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Real Life: August 13 - 15

2010-08-13T16:41:00Z

Hello from St. Louis! Yes, we're still here, wearing out our welcome.

There was all this talk about how Seattle has amazing Thai restaurants, and while they do seem to be in abundance, we have yet to find ones that match our St. Louis levels of enjoyment. On that front, Barbara is in desperate need of some Panang Curry, and is wishing, hoping, dreaming of going to the King & I tonight. At 7:30pm, I believe.

Adam is wanting to visit Winslow's Home, but I think Barbara is not to be dissuaded. Perhaps tomorrow night? Or maybe even a Sunday brunch? (I hear they do that kind of thing well.)

Other than that, I'm looking for some more hanging out, and quite possibly some more Ted Drewes. I've got to build up some extra calories to survive the difficult Seattle winter.

Tomorrow I'm going to a baseball game, and Sunday I'm going to a baseball game, but those are both afternoon-ish games, so dinners, brunches, and other goings-on are hoped for around those 18 innings. What're you up to this weekend?

Real Life: August 6 - 8

2010-08-06T00:06:00Z

Hello from Seattle! We're still settling in, still hoping all our stuff arrives one day, and still figuring out how to get around this town, but tomorrow we will be figuring out how to get back to your crazy town.

Barbara and I will be back in St. Louis tomorrow evening through next week, and I'm hoping we'll get some good hanging out, catching up, and having fun in between the bazillion wedding preparation errands we're running. Our flight gets in at 5pm, which, if all magically goes well will mean we're around for a 7:30-ish Happy Life, if others are up for that. I won't lie, I'm kind of dying for an El Burrito Loco or seven.

Saturday we're attending a Barbara's-Cousin wedding, probably for most of the whole day. The rest of the week, Barbara will have to fill me in on. I don't know anything specific going on, but I'm hoping there's ample dinners, ballgames, batting cages, etc.

How's St. Louis? What've you been up to, and what will you be up to this next week?

Guy Fawkes Day: Book Titles is this Saturday

2009-11-12T16:15:00Z

If you missed the earlier Geeklife post and any Facebook conversation going on about it, well, you'd better be getting your costume act together. The party's Saturday night at my place. Write me (dave at woot) if you don't know where I live or how to get there. I'll have some public crappy beer and chips, but feel free to bring good beer and/or appetizers.

I like to keep the specific costumes a secret, but I'm interested in a) how many costume ideas did you go through before you came up with The One and b) how hard was it to gather the things, build the parts, and get the costume together?

Barbara and I spent an evening at the Royale brainstorming through all the books we could think of. We narrowed it down to a half dozen possibilities that seemed fun, and then applied the "is it available at Target/Johnny Brock's/Schnuck's" filter to come up with our final designs. I'm going to go truly last minute and put the final costume together on Saturday afternoon, so we'll see how all that works out. You?

Guy Fawkes Day 2009! Also, Real Life : October 9-11

2009-10-09T16:40:00Z

First up, because I've been meaning to post this for awhile:

The Guy Fawkes Day party will be on November 14th this year. Later than usual, because of Halloween falling on a Saturday and because I'm out at a conference the next weekend. It'll just give us more time to procrastinate our costumes.

Speaking of costumes, there's been a big push for a re-run of a theme of years past: Before & After. I'm up for that, but there's also possibilities like clichés, puns, dress-like-the-name-of-an-animal-but-not-the-animal, book titles, mash-up fictional characters, internet memes, etc. Feel free to vote for one and/or suggest new ones below.

Maybe you'll be busy doing that all weekend, but if not, here's what I know of tonight's plans:

Our own Prof. Hotpants will be spinning at the Royale tonight. Be there, or get kicked out.
Prior to that, I'll be eating some dinner. Lemongrass?

What else is going on this weekend? I'm probably going to watch some baseball, but it's hard to even think about it after last night's disaster. Maybe I'll watch the AL and root for the Twins against the Yankees, since it'll be less stressful.

Real Life : July 10 - 12

2009-07-10T16:53:00Z

This is a chaotic Friday, for some reason. I suppose that's better than a freaky Friday, though.

Ms. Dr. Prof. Hot Pants (or, as I've started to call her, @__) will be spinning tonight at the Royale. I invite you to come by, so I don't carry all those records in vain. I hear that we may hear some of the lesser known MJ tunes. Maybe I'll try to moonwalk again.

Prior to that, we need some food. If it weren't supposed to rain, I'd suggest The Royale, on account of convenience, inertia, and the law of conservation of matter. However, given the decent chance of precipitation, what say you all to Mangia?

Saturday night I'm going to try an experiment: What happens when you mix one of my favorite singers (Elvis Costello) with one of my least favorite (Shery Crow)? I suspect it may be pure torture, but I think I'll give it a try. Join me under the Arch, if you'd like to conduct some advanced interrogation techniques on yourself.

Sunday I will be spending more time in Busch Stadium than in my house. MDPHP@__ and I will be attending the Futures and the Celebrities & Legends ballgames. I may wear my BE LIKE ED "The Man Who Wasn't There" movie promo shirt I got from Matthew who got it from various people who got it from Billy Bob Thornton who is supposedly going to be playing.

