NFL starts up tomorrow night.  The defending Super Bowl Champions start on the road against the Denver Broncos.  In Denver they have two giant posters up at Mile High .  One of Peyton Manning and one of Joe Flacco.  Two things wrong here.  Why are the Ravens starting on the road?  Why does Denver have a giant poster of Joe Flacco?  I am pretty sure that you don't need to advertise NFL football in Denver.

You would think a few things at the age of 35 would subside.  One of them would be acne on your face.  Getting a pimple on your nose is rough enough as a teenager.  As a 35 year old man, I need to grow a patchy beard to show that I shouldn't be working the fry station at a taco bell.

Anybody have another NFL pool for me to join?  I am only in about 10 now.  It's a part time job for me during the NFL season. 

When you come in for a job interview regardless for what it's for.  Put some type of effort into it.  Jeans and a MMA shirt does not cut it for any job.  If you wouldn't hire yourself there is something wrong.

Yes, yes, yes, I finally started watching Breaking Bad.  And yes it is as addictive as the meth that they make.
Yes, Bryan Cranston deserves every award he gets.  Shaking! "now let me get back to it."


Playing it cool after you tweak your back trying to lift an 18L water bottle is difficult to do.  The dude saw how much I was struggling with it.  He gave me the "you OK there?"  I gave him the "Yeah man, all good just trying to get a better grip."

Didn't like hearing the story about St. Jacobs.  Crappy things are going to happen.  I wish that we could pick and choose where the crappy things could happen.  If one of the Apple buildings burnt down they could probably build another one within 65 seconds.

Saskatchewan - the place where you can watch your dog run away for days.

Looking for hockey equipment.  I haven't played hockey in years, but feel that I could be an asset to each and every rec team that is looking for a great beer drinker and somebody that can make them feel better about their own hockey skills.

Top 3 video games that at one point owned the party, and now....

3 - Mario Party
2 - Guitar Hero/Rock Band
1 - Everything Nintendo Wii

I remember going over to people's houses just to play the Wii.  If somebody asked me to go over to their house to play their Wii now I would have to come up with an excuse.  Maybe that I am knee deep into a game of Operation.

Meanwhile in Japan -  They have maid cafe's.  The premise of going to these cafe's is that you order a tea or coffee, and a dessert and then play a kids game with a girl that is in their mid 20's that is dressed as a teenager.  Everybody gets really excited when you win at the game and you receive a picture with your server.  This is weird enough, but being that Sara was pretty much the only girl there and practically everyone that was there was in their 40's it was very odd. 

Star Trek - Into Darkness - 7.5/10
42 - 7.7/10

Star Trek wasn't bad, but they ripped off too much story line from the original Wrath of Khan and have very weak female characters in the movies.  As far as action goes, it was excellent.  Disappointed though overall.  Captain Kirk is not as big of a dick as he is portrayed in these movies. 

Do you enjoy the cringe worthy interviews when the interviewer is going for the laughs and interviewee doesn't know it's supposed to be funny?  Watch the MTV interview with the dude from the National.  Painful!

Tough week ahead for those people heading off to College and University.  Frosh week has damaged quite a few livers over the years.  Don't let yours be next.

I'm tired! The absolute worst way to answer how you are doing.   When you are asked how you are doing the person is only asking out of pure politeness.  They generally don't really care how you are doing unless you have a positive answer or something actually interesting to tell them.  By answering tired you have now made things uncomfortable by making the other person ask why you are tired.  This is the beginning of a terrible conversation.  Another option you could use is saying something out of the ordinary like that you just ate a submarine sandwich from Mr. Sub and that they have a drug addict that served you.  This will be much more interesting for all parties.  Thank You, and have a great day.

Daryl Smith MD