Here's to the Lodge and a weekend full of Rawk Power

To Recover

A power combination of two great men. Chuck Norris and Conan O'brien.

...Because we are all to blame for missing the big guy yesterday...I give you this:

Female: Good, Bad, and Ugly

I'm posting a little off topic. As some of you may suspect I have been in girl hate mode for a while. In honor of finding my balls again I give you a post showing things going on in the world that involve females in their true light. Its a terrible truth that all men must come across. I contrast it in the extreme to a girl who I've only seen on stage. I choose to end my golden week of posting in an ugly terrible way.

THE GOOD
There's this really cool band called CSS. It stands for Cansei de ser Sexy. In portuguese this means, "I'm tired of being sexy." They're from Brazil - land of all new millenium things raw - but too bad the girls are total liars, because they're all about being sexy and skanky at same time. There's one guy in the band, but that no longer counts since the estrogen level is so high he now has a third orifice developing... The music is electro, rock, power, pop, or whatever you wanna label it this week.

They're fronted by this little spunky Bjork-esque girl: Pop superstar and mass media phenomenon Lovefoxxx (stage name of Luísa Hanaê Matsushita, born in February 25, 1984 in Campinas, São Paulo) is the Japanese-Brazilian lead singer of indie-electro band Cansei de Ser Sexy. (wikipedia) She's a very fun front person. Always yelling at the crowd, jumping, making up stories, and doing crazy stuff. More will be featured in the "Bad" section.

I can't really tell yet if the music is really good or the band just has a good style image. Its just fun. Still, the concerts of theirs I've been to are really really entertaining. I caught them back when I did my previous Brasil Funk post. Let me tell you, drunk girls on stage are wild. SubPop signed them, so thats always a bonus. Sweaty legs in the air is good on stage to see though right?


THE BAD
I'm on CSS's myspace friends list. I've been getting the wildest bulletin posts from Lovefoxxx. It was the middle of the night and I just thought she's the most brilliant drunk I've ever read.... (yes these are pictures from her many sites)


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Subject: oh my god, why my eyes are crossed?

holy shirt
shit i mean

ny is crazy
the show was amazing
we really ejoyed ourselsesvses

i'm drunk

heyk we'll play again on halloweeen night.... and tomorrow,
hey, come to the halloewween part
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party

anan loves french fries

what the hell was the afterparty/!?!?!!!?/1
I think i lost a tooth

hey, my knees iwill will never recorver from the bruises

my period is so strong it will never stopl

soeone someone makes it stop

thanks to clarissa and greg and graham and su and the gals and the boys for the afterparty!! itw as amazing

and happy girgirlhteda birhtday to ira!!! the bass player it's her birthday today!!!!!

yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

let's stain the sheets with period blood yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

uhhhhuuuuuuuu


if you get naked tomorrow in our show you will get one free pin and 3 stikers stickers from the old tour!!!! huh, huh huh!!!

yeah, let's meet tomorrow in the sun

jpg in the sun

send me pictures please attach cuz we love the interweb
jpg in the sun jpg in the sun!


THE UGLY - things become ugly, only after going bad, and its the dragging onward of the stupid that makes its unbearing.
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Subject: have U notice that hershey's kisses looks like acreamy poop?

hey,so since you lieked thw drunk emessage why tnot do it again?the sohwwhosw show tonight was very cgoood.there were more poeole . we had the biggest hangover ever... like Ana, for an isntance she woke up at 3 and when i saw her she had a crazy hair going on...she was dizzy all the time.i was very tdissyzy diszz dizzy too...like for an instance when i was at the urban outfitters store climbing down the stairs i was ghold holding very strongly to that thing you put your hands (in portugeuseese if you are a sluty girl people say that you are that hing you putyour hands to climb up or tdownt he staris...) very strongly so that i would nt fall...
at thesete times I alwyas thing of ABFAB Edina and PATSY... they are so goodl...that's where the crossed eye comes from.
anwayay. i'm glad that going down to the toiuekledt toilet at wbebster hall they had a woman selling tampons, because otherwiaze i'd explode... of happines of course.
hey.... the most ridiculous thing happnened.when i gwas was going down to pee the security guy grabbed my glass of drink becuase i don't know why.... he was so rude... WHAT THE HELL!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!? I WAS SINDISE INSIDE THE CLUB!!!!! WY? WHY?!?!?!?!? i even estarted to drcry cry of anger... i do this when i'm drunk.fuck thim fuck him fuck him.... why???? he wanted my i-d.... that' s so stooopeed... no one need to show the id once you get indide the club... US is so boring when it comes to this... Sorry, but tis' r it's tur rture true.. you know it's true.
thanks for the jpgee in the sun for the photos.that was cute

This Weeks Top 5 (since 2.0 cant count to 10)

Now that the Madden Curse has struck again and derailed Shaun Alexander, who would you like to see on the cover on Madden 2008 (Thus using the curse for your own evil purposes)

Sports or non Sports. The Top 5 Madden 08 Cover Personalities are...

"KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!"

I don't really have much to bring to the table on this story. I just thought that it had to be posted due to all of the Star Trek fans in The Lodge. It definitely speaks for itself.

Cheers!

New on the CW - Reflex Factor

As the new CW fall season lineup kicks through be sure to tune in Thursday nights at 8 p.m. as breakout celebrity the Duke continues to break the mysteries of the Loch Ness monster, slow elevators, and finding the source of the undead hordes with his sidekick Dutchie.

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Originally uploaded by devin the duke.

Starring:
Duke - Manuel Villalobos: previous improv stage dramatist, became well known in the action remake of "The King and I", also rumored involvement in Kill Bill 3. He remarks of the new series, "I'm really glad to finally have a regular job. For months I was robbing homeless people to stay in shape."

Dutchie - Mark Paul Gossellaar Jr. : steering away from the sitcom career of his father, Gossellaar Jr. started out in Japan joining the lexicon of heroes in the ongoing Power Rangers saga. His return to the U.S. is marked with involvement in a pachinko ring, love hotels, and tulip fetish.

Mr. Masaki - George Takei: acclaimed author and Star Trek famed master takes on the role of "the watcher" in this new series.

Sally - Lucy Lawless: following up from Xena and a stint on Battlestar Galactica, Lawless follows a new villain tangent as an agent of the Anti-Amsterdam Squad.

"This new fall series really brings the everyday concerns of people to the forefront of our otherwise over-glamorized t.v. of today." - TV Guide

"Drama and comedy mix well in this new concept series. A little dash of Friends with a heavy dose of Twilight Zone. Good scenes ensue with the odd mixture of clogs and machetes. Thursday primetime has a surefire winner with this new series." - Rolling Stone

"It's like Hardy Boys for the new millenium, except there's only two of them." - New York Times

"The main character 'Duke' is a strong protagonist only weakened by his oddball counterpart who seems to want to solve problems by putting his finger in wall cracks and holes..." - The Guardian

Undead Kill Zone Training

So a mutual family friend of mine opened a paintball facility around Gig Harbor. Each year he invites everyone he knows to come down at a little bit of discount rate. Would the Lodge like to compete? This is super-advance notice for us. I have yet to paintball and I can't think of a better set of guys who average over 31% on Zed survival than y'all.


http://www.adventurepaintballpark.com/


Just think it could be you out there on a field of glory!


When: Sunday October 8,2006 (11:00 AM – 3:30 PM)
Check in 10:30 AM
Instructions: 11:00 am
Agenda: Scenario Games (Parents vs. Kids, Kids vs. Kids, Parent vs. Parents, Capture flag, Sniper Stakeout, etc)

Cost (Super Discount): $30 Includes Rental Package that has the following: Semi-Auto Paintball Marker, Mask, all day Air and 500 paintballs.
Have your own Marker (paintball gun): Only $10 for All Day Air (CO2 & Compress Air)
Paintball Prices(Premium Paint)
100 rounds: starting at $5
500 rounds: starting at $15

Usually 500-1000 paintball should last you the entire day unless you plan on being Rambo. Bring water bottles and snacks. You must be 10+ years old to play. If you need a ride let me know. I will find you someone to car pool with. Come prepared to battle and have a great time. Contact me if you have any questions. MUST RSVP before 8-1-2006 (so I can order the correct amount of paintball).
Car pool leave my house at 9:30 am.

Name this Song

This was off the chain.



... bollywood man.

How does it do on common household stains?

So apparently Moses Alexander is more in touch with the big man than we thought...even to the point of invicible status... you know me, I'm all for personal freedom's....but I draw the line a Holistic healing...( a man has to draw the line somewhere)...perhaps we'll see Moses on the next episode of House M.D....

