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awesome

2011-09-26T20:14:00.001-05:00

And the numbers!

2011-06-12T13:41:00.010-05:00

Go ahead and use the link to compare Mobile, Prichard and Fairhope and see the future of our area.

http://www.idcide.com/citydata/al/prichard.htm

As one city crumbles into a drug infested wasteland....Mobile becomes the new place to destroy. Funny how the violent crime stats differ...hmmmm

2011-06-12T13:41:00.004-05:00

So many ways to look at crime!

simply awesome

2011-06-08T18:50:00.000-05:00

Highlights of the week...New to the stand

2011-01-14T21:29:00.003-06:00

It is an easy way for me to get the fingers typing again!

1. "0" overtime this week at the old job hut. This is , believe it or not nearly impossible with 54 employees. Huge props to me!

2. Text from my wife..."I think there is a dead dwarf on the mezanine of my office building.....then nothing for 4 hours. WHAT?

3. I am so fat, I have started a diet out of disgust.

4. I got a raise....if that is what you call "extra change"

5. More new furniture!

6. I like not wearing a jacket to work. The cold air really gets the blood going in the morning.

7. Verbal argument over some nut job in Fresh market trying to tell me that free range chicken prevents all kinds of diseases and is better than regular chicken. Funny how people believe anything they hear. Try backing up your argument with scientific facts next time....not what you hear from "nutritionists". Also, try and define Omega 6 fatty acid before you go running off at the mouth moron. You hippie MF's love to spout off anecdotal bull crap.

8. War Eagle

9. Chiber Juber in a parade?

10. I think it could be mustache time again!

Until next time.....eat some Tyson chicken you frail bitches!

Mad as Hell and tired of lazy people

2011-01-02T20:28:00.004-06:00

Let me just say that I am NOt a heartless SOB. I care about people, I care about the environment, I care about those sad animals Sarah keeps singing about on my T.V. Hell, I have even considered adopting a small malnourished kid from Istanbul and buying him the newest Jordans. Well that last one is a stretch, but you get the point. I truly am sad for those less fortunate and those who wake up every morning with a sense of hopelessness, but I have spent at least 5 minutes every holiday Sunday reviewing the Press Registers neediest families article. Now before I start out on this deluge of frustration.....Let me clarify a few things for you brow beaters.

I believe that some people are born behind the proverbial 8-ball and opportunities are few and far between.

I believe that you can't expect a kid born to idiots in a trailer park or project development to just magically develop a work ethic.

I believe that any teenager who makes it to the age of 25 without a WOOPS baby should consider themselves lucky.

I believe we all (unless your name is Kennedy or Trump) are underachievers to some degree.

I believe that we all make mistakes and many of us have been given a helping hand over...and...over...and...over again.

I believe many of us (speaking to those in my inner circle) would not be as comfortable as we are without high income earning parents.

I believe most people deserve a second chance.

God bless every waitress working 8 hours, pulling double shifts, going wothout, and dancing on a pole if needed to give her kid a better life. God bless the man working 2 jobs that dig away at his pride because he refuses to let his kids know he is poor.

WOW....I am glad that is out in the open! Now lets get down to brass tacks. Some people are #@%^$%# idiots. Morons with the inability to be trusted with the simple task of breathing air. I am mad as a hornet and the Press Register can kiss my out of shape ass. I refuse to feel bad for those who can't even prevent the transfer of their stupidity and hardship to another innocent human being....their children. Yes...you have the right to have all the little genetic duplicates you can manage to muster in your roach infested bedrooms, but do not come to me with your outstretched hands wanting sorrow and pity. Let me just break this down for you.

Here is the short version of what I read today in the paper:
A man and a woman in their mid late twenties live in a trailer with a leaky roof that pores water in their bedroom and bathroom. They have a broken septic tank and pay $300 a month in land rent (what ever the Hell land rent is). He lost his job as a cook at a local seafood dive after the oil spill (damn you BP Tony). They have 3 kids under the age of ten. The wife does not work because after...YES...after her recent miscarriage....she has high blood pressure that prohibits her from working. He has been unable to find work this year but just landed a job paying $8.75 and hour. He only gets about 16 hours a week though. Oh yea...and as a kicker...they can't afford to feed the three dogs they also have hanging around the home on wheels. So here on the front of the morning paper stands this poor family standing in front of their falling apart mobile home asking for someone else to tow the rope. Well guess what, I say HELL NO!

