Kitty Wigs! Electric Blue

Chinese Kitty Wig Factory Worker: Why fat lazy Americans need? I haven't eaten in three days? (via Three)

Coach's Birthday/Xmas

Do something nice for yourself - buy Coach a gift. He wants a shirt from Threadless. It doesn't have to be this Communist Party shirt. You know what Coach likes.

Buy one for yourself too, they are only $10 until December 16. BTW, Coach wears an XL.



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Now playing: Carla Bruni - La Noyée
via FoxyTunes

The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down . . .

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is a song written and performed by Gordon Lightfoot in commemoration of the sinking of the bulk carrier SS Edmund Fitzgerald. This all went down November 10, 1975.

Amy Winehouse taking a line

She be a role model for next season. New rule - everyone grows a beehive.

Waxing About Christmas Wish BooksL 1985 Edition.

I must be old because this list really hits home.X-Entertainment - Waxing About Christmas Wish BooksL 1985 Edition.

2007 Punchy Awards

Good times. Fun is what got us to where we got and we didn't have enough of it last night. Word is that most people left after Coach (I was sick) took off. Everyone that left early except for me will be running killers before our first game next year.

Winners
1. New Coach (in case Coach dies) - Jeff
2. School Teacher of the Year - Leah
3. Best Sportmanship (Female) - Jackie
4. Best Sportsmanship (Male) - Tyler
5. Rookie of the Year - Tyler
6. Most Likely To Knock Someone Up - Todd
7. Most Likely To Get Knocked Up - Meg
8. Sexiest Lady - Rachel
9. Sexiest Man - Tyler
10. Dude MVP - Ryan
11. Lady MVP - Janna
12. Smartest - Coach
13. Saigon Award - Ryan

Dream Vision

This came to me last eve:
Saltimboca in a shot glass, muddle a small amount of ham, drink through a cloth napkin.

Saltimboca is usually an italian dish not a liquid. I think this means we should order Saltimboca Friday at the Punchies.

Coming soon: Online Awards Voting.

Miss Teen USA 2007 - South Carolina answers a question

US American's this is old, but I love it so much.

8 Mile Prequel

Nas is right, hip hop is dead. If the date on this video is correct, it died in 1989.

ONN: The Skull F--king Bill Of 2007

Please show your support for this bill by contacting your Congressperson.
http://www.house.gov/writerep/

New 2008 Lady Bulldog Uniform

State Fair Update

I found a new player for next year. This guy is sweet. His shirt unironically features a Trans Am logo. I am going to try to carpool with him.

2007 Punchy Awards

The long awaited 2007 Punchy Awards will be held Friday September 28 at the beautiful downtown Buca di Beppo. Come join the glamerous mens and ladies of Minneapolis Co-Ed D-League softball at this gala event.
View the eVite

We'll have awards for MVP, Sexiest Man, and some other olde standbyes. We are looking for some new award ideas too so suggest something.

Past Punchy Award Winners

Elvis Lives

Elvis Lives
Originally uploaded by Ghostface CRZA

He was spotted August 25 in Breezy Point, Minnesota.

The Punchies will be held on a Friday in late September. A formal announcement will follow later this week. Have any ideas for new award categories? Submit your ideas by clicking on add a comment.

New Bulldog

New Bulldog
Originally uploaded by Ghostface CRZA

August Kelly was born a couple of weeks ago to little used backup BK and former Female MVP Kelly Kelly.

Marlboro Chew

Team, you need to be aware of these new performance enhancing products for next season. Don't be afraid to overindulge. It worked for Barry and also for this guy.

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Camel Snus and Philip Morris' Taboka are two types of smokeless, spitless tobacco products.

By Wendy Koch, USA TODAY

The Marlboro Man, that cigarette-smoking icon of the tobacco industry, is more than a half-century old.

If he were conceived today, there might not be just a cigarette dangling from his mouth. He might also have, tucked into his pocket, a cellphone-size container holding a dozen pouches of snus.

Snus?

It rhymes with "goose," (cynics might say "noose"), and is a Swedish type of smokeless tobacco that's not your grandfather's dip or chew. Snus comes in teabag-like pouches that a user sticks between the upper lip and gum, leaves there for up to 30 minutes and discards without spitting.

As no-smoking laws sweep the nation and cigarette sales continue to fall, Big Tobacco is alarming the public health community by devising other ways to try to make tobacco appealing. With smokeless products representing the only booming part of the U.S. tobacco market, snus is an effort to boost sales with a product that — unlike most smokeless ones — doesn't require users to spit out the residue.

