theJEDMAN NATION-A New Wave Manifesto

It is New Year's Eve and I'm at home not doing anything. I have a little drainage in my throat so it is good to stay home. Plus, I had my New Year's Eve on Friday the 29th when I invaded El SQUID ROE in Cabo San Lucas Mexico. It was awesome. It was packed. SQUID ROE is the double decker bar in San Lucas that has no roof in some places. There is a lot of sheet metal and they close down long enough in the morning to spray the vomit of the floor. There is loud music. It is the place to be. All people go there. It is really a place for 19 and 20 year old americanos to get into a bar and have fun. Young people were really hammered. Those americanos, I tell you, it was great. I was there from about 2 to 3 in the morning. Outside the bar, 3 different pushers offered me drogas. If you not smart like me, you may get into trouble. Then, I hit the tamale truck outside with Cece. It was awesome. I had two tamales de puerco. So, that was my New Year's Eve. It was fun. Before that we hit Hagar's Cabo Wabo. It was good. Another place with loud music and lights. Cece's friends came along or we went with them. They were very nice. It was the same house band as last summer. They are all right. They play all kinds of covers. I bet they have to play I can't drive 55 everynight. That might be a good gig. Hang in Cabo all the time being the house band at Cabo Wabo. I could be the front man. Not the singer, but the front man. I'm a good front man, not a good singer. Before this, we were in San Jose del Cabo at some Martini bar next to the big Mega store by condo drive. Richy sophisticates hang in that area, that is why I was there.
Cabo was fun this year. I got there on the 23rd. Cece and her friend picked me up from the airport. It was better than any taxi. I stayed out in the suburbs of San Jose del Cabo. I went to the Oxxo and got some Sol. The house was nice. It had tile. I like tile. On Xmas eve, I got to drive a Toyota pick up truck with almost 200,000 miles on it to San Lucas. We bummed around and hit the Baja Cantina. There were a lot of americanos watching football. We ate at a locals place in town. It was good. I had some fish burritos. They were good. It was nice. On Xmas eve, we went to some friend's house, the same woman that picked me up from the airport. We sat outside all night almost drinking beer, tequila and eating turkey, ham, and some other stuff. It was fun. There were people out all over town. You could hear loud music. I guess there are no noise complaints in San Jose del Cabo. The woman's husband left and came back with a new car for her. It was a new Beetle. It was nice. You could tell they liked each other. It was beautiful. We stayed out there very late. The people were very nice to me. Little kids sang Karoke. It was fun.
X-mas day we walked to the highway and took the bus to San Jose downtown area. It was nice. It had tourist shops and restaurants and a nice plaza that was all decorated for the holidays. We went to Shooter's bar on top of a building. I ate some nachos. They were good. There were a lot of old rich guys up there watching football americano. I be they lived in the condo roe that was nearby. We walked back up the street were not many tourists go. It was fun. There was no bus or taxi back so we walked. The couple drove by and picked us up. They said that we should just use the truck. So, we drove that back.
On the 26th, we took the truck to San Lucas, we went to the beach. We hung there for a while then took the water taxi. We drove out to the big rocks. It was open sea water taxi. It was swell as the swells were kind of big. The lover's beach was packed. The only way to get there is by boat. I took about 50 pictures out there. We walked around town and went to RIPS by Cabo Wabo. I drank a coffee before that and bought some souvenirs. We hit the mega on the way back. I needed some fruit.
On the 27th, we went to the Bahia Chileno. It was pretty. It was a good nice day. Very pretty. There were a lot of people there. We hit San Jose and bought some tamales.
On the 28th, I did some more shopping in San Lucas. It started to rain a little. It never rains there. It didn't last very long. I ate some food at the Baja Cantina and watched the boats.
It was fun. I was treated very well. I stayed in the suburbs. I sat in the morning sol by a 20 foot cement block wall. It was great to drink coffee out there. I heated water on the stove to take a shower with. I did one cold shower and I couldn't take it. The weather was nice. It was chilly at night.

.: posted by Jed 9:14 PM

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

I went to St. Louis. I went for a big educational conference. It was great. I stayed at the Doubletree. There was a lot of pillows.

