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Saturday, February 13, 2010
Smoking in Mass Effect 2
Why does a futuristic sci-fi video game need to have a character that smokes cigarettes? See my post on g4tv "Feedback" show. www.g4tv.com
Monday, October 26, 2009
Dell Sucks
Dell support SUCKS!!!! Dell laptops SUCK!!! Dell SUCKS!!! Never again
Dell support SUCKS!!!! Dell laptops SUCK!!! Dell SUCKS!!! Never again
Dell support SUCKS!!!! Dell laptops SUCK!!! Dell SUCKS!!! Never again
Dell support SUCKS!!!! Dell laptops SUCK!!! Dell SUCKS!!! Never again
Dell support SUCKS!!!! Dell laptops SUCK!!! Dell SUCKS!!! Never again
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Sept 2009 Update
Hey,
Been a while, eh? Yeah, well I BEEN BUSY!!!!
Haha
Last update was… April 2009. wow! Ok, so now it’s September 22, 2009, 5 months later. And I know you’re asking; “Hey Jay! What’s happened in the past 5 months?
You are SO curious!!!
Keep your panty hose on… I’ll tell ya what’s happened – in chronological order (sortof).
1. I won the lottery – got $3 million!!! (oh wait, that wasn’t in the past, that’s in the future - sorry)
1. Pool News
-We finished the Spring pool session – didn’t make playoffs.
-CapOne had another round of layoffs – my group was hit hard – I got a LOT more work to do – it’s ok cause I like staying busy but it was hard keeping up at first there.
-Hao found a job in NC – works from home in Richmond mostly now though – saw him rarely over the summer
-Summer session was my last session – taking the fall session off – probably taking next spring off as well
-I haven’t picked up a cue in weeks
-Been thinking I might hook up w/ whoever else is interested and entering that weekly 8-ball tournament on southside at Diamond Billards. Let me know if you’re interested.
-ALSO – it’s about time to have a bottle of scotch w/ my buddy Vince in the guyrage – been too long! Anyone else interested let me know. Fri or Sat 10/2, 10/3 looks good
2. Softball
-I finished up playing my men’s league softball on Monday nights through the end of July. It was fun. Not sure I’ll do it again but it was a lot of fun. One thing I’m proud of is that I went the whole season (~3 months) and didn’t get injured. Imagine that, an old guy like me! I was about 10 years older than most of the guys out there btw.
-My daughters team continues to keep me busy w/ practices 2 nights a week and tournaments every couple of weeks or so. One thing that bothers me about softball is there are 3 or 4 girls on our team that are disrespectful to me and seem to dislike me a great deal. Not sure what I ever did to them but whatever. The team did win a tournament a couple weeks ago in Cville though. THAT was fun.
3. August Happenings
-Had the typical week of lots of family, lots of fun, and lots of food at Emerald Isle in August.
-Sarah and Clayton got married in August – it was a huge wedding – big event – tons of fun.
-We dropped off my oldest at Emory and Henry College. Ouch! Actually, everyone keeps asking me how sad I am about it. I’m not sad, honestly, I’m extremely happy! Happy for her!
4. Now
I love this time of year. Kids go back to school. Weather gets cooler here and there. Leaves. Everything feels sorta new to me. It’s funny cause on Jan 1 every year I don’t get a “new year” type feeling. I get that in Sept. Yeah, we all know I’m a little off. Heh heh – I like it that way!
Here’s hoping it won’t be another 5 months till my next update. Have a good one. Drop me a note at jay.firebaugh@capitalone.com
Been a while, eh? Yeah, well I BEEN BUSY!!!!
Haha
Last update was… April 2009. wow! Ok, so now it’s September 22, 2009, 5 months later. And I know you’re asking; “Hey Jay! What’s happened in the past 5 months?
You are SO curious!!!
Keep your panty hose on… I’ll tell ya what’s happened – in chronological order (sortof).
1. I won the lottery – got $3 million!!! (oh wait, that wasn’t in the past, that’s in the future - sorry)
1. Pool News
-We finished the Spring pool session – didn’t make playoffs.
-CapOne had another round of layoffs – my group was hit hard – I got a LOT more work to do – it’s ok cause I like staying busy but it was hard keeping up at first there.
-Hao found a job in NC – works from home in Richmond mostly now though – saw him rarely over the summer
-Summer session was my last session – taking the fall session off – probably taking next spring off as well
-I haven’t picked up a cue in weeks
-Been thinking I might hook up w/ whoever else is interested and entering that weekly 8-ball tournament on southside at Diamond Billards. Let me know if you’re interested.
-ALSO – it’s about time to have a bottle of scotch w/ my buddy Vince in the guyrage – been too long! Anyone else interested let me know. Fri or Sat 10/2, 10/3 looks good
2. Softball
-I finished up playing my men’s league softball on Monday nights through the end of July. It was fun. Not sure I’ll do it again but it was a lot of fun. One thing I’m proud of is that I went the whole season (~3 months) and didn’t get injured. Imagine that, an old guy like me! I was about 10 years older than most of the guys out there btw.