Snus also represents something more: an attempt to move smokeless tobacco beyond stereotypical users such as baseball players and rodeo cowboys, and into offices or restaurants where people want a nicotine fix but can't light up.

"This is a growth strategy for us," says Bill Phelps, spokesman for Philip Morris USA, the nation's biggest tobacco company and maker of Marlboro, the top-selling cigarette. In Dallas this month, Philip Morris is launching its first smokeless product with a cigarette brand name: Marlboro Snus.

R.J. Reynolds, second in U.S. tobacco sales, is expanding tests of its Camel Snus from two cities to eight, which will include Dallas this month. Its ads have a "pleasure for wherever" tagline and a playful tone. Its "abridged guide to snusing" says, "Picture yourself stuck in the center seat 44B of an airplane: You can mope, or you can Snus."

Public health advocates aren't smiling.

Although some say smokeless tobacco poses fewer health risks than cigarettes, they note that it has been linked to various types of cancer and warn against using any tobacco product.

"What on the surface looks promising could turn out to be a public health disaster," says Gregory Connolly, director of tobacco control research at Harvard School of Public Health.

He says the products are still addictive, and unless the Food and Drug Administration can regulate tobacco, consumers won't know what's truly in snus. A bill that would give the FDA such authority passed a U.S. Senate panel Wednesday and is gaining co-sponsors in the U.S. House.

Under laws in every state, snus and other tobacco products may not be sold to anyone younger than 18. But many health advocates see the new smokeless alternatives as an attempt to create a new generation of tobacco users.

Snus will "increase the number of people who use tobacco," says Matthew Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. "It's market protection. This way, the big companies win no matter what tobacco products people use."

'It's the smoke, stupid'

Cigarette sales in the USA have fallen steadily for two decades as tobacco taxes have risen, studies have warned of health risks and laws have expanded smoke-free zones from indoor spaces to outdoor areas such as parks.

Government figures indicate 44.5 million Americans smoke, down from a peak of 53.5 million in 1983.

The only part of the tobacco market in which sales are soaring is "moist snuff" such as Skoal and Copenhagen, which are placed between the lower lip and gum but not chewed. Other types of smokeless tobacco, including chewing tobacco and "dry snuff," have fallen in popularity. Snus is most akin to moist snuff.

Sales of moist snuff in the USA more than doubled in volume from 1986 to 2005, according to a report this year by the Federal Trade Commission. Tobacco companies' spending on promoting such products rose more than five-fold.

Nik Modi, a tobacco industry analyst at UBS, a financial services firm, projects that the sales volume of moist snuff will rise 6% to 8% a year through 2010.

"It's becoming more socially acceptable," says Dan Butler, president of the U.S. Smokeless Tobacco, the nation's biggest seller of smokeless products including Skoal and Copenhagen.

He says 6.1 million Americans used moist snuff in 2006, up from 4.7 million in 2001. He says most of the new users are smokers, some of whom still light up.

The new smokeless, spit-free products are "an effort to create a different tobacco category in the United States," says Tommy Payne, executive vice president for public affairs of Reynolds American, parent company of R.J. Reynolds.

He thinks snus will gain acceptance because it's convenient and discreet. Payne adds that scientific studies show that smokeless products pose fewer health risks than cigarettes, largely because the tobacco is not burned and inhaled into the lungs.

"It's the smoke, stupid," he says.

A debate over the risks

Even so, the major tobacco companies are careful not to make any advertising claims that their smokeless products have fewer health risks.

Snus containers carry one of three required warning labels that say the product is either "not a safe alternative to cigarettes," "may cause mouth cancer" or "may cause gum disease and tooth loss."

The American Cancer Society, in a study of 116,000 men published in February, says male smokers who gave up cigarettes for smokeless tobacco still had higher death rates from lung cancer, heart disease and strokes than men who quit all tobacco or never smoked.

Several studies that compare smokeless tobacco to cigarettes, however, find smokeless less harmful. A study published in May in The Lancet, a British medical journal, tracked nearly 280,000 Swedish construction workers from 1978-1992 and found that smokers were at least 10 times more likely to get lung cancer than snus users.

The study, done by an international team of public health researchers, and funded by the Swedish Cancer Society, said snus users were not at increased risk for oral cancer. It found that they were twice as likely to get pancreatic cancer as those who never used tobacco but their risks were lower than those for smokers.

