The Swine Flu stare of death

I’m afraid to leave the house.

No, I’m not afraid of catching Swine Flu, I figure that if it happens then it happens.

I’m afraid of something much scarier: the “Swine Flu stare of death.”

My allergies have been acting up, probably due to all the rain we’ve had lately, and they’ve left me with a cough.

I figure I’m going to get a lot of looks, especially while I’m in Houston tomorrow for an eye doctor’s appointment, since a Mexico City boy in Houston for treatment died yesterday.

I’m thinking I might do good to wear one of these…

Video of the day: ‘We’ll make sure we notify you so you can leave the building’

The scene near the end of this week’s episode of 24 between Jack (Kiefer Sutherland) and Janis (Janeane Gerafalo) made the episode worth watching…

Check the video out over at Blogs4Bauer since I can’t ever get Hulu embeds to work.

Ok, I admit it, I just liked seeing Gerafalo getting yelled at.

Seriously, the scene made having to see Gerafalo’s ugly mug all season worth it.

I really shouldn’t have taken this…

Welcome to Stupid Quiz Sunday, in which I'll take an online quiz that may or may not be stupid and post the results.

Occasionally I take a quiz directed towards women. This is one of those times:

You Are A Bad Date!

Sometimes it just seems like your heart isn't in it At least, not unless the guy is a dead ringer for Brad Pitt (with more money) You just don't spend enough time wondering if he's having fun... And newsflash - he probably isn't!

Do Men Think You're a Good Date?

Have you taken this quiz? Have a quiz you want me to take? Leave a link in the comments.

More from the Bunny Run

After we got back from the run to San Leon, we set up an easter egg patch for the kids…

We’d originally planned to do this in San Leon, but the folks in San Leon decided they didn’t want their kids around bikers or something like that.

That’s really not bad quality for a cell phone pic…

Video of the Day: A promo for The Unusuals

@TheUnusualsNYC posted a link to this before Tuesday night’s episode as a promo:

If this peaks your interest, you can watch the four episodes that have aired on ABC.com.

Mother’s day plans

At church we’re starting a new tradition this year. On Mother’s Day, we’re doing an anthem as a men’s chorus, and the women will be doing the same on Father’s Day.

When our director told us about her plan to do this, I got pretty excited. My senior year of high school, I sang with the school’s men’s chorus. I’ve been wanting to perform in one again, but haven’t had a chance until now.

When competition time came around, one of the songs we did was Be Thou My Vision, which has an awesome men’s arrangement that we used.

It turned out that our choir director (who also directs at a local high school) picked Be Thou My Vision for the piece we’re doing.

As you can imagine, I’m pretty pumped.

If you’re curious, here’s a video with the arrangement that we’re doing, by a pretty awesome-sounding college choir:

I can’t wait!

LOLdog of the day: Well, would I?

I get this look a lot from Bruiser:

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And, yes, he usually did it…

Who said cupcake? Oh, I did.

Welcome to Stupid Quiz Sunday, in which I'll take an online quiz that may or may not be stupid and post the results.

You Are a Vanilla Cupcake

You are very sweet and mellow. You are easy going and easy to like. You are drawn to those stronger personalities. You get along with powerful people. You are like a cupcake because you appeal to almost every type of person. You are friendly and accepting. You bring out other people's best qualities.

What Flavor Cupcake Are You?

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LiveTweeting the ‘Stros game

I’ll be live-tweeting tonight’s Astros-Reds game, since I’m there and all.

You can read my tweets here.

Two new shows I’m loving -or- Justin does a real blog post for the first time in forever

Used to be I only watched two shows: House and 24.

Now I’ve got a few more shows I catch:

Lie to Me: I think the whole detecting lies thing is what interests me the most about the show. Each show has, for lack of a better word, “mysteries” that Cal Lightman and his team solve.

The show is a bit like House, but that’s ok.

The Unusuals: It’s part cop drama, and part comedy.

I’ve always known that cops have an interesting sense of humor, and this show touches on that. Through the two episodes I’ve seen so far, I’ve really dug the stories. and I’m interested to see where it’s going.

UPDATE: The Unusuals is on Twitter at @TheUnusualsNYC. From what I can tell, it’s run by people actually affiliated with the show, so it’s legit.