.: posted by Jed 7:21 PM

Sunday, August 06, 2006

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2006

This entry might take awhile to complete so read it more than once. LAST UPDATE 10-10, 2006
August 28th-I have a reputation for making up stories or taking stories and exaggerating them. I'm not going to do that here. This story might need several edits to complete the full recollection that I have of the moment. I'm going to be as accurate as I can be.
I'm going to start with the last couple of hours of my trip to lead off this final entry of Jed's North American Tour. Across the street from the Westin Hotel by the Toronto Bay are two big tall condo highrises. There was an open area between them with a market, some shops and a restaurant. We were walking back to the hotel to leave town. I was walking across this open area to the market. I looked across the way and there were two women standing there. They were both pretty so I glanced over there. I entered the market and soon after they both came inside the market. I was in there walking around. I was looking at the blonde women. She had her hair tied back and had wrap around sunglasses on. She was a tiny and short woman. She had green sweat like nice pants on and a tank T-shirt. I don't remember the color. They looked like they were nice. The glasses looked nice. The hair looked nice. Everything looked nice. She was decked out in what an international power pop goddess would wear before she got on the bus to go to Washington D.C. So, I thought, "Is that Shakira?" Last night after the concert, we talked to the fireman that we met the day before and he said that Shakira had just arrived before us. She went into the north tower of the Westin. I was in the south tower. Those firemen make out like bandits.
Back to the market. At this point there were three dudes in there that came up to the women. They looked like guys that would be on a rock and roll tour. The blonde woman was looking at the fruit. She picked up the fruit. She smelled it and put it back down. I was walking around looking at stuff. I got really nervous. My heart was racing. I was breathing. I had my Shakira Tour T-shirt on and a button down shirt over it, but the buttons were undone. I looked at the water. I looked at the sandwiches. I looked at the blonde woman trying to figure out if it was her. I didn't know. She went and grabbed several bags of chips off the rack. Then she walked around the store. She walked past me. She looked active and energetic. She went back to the fruit and talked to her the other woman and the 3 men. After hearing her speak, I'm convinced it was her. I got really nervous then. My anxiety skyrocketed on many different levels. Was I going to talk to her? Would I say, "I enjoyed the show last night? Could I have a picture with you? Even better, I could have said, "Me encantaba el concierto anoche." A dork like me speaking Spanish to her might get me an in. No, I'm not doing any of that. If I try to talk nothing will come out. Then, I thought if I do go over there, those guys are going to pummel me. I'm in a foreign country. I don't want to do anything wrong here and not be able to leave. I'm not spending the night in the Toronto jail. I just stood there. Then, I walked around some more. Then, I just went outside. On the street outside were 5 big rock star tour buses. Ok, I'll just sit out here. She'll come out of the store. I can see her walk by and not talk to her or do anything, but I'll get to see her again. I sat there for awhile. One of the dudes came out with a bunch of food on a cart. Shakira never came out. There must have been another exit to the store.
It was a brief instance in the universe where my path crossed Shakira's path. I could have got a picture. I could have got an autograph. I could have been asked to be in the band. Since I was a little boy growing up in Overland Park, Kansas, it was always my dream to play bass for a hot latin popl rock singer in arenas. That was my chance. I could have been asked to lunch. I could have been her boyfriend, but I did nothing which is ok. I think it makes a better story than if I talked to her and got a picture or an autograph. Stories of ineptitude are sometimes kind of fun, but I'm still an idiot and I blew it big time. It was my one chance. Shakira was in the Kitchen Table Market on 10 Queens Quay in Toronto, Ontario on Monday, August 28th around 1 pm.
The Shakira rock show was on Sunday, August 27, 2006 in Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada. It was pretty good. It was sold out. There were probably 20,000 people there. I sat in the balcony of the hockey arena to the side of the stage. I had two big jumbo trons right in front of me. I focused most of my attention on the stage, but I did glance at the jumbo trons from time to time. Shakira was great. She had five costume changes. The costumes where pretty good. Mid-drift was visible most of the evening. She came out in black pants and a shear shiny vest thing. Then she changed to a skirt with things hanging off and a smaller top. Then she went to black pants and black shirt. Then, she came out a red long dress for one song. She spun around and made the dress look like a flower. She changed again to a skirt and top. She was barefoot the whole time. If I have one complain, Shakira didn't get all leathered up like she has been before. I have a concert DVD of Shakira's. In that she is all leathered up in the rock star pants for part of the show. We missed that tonight, but Shakira is moving in different directions, so my complaint isn't really a complaint. She still looked very good. She looked like how an international rock star goddess would look.
Shakira plays rock music. She comes out. She has a band with guitars, drums, base, keyboards, back up singer, etc. She is on a regular rock star stage. Sometimes she plays guitar and she does guitar solos. All the band is visible playing during the show like a regular rock band. Shakira just sings and dances. There are really no choreographed moves. It is all natural. A couple of times during the show she went into the belly dancing stuff from her middle eastern roots for a short time. It is pretty good. Then, she busts out into one of her power songs. Si te vas and Inevitable were outanding power rock performances. Also she played: Esoty Aqui, Anthologia, Hips don't lie, Whenever, Whereever, Ciega Sordomuda, Ojos asi, Don't bother, La Tortura, Obtener Un si, No, Hey You, Te Dejo Madrid,... She sang one I didn't know, but a couple of others that I don't remember to write down in the list.
I love power guitar rock with big voiced girl singers. It was great. It was like an experiene on a new level. I love big arena rock shows. The bonus is that Shakira is easy to look at and she has a big voice. She's so pretty. Plus, she sings all of these jilted love songs and songs about a love not there anymore. Shakira is sad when her love is not there. She is mad when her love went off when another woman. There is rage and fury in her voice. The show was mezmerizing. It was awesome. It was probably the best show I've seen. It was intense. The life of theJEDMAN is always intense. I couldn't ask for anything more. She played for an hour and 50 minutes. That is pretty good. I think standard rock shows should be at least 90 minutes. Less than that is cheating the consumer. Close to two hours is a bonus. It was great. It was at the Air Canada Center where the Maple Leafs and the Raptors play. With all the hockey stuff in the arena it is hard to tell that they play basketball there also. I picked a good seat. My seat was two rows from the tunnel. Through the tunnel and across the concorse was the bathroom. It was about 20 feet from my seat. It was awesome.
I didn't take my camera to the show. In the past, concerts have always been a place where no cameras have been allowed. I thought this was still the case, but not anymore. I guess with camera phones and digital cameras, there is no way to stop anyone from taking a picture so no one even tries to. That makes sense because there is so much garbage on the Internet. So, there were flashes going off the whole time. With it being dark and lights flashing, I don't see how you can get a good picture. I sat by the aisle. This guy came down to snap some photos. I saw them in the view finder. They were terrible. You couldn't see anything. It was too far away, too dark, too much movement and too many lights flashing. I bet if you were in front of the stage, you might be able to get a good picture if the spotlight was on Shakira and she was still. I don't know. If I had known, I would have taken my camara. I would have shot 400 pictures. I might have got a couple of good ones, but they would be from far away. Plus, I would have printed all of them off no matter how bad they were. If I had my camera there, my focus on the show would be reduced. So, I don't know if that would have been good either.

