One thousand people are killed everyday by movie set gun props.
One thousand dollar bills were never printed.
These giraffes have 1000 spots between all of them.
1000 Java Tips to make things easier.
One thousand dice, just in case you wanted to set a Guinness record for most games of dice played on a corner in Harlem. You could also set the record for most arrests linked to illegal gambling.
MIKE....you just Made the 1,000th Post on this blog...and the 1,001 post as well. and you didnt mention anything.........
Yes, I am on a sort of Engineering/progressive/activism binge this morning. Deal with it.
Check out this design for a train that doesn't actually have to stop at any of the stations that it provides service too. Maybe this is more interesting to me because I huck myself on the fucking LIRR every morning for the better part of an hour and a half. Pure, unadulterated misery (a.k.a. naptime).
I found this sweet chart that indicates worldwide cement usage by country. Although we seem to be sitting in 3rd place, holy shit China is a dominating communist super-power. I guess thats where global warming is coming from.
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/4162
"Cement is mainly used to make concrete, and is sort of the "active ingredient" in concrete - it is combined with sand and gravel in roughly fixed proportions. So cement production can be considered a rough proxy for the total amount of construction going on in a country.
This post updates Stuart's post about this two years ago (and yes, it's still a graph that will blow you away!) with two more years of USGS cement data, 2006 and 2007. The growth in China, from 1 GT to 1.3 GT in two years is mindboggling, even India and Russia are interesting...and there's more to think about under the fold.
edited to add: As a couple of folks pointed out--I have interchanged "production" and "usage" in this post incorrectly--however, China's 2007 cement exports were only 33 million tons out of 1.3 billion tons produced. So, at least for China, production is a good proxy for demand/consumption. My apologies for the mistake "
J&A concrete.... this post is for you.
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And in spirit of the Euro Cup.
Bootyful Soccer Video - Watch more free videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-QudMdF3LQ&eurl=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/extramustard/06/17/stacy-keibler-ebay-item/index.html
possibly the funniest thing i have ever seen..make sure the sound is on so that you get the full affect.
STEVE!!!!listen, in a last gasp to try to get this fucking blog going again, so you have JJ, Chris, Rich, Matt, etc. email addresses? lets remind them that this blog is about love and friendship. and you cant abandon your friends......
Jonathan!
Excellent Idea.
Idea >= Ikea.
I've never been to that part of Brooklyn! Let's go on.... hmmm... Saturday night?
dude whats up with these people camping outside IKEA for 3 days to be the first ones in the store, what a bunch of weirdos...all for a couch that costs $399.00.
Well if you had been working for the past 3 fucking days you could have paid for that couch yourself and actually made more money you fucking idiot. I dont understand sometimes.....
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2008/06/16/2008-06-16_brooklyn_ikea_store_drawing_crowds_two_d.html
Sidenote...damn that concrete looks good....must have been one good contractor who did that work.
mike you want to take a ride down there this weekend? we can explore another part of brooklyn...go to fairway.
great show....but steve, i double dog dare you to try this....you wont..........
http://www.break.com/index/gymnast-overshoots-landing-mat.html
Hey guys! Thanks for the post J-Mar!!
Hope everyone had a good weekend. Once again, very sorry to have been in hiding, but now I am officially letting myself go....... let's bust out the booze and food.
And even more importantly, what's in store for this weekend? Is anyone else thinking that we should go skydiving? No? No? Yes? No?
Eric also mentioned something about Camping: Round II. Eric is definitely in charge of organizing the next outing. I'll bring the air rifle and the bocce ball set. On the beach in Montauk? I think that's what he has in store.
How hard would it be to convince Vanessa to go camping? Impossible?
How about a trip to Miami for a long weekend in July? Oh man, fuck camping, let's definitely do that. We can sleep 8-10 people in the condo in Miami. It is across the street from the beach, bitches.
Here's a great shot of Steve and I after the figure skating portion of the Triathlon.
Time lapsed video is the theme of the day.
Check this one out.
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Lest we forget, this race is for FUN only! If you are not having fun, you are not racing...... seriously, no smile and they will pull you right out of the race. fun, fun, fun.
