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    August 21

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    Its been a real long time since my last law.  I do have a few requests that are on the back burner some place, I'll have to check my old emails.  In the mean time I saw this in the paper:
     
    Jul. 28, 2006 (Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News delivered by Newstex) --
    Top draft pick Vernon Davis signed a five-year contract today worth about $23 million and joined the 49ers in time for their first training camp practice. The signing of Davis, a tight end from Maryland drafted sixth overall, followed all-night negotiations between Davis' agent, Ethan Locke, and 49ers executives. Davis said he had instructed his agent to keep going with the talks until there was a resolution.
    According to ESPN.com, Davis' average annual compensation of about $4.6 million immediately made him the NFL's highest-paid tight end.
     
    This is nuts, the man has not played one down in NFL football, and he is the highest paid tight end.
    IIWK...... All rookies in all sports shall be paid the minimum wage.  1st round draft picks will all be given a signing bonus, with the #1 pick getting one million, and the following picks bonus money prorated.  Contract negotiations may take place in year #2, based upon performance, not potential.
     
     
     
     
    After 2.5 weeks on the road, I came back to this:
     
     
     
    ANTS
     
    WEEDS

     

    From the "what its worth dept":  8 teams from the United States are participating in the Little League World Series.  Of all the boys on these teams, only ONE is African-American.

     

    Too busy and too hot to hit the few garage sales over the weekend.  But I did post a few pictures from my Wisconsin finds.

     

    Recent viewings are now added to my must see TV/movies:

    "Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia", Thursday nights on FX

    "Supersize Me"

     

    I have not seen the movie, nor will I.  But "Snakes on a Plane" has to be added to the Must NOT see list.   The plot is absurd, just like that last airplane movie I saw Flightplan.  How did the mob know the witness would be on that particular plane?   OK, so they found out, why not just shoot him, why the elaborate snake thing?  How did they sneak the snakes into the cargo hold?  Why snakes, if they were going to put anything into the belly of the plane, why not a bomb?  The mob isnt that stupid to use snakes as their hit man!!!!

    Ya, ya, ya....I get it....no snakes, no movie.

     

    A woman meets a man in a bar. They talk; they connect; they end up leaving together. They get back to his place, and as he shows her around his apartment, she notices that one wall of his bedroom is completely filled with soft, sweet, cuddly teddy bears.
     
    There are three shelves in the bedroom with hundreds and hundreds of cute, cuddly teddy bears, carefully placed in rows covering the entire wall! It was obvious that he had taken quite some time to lovingly arrange them and she was immediately touched by the amount of thought he had put into organizing the display. There were small bears all along the bottom shelf, medium-sized bears covering the length of the middle shelf, and huge, enormous bears running all the way along the top shelf. She found it strange for an obviously masculine guy to have such a large a collection of Teddy Bears, but doesn't mention this to him, and actually is quite impressed by his sensitive side.
     
    They share a bottle of wine and continue talking and, after a while, she finds herself thinking, "Oh my God! Maybe, this guy could be the one! Maybe he could be the future father of my children?" She turns to him and kisses him lightly on the lips. He responds warmly. They continue to kiss, the passion builds, and he romantically lifts her in his arms and carries her into his bedroom where they rip off each other's clothes and make hot, steamy love.
     
    She is so overwhelmed that she responds with more passion, more creativity, more heat than she has ever known. After an intense, explosive night of raw passion with this sensitive guy, they are lying there together in the afterglow. The woman rolls over, gently strokes his chest and asks coyly, "Well, how was it?"
     
    The guy gently smiles at her, strokes her cheek, looks deeply into her eyes,and says: "Help yourself to any prize from the middle shelf."
     
     
    Chinese word of the day
    She........(shu).........snake
     
     

     

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    Good morning King.  Thanks for the well wishes for my mom yesterday.  I posted and update on her and a rebuttal to your scolding this morning. Have a great day!  Wait a second....it's Wednesday.  Guess I'll be stopping back by later today to check for a new post.

    WR
    Aug. 23
    Susanwrote:
    Haha... WHERE do you find these jokes?!?! 
     
    And WHY do pro players get paid such exhorbitant amounts of money?!?!  It's absurd... I don't get it!
     
    As for weeds and ants... I'd post a photo of what I came home to after 3 weeks away (it rains here -- waters the weeds and drives the ants inside) but it's far too embarassing!
     
    Nice to be reading ya again, KT!
     
