Banner Night

You know how in the movies they break down doors to get in somewhere? Yeah, I just did that for the first time. Some people were over here at my house today, and it seems one of them was fiddling around the the lock in the doorknob, because when I stepped out to take the trash out a little while ago and lightly pulled the door behind me just to keep the bugs out, it closed. And it locked. So here I am after midnight on the back porch in my boxers with no key and no phone. Even if I wanted to call Mom (who has a spare key) or a blacksmith to come over and let me in, I couldn't. That's okay, though, because I wasn't in the mood to wait around. After a minute of thought, there was really only one choice. Luckily I live in an old house and the wood's not the strongest anymore, so it only took a few gradually building shoulder rams to bust in. boom, BOom, BOOM! and I'm back in. You know, I'm glad I realized how easy it was before the local burglars did. Gonna have to beef that up. Luckily the deadbolt still works, which is all I really use anyway. Just had to stuff some wood and metal back into place and I'm back in business.

Here's how it looked right after the bustup:


This, along with some other disgruntling things, made for a brilliant evening here in fantastic Mobile. The one good thing? The Red Sox won the World Series!

Now back to your regularly scheduled bullshit.

Play of the Day

This is amazing!

Trinity (TX) Laterals Their Way to Division III Win

Sox Win!

The Red Sox beat the Indians tonight in Game 7 of the ALCS. We're going back to the Series! That's what happens when you mess with Papelbon...

Don't mess with Papelbon!!!

Update to Shooting Story (previous post)

There's another story in the paper today about the old lady who shot the clothes-washing intruder. It mentions that the police had to take her gun for the time being as evidence. But fear not, good citizen, for Ethel Sanders has backup:

"In the meantime, there is a hatchet sitting next to her bed."

True dat.

There was this story was on the al.com blog today...81-year-old shoots homeless man in her laundry room...and tonight I happened to catch the same story on the tv news. They interviewed a neighbor, who had the following to say: "She's bedridden but there ain't nothin' wrong with her trigger finger."

Shrimp & Cheese

Tomorrow I'm going to have a couple of adventures in south Baldwin County. In the morning, I'm running in the Shrimp Festival 10K in Gulf Shores, and in the afternoon I'm going to finally drop by Sweet Home Farm in Elberta. I was hoping to maybe get a tour too, and meet some friendly cows, like this blogger did, but I just called and they said they don't really give public tours. Oh well; should still be nice. Maybe I'll get lucky.

In Rainbows!

New Radiohead out today! Name your own price! Help redefine the music industry! My first listen is underway as we speak...

MyRightWingDad.net

Look at this great site I just discovered via Chris Hayes. I've gotten forwards like this from my Dad! Not many or often, thankfully, but a few nonetheless. I've seen even more of them in various email/document review projects for work. Disgusting or pitiful as they are, I love that somebody out there made this site.

Black Swan