Smokers should be encouraged to quit tobacco entirely, but they also should be told that smokeless products have fewer risks than cigarettes, says Jonathan Foulds, director of the tobacco dependence program at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.

Foulds says Swedes' widespread use of snus has helped lower the adult male smoking rate there to among the lowest in Europe. Snus, though legal in Sweden, has been banned in most of Europe as cancer-causing and a gateway to smoking for young people. Cigarettes, however, are legal.

Snus use alone did not cause Sweden's smoking rate to fall, says Harvard's Connolly. He says high cigarette prices along with bans on cigarette advertising and indoor smoking played a greater role.

"All forms of tobacco are bad," he says, adding that the new smokeless products won't help American smokers kick the habit. "It's like setting up a methadone program next to a drug house and keeping your fingers crossed and hoping it all works out."

Snus products have varying levels of nicotine. Connolly says Taboka, Philip Morris' first smokeless offering, actually creates a craving for a cigarette.

Foulds says Taboka delivers almost no nicotine. He likens it to Ford or GM building a car with four wheels but no gas. In Sweden, he says snus products have enough nicotine to help smokers get off cigarettes.

Philip Morris' Phelps says a pouch of Taboka contains slightly more nicotine than a pouch of any of the four flavors of Marlboro Snus. He says he cannot compare the nicotine of a snus packet to that of a cigarette because nicotine is measured differently in the products.

Bonnie Herzog, a tobacco industry analyst at Citigroup, says in a July survey of tobacco wholesalers and retailers that most respondents do not believe snus will prompt smokers to quit. Instead, they say smokers will use snus in addition to cigarettes.

A marketing challenge

Health concerns aside, such products could be a tough sell for tobacco companies.

"There's such a stigma attached to smokeless products," says Kylie Meiner, tobacco prevention coordinator for the health department in Multnomah County, which includes Portland, Ore., a test market for Camel Snus. She says such products generally do not appeal to well-educated people.

The challenge is getting a smoker "to create a new behavior," says Butler of U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co. He says its first spit-free product, Revel, was launched in two markets several years ago and "failed to achieve a breakthrough."

Other new smokeless products also have struggled or failed.

"It has been slow going," says Sara Troy Machir, a spokeswoman for Star Scientific, a small Virginia company that makes dissolvable tobacco lozenges known as Arriva and Stonewall. She says awareness of the products is increasing, however.

"It's going to take some time for these products to take off," says Modi, the tobacco industry analyst. For that to happen, he says, they have to work. In other words, they have to give people a nicotine buzz.

So far, Taboka hasn't been "lighting the world on fire, no pun intended," Modi says.

A USA TODAY visit to a dozen convenience, tobacco and Wal-Mart stores in Indianapolis found Taboka widely available, often in a dispensers displayed near Marlboro cigarettes and priced at $1.20 to $3.80 per pack. Retailers say consumers have shown little interest.

"I haven't sold any at all," says Pat Bowman at The Tobacco Shop. He says even people who had coupons for free samples didn't want Taboka once they knew what it was. "I couldn't give it away."

R.J. Reynolds' Payne says one pouch of Camel Snus offers about as much nicotine as a cigarette.

In Wake County, N.C., where Camel Snus was launched last month, several smokers gave it a thumbs-down, says Gibbie Harris, the county's health director. Ten smokers in her agency tried it. She says "the women didn't like it at all," partly because they found it wasn't entirely spit-free.

Payne says if used correctly — placed between the upper lip and gum, not the lower lip — snus should not require spitting, because there's less saliva in the upper lip.

The marketing savvy of big tobacco companies worries public-health advocates such as Harvard's Connolly. "If anyone can get the taste and nicotine right, it's Philip Morris," he says, noting the allure of the Marlboro brand name.

Connolly says the health community should play no part in helping the industry expand tobacco sales share by acknowledging snus as a safer product.

"We shouldn't be out there promoting harm," Connolly says, "even reduced harm."

Find this article at: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-08-06-snus_N.htm

Canterbury on Thurs.

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Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 11:50 AM
To: crza <>
Subject: Canterbury on Thurs.

We are going to be at Canterbury park on Thurs. I would like to invite softball team but I don't have emails. Please advise. Hope you left some vino in SF for the rest of us.

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Marketing Trip

Marketing Trip
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This is what I see.



