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CNN is posting breaking news that Michael Vick has been suspended indefinitely, without pay. From Commissioner Goodell’s letter to Michael Vick (posted on the NFL website):

» “Your admitted conduct was not only illegal, but also cruel and reprehensible. Your team, the NFL, and NFL fans have all been hurt by your actions.”

» “Your plea agreement and the plea agreements of your co-defendants also demonstrate your significant involvement in illegal gambling. Even if you personally did not place bets, as you contend, your actions in funding the betting and your association with illegal gambling both violate the terms of your NFL Player Contract and expose you to corrupting influences in derogation of one of the most fundamental responsibilities of an NFL player.”

» “You have engaged in conduct detrimental to the welfare of the NFL and have violated the league’s Personal Conduct Policy.”

» “I will review the status of your suspension following the conclusion of the legal proceedings. As part of that review, I will take into account a number of factors, including the resolution of any other charges that may be brought against you, whether in Surry County, Virginia, or other jurisdictions, your conduct going forward, the specifics of the sentence imposed by Judge Hudson and any related findings he might make, and the extent to which you are truthful and cooperative with law enforcement and league staff who are investigating these matters.”

» “I have advised the Falcons that, with my decision today, they are no longer prohibited from acting and are now free to assert any claims or remedies available to them under the Collective Bargaining Agreement or your NFL Player Contract.”

Big news day, huh? I am glad to hear that the NFL is sticking by it’s morals and rules on this one.

Technorati : Michael Vick, NFL

After the Cuban dictator’s 81st birthday on August 13th it was reported that his health has taken a turn for the worse and the Fidel Deathwatch is on again. Woo hoo! Perhaps this time it will turn out to be a bit more than rumors. There haven’t been any conifmations of it, but apparently denials are already coming out about his death, so who know?

Supposedly South Florida Police departments are calling in for reinforcements before any official announcement is made.

Even Val Prieto made an announcement earlier. and then came back on saying that nothing is official yet.

Update 5:35 PM EST – Val at Babalu Blog is reporting that although no announcements have been made several sources in different branches of the government are verifying that the story is true. As soon as I get confirmation (TV,Email,CNN) I will post it (if I am not too drunk)

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Lisa Nowak is claiming that she was not advised of her constitutional rights when she was arrested areested. It sure is hard difficult to type after two Tequila Sunrises. Methinks the wife is trying to get me drunk and take advantage of me. Little does she know that I can still flog blog drunk.

But then again, a break might be in order.

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Holder’s commenting on the grossest things to come OUT of dogs. I’ll have you know that #3 is 100% completely true. You think that stuff that’s inside diapers looks nasty when it’s wet? Wait till you see it come out of a dogs anus.

She wants to get rid of the ankle bracelet that she has been forced to wear because it causes abrasions and she cannot lace up her military boots…aannnd she might want to take a drive.

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I don’t get the opportunity to play many games, at least not here lately. I have my favorite stand-bys that I usually play with it’s nice to find a new one every now and then. When I do I like to support smaller and independent developers such as Phelios games. Phelios is an independent developer of Windows and Mac Games that you can find at their web site. My biggest issue with thinking about switching to a Mac or Linux desktop is the lack of games designed for those operating systems.

Apparently there are some developers trying to remedy this and Mac games are starting to be a bit more readily available, particularly now that you can run the Mac OS on i386 hardware. I have always like RPG games, and Phelios sells those as well so go check them out when you get the chance.

John Couey was sentenced to death today for the 2005 kidnapping, rape and murder of Jessica Lunsford. I had sent a twitter post when I heard but since it isn’t up yet I though I would go ahead and write a bit about it. At the time this horrible incident happened back in 2005 I posted a couple of times on the subject and was just disgusted and awed that this sick bastard could do something like this.

Justice has prevailed in the case and after an hour of deliberation a jury recommended 10-2 that Couey receive the death penalty. He is a previously convicted sex offender with a 30 year criminal history that told the police at one point that he would do it again.

In a recorded conversation between Couey and his Aunt he said he knew he was going to be given the death penalty.

About the only thing that could make this better is if her were to be made to suffer as his victim did before he is killed.

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Technorati: John Couey, Jessica Lunsford

Now that I have seen Elisson’s ideas for his new kitchen setup I have been hankering to redo ours. Alas, that’s going to have to wait. I would however like to get the master bathroom done at some point in the near future. The wife wants to tile and paint it anyway, so we might as well redo the countertops as well and replace them with granite.


I’ve looked around at several different places and I must say that I am impressed with the level of service and professionalism at All Granite and Marble. Apparently quite a bit of their appeal is the process that they go through versus what a lot of other companies do.

All Granite was the third shop in the country to start using computer numerically controlled machinery for the fabrication of granite countertops and this speeds the project up immensely and also improves the quality of the finished product. It has to do with the fact that since the machines are computer controlled they get the exact cut you need and since they use water the edges are much more smooth and less dull than other competitors. They have five of the machines,so can get it done in a timely manner.

They also have a much faster turnaround time than most other companies as well. Since there is no middle man, they take three days from the time of templating your cabinets until they are installed. Since quite a few companies take anywhere from two weeks to two months and leave you without cabinets this is a pretty darn big deal.

They also sell tools and granite maintenance and care products as well. One of the things I learned from a friend of my a few years ago is that you need to keep granite cleaner on hand as well in order to keep it looking beautiful. One thing that he had done that was really exciting to me is that he had his touchscreen home automation interface mounted directly into his granite countertop in the bar. It was a very nice finished project. Being so much into home automation as I am this was neat.

Here is what I would love to put in the bathroom…