Rejected RealityRejected RealityIm a 40 year old single-father in Eastern Oregon who blogs about sports, politics, books, movies, weight loss, exercise and a whole lot of other things. 
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Who will be the NEXT Jacoby Ellsbury?
2008-06-07 05:17:00 Millions of people across Red Sox Nation cheered as the rookie from Madras, Oregon stole second in the 2007 World Series to win everyone a Taco! The cheered as he slugged homers and denied same, as the Sox marched to their second title in 3 years. The 2008 MLB draft wrapped up today. When the ... More About: Sports , Baseball , Jacoby Ellsbury , Oregon State
The best meme?s (and post titles) are stolen
2008-06-06 22:12:00 Wantonly stolen from good ol Chris The concept: 1. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search. 2. Using only the first page of results, pick one image. 3. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into Big Huge Lab?s Mosaic Maker to create a mosaic of the ... More About: Meme , Post , Stolen , Titles
The Scarf - I get, but what is she doing in Salem?
2008-06-06 07:20:00 I am secure enough to admit when I don’t ‘get something, and I don’t get the BIG DEAL surrounding Rachel Ray getting dumped from hawking Dunkin’ Donuts. Oh I know what the ‘official word’ is, A Dunkin’ Donuts commercial featuring TV chef Rachael Ray has been ditched after critics accused her of dressing like a terrorist ... More About: Rant , Oregon , Salem , Scarf
It?s Coming!
2008-06-05 18:28:00 I am pretty open with my allegiance to FIreFox. It is more stable than MSIE and is endlessly more user friendly with a seeming endless variety of plug-ins to serve any need. In my cruising around the internets, I discovered that Fire Fox 3.0 is about to launch. As a part of that momentous day, Mozilla is ... More About: Technology , Download
Weigh-In: Week 70
2008-06-05 05:08:00 Cross-published on FatBloggers ARGH! Two weeks UP… One week DOWN… Follow the bouncing ball… Is this what a plateau feels like? Anton, A drum roll please? Starting Weigh t (Dec. 22, 2006): 392 lbs.Starting BMI: 51.7Weight Last Week (May 27, 2008): 295.4 lbs.Weight Today (June 3, 2008): 296.6 lbs.Current BMI: 39.1 Weight Change This Week: +1.2 lbs.Total Weight Lost: -95.4 lbs.NEXT GOAL: 100 ...
My life has poor plot development
2008-06-03 06:27:00 I was tagged on this one a couple weeks ago by Rick. My personal Top 10 Movies (No particular order… I just can’t do that) The Breakfast Club - There was a point when this movie seemed to be playing somewhere on cable at any given time. If The Wife weren’t around, I would watch it from ... More About: Meme , Life , Development , My Life
Thank You Senator Clinton?
2008-06-01 23:30:00 … since you are such a monumentally power-hungry bitch (as Jon Stewart says, all due respect), this man is going to be the next President of the United States. More About: Politics , Hillary Clinton , Tube , Cain
What a bunch of jackasses!
2008-06-01 06:42:00 There is no way I would have wanted to be a part of the DNC Rules Committee today. They had the unenviable task of deciding what to do with the Florida & Michigan primaries and their delegates. I posted my opinion on this controversy back in February. To recap, Florida & Michigan moved their primaries so ... More About: Politics , Obama , Clinton
We?re so Proud!
2008-05-31 09:08:00 Presenting the Most Improved 7th Grader in the Sunridge Middle School Orchestra… … it’s amazing. All those concerts (public and private) that sounded more like slaughtering cats than violin… are suddenly worth it. She will be going to Orchestra Camp this summer. Do you think it’s too early to call Itzhak Pearlman and ask ... More About: Kids , Proud
Weigh-In: Week 67
2008-05-14 05:01:00 Cross published on FatBloggers I use Gimp to put together a little comparison picture for your viewing pleasure tonight. Notice how the bigger me is sad and grumpy… and the smaller me is confident and happy? I’m starting to understand the shock/surprise in the voices of folks I meet on the street when they notice ... More About: Week , Weigh
Alphabet Meme
2008-05-13 21:31:00 Tagged by Chris. A - ADVOCATE FOR: Jobs for the mentally disabled w/o stigma. B - BEST FEATURE: My increasingly firm chest & arms… otherwise my eyes/hair C - COULD DO WITHOUT: political extremists (on both ends), Walmart Christianity D - DREAMS & DESIRES: Shopping for normal clothes at normal stores E - ESSENTIAL ITEMS: books, iPod F - FAVORITE PASTIME:surfing ... More About: Humor , Meme , Alphabet
Tick Tock?
2008-05-10 17:52:00 Technorati Tags: Death Clock,BMI,Death,Life Expectancy Cross Published on FatBloggers Its a beautiful spring day and I am sitting on my a$$ cruising the internets. So it seems ironic that I come across The Death Clock. Even as I approach the 100 lb. benchmark on my journey to a lesser me; changing the way I eat and move, ... More About: Diet , Exercise , Transformation , Tick Tock , Tick
And you thought the Round-Up traffic was bad?
2008-05-10 17:01:00 Technorati Tags: Bill Clinton,Hillary Clinton,Barack Obama,Presidential Campaign Published in the Saturday, East Oregon ian. Former President Bill Clinton will campaign Sunday in Pendleton for his wife Hillary Clinton, senator from New York, who’s in a tight race to earn the Democratic presidential nomination against Illinois Sen. Barack Obama. Local police agencies are gearing up for the former president’s ... More About: Politics , Traffic , Round Up , Thought
Ooooo? Pick Me! Pick Me!
