June 08, 2005
Softball Blogging, sort of
The Maximum Leader recently posted about his new found admiration for collegiate fast-pitch softball. I often agree with the Maximum Leader and this time is no exception. My admiration for the sport however evolved somewhat differently.
The first year my wife and I were dating her middle sister was pitching for one of the local Babe Ruth teams; this was my first exposure to the world of women's fast pitch softball and for the most part competitive women's athletics.
I remember being impressed with the speed and accuracy her sister had while hurling one pitch after another, sitting down batter after batter, inning after inning. Those were the early days of fast pitch softball in our area and her dominating pitching lead to rules being created in the local Babe Ruth League limiting the number of inning the girls could pitch to give the opposing teams a chance.
Once she aged out of Babe Ruth and traveling softball after her freshman year in College I took a short break in attending games with any frequency. During that break I feel even more in love with my wife and we got engaged. During that time I also began to view her sisters as my own, for the first time I was able to experience the joys of life with sisters. (As a side note there are times I'm sure they haven't forgiven her for that.)
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June 07, 2005
Another sordid night
It was yet another sordid night in TTLB's ecosystem. It seems that I forecast it right when I said Steve-O was setting his sites on The Huffington Post. Well last night it was mission accomplished as The LLama Butchers managed to tame the shrew and mount Arriana.
The photographic evidence is below, and remember folks pictures don't lie.
Poor Robbo, I'm not sure how Steve-O managed to rope him into his sick and twisted games.
Reports have been released that Steve-O was last heard saying "If you can't beat'em out breed'em!"
Congratulations to the LLamas on another successful conquest, you may now report to the nurse's station for the customary shot of penicillin.
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Don't tell me no lies....
It's Tuesday, which means it's time for another round of who's line is it anyway episode of the Men's Club and Demystifying Divas. This week's topic: Once a flame of a friend becomes available, is that person "forever" unavailable to other friend.
I've never had a problem with a friend of mine dating a girl I had gone out with. Not that it's happened very often as most my friends all realized that I until I met my wife I had a knack for picking out crazy. Not just run of the slightly off balance, I'm talking medicated crazy. So needless to say once I'd figured out they were crazy my buddies had figured it out too. As a wise man once said, "All women are crazy, it's just a matter of degree", who he is remains a mystery as the women in his life have hidden his body and erased all semblance of his existence.
There are times it's unacceptable however to ask for permission. If they've just been through a nasty break up there really isn't a need to pour salt into the wound by asking their permission to date.
Yes you have to ask permission, it's just common courtesy. There is a direct correlation between how long they've dated, how long you've been friends and how long you have to wait before you can got out with them. If the relationship was serious (marriage, engaged, long term) only a super putz would ask permission to hook up with a friend's ex. One of the main reasons you've got to ask permission, is you run this risk of getting your feelings hurt as well as permanently damaging a friendship.
As I previously mentioned I dated a girl that was kinda crazy (if you missed it and don't feel like reading it she was really to get married after two months and I wasn't). When we parted ways it was a less than amicable breakup. She bumped into a drinking buddy of mine a couple of weeks later and they started dating. Then one night while out at one of the local watering holes they showed up. He was embarrassed, I didn't give a damn, she came over and tried to make me jealous. Her bit didn't work, she got mad, started crying and he just assumed I'd called her a nasty skank or worthless hussy or psycho bitch and jumped to her defense.
Now I'm a fairly passive guy, I was raised not to start a fight and I can count the number of physical altercations (other than scuffles with my brothers) I've been in on one hand . But I was also raised not to back down from one either. He kept pushing the issue thinking I was pissed, when I explained to him that I really didn't give a damn, that they were both worthless as tits on a bull and made for each other he got mad and took a swing at me. The one thing I regret is I never got a punch in, my buddies were on him before I had a chance to react and he received a good ole southern ass whipping. Which is the proper punishment for breaking Rule #10 of the Official Guy Code: Before dating a buddy's ex, you are required to ask his permission and he, in return, is required to grant it. Shortly after that little incident she broke things off with him we talking things out over a couple of beers and went our separate ways.