John Byron Nelson, Jr. (February 4, 1912 – September 26, 2006)

As the Lodge eulogizer I thought I would give a tip of the cap to John Byron Nelson, Jr who passed away today at the age of 94. Nelson is arguably the greatest golfer who ever lived. He is mostly remembered for having won 11 consecutive tournaments and 18 total tournaments in 1945. Nelson's record of 113 consecutive cuts made is second only to Tiger Woods' 142. He later retired to Texas at the age of 34 to become a rancher.

In 1968 the Dallas Open stop on the PGA Tour was renamed the Byron Nelson Golf Classic, and this tournament — most recently known as the EDS Byron Nelson Championship — remains the only tour stop named after a professional golfer.

Here's to making the game look so Damn easy...

My New Hero

If I had the time to make a video I'd probably want to do something like this. I must have watched this all night. Thanks to Robert Hoffman and his times screwing with Canadians as a ninja.


Part II went even further.

The Train List

Since Train is pulling a Googs today, I thought I’d do a little list in his honor:

Top 5 Movie Slackers:

5. Actor Slacker
Floyd (Brad Pitt) – True Romance
With just a few minutes of screen time, Floyd nearly stole the whole movie.
Slacker attributes include:
- Not leaving his couch during the entire film.
- Smoking out of a honey bear.
- Doesn’t appear to actually work.
Memorable Quotes
“Get some beer and some cleaning products!”
“Don’t condescend me, man. I'll f***in' kill ya, man.”

4. College Slacker
Bluto (John Belushi) – Animal House
Bluto. The man, the myth, the legend.
Slacker attributes:
- Doesn’t bathe...or at least, not often enough.
- Loves Alcohol like parents love their children.
- A little dense.
- Relishes a good “gross-out” joke
- Takes in food like a Hoover vacuum.
- Able to sleep in the most uncomfortable positions imagineable.
Memorable Quotes:
“Seven years of college down the drain. Might as well join the f***ing Peace Corps.”
“Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?”

3. Retail Slacker
Randall (Jeff Anderson) Clerks I & II
If you’ve worked in either Retail or Food services, you’ve worked with Randall.
Slacker Attributes:
- Does nothing.
- Doesn’t care about anything.
- Probably hates you.
Memorable Quotes:
“This job would be great if it wasn’t for all the customers”
“I know I hate people, but I love gatherings. Isn’t it Ironic?”

2. Office Slacker
Peter (Ron Livingston) Office Space
You may have worked with Randall, but you wanted to BE Peter.
Slacker Attributes:
- Skips out on work.
- Plays Tetris in front of boss.
- Just doesn’t give a @#$%
- Loves Kung Fu
Memorable Quotes
“You see Bob, it’s not that I’m lazy, it’s that I just don’t care”
“Yeah, I just stare at my desk, but it looks like I'm working. I do that for probably another hour after lunch too, I'd say in a given week I probably only do about fifteen minutes of real, actual, work”

1. Grand Poobah of Slack
The Dude (Jeff Bridges) – The Big Lebowski
To the dude, slacking is nearly an art form.
Slacker Attributes:
- Pretty much everything about the Dude screams slacker. The way he dresses, his cadence, his lack of a job, etc, etc. When it comes to slack, the Dude is as hardcore as they get.
Memorable Quotes:
“Oh the usual. I bowl, drive around. The occasional acid flashback”
“Fortunately, I'm adhering to a pretty strict, uh, drug, uh, regimen to keep my mind, you know, uh, limber.”

Fresh off the Pixels

Clicking through the morning Times today, two things caught my eye (probably because they are on the top of the page in Bold 16 Font).

The first is a local story that I've always thought about while doing my 5.5 mile run on Alki. What would it take for a car to get enough air to make a splashdown 8 feet from the nearest concrete marker? Well, thanks to the driving of Roy Espiritu and his Ford Explorer we now have an answer. This unfortunate incident occurred early Sunday morning while I was still blacked-out from the night before and due to me skipping my run on Sunday afternoon didn't hear about it until yesterday.

This is the unfortunate result of the Lottery game I've played too many times in my life and been fortunate it enough to write about: Guess my blood/alcohol level while I'm driving this car? Espiritu paid the ultimate cost as did his buddy Cameron Johnston, both were into the dancefloor with Espiritu being a fan of the Lodge-favorite pastime: "Breakin' like Ice-T". I post this because of the freakish type of events that occurred to cause the car to fly off the seawall...in what has been in the movie Magnolia as "not just a simple coiencidence".

