Legends and Leaders? - Adam

Just when I thought the Big Ten couldn't mess up anymore than they already have they go and out do themselves.

Today the big ten released their new logo and the division names...

Legends Division
Leaders Division

... really? I understand you don't want to commit to limiting yourself by east and west...but this is the best you can come up with? and what is wrong with East and West? Don't want to misguide anyone? well guess what there are 12 teams in the big ten so I don't think people will care if one team from the East division is a little on the west side. besides if you cut the conference up geographically it actually creates better divisions and makes more sense then how they did it...

great job big ten. its bad enough we have to lose to the SEC every bowl season but now we have to deal with these worthless names... I'm not even going to get started on the new trophy names... I've never heard of sharing a trophy with two names before...

It isn't called the Lombardi-Brown Trophy
or the O'Brien-Brown Trophy

just pick a guy to name it after...wow

Boise State SOS - Adam

"...Having been both a Southeastern Conference president and a Big Ten president, that it's like murderer's row every week for these schools. We do not play the Little Sisters of the Poor. We play very fine schools on any given day. So I think until a university runs through that gantlet that there's some reason to believe that they not be the best teams to be in the big ballgame."
-Gordan Gee on BSU and TCU

Every Wednesday Mark Schlabach releases his Bottom 10 College football teams. Here is Boise State's schedule and where they landed in Mark's List.

2010 Boise State Broncos Schedule:

Mon, Sept 6 vs #10 Virginia Tech Bottom 10 Appearance - Week2 #5,

Sat, Sept 18 @ Wyoming Bottom 10 Appearance - W7 Honorable Mention, W9, HM, W10 #10, W11 #10, W12 HM,

Sat, Sept 25 vs #24 Oregon State Bottom 10 Appearance - N/A, 5-5 Record

Sat, Oct 2 @ New Mexico State Bottom 10 Appearance - Preseason #3, W1-5 #4, W6 HM, W7 #4, W8 #3, W9 HM, W10 HM, W11 #7, W12 #4

Sat, Oct 9 vs Toledo Bottom 10 Appearance - Week1 #10,

Sat, Oct 16 @ San Jose State Bottom 10 Appearance - Preseason #10, W1 #7, W2# 9, W3 HM, W4 #6, W5 #7, W6 #8, W7-8 #6, W9 #7, W10 #8, W11 #6,

Tue, Oct 26 vs Louisiana Tech Bottom 10 Appearance - Week 5 Honorable Mention,

Sat, Nov 6 vs Hawaii Bottom 10 Appearance - N/A, 8-3 Record (Against 5 Bottom 10 teams)

Fri, Nov 12 @ Idaho Bottom 10 Appearance - Week 11 #5,

Fri, Nov 19 vs Fresno State Bottom 10 Appearance - N/A, 6-4 Record (in the WAC)

Fri, Nov 26 @ #19 Nevada Bottom 10 Appearance - N/A, 10-1 Record (Against 5 Bottom 10 Teams)

Sat, Dec 4 vs Utah State Bottom 10 Appearance - Week 3 Honorable Mention, W4 HM, W6 HM, W8 HM, W9 HM,

Boise State #4 in the nation? Do you think there are only 3 teams in the country that can beat BSU? Do you think they have proved themselves this season?

Guilty by Association - Adam

A lot people hate the Ohio State Buckeyes. It is just a fact of life. They call them overrated, they complain about the weak schedule, or about the "boring" playing style, and numerous other things.

Well I am here to try and be the voice of reason for those haters out their. I would have to say the number one reason people hate the buckeyes is one of the major reasons I love them... the fans.

People just hate buckeye fans and rightfully so, Buckeye fans have the biggest cockiest mouths and never let you forget that they prefer Ohio State to other college football teams. Well as a buckeye fan please allow me to illustrate that not all of us are this over the top.

Every year Ohio State is overrated in the preseason polls (yeah I said it) I'm not sure why or how it happens, but it does happen. Because of this OSU fans everywhere start jawin off and I have to sit there and cringe as they speak of Heismans and coaches trophies. I'm not saying Ohio State is shit I'm simply saying we are overrated, as in we are good (5 big ten titles in a row) but not best in the nation. I'll break it down for you:

In the JT era against top 10 teams and/or as a top 10 team:

2003
Oct 11 @ Wisconsin L 17-10 OSU rank: 4
Nov 22 @#8 Michigan L 35-21 OSU rank: 7
2004
Oct 02 @ Northwestern L 33-27 OT OSU rank: 7
Nov 20 vs #7 Michigan W 37-21 OSU rank: N/A
2005
Sep 10 vs #2 Texas L 25-22 OSU rank: 4
Oct 08 @ #16 Penn State L 17-10 OSU rank: 6
Jan 02 vs #5 Notre Dame W 34-20 OSU rank: 4
2006
Sep 09 @ #2 Texas W 24-7 OSU rank: 1
Nov 18 vs #2 Michigan W 42-39 OSU rank: 1
Jan 08 vs #2 Florida L 41-14 OSU rank: 1
2007
Nov 10 vs Illinois L 28-21 OSU rank: 1
Jan 07 vs #2 LSU L 38-24 OSU rank: 1
2008
Sep 13 @ #1 USC L 35-3 OSU rank: 5
Oct 25 vs #3 Penn State L 13-6 OSU rank: 9
Jan 05 vs #3 Texas L 24-21 OSU rank: 10
2009
Sep 12 vs #3 USC L 18-15 OSU rank: 8
Oct 17 @ Purdue L 26-18 OSU rank: 7
Nov 14 vs #10 Iowa W 27-24 OT OSU rank: 11
Jan 01 vs #7 Oregon W 26-17 OSU rank: 8
2010
Oct 16 @ #18 Wisconsin L 31-18 OSU rank: 1

the Buckeyes are 6-8 when they play either against or as a top 10 team. lost twice against top 25 teams when they are in the top 10 and just straight up lost to 4 unranked teams when in the top 10.

Do I think we are constantly overrated... I would say so. But I will say this: before JT all Buckeye fans wanted to do was beat Michigan. Seeing as how he is 9-1 against them I'd say he's doing his job. He actually might be doing his job too well, because OSU fans have lost interest in the rivalry a bit and because of this they have gotten greedy. All they want are national championships. I ask that Buckeye haters please go easy on the jaded fans. and Ohio State fans lets calm down and enjoy the Wolverine ass kicking. Just be content with that!

Commiss Wish - Adam

This week in my fantasy league I'm going up against the commissioner of the league.

its interesting to note that he is also the only undefeated team in the league.

its also interesting to note that he controls how points are earned in the league.

hmm isn't that just a fascinating stat, we'll see how wins this week me or him I'm 2-2 he is 4-0.

Also for those of you who know, Wednesday is Mario Party night at my house and as the past week's reigning champ I regret to inform all of you that I lost my crown for the week to Matt.

Also NBA 2K11 came out yesterday and it is incredible. love playing as Michael Jordan for the first time EVER in an NBA game. I almost feel unworthy to take control of him so I'm usually just Pippen or Harper.