The problem was the trust was broken. Which is why you need to speak to your friends prior to boinking their ex. Had he let me know I'd have happily said go for it and the whole little incident would have been avoided. As most adults know relationships are built on trust. If you're doing something you have to keep secret from you friends, especially a close friend, then you ought not be doing it to start with.
I'll leave the gentlemen readers with one final bit of advice:
Always remember in South Carolina and West Virginia Rule #5 of the Official Guys Code of Conduct also applies: If you've known a guy for more than 24 hours, his sister is off-limits forever, even if your buddy did break up with her, it's still unacceptable to ask his permission to date her. Plus if she isn't good enough for her own family she isn't good enough for you.
For more enlightened views:
The Wizard found out his best friend broke the guy code.
Stigmata aka Puffy is offering monkeys for anyone brave enough to date his exs.
Smallholder of the Naked Villains is polishing his report.
Kathy has some not so fond memories of goombahs.
sadie says to kick the garbage to the curb.
Silk says don't even go there.
Chrissy says that women very merrily married.
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» Cake Eater Chronicles swims in with: Old Flames and The Friends Who Date Them
» Just Breathe swims in with: Forbidden territory?
» Fistful of Fortnights swims in with: Testing the Waters.
» suburban blight swims in with: Hands Off?
Ahh yes
Via sadie, the Naked Villians and the Llama Butchers.
I am:
 An Elvis man, you like you women dangerous and your steaks bloody. You often get wrapped up in landscapes and fail to realize the danger you put yourself into. Don't get cocky, and don't get caught. It might be good to lay off the drugs every once in a while. Just a suggestion. Take the What Pulp Fiction Character Are You? quiz. |
Not that anyone should find the results surprising.
I'm just wondering if Mia,the Wolf, Butch, the gimp Marcellus or Fabienne want some bacon?
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June 06, 2005
Possibilities verses Probabilities
I learned a valuable lesson this weekend.
Something that will brighten men's days in their darkest hours.
An epiphany that could only be compared to the creation of the wheel.
What you may ask did I find so enlightening?
That a lingerie clad pillow fight may be only a heart beat away. That right, 'tis always a possibility.
Sure it's not very probable, but there's still hope for images such as these:
Read More "Possibilities verses Probabilities" »
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June 03, 2005
More tests
Via the Llama Buthers:
Your "Empathy Quotient" Test Score is 20:
0 - 32 = You have a lower than average ability for understanding how other people feel and responding appropriately. Most people with Asperger Syndrome or high functioning autism score about 20. On average, most women score about 47 and most men about 42.
Your "Systemizing Quotient" Test Score: 50
40 - 50: You have an above average ability for analyzing and exploring a system. On average women score about 24 and men score about 30. Most people with Asperger Syndrome or high functioning autism score between 40 - 50.
So folks if you're starting a pool of what the hell's wrong with me the winner is either Asperger Syndrome or High Functioning Autism.
Robbo when you finish with your appointment, see if they have an opening for me.
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Under Attack
It seems that Mustang 23 has been attacked by the Beef Jerky Nazi and was forced to form Bloggers for Beef Jerky.
Since it's always best to know who and what you're up against when going into a battle, Bloggers for Beef Jerky presents to you an Exclusive Photo of the of the Beef Jerky Nazi.
All those years of Tofu and Evian must have finally gotten to him, because those defiantly aren't military issue fatigues.
And the family resemblance is irrefutable.
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Had to be embarrassing
I've had some embarrassing moments, but it really had to be a blow to a skank's hussy's blogger's Arianna's ego when Al Franken found the thought of sleeping with her laughable.
Note: No photoshoping was required as the image was pulled directly from Arianna's photo gallery. Also note I'm not a hotlinking bandwith stealing skank.
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The Music Meme
Jim hit me with the Music meme and being a good Snooze Crew&trade employee I've finished it.
Total volume of music files on my computer: Home: about a gig, at work none.
The last CD I bought was: License to Chill - Jimmy Buffett.
Song playing right now: We don't listen to music at work. The simple minds I work with get distracted by noise. That and they squabble like little bitches over the type of music.