To take everyone's minds off of things work/triathlon related, please set your sights on this terrific time-lapse of a Forest Fire in the Simi Valley. (I guess that's in California? I'm not very worldly........ JJ, where is Simi Valley?)
In case the video doesnt work, here is the link: http://www.boingboing.net/2008/06/12/time-lapse-of-simi-v.html
Firestorm from powrslave on Vimeo.
You kid.
I am headed down tomorrow evening. I am not sure I will have much time at all due to the race and fathers day activities but lets talk tomorrow night on my way home. you can help me stay awake for a while.
At the very least, you could wake up at the ass crack of dawn on sunday and come watch me kick mikes ass.
Start this day off with a banned commercial with a bill clinton voodoo doll
Stupid videos
Stupid videos
This weekend I will be in hiding, sort of. I've got my (and steve's) first triathlon on sunday morning, so I will not be going out at all. Just resting. I was thinking of just going to the movies or something on Friday night. Keeping it super-low key. Lame, i know.
Anyway, let's take stock of where we stand as far as future weekends. I've taken the liberty of inviting myself and being as rude as possible. Enjoy:
June 14-15 - Father's Day and Triathlon
June 21-22 - ????
June 28-29 - Motorcycle Trip to Boston
July 4-5 - Spack's House?? (Am I even invited to that?)
July 12-13 - Rhode Island Camping???
July 19-20 - Boston???
July 26-27 - Miami???
August - Winery Tour??? (aka binge drinking)
August - Miami???
August 23-24 - Tobay Triathlon
The one's in white are weekends in question. Please let's pick a weekend for the winery tour and then we'll put together a list of people we hate and don't want to come at all.
yo mike what you doing this weekend?chris? JJ? (WE MISS YOU JJ, Where have you gone?????????)
http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_things_to_do/upcoming_events/events.php?id=85281
got this on saturday, saw it in the nypost this morning...says they got a 70' water slide....pro bmx bike competition, trampoline demo(not sure what that means) rock climbing, live music, kayaking, obstacle courses, and my personal fav...arts and crafts......
what you think?
Calendar has been removed.
Frank has been invited via email supplied by Mike.
Mike, tell me what to do with the hits thing. Or, I might be able to give you permission to adjust things. let me check on that.
As you guys might know, Mike and I are putting ourselves through a rigorous challenge of feminism this coming Sunday morning. We would love for you all to be there to cheer (throw tomatoes at us while we run, puts sharks with freakin laser beams in the bay, or my favorite, throw a stick in our spokes as we ride by on the pedalbike) us on as we face the challenges and then celebrate with us after we succeed in not drowning.
On a side note, the plan is to have a refreshing Guiness immediately after the race (9:30am, well hopefully a bit sooner than that).
thanks for your support ladies and all the kind photos of bikers being trampled by automobiles. Looking forward to seeing your pretty face along the boundaries.
I will leave you boys with this fantastic video.
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hi friends, its been a long time - partly because of vocational demands but mainly because i am half an idiot and forgot both the username and password i had set up for exclusive blog usage. dont ask what the other half is.
i stand before you today a new man, comitted to blogging excellence and dedication. it is my promise to all americans and citizens of the commonwealth territory of Guam to post only internetual material of proper caliber equivelant the stature of those members of this blog.
fuck, shit, bitch, ass, cunt.
this has been the busiest morning on record...... and i keep a record of my busy mornings.
I would like to still add something to the blog.... ahemmmm rich, tom, matt.
First and foremost...... Steve! can you add thcurry@fordham.edu to our blog. I believe that is Frank's email address. He joined us on the camping trip and would like to be an avid contributor.
In Other News: I'm adding our URL to Yahoo! and Google today. Let our cult following begin. Please feel free to link as much as possible and we will get a ridiculous amount of hits. I will also be installing a hit counter at some point today. Hopefully. Actually, steve might have to do that. Can we get the calendar out from the bottom as well? Sorry for the maintenance request.
yo chris....you were missed this weekend. it was a good time...i think everyone would agree with me. went to walmart and got some fun stuff.....a gun....guitar, then went to the camp and had a good time....rafting was cool, but i was hoping for more excitment on the rapids....bought some fireworks on the way home....awesome. all around good time.....
