Timeline: May 2007
Age: 2mos
Maddie Is Sick
And yes, it is the dreaded pig flu. Her mom took her to the ER yesterday and they said it was strep, which is bad enough. However, they said with the shot of penicillin that she would begin to feel better really fast. I wondered why they didn't do a flu test. Where I work it seems like every patient that comes in for the past couple of weeks gets a flu test. It is really starting to spread in our area, as much as I can remember in my 11 years doing testing. So to not do the test on somebody with her symptoms puzzled me, but I'm pretty sure I know why she didn't get one. Anyway, she didn't get better. She went to Dr. Vincent today, who in a moment of pure genius thought it would be a good idea to do a flu test. She's got it. Now we all have a Tamiflu prescription. Please think about Maddie and say a prayer for her. She's had a rough 2009 battling several different sicknesses.
My Daugher Is Growing (and my wife is shrinking)
Just some pics to show everybody how much my youngest one has grown in her 8 weeks here on Earth. She has really changed. Also, Jordan has lost something like 40 lbs. but you can't convince her that she looks any better. She wants to look like Lionel Richie's daughter. I can't remember her name. I'm just joking. I can remember her name. It's Nicole. Also, Jordan is pleased with her progress. She just wishes she could lose weight faster. I just wish I could get on that 40 lbs. in 8 weeks program. I know you're with me on that Deh Beh. If you were here I would kick you in the nuts, only because you requested it. We have been going to the CCCC at least 5 days per week. We try for 6 but it's hard with an infant, plus a 6 year old who has soccer games and what not. I really enjoy the new facility. Jordan and I love going together because it keeps us from being lazy. She told me the other day that going with me has helped her so much because I'm so motivated (her words, not mine) that she doesn't want to let me down. She goes sometimes when she would otherwise stay home and convince herself she is too tired. What she doesn't realize is that I could say the same thing to her. I am somewhat motivated to get into better shape, but it really does help to have a partner to push you. I am glad that we are able to go together and motivate each other. Thanks to the Nanas for watching the kids so we can get our exercise on.
Just a day or 2 old in this one. The rest are from the past week or so.
More Weekend Pics
I failed to mention we headed to Bikes, Blues, BBQ so my cousin could see what the fuss was all about. I think she was a little overwhelmed at all the bikes in one location. We watched the parade which was enough for us.
Here is me and my sissy. Note to self: get new sunglasses that don't make your eyes look like a giant bug.
Shelby, Beth, me, Amber
Shelby and her dad, Uncle Gary
Beth and her biker husband, John. Should have gotten a picture of him and his motorcycle.
Here is me and my sissy. Note to self: get new sunglasses that don't make your eyes look like a giant bug.
Shelby, Beth, me, Amber
Shelby and her dad, Uncle Gary
Beth and her biker husband, John. Should have gotten a picture of him and his motorcycle.
Guess Who's Back
Can't believe I went over a week without posting, goodness. I had Wed-Fri off from work last week because I spent time with some family that was in from PA and TN. As always, it was fun to catch up and just hang out. A lot of pictures were taken, but just a few with my camera.
It was such a beautiful day Saturday, so we headed to the Bentonville Square. We walked around the Farmer's Market and then my aunt and cousins wanted to go into the Walton's 5-10. Here is my mom and Aunt Carolene.
Since Beth and I had already taken the tour about 12yrs ago, we sat by the fountain with the kiddos who enjoyed putting their feet in the water, which was cold.
I think Jacob might be done with the stroller days. Guess we wasted our money on this one because this is his first time in it, and possibly his last.
On Sunday, we drove over to Eureka Springs. Good times were had. This picture cracks me up because apparently mother didn't hear me say "stop, I wanna take your picture." She had already crossed the street.
It was good to see you Aunt C, Uncle G, Shelby, and Amber!
p.s. I'm not an Osmond fan, but Donny is quite entertaining on DWTS.
Richard 'deh beh"Simmons
Today I went to the wellness center or better know as the CCCC and worked out. When I got there I went into the workout room and got on the scales and it said "fat ass get off". So I knew I needed to loose some weight. Jeremy, Ho And I have been talking about exercising for awhile and both of them and their families have been but not Deh. So I fingered I would start today and I did pretty good for my first time. But what I want is the Deh Beh nation to do is hold me ACCOUNTABLE to sticking with it. When you see me out say hey fat ass did you work out this week if I say No then push me down and kick me in the nuts, but I wont say no because I'm gonna stick to it.I would like to give a shout out to Chad and Delanna Moore and also Jared Barber they where at the CCCC today when I was their. If anyone is interested in playing basketball or racquetball just let me know. I would like to get a group to start playing basketball at the CCCC. I'm gonna try to go every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday or Sunday, so if I see you or you see me lets pat each other on the ass and say "Good Job". See you at CCCC.
