Down in Fort Myers we had 3 football teams tied for first in the division. I was wondering how they would sort this out. It turns out two teams played for 1 quarter last night, and the winner of that quarter played the third team for another quarter. Can you imagine if they did this in college football? Is this better than going to the 5th tiebreaker of points scored/points against, etc…? It is technically being played on the field, but only for a quarter. I haven’t made up my mind about this. I know that Mike could solve this problem write now with his triangular football field idea.
Ok, so I guess the fact that I’m employed makes me a somewhat functioning member of society. Still, as my Mom has been so lovingly saying over the past few weeks, “You’re going to be 24 and what have you accomplished?” She says that in her ‘I love you and all but seriously …’ voice. It did get me thinking, what are the accomplishments a 24 year old should have reached by this point in life? Here are the few big ones I came up with.
Graduate College: Check. Its been almost a year and a half now, which is hard to believe. Do I have to go to grad school? I don’t think its a requirement. I’m on the fence about going myself. What I do know is that I’m not going to grad school just to go, I will have a clear goal in mind.
Have a Job: Check. It took a little while to find the job, a little longer to start getting paid, and then a while longer until I was actually given work to do. Its actually more complicated than that sounds, if you can believe it. I actually have a really good job for such a recent graduate. I think my salary is fairly decent, I get 27 paid days off a year (if you count holidays), hours are flexible and I don’t have to work much overtime. The work isn’t stressful and my co-workers are easy to get along with. It could be better: I could have internet at my desk and be allowed to bring in my iPod. Just things I will be aware of if the next job I look for is in the same field.
Move Out: Not yet. I see both sides to this argument. My side … I have a reasonable commute, I get along with my Mom and Step-Dad just fine, and of course its cheaper. Yes, I do pay rent but its not that much considering it includes food and utilities. Paying for a cable package like this on my own would make me go broke within days. Not having to worry about making dinner every night is another huge plus. The other side … To me the most appealing thing your own place is the space. I feel like I’m still living at college, just without a roommate. All my stuff is packed into one room. I don’t have a separate room to put things. I don’t have a living room with a sofa and coffee table. Everything I own is either in my room or stored somewhere else (basement, garage, etc.). I’m not someone who stays out to all hours or does things that my parents will have a problem with causing tension in the house. I’m not planning on moving out just to do it and cross another thing off the checklist. Put this one on the Things to Accomplish by 25 list.
Be in a Relationship/Married: Nada. Sometime in the future a discussion will have to be had on the merits of this being an accomplishment. For my generation this concern likely moves to the list of accomplishments by 30. So I’m not worried about this too much right now.
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Running Time: 56:46
Topics
Daylight Savings
Borderline Fantastic
Accomplishments by 24
World Series
Live from the Landing in Jacksonville on Friday before Florida-Georgia
Evan gets a girl arrested
College Football
-College Football Weekly Picks
-Heisman Top 3
-NCAA Top 5
Pegasus Wind
College Basketball – Gators #1
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Running Time: 47:02
Topics
Hair Cut – Sport Clips
Arranged Marriages
Tremendous Upside
Five Tool Prospect
Dual Threats
Evan’s Hollywood Connections
-Jessica Franks
-Kourtney Kang
-Liza Weil
College Football
-Week 9 Picks
-Heisman Top 3
-NCAA Top 5
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Running Time: 46:01
Topics
Mike goes to Penn State
Tailgate Flags
People who recognize you that you don’t know and have no idea why they felt the need to talk to you.
Extended Family Relationship Terms
-What do you call your brother-in-laws brother or cousin’s cousin?
Sonic Commercials
Small Children in Public Restrooms
MLB Playoffs
College Football
-Last Week’s Picks
-Gators
-Miami/FIU Fight
-This Week’s Picks
-NCAA Top 5
Vegas Odds for 08 President
Pegasus Wind – 3rd at Champagne Stakes
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Running Time: 43:00
Evan on the Radio
Unhealthy Food
-Gold Star Chili
-Sonic
Halloween
-Evan’s Apartment Complex Halloween Rules
-Kids Dropped Off in Our Neighborhood
-Mystery Bags
-Different ‘Treats’
MLB Playoffs
College Football
-NCAA Top 5
-Gameday
-Weekly Picks
-Ahaditrator?