Before you wet yourself in anger over the bitter heartless Meeker......let me just make my case.

I understand that you got married to young and just couldn't manage to back the car out of the garage before the motor blew, but twice...no three....no four times. You want those smart enough to actually go to the drug store as a grown man and buy birth control to help foot the bill when your lazy ass can't stop bending over your wife without using a condom. Walk your lazy ass to Walmart....you are the reason those kids live in that squalor. As far as a job! Are you kidding me? The paper had (on this same day) no less than 15 jobs for cooks or low skilled workers. Hell I am paying $10.00 an hour and have ran 5 weeks of adds in the paper "no experience necessary".....and you sir have never graced my office. Don't tell me you can't find a job for over a year....Bullshit. You are a worthless man who would let his family live like that while you laid around on the couch scratching your ass in those stained tighty whiteys. What kind of husband does not go gather buggies or rack leaves, or take your ass to Labor Finders (Yes I have worked at Labor Finders before)and shoveled dirt for money. No you chose to be a bum. And lady, you get a pass because you have all those kids to take care of, but you can't take a damn wash rag and wash the 4 years of dirt off the side of your house? You can't say NO every now and then to your bum husbands penis. You are not horny teens anymore, but you choose to keep producing kids who will never have the support or guidance to do anything but follow in your footsteps. YES I DO agree with the liberals on the fact that you can't expect a kid living in these conditions to just ace their way into a college scholarship. You people should be prosecuted for child abuse. So you two overweight slackers who just keep popping out innocent babies, want someone to bail you out. Forget the fact that this is not 1810. We know the world is tough...we know what causes babies....we know what responsibility is...but yet you have decided to sit on your fat ass while the rest of us work like dogs and make responsible decisions to now come to your rescue. Don't worry....I am there for you. You just call me up the next time you drop those fruit of the looms and I will drive over and kick you right in the nuts you sorry excuse for a parent. Maybe this is strong but let me just say that until we start holding people accountable....kids will continue to suffer the same inexcusable life that these idiots have given these precious kids.

I say NO...and I know that sucks for the 3 kids in this story, but I refuse to be a part of condoning this bullshit. Get up and act like a man...a father...and most of all a proud American.

Look out T-Town...the insane midget is on the prowl

2010-11-27T00:24:00.001-06:00

I have no problem with this....except that they did not beat this idiot long enough.

2010-11-24T21:43:00.003-06:00

If you think these police officers deserve to be punished for hitting a suspect who had no problem almost killing an innocent man by running him over.....DO NOT comment on this post. I would have really felt good if they would have backed the cop car in there and ran him over several times before slapping some cuffs on his dead ass. It is time to get the animals back in the cage where they belong. Payback is a bitch you piece of ghetto shit!

Cam Newton is the chosen one!

2010-10-30T18:21:00.001-05:00

War Eagle you punk ass bitches from the hell hole that is Mississippi

I Need a Blog assistant! Please Help!!!

2010-09-29T21:07:00.004-05:00

OK....sitting here tonight, I realized 1 thing:

1. I am Registered Dietitian with a BA in public relations from the University of South Alabama and a BS in food and nutrition from Auburn University.......an honor student of the highest grade....graduate from the dietetic internship of the prestigious West Virginia University Hospital....A member of Pi Kappa Phi and all around good guy with a crappy managers job. Bottom line is I CAN'T SPELL worth a SH*&T! I hen peck on the keyboard and I have little time to spare from my sole sucking job. That being said....consider this a job announcement...NEEDED....One free talented typer, with time on your hands and an e-mail address and free cell phone minutes, to assist me in posting on the Nanner Stand. Team concept and ability to not critique my insanity a must. Please aplly through the comment section of this post. Must be willing to organize pictures and assist with design.

So, if you would like to join the homeless, yet beautiful, staff of the Nanner Stand.....please apply today. Experience preferred but not required.

The Mobile List......Everyone has an opinion

2010-09-29T20:05:00.006-05:00

On my way home tonight, I heard yet another "Top Ten" list on the radio. It never fails that every year there must be 1000 "Best of" or Greatest of all time" lists to generate even more water cooler conversation. Well what the Hell....put down that J90 inventory report and get your squatty ass down to the Kentwwod bubbler and discuss.....

