In response to Leopold Bloom's plea for a DLD, ta-da, here we are. It's been a while since I've posted one, but college is boring and I'm sure I haven't lost my touch ;]

March 24 is the 83rd day of the year (84th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 282 days remaining until the end of the year.

March 24th is the 83rd day of the year. There are 282 days remaining until the end of the year, 13 days until Opening Day, 17 days until the home opener and 19 days until I go see Britney Spears in concert.

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Fastball, curveball, slider, change.

Fastball, curveball, slider, change.

Fastball, curveball, slider, change.

This is what makes sense to me. 

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MORNING!!!!

It's Monday, October 27, 2008! While I SHOULD be celebrating the fact that my first class of the day was cancelled, I'm slightly annoyed because I'm locked out of my building and my room until my roommate gets out of class. So, that means you guys are stuck with me until then :]

October 27th is the 301st day of the year. There are 65 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today on this date... well, actually, today was a very violent day in the history of the world, so we'll disregard that tidbit.

Happy birthday to Erik Kloeker (American juggler), Brady Quinn (the next Aaron Rogers), Brad Radke (pitched clincher of ALDS 2006) and Kelly Osbourne ('nuff said).

Happy deathday to Joe Niekro, Princess Sophie von Hohenberg, and Rod Roddy.

Now that we've got all that out of the way...

How High School Musical Conquered the World

There may be someone on earth — a cloistered abbess, perhaps, or a Taliban soldier in a particularly remote post — who has yet to learn that High School Musical 3 opened last Friday. (It promptly leaped to the top of the box office, to the tune of a $42 million weekend take.) But it's a rare human who hasn't at least heard of the Disney tween hit, given the passion of its fans and the zeal of Disney's promotion. What began two years ago as a made-for-cable kids' movie about American teens playing basketball and putting on a show has mushroomed into a global phenomenon, with followers from Caracas to Cambodia and a breathtaking range of platforms: a stage show, a concert tour, reality shows, a book publishing series (50 million copies sold in 24 languages) and scores of tie-ins from breakfast cereals to Bible study guides.

I'm guilty of going to see High School Musical 3 this weekend... twice.

Rockies' Vizcaino arrested on suspicion of drunken driving

TAMPA (AP) — Colorado Rockies pitcher Luis Vizcaino is behind bars after police in Tampa say he was driving under the influence.

Vizcaino was arrested around 1:30 a.m. Monday. Officers said he was speeding in a 2009 Cadillac — 71 mph in a 45 mph zone — when they pulled him over.

Ovechkin to miss game to be with ill grandfather, report says

Alex Ovechkin's 203-game streak will end Tuesday as he misses at least one game to spend time with his ailing grandfather in Russia, the Washington Times reported Monday.

Ovechkin, who has missed only one game in his four-year career with theCapitals, will be replaced on the top line by Brooks Laich.

Men nabbed after playing 'chicken' with police car

Three Oklahoma City men were arrested after playing "chicken" with a police car. Police said a 23-year-old man drove his car at the oncoming patrol car driven by Capt. J.D. Reid and didn't move until Reid swerved out of the way. Reid then chased the car until it crashed. The driver was found inside the car, another 22-year-old man was found lying outside the vehicle and a third man was found hiding behind a traffic sign.

British pub-goers may buy their beer a new way

Britain's beloved pint may be facing a downsizing.

The office that sets measurement standards said Friday that its proposed two-thirds pint measure for draft beer and cider could be on tap as soon as April.

Proponents of the new glass size say they like it because it would give consumers more options at the bar.

The pint is so much a part of British life that it survived the European Union switch to half-liters. And there already is a half-pint glass for those who want a lighter lunch or a clearer head.

Supporters of the new-size glass hope it will appeal to female drinkers, who traditionally eschew a full pint.

"It's hard ordering a drink on a date," said Emma Ross, 28, a postgraduate student having a beer with lunch in a London pub. "If I order a half-pint, it's ladylike, but where's my sense of adventure? If I order a pint, I know how to have a good time, but I don't want to advertise it to every guy standing at the bar."

