The Workermonkey

Thursday, June 30, 2005

its been a while, yes 

# posted by josh @ 6/30/2005 04:51:00 PM

it has indeed been a while since i've posted. there are several things contributing to this. first, i'm back home in ct for the summer (for those who dont know already) and since we still havent entered the electronic age with a router, its still a fight for the computer in the evening. this is probably my best shot, as my dad spends lots of time on it now at night. also, work has begun so that takes up time i guesss. ahhhh gettin paid to play with kids. which reminds me of something i'll get to later and may also clear up a lot for damon. it did for chump. finally, as some of you know, chump's been living here at my house until he moves in with kolpak in middletown. so i've always had somethign to do and i've found myself away from the computer more and more. when i have to actualyl drive to see them, i think you may just see me on the computer more frequently.

ok, the thing for damon, and maybe some others. its about the whole skinny/healthy girl thing. i figured out at least part of the reason why i dont like skinny girls. so i was sitting at camp the other day, and we have 4 new counselors, all 16 (luckily a few older ones and some lifeguards closer in age are back this summer). well i was looking at one of these girls (in a nonsexual way, naturally) and she's just really skinny. but tall. like my height or taller. then i saw some kid run up to her at the beach for god knows what reason, and that's not the point. i saw them standing side by side and i thought to myself here is a girl of legal age, and she looks just like the goddamn 9 year old!!! SICK. i dont like skinny girls because its like molesting children. that's why. or that's one reason. any woman i hookup with must be bigger than a kid at camp. that's a rule.

hopefully you're all vomiting by now. or at least this will conjure up thoughts of child molestation the next time you stick your tongue down some skinny girl's throat.

over and out

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I have an extra wireless router, and I don't think weight or lack there of makes a person look a given age.

By  Damon, at Friday, July 01, 2005 5:39:00 PM  

i dont think weight totally makes a person look a certain age either, but it can contribute. besides, if i'm in a dark room with a naked body i cant see it. and if it FEELS like a kid i'm gettin the hell out of there!!!

By  josh, at Friday, July 01, 2005 5:57:00 PM  

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Raise your mugs... 

# posted by Brancibeer @ 6/30/2005 10:22:00 AM

Ah yes, coffee. How can something soooo vile, turn into something so good. I mean, when I was a kid, I thought coffee was disgusting. The taste, the smell, everything about it. Now I savor the smell, deep full flavor and let every sip flow down and soothe my throat. Soon I know that bright perk will appear in my eyes and my mind will be stirring with gitty opportunistic thought. Here’s to sweet sweet chemical alteration!

Seriously, whats going on here fellas? If I wanted to just talk to Ron, I would call him (and I do). This is a group website, designed for group input. Kolpak, Tino? Josh, I expected more from you. Murphy? Well Murphy has always been a loose cannon. I hear he’s banging a lot of broads out in MT. Looney, Bergan? You can rant all you want, whats not to like? Chump, what the hells happening. I had a strange dream last night. Some kind of party, where Macunes was puking (and in the dream he had never puked before) over a stone wall, and Chump was inside sleeping in a bed with Janice Everett. Just sleeping though. Weird that she popped up from the unconscious. Damon? I never had the chance man. I NEVER HAD THE CHANCE (end in fake desperate crying voice).

Miss you all, have a fun weekend.

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Never had the chance for what? And yeah, thanks for mentioning Janice, nice to recall a hottie. I still keep away from coffee, if only because it's not good for you, so why would I get into that habit. Tea isn't as bad, and I like that. Just got my visa so it's for sure now. I'm flying July 31 and coming back at the very earliest the start of next June, but it could be much longer. And my '92 Civic hatch is for sale. It gets 40 mpg. $1750 anyone?

By  Damon, at Thursday, June 30, 2005 12:16:00 PM  

Ok, maybe it wasnt clear during my caffeine surge. Never had the chance to interact with you on the blogger (becuase you stopped writing when i came back).

By  Brancibeer, at Thursday, June 30, 2005 2:42:00 PM  

Okay, so Chump beds-up with Janice and yet I'm having my first puke over a stone wall. Seriously, buddy - retool your subconcious. If my role in the dream was political, then I'm either trying to tear down the Berlin Wall with stomach acids or else I'm involved in that homersexual protest from the 60's. Just so's everyone knows, my real-life role in both events have been greatly exaggerated by history.

By  DJ Booze Piñata, at Thursday, June 30, 2005 3:41:00 PM  

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Tuesday, June 28, 2005

# posted by ron @ 6/28/2005 12:52:00 PM

me and eric

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Team Dr. Pepper

By  Brancibeer, at Thursday, June 30, 2005 9:49:00 AM  

our team name was, "not quite sealed bearings"

yea lame, but what do you want from a bunch of math-spittin-acrynoym-lovin' engineers?

By  ron, at Friday, July 01, 2005 1:06:00 AM  

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24 hours of pain and suffering 

# posted by ron @ 6/28/2005 01:59:00 AM

as some of you may know i competed in the 24 hours of adrenaline. a mountian bike race in which a team (or solo for the sick sick people) race for 24 hours, the most laps in the time wins. the motley crew that i was in did 21 laps and took home 3rd. the course had some brutal demoralizing hills and some ripping fast down hill parts. the best was riding at night. i had 3 lights on my bike 1 LED, a xenon headlamp and another halagon light on the bars. my night lap time was only a minute slower than my fast day lap. its something thats hard to explain, 30 mph at times in the woods with some serious tunnel vision seeing only whats infront of you while trying to recall the course to come. i sweat, i swore, i said to myself "why the fuck am i doing this?" while i was pedalling up the ball busting hill in 95 degree heat, but i'd sign up and do it again in a heartbeat. it was a blast. hopefully some pics as soon as i get them.

once again, i urge everyone to buy a bike and ride it.

