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| Dude! Toe Sandwiches Rock! |
| 07.30.04 (11:54 am) [edit] |
I heard this on love line last night thought it would be interesting to share.
I've been down to eating crumbs a few times in my life but i've never been this hungry!
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_791522.html" title="http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_791522.html" target="_blank"http://www.ananova.com/news/s...
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| It Had To Happen |
| 07.28.04 (8:51 pm) [edit] |
The creature that is reality TV has evolved to its final stage....or should I say "Mutated". http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWB...
UPN has begun airing it's new reality show "Amish in the City"
5 late teen/early 20's Amish kids who are taking part in "Rumspringa", the Amish right of young adults to leave the Amish community and see the world. They move into a house with 6 people who are so steroeotypical of MTV's Real World/Road Rules genre. You have the classic black girl with drama attitude, the hot guy who's got a short temper and is full of himself, the hot wild guy from boston who loves to be the center of attention, the typical gay guy with lisp, then you have the attractive slutty blonde, and of course it wouldn't be a good show without "the vegan chick".
If she hasn't watched it yet, TNGIRL should love this.
I really can't stand these kind of shows but because it has some Amish in it i'll give it a chance.
ahhh it just got better. the vegan just got assigned to grocery shopping duty and of course everyone wanted boneless chicken breast.
HAHA!! they wanted to get eggs and she objected by saying that was "chicken abortion". stupid female.....those eggs are not fertilized! sorry.....i don't want to get off on that rant. So now she is imposing her vegan diet on everyone else.....GRRR....
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| What Are You? |
| 07.27.04 (5:56 am) [edit] |
Take a few minutes and read this article from The Tennessean, the nashville based newspaper. It deals with a 2000 Census report asking people what ethnicity they claim to be. If you like please tell me what you claim to be and why you do so...why it's important.
I'll do a follow up blog when I have enough responses and give you my take on it.
thanks!
http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/04/06/ 53721892.shtml" title="http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/04/06/ 53721892.shtml" target="_blank"http://www.tennessean.com/loc...
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| Happy Anniversary To Me! |
| 07.23.04 (1:23 pm) [edit] |
I really don't know what to write about today. I am still not satisfied with the quality of my writing lately. I'm running out of things to talk about. There's not a lot of good kelptoblogable material floating around either so I am spending alot of time just thinking or random stuff. Today is the 10 year anniversary of the day I caught the 7 pound largemouth bass mounted on my wall. My cousin Brian took me out fishing that morning to a place where he had found some bass the day before. I caught the big'un on my first cast right in front of the boat before he could make a cast. It would take him 9 years to completely forgive me for that. I took him to a Titans game last fall and got us excellent end zone seats where we watched the Titans lay waste to Ricky Williams and the Dolphins 38-7. "Well I guess you finally made up for that big bass.", Brian said as we walked back to the car that afternoon. But this spring I was out with him again and caught a 7.25lb bass right behind him again....i wonder how long he'll hold this grudge? :p
I am listening to one of my Nickel Creek cd's. Although I really love their musc and admire their talents very much I try not to write about them too much as some fans do. The level of devotion of some fans is so outrageous it borders on obsession. Now, I'll go see them in concert every time they're in the area, but I am able to curb my enthusiasm. This particular song playing called Sweet Afton. The lyrics came from the poem by the same name written by Robert Burns, a well known Scottish poet. Chris Thile, the Murray, KY mandolin player and writer of this music, said that is is always fun and easy to work with dead people....they're so laid back and cooperative...or something like that. It's a calm, sleepy tune about a stream that flows through the countryside where he and his lovely lady steal away for a peaceful, romantic encounter.
