Crazy Civil War Moments

Check out these civil war moments that have fanned the flames of the rivalry...

Here are some of my highlights, but for the full story and other civil war articles click here. Also, check out this link to some funny civil war t-shirts.

1954: A group of 50 to 60 Oregon students touched off Oregon State's homecoming bonfire in the middle of the night in Corvallis -- a traditional Civil War prank. But Oregon State students cornered 15 to 20 of the invaders and held them prisoner. Captive Oregon students had their heads shaved, were painted orange and black and some were forced to do housework at fraternities. One was led through campus bearing a sign that read: "I'm a dumb Duck." Oregon won that year 33-14.

1960: Ardis Henry, Oregon State's homecoming queen, was abducted in front of her Azalea House residence in Corvallis and returned unharmed a half hour later. Before her return, Oregon State student body president Dick Seideman received a ransom note demanding he ride a child's scooter to 13th and University Street in Eugene and make a public appeal for Henry's return. The game in Corvallis ended in a 14-14 tie.

Reason # 604,765 Why Not to be A Duck

Reason # 604,765 Why Not to be A Duck: ROBODUCK

Even the duck faithful hate him, there is just no excuse for this:

Happy Civil War Week!

Just to start the week off right, here's a video to help refresh you on the most recent chapter in Civil War History. Make sure you Vote Sammy & Oregon State in this week's ESPN Pontiac Game Changing Performance poll & check out the Rodgers brothers in this ESPN feature that ran Saturday morning.

Civil War Shanty Town

I have never in my life seen such a thing. Student's camped out in the parking lot to line up for first dibs at civil war tickets. This picture was actually taken a little bit after the makeshift shanty town started to break up. At it's peak there was a dense line of tent spanning about half way around Reser stadium. Another revelation: OSU students are filthy pigs (i mean that in the nicest way) our parking lot was a mess! Starbucks cups, miller high life cans, burger king bags, and even a random bottle of chloraseptic spray were strewn across through out the area upon their abandonment. I even saw a girl who built her own little shack out of folding tables she found left over from gameday. Apparently this game is a pretty big deal.

New Background?

Saw a link to thecutestblogontheblock.com and I couldn't resist playing around with it. It was an ambush of various fruity blog layouts; I think I almost had a seizure while looking at them all. This was the one I came up with, but I'm still not sure if I like it. So I'm going to leave it up to the readership. What do we think?! Poll to the right.

Tagged: Alphabet Meme

I got tagged by Gal to list a favorite movie for each letter of the alphabet. Rules are below...Here goes! (This game originated at the Blog Cabins blog!)

The Rules

1. Pick one film (your favorite film) to represent each letter of the alphabet.
2. The letter "A" and the word "The" do not count as the beginning of a film's title, unless the film is simply titled A or The, and I don't know of any films with those titles.
3. Return of the Jedi belongs under "R," not "S" as in Star Wars Episode IV: Return of the Jedi. This rule applies to all films in the original Star Wars trilogy; all that followed start with "S." Similarly, Raiders of the Lost Ark belongs under "R," not "I" as in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. In other words, movies are stuck with the titles their owners gave them at the time of their theatrical release. Conversely, all films in the LOTR series belong under "L" and all films in the Chronicles of Narnia series belong under "C," as that's what those filmmakers called their films from the start. Use your better judgement to apply the above rule to any series/films not mentioned.
4. Films that start with a number are filed under the first letter of their number's word. 12 Monkeys would be filed under "T."
5. Link back to Blog Cabins in your post so that I can eventually type "alphabet meme" into Google and come up #1, then make a post where I declare that I am the King of Google.
6. If you're selected, you have to then select 5 more people.

About a Boy

Brown Sugar, honorable mention: Batman

Christmas Story

Dave Chapelle's Block Party

Elf

For Love of the Game

Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, honorable mention: Good Will Hunting

Halloween

It Could Happen To You

John Q

King Kong

Legends of the Fall

Miracle on 34th St. (the original)

Not Without My Daughter

Outbreak

Psycho, honorable mention: Philadelphia, Parent Trap (the original), Pretty Woman

Queen, The

Reign Over Me

Scream, honorable mention: Sandlot

Temptations, The, honorable mention: To Kill a Mockingbird

Urban Legend

Vanishing, The

When A Stranger Calls

X-men

Yours, Mine & Ours (original duh)

Zoolander

I guess I'll break the rules and only tag a couple, not the required 5. So Scanson & A-Ross, consider yourself tagged.