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how long were the laps?

By  josh, at Tuesday, June 28, 2005 6:11:00 PM  

about 8.3 mile laps

By  ron, at Tuesday, June 28, 2005 9:23:00 PM  

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Saturday, June 25, 2005

On the picture theme.... 

# posted by DJ Booze Piñata @ 6/25/2005 05:55:00 PM

You like that?? Huh??
Of course you do.

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Friday, June 24, 2005

oh yea throw back time 

# posted by ron @ 6/24/2005 01:18:00 AM

let get brian's creepy fucking picture of that thing out of here and replace it with a throw back to that old place call murphy. look at all those beers, of course i have other knowldege that at this exact time brancibeer was not drinking beer. check the flask too, kolpak was all over that if i remember, but i really dont.



oh yea!

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Ah yes. Notice:
1. That i conceal something in my hand
2. Kolpak has a 'supplemental' mixed drink of some kind
3. There is a vase of flowers in the background. Thats not very Murphy-like

By  Brancibeer, at Friday, June 24, 2005 8:21:00 AM  

but the guess who poster more than makes up for the flowers

By  ron, at Friday, June 24, 2005 11:34:00 AM  

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Thursday, June 23, 2005

# posted by Brancibeer @ 6/23/2005 11:44:00 AM

Found this sucker the other week while out in the field. Apparently they are very seldom seen. Yes, that is my hand. http://www.hilarynelson.com/Hobbies/Bugs/HickoryHornedDevilCaterpillar/

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fock! that thing would not be in my hand! looks scary

By  ron, at Thursday, June 23, 2005 2:08:00 PM  

DO NOT DISTURB THE CHILD OF MOTHRA

By  DJ Booze Piñata, at Thursday, June 23, 2005 8:53:00 PM  

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# posted by Brancibeer @ 6/23/2005 11:35:00 AM

Taken from a helicopter. Thats a big gator to be manhandling a deer like that... Watch your dogs people.

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ABSOLUTELY AWSOME

By  DJ Booze Piñata, at Thursday, June 23, 2005 8:50:00 PM  

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Tuesday, June 21, 2005

come on fellas 

# posted by ron @ 6/21/2005 09:04:00 PM

i know my schedule is nothing like any of yours but basically the list says that i dont clean much and drink beer. now if you're not with me on that then i dont know what to tell ya. maybe something like, "put down the duster and take off your pink panties". hows that sound?

i think barone can probably relate to this one the best. when you dont have a schedule, like me. things get a little fucked up. lets look at a typical day.

wake at about 8
hit the snooze until 9
shower, eat and in the lab at 10
10-7 or 8 is lab work and take care of bullshit errands
maybe a 30 min bike ride and then dinner
usually back in the lab at 9-9:30.
30 minute nap on the couch and work until 2:30-3am
get home have a beer or 2 and read for 40 minutes before bed.
repeat

it wasnt all ways like this. i used to be able to hold down regular hours but i got sick of it. whenever i get a job it takes a good week of practice get-ups to get the schedule right.

damon, why no more drink? i dont think you'll end up w/ a schedule like this, i think you have the discipline to keep hours. i, on the other hand, will have that third beer, leaving it empty on the window sill and read for another 30 minutes at 4am. why? because i can.

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I'm with you, Ron. Fuck these pretty pink panty prissy princesses. They make me invoke urgent gag reflexes.

By  DJ Booze Piñata, at Wednesday, June 22, 2005 4:06:00 PM  

While I was in Vermont and blacking out about once a week, I began having significant trouble reading and understanding people when they talked. I thought I had alcohol induced dementia, and maybe did, maybe do, but anyway as if the blackouts, and behavoir wasn't enough, there was my reason. It also got frustrating, somehow, I was not really getting drunk, but getting hungover badly anyway! So it was a bad deal and I just gave it up. Since August '04, I've had more than 2 drinks in one night on 3 occasions, and been drunk once.

About hours, it's not discipline that gets me up early, just the way my body likes it. It would take a lot discipline for me to keep your schedule.

By  Damon, at Wednesday, June 22, 2005 5:26:00 PM  

yea its good to take a break sometimes. that way when you start back up it will be like high school all over again with the puking and.... wait thats no fun.

i take a break from the green everyonce and awhile just to let the lungs recover and the mind clear. i hear ya. plus it gives you a poker advantage

By  ron, at Thursday, June 23, 2005 1:07:00 AM  

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Monday, June 20, 2005

you know you're a mid 20's guy if...... 

# posted by ron @ 6/20/2005 09:19:00 PM

-you leave cans/bottles where they get finished
-you use paper plates
-you eat over the sink most nights
-the toilet brush is still in its wrapper
-the plunger, however, is not
-you forget to check the mail for a week
-you have a "cheese knife" that stays on the counter for one specific purpose
-you've actually tried beer with cereal and decided that if you had to do it again you would
-you've tried water and cereal and will go hungry next time this situation comes about
-you drink in the bathroom
-when you are feeling good, you buy coors light as a treat
-other nights its highlife or keystone light
-you've got a head full of big plans but you arent doing jack shit!

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oh i forgot to add, mid 20's single guy if...

By  ron, at Monday, June 20, 2005 10:16:00 PM  

I'm a mid 20's guy and i dont do any of those! Well, maybe the cheese knife. Kim just doesnt get it. Ok, i drink in the bathroom sometimes too.

By  Brancibeer, at Tuesday, June 21, 2005 8:20:00 AM  

I second Brancy, age doesn't make that list for sure, I'm not sure what to accuse you of Ron, but whatever it is, I'm not. I think I am opposite almost every one, except when I was still drinking, a can of beer came in the shower so as not to lose valuable time pregamming. Maybe you will pull out of it when you graduate, maybe I will fall into it when I become a student again.