Post #200 - Adam

This is the 200th post for 2010 (counting both Brian and my posts)

So the new college football rankings came out today as usual. Guess what happened to the extremely overrated Broncos? they were jumped by the magnificent rose bowl losing Ducks. (for those of you that don't recall my first post of 2010 the Bucks beat the ducks)

so currently in the top 25 there are 6 big 10 teams (almost 7 if Penn State wasn't terrible) that means there are only 4 teams not ranked, who are they?

Indiana a team that took the number 17 team in the nation to the last second of the game
Illinois a team that took the number 2 team in the nation to a low scoring match
Purdue a team that beat OSU last year but because of injuries to their entire starting offense they suck

and of course the golden gophers (in their defense I haven't seen much of them but I'm sure they are terrible)

what dos all this mean? bottom line: Big Ten > WAC

Boom.

Week 4 - Adam

Week 4 is here for my fantasy team my current record is 2-1 I am about to go up against Alan who is 0-3.

I'd hate to be the one that ends his magnificent losing streak but my QB Romo has a bye week this week.

I'm really hoping that Alan's terribleness will get me through this week and give me a nice solid 75% winning average.

Also tonight is my day to post on the new blog so keep your eyes open for that...

I don't know if I've said this before or not but my battery life on my lap top sucks and has slowly been getting worse since January until now hopefully I'll be able to finish up the year and complete my resolution.

other than that... that is pretty much my life... tomorrow we are having a pot luck at the office so I'm pretty excited about it.

Pot lucks are the Olympics of meals and here is why:

At a potluck everyone brings together the one thing they can cook the best. Imagine everyone is a country and the food is their athlete. In the Potluck (Olympics) you bring the best of the best to the table (literally) because of this the audience wins we all get to enjoy fantastic competition (or in this case a fantastic meal)

BTC - Adam

Finally the conference games for Ohio State start up. This saturday we play Illinois, this is our first away game of the season, that's right for the entire month of September the buckeyes never left columbus, this worries me a bit because they could have gotten pretty comfortable with waking up rolling out of bed and walking to the shoe.

#2 just makes me nervous I hate when we are ranked this high. If Mallet wouldn't have thrown that last interception, we would be #1 in the nation right now. I don't think Illinois will be too big of a problem its just the traveling for the first time, I mean they are in a different time zone than us...

Idahon't think so - Adam

So Brian and I have been posting on our new blog for a bit now and his latest post has rubbed me the wrong way

BSU is over rated and over hyped. They barely beat Oklahoma by one point pulling all their crazy trick plays with no time left and suddenly they are a BCS contending team? I don't think so, I know the voters and doing BSU a favor by ranking them 3rd to shut them up, mean while crossing their fingers that they don't go undefeated so they have to put them in the title game which WILL be a blow out ending in the a giant Bronco loss and an I told you so from America to Brian and his over rated Broncos.

We will see how OSU does against them this weekend, lets all hope they can piss this fire out before it burns the whole college football forest down.

Rufus the Dufus - Adam

Last Saturday the OU mascot tackled Brutus before the game started up.

Not that wild... until you find out that the man in the costume had been plotting to attack Brutus for a year. And that his ONLY motivation for becoming the OU Bobcat was to tackle Brutus.

I have to give it to this guy, Spite that runs that deep, I can get down with that.

Although I am a Buckeye fan I can certainly appreciate a year long plot like this one.

As an OSU fan I realize how much other schools hate the fans and the school in general its understandable we are consistently good and often rated higher than we probably should.

Do I think we should play for the national title every year? hell no! I'm perfectly content beating Fichigan and wining big ten titles and every now and then a bowl game.

I understand how some Buckeye fans can maybe let the pre season ranking go to their heads and shove it down all other Ohio School's throats. But to get mad when one of them has the guts to retaliate like this? come on it was ballzy and I liked it

Taco Night - Adam

Last night was taco night.

what does that mean to you? It means that I have to post a mondo blog right now.

it also means that last night me and the roomies (Matt and Dain) ate some tacos and watched the first half of the Manning bowl.

after half time and dish washing we fired up the XboX and played some serious Halo Reach.

these two events mixed with Dain's charity softball game today made me think about how some people are just too over competitive.

there is a time and place for everything I don't doubt that it is all a matter of figuring out the time and place for these certain things and being able to master when and where to implement them.

If not you just end up looking like a over competitive dude, you know the type.

StereoCrash - Adam

Yesterday I'm driving and I am trying to turn left so I flip on the signal kinda get over and wait for the oncoming traffic to pass.

Next thing I hear is the screech of tires and the crunch of metal as my car jumps forward while my foot is on the brake.

so I put my car in park hop out and there is a crying 16 year old girl on her cell phone apologizing to me.

I wanted so much for it to not be a female driver but it was and the situation fueled my stereotype of certain drivers operating vehicles.

I just recently got a new insurance plan in my name earlier this month so at least I'm getting my money's worth.

Save the Children - Adam

I don't understand why certain things are the way they are.

Doesn't it seem like people use the "save the children" card for just about every situation?

Why can't athletes use steroids? because the children look up to them.
Why can't I cuss in public? because there are ears of children around
Why no violence on TV? because the children will see

do you get my point? but I think the one thing the public is over looking is that children become adults...

so at what age to we stop caring about them? At what age do they have to be before we can cuss at him flip them off while driving and treat them like normal people in society?

Believe it or not generations before us use to smoke while pregnant, hit their children, and let them watch whatever they wanted. and do you know how that generation turned out? just like all the rest of them perfectly fine adults.

my point is we need to stop looking at humans as either children or adults and start looking at them as people.

A.I. - Adam

So my roommates and I are playing Mario Party 3 tonight and since you have to play with 4 players the computer is killing us, so much better than we are.

Then as Dain is leaving to play volleyball he tells me 4 hours until Halo Reach comes out.

this makes me think, life before playing online really sucked, no one could see all of your accomplishments. Worst of all you have to play against computers. These days game designers don't even have to worry about artificial intelligence because everyone wants to play online and against each other.

what good is it if you beat the computer? it doesn't matter, I can show the computer I'm better than it by expressing the emotion love. your room circuit board...

I wish they would just re-release every game ever made only this time make them online and keep everything the same.

Prediction VII - Adam

With the advancements in food technology rapidly changing and simplifying I am beginning to see a trend and I'm confident that by the end of this session on the pot you too will see.

If you have ever been to a grocery store lately and waltzed through the pop tart isle you will notice one thing. Pop tart flavors are expanding faster than the most interesting man's reputation.

Every type of tasty dessert you could think of has been crammed into the tart.

Next if you walk down a few more isles you'll find the hot pockets. Breakfast pockets, lean pockets, side shots, any type of meal you can imagine has been jammed into the pocket.

By now you are probably drawing the same conclusion I am, and if you are anything like me, you are getting very excited about the future.

In the future, Every meal we eat will be in a pocket that can be warmed in a microwave. and Dessert will be served in a microwavable tart.