Countdown...sponsored by Victor's Stereo
I was listening to Pandora the other day at work and I had it on a station that played 1990's rap/hip-hop. It made me remember the old days...it was a good time....a time of late night spades and late night creeps,...ballin' at the park and ballin' at the KBA...a time of Triple C and the Get-Along-Gang...a time of partying at the point and partying at the DewDrop.. I thought I would compile some of the top rap albums that one might have over heard when cruising in the Saturn, Probe GT, Chevy Cavilier, or Buick Regal.
I have narrowed these down to the early/mid-90's, the peak 'cruising' years...one album per artist...top 10
First....I have to give honorable mention to these:
Eminem: The Slim Shady LP (1999) Great album...great debut...about everyone had it...but too late of a release for this countdown
And now, here is 10 through 6
10. Bone Thug-n-Harmony : E 1999 Eternal (1993) The pioneers of 'speed' rap. Not every song was great, but included the overplayed greats of 'Crossroads' and '1st of tha Month'
9. Method Man : Tical (1994) Could have put Wu Tang Clan's first album or classic ODB at this spot. This album has great songs...especially the softer side of M-E-T-H-O-D Man w/ 'You're all I Need'
8. Scarface : The Dairy (1994) Classic from Geto Boys founder. Did any one else have this album or was it mine that kept circulating around? Come to think of it...I haven't seen this album in a while.
7. Ice Cube : The Predator (1992) Maybe not his best album, but it lands on here because of 'Wicked', 'Check Yo Self', and (of course) 'Today was a Good Day'. The classic Sausage Fest remix of '...Good Day' was probably a better cut...hopefully Cube will re-release this album with it as an extra track.
6. OutKast : ATLiens (1996) Almost released too late for this countdown...and I personally like Southernplayalistic a little better. But this album had the classic song 'Elevators' which made everyone go out a buy this album.
I have narrowed these down to the early/mid-90's, the peak 'cruising' years...one album per artist...top 10
First....I have to give honorable mention to these:
Jay-Z : Reasonable Doubt (1996) I don't remember anyone having this back in the day. But I have heard it, and it is probably his best album. The first album I really remember from Jay-Z was Vol 2, which I always wondered why he named his first album that. He didn't...
Naz : Illmatic (1994) It rates on experts top rap album of the 90s. I had it...thought it was good, but never recall playing it that much.Eminem: The Slim Shady LP (1999) Great album...great debut...about everyone had it...but too late of a release for this countdown
And now, here is 10 through 6
10. Bone Thug-n-Harmony : E 1999 Eternal (1993) The pioneers of 'speed' rap. Not every song was great, but included the overplayed greats of 'Crossroads' and '1st of tha Month'
9. Method Man : Tical (1994) Could have put Wu Tang Clan's first album or classic ODB at this spot. This album has great songs...especially the softer side of M-E-T-H-O-D Man w/ 'You're all I Need'
8. Scarface : The Dairy (1994) Classic from Geto Boys founder. Did any one else have this album or was it mine that kept circulating around? Come to think of it...I haven't seen this album in a while.
7. Ice Cube : The Predator (1992) Maybe not his best album, but it lands on here because of 'Wicked', 'Check Yo Self', and (of course) 'Today was a Good Day'. The classic Sausage Fest remix of '...Good Day' was probably a better cut...hopefully Cube will re-release this album with it as an extra track.
6. OutKast : ATLiens (1996) Almost released too late for this countdown...and I personally like Southernplayalistic a little better. But this album had the classic song 'Elevators' which made everyone go out a buy this album.5 through 1 coming soon...
Cal's first of 2010
Stacey Poole made it official on ESPNU Thursday by making his college announcement.
“I made my decision and I’m playing for the University of Kentucky,” said the 6-foot-5, 190-pound Poole out of the Jacksonville (Fla.) Providence School. He also considered South Carolina.
“Coach [John] Calipari has history. He wins. He enjoys what he does and I just feel that he’s going to put me in the best situation as possible. If I go there and play anything can happen and I just have to go focus and just compete and I know Coach Cal will put me in the right situation.
“Where I want to go, I know that will be the perfect situation for me.”
Poole averaged 17.3 points last season at Jackson (Fla.) and will play small forward or shooting guard. He is the No. 4 small forward in the Rivals Class of 2010.
Poole hosted Calipari and assistant Orlando Antigua for an in-home visit on Sept. 13. He visited Kentucky for an official recruiting trip last weekend.
Update: This was announced on ESPNU on a football recruiting show and it was horrible way to announce.
WOOOO PIG SOOOOIE!
Maybe I haven't looked hard enough, but I haven't found a razorback shirt I like for Jacob. Too bad, because this would've been a cute picture - I mean it still is, just not complete since tonight is game night.
