These are the new Nike uniforms for Illinois in 2006. Yuck! They look like those other terrible Nike uniforms from last season(Virginia Tech, Miami, Florida, Oregon) Oh, and speaking of Oregon uniforms. We all knew they had the worst uniforms in college football, and didnt think it was actually possible, but they got worse!
Friday, June 23, 2006
New Uniforms
These are the new Nike uniforms for Illinois in 2006. Yuck! They look like those other terrible Nike uniforms from last season(Virginia Tech, Miami, Florida, Oregon) Oh, and speaking of Oregon uniforms. We all knew they had the worst uniforms in college football, and didnt think it was actually possible, but they got worse!
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Finally A New Post...but its an article about College Football
The Big Ten Conference announced Wednesday two separate media agreements, including the creation of its own network, that should generate more national exposure and money for its 11 members.
The conference announced a landmark 20-year agreement with Fox Cable networks in the creation of the Big Ten Channel. The channel, which will be distributed by DirecTV starting in August, 2007, will feature sports programming as well as non-athletic programming 24 hours a day. League commissioner Jim Delany and Fox Sports Networks President Bob Thompson said the channel will also be available to cable distributors throughout the Big Ten coverage area as well as nationally.
The Big Ten also extended its relationship with ABC/ESPN in a 10-year agreement that reportedly is worth $50 million per year.
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Kansas City firm chosen to design Gophers' new stadium
"We believe HOK is an ideal firm tohelp create a facility that renews our big 10 football traditions and meshes with the campus and our neighborhoods," University President Robert Bruininks said in a statement released this morning.
HOK Sport has designed several high profile sports facilities across the country, including Major League Baseball's Jacobs Field in Cleveland and Camden Yards in Baltimore and the new Arizona Cardinals pro football stadium in Phoenix.
The company has also worked with football programs at the collegiate level, including Penn State, Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, the University of Florida, the University of Oklahoma and the University of Alabama.
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Fucking Computers...and Axis & Allies
So much for my plan for one very long post yesterday. If you saw the blog at all yesterday afternoon or evening you probably noticed that my post was cut off in mid-sentence. Well, my computer was going funky, so I quickly posted what I had written.....literally seconds later everything went nuts. Tried to restart it, but every time you tried to log in it just kept taking you back to the log in page. There was a team on techies working on it all afternoon, but there's still no resolution. I'm writing this on my laptop as I sit in my cube with a dead computer. So, I wasn't able to work or go online at all after 1:30 yesterday. I just sat around until 4:30, then they finally told me to just go home. When I got home I quicky turned on my laptop, hoping to check my email and finish my bloggin, but the interenet connection I'm stealing ion my apartment wasn't working ALL NIGHT!!! I was so fucking annoyed! So I accomplished nothing yesterday at all......
Now I've given up on my mega-post idea from yesterday.
In other news...AXIS & ALLIES
On Sunday Jay and Matt came over to play a little A&A minitaures. This is my new obsession, and I'm proud to say that it's contagious, and I now have Jay and Shawn hooked on the game....and of course on collecting the miniatures used in the game. I've spent many hours making spreadsheets and organizing my pieces over the past few weeks. Ah, the geekiness! These are just some photos I took on Sunday of the nerd fest.
(The German armor is about to be destroyed by the French and the British expeditionary force)
(After we played a couple games Matt took off and Jay and I began trade fest! This is out setup for our Uncommons trade. It looks fun doesn't it?...it was! It really was!)
(Here's Jay, proudly sitting at the trade table. As if the miniatures wasnt geeky enough, the helmet wall in the backround seals my fate as a geek! Oh, you can also see my A&A miniatures spreadsheet displayed on my laptop.)
Now I've given up on my mega-post idea from yesterday.
In other news...AXIS & ALLIES
On Sunday Jay and Matt came over to play a little A&A minitaures. This is my new obsession, and I'm proud to say that it's contagious, and I now have Jay and Shawn hooked on the game....and of course on collecting the miniatures used in the game. I've spent many hours making spreadsheets and organizing my pieces over the past few weeks. Ah, the geekiness! These are just some photos I took on Sunday of the nerd fest.
(The German armor is about to be destroyed by the French and the British expeditionary force)
(After we played a couple games Matt took off and Jay and I began trade fest! This is out setup for our Uncommons trade. It looks fun doesn't it?...it was! It really was!)