Obama Bumper Stickers Final Results

• Bike (2)
• BMW Station Wagon
• BMW SUV
• BMW x3
• BMW x5
• Cadillac
• Ford Escape Hybrid
• Ford Focus
• Ford Taurus (3)
• GMC Yukon
• Honda Accord
• Honda Civic (2)
• Honda Civic Hatchback
• Honda Element
• Honda Odyssey MiniVan
• Hyundai Azera
• Infiniti s300
• Jeep Cherokee (2)
• Kia Rio
• Lexus
• Mada Convertible
• Mazda 5
• Mercedes S Class
• Mini Cooper (2)
• New VW Bug
• Nissan Frontier Pick-Up
• Range Rover
• Saturn Ion
• Scion RampVan
• Subaru Forester (3)
• Subaru Outback (11)
• Toyota 4 Runner (3)
• Toyota Camry (2)
• Toyota Corolla (2)
• Toyota Corolla Station Wagon
• Toyota Highlander
• Toyota Matrix
• Toyota Prius (8)
• Toyota Rav 4
• Toyota Sienna
• Toyota Tacoma (Rainbow Obama)
• Unknown Mercedes
• Unknown Midsized Toyota (2)
• Unknown Minivan (2)
• Unknown Subaru Station Wagon
• Unknown Topper Truck
• Volvo Station Wagon
• VW Jetta

McCain Bumper Stickers Final Results

• Bronco
• Bronco w/ Top Off
• Cadillac
• Chevy Astro Van
• Ford 350
• Ford Escort Station Wagon
• Ford Explorer
• Ford F-150
• Ford F-250 Harley Davidson Edition
• Ford F-Large50 w/ Gunrack, NObama & Support our Troops Stickers
• Ford Windstar
• Giant Motor Home w/ Sticker towing Jeep
• Jeep Liberty
• Lexus w/ NObama
• Mitsubishi Galant
• Small Mazda Pick-up w/ WWJD sticker
• Toyota Highlander
• Toyota Prius
• Toyota Tacoma (2)
• Unknown Large Ford Truck (4)
• Unknown Truck w/ UO sticker

History

Our history books are filled with moments of great triumph and great despair, the moments that mark the changing of the tides. We'll tell our children and our grandchildren where we were and what we thought of these historic times. 9/11 was the first time that I really felt I had lived during a time that would always be a marker in history, tonight is another. No matter who you voted for, we can all wake up tomorrow morning knowing that possibilities of what people can accomplish in this country are a little bit broader. How many times have you heard the statement: "I just don't know if the country is ready for ______." We are ready.

With any luck the hope we feel tonight will translate through the next 4 years and we may see some real change.

Who Knows Zeb Best???

I got this idea from a regular column in ESPN the magazine, you maybe have seen before. The concept is that they ask questions of an athlete and then the spouse and a teammate have to answer the questions and see whose answers most closely match the athlete. I enlisted A-Ross to think of the questions and administer test in an unbiased fashion. In the end I just barely edged out Damon, but A-Ross would like to point out that I went O'fer on the food related questions. Who knew.

Election Day

Election day is finally here. All this time analyzing bumper stickers and what have we learned?

1. The Subaru Outback is the official car of Oregon.
2. Toyota Drivers heart Obama
   
3. Ford Drivers heart McCain
   
4. McCain/Palin bumper stickers have attitude.
5. We have no idea who is actually going to win this election.

A few more for the road:

McCain/Palin Ford, "Socialism is an Obama-Nation" -submitted by Ben

Obama Toyota Camry -submitted by Greg

I hope you all get out and vote, here in Oregon there won't be any standing in long lines for us! Yeah, Mail-In Ballots! Happy Election Day!

Stupid Athlete Question of the Day

Athlete: Hey, uh, do you guys know any good doctors around here?
Co-Worker: Why?
Athlete: Well I've been sick for a few days and I want to see a Doctor.
Co-Worker: blank stare

No guy, we don't know ANY good doctors in town. None. Doctors? Never been to one, never had an athlete see one...don't know ANY. F'ing freshman. P.S. the kid turned out to have a pretty massive case of the sniffles. That exchange set us off on rampage as follows for about another half hour.

Me: Yeah, um, I was wondering, do you know any place around here that has a lot of books, maybe I could go there and read? Or maybe they would let me borrow a few books for a little while, I mean, not to buy, but I could return them?? Do you know any good places like that?

Co-Worker 1: Do you know any places around here that I could go to get some food? You know I get pretty hungry a few times a day.

Co-Worker 2: Yeah, and do you know any places that I could go to maybe take some classes around here?

Me: And I was thinking maybe I should start working out more, do you know any place around here that I could go and lift some weights, maybe there would be someone that could put together a program for me?

Co-Worker 1: Yeah, do you know, is there like a field around here that we could maybe go, and play some football on? A place where maybe we could go and do some practicing?

Co-Worker 2: Do you know where there are any good guys around that could maybe teach me a little bit about football, like some good coaches or something?