Still going back in time, before the show, we cruised over to the island in Lake Ontario. It was really foggy. You can see it from downtown, a ten minute boat ride away is a series of islands with channels. It is basically one big park. They have a rich guy marina and a poor guy marina. Some people live there. There is an amusement park and a couple of restaurants. Basically, it is a big open place. It was cool. We ate at a place. I paid the bill and the guy asked if I need change. I said yes. He came back and I took the money and left $5. We went back to get on the boat. Here comes the guy. I guess he changed my money but brought all of it back to the table. So, inadvertently, I stiffed him. It was weird that he would bring all of the money back instead of the difference. I asked another waitress at the bar after the show. She said the guy was an idiot.
The day before, we arrived in Toronto. We ate at some place by the water. It was ok. It was kind of chilly. We went to the baseball game. The Royals crushed the Blue Jays 2-0. Run-Elvis pitched a complete game. The Rogers Center was someone cool. It looks bigger on TV. It was fun. I almost got beat up with my Kansas City hat on. After the game we went up the CN tower. It is tall. There was a glass floor. I was scared to walk on it. It was pretty up there. There were a lot of French speakers around. I tried to understand them, but I could only make out some words.
Later, I got some dinner at a place on the trendy King Street. There were a lot of restaurants with beautiful people in them. Toronto has a lot of beautiful people. Plus, there are a lot of immigrants. I couldn't believe how many dark haired and dark skin people are there. It was kind of cool. Toronto is really clean. It is a foreign country to me and it seemed like it instead of an extension of the USA. It is it's own place. I didn't expect that persay. I figured I would see more people like me except that they say eay!!!!!!!!!!! It was not really like that at all. I loved the beautiful people feel. I felt at home in beautiful people world. I would go back again, but with no Shakira concert or chance meeting. It might be a letdown.
That hotel breakfast buffet was awesome. It was like $16, but it was awesome. They had the traditional bacon, sausage and eggs. Also, they had berries. Lots of berries. They had black, blue, ras, straw and other berries that I didn't know. They had granola also and other grain products. They had berries alone and berries with granola. It was a fiber paradise. It was colon cancers worse nightmare. They had fresh juice as well. It was awesome.

