know better than you do......

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SC6 Remembers Snoop Dog on the First Anniversary of his Passing..

Miss Ya Buddy !!

One year ago today, I lost the best dog a guy could have - my buddy, Snoop. Sure, I have a new dog, but sometimes I miss Snoop. Rocket's still a puppy, and he's getting better, but he likes to chew stuff up a little more than I'd like.

Sometimes I think that I'm being punished for all the wrong I might have done in my life. A couple months earlier, I kicked my cat ,Tigger, out of the house because he kept peeing all over the place. Since then, life seems to have been on a slow downward spiral. Maybe God took away Snoop for what i did to Tigger, maybe not. I don't know...

When things like this happen, it's hard to pinpoint exactly how you get out of that hole. I'm trying and busting my ass as hard as I can, but the opportunities to get back on track just haven't been there yet. All I can do is keep plugging away, and waiting for a break. I miss my dog, and putting him to sleep was the hardest thing I ever had to do. I'm sure I'll have harder things later in life. Today, I just wanted to honor Boobah and recognize him.....

Snoop Dog - He Was a Good, Black Unit. (2000-2007)

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Why You Don't Stop Taking Your Meds...

We had another shooting at a college this week, and word is that it was from a troubled student who stopped taking his meds. Now, I'm not the world's authority, but I can tell you a lot about meds for problems like these.

I've heard a lot about the opinion that taking antidepressants can cause you to attempt suicide. This might be the biggest pile of crap I've ever heard. The drugs don't make you try to kill yourself - they just didn't work. The person on antidepressants is depressed, so the kernel of what makes you want to die is already there. The drug doesn't enhance it, it just might not eliminate it enough for full success. Quitting them is another story....

Ever try to quit smoking, or coffee. If I go two days without a Pepsi, I get headaches. Stopping your meds is way, way worse. Your brain goes haywire, you can't think straight, your thoughts race, and you can't control your emotions at all. Tom Cruise is an idiot..... If I didn't take my Effexor, i wouldn't be able to hold down a job, or probably even leave the house or talk to women. Some of us don't tick the same as everyone else. The worst thing you can do is stop taking the one thing that probably helps.

That being said, you can't blame him skipping his meds exclusively. He only stopped recently, and there are other signs that this was planned long before. He bought the guns legally months ago, so this was something he had been thinking about for some time. Like most events like this, there is no magic bullet that can singularly explain or solve it. We'd all like to say 'if we just did this or that' , but .......

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News Flash: Lauren Lowrey From Channel 15 is Hot!

Lauren: She Makes Getting Up at 6AM Worth It...

I used to watch Channel 13 News all the time... Living in Florence, Channel 13 was the local news station, and Kimberly Gill was the first person to ever interview me, so I stayed pretty loyal. But, Kimberly is now in Cleveland (congrats to her), and one day Bobby gave me some sage advice..... "Dude, check out the babe on Channel 15." Thus , I was introduced to Lauren Lowrey. All I gotta say is YOWZA !!

I'll try to be gentlemanly and respectful here, gang. Lauren is a pretty darn good broadcaster - she doesn't sound like an anchor. She's fun, casual, and doesn't sound like she's reading off a teleprompter - which means she'll probably get gobbled up by a bigger market soon, so you best check her out before she leaves town. She may be a Pawley's Island native, but if Atlanta comes calling, you take the gig....

Now to the obvious........ SHE IS HOT !!!!! Check out the pic - she's posing like a Bond Girl !! And how do I say it... well, you see 'em - don't act like you ain't looking at 'em !! I got the pic from her MySpace page. I have a pet name for the AM News with her and weatherman - uh, meterologist - Ryan Stack. I call it Stack'd and Stack.... It's got a nice ring to it, don't you think??

So, if you HAVE to get up at 6AM, watching Lauren almost makes it worth it... She's also on the midday news, but I'm already working by then. Speaking of which, it's naptime. See you on the tube, Lauren !!

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Nothing Says 'I Love You' For Valentine's Day Like Supplemental Insurance..

It's getting late on Valentine's Day, and you say you haven't gotten a gift for that special lady? Here's a novel idea..... How about Cancer Insurance? Or Personal Indemnity coverage? Sure , maybe you haven't gotten your brain out of that roses/chocolates/jewelry rut, but I'm here to help....