For anyone who knows my dad, he does not like sports. Never has... never will. In fact, I think I know more about football than he does. Is that not weird? I told him tonight I think he's the only man on earth who doesn't like football. But that didn't stop him from having a little team spirit since we were watching the game. He was a good sport... for the camera.
For anyone who knows my dad, he does not like sports. Never has... never will. In fact, I think I know more about football than he does. Is that not weird? I told him tonight I think he's the only man on earth who doesn't like football. But that didn't stop him from having a little team spirit since we were watching the game. He was a good sport... for the camera.
Shopping with Meme & Papaw
My parents are in town and last night we made a trip to Harp's together. Meme picked out this cart and Jacob had no hesitation getting in. Papaw drove for a little bit and I think he enjoyed it too! Good times!
p.s. I could not get Jacob to crack a smile.
Wednesday Thoughts
The bad thing about posting while I'm at work is that I have no picture to add to the post. The good thing about posting while I'm at work is very simple. If I'm on this blog I'm not doing a blood test, or a urine test, or the dreaded flu test. By the way, we aren't sending anymore positive flu tests to the state lab for swine flu confirmation. If you are positive for flu "A", then it is assumed that it is of the pig variety. There are 2 strains of flu, A and B. Swine falls into the A category. Now you are somewhat educated. Don't have relations with pigs if you can keep from it. You can have a "swine specific" test performed by the wonderful lab technicians at the state lab, but it will cost you a few hundred bucks. It's cheaper to just tell everybody you've got the swine flu. I've learned that if you want people to leave you alone, just tell them that anyway. Positive test or not. Now on to the thoughts. There are several stories of interest from the past few days and I'll give you my thoughts on them. You will probably disagree with me on most of these topics. If you do, I'll let you know in advance that you're wrong.
-Right off the bat I wanna touch on this Kanye West vs. Taylor Swift story. This one we will probably all agree on. Obviously Kanye was an ass to the poor young lady. I don't have to go on and on about how out of line he was. He has apologized and apparently Swift has accepted his apology. What else is she gonna do? I think it would be pretty cool if they could start a new east coast/west coast rivalry like we had with the rappers back in the 90's. The only way the rivalry could be good now is if it was coming from different genres. This is the perfect opportunity. The bad thing is that one of the parties is probably too much of a pu$$ to go through with it. Sorry Taylor, you could've made a lot of money off of this thing if little Kanye would have played along. Major props to Beyonce for bringing Taylor back up on stage later on in the show. Classy move by her. Beyonce is one of those artists where I can't for the life of me figure out why people like her songs, but I like HER. I don't even know why I like her. She's seems down to earth, like a "real" person. I guess that's why. Plus she's Jay Z's woman. Just think of the songs Taylor Swift and Jay Z could put together dissing Kanye West. Oh, what could have been.
-Serena Williams threw a fit at the U.S. Open and lost her match because of it. Actually, she was probably gonna lose anyway. She really showed herself. Not Kanye bad, but an embarrassment nonetheless. The difference being that Serena is a competitor that let her emotions get the best of her during a match. Kanye was just a dickhead for no apparent reason. I think this will stick with Kanye for a long time. Serena will win another major soon and make another 75 commercials and nobody will talk about her tantrum anymore. What I'm trying to say is Kanye West will be remembered for his foolishness. Serena Williams will be remembered as an all time tennis great.
-Did anybody see the way the Bengals lost Sunday? Possibly the biggest heartbreak of them all throughout the Bengal's history, and it's a history full of them. Even though I now consider the Titans to be my favorite team, I also still consider myself a Bengals fan and I pull for them every time they play someone other than the Titans. I actually would still claim the Bengals as my favorite team up until a few years ago. Working in Russellville, I get to listen to a lot of Nashville sports talk on the radio, which has given me a greater knowledge of the Titans. Over the years it has given me the feeling that the Titans are "my team", so to speak. That, coupled with my Titans interest being elevated while Tom worked for them, has vaulted them ahead of the Bengals. A few years ago when the teams squared off I found myself rooting for the Titans. I wanted to be for the Bengals, but my heart knew better than I did, and you can't lie to yourself. Since that day I have owned up to it. Titans #1, Bengals #2.
-Michael Jordan has taken a lot of heat for his Hall Of Fame induction speech. I don't get it. I realize you should be gracious when you're being honored like he was, but why should he not be himself. The media is acting like he didn't thank anybody for his success, which is not true. He didn't go the normal route and praise everybody who has ever had anything to do with his career. He brought up some rivalries and singled out a few folks. So what!! He's Michael Jordan. He's the best there ever was. He was a cold hearted guy on the court. Why not be a little bit of one during his HOF speech? He's known as one of the biggest trash talkers to ever play. So he still likes to talk a little trash. So what!! What I saw was the same Michael Jordan I've always known. Ruthless. Competitive. Confident. A winner. I loved his story about scoring 25 down the stretch and winning the game for the Bulls one night. I guess he was ballhogging a little and one of the coaches threw the old cliche "there's no I in team" at him. Jordan replied with, "I know, but there's an I in win". Classic.