TEXAS, Mexico and CALIFORNIA

I went on vacation. I left on July 7th. I went to Houston for my first stop. Houston is a big flat city. I went to the aquarium. They had a big white tiger there in a marble palace. I not so sure about why a tiger belongs in an aquarium, but it was cool. The guy at the Hard Rock was in upselling mode. I ordered the vegetarian sandwich and he wanted to put a chicken on it for me. Plus he wanted me to get the sweet potato fries and a strawberry margarita. This upselling has gotten way out of control. I saw the Astros play. It was ok. There was a really drunk woman in front of me and the air conditioning vent splash me with droplets of water three or four times during the game. The Cardinals won the game. The roof stayed closed. It was fun. I got to go to see the sea. I love to see the sea. I saw Galveston Island. It was not too pretty, but it was the sea. Then we went to this board walk place and rode the Beast. The Beast was a high powered speed boat that cruised Galveston Bay. I got wet. The Beast would turn and I got splashed. More accurately, I got soaked. It was intense. The life of theJEDMAN is always intense. Other highlights, I watched Shaggy play on his computer. I walked around the green belt trails and didn't get lost. I watched Hercules make his mark on the trail. I saw the Pirates and Superman movies. I cooked fish and asparagus on the grill. It was intense. The life of theJEDMAN is always intense.
On July 14, I went to Cabo San Lucas Mexico. It was beautiful. I got picked up in the suburban. Immediately, I ate fish tacos and drank some Pacificos by the Marina. It was beautiful. The marina was the land of the beautiful people. I was a beautiful person. On the 15th, we went up to Todos Santos, there we saw the early settlement on the peninsula. Plus, we saw the Hotel California. It was not even listed in the guide book. That is pretty high considering I stood on the corner in Winslow, Arizona in 2002. We ate at the Tequila Sunrise. This restaurant is locked into playing nothing but Eagles music.
On the 16th, we went to the beach. I sat on the beach at Billygan's island. It was so beautiful. I had some beers and a strawberry smoothie. It was great. Later, we went on the Pirate ship. It was intense. They had free beer. The pirate girl and other pirates brought it too you. The ship toured the bay and there was somewhat of a show. It was fun. Later, we hit the No Where Bar. Then we hit Cabo Wabo. It was weird, because the night I'm in Cabo Wabo. Sammy Hagar is playing in Kansas City. It was a juxtaposition of intensity. The life of theJEDMAN and Hagar is always intense. In San Lucas, first we are going to Nowhere bar. Then we are going to Cabo Wabo. Then we are going to Squid Roe. Then, we are going back to Cabo Wabo. Then, we are going back to Squid Roe. We are going to dance at every place. You are not going to go unless you dance. Ok, we are going to dance. Move you hips this way.
On the 17th, we hung out in the marina. I drank some daiquiris at Senor Sweets. By the Marina some young American girls asked me to take their picture. I did. They offered to take mine. I said that is ok. One of them said, "Come on you're a good-looking guy." TheJEDMAN still has it. That was very dangerous because my ego vaulted to new heights after that one. It was so good. Then, we went to the USA like supermarket to get some food. I was the only Caucasian in there. Everyone had dark skin and dark hair. Very few times in my life have I been in that type of situation. It was no problem. I felt like I was far away. That is what I like. It makes life interesting. On the 18th, we hit the beach again. I got in the water. It was great, but I'm an idiot. I got kind of burned on my shoulders. In fact, I got burned a lot and it hurt so bad. I'm stupid. It only takes a few minutes. Later, we hung out on the marina and drank some champagne with some rich dudes at Barometer, the eurotecho bar with weird videos. Later, we hit SQUID ROE. The party is going down tonight at SQUID ROE. SQUID ROE is an awesome two level bar with a circular DJ booth in the sky. We went up in the balcony that circle the main floor. It was so loud and I looked up and I could see the sky. There was no roof and it was that loud. It was intense. Girls danced on tables. They sold hot dogs and beers were kind of high. It was great. Plus, SQUID ROE is open almost all the time. They close down for a couple of hours in the morning to spray off the vomit on the floor with the fire hose. The perfect night would be to start off at Nowhere Bar. Then you should finish at Squid Roe. The party is going down tonight at Squid Roe. I swear I saw Jessica Simpson and Ashleigh along with a lot of other rubias. They were eating in some restaurant. I walked by and accidently kicked a bottle. It was late at night and everyone was hammered. Jessican yelled, "All right," and high 5ed me. I realize this comment may put my Shakira story in jeopardy, but I bet it might have been Jessica Simpson.
On the 19th, I was sunburned and tired. It was so hot. We saw a movie. It was called Silent Hill. It was a terrible horror movie. I had to try hard not to laugh. It was that bad. Then, we went on the big cruiser boat past the arch and up the pacific side. It was pretty. People brought me drinks and there were snacks. I had a great time. It was so pretty.
On the 20th, we ate at a restaurant called Mi Casa. The fish was so good. I never had white fish that was so meaty and wonderful. It was great.
I got to stay at a nice hotel that was in the town. It had a pool. My room spilled out onto the patio by the pool. Every morning, I got to eat make your own toast and drink coffee on the patio by the pool. It was great. Plus, there was fruit and fresh OJ. The woman that ran the place was so nice. She brought me coffee to my room. By staying there I got to stay in the town. It was interesting. The marina is the land of the beautiful people. Being in the town was interesting. CeCe was so nice to me. I had a lot of fun with her. I haven't been treated so well in a long time. She is wonderful.
On the 21, I went to San Francisco. I did typical stuff. On the 23rd, we rode bikes. Shan-nice has many bikes. We rode to the BART station in Oakland. We took the BART to the Embarcadero. We rode to the Warf. Then, we rode to the bridge and over. We cruised downhill to Sausalito. We hung out there in the cafe by the water. Then we took the ferry back to the ferry building. Then we took BART back to my summer home. Well, first we stopped off in Rock Bridge to eat a burrito and to get my laundry at the wash and fold. It is the big city. Wash and fold is what the beautiful people do. I'm a beautiful person. I take it to wash and fold. It was great. We covered a lot of territory.
I can't remember all the dates. So, another day, we rode the boat on the bay. It was a small $10 boat ride in a small fishing boat. Brentwood refused to go citing the possibility of sea sickness. It was fun. I love the boats. It was great. It was the same boat guys that I rode on in March 99. The English boater mate was the same girl I believe. Later, we ate fish at a Warf restaurant. It was good. We stopped by Specs on the way home.
We took off to the mountains. We hit Chico, California. Chico is a fun little college town. We got there on farmer's market day in downtown. We ate some pizza. The next day we camped in the mountains. It was beautiful. I slept under big trees. I like big trees. Then we when on a hike. We were up high enough to see a frozen lake and tromp through the snow. We hiked on a long trail. Shan-nice and Brentwood left their hiking boots in the car. They hiked on 1950s technology sneakers. Brentwood fell down a lot. We hiked to this place where the sulfur gas was coming out of the ground. It was pretty cool. That night we stayed in Quincy. It was ok. Shan-nice made us walk around the town a lot looking for a restaurant that was surprisingly close to the motel.
The next day we hit Sierra City. It was a nice town. We stayed at the old west Old Sierra City Hotel. Bob was the owner. He was nice. My room had a balcony. We ate outside at a restaurant up the street. We had some beers at the bar in the hotel. Bob was fun. He is into his business. He dances with the customers. I had a good time.
From there we hit a bunch of lakes. We hike up from lower Sardine lake to upper Sardine lake. It was pretty. The water was clear. We then buffaloed our way to Downieville. If you want a drink or something to eat in Downieville, you better do it early. We stayed at a nice place. It was cute. On the way home we hit Nevada City and Grass Valley. They were both pretty towns, but I like Nevada City more. It was prettier. There were a lot of houses for sale. It must be hard to live there in a big old expensive house. We returned to Oakland. We ate some Blondie's pizza on Telegraph. Yeah, I'm starting my sophomore year at Cal.
We went to a Korean Restaurant. They only had chopsticks on the table. I started to use them. I didn't think I was doing bad. When the woman saw me and my technique with the chopsticks, she said, I"ll get you a fork." She brought me a fork and I used the fork to eat the rest of my meal. I was devestated.
On my last day in the Bay, we had Jed's day in the City. We rode the ferry over to the ferry building. We toured the ferry building. We ate fine chocolates. Not only does Shan-nice have a love for exotic animals, but he has a love for fine chocolates. We got a coffee at Union square. Then we walked through China Town. I have a love for the markets in china town. I like the fish martket. I like to see the live fish. I know that they will be killed soon, but I like to see the live fish. Then we hit Washington square. We had a beer there. We walked around North Beach. I took a picture for some teenagers in front of Joe Dimaggio's. We walked up the big hills. We ate pizza at Golden Boy. We then went for a beer at Vezuvios. We worked our way back down to the financial district. we got back on the ferry and then my day in the city was over.
My vacation this year was outstanding. I had a good time. I'm one of those people that doesn't realize how much fun I'm having during the vacation, but upon reflection I realize that I'm having the best time ever. Brentwood and Shan-nice were outstanding. Oh, on the way home I gave up my seat on Southwest so that a father and his little girl could have two seats together. So, I'm not that bad a person all the time. Remember, the life of theJEDMAN is always intense.

