ex nfl quarterback, steve mcnair found dead

what the fuck? 36 year old steve mcnair, former nemesis of my pittsburgh steelers, was found dead saturday afternoon with a gun shot wound to his head in an apartment in downtown nashville. plaxico burress cannot be reached for comment.

quiz: bbc style

a five!! damn skippy.

father's day

so sunday will be my first father's day as a father. i don't really feel it yet, perhaps due to the fact that the child can't say "daddy" yet, or perhaps because i spend my days doing whatever the wife says and trying really really hard not to drop the baby (which i did again about an hour ago...not a far drop...but she did bump her head on the crib) so instead i will view sunday for what i've truly been these past 15 weeks, pack mule day.

yes the intrepid yet beloved pack-mule, but how much do we really know about this sexy beast? let's ask russ:

pack mules are born followers. a pack mule will follow a horse or another mule almost anywhere.
pack mules carry a load without a lot of swaying and lunging.
pack mules know their job and want to do it.
pack mules generally have a 20-30% longer useful life than pack horses.
pack mules are easier keepers than pack horses for the most part.
last, but not least, they are cute. hell yeah.

so to all the first time father's out there, happy pack mule day!

quiz: bbc style

another four.

DMB live at Beacon Theatre

quiz: bbc style

another four.

Do we really need to bare arms?

US toddler shoots younger brother
A three-year-old girl in the US state of California has accidentally shot her younger brother dead with a gun found in her home, say police.

The girl is believed to have found the .45 calibre semi-automatic handgun under her parents' bed.

Her two-year-old brother was taken to Kern County hospital with a critical chest wound but later died.

Police investigating the incident and said the children's mother was at home at the time.

Police Sgt Greg Terry said police would be looking at whether the weapon had been safely and securely secured.

"It's so important that if you're going to have firearms in your possession, make sure they're stored safely, so that incidents like this don't occur," local media quoted Sgt Terry as saying.

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/americas/8071512.stm

quiz: bbc style

i got the first four correct and then failed the rest.