This car gives me a hard-on

If I won Megabucks or the lottery, the first thing I would do is go out and buy this car.

Now a days its common to see Bentleys, and Lamborghini's, and Ferrari and Maserati, hell even Maybach's just driving the streets like its nobody's business. What you don't see is a BMW Alpina B7. Yes thats right a BMW. This car is basically a 7 series on steroids.It's a supercharged beast that can drift with the best and run the quarter mile and win. Putting out 500hp isn't all this car comes with. How about a set of 21" Alpina rims (msrp $22,500)? Not your thing? How about knowing that theres less than 250 of these in the U.S. ?

Face it, we all know 7 series are bad ass luxury vehicles, but did you know they could be this fast? 0-60 in under 5 seconds. Before you say that's not that fast, keep in mind that this car almost weighs 5000lbs and seats 5 more than comfortably.

With a top speed of 187 and a price tag of $117,000, the BMW Alpina B7 would be the first car I would buy if I magically had 10 million plus in my bank account.

More pictures here.

5k Training Update #3

I ran a mile today. When I started training a few days ago I mentioned my breathing afterwards was killing me. After my run today my breathing was great, my heart rate and my breathing subsided to normal in a matter of seconds. On the other hand however, I had shin splints like a mofo today and it killed me. Usually I get shin splints when I run on a treadmill, but not out in the open so this was really weird.

Oh well, have to keep moving forward and hope my shin splints work themselves out.

March Madness

Its almost that time again but I'm already seeing some March Madness out there that is pissing me off. Young men everywhere are competing in their conference tournaments to hopefully make it to the NCAA big dance. But heres whats getting me upset...

Blown calls and wrong calls by the refs. It seems like this year has been nothing but bad calls by the refs, in the NFL, the NBA, and now in NCAA basketball? Come on refs these are kids, they get paid with an education, they aren't making millions yet and less than 2% of them ever will. SO WHY CHEAT THEM. Who are you to determine who can or cant play in the National Championship tournament? Stop acting like the selection committee and do your job fairly and justly.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say if we want professional sports to be fair like they should be when it comes to officiating...we need to find a robot or something to do it for us. These refs are biased and it shows. Or maybe we can get people to ref who hate sports and don't care who wins.

How much is your life worth?

I saw an ad the other day for this new GPS messaging service which will alert authorities when you need them. And when you need them I mean by being lost out in the wilderness about to die. Sounds like a great idea and for only $169 it seemed like a bargain. But thats when this investigative reporter dug deeper...keeping you in mind.

The service runs like this, buy the piece of plastic for $169.
Pay a yearly service fee of $50.
Pay a special additional $8 fee so they can send a helicopter after you if need be. (if you don't get this the day you sign up for everything its $150 a year after!)

So for basically $227 your first year you can get lost in the woods or on a tundra and not have to worry about dying unless an animal attacks you right?

WRONG!!!! This thing isn't even guaranteed to work on land unless theres cell phone coverage! The only time it's good is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. And don't even try using it in Northern Alaska or South Africa or parts of the Middle East.
What a scam, I hope no one really buys this.

5k Training Update #2

I ran another 1/2 mile today in anticipation of the 5k I'm going to be running at the end of this month. Today my breathing was a lot better, and the amount of burn after my run was drastically less compared to last night however there was still a bit of a residual burn. The 1/2 mile was still relatively easy to run.

Do you know who Kenny George is?

If you were 7'7" you would be in the NBA right. WRONG! Not if your name is Kenny George. Kenny is in his 3rd year of college at UNC Asheville (Not the Tar heels). Let me remind you that Kevin Durant and Greg Oden went to the NBA after their first season in the NCAA...they didn't stay 3 like Kenny has so far.