(Here's Jay, proudly sitting at the trade table. As if the miniatures wasnt geeky enough, the helmet wall in the backround seals my fate as a geek! Oh, you can also see my A&A miniatures spreadsheet displayed on my laptop.)
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Blue Mounds State Park
Greetings readers. Today I want to show you a bunch of pictures form previous events. I won't go in chronological order, because, well, I don't want to....and it's my blog and I don't have to. I'm going to start with my trip to Blue Mounds State Park and Luverne, MN on Saturday with Rachel; followed by some A&A stuff and pics from the Memorial Day party. I'll just post what I have, little by little, and keep adding on to the same post, rather than creating a new post for every topic. So, if you see the same headline on top of the blog all day today, that doesn't mean I haven't added more to the bottom....
So anyway, on Friday night I was hanging with Rachel at my place watching a movie, and suddenly we decided that we should take a day trip on Saturday.......and we decided to go to
Blue Mounds. So we left Saturday morning at 7:00am. It was a beautiful morning, and we drove the roughly 3 1/2 hours to Luverne, and got there around 10:30-11:00. As we drive into the city we see a mass
of people in downtown Luverne, and realize that the road is closed and there's a parade going on! I think the entire county was in Luverne that day, because there was no place to park in this tiny town in SW Minnesota. Well, we came to find out during our lunch at this little sandwich shop, that Luverne is celebrating "Buffalo Days" that weekend. The town was covered with American Flags of all sizes; there was a craft show going on in the city park(which we skipped), and various other activities throughout the weekend. But after we ate, we got out of town and headed for Blue Mounds State Park.
(As you can see in the photo, they had a "Buffalo Days" sign on every table....oh, and they also like "Faith" in Luverne, MN)
We parked and decided to walk the 2 mile trail that goes along the edge of the Bison range. I'd never seen bison/buffalo before, so that was pretty cool for me. I was surprised, but they didn't seem to care that we were standing 50 feet away....they just
layed there, and some munched on some grass. Damn lazy animals, we want entertainment. However, the walk in the hot prarie got to be a little long for me. By the time we got to the visitors center on the other side of the park I was pooped. I chugged a bunch of water
and we started back on the 2 mile walk back to our car, and the little swimming beach that was our true destination! On our way back there was a flock of about
10-15 hawks circling above us, hunting in the prarie, which was pretty cool.
When we left the car about 11:30 the beach was completely desterted. Of course, when we came back there was a mass of small children in the water with their parents covering the beach...ugh. We went in for a few minutes, but after about 10 minutes the muddy water and small children drove us away, and we headed home.
(note: the drive home included a 3 hr. '20 Questions' marathon...good times!)
So anyway, on Friday night I was hanging with Rachel at my place watching a movie, and suddenly we decided that we should take a day trip on Saturday.......and we decided to go to
Blue Mounds. So we left Saturday morning at 7:00am. It was a beautiful morning, and we drove the roughly 3 1/2 hours to Luverne, and got there around 10:30-11:00. As we drive into the city we see a mass
of people in downtown Luverne, and realize that the road is closed and there's a parade going on! I think the entire county was in Luverne that day, because there was no place to park in this tiny town in SW Minnesota. Well, we came to find out during our lunch at this little sandwich shop, that Luverne is celebrating "Buffalo Days" that weekend. The town was covered with American Flags of all sizes; there was a craft show going on in the city park(which we skipped), and various other activities throughout the weekend. But after we ate, we got out of town and headed for Blue Mounds State Park.(As you can see in the photo, they had a "Buffalo Days" sign on every table....oh, and they also like "Faith" in Luverne, MN)
We parked and decided to walk the 2 mile trail that goes along the edge of the Bison range. I'd never seen bison/buffalo before, so that was pretty cool for me. I was surprised, but they didn't seem to care that we were standing 50 feet away....they just
layed there, and some munched on some grass. Damn lazy animals, we want entertainment. However, the walk in the hot prarie got to be a little long for me. By the time we got to the visitors center on the other side of the park I was pooped. I chugged a bunch of water
and we started back on the 2 mile walk back to our car, and the little swimming beach that was our true destination! On our way back there was a flock of about
10-15 hawks circling above us, hunting in the prarie, which was pretty cool.When we left the car about 11:30 the beach was completely desterted. Of course, when we came back there was a mass of small children in the water with their parents covering the beach...ugh. We went in for a few minutes, but after about 10 minutes the muddy water and small children drove us away, and we headed home.
