some piddling shit

I want to finish my latest Trayline thing and a new basketball post for the ol' basketball blog, but I am struggling to put it together. They each require some actual work -- like in the Trayline shit I have to go through a bunch of stuff just to advance the plot along and it gets boring. So I guess I gotta spice it up as I go and it's just tiring me out. So that's on hold.

Instead, some random shit:

Hadn't heard it in about four years until tonight, but you'd be hard-pressed to find a more enjoyable slice of 70's rockstalgia than Thin Lizzy's version of "Whiskey in the Jar":


Speaking of youtube, I am fairly certain you will enjoy these outtakes from my intense California one on one battles with my bro in law. These were intended to be cut into our basketball footage for comic relief. It was then discovered that the actual basketball scenes provided adequate comic relief, and thus these were tragically shelved...until now.



And speaking of celebration, I was impressed by this email I just received from my college comrade JPW, who just celebrated birthday #39:

I also wanted to let you guys know that I passed my annual physical fitness test at the YMCA:

* Dunk – 3 one-handed with plenty of warm-up (my left leg is a bit sore though!)
* Bench 225
* Run 3 miles in 24 minutes

The final test will be next year at 40.

Man, what I would give for one dunk right now. Or ever.

Go Badgers!

UPDATE: New, kinda boring Trayline is now available for your review.