2008-05-10 06:38:00 Technorati Tags: Contest,Bicycle,Fuji John over at JohnIsFit.com is giving away a Fuji Crosstown 2.0, courtesy of Lipton (the Diet Citrus Green Tea is awesome!). As I was approaching the 100 lb mark, I wanted to start riding a bike out in the real world. My oldest kid is almost 13, and she has NEVER seen ... More About: Exercise , Pick
Have a Beer? and a vote
2008-05-09 06:37:00 Back in 2000, I thought that Gov. Bush would be a great guy to have over for a cookout and to toss back a few ‘cold ones’. I remember that I wasn’t alone, that was one of the ‘likability’ factors that folks bought into. He was a ‘good ol boy’. Scott Williams over at Big is ... More About: Politics , President , Beer , Cain , Obama
Weigh-In: Week 66
2008-05-07 06:55:00 Cross-published on FatBloggers The weather gets warmer and you know what happens? I totally neglect my blogging responsibilities. I was just noticing that I haven posted here since last Friday. I would say that I was sorry to have neglected my legions of readers… but I’m not. I’ve been at track meets, softball games and getting ... More About: Week , Weight Watchers , Weigh
I Am Ironman!
2008-05-03 08:24:00 The Wife and I took The Boy and his buddy to see Ironman tonight. I’ve confessed here before that while I exude manly confidence and coolness… I am, in reality… a GIANT geek. I played with Star Wars toys, I thought the greatest thing in Vegas is the Star Trek museum at the Las Vegas ... More About: Movies
I Try and Try and Try!
2008-04-30 22:26:00 You Are Cheerios Like other Cheerios eaters, you want to be a responsible adult. But you can’t help but still be a kid at heart! You try to make good decisions. You’re a clean cut, conscientious person. You’re the type of person who would never skip breakfast. Part of you thinks that breakfast is too important to miss… But a bigger ...
Are we THAT stupid?
2008-04-30 16:46:00 DNC Chairman Howard Dean said that the popular vote doesn’t count, the Super Delegates would nominate the candidate who’s most electable. Are these the same people who decided that John Kerry was more electable than Howard Dean in 2004? To quote Stephen Colbert, “I guess I forgot how electable John Kerry was, considering he wasn’t, ... More About: Politics , Hillary Clinton , Cain , Thoughts
Week 65? Major Milestone!
2008-04-30 05:23:00 Anton, A drum roll please? Starting Weight (Dec. 22, 2006): 392 lbs.Starting BMI: 51.7Weight Last Week (April 15, 2008): 302 lbs.Weight Today (April 29, 2008): 299.2 lbs. Current BMI: 39.5 Weight Change This Week: -2.8 lbs.Total Weight Lost: -92.8 lbs.NEXT GOAL: 100 LBS LOST! (7.2 lbs. to go) Do? or Do Not? there is no TRY. ?Master Yoda ... More About: Milestone , Major
Weight Warriors - My Results
2008-04-28 22:52:00 **Cross-published on FatBloggers & The (Pendleton) East Oregonian Back in January I was asked to participate in a 12-week weightloss challenge pitting 6 people against each other to see who could move their body fat % the most. The six was made up of three from the local paper and three from the gym. At the ... More About: Weight , Results , Warriors
Don?t let the door hit you on your way out
2008-04-28 07:53:00 The decision on where my family will be attending church in the future was made today. Several weeks ago, we were attending a church that seemed to meet all our needs; there were people there that we could build relationships with, there were active groups for the kids’ age groups and a couple other positives ... More About: Church , Door , Rejection , Pastor
Portland Travelogue - The Final Chapter
2008-04-26 06:40:00 Technorati Tags: Hood River,Full Sail,Tofurky While we were at dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings we began talking about how we were going to work a couple of the stops in before we headed east on Sunday. I told Bryan that I would really like to work in a stop at Beaver-Marche when they opened at Noon ... More About: Humor , Friends , Books , Beer , Vacation
Portland Travelogue - Ch. 3
2008-04-26 05:58:00 Technorati Tags: Portland ,Hooters This is my first post using Windows Live Writer. Thanks Rick. Just to get you up to speed; Ch. 1, Ch. 2. There were a couple places that I had planned to go, but those went out the window. Never to fear! Bryan and I have a history of turning our trips into a ... More About: Humor , Family , Kids , Vacation
Certified SAFE for Sarcastic Readers
2008-04-24 19:41:00 Wantonly Stolen from My 2 Cents Created by OnePlusYou More About: Humor , Readers , Blogging , Sarcastic , Safe
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2008-04-24 05:54:00 This is a temporary post that was not deleted. Please delete this manually. (0e6e2b53-4ec9-48fc-8047-90cd145a0c41 - 3bfe001a-32de-4114-a6b4-4005b770f6d7) More About: Post , Style , Detection
I?ll show you mine? if you show me yours?
2008-04-23 07:15:00 This is one of those meme’s that I found ‘different’ enough to lift. NOT like the previous meme that I was too dim to realize that one of the tag-ees had done the exact meme just 2 weeks ago. First of all, a HT to Confessions of a Random Chick, a rather funny blog that you ... More About: Meme , Desktop , Computer , Show , Mine
I?m sure it would be LARGER than where I live now
2008-04-23 01:59:00 You Should Live in a Small City You are definitely an urban person, but not any old city will do. You want a city that matches you well. For you, big cities lack individuality. You prefer a smaller city with lots of personality, local culture, and history. Where Should You Live?
2008 NFL Schedule Released - Go Hawks!
More articles from this author:2008-04-22 04:07:00 There was once a time that the non-stop/year-round coverage of football irritated me, as I used to be a much bigger baseball and basketball fan. Basketball left me years ago and football has just become more ‘fun’ than baseball not only in the pro & college levels, but at the level that The Boy plays. ... More About: Sports , Football , Seattle Seahawks , Schedule , Released 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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