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Tyler's New Setup

Tyler's New Setup
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MoMoron's

MoMoron's
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No.

Remember This?

A special late night blog entry from last season.
http://bulldogsoftball.blogspot.com/2006/06/10-7-bulldog-conquers-momars.html

Championship Game Thursday

Championship Game Friday
Originally uploaded by Ghostface CRZA

The Bulldog-Momars rivalry heats up again this Thursday at 9:15. Bring as many fans an you can because we want to flash mob the old man into submission.



BBQ before the game again?



Greetings from Chicago. I'll be back Thursday in time for the game.



Coach

I Saw This

I Saw This
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Beanbag Toss Video Game

Beanbag Toss Video Game
Originally uploaded by Ghostface CRZA

It's real. I played it at the Peanut on 76th in Kansas City.

Whiteboard Scorecard

Whiteboard Scorecard
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Whiteboard Scorecard

16-3 Bulldog Wins Via 10 Run Rule

16-3 Bulldog Wins Via 10 Run Rule
Originally uploaded by Ghostface CRZA

Foto taken superfan.

Scouting Report: Tonight's Opponents

If we can't beat a bunch of national insurance wholesalers and management science associates then maybe you need a new coach.
http://www.clarkwamberg.com/

Sore jaw plagues hot dog eating champ

So sad. I love Kobayashi. Now the door is wide open for Joey Chestnut. I am convinced that Kobayashi

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Sore jaw plagues hot dog eating champ

Six-time winner of Coney Island's 4th of July competition may not compete

The Associated Press

TOKYO - The competitive eating world is already chewing on this bit of breaking news: The champ may not be able to chomp.

Takeru Kobayashi of Japan, the six-time champion of the annual Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, may be sidelined for next week's event by an arthritic jaw.

Last year, the 165-pound Kobayashi won his sixth straight Yellow Mustard Belt at the Independence Day competition in Coney Island, N.Y., by devouring a then-world record 53¾ frankfurters in 12 minutes.

That mark was smashed earlier this month by Joey Chestnut of San Jose, Calif., who gobbled up 59½ hot dogs and buns at the Southwest Regional Hot Dog Eating Championship at the Arizona Mills Mall in suburban Tempe, Ariz., — one of the qualifying events for Coney Island.

Chestnut nearly beat Kobayashi in 2006, downing 52 hot dogs and buns at the contest, which is sponsored by Nathan's Famous Inc.

But Kobayashi, 29, may not be able to defend his title. Earlier this week, he said on his Web site that his "jaw has abandoned the frontline" during his training.

"Already I can't open my jaws more than just a little bit," he wrote. "There's no pain only if I open my mouth about enough for one finger. More than that is painful and I can't open it."

A specialist diagnosed him with arthritis of the jaw, he wrote.

"To tell the truth, I'm desperate about healing completely before the July 4 contest," he said, adding that he had begun receiving treatment at a hospital and from a chiropractor.

On Tuesday, his United Food Fighters Organization said on his Web site that Kobayashi has found a doctor he can trust and was "creating an environment in which he can dedicate himself to healing."

"The contest is coming up soon, and we'd happy if everyone kept him in their thoughts," the group wrote.

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Time Change

New time for this week's game, 9:15p instead of 8:15p. Show up at the regular time because I am bring a baby grill that we can use to char vittles. Bring drinks to so we get really rowdy before the game.

Game MVPs

Game MVPs
Originally uploaded by Ghostface CRZA

Beach gets many stars for hitting the only over the fence home run in Bulldog history. Tyler recieved co-MVP for the keyboard work. Ryan as always gets co-MVP for the superb mound work, Beach gets an anti-shout out for his lazy assets watch the fly ball second hit.

Am I Normal? - A story about male puberty. 3 of 3

We won this week over the Robins 12-4 so the celebration to place at Bulldog N.E. Word up.

On This Run, Way More Bandits Than Smokeys (but No Beer) - New York Times

A.J. Mueller

Making time on the Bandit Run.

By DAVE KINNEY

Published: May 27, 2007 - Atlanta

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Eastbound and Down

TODAY is the 30th anniversary of the release of the movie “Smokey and the Bandit,” a Burt Reynolds romp that the actor once described as “a little like eating Chinese food — about an hour after you see the movie, you may want to go see another one.”

But for many people, the real star of the movie was the car he drove: a 1977 black Pontiac Firebird Trans Am with gold striping and a “thunder chicken” graphic on the hood. With plenty of Hollywood stunts and trick driving, the Trans Am left an impression.