The other story comes to us about an uprise in gang-violence. 101 cases have already been submitted for 2006 alone compared to 91 for all of last year. A number of different factors are supposedly playing a prominent role in the upswing: increasing criminal sophistication, demand for drugs, demographics, migration patterns and generational conflicts. However I tend to believe it is something much more troubling:

These are the Armies of The Night. They are 100,000 strong. They outnumber the cops five to one. They could run Seattle. Although tonight they're all out to get the Warriors.

Are we finally heading into the world described by Sol Yurick in his 1979 opus dedicated to the power of the street gang or is this merely a coincidence? South King and Piece County aren't big enough to hold the Furies, The Boppers, The Hi-Hats, The Lizzies, The Turnbull AC's, The Gramercy Riffs and The Warriors

What's going to happen when they finally learn to count and realize they own the night? What gang are you going to side with? Can we get to Alki by morning? and CAN YOU DIG IT!

Class in Session. Running Back 101 (Why Seattle should not jump off a ledge)

Sit down as class is about to begin. Coach Goose is going to get behind the podium and teach a little course called RB 101

Yes #37 is out. But I think Seattle may be surprised at the West Coast Offense with a true Tailback rather than a HalfBack.



If you want to see how the offense may look over the next few weeks, take a look at Brian Westbrook of the Eagles. A smaller speedier back in the West Coast Hybrid that Andy Reid runs. While I am not saying that MoMo is Brian Westbrook, his style is similar.

So lets Break down a couple of things that is the Running backs Job (Goose loves using the term "Break Down")

Running
We all know Morris has Speed. This will definitely help him in Breakaways. Where he lacks compared to Shaun is his Cutback Ability. The vision that a RB has is developed over time. Call it a sixth sense if you will. I think Mo will find this rhythm over time in the next week or two. Especially will more reps with the #1 offense.

Blocking
Neither Back is great at Blocking. The good thing is Mo has been here for 5 years and knows the playbook. He will be in the right place at the right time. "Get your body between the Defender and the QB"

Pass receiving
Big plus here. Its almost like getting Deion Branch. Holmgren has a new Weapon to tinker with in this new offense. Mo is a better receiver, and his speed allows him to run actual patters, rather than just being a dump off safety valve (Basically the 4th read in #8's passing progression).



Some observations when watching the Hawks over the next 3-6 weeks while Alexander is out and Morris is at Tailback

Depth.
You may see Morris line up deeper in the backfield. 6yds instead of 4-5. Morris is faster off the snap of the ball and quicker to take the handoff. The deeper he is in the backfield will allow the Oline to engage the defense and open the hole, and also allow Morris to make his 1st read. The injuries at guard may play a positive role here. Because Morris is quicker, linemen will not need to keep there blocks as long as they would with a slashing cutback runner like Shaun.

Edge or Strech Plays.
Look for more plays in the 5/6/7/8 gaps. The gaps are set up like this left to right
7-5-3-1-2-4-6-8 (the Dash between 1 and 2 is the center). Edge plays will take advantage of Mo's speed. Also watch the Guards trap and pull more to the outside

Will this coax Seatown of the Ledge. Maybe not. But what you are going to see over the next few weeks will be different. And different is not always bad.

Weekend Game Balls

Excellent posting while I was absent...(loved the Zombie review Duke, although I think you're wrong about Dawn of the Dead 2.0, they're not smarter, just faster, like modern day NFL)...anyway, I wanted to start the week out and give out some game balls from the end of last week and the weekend:

First, I want to start with the Montlake 11 and especially Dan Howell and the Husky D. A week after attending the funeral of his father he returns an interception for the go-ahead lead in the best Husky win since beating Michigan almost 30 years ago (actually just 4 years ago, it just seems that way). The Husky D was continually asked to defend the red-zone with the Bruins beggining drives on the 9 and 6 during the first half and only coming away with field goal after field goal. In the second half they showed some classic Husky pride with only allowing 3 first downs and a field goal that came off of a 63 yard punt return. I'm not ready to declare them Rose Bowl champs quite yet, but the fog created by the culture of losing is begining to lift off of Lake Washington.

Second, to the all-of-a-sudden one dimensional Chawk offense, which spells good things for Hasselback owners, but potentially dangerous things later on. An offense built on play-action will find less and less open receivers if the run is not respected. Alexander is playing with so much fear of injury right now that he might as well just go on the shelf for a couple of weeks so this offense can develop a running game without him. The actual game ball for the day goes to the Hammer and the rest of the Hawk D, which will be needed in order replace a time consuming rushing attack.

