WHY ALWAYS ME?

I used to live in Colorado, but now I live in Providence and post things on the internet sometimes.

Hate mail goes here ill.example@gmail.com or here

You can also harass me on the twitter where I try to make dick jokes and sports jokes and sports dick jokes @illex

I also write about soccer at Avoiding the Drop

Keith says Happy St. Patrick’s Day.

Keith says Happy St. Patrick’s Day.

I’m always sad I don’t go to sxsw, I want to get my techinternetwebsocialinnovation on and talk about twitter with other people who love twitter, then I’ll talk about how I met all these awesome innovative twitter people on twitter so the people on twitter can see I was with the people from twitter and then the people from twitter will twitter about me and then twitter twitter twitter twitter twitter twitter twitter

—Me, just now. 

We’re doing a flashmob, it’s going to be really cool and probably go viral on the internet.

—Things said in 2006 by people doing Harlem Shake videos in 2013

sarahsprague: Joe Flacco’s Big Day Out “Hi! What can I get you today?” “A coffee.” “Well, we have our light blonde, medium Pike’s Peak or a bold dark roast coffee.” Pike’s Peak sounded foreign, so Joe immediately dismissed it in his mind. His high school sweetheart was a blonde and he liked her, but the tingling reminded him, big day. Bold. Big day. “Dark roast.” Joe hoped he sounded convincing enough even though he thought his heart was going to burst through his chest. “Would you like a shot of syrup? Hazelnut? Dolce de leche? Carmel? Vanilla? Chocolate? We still have pumpkin spice left if you want it.” “Um, how much is a shot of syrup?” The tingle had turned to a throb. “Forty cents.” “All of them. I want all the syrups.” Why were his ears ringing? Maybe the team doctor would be there when he signed his contract. He could ask if the flu was going around again. “You want six different coffees?” Joe started to do the math in his head and when he realized he was about to spend more than ten dollars for coffee he panicked. “No, just put all the syrups in one cup of coffee.” This is not how a big day was supposed to go, he told himself. Well Done. 

sarahsprague:

Joe Flacco’s Big Day Out

“Hi! What can I get you today?”

“A coffee.”

“Well, we have our light blonde, medium Pike’s Peak or a bold dark roast coffee.”

Pike’s Peak sounded foreign, so Joe immediately dismissed it in his mind. His high school sweetheart was a blonde and he liked her, but the tingling reminded him, big day. Bold. Big day.

“Dark roast.” Joe hoped he sounded convincing enough even though he thought his heart was going to burst through his chest.

“Would you like a shot of syrup? Hazelnut? Dolce de leche? Carmel? Vanilla? Chocolate? We still have pumpkin spice left if you want it.”

“Um, how much is a shot of syrup?” The tingle had turned to a throb.

“Forty cents.”

“All of them. I want all the syrups.” Why were his ears ringing? Maybe the team doctor would be there when he signed his contract. He could ask if the flu was going around again.

“You want six different coffees?”

Joe started to do the math in his head and when he realized he was about to spend more than ten dollars for coffee he panicked. “No, just put all the syrups in one cup of coffee.” This is not how a big day was supposed to go, he told himself.

Well Done. 

Lousy Smarch Weather. 

Lousy Smarch Weather. 

My birthday is just 11 months away so if anyone wants to get me a cool present, they can get me this Crystal Pepsi Nicolas Cage denim jacket collaboration. 

My birthday is just 11 months away so if anyone wants to get me a cool present, they can get me this Crystal Pepsi Nicolas Cage denim jacket collaboration. 

(Source: ebay.com)

wooliebear: jhermann: thegreg: ilyagerner: Via Psychology Today, the “[m]ap depicts the most frequently-cited location where a Missed Connection occurred, by region. All data are based on each state’s 100 most recent Missed Connections posted on Craigslist at the time of data collection.” What in the world is happening in Indiana and its “At Home” mixed connections? “Missed Connections” successfully enforcing the worst regional stereotypes you could think of. suuuuuper depressing Wal-Mart. Fantastic. Of course people in Rhode Island meet in parking lots. Hanging out in a parking lot is obviously something a Rhode Islander would do. 

wooliebear:

jhermann:

thegreg:

ilyagerner:

Via Psychology Today, the “[m]ap depicts the most frequently-cited location where a Missed Connection occurred, by region. All data are based on each state’s 100 most recent Missed Connections posted on Craigslist at the time of data collection.”

