He's Marc, He's Marc, He's Marc, and he's So French.

First off, GO PENS! We got Sidney Crosby, BITCHES!!! By the time they're the Portland Penguins in '07, they'll be RACKING UP Cups!

now- on to the Frenchmen.

1) Blog Name: TOPSHELF22
2) why is your Blog Name your Blog Name: my hockey # is 22 and I like
to shoot the puck up high (usually the top right hand corner)
3) any other nicknames we should know about/ make fun of you for?
T-bone, Tae-Bo, Frenchy, Marcus Aurilius, Retard...

FAVOURITES:
1) movie: Braveheart, Slapshot, Say Anything, Empire Records, Bad
Boys, Good Will Hunting, Office Space, Mallrats
2) tv show: Seinfeld (i'll take reruns over any show on TV right now),
24, Family Guy, Entourage
3) movie quote: Why shouldn't I work for the N.S.A.? That's a tough
one, but I'll give it a shot. Say I'm working at N.S.A. Somebody puts
a code on my desk, something nobody else can break. So I take a shot
at it and maybe I break it. And I'm real happy with myself, 'cause I
did my job well. But maybe that code was the location of some rebel
army in North Africa or the Middle East. Once they have that location,
they bomb the village where the rebels were hiding and fifteen hundred
people I never had a problem with get killed. Now the politicians are
sayin', "Send in the marines to secure the area" 'cause they don't
give a shit. It won't be their kid over there, gettin' shot. Just like
it wasn't them when their number was called, 'cause they were pullin'
a tour in the National Guard. It'll be some guy from Southie takin'
shrapnel in the ass. And he comes home to find that the plant he used
to work at got exported to the country he just got back from. And the
guy who put the shrapnel in his ass got his old job, 'cause he'll work
for fifteen cents a day and no bathroom breaks. Meanwhile my buddy
from Southie realizes the only reason he was over there was so we
could install a government that would sell us oil at a good price. And
of course the oil companies used the skirmish to scare up oil prices
so they could turn a quick buck. A cute little ancillary benefit for
"them butit ain't helping my buddy at two-fifty a gallon. And
naturally they're takin' their sweet time bringin' the oil back, and
maybe even took the liberty of hiring an alcoholic skipper who likes
to drink martinis and play slalom with the icebergs, and it ain't too
long 'til he hits one, spills the oil and kills all the sea life in
the North Atlantic. So my buddy's out of work and he can't afford to
drive, so he's got to walk to the job interviews, which sucks 'cause
the shrapnel in his ass is givin' him chronic hemorrhoids. And
meanwhile he's starvin' 'cause every time he tries to get a bite to
eat the only blue plate special they're servin' is North Atlantic
scrod with Quaker State. So what do I think? I'm holdin' out for
somethin' better. Why not just shoot my buddy, take his job and give
it to his sworn enemy, hike up gas prices, bomb a village, club a baby
seal, hit the hash pipe and join the National Guard? I could be
elected president. (YEAH I HAD TO LOOK THAT ONE UP ON IMDB.COM)
4) real life quote: MY MOM ALWAYS USED TO SAY "DON'T PUT OFF UNTIL
TOMORROW WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY" BUT I USUALLY LIVE BY "DON'T DO TODAY
WHAT YOU CAN PUT OFF UNTIL TOMORROW"
5) fast food: TACO BELL
6) movie of the last year: HAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE (DON'T
COMMENT UNTIL YOU'VE SEEN IT) AND NOW WEDDING CRASHERS
7) video game: ALL THE MADDENS OR NHL HOCKEY
8) band: DISPATCH, PAT MCGEE BAND, BEN HARPER, DAVE MATTHEWS BAND (SEE
A THEME?). FAV RIGHT NOW IS THE KILLERS THOUGH
9) Song of the Day - MR. BRIGHTSIDE

BLOG STUFF:
1) favourite blog moment: APK'S FIRST POST AFTER THE PATS BEAT THE
STEELERS IN THE AFC CHAMPIONSHIP
2) favourite blog post-category (Link of the Day, I Am the Law!, Bows
and Toes, etc.): FUNDAMENTAL RULES OF LIFE AS A GUY
3) why do you keep coming back?: KEEP IN TOUCH AND BECAUSE I'M BORED AT WORK
4) Besides, "actually frakkin' write more, dammit!" What's your best
piece of advice to make the Kingdom better?: I RECOMMEND YOU STOP
BEING SUCH A F@GGOT! JUST KIDDING, THAT'S A FORGOTTEN LINE FROM OLD
SCHOOL.