Think about the dishes you'll never have to wash, think about the time you will save, think about the simplicity of setting something in the microwave, think of the nutrients, and hopefully not to far away think of the limitless flavor combinations and types.

if only we could get beverages into some sort of pocket or tart we'd be all set. Doğal Eğlence!

Stranger Danger - Adam

so I'm playing Halo 3 with my good friend Travis this past weekend and, as I often do, I started talking some trash.

when I talk trash on online video games I have one of two out comes:

1) I do better than the person in which case I tell them they are a noob
2) I do worse then the person in which case I tell them they are a nerd

in this certain instance the person I was talking to feel into the "nerd" category. As most people tend to.

but after I was finished calling him a nerd he sent Travis a voice message.
the message was his rebuttal, he explained his many incredible achievements in high school athletics.

it got me thinking:
why do people care what strangers think?
Strangers opinions are probably the most valuable thing to the human mind.
we will act like an idiot in front of people we know but once there are strangers around...put on your A game.

I don't understand it and I have to admit I certainly fall victim to it.

I can't have strangers think badly of me for the next minute...

in the words of Dave Ramsey:

We buy things we don't need
with money we don't have
to impress people we don't like

Gift of the Magi - Adam

I love getting and giving purposeful gifts.
or gifts that have significant value.
the gift card might be the biggest knife in the back there is for intimate exchanges.
having said that, the gift card has gotten me out of a lot last minuet gift idea jams.
Nothing beats when you are walking through a store and you spot an item and instantly you know " oh man blank would LOVE this!"
those moments, although rare, make for the best gifts.
for example here are some of the most memorable gifts I've ever been given:
when I was in 8th grade my friends and I started carrying around pez dispensers (don't ask why) but I would always tell them "man I wish they came out with some gum pez or mint flavor so that this was actually worth carrying instead of just poping and handing out fruit flavored chalk bits.
unbeknown to me Travis listened to my compliant went on some vacation spotted peppermint pez and gave them to me. It was unexpected but very desired.
a week ago today my coworkers gave me a graduation present. it was an "I heart Brad" t-shirt because they knew I like Brad Pitt's movies and am striving to collect them all.

Things like this just get you amped to know that people listen to you and secretly get you something. Nothing beats seeing something in the store that you know one of your friends would love to have (I bought Brian Bill Simmons' newest book for his birthday this year the kid loved it)

Nothing beats a good gift. I don't know if any of you have seen Alan's new post yet but I won't stand for it, and neither will you!

Fulton Fair - Adam

I'm back in Wauseon for the labor day weekend.

this is one of my favorite times of year
its Fair time
and
its the first college football Saturday of the season

so anyway for those of you who are curious about my draft last Monday night here is my rooster as of week 1
Frank Gore
Rashard Mendenhall
Tony Romo
Brett Favre
Steve Smith
Mike Sims-Walker
Tony Gonzalez
Hines Ward
Santonio Holmes
Jonathan Stewart
Jeremy Shockey
Vincent Jackson
Joseph Addai
Javon Ringer
Minnisota Kicker
Cincinnati Defense
I'm not going to lie since the new blog has been in development slash launched Brian and I have sort of fallen off the wagon on this blog and that is weak sauce if you ask me.
its only september so I still have a quarter of the year to go this stuff will get more interesting...you hope.

The Draft - Adam

First and foremost I wanted to inform all of you of the new blog The Filibust.
The Filibust is a blog written by Alan Brian Travis and myself. We will each post one blog per week.
Alan Monday
Brian Tuesday
Travis Wednesday
Adam Thursday
The Filibust, unlike Paper Work, is written not while I'm on the throne. this allows for more indepth content, better illistrated ideas, and of course less grammar errors. I will however continue to keep my new years resolution going strong by posting on this blog as well until 2011.

Monday night I participated in my first Fantasy Football Draft. It was a live draft and since I was unable to attend they had to telephone conference me in. Aside from not hearing when certain players I really wanted were snatched up, it went pretty well for me.

I'm excited to try and hold my own in this league so any suggestions would be appreciated. I have to wrap this up now though because my roommate is dog sitting and I'm the only one home I just let the thing outside and I can hear it barking and whining so I guess he's done going to the bathroom... although you never hear me barking and complaining at the end of my blogs...

Adam Schuch B.A. - Adam

what a weekend I have had.

I spent my last night in the woman cottage on Thursday night.
I moved into my new place in Powell.
Finally today I graduated from THE Ohio State University.

As part of the 393rd Commencement and one of the 1,757 people receiving a degree or certificate, I now join the ranks of 637,069 degrees earned from Ohio State since 1878.

which means as I have mentioned earlier I will know legally be able to consider myself

Adam Schuch B.A.

but most importantly I renewed my XboX live account from 2008. I know what most of you are thinking, "oh shit now I can't play halo because Adam will dominate and talk trash to me the entire time" and for those of you who think that, you are correct.

my XboX live account name is PwninNewbz23 so add me on there and we'll spend some time on Halo

and if you are one of those people who thinks COD is "cooler" than Halo, you need to take a step back from life and realize that either way you are playing a video game and yelling in to a head set that there is a sniper hiding on top of (insert location).

I'm not about to be bullied or made fun of because instead of playing COD I'm playing Halo. face it dudes you're still playing a video game at the end of the day.

so
High School (check)
College (check)
Job (check)
Marriage ( )
House ( )
Children ( )
Retire ( )
Die ( )

I'm on my way to completing the check list of generic American life.

Down w/ the Sickness - Adam

As you know last Wednesday I went to an Urgent Care Center for pink eye because I was told that a prescription is the only way to get rid of the thing using antibiotics.
I'm also fighting some nasty athlete's foot right now which also will only go away if treated with some sort of ointment.
Both of these scenarios got me thinking. What did people do back in the day before antibiotics?
I'm assuming people just HAD pink eye for the rest of their lives.
If pink eye is as contagious as everyone would have you and I believe then wouldn't it make sense that everyone back in the eye had incurable pink eye?
The same goes with athlete's foot. I'm told its contagious, if this is true then everyone back in the day would be walking around gooping out of their eyes and feet until they die...
I don't think that this was the case though, this begs the question what did they do bout it?
hmmm

Dr. Beer? - Adam

So I just got home from getting the cable switched over from my name to Anne's since I'm moving out Friday. After the switch we swung by Bob Evan's (down on the farm)

Since I'm moving out on Friday I don't want to go shopping for food and just transport it to the new place so I've been living off of chips and scraps of whatever I have left until Friday. So I wanted an actual meal.

We get seated and settled in, the waitress asked me what I want to drink I ask if they have Dr. Pepper and she replies "we have rootbeer?"

Rootbeer? this isn't the first time this has happened to Adam in his life but rootbeer? Have you ever tasted rootbeer and Dr. Pepper? how are they even in the same ball field? ok they are both carbonated and dark and not cola...that's it.

"Do you have Steak?"
"how about Pancake?"