What in the world is happening in Indiana and its “At Home” mixed connections?

“Missed Connections” successfully enforcing the worst regional stereotypes you could think of.

suuuuuper depressing

Wal-Mart. Fantastic.

Of course people in Rhode Island meet in parking lots. Hanging out in a parking lot is obviously something a Rhode Islander would do. 

foodbynorth: Feeding People, Charity, Food Costs, and the Price Hike So here is today’s menu everybody. If you follow us closely, you will see that many of our food items have gone up a dollar. It was a difficult decision for us - financial accessibility is an extremely important part of what we do here - but there were many reasons for it. The first was the charitable aspect of what we do here. We want to feed people - not just in the restaurant but across the city and state. So we are happy to say that $.50 from the sale of each item (not just feasts) will now go to a local food based charity. Before now, $3 from each feast would be donated, but we wanted to be able to give more. This changeover will allow us to generate more money for whatever food based cause we are supporting at the time, and hopefully make a real impact on the community as a whole. We will be taking suggestions via twitter, facebook, tumblr, and email on new worthy food based charities that we can help support. We want to feed as many people as we can. The second reason for the increased prices is from rising food costs. The cost of ingredients has been continually rising at an alarming rate since we opened. The second $.50 will help the restaurant make enough money to help pay our staff a living and fair wage, along with (hopefully) getting everybody health insurance. We don’t make a lot of money at the restaurant - I have yet to take a check in the last five months. But rising costs have risked the security of the rest of the staff’s pay, and unfortunately those rising costs have to be reflected in the prices we charge. We will continue to be creative in the methods that we source and prepare food in order to keep prices low, but we needed to increase prices a bit. I made $10/hour for ten years, I know what it is like to not be able to spend a lot of money on dinner. Our drink prices are still very reasonable. A person can still come into our restaurant and have a satisfying bowl of food and a beer for less than $15. But giving our staff a living wage and feeding not just those who can afford to eat at our restaurant is also extremely important to us. I hope all of our customers, who are incredibly near and dear to our heart of hearts, will understand and embrace this too. james Is your favorite neighborhood restaurant cool enough to donate money from every sale to charity AND give solid reasons for price changes AND want pay their employees well AND serve some of the best food in town?

foodbynorth:

Feeding People, Charity, Food Costs, and the Price Hike

So here is today’s menu everybody. If you follow us closely, you will see that many of our food items have gone up a dollar. It was a difficult decision for us - financial accessibility is an extremely important part of what we do here - but there were many reasons for it. The first was the charitable aspect of what we do here. We want to feed people - not just in the restaurant but across the city and state. So we are happy to say that $.50 from the sale of each item (not just feasts) will now go to a local food based charity. Before now, $3 from each feast would be donated, but we wanted to be able to give more. This changeover will allow us to generate more money for whatever food based cause we are supporting at the time, and hopefully make a real impact on the community as a whole. We will be taking suggestions via twitter, facebook, tumblr, and email on new worthy food based charities that we can help support. We want to feed as many people as we can.

The second reason for the increased prices is from rising food costs. The cost of ingredients has been continually rising at an alarming rate since we opened. The second $.50 will help the restaurant make enough money to help pay our staff a living and fair wage, along with (hopefully) getting everybody health insurance. We don’t make a lot of money at the restaurant - I have yet to take a check in the last five months. But rising costs have risked the security of the rest of the staff’s pay, and unfortunately those rising costs have to be reflected in the prices we charge. We will continue to be creative in the methods that we source and prepare food in order to keep prices low, but we needed to increase prices a bit.

I made $10/hour for ten years, I know what it is like to not be able to spend a lot of money on dinner. Our drink prices are still very reasonable. A person can still come into our restaurant and have a satisfying bowl of food and a beer for less than $15. But giving our staff a living wage and feeding not just those who can afford to eat at our restaurant is also extremely important to us. I hope all of our customers, who are incredibly near and dear to our heart of hearts, will understand and embrace this too.

james

Is your favorite neighborhood restaurant cool enough to donate money from every sale to charity AND give solid reasons for price changes AND want pay their employees well AND serve some of the best food in town?

The Dame Dash Wikipedia page is thriving just as much as his career is right now.

The Dame Dash Wikipedia page is thriving just as much as his career is right now.