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19 August - Retrosexual - 08/19/2008 |
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7 Aug - Rock Star 2, Twins with no sex and... a Pants Missle? - 08/07/2008 |
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Pants Missile. Where do I come up with these things. It's not from looking at myself in the shower, I can tell you that. I have more of a Pants Pop-gun. Like the cheap wooden toy you buy at the state fair with a cork attached to the gun by a string and you push the back forward and then - pop. Very unimpressive. |
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29 July - Oh Where Oh Where Does My Carbon Offset Go... - 07/29/2008 |
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Don't know. But as DLC realized, we should find out. Check out the usage of your carbon offset charge on Expedia, Lastminute.com, etc before paying it. It seems to be a good idea in theory, hopefully it is good in execution as well. |
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17 July - DLC vs The Surf - 07/17/2008 |
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Have a good holiday, DLC amigo. Be sure to wear your little wooden statue necklace while you're surfing. Or is it make sure you don't wear it, can't remember. Either way, watch out for Vincent Price. Some photos of my holiday to Cornwall and some of the Cricket match I attended on 13 July, to get you ready for our DLC Cricket Spectacular Show.  Beach near our "cottage" Kynance Cove - one of the most beautiful places I've seen! Guess the Griswolds didn't really knock it down. When you go to Lord's for a Test Match, wear white and tuck your shirt in. Monty Panesar bowling. South Africa batsman, 4 England fielders (position names from left): Silly Mid On, Silly Mid Off, Wicket Keeper and Leg Slip. Pretty wacky names but I guess the Brits have no clue what a shortstop and catcher are. Or a pitcher for that matter. England celebrate the lone wicket they took this day. Cheers - KD |
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1 July - Wimbledon Experience - 07/02/2008 |
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7:30 pm Arrived at Wimbledon Queue camp ground. #921 and #922 in line. They give you an official card with your number so there can be no queue jumping or question as to where you belong. Would have needed to show up between 5:00 and 6:00 pm to get a queue number under 500 and secure Centre Court tickets. Proper, flat, clean, comfortable grass camp ground with refreshment stands, nearby toilets, plenty of stewards willing to help and answer questions. People playing football and Frisbee in the surrounding field. A great start. 8:00 Tent up, time to start sipping some red wine and chatting up the neighbors. 9:00 Left tent and walked into town for another bottle of wine and some snacks. It felt safe to leave our gear zipped up in the tent on the camping grounds. There are stewards walking around all night so it is well supervised and safe. 11:00 Got lost trying to find the tent after going to the toilet. Make sure you take a flashlight and find some landmarks around your tent if you have to leave in the dark! 11:45 In the tent, trying to go to sleep. Listened to classical music on the iPod and also to white noise meditation type music. Didn’t sleep much…  Saturday 28 June 4:30 am Sun fully up. Woke up first time, tried to catch a few more zzzzzz but there were too many people waking and moving around us. 6:00 Up and at ‘em with tent packed up. Snarfed down an egg, cheese and sausage bap from the nearby refreshment stand. For the next couple of hours, we moved smoothly through the queue as it travelled towards the AELTC. You walk next to a quiet, pretty golf course - not on a sidewalk next to a street so it is much more comfortable. Plenty of coffee stands and toilets along the way. We checked our tent and other small bags at the official left luggage facility, costing 1 GBP per item. At some point along the queue, stewards come by and ask you for which court you want tickets. They have a schedule of play with them so you know who’s playing if you haven’t already heard. We went for Court 1 since the Centre Court was full.  Then you just cruise through a bit more queue before reaching the ticket gates. The prices were very reasonable, 53 GBP each for our Court 1 seats, 6 rows from the grass – right behind the players. The prices vary a bit each day, becoming more expensive later in the Tournament. We were inside the tennis complex by 10:00 am. Took some pictures, checked out the shops, walked around a bit. Ate Fish’n’Chips at 10:30 am, started in on the Pimms around then as well.   Took our seats at Court 1 around 1230 and watched 3 full matches: Venus Williams vs a Spanish woman with 4 names; Richard Gasquet vs Gilles Simon; then the men’s doubles of Mirnyi/Murray v Cerretani/Hanescu. It was so amazing to be there: the grass; the activities of the ball boys, umpires and line judges; the stellar tennis. Venus is truly a presence in real life and can fully hammer the ball.  Be prepared for the day to stretch out a bit as you are so tired from camping, it’s hot, etc. But a few coffees or cokes mixed in with your Pimms, you should be OK.Wimbledon is likely going to be the coolest thing I will do while here in London. Highly recommended, truly a fantastic experience!  Game, Set & Match - KD |
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27 June - Wimbledon - 06/27/2008 |