By  Damon, at Tuesday, June 21, 2005 3:04:00 PM  

Yeah Willi Oaks say some great drinking AND eating in the shower. I'm not relying on that happening too often anymore.

By  DJ Booze Piñata, at Tuesday, June 21, 2005 6:06:00 PM  

the only thing i'll pull out of is ... oh my, this is going someplace bad

By  ron, at Wednesday, June 22, 2005 12:40:00 AM  

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Friday, June 17, 2005

Matt Barone: Employed 

# posted by Supreme Monkey Overlord @ 6/17/2005 09:55:00 PM

i am once again a member of the useful working population.

i start monday, i'm making more then i expected, i have no place to really live, i'm back in CT.

i am batman.

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Congrats man. You can once again enjoy the sweet sweet daga that you have longed for. Back to the SOS, workermonkey bullshit for you. Atleast you will be making the big bucks. You can live with Murphy or Bergan...

By  Anonymous, at Saturday, June 18, 2005 12:06:00 AM  

about freakin time! ha ha nice, now just keep your political views to yourself and dont browse the site at work.

By  ron, at Sunday, June 19, 2005 10:03:00 PM  

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Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Worthy of posting.. 

# posted by Brancibeer @ 6/15/2005 03:17:00 PM

Courtesy of my dad:

An Italian, a Scotsman and a Chinese fellow are hired at a construction
site. The foreman points out a huge pile of sand and says to the Italian
guy, “You're in charge of sweeping."

To the Scotsman he says, "You're in charge of shoveling."

And to the Chinese guy, "You're in charge of supplies." He then says,
"Now, I have to leave for a little while. I expect you guys to make a
dent in that there pile."

So the foreman goes away for a couple hours and when he returns, the
pile of sand is untouched. He asks the Italian, "Why didn't you sweep
any of it?"

The Italian replies, "I no hava no broom. You saida to the Chinese a
fella that he a wasa in a charge of supplies, but he has a disappeared
and I no coulda finda him nowhere."

Then the foreman turns to the Scotsman and says, "And you, I thought I
told you to shovel this pile."

The Scotsman replies, "Aye, ye did lad, boot ah couldnay get meself a
shoovel Ye left th' Chinese gadgie in chairge of supplies, boot ah
couldnay fin' him either."

The foreman is really angry now and storms off toward the pile of sand
to look for the Chinese guy . . . Just then, the Chinese guy leaps out
from behind the pile of sand and yells "SUPPLIES!!"

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heard it loved it

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Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Negapositive 

# posted by Brancibeer @ 6/14/2005 09:19:00 AM

I keep most of the blogs I write in a folder on the computer. I write them in Word first then copy and paste them over. This is in prevention of an internet connection screw-up or whatever ungodly horrible, make you want to put your fist through the screen type of event that can happen when you are on a computer. You all know what I’m talking about. Remember that 12 pager you were typing that got lost due to an unexpected, unexplainable system error? Oh yeah, there it is- the feeling of uncontrollable burning rage where you want to grow to Godzilla size and stomp the existence out of things. Anyway my point is that I have a lot of blogs saved locally. Kim and I were on the computer and she asked to see a couple of them. Ok, no biggie, let the person closest to you (physically and mentally) peer into the gut of the only side hidden from their eyes. I’ve tried to explain this concept to her a couple times. There are just things that are mine, and there are things that are hers. It’s really not as bad as I’m making it out to be here, but rather than get into a deep discussion, I decided to just let her read some shit I’ve been writing. It was nothing really bad. I wasn’t talking about killing people or all the chicks I used to bang. Mostly it was just me complaining about life and the stuff I want to do, or haven’t done, or growing up. But somehow she got a little troubled to the fact that I was constantly complaining. She explained to me that I was giving off the impression that I was unhappy, and that I was making her out to be some downer girlfriend. I had to assure her that I was indeed happy where I was at the moment and that I wasn’t really dark or depressed on the inside. This is just my way of dealing with all the changes that’s been happening. “You’re just so negative about things”, she concluded and left me in the room staring at some of my old posts.

Well, I’ve been thinking over the past couple weeks. I have been pretty damn negative in my posts. All I do is bitch about the world, and this rush of maturity I have to cope with every day of my life. In a way this really is not healthy for me or my well being. I’ve forgotten the ways of Yoga, the peaceful hikes along the brook, the fun of playing with a dog or cat, the company of others, a good meal, fresh fruit, throwing a Frisbee in the summer heat, drinking a beer in a lawn chair, the feel of water around your body, a good laugh. So from now on, I will attempt to be more positive on my spin on things. I’ll strive for the good and not search for the bad. Life is pretty fucking good, and it can only get better. There is possibility in every day. Enjoy your life with eyes wide open. Take advantage of what you have now, not what you want or had. I’m still struggling with life, time, working and maturing, but why not enjoy rather than refuse it.

That’s what I’m talking about.

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i hear what you're saying brancy. but dont go totally positive. i think the best strategy is moderation. just like everything in life isn't negative, nor is it all positive and to treat it as such would be naive. but i admire the change you're attempting to make, and must admit i've made the same one myself (maybe you can see it sometimes. anyone? no? ok). but seriously, its a much more rational way to look at the world.

also, i'm on the half lemon a day plan. it gives you almost all of your daily vitamin c, and there's something in lemons that cleanses your system. it also helps you to retain some of th ewater in the summer, which is great for preventing dehydration. rock on.

By  josh, at Tuesday, June 14, 2005 11:45:00 AM  

eh, optimism is overrated. cynics know where its at.

yea, i've also brightened up over the years. my lab mate, amit has this saying in India, "if you're being raped, you might as well try to enjoy it"

By  ron, at Tuesday, June 14, 2005 12:44:00 PM  

good work branciteam, dont get dragged down by the negativity of the world-look on the bright side and you'll have less stress.