(note: the drive home included a 3 hr. '20 Questions' marathon...good times!)
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
It's been too long - I've neglected you!
okay, okay, i'll post, I'll post. Stop yelling at me! It was an eventful Memorial Day weekend for MarxistGopher. Saturday was Matt's 36th Birthday party! Good God he's getting old. We drove out to Hutchinson and ate at the Hutch Cafe. He could pick any restuarant he wanted, and thats what he picked? Well whatever, its his birthday. When we got back we went to Shawn's and
Matt and Shawn were sowing off their latest jersey and helmet acquisitions; Shawn picked up a Ryan Thelwell Gophers jersey & a 1960's Iowa State Jersey; Matt picked up a 2005 Marion Barber Dallas Cowboys blue jersey(only worn in 1 game v. Carolina), and Shawn picked up a 2005 Marion Barber Cowboys white jersey. Both of these are in the Gophers Pro Football Jerseys section, but the link is down today for some reason. Check back later. If you haven't seen our site before, check it out! This is a lot of the jerseys and helmets that the 3 of us own, but not all. Hopefully soon I can convince Shawn to put all the photos of all out stuff on the website. It's actually really impressive.
Sunday was a brief game day with Matt & Shawn. We played the great Axis and Allies miniatures game. I had planne don posting photos from our first session a week ago with Jay, Matt, and Ben, but I had a problem with my camera and was unable to get the photos out alive! But here's a photo from the web of a basic game being played. Ours was much more active than this.
Memorial Day was amazingly fun! I went to a party at Jess's place at Noon with Brianne and a bunch of Jess's friends. (Jess and Brianne both work(ed) at the Pop Center) Anyway, it was a
ton of fun. We barbequed in the squelching heat...I was able to wolf down 3 brats in 15 minutes! We were able to keep cool with our constant squirt-gun fights.(I now have a band-aid on the blister I got on my trigger finger) After the meal, we headed for the pool.....and my God was that sweet. I gots to git me one o' those! Swimming(or my version of it, since I don't really know how to swim) was
great, except for the two 1st graders that latched onto our group and were hovering over our table by the pool while we played cards. Good God I hate kids! Finally Brianne had to be mean and tell them we wanted to be left alone. Ahhh, good times. It really got rowdy in the evening though, when the squirt-gun wars were brought inside the apartment! Yowza! In spite of being soaked and soaking the carpet in Jess's apartment, it was really fun. Overall, I'd give the day a 9! Which is pretty damn high for an Andy rating.
After I got home at 11:00 however, things took a turn for the worse. The power had gone in half of my apartment. The living room and kitchen were out, but my bedroom and bathroom were still working. Unfortunately, the A/C is in the living room. SO I went to bed and layed in my own sweat until I finally fell asleep around 1am. Well, apparently what happened is that the power in the entire building went off at some point during the night, and then came back on
again. So I awoke in the morning and looked at my clock to see "12:00" flashing! "Oh Shit," I ran to find my watch to see that it was 7:10, and I was supposed to be to work at 7:00..."Oh Shit" again! I gave the cat his meds, which he then puked up 20 seconds later(he's teaching himself to vomit up the medicine because he hates it...thats not good!). SO I quickly cleaned that mess up, fed Spit, and flew out the door. But I still got to work an hour late...oh well. Thats what I get for having a great time yesterday...
Matt and Shawn were sowing off their latest jersey and helmet acquisitions; Shawn picked up a Ryan Thelwell Gophers jersey & a 1960's Iowa State Jersey; Matt picked up a 2005 Marion Barber Dallas Cowboys blue jersey(only worn in 1 game v. Carolina), and Shawn picked up a 2005 Marion Barber Cowboys white jersey. Both of these are in the Gophers Pro Football Jerseys section, but the link is down today for some reason. Check back later. If you haven't seen our site before, check it out! This is a lot of the jerseys and helmets that the 3 of us own, but not all. Hopefully soon I can convince Shawn to put all the photos of all out stuff on the website. It's actually really impressive.Sunday was a brief game day with Matt & Shawn. We played the great Axis and Allies miniatures game. I had planne don posting photos from our first session a week ago with Jay, Matt, and Ben, but I had a problem with my camera and was unable to get the photos out alive! But here's a photo from the web of a basic game being played. Ours was much more active than this.
