and would anyone care? probably not. not even me. i’m tired, i’m behind on work, both for “teh job” and my photography stuff, and while hooking back up with my family yesterday was most pleasant, i’m already tired of my children’s propensity to squabble over nothing. as you might have guessed, this has been an emotionally stressful week.
at any rate, i’ve been out in Rockford, IL for the USYSA Region II Soccer Championships, because I’m one of those dumb-ass referees. the games were great, the politics were stupid, and holy shit, certain coaches from the Chicago area seriously need to get real lives and while doing so, strongly consider the example they set for their players as adults.
i’m now in Galena, IL just for today; we head back to Sioux Falls tomorrow. i’m woefully behind on the news. i’ve managed to see a few headlines and such and make a couple of comments on some of the blogs in my blogroll, but that’s about it. in other words, i can’t really conjure anything worthwhile to post about today, with the focus being on temporary child entertainment.
so in the meantime, at the risk of pandering to the eccentricities of Technorati, go read these blogs.
every single damn one of them.
daily.
repeatedly.
do it now!!!!!
peace.
Profile: i write things. sometimes not too poorly, even. i photograph things. i don't capture them, but i render how the appeared to me, or perhaps how i might have seen them if i'd been looking in a different way. i don't believe in finalities, and new beginnings are old hat with me. i am not what i appear to be, or even what i think i am. i am, in a nutshell, a nut. eat me, or feed me to an elephant.
17 Comments, Comment or Ping
FranIam
I did not think you were dead, but I was worried about missing.
Sorry I have been a useless co-poster here of late. A combo of busy and of being in a very God-ish space. Which is not to say I can’t write here, but my writing has been a bit philosophical of late.
Hang in there and I will come up with some snarkifed shit soon. I did see some Jeebus bandaids at the card store yesterday and thought of you and your Jesus shit.
Jun 26th, 2008
fairlane
Thanks for the link holmes.
I apologize for not visiting.
To be honest, I’m struggling with this whole “Blogging” thing, and haven’t been visiting much of anyone for the last couple of months.
I’ll do better.
peace
Jun 26th, 2008
ClapSo
HEY!
Last time I checked on your blog, ya had no posts for a while, so I thought you shit the bed…
Glad the sheets are clean and you’re back to posting!
The scientifically impossible I do right away
The spiritually miraculous takes a bit longer
Jun 26th, 2008
freida bee
I would care. Do you wear one of those black and white shirts? Rrraarr.
Jun 26th, 2008
darkblack
Help, I’m trapped in a snarkatorium next to dodgy bloggers - Send lawyers, guns, and Cheetos.
;>)
Jun 26th, 2008
Pissed in NYC
Glad to hear you aren’t lying face down in a pool of your own vomit. Enjoy the trip. We’ll be here when you get back.
Jun 26th, 2008
Zaius Nation
Rumors of your demise appear to have been greatly exaggerated.
Jun 27th, 2008
distributorcap
well refereeing soccer is a lot better than the alternative
glad you are around
and i still have to type my name in every time!
Jun 28th, 2008
commander other
set otherwhirled.com as a trusted site? wordpress is setup to remember you, but your browser security settings might override that.
Jun 28th, 2008
Comrade Kevin
Dear So-Called Adults,
Start acting like one.
And, by the way, your children are NOT special.
Jun 28th, 2008
commander other
yeah, exactly. i do three games for our local men’s league tomorrow. it’s always the same. “but ref, why don’t i get to act like a pissant baby? i just wanna do whatever i want! isn’t that okay?”
Jun 28th, 2008
Spartacus
CO - Thanks for the link. Safe travels back to Sioux Falls. When the kids start to squabble, crank up the car stereo on some music they hate or you can do the “la la la la la…I’m not listening” chant. That works too….sometimes.
Jun 28th, 2008
commander other
lol…been back a couple of days now, and am still in “catching up” mode (as opposed to the mid-1980’s “Catching Up with Depeche Mode” mode). the shit we do for kids, though, huh?
and ironically, none of mine even play soccer anymore.
now, o goody-goody-goo, i get to go fucking mow the fucking lawn. i’m fucking ecstatic, if you couldn’t tell. largely because thanks to work and other responsibilities, i didn’t get to go to a TKD tournament today where i am told, given the number of participants at my age/skill level, i would have (literally) kicked ass.
{sigh}
Jun 28th, 2008
Connecticut Man1
I thought you fell asleep at the keyboard. I played a lot of soccer when I was younger. When a ref stinks our team would never piss and moan about it… We had set plays to drill the ball at his head. The poor guys never saw it coming.
Jun 30th, 2008
commander other
oh. that was YOU!
Gaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!
(we did the same shit when we were kids, too)
Jun 30th, 2008
Jack Carlson
Thanks for the mention, and welcome back to the grind. I’ll expect to see you daily in my RSS reader.
Jul 1st, 2008
commander other
geez, no pressure, eh, Jack?!?! i’ll TRY on the DAILY thing, but no promises!
Jul 1st, 2008
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