-My daughters team continues to keep me busy w/ practices 2 nights a week and tournaments every couple of weeks or so. One thing that bothers me about softball is there are 3 or 4 girls on our team that are disrespectful to me and seem to dislike me a great deal. Not sure what I ever did to them but whatever. The team did win a tournament a couple weeks ago in Cville though. THAT was fun.
3. August Happenings
-Had the typical week of lots of family, lots of fun, and lots of food at Emerald Isle in August.
-Sarah and Clayton got married in August – it was a huge wedding – big event – tons of fun.
-We dropped off my oldest at Emory and Henry College. Ouch! Actually, everyone keeps asking me how sad I am about it. I’m not sad, honestly, I’m extremely happy! Happy for her!
4. Now
I love this time of year. Kids go back to school. Weather gets cooler here and there. Leaves. Everything feels sorta new to me. It’s funny cause on Jan 1 every year I don’t get a “new year” type feeling. I get that in Sept. Yeah, we all know I’m a little off. Heh heh – I like it that way!
Here’s hoping it won’t be another 5 months till my next update. Have a good one. Drop me a note at jay.firebaugh@capitalone.com
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Pics from pool night 04-15-09
Hao doing a commercial for the APA.
Tbone lining up that corner pocket
Bobtail - a bit fuzzy but that's him Thursday, April 2, 2009
Pool night - 04-01-09
Yes, I’ve been away from this blog for a while - missed quite a few weeks. I make no apologies. I’m quite busy at work these days and its spring so softball is in full swing which takes a lot of my free time and there’s just been a lot going on.
This has been a tough session. I mean, we are really struggling to capture the few wins we’ve gotten. Last night was no exception. We lost 55-45. At least that was better than last week which was 65-35. Or the week before when it was 80-20. Yeah, ouch. Like I said.
And I should call out the fact that we do have some players that are playing pretty well, despite the rest of us. Hao has 67% win rate and Mick is a close second at 56%.
Me? I am THE WORST! I am just in a terrible slump right now. I gotta break outta this deal and get something going.
Anyhoo, now that I’ve cheered you up. I will say we are still having fun. I know I am at least.
Last night it was Master Hui up first. He played Kenny (SL3). Kenny’s the tattooed dude w/ finely styled beard and hair. Heavyset, as in big beer gut - stud earrings – cargo shorts. You’re starting to get the picture. I guess Kenny’s the typical pool hall patron, eh?
(SL4) Hao – (SL3) Kenny
Hao won 31-18
Next was Stephanie who got to play Bob. Biker Bob. Biker Bob who liked to talk about pickles. Pickles, pickles, pickles. Steph just loved all the pickle prose from Bob and his team of pickling picklers. They kept talking about “their” pickles trying to impress Steph. I could tell she was on the verge of telling them to shove their pickle up their pooper. Haha But she bit her tongue and got thru it.
(SL4) Steph – (SL3) Bob
Steph lost 27-25 (as in, Steph had 27 and needed 31 – so it was puuurty close eh?)
Tbone was next and had a very close match w/ another Scott. It was a Scott vs Scott match. Very diff from a Tbone vs Tbone match or just a plain bone vs bone match. Ahem Tbone looked like he had him right up until the end when Scott made a surge in the last rack or so to take the win. Some people thrive on that pending doom of a loss, others fall into a deep depression and just play even more poorly, and then there’s some that are just too scared to win. Tbone isn’t really any of these far as I know. I’m just sayin
(SL5)-(SL5)
Tbone lost 38-32
I was next and basically sucked something awful. I played Mike, an average looking, easy going sortof fella – can’t say anything bad about the guy. He played well, I didn’t.
(SL7) Jay – (SL6) Mike
Jay lost 34-46 (I needed 21 balls to win – sheesh!)
Mickster was last – pulled up the rear – and held up the teams rear as it turned out. It went down to the wire as both gentlemen needed 1 ball to win. Mick’s opponent Ronnie had the break but couldn’t make it happen. Mick has been in a pattern lately in that he takes a big lead at the start but then, for some reason, he feels sorry for his opponents and then lets them back in the game. Same thing happened last night w/ Ronster Monster. But Mick got the last shot and that’s all that matters sometimes.
(SL3)-(SL3)
Mick won 25-24
The Fretzinator was there last night but didn’t play. No fritz from the fretz. He will be fretzing next week I’m sure.
Vincent was AWOL last night as he was out of town doing late work at one of Virginia’s fine correctional facilities. No doubt he was declining parole for various low-lifes. Oh! You didn’t know that was his job? I’m totally serious.
And we had a brief visit from Thomas last night. Very brief! I guess after he saw a few minutes of the carnage of my match he had to leave to throw up. Yeah, I was that bad.
Our wait staff last night was Chrissy. Not bad. She’s no Rachel but not bad. I liked the hustle. Rachel must’ve trained her.