'ps-mike, eric said that he saw someone around his apartment playing a guitar the looked very similar to the one that fell off your car....hilarious.
let me see if i can post some photos of the event later on tonight when i get home.
pps--mike you are in charge of setting up the trip in RI. lets see if we can get JJ, chris, and steve going this time.
Yo fellas,
I hear my bro got a little drunk and got malled by a cougar. Real good. I knew there was going to be disaster when my bro called me sounding all wasted, then put jon on the phone who sounded perfectly sober. haha youngins.
What happen to the rapids? lame rivers ey
I am all about a camping trip in RI. Much easier for me to handle.
Steve
I shed multiple tear from multiple orifices today knowing that I won't be joining your strapping young men in this weekends adventure. Being the elder of the group, i thought I would leave you boys with some wiseship.
Camping.
http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwrec/touch/camping/dos_donts.html
Whitewater Rafting.
no paddling, let the river take you where it may.
That is all.
You boys enjoy now.
..... and, errr, happy fingers???
..... and running man???
..... and the robot???
..... and speed skating race start position???
In the spirit of keeping an entertaining and visualy stimulating blog, i went out of my way to find some nice photographs to share with you all.....my personal favorite is the second photo, where the dude gets his leg torn up by a bull.....should have probably gotten out of the bulls way....also attached are more cycling photos for mike and steve.....
or should i say, mike, since steve is obviously to busy in his life to come on this blog and say hello to his friends.oooOOOooooOOOoooOOOoooooooOOOO
whoa, Tom. You have emerged from obscurity to grace the blog with you omnipotent video searching skills.
My favorite was the one with the "gooks."
- "Goddamnit, I'm proud to be a gook! And I was going home!"
wtf?
Anyway, I think you can have up to 6 in a boat, but the lady was saying that four/five is the best for strapping young lads such as ourselves. Once you hear back from the guy, let me know and I'll give a call. I don't think there will be too much point calling if we don't know for sure. I'm pretty positive it won't be a problem to add one more to the crew. The only thing now is that we have to take two cars, which is not a big deal at all. Might even work out better.
What time were you thinking to leave on Saturday? I was pondering.... high noon? Takes about 2.5 hours to get out to the boonies.
P.S. > The key thing is that people don't show up with their sweet haviana flip flops. Watershoes! Just kidding. Just old sneaks will do the trick. Other than that, its supposed to hit 90 on sunday. Hooray!
Do you characters have sleeping bags?
so it has been so long since my last post i can't even remember what my password is, so im on j martins account.
mr prince. question for you sir. rich is def in for the trip, and if we need or want another, justin can prob make it, he is getting back to me today.
how many in a boat? whats a "good" number to have?? 8, 10, 13?
inquiring minds want to know.
oh yeah and i found this today too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg43Mj3kWLE&feature=related
JON!
did you make it into the half marathon? They were doing the lottery yesterday. If you go to NYRR.org, it should tell you if you got in.
mike....keep looking shit up, and i will also, and im sure we can find all sorts of fun stuff to do this summer.....that is our mission....anyway, saw this on the news this morning...figured i'd show mike and steve since they are going to be ridding a bike soon......enjoy....
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=4984659
Only in Turkey would people be lined up along the side of a drag strip. Real smaht.
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So I'm glad someone posted something so I don't have to look at that fucked up eye anymore. First on the agenda....wait for it.... a guy who has had sex with over 1,000 cars
Check it out
Not to be out done is the woman who married the Berlin Wall
Mrs. Berlin Wall
Lets end tonight's post with som ALF bloopers. Yeah, ALF!!
Hell yes, Im down for that. The question now: do we opt for a relay of three people or do we each do it solo?
I am going to look into the Limo for the wineries in August. Let's see how much this thing is going to cost before we start making any plans. Oh boy! Exciting!
