The 'Burg cracks the Top 235 !!

Although clearly there is something wrong with this seeing as how #10 probably has more championships to its teams' credits than 1-9 combined (and the Top 8 has driven off a combined 4 NFL franchises). Even so, I wonder if TSN has taken into account the new home of the Tribe sluggers, the beautiful confines of Joseph J. Plumeri Field (Park? Stadium?)? Is there any better place to watch America's pastime?

Smuggling Skittles

So a few of you mocked my idea for the "Frosted Jock" - underwear that is cooled to keep your balls and yoni from sweating - at OBFT.

Well, your sweaty balls may get some reprieve if the water cooled bikini takes off.

For the music lover

Pandora is a new service from the Music Genome Project that recommends music based on your preferences. You suggest a song, album or artist, and it creates a playlist that is streamed over the Internet. You can skip songs and improve the recommendations by giving each song a thumbs up or down.

I've been listening for an hour and it's not bad.

Homecoming 2005

Dudes, it's time once again to start thinking about Homecoming. It's less than two months away, so plan accordingly.

October 20-23, 2005

Here's the W&M site if you're one of those dorks who does the school-sponsored stuff. If you're the same apathetic loser with no school spirit that you were in college, here's all you need to know:

• Golf Friday afternoon
• College Delly / Greenleafe Friday night
• Tailgate Saturday morning
• Football Game Saturday afternoon (vs. Towson)
• College Delly / Greenleafe Saturday night

I know, this didn't need spelling out to guys whose social calendars looked much the same throughout their undergrad years, but in case there are some of you who still believe that Homecoming might have faded away with the chapter, we've been having great weekends down there every fall, regardless of the status of Virginia Psi.

We still need to work out golf logistics. Coby Beck has the baseball field spot he's had for the past couple of years, so there will be at least one prominent Lammie tailgate with all of the accouterments. I feel confident Greg Fernandez and other prestigious alums will have a presence once again somewhere in the tailgate fray. Good times, boys.

Get your hotel rooms now. Your best bet is probably the last pair of choices at this point, though cancellations will happen as the date nears:

Williamsburg Hospitality House
Phone: 757-229-4020

Days Inn
Phone: (757) 229-5060

Tioga Motel
Phone: (757) 229-4531

Super 8 Motel
Phone: (757) 253-1087 (or www.super8.com)

Photo Friday #1 - The Lammie.blog Cheerleader

Found that photo when photo-googling Knapp in the hopes of finding a picture of him at his cheesiest, but alas, I could not. More photos of a similar nature here.

What's the matter with kids these days?

At the top of the lammie.blog page you should see a litte bar that has buttons for "Get Your Own Blog" or "Flag" or "Next Blog." I hit the "Next Blog" button a few times and came across a post titled When Senior Pictures Go Horribly Wrong. Horribly wrong is an understatement. Here, take a look.

Your Sports Update

For those still recounting the 33-5 victory over Mo Pi, Chris Sullivan's "throw me the fucking ball" story, or any Nicks victory, the Angry Men softball site is back for some fresh material -- it's got a recap of last night's action.

Get Angry.

Only philistines scatch their balls with their hands

The Gentleman's Ball Scratcher

Beware, Online Daters

Some of the younger bucks are exploring the world of online dating, but I'd warn them about some of the pitfalls:

http://www.patheticpersonals.com

The Photos section under "How do you write a pathetic personal?" had me laughing out loud. I'm pretty sure that Brian Knapp exists somewhere on this site.

New Music Site?

Does anyone have any sites they use for new music reviews?

Recently I've been listening to two Podcasts No Idle Frets (Jazz Guitar)and PuffCast (Reggae and Dub) . They are both good but those are not new music sites.

Move Over "Maria" and "Memories"...

for the bound-to-be classics "If Only I Could Smell Her Cunt" and "It Puts the Fucking Lotion in the Basket".