Rootbeer is to Dr. Pepper
as
Pancake is to Steak

FACT!

p.s.
for those of you that are wondering I settled for a cherry coke because that is at least somewhat near the same taste

1. Amaretto
2. Almond
3. Blackberry
4. Black Licorice
5. Carrot
6. Clove
7. Cherry
8. Caramel
9. Cola
10. Ginger
11. Juniper
12. Lemon
13. Molasses
14. Nutmeg
15. Orange
16. Prune
17. Plum
18. Pepper
19. Root Beer
20. Rum
21. Raspberry
22. Tomato
23. Vanilla

Lbs - Adam

My facebook chat with Travis:

Me

I don't know, I'll cross that bridge when we get there but right now I need an idea for a blog because this one is hitting hard!

9:36pmTravis

why wash your hands after you touch your dick? You should wash before, to get the germs off your hands before you touch your dick. Boom. Blog.

Despite the genius recommendation I think I'll pass and settle for a simple story that happened to me this past week:

as some of you may know I was offered a full time position at my current place of employment. This is good news for any college student, to have a job right out of the gate (with benefits to boot). So Monday was my first official day. But Wednesday I woke up with my left eye crusted shut of course to me this is no big deal so I shower and head to work. One of my coworkers looks at me eye and says "pink eye" so I consult others and they all seem to agree so I have to leave work for 2 hours and go to urgent care drop $75 bones and get some eye drops. This isn't the part I'd like to focus on...

I stepped on the scale and noticed I've lost around 6 lbs!? now for those of you who don't know I'd already consider myself severely under my desired weight so 6 pounds is alot to me since a treasure each one I gain. and I start thinking back to January. I need to hit the gym more how can I just lose 6 pounds? could it be my diet consists of only kroger 3 minute pizzas, kroger spaghetti rings, flavor blasted gold fish, and kroger popcorn? I don't know but I need some tips on how to bulk up. I'm not picky muscle or fat either way works

...damn 6 pounds I was embarrassed for the nurse to see my weight I almost told her to round that up for me.

Movie Review I - Adam

I realized although I love movies I have never thought about doing a review of one while doing paper work until this movie.

this summer I witnessed a movie that was so thought provoking and action packed that I had a hard time pulling my eyes away.

I feel like the movie is somewhat underrated as I have seen the reviews and read the reactions I find it hard to believe people have not been giving it a better rating.

when you have a writer/director with such a good track record as this and academy nomination it seems almost elementary that a movie of this proportion is created and, to say the least, I wasn't disappointed.

from start to finish the mystery and plot pulls you in. you fall in love with the characters and are heart broken when one happens to lose his way as the madness of the job takes its toll.

although they seemingly do their line of work for the money the skill and attention to detail that they portray in every job they accept is incredible. but when they accept this one task the movie is centered around they quickly find out that they might have bitten off more than they can chew. The stakes are higher than ever and failure isn't an option. I'm not going to give away the ending or any details to this movie because if you are anything like me when it comes to movies the less you know going into it the more fun the movie.

I'm talking of course about the summers best movie and possibly the movie that will set the bar and tone for the coming new decade.

Jumpman - Adam

My Jordan Collection:

1996: Air Jordan Jumpman Pro Jr

2007: Air Jordan XII Retro


2008: Air Jordan Team Elite II



2009: Air Jordan Jumpman Hoops (As Seen In Sole Survivor)



2010: Air Jordan Jumpman Pro



2011: Air Jordan 2010?


Obviously my 2011's are not set in stone yet, but I've had my eye on these bad boys since MJ and D Wade unveiled them last November. I'm open to suggestions...

Ironic Irony - Adam

i·ro·ny /ˈaɪrəni, ˈaɪər-/ Show Spelled[ahy-ruh-nee, ahy-er-]

–noun, plural -nies.

1.

the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.

Don't you think it is ironic when people think something is ironic when it really isn't?

Irony is one of those circumstances that seem to be every misused and confused in society. so much so that I tend to avoid the term at all costs.

It gets confusing trying to figure out if the situation you are in is really ironic. People today seem to think the term just means "a strange situation"

this isn't the case,

indirect presentation of a contradiction between an action or expression and the context in which it occurs.

basically Irony, Sarcasm, and Satire are all in the same ball park.

Conflict of Interest - Adam

you guys ever had a conflict of interest?

you know like you get home from work on a Wednesday around dinner time so you grab some kroger brand spaghetti rings pour them out into your one bowl you own just then you realize that you are out of milk because you finished the gallon last night.

and you know that you always drink whole milk while eating spaghetti rings with flavor blasted goldfish but just before you head out the door to walk to the kroghetto you encounter what I like to call a "conflict on interests" this is the point where you want to go outside and grab a gallon of milk but you also feel a sudden and very demanding urge to do paper work. this conflict of interest is a cross road that once you get to it you realize your hatred of unfinished business enters your mind and you think I'll just grab the milk quick and be back but at the same time a battle is raging inside of you because the saying "better to be safe than sorry" also enters your mind

conflicts of interest are never good but I like to live by the "better to be safe than sorry" motto that and "if it sounds to good to be true, it is" are the two mottos that have gotten me to where I am today and I'll be damned if I toss them to the wind and leave for milk playing a dangerous "all or nothing" game with my body

well looks like "good things come to those who wait" because now that I am finishing this paper work I can enjoy a nice evening walk to Kroger for milk and settle down to watch the episode of PTI I have DVR'ed waiting for me and those tasty spaghetti rings

life is good

Back in Business - Brian

This is just a quick post apologizing to all 3 of my faithful followes. I have not posted in about 2 weeks because I have been unable to do such, not because I didn't want to post anymore. I hope you accept my apology.

On a side note, football has officially started as the Bengals and Cowboys played in the Hall of Fame game last night. I could not be more excited about it. Four weeks until college football starts and five weeks until the NFL.

Speaking of the Hall of Fame, amazing class was inducted this year. Emmitt Smith - top 5 running back of all time, Jerry Rice - best receiver of all time, and Dick LeBeau - one of the best and brightest defensive coordinators the game has ever seen. Can't get much better than that, can it?

Fantasy football also starts soon which is very exciting to me and my friends - don't tell them, but Chris Johnson won't be nearly as good as he was last year. He won't even be the best RB this year. So before you decide he is #1 on your fantasy board, think about these three first - Michael Turner, AP, and Frank Gore.

Nurture Nature - Adam

Some of you may know Brian is coaching for the Hiram football team so if you want to see the Terriers in action here is the schedule. I can guarantee you I will be to at least one home game of theirs.

You ever notice how if we are exposed to films or stories where things are personified our amount of empathy for that particular thing goes through the roof?

I have numerous examples and could right many novels about them but I'll hit you with a few and let you ponder this yourself

Toy story: not only is this movie based on inanimate objects that have never been alive nor will they ever bee alive BUT the toys in the movie never even existed prior to the film (except for etch and sketch Mr potato head and maybe a few others) but because of the movie people start caring WAY too much for toys (you are telling me you would rather these chunks of plastic be thrown in an attic forever rather than let less fortunate kids find entertainment from them?

sorry if I sight Disney movies for all of these scenarios they seem to be the king of this kind of thing

Cockroaches, everyone hates them but put the thing next to a robot (another object that is man made and consists of only metal and computer parts) boom Wall-E and the disease ridden pest roach companion can steal the hearts of many when it is 100% a fantasy world of the future

last one I'll give you is trees, they are essential to humans for houses, paper, food, and they can't speak or feel pain or do anything but grow and die but make them talk and sing in Lord of the Rings or I can't even think of another example but give them human traits suddenly it is cruel to chop them down.