Best line of the morning came from Hugh B.L. Millen, when asked about the comeback in the second half: "What do you do after an orgasm (42-3)? Go to Sleep" (that quote gets a game ball as well)

Prez #42 William Jeff Clinton for taking a weak Fox News setup with Chris Wallace and actually calling out the hack-network for it's weak attempt to corner a man who's IQ is about 100 points higher than anyone asking the questions. (Oh yeah...bin Laden is bigger than trying to pin on just one-guy, but thanks for playing ABC and Fox)

Finally...I want to give a shout out to global warming...for allowing me to paint and seal my deck during my time-off...as of Thursday morning I was cursing the Alaskan-jet stream, but the next three days more than made up for it...thank you and f' you Al Gore, you manbearpig...I'm cereal...

An Option For 2.0 & The Duke

I think Joe & Duke are the only two lodge members that aren't caught up on all things lost, but if I'm forgetting someone else, this is for you too.

If you have any interest in trying to watch this show (and join in on Lost Conspiracies in the Lodge) you may want to check out a special called "Lost - A Tale of Survival" on 9/27/6.

The special is bascially a primer for new viewers a week before season 3 begins. This may be a good way to get a solid idea of what the hell is happening so you can jump on when new episodes start 8/4/6. Here's the ABC press release about the series:

Feeling lost? Having a hard time keeping up with what’s happening on the island? ABC has the remedy for what ails you by inviting both new and avid “Lost” viewers to take an insider’s look at the most talked about, critically acclaimed show on television. “Lost: A Tale of Survival” will explore the series in a way that will bring new viewers up to date, but which current viewers will also find illuminating. From the back stories of some of the most compelling characters on television to the mysteries of the island, “Lost: A Tale of Survival” will provide an insightful glimpse into the lives of the survivors of Oceanic Airlines flight 815.

Obviously you won't be 100% up to speed with people that have seen the previous 48 episodes, and I would still recommend going back to see those, but at least this will keep you from falling further behind. Just a thought....

World War Z

This book is probably the best social/political analysis book I have read this year. Its fictional, but because of its reinterpretation of society it allows a whole different perspective. More specifically, it allows a hole into the cultural problems of our personal lives and societies'. Did I mention also, its about when zombies take over the earth? World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War is oddly enough not filled with the gore, bad humor, and desensitization expected with horror. Its a real story, given to you as fact. Because we all know that the undead will rise soon and you better get yourself a semi-automatic pistol or at least a shovel to kill all those G's. Man, i still dream about this sh*t - and randomly picking up this book has brought it to the imagination again.

(book intro excerpt)
The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet. He recorded the testimony of men, women, and sometimes children who came face-to-face with the living, or at least the undead, hell of that dreadful time. World War Z is the result....

Ranging from the now infamous village of New Dachang in the United Federation of China, where the epidemiological trail began with the twelve-year-old Patient Zero, to the unnamed northern forests where untold numbers sought a terrible and temporary refuge in the cold, to the United States of Southern Africa, where the Redeker Plan provided hope for humanity at an unspeakable price, to the west-of-the-Rockies redoubt where the North American tide finally started to turn, this invaluable chronicle reflects the full scope and duration of the Zombie War.

The author Max Brooks is Mel Brooks son. From the strange minds of comedians I guess their progeny strangely evolve into mangling reality further. His first project was the oddly successful, but less narrated, Zombie Survival Guide. Besides the absurdity of his story in WWZ (which could still tottally happen), Max does a beautiful job of intimately detailing the connections of military, government, business, and religion throughout this entire book by fictionally retelling the stories of survivors. My personal favorites are of Russian soldiers being "decimated" by their own armies after they refuse to fight, or the Japanese otaku computer geek who is stranded in his apartment building and saves himself after confronting an outside world that is even more alien than before. These respeak of dehumanizing killings in Chechnya, or hyper technological detachment - in itself a loss of humanity in tech illusions. What makes these stories real is that the characters are essentially human and their lifestyles and feelings are ones we live.

His story was inspired by the original WWII book The Good War: An Oral History of World War II by Studs Terkel. In the same way it takes into honest account those who lived through WWII. For our modern 21st century lives - without a truly connecting and unifying spirit in our nation and globe, this fictional book is a kind of identity stimulator that is sorely needed in our culture.