-Where did the term Red Zone come from?
Evan’s Faculty-Student Football Game
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Running Time: 43:41
A look back at my first theme week: Pirate Week. Discussion about vacation ideas. The Phillies disappoint again and we make our baseball playoff predictions. I had a perfect week in college picks. Evan and I discuss one of our dream jobs. Where is Pullman, WA? And why are they doing the chomp? All that and the usual banter on this week’s show.
Topics
Pirate Week
Vacation
Little League World Series of Poker
Phillies Miss the Playoffs
MLB Playoff Predictions
College Football Review
Why Aren’t We College Football Announcers?
Cougar Chomp
Suburban Universities
College Football Weekly Picks
Evan’s Staff vs. Student Flag Football Game
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MTV en Espanol is now MTV 3, well actually its MTV Tres, if you really want to get specific its MTV Tr3s. From what I can tell its still Spanish music videos but the commercals and VJs are in English. They have this ad that seems to last 10 minutes where they take Amercian groups and show who you’d like in Spanish. Interesting, if, ya know, I could understand the band they are trying to recommend. Just go all Spanish. I’m not watching either way.
Now, MTV, if you are going to number the Spanish version of your channel, you might as well keep going. Besides the first 3 MTVs I also get MTV Hits and MTV Jams (those channls may actually end with z’s knowing MTV). That sounds a whole lot like MTV 4 and 5 to me. We won’t get into MHD and where that falls into the numbering. Its sort of a hybrid channel for MTV, VH1, and CMT. I think if I tried to number the VH1 channels I’d get a headache.
What they really need to do is just have MTV play music videos all the time. Then have your MTV Rock, Hip-Hop, etc. channels. One channel for each genre that shows videos and I’ll allow concerts and profiles of bands. Then you have a whole separate channel, one that doesn’t even have the word music in the title. Here you can put on all your Real Worlds, Road Rules, Date My Moms, and whatever else you please. MTV has so much of this content they could have two channels of this. I’d be in for older stuff such as Real World seasons, Sand Blast, Idiot Savant, and Remote Control. There is probably tons of gold hidden in the vault that came before my time. My only reservations with these two channels is that I would have to delete them immediately from my TV. As soon as I turned them on, I’d be hooked for the day.
The Office Gaydar – In case you missed the end of The Office season premiere.
PhoneSpell – See what you can spell with your phone number.
Emo Farm
Mathematics Genius – Some excellent answers to math problems.
Weatherman attacked by Cockroach
News Guy attacked by Lizard
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Movie out in February
Get Smart on DVD – Something tells me I’m going to spend $200 on these.
Lucky Louie Cancelled – Very disappointing, they show wound up being excellent by the end of the season.
Why I Hate Zach Braff – If you didn’t figure it out this guy isn’t happy that Zach Braff is becoming the voice of his generation.
Judging your friends by their Netflix lists – Don’t let people see your queue.
Cobra Starship – New Music!
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Running Time: 32:17
This week in the half way to double digits (or wow, we’ve kept this up for a month) episode we have a discussion about pirates to kick off my own pirate week. We explore some possible generation gaps, Evan has fun on an 8th grade field trip, and I dream about my Wikipedia aspirations. We try not to get our hopes up and make our picks for Week 5 of the College Football season.
Topics
Evan’s 8th Grade Field Trip
-Pushed Kid Out of Canoe
Pirate Week
-Pirates vs. Ninjas
Kiss Hello
Referring to Friends as Buddies
Why Evan is a Braves Fan
Sports Let Downs
JoePa Running off During the Game
College Football Weekly Picks
Evan’s Horse
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Running Time: 37:11
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Weather Report
Fall TV
Green Card Story
College Football
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