Adam Type Questions
1) If you could be any superhero, who would you be, and why? ANYONE
WHO CAN FLY - SELF EXPLANATORY
2) If you could have dinner with any three people ever, who would it
be, and why? WAYNE GRETZKY (HE IS THE GREATEST HOCKEY PLAYER WHO EVER
LIVED), GHANDI (IF HE'S NOT FASTING THAT DAY), AND JERRY SEINFELD. IF
GHANDI WAS FASTING, MY ALTERNATE WOULD BE KATHY IRELAND CIRCA 1990 - I
WAS IN LOVE W/ HER!
3) If you could eliminate any one athlete from the history of the
world, who would it be, and why? ANDY VAN SLYKE - BECAUSE HE'S ADAM'S
FAVORITE

and finally:
Tell us either a good story, or something that pisses you off, pet-peeve style.
Professional athletes who strike because they claim they aren't making
enough money and team owners who cancel a full season of a sport

"It's the End of the World as We KNow It...(and I feel fine.)"

I should be more scared, right?

Or have I just resigned myself to defeat?

Maybe I'm just confident, I dunno. I know that I'm less than 60 hours away from the two most important days, ever, and it's not really bothering me. I don't feel the least bit prepared, and I feel a general sense of fear, but I'm not "emotionally distressed" (to cop a term from the ol' Torts Conviser).

I know that, because of the way I've pretty much coasted through life, I've felt a distinct feeling that someday, the other shoe would drop. Since it hasn't happened yet, and the most bitterly ironic moment for it to do so would manifest itself as "not passing the bar," I think I've become convinced it's an unavoidable truth in my life: I will fail the first time. But, since I can't even be a fatalist (for once) without being overly analytical, I realize that believing I'll fail will merely result in a self-fulfilling prophecy.

So what do I truly believe?

It's gonna be close, folks. Real close. I'm predicting, right now, that, with a 272 (i think) needed, I'm clocking in somewhere between 265 and 280. Do I think I could've studied more. Surely, I mean- I certainly slept over the last few months. I had some fun, and I stayed sane. Would I have been able to sleep or kept my wits in light of all that hardcore studying? I doubt it. And in doing so, I would've crashed/burned/melted down while taking the exam. Looking back on the preparation-- I'm pretty happy with the amount of work I've put into it.

I just don't feel ready.
Though, I suspect, no one in these situations ever really does. I was expressing someone, the other night, these feelings while trying to refrain from being overly-melodramatic, and she sort of summarily dismissed them, saying that taking the Bar's not the end of the world, and it's not like I'm going to fight in Iraq, or have my life on the line, and that countless people do things of this level of importance every day.

Frankly, that sort of pissed me off.

I know I'm not going to fight in any war, and I know that plenty of people taking "boards" and big exams, and etc., every day. But that doesn't change the importance, and the pressure of this exam to ME. My life's been building to this week since I was 12 years old, saw A Few Good Men, and decided I was going to be a lawyer. In essence, if I tank it now, it's all been for naught. And that's a massively overwhelming thing to think about. I've had friend after friend tell me that I'm smart, and that they know I'll pass, and all that stuff, but the simple fact of it all is that it just adds to the pressure. Just like having a job, and knowing that I could be the office-disgrace/laughingstock in TWO+ MONTHS when the results FINALLY come out, has merely added to the pressure.

In essence, when you're the "smart one," you're not supposed to ever fail. And i've never failed anything more than a quiz. So is this time where I drop the ball? Is this the time where I find out that my Big Dream to be Lt. Danny Kaffee some day just goes up in smoke?

I don't frakkin' think so.

One of my favorite lines in any movie comes from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn, where you find out that, yet again, Capt. Kirk has cheated death, played his cards, and come up a winner. With a simple smirk towards his bemused shipmates, the Immortal Shatner simply says, "I don't like to lose." (echoing the moral of a story he told moments before). When you don't to lose, you make damn sure that you don't. And I don't like to lose. I refuse to believe that I know that I know how to lose. And that may be one of my great secrets. That's why I don't ever give up on anything.