People become brainwashed from movies that give nonhuman things human characteristics, next time you care about something that isn't human think about why you are doing it and I guarantee its one of 2 reasons:

1. The creature is really cute and you giggle at sight
2. you saw a movie where the creature was personified thus creating some illusion that has clouded your judgement.
   

Permanent Posting - Adam

I'm pretty sure Brian fell off the face of this blog but I still have a resolution to keep.

I was thinking as I often do while on my thinking chair

the internet documents everything you do. think about that for a second, your great great great great grandchildren will see your party pics on faceSchuch. doesn't that blow your mind?

I'm not saying it is a bad thing but it is something to consider when doing anything online. this post I am writing right now could be read by every every one of my children, grandchildren and so on

by then they will be very well educated and have spellcheck chips in their brains (but that's for anther post) that will tell them what a terrible writer I was when I was 22 and using my primitive lap top while doing paper work.

so I starting wondering about how big my internet footprint is as of right now so I did some thinking and some gathering of information and I (think I) found all of the accounts I have created on the internet ever and here they are

now this got me thinking: I bet someone will come along and make a website called something along the lines of "master key" or something and it will be a site where you create an account and you add all your internet accounts to that site and it gives you one simple name and password

because over the years I have forgotten I had some of these accounts and definitely forgotten their passwords.

I would join the site and dump all 15 of my accounts into it because lets face it I'm only 22 now the internet is only going to get more vital to our lives and I already have 15 accounts that I can recall floating around in cyberspace

and I know what you are thinking, yes feel free to add me as a friend on any of those sites that you'd like; however I can't guarantee I still use them.

also if you can think of an account I have on the internet I forgot feel free to comment, it would be nice to know everywhere I have signed up.

Hackers - Adam

Why do people make computer viruses?

what does it benefit those nerds that they can trick me into opening an e-mail and then destroying my computer?

whoa congrats you made my computer frustratingly slow... now what is stage 2 of the plan?

let me tell you something, there is no stage two... step one give a stranger a virus step two mission complete?

adware and spyware I semi understand, you want to trace my internet use to personalize ads on my screen based off the cookies I don't delete, ok but can't you do that without slowing my computer?

I'm convinced that computer repair geeks create viruses for job security. It makes sense, this isn't like nature were we can't control that there is disease and death, this is the internet we made it. can't we all just decide not to be dicks to each other and just let everyone's computers be virus free?

what a crazy dreamer I are

Book Smarts - Adam

Books have been around since as long as I can remember. Maybe even longer than that!

It is interesting how no matter how advanced we, the human race, becomes we always seem to still have books around.

now sure paper has gotten more advanced and we have hard cover, paperback, color, pictures and whatever else but in the end it is still a book.

Even with the kindle, ipad, and nook it still seems like books are going strong.

with books on tape, and Audible.com books still seem to rein supreme.

why is that? what is it about holding that number of pages held together with some binding that is so attractive to humans? no matter how three dimensional our television video games and movies get or how personal blogs and youtube become, it seems like people will always write books, and even more incredible, people will read the actual hard copy of said books.

the newspapers are suffering and soon will be dead (hopefully) but yet books will survive

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On the Clock - Adam

Time is the ruler of the world.

we live and die by the clock, work for 8 hours, sleep for 8 hours, go to grade school for 12 years, years of eligibility, retirement its all regimented time that we are forced to obey.

I'm driving my car today and I see some people walking as I blow past them I think to myself "what is the point of a car but to save time?" then I start thinking about all the things we do in life and it all seems to be for the purpose of saving time.

I send you an e-mail because it saves time, I get married young and have children early so that I can have time to myself later, I buy microwave kroger pizza's because they take less than 2 minuets to warm up.

I hate time, think about the world if we didn't have time, and there was a stage of this earth where humans did not measure time. it would be so much nicer.

We all know by now that time's the enemy
It controls us, tells us where to be

Time is money and we all know money rules all, but I think its the other way around I think money is time. Anyone can make more money, no one can make more time. Interesting how people say they "buy time"

what is valuable in life and what is scarce are usually one in the same, nothing is more rare than youth, health, and time.

think about it, you look at elderly people and you think I will never be that, then you look at parents and thing way down the road I will be that, then you look at married couples and think someday I will be that, then you take a look at people that are younger than you and you realize that you are getting old everyday and before you know it you will have passed all of those stages of life.

I remember thinking high schoolers are the oldest most mature people the world has to offer now being four years out of high school looking back at them, my opinion is different.

I wish we didn't have to worry about time, I wish the word "late" didn't exist.

there are not enough hours in a day? it doesn't matter how you slice it there no one has said life is too long.

; - Adam

The semi colon... its the wtf punctuation

first off why call it a semicolon? it isn't half of a colon if it was it would look like two half dots or if it was just one dot should not a period be called a semi-colon?

I have a theory on how the semicolon was crafted. I believe that two very smart english scholars were competing by writing and grading each others works. finally one of them made a horrific grammatical mistake the comma splice.

in an fact to save face the scholar placed a period above the comma claiming it to be a... "semicolon" and every great english scholar knows that semi colons work exactly like periods.

quickly the other scholar pretended to konw that obviously well known rule and thus the semicolon was born

seriously what is the point of the damn thing? just put a period... and if you are not done with your thought us a comma there is no need for both. and if you are going to use them why call them semi colons? they don't look anything like half of a colon

Casual Friday - Adam

People always seem to put a lot of stock in what the "what do you do?" question. your job seems to define who you are in America. How much money you make is more impressive than how happy you are.

I live by two sayings (when it comes to jobs):

1. Love your job and you'll never work a day in your life
2. It is called work for a reason

Now there are 168 hours in a week. 40 of them I will spend at work 56 of them I will spend asleep. and the remaining 72 hours in a week I will spend doing whatever the hell I want to do.

why would my job be the most important of those 3 things when it is the one I spend the least amount of time doing? I sleep more in a week than I do work.

But the thing about society that bothers me the most is the more uncomfortable the clothing, the more dressed up you are.

why can't society flip that so that gym shorts and a t-shirt is the fanciest thing you can wear? and that collars and ties are for suckers.

its a cruel thing to do to us forcing us to get all dressed up because someone once said if you wear this then you are apparently more fancy than if you don't.