Speaking of Biz Markie

Who wouldn't want to wake to the sweet sounds of "Just a Friend"

Biz Markie Alarm Clock

Profiles in Juvenilia

The Bloodhound Gang is back with a new single. You might remember them from five years ago, singing "The Bad Touch," or "The Discovery Channel song" as many referred to it. Back then they were fairly childish in their lyrics, though pretty funny. They have officially take two very large steps back in the Regression Scale, God bless 'em. The new single, "Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo" (see if you can figure it out, geniuses), consists entirely of vastly creative metaphors for sexual intercourse. The whole song. And it's catchy as hell, and funny, and juvenile as all get-out. These guys hoist Random Idiots into the Adult Contemporary milieu. It's worth a listen, if only to quench that occasional thirst for immature humor.

My personal favorite line:
Batter dip the cranny ax
In the gut locker

Although, there's something special about:
Cattle prod the oyster ditch
With the lap rocket

I wonder if W&M's new President

is working on a letter like this...http://www.und.edu/president/html/statements/NCAAletter.html

Where's the banter?

Whitney and I came up with the idea to move the LammieNet from an e-mail system to a blog system to help foster conversations and to more easily organize message threads. This new-fangled system can only work if you guys utilize it. Look at the bottom of the right-hand column. There's proof there that apathy hasn't fully taken over.
Pip, where the hell are you? Old? Goddard? Spoid? Mogut?
The LammieNet has been the glue that has kept a lot of the non-DC brothers in the loop. Let's not lose that.
--Paci

In praise of barfing

By now you have figured out that I'm not too busy at work and by typing that, the keystroke Nazis are preparing to terminate me.

I stumbled across this blog that speaks to the Lammie in me - albeit in an Irish accent.

From Drunken Hero

"Let me put this straight. it is our god given right to barf in the street. these plans to impose a fine for anyone caught puking up their guts after a session of binge drinking is fucking scandalous.

i will be holding a fundraiser in the limelight on the 29th december in an attempt to raise enough money to start a campaign to overturn this fucking injustice. it will be called the 'karen carpenter barfed and so shall you' trust fund."

My new favorite band

Some of you may be annoyed to by the volume of my posts on the nascent Lammie Blog. Unfortuntely for you I just couldn't go to bed before sharing my favorite new band:

Metal Skool


Kevin, get ready to fucking roadtrip!

Casting The Film, Part III

Freddy Prinze, Jr. as John Carles.



Granted, Freddy would have to gain some weight for the role...

W E E N

It appears Ween is playing at the 9:30 Club in DC on Thursday, October 27th. I will probably be going. Anyone wanting to join me should buy a ticket at tickets.com when they become available.

Their fall tour, according to their website:
Tues, Oct 25th - Northern Lights, Albany, New York
Wed, Oct 26th - House Of Blues, Atlantic City, NJ
Thur, Oct 27th - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
Sun, Oct 30th - Vegoose Festival, Las Vegas, NV
Thur, Dec 1st - Boulder Theater, Boulder, CO
Fri, Dec 2nd - Boulder Theater, Boulder, CO

Meet the family

Reynolds,

When did you put together this home movie?

(Link in the headline)

OJ could do it...

When he's not killing his ex-wife or stealing DirecTV, OJ could be cast as Redeye. He's got a following and has already starred in comedies. I vote OJ for Redeye.

However, OJ's not terribly popular with Whitey, so his presence may hurt ticket sales. Who is this movie's target audience?

Who's lovin your mama?

I am, I am.

Rated PG

Sprucing Up This Place

Dudes, we've shuffled the column to the right. At the bottom, you can tell who's signed up to post on the LammieBlog, while the top has some links -- if you have another blog or a good website you think belongs here, just let Paci or me know. Any other suggestions (that don't involve jamming myself or using Mrs. Tell) are welcomed as well.

The End of an Era...