Five songs I listen to a lot, or that mean a lot to me:
Five songs I listen to a lot, or that mean a lot to me:
The Weather is Here I Wish You Were Beautiful - Jimmy Buffett: The story of my love life (prior to meeting my wife).
One Particular Harbor - Jimmy Buffett: First song I heard at a Buffett Show.
The Ballard of Spider John - Jimmy Buffett
Pacing the Cage - Jimmy Buffett
The Walk - Sawyer Brown
I'm supposed to pass this on to five people, so if you're reading this and haven't done it yet, TAG.
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June 02, 2005
Carnival of Comedy
RightWingDuck has the Sixth edition of the Carnival of Comedy up at IMAO.
You can find funny there, since there isn't much here today, yet, I don't think.
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Chivalry ain't dead
I've been debating whether or not to post regarding women being involved in direct combat roles.
There is s reason that I haven't seen very many people cover, and it could be considered a sexist issue, so I'll apologize in advance for being a pig. Actually I won't, if you don't like it, tough, get over it.
There are certain gender based roles that as a race the two different sexes fill. Men typically don't have strong maternal instincts; it's just a fact of life. Men are typically considered the protectors of the family, yes it's sexist and yes I realize that women can provide for a family just fine. That isn't my point. There are gender roles that our brains are hard wired with, they're the most primal of our urges, like the urge to reproduce. We simply can't change the urges just because it's the politically correct thing to do.
I haven't served in any branch of the military, so I don't have any personal experience to draw from. However I have talked to several people that have served and their opinion is the same as mine; the urge of a man to protect a woman isn't something that can be "un-trained". If nothing men are extremely predictable beasts, we'll often put ourselves in harms way to protect a woman.
For example: In college I was heading home late one night, when I stopped at a stop sign and saw a guy beating the crap out of what I presumed to be his girlfriend. Without any further thought I backed my truck over the curb, into the parking lot and got out. The girl was maybe 5'2" all and 100 pounds soaking wet, he had to be close to double her size and by the time I reached them he was open handedly beating the hell out of this girl.
He hadn't paid any attention to me pulling into the parking lot or approaching them, so I hollered at him and when he turned I laid him out. I hit him harder than I'd ever hit anyone in the twenty some years leading up to that point. When I hit him the skin on my knuckles and the meat on his nose pealed back, yet for some reason I didn't stop. As he hit the ground I was on top of him. I'm not sure what happened after that. See I got in a couple more shots before I was laid out myself.
Apparently the girl who had seconds before been screaming bloody murder didn't care for me evening things up. I'm not quite sure what she hit me with; all I know is she split my cheek and damn near knocked me out. As I was getting up off the ground, she was helping him up and into their car where she drove away.
Now I'm not recounting one of the more humbling, yes getting knocked on your ass by a 100 pound woman is very humbling, moments of my past to speak of my own chivalrous virtues. If I am willing to place myself in such a situation, how are our soldiers going to react when they see a female in harms way?
Are they going to take risks they otherwise wouldn't take? I know had it been two guys in that parking lot I wouldn't have been about to recount the story above.
What happens when it comes to a P.O.W. situation? How are our solders too react when they see one of their female colleagues being beaten or sexually assaulted. Imagine the mental abuse they would suffer knowing they could prevent a woman from being raped if they were to divulge information that may or may not be useful to the enemy.
Call me sexist I don't care, but I do not see how you can expect a soldier who voluntarily signed up to risk his life to protect those back home will be able to treat a woman as just another body on the battle field.
Maybe the problem is certain people have become accustomed to letting women do their dirty work.
Maybe certain people don't mind hiding behind a woman's skirt if it keeps their Ivy League ass out of a fight.
It isn't about competency, it isn't about women being unfit for service and it isn't that some women aren't physically capable of doing the job. There are some physically fit enough to drag a wounded 200 pound marine off the battle field, not many, but some. It's just that a majority of our soldiers haven't been pussified to a point they would idly sit by and watch something bad happen to a woman.
Sorry folks like it or not Chivalry ain't dead and placing women along side men on the battle field is a bad, bad idea.
Send complaints here.
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