World War Z's main site is really fun. You can Calculate Risk of survival or death during the Zombie outbreak. I scored a measly 38% and I even live in a house with bars on the doors and windows. The other cool thing are the podcasts available on the site. An audio book was compiled as interview recording from survivors. They feature actors Alan Alda and Mark Hamill as voiceovers among others. Pretty much everything about this is high calibre.

There was a high dollar shoot out war over this books movie production rights between: Brad Pitt & Leonardo Di Caprio. WTF. This ocurred even before the book was released. Brad Pitt and his production company Plan B won the rights. I can't imagine what Tyler Durden is up to anymore. Zombies are a great threat vehicle to really assess where we're headed; i mean i haven't planned my terrorist bombing escape route, but i sure know how to survive the undead outbreak.

Lodge HMTL How To

(Please note that I put a space after all of the "<" symbols, so the HTML wouldn't actually do this and not let you guys see the HTML tags... to use the HTML tags seen here, you'll need to make sure you have no spaces between the "<" symbol and your text and/or HTML command attribute) Class is in session. I'm no expert, but I have picked up a lot of weird webpage knowledge over the past year working for Amazon. Jimbo & Goose made a request for a HTML tutorial post, and so I'll oblidge. Since the normal < href="http://funnyorpoignantlink.com">
funny or poignant link< /a> most of you know and/or you can use the link for this same simple HTML... I'll cover embedding images and lists today.

images

Images can be used to make your Web pages distinctive and greatly help to get your message across. The simple way to add an image is using the < src=""> tag. Let's assume you have an image file called "peter.jpg" in the same folder/directory as your HTML file. It is 200 pixels wide by 150 pixels high.

< src="http://meat.com/peter.jpg" height="150" width="200" align="left">

I usually find an image off Google Image Search that best fits my post, but the width and height aren't strictly necessary but help to speed the display of your Web page. The "align" attribute moves it to the "left" side of your post or the "right", depending on what you type.

lists

Before I forget, it's Thursday so here's the weekly Chewbacca pic... Chewy hanging with a couple of Goose favorites. Back to the lesson... sometimes I use lists to better format our Popular Top 5 Lists, for example. The first kind is a bulletted list, often called an unordered list. It uses the <> and <> tags, for instance:

<>
<>the first list item< /li>

<>the second list item< /li>

<>the third list item< /li>
< /ul>

Note that you always need to end the list with the < /ul> end tag, but that the < /li> is optional and can be left off. The second kind of list is a numbered list, often called an ordered list. It uses the <> and <> tags. For instance:

<><>Top 5 Drinking Games< /u>< /b>< /center>
<>
<><>< /b>< /li>

<><>< /b>< /li>

<><>< /b>< /li>

<><>< /b>< /li>

<><>< /b>< /li>
< /ol>

Like bulletted lists, you always need to end the list with the < /li>< /ol> end tag. Now, you'll see here that if I remove the spaces between the carats, you will then see the list I created in HTML format (Please comment your own Top 5 Drinking Games, because the list is long & I'm curious what you guys think are the best drinking games ever.):

Top 5 Drinking Games

1. Lawn Darts: the fact that the game is banned in the U.S. makes it a clear cut #1 in my book.


2. Bowling: you could go with movie drinking games, but I'm sticking to more "physical" activities for my list... and bowling alleys have bars in them. Nuff said.


3. Billiards: my buddy Scott Chamberlain thinks that he plays better drunk. I think it's because it loosens up that stick up his butt.


4. Darts: I have a feeling this will be #1 on Jimbo's list. A very English game now gaining popularity thanks to ESPN.


5. Tailgating: the public drinking activity that spurned this list from a conversation Jimbo and I had at a tailgating session at Husky Stadium this past Saturday. The Sports Guy mentioned a few weeks back that whoever came up with the first tailgating idea should get a medal. We'll just include him in the Lodge HOF and call it good.

Steaming Stoops

Looks like the dust is still refusing to settle on the fiasco that happened at Autzen stadium. The University of Oklahoma is considering canceling their upcoming games with the PAC 10 unless the conference deals with the glaring replay errors.

I am sure most of us have seen the disputed plays on TV over the past few days. They are so obvious to the naked eye that the phrase "there's something rotten in Denmark needs to be changed to "Somethings rotten at Autzen and it ain't the cheerleaders". I don't know if the Lodge might want to look into an investigation but people have been paid and lives have been changed. I'm no fan of the Sooners but hell when a conspiracy that could go all the way to Phil Knight and Ahmad Rashad I think this is where the Lodge PI division needs to get down to Eugene.