Memorial Day was amazingly fun! I went to a party at Jess's place at Noon with Brianne and a bunch of Jess's friends. (Jess and Brianne both work(ed) at the Pop Center) Anyway, it was a
ton of fun. We barbequed in the squelching heat...I was able to wolf down 3 brats in 15 minutes! We were able to keep cool with our constant squirt-gun fights.(I now have a band-aid on the blister I got on my trigger finger) After the meal, we headed for the pool.....and my God was that sweet. I gots to git me one o' those! Swimming(or my version of it, since I don't really know how to swim) was
great, except for the two 1st graders that latched onto our group and were hovering over our table by the pool while we played cards. Good God I hate kids! Finally Brianne had to be mean and tell them we wanted to be left alone. Ahhh, good times. It really got rowdy in the evening though, when the squirt-gun wars were brought inside the apartment! Yowza! In spite of being soaked and soaking the carpet in Jess's apartment, it was really fun. Overall, I'd give the day a 9! Which is pretty damn high for an Andy rating.After I got home at 11:00 however, things took a turn for the worse. The power had gone in half of my apartment. The living room and kitchen were out, but my bedroom and bathroom were still working. Unfortunately, the A/C is in the living room. SO I went to bed and layed in my own sweat until I finally fell asleep around 1am. Well, apparently what happened is that the power in the entire building went off at some point during the night, and then came back on
again. So I awoke in the morning and looked at my clock to see "12:00" flashing! "Oh Shit," I ran to find my watch to see that it was 7:10, and I was supposed to be to work at 7:00..."Oh Shit" again! I gave the cat his meds, which he then puked up 20 seconds later(he's teaching himself to vomit up the medicine because he hates it...thats not good!). SO I quickly cleaned that mess up, fed Spit, and flew out the door. But I still got to work an hour late...oh well. Thats what I get for having a great time yesterday...Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Gopher Football is Back on Campus!
Construction of the roads around the stadium is supposed to begin in a few weeks, with construction of the stadium itself beginning next spring! I'm pumped, and can't wait until I can go by the site and see construction happening. Especially when they start work on the stadium itself. It will be amazing to see the structure actually going up in those parking lots! I hope they put up a big sign that says, "Future home of Golden Gopher Football," just so I can take pictures and enjoy it as I drive/walk by.
In memory of the last year of football at Memorial Stadium...check out this sweet 1981 Gopher Football Highlight Video
Thursday, May 18, 2006
What Happens When You're At WORK and You have to Poop?
I found this on my new favorite website SmellyPoop.com , which I highly recommend! Anyone who knows me knows how obsessed I am with poop. So it should come as no surprise to you that I'm posting this. Ahh, another productiveThursday afternoon at work!We've all been there but don't like to admit it. We've all kicked back in our cubicles and suddenly felt something a brew down below. As much as we try to convince ourselves, the WORK POOP is inevitable.
For those of you who hate pooping at work as much as I do, I give you the.........
Survival Guide for Taking a Dump at Work.
Memorize these definitions and pooping at work will become a pure pleasure.
ESCAPEE: A fart that slips out while taking a leak at the urinal or forcing poop in a stall. This is usually accompanied by a sudden wave of panic/embarrassment. This is similar to the hot flash you receive when passing an unseen police car & speeding. If you release an escapee, do not acknowledge it. Pretend it did not happen. If you are standing next to the farter at the urinal, pretend that you did not hear it. No one likes an escapee, it is uncomfortable for all involved. Making a joke or laughing makes both parties feel uneasy.
JAILBREAK (Used in conjunction with escapee): When forcing a poop, several farts slip out at a machine gun's pace. This is usually a side effect of diarrhea or a hangover. If this should happen do not panic, remain in the stall until everyone has left the bathroom so to spare everyone the awkwardness of what just occurred.
COURTESY FLUSH: The act of flushing the toilet the instant the nose cone of the poop log hits the water and the poop is whisked away to an undisclosed location. This reduces the amount of air time the poop has to stink up the bathroom. This can help you avoid being caught doing the WALK OF SHAME.