.: posted by Jed 8:26 PM

Thursday, July 06, 2006

I think this whole immigration thing has gotten way out of hand. Mr. Bush expects all the immigrants to speak English now. You would think one his advisors would tell him that it takes a long time to learn English. It can take many years to be able to function. Also, unless you speak English clearly, without an accent and you don't mess up any word order, only then will most Americans accept you as an English speaker. This is what I've gotten out of Mr. Bush's message. For immingrants to learn to function in speaking English, we Americans must help them. We must have patience and help people to speak English. We have to talk to them all the time to give them impute to help them learn. It would not hurt most Americans to learn a few phrases of another language to help a speaker in that language feel comfortable in this country. Most of the time a lot of Americans will dismiss someone who struggles in speaking English. We can't do this Mr. Bush if you want people to learn. I've been dismissed trying to speak Spanish. It sucks. It makes you want to give up. I'm kind of biased because I work with non-English speakers all the time. The bottom line Mr. Bush is we have to help non-English speakers by speaking to them. theJEDMAN

I bought some pomegranate juice the other day. It is all the rage right now. I read in two different places how it helps circulation in your heart. So, I drink it sometimes. I get the expensive kind at the store. I've paid 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 dollars for beer. I can buy a $4 juice a couple times a week. Anyway, at the check out counter. The woman asked me if I had tried the peach passion ice tea from the some line of products. I told her that I try to never drink anything with PASSION in the name. It was intense. The life of theJEDMAN is always intense. theJEDMAN

There is always a big fireworks show in the JOCO close to where I live. On the 4th I was out walking. I stop by this coffee shop on my walk because they have that expensive juice that I like. I noticed on the door that they were closing at 5 pm. I told them they were crazy for not being open tonight. This parking lot will be full of people for the fireworks. Plus, there will be about 30,000 people in the area tonight. It is the only day of the year like this. They thanked me for my advice. Anyway, later that night I was across the street watching the fireworks and low and behold this shop was open. I felt like going over there and asking for 5% of the profits as a consultant. The fireworks started about 9:30. The sprinklers for the lawn by the office building I was sitting on came on about 9:29. I got splashed. The life of theJEDMAN is always intense. theJEDMAN

I'm leaving manana to go on my 3 country tour this summer. I'm going to Texas, Mexico and California. I know two of the three are not countries, but they have the big country attitude. It should be intense. The life of theJEDMAN is always intense. theJEDMAN

.: posted by Jed 7:42 PM

Saturday, June 17, 2006

I turned 40 5 weeks ago. There was not much fanfare. I didn't want any, but hardly anyone acknowledged this feat of longevity. I got some stuff from one person in another country. I got phone calls from a nice person in another country. No one else but my family did anything for theJEDMAN. That is OK. I didn't promote it.
I have not been doing much lately. I'm still working. My group of clients lately have been exceptional. I'm really enjoying work.

I wasted a lot of time watching this show call the real housewives of orange county. It was so bad. They were so cheesy. There was a lot of fiberglass on the show. One woman accessorized so much stuff that she put glitter on her horse's hooves. The dark haired young woman was really pretty. Plus, there was a woman from the ZZ top video's that sells houses out there. She was married to this guy that used to pitch for the Oakland A's. It was one of those shows that was on all the time so you didn't even miss anything. It was dumb, but man I couldn't get enough.
I wish I was more like Barcelona Bad Boy. His life is not ruined by mindless TV shows.

I have the big vacation planned for July. I'm going to Texas, Mexico and California. It is going to be awesome. It should be intense. The life of theJEDMAN is always intense. I will spend a lot of time by the sea. I have always felt that I've been missing something in my life. When I go to the sea, I feel like I've found that something missing. I feel like a whole person. So, now that I'm an adult and I don't put ketchup on hot dogs, I yearn for the sea. Well, sometimes, I long for the sea. No, I used to long for the sea and now I yearn for the sea. No, maybe I long for the sea when I used to yearn for the sea. Well, I have longing and yearning confusion. I am in longing and yearning turmoil. I love the sea. I love boats. I hope to ride a boat on the sea. The sea is intense. There is no sea in Kansas. the life of theJEDMAN ia always intense. Also, at the end of August, I'm going to Toronto. It is my one chance to be Shakira's boyfriend.

