Happy Thursday the 13th! I know, it’s not quite as exciting as Friday the 13th, but it’s as close as you’re going to get to one for a full year. I looked at a calendar reasearched it and found that the next Friday the 13th doesn’t occur until August 13, 2010, so drink up the unlucky goodness. (miz note: except for the one coming up in November…oops) You just don’t get this kind of insight from other websites…it’s free here.
Apparently this is wedding anniversary month here at S&F: GatorTrey and his lovely bride of two years on Tuesday (or was it Monday??), me and my most beautiful wife in the history of wives will be celebrating 3 years this coming Tuesday, and loyal longwinded commenter Cycledan is celebrating 20 years today with his patient and deserving-of-a-nice-gift wife…was it china or platinum, Cycledan? Either way, a heartfelt congratulations to you and your wife from the crew at Sparty & Friends. (miz note: Congratulations also go out to sweet commenter Jen and her sexy beau – /no homo – on their upcoming anniversary next Thursday.)
Our buddy cbh49er has a preview with some predictions for the AFC West.
Our buddy cbh49er has a preview with some predictions for the NFC West.
A shoutout to a blogger who’s unemployed and making the best of it. From this blogger who previously got laid off to commenter vezina over at TBL, stay persistent. You’ll find something. Oh yeah, you too Big D.
There’s a saboteur on the Browns!
Reggie Miller: “I’m no homewrecker, just a disrespectful idiot flirt.”
Looks like Maryland is cutting out the trips to Golden Corral for head foobaw coach Ralph Friedgen.
Hahahahahaha! Clemson’s football players wear girdles!
Rules for adults wearing jersies.
My reprieve from Gaytors on the covers of all my magazines hit the mailbox yesterday with Ole Miss players Jevan Snead (QB) and Daverin Geralds (C) gracing the front. Also on the front, this list.
The Yankees may not renegotiate their most overrated player’s contract.
Georgia Tech ad fail.
Herban Oscar Meyer is finally acknowledging that Timmy Tebow needs help with the under center duties.
I knew it was getting crowded outside.
The start-and-parkers are slapping NASCAR in the face.
It’s all beginning to unravel for Southern Cal.
This guy doesn’t like Joe Girardi’s philosophy.
It’s official, Tiger has softened.
The US soccer team fell to Mexico yesterday. At least we still have Texas?
Ammunition for packrats.
See, pro athletes do good stuff sometimes.
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knightwhosaysni(Quote)
Man, I had almost forgotten about how much of a douche Phil Rivers is until I clicked on the cbh link and saw his stupid face. knightwhosaysni(Quote)
what made you forget, kwsn? that’s like forgetting how snobby Jay Cutler is. it just doesn’t happen. mizerle06(Quote)
Been a long summer without football. knightwhosaysni(Quote)
Not if Texas has its way. sparty(Quote)
texas cannot and will not escape the impending socialism! Anonymous(Quote)
I have no idea what this means. mizerle06(Quote)
It’s not like socialism is some new thing in this country. Social Security, Medicare, Welfare, Unemployment: all socialist programs that are more popular than not. knightwhosaysni(Quote)
correct, we have always been a mixed economy. those were gov’t programs. but now we have the gov’ts hand reaching deeper into the private sector. that is a big difference. sparty(Quote)
If we give Texas back to Mexico does that mean they can move NASA to a more suitable state and I can move out of this wasteland Johnny(Quote)
johnny – you do know NASA is in Florida and Bammer too, right? mizerle06(Quote)
Boy, I’m glad this info was free…how about November 2009 for the next Friday the 13th? rekcalsa(Quote)
yeah, those are definitely more suitable. sparty(Quote)
didn’t see it on the calendar so it doesn’t count.
/oops’d
//leave it to rek to actually look it up… mizerle06(Quote)
I wish those poor countries would stop reproducing so damn quickly…but I guess they’ve got nothing better to do.
The only reason I actually checked it is because my cousin was saying that her 13th birthday falls on a Friday the 13th this year…had to verify. rekcalsa(Quote)
Bammer and Florida don’t do the stuff I do and besides Bammer is almost as bad as Texas. Really for me the areas I can live are Houston, Southern California, Hawaii, Cleveland, the Virginia-DC-Maryland area, and a few places in Colorado. All much much better than Texas in my eyes. But texas was the only place that was willing to pay me to work so i ended up here
Now I want to open a pancake delivery company Johnny(Quote)
And in the Way Too Early Department, SI has their 2009-10 Bowl Game predictions. rekcalsa(Quote)
Well I’d rule out SoCal and HI unless you’re willing to have a big increase in living expenses anyway. And Cleveland is Cleveland. VA/DC/MD area wouldn’t be so bad if you could get in there.
Pancake delivery? rekcalsa(Quote)
Houston isn’t in Texas? sae(Quote)
I was just kidding with you, rek. I was trying to come up with a random crappy intro without going into my standard “this day in history” stuff and scrolled thru my calendar on my phone and missed Novembers Friday the 13th. I blame it on Verizon.
by the way, your cousin turns 13 on Friday the 13th? she’s definitely going to be the protagonist in a mass murder documentary someday. mizerle06(Quote)
They need to fix that VA Tech prediction. No way they are going to the OB with Evans out for the year. sparty(Quote)
Texas is a city, sae.