WALK OF SHAME: Walking from the stall, to the sink, to the door after you have just stunk-up the shitter. This can be a very uncomfortable moment if someone walks in and busts you. As with all farts, it is best to pretend that the smell does not exist. Can be avoided with the use of a COURTESY FLUSH.
OUT OF THE CLOSET POOPER: A colleague who poops at work and is damn proud of it. You will often see an Out of the Closet Pooper enter the bathroom with a newspaper or magazine under their arm. Always look around the office for the Out OF THE CLOSET POOPER before entering the bathroom.
THE POOPING FRIENDS NETWORK (PFN): This is a group of coworkers who band together to ensure emergency pooping goes off without incident. This group can help you to monitor the whereabouts of OUT OF THE CLOSET POOPERS and identify SAFE HAVENS.
SAFE HAVEN: A seldom used bathroom somewhere in the building where you can least expect visitors. Try floors that are predominantly of the opposite sex. This will reduce the odds of a pooper of your sex entering the bathroom.
TURD BURGLAR: A pooper who does not realize that you're in the stall and tries to force the door open. This is one of the most shocking and vulnerable moments that occur when taking a dump at work. If this occurs, remain in the stall until the TURD BURGLAR leaves. This way you will avoid all uncomfortable eye contact. TURD BURGLARS have been know to cause premature pinchage, which inevitably causes you to pinch one off in the middle.
CAMO-COUGH: A phony cough which alerts all new entrants into the bathroom that you are in a stall. This can be used to cover-up a WATERMELON or to alert potential TURD BURGLARS. Very effective when used in conjunction with an ASTAIRE.
ASTAIRE: This is a subtle toe-tap that is used to alert all potential TURD BURGLARS that you are occupying a stall. This will remove all doubt that the stall is occupied. If you hear an ASTAIRE, leave the bathroom immediately so the pooper can poop in peace.
WATERMELON: A turd that creates a loud splash when hitting the toilet water. This is also an embarrassing incident. If you feel a WATERMELON coming on, create a diversion. See CAMO-COUGH.
HAVANA OMELET: A load of diarrhea that creates a series of loud splashes in the toilet water. Often accompanied by an escapee. Try using a CAMO-COUGH with an ASTAIRE.
UNCLE TED: A bathroom user who seems to linger around forever. Could spend extended lengths of time in front of the mirror or sitting on the pot. An UNCLE TED makes it difficult to relax while on the crapper, as you should always wait to drop your load when the bathroom is empty. This benefits you as well as the other bathroom attendees.
FLY BY: The act of scouting out a bathroom before pooping. Walk in, check for other poopers. If there are others in the bathroom, leave and come back again. Be careful not to become a FREQUENT FLYER. People may become suspicious if they catch you constantly going into the bathroom.
The White Shadow
I just wanted to let everyone know that The White Shadow, Season One, has been released on DVD! This is a classic 70's television series. I will definately be adding this to my collection in the next month or so. But if you can't wait that long to see it, you can always buy your own copy.
Apparently.....Season Two is also out on DVD. Season One is a 4 DVD set, and Season Two is 8 DVD. Ouch, this could take a while to get them all from Netflix! You White Shadow fans will have to be patient.
Movies, Movies, Movies!!
Sorry I haven't posted anything this week, but I've been busy working on the movie datebase....as you can probably see. Everything should be pretty much set up for now. I still have to do the sports links, but I probably wont get to those until this weekend. Everything should have a link to the corrosponding imdb site; except a few titles that are too obscure for imdb, but I'll try to link them to another site that discusses the film. So its up and functional for now, but I'm going to try to make it look a little more attractive and user friendly. I want to add columns for who has the movie out right now and total number of "rentals" for each movie. I'm also going to add a "key" for my ratings, as well as the movie of the week feature. I'll also be adding a link that you can click on to send me the names of the movies you want to check out and I'll get them to you somehow. Andy's Movie Rental will soon be open for business!
Monday, May 15, 2006
Music DVDs
| Title | Rating | Checked Out |
| Billy Bragg: From The West Down To The East | 7 | |
| Billy Bragg: Here & There | 7 | |
| Dropkick Murphys - Blackout Bonus DVD | 4 | |
| Lennon Legend | 9 | |
| Live - Birds of Pray | 4 | |
| Rock Against Bush Vol. I | 3 | |
| Rock Against Bush Vol. II | 3 |
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