-I would like some input in the comments section if anyone is against this move. The Revolting Blog is in intense negotiations with Kendall "The Git" Smith's agent. I have asked Kendall to become the blog's official UK basketball and football reporter. I want him to give his thoughts and recaps of the games this season. Even though everyone who has ever met him would love to give him a belldelg, you can't deny that he knows sports. You especially can't deny that he knows UK sports. I think "The Git" would be an assett to the blog. My gosh, we hired Maholli at one time for crying out loud. You all know "The Git" can do better than him.
-The last topic is of course Patrick Swayze. Hollywood lost a good one when Mr. Swayze passed on the other day. This is the topic where we will all disagree. Just last week I was watching Point Break, my favorite Swayze movie of all time. What is you're favorite Swayze flick? Being a straight guy, I was never a fan of Dirty Dancing, which I assume is considered his biggest movie. I can't deny that it was a huge success though. You may find this hard to believe, but I've never even watched Ghost. Just didn't care anything about it, and I'm a big Demi Moore fan. If I had known she liked younger guys and that Bruce was gonna be ok with it, Jordan might not have me today. I think I ended up with the better deal though. Sorry Ashton, no trades. Back on the Swayze stuff, like everyone else I loved Roadhouse. Never watched Too Wong Foo, but I know he got a lot of praise for his role in that. There was some Christmas movie that Maddie and I watched last year during the holidays that he was in. I can't remember the name of it for some reason. If you know it, put it in the comments, right after you cuss me for wanting to hire Kendall. The movie was mostly about his kids, but he was a co-star. The kids found a bag full of money and run around the mall spending it and running from the bumbling mobsters that want it back. The money turns out to be counterfeit. Wish I could remember the name of the movie. Good family flick, I just can't tell you what to look for to go rent it this holiday season. Outside of Point Break, my second favorite Swayze acting job wasn't even a movie. My second favorite was the SNL skit with Chris Farley. Probably has to be considered one of the top 10 SNL skits ever, if not top 5. Hard to believe both of those guys are gone. Also considered one of his best works was the North and South tv miniseries from the 80's. I was too young to want to watch it, but I can remember my mom being addicted to it and I know it was a huge hit. Next of Kin, The Outsiders, and Red Dawn are some of his other movies that I can remember were big hits. I'm sure I'm leaving something out. He was a beloved actor.
Happy Wednesday Revolting Readers!!!!!!
update: The Swayze Christmas movie is called Christmas In Wonderland. It's a really good and funny family Christmas movie that you can watch with your kids and everyone will like it. Check it out.
-Right off the bat I wanna touch on this Kanye West vs. Taylor Swift story. This one we will probably all agree on. Obviously Kanye was an ass to the poor young lady. I don't have to go on and on about how out of line he was. He has apologized and apparently Swift has accepted his apology. What else is she gonna do? I think it would be pretty cool if they could start a new east coast/west coast rivalry like we had with the rappers back in the 90's. The only way the rivalry could be good now is if it was coming from different genres. This is the perfect opportunity. The bad thing is that one of the parties is probably too much of a pu$$ to go through with it. Sorry Taylor, you could've made a lot of money off of this thing if little Kanye would have played along. Major props to Beyonce for bringing Taylor back up on stage later on in the show. Classy move by her. Beyonce is one of those artists where I can't for the life of me figure out why people like her songs, but I like HER. I don't even know why I like her. She's seems down to earth, like a "real" person. I guess that's why. Plus she's Jay Z's woman. Just think of the songs Taylor Swift and Jay Z could put together dissing Kanye West. Oh, what could have been.
-Serena Williams threw a fit at the U.S. Open and lost her match because of it. Actually, she was probably gonna lose anyway. She really showed herself. Not Kanye bad, but an embarrassment nonetheless. The difference being that Serena is a competitor that let her emotions get the best of her during a match. Kanye was just a dickhead for no apparent reason. I think this will stick with Kanye for a long time. Serena will win another major soon and make another 75 commercials and nobody will talk about her tantrum anymore. What I'm trying to say is Kanye West will be remembered for his foolishness. Serena Williams will be remembered as an all time tennis great.
-Did anybody see the way the Bengals lost Sunday? Possibly the biggest heartbreak of them all throughout the Bengal's history, and it's a history full of them. Even though I now consider the Titans to be my favorite team, I also still consider myself a Bengals fan and I pull for them every time they play someone other than the Titans. I actually would still claim the Bengals as my favorite team up until a few years ago. Working in Russellville, I get to listen to a lot of Nashville sports talk on the radio, which has given me a greater knowledge of the Titans. Over the years it has given me the feeling that the Titans are "my team", so to speak. That, coupled with my Titans interest being elevated while Tom worked for them, has vaulted them ahead of the Bengals. A few years ago when the teams squared off I found myself rooting for the Titans. I wanted to be for the Bengals, but my heart knew better than I did, and you can't lie to yourself. Since that day I have owned up to it. Titans #1, Bengals #2.