So I might crash and burn on Tuesday, who knows? (We certainly won't until October). If I do, the test'll be my bitch in February. But I do know that from now until Thursday, I've got to simply believe that there's absolutely no way that I lose. And that's the way it's going to be.

So that's that. Sorry for the meandering diatribe. It was more for me than for any of you.

I'll be back later this week. I do have Marc's bio to post, so it might show up in the next couple days. In the meantime-- DO NOT cheesily reply and wish me luck, and CERTAINLY do not tell me how certain you are i'm going to make it. Just send your Karma my way, and the way of all of the poor bastards about to enter their own private little warzone, and put their dreams on the line.

We can use all the help we can get.
See you on the other side.
-apk

PS: Gooder and I went to a Hootie and the Blowfish concert last night. 1) stop laughing. 2) HOLY CRAP were they GREAT live. I never in a bajillion years expected to be blown away, and it was honestly one of the best shows I've ever seen. Musically ecclectic (the new album's going to be good, i think) and HIGHLY energetic, it's a column all itself. Great, GREAT stuff. Honest.

What can I say..other than this is just Bill being Bill

I wish those of you who don't know Bill, could, because you'd find this pretty funny. Bill's been one of my great friends since the second grade, when I transferred out of parochial school and into the Yough wilderness. We often joke that Bill is so "Bill," that if our friendship with him wasn't going on 20 years, we'd never speak to him. But that's not true...so much. He's one of the most fiercely loyal friends I have, and is the Original Big Dumb Animal. In many regards, he's the Yough Buff, for you D-sonians out there.

The funniest thing: Aunt PK has a crush on him, and says he looks like Kevin Smith. I wish I could make this stuff up.

Most importantly, though he's a MASSIVE Cubs (and Ryne Sandberg) fan, his birthday is MACKOWIAK DAY! and I can give him hell for that for the rest of forever. Sometimes life is swell.

Without further ado, the dossier of Duckbutter.

1) Blog Name Dont have one but if i did lumpy23
2) why is your Blog Name your Blog Name lumpy nickname at work and 23 for
the greatest 2nd baseman ever RYNE SANDBERG
3) any other nicknames we should know about/ make fun of you for? dbutta,
lumpy, billmike, and towmotor bill from the beer dist. where i crashed
through the wall

FAVOURITES:
1) movie The girl next door, empire records, saw I too have a strange addiction to Empire Records, but not quite in THIS high of esteem. Girl Next Door I don't get, to be honest.I watched it just last night, and though Elisha Cuthbert is a VERY special girl, I think I laughed about six times, tops...One thing is certain: Will and I will NEVER agree on movies-- quick story: He once got in a massive debate with Drew and I about how "Braveheart" was no good. After about twenty minutes, he admitted that he had never actually SEEN it, but he KNEW Gibson was only good in comedys like "Maverick," and there's NO WAY (in fact- he issued a Cosalter Guarantee) it could be good. This is the same kid who viamently rejected all things Star Wars for 25 years, then finally WATCHED the Original Trilogy, and called me to tell me how much he loved them, and how sorry he is he didn't watch them sooner.
2) tv show two and a half men, cubs games, the sopranos
3) movie quote Who is your daddy and what does he do? arnold
schwartsneiger** kindergarten cop Hearing Bill try to do a Schwartzenegger impersonation while spouting this line has been one of the Top 6 best moments of my summer.
4) real life quote Some see the glass as half full some see it as half empty
to an engineer the glass is too big PSU prof.
5) fast food sheetz schmagels
6) movie of the last year saw or any that i have bought recently
7) video game ncaa football 2004
8) band montgomery gentry, papa roach, kenny chesney, staind, william hung
i mean hes a one man show
9) Song of the Day well i like video of the day and jessica simpsons these
boots are made for walkin. i mean come on the girl washes the general lee in
a tiny i mean tiny bikini