/right? mizerle06(Quote)
that’s precisely the problem with print. in print, you can’t go back and edit something to pretend like you never said it in the first place. (see opening paragraph to TMA) mizerle06(Quote)
Yeah Pancake delivery. Think about it. Everybody loves pancakes. You open one of these places in a college town and stay open all night and you become one of the go to sources of drunk food
There are technical hurdles though in keeping the pancakes warm without drying them out during transport. I’m thinking of some sort of content temperature humidor Johnny(Quote)
you guys suck. I try to bait sparty with this:
and gatortrey with this:
and I get nothing from either of them. mizerle06(Quote)
JPL in Pasadena is beautiful. Yes the living expenses are high ( I guess; doesn’t bother me because I don’t know any better). I think the year round weather is the reason people live here. That, and the Lakers. Fiesta Trio(Quote)
an insulated bag with a foil lining will do the trick. mizerle06(Quote)
Cleveland better than Texas? I’ve never been to either, but I don’t believe that. john(Quote)
Texas tourism video
Cleveland tourism video
Texas > Cleveland?? you decide. mizerle06(Quote)
That Jersey link was good.
Fiesta Trio(Quote)
I wasn’t claiming that Celevland is better than Texas, I was just listing places where I could work and actually use my degree for something I find somewhat interesting.
Yeah Fiesta JPL is probably actually my dream job other than the living expenses thing. They also have a few companies in the area around LAX.
Would the foil bag prevent the pancake from drying out though? that’s what i’m really concerned about as it’s easy to keep them warm Johnny(Quote)
I know you’re kidding…and I know I’m the unofficial copy editor. you can always blame Verizon though…always.
Yea, we were talking about that…not exactly the best of omens. rekcalsa(Quote)
Miz,
I got ya. You’re saying a guy that has destroyed Tennessee 3 times now needs work under center. GatorTrey(Quote)
LAX area sucks. Too much traffic, crappy roads and buildings. Same thing in Pasadena, but they are considered historical, not crappy. Fiesta Trio(Quote)
I’m all for it…gotta include waffles though too…would definitely be great drunk food. Keeping the pancakes warm and moist is a bit of work, but you might be able to have them finish cooking while being delivered somehow. rekcalsa(Quote)
LAX traffic never goes away…except for a few hours around midnight…it’s ridiculous and I could never live there…NJ traffic is bad enough. rekcalsa(Quote)
It’ll be an uphill battle for them, but the ACC sucks so ya never know.
And an OK vs Boise State rematch? That’d be fun to see as long as Boise State makes OK look foolish again. rekcalsa(Quote)
the foil keeps the moisture in the enclosed space. mizerle06(Quote)
don’t shoot the messenger. I’m just reporting that Herban feels the need to keep Timmy off the field in favor of Brantley. mizerle06(Quote)
That’s just unfortunate for those kids that they hafta go through that…glad to see they were able to have a good night. rekcalsa(Quote)
Thanks for missing my anniversary, miz. I commented that mine was next Thursday.
/throws up the finger and slams the door Jen(Quote)
Ya the Evans injury fucked my rankings… GatorTrey(Quote)
I think you missed your mention up there, Jen.
/see, online edits do make blogging > print mizerle06(Quote)
Miz is sexist. GatorTrey(Quote)
link? mizerle06(Quote)
Good thing I’m at work alone, because I just laughed out loud at that.
/wiping off the banana I spit on my keyboard now Jen(Quote)
This says it all GatorTrey(Quote)
I’m confused. mizerle06(Quote)
Just getting on late here.
Miz, appreciate the good wishes. Thanks!
I met my wife when she was 16 and I was 18 and we were working at the same summer camp so suffice it to say that we have known each other a long time. cycledan(Quote)
Big news for me is that Rugby and Golf will be added to the 2016 Olympics. Baseball and softball are out of luck. Karate and squash are also out. But women’s boxing is in apparently as a trial sport.
Honestly golf should have been in a long time ago.
As a rugby fan, I am happy but they are talking about adding Rugby 7’s. Normal Union Rugby rules (there are also League and Australian rules) which is played in the World Cup utilizes 15 on either side. Typically summer leagues play with only 7 per side. The games are shorter and there is much more running and scoring as the players are spread out all over the field. I guess in a week long tourney it may be more suitable but I am kind of sad that they are not playing 15 per side.
On the other hand, I am wondering if some of our top American football talent would cross over to the rugby
fieldpitch. It would be fun to see guys our top RBs and WRs running in the open field. cycledan(Quote)I was quite pleased when when I found that picture. cbh49er(Quote)
Oh man, Eli Manning is going to be disappointed about that. I want to take in a rugby match when I’m down under. Seems like they would be immensely enjoyable. knightwhosaysni(Quote)
NFL players are wimps. Look at all that gear they wear. They wouldn’t last 1 minute in a Rugby match, or even an Australian Rules match. Fiesta Trio(Quote)