People don't really know about this kid and most sports programs don't cover him. I mean the kid is 7 feet 7 inches tall, 365lbs, size 28 feet, and some disgusting 8'5" wingspan, and can dunk without leaving his feet! Why the hell isn't he in the NBA? Well for starters he sounds retarded when he talks and honestly...he kinda sucks. But you can decide for yourselves. Oh ya, I forgot to mention...hes not even a starter.

I recommend watching the entire clip becasue Kenny gets taken to school at the end by Tyler Hansborough...although I'm not a fan of his...what he does in the end is awesome.

P.B. In the picture I believe thats Rayshawn Terry...who is 6'8".

On your marks...get set....GO!

I decided today that I will be training for a 5k. Thats right, I will be running a staggering 5k. Ok so thats only a little over 3 miles but still.

I started training today by running 1/2 mile. I was able to do such pretty much with ease, but afterwards noticed an increasing burn in my throat of all places. Now I'm not new to running what-so-ever, I loved to run in Reno and Portland but in Vegas its a different story. The air is more dense, it's dirtier, and its dry...the complete opposite of Reno and Portland. So getting used to the difference in the air is the only thing thats going to hold me back but I'm fairly confident that I will be acclimated to it come Saturday.

So watch out 5k here I come, and if anyone else wants in be my guest. You can read about it here.

Billy Crystal?

I'm sure a lot of you baseball fans out there remember when Garth Brooks was trying out to play pro baseball. Every so often we hear about stories like this, and today was no different. In case you didn't know...Billy Crystal will be playing for the Yankees in a spring training game this Thursday. Thats right, no its not some baseball player with the same name...It's Billy Crystal himself.

They say it's not for publicity but who are you kidding. You choke in the post season and rid yourself of the manager who took you places...and now you might be loosing some fans. So what do you do? Get a celeb to play ball for you. Thats what I would do at least. Best of luck to you Billy, but worst of luck to the rest of the Yanks.

If you don't believe me you can read it here.

Fuck Phones

So I have a PDA phone, which is supposed to be for business type people right. Well fuck my phone because it was daylight savings time crap last night which means we lost an hour...well my damn phone still hasn't updated its time. So fuck technology.

Drum roll please...

The list is in. Bill Gates...You are NOT the richest man in the world. No sir, in fact you have dropped all the way to third. Second place belongs to Carlos Slim Helu...the Mexican telephone mastermind, although if you do just a little bit of research you will find that he is LEBANESE!!!! Sorry Mexico, it will be a long time till a Mexican makes this list.

So who won the top spot this year...none other than Warren Buffet. At a stagaring $62 billion dollars the man can change his underwear every time he goes to the bathroom and never have to worry about wearing the same pair twice...what a life.

Congratulations Warren.

Warren $62,000,000,000.00
Carlos $60,000,000,000.00
Bill $58,000,000,000.00
Me $ 132.15

Watch out boys here I come.

Just when you thought you had seen it all

The other day on the radio I heard you can now rent 30" wheels for your car. Now this wasn't that crazy to me as about a year or so ago I saw a Rolls Royce Phantom lifted somehow with 30" wheels on it. So you had to know it was coming. But today...I saw something I never thought I would see..
Thats right...FORTY TWO INCHES OF CHROME FOR YOUR CAR!!!!! Total cost for a set of 4 and 4 tires...roughly $30,000. Now that doesn't even come close to the real price to have these on your ride. You need to re-gear everything, get a beefier transmission, and upgrade to a much better brake system, so realistically your looking around $50,000 just for these.

I saw give it 2 months and you'll see them rolling around town.

NOOOO!!!!

There's very few of these individuals in this world. You might be asking who right about now and heres the answer. Michael Jordan & Barry Sanders...two athletes whom you enjoyed watching. They were enjoyable to watch no matter what happened. They brought excitement to the game.

And now...Brett Favre has retired...after 17 season...after every record conceivable, it's all over.

Will any of his records be broken? Probably...Will he ever be forgotten? No.

I'll personally miss watching you Brett.It kinda feels like he just rolled over and died doesn't it.