If we don’t trade him, we may as well let him play. He’s made an ass of himself, and there’s nothing we can do about that. But what we can do is let him lead the Pack yet again. He’s earned the right.
I’ll take a lot of flack as a Packer fan for his return, but if the Packers can have another great year with him like they did last year.. well, they can talk all they want.
Save Brett
Brett making efforts to come out of retirement is like a slap to the face of the Packers organization and his fans. He went out on top, despite not making it to his second Super Bowl. He chose to leave, and we accepted it.
He now knows he can’t return to the Packers, who have been busting their asses for the past half a year to play without him. The only option is to play for another team. The Packers won’t allow him to simply be released unconditionally from his contract and sign with the highest bidder (likely the Vikings or Bears). If anything, he gets traded to a non-NFC North team, and the Packers gain some value in return.
He’ll end up on a team like the Ravens, Bucs, or Dolphins. He won’t win another Super Bowl with one of those teams. His best chance was to decide earlier to play one more year in Green Bay, and he gave up on that chance. Brett’s image is now tarnished as a Packer, because of his selfishness. Maybe I’ll feel differently in a year, but I’m truly heartbroken right now… as lame as that might sound.
He is the Shawn Michaels to our Marty Jannety.
So last year when Snakes on a Plane was released to DVD, I came up with a drinking game to celebrate the release.
In short, everyone got really drunk really fast, and I’ve since decided that the rules needed a bit of refinement.
Two horrible ideas in the first version were “drink when there are snakes on the screen” and “drink when Sam Jackson swears”.
A drinking game like this should start the night off… not start AND end the night for most of us.
So here’s attempt number two:
- Drink when a snake dies. (multiple snakes at once = one drink)
- Drink when a human dies. (multiple humans at once = one drink)
- Drink when the movie goes into “Snakevision”.
- Boobies = Drink!
- Drink when Sam Jackson gives a command (i.e. repeat after me, stay safe, listen to me)
- When Sam Jackson says THE line… finish your drink!
- If there’s anything left by the time the credits start rolling, finish your mother f’ing drink!
- The Mexican military and Department of Tourism don’t seem to have open lines of communication. Case in point:

Just minutes before getting into Rocky Point, we came upon a stop in traffic. Cars were backed up as far as the eye could see. Why, exactly? The Mexican military set up a roadblock so they could search for drugs. Apparently drug running is on the rise in Sonora, MX, and I guess they got a tip that there may be some trafficking going on. It was pretty lame. What made it worse, though, was that my fellow tourists thought it would be a good idea to make more lanes, therefore creating a bottle neck and slowing traffic to an even slower crawl.

I like to think I made the best of things, though.

- Roger Clyne is awesome.
When he says he’s got a 45 song set ready for the night, he’s not kidding. Grab a blanket, some beers, and tequila.
- Jack and Jose can be friends.
Saturday, 10am: Jack and Diet. Sunday, 1am: Jose. Various combinations of the two and beer throughout the day. It was a good day.
- Jet Skis are fun. I finally got to ride one. It’s like riding a motorcycle on the water, and it’s a lot more forgiving if you fall off. Dragging knee on the water = lots of fun.
- Mexican guacamole FTL. This isn’t really new to me, but I figure maybe I’ll find something better one of these times. Either we’re going to the wrong places, or American made guacamole is like eleventy billion times better than Mexican guac. Guac I’m used to up here is kinda chunky with all sorts of good stuff in it. Guac down there is simply avodacos in a blender, watered down, with a bit of cheese on top. Meh.
Here’s a link to the rest of the pictures:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshua_schlag/sets/72157605143792441/
So, there’s a crane at the office.
No, it’s not IN the office. It’s outside, in the courtyard/arboretum. I don’t know where it came from, and I don’t know if it’s going to leave. It’s like 4 feet tall, and pretty cool looking. I wouldn’t go near it, though. That beak could take an eye out.
Anyway, I called Maricopa County Animal Control and left them a message. “Yeah, there’s a big bird here. It’s not teaching us anything about the alphabet. Instead, it’s eating our fish and chasing small mammals.”
Maybe they’ll come and take it to a lake or the zoo or something. If not, I’ll get a hunting license and we’ll pay a trip to the taxidermist and have a creepy piece of office decoration.
Pictures? Yeah, I got some:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshua_schlag/sets/72157605073965002/
So, I got a Wii.
To my fellow Wii owning friends… got friend codes to share in this antiquated online system of Nintendo’s?
My console code: 0395-9521-0906-7940.
I have three games:
- Wii Sports
- Super Smash Brothers Brawl (3480-2981-7351)
- Mario Kart Wii (3308-4994-5586)
I’ve had a nice weekend. Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes.
Though I could’ve organized some crazy outing last night, or at least a birthday dinner with a bunch of friends today - I quite honestly didn’t feel like it. I tend to be the guy who organizes things. If somebody doesn’t do it, then the cool and fun stuff won’t happen - so it may as well be me, right? Plus, that means I get to call all the shots. Anyway, it was just nice to have a really chill day and relax a bit.
Today I watched the Suns DESTROY the Spurs with my family. A special thank you to Boris Diaw and crew for kicking so much ass today. After they went home, I ended up watching Juno. Awesome awesome awesome movie. It’s full of happy, and is pretty real. I dig it. A lot.
…the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are. Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome, what-have-you. The right person is still going to think the sun shines out of your ass. That’s the kind of person that’s worth sticking with.
That’s some good shit, right there.
How disappointing. The email went straight to the people I had already talked to, and not a district manager or anything of the sort. Guess I’ll be snail mailing my original complaint…
from oai@azwings.com
date Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 5:07 PM
subject Rock Band
Joshua,
I am sorry that your team was never informed of any of the rules regarding the
rock band tournament the week that you won. I ran the tournament every week
except for the week that your band participated. The rules were passed out in
all the prior weeks, and all the other bands were informed that the finals would
be played on hard difficulty. Some of them even played in our guitar hero
tournament which did the same. The employee(Trent)was not in charge of running
the tournaments he just helped out last night, and him being an employee did not
give him any unfair advantage to the tournament. I hope that you will still come to Buffalo Wild Wings. We will keep in mind your comments and suggestions for our next tournament.
Thank You,
Shanna Sabo
General Manager
Buffalo Wild Wings
Oasis at the Islands
1475 W. Elliot Rd.
Gilbert, AZ 85233
SE corner of Elliot & McQueen
480.813.WING
I’m on a total blogging binge right now…
Here are some movies I’ve seen recently that I would recommend:
- Into the Wild - Pretty good story based on true events… I’d like to read the book now. Burning question from this movie - the girl at the trailer park community… would you if you were in his shoes?
- Across the Universe - I’m a Beatles fan, and admittedly I do like the occasional musical. This one is pretty cool. Would be better on weed, I imagine.
- Walk the Line - Johnny Cash = awesome. The end. Also, Reese Witherspoon is ridiculously hot in this movie.
- Event Horizon - Best sci-fi horror movie ever. Yes, better than Jason X. (Yes, that was a joke).
And some music:
- Into the Wild soundtrack - Eddie Vedder acoustic FTW.
- Flobots - Handlebars - I can ride my bike with no handlebars… can you?
- Ludo - Love Me Dead - The video is awesome.
And some games:
- Portal - The cake is a lie
- Rainbow Six Vegas 2 - It’s just fun.
Aaaaand I’m spent.