By  murphy, at Tuesday, June 14, 2005 9:56:00 PM  

I think that Indian quote correlates perfectly with Brancy talking about killing people or all the chicks he used to bang.

By  DJ Booze Piñata, at Wednesday, June 15, 2005 4:53:00 PM  

Thats a horrible saying by the way..

By  Brancibeer, at Wednesday, June 15, 2005 5:02:00 PM  

its really just an extremem way of sying, make the best of a bad situation.

By  ron, at Wednesday, June 15, 2005 9:10:00 PM  

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Sunday, June 12, 2005

(cue tom petty) The waaaaaiting is the hardest part... 

# posted by Supreme Monkey Overlord @ 6/12/2005 11:56:00 PM

i'm sick of waiting to hear about this fucking job. i'm even more sick of having to talk to the fucking recruiter dueschbag who gives me updates. its impossible for him to talk like a normal human being, all i get are long winded bullshits telling me he either hasn't talked to the people or they haven't made a decision yet. why can't he just tell me that right off the bat and avoid tryingto make up bullshit for 5 minutes in order to justify his usfulness. damn

if i actually get this job ( and from all accounts so far i have a good chance, its down to me and someone else) its another check in lifes reduculous collum. my initial inquery about the position included the words "i'm not applying for this job". i found the posting on monster.com and the description was very close to what i had just been doing for JFD and it was vague enough that i thought it might be the same job. located in the greater new haven area, family owned business, willing to work with someone out of college, and i know that JFD has been through a few people since i left so it wasn't outside the realm of possibilities that it could be it. so i write an email to the recruiter asking if there was an outside chance it was a job posting for JFD and i attached my resume to the email. i did it as kind of a joke and actually made a casual joke to my sister as i hit send. the next day i got a call from the recruiter telling me it was not JFD and i was actually very qualified for the postion. then the wheels started turning and now here i sit, waiting for a phone call like a stood up prom date.

once again i'm not talking baseball. the yankees suck and there is no excuse, torre has one week before i start calling for his head on a stick. he's horribly mismanaged the pitching staff and his daily lineup shifts are getting stupid. i'm amazed the stien has let it go on this long. only only ray of hope right now is that we're coming home to play pittsburg, the struggeling cubs, tampa, the mets and then baltimore who we'll need to sweep to have any chance. a few easy games leading up to an important series. of coursse thats what we just had coming off of KC, minn, milwaukee and then StL. and as bad as the yank have played they're only 6 games back. not unachieveable yet.

the rest of the baseball world is doing al right. the NL east is fucking cool to follow. its so even right now. the fish are going to shake out on top but it won't be easy or by alot. with the cubs injuries and hte reds pitching woes, the cards are going to run away with the central. the west just sucks, i could care less who comes out of that one. bonds, or no bonds. the AL west is better with the rangers hitting well enought to make up for thier serviceable pitching. the A's are struggeling because of growing pains and injuries. right now, the only thing covering up the redsox troubles is the yanks even bigger failure.

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chump, i hear you on the waiting thing. i'm doin the same for the schools. i've hit numerous snags too, shit they dont tell you about until its already fucked up. good luck on the job, i know they called my dad for a reference.

i'm not sure it's entirely torre's fault, though i will concede these daily lineup changes are ridiculous. while the best on paper, the players are horribly underachieving. the pitching sucks, and all of a sudden they cant field. changing the lineup is more a psychological thing, so i think it's ok, but not everyday.

and the sox trouble isnt that bad. they just need schilling back, and some middle relief. foulke will hopefully come back around. embree sucks. he is the worst reliever i've ever seen. he rivals rheal cormier for suckiness. get him out of boston, now.

By  josh, at Monday, June 13, 2005 1:06:00 PM  

yeah i use your dad, mr. brancifort and my dads friend Tom as references. they asked for people i'd worked with and someone else who was a family friend. i hope it was all positive.

so i'm watching espn news adn they interupt thier coverage to say that tony womack will now be shareing time ith Bernie in CF. what the fuck?!? womack should be riding the bench, not getting promoted to CF. fucking yanks.

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Monday, June 13, 2005 2:57:00 PM  

yes, just like jeter and a-rod are riding each other

By  josh, at Monday, June 13, 2005 8:16:00 PM  

You bumbling Ken Harvey's couldn't be more wrong about the yanks. You complaining about Womack sharing time with Bernie Williams? This ain't your daddy's Bernie Williams anymore. He has 15 runs and 19 RBI as the regular CF, perhaps the poorest statistics of any everyday CF. At least Womack has one serviceable attribute (speed). This is what the evil empire gets for selling their souls to the devil ten years ago. Good move signing a 42 year old pitcher instead of Carlos Beltran anyway----jOE tABLE

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Friday, June 10, 2005

Complete Insanity with no Laws 

# posted by murphy @ 6/10/2005 09:31:00 PM

Montana in a nutshell. In a town of 500 people year round, Gardiner MT is hoppin in the summer with a large portion of hot hippie chicks.

So far so good.

Rafting everyday since i've been here except one, when for a ten mile bike ride on wednesday and that was the day we didnt raft-too busy drinking and playing horse shoes at the ranch surrounded by 10000 ft mountains.

Fuck Yeah

Bar hopping every night, making some solid night moves and my presence felt in town, then walking home and passing out a block away.

I dont see how this could get any better--unless i start getting regular pun tang again

Wow-Have fun in CT keep in touch

Ps: If you see jenny dont yell at her like kolpak did

hang in there branciteam- i still love ya

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Murph I finally saw that outhouse that you and my brother beat the shit out of. Jen Bako says you're the man.