BLOG STUFF:
1) favourite blog moment the who are my readers questionairre
2) favourite blog post-category (Link of the Day, I Am the Law!, Bows and
Toes, etc.)link of the day
3) why do you keep coming back? just to see what hes gonna say next a
quote from howard sterns private parts
4) Besides, "actually frakkin' write more, dammit!" What's your best piece
of advice to make the Kingdom better? tell us how much you truly hate vin
diesel also my favorite movies include the fast and the furious 1, xxx,
the pacifier, pitch black, and the chronicles of riddick

Adam Type Questions
1) If you could be any superhero, who would you be, and why? gambit i mean
come on the accent the throwing of cards that cool or venom for a bad guy i
mean an evil spider
2) If you could have dinner with any three people ever, who would it be, and
why? 1st would be Ryne Sandberg i mean the greatest second baseman to play
the game i tried to be like him when i play. 2nd i would love to talk and
you can laugh here but michael moore i would love to ask him a few
questions. 3rd would be briana banks cause well shes briana banks and is
just a dream the one i couldnt talk to just cause shes to dumb, jessica
simpson hot but to dumb and thats bad coming from me.
3) If you could eliminate any one athlete from the history of the world, who
would it be, and why?
i would eliminate steve bartman not really an athlete but he did keep the
cubs out of the series 3 years ago, but athlete bill mazeroski for the
simple fact that morons believe he was the greatest 2nd baseman
and finally:
Tell us either a good story, or something that pisses you off, pet-peeve
style. things that piss me off are Pitt fans ok you have 2 maybe 3 winning
years and all the sudden pitt is great im sorry besides the 70 something
season you won a national championship you havent won one since the great
depression. i mean come on PSU has had what 4 decades of winning yah we
have to lose sometime. lets see this year

Ahh, the greatness of Bill.

Come back tomorrow or the next day, I'm expecting these from Gooder and Marc, very soon.

-apk

You know, it's getting hard trying to be clever with everyone's name...

First off, I'd like to thank everyone who's writing these. Tomorrow will be a special day, which you're not going to want to miss- when I post KLE'S bio. And yes, she definitely takes advantage of the opportunity to take a nice big shot at me. God bless her. Coming next Monday, the ever-lovin' Bill from Hutchy, one of my boys since Kindergarten (literally). So buckle up and enjoy-- and write in with your own!

Before I go further, I'd like to address something KLE brought up a long time ago, someone rather. Riley Finn. This is going to go over the heads of 97% of you, but I just like to go on the record as a MONSTER Riley Finn mark. I've just been catching up with the second half of Season 4 on FX, and with only one hour to go (which I'll MISS today...DAMMIT Mini-Bar test!) I still think he's the proverbial shit. It's a pity he's probably going to have to die, either killed by Adam or Faith. Oh well... he's better than Angel.

Now, without further ado, Ladies and Gentlemen, and Marc-- I give you Lauren from Balty-more.

This took an hour of my time when i should have been working. So this post is worth a cool $17. nice.

1) Blog Name
LoFo16
2) why is your Blog Name your Blog Name
Used to be my screename. When JLo changed her name, one of my sorority sisters decided it could work for Lauren Follet too. The fact that it also sounded like RoFo (Royal Farms convenience stores in Bmore) helped it stick.
3) any other nicknames we should know about/ make fun of you for?
None that people actually call me. But my pledging nickname was Cradle Robbing Phi.

FAVOURITES:
1) movie
Almost Famous. Kate Hudson was robbed at the Oscars, and I'll say that until i die.
2) tv show
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Gilmore Girls, West Wing, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
3) movie quote
Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker.
4) real life quote
i don't really have a "quote." more like a mantra: "No regrets." Although for some reason this quote from A Midsummer Night's Dream has stuck with me since 6th grade: "Think me not so low that mine nails cannot reach your eyes."
5) fast food
Wendy's Montery Chicken Ranch Sandwich. Though my tummy hates that it's only around once a year, my hips and ass appreciate its rarity.
6) movie of the last year
Garden State
7) video game
Ever: Super Mario World. Though after the past week in Bmore, Dr. Mario came back to the top. P.S. adam: i kicked heather's ass. so by default, i kicked your ass too. Honorable mentions: Bubble Bobble, Kid Nicky, Ninja Gaiden, SuperMario Bros 3, MarioKart, the original Sonic the Hedgehog, Golden Axe. Also this game, Montezuma's Revenge (actual name) from the Apple IIe.
8) band
Dashboard Confessional
9) Song of the Day
Motown Philly(i think this means of the ones you've listed as Songs of the Day. If it actually means today's song, then anything NOT by Gwen Stefani would be fine)