To commemorate the anniversary of the movie, a driving event called the Bandit Run 2007 was held from May 15 to May 17, with about 200 participants in 85 cars traveling the 660 miles from Texarkana, Tex., to Atlanta, the route traveled in the movie. The event was open to anyone; owning a Trans Am was not required.

The movie is about a trucker, nicknamed Snowman and played by Jerry Reed, and his decoy and lookout man, Bandit, played by Mr. Reynolds, who agree to transport 400 cases of Coors beer from Texarkana to Atlanta. It is Bandit’s job to occupy the police — nicknamed Smokey — so the tractor-trailer of beer can make it to Atlanta without being discovered.

Thirty years ago, Coors beer was not sold in states east of the Mississippi River. In the south, Texas was the cut-off line.

The idea for the Bandit Run was a collaboration of David Hershey of Keller, Tex., and Dave Hall, the owner of Restore a Muscle Car, a restoration shop in Lincoln, Neb., who said they thought it would be fun to recreate the road trip from the movie on its 30th anniversary. Mr. Hall’s shop had restored Mr. Hershey’s 1977 black Pontiac Trans Am SE, or special edition, which replicated the paint scheme of the Trans Am used in the movie. Mr. Hall and Mr. Hershey promoted the event on Motortopia, a motor enthusiast’s Web site. More than 300 joined the Bandit Run group, many posting photos and videos of their cars. Bandit Run participants came to Texarkana from all over the United States.

I wanted to attend, but I also wanted to arrive in the right car, so on April 20 I bought a black 1979 Trans Am with almost 100,000 miles for about $10,000 at a collector-car auction in Branson, Mo. I had always wanted a black Trans Am and this was my excuse to finally fulfill my dream. I bought one like the car in the movie.

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Jim Cox, who, along with his wife, Kathy, owns the collector-car auction, found a mechanic to prepare the car for the trip. The air-conditioning was repaired, new front springs were installed, and the tires, brakes and shocks were inspected, adjusted and, in some cases, replaced. The foam was also replaced on the two front seats.

The Bandit Run group gathered with their cars May 15 at the Tex-Ark Antique Auto Museum. The mayors of Texarkana, Tex., and Texarkana, Ark., welcomed us. Pontiac Firebird Trans Ams from most model years were among the 25 or so cars there for the start. More cars, including many Trans Ams, dropped in and out of the run along the route.

Talking with the participants, one theme appeared continually: most were fascinated by the car in the movie and most first saw “Smokey and the Bandit” when they were much younger. Jed Morgan of Call, Tex., said he was “born in 1977, the same year as the movie.”

“I watched the movie likely since I was 3,” he said.

Mr. Morgan, 29, a nursing student, was traveling with his brother, R.J., 18, in a black 1977 Trans Am. Jed Morgan bought his car last year on eBay and is already devoted to it.

“I’ve already made arrangements that my brother will drive it in my funeral procession, if he survives me,” Jed Morgan said. “It will be in front of the hearse.”

We left Texarkana on that Tuesday morning with a police escort. In many of the small towns we drove through, police cars had pulled over with officers standing beside their cars like an informal honor guard. Most officers waved as we passed.

The first leg of our journey, and the longest drive, was on the first day. The 382 miles from Texarkana to Tupelo, Miss., was mostly on rural two-lane roads. We had good weather for most of the trip, with the exception of a cloudburst that happily coincided with a lunch stop.

If the first day had included a hard-luck trophy, our car would have won. About two hours into the trip, we noticed a strong smell of burning rubber. We looked under the hood and discovered that our air-conditioner compressor had seized. The compressor belt was destroying itself trying to turn on an unmovable bracket.

With a cut from a razor blade, we solved one problem only to have another appear. I thought that by removing the tension from one belt, I had changed the dynamic of the others, so I assumed the alternator belt was slipping. Tightening the other belts at our lunch stop did not help.

The problem was diagnosed as a broken fan clutch, a serious problem, but not one that had to be fixed immediately.

We soon stopped at an auto parts store in Greenville, Miss. Five minutes and $30 later, we were on our way with a new fan clutch ready to be installed.

Just outside of Itta Bena, Miss., our car had what could have been a trip-ending breakdown. The driver’s side rear wheel worked its way loose, and by the time we pulled over, three lug studs had sheared off and a third was bent, leaving the wheel attached with just one lug nut.

