My New Computer
Merry Christmas me!!!! hehe Matt, being the coolest and nicest person in the world, bought me a brand new computer (most of it). He got me all of the internal parts except for the 250GB Hard Drive that I put in it. I also got the coolest lookin speakers ever! (and the sound great too)
Of course, I had to check out all of the parts that Matt was thinking about getting me. I had to make sure they were better than his! hehe
Here’s a picture of all of the parts, and it’s not a wallpaper!
Cats, trees and tinsel…
After I brag all about my ‘wonderful’ cat that NEVER messes with the Christmas tree she has proven me a liar! The bi-polar feline has knocked over the tree three times, broken off a leg of the tree stand so that it has to be propped up with a trash can and eaten approximately 4 inches of silver garland off the tree. I’m thinking that ingesting the garland is probably not the best thing, but I imagine she is thinking ahead and wanting to make her litter box just a little more festive!
12.19.06Oh what a night!
Saturday was the Platinum Broadcasting Christmas party. It’s usually a good time and this year was no exception. Basically the company reserves half of Kite’s, a bar in Aggieville, and have them cook up some food and give us an open bar from 6-10pm. You can see where this is going…
Andrea had to work until 7:00, so I just kinda chilled an hung out with Stooks and Jeri Anne, our new part timer while most people were showing up. The food was being served right about the time Andrea got there, and without hesitation we ordered another round of drinks. After about two amaretto sours, Andrea started to complain that the drinks were weak (a sure sign that the drinks aren’t weak, she’s just starting to get a bit sauced, hehe). So after a few doubles Andrea starts wandering around and ends up talking to a bunch of people, including trying to convince Stooks to ask out Jeri Anne, and to Rodney about me for 45 minutes.
By this time the open bar is closed, and I hadn’t been able to find a waitress for the last hour or hour and a half. My buzz pretty much wore off so I was ready to go. But before we leave, Erin buys everyone a round of Jagerbombs (as pictured above). I thank her and we head to the next bar which is just packed. I’m really ready to go home now because I haven’t been drinking and am really not much for big crowds, but Andrea’s having fun so we hang out a bit longer then head home. I don’t know what it was, but I was fine the whole way driving home, but sometime after I climbed the stairs to the apartment that jagerbomb hit me hard! Ha ha.
It was a fun night for everybody, and I don’t think anyone threw up on the floor of Kite’s this year! I hear the bar tab was $1,100 though. Of course they should have known to give a bunch of radio guys free reign on a bar like that.
And I thought my car had a lot of miles…
Peter Gilbert was a salesman. He needed a reliable vehicle to drive all over Wisconsin. In 1989 he bought this Saab 900 SPG. 17 years later, he’s racked up 1,000,000 miles. Yes that’s right over a million miles. I don’t know if that’s a world record, but it’s still impressive.
Apperantly the only work he had done outside routine maintanance was a transmission rebuild at 200,000 miles and body work after eight deer collisions (Not eight deer at once). Let’s be honest though, 8 deer in 1,000,000 miles sounds about right. He changed the oil religiously every 3000 miles and did all the recommended maintance one would do. Maybe there is something to keeping your car well maintained!
He donated the car to a museum after Saab verified the milage was genuine. And why wouldn’t they? It’s great publicity for Saab. But I got to wondering what this car would be worth in the ol’ Kelly Blue Book. Appearantly KBB refuses to accept the possibility of any car making it to the one million mile mark. After all, that’s all the way to the moon and back…twice!
My car currently has a little over 204,000 miles. But I have no intention of challenging this guy’s personal best. I just put 75,000 mile tires on it not long ago, and I fully expect to wear them out. The car runs strong and soldiers on. But when you have a car with a lot of miles like this, you can’t help but wonder how far it will go (knock on wood).
My second death threat.
It’s from the same guy though, so maybe it doesn’t count. I’m starting to think that this guy is the only avid listener of the show, ha ha.
Every time I put him on the air (a grand total of two times) I get people calling and saying what a douchebag he is and if I’m scared of him etc. If he weren’t threatening me with six sided dice (a.k.a. normal dice?) then maybe I’d be scared. For now I just call him, “My smallest fan.”
My first death threat.
I think I handled it well.
Check out the seldomly updated show page for the call.
Bowl Game Time!
Did I read it right? K-State is headed to the Texas Bowl? From what I read it sounds like more than a few Wildcat fans are heading down there.
How are teams selected for bowl games? Do they rely on W-L standings at all? Rutgers is 10-2, while KSU is 7-5. That seems to be a big difference…