I would like to go to Scotland or Ireland someday and see a place like this. I have my own favorite quiet place on the lake back home. It's a bay where in the summertime, just before sundown, the lake is calm and the surface of the water is like a mirror. It's so reflective that if you look across the 2 mile span of the lake just as the sun sets you could take a picture, turn it upside down, and it would look just the same as if it were right side up. It's a place I go to a couple times a year to fish but I haven't been able to be there for a moment like that for about 6 years. It's another reason I would like to move back home in the near future. The view from the roof of my apartment isn't too bad in the evenings but nothing really compares to that place back home. Now this is the point where LP is probably beginning to think "Matt, you need a good woman to take out to that spot and share that lovely moment with." Well I'm sure that would be very enjoyable LP, but I really don't need any company to enjoy the simple things. Besides, I would probably be fishing and we all know you females make too much noise and would probably scare the fishies away..:) JUST KIDDING!
P.S. If you're not busy saturday night come by www.doorfromhell.com/radio and tune in to the live radio show and join in on the chat room too! Floatyman Tony will hopefully do a call in segment and much much more! So why go out to a club or a movie or nice restaurant and waste your $$!!?? Stay at home and tune in!
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| Which Muppet Are You? |
| 07.21.04 (10:16 pm) [edit] |
Ok let's try this AGAIN. i am having trouble geeting the lionk to work here.
MUPPET
hope that works.
if not type this www.matthewbarr.co.uk/muppets
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| Unbridled Enthusiasm |
| 07.20.04 (9:02 pm) [edit] |
I have a part time job at Bass Pro Shops here in Memphis where I am a sales associate in the camping department. It’s a cool job; I get to play around with all the cool camping toys. It’s midsummer now and lots of families are planning vacations so I get to see quite a few young children pass through each day. Sunday a couple came by with their 3 kids, ages between 2 and 8. Before I ever saw the family I could hear the 4 year old expressing great excitement. “OH MY DADDY LOOK!” After his introduction of overwhelming joy he would point to an item and explain to his father what exactly he was so psyched about. Quicker than daddy could say “put that down!” the little heathen would already have acquired his next target and begin to shout OH MY DADDY LOOK! And here we go again.....The 8 year old son was just the opposite....Quiet and more subdued with respect to enthusiastic eruptions. Levi was his name. Levis initiated dialogue with me by saying “hello matt.” He spoke with assertiveness and politeness not common to the contemporary 8 year old. I replied with equal etiquette and asked him how he was doing. He smiled, nodded, and said he was just fine. It appeared everything in Levi’s world was just super. “Did you know boy and girl blue jays look the same?”, Levi asked with confidence. “That’s right”, I said, “just like mockingbirds.” He concurred with a nod...”yeah I was hoping to get a bird book over there (motioning toward the gift department) but did you know it costs $17?” I replied “you like birds do ya?” “Yeah, they’re very interesting.”, he said. Then his mom called him over so we said our goodbyes. “Rock on, Levi.”. I said....well actually I said “see ya.” but in my mind I was saying Rock On! For the next 10 minutes a steady stream of OH MY DADDY LOOK! could be heard in the store. I began to think back to when I was 4 years old. I can remember being so energetic and zealous in everything I did. 4,5,6,7 years old....I don’t remember too many specific events but more like feelings. Memories of not heeding repeated parental warnings....going too far from the house, playing in the fields near the big pond when I wasn’t supposed to....climbing into, onto, over, under, and through trees, creeks, ponds, tractors, and even maw maw’s freshly planted garden. My cousin Brian and I used to jump off a wall outside the church next to the cemetery. We would wait anxiously for the closing prayer to end so we could race to see who got to jump first. We would weave through the aisles dodging hands of adults trying to slow us down. In our world there were no boundaries, no fear, and no consequences. The 4 year old reminded me of all that I have grown out of. Levi reminded me of another part of my when I was his age. A time when I began to first take a deeper interest in the outdoors what things were, what they did, and how they worked. I got my hands on every bird book and nature guide I could. That energy and unbridled enthusiasm that once manifested itself by running around getting into everything I could was now being put to use.