Had we traveled an additional few feet, the wheel would probably have come off. Our situation seemed pretty hopeless until Mr. Hall, the event organizer, appeared with some spare lug nuts. After scavenging one lug stud and lug nut from the opposite side of our car, we had enough parts to continue to Tupelo, our first overnight stop.

A morning car show in the parking lot of the Tupelo Automobile Museum gave us time to find some parts and fix the car. We were soon on the road, but about two and a half hours later we stopped just outside of Birmingham, Ala., so we could enter the city in a group. While we were waiting for the stragglers, many of the truckers who had been running with us for the last hour gave us a blast of their horns while some passing motorists flashed thumbs up. By now, our group included about 50 cars, the overwhelming majority of them Trans Ams.

Steve Clark, a club D.J., had traveled to the event from Sheffield, England. Mr. Clark, who said he was on his fourth car-related trip to the United States, owns a 1978 Trans Am, but he did not bring it along; he was a passenger in a friend’s 1969 Dodge Charger. Mr. Clark is planning to rent a car and end up in Nashville for the Dukesfest, an event related to “The Dukes of Hazzard” television show.

A lunch stop on the third day at the Talladega Superspeedway, the Nascar track, brought the group together for one last time before reaching Atlanta, about a two-hour drive east. Most of the participants were staying in Atlanta to participate in the Year One Experience, an open house run by Year One, one of the largest suppliers of restoration parts for muscle cars like Trans Ams.

Year One is offering a series of cars that are built using original Trans Ams as their starting point. A fully updated version with supercar performance, the Burt Reynolds Edition BAN II and BAN III, which was shown to the Bandit Run group, still retains much of the exterior look of the original cars. Engines are available up to a 650-horsepower 8.8-liter aluminum block. Fully restored and heavily modified, prices for the BAN II start at $129,900.

On the trip home, I wondered if the owner of a BAN II would have 12 times the fun that I had in my admittedly slower $10,000 original that was so prone to breakdowns.

Somehow, I don’t think that is possible.

Buy Coach's Wife's Car - SOLD

1999 Nissan Altima GXE
$3,900

Coach's Wife is getting a new vehicle so this is part of the memorabilia sale that's helping to pay for the fresh Japanese steel.

Exterior: Titanium Frost Pearl
Interior: Dusk

120,538 Miles - lots of highway mileage

Comments
Well-maintained, fun to drive sedan, 30+ mpg on the highway is possible. New tires at 110,000 miles, tuneup at 120,000. CarFax Records available on request

Favorite Features

Reliability and Dependability. I wish I could find an American car with this much quality and dependability.

Specs
Bucket Seats | Center Console
Lighted Entry System | Power Brakes
Rear Window Defroster | Tinted Glass
15 Inch Wheels | 2.4L I4 DOHC 16V FI Engine
Automatic Transmission | Tachometer
Driver and Passenger Front Airbags | Cloth Seats
Cruise Control | Power Steering
Remote Trunk Release | Tilt Steering Wheel
Air Conditioning | Intermittent Windshield Wipers
Power Windows | Power Door Locks
Power Exterior Mirrors | AM/FM/CD Audio System

E-Mail the Seller

We will autograph any part of the car upon request.

Kauffman Stadium

Kauffman Stadium
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Kansas City, Missouri

411 of Coach and Coach's Wife

411 of Coach and Coach's Wife
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Give Coach Money

Give Coach Money
Originally uploaded by Ghostface CRZA.

Coach needs $37 from each of you to cover the cost of league registration and softballs. Coach is also graduating on Saturday so feel free to give him extra money and presents. Join Coach after graduation at the Bulldog N.E. To see him slur his words. Meg sent out an eVite with detail. Holla.

Number 1, 2, & 3 Fans

Number 1, 2, & 3 Fans
Originally uploaded by Ghostface CRZA.

Actually they were just fans of the field. We didn't make any fans with our 5 run final inning choke.

It's Not a Loss

Final score 11-11 called after 8 innings. We got back in the game with a nine run sixth inning. Jeff got his first rbi but Karl has a grand slam to upstage him. Jill of Momars was a guest player working well coming up with hits. She has a game tying rbi to put us into extra innings. Karl should have won the Session but Jill got it out of gratitude and because of base on balls. Next game is vs. The Momars.

Game MVP Rewards

Game MVP Rewards
Originally uploaded by Ghostface CRZA.