Darkness MF - Adam

"If I can do it anyone can" it really grinds my gears when I hear that... there are so many variables that could come into play that this guy has no idea about... in any circumstance I just think its a cheap statement. First off you are implying you are the dumbest of the dumb and second off if I fail I am now uncomprehendingly dumb to you. you don't know me

what is with darkness? why does it get dark? people say that if the sun burned out we'd all be fucked. everything when you trace it back goes to the sun...

these scientists are stupid that say this and here is why:

ok so plants need light to grow so we need some kind of light (this thinking is post sun explosion) ok so what lights up other than our electricity or lighting? umm I don't know fire flies how bout?

if the sun burns out we start mating and harvesting fire flies and angle fish. they produce light we stick them above plants, the plants eat up that photosynthesis making some tasty sugars for themselves boom order is restored no one loses everyone wins

light and dark baffle me though, you shine light and dark is gone...where does it go? why does light not go around my shadow? these are things for scientist and mathematicians certainly not for one man doing mere paper work I'll tell you what.

Later the Greater - Adam

I'm pretty overwhelmed with numerous emotions right now. I'm at a huge intersection in my life along with a lot of other stuff in the Emotion Ocean.

Tomorrow is my final final. But I won't be done with college until end of August.

I'm about to move off campus and into a real place

I'm about to join the 9-5 corporate grind and become a full time employee for the first time in my life with no determined end.

Recently I've began suffering from TTWS syndrome. If you know anything about it you know it isn't fun and (for me) this isn't the first time.

thus is life but I'm glad I'm living in the now and not the back then...

Think about it there was a time in the past when stores closed really early and even more so they were closed EVERY Sunday. can you imagine that kind of world?

what if I'm out of something and really need some late at night like toilet paper or food, in the past you would have to slowly starve to death and deal with your poor planing. but in the now every fast food joint is open late so you can eat great even late. and alot of stores are open 24 hours a day and thanks for that because you never know when you need something from a wal-mart and thankfully they are always there for you.

we are almost to the point where retail stores are open every day no matter the holiday, time, or weather and once we get to that point we will look back at this current time and say "how did we ever survive?"

alright now that I'm done doing paper work I guess I should study for the last exam I will ever have to take in my life

MLSuck - Brian

So while I was at Adam's house over the weekend, we were scanning channels to find something good on TV when we came across an MLS game. We briefly stopped on it to check it out because it was on ESPN, so we gave it a shot. It was awful.

Just because soccer was invigorated momentarily during the World Cup in the US does not mean that we are ready to embrace MLS. I am fully committing myself to becoming a soccer fan, but of the Premier League in Europe, not MLS.

MLS is the abused step child of worldwide soccer. All but 3 of the US World Cup team members played for European club teams. The best soccer leagues in the world reside in Europe. Premier League soccer is considered by most to be better games than the World Cup. That means it is more exciting, more competitive, and more spectacular.

And the MLS? It was like watching high school soccer all over again. I watched some of Hiram College's soccer games since I have been there, and the play looked better than what I was seeing on ESPN that day. After that, I just don't think I can get into MLS like I do other sports, and therefore I have to stick to European soccer which is a shame.

Basically, ESPN needs to stop trying to shove new sports down our throats like they have been with MLS and lacrosse. The only way to make the MLS work is to have it be on par with European leagues and wait until the US does incredibly well in the World Cup, when US interest will have peaked.

Creepin - Adam

I'm not sure exactly when or how it happened, maybe it's always been this way I'm just now experiencing it...

Creepin...

Creepin can be anytime a male human interacts with a female human under any circumstances for any reason.

I know what you are thinking "Adam that isn't fair" trust me dude I know. I'm walking down the street I have a question about what time a store closes I ask the nearest person to me (happens to be a woman)... I'm creepin

I'm in a bar something funny happens near me I lean over to the nearest person to me so I can make a comment... if its a woman you are BIG TIME creepin

Creepin does have degrees although atmosphere usually determines it, It is not fair because of the creeper label when I am walking down a side walk I have to keep my face pointed at the ground no eye contact with women, no smiles, no "nice day out" nothing you keep your face down and get out of her way. any variation from that and she has the opportunity to consider you a creep...BUT don't go to fast or you risk suspiciously walking past her which is another form of creepin.

Why can't dudes have some of the power here? Girl smiles at me in a library I'm suppose to be ok with it but if a dude smiles at a girl same scenario its creepin

double standard I don't like it and I certainly don't appreciate it. Get over yourself how bout

Prediction VI - Adam

I'm at some 50's style McDonald's with Brian and they are only playing old music so I start thinking music in the 50's was pretty slow and if you look at the course music has taken over the years its getting faster and faster so...

In the future music will be so fast that the songs will only be 30 seconds long and the lyrics will be difficult to even understand

Think about it, if Lady Gaga's music came out in the 50's no one would be able to keep up or understand it.

The Grid - Adam

Something that has always made me upset is the fact that the states of America are not perfectly cut squares. Ok before satellites and stuff they didn't really know what the world looked like but now that we have that kind of technology I think it would be so much easier if we took the US and turned it into a grid, evenly divided up the land into 48 blocks.

Also the road system is completely messed up and should be 100% redone. every mile on the mile put a road. So in each square state there are square counties and in those counties there are roads every mile like longitude and latitude lines. The roads that run north and south will be even numbered the roads that run east and west will be odd numbered.

Fulton County basically has this system and it is incredible. so I could say I'm at 13 and 24 in Franklin County and everyone in the country would know how to get there it is so simple.

if you wanted to name roads after people and stuff you could do that but it would also have its number to go with it. then for cities we would simply cut up the land between the mile roads and turn that land into city blocks and those blocks would be called 1st street and 2nd street so its still easy to get around.

also with this system you would know exactly how far you have to travel no matter where you are going.

this needs to happen lets get the ball rolling

Feared Beard - Adam

For starters I don't know if you guys know this but I switched up my Blogger Profile Pic and I think it looks pretty B.A.

I had to switch it up because my old picture won't make sense with that is coming. But you'll just have to wait to see what I'm talking about

Why can guys grow beards and not most women?

we can sit here all day and talk about chemicals this and chemicals that but when you get right down too it I don't care how much chemicals someone has what could possibly make my body think hmmm hair needs to grow around his cheeks but not too high, no forehead beard,

in nature is the beard a sought after item that only the most dangerous game can attain? and why not women? trust me I' very thankful they don't grow beards, in fact I wouldn't lose sleep at night if their legs and pits couldn't grow hair either.

and why hair? why not something else like finger nails only they would be called cheek nails

or why doesn't the beard hair grow to the length of head hair or at least at the same rate?

either way at the end of the day I think I look more B.A. sporting the beard then not so its whateve

Grown up - Adam

Wow the China Kitchen in Wauseon, although they have good food I am definitely doing some Hiroshima Paper Work immediately after the fact. (I know Hiroshima is in Japan not China)

Adulthood: I'm about a month and a half away from full force adulthood, working full time, health insurance, all the boring old people stuff that kids hope they die before having to deal with.

I've been thinking more and more about the dream neighborhood. is it possible? where could it happen? when and how?

Here are my plans thus far (you can make fun of me for them down the road when I completely fold and don't do any of this) first off graduate in August then live with Dain in Powell for a year or so after that if I have at least one friend willing I'm thinking of moving some place warm, some place where it isn't pitch black outside around 5:00pm for half the year, some place where the heating bill is never an issue. do that for some of my 20's while I have no expenses and responsibilities.

then once I'm down with that stage in my life either move back to Wauseon or I'm thinking Marysville settle into one of those locations rise the crop of kids and hopefully have the dream neighborhood in full swing by 2020

just been thinking about about these sorts of things, but I'm done with Paper Work and I need to get on the road and head back to Columbus before bed time.