-Michael Jordan has taken a lot of heat for his Hall Of Fame induction speech. I don't get it. I realize you should be gracious when you're being honored like he was, but why should he not be himself. The media is acting like he didn't thank anybody for his success, which is not true. He didn't go the normal route and praise everybody who has ever had anything to do with his career. He brought up some rivalries and singled out a few folks. So what!! He's Michael Jordan. He's the best there ever was. He was a cold hearted guy on the court. Why not be a little bit of one during his HOF speech? He's known as one of the biggest trash talkers to ever play. So he still likes to talk a little trash. So what!! What I saw was the same Michael Jordan I've always known. Ruthless. Competitive. Confident. A winner. I loved his story about scoring 25 down the stretch and winning the game for the Bulls one night. I guess he was ballhogging a little and one of the coaches threw the old cliche "there's no I in team" at him. Jordan replied with, "I know, but there's an I in win". Classic.
-I would like some input in the comments section if anyone is against this move. The Revolting Blog is in intense negotiations with Kendall "The Git" Smith's agent. I have asked Kendall to become the blog's official UK basketball and football reporter. I want him to give his thoughts and recaps of the games this season. Even though everyone who has ever met him would love to give him a belldelg, you can't deny that he knows sports. You especially can't deny that he knows UK sports. I think "The Git" would be an assett to the blog. My gosh, we hired Maholli at one time for crying out loud. You all know "The Git" can do better than him.
-The last topic is of course Patrick Swayze. Hollywood lost a good one when Mr. Swayze passed on the other day. This is the topic where we will all disagree. Just last week I was watching Point Break, my favorite Swayze movie of all time. What is you're favorite Swayze flick? Being a straight guy, I was never a fan of Dirty Dancing, which I assume is considered his biggest movie. I can't deny that it was a huge success though. You may find this hard to believe, but I've never even watched Ghost. Just didn't care anything about it, and I'm a big Demi Moore fan. If I had known she liked younger guys and that Bruce was gonna be ok with it, Jordan might not have me today. I think I ended up with the better deal though. Sorry Ashton, no trades. Back on the Swayze stuff, like everyone else I loved Roadhouse. Never watched Too Wong Foo, but I know he got a lot of praise for his role in that. There was some Christmas movie that Maddie and I watched last year during the holidays that he was in. I can't remember the name of it for some reason. If you know it, put it in the comments, right after you cuss me for wanting to hire Kendall. The movie was mostly about his kids, but he was a co-star. The kids found a bag full of money and run around the mall spending it and running from the bumbling mobsters that want it back. The money turns out to be counterfeit. Wish I could remember the name of the movie. Good family flick, I just can't tell you what to look for to go rent it this holiday season. Outside of Point Break, my second favorite Swayze acting job wasn't even a movie. My second favorite was the SNL skit with Chris Farley. Probably has to be considered one of the top 10 SNL skits ever, if not top 5. Hard to believe both of those guys are gone. Also considered one of his best works was the North and South tv miniseries from the 80's. I was too young to want to watch it, but I can remember my mom being addicted to it and I know it was a huge hit. Next of Kin, The Outsiders, and Red Dawn are some of his other movies that I can remember were big hits. I'm sure I'm leaving something out. He was a beloved actor.
Happy Wednesday Revolting Readers!!!!!!
update: The Swayze Christmas movie is called Christmas In Wonderland. It's a really good and funny family Christmas movie that you can watch with your kids and everyone will like it. Check it out.
So Much To See!
We are gearing up for the new lineup of shows. I am so ready!!
Here are our favorite comedies:
And a new one we're looking forward to:
Here our a few dramas we enjoy:
The one below is mine, not Kris' :)
Here is a new one I might check out:
And here are the realities we enjoy:
Here are our favorite comedies:
And a new one we're looking forward to:
Here our a few dramas we enjoy:
The one below is mine, not Kris' :)
Here is a new one I might check out:
And here are the realities we enjoy:
As you can see our DVR is going to be full!!
This Week's Did You Know
DYK
-that The Revolting Blog was originally named "The Blog". That's why the address is jv-theblog.blogspot.com instead of revoltingblog.com or something more clever. I emailed some of my friends to tell them I was starting a blog and Brian Bullock emailed me back 2 simple words, Revolting Blog. Being the Billy Madison fan that I am I decided right then to change the name. That's the blog history lesson for today. Naming the blog has to be one of the life highlights for the man known to some as Bob Gas.
