crazy angelinos

i saw a couple of those lakers car window flags flying today.  it was nothing compared to what i saw traveling to and from santa barabra over the weekend. the first was kind of a head turner probably a neverland ranch ebay sale. the other can only be explained in words (sorry no pictures). stuck in rain soaked traffic on the 101 my wife and i could just barely make out the pornographic video on the  screen of the car in front of us. [talk about shutting the kids up with a video...]. normally, i would be swerving and weaving, jockeying for position “making up for lost time on the road”, but for some reason i was content in the second to the fast lane. {it was reminiscent of trying to watch scrambled playboy channel on my folks ON tv}.

as the lakers begin their quest for a third consecutive championship. i thought i would throw out some of my own portmanteaus pat riley style:

th-reecurrence
three-plicate
trepionship
tripionship
tripliship
trip rings

if you’ve got one, share it. i’ll throw in a point for best entry
if you trademark it and sell t-shirts come june.

thought you might also find it interesting that the laker rookies devin ebanks and derrick caracter earn a combined salary commensurate to mr. rizzo’s. did i say earn.?. where do i get me an official city of bell jersey?

due to safety concerns the november event is going to be bowling.

a butterfly flaps its wings in copiapo

and earl ends up licking beer off the patio floor in the gundo.  i think it is safe to say i have had my fill of chili for a while…  no more chili con fussion, troversy, sternation, spiracy or petition (yep that's pushing it).  please hold the cur and quer as well. 

i'm not exactly sure what we are going to call it.  bfd has a good ring.  no matter, it was all so damn good.  i sure could have used some tums.

here is how the points boiled over:

s.k. 1st place

r.b. 2nd place

f.g. 3rd place

discretionary points:
p.n. coordinators choice for best chili

a.l. coordinator point

j.b. pulls off an 'ice pack' point. second month in a row!

b.t and j.w. we gave you a half-show point for bringing chili. you’ll get the other half when you leave your twelve pack at my side gate (don’t worry about a.l.  he has got plenty of leftovers)

bon appetit al

chilean miners or chili and minors

you may not know how much i enjoy a good argument every now and again.  to begin, i must admit, i started this one. i did a corp search and found this guy, let's call him dick, asking if he would be interested in my domain. let's call it idon't.com.  come to find out he is some big shot, oscar award winning director – whatever, the pta gave me the founders day award once and i wasn’t even trying.

truth be told, i could very well be in the wrong, but unless he serves up some hot legal action, i’m keeping it. honestly, i would have let it go had dick not got all agro. so after a few weeks of 'go-rounds'  i spammed the dick. then, a year later, i found this in my junk folder. (see below)

well, no deal dick. it’s mine! plus i never got the check!! he probably realized a) being a dick sucks so he’s has to change his name. b) his wife's legal legs aren't so hot. c) a way to a man's domain is through your wallet. d) my dad could totally kick dicks dad's ass.
it doesn't matter anyway– i drew my line in the 'sand'.

note: this is my dragnet story, "only the facts have been changed to protect the innocent"

turn in your beer selection by friday and start soaking your beans.

man is not gauged on athleticism alone

while standing on ardmore with the masses, there is a lot of small talk. some about how hard they’ve trained and others how hard they partied the night before. it’s usually nothing worth while. but it’s better than listening to music. the energy picks up as the star spangled banner yet waived. then a few quick stretches, the gun goes off and the herd slowly pushes towards to the start line. this is when i start scoping out the crowd to find me a pace person. someone i may be able to keep up with during the next six point two miles.

as we cross the start line i spot some talent. a pony tail with a nice… er ah runners legs that look to be about a 8+ minute mile and well worth tailing (or at least trying). as we made the second turn the pack thinned. the pace was not what i hoped, but i hadn’t trained plus it was a very inspiring view. at about the same time i realized she was with shirtless, spray tan guy that i dubbed mr manhattan. he was many years her senior and waiving at everyone. and after listening for many blocks i learned several unimpressive yet important facts about him. the best was the extensive laser process to remove the hair from his golden orange back. hey, he was sharing with us (ok her – i was eves running). i would have stayed to hear more {this guy could certainly go on about himself for an hour}, but i wanted to finish the race, a beer at hennesseys and be home before mr manhattan tells ponytail about his audi tt. when i witnessed him recklessly swerve across the street (i was certain he was doing a little crop dusting), and throw double shakas at one of  the race cameramen i knew i should have brought an ipod.

 

the next event is the chili cook off and beer taste challenge. saturday, october 16th 3pm. bring your finest ready to serve in an unmarked glad or ziploc 64 oz container, and a twelve pack of beer -your choice. to avoid duplicates, please email me the beer you plan to bring. first reply gets it. you will be graded by your peers in a blind taste test for both.