The Heat is on! - Adam

As you all know I am officially a Miami Heat fan. and as of Thursday the Trio has been birthed.

Now as you may know in the past I have referred to LeBron James as LeYawn Lames, LBlowJ, Queen James, The Chodesen One and Chokey McChockerson of Choketown, seeing as how certain things have occurred since then i.e. James joining the team I like I am here to officially apologize to the man and defend him much like my second cousin has done.

LeBron, I'm sorry I called you all those names you have gained my respect.

First off Dan Gilbert and the Village of Cleveland in general, back off of my boy LBJ how can you be mad at him for leaving? oh wait that's right now I remember I forgot that LeBron decided to play for the Cavs on his own free will. First off the kid couldn't pick where he grew up so Akron it was, then it wasn't his fault the Cavs where shitty enough to get the number one pick overall.

Remember when James wore the Yankee hat to an Indians game? again he didn't pick where he played he made the best of the situation, did his time and left. was it his idea to hang the giant poster? was it his fault Cleveland fell in love with him?

Now along with playing for the team I like, he also changed his jersey number which I hated that I had to respect him for that because that is just one hell of a classy thing to do (if that is really why he changed his number)

LeBron decideds to take less money for a chance to win a title can anyone blame him? he's been in the league for six years now, straight out of high school all he has done is NBA basketball when that is your life and your only getting older don't you think panic starts to set in, you start thinking about Dan Marion and how everyone says "if only he had a ring" and that is when you need to do whatever will help you sleep at night. you need to do whatever it takes so that once you retire you won't ever have to say "if only things would have been different."

So now Miami Thrice is born and everyone is starting to feel the pressure, have you seen what Otis Smith is saying about LBJ now? he is watching his window for a championship quickly slam shut. and I know what you are thinking... can these three play together? can James walk into Wade's turf and try to dethrone or even step back and take the side kick roll? First off D Wade is a 100% class act if it wasn't for him this would not have been possible, and secondly they can absolutely play together... for one shining moment

Classy - Brian

I never thought that I would defend LeBron James, but I suppose I'm about to.

After the release of Dan Gilbert's letter to Cavs fans where he bashes LeBron's decision, it has come to make me realize the the Cavs organization is classless. Gilbert sits behind his desk and calls LeBron a coward, stating that he betrayed the city and his fans.

He also goes on to state that James quit during the playoffs and gave up on his team and his city. Really? Is that why LeBron averaged 29 points, 9.3 rebounds, and 7.6 assists during the playoffs? Because he gave up?

Why isn't Gilbert blaming himself for surrounding James with a poor supporting cast? Mo Williams and all his greatness averaged 14 point on 39% shooting for the playoffs. Why isn't Gilbert chastising him? Gilbert had a chance to get Amar'e Stoudemire at the deadline, but chose Antwan Jamison instead. His reasoning at the time? He didn't want to give up JJ Hickson in the deal. Well if Hickson was so important, why did he average 8 minutes in the playoffs, with only a combined 9 minutes in their last 3 playoff games?

LeBron chose the path to winning, and everyone knew that wasn't going to happen in Cleveland. Sports is about winning and I don't blame him for leaving to greener pastures. Do Cleveland fans have a right to be upset? Absolutely they do. But steer most of your anger towards the ownership, not LeBron. He did everything he could for the Cavs and got left out to dry by Dan Gilbert.

Makes a little more sense that he disliked the Cavs organization after that stunt by Gilbert. I stand by LeBron's decision, wish him the best of luck, and hope the Cavs continue to fail as long as they still have the only coward they ever had - Dan Gilbert.

Phonetic - Adam

So I'm loosely following the SOCCER world cup and as I am watching Germany beat the crap out of Argentina I start thinking to myself "why don't we call Germany Deutschland?"

my name is Adam, if I go to a different country my name is still Adam, no matter where I am or what I am doing my name is pronounced and still is...Adam.

If the people of Deutschland call it Deutschland...why do we call it Germany? its not ours to name their country their name.

now I know what you are going to say: "Deutschland is german for Germany" do you know who ridiculous that sounds? if anything Germany should be english for Deutschland.

Bottom line is I think we should call every country what the native people call it because it is their country. "Adam we don't have the chinese characters to spell China" that is fine we should pronounce it the same and spell it phonetically the best we can.

doesn't that make more sense?

"Hello my name is Adam"
"hmmm not here it isn't your name is Jim"
"...no I don't think my name changed because I'm standing somewhere else..."
"yeah it did that's how this works"

see that doesn't make sense to me nawmeen?

Three Agency - Brian

As some of you know, we are now in full swing of the greatest free agent class in NBA history. Three super stars have still yet to commit - LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, and Chris Bosh. All three hold the fate of the Eastern Conference in their decisions, since they are choosing between Chicago, Miami, New York, New Jersey, and Cleveland.

They also hold the fate of their own careers in hand. It is the consensus that two of the three will sign together, with a small chance that all three could land in Miami. For what it's worth, my prediction is that Wade and Bosh join up in Chicago and LeBron returns to Cleveland or commits to New Jersey and tries to bring along David Lee or Carlos Boozer.

If LeBron chooses to go back to Cleveland and Bosh and Wade go to Chicago, it is pretty easy to see that the Bulls will be the top dogs in the East. Chicago gave Cleveland a run for their money last year without Wade and Bosh. Add those two, with Cleveland staying relatively the same (due to no cap flexibility) and how is LeBron ever going to get his title? I just can't see the Cavs beating that Bulls team in a 7 game series.

But again, this is all speculation. We won't know until later this week. Either way, James needs to leave Cleveland if he wants to win some titles. I've been saying it for years, and now is the time for his decision.

Swingers - Adam

So Brian Alan and Pence just left my place, today the Brew Crew just bottled our first batch into 4 two liters and 1 one liter. Then we Brewed our Second batch we are letting that ferment until the 16th. We'll see if lightening can strike twice.

So this summer quarter is my last quarter of school ever. I've had my last first day of class ever. Tomorrow is my last midterm ever. I've done a lot of walking to and from classes in my day and alot of recreational walking in general. One thing I have noticed for certain is that when women walk they have one arm holstered around their purse and the other one heaving back and forth.

It seems to only be with women although not all women do it. They get about a 90° rotation on that opposite arm and I'm not sure why...does it give you more of a power stride? maybe it throws their momentum ahead of them increasing their speed and velocity. whatever the reason just look for it in public and tell me what you think of it and why it happens.

Restauwrong - Adam

First off Happy 234th Birthday to America, U.S.A. #1

Why I have mixed feelings on Restaurants:
I love the idea of restaurants. I go to someone elses place all I do is sit there. They bring me what I want. They wash the dishes. I don't have to do any work if I don't like it send it back and for a small fee at the end of the meal that can be avoided with a simple "let me use the bathroom" then out the door maneuver.