-that I never actually won the UK season ticket lottery. Maddie did. Blake and I went to Big Blue Madness one year (tickets courtesy of Brittany Sharp, thanks) and talked about sending in entries for the lottery starting the next season and if one of us won we would go in together on the tickets. I had entered before, but didn't that season. What I didn't know was that my dad had entered pretty much everybody in our family that season. They had a late drawing after some people didn't renew their tickets and Maddie's name was drawn. The rest is history. My dad also won that year with the original drawings in September. Maddie won our tickets about 10 days before the first game. I won't tell you which family member won for my dad's tickets. If he wants to give up that information, you can ask him yourself. The tickets are now in my name since the winner was my minor child. Sometimes it's good to be old I guess.
-that I was once a huge wrestling fan. Brian Bullock, Tom Vinson, and I were the most die hard of the bunch, but all of my friends liked it. I don't mean when we were young kids either. We loved it well into our 20's. Tom still watches it every week to this day. I wish I could, but with work and kids it's hard. Plus, you really need to be able to keep up with the storylines. I've told you all of that to tell you this. I was pleasantly surprised a couple of weeks ago when I called Brian and his wife answered and hollered, "Brian, Dominguez is on the phone". You see we all had our own "gimmicks" back in the day. We decided to come up with "wrestling names" for each other. Tom was "Asshole Austin Page". Brian was originally "Barley Hanson", and later became "Bob Gas". He also had a short lived stint as "Black Bob". It's hard for me to even remember to refer to him as Brian because Tom and I only call him Bob. Our love for the wrestling gimmick names inspired us to give names to others, sometimes without their knowledge. Jason Courtney became "JC Ice". John Lovell became "Dude Lovell". Patrick Critchelow became "The SOB". Nace Creager became "Dirty Nace". Scott Boggess became "The Hound". Brad Divine was "Brother Divine", and went with the preacher gimmick. Matt Wright was known simply as "Snake". Various young ladies were known as "Luger". A couple of female friends of ours were intrigued by our naming abilities and requested names as well. I will never see Laurie (Bullock) Newman and call her by her real name again. She is "Puke" to me. Lindsay Gibson will always be "Pig Vomit". Eric Stovall was affectionately referred to as "The Load". If we had really been on our game we would have called Clay Vincent "Beefcake". Neville Ellison was "Sack". Who could ever forget Brian "Heart Attack" Hart? Dr. Mike Campbell was "Buzzsaw". He also wrote the legendary songs "Leg Humpin Time" and "Wakin Up At The Crack Of Dawn", songs he WOULD NOT want his patients to hear. Clay's cousins Josh and Jeremiah Vincent were the feared tag team "Pluck" and "Bang". Will McDonald was "The Thrill". Chris Knight was "The Knightmare". I was "Billionaire Dominguez", the wealthy manager for Bob Gas and the Asshole, which brings me back to the beginning of this rant. After all these years, I'm still the Billionaire to Bob, and he has me listed that way in his phone. The best part of the story was that Brian couldn't tell what Crystal was yelling to him and his step-daughter screamed out in the background, "it's Gomez, he's on the phone for you". Hey, she might have messed up the last name but it made my day that I'm known as "Billionaire Dominguez (or Gomez)" at the Bullock house. Nowhere in this post have I made anything close to a rational comment. You're all dumber for having read it. I will be awarded no points, and may God have mercy on my soul.
-that Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy is a man. He's 40. Type in Mike Gundy on Youtube for the video explanation. It's from last season, but it's classic. Short version for the girls who read the blog. The coach got mad when somebody wrote something in the paper derogatory about one of his players. He screamed and yelled and really looked silly at a press conference and told the media to quit writing bad things about good kids (paraphrasing there, but that's the quick version). That's when he told them to write about him. He's a man. He's 40.
-that San Diego Charger star Shawn Merriman was arrested for allegedly choking reality TV star Tila Tequila. Am I the only one that thinks he should have been arrested because he didn't stop? Tila Tequila's got to go.
-that virgin or not, I'm a big Tim Tebow fan. I've tried to hate the guy, but I just can't. He's probably the best college football player that I've watched since I really cared about the game. I'm not saying the best ever. I haven't watched college football long enough to go there, but he's a winner. Plain and simple. I wish Kentucky football and basketball teams were full of players with Tebow's heart and toughness, nevermind the skill. Writing this makes me think of some Kentucky basketball players that I have loved over the years who may not have been the most talented, but you had to love them because they were tough. Of course the first one to come to mind would be Jamaal "What Is He Doing To Wojo" Magloire. You didn't wanna mess with Magloire or any of his teammates for that matter. Anthony Epps was tough as nails and just a pure winner. That 1996 team probably had at least 8 or 9 players with more basketball talent than Epps. Maybe more than that. They were damn good, but they didn't become great until Epps became their starting point guard. Chuck Hayes is not making a living in the NBA right now because he has a vast array of skills. He's making it because he's one tough SOB. How many blog writers could turn a Tim Tebow post into a UK basketball lovefest? I know of at least one.