BLOG STUFF:
1) favourite blog moment
when you changed the title to "The Tom Brady of Blogs"
2) favourite blog post-category (Link of the Day, I Am the Law!, Bows and Toes, etc.)
I gotta go with "comments." For obvious reasons.
3) why do you keep coming back?
something original and funny for my monotonous days.
4) Besides, "actually frakkin' write more, dammit!" What's your best piece of advice to make the Kingdom better?
i have a feeling once you begin at the new job, there will be no limit to the available bloggable material.

Adam Type Questions
1) If you could be any superhero, who would you be, and why?
She-ra. she kicked medieval ass.
2) If you could have dinner with any three people ever, who would it be, and why?
1. the original G-Dub, George Washington. Just because.
2. Bill Clinton. Because i never loved a man the way i love him (for his mind.)
3. One of the guys who owned Studio 54, because i would LOVE to hear the stories.

3) If you could eliminate any one athlete from the history of the world, who would it be, and why?
Barry Bonds. I don't care. He's a cancer.

and finally:
Tell us either a good story, or something that pisses you off, pet-peeve style.
You know how frat boys always say "Dicks before chicks, bros before hos?" I hate that girls RARELY have that loyalty. I don't understand why girls are so naturally inclined to fuck over other girls, even friends. For the most part, guys have this bond, this loyalty that is just foreign to girls. You guys hang out for a day, have some beers, and you're best friends. Girls have to know each other for a long time, feel each other out, test them, just to call another girl a friend. And it's rare that you can find that rare a friendship where you are ABSOLUTELY certain that girl will never fuck you over. I hate that.

and there you have it! That last paragraph basically sums up why I love Lauren so much, despite her propensity for all things Beantown. She's one of us.

Tomorrow, you'll bear witness to the exact opposite.
-apk

Ladies and Gentlemen, Ms. Megan P.

1) Blog Name:
Powersmeg

2) why is your Blog Name your Blog Name:
So I don’t have to think too hard in order to remember my login.

3) any other nicknames we should know about/make fun of you for?
Much to my annoyance my nickname in NYC has become “Megs”. It has stuck and there is nothing I can do about it. FYI: I hate being called Meg. I don’t know why . . .

FAVOURITES:
1) Movie :
Ties-- Laura, Arsenic & Old Lace, On the Waterfront, Clash of the Titans, Back To the Future, Part 1, League of Their Own, LofR: 1-3 Hands down? It Happened One Night.

2) TV show:
Gilmore Girls & Scrubs

3) Movie Quote:
“There's no crying in baseball!”—League of Their Own & “Hiya kids. Here is an important message from your Uncle Bill. Don't buy drugs. Become a pop star, and they give you them for free.”—Love Actually

4) Real Life Quote:
“Nothing that is worth anything in this life comes to you easily.” My dad. :)

5) Fast food:
Wendy’s nuggets

6) Movie of the last year:
Batman Begins

7) Video game:
ermmmm, I couldn’t say.

8) Band:
The Clash, Postal Service, Bright Eyes, Gang of Four, Bloc Party, 311, Death Cab, The Smiths, The Hold Steady, and Andrew Bird.

9) Song of the Day:
“One Minute Man,” Missy Elliot—I discovered my mix cd from the Summer 2001.

BLOG STUFF:
1) Favorite blog moment:
I think the Taco Bell service announcement.

2) Favorite blog post-category (Link of the Day, I Am the Law!, Bows and Toes, etc.)
Bruce, why do we fall?

3) Why do you keep coming back?
The funny stories.

4) Besides, "actually frakkin' write more, dammit!" What's your best piece of advice to make the Kingdom better?
Why don’t you write more about Pittsburgh itself. Little snippets of history, things to do, etc., etc. You know a lot about the city and you love it, so impart the knowledge. Especially with us big city snobs.