Score one for me.......for the Gipper.

By  DJ Booze Piñata, at Sunday, June 12, 2005 6:00:00 PM  

jen bako from Chatfeild hollow?
you workin down there now?
We did fuck that out house up some thing good. Tell Jen i said hi and anyone else that still works there.

Good times

By  murphy, at Monday, June 13, 2005 5:03:00 AM  

glad to see things are good.

By  ron, at Monday, June 13, 2005 11:13:00 PM  

Thats sounds great. I love those "inbetween" times where you get to rediscover yourself. Take it all in murph.

By  Brancibeer, at Wednesday, June 15, 2005 8:15:00 AM  

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hey chump 

# posted by josh @ 6/10/2005 01:04:00 AM

what's your sister doing these days? chump your sister is hot. hahahahaahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahhahahahaahhahahahahahahahahahahaha


sorry i couldnt resist.

we were reminiscing at teh glock tonight



put it in her ear chump. in her ear.

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obviously, i missed something.

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Friday, June 10, 2005 1:36:00 AM  

To bad I didn't read this yesterday, Josh your sister is hot.

By  Damon, at Saturday, June 11, 2005 4:14:00 PM  

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Thursday, June 09, 2005

This is so funny... 

# posted by Brancibeer @ 6/09/2005 06:14:00 PM

Celebrity prank phone calls

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i found that site awhile back. i think the jack black ones are the funniest.

By  ron, at Friday, June 10, 2005 4:22:00 PM  

I like the Jack Nicohlson ones

By  Brancibeer, at Tuesday, June 14, 2005 9:22:00 AM  

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we all knew this was going to happen.. but.... just....wow... 

# posted by Supreme Monkey Overlord @ 6/09/2005 01:47:00 AM

tHrOnE

i went through most of the site, and i'm kind of amazed at how they've blown up.

i checked the links, and went to one of the fan sites. WOW.

derek looks creepy now.

my first real notion that they would be big was when i noticed thier name on the list of bands thanked in a good charlotte CD. GC was getting huge and they are along for the ride. they seem to have a very strong link to GC. Level 27 clothing is owned by one of the guys from good charlotte and it looks like they're going to help get throne a record deal.

good for them.

they list the madison arts barn as one of the places they've played. i think a few of us were there.

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I dont care what you say. They still need a hit to get big. And a hit they have not.

By  Brancibeer, at Thursday, June 09, 2005 8:33:00 AM  

yeah, i'm with brancy (yet again). personally, i think their music kinda sucks, and doesn't sound like gc at all. it seems that so far their following is more of a cult following. they need a big hit to break thru. and yes, they look freaky.

By  josh, at Thursday, June 09, 2005 9:21:00 AM  

i went to their website, and their resume is more impressive than i realized. i listened to some of hte mp3s of the new album. better than i remember, but probably not groundbreaking. time will tell.

By  josh, at Thursday, June 09, 2005 11:20:00 AM  

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# posted by josh @ 6/09/2005 12:01:00 AM

so click it or ticket
lets see your seat belt fastened
trunk rattlin'
like two midgets in the back seat wrasslin'

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I do backspins on fascists
and Murphy sounds nice when he raps like black kids.
Gonna steal Angelina straight off Brad Pitt.

Once Throne eventually blows up we'll be hearing folks say "Oh yeah I been listening to Throne ever since thier first album back in 2003" or something dumb like that.

By  DJ Booze Piñata, at Sunday, June 12, 2005 5:51:00 PM  

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Wednesday, June 08, 2005

# posted by Brancibeer @ 6/08/2005 04:36:00 PM

The Memorial Day picnic. Notice the comfy chairs out under the cool shade.

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looks like an exciting bunch. i'm sure the party really got out of control when someone broke out the uno cards they smuggled in.

how long did it take before someone asked about weed?

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Thursday, June 09, 2005 12:31:00 AM  

hey, anyone notice the black guy?! i though that stuff wasn't cool down there. aahhhh ignore me, i'm drunk. but this is funny

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Thursday, June 09, 2005 2:00:00 AM  

Hey man, you make due with what you got you know. Its hard to meet people that you actually like. You hear me bitching all the time about lack of freinds.

Tha alabama slammer is on the far left. My new boss is in the center with the hat. A diverse crew indeed. During the party the black guy, told me "Brian, you guys are cool, nice and all, but...I just dont fit in.." I replied, "I feel the same way with everyone else here".

By  Brancibeer, at Thursday, June 09, 2005 10:42:00 AM  

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Tuesday, June 07, 2005

no catchy title 

# posted by ron @ 6/07/2005 12:23:00 AM

its funny how the blogger goes through 1/2 a week of inactivity then like 10 posts in 2 days. I dont know. I can sure as hell say that i'm busy as fuck.i'm only compelled to post anything because i'm sick of working on my fucking simulations that i'm doubting ever more on a daily basis.

i picked up like 10 books at a book sale down at the mansfield lib. i seriously wonder if i'll have any time to read them. in front of them are about 8 or so half read books. i got a couple short stories books, updike, kipling, stienbeck. my prized find was tom wolfe "a man in full" hardcover for 1$. i also picked up the book that has my favorite quote of all time, from the andromeda strain, read this gem:

"He often argued that human intelligence was more trouble than it was worth. It was more destructive than creative, more confusing than revealing, more discouraging than satisfying, more spiteful than charitable."