So, where does that inner child go when we grow up? Is it a finite existence? Or is it meant to change and added to as we mature? Could it be likened to a piece of a machine?...Something you start with and add to but is so important that without it the finished product will not function as it is meant to? I believe that it is. But I also believe that sometimes you can turn off that machine for a while and take that part out and play with it on its own....Let it out....Play in the rain, see how high you can go on the playground swing, climb a tree and talk to yourself and the ants, or even roam out past the woods up to the big pond where you can skip rocks and get your new shoes muddy. Don’t ever lose that voice that once said OH MY DADDY LOOK! Let loose with a big ole OODALALY! And roll down a grassy hill.
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| I Have to Tell EWE The Truth |
| 07.20.04 (12:51 pm) [edit] |
Apology for the "baaa-aa-aad" puns in advance.
The last blog was not written or posted by me. Kim's good friend, Kyleen, wrote it. However I only gave Kim authority to let Kyleen guest host...I wasn't aware of WHAT she was going to write. But once I read it I couldn't stop laughing. I actually believed that I would have written that. So, thanks Kyleen, for doing a great job.
Check back tomorrow for my blog dealing with the issue of "losing and finding our inner child". Shespecies subconsciously jumped the gun and beat me to posting a good blog on this topic. But I wrote this one while at work last sunday afternoon. So i hope everyone enjoys it. Sandra says I should tell a story so I had that in mind when I scribbled it down. I'm headed to Otherlands to tweak it a little bit.
byebye!
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| giving up |
| 07.18.04 (6:56 pm) [edit] |
Well i just want everyone to know that i have completely given up on females. They are insane and i just can't take it n e more, everyone i meet is a psycho. NO... i know what ur thinking... i am not turning gay... def not... i decided to try a different type of female.... lets see, how do i put this....
As u all know i am very into wildlife and animals... so when tryin to choose the perfect female i decided to think about what i look for in a female and then choose the perfect female based on that...
i want a female who enjoys the same activities as i do, therefore she must enjoy wildlife. I also want a female who is into cuddling and doesn't mine me using her soft tummy as a pillow. I love to camp and sleep outside under the stars, therefore she also had to enjoy that. I also like my females to be quiet, I hate it when they talk my ear off. i know that sounds mean, but if u have met my past gf's u would understand. I also want a girl who can last all night long, if u know what i mean
so as u have probably already figured it out, my new found love is a sheep named lily. I met her through my friend Andy... he has a sheep gf named betty. Betty and Andy have been dating for awhile now and they both seem so happy together. Andy says that he likes her because she isn't controlling at all. He says that if he wants to see her he can go visit her in the field, but he can always have time to himself cause she doesn't get mad if he doesn't see her every night. He also says that she is nice and quiet and he wool tummy is great to use as a pillow. Apparently sheep really know how to cuddle!! Andy began to inform me of too much information when he proceeded to tell me how she knows how to "move", if u know what i mean.
So i have been introduced to Lily and so far things r going great. Andy was 100% right with everything he said. Andy and I can now double date when we go to visit our women in the field, and we can always go out afterwards to the bars and they don't get mad at us for hangin out with the guys...
As you can tell things are going great for me and i couldn't be happier. Lily gives me everything i need and i can't thank Andy enough for introducing us. i have finally found true happiness
Sorry ladies but this man is officially off the market. Thanks to everyone who have always stood by me, i hope y'all can respect and understand my decision.
