marriot gas lamp

Let me vent for a second...it is depressing at the very least to see so called "bouncers" at such an impressive hotel as the Marriot GasLamp act in such a way as they did during my last stay...its sad to see people who, given normal circumstances would be given no authority at all, are placed in a position such as a "bouncer" to kick people out...the so called "bouncers" at Marriot Hotel wer terrible...not only were they discusting looking, but they were rude and foul mouthed not representing the Marriot Hotel in any way ... very very sad.

Bengals

Go Bengals !!

Tiger Woods

Lets throw this out there....
Its been awhile since i've posted...been back from Kosovo for a while...been traveling around, a trip to alaska, texas, seen a Dallas Cowboy game and a Bengal game. I'm back to tossing some posts on here so you can read how i feel bout some random stuff...

I have enough hearing about Tiger Woods and his countless mistresses...who cares, hes a man, no different than anyone else...lets move on...im sick of ESPN spending countless hours talking about this...lets get back to the bowl season, lets talk about college basketball, lets talk about the Cowboys beating the Saints, lets talk about the make a wish foundation...something...something other than who Tiger is sticking his "9 iron" into...

Euro Trip 2009 Paine Brothers Inc

Alright everyone...sorry for the oh so over-due post...but here is a shit ton of photos i took while on leave in Europe...Rome, Paris, Luxemburg, Brussels, Nuremberg, Berlin...good times to say the least...i will post some stories and randomness a few days from now...once i get settled into my new "home" and get caught up on school...shouldnt be too long til describing in detailed the various shananigans by the infamous Paine Brothers :) sorry if some of the pics are sideways (wrong way) or if they are a bit blurry-i think the amount of alcohol consumed has something to do with that...the goal : Drink 'til i could taste color ! - (think about it....now laugh) mission accomplished...yellow tastes the best...blue is over rated...

one thing...one story....never in my life have i ever seen a man wearing capries...in italy...dudes all over the place were wearing capris...so...being the smart ass i am...i decided to wander around during one of our pub crawl induced blackout drunken nights to roll my pant legs up and make some -"man-pries"- one italy guy came up to me and told me "your pants don't look good like that" (in an italian accent of course) so i responded "really...no shit sherlock, you look like a fag...if your going to buy some pants, by ALL of it, dont setting for 3/4 of a pant leg !" hahahahah i thought it was funny...funnier if told in person, but let your imagination run with it. Might make ya laugh.

Update

Still alive...life is getting busy jsut before i take on leave...hope all is well..love you all,,,miss you all !!!

Michael Vick, Donte Stallworth

Well...big news i guess...Mike Vick gets a two year deal...
And Donte Stallworth gets suspendend for ONE YEAR FOR KILLING A PERSON!!! WTF Goodell...what would it take for the NFL to come down hard on someone...you have a player KILL A PERSON...a normal civilian would get charged with man-slaughter and spend a good amount of time in jail...Stallworth gets a slap on the hand and house arrest...wow...way to set the example there NFL...NFL=money...what ever it takes...sell tickets...sell uniforms...dont worry 'bout the example your setting...WTF...
Michael Vick...thats another story...i have no idea what to say about that nightmare of a situation...yikes...another day.

Couple Volleyball Pictures

Here's a random pic for ya...life is good...can't really complain...hope all is well...miss you guys, love ya guys...see ya soon

Ty Loomis, Angie Akers, Tyra Turner, Ryan M, AVP Trip to CBS

Thank You AVP for coming out to Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo and playing some great volleyball...def gave us one hell of a day and tons of stories to talk about...i really appreciate you guys taking the time outta your busy schedules to come out and entertain us...thanks for the shirt too, hope you guys have a safe trip home, and have a great season/tourney's when you get back. Best of luck in your future tourney's...thanks again.
P.S. Euro Trip '09 is getting closer and closer !!! WOO-HOO!

David Ortiz, Steroids, and baseball

Well...another name has been dropped from some obscure 2003 drug testing list...David Ortiz...the more these names trickle out, the longer this list exists in abscurity...the more harm it will do to baseball...it does start to make me think that just about how much steroids has effected the game of baseball...how much steroids are / were running through baseball... does it really matter ? Six years ago some guy tested positive ? punishing him now seems "too little, to late"...who knows...hopefully this ends soon. Love you all, miss you all...

Bill Clinton

I realized i had forgotten to share this picture with all of you. This is a giant picture of Bill Clinton on the side of a building in downtown Pristina. It puts into perspective how thankful and how much Kosovars appreciate what the US did back in '99 in our 78 day bombing campaign to end the terrible things that were happening. Im not going to get into the debate of who started it, what crimes did or did not happen, both the KLA and the Serbians hands are dirty if you know what i mean. But regardless, the UN and the US came in, dropped some bombs, and ended a conflict. The people here appreciate what we did and show it not only in bilboards and signs, but in their everyday actions and "thank you's" and "we love america's" they say to us EVERY DAY. Its nice to be appreciated. I see more US flags flying here in Kosovo then i see in the states...not sure if thats good or bad, but it def puts things into perspective. You might have to click on the picture to make it big enough, but, enjoy! Love you all, miss you all, see you soon.