I have come to the conclusion that people on our team don't want to try too hard because they know a MVP of the game doesn't win anything. Things are going to change this week. The game MVP will win one Session Premium Lager (pictured above). I like this beer because it reminds me of the ones from the cinematic classic Strange Brew.

Know Your Enemy

Know Your Enemy
Originally uploaded by Ghostface CRZA.

MOMARS

Postcard From Coach

Postcard From Coach
Originally uploaded by Ghostface CRZA.

Greetings,

Wish you were here in sunny Peoria, Arizona. I am at the Spring Training home of the San Diego Padres and Seattle Mariners.



Much Love,

Coach

Whiteboard - Game 1

Whiteboard - Game 1
Originally uploaded by Ghostface CRZA.

Mobile Blog Post Test

Mobile Blog Post Test
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This is Furby.

Team Photo

Team Photo
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Pregame Meal

Pregame Meal
Originally uploaded by Ghostface CRZA.

Updated - Softball Practice 4/22

Video: Karl's Message

Spring Training Practice
Time: Thursday 4/19 7:15pm - 9pmSun 4/22 3:15pm - 4:30pm
Location: Home Run Hitters - 8300 10th Avenue North, Golden Valley , MN 55427.

I reserved a hitting tunnel (pitching machine) for us like we did last year. We're paying for this by the hour so be on time.

The 86 Rules of Boozing

I'm posting this before the season starts because there are a lot of life lessons in this list that could potentially help us win more ballgames.

1. If you owe someone money, always pay them back in a bar. Preferably during happy hour.

2. Always toast before doing a shot.

3. Whoever buys the shot gets the first chance to offer a toast.

4. Change your toast at least once a month.

5. Buying someone a drink is five times better than a handshake.

6. Buying a strange woman a drink is still cool. Buying all her drinks is dumb.

7. Never borrow more than one cigarette from the same person in one night.

8. When the bartender is slammed, resist the powerful urge to order a slightly-dirty, very-dry, in-and-out, super-chilled half-and-half martini with a lemon twist. Limit orders to beer, straight shots and two-part cocktails.

9. Get the bartender's attention with eye contact and a smile.

10. Do not make eye contact with the bartender if you do not want a drink.

11. Unacceptable things to say after doing a shot: Great, now I’m going to get drunk. I hate shots. It’s coming back up.

12. Never, ever tell a bartender he made your drink too strong.

13. If he makes it too weak, order a double next time. He'll get the message.

14. If you offer to buy a woman a drink and she refuses, she does not like you.

15. If you offer to buy a woman a drink and she accepts, she still might not like you.

16. If she buys you a drink, she likes you.

17. If someone offers to buy you a drink, do not upgrade your liquor preference.

18. Always have a corkscrew in your house.

19. If you don't have a corkscrew, push the cork down into the bottle with a pen.

20. Drink one girly drink in public and you will forever be known as the guy who drinks girly drinks.

21. Our parents were better drinkers than we are.

22. Never talk to someone in the restroom unless you're doing the same thing—urinating, waiting in line or washing your hands.

23. Girls hang out, apply make-up, and have long talks in the bathroom. Men do not.

24. After your sixth drink, do not look at yourself in the mirror. It will shake your confidence.

25. It is only permissible to shout 'woo-hoo!' if you are doing a shot with four or more people.

26. If there is a d.j., you can request a song only once per night. If he doesn't play it within half an hour, do not approach him again. If he does play it, do not approach him again.

27. Learn how to make a rose out of a bar napkin. You'll be surprised how well it works.

28. If you can't afford to tip, you can't afford to drink in a bar. Go to the liquor store.

29. If you owe someone twenty dollars or less, you may pay them back in beer.

30. Never complain about the quality or brand of a free drink.

31. If you have been roommates with someone more than six months, you may drink all their beer, even if it's hidden, as long as you leave them one.

32. You can have a shot of their hard liquor only if the cap has been cracked and the bottle goes for less than $25.

33. The only thing that tastes better than free liquor is stolen liquor.

34. If you bring Old Milwaukee to a party, you must drink at least two cans before you start drinking the imported beer in the fridge.

35. Learn to appreciate hangovers. If it was all good times every jackass would be doing it.

36. If you ever feel depressed, get out a bartender’s guide and browse through all the drinks you’ve never tried.

37. Try one new drink each week.

38. If you are the bar's sole customer, you are obliged to make small talk with the bartender until he stops acknowledging you. Then you're off the hook. The same goes for him.