I mess around on the itunes because I have this sony music player. It is great. Well, I found some power latin rock pop with a hot girl singer. Her name is Soraya. I looked on her website and she has the qualities that I like in a power pop latin singer. For awhile I thought that she was exclusively a colombiana, but then I found out that she grew up in New Jersey. I decided that was ok. Then, I found out that she died last month in a gruesome battle with breast cancer that killed her mom also. That is awful. I purchased and downloaded a couple of her CDs and they are pretty good.

.: posted by Jed 7:43 PM

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

PUBLIC ADDRESS ANNOUNCING
I got to do the Cougars game today at the K. Every spring there are amateur games at the K. The Cougars got to play today. The K is the stadium of the Major League team in town. I got picked out of thousands to do the game. I was in the PA booth. I did the line-ups and pre-game stuff. I didn't really mess up at all. During the game, I called one guy by the wrong name and a few times, I didn't get the next batter announced, but I was pretty good really. I got to play music between innings. I was DJ-ing. It was awesome. I really cranked that mother out. I operated the console. There were knobs, lots of knobs. It was big time. It looked PRO. It was PRO. I am PRO. I'll be working at ESPN soon. The life of theJEDMAN is always intense.

.: posted by Jed 8:13 PM

Sunday, April 09, 2006

I took some of my winnings from my dominating bracket and I bought some more discs for disc golf. I bought two put and approach discs. I have no short game so I need to work on it. Also, I bought a good driver. It is a nice piece of plastic. I have no long game and I'll probably never have much of one, but I need to work on it as well. I went out and played. I did well on some holes and I looked like I can't play on others. I did make two long puts with the new putters and I had one good drive. The new diver is cool. It is yellow and red all smeared together. It looks like a Jerry Garcia Dead shirt. It really freaks out your eyes when you throw it. Maybe one day, I'll be good enough to actually play with other people. The life of theJEDMAN is always intense.

I quit running back in high school. My shins hurt from running and they never really got good enough so that I could do it again. Anyway, now I can't run. Since then, sometimes when I sit or lie down, my legs twitch or I can't keep them still. If I stretch or keep them stretched out this is no problem. Recently, I've seen on TV and I've read in the paper that there is a drug for this condition. They even have a name for it. They call it Restless Leg Syndrome. They even say in the add that stretching helps this problem. This is another sign of of the drug companies exploitation of people like me that have a couple of health problems. They are perpetrators of evil. Very rarely have any of my doctors talked to me about nutrition. I know they took a nutrution classes in college. They just give me more drugs. A couple of time, my doctor has given me an antibiotic when I wasn't even really sick. I got over my GERD problem by going on high fiber and getting off that nexium and the $50 co-pay that is paying for some drug reps time share in Puerto Rico. The life of theJEDMAN is always intense.

.: posted by Jed 7:19 PM

Thursday, March 30, 2006

Sunday, I dominated on Saturday. UCLA and Florida both won big. That is the final game I picked in my bracket. I closed out the championship before the final game. The prize is $1500 cash. I'm theJEDMAN. I dominate. I'm not buying. The life of the JEDMAN is always intense. This is secondary to what else happened on Saturday. I got to hang with theQUICK at Bucklin's birthday party at Tim Kenedy's bar. This is no slight to Bucklin, but theQUICK is awesome. This reminds me of the glory days of theQUICK. theQUICK used to call me up on a Saturday night about 7:00 and say, "What up. Get over here." I would go over about 9:00 and watch theQUICK play video games for until 11:00. Then, theQUICK would take a shower. Then, we'd go full fuorce into the port about 11:30. At 3:00 AM we'd hit Quick Trip for some Chili Dogs. It was awesome. It was intense It is theQUICK. The life of theJEDMAN and theQUICK is always intense. Wherever you go I go with HUGO.

Well, I'm in the driver's seat on my bracket. I'm going to win it all. Currently, I'm in fourth place, but I have Florida and UCLA in the title game. I have UCLA winning it all. So, if both teams win on Saturday, I win it all. If UCLA wins on Monday night, I win it all. Any combination of one win and I finish in 2nd place. If they both lose, I get nothing. I'll have my bracket wrapped up Saturday and all of the $150 winner's share. 2nd place pays around $75. I'm awesome. I'm theJEDMAN. The life of the JEDMAN is always intense. theJEDMAN

.: posted by Jed 9:19 PM

Saturday, March 25, 2006

I cruised T-Town. I got to hang with thQUICK. theQUICK is awesome. We ate some chicken wings. Then, I destroyed him at disc golf by several strokes. It was a beating, a display of total domination. We played at Ocean Shawnee by his T-Town mansion. I lost a disc in the ocean. On 17, I just threw it and it curved into the ocean. Those things don't float. Then, on 18, you have to throw it over the ocean. The tee is well set back from the ocean. I was chicken. So I walked up to the ocean. I tried to throw it over the ocean, but it still hit the water. It was close to the beach so I was able to get it out. It was my lucky orange disc. I didn't want to lose it. After golf, I dominated theQUICK at the trivia game ESPN's Scene It. It is really scary how much sports trivia I know. I mean I got a downhill skiing question right. I even knew what kind of shoes the refrigerator wore in Super Bowl XX. I killed him. It was total domination. theQUICK is awesome. T-Town rulz. The life of theJEDMAN is always intense. theJEDMAN

"Negative energy just makes me stronger. What ever happened to the Stones at the coliseum or the Who at the King Dome. Where are the Iron Man's and the Misty Mountain Hop's of our generation. This band will persevere. This weekend, we rock Portland!" I caught the 1992 movie SINGLES on the cable the other night. It was a Seattle young people looking for love set around the grunge scene. It is funny. Matt Dillon was so funny in that. I was dying laughing. Briget Fonda was super cute in this movie. She was in a lot of movies at this time. Brad screwed me one time when we tried to see POINT OF NO RETURN. This was an awesome Briget Fonda movie at this time. We eventually saw it, but Brad almost ruined it. theJEDMAN

