"the terrible towel was poised to strike. and boy, did he strike."

stuff white people like.

No. Really. That's all there is to this post -- Stuff White People Like.

It's as if they tapped into my soul and unleashed my most private dreams.

it's not kosher

It's a sad, sad day for Steelers fans across the world, as Myron Cope has passed away. I was able to secure a recording of his reaction to reaching the Pearly Gates.

Pretty much all of my memories about Steelers football revolve around Myron and Jack Fleming broadcasting on AM radio on Sunday afternoons. To many of us, Myron and Jack are second only to John Facenda as the voice of the NFL. Even today I get goosebumps hearing snippets of their play by play. Myron was one of a kind, and Steelers broadcasts have never been as good as they were back in the day.

Was this prophetic? (I'm guessing that was immediately after yet Neil O'Donnell interception. Or Kordell. Or Tommy Maddox. Or ...)

I would say he probably died face down in a Primanti Bros. sandwich, with a cold Iron City beside him.

Yoi, indeed.

The sound files can be found here

Tester Guy - Dancing computer cart video for Ergotron

"Clever advertisement for a computer cart." Or so Digg would have you believe. I happen to have worked with the Tester Guy in question, and he treated all the computers in our department like this. Some of the female art directors, too, though that was mainly a rumor.

David Harris is a talented performer, old friend and former manager (in that order) from my days at Target. I came across this video on Digg and decided to blog about it. This is his attempt to hit the "big time," so David -- once you've "hit" it, don't forget the little people on whose backs you were carried along the way.*

* note -- about five people read my blog, so i am one of the more rare "extremely little people"

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sinister phase II?

(1) Alert, alert, alert: All American Starbucks shops will shut down this evening between 5:30 and 9 p.m. local time to conduct what the company is calling "a historic in-store education and training event."

(2) SEATTLE–After a decade of aggressive expansion throughout North America and abroad, Starbucks suddenly and unexpectedly closed its 2,870 worldwide locations Monday to prepare for what company insiders are calling "Phase Two" of the company's long-range plan.

well, i'm going to jackson ...

jackson II, originally uploaded by pr9000.

Trotter has a "best friend" (insofar as dogs can have best friends) about four houses down. Jackson is 85 pounds of pure golden retriever muscle; he slammed into my foot last summer and I was certain he a broke a few of my toes. He's strong.

He's also not fixed, and if one dog year is like seven human years, he's about 19 years old and still a virgin. So you can imagine the energy he's got. In fact, I don't have to imagine it, but that's another story for another blog post ...

He came over for a "playdate" today -- yes, I can hear you thinking it, but we don't need a real child, thankyouverymuch -- and the two of them wore each other out in the back yard. Jackson is a very hard dog to photograph sitting still, so I'm kind of proud that I managed to get this one.

lunar eclipse

lunar eclipse, originally uploaded by pr9000.

Yeah, I know it's a day or two late ... but here's a collage I took of the lunar eclipse. It was insanely cold outside, so I had to run out, take a shot, run in and set my hands on fire ... rinse and repeat, and boom! You've got a collage.

all dialog guaranteed true

if this were true, i'd never get any sleep at all

found on flickr

Scan10375, originally uploaded by peramurmur.