I'm not as cynical as i used to be ( if any of you remember i had this quote printed out as a 10 page banner in my room at my parrents house) but i still love it.

you guys should see my fucking desk. i've got 11 yellow stickies all over, 2 on one monitor, one on the other monitor, 3 on the desk, 1 on the keyboard, 2 on the wall, one on a book and one on the printer. not to mention all the jibberish on the white board. oh yea, and one rubiks cube, right now its not "solved". i should check for a competition and train for it. that would def be something cool, i know i could place well because when i was at my best, my times were only 15 seconds off the world record. of course i'd have to learn a few new moves to even shave 2 secs off my best.

so the religion thing seems to be rearing its head. ya know, i got to say i've lost my steam for even arguing. i could care less if someone believes in religion, i dont look down on them or anything. i wonder why the fuck they believe but i dont let it bug me much anymore. they need to pray just like i need beer (daily). no different. fuck it. besides, how the fuck are you going to convince your gal and her mom (or yours) that you are not going to have the wedding in a church. i dont believe one fucking lick in god and never will but i'll probably be married in a fucking church. this assumes i get married at all, someone will marry me, if only because i'll have some loot, but nonetheless probably in a fucking church.

dont take me wrong here fellas, i'm not going soft on religion, but i no longer have a passion for convincing people their view about god is wrong. anyone else feel me?

rpl - out

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Meh. I always figured on the "live and let live" policy also. No sense in persecution. If someone wants to spit theology though, I definitely got ammo for the fight.

By  DJ Booze Piñata, at Tuesday, June 07, 2005 1:27:00 AM  

I know i know. This religous debate seems worthless to me at times too. But for some reason i just cant let it go. People are so ass backward sometimes that is just drives me crazy. Not that i can change their minds or anything either, but i feel satisfied when i talk back. How far will you let it go? Evolution is taken out of public schools? Engineering is eliminated as a major? At what point to we stand up and fight the storm? I just feel i have to stand up when i can. Somebodys got to fight the battles, because they just keep coming. If there is any hope, its in the proles.

By  Brancibeer, at Tuesday, June 07, 2005 9:29:00 AM  

i kind of fit brancy's side, though at times i dont feel like arguing. but i enjoy a good verbal spar about anything, and religion is always a hot topic.

but i think the thing that might make it a little different for myself and brancy is that we are (or have been) completely immersed among these religious people. even when i was in virginia, it was not like south carolina or florida. its a whole new world. and when everyone around you is like this, its harder to not say something or to not feel obliged to argue against it. i cant speak for brancy, but at least that's my take on it.

By  josh, at Tuesday, June 07, 2005 11:38:00 AM  

i'll still voice my opinions when asked, but i think you guys are right about location. not too much pressure in the northeast from bible throwers.

By  ron, at Tuesday, June 07, 2005 12:18:00 PM  

part of the problem is that religioin tells its followers to go out and "spread the word of god!". this leads people to get crazy about promoting thier religion.

the way we look at it is "i've got no probelm with religion, just dont stand in the way of our real progress here".

our own realistic apathy and general acceptence of opposing points of view will always be the weekness that is exploited. it can very easily be taken out of context as weakness and be used to hurt us by stupid people (or smart people leading a rag tag band of retards). also we don't try to drive our opinions into other peolples lives like religion does. we're kind and respectable where as people who are trying to force a point of view upon you are aggressive and determined.

but i always love to 1) confuse religious people by making them question thier beliefs, and 2) just argue about this stuff. its fun and always god for a laugh. fuckings nuts.

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Wednesday, June 08, 2005 12:26:00 AM  

To say "i've got no probelm with religion, just dont stand in the way of our real progress here" kind of presupposes that the God Squad wouldn't view that statement the same as we Scienticians view thier proseletyzing (I think that's spelled wrong.)
The advancement of science affects society as a whole, and further influences cultural morays. Religions perform similarly. They prolly view the "advancement of science" (and its further permeation into daily life) the same as we view thier preaching for new people to accept Jesus & Co.

By  DJ Booze Piñata, at Wednesday, June 08, 2005 5:02:00 PM  

trust me guys, i've got a problem with religion, i just dont have the passion right now to argue.

By  ron, at Thursday, June 09, 2005 9:08:00 AM  

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Saturday, June 04, 2005

comments make me happy 

# posted by Supreme Monkey Overlord @ 6/04/2005 01:41:00 AM

does anyone else feel satisfied if people leave comments on thier post? i just went back and left a bunch incase people need a reason to recheck old comments. i guess i just feel like i've put out some sort of intreaguing idea or thought that would require further explaination or get someone motivated enough to bother to leave a comment.

when macunas mentioned a videogame band fan site i remembered that i had an idea for a decent site we could all keep and maybe keep focused enough to drive traffic to. How about a beer review site? we all drink, we all drink many different beers. there will always be room for discussion and a new topic to explore. i'd rather stay away from the bigger names like bud, coors and miller but rather focus on microbrews and lesser known beers. that was my thought, what do you think?

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whaever floats your boat barone. here ya go, one comment from rpl.

nope i dont really care if people comment on my post or not. when i post its more of a 'hey, heres whats been happening with ron lately' or a rant.

By  ron, at Saturday, June 04, 2005 2:42:00 PM  

coors light - A+

"beer of the century"

"two thumbs up"

"makes fat chicks look really, REALLY attractive"

"goes down smooth, like a chinese hooker (ask chump)"


review #1 complete. when do i get my check? i know you wanted to avoid coors, but that's like talking about biggest chokes of all time and omitting the yankees in the 2004 alcs. hahaaaaaaaaaaaa

By  josh, at Saturday, June 04, 2005 4:51:00 PM  

Oh boy, speaking of comments, i just couldnt help but write something to this fucking nutjob.

http://freedomdefender.blogspot.com/

I'd be anoymous if any of you are thinking of doing the same. This is the kind of wacko who could hunt you down and kill you in the name of jesus.

By  Brancibeer, at Monday, June 06, 2005 9:47:00 AM  

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Friday, June 03, 2005

yes yes. birthday indeed. 