TOP 10 NOTABLE / INFAMOUS MOBILIANS OF ALL TIME!

1. Leon Raley...the foot shuffling, is he homeless or just a ZZ top fan, paper totting, wanna-be mayor of Mobile.

2. The blunt smoking, gun toting, over tanned, meet my lawyer over chips and salsa, Oh my back hurts give me a white sunshine 700 mg...Steve "The Hammer" Nodine.

3. Lamar Wilson "The Peanut Man"...nuff said! dedication...dedication...how the Hell did he survive for all those years on 50 cent bags of stale nuts?

4. The Bay Bears roach....The day he actually beat the kid to home plate and did a victory dance.....funny! The night me and the roach (not in costume) got tossed from a local dance club for throwing couch cushions into the crowd and "Flash-dancing" on chairs....Priceless!

5. Mike "The pimp of all pimps" Dow.....better known as...simply....THE MAYOR!

6. Joe Drews.....The man behind the legend......or just the #5's driver. Nothing like getting a police style escort from the civic center to Heroes sports bar while driving an illegal golf cart down city streets.

7. Fred "Hollywood" Barkley.....the legend of cougar hunting! The man pulls in some 85 year old millionaire action and is arrested this week on stealing a BBQ grill!! The man transcends normal life and is a living character from the next Jimmy Buffet novel.

8. THE SCOOTER PUMP...that's right....this space on our list is reserved not for the man but the one most identifiable sound across the radio waves.....WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. The scooter pump will live forever in this town and should be the entrance chime for every gas Spur station, city complex building and the Mobile sports hall of fame. Just before I take my last breath.....I will give you guys one last Scooter Pump! WOOOOOO

9. Lee Shervanian....You free meal eating...candy sucking Armenian from way back....The man is not only the voice of Mobile sports, but part of the worst 30 minutes in radio history...."2 Chics and Lee"

10. PUCK the mascot.......A man among boys!

Honorable mentions:

Fred "Moonpie" Richardson

Lillian "Loud-Mouth" Jackson

"He Gone" South Alabama baseball fan

The barber chair at the Garage

David Rasp of Heroes

Art Slack God Damnit

Sailor the bartender from the Garage

Kristie the DJ from the EXIT

Wayne Gardner

Neil McCready....(add Don, Issac and the wheal of meat)......this one was so hard to not put as #1 for me.

ARGUE....ENJOY...and please tell me who I missed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

UNTIL NEXT TIME........IGNORE THE SMALL PIECE OF PICKLED PIGS FEET IN MY MUSTACHE.

All I do is win!

2010-09-27T20:39:00.001-05:00

2010-08-24T00:18:00.000-05:00

10 Creepy things

2010-08-24T00:09:00.002-05:00

1. Shower shoes
2. Olan Mills photographers
3. Jean Shorts
4. Crusty heals
5. Pinky rings
6. A long pinky nail on a guy
7. Roadside shrimp sales
8. Gas station bathrooms
9. Beauty Queens
10. Neck fat

Simple solutions to simple problems

2010-08-23T23:19:00.003-05:00

Old Jimmy Joe is back! I can't resist getting the Stand back on track any more than Steve Nodine can fight the urge to lick the residue from an empty loritab bottle. I thought it would be a good warm up to start this plunge back into the cyber world with a simple list of responses to current events. I don't really keep abreast of the workings of the world beyond whether Brett Favre will play again this year or how many "Car-Jacking FREE" days Mobile can string together. The majority of my news comes from 106.5 on my daily commute. I hate to read anything over 500 words so I stick to really short articles in the Lagniappe, sound off or things overheard in line at the grocery store. So in an attempt to keep this short.....

1. Jersey Shore is an absolute obsession. Sorry but you know it is true. GTL...GFF..IFF my smosh fanatics!

2. I think the government should give childless couples a tax credit. I am less of a drain on resources.

3. BP is never going to pay you people so just find something else to do.

4. The city is cracking down (supposedly) on the homeless and all this change begging.....Is it possible we could use some of that effort to stop all the people doing the same in front of every grocery store and at every stop light on the weekends. If you don't have enough money for your kid to play little league then don't sign them up....and no I do not want to fund your mission trip because the old collection plate was a little light this year. Begging is begging!

