Thurston Blogging

Dead Snow vs. Colin - a Zombie Bonanza!

This is going to be my new favorite movie. Or this one, from the zombie's perspective (and made for under one hundred buck) has promise as well:

My Fantasy Baseball Team Sucks

Last place.  My flippin' fantasy team is in last place out of 12 teams.  Ridiculous.  I need more PED's.

I shall rise above.  Somehow.

Rob Parker or Rod Marinelli - Who should be fired first?

Here is the YouTube video of the infamous Rod Marinelli presser, where Detroit News columnist Rob Parker asks if he wishes Marinelli's daughter married a better defensive coordinator.  You can read Parker's follow-up column here, and Rod's rebuttal here.  You decide who is the bigger idiot - the coach on the verge of history, or the reporter who drew fire for the comments.  Only in Detroit.

When, Fanboys, when?

When  Fanboys going to be released into the theatres?  For Pete's sake, this movie has been in the can for nearly two years.  It has a brilliant premise and a home run cast.  Get it, into my local Celebration Cinema.  Now.

The Vacation of Jay - Day 5

Today had all the potential in the world to royally stink.  Ada got buried under a foot of snow, causing me to snowblow twice.  The made me cancel my trip to my grandparents farm with Audrey?  And Audrey?  She got sick, and had to leave day care at 10 AM.  So, luckily I was already home and Sharon was working out of the house today as well.

This illness is a fever and runny nose, in some part brought on by the 4 + new teeth popping out, in addition to the one tooth that has already shown itself.  Since she is sick, we had to cancel our sitter for this evening, and skip a party hosted by some friends across town.  Next year.

I decided to switch phone and Internet providers today.  Comcast currently provides our Internet service and Vonage provides our phone service.  We're moving back to DSL and an unlimited phone package from AT&T.  I will save us over $20 each month, so we'll give it a go.

I did manage to play some more Call of Duty on the XBOX 360 today.  It's a fun way to shoot people and not serve hard time.

Also, many thanks to Dallas Clark for coming through with sixteen fantasy points.  For the second week in a row, he went over 100 yard and caught a touchdown.  Tomorrow, I would like Tony Romo to light up the Baltimore Ravens Defense for 4 + touchdowns, to offset Payton Manning's huge night Thursday.

The Vacation of Jay - Day 2

It's day 2 of the Jaycation.  That word is soon to be copyrighted so don't steal it.So far, it's been a slow morning.  Got Audrey dressed and sent her off to daycare.  I put a blue hair-clip in Aud's hair, which she pulled out as soon as she got to daycare. 

The big news is, I have advanced to the finals in my Fantasy Football Leagues.  I have two very tough match-ups this week.  I'm hoping for a few wins, but I'll report next week on how things went.

Here are the brackets from both leagues:

The Vacation of Jay - Day 1

Today is the first day of my vacation.  Each day, I have decided to chronicle the relaxing and enjoyable time away from the office.  Today's activities included:
* a breakfast of scambled eggs, apple cinnamon pancakes and scrambled eggs
* watched more of Season 1 of Mad Men
* checked my Fantasy Football stats
* listened to Howard Stern
* drove to Lansing to have lunch with my Dad at a Mexican restaurant, where I had a fantastic wet burrito
* went to Sears

I am the Mack Daddy of Tiger Woods 09

So my buddy Jackbagger got a new Nintendo Wii last week.  First game he got was Tiger Woods 09.  So, I drove 3 and a half hours to his place in an Indiana corn field to beat him like a dirty rug.

It did not start out that way, as Jackknobber took an early lead with a series of birdies, while I struggled to make par.  Jacknuts had John "JB" Holmes and I used the amazing Vijay Singh. 

On hole 17 I had tied it up, only for Holmes to ram a dang Hole In One!  Pressure on.  I birdied the hole and began to resign myself that the game was over.  On hole 18, Singh sang.  He drilled flippin' Double Eagle.  Nothing short of amazing.  Jackson choked under the pressure.  Nintendo just called to change the name from Tiger Woods 09 to Jason Thurston 10.

A suitcase full of Panda Meat

Here is one of my favorite SNL Skits, starring Ben Affleck and Kelly Ripa:

Last week, I got my rental car from National.  When the counter-jockey gave me the keys and told me that it was a Mercedes, I was excited.  Then, I realized that it was a Mercedes B Class, one of the most boring Mercedes on the market.  It's the Charles Grodin of Mercedes.

My Mercedes

Last week, I got my rental car from National.  When the counter-jockey gave me the keys and told me that it was a Mercedes, I was excited.  Then, I realized that it was a Mercedes B Class, one of the most boring Mercedes on the market.  It's the Charles Grodin of Mercedes.