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Thought I would throw out an insider trading tip (too few of which make it to 177)

Bad news for Pluto shareholders today. The 9th planet was demoted today by Chech scientists to a 'dwarf planet'. In a demoralizing effort, the dwarf was excommunicated from the list of the now 8 'classical' planets and lumped with such derelicts as 2003 ub 313 and would-be-planet Ceres. The decision today was based upon Plutos selfish 'piggy-backing' of Neptune's orbit. Should have seen this coming.

Good news however for the makers of those sweet glow-in-the-dark solar system wall stickers...I know I have to purchase a new set.

Hope you're paying attention

Inside sources say Sam Keller will be in Lincoln within the hour...to be part of the late-afternoon press conference to announce his signing with NU.

GO 'SKERS!!!!

J-Rod Proclaims September 22-24 as Third Annual FFF

It's only 2 weeks away so post your ideas now! Events will be updated pending your participation...

FFF-06 possible events:
1. 5K fun run (participation points awarded)
2. Putt-putt (top 3 score points)
3. Paint ball (pending availability)
4. EGG TOSS (pairs, points for 2 teams with most throws, raw egg for LOSERS)
5. Paper airplane throw (distance, top 3 score points)
6. Keg toss (empty, distance, men's/women's flights, pending site availability)
7. Bocce ball (pairs or two teams)
8. Paper-Rock-Scissors
*tie breaker: 50 yard dash

East coasters: I've got room for a few, and plan to leave about noon on that Friday...

Second Life. Wow.

Well, if you have absolutely no life...you can actually create a virtual one. There's a program called Second Life (secondlife.com) that is literally, an earth within the internet. There are over 300,000 people currently on it. There's virtual stores where you can buy stuff for your virtual self, there's even a virtual hotel. It's rediculous. It's basically the Sims, on a internet-wide level. Second Life even has its own currency, which you can convert to actual US dollars. Check it out.

Oh, and by the way...it's going to be the next wave of marketing. There's already a PR agency that's open in Secondlife. You have to look into this thing...it's soooo mindblowing--my brain won't allow me to go into it any further.

Rediculous.

Blogging Stuff

A couple quick notes:

1. There is now a counter over on the right side of the blog. You might have to scroll down to see it. If you click on it, it will take you to blogpatrol.com, where you can see all sorts of stats for the blog. It's pretty cool...if you give a hoot.

2. I may be able to add/subtract things from the blog by manipulating the code. I have no idea really how to do it, but usually I can mess around and figure it out. So if you have things that you want to add/delete from the blog's template, let me know.

3. Lets try to keep swearing to the comments pages. I know, I'm the biggest culpurit of front-page swearing, but I'm working on it.

More Husker Woes

My morning wood quickly subsided when I saw today's latest headlines from Huskerland. Let's start with the good...I think?

After not-very-much deliberation, NU has hired a new Basketball coach. I can't think of his last name, but his first name is Doc, which leads to all sorts of cool signs from the RedZone. He's the former coach of UTEP and it seems like he turned that program around pretty quick, winning the WAC in just his 2nd season. Yes, it's the WAC, but I'm still excited. Something new.

Also, it's official, Harrison Beck is out. Apparently he was going to come back...until he heard what his mom told the press. Good idea, 'cause he'd be the next meal at the training table...with Zack Taylor having seconds.

OK, now to the bleeding of Husker red. First off, as mentioned earlier, Zack Bowman is out. Also, on the basketball front, Alex Maric will not be returning, citing he wouldn't be comfortable here without Collier or the Assistant coach around. Finally, the Vball team lost Christina Houghtaling, one of our All-Americans, to shoulder problems.

But lets look on the bright side: Zack Taylor and most of the Husker D is back, Tony Watson is returning to the baseball team, we still have 13 other all-american volleyball players, and HUSKER FOOTBALL STARTS IN 25 DAYS!!!!!! (chug).

Harrison Beck's Mom

Well, there's one up, and one major down for the Huskers after this weekend's practices. On the downside, way downside, starting cornerback, and prospected 1st round draft pick, Zack Bowman is out for the year with a torn ACL. F.

However, on the upside, it seems that the pri-madonna pansy backup QB, Harrison Beck is not showing up to practices, citing that he's not happy with the number of reps he's getting at practice. Basically, he showed up to spring practice and saw he was 4th string, and walked out.

Here's what his mom had to say about it. Evelyn Beck-Bothwell told the Journal Star that her son would beat out Taylor for the starting quarterback's job if the coaches devoted more time to him. She said Taylor is "just OK."

"It'd be different if he was sitting behind Matt Leinart or Brady Quinn," Beck-Bothwell said.

Hilarious. Not a chance in hell lady. ZT is the man. Harrison Beck is not meant for Nebraska football. He should be proud just to wear that jersey. He obviously has God-given physical gifts, but he doesn't want to work. And in Nebraska, that doesn't fly.

FALL CAMP REPORTS

The 'skers are back in action and the media was graced with a half an hour of coverage before being ushered out of the first drills of the fall.

Coach Callahan offered up the following quotes on incoming
players and it appears that a great crop of future all Americans and delinquents has just landed in the star city. These are actual quotes!

On Brandon Johnson
"Johnson is finishing summer school right now at Compton Junior College in California. He will arrive later in camp. How much later, we don't know."

On Ricky Thenarse
"We are anticipating that he'll be in camp, provided that the NCAA Clearinghouse will release him. We're hopeful he makes it (to camp)."

On Maurice Purify
"Purify is finalizing his paperwork today. From what I understand, he's cleared and ready to go; it's just that his paperwork needs to be rubber-stamped before he's cleared to go."

In spite of the fact that one new recruit is from COMPTON JC and two others cannot read or write (waiting on paper work) the entire state breathed a sigh of relief that only a hardened heroine junkie can relate to after getting a long over due injection of Husker Football action.

Get your fix at:
http://www.huskers.com/

Chew on this.

Click on the link down in the links box that says "Click Here!"

This is what I'm talking about. A receptionist getting a production deal, a 15-year-old nerd getting her own tv show because of her YouTube videos...

New ideas, small or big, are winning! In an age where their are no borders of communication, you don't have to go knocking on doors to get noticed. Along with the people featured in the article, another example is Ryan Sandberg (I think that's his name) from SNL. He and some buddies made funny video clips and posted them on the web. They got so many hits and were so popular, Lorne Michaels CAME TO THEM!!!

All I'm trying to get at is, all it takes is one idea, and a DSL connection. Now lets get thinking.

Blog Ideas

Alright, with the blogosphere ever-intesifying, and advertising dollars flying to popular blogs, we need to come up with a blog idea that's not only original, but could garner interest from a larger audience. I know, it sounds like I'm trying to whore out our blogging efforts...well, kinda. We write some pretty good shit, and I think if we focused on a larger target audience, we might be able to create a pretty popular blog...and in turn, earn some cha-ching (that's money).

So with that, top 10 blog ideas. Go.