Adam Type Questions
1) If you could be any superhero, who would you be, and why?
Elektra. I love the mythology overtones, she can stand up to any opponent, she interacts with Wolverine and well . . . any female super hero that Frank Miller creates in aces in my book.

2) If you could have dinner with any three people ever, who would it be, and why? Katherine Hepburn, quite possibly the best actress and a major player in Hollywood for her entire career; William Shakespeare, I just finished Will in the World and I would love to drink a pint with him; Eleanor of Aquitaine, there is so little known about one of history’s most influential politician and diplomat.

3) If you could eliminate any one athlete from the history of the world, who would it be, and why? Manny Ramirez…grr…after what he did, I lost any grudging respect I had for the Red Sox. I know ESPN considers him the best all-around hitter in the game, but really? Two words: Garry Sheffield. Or how about Vladimir Guerrero?

And there you have it! Thanks for playing, Megan! Up tomorrow, the vivacious Lauren from Baltymore-cum-N'awlins-cum-Beantown

-apk

Just call me "Bill Nye."

Madam I'm Adam

I just received Megan's bio, and will post 'er up tomorrow. In the meantime, I'm bored with Wills and Family Law, so I've decided to take a quick break before the A-S Game, and actually play my own game.

Quick tanget: HOLY FRAK-- BOBBY ABREU! that was the most ridiculous display of power I've ever seen!! ...until three hours later, when ANDRE "the Hawk" DAWSON hit a softball approximately 345 feet. I shit. you not. Did anyone out there see that? MONSTROUS hit. I've never seen anything like that. Ever.

Okay- on to the show! (ps: the Jason Bay 0-10 performance in the Derby sums him up perfectly. When he's hot- he's Hot. When he's not, he's...not. Go Bucs. gbleh.)

Now it's ALL ABOUT ME!

1) Blog Name
Atom13, apk
2) why is your Blog Name your Blog Name
It's been my AOL Screename since 1996. I've signed all my pictures with an 'atom' since the seventh grade, which is a long, geeky story in and of itself. And if you don't know why the 13's there-- you don't know me. apk is obviously my initials. woot.
3) any other nicknames we should know about/ make fun of you for?
This could take a while... Knipper, Knips, Knabe, Knaber, Knobber, Knoreaga, the SunDance Kid, Cheeseburger, Burger, Max, Fetal, Adamition ("the odd addition" -- perhaps my all-time favourite)..and probably many, many, more.

FAVOURITES:
1) movie
The Original Trilogy, A Few Good Men, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Death to Smoochy..those are at least the tip-top of all movies ever.
2) tv show
current- Battlestar Galactica, all time? MacGyver, Spin City, the Carey Lowell years of Law & Order, Star Trek: TNG, Star Trek: Enterprise, 24, Friends, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
3) movie quote
woah..what a tough freakin' question.. I LOVE movie quotes, and practically live my life by them... i'm going to have to pass and REALLY Think about this one-- don't let me get away without answering.
4) real life quote
Id quod fuimus, aut summus, non cras erimus. "What we are and what we were, we will not be tomorrow." -Ovid.
5) fast food
the Club Chalupa. Please come back soon. Also AWESOME is my new discovery- the Breugger's Bagels Cuban softwhich. Holy schnikies! there will be a column on this after the bar..
6) movie of the last year
hmm... The Incredibles, followed VERY closely by Batman Begins
7) video game
NES: Little League Baseball, Mega Man 2, SNES: Super Mario World, Super Star Wars, N64: MarioKart 64, Goldeneye, The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time (best game ever made.) Gamecube: X-Men Legends, I can't wait for the sequel.
8) band
Huey Lewis and the News, Carbon Leaf, Yellowcard, Guns n' Roses, Hootie and the Blowfish
9) Song of the Day
"On Any Given Day" by Carbon Leaf

BLOG STUFF:
1) favourite blog moment
any time someone offers to guest-blog, and I get to be in awe of how well my friends write. Also, probably the short lived, but wildly fantastic Rules of Being a Guy debate, as well as that time that I layeth the smacketh down on KLE's take on my Ovid quote.
2) favourite blog post-category (Link of the Day, I Am the Law!, Bows and Toes, etc.)
I like to write "I AM THE LAW!" probably the most-- but they take an AWFUL lot of time..

