Beef Jergy

We got ourselves a good old fashioned COOT OFF!

Please visit the Norwegian paradise known as Jergimore. The more people that click the link, the more my make-believe city grows.

Enjoy your stay!

Weird.

I must have more people reading this blog then I care to realize. I just received a call. My wife is off today so she just called me to tell me that she received a call at home.

*cue Handle’s Hallelujah Chorus*

My television will be delivered on Saturday!!!!!

Mind you I still need to wait for the carpet to come in AND then call Direct TV to have them give me my HD dish and rewire the basement to receive said HD signal. BUT, it’s coming. Today is a great day.

Its all there just hanging over my head. I’m tired of the waiting. Nothing of note has happened recently. And that sucks. The house is in disarray and will stay there until a couple of other things fall in line. And it all has to do with carpet. I hate it. HATE IT!

I will blame my wife’s job for the delay. The past month has been murder on her trying to get a major fund raiser together at the school where she works. And because of it she hasn’t really hasn’t had time to consider anything in regards to the basement. And believe me, I understand it. We’ve all been there. But I just knew that the little hitch in momentum was going to hurt. Nothing can be moved into the basement until the carpet has been put down. So all of it will sit there, upstairs, without a home, until it happens. I’m hoping this week will be the week. And then more waiting. Waiting for the carpet arrive, waiting for them to call and schedule an installation appointment.

And then I can switch gears and wait for Boscov’s to tell me my TV has arrived.

I’ll be back soon when I actually have something to post.

In honor of the launch of Fox and NBC’s answer to YouTube, Hulu, I present one of my favorite episodes of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.

Space Vampires!

editor’s note: I found the coolest feature they have. You can stop and start the clip at any point! So instead of the full episode I cut it down to the preview only. Man, than Erin Gray was so 80s hot.

I am the father of a four year old. My little girl turned 4 yesterday. Its nowhere near as hard as it once was but it still has its moments. The other day it was listening to her shout ‘butt nugget’ at me from a hidden location. Thats my girl.

So, my basement project is almost complete. We are missing only the carpet which hopefully will be installed within the next 3-4 weeks. Which means that my dream of a finished basement and mini-home theater are almost complete. To prepare for this day I’ve been researching and researching and researching. Once I was decided on my brand and model (Sony’s 52″ Bravia XBR4) it was then a matter of scouring to find the best price. I looked everywhere considering all the options. Eventually the lowest price was found at department store Boscov’s. I couldn’t believe it. I never thought a department store would have the lowest price. And the best is that they were offering 1 year, No interest. It was too good to pass up. Unfortunately the last day of the sale was Sunday, so Mrs. Jergy and the kid piled into the car with me late Sunday afternoon to claim my set. I was fully prepared for them to be out of them. It was the last day of the sale. So I arrived in the electronics section around 4:30. I was slightly concerned because there appeared to be a wait. There was one poor guy working the whole section and he wasn’t a ‘fast’ mover (more on that later). First he had to deal with a Posse (and I mean like 5 or 6 people) trying to make a rather big purchase in cash. There appeared to be a problem with it but I’m not sure what. During this, my wife is trying to keep the kid occupied but I could tell that it was becoming tougher. An hour had passed and he was still helping the first group. Eventually they finished up and he was on to the next crew. After another painful 25 minutes, he moved to the lady in front of me. And then I remembered why I hate department stores. Everything is old in department stores. The way they take orders is old, the computer systems, the carpet! Everything is from 15-20 years ago. And it causes everything to move sllllooooooooowwwwwwww. By this point I had sent my family away to get dinner for themselves. I was going to wait it out because to me, the price was worth it AND I was stupid. So I waited. Now I had become friendly with the woman waiting in front of me since we were both caught in this place where time seemed to stand still. So when he told her he needed to check the back to see if they had the set she wanted, I asked if he might kill two birds by checking to see if they had mine as well. I had already wasted nearly 2 hours, I figured I might not have to waste anymore.
Read the rest of this entry »

Excuse me while I try desperately to type this through bleary red eyes. I haven’t stopped crying since 10:30 pm last night when those cymbals hit and Blake Leyh’s The Fall started playing for the last time. I’m sure much will be said about the finale of the finest drama to play on American television screens. Me? I just think it felt right.

Let’s talk more after the jump…

Read the rest of this entry »

In honor of a new Indiana Jones film coming out this year, I present a video clearly influenced by our favorite fedora-wearing adventurer. Here is supergroup Asia with their 1983 hit, Don’t Cry. (which you will be doing lots of by watching this)

Here are some things to think about while watching this video. From the great music blog Stereogum:

Given that it was 1983, some of the effects in this video are genuinely well executed. Others — not so much. On the plus side, we have the handcuffs that come out of the wall, the realistic knockoff of the Star Wars cantina, and the cool stone-is-actually-water showstopper. On the minus side, we have the jungle that looks like the houseplant section of a Home Depot, the comically un-scary skeleton, and John Wetton’s outfit, which makes him look like a cross between a WWI general and a gay Han Solo.

Maybe our definition of “super” is a little more stringent than AllMusic, but we never quite got it when people referred to Asia as a “supergroup” — until we saw this video. Really, Asia was more like a group of super heroes. They climbed mountains, crossed deserts, hacked through jungles, and searched for mythical treasure. Of course, they also got burned, drowned, trapped in shackles, and thrown off cliffs. And in that way their exploring was much like their music: mildly exciting in places, but ultimately not worth the trouble.