39. Never tip with coins that have touched you. If your change is $1.50, you can tell the barmaid to keep the change, but once she has handed it to you, you cannot give it back. To a bartender or cocktail waitress, small change has no value.

40. If you have ever told a bartender, “Hey, it all spends the same,” then you are a cheap ass.

41. Anyone on stage or behind a bar is fifty percent better looking.

42. You can tell how hard a drinker someone is by how close they keep their drink to their mouth.

43. A bar is a college, not a nursery. If you spill a beer, clean it up. If you break a glass, wait for a staff member to clean it up, then blame it on someone else.

44. Being drunk is feeling sophisticated without being able to say it.

45. It's okay to drink alone.

46. After three drinks, you will forget a woman's name two seconds after she tells you. The rest of the night you will call her “baby” or “darling”.

47. Nothing screams 'nancy boy' louder than swirling an oversized brandy snifter.

48. Men don't drink from straws. Unless you're doing a Mind or Face Eraser.

49. If you do a shot, finish it. If you don't plan to finish it, don't accept it.

50. Never brood in a dance bar. Never dance in a dive bar.

51. Never play more than three songs by the same artist in a row.

52. Your songs will come on as you're leaving the bar.

53. Never yell out jukebox selections to someone you don't know.

54. Never lie in a bar. You may, however, grossly exaggerate and lean.

55. If you think you might be slurring a little, then you are slurring a lot. If you think you are slurring a lot, then you are not speaking English.

56. Screaming, “Someone buy me a drink!” has never worked.

57. For every drink, there is a five percent better chance you will get in a fight. There is also a three percent better chance you will lose the fight.

58. Fighting an extremely drunk person when you are sober is hilarious.

59. If you are broke and a friend is “sporting you”, you must laugh at all his jokes and play wingman when he makes his move.

60. If you are broke and a friend is “making sport of you”, you may steal any drink he leaves unattended.

61. Never rest your head on a table or bar top. It is the equivalent of voluntarily putting your head on a chopping block.

62. If you are trading rounds with a friend and he asks if you're ready for another, always say yes. Once you fall out of sync you will end up buying more drinks than him.

63. If you're going to hit on a member of the bar staff, make sure you tip well before and after, regardless of her response.

64. The people with the most money are rarely the best tippers.

65. Before you die, single-handedly make one decent martini.

66. Asking a bartender what beers are on tap when the handles are right in front of you is the equivalent of saying, “I'm an idiot.”

67. Never ask a bartender “what's good tonight?” They do not fly in the scotch fresh from the coast every morning.

68. If there is a line for drinks, get your goddamn drink and step the hell away from the bar.

69. If there is ever any confusion, the fuller beer is yours.

70. The patrons at your local bar are your extended family, your fathers and mothers, your brothers and sisters. Except you get to sleep with these sisters. And if you're really drunk, the mothers.

71. It's acceptable, traditional in fact, to disappear during a night of hard drinking. You will appear mysterious and your friends will understand. If they even notice.

72. Never argue your tab at the end of the night. Remember, you're hammered and they’re sober. It's akin to a precocious five-year-old arguing the super-string theory with a physicist. 99.9% of the time you're wrong and either way you're going to come off as a jackass.

73. If you bring booze to a party, you must drink it or leave it.

74. If you hesitate more than three seconds after the bartender looks at you, you do not deserve a drink.

75. Beer makes you mellow, champagne makes you silly, wine makes you dramatic, tequila makes you felonious.

76. The greatest thing a drunkard can do is buy a round of drinks for a packed bar.

77. Never preface a conversation with a bartender with “I know this is going to be a hassle, but . . .”

78. When you’re in a bar and drunk, your boss is just another guy begging for a fat lip. Unless he’s buying.

79. If you are 86’d, do not return for at least three months. To come back sooner makes it appear no other bar wants you.

80. Anyone with three or more drinks in his hands has the right of way.

81. If you’re going to drink on the job, drink vodka. It’s the no-tell liquor.

82. There’s nothing wrong with drinking before noon. Especially if you’re supposed to be at work.

83. The bar clock moves twice as fast from midnight to last call.

84. A flask engraved with a personal message is one of the best gifts you can ever give. And make sure there’s something in it.

85. On the intimacy scale, sharing a quiet drink is between a handshake and a kiss.

86. You will forget every one of these rules by your fifth drink.

--Frank Kelly Rich

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