    Susan (Indigo)
    Aug. 22
    Jodywrote:
    Hi Tom!  Finally got caught up on your blog and pics.  Loved all the pics you shared from your trip.  Glad you enjoyed your time here in Wisconsin.. even though you had to put up with some pre-season Packer madness.  The sheltie Jack in your pics looks like an old fella.  Your family reunion looks great I bet everyone's excited to see you. :)
    I was all excited when I saw you went to Marengo.. that's by me.  Until I realized you didn't mean Marengo Wisconsin. lol
    ~ The other PJ
    Aug. 22
    I also think that movie looks absurd.  I will also add that to my "never to see" list :)
    Aug. 22
    Your weeds are beautiful and lush.... I think I would take whatever would grow in Phoenix....
    Aug. 22
    Aliciawrote:

    I'm with ya on that movie...lots of hype but I hear it does not deliver.  I did get a cool e-mail from VENTL8R though...Samuel Jackson telling me I HAD to go see the movie!!  YA right!!

    HUGS!!  :)

    Aug. 22
    Ginawrote:
    wait a minute! she = snakes!  hmm...
     
    I do like your law.  Make those rookies work for the $.  Stilll don't under stand why they need to be aid that kind of money.
     
     
    Aug. 22
    hiya K.T.  just popping by to say hey.....had to look at the ant pic twice...they really appear larger than they really are......so sorry you had to come back to that mess......see ya round....
    Aug. 22
    Connie T.wrote:
    I hate ants.  No matter what you caulk, fix every window, they find a way to get in.   The snakes movie looks so dumb.  So unrealistic.  Now if I saw a snake coming my way, I would pull off my floating seat cushion and start swinging.  They could pour hot coffee on them.  Stomp on them.......Everyone gang up and charge and stomp them.  Pick them up and tie them in knots.  Heck the animal planet guys chase them down and pick them up, but they have to search high and low and chase them because they are scared of people and they try to run away.
    Aug. 21
    DeskDiva Katwrote:
    That joke was bad but real funny.  Hope you don't bake pulling all those weeds.
    Aug. 21
    ting xianwrote:
    Whoops...
    Ants are fond of  sweet food..hmmm..Few people like snakes..
    Aug. 21
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    Oh yeah... Snakes on a plane... STUPID   Vallerie

    Aug. 21
    What....you didn't like the song that was playing on my site the other day? That's a great song!!! ;0) You do know the Packers will beat the Bears on the 10th don't you (I hope) I can't believe a rookie should make that kind of money. No way!
    I see you have some uninvited pets. See what happens when the cats away lol.
    Happy Monday to you
    Take Care
    Sherry
    Aug. 21
    Deborahwrote:
    Great new law.  And we wonder why season tickets are so expensive.  The amazing thing is that they are all sold out!!  Damn, the first year I wanted to buy since they tore down the Kingdome.  There is another law you might want to consider.  They shouldn't be allowed to tear down, or remodel perfectly good sports venues just so teams have an excuse to leave town.
    Snakes on a Plane!!!  What was Samuel L. thinking?  So if we use the Chinese word for the day does that mean we have, "She's on a plane."; or "Shoes on a plane"?  Either way it might be a better movies.
    Glad you're safely home KT.
    Blessed be,
    Deborah
    Aug. 21
    Uggg...I hate ants.  If you mix some sugar and baking soda together and put it right outside your house, where they are coming in, it will get rid of them.  I used it a couple weeks ago and it worked like a charm.

    Love the new law and your opinion on the Snakes movie.  I'm with you on both!
    WR
    Aug. 21
    Becca Kwrote:
    I won't be seeing that movie either. And that joke, just bad.... lol!
     
    Get rid of the ants and the weed pulling, I did not know they grew that fast in the desert!
     
    Becca
    Aug. 21
    Nadine H.wrote:
     I totally agree.....All Rookies should start out at a base pay and if they prove to be the woth it then give a raise!
     
    I can not help it if my Granny can really put together a dessert!! I noticed it the minute I read it, but sometimes you just play along.
    Aug. 21
    MBI_FLYBOYwrote:
    Snakes On a Plane, I think I saw some of the guys in my flight school look at the trailer... if I remember correctly, they were just about busting their sides laughing at the absurdity of the notion. Give me a break, seriously!!! Although one of my roommates was watching David Letterman and they were ripping on the movie pretty good... I think they even had a thing with "Snakes on a Pizza" (pepper slices)... not sure if it was for real or a spoof.. although I sure as heck hope the latter... :)
    Aug. 21
    Better get rid of them ants and weeds before your next trip. Busy guy you are! Snakes on a Plane does in fact sound like the dumbest movie ever. I can't believe it gets so much hipe. How did the snakes get from the cargo hold to the passenger section? Well there has to be at least one stupid movie of the summer.
     
    Aug. 21

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