Think about it guys.... Long after the roses have died, the chocolates have made their way through her digestive track, and she forgets exactly WHERE she got that bracelet (if she hasn't lost it), Insurance will still be there. It's the gift that keeps on giving, month after month, year after year.

Just imagine the look on her face as she opens the policy jacket for a Disability Income Protector policy... Priceless !! Does she have teeth that look like a jackal? Try a Dental policy on for size.. Maybe things aren't going so well between the two of you - sounds like a Life Insurance policy has her name all over it, with you as the beneficiary!

Now that I've convinced you, where can you find help? Me, of course - your friendly AFLAC dude. Even if you have insurance, you still have deductibles, co-payments and those pesky things that aren't covered. That, and think about how you'd pay for everything if you were out of work due to illness or injury. If you're like most, you can't. That's where me and The Duck come in.

AFLAC - protecting your assets, and making your love life even better........

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Here is the Very First AFLAC Ad..

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kYYwMLQ38E

and more..

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kYYwMLQ38E

and the one with Yogi Berra...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-EZf56AfYc&NR=1

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Let's Play 'What Is Bill Clinton Thinking Right Now'.

Yes fans, it's time to pry into the world of the most loving couple in America - Bill and Hillary Clinton !! Call them Bill and Hill or Billary, but we just can't help but be fascinated at the love between the two.





It's easy to play What is Bill thinking... Just look at the picture above, and choose which of the three choices the former president most likely has going through his mind - or just make one up of your own.. Here they are:



1. "Why did I marry her? Why didn't I just put a loaded gun in my mouth? Why God, Why?"

2. "Holy crap, look at that ass. Somewhere, a semi-truck is missing its 'Oversized Load' sign.

3. "Somewhere, there's two girls naked in a hot tub and I'm stuck here listening to her jabber on about health care. "




Thanks, Bobby. The rest of you, enjoy!



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Happy Valentine's Day - You Bunch of Freaks !!

Just a note to wish you all a nice Valentine's Day. Although I'm not celebrating it with anyone special (again!), I'll look on the bright side - I'm saving a boatload of money on flowers, chocolates and jewelry !!

I usually hate this day, but this year has been overall positive as far as the social life goes. Maybe I'm not taken today, but when I try, I can find that special girl. Right now just isn't that time. Work needs to be straightened out, then I'll find the right girl....

For those of you who do have that lady in your life, tell them how lucky you are, compared to me, and let them know you love and appreciate them. Then make dinner, give them a massage, and don't ask for sex...... At least not until 9PM.

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Obama Noses Ahead of Hillary...

"I Got Your Ass Now, Biotch !!!"

After yesterday's sweep of the Chesapeake primaries, Barack Obama no leads in the delegate total for the first time since Iowa, also known as Opening Day. If Hillary Clinton isn't pooping a big , sideways brick right now, she is clearly disillusioned. The Clinton Camp is in serious trouble, just like we called after South Carolina.

The numbers in SC told us a lot that foretold this. Obama pulled the black vote in overwhelming numbers for sure, but he was pulling the younger vote - regardless of race or sex. Secondly, it looks like I was right in predicting that John Edwards dropping out would benefit Obama, not Clinton. Looks like the 'Agent of Change' theory worked better than race. In this year, if you ain't a white lady over 30, you're not in Hillary's wheelhouse....

Now, Hillary has drawn a line in the sand in that great bastion of the Democratic Party - Texas. It is as desparate as it sounds. Hillary has put all her trust in the Latino vote in the hopes that Obama can't crack them like he has every other group in the past two months. Good Luck! If I were Hillary, I'd set up my campaign headquarters at The Alamo.

Political races are ones of momentum, and Big Mo is definitely with the Obama Camp. You don't usually get it back once you lose it during the primaries. McCain was lucky enough to lose momentum before the races actually started. We are now in full swing, and Clinton , who was watching Obama in her rearview mirror so far, now has to read his bumper sticker..

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This Year's Best in Breed Is.........Rocket !

Congrats to the Beagle that won Best Overall at the Westminster Dog Show. Okay, maybe it wasn't Rocket. Unfortunately, they haven't recognized Beagle/Lab/Dingo mix as a real breed yet. Sure, it's ok when your littermate bangs your dog, but if a stray in the neighborhood mounts your dog in heat.........Maybe Next Year.

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No County GOP Meeting Again This Month.....