.: posted by Jed 10:05 AM

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

I sometimes go to a park close to my old neighborhood to walk. It is a nice park with a small lake and a trail. There are water fowl there this time of year. There is a big sign that not only says not to feed the water fowl, but why not to feed them. I never fail to see someone feed the fowl. Today, this mom and her little daughter had a whole loaf of bread feeding the fowl. The little girl was pelting the Canadian Geese with little chunks of bread. She was running after the geese and throwing bread at them along with her mom right in front of the DO NOT FEED WATER FOWL sign. What are these people stupid? Read the sign. You are breaking the law. It is just like in 95 Bon Chap had a hissy fit at the Barcelona Zoo when people were feeding the elephants. in front of the no feeding sign. These are not American Geese. They are Canadian Geese. They are going to fly back to Canada and inform all Canadians that people in the USA can't read. I could see the geese peck the little girl into tears. Then, her Overland Park mom would sue the city and the geese for it claiming ignorance and that there should have been somewhere there to stop them, like that bald doofus in the Royals hat walking around the trail. The life of theJEDMAN is always intense. theJEDMAN

I've been to a couple more Arena games. They are pretty good. The cheerleaders are almost worth admission. The thing that is best is the $6 beers. I think that the more expensive beer is the better it is. There is nothing like bud light in a plastic cup. It just tastes better. I think because so many people drink the beer, it is really fresh. Fresh beer is better. I just like the tap beer. The Brigade isn't as good as the beer. They've only won one game, but they've really have been taken to by the football crazy Kansas citians. That beer at the Tanner's in the plastic cup is pretty good. They probably sell a lot of bud light there.

I've been watching a lot of TV lately. Most of it is crap, but one show that is interesting is that show about pop singer Lisa Loeb. It follows her dating life in New York City. It is great. She is super cute. Women are either hot, beautiful, cute or a combination of all three. That crazy Spears girl is hot. Shania Twain and Salma Hayek are beautiful. Shakira is all three. Lisa Loeb is super cute. She has that good combination of a smarty, sophisticated, reserve coolness about her. I would date her. She's super cute, but she goes out with a ton of doofuses on the show. This one guy made several racial slurs about Jewish girls and then said that helping people was so boring. Needless to say that ended the date. I'd like to get on that show, but I'm afraid that security would take me away in a refrigerator box if I got to close to Ms. Loeb. That would be intense. The life of theJEDMAN is always intense.

I found out that the new coffee house, Scooter's, by my house is a chain from Nebraska. Nebraska, I got the pulp beat out of me one night in Nebraska. This place is no good. I took my own cup in there and they charged me just as much as if I used their cup. That is not right. They seem to be perpetrators of evil. I'm just going to go to Quick Trip.

I'm getting older and I have to go get tests down to see that I am healthy. Because of family history, I had to go get my colon checked. It was great let me tell you. To prepare for it, I was not allowed to eat for a day and I had to take of all these laxatives and drink a bunch of stuff that smelled bad and was worse coming out. It was hell. I didn't know I was carrying around so much stuff. Anyway, I didn't sleep well and then I had to run to the bathroom all the time and the smelll was horrible. I went to the hospital feeling bad. Then, they put me to sleep and it was over. You go to the hospital. They get you naked and then strangers put you to sleep. It is great and they say there is no trust left in the world. I have pictures if you want to see them I'll send out copies. I have to worn you, I'm far better looking on the outside. By the way, everything checked out ok. I'm totally clean. I have to do that in another five years. I guess I'm doing this every five years for the rest of my life. That could be 9 or 10 more times. No fun.

I'm on vacation. Some people call it Spring Break. I was going to go to Cabo San Lucas, but I couldn't get a good flight, so that fell through. Then, I was going to go to Steamboat Springs, Colorado, but that fell through with my little colon check. So, now I'm going to T-town tomorrow to see theQUICK. T-town is the capital of the state of Kansas. Got to love theQUICK. We might play some disc golf at Lake Shawnee. It will be intense. The life of theJEDMAN is always intense.

.: posted by Jed 4:16 PM

Sunday, February 19, 2006

I wrote that snow board cross entry on the last post right before I watched the girl snowboarder do a little hot dogging on a jump when she had a huge lead and fell allowing for the other snowboarder girl to pass her for the gold. I tell you these young kids today don't do a lot of thinking. Oh well, she talked to the press afterward when they tortured her with it. She was a good sport. It was probably intense for her. The life of theJEDMAN is always intense. theJEDMAN

I went to the AFL today. it is a really dumb sport. Then again large men crashing into each other wearing fiberglass helmets isn't the best idea ever thought of, but it is awesome anyway. The New Orleans team in Arena American Football moved to Kansas City to be the Brigade. The Brigade crushed the team from Columbus. It is interesting. It is not nearly as good as real football, but I'd probaby go again. There were collisions, fire, fireworks, scantlily clad cheerleaders, $6 cups of beer, and nachos. It is affordable. You can get in for $10. I freeloaded my way in, but I might pay to go. They're not the best athletes in the world, but there seem to be no primadonnas even though there is some trash talking out of the field. They pass too much. It seems like they could run the ball more, but a real athletic wide out can control they game if someone throws him the ball. It was intense. The life of theJEDMAN is always intense. theJEDMAN