Bunny running

Welcome to Friday Photo, a new feature where I share photos that I've taken with the world.

This is from the Bunny Run last Saturday in Houston.

The bunny run is an annual motorcycle run that traditionally delivers Easter baskets to Shriners Hospital in Galveston.

This year the run wasn’t to Shriners because they still haven’t opened back up since Ike hit, so instead the run was down to San Leon, a small town along Galveston bay that was hit hard by Ike, and delivered the baskets there.

I’ve got more pictures from my cell and I’ll post some of them over the next few weeks.

LOLdog of the day

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Am I a city slicker?

Welcome to Stupid Quiz Sunday, in which I'll take an online quiz that may or may not be stupid and post the results.

Apparently not…

You Are Country

You'll take natural beauty and quiet over the hustle and bustle of the city. You can appreciate the simple things in life, and it doesn't take much for you to feel content. While you appreciate the many opportunities of the city, you see them as too much of a good thing. You love living a peaceful life. It's important that you can hear yourself think.

Are You City or Country?

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WIN of the day: When zombies attack

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Birthday prediction

Welcome to a special edition of Stupid Quiz Sunday. It’s special because it’s Wednesday. And my birthday. So this is appropriate:

Your Birthday Predicts You're Influential

Ever since you were born, people have found themselves drawn to you. You have a superstar personality. You are charming and fascinating. You believe in hard work and persistence. You know how to make your big dreams a reality. You are demanding, but your standards are reasonable. And you demand the most from yourself.

What Does Your Birthday Predict About You?

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Rainouts: The other Opening Day tradition

PPD:

It's Opening Day for most of Major League Baseball on Monday. Mother Nature apparently isn't a baseball fan, however.

The Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox both had their openers postponed because of inclement weather in the local forecasts.

Can we finally institute the “no roof rule” that Laurence has been pushing for for years?

I’m thinking that maybe I should clean the thing a little more often…

Welcome to Stupid Quiz Sunday, in which I'll take an online quiz that may or may not be stupid and post the results.

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Sick of certain people

I’m sick of people that have nothing better to do than come to me when they have a problem and lay it at my feet like it’s mine too.

People that expect me to quiver to their every want and need or help them when they fuck up, but piss and moan when things don’t happen their way.

People who weren’t there for you for years, but now think that they can insert themselves into your life and act like they always were.

Those people need to just get the fuck out of my life.

If they won’t, I’ll be glad to show them the door.

That is all.

Squaring up

Welcome to Friday Photo, a new feature where I share photos that I've taken with the world.

Roy Oswalt squaring up to bunt:

Twigle?

Apparently, “The Google” wants to be cool…

That, I’d assume, is why they’re reportedly trying to acquire Twitter:

Here’s a heck of a rumor that we’ve sourced from two separate people close to the negotiations: Google is in late stage negotiations to acquire Twitter. We don’t know the price but can assume its well, well north of the $250 million valuation that they saw in their recent funding.

As a Twitter-er, I’d welcome Google. I remember what they did with Blogger. When I got on Blogger, it was just as Google was really starting to get itself wrapped up in Blogger and making it better. There were some growing pains along the way, but Google made Blogger into what it is today.

Soon enough, Google will own us all… and I wouldn’t necessarily call that a bad thing.

Before Twitter was cool…

It seems that now everybody has been jumping on the Twitter bandwagon.

Two local TV stations (@KBMTNews and @KFDMNews), the local paper (@BmtEnterprise), and even the Beaumont District of TxDOT (@TxDOTBeaumont) are on Twitter now.

Twitter is now, apparently, “cool.”

I’m thinking it’s about time that Twitter veterans unite and scream something:

WE WERE ON TWITTER BEFORE IT WAS COOL!

I need to make up a badge or something…

A new path

It is with a heavy heart that I am today announcing that I am leaving blogging.

It was a very tough decision to make, but I realized that I simply won't have the time for it with my new career in the male strip club industry.

It's been a great ride, with a lot of great people I've met along the way.

I'm really going to miss y'all.

Oh, and...

APRIL FOOLS!!!

You're not getting rid of me that easily.

(For those of y’all that don’t remember, I did this same gag two years ago)