I don't want to whine again, but.......... I went to Horne's Restaurant to attend the usual Florence County GOP meeting last night. I had a feeling that there would be no meeting, because I didn't get a reminder card, like I usually do - but I went anyway. No one was there.

For those keeping score, we also had no meeting in June. And July. And August. And November. That's five cancelled or non-scheduled meetings in the past nine months. We've been closed more than we've been open. It was either Vince Lombardi (or Keanu Reeves) who said that 90% of winning is showing up, and it's true. It's hard to be motivated when we're sitting on out butts all the time.

Yeah, maybe a lot of us are 'politicked-out' from last month's race. But, there are alot of people that I don't want to bother at home to talk about the race. I'd tell Dean Fowler that he looked good on TV standing behind John McCain at the airport. I'd talk to Lynn Robb about Mike Huckabee staying in the race (which I do support). Lastly, I'd tell Mary Tepper that Mitt Romney ran a good race, thanks to great supporters like her. Guess I'll tell them next month.

There are lots of local races to get ready for too. Three GOP County Councilmen need to hold serve this year - no easy feat. One will have a Primary contender too. Sheriff Kenney Boone has the fight of his life in 2008 also. We don't need to thank him for switching parties by doing nothing. I can change what happens tomorrow, but yesterday is gone, and soon it will be tomorrow - as in Election Day. Those days go by fast.....

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Patty Hearst's Dog Wins at Westminster Kennel Club... Without a Submachine Gun !!

Patty and Her Dog, Diva - a Symbianese Liberation Bulldog....

Boy, 1974 seems like a long time ago , doesn't it? Yes, thirty-three years sure can change a person. Ask Patty Hearst. The newspaper heiress who was kidnapped by the Symbianese Liberation Front , and eventually was brainwashed into robbing a bank with them, has flipped 180 degrees since then.

Hearst won a medal this week at the Westminster Dog Show in New York - or more correctly, her dog did. The dog's name is Diva, and the French Bulldog won for Best Female in Breed. The correct term is Best of the Opposite Sex, but Bobby likes to call it Best Bitch.... OK, maybe not. Of course, these dog shows are for mostly millionaires to show off and take home some hardware. It's glad to see that Patty has dropped her Uzi, and gotten back on track with the hoy-paloy.......

To use a popular 70's ad - You've Come a Long Way, Baby !!!

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Today's Political History Lesson...

Here's Why the 6th Congressional District Looks Like the Michelin Man....

Since I was accused by an anonymous fuckstick of stealing blog posts from other people, here is my disclaimer. I did not research this... I found this out by listening to POTUS 08 on XM Radio. I work. I don't have time to 'make news' - I am just a source that passes on information that I learn, hear and read. Even the best blogger can't put up 1000 posts solely on research alone. On to the lesson...

On February 12th 1812, the Governor of Massachusetts redistricted his state in order to maximize his party's advantage in seats. Many pundits complained about the redistricting, and a local newspaper noted that one of the districts resembled a certain lizard. Eventually, one of the papers combined the Governor's name and the lizard to give us a term we use all the time today. The Governor was named Gerry and the lizard was a salamander - thus the term "Gerrymandering" was born this day, nearly 200 years ago. If you want to update the term, you can call it "Clyburn-Michelin Manning".....

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If You Are a Clemson Fan, This May Be the Funniest Thing You'll Ever See....

Adolf Hitler.......... A Long-Suffering Gamecock Fan ???

Moye, you have to see this one.... Even if you are a Gamecock fan, you'll still find this pretty funny. Someone somewhere took a german movie clip of Hitler, and subtitled it with references to this past year's South Carolina Football Team....... and Holy Crap, is it funny. This may be the first thing on YouTube that I've almost cried watching.....

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oADv2ZWozSg

God Bless YouTube !!

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Think Your Commute Stinks? Try Living In These Cities.

For all that Florence may lack - no sports franchises, not a decent club in sight, the same ten restaurants - it has one thing that other places don't have. No traffic. My average commute in the eleven years I've been here is about eight minutes. Compared to what some people have, we're pretty lucky.

Think that traffic jam on I-26 from 526 to the 17 Bypass in Summerville is bad? Try living in Baltimore. Or New York or LA. Cities like these are measured not in miles per hour, but hours per mile. To avoid the crappy schools, crime and excessive housing prices, workers are sometimes forced to move over 90 minutes away from their jobs. And it's not just the major cities... Smaller cities like Riverside, California have one in twenty workers drive over 90 minutes each way to commute. Crazy !!