So…. no promises on updates for the future. Maybe I’ll just take/post some pics as suggested by Shunying. She wants visual evidence of Hao actually being there! Ha!
This has been a tough session. I mean, we are really struggling to capture the few wins we’ve gotten. Last night was no exception. We lost 55-45. At least that was better than last week which was 65-35. Or the week before when it was 80-20. Yeah, ouch. Like I said.
And I should call out the fact that we do have some players that are playing pretty well, despite the rest of us. Hao has 67% win rate and Mick is a close second at 56%.
Me? I am THE WORST! I am just in a terrible slump right now. I gotta break outta this deal and get something going.
Anyhoo, now that I’ve cheered you up. I will say we are still having fun. I know I am at least.
Last night it was Master Hui up first. He played Kenny (SL3). Kenny’s the tattooed dude w/ finely styled beard and hair. Heavyset, as in big beer gut - stud earrings – cargo shorts. You’re starting to get the picture. I guess Kenny’s the typical pool hall patron, eh?
(SL4) Hao – (SL3) Kenny
Hao won 31-18
Next was Stephanie who got to play Bob. Biker Bob. Biker Bob who liked to talk about pickles. Pickles, pickles, pickles. Steph just loved all the pickle prose from Bob and his team of pickling picklers. They kept talking about “their” pickles trying to impress Steph. I could tell she was on the verge of telling them to shove their pickle up their pooper. Haha But she bit her tongue and got thru it.
(SL4) Steph – (SL3) Bob
Steph lost 27-25 (as in, Steph had 27 and needed 31 – so it was puuurty close eh?)
Tbone was next and had a very close match w/ another Scott. It was a Scott vs Scott match. Very diff from a Tbone vs Tbone match or just a plain bone vs bone match. Ahem Tbone looked like he had him right up until the end when Scott made a surge in the last rack or so to take the win. Some people thrive on that pending doom of a loss, others fall into a deep depression and just play even more poorly, and then there’s some that are just too scared to win. Tbone isn’t really any of these far as I know. I’m just sayin
(SL5)-(SL5)
Tbone lost 38-32
I was next and basically sucked something awful. I played Mike, an average looking, easy going sortof fella – can’t say anything bad about the guy. He played well, I didn’t.
(SL7) Jay – (SL6) Mike
Jay lost 34-46 (I needed 21 balls to win – sheesh!)
Mickster was last – pulled up the rear – and held up the teams rear as it turned out. It went down to the wire as both gentlemen needed 1 ball to win. Mick’s opponent Ronnie had the break but couldn’t make it happen. Mick has been in a pattern lately in that he takes a big lead at the start but then, for some reason, he feels sorry for his opponents and then lets them back in the game. Same thing happened last night w/ Ronster Monster. But Mick got the last shot and that’s all that matters sometimes.
(SL3)-(SL3)
Mick won 25-24
The Fretzinator was there last night but didn’t play. No fritz from the fretz. He will be fretzing next week I’m sure.
Vincent was AWOL last night as he was out of town doing late work at one of Virginia’s fine correctional facilities. No doubt he was declining parole for various low-lifes. Oh! You didn’t know that was his job? I’m totally serious.
And we had a brief visit from Thomas last night. Very brief! I guess after he saw a few minutes of the carnage of my match he had to leave to throw up. Yeah, I was that bad.
Our wait staff last night was Chrissy. Not bad. She’s no Rachel but not bad. I liked the hustle. Rachel must’ve trained her.
So…. no promises on updates for the future. Maybe I’ll just take/post some pics as suggested by Shunying. She wants visual evidence of Hao actually being there! Ha!
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Pool night - 03-18-09
Slump
Such a negative word: slump
Sounds slippery while at the same time feels like your body melted right out of your chair and onto the floor.
Sssssssslump...
We lost 4 of 5 matches last week. We lost all 5 matches last night. I'm declaring that we are in a slump.
Kudo's to Hao and Bobtail who seem to be holding up the team however. Hao was THE winner last week and last night he came w/in 2 points of winning so... And Bobtail has won more than he's lost which is more than any of the rest of us can say so... Actually I think Mick is 4 and 3 so far this season so I take that bac. Kudos to Mick as well.
So
Such an overused word: so
I hate the word "so". It's so... unproductive.
ha
Such a negative word: slump
Sounds slippery while at the same time feels like your body melted right out of your chair and onto the floor.
Sssssssslump...
We lost 4 of 5 matches last week. We lost all 5 matches last night. I'm declaring that we are in a slump.
Kudo's to Hao and Bobtail who seem to be holding up the team however. Hao was THE winner last week and last night he came w/in 2 points of winning so... And Bobtail has won more than he's lost which is more than any of the rest of us can say so... Actually I think Mick is 4 and 3 so far this season so I take that bac. Kudos to Mick as well.
So
Such an overused word: so
I hate the word "so". It's so... unproductive.
ha
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