Me: And do you know of a place around here where I could maybe live? You know, somewhere to sleep and maybe take showers a few times a week?

Co-Worker 1: And do you know if there is a place around here where I could keep some of my stuff, you know maybe a room with lots small spaces for me and some of the other players to put our things while we're in practice?

Co-Worker 2: Hey, do you know of a place maybe with a roof, somewhere that I could stand when it rains so that I don't get wet??

DEAD

stupid f'ing freshmen

Ollie Update

Ollie has a problem, he is terrified of his food dish. (hey! stop looking at the picture and thinking how cute he is, and pay attention!!) He's always been a little bit funny with the food bowl. He'll sneak up to it and grab 1 or 2 pieces and run far away and eat them, and then slowly go back for a few more. At first we thought that maybe he had been the runt and he had to be sneaky to get past his brothers & sisters. But shouldn't he be over that by now? And I actually think it's getting worse. The volume of food he is consuming just isn't enough for a growing boy. It's not the bowl its self because we've tried several. It's not the food, because he'll eat it just fine if we take it out of the bowl and put some on the ground.

Zeb tried to cure it by putting Ollie in his crate with the food bowl and, therefore forcing Ollie to get comfortable with being in close proximity to his food dish. Yeah, that didn't work. Ollie just sat shaking and terrified in the back of the crate until I told Zeb to stop terrorizing him.

Any ideas, or anyone know of a good puppy therapist?

The Office Friday

I was sort of hoping the halloween part would last longer, awesome. Creed was the perfect joker, so scary. Maybe if then need another joker for Batman sequels they can just call him. I also really thought that Dwight's joker was sooo funny. Did anyone actually get what Ryan the Temp was supposed to be?

So looks like Holly is gone...are we thinking that Toby is coming back? I was discussing this with Damon, and he wanted me to relay the message that "toby sucks" to you Gal. :)

Dwight tormenting Andy with the whole Cornell thing? And the interview scene was classic. Loved it, almost felt like the way that Jim usually messes w/ Dwight. Andy as the beat farmer? Ha.

Your comments?
Next week on The Office:
11/06/08: CUSTOMER SURVEY: Jim & Dwight are shocked when they get the result of the annual customer survey report.

Bumper Sticker Update

My apologies, it has been a while, and I know that many of you out there are clamoring for MORE BUMPER STICKERS! To be completely honest I've been totally overwhelmed with the bumper stickers out there. McCain stickers, once a rare sight, are now making a huge comeback (could it be foreshadowing for election day?) But Obama seems to be keeping right on track, as just about everybody and their mom (yes I saw a hand written sign on a car that said "Another Mama for Obama") has one on their car. Although the general trends continue, I am seeing more and more random outliers that defy popular presidential bumper sticker wisdom. It's a tricky one this time around folks.

Sometimes a modest bumper sticker or several just won't due. I wonder if this is the equivalent to the elderly (or visually challenged) buying large font books? Huge McCain Posterboard on what I think is a Bronco? -submitted by Meagan's sister via Meagan.

These two cars were spotted parked outside of a Starbucks in Corvallis. What I wouldn't give to see the owners arrive back at their cars at the same time. I envision a street fight, or possibly a spontaneous political debate (complete with distinguished moderator) breaking out instantaneously. Obama GMC Yukon (huge gas guzzling SUV?!? what Obama?) and a McCain Cadillac -submitted by Paige.

Here's another random one for ya - McCain Geo Metro.
Obama Mini-Cooper -submitted by Scanson.

Awesome! I love this one, although I admit, someone else had reportedly seen another bike with an Obama sticker, this is the first one that I have photographic evidence of. Just because you don't have a car people, it doesn't mean you can't display your political views for all to see. By all means! The next one I want to see is a sticker on a skateboard. Or maybe a McCain sticker on a Tank? or Humvee? Is that too much to ask? -submitted by Scanson

Another one of my more recent personal favorites: Obama Cadillac with the multiplier (I've taken to refering to additional bumper stickers as "multipliers" like on video games, when I see all the extras I hear the 1-Up's going off in my head.) "I'm not suffering from insanity, I enjoy ever minute of it" Hmmm...I don't know how much that one is helping his cause. "I'll have what the crazy guy in the caddy is having."

Because sometimes 2 stickers that say the exact same thing just aren't enough. Is that a Ron Paul sticker on the top right???? McCain/Palin, McCain/Palin Ford -submitted by Shannon via Scanson.

This is Gross

You've probably already seen this, but if you haven't - it's gross. 2nd play on the video & make sure you wait on the replay.

Google Reader & Following Blogs

I am obsessed with following blogs and reading them in my google reader. If you're not using this blogger feature you need to. It is revolutionizing my ability keep up with everyone out there blogging it out. From your blogger dashboard just start entering in the URL's for all the blogs you like to read regularly then click the handy link to "read in google reader" and your life is complete.