What's your weekend look like?

Prison Jersey Night Photos

2009-02-06T15:21:25Z

Uni Watch has a bunch of photos from a fan who attended the Las Vegas Wranglers' bizarre "Prison Jersey Night" game. You haven't seen players dressed this ridiculously since the St. Louis Blues of the 1990s. Since the ECHL isn't the East Coast Hockey League anymore, maybe it's just aiming to be known as the "Ech League."...(read more)

Roll Over, Zamboni

2008-12-31T06:51:47Z

Read Wired's December 28 article about the IceCat, a zero-emissions alternative to the classic Zamboni. There may only be four of the machines in Canada now, but we'll reportedly see IceCats resurfacing NHL rinks as early as next year....(read more)

Dildos On Ice

2008-10-28T04:17:42Z

According to Swedish site thelocal.se , former AIK defenseman Jan Huokko got an unusual reception from fans upon returning to Stockholm with visiting Leksand: The crowd tossed dildos onto the ice. The prosthetic penises were reportedly inspired by a sex video Huokko recorded with his phone, a video which was widely circulated online after the phone was stolen. This Deadspin article contradicts reports that the video featured Huokko and his girlfriend: "The video featured only Huokko, pleasuring,...(read more)

Lucic Smashes Van Ryn, Glass

2008-10-24T14:41:07Z

I don't know why it never occurred to me before — too many Hollywood action flicks, probably — but glass-shattering hits like the one Milan Lucic just laid on Mike Van Ryn are apparently dangerous for fans. Check the video (about 39 seconds in) and see how raining glass shards cut up some unlucky spectators who had to leave the game. Careful what you wish you could see up close! Toronto came back to win, 4-2....(read more)

Guy Fawkes 2008: November 1st

2008-10-12T03:02:00Z

Well, we're nearing the time again for the second biggest costume holiday of the year (behind Valentine's Day, of course): Remember, remember the somethingth of November. And this year it's going to be the first, what with Halloween falling on a Friday and all. Plus, I'll be out of town the next week, and as I haven't yet perfected the robo-virtual-bionic me, I'd like to have the party while I'm in town.

So theme-wise, here's what we've got: Song titles. That is, dress up in a manner such that there is some possibility someone may see you and say "Ah, you're that one song!" Some of our regulars have suggested a penalty or punishment for overly obscure songs (I believe the ostracization goes like this: "Oh, you're that one Beck song!") but others have whole-heartedly embraced the idea of you having to explain to all of us about this one cool band you once heard and this crazy great song they played for you. So I leave that up to you.

The party, as many parties often do, is said to start at 9pm. That'll mean a lot of you won't be here 'til 10pm, but what, I'm gonna say 8pm and then someone shows up at 7:30 and I'm only halfway into my SexyBack dress? So, yes, 9pm is when I'll be expecting you. If things go as they have in the past, we'll wind down in the hour or three past midnight, likely with someone doing a go-go dance of some sort on my front porch pillar.

What is this, the 10th year? I can't keep track of these things. Anyway, I hope you can make it, and I look forward to seeing your tunez.

Def Leppard puts the Stanley Cup Upside-Down

2008-10-10T13:34:59Z

Kicking off the 2008-2009 season in Hockeytown, here's Def Leppard lead singer Joe Elliott standing hockey's holy grail on its head. See, this is why the Vs. network should have booked Rush. Basically the same fan demographic, and I bet those guys — Officers of the Order of Canada, all — know which side of Stanley's the top....(read more)

People Per Hour (pph) in Hollywood

2008-08-21T19:49:00Z

First up, males (by running time):

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Two and a Half Men / 30 minutes

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Twelve Angry Men / 96 minutes

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My Three Sons / 30 minutes

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My Two Dads / 30 minutes

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Eight Men Out / 119 minutes

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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers / 102 minutes

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300 / 117 minutes

Got any more males per hour measurements in TV or the movies?

Real Life: August 8 - 10

2008-08-08T17:39:00Z

Well, I'm exhausted. I stayed up too late, got up too early, and I need to collapse. Unfortunately, in my chattiness while heading to bed I also managed to massively disrupt Prof. Hotpant's rest.

I'm going to have to play it by ear for tonight's dining festivities, as right now it seems like a much better idea to lay down. After dinner, aforementioned PHP will be spinning DJing at the Royale. I will be there, awake or not!

Then Saturday's pretty busy, and Sunday's hopefully a total do-nothing day.

What are you up to this weekend?

Let's Celebrate

2008-07-11T23:44:47Z

St. Louis MO July 11th, 2008 Last weekend marked the first time in a while that the Fylers saw 4-on-4 hockey, and that was still missing some veterans like Tom S, Donald W, Johnny G, and Michael F. Maybe we're getting a long fine without you guys. You Read More......(read more)

Celebrate the 4th on the 6th With Hockey

2008-07-04T20:00:58Z

07/04/08 St.Louis Nothing pithy here this week. Weather appears to want to accommodate us this week. Will the numbers return the favor? Last week was a light week, but we managed to see a couple of new faces. Fatigue and weather brought an early close Read More......(read more)