But allow me to help make restaurants one of the greatest things in the world:
First off some places have glass ketchup bottles...those have to go. they suck its impossible to get anything out of them then when you somehow manage to get some out its an enormous amount ruining your meal. Squeeze bottle was invented for a reason I don't care how fancy you think glass is it doesn't work. Next, can all the waitresses please stop starring at me and trying to sneak their phone numbers on to my table through numerous schemes and plans of trickery? I just want to enjoy the meal. Also, as soon as my food gets to my table as I am trying to eat I am bombarded with five different people asking if everything is alright...can I just eat this thing please? then they never come around when you need a refill so here is my idea: Flight attendant button at the table. If I need you I'll turn it on, if not stay away I'm trying to talk to my company and fill my stomach. Lastly, restaurant subscription: this is an awesome idea. I play my favorite place a monthly fee for unlimited access to their stuff. Like a phone, gas, electric, cable, internet, gym membership, just let me enjoy the meal and not have to pay at the end what if I don't want to bring my wallet or anything? Its a genius idea I know and I don't know why it isn't happening.

Stuff - Adam

alot of stuff has been thought up and invented since Adam and Eve so the question is which ones are the best of the best? Which 10 creations could you not live without? I give you my top ten inventions on earth:

10) finger nail clippers - what would you do without them?

9) electricity - although I don't think its actually an invention its just something that exists in nature we just learned to control it I know if I leave it out all of you will say that I left it out

8) deodorant - not sure how they survived without it

7) the automobile - now I could go into planes and trains and semis being the backbone of society but I'm just going to say cars because I can only have 10

6) the furnace - I probably should have put this higher on my list winters would suck without this fabulous creation

5) The cell phone - I'm not even talking about the ones that can surf the web and do everything I'm just talking about being able to reach someone when both of you can be anywhere at any moment.

4) The television - it is a window into the world, although it is small it can show you things of any size and time, it helps us learn and enjoy

3) the fridge - prior to this bad boy meat was like a ticking time bomb, not even sure how milk was stored for longer than a day

2) Indoor Plumbing - I think we don't realize how handy it is to be able to turn a knob and water comes out instantly, same goes for doing paperwork inside and being able to shower everyday

1) The Internet - of course I had to say it, The internet is still basically brand new and we have no idea its potential, so far it has managed to kill the newspaper, the encyclopedia, movie rental stores, and its just getting warmed up, this creation is limitless and will and is be essential to life.

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The Big Crapple - Adam

First off do you guys think it is really that bad to make coffee with a previously used filter and grounds? What's the big deal? as soon as water hits those grounds they are exactly the same no matter if its the first brew or the second.

You ever notice how people are just simply impressed with certain places like California the state and New York the city?

I would love to run tests on this theory: If one person has the same exact job as another but one of them does it in New York, then that person's job is more impressive.

"hello my name is Adam"
"hi Adam...so what do you DO?"
"I am a garbage man"
"oh that's...interesting"
"yeah not really"

"hello my name is Brian"
"hi Brian...so what do you DO?"
"I am a garbage man for the city of New York"
"no way that is awesome what a prestigious job"
"yeah really"

and I could do this all day I'm going to school in New York, I'm from NY, I have an internship in NY. and so on and so forth. it is really interesting the power just that place. the fact that when I stand in Wauseon, then do the same exact standing in New York I am now more impressive to my peers it makes me want to move there. "Adam what will you do?" it doesn't matter what I do I live in New York don't you get it?

Refute the Cute - Adam

So my basement MIGHT have a cockroach problem, and my balcony MIGHT have annoying sparrow problem but I began running some tests on the human mind and I have found an interesting conclusion.

People are very superficial when I comes to critters. Humans only like creatures based 100% on their outer appearance.

If the organism is ugly creepy disgusting or anything else just on the surface, it must be killed and we have no pitty for them don't believe me tell me if your house was infested with

1. This
2. This
3. or This

would you crush them and be very grossed out. however there is an exception to the rule:

although cute animals get a pass from humans if annoyance is greater than cuteness humans maybe more likely to treat them like an ugly creature. Like I mentioned the birds on my balcony so annoying especially the baby birds...so they had to go.

Ath-elites - Brian

Adam suggested that I do a post about the 10 best athletes of all time. To qualify for this list, the player not only had to be very good in his respective sport, but also had cross-sport athletic abilities, meaning they could have thrived in other sports. So here is my personal list...

10.) Jackie Robinson - He lettered in 4 sports at UCLA, was an All-American running back, led the Pac-10 in scoring as a PG for their basketball team, and won the NCAA championship in long jump. He also had a pretty good baseball career to boot (.311, 137 HRs, 734 RBIs).

9.) Usain Bolt - The fastest man. Ever. He may not have accolades in other sports like others on this list, but if you are that fast, you have to be a freak of an athlete. I can't guarantee that he could succeed in other sports, but you would be glued to the TV if he tried.

8.) Deion Sanders - One of the best cornerbacks NFL history, making 8 pro bowls and winning the defensive MVP. He also starred in baseball, hitting a career .263 with 186 stolen bases. His is the only athlete to ever play in both the Super Bowl and the World Series.

7.) Allen Iverson - Pound for pound he is one of the greatest NBA players ever, and he showed that his body was capable of taking a physical beating day after day. He was an explosive scorer well after the age when most PG's bodies break down. He was also an all-state football player who could have gone anywhere on scholarship.

6.) Tiger Woods - He is on his way to becoming the greatest golfer of all time and makes you watch in awe as he plays golf. While golf may not be the most physically demanding sport, it takes an incredible amount of skill and he also has the athleticism and body type to play other sports and be competitive.

5.) Bo Jackson - He was an all-star in both football and baseball. He considered football to be his hobby sport and ended up with a Heisman and a career average of 5.4 yards per carry in the NFL. He hit .250 with 141 home runs and 415 RBI's.

4.) Jim Brown - The best running back in NFL history, got offered to play for the Yankees, averaged 38 ppg for his high school basketball team, lettered in basketball at Syracuse, and could have boxed professionally upon retiring.

3.) Muhammad Ali - He showcased some unreal athletic ability as a boxer, having world class foot speed, agility, stamina, and lateral quickness: all things that are crucial to the other major sports. Ali could have thrived playing football or basketball. Instead he will go down as the greatest boxer of all time.

2.) Jim Thorpe - Phenomenal college football player (he has the Thorpe Award named after him for best defensive back), won the decathlon and pentathlon in the 1912 Olympics, won three unofficial NFL titles by playing defensive back, running back, and kicker, and played 6 seasons of major league baseball with a career .252 average.

1.) Michael Jordan - He was the greatest basketball player in history and had a fierce competitive edge that would have made him thrive in other sports. Everyone points to his "failure" in baseball as a reason not to have him here, but in his first season he hit .202, had 50 RBI's and 30 stolen bases. Not bad for not having played baseball in years. Not to mention he is an excellent golfer.

Honorable Mention: LeBron James, Barry Sanders, Pele, Michael Johnson, Michael Phelps, and Candace Parker.