3) why do you keep coming back?
I love the friendships that have come from this. My CLOSEST friends don't read this at all (ie: Kup, Nic, etc..) but I don't care, because I'm probably closer to Banner, Staubbie, et al, than I ever was before. And it's how I stay in touch with Marc. Plus, I've MADE friends from this thing-- Lauren, KLE, etc.. That's why I'll keep writing. Also-- it keeps me sane- outlets for my melodrama are CRITICAL.

Adam Type Questions
1) If you could be any superhero, who would you be, and why?
Before he was killed off (he'll be back, though), Hawkeye, from the Avengers. He's in super-great shape, has a cool costume, cool abilities, has been trained by CAp, is an international celebrity, lives in Avengers mansion, gets mad play, is a swell, heroic, everyman character, and doesn't have the baggage of other guys (Batman = dead parents, Spidey, X-Men = everyone hates you). After that, maybe a Green Lantern...

2) If you could have dinner with any three people ever, who would it be, and why?
Jack Kirby, just to talk to the father of comic book art, and pick the brain of a creative genius...Andy Van Slyke, for no other reason than he's my all time favourite athlete/celebrity, and Leonardo DaVinci, because he did it ALL, and did it all super-well.

3) If you could eliminate any one athlete from the history of the world, who would it be, and why?
You all think it'll be Brady, or Ray Ray Lewis, or Johnny Damon, right-- well, it's one of three guys, and I'd have to REALLY think about it to come to a conclusion, but here goes:
Mark Lemke- he OWNED the Pirates in both of those LCS's...frakkin' MARK LEMKE.
Francisco Cabrera. I mean...really. He ruined my childhood.
or DID he-- now that I'm older/wiser, I think I gotta go with Smoltz, because of how he pitched the hell out of the Bucs that year..

perhaps the best way to answer this is: "i'd eliminate whatever ONE person that would give the 90-92 Pirates the best chance of winning the World Series."

thanks- i'll be here all week.
Megan Powers is up next...

-apk

Hi. I'm Miles. I'm the only one who replied.

Thanks to my elder little brother for being the only one to fill out the Questionairre! Everybody else, feel free to join in by emailing me a copy of your answers. This should be enough to keep the Blog goin' through the Bar.

1) Blog Name MILES
2) why is your Blog Name your Blog Name SELF-EXPLANATORY
3) any other nicknames we should know about/ make fun of you for? "LUNCH
BUFFET" "MILLS, SMILLS, SMIZZLES..." Don't forget, "Hugs & Kisses"

FAVOURITES:
1) movie RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT
2) tv show SOX GAME; SPORTSCENTER
3) movie quote "Hell of a situation we got here. Two on, two out in the
ninth, your team down a run and you've got the chance to be the hero on
national television... if you don't blow it. Oh by the way, saw your wife at
the Free Lounge last night. Hell of a dancer, you must be very proud. Oh and
that guy she was with? I'm sure he's a close personal friend and all, but tell
me, what was he doing wearin her panties on his head?" -JAKE TAYLOR; MAJOR
LEAGUE I think it's actually the "Capri Lounge," but it's still a great quote. But why not go the distance all the way up to "Uh Oh!...I don't think this one's got the distance!"
4) real life quote "THE ONLY PLACE YOU FIND SUCCESS BEFORE WORK IS IN THE
DICTIONARY" -JEFF "GUP" FISCHER
5) fast food -UGH, MAYBE ONCE A MONTH AND USUALLY BK???
6) movie of the last year "BATMAN BEGINS"
7) video game -TIGER WOODS 2002-2005
8) band -BEN HARPER; JACK JOHNSON, DASHBOARD CONFESSIONALS, COPELAND
9) Song of the Day "ANOTHER LONELY DAY" - BEN HARPER

BLOG STUFF:
1) favourite blog moment -DON'T REALLY HAVE ONE
2) favourite blog post-category (Link of the Day, I Am the Law!, Bows and Toes,
etc.) -DON'T REALLY HAVE ONE I'll forgive you cuz you're new...but READ THE ARCHIVES!
3) why do you keep coming back? -TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH SOME GOOD FRIENDS
4) Besides, "actually frakkin' write more, dammit!" What's your best piece of
advice to make the Kingdom better? -MORE WRITINGS FROM MARC

Adam Type Questions
1) If you could be any superhero, who would you be, and why? WOLVERINE CUZ I
DIG THE UNPENETRABLE METAL
2) If you could have dinner with any three people ever, who would it be, and
why? -TED WILLIAMS, JOE JACKSON, LOU GEHRIG
3) If you could eliminate any one athlete from the history of the world, who
would it be, and why? -DEREK JETER ELIMINATE THE EVIL EMPIRE

and finally:
Tell us either a good story, or something that pisses you off, pet-peeve style.