Now OK has gone a little overboard saying that the game should be stricken from the record books. We have to remember they were the ones that were 14 points up and lost the game. Still the school has a valid point. How is this going to effect the rest of the season? Should the voters give the Sooners some slack on the loss? Should Oregon and the PAC 10 be asked to field non conference officials at all there non conference games? I know it's Oregon we are talking about but this effects every team even the Buffs who actually could use those officials at there up coming game against Georgia. Yes Joe O-4 is on the horizon.

Observations From The Pearl Pt 2

****Talking about Lost again, Joe....look away. Btw, Tyler Durden is a figment of Ed Norton’s imagination****

Now for the next round of 4 episodes (the links will take you to synopsis of that particular episode)

White Rabbit



Now here’s a concept that I was totally on the lookout for in season 1, that I’ve since practically forgotten about. Where the hell is Jack’s father?
This is the episode where a nearly delirious Jack keeps seeing his Dad walking around the woods. By the time he finds his coffin, we find out that there’s no body inside. While this thread hasn’t really been followed up on, I could totally see it sprouting up again in the future. How much of a mind@#$% would it be if we find out that Dr. Christian Shephard is alive?
There’s a great Locke moment in this episode between him and Jack, where he tells Jack he needs to continue following his father and complete his quest. This is the Locke that I love. I forgot just how cool he was in the first season. Stupid hatch! J



House of The Rising Sun
Once upon a time Jin was a very angry Korean man....
It’s really interesting to see just how far Jin has evolved as a character. Probably more than any other character, Jin has shown the most evolution. Although I do hope we get to see that badass version of Jin that’ll beat you to within an inch of your life again in season 3. It’d be cool to see him flip out on the Others.



The Moth
Charlie sure likes his drugs, and it’s all his brothers fault. The end!

...just kidding. Aside from dealing with Charlie’s little habit, this episode also focused on Sayid trying to triangulate the French broadcast that Rosseau left 16 years ago. Now the signal is another one of those mysteries that hasn’t been followed up on. However, if I recall what we know we may see something in season 3. Here’s what we know:
-The transmission is coming from a Radio tower somewhere near the black rock.
-Previous to Rosseau recording her message, the station simply played a loop of the numbers (4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42) which was picked up by Hurley’s crazy-person friend (whose name escapes me)
-Rosseau says that the station is now under the control of the others (I don’t remember what episode but I’m 99% sure I’m remembering this correctly)

So if the Others control the Radio Tower, maybe we’ll come across now that Jack, Sawyer and Kate are in the middle of their world....we’ll see.

Confidence Man
This is the episode where we find out the truth behind Sawyer’s letter he’s obsessed with (And that Sayid sure knows what he’s doing when it comes to torture). So the big question, for me at least, is who was the real Mr. Sawyer?
If it’s somebody we’ve already met, my money has to be on Locke’s father. He’s a logical choice, as he’s already shown when he conned his own son. It seems like a natural fit to me....
Either way, knowing this show, we’re destined to find out. And if past revelations are any deduction it’s going tie into something.

The Kingdome rule is back...

Thanks to an unanimous tip, the NFL is going to be looking at the Seahawks/Giants game a little closer. A story written by Danny O'Neil talks about how the Seahawks are possibly creating noise illegally. A side note to the piece is the break down of the noise rules in the NFL. Here is the break down thanks to the www.seattletimes.com and the NFL.


