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NCAA 07 by EA Sports marks the unofficial beginning of football season.
Which means my personal productivity drops at least two points for about a week. . . while I take TU to the title.
I reserved my copy at a local Electronic Boutique. I hung out in South Tulsa (which I don’t like) for two hours until midnight so I could go get my copy at 12:01. I showed up at the little store and a legion of idiots was lined up in front of me. Not wanting to hear all of the idiot frat boys talk about how they couldn’t wait to go grab some beer and beat their friends down with Ohio State, I left for 15 minutes, went to the little bar where my brother works and discussed with him how excited we were to play the new game.
When I figured I had given the frat boys enough time to get their games and leave I went back to the store. Upon my arrival I was disturbed to find that the little video game man inside had locked the door. From my cell phone I called inside. I watched him pick up the phone. I said, “Hey I’m standing right outside your door here. I was here just a few minutes ago, but left and came back. Can you just hand me my game out the door?” He replied with a simple “no.” I said, “Well I already bought the game and I have the receipt right here, so maybe you could just look at my receipt and hand me the game through the door?” “Nope, I already closed my register.” “But I already paid for it….which is proven here on my receipt.” “Yeah I know, but I have to ring it in for inventory purposes.” “Can you just do that tomorrow when you reopen your register?” “I’m sorry, but no.”
Lame. I then went to Wal-Mart and bought it. It usually takes Wal-Mart at least two or three days to get brand new games on the shelves. I check every time and they never have stuff right when it comes out, but somebody slept at a Holiday Inn before coming to work at the 81st and Lewis Wal-Mart and got the shelves stocked in a hurry. Well done shelf stocker!
So now I own two. One is still “in the inventory” at a small Electronic Boutique in South Tulsa. One is in my Playstation 2. I will be getting my money back tomorrow.
I May be light on posts for a while….and about the time I get bored with NCAA, Madden will come out. You realize football is here? It is. This is like labor day for women. You finally get to wear black….well we finally get to talk about football. Fantasy drafts will start taking place, training camps start, speculation abounds. ESPN cranks up the football coverage….and we don’t even have to care about anything else until MLB playoffs.
Go get your copy.
Well once again, Joe Momma’s Pizza did not win the Urban Tulsa’s Absolute Best of Tulsa award for best gourmet pizza. The winner was The Hideaway. I hope they enjoy their little trophy because it’s the last one they’ll ever get. Next year, Joe Momma’s all the way….
I did spend the evening at the ABoT party downtown at The Hive (formerly Curly’s, Venue 216, etc). It was great to see so many of the other nominees and to enjoy the sonorous sounds of my good friend Steve Liddell. I was able to sample foods from Caz’s Chowhouse, Tsunami Sushi, Qdoba, Ted’s Escondido, Savastano’s Pizza (which I think is great), Hideaway Pizza (which I think is ok) and more. At the very least, it was a nice free dinner.
As I enjoy the local flavor of Tulsa, I can’t help but be excited about the future of our city. I believe our growing restaurant and bar scene (especially in the mid-town and downtown areas) along with our growing local music scene will help to make Tulsa a city that’s known for the qualities that our unique home-grown business and bands create. I can’t wait to see what will develop Downtown, on Brookside, and perhaps even on Ol’ Rt. 66 (my personal quest). Stay tuned as we hope to have great news about our second location in the very near future. You can probably guess where it might be. For now I encourage you to get out and experience the Absolute Best of Tulsa. Next time you dine out – avoid the chains. Next time you go to a movie, check out what’s on at the Circle Cinema or even at the Admiral Twin. There’s more to this city than so many people experience. Sometimes you just have to dig a bit.
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So I’m not much of a soccer fan. Who is, right? I did however, get caught up in the magic (cough) that is the world cup and being half Italian, I rooted for my boys the whole way through…Imagine my surprise when the bald terrorist looking French guy head butted one of my distant cousins. Who other than maybe Jean Claude Van Damme uses a head but? In America we bring out the fists. Just check out any random NBA game. Since the invention of the haymaker, thousands have been thrown and only a few have landed. It’s the perfect way to express your anger and your agression without hurting yourself. At least if you land a fist it’s not going to jack up your own grill….or give you a lump on your forehead. Is it ever your first instinct when angered to go throwing your face at someone? Not me. My first instinct is to throw anything not attached to me. I’ve found it hurts less. How hard would it have been for Zinedene Zidane (giggle) to take off his red shoe (see pic below) and chuck it at my boy? Wouldn’t have hurt a lick. Idiot. By the way, if I told you there was a sparkling water that only gay men drank called Zinedene Zidane you would believe me. Click on this stupid picture to watch the video. Hilarious. I could watch it a million times. When you’re done with that, go here and make fun of him some more.
I could make up captions for this all day. Instead, I’ll let you do it.
Filed under: Blake's Rants
“I’m not the cashier. By the time I look up from sliding my card,
entering my PIN number, pressing “Enter,” verifying the amount,
deciding, no, I don’t want cash back, and pressing “Enter” again, the
kid who is supposed to be ringing me up is standing there eating my
Heath bar. Paper, plastic? Who gives a crap? Put it in a bag so I
can get out of here.”
I got this on a forward and thought it was funny. Couldn’t have said it better.
