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Dimebag Darrell, too Much Beer and 18 Y/O women

Ah shit! Its been a long night....

The B and I started drinking beer tonight (on my lawn) and decided that we were going to get up tomorrow and go float the Illinois River down at Tahlequah, OK...Nothing big, just a three hour tour (no Gilligan, Professor or Maryanne) in the early morning down a clear, clean Oklahoma River....Shit happens....plans change.

So, we're sitting in my front yard drinking some cold, crisp, refreshing Budwieser's (and a few Bud Selects that the B-man is carrying around in the cooler bungie strapped to his bike [Suzuki Boulevard])...And we come up with the idea of hitting the river early and doing a little tubing....and drinking......Getting home early so that he can climb back into the truck early Friday AM and deliver you some of that overpriced $4.00+ a gallon gasoline. But, shit happens....

We make the three and a half block (him on the Boulevard and myself in my truck) treck to his house to check the tubes and get things together for the morning trip. He has more of that crap Select in his fridge and we begin consuming it...

Somewhere in this time his Brother-in-law's (ex b-i-l...whatever) girlfriend (mother of his child) calls and wants to know where T is... B doesn't know cause he had been trying to call him already and he wasn't picking up....

So Miss M and here 18 y/o cousin ends up at the B-man's house with us...We suck down the beer in his fridge and end up going to M&T's house (T had called in the interim....finally)...

Turns out that the T-man is an old school (though much younger) head banger like yours truly...We drink all of the beer in his fridge and make a run to get some more...

Somewhere along the way (or when we got back....who the hell knows...) T and I started discussing music and the untimely deaths of some musical genuises: ....Morrison....Joplin...Hendrix...etc...

Somewhere I asked if he had seen the pic of Dimebag in his coffin...And then he had to break out the T-vo and the 'Behind the Music' episodde on VH1 of Pantera and Darell....So we drank a few more and watched Dime do his thing and ultimately...die...

That kinda ended the night on a down note and I took the B home...Somewhere along the way we decided it was way too late (and we were way too drunk) to attempt to try to get up and head to the river in a couple hours...Maybe next week...

The 18 y/o woman....that's still up in the air....Maybe we'll talk more about that li'l cutie....later...

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Head-On "here comes the hammer"

Its too bad that Head On broke up. The guys really knew how to rock. The promise of one final show still has yet to come about almost a year after their demise.

At least their Myspace page is still active and this video is still around...

Here is the link to the video if you want to get it for yourself.

If I Knocked; Would You Let Me In?

Most of the things that I write about myself and my friends are true. Some are exaggerated a bit to get a response from the reader. For example (and you have to have read previous posts to understand this): I really am a perfectionist that does not take compliments well when, in my mind, I am under-performing. I am not really an asshole about it (superior maybe). The following are more truths about me:

I do love a good cold, frosty beer; but I rarely get drunk anymore (my wife might say any less). I am the King of (darts in) Okmulgee County and will brag about it alot in my blog posts. I rarely berate an opponent (unless they are a trash talker) when I beat them and take their money.

Bartolina's aka Bart's is my favorite waterin' hole. I had my first beer there when I was 15. I have lived all over the place, but somehow keep ending up back here in Hooterville. But even when I was living elsewhere, I always made a point to try and stop by Bart's when I was in town.

I am a football fanatic (BOOMER SOONER!), and can watch it most anywhere, anytime. Pop Warner to NFL. I am an avid Oklahoma Sooner fan, regardless of the sport and been spotted in Austin, TX (home of the neutered bovines) wearing Sooner clothes.

I am a gambler. I enjoy playing poker and blackjack at casinos. I play poker online a few times a week (I play much better live). I have never been banned from the blackjack tables for counting cards, yet. My friends and I will make prop bets on most anything. Chinese poker is my new favorite card/gambling game.

I have been in the computer business full-time for over 12 years now. I used to make computers better for people; now I destroy them for the gold and other precious metals in them for myself. Plus recycling them keeps them out of the landfills (they're full of lead and mercury).

I am really into making money (and spending it). I've made alot in my short time on this earth and plan on making tons more before I go skidding off to that final resting place.

Everything I wrote about my funeral plans (see blog post "Am I a strange SOB") are 100% true!

I truly believe I am a semi-normal human being. What do you think? Would you let me in if I knocked on your door?

Ten Lies I Have Told My Wife

When you've been with the same woman for over 22 years, like me; there have been times when you have lied to her. I submit to you ten lies I have told my wife and the truth behind them.

Number ten: "Honest honey, that's the way my family greets all of our Arkansas cousins." She caught me with my tongue down some young blonde tramps throat.
"But I'm from California." *giggle* the dumb blonde says.

Number nine: "We went out to eat after playing darts and I left my phone in the car; that's why I didn't answer your call." My dart buddies and I took a road trip down the back-roads of Okmulgee and McIntosh Counties, getting drunk off our asses. I didn't answer the phone because Floyd was singing too loud for me to hear the damn thing going off.

Number eight: "No, I wasn't flirting with her. We were talking about football" We were discussing how hot she looked in those shorts and tank top.

Number seven: "Todd invited me out after work to a party at his friends house. I didn't know that there would be girls there." Todd tells me at work:
"Man, you gotta' come to this party tonight. There's gonna' be some fine-ass women there!"

Number six: "I had a flat, so Dean brought me home when he closed the bar." I was too wasted to drive home. Dean found me asleep in my car, woke me and took me to my house.

Number five: "It looked flat in the dark!" See above.

Number four: "I was just helping to position her properly for throwing darts." Yeah, I was grabbing some chicks butt while she was throwing a dart. In all fairness; she had been grabbing mine while I was trying to throw, too.

Number three: "Shelly? Oh, she's just an old friend from school. It's not like we ever went out or anything." Shelly had jumped up and given me a big hug at a football game, telling me of her recent divorce. In high school, I was Shelly's first......

Number two: "I'm just going to stop and have one beer." She should know better than that by now.

Number one: "Blog Groupies? Pictures in my e-mail? I don't have a clue what you're talking about, dear."

10 Odd Facts About Me

10: I wear shorts, year round. If its above freezing; I'm usually wearing a pair of shorts.

9: I rarely wear a tie; but at one point in my life had a collection of over 100 fine silk ties in my closet.

8: If I'm not wearing shorts; I'm in blue jeans. I am very anal about my jeans. I only wear Levis 501's. No Wrangler, Bugle Boy or whatever. Only Levis. Only 501's.

7: I'm a gambler who will bet on the outcome of most anything; but I do not play slot machines or the lottery.

6: I'm a very spontaneous person. I've been known to wake up and drive halfway across the country to see something or someone, on a whim.

5: I was personally invited to both of the Bush/Cheney Inaugural Balls. Why is this strange? I am not a registered Republican and I made no donations to either campaign.

4: I have a degree in political science, but hate discussing politics. My views are extreme enough in both directions, depending on the issue, to make members of both parties squirm.

3: I hate funerals, but have my own planned.

2: I am very much into freedom of expression; but run a very disciplined household. My boys have been given the freedom to explore their own ideals and beliefs; but are amongst the most polite, well-behaved young men you'll ever meet.

1: I go commando in public.