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| The Blob |
| 07.16.04 (11:41 am) [edit] |
I'm up here at Otherlands again this afternoon. I don't know which is worse, the weather outside or the ear piercing, blood curdling sound of the Cindy Lauper cd plaing ove rhte store's speakers. Although this particular song isn't all that bad, "Time After Time?"....Wasn't that on the sountrack to Never Been Kissed w/ Drew Barrymore? mmmmm....drew B.....There's a really short, cute girl that works here...it's her favorite cd I think. It was playing the last time I was here. Thirty minutes ago it was 12 noon, calm, mostly cloudy, cool and calm. The sky was as bright as it normally is at noon here. But as I made my way down I-40 heading to midtown it suddenly became 8 o'clock dark. i mean the sky was dark as it normally is here at 8pm in July. By the time I arrived it was raining like a monsoon and was 9 o'clock dark.....The Blob had moved in and begun it's precipitous attack. Just as the first sprinkles had started i could sense the pungent smell of hot asphalt. The small rain drops immediately evaporated and left behind in the air a saturated, oily, gritty aroma. One of those smells you never forget. it's so unpleasant but you can't help but take another wiff. The sky has turned an ominous gray color. Kinda of like burned charcoal with a hint of blueness. I love this jkind of day. I don't care for the heavy rain but the solid gray sky and cool air serves as a good reminder of a nice fall or winter day. I can't wait for that time of year to come again. I'm much more content and happy then. Around October the nights get chili, the crops are ready to harvest, and the insects are desperately striving to get in one last intimate moment to propagate their seed before the frost takes their lives. The cotton farmers begin spraying defoliant on their plants to get them ready for picking. If you drive east on I-40 towards jackson some October afternoon you can smell that defoliant, another pungent and very memorable odor. One of those scents that invokes memories. For me it's memories of going to college at UT Martin. In a small rural town surrounded by soybean,corn, and cotton fields. Memories of walking through the fields bow hunting and quail hunting. (Yes I kill those helpless, innocent, defenseless creatures from time to time). There's probably a week's worth of blogging I could share dealing with my love of hunting and the love for the great outdoors. I'm not sure the major demographic of my readers are the kind who would care to read about that kind of stuff; a few maybe could relate to that kind of stuff. Maybe I'll just do that...if y'all would like me to? Afterall, this IS an outdoorsman's blog. It can't always be all about smurf ass licking and ketchup rants now can it?
P.S. It wouldn't be a good Otherlands blog without a good reference to the store, its employees or patrons.....one other smell that invokes an emotional response is the unmistakable hippie patchouli incence burning near the restrooms
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| Lefty Loosey, Righty Tighty |
| 07.14.04 (1:20 pm) [edit] |
Why are some people left handed and others right handed?
Is there any advantage to either trait?
Are you left or right handed?
Are you ambidexterous? if so,, in what tasks?
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| Pimpin' the Grandson |
| 07.13.04 (9:48 pm) [edit] |
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My grandma.."maw-maw" left a detailed voicemail tonight telling me about a girl she thinks is "perfect" for me. Even gave me her email address and phone numbers.....more to come as the story progresses.
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| You Say Tomato I Say Heinz |
| 07.13.04 (12:21 pm) [edit] |
I learned a new word last week at my new job. I also learned a new meeting technique. it's called a WEBINAR. A seminar you conduct over the internet. Quite an experience. Listening to someone in another part of the country or world give a powerpoint demonstrtion via your office laptop. A cool idea yet still just as boring and sleepiness inducing as a live seminar. At least this way only your coworkers can see you nodding off and not the presentor.
Which brings me to this. I love ketchup. I cannot stand raw tomatoes but I love ketchup. I can eat a fried tomato, a stewed tomato, and even sometimes a diced tomato as long as there is enough burrito sauce to drown out the disgusting taste. i have a gag reflex when it comes to a big raw sliced tomater. BLEGH! But Heinz ketchup...that's the stuff right there. Not Hunts, it's too sweet, and not that generic grocery store watered down crap....HEINZ!!!! If I could get my ketchup through an IV I would. The only thing i regret is when I buy Heinz ketchup some of my money goes to John Kerry's wife's pocket.....but hey, it's ketchup, not politics!
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| Live Radio Show Tonight |
| 07.10.04 (5:43 pm) [edit] |
ok i am stupid. forgot to put up the link i think.
here it is.
http://www.doorfromhell.com/radio/" title="http://www.doorfromhell.com/radio/" target="_blank"http://www.doorfromhell.com/r...