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Here's the tent and sleeping bags. We're really going for it! Camping out on the sidewalk tonight in front of the All England Lawn Tennis Club. Hoping for Centre Court tickets to tomorrow's (Saturday's) matches. Nadal on the grass at SW19??!! IT"S GOING TO BE AMAZING! |
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19 June - Jason #27 vs Anchorman #2 - 06/20/2008 |
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So what are we most excited about - another Friday the 13th or another Anchorman? Would either of them really be any different? Jason will trap some unlucky chick in a sleeping bag and then bash her into a tree. Hopefully giving the adrenaline-fueled audience a glimpse of her boobs and/or booty first. Anchorman will use whatever jokes that were written for Ricky Bobby and/or Semi-Pro Jackie Moon that ended up on the cutting floor as all those characters are the same, just with different jobs. |
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12 June - Don't Look At My Junk - 06/13/2008 |
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Yeah, so I am not so excited about this... |
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5 June - A World Without Hummers? - 06/06/2008 |
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Ronaldinho-less Barcelona? It could be - he's rumored to be transferring somewhere this summer. But if you are in Chicago or NY on either of these dates, it would still be sweet to watch the football magic of Barcelona. And who knows, he may still be on the squad but be "auditioning" for a new team! |
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3 June - Importance Of Backing Up - 06/04/2008 |
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Do you have iTunes? Do you have 5000 songs on your laptop? If it was wiped out, where does the music go... better think about backing up to disc or to a portable hard drive. |
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29 May - Sexy Soccer Cheese Monkey Dog - 06/02/2008 |
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Been lazy with the blog this past weekend. Here's the pics and clips you can watch for a laugh: |
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27 May - Take Me To Your Leader - 05/28/2008 |
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Wii love Mario Kart... Space travel rules. Sure, 500 million to send a robot to Mars to dig up some soil seems a little extreme. Especially when 500 million people in the world don't have any food. But, space travel rules. Watch the photos that pop up on the interweb over the next few months and look out for those little green feet... Can we really believe in God, creation, and aliens? The Vatican says... http://tech.uk.msn.com/news/article.aspx?cp-documentid=8299079 England V USA tonight at Wembley- not a friendly? http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/internationals/england-v-usa-meaningless-friendlies-are-a-thing-of-the-past-under-capello-833959.html Here's a photo I took of the impressive Wembley Stadium before a match we went to last fall:  Full report on the game coming up on Thursday's show. Cheers - kd |
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22 May Chelsea Blues - 05/23/2008 |
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Fair Play to Man United on winning the UEFA Champions League. A thrilling match that came down to a terribly unfortunate slip on a wet pitch. Hopefully Chelsea will reload and be back for many trophies next season. |
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20 May Chelsea v Manchester United - 05/20/2008 |
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The teams have arrived, the fans are starting to travel, the build-up is increasing. And tomorrow night it all comes together in the UEFA Champions League Final in Moscow, one match for all the kahooties. It will be on US tv; ESPN2 at 245 eastern, 145 central - so watch and enjoy. |
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15 May Boosh-tastic Concert - 05/15/2008 |
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Check out the Mighty Boosh episodes, if you dare. It's pretty far out there, and quite British. For example, they say toilet rather than bathroom - which evidently I do as well. Julian Barratt was really cool to meet, very chill and genuine. Kind enough to sign my ticket stub. He plays Howard Moon, the guy in the blue paisley shirt you'll see if you hit the Boosh website at the below link. |
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13 May Marvel-ous Movies - 05/14/2008 |
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Yeah, so make fun of me. Don't care. Didn't have a chance to mention these on air, but no doubt DLC would have shredded me about it. I was a comic book collector back in the day. Still have loads of G.I. Joe comics among others. So these movies get me geeked up. As does the Justice League of America movie, which keeps rumouring around the industry. |
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8 May Cherry-tee - 05/08/2008 |
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After thinking about the terrible tragedy in Burma and other such things over which we have no control that happen in the world, have decided to donate to Red Cross on a regular basis. It seems insignificant but a little of something is much better than a lot of nothing, which is what I am doing now. |
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6 May - Gassy Clinton Obliterates Iran - 05/06/2008 |
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24453785/ |
