Demotivational Monday

Because the weekend is over and Mondays are just horrendous at times

Comment Moderation and Ads

I had to switch my comments setting from anything goes to having to approve them first. Getting way too many comments that were either ads for investments or for Asian sites of questionable morality.

Usually its my comments that need moderation so it was nice for a change to moderate someone else.

Of course I have to phrase this entire post carefully since the ads in my sidebar are based on what I write about.

I could do a post on going out fishing on a boat and eating fruit while fishing and end up with an ad for g@y cruises. When I post on the trials of bath time at our house I get ads for Bath Houses in San Fransisco Or briefly mention having lots of kids and get ads for birth control or V!agra. And now that Ellen Degenerate is going to be on American Idol who knows what kinda ads I'm gonna get - The Horror

Maybe I should stick to writing about running and running shoes. Of course I could still end up with an add for a 5k race to benefit NOW.

The Undisputed King of the Sardonic Catholic Dad Household

Normally I’m not one to gloat (Rob who are you kidding you mock the little kids when you beat them in Candyland) but you may have noticed that I haven’t posted much at all since the wee little babe was born 16 days ago. I just haven’t had time. I’m basically a slave or indentured servant around this place since the misses is laid-up. Not that I’m complaining. Waiting on that hot little minx is actually fun…especially the sponge baths.

Any who, my incredibly beautiful bride has been a posting machine (heck I would be one too if all did was lay around in bed all day nursing the baby and being waited on hand in foot by a foxy male nurse) she’s been providing daily updates on her trials and tribulations recovering from the c-section.

She was positive that she would finally have more weekly viewers than me for once. See we get a report once a week that has the average number of readers per day for that week. And I have beaten, crushed her spine into powder and used it to season my chili is more like it, for 1,000,000,000,000 weeks in a row. Ok it’s only been like a year and a half but the point is that she has never won . Not once! And low and behold the reports came out this morning and the still reigning champ is your humble servant Rob the Great, Rob the Invincible, Rob the Crusher of Pretenders to the Blogging King Crown. You would think she would know better after 20+ years of marital bliss then to mess with The Rob. Some people just take awhile for the lessons to sink in.

So I want to thank all my faithful readers, all 8 or you. You guys Rock! And this week’s checks are in the mail.

Why I Don't Tweet on Twitter

"Cause, what the world needs now
Is another folk singer
Like I need a hole in my head"
~Cracker

I decided to keep track of random thoughts throughout the day, you know the kind that people throw up on Twitter. Just to see what it would be like if I did use Twitter.

• 7:23am – eating a fried egg and cheese sandwich and wishing I had made coffee too
• 8:06am – at work and bored already
• 9.32am – if you aren’t suppose to stick Q-Tips in your ears, where are you supposed to stick them?
• 9:47 – First Farrah Fawcett then Michael Jackson die, who’s next? The Fonz
• 11:30am – heading out for a 7 mile run on the trails
• 11:47am – running in the mud is awesome
• 12:47pm 2 cans of sardines and a pack of Scooby Doo fruit chews make a decent lunch in a pinch
• 1:14pm – gotta go check my killer blog and see if anyone left a comment on one of my witty posts
• 1:58pm – 6 cups of coffee a day makes you have to pee quite a bit
• 2:32pm – I wonder if we have any banana pudding at home? Its really good when it has that skin on top
• 2:53pm - Why does your nose run, and your feet smell?
• 3:00pm – 1 hour tele-conference meeting. someone shoot me in the face
• 3:03pm – my toenails look like hell
• 3:12pm – the NBA Draft was on TV the other night, who actually watches that?
• 3:22pm – business meetings are like being pecked to death by chickens
• 4:07pm – driving home from work is much better now that the public schools have let out. It would be nice if they stayed closed permanently
• 5:52pm – Sam looks really hot pregnant
• 6:17pm – when are these kids going to bed?
• 6:49pm – I wonder if Sam wants to makeout?
• 7:14pm – Finally the little darlings are in bed
• 7:28pm – I bet I could sell my old Farrah poster on Ebay for a pretty penny
• 8:18pm – there sure are a lot of different choices in feminine hygiene products. And why are there commercials for them on ESPN?
• 9:04pm – I can’t believe how much time I wasted tweeting on Twitter…I better bring my Blackberry to bed in case I think of something else to say in the middle of the night

And that my friends is why I don't Tweet. Who wants to read that garbage all day long? What's that you say? How is that different from my blog? Um...I'll get back to you that...

Vote Early and Vote Often

Oh Lord it's hard to be humble
when you're perfect in every way.
Mac Davis/Kenny Rogers

Apparently I've been nominated for a Catholic Media Award for Best Blog. Shockingly I was not nominated for the Most Spiritual Blog award (although my Bride was). I was nominated in two different categories "Funniest Blog" and "Most Entertaining Blog".

I would love to act humble and say that I'm surprised and undeserving of these awards. But I'd be kidding myself and you. Of course I deserve and want the award. I hope its a Major Award.....like maybe a Leg Lamp or Leg Warmers or a Leg of Lamb or a Leg Tattoo or a Leg Waxing or a Leg Up. Or maybe new running shoes....no that's too much to ask I guess.







Voting Starts next week so go to the website and VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!

And to those who nominated me, thanks the check is in the mail.

So True

It's a Major Award

Yes yours truly has been nominated for a Brilliante Award. If you haven't heard of this award before, where the heck you been living? In a cave with Bin Laden? On a golf course with OJ helping him catch the 'real' killers? Ok, so I'd never heard of it until last week...so what, that doesn't mean it doesn't rank right up there as one of the highlights of my life. It comes right after being named Miss Succotash Queen at the country fair in '79.


I'd Like to Thank All the Little People That Made This Possible

Oh wait there's just me. I deserve all the credit for it. Just me me me. It's not bragging if it's true. I just hope I keep my sweet and humble nature and don't let this award go to my head. I sure hope I can handle the paparazzi, tabloid headlines and inevitable rehab stints.

Thanks Jacque for the nomination. I'm just glad to know you have such great taste - even if you do have a Baby Elmo song on your Blog's music player ;).

The rules for this award are:
- the winner can put the logo on his/her blog
- link to the person you received your award from
- nominate at least 7 other blogs
- put links to those blogs on yours
- leave a message on the blogs of the people you nominate

So I nominate the following:

1. Prettiest Wife in the World because if I don't I might get a shoe thrown at me
2. The Mom because of a shared love for running shoes
3. Mom to a whole lot of Minnie's because I'm way jealous of her girls swimming abilities
4. Between Clever and Stupid because she might just be as nuts as I am
5. Half a Dozen Productions Because she has pretty hair like my wife's
6. Carlson Caravan nominated in spite of the fact that her posts about yummy sandwiches make me hungry
7. The Five of Us because she's the only person I know in France and because she takes like 2 month vacations - I mean holidays

What Would Happen if I Missed a Day of Posting?

I'm away for the weekend so this is relative today.

thanks to a running forum buddy for showing me this