If you don't have a blogger account, I'm pretty sure you can still get the google reader to work through gmail, but I certainly can't help you.

Seriously though. My web based how-to skills are lacking, but check it out and let me know if you don't find it pretty awesome too.

p.s. all you out there wondering how Zeb is doing with the Sox eliminated, well he is just fine. He's going through some serious withdrawls and bouts of depression, he has vowed to boycott the world series, but over all us prognosis is good.

Presidential Bumper Sticker Mania

The ballots are out (at least in Oregon where we have mailout ballots) and the '08 presidential campaign is barreling out of control toward it's close. Or something like that. The more intense this race gets, the more intense the bumper stickers are. And the great thing about it is, now people are putting some all out attitude into their vehicle adornments.

"Sarah Palin '08 & That Other Guy" - submitted by Ben

"Obama '08, You can't be serious" -submitted by Scanson

Mitsubishi Galant - McCain/Palin

Acura 3.0CL - Obama/Biden

Toyota Prius - Obama '08

Toyota Highlander - Obama

Toyota Tacoma - McCain/Palin

Subaru Outback - Obama (yes I'm out diligently taking pictures at night too)

Scion Rampvan - Independents for Obama

Honorable Mention: Medium sized nice Chevy Truck - Arabs for McCain, really wish I had a picture for that. Almost as much as I wish I had a picture of the prius with the nasa sticker and the reading is sexy sticker. Get your camera's out people!!!!

Inside the Mind of a Bumper Sticker Connoisseur

Ever since my bumper sticker obsession started, there have been some burning questions that had been haunting my every waking moment, and even some dreams. Okay, that's an exaggeration, but I really had been wondering about some things. You know general bumper sticker etiquette, how long is too long to rock a presidential bumper sticker? how do the serious bumper sticker aficionados out there decide what makes the cut and gets on their car? Lots questions people!!! Well, as luck would have it, Damon hooked me up with just the person to answer my questions. His co-worker Kimber. So without further ado - 6 burning questions with a bumper sticker veteran.

1) Introduce yourself and give us an idea of how you got involved in the world of bumper stickers:

I'm Kimber, I got my first bumper sticker a few years ago (it was on my Mazda 626) It said "Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History." I thought it was clever so when I sold the car I bought the same sticker and put it on the new one.

2) How does a bumper sticker veteran/connoisseur such as yourself decide which stickers make the cut and end up on your car?

It has to say something about me. I currently have 3 stickers on my car: "Well Behaved..." "Women Veterans; It's all about the Chicks" and "Veterans for Obama"

3) Favorite bumper sticker that you have on your car? Favorite sticker that you've seen on another car?

"Well-Behaved Women" is my favorite. One sticker that I thought was funny was "If God didn't want us to eat animals, why did He make them out of meat?" I used to have "A woman's place is in the House, the Senate, and the Oval Office" but I took it off when Hillary was running since I was an Obama supporter (I didn't want to send mixed messages). I liked the IDEA of a woman president but not THAT woman.

4) Displaying the sticker of a presidential candidate is a slippery slope, do you ever get any flack from random people who disapprove of your politics? What is your reaction?

I've never been negatively approached by anyone because of the bumper-stickers. I think for the most part people are pretty respectful of differing opinions. Even though I can't imagine why anyone would support John McCain, it's their right to do so.

5) How will you know when it's time to take off your Obama sticker? After the election? If he wins does it stay? If he loses does it go? What if he were to become a 2 term president? Would it last 8 years? Will you keep it for the life of the car? The people want to know.

Nope, the "Veterans for Obama" sticker is coming off November 5th. Well, definitely by inauguration day. When he runs for his second term in 4 years, I'll get a new sticker.

6) I saw a pick-up over the weekend with a 'W' 04 sticker, I gotta admit,
at this point that's pretty obnoxious. Do you ever worry that you'll become "that guy"?

I will never, EVER, become "that guy."

I think that sums it up, people who rock bumper stickers take great care in what they choose to represent on their ride. But to all those bumper sticker loving, presidential candidate supporting Americans out there - take a lesson from Kimber and exercise some responsibility with your auto adhesive. Don't let me catch you rocking your Gore/Lieberman sticker in 2008.

I Heart Oregon

A few weeks ago while on an Obama bumper sticker rampage I spotted a car with one of these funny stickers. What did it mean, I heart Oregon? Oregon hearts green? Green hearts in Oregon? I kind of got the point, but it was still a mystery. Until one of my softball girls pointed out that there is a website that exists solely to explain this phenomenon. Bottom line: the guy who invented these stickers is a lunatic. Entertaining, but a lunatic. For a good laugh, check out the site & read through the various sections.