Yeah, maybe old Flotown isn't the most exciting place to live... But, at least I don't have to wake up at 430 AM to get to work by 800 - or get home at 900PM.

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I Found It... Alicia Keys at the Grammys....

I gotta say again.... YouTube totally kicks ass !! One day, I'm watching Alicia Keys kick butt at the Grammys, and the next morning, there it is on YouTube. I think putting the clips on the blog have made it better. At least it's made it easier for me. I find something cool, all I have to do is find the clip and attach it.

Speaking of which, here she is from last night. John Mayer plays a little guitar solo too, although it's hard to hear.......

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9oGlZ0yZA4

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Do You Suffer From H.A.S.? Check This Clip and Find Out.

Here's an interesting clip from Fox's 'Half Hour News Hour'. It features Laura Ingraham, playing a doctor for a new drug - OxyClinton, a miracle medicine designed to cure everyone's favorite latest three letter illness. H.A.S. - Hillary Ambivalence Syndrome...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUyE_ZB8kac

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Sunday, Boring Sunday...

The first Sunday without football. No, the Pro Bowl doesn't count. If half of the players who got voted in don't care, why should I ? Like a crackhead without his fix, I've been sitting around the house all day, looking for SOMETHING to do, or to blog about. Nope........

Sure, we had a couple caucuses, but caucuses are really the dumbest way to run an election, so gives a crap? We've already done our job here in SC, so it's okay to take a bit of a break from the campaigns, especially since we have a good idea how the next week or two are going to play out.

So, what else did I do today? I went food shopping, I watched 'Office Space' for the 100th time, and now I'm watching the Grammy Awards. It's okay, but I'd like to make it official....... Kanye West is pretty untalented. Maybe he can produce or write songs, but his rapping is average at best, and his singing SUCKS.... Fergie and John Legend were good - at least Fergie controlled her bladder onstage this time. I think Beyonce was lip synching, and her legs are looking a tad large.

Damn, I'm pretty cranky tonight, aren't I? I've got laundry waiting to finish, I need to make my lunch and hit the sack so i can get a decent sleep when i get up at 600AM. Baby needs his beauty sleep.....

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A postscript.. It's about 1030, and I'm getting ready to go to bed, but Alicia Keys just blew the friggin' roof off the joint tonight. I'll try to find the Grammy version tomorrow, because it kicks the regular version away.......

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Good Grief, Charlie Brown ! Amsterdam Working to Clean Up the Red Light District !! What's Next ??

With No Hookers, the Only Reason to go to Amsterdam is to Smoke Pot...

First, they close down the Bo Bo Spa in Marion - now this !! It seems that city officials in perhaps the sleaziest city in Europe are getting tired of their city's bad reputation. It looks like like Amsterdam is starting to close down their famous prostitutes in the windows. Here is the AP link:



www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20896380/





If you can't pick a hooker up from behind a neon glass window anymore, there just isn't a reason to go there. This clearly is a sign of the Apocalypse. What we need here is a Hero.. SC6 has him.........

I give you JEAN-CLAUDE VAN HAMSTERDAM !!!!!!

Now the world is safe...

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Huckabee and Colbert Play Air Hockey.....

Here's an interesting tidbit from the campaign trail. Mike Huckabee was on Charleston native Stephen Colbert's show earlier in the week. Did they talk exclusively about politics and Huckabee's chances in the race? Nope - they played Primary Air Hockey. Confused? Watch the YouTube clip......

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWZDRJBqijE

Maybe Huckabee's chances are slim to none, but you have to admit, he sure has made this race pretty interesting. Maybe Air Hockey wasn't his idea - it looks like he's never played the game - but he has a good sense of humor about it.

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AskMen.com Helps With Valentine's Day, So You Don't Look Like a Big Pussy.

Okay, we're down to less than a week before Valentine's Day is here. Not that my dance card is full this year. But still, we're here to assist however we can. Most guys have no idea what to get. Worse yet, they don't think about what might be an appropriate gift for their girl. It depends on what point in a relationship you have.