-that I never proposed to Jordan. I asked Maddie to do it. I wasn't scared and I didn't think she would say no. After all, we had been living together for a while, but I thought it would be sweet to include Maddie since it would be a change for her too. There was nothing elaborate about it. One day Jordan was sitting on the couch watching tv and I sent Maddie in there with a ring. "Jordan, will you marry Daddy?". That's all it took, and here we are today as one big happy family with a new addition. It's worked out so perfectly that I've already decided to let Aubrey propose to my next wife.
-that Billy Gillispie has checked into alcohol rehab in Houston. I mentioned Billy G and his drinking problem in the original DYK so I thought I would update it here. I really hope Billy gets his life in order and can overcome his addiction. He's taken the first step, which is supposedly the hardest one. I didn't like the things he did as UK basketball's coach, but I wish him the best.
-that I love John Gruden on Monday Night Football. It's a shame he'll probably get another coaching job soon. However, it won't be at Louisville. I wish their fans would quit dreaming. Can anybody else picture John Gruden at the Ville? In my opinion he's a little more "big time" than that. Now that I think about it, apparently Bill Parcells' interest in the UK job was legit, so I guess anything is possible.
-that I really wanna go to Big Blue Madness this year. Blake, Kendall, Bunch, and I have talked about it and I think we are gonna try and go up on Friday night before the tickets are given away on Saturday morning. It's not quite the camp out scenario we've pulled off in the past, but it will be fun if we can go get in line. If anybody's interested in joining us, let me know.
-that I'm DYKing at work again. Somebody just came in to the ER and they (the patient) think it's the dreaded swine flu. Everybody thinks they've got the swine flu. I gotta go.
Have a nice Friday!!!!!!
-that The Revolting Blog was originally named "The Blog". That's why the address is jv-theblog.blogspot.com instead of revoltingblog.com or something more clever. I emailed some of my friends to tell them I was starting a blog and Brian Bullock emailed me back 2 simple words, Revolting Blog. Being the Billy Madison fan that I am I decided right then to change the name. That's the blog history lesson for today. Naming the blog has to be one of the life highlights for the man known to some as Bob Gas.
-that I never actually won the UK season ticket lottery. Maddie did. Blake and I went to Big Blue Madness one year (tickets courtesy of Brittany Sharp, thanks) and talked about sending in entries for the lottery starting the next season and if one of us won we would go in together on the tickets. I had entered before, but didn't that season. What I didn't know was that my dad had entered pretty much everybody in our family that season. They had a late drawing after some people didn't renew their tickets and Maddie's name was drawn. The rest is history. My dad also won that year with the original drawings in September. Maddie won our tickets about 10 days before the first game. I won't tell you which family member won for my dad's tickets. If he wants to give up that information, you can ask him yourself. The tickets are now in my name since the winner was my minor child. Sometimes it's good to be old I guess.
-that I was once a huge wrestling fan. Brian Bullock, Tom Vinson, and I were the most die hard of the bunch, but all of my friends liked it. I don't mean when we were young kids either. We loved it well into our 20's. Tom still watches it every week to this day. I wish I could, but with work and kids it's hard. Plus, you really need to be able to keep up with the storylines. I've told you all of that to tell you this. I was pleasantly surprised a couple of weeks ago when I called Brian and his wife answered and hollered, "Brian, Dominguez is on the phone". You see we all had our own "gimmicks" back in the day. We decided to come up with "wrestling names" for each other. Tom was "Asshole Austin Page". Brian was originally "Barley Hanson", and later became "Bob Gas". He also had a short lived stint as "Black Bob". It's hard for me to even remember to refer to him as Brian because Tom and I only call him Bob. Our love for the wrestling gimmick names inspired us to give names to others, sometimes without their knowledge. Jason Courtney became "JC Ice". John Lovell became "Dude Lovell". Patrick Critchelow became "The SOB". Nace Creager became "Dirty Nace". Scott Boggess became "The Hound". Brad Divine was "Brother Divine", and went with the preacher gimmick. Matt Wright was known simply as "Snake". Various young ladies were known as "Luger". A couple of female friends of ours were intrigued by our naming abilities and requested names as well. I will never see Laurie (Bullock) Newman and call her by her real name again. She is "Puke" to me. Lindsay Gibson will always be "Pig Vomit". Eric Stovall was affectionately referred to as "The Load". If we had really been on our game we would have called Clay Vincent "Beefcake". Neville Ellison was "Sack". Who could ever forget Brian "Heart Attack" Hart? Dr. Mike Campbell was "Buzzsaw". He also wrote the legendary songs "Leg Humpin Time" and "Wakin Up At The Crack Of Dawn", songs he WOULD NOT want his patients to hear. Clay's cousins Josh and Jeremiah Vincent were the feared tag team "Pluck" and "Bang". Will McDonald was "The Thrill". Chris Knight was "The Knightmare". I was "Billionaire Dominguez", the wealthy manager for Bob Gas and the Asshole, which brings me back to the beginning of this rant. After all these years, I'm still the Billionaire to Bob, and he has me listed that way in his phone. The best part of the story was that Brian couldn't tell what Crystal was yelling to him and his step-daughter screamed out in the background, "it's Gomez, he's on the phone for you". Hey, she might have messed up the last name but it made my day that I'm known as "Billionaire Dominguez (or Gomez)" at the Bullock house. Nowhere in this post have I made anything close to a rational comment. You're all dumber for having read it. I will be awarded no points, and may God have mercy on my soul.