# posted by DJ Booze Piñata @ 6/03/2005 03:07:00 PM

So I run a Google search on my own name (I like to see what happens) and one of the things I run across is....well it's like an episode listing for some TV show from 1977. It could be in English or French, but there's a 2-part episode called "Legend of the Macunas". I'm pretty pleased about that.
I forgot what else I was going to say.

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Oh just remembered. I'm thinking of making a Videogame Band Fan site, cuz I been running across some awsome cover music lately that I get a kick out of. (Takes me back). I may just use one of the blogger templates. I already found a pic of old Donkey Kong - he'd be in a parallel spot to the workermonkey. I'd be posting a bunch of songs that are by no means well known, so hopefully they won't catch up with me. I'll figure it out and see if it's worth the effort for such a niche.

By  DJ Booze Piñata, at Friday, June 03, 2005 4:49:00 PM  

ah googling your own name, I get lots of real estate and police reports since I'm usually a street, but also I'm a character in a few strange books:

"When warlock, Damon Lane, breaks one too many mortal women's hearts, the Witch's Board revokes his powers not to be returned until he mends Emily Watson's heart."

"A serial killer named Damon Lane suddenly changes his methods after receiving inspiration from the words of an orphaned paper boy. His sympathies lead him in an attempt to bring an assault against a terrorist camp that has a nuclear bomb in its control. A werewolf named Rideon Voil also joins forces with Damon Lane in his mission to free the people from impending nuclear devastation at the hands of the terrorists in the year 2006."

oh yeah and happy birthday too, isn't 24 just amazing?

By  Damon, at Friday, June 03, 2005 4:49:00 PM  

apparent;y matt barone is a popular name. i show up as winning some sort of math award in 1992, i write articals for allhip-hop.com, i play a bunch of different instruments, i've got a brother in some town named Baldwinsville and i'm in some gay texas frat. fantastic.

the videogame band site is a good idea. you will quickly become familiar with blogger's limitations reguarding pictures and not knowing html. enjoy

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Saturday, June 04, 2005 1:41:00 AM  

Damon - good luck w/ Emily.
Matt - say hi to your brother from Baldwinsville.

By  DJ Booze Piñata, at Tuesday, June 07, 2005 2:03:00 PM  

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Thursday, June 02, 2005

HAPPY B-DAY MACUNAS 

# posted by Brancibeer @ 6/02/2005 09:03:00 AM

May your day be as relaxing as Matt's. Dont forget to get your free rental at Hollywood Video, and your free cake at where you go to dinner.

P.S. Suck it Barnes

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hahahahahhahaha good work brancy.

i second that macunas.

By  josh, at Thursday, June 02, 2005 9:24:00 AM  

all i want for my birthday is CIV4...

24, no job, hopeless computer junkie, brilliant! you know how to do it up, have fun.

By  ron, at Thursday, June 02, 2005 12:25:00 PM  

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Wednesday, June 01, 2005

A little long... 

# posted by Brancibeer @ 6/01/2005 09:06:00 AM

Got this off of the American Aetheists website. I never even thought about some of these things:

Religion does interfere in many areas of our lives on a daily basis. Let's take a look at some of the areas of interference. Only one person of every four in the United States attends church regularly; most who do are children. There are over 97 million persons in our population who have never entered a church. In the total population, of the persons who allegedly do go to church, attendance is about three to five times a year. Church attendance is most often motivated by family, social, business, or peer pressure -- not by a belief in the church doctrines and dogma. Yet the average family in the United States pays a minimum of $925 a year in hidden taxes to keep churches from all taxes -- on real estate, on non-related businesses, on income, and on their enormous wealth in stocks and bonds. Churches pay no sales tax, inheritance tax, income tax, personal tax, or ad valorem tax. They may own and operate businesses exempt from corporation tax.

The Wall Street Journal, CBS television, and United Press have found that the holdings of the Roman Catholic church alone exceed the total assets of the five largest American corporations (General Motors, Exxon, Ford, Mobil, and Texaco). The Protestants own nearly as much. Internal Revenue Service reports that the cash donations to churches annually are at least $49 billion (1991). This does not include profits from businesses, property, wills, stock holdings, bond holdings, retirement centers, or lease-back arrangements. The "lease back" gimmick is a particularly pernicious method that churches use to take advantage of their tax-exempt status. A church purchases a business on paper for an agreed sum like $1.00. Ownership passes with the sale; the business is exempt from property tax and corporate income tax. The church then leases the business back to the original owner for a set monthly fee. The lease payments to the new owner, the church, are tax-deductible by the business as a donation to the church. Thus government is swindled out of the tax it would have collected on the land on which the business is located, the business's income generally, and the amount deducted by the business as a contribution to a church. The church wins, the business wins -- but the government and ordinary taxpayers lose!

Every tax dollar that the church or any business avoids paying, you as an individual taxpayer must make up. If taxes are necessary to run the United States, and the church takes a percentage out of those taxes, someone must take up the slack.

The churches in the United States, on the average, own 20 percent of all the privately owned land in every state in the Union. When 20 percent of the land is removed from the tax base, the individual land or home-owner must make up the difference. If the churches paid their fair share of the property tax in your community, your tax bill would be much smaller and would not need to be raised each year to make up for the deficit. We hold that anyone has the legal right to be religious, but that the cost of religion should be borne by those who practice it.

We have the right to be free of an enormous tax burden in order to support the few people who do go to church regularly. The federal government, under various programs of assistance, is spending $50 billion a year in both direct cash grants and tax relief for religious purposes. There are about 250 million persons in the U.S., including babies, which means that we all pay, each one, at least $211 in federal taxes to assist the churches a year. How many are in your family? This does not include the money the churches receive from direct donations by individuals and corporations, which averages an additional $196 per person.