How was everyone's Memorial Day weekend? Chris, JJ? What is going on in the lives of the two most eligible bachelors on LI? Do tell....
yo mike this is the article i was looking at in the mens health magazine.....here is the link,
http://www.menshealthurbanathlon.com/course.cfm
im still brushing up on all the info....let me know what you think.
http://www.break.com/index/bestbuy-dance-off.html
A Best Buy security cam captured three girls dancing to a satellite radio demo. Special guest moves by a Geek Squad member. The real party starts at around the :40 mark
http://www.webbstudents.org/triathlon/
DUMBO - checkso...um....yea......i guess i have no friends....
even though you guys are such dickheads and wont respond to my invitation, im going to post this video....steve, next time we play at your place in beantown, im going to do this.....
http://youtube.com/watch?v=eTQoNHXGCAc
yoyoyo...FYI, last night tom and i ordered 50 wings at the .10 wing place cause we thought chris, christina, and maybe mike were going to come...it ended up being me and tom and my sister....my sister ordered a burger and tom and i were left to try and eat as many wings as possible--after already eating dinner...wow. fun times.
anyway, tonight is the beginning of the 125 anniversary celebration of the brooklyn bridge. its in DUMBO, and the festivities begin at like 745 i think. there is supposed to be a fireworks display also, which im guessing is later on....you guys want to go? chris? mike? let me know........
yo mike, frank's email address is Thcurry@fordham.edu
send him the info and lets get this partay on the road.
hey steve...i think you could do this.....try it.
http://www.faniq.com/blog/Video-Urinal-Run-At-The-2008-Preakness-Blog-8960
Please sign me up to hang out with that girl.. She stole Tom's board.
So what are the details for the rafting.
Drive out saturday morning, raft, camp saturday night, drive back sunday morning?
If this is the case, count me in. And, one of my brothers roomates might be in as well to do the drive with me.
Hit me up with the 411.
reservations have been made for 8 people.....
http://www.whitewaterchallengers.com/
Lehigh River, PA
June 8th at 10:40 am.
Exhilirating Tour (Dam release weekend)
Tour Length - Approx 4 hrs (on water)
what are everyone's emails so that I can send you the information???
Jon, Chris, Andrew, Frank, Eric, Tom, Rich, Mike
Any more people interested in coming with? I can add people into the reservations, but let me know quickly. Right? Right? right.
Plus, it probably won't be as expensive as chicago. So you have my vote for the wine-tasting. Fo sho.
BROOKLYN >>
I have decided that it is no longer a good idea to forsake brooklyn so much. Let's start only going out in Brooklyn and try to forget about manhattan as much as possible. Let's pick a different neighborhood each time. So far we have seen:
soo...i spoke to tom on saturday night, and he sounds to still be down for the camping trip....so...
1. mike
2. jon
3. tom
4. rich
5. chris
6. eric
7. andrew
8. frank
?
?
?
anyone else have any ideas on who we can bring...i cant ask a few more. Mike you made reservations? how many people?
Thought #2
I was looking up trips to chicago this past weekend, and it is more expensive than i thought..unless im looking in the wrong places. bottom line is now that we have our camping trip set up, i want to keep the momentum going...so i want to get a trip set up....if chicago is to much we can do phily...we can even drive there and just get a hotel room....thoughts?........
Thought#3
there were a few other things on my list......cant think of all of them right now, but one i believe was a wine tasting trip out on long island....they got crazy amounts of places out there......
any opinions would be appreciated........
Alright my turn to speak here.
Firstly, Jon, I will do one of those 5k's with you. just give me details and I'll sign up right now. I am coming home late morning on Friday, but will probably be in the Hamptons by the same evening. This is a big weekend for the Reis residence, meaning it will be packed so I am not so sure housing Mike would be too efficient. What is the situation at your newly renovated place in the hamptoones? I am sure he would like to do one of the 5k's if not both.
Real world...
What is there to say. Amazing! We have to get one of you guys on that. I want to be the friend that comes on the show that all the girls want to fuck. And trust me, It would happen.
Just imagine the possibilities. 
My date.
I thought it went well. The girl is pretty cute. Not my ideal chick, but she just wasn't feeling me. Word has it from the girl that introduced us that she is attracted to assholes. I don't have time for that nonsense, so the search continues. I am talking to another girl right now. The beauty of Match.com. Always someone waiting. I have had to put a few on hold, but we will see how things play out. I want more chicks that are friends, not only ones to date.
Maybe some hot asians? cant be so bad.