WHY IS HELEN KELLER SUCH A BAD DRIVER?
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.BECAUSE SHE\'S A WOMAN! -WOULD THAT HAVE KEPT MY ASS ON ICE?

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This is actually the first funny moment of Miles's life. Thanks for playin, buddy!

Okay? In the immortal words of Bill Goldberg, "WHO'S NEXT?!?"

-apk

NEWFLASH: Gov. Rendell FINALLY gets SOMETHING right!

YES!

before you know it, we'll get rid of "Wine & Spirits" shops, and sell booze like a real state-- in gas stations, G'int Iggles, and Wal*Marts.

He keeps this up, I might even consider voting for him next time around...

...NAH!

-apk

The Milk Carton reads, "Where the HELL is Adam?"

Lost. Lost I say, Lost. And that's purposefully with a capitol "L."

We're less than 3 weeks away from B.E.-Day, and I'm increasingly frightened, yet strangely calm about the whole thing. After a GREAT weekend in Deep Creek with Pizz, Z, Bill, and Kup, I've decided that I'm almost officially totally on house-arrest until the Bar. Ie: no more fun. What does that mean for this little piece of heaven? Tough to tell, to be honest. I'm OH so mentally overwhelmed by the bar, that I'm finding myself totally not creative. Hence, zero-or-less blogging.

Which is why i need YOU! my loyal readers (the four or five I suppose are left following this doldrummy summer) to either 1) keep the faith, and just wait for things to get back to normal following the BIG MOVE in August, or 2) pick up the slack, and start writing random snippity- type things for me.

Hence, this is where YOU come in. We're going to play WHO ARE MY READERS? I'm going to post a questionairre below, and if you email me your answers, I'll be sure to turn it into a post. This might actually keep things interesting around here while I roll through Bar-town.

1) Blog Name
2) why is your Blog Name your Blog Name
3) any other nicknames we should know about/ make fun of you for?

FAVOURITES:
1) movie
2) tv show
3) movie quote
4) real life quote
5) fast food
6) movie of the last year
7) video game
8) band
9) Song of the Day

BLOG STUFF:
1) favourite blog moment
2) favourite blog post-category (Link of the Day, I Am the Law!, Bows and Toes, etc.)
3) why do you keep coming back?
4) Besides, "actually frakkin' write more, dammit!" What's your best piece of advice to make the Kingdom better?

Adam Type Questions
1) If you could be any superhero, who would you be, and why?
2) If you could have dinner with any three people ever, who would it be, and why?
3) If you could eliminate any one athlete from the history of the world, who would it be, and why?

and finally:
Tell us either a good story, or something that pisses you off, pet-peeve style.

Okay- that's a good start. And don't worry, you don't have to answer every little question, just fill out your dossiere (and feel free to add anything else you'd like us to know about) and email it to the usual address. If you don't know the usual address, it reads like this:

myfirstname.mylastname@gmail.com

there, that should keep google searches from pulling up my real email addy. sweet.

Also, since lord knows when i'll post again, I'd like to make two general points: 1) i don't want anyone posting up to tell me how they "know" i'll do great on the bar, etc. Wishing me luck is quite enough, the ego stroking just makes me dread failing it that much more. 2) Special Mega-props to Carolyn for being my numero uno guiding force through this sojurn into hell. She's single-handedly keeping me sane at this point.

Oh! one more thing-- I need someone to come up with a cool codename for my firm, so that I can talk about my job, eventually, without making it googlicious. Also, from this point on, let's try extra-hard not to drop my last name into anything. I'm going to try to keep this guy running as incognito-y as possible, and i'd hate to have to relocate.

-apk