Inspiration

Two weeks ago, on Sunday September 14th or week 2 of the 08 NFL Season, winds from Hurricane Ike came into Louisville. The storm caused major damage and left over 200,000 people and businesses without power.

I didn't even realize that there was a storm because I slept through the worst part of it. I woke up about 15 minutes before the 1:00 o'clock games and about 5 minutes before my power went out.

I was FUCKING PISSED and frantically searched for one of the radios that you can put big fat double D batteries in the back of because I DON'T miss Football games during the season for ANY FUCKING REASON AT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Natural Disasters don't concern me, Admiral.

My wife, who I believe prioritises better than me, went to the front door to take a look outside. Two houses down from us a tree had fallen on both of our neighbor's cars and part of their roof.

A minute later our power came back on and stayed on. Later in the day there was some storm issues with the CBS feed and channel 5 was out for about 20 minutes. AGAIN I WAS REALLY FUCKING PISSED because it was interfering with my ability to watch football.

As bad as my day was going I think my neighbor was having a worse day...

It took over a week to restore power to everything and we even took in two refuges from the storm for over a week. Two nice girls named Angie and Erika.

Erika wound up cooking dinner and washed the dishes almost every night of the week that they were with us and by the end of the week I asked her if we could rent her indefinitely. I even thought about setting fire to her house while she was at work so she would have to move in.

Work was a FUCKING NIGHTMARE that week.

A week after that I read something about our country being in the worst economical shape it's been in since the depression. For the first time in along time my faith was shaken...

All seemed lost and I was starting to think that maybe all that make believe I've ever heard about the Apocalypse wasn't really make believe at all, but then I discovered that NKOTB are back in the game and once more I am full of hope and inspiration. Things are going to be ok folks.

So whenever you feel that there's no hope and things are at their worst just remember that Step by Step anything is possible.

Step 1: We can have lots of fun.

Step 2: There's so much we can do.

Step 3: It's just you and me.
Step 4: I can give you more.

Step 5: Don't you know the time has arrived.

Banality is a symptom of non-communication. Men hide behind their cliches.

-Eugene Ionesco

willsix here.

There is SUCH a fine line between homage and plagiarism. Fortunately, the writers of Heroes appear to be completely unaware of it. I can think of no other reason for this sad lack of originality, creativity, or, frankly, taste.

Mohinder Suresh























is...the...FLY



I think the creators of the show have a message for us. I think this is it:



That being said, I still love future Peter Petrelli with facial scar. And when the hell will we ever get Hiro with slicked hair, sword, and fluent English? I LOVE that.

p.s. - part of the reason for this post is so that I don't have to look at Tom-f'ing-Brady anymore. It's time for you guys to get over your man-crushes. Seriously.

Tom Brady's Injury

I just got out of the psyche-ward this morning and as I type this tears are streaming down my face. I just can't get over the injury to Tom Brady's knee even though I've been pumped up with enough Anti-psychotics to sedate an elephant.

Brady is like a God to me. He's a guaranteed hall of fame QB, and clearly the greatest football player ever to play the game. There's no doubt in my mind that Tom is better than Rice, Taylor, and Montana all put together. The man's always dressed like a million bucks and I'm also pretty sure that he drives a really nice car.

As part of my therapy while I was in the hospital it was suggested to me to write a letter to Tom and share with him how I feel.

Dear Thomas,

I'm you're biggest fan, and what happened to you last Sunday is a tragedy of epic proportion. I would give anything to see you on the gridiron next Sunday. I'd even be willing to donate one of my knees to you. That's how much you mean to me, but I know my inferior genetics have no place in your body.

As of right now, I'm placing myself on injured reserve from society until you are 100 percent healthy and back on the football field beating feeble teams like the Jets in to submission by a score of 72 to 3. I'll still watch every New England Patriots game though, cause I know that's what you would want me to do.

In the meantime I will keep a constant vigil and pray for you no less than 50 times a day.

Your Disciple,
Corky

Please Note: I was going to leave this post as a comment over at Jay's blog this morning but it just got way too big.

Important information that you need to know!

Right now Max is taking a nap. He's sleeping on a pillow in the living room. Please try and remember to be as quiet as possible when leaving a comment. I would hate for the jingle alert that the email makes every time I get a new comment to wake him up. He woke up kind of early today. 7:00 AM if I'm not mistaken.

Usually he sleeps until 8 and on really lazy days he sleeps all the way till 9. Sleeping till 10:00 AM is unheard of for Max.

My sleeping schedule on the other hand is all sorts of fucked up.

As some of you probably suspected I work at night. That's why when I leave a comment on most blogs the time stamp usually indicates that it's some absurd hour of the night. My friends in other countries probably don't notice this as much because they live across some random ocean and probably just assume that I'm independently wealthy and can blog or leave a comment whenever I want to. Unfortunately, that's not the case.

Since I don't work Friday or Saturday I usually just stay up during the day when I get home from work on Friday and go to sleep at a normal time on Friday night. Then on Sunday night (the start of my work week) I go in exhausted from being up all day watching football, eating, and spending time with the fam.

From Monday through Thursday I adjust my sleeping schedule according to Allyson's work and school schedule. It's madness really.

Back during the Summer when I was reading the Harry Potter books some days I would be so enthralled in what I was reading that I would not sleep when I was supposed and I would go over 24 hours without sleep.

Obviously my sleep deprivation was at its worst when I was reading the last two books. It was worth it for the most part, but now I realize that reading books really isn't conducive to my life style and is colossal waste of time right now.

Maybe when Allyson's out of school and Max is in school my sleep pattern will be more regular and then I'll be able to spend an endless amount of time getting lost in some book. Maybe next time I'll read about some kid who decides to float down the Mississippi River on a raft.

It's now 1:09 PM and Max is still asleep in the living room on a pillow. I wonder if he's drooled on it...

PS Max usually sleeps with his eyes closed, but in this pic he's sleeping with his eyes open and it almost looks like he was looking at me.

Forgot About Corky

I must insist on apologizing for my inexplicable absence over the last couple of weeks. I can't recall what happened... I remember publishing my last post on August 19th and the next thing I know I'm waking up in my bed this morning and it's September 1st. Just like that.

I know that I pretty much hate the month of August, but do I hate it enough to have blacked it out of my mind? Or perhaps someone has been penetrating my mind by using Occlumency on me...

According to Allyson, August wasn't even that hot or humid this year (A rarity for Louisville, Kentucky). Yet I still can't remember a single minute of the time between August 19th and when I woke up this morning. Strange.

But it's hot today though and I seem to be in my right mind and I'm feeling fantastic so all is right with the Corky. The log's peak season starts this month. It's going to be very busy around here! Lots to cover: Presidential elections, football season, new television season, holidays, birthdays, but most importantly my thoughts and feelings.

So now please sit down and relex with a nice cold drink and enjoy this phenomenal video that has been provided by Youtube.