For entertainment purposes only.
New Mexico
Fresno State (-10½) over Wyoming
WYO 35, FRES 28 F/2OT
St. Petersburg
Central Florida (+2½) over State University of New Jersey
RUTG 45, UCF 24 (Way to show up at a virtual home game, Knights. )
New Orleans
Middle Tennessee State (+3½) over Southern Mississippi
MTSU 42, USM 32
Las Vegas
Brigham Young (+1½) over Oregon State
BYU 44, ORST 20
Poinsettia
Utah (+2½) over California-Berkley
UTAH 37, CAL 27
Aloha, er, Hawaii
Sout
I'm still here, but boy did I have a scare the other night.
By the way, I'm working on the 2009 version of Not For Burgers, but it may be Friday before I post it.
Monday night, I was trying to make potato soup. Was more like mashed potatoes, which wasn't necessarily a bad thing. Unfortunately, I didn't account for the saltiness of the bacon fat and oversalted the pot. Blech.
In the process of cleaning up, however, I accidentally blended the tip of my left index finger. To borrow one of
Sorry to have taken so long to post this. Been busy with at TF2 cup competition for a server set I can't link to here because of their forums. Not to mention, 4 fantasy football leagues, and Ultima Online is a better use of my time than, say, staring at a keyboard.
I will say this, though: Go <AXE) ! Before congratulating me, make sure you've read the whole of the letter. There are important details.
Also, I may not be congratulated at all: I walked into this office the day after I was lai
4½ years.
Not really by the boards, but I had very serious plans of getting into a groove there. Even thought I was in that groove, but now I'm out.
Pray for me. Pray for us. We need to land quickly.
-KIE
My life
Has led me down the road that's so uncertain
Now I am left alone and I am broken
Tryin' to find my way
Tryin' to find the faith that's gone
This time
I know that You are holding all the answers
And I'm tired of losing hope and taking chances
On roads that never seem
To be the ones that bring me home
Give me a revelation
Show me what to do
'Cause I've been trying to find my way
I haven't got a clue
Tell me should I stay here
Or do I need to move
Give me a revelatio
Hurrah for getting back on BZPower!
Hurrah for getting back on my blog.
Hurrah for forgetting the post I was going to post when it finally came back up!
Hurrah for running laundry!
-KIE, who won't be in attendance in DC tomorrow.....but will next year.
For the first time in 7 years, 337-842-0361 is not my cell phone number.
My wife was receiving unwelcome phone calls in the middle of the night, so we had our numbers changed.
After 4 years in New Orleans, I finally have a local phone number in the 504 area code.
Oh, and married life? I don't think I can answer how it is: it's too early to have set an honest-to-goodness routine.
-KIE
<21 seconds of city street ambience>
<19 seconds of random audio clips, interspersed with radio static>
...it doesn't matter to me
Hey, I'm in the Caribbean
(I'm in no hurry, yeah)
In my Caribbean dream....
Picture me just lying in the sun
with the radio on
And nothing has to get done
Yeah, this reggae music is fun
rhythym of the island
Happiness comes sneaking up on me
from a serious place
There's not a serious face
On any day of the week
Dancin' with my left fe
Notice: The subject matter of this blog entry may need to be interpreted by parents for younger audiences.
I've finished the course.
Tonight was the rehearsal & dinner. Great fun. Made a complete cool dude of myself as per usual & Amanda bailed me out. Got to take my bride home, and the drive ended most well.
(Side note: We missed you tonight, DV, but we understand, really. I'll have something for you in 2010.)
Tomorrow is my wedding day.
Tomorrow is my wedding day, and I, l
*giant dust cloud*
Hello.
Sorry you haven't gotten to hear about me for the past......while. I've been busy. Wedding plans & stuff.
Well, that's not wholly true: I moved at the beginning of May, and I've spent a good chunk of time unpacking. Couple that with no internet access at work (firewall in the Yenni building), and Team Fortress 2, and it's been little but cricket chirping in my blog.
One of the neat things about getting married is the registry. It's traditional to commemo
The National Football League will forever have a giant cavity.
While some can fill your persona, knowledge, and jacket size, no one can do all three. Farewell, John Madden.
-KIE
All my life, my parents have fed me, in one way or another.
Okay, not my entire life, but it has been them buying or cooking me food.
Tomorrow, the tables turn.
Amanda tells me that I now have two dishes in my back pocket, to pull out on command as it were. One is the chicken parm, which I still tweak now and then. (Once I get good at making tomato sauces, it'll probably settle.) The other is a variation on Asian short ribs. These are beef ribs cut flanken style (across the bones, as op
I like to make good ones.