 

700-Pound Man Marries in Mexico

MONTERREY, Mexico (Oct. 27) - The world's heaviest man has tied the knot. Manuel Uribe, who hasn't left his bed in six years, married his longtime girlfriend Claudia Solis Sunday in northern Mexico. Wearing a white silk shirt with a sheet wrapped around his legs, Uribe smiled as Solis, 38, walked down a flight of stairs wearing a strapless ivory dress, a tiara and hot-pink lipstick. He later broke into tears as a notary declared the couple husband and wife in a civil ceremony attended by more than 400 guests. For the traditional first dance as newlyweds, Uribe and Solis held hands and swayed to a romantic ballad.

OH! And congratulations to Cupcakes :] He deserves a round of applause! 

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Dump awayyyyy :]

Morning!!!!! Wake up!!!! It's August 18, 2008!!

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY BEFORE FRESHMAN MOVE IN AT UOP!!!!

AHHH!!!!!

Okay. I'm calm.

August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 135 days remaining until the end of the year.

On this date today, helium was discovered, Jimi Hendrix played the last unofficial day of Woodstock, and Dennis Rader was sentenced to 125 years in prison.

Happy Birthday to Frances Bean Cobain (daughter Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love), Selena Silver (don't say anything if you know who she is), Edward Norton, Felipe Calderon, and Robert Redford.

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I know people don't post as much on the weekends, but no matter. There's some very sad news today.

Bernie Mac Dies at 50

Comedian and Chicago native Bernie Mac died early Saturday morning from complications due to pneumonia, his publicist confirmed.

Mac, 50, had been hospitalized for about a week at Northwestern Hospital, according to his spokeswoman. A few years ago, Mac disclosed that he suffered from sarcoidosis, a rare autoimmune disease that causes inflammation in tissue, most often in the lungs.

The comic born Bernard Jeffrey McCullough could cut an imposing figure. He stood 6-foot-3, was built like a fullback and carried himself with a bouncer's reticence. But perhaps the strongest weapon in the Chicago comedian's arsenal was that voice, that amalgam of thought and a delivery that could rise like a tidal wave, outpace a Gatling gun and remained, to his last days, loud and unapologetic.

I'm at a loss for words. The guy was fantastic. May he rest in peace.

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Happy August 8th! I'm not at work today, but since I woke up at an indecently early hour this morning (in proportion the the atrociously late hour that I went to bed last night), I decided to give you all a little happiness in your day. I mean, what would you do without a little GNGG in your morning? :] 

August 8 is the 220th day of the year (221st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 145 days remaining until the end of the year.

Happy Birthday to Roger Federer, (the reject tennis player) Drew Lachey (the reject 98 Degrees brother), J.C. Chasez (the reject *NSYNC Some Girls Dance With Women perv) and Emiliano Zapata (the BA Mexican with a sick moustache).

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With exactly TWO WEEKS left before I move into college, therefore beginning my life (or ending it, in some's opinions), I decided to terrorize AN with a true GNGG DLD. WOO HOO!

August 5 is the 217th day of the year (218th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 148 days remaining until the end of the year.

Happy Birthday to Carl Crawford, Mark Mulder, Eric Hinske and John Olerud. Oh, and Princess Irene of the Netherlands, too!

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I'm attempting to think of something witty, baseball related that I could write here, but it's impossible. I have nothing. I don't have something funny to write about. I don't have a poignant story that parallels the situation in my life right now. I don't have a thought-provoking question that causes you to doubt life's purpose. I just don't.

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I cried on Thursday afternoon. They weren't tears of sorrow or tears of joy. They weren't tears of excitement or tears of confusion. On the contrary, these were tears of apprehension. My AP English teacher had given us the UC admissions essay prompts.

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HAPPY AUGUST FOURTEENTH!!!!!!

Today is the 226th day of the year. Happy birthday to...

Cupid Childs, Paul "Daffy" Dean, some guy named Steve Martin, hot stuff Halle Berry, baseball player Juan Pierre, soccer player Jared Borgetti, and this other dude named Magic Johnson.

In the United States, today is National Creamsicle Day. Forget the diet. Have a Creamsicle :)

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