.: posted by Jed 7:16 PM

Sunday, February 12, 2006

I went to the Hero's bar to watch the Super Bowl. The Hero is awesome. He has a urinal in his basement with a TV by it. You have to watch the Super Bowl. It is part of your culture. The game was boring but at least it was not a blow out. The best part was Mick and the Boys. I love Mick. I love rock shows. Keith and Ron were awesome too. I should go see the Stones if they even play a gig again. I love Mick. I really love Keith.
I've been walking a lot with my new sony MP3 player. I don't care if it is cold. I downloaded some Alejandra Guzman. She a heavily tatooed dangerous looking, throaty voiced almost flinty rocker chick from Mexico. She has the reverse tailbone tatoo. It is pretty good. Even though I'm kind of scared of her. Walking is good. I like walking.

.: posted by Jed 6:56 PM

Saturday, February 04, 2006

I'm back by popular demand. People have complained that I have not been writing on the blog. I never think anyone actually reads this garbage. I like writing, but sometimes it is a burden to come up with material. I don't want to disappoint my fans. I do stuff that is funny then I forget about it. I should takes some notes, but that is not my free-wheeling style. I'm theJEDMAN remember.
I went to the Phraz-machine's party last weekend. It was awesome. There was broccoli. There was some of the old-timers there. It was fun I had a good time even though Pat instigated some questionable activity going on in the garage right next to the wholesale club stash of merchandise. I never thought the Phraz-machine would have so many non-organic juice boxes.
I was at Tanner's watching the Seahawks game on a Sunday afternoon. This guy next to me at the bar started talking to me. He talked a lot. He kept asking me about my life, my job, my martital status, prospects for doing that, portfolio, etc. It was weird. He wouldn't shut up. It almost drove me nuts. He kept saying I had a good life going, but that I should add some stuff like wife kids and I should be my own money manager instead of having help, "You can do that yourself. Also, I'm 46. I got a 4 year old and three other kids. It is great. My wife is great. It is great." Twice he said, "You're in here trying to watch the game and some guy is talking you ear off." This didn't stop him.
A couple of times the guy said stuff that was somewhat racist. This is not the first time this has happened. I've had people say racist stuff to me before. I'm worried that I look like a guy anyone can say racist stuff to. It was just like the time when I was at the gas station and two guys asked me where the strip bar was. They said, "Hey buddy, where is the strip club?" It wasn't do you know where the strip club is. It was where is the strip club. I must look like a guy that would know that.
Also, the guy just kept talking about stuff you have. Possessions dominated this guys life. He has business, cars, children, wife, etc. All of it was possessions that you have or you need. That is JOCO. After awhile I was thinking, why is this guy in the bar on a Sunday afternoon by himself. Being at a bar by yourself is the last frontier of loserarama. I go sometimes when I don't have anything else to do. I know it is a loser world. If I had a wife and kids I would probably never go out for a beer alone or maybe at all. Hopefully if I was in that situation I would never want to. So, I didn't understand it. He was very nice. He was talking at me. I never got a word in. I missed a couple of Seahawk TDs. I just kind of wanted to leave. It was a juxtaposition of wanting to be with people and yet wanting to be alone. Being with people this time was torture. I chose alone. theJEDMAN
I bought an MP3 player. I can't live without my music. I got a sony. I spent about $120 at the Super Target. I even figured out how to use it that day. I got 1 GB. It is supposed to hold 695 songs and up to 70 hours on 1 AAA battery. I even figured out how to put my CDs on it today. I loaded all my Shakira CDs on it today. I was at Shakira's birthday party in Colombia this week. It was awesome. It is awesome being her boyfriend. Today, I was at Circuit City before Super Target and I thought about biting the bullet and getting the big $200 plus i-pod, but I decided to comparison shop. I saw the sony one and I said I don't need to spend that much. I don't really need to spend $120, but it has been forever since I bought myself a toy. I got to have my music. I like to walk and I was getting board with the CDs I burned to play in my CD player. I figure I'll walk more if I have my music. It is really small. It fits in the palm of my hand. It is light as a feather. I can take it to Tanner's with me and really tune the world out. theJEDMAN

.: posted by Jed 10:28 AM

Sunday, January 08, 2006

I haven't written in awhile. I had some ideas, but I don't remember what they were. I haven't been busy. I've just been off the blog because the life of theJEDMAN is always intense. I went to a holiday part at the casino last night. It was fun. I ate ribs and shrimp. You should only eat ribs and shrimp on a buffet. There is no reason to eat anything else. I did eat some zucchini. Zucchini is good. People should eat zucchini. Then, later, I entered the gaming area. I immediately dropped $1,000 at the blackjack table. Ok, I only lost $25, but I lost it fast. It was fun. I've only played slots before. Slots are no fun. Blackjack was pretty much fun. I can see playing it once a year and dropping $20 for entertainment. I can see how some idiots might make bad choices there and blow all of their mortgage, get their wife upset with them, lose their job and have to rob Quick Trips to avoid sleeping outside in the freezing cold and having to lick snow for nourishment. theJEDMAN

I was in South JOCO. I saw this service taking down the holiday decorations and lights from the outside of this house. I guess you can pay people to do put lights on your house for the holidays. That is a good idea because in some of those neighborhood. People will make fun of you if you don't have good lights. When I used to work in the JOCO, people used to make fun of you if you brought bad snacks to meetings. Bad snacks meant healthy snacks. That is my JOCO. theJEDMAN