One thing off the bucket list.
-KIE
EDIT: the above image is an pressing of my engineer's seal. When coupled with my [noticeably absent] signature, the above impression states that I have reviewed the document attached to the seal, and on my authority and expertise as a professional engineer, the contents of the document are correct, safe for use or construction, or whatever extent dictated by my area of expertise (Civil Engineering), within the state of Lou
Cavities hurt.
Not just the ones in one's teeth, mind you. Nature abhors a vacuum, and I'm no exception.
Right now, there's this cavity between my arms and chest, that only Amanda can fill. She won't be here until Friday, so it'll have to hurt until then.
But oh, it hurts. :\
(no, this has nothing to do with the ab strain at the gym Monday night)
-KIE
Hi.
I finally got the opportunity to watch Fireproof over the weekend. Let me say two things about it:
1) This film is a must-see for anyone considering marriage, or even in a long-term relationship. Yes, it can happen.
1a) I don't love Amanda because I get or even expect anything in return. I love Amanda because I love Amanda. (If you don't understand the previous sentence, you haven't found "The One" yet.)
2) Kirk Cameron has come a long way from "Growing Pains".
In other news,
17 years
167+10 hours
1700 miles
2 jobs
11 weeks
130 miles per hour
4 cars
12 roses
13 months
3 revisions to the application
1 testing
...and 14046 registrations
-KIE, who wonders who'll take a gander at the significance of all the numbers at the top.
In 2009, I resolve to kiss Amanda more.
I've only got a moment, so I'll share something that came via email.
CAT HAIKU
You are my best friend,
Person Allergic To Cats.
Let me shed on you.
I leap for a bird
And miss. I pretend I was
Stretching, to fool you.
I'm not sure what this
Was when it was alive, but
Isn't it nice now?
I want out. I want
In. Out. In. Out. In. Out. In.
Are you angry yet?
No, I don't abuse Boots. Why do you ask?
-KIE
I passed?
I passed!
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It's snowing outside right now.
I'm going to be late for work because of SNOW.
SNOW.
(You people up north don't realize how big a deal snow is here.)
-KIE
Bah.
I tried to force myself to write this entry Saturday night before heading to bed, but then I realized it was 1 AM Sunday morning.
So, this had to wait until I got back tonight.
Let me tell you about my weekend. *collapse*
The fun started awful early, as Wednesday afternoon found me in an auto accident. Nothing major: the other driver (who was in his first accident in 45 years) clipped me in the process of avoiding me. We're both fine, but I still haven't had time to start to file
To the new reader, I would still like to call attention to the original Thanksgiving entry back in 2006. If I get an update on those prescriptions, I will post it here.
In more current news, I have a lot to be thankful for this year. My mother & I will be spending Thanksgiving in Monroe with my fiancée and her family, since my father went offshore this morning. As soon as I can get away from work, I'm headed to Baton Rouge to meet up with my mom to go to Monroe in one vehicle.
Also, I'
Since XM merged its programming with Sirius this morning, all my station presets are out of whack. To top it off, the station it was most often tuned to, is now off the air and online-only.
KIE is sad.
To commemorate a comprehensive post that never happened, I give you the XM channels I had preset, in their order.
XM 32 The Message: In my opinion, this mix is superior to Sirius 66. It's why I was an XM fan before the sports tie-ins. XM 110 Classical Hits: ...because I'm a sucker for a st
I am KIE, and I recognize this.
Seriously, Niki, my hat is off to you. You have a gift I seem to not have been blessed with.
I applaud you, and rejoice.
You too, Smeag.
-KIE
There's a saying in Louisiana that people in New Orleans vote early & vote often.
I haven't learned anything about this "voting often", but I did vote early this time around.
In the off chance that it would influence anyone's vote (which it SHOULDN'T: You were the one paying attention the last 10 months. You were the one weighing everything you heard said by and about the candidates. You formed your own opinion on this landmark election season.), From the outskirts of Chocolate City en
While I could throw everyone a curve and explain something I learned in statistics, I won't.
I've taken quite an interest in the Chef Jeff Project, on Food Network. I think it's quite admirable to see an entrepreneur to put his company at risk to aid some unfortunates, and also inspiring for half a dozen Gen-Y'ers to buck the cycle they've known only, and aspire to something greater, something outside their environs.
Of course, I volunteer this with a caveat: I know nothing of growing up in