-that Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy is a man. He's 40. Type in Mike Gundy on Youtube for the video explanation. It's from last season, but it's classic. Short version for the girls who read the blog. The coach got mad when somebody wrote something in the paper derogatory about one of his players. He screamed and yelled and really looked silly at a press conference and told the media to quit writing bad things about good kids (paraphrasing there, but that's the quick version). That's when he told them to write about him. He's a man. He's 40.
-that San Diego Charger star Shawn Merriman was arrested for allegedly choking reality TV star Tila Tequila. Am I the only one that thinks he should have been arrested because he didn't stop? Tila Tequila's got to go.
-that virgin or not, I'm a big Tim Tebow fan. I've tried to hate the guy, but I just can't. He's probably the best college football player that I've watched since I really cared about the game. I'm not saying the best ever. I haven't watched college football long enough to go there, but he's a winner. Plain and simple. I wish Kentucky football and basketball teams were full of players with Tebow's heart and toughness, nevermind the skill. Writing this makes me think of some Kentucky basketball players that I have loved over the years who may not have been the most talented, but you had to love them because they were tough. Of course the first one to come to mind would be Jamaal "What Is He Doing To Wojo" Magloire. You didn't wanna mess with Magloire or any of his teammates for that matter. Anthony Epps was tough as nails and just a pure winner. That 1996 team probably had at least 8 or 9 players with more basketball talent than Epps. Maybe more than that. They were damn good, but they didn't become great until Epps became their starting point guard. Chuck Hayes is not making a living in the NBA right now because he has a vast array of skills. He's making it because he's one tough SOB. How many blog writers could turn a Tim Tebow post into a UK basketball lovefest? I know of at least one.
-that I never proposed to Jordan. I asked Maddie to do it. I wasn't scared and I didn't think she would say no. After all, we had been living together for a while, but I thought it would be sweet to include Maddie since it would be a change for her too. There was nothing elaborate about it. One day Jordan was sitting on the couch watching tv and I sent Maddie in there with a ring. "Jordan, will you marry Daddy?". That's all it took, and here we are today as one big happy family with a new addition. It's worked out so perfectly that I've already decided to let Aubrey propose to my next wife.
-that Billy Gillispie has checked into alcohol rehab in Houston. I mentioned Billy G and his drinking problem in the original DYK so I thought I would update it here. I really hope Billy gets his life in order and can overcome his addiction. He's taken the first step, which is supposedly the hardest one. I didn't like the things he did as UK basketball's coach, but I wish him the best.
-that I love John Gruden on Monday Night Football. It's a shame he'll probably get another coaching job soon. However, it won't be at Louisville. I wish their fans would quit dreaming. Can anybody else picture John Gruden at the Ville? In my opinion he's a little more "big time" than that. Now that I think about it, apparently Bill Parcells' interest in the UK job was legit, so I guess anything is possible.
-that I really wanna go to Big Blue Madness this year. Blake, Kendall, Bunch, and I have talked about it and I think we are gonna try and go up on Friday night before the tickets are given away on Saturday morning. It's not quite the camp out scenario we've pulled off in the past, but it will be fun if we can go get in line. If anybody's interested in joining us, let me know.
-that I'm DYKing at work again. Somebody just came in to the ER and they (the patient) think it's the dreaded swine flu. Everybody thinks they've got the swine flu. I gotta go.
Have a nice Friday!!!!!!
Home Sweet Home
Here is our new home! The front yard needs some major landscaping attention, hope to have that done soon. We love the tree in the front yard, and it needs some heavy-duty trimming. Kris did some, but I think we need to call in the big guns.
One of the things we loved about the house was the big back yard, and all the windows along the back. I can look out from the kitchen and easily see Jacob from all angles.
I should have taken a "before" photo, but didn't get around to it. We replaced the carpet all throughout and had hardwood installed in the foyer and dining area. We love how it turned out!
Up next will be pictures of the kitchen. We had all new appliances installed, and will be getting granite shortly. Once that is done, it will be complete and feel so brand new. Can't wait!
Stay tuned.
Funeral Singer
I want this guy to sing at my funeral(in about 50years).Why didn't a brother take this guy out.This is pure gangster.
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