I've got the right stuff...baby

Well as embarrassed as I am to admit that I've been once after tonight I will have to admit I've been twice.  New Kids On The Block... they just won't die.  I'm not sure how old these guys are now but they must have some pretty big bills to pay for them to be back on tour after a thousand years of not being in the spot light. 

So, Bud, the second time you have been?  Yes, in third grade I went with my two older sisters.  I don't know how old they were (although I could do the math) or if we were old enough to go by ourselves but I am pretty sure mom and dad weren't there...it was just us kids. And now after like 20 years of therapy to finally put the tragic memories behind me, the wifey drags me back.  

For those that may not know, I have learned that there is a pretty strong market for concert tickets. Long story short, I promised Carrie Underwood Tickets to a good looking girl for her birthday, but forgot to buy them when they went on sale.  Introduction to third party ticket sales, and I realize people charge A LOT of money for concert tickets to suckers who just were too lazy to log onto Ticketmaster.com in a timely manner.  So, now I buy tickets to concerts when they go on sale and re-sell them to suckers, i mean people that were to lazy to log into Ticketmaster.com in a timely manner.  Well, one weekend I had a list of concerts that were going on sale and gave the list to the wifey and had her buy tickets. The guidance I gave her, was if you would want the tickets personally, then buy them. When I returned home, I found out she had not just bought a pair of tickets... she bought 3 pairs.  Each time she checked for tickets the seats just kept getting better and better, so she kept buying and buying.  Little did we know at the time the only other people buying tickets for the concert was people like us trying to make money.  So let's just say the concert isn't sold out and demand has been low. So now I have a pair of tickets that didn't sell and we are going.  That's right. We are Hanging Tough.  Now I have flashbacks of my mom and the PTA mothers doing a dance to the song hanging tough in my head that will take 20 more years of therapy to repress.  

No big deal. Not mad at the wifey. The ticket selling thing has mostly been just for fun and something to do. I lose on a few (NKOTB) and win on a few (Eric Clapton 4th Row at the Hollywood Bowl, awesome rate of return on those tickets) but no worries.  So tonight for our 5th year anniversary we will be going "step by step" to the concert hoping that I "please don't (have to) go, girl".  And yes, those were New Kids Song titles.  

I'm not a proud man, people. Not a proud man.

And instead of a question today I bring you the WTF? moment of the day...

From an actual ad in Japan: (click on picture to see a larger, easier to read version)

Those crazy Japans...

I don't read so good...

So I mentioned before that I have a triathlon this Saturday...well a guy at work, let's call him Capt Reservist (for obvious reason, he is a reservist) is also in the same triathlon.  I mentioned it was on Saturday and he was like "um, no it is on Sunday". I quickly pull out my handy dandy pocket organizer and check. Sure enough, Saturday.  I just checked online and the race is on Sunday. I don't read so good. Numbres were always touhg. Sometimse I swicth around numbers and such. Regradless, the race is on Sunday.  

1500m swim, 40Km bike, and 10k run.  Or for those in America... just under a mile swim, 22mile bike ride and a 5.5 mile run. We hold on tightly to the Imperial system, don't we?

Well just like my sister's blog started off about her and her running shoes, and she probably doesn't know when the last time she ran was... this blog started off to track my training for the Florida Ironman.  But, that dream will have to be put on hold. It seems there is a war going on in Afghanistan and I am the only person in the world that can save the day.  Sarcasm? So in about a month I will be, yet again, deploying but to Afghanistan this time.  After this deployment I will have been to every front line the Marine Corps has.  Iraq...check, Horn of Africa...check, Islamic terrorist cells in Indo-China...check, War in the pacific...check, Kuwait...check.  I think the only thing I am missing is south america and no one really cares about SOUTHCOM right now.  Oh but we will. Give it 10-15 years, and I guarantee South America will be the new Iraq... just guessing. But I digress. 

So I am deploying in about a month and I will be there for six months.  So there we are. Now you know, and knowing is half the battle... G.I. Joe!!

And tonight's random question...

What was your favorite childhood toy/tv show?  Mine would be G.I. Joe or Thundercats.  Although I have to admit, I had quite a collection of Transformers too.  What say you?

PS: If you read this but don't provide input in the form of comments/answers to my questions then you suck. 

And they did it again...

I am an uncle again for the third time. Here are some pics of my sister's new beautiful baby girl.

Little bit is so cute btw...

Me - Out

So what is the difference between...

a really big cupcake and a regular cake?  My buddy Capt Ponch brought cupcakes to work today from a local bakery.  This particular bakery claims to make the biggest cupcake.  My buddy asked what was the difference between the regular cupcakes he was buying and the "biggest" ones.  The girl at the counter told him the "biggest" ones could be cut and eaten by 16-20 people.  What? Is that even considered a cupcake anymore?  Isn't that just a cake?  So I pondered this for most of the day (ahh the life, you are jealous. you wish you could sit around and ponder the difference between a big cupcake and a regular cake).  So here is what I thought of... a cake us flat on the sides (round, square or rectangle) and there is  one solid edge that connects the side(s) to the top. A cupcake (much like a muffin) is straight on the sides but "muffin tops" out from the side.  But is this just a gimmick because lets be serious. A cake is a one piece baked good to be eaten by many. Cupcakes on the other hand are individual baked goods to be eaten individually.  I guess though if you are a fat person and you could eat a whole cake then that last point is moot.  Hmmm what say all of you?

Ok today my shin splints put my almost out of commission.  I am icing them now....mmm icing.  Sorry, had a fat kid moment day dreaming of icing.  My shins hurt so I will focus on biking and swimming for now.  I have lifted the rule that I have to run to the gym... for now anyways. 

ARSM out

By the way, while spell checking this post I just learned eaten is spelled e-a-t-e-n and not spelled e-a-t-t-e-n.  And now I know...

What?

Am I the only person I know that doesn't have punctuation in their blog title?

If you will note the right side of my blog ----->

goes on runs has a period (insert inappropriate joke about not menstruating due to being pregnant)

get your floaties has ... at the end

this is us (much like her husband's blog) has ... at the end

Me: no punctuation.

Instead of adding unnecessary punctuation to my blog title I could just meet new people and add their non-punctuation marked blog titles to my blog list...

hmmm... an intriguing idea.

Fun game... how many words can you spot that I misspelled?  Stay tuned for tomorrow's blog where the wifey will tell me (and I in turn tell you) how may words I spelled incorrectly.

ARSM out