NFL rules on crowd noise
Crowd Noise
While the League does not wish to place restrictions on spontaneous crowd noise or to diminish fan enjoyment in our sport, it is each club's responsibility to exert proper control over cheerleaders and mascots (including noise-making specialists hired exclusively for that purpose), use of scoreboards, message boards, etc. Artificial or manufactured crowd noise in NFL stadiums has increased to the extent that teams have notified the league office that they have experienced difficulty communicating within their bench area as well as on the field.
(1) Club-Controlled Sound: The home club does not have the prerogative to decide if such sound hampers signal calling. While spontaneous crowd noises may be beyond immediate control, noise of any kind (music, horns, gongs, drums, etc.) that is under club control must cease when the play clock (40 or 25 second) is running and the visiting team is in possession of the ball. Flagrant attempts by cheerleaders, mascots or the public-address system to encourage crowd noise for the purpose of disrupting the visiting team's offense while the play clock is running is prohibited. The use of noise meters or such messages as "Noise!," "Let's hear it!," "Raise the Roof," "Let's go Crazy," "Pump it up," "12th Man" are prohibited at any time during the game. These examples are not limited to the foregoing, but also would include similar messages that encourage crowds to make random noise in order to disrupt the opposition. The prohibitions specified in this section also apply during kicking plays.
Exception: Any conventional cheerleader or mascot actions or the use of the scoreboard or message board for acceptable cheers such as "Defense!" and "Push 'em back!" must be stopped when the huddle breaks and/or the offensive team moves to the line of scrimmage.
(2) "Wave": Club-controlled efforts to start the "Wave" cheer, through the use of cheerleaders or message boards — even if the actions are stopped when the visiting team breaks the huddle — are a violation of the crowd noise policy.
(3) Noise-Making Devices: Klaxons, megaphones, bullhorns, whistles and other noisemakers of any kind are not permitted in stadium.
(4) Field-Level Speakers: The number of field-level speakers must be limited to a maximum of four. They must be placed between the goal lines and the 20-yard lines, and be pointed away from the bench area and the playing field. All sound from such speakers must cease when play clock starts for the visiting team's possession.
(5) Mascots: Team mascots must stay behind the six-foot white border at all times during the game (they may be on the field at appropriate times during the pregame and at halftime when players are not on the field), and they are prohibited from engaging in any acts of taunting opposing players, coaches, and game officials. In the event of violations, teams employing the mascots will be subject to significant fines.
(6) Videos: Video clips may be shown during pregame, halftime, postgame, between quarters, and after a score by the home team, as long as the content is in good taste and not derogatory to the visiting team. At no time may such clips be shown while the play clock or game clock is running.
Clubs should be aware of the playing rule adopted in 1989 which establishes a set of procedures, including loss of timeouts or 5-yard penalty on the defense, to handle the problem of crowd noise which prevents the offense from hearing its signals.
Source: The NFL

A) This tells me the NFL has too much free time and B) Most of these league rules were put in because of the constant noise in the Kingdome.

Guess what...it wasn't the dome. Seattle Fans are loud...

I have pictures but Blogger is being typical Blogger so I'll post pictures later!!!

Wednesdays Top Ten

Well it looks like Andy Garcia may have made a quick entry into the Lodge Hall of Fame.

2 weeks ago we nominated for the Anti Lodge HOF. Now how about we see what the inaugural class of 2006 may look like. (To be voted on the end of the year.)

The Top Ten Nominees for the Lodge Hall of Fame Are.....

#10. An obvious choice. Our Thursday Mascot and easily a unanimous choice

Chewbacca (And his Wookie Hearts Club Band)
Please do not mistake this picture as a replacement for "Chewbacca Thursday"

Not Andy Garcia

The cook at one of my favorite restaurants, Fort St. George, would always be playing these fight videos while I was on lunch last summer. It was Pride fighting. The biggest MMA organization in the world. UFC doesn't cover the extremity of Pride fighting from Japan. They allow elbows to the head, knees and kicks to the head while on the ground. They have hardcore fighting simply because Japan does not ban certain things that we normally would. As a result raw fighters come out from places like Croatia, Russia, Brazil, and even Holland. K-1 is still big there, but Pride has definitely taken over. In some instances fighters are comedic characters in an effort to combine WWF with extreme fighting. Cheap promotion money has no shame.

One of the more amazing fighters to come out from over the last few years was Bob Sapp - The Beast. (from wikipedia) Sapp began his athletic career in college football as a standout offensive lineman for the University of Washington, where he won the Morris Award. Expected by some to get high notice from pro scouts in the 1997 NFL draft, he slipped to the third round before being chosen by the Chicago Bears at 69th overall. Although Sapp was under pro contract for the next four seasons (with four different teams, each of which cut him within that season), he appeared in only one regular season game before failing many steroid tests and washing out of the league.

The fights that I've seen from him are pretty funny, underneath where it lists fighting style, for him it reads: NFL, as opposed to Pro Wrestling or Judo. Sometimes Sapp would even start off in a lineman crouch and then start rushing. Mike Tyson was provoked by Sapp after a fight. There was an official fight slated for them but it didn't happen since Tyson had a rape charge in Japan. Sapp kind of fell off the track the last couple of years. Last rumor I heard he was hiding out in Rainier Valley convalescing.


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