For Huy

Okay well Huy sounds depressed so in an effort to cheer him up, please post your favorite memory of Huy in the comments section so when he comes back from ‘nam he’ll have something to smile about. After all, he was the one who cheered us up when we were down. Even if it was because he looks like a down syndromed alien. But it’s all good.

Published by The big man, CF himself, on July 21st, 2006 at 10:49 pm. Filled under: Uncategorized • No Comments

Day…4? of being homeless

So I’ve got to say, I actually kind of like living at my work. First, whenever I decide I’m done with work then I’m done. I have nowhere to be, nowhere to go, but when I’m done with work, I’m also “home”. It’s kind of like a little camping trip. Yes, I’ve hosed myself off for showers (cold!1111) but everything else is the same. I go to the grocery store every night to pick out dinner and just walk around and enjoy life. It’s 10:15 now and the sun has been set for about 45 minutes, and the airport is just so tranquil as it starts to drizzle. It’s therapeutic. And that totally makes me sound like a fag, but it’s like I’m actually on a vacation. The only down side is that people start coming into the trailer (yes, my work is in a trailer) at 7 AM, but since I don’t have much to do at night (besides watch cable, the TV here is better than the TV at home was), I’ve been able to get to bed early.

I guess it’s nice in that I know it’s temporary too. Who knows.

Published by The big man, CF himself, on July 20th, 2006 at 10:14 pm. Filled under: Uncategorized • No Comments

Homeless, day 1 of 14

So I am in between apartments for the next two weeks or so, but for a week I’m going to be visiting my cousins in Harrisburg and going home to Boston so it’s only a week of finding a place to shower (I can sleep anywhere really)… However, it’s really weird when you get off work and have nowhere to go so you just stay at work and sit on the computer……. I might just be spending the whole week sleeping here.

Published by The big man, CF himself, on July 16th, 2006 at 7:43 pm. Filled under: Uncategorized • No Comments

C/o: http://www.wwtbam.biz/news0604.html

From a website that tracks Millionaire…  Only 16 people have done better than me in the history of the syndicated show.  If that isn’t an ego boost, I don’t know what is!  The site’s synopsis of the week I was on:

2006-04-17

The contestants are picking up some momentum as the season progresses. Week 26 saw eight players combine to win a total of $225,000. Chris Ford, a student from Purdue was this week’s high flier, winning a nice $100k. He’s studying to be a pilot and has a 4.0 grade point average, so “high flier” just seemed appropriate somehow.
Chris went in with the attitude that nothing short of $1 million would do. As he put it, the show is called “Who Wants to be a Millionaire,” not “Who Wants to Win $25,000.”. Although he hedged his bets slightly at the start of his run, he was the type of player that went for it even when he had slight doubts about an answer.
Chris didn’t need to use a lifeline until question 8 ($8k). Some help from the studio audience helped him identify “Quadrophenia” as the rock opera that featured a clash between the Mods and the Rockers. He didn’t reach into the lifeline bin again until question 11 ($50k) when he used 50:50 to help him identify Tennessee as the state that was the last to secede prior to the Civil War and the first to rejoin the Union afterwards.
Chris then thought long and hard about this question 12 ($100k):
Rubies are red primarily because they contain trace amounts of what metal?
a. Chromium
b. Manganese
c. Nickel
d. Potassium
He had an idea that the answer was a. Chromium. However, he couldn’t pull the trigger and elected instead to switch the question. That was a shame, because he had the right answer. But he looked this replacement question 12 ($100k) right in the eye and decided to answer it:
What scientist’s lesser-known achievements include developing a vaccine for rabies?
a. Louis Pasteur
b. Jonas Salk
c. Alexander Fleming
d. Edward Jenner
He wasn’t certain, but had an idea that a. Louis Pasteur was correct. Chris had $15 in his bank account before he got into the hot seat, so the guaranteed $25k must have looked huge enough to alter his risk perception. No matter though – no guts, no glory and Chris got to carry over to the next show ready to face this question 13 ($250k) with his phone-a-friend lifeline still available:
Which of these stars is not among the select few who have won a Tony, Oscar, Emmy, and Grammy?
a. Audrey Hepburn
b. Mel Brooks
c. Marvin Hamlisch
d. Julie Andrews
Chris knew he was toast – he really had no idea what the answer was. However, he had phone-a-friend and used it to call his roommate, Darren. As expected, Darren wasn’t any help either. But Chris really wanted to guess – he thought c. Marvin Hamlisch may be the answer since he never heard of him. Then this exchange took place:
Meredith Vieira: “Let me get this straight. You have $100,000, and you’re thinking about answering a question you have no idea what the answer is?”
(Audience applause)
Chris: “Ahhhh, but I want to win a million!”
Meredith: “Chris, grow up!”
Chris (after some thought): “Ah, what the hell, I’ll walk.”
Meredith explained how she felt like Chris’s mother, and then the camera was cut to Chris’s mother in the audience, looking visibly relieved. So with that, Chris becomes season 4’s seventh $100k winner, and the second in two weeks. No one so far this season has been able to answer question 13 ($250k) correctly.
This week’s honourable mention goes to Elyse Weiner, a travel guide from New York City. She was the contestant immediately after Chris, so she had a pumped up audience behind her as she made it all the way to question 12 ($100k). She still had switch the question left, but neither the first question 12 nor its replacement were to Elyse’s liking. She left with $50k.
Published by The big man, CF himself, on July 10th, 2006 at 9:39 pm. Filled under: Uncategorized • No Comments

Game one of two (maybe 3)

So I went to the Orioles vs. White Sox game tonight in Chicago (much more detailed update to go out when I get home maybe? probably not)

But anyway, the O’s won 8-1, and of course the classless White Sox fans were heckling me (poorly).

So as I’m walking out, randomly two guys are carrying the WS Trophy and the AL Champions trophy back into wherever they keep it.

Me: “Put it away, put that thing back away for another 90 years. You won’t need it any time soon. See ya in 2097!”
Him: “Shut up, stupid.”
Me: “Is that the best you can do??? Maybe you can come visit it in Baltimore next year!”

Obviously the last line there was a joke but I heckled the caretaker of the WS trophy and the best he could say back was “shut up… stupid” the dramatic pause as he searched for le mot juste (sp?).

Published by The big man, CF himself, on July 4th, 2006 at 1:49 am. Filled under: Uncategorized • No Comments