-puffy (now with corrected links!)

since i drive for a living i listen to a lot of music, and a lot of radio. mainly KFAN. (MN sports radio) ive been listening to PA and Dubay ever since they started on KFAN back in the late 90's. i knew Dubay had been through a really rough run over the last couple years, but didnt suspect for a minute that he was into drugs. weird. heres the news story. this guy has been through too much. hes basically lost everything in the last 2 years. his wife left with everything...hes been in a ton of debt...and now hes done this to himself. im honestly worried about his well being at this point. prayers and thoughts to jeff dubay.

and heres (link corrected- sorry, im an idiot) the type of story i am frickin sick of hearing about. 3 guys follow a girl at valleyscare (valleyfair around halloween)...ask for her number. she says no...so they beat the crap out of her and attempt to rape her. what the hell is wrong with boys? she said no...just walk away. the good news from this story: strangers actually stepped in and stopped the assault. theres been far too many stories lately where other people have done nothing to help. hopefully more people will start standing up to this crap. people like this, these boys, need to be locked up for life. im so sick of reading stories like this.

today...i cleaned the house. cleaned the jeep. ran to the mall for a bit. went to schietels for guitar strings. restrung my acoustic. thought about restringing my electric, but quickly changed my mind on that one. made a walmart run. i was looking forward to watching game 3 of the world series tonight. wouldnt you know it, a rain delay! woo hoo. what to do, what to do?

oh...and a ps. i am the proud owner of a brand spankin new washing machine. thats right kids. the tub on the old one started to leak all over my basement. friends, why wouldnt it? so...430 bucks for a new one. which i was of course thrilled to spend on such things. what else would i rather do with my hard earned money? well...i show up for work anyway. ok, ok...i usually show up for work. more often then not anyway. in all seriousness though i was really impressed with meyer and sons. i walked in there at about 3:30 on friday afternoon and they had it to my house by 4...on friday afternoon. set up and ready to go. im gonna have a washing machine warming party at my house. we'll all just sit around and talk machines a little bit. you know. tumbling and all. rinse cycle. gosh, its gonna be a blast. no neelys though. neelys and new washing machines are a terrible combination.