Women read a lot into what the gift you give is saying - yes, a gift says something to them. Men have no idea... Say for instance, buying roses, lingerie, jewelry and other stuff for a woman you're not dating might be a little bit much !! Uh, it wasn't me - it was someone I heard did that....... Anyway..





With that in mind, AskMen.com has a website aimed at giving you a few ideas for Valentine's Day gifts for your wife, fiancee, girlfriend - even your booty call girl ! Here's the link....



www.askmen.com/fashion/fashiontip/tip14.html



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Check Out the Barack Obama - Black Eyed Peas Video..

Don't think Barack Obama wants to be a rock star? Take a peek at this clip on YouTube. It's a video made by Black Eyed Peas frontman Will i. Am. He took Obama's "Yes We Can" speech after the New Hampshire Primary, and he put it to music.

It's a bit like Wyclef's "Gone til November" - but not as good. At least he got some help from buddies like John Legend and Scarlett Johanssen. Still, it's towards the boring side, although the Cool Factor of having Black Eyed Peas write a song for you helps. You can't blame Obama for Will i Am writing a crappy song, after all......

Here is the clip:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcx-mYY

Speaking of Black Eyed Peas, here's a far more interesting clip of Fergie when she peed herself onstage...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnLyPeqedoQ

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SC6 Presents 'Strange Facts'......

Learn Interesting Facts About Catfish and Other Animals......

Thanks to my buddy Amanda for sending this to me. It's one of the few e-mails I get from her that I don't have to send to eight other people for good luck. Before I put the list here, I have to say.......DAMN, THOSE ARE SOME BIG CATFISH !!!! Here you go....

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.(Hardly seems worth it.)

If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.(Now that's more like it!)

The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.(O.M.G.!)

A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.(In my next life, I want to be a pig.)A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death. (Creepy.)(I'm still not over the pig.)

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories a hour(Don't try this at home, maybe at work.)

The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.(Honey, I'm home. What the...?!)

The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping the length of a football field.(30 minutes..lucky pig! Can you imagine?)

The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.(What could be so tasty on the bottom of a pond?)

Some lions mate over 50 times a day.(I still want to be a pig in my next life...quality over quantity.)

Butterflies taste with their feet.(Something I always wanted to know.)

The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.(Hmmmmmm......)

Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.(If you're ambidextrous, do you split the difference?)

Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.(Okay, so that would be a good thing.)

A cat's urine glows under a black light.(I wonder who was paid to figure that out?)

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.( I know some people like that.)

Starfish have no brains.(I know some people like that too.)

Polar bears are left-handed.(If they switch, they'll live a lot longer.)

Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.(What about that pig??)

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Quit Romney.

Sorry for sounding mean, but Quit Romney was too appropriate to pass on today... Mitt Romney put an end to his campaign today. Trailing to the point that it would be nearly impossible to catch John McCain, Romney decided that $35 Million was enough of his kids inheritance to spend.......





For all the talk about flip-flopping and acquiring Conservative values for the sake of political convenience, I have to credit Romney for getting out. He was getting tag-teame by McCain and Mike Huckabee, and no amount of cash was going to overcome it.





With the lack of a true conservative, why didn't Romney catch on more? Well, I think the money had a lot to do with it. He did a pretty good job of raising cash, but when you have $250-400 million of your own moolah, who is going to contribute? That, and having that kind of cash makes people resent you to a degree. Ever have a rich kid in your school? How many of the other kids liked them - not usually too many. My school didn't have rich kids, but we sure hated the more affluent schools 10 miles away. Even the GOP can have a bit of a class warfare. It happens here in Florence all the time. We have the local GOP party, then there are all the Doctors, Lawyers and Businessmen who have their own circle.





Romney did run a pretty good campaign. In such a packed field, he managed to differentiate himself from the others, and to have good showings in almost all of the states - in very few places did he get a sixth place/ 3% finish. But, he didn't get the big win needed to be a frontrunner. Perhaps this is a sign of the strength of the right wing of the GOP. It was either fractured among numerous candidates - Thompson, Romney and Huckabee - or, it is not quite as big as it used to be. It could be a sign that the GOP is centering it's stance as a whole. OK, time for your opinion.........



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Yikes !! New Study Proves That Cell Phone Use Can Leads to Low Sperm Counts...

If You Want One of These...............................Stay Off One of These !