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| Finally FREE DOWNLOADS! |
| 07.10.04 (3:51 pm) [edit] |
well now that I got your attention, if you're not doing anything tonight from 10-12(cst) come by
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| KleptoBlogginess |
| 07.09.04 (9:38 am) [edit] |
Ok, it's friday, I'm lazy, so I just stole a couple of cool sites off of FLoatyman's blog and sharing them with the tblog world. These are PhotoShop pics of different animals morphed into weird looking hybrids. Enjoy!
http://www.worth1000.com/cache/contest/contest cache.asp?contest_id=3041&start =1&end=10&display=photosh op#entries" title="http://www.worth1000.com/cache/contest/contest cache.asp?contest_id=3041&start =1&end=10&display=photosh op#entries" target="_blank"http://www.worth1000.com/cach...
http://www.humandescent.com/" title="http://www.humandescent.com/" target="_blank"http://www.humandescent.com/
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| My Own Office Space |
| 07.07.04 (5:21 pm) [edit] |
I started a new job this week and they gave me my own office. Finally, I have my own office! I am one step closer to
THIS
or perhaps THIS
Well it's not a cubicle, just a small room with a desk and small filing cabinet and a window out of which I can daydream.
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| Spawn Here Often? |
| 07.04.04 (4:15 pm) [edit] |
Ok, I'm too lazy to drag this thing out any longer so here's the abridged version.
Fish use color just like birds to attract and seduce females. Like the Rainbow Darter. One type of minnow is born with his own "french tickler". He has small bumbs on the top of his head which he uses to rub the female....an instand minnow panty dropper.
Porchlight Orgy: Insects are the most numerous animals on Earth. Fireflies use flashes of light and katydids sing all night.
So, all these examples illustrate how seduction is played out in the animal kingdom. You would think that humans would be able to come up with even better methods.....but
THIS and THIS are the best ideas we have come up.
How bout that SheSpecies?
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| Drunken bloggin |
| 07.03.04 (7:06 pm) [edit] |
Ok, since I've been drinking since 6:30 my time (5:30 your time), Matt has asked me to guest host his blog cuz hes tired or something. Please disregard spelling and formatting mistakes.
So I guess Matt has been doing something about animals and theory of sexual languages and such. Well, I jsut want you to know, right now, I dont care much about the mating habits of the rose-breasted grosbeak and all I know is I need some booty. If a guy comes to my door singing "glunk glunk" like a bittern, I'm going to do him if hes sexy. The song may be a turn off but the wine will take care of that. Now, please boys, don't come to my door now singing songs and holding a bottle of wine... it only works on Saturday nights when Im craving fresh virgin blood and drinking... oh shoot... hang on....
Sutter Home. Because its cheap and I'm poor. Anyway, Im sitting here waiting for some booty and trying to totally embarrass Matt and not caring that I'm making an ass out of myself. So please leave some colorful comments and please Matt cuz he asked me to do this when the three sheets have long been carried off by the wind. :-)
Later! Mwah!
~Kimmie
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| Your Nest or Mine? |
| 07.02.04 (2:16 pm) [edit] |
Most bird species have a common characteristic in that all the males of that kind look identical and same goes for the females. In some species both sexes are similar, like with the blue jay and crow for example. How they tell each other apart is up to the behavior they display. But for the ones whose sexes differ, color is a good method of seduction. Bright colorful plummage such as the Wood Duck , Harlequin Duck , and Western Tanager are good examples of gentlemen who stand out and catch the ladies' eyes.
Another method is by singing. Some songs are plain and simple like the Robin, mystical like the Veery a spiraling trill, and the outright strange song of the American Bittern which has a "ga-lunk" mantra that only a horny female bittern would find sexy.
And lastly, my favorite method is "Displaying". We've all seen turkies strut and gobble, but many other birds strut as well. Even those little pesky sparrow you see picking up scraps in the mcdonalds parking lot fan out their tails, puff themselves up and show off to the chicks. Pintail drakes do daring acrobatic maneuvers in the air. But my favorite one of all is the Prairie Chicken. He incorporates all 3 methods into a dance. The video might take a few minutes to load but it's well worth the wait to see this funny little fella put on a show!
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