No, I didn't propose to Manuela. (Though the number of "When are you getting married?" questions I heard at OBFT made me feel like you all turned into a bunch of screaming Nancies until I realized you just wanted another party to go to and Boston sounds like a fun city and you're not holding your breath for Morgan...) The LammieNet as an e-mail system will be shutdown on August 31st of this year. All crazy talk and mindless banter will happen here. Think of it as LammieNet-Anywhere or LammieNet-On-The-Road.

Casting the Film

When we were a few beers deep at Tortuga's in Nags Head this weekend, we began casting for who would play the necessary roles in "OBFT: The Film." We had Rutger Hauer as Matt Rodell, Gary Burghoff as Rob Russell, Shane MacGowan as Mike Paci, Mark Hamill with a shaved head for Cliff Krug, and Cary Grant for me. We couldn't quite nail down Bryan Spurrier, but this week I signed Eddie Deezen. Who's Eddie Deezen? See below and check him out...

OBFT Baby

Those who attended (at least the front end of) this year's fishing trip saw Bruce Weaver Thursday afternoon, but that was it -- his shortest stint at an OBFT in memory. On Friday he, his wife Noemi, and his son Bruce IV welcomed another little boy into the Weaver world. Apparently they have decided to ignore the obvious name choices of OBFT Weaver, Fishing Trip Weaver, and Drinklikeafishfishlikeadrunkandtacklebox Weaver and name him Sam. I think the baby's middle name is Tortuga, however.

Congrats go out to the Weavers on the first ever fishing trip kid.

OBFT 2005

[Update] One of our groupies has requested a caption so she could recognize who we are ten years older and fatter.
Here it is:
back row: TJ Doyle, John Grant, Chris Old, Charlie Carter, Rob Russell, John Carles, Coby Beck
front row: Jeremy Flantzer, Dave Pellicane, Cliff Krug, Chris McWhinney, Michael Paci, Whitney Lester, Matt Rodell, Chris Marston, Stewart Laster

OBFTraveling

I promise this is my last OBFT-related post . . . until we get back and regale you with the amazing and sordid tales of adventure by the sea, making you furious you didn't put your personal lives on hold to rekindle old friendships on the sunny beaches of Nags Head. Anyway . . .

Here's what I have for travel plans, boys:
Car #1: Lester, Pellicane
Car #2: Russell, Old, Grant
Car #3: Krug, Marston, Doyle, Flantzer
Car #4: Paci, Carles
Car #5: Rodell, McWhinney
Car #6: Laster
Car #7: Karn
Car #8: Carter
Car #9: Beck

Let me know if things have changed.

Another item I forgot to mention in my earlier post about what to bring: coolers. The 2nd fridge is kaput, so we should think about bringing coolers to keep the necessary beverages chilled.

Friend of TJ's?

This has to be one of the strangest, disconcerting, yet amusing things I've seen in a while. He seems sort of familiar. Dunno.

Don't worry, I will bring the linoleum

Homeboys,

I will keep things fresh.

Backspins on the sand are wack.

Other Things to Bring to the Beach...

Boys, it's going to be hotter than Hades, according to the weather people. Bringing a portable fan down might help you in both the cooling-down and drowning-out-noise departments.

Also, I am bringing an air mattress. With but eight beds, a couple of couches, and a hammock down there, others may want to follow suit.

Sheets and towels - people often forget that I forgo the process of getting everyone linens, then they land a bed and it's not as enjoyable.

Beach toys - by now we have a small collection at the house, and Jim Thorpekrug often brings a few extras, but it never hurts to introduce new games to the group. I am not sure of the current horseshoe tally, but I am hoping the "tetanus shoe" isn't all we have left.

A few bucks for poker, a volleyball if someone has one, and, of course, your drinking shoes. See you there.

Here is the house location from Mapquest for rookies and idiots. 4001 Virginia Dare Trail, Nags Head. 252-441-7802. My cell: 202-345-3957.

Bring your iPod to the beach

All of you cunning Lammie DJ's and music enthusiasts, bring your iPod to the OBFT. I will be bringing my iPod speaker system.