Guys, you have been warned... According to a study done by the famed Cleveland Clinic, study of 364 men have shown that those who use a cellphone heavily have significantly lower sperm counts and poorer quality sperm than those who don't use a cell phone. Can you hear me now??? Good !

Yep. It seems that either the electromagnetic pulse, or the heat emitted by cell phones cause a nearly 25% drop in sperm counts, and 40% lower motility factor for those who spend 4 hrs or more on their i-Phones.. In other words, you have less and lazier joy juice.... Boy, am i glad that no one ever calls me - not that it really matters anyway.....

Now, before I scare the crap out of you, I'll pull back a bit here. While the study is conclusive, it does not say that cell phones can kill sperm counts or make you sterile. Then again, they still haven't proved the cellphone/brain tumor rumor either. So, until your brain explodes, or you are shooting blanks in bed, fell free to use that 10,000 minute a month phone plan !

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SC6 Gourmet Report: Scrapple - Yummy!

It's brownish-gray, it's made from parts of a pig you'd never eat, and it is deelish ! You might remember a post a few months ago, when I complained that Ben's Mom came down from Pennsylvania with seven bags of potato chips, but no Scrapple. Then Ben went for three weeks and came back - no Scrapple... The third time was a charm.

Women always are way more thoughtful than Men are. They remember everything... Sometimes it has been to my detriment (numerous ex's come to mind), but today it was to my benefit. Bobby and his wife Jeannie came back from Punxsutawney yesterday, and they brought back three whole blocks of the brown, spicy goodness....

I was always told "Don't ask what it's made from', but thanks to FDA regulations, I can now read off the ingredient list: water, cornmeal, pork livers, pork jowls, pork hearts, buckwheat flour, potassium lactate, salt, sodium diacetate, flavoring... I'm not sure about the potassium lactate, but most of that list probably turns your stomach. Ben says Scrapple is best with syrup on it, but I like it just fried up with some eggs. Tomorrow, I'm going to go to McDonald's, and ask them to start making Scrapple McMuffins..

I'll fry some up for you later, so you can see it in all it's crispy glory. I can't wait !

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Ms. X, You Still Out There ??

I'm tired from the monotony of training right now. I've got another 40 pages of reading tonight, so I won't have time to chat about Super Tuesday. I'll leave it up to the other guys to discuss it.......

Wednesday is usually the best day for hearing from Ms.X, so I'm reaching out to you tonight, sweetie. I haven't heard from you since the MP3 - Taser post about a month ago.. What's going on? Is everything okay? There are plenty of things more important than me, and I understand that, but I miss you a lot, and to hear from you would ease my mind a ton...

Remember, you don't have to answer here. You can hide it on any post, and I'll get it. Above anything, we're friends, and the last months without you around has been tough. Hope to hear from you soon, Princess...

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I've Got Just a Little Homework Tonight....

Greetings from Charleston - or more correctly, Mt. Pleasant. I'm hanging out at the new Courtyard Inn here in Mt. P., getting ready to study for tomorrow. Our trainer has told us to make sure we read the 68 pages assigned tonight, or we will look like idiots tomorrow. We didn't learn a ton today. Mostly about communication and reading people. Hopefully I'll learn SOMETHING about what I'm selling soon...

My roommate is named Gary - no, not Gary McLeod . He's from Easley, and he has already been warned that I snore like a chainsaw. He says he's a deep sleeper, but we'll test that out later. ;)

There's about 20 people in the class, about half men and half women, only one of which I would think about hitting on, so I should be able to focus on work - unless that one starts talking to me ! We were on our own for dinner tonight, so I took Gary and this other guy Jim out to Vickery's on Shem Creek. It was okay, but they seemed satisfied with the food. The bad part is that it's foggy as all hell tonight, so you can't see crap out there tonight. So much for the view...

Time to go - Gary said the homework is a pretty slow read, so I better get started. Be back tomorrow........

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We Are the Champions.....

Crank up the Freddie Mercury, baby ! Despite not having much of a running game, despite Plaxico Burress only getting two receptions, the Giants played one hell of a defensive game and beat the New England Patriots tonight. It's a good day......

No doubt those old Miami Dolphins are breaking out the champagne once again. The Patriots may have been knocking on Mercury Morris' door, but they didn't have the key to get in... This season has been one of those really nice suprises. I thought they wouldn't even make the playoffs after those first two losses, but the rookies came up big this year, and now they've got a big, shiny trophy to take home....

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