Magic #13.

Is it safe to start counting yet? I can't wait for the postseason. Chitown is going to be crazy!

This time, it's personal.

I'm a big James Bond fan. My dad used to read the Ian Flemming novels and I grew up watching the movies over and over again. Casino Royale was a departure for Bond movies, but I think it was needed because the follow-up looks kick azz.

Quantum of Solace

Dossier


I had to post pics of this guy from the movie. I think he's going to be the henchman to the main villlain. His name is Elvis. I'm thinking of getting his haircut to pair up with my November stache. I'll get jobs and women like crazy. Trust.

Movember

I would like to see the look on a potential interviewer's face when I walk in with a porn stache. They'd probably hire me on the spot!

Grow a moustache for charity!

Speaking of freedoms and living a lucky life...

I always wanted to work for the energy markets because the money is good and profits are at an all-time high. But who knew you get coked and laid?!!

Oil brokers sex scandal may affect drilling debate

The two-year, $5.3 million investigation by Interior's inspector general found workers at the Minerals Management Service's royalty collection office in Denver partying, having sex, using drugs and accepting gifts and ski trips and golf outings from energy company representatives with whom they did government business.

The investigations exposed "a culture of ethical failure" and an agency rife with conflicts of interest, Inspector General Earl E. Devaney said.

Between 2002 and 2006, 19 oil marketers — nearly a third of the Denver office staff — received gifts and gratuities from oil and gas companies, including Chevron Corp., Shell, Hess Corp. and Denver-based Gary-Williams Energy Corp., the investigators found.

"Employees frequently consumed alcohol at industry functions, had used cocaine and marijuana, and had sexual relationships with oil and natural gas company representatives" who referred to some of the government workers as the "MMS Chicks."

9-11

It's amazing it's been 7 years. It doesn't seem like that much time has passed. And how different is the country now? And the world, for that matter. I knew it would never be the same, I just didn't realize how.

Joining the fire department gave me a unique perspective on what some of the NY crews must've gone through on that day. You know you sign up for duty and danger will be involved. And every time you pull hose into a burning building, hop on a roof with an axe or use the jaws on a crushed door, you know there's a point where your adrenaline and training take over. And then its over, and you go back to your family, job, etc. You do it because someone has to and you accept all of the sacrifices that comes with it. It's great getting to ride in parades, people asking you about the action you've seen and kids wanting to try on your gear, but it can be a hard life (much harder than most people realize).

On 9-11, I just can't imagine how guys dealt with it mentally. Adrenaline and training don't shield your eyes or your heart from extreme suffering. And for the guys who lost their lives, accepting the ultimate sacrifice, hopefully being unshielded allowed them the witness the ultimate peace.

Part of me is sad right now. But, I'm actually more angry. Angry that we never caught Osama bin Laden (when I beleive we could've right away in Afganistan). Angry that we can't get through an airport line without being strip-searched, but our borders and shipping yards are virtually unprotected. Angry that the Ground Zero memorial still isn't built, 7 years later. Angry that the Iraq war, which was initiated in the name of 9-11, has propogated an increase in terrorism, has destroyed the American economy and killed thousands of lives.

But, life goes on for us. We're the lucky ones. We're not in the line of fire. We weren't in the attacks. We're Americans entitled to rights and freedoms. We make livings, go on vacations and get laid. Try to take some time today to remember how lucky you are. And remembered the men and women who aren't so lucky.

Hypocritical much?

The Daily Show has been on fire lately. You can't argue when it comes from the horse's mouth (and is recorded!).

F*ck. I can't help it!

I can't stop hearing, thinking, and posting about Palin whores. Maybe that's what they want? Maybe they are hot? Is Tina Fey hot though? Anywhore...

Last night, Sarah Palin talked about her cost-cutting measures as governor, saying "While I was at it, I got rid of a few things in the governor's office that I didn't believe our citizens should have to pay for. That luxury jet was over the top. I put it on eBay."

Reminder: Alaska is already one of the richest per capita states in the country. She did list the previous governor's Westwind II plane on the popular auction site—three times. HOWEVER, no buyer ever made the minimum bid.

According to AskMen.com, she eventually sold the machine through a broker for a cool $2.1 mil, "at a loss of around half a million dollars."

Even funnier.

Genius!

Politics has bummed me out, so here's some laughs.

I.O.U.S.A.

I said that was (hopefully) the last Sarah Palin post...

Not the last Bristol Palin post. This girl knows how to party. Or at least she used to. I'm surprised all of her boozin' allowed her body to get pregnant!

These are photos from the Perez Hilton site. I think they're from Bristol's myspace account (possibly hacked?).

I thought pennies smelled like the trees they grew on?

Republican porkbarrel spending got me to thinking about how I can get ahead in life too! You too can join the elite. Trust.

Hopefully the last Sarah Palin post...

I'm tired of posting about Sarah Palin, but every day there's more scandal and drama. So, I feel compelled because it's just too juicy. However, this post will actually focus on Palin's politics, not her drama. Here's a new article showing how she definitely isn't qualified to be Veep of this country and either is lying about her own experience/accomplishments or in denial.

Palin's RNC praise

My personal favorite:

PALIN: "I have protected the taxpayers by vetoing wasteful spending ... and championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending by Congress. I told the Congress 'thanks but no thanks' for that Bridge to Nowhere."

THE FACTS: As mayor of Wasilla, Palin hired a lobbyist and traveled to Washington annually to support earmarks for the town totaling $27 million. In her two years as governor, Alaska has requested nearly $750 million in special federal spending, by far the largest per-capita request in the nation. While Palin notes she rejected plans to build a $398 million bridge from Ketchikan to an island with 50 residents and an airport, that opposition came only after the plan was ridiculed nationally as a "bridge to nowhere."

Keep in mind, Alaska has an estimated population of 670,053 and ranked 48th out of 50 states by population. That's a lot of money requested from US taxpayers for a state with a population less than a third of most major US cities. AND: Alaska is already the 6th richest state thanks to a tax on the oil they export to the rest of us!

Welcome to the family?

The possible future "Leader of the Free World" shaking hands with the dude who knocked up his Second-In-Charge's teen daughter. Maybe he'll be appointed to McCain's cabinet next?

It really is like a movie.