We think that the individual taxpayer who does not care to participate in organized religion and who stays away from churches should not be forced to endure an additional tax burden through any programming, planning, or legislation by members of any of the governing bodies, whether city, county, state, or national. We think that giving churches subsidy by permitting them to remain tax-exempt is an unconstitutional violation of the basic principle of separation of state and church.

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Any logical individual reaching the stage of physical adulthood should realize the consequences of the sex act. Yet, in this nation, we have been prohibited from gaining free access to information regarding human sexuality, especially with respect to birth control. Organized religion has been a major opponent of the distribution of birth control information, the lack of which has led to the increased incidence of child neglect, child abuse, and above all, the use of abortion *as a birth control measure.* We are animals. We are part of the primate group, and as such, our sexuality is an important part of our social structure. Denial or limitation of the availability of information regarding human sexuality and the birth process fosters degeneracy. Information regarding these physical processes has nothing to do with religion, morality, or ethics. They are simple facts that should be available to all.

Laws governing human relationships are patterned after biblical admonitions. Marriage and divorce laws should be based on the individual desires of the participants in the relationship. Neither the state nor the church has any right to say with whom you can cohabit. That is your exclusive freedom as an individual. Religion is antifeminist. The principal opposition to the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment was from religious groups. The cornerstone of Christianity is the domination of the female by the male. If you are a woman, you must abandon religion first before you can talk equality. The position of women in any religious system is below that of men.

Religion is anti-science. Religious dogmas can never be verified through the scientific method. Therefore, science is the enemy of religion. Through the scientific method it has been proven that Earth is not 6,000 years old as Christianity claims. Human virgin birth is not possible. Transubstantiation is not possible. The church must retard science, for its spread means increased explanation of human questions and the lessening of the need for a faith solution. One can easily prove scientifically that prayer is not efficacious. Yet your children are often denied access to the scientific facts of evolution or science instruction by the religious community.

The church continually seeks to politicize its theological morality. Sunday closing laws are a good example. Why should you be told that one day is any less or more "holy" than the rest and have your freedom restricted on account of that "holiness?" Your freedom to purchase items on a particular day does not interfere with someone's right not to purchase things that day. Why should you be forced to carry an advertisement for god on your currency and display it each time you use it as a medium of exchange. Why should you be forced to pledge your allegiance to a god each time you care to pledge allegiance to a government concept? Why should you be told that the only consciously acceptable reason for refusing to serve in the military is the insistence of a power greater than yourself, a deity of some kind?

Most important of all, the worst intrusion of religion into your life is religion's anti life teachings. Life is not important, says the church. It is only valuable as a preparation for death and life after death -- the real importance is placed on the "afterlife." The world and our lives on it are considered disposable; they mean little. Our efforts here only bear on the kind of existence we will have eternally.

Life, the only thing we know, all that we have, is thrown aside by faith in something beyond our termination. If you are one of those who knows that life here and now is wonderful and should be lived to the fullest, you are one of us. If you have any feelings of something beyond, a judgment, something for which you need to prepare, you are still somewhere between theism and Atheism. According to sociological studies, there are about 22.5 million persons in the United States who are Atheists, persons who have rejected the concept of spending their lives preparing to die; persons who have found the ultimate freedom, FREEDOM OF THE MIND.

This organization was founded for those of you who have found or want to find that freedom. We have fought consistently for the goals outlined herein. Dr. Madalyn O'Hair, the founder of American Atheists, was the litigant in the famous case which removed Bible reading and prayer recitation from the public schools.

You have read about our organization in Time, Life, Playboy, Fact, Saturday Evening Post, Esquire, and your local newspaper. You have probably seen Dr. O'Hair or Jon Murray, the president of American Atheists, on many television shows, both local and national, or heard them on radio.

Now judge for yourself by reading more of the information here about American Atheists to see if you want to join with the few, the proud, and the brave who are willing to stand up against ignorance and superstition. We need you, your support, and numbers. You need us to foster, deepen, and direct your courage to face religion head-on in the battle for the human mind.

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good article brancy. you werent kidding about long.

i'm not so sure, as i've said before, about science and religion being completely contradictory, and i think the argument presented here is a straw man. there are undoubtedly certain areas in which they will contradict (e.g. virgin birth), but that's where teh myth of religion comes in. or as some call it, miracles. but certain things being inconsistent does not make the entire relationship contradictory.

but again, good article

By  josh, at Wednesday, June 01, 2005 11:02:00 AM  

agreed.

By  DJ Booze Piñata, at Wednesday, June 01, 2005 9:44:00 PM  

instead of fighting it we should just make up a religion and rape the system for what its worth.

By  ron, at Wednesday, June 01, 2005 11:56:00 PM  

agreed.

i think mr. looney has done some research into this.

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Saturday, June 04, 2005 1:26:00 AM  

The numbers used when talking about about the Church's tax-exempt status are clearly skewed to make you think that Churches are stealing from people. I dont think this is the case and i hope others dont either, but like anything, im sure some are.

Ron is correct, if you cant beat them, join them. Most church's are corporations(non-profit). But there are some restrictions on the tax-exemption, like the fact that non-profits can have only minimal involvement in politics and are not suppose to indorse politicians or political parties and such.

If anyone is serious about creating a non-profit let me know. Its not that complicated and can save everyone involved on taxes, and protect against liabilities. Also we could actually help society, plus have some fun!

By  wyldshaman, at Saturday, June 04, 2005 8:07:00 AM  

is this something we could actually do? does this web site count? there's enough of us involved to consitute a religion.

By  Supreme Monkey Overlord, at Sunday, June 05, 2005 7:55:00 PM  

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