5. My satellite TV has 700 channels devoted to infomercials...I thought people were broke.

6. I never vote...There I said it

7. Are we still at war with someone...if so...who exactly are we fighting now?

8. By the time Mobile gets an airplane contract....we will be using teleportation devices.

9. I have fired so many people this year, I should have my own show.

10. Yes the lady at the gas station on Hillcrest is high as a kite!

2. The constitution...need I say this one more time...is outdated. I know that is controversial, but you can't build an Islamic golden dome of worship on this location....End of story. When did common sense and a backbone get replaced with stupidity. While we are talking about it....No you can't go through the express lane with 35 items. No you can't buy Marlboros with pennies and nickles while 6 people wait in line. NO you can't just drive in any direction across a parking lot. NO you can't just leave your buggy in the parking space next to you. NO spandex and a T-shirt is not a good choice for you.

Well that's it for now....and remember vampires are NOT real!

Back from the dead? It's posting time

2009-09-25T23:33:00.003-05:00

Lets start out slow because I am bursting with built up posts.

Why do convenience store clerks think they are funny? You spend 8 hours jockeying a cash register and apparently the only thing that takes your mind off the enormous failures in your life, and a bad Master Cuts trim job, is finalizing a sale with a little fill-em-up humor. What I really find interesting is that no matter the color of your stained and stretched out company polo the jokes are universal. Is there a manual you get at corporate training week. "So lets see class, today we are going to start the morning off with authorizing pump 3 for a cash fill up....move right into proper cleaning of the wiener roller and just before break.....closing the sale with a friendly have a good-un."

There must be a bar that offers pump jockey appreciation night and they all get together to share stories of who has the weirdest bathroom key security device. While sharing a can of ass-deodorant they obviously try out their latest comedy routines. So just in case you zone out when picking up that Goody powder 2 pack and a 25 cent swiss roll, here are the worst of the worst common gas jockey sayings:

1. "Have a good one" (or good UN, if you are south of Huntsville Alabama). This is the universal transaction close.

2. Your bill comes to $4.21 and you get the classic "Four hundred and twenty one pennies". It's just not funny anymore! How about just getting my change right you &^%$#$er.

3. "You need a bag for that" ....Yea this 16 ounce Pepsi just feels naked when I take it outside uncovered.

4. You: "Give me 5 on pump 3"......Jockey: looks out at pump 3. is he checking to make sure I am not on a horse or just to make sure I'm in the right car? What really pisses me off is when they check to make sure you know what car your driving...."In the blue truck"....No dumb ass in the other car parked at pump 3.

5. "Debit or credit?"...assume anything under $2.00 is a debit.

6. "Slide your card again"...$%$#@

And just to leave you with a true conversation from the BP at Cottage Hill and Hillcrest....Lady is on the cell phone and asks me "Don't you just hate it when you aint hearin from yo family members until they call you from Metro(the jail)".

Until next time......FILL THE DAMN WINDOW WASHER CLEANER THINGY WITH WATER!

Wow I have not posted in some time now....working for a living will do that......I know working is against the Meeker code, but we got to pay bills

2009-06-06T19:51:00.002-05:00

Damn the demands of being a blogger. The constant content and the pressure to deliver that one perfect post is overwhelming (that's the only big word I know). All the Nanner regulars are probably long gone by know as the posting has been few and far between. To Hell with you part timers! Nobody puts the Nanner on a deadline! So here I sit on a Saturday afternoon dreading the workweek that is inching towards me like a slow lava flow. Is this all there is left? Is this my big accomplishment? Wait a minute.....strike that last line. I have never needed an accomplishment. All I want is to listen to some Bob Marley and ride a jet sky in Pensacola sound every afternoon.

Every time I decide to just empty the mind bank in one of these posts, I find myself wanting to wander off into other topics. I could be the only blogger who could start a post about the struggles of the West Indian egg trade and end on the off taste that results from wax lined cafeteria cups. So why the Hell are you still reading at this point? Who the Hell knows but I applaud your commitment to paragraph completion. I also wonder if you television is broken.

I made my way down to shell-ies today to pick up an ice cold Pepsi One. Shell-ies is a Shell station just down the road a piece from my house and is famous for the communal dog that lazily occupies the entrance. He just hangs out there most days and waits for the left over chili dogs or tater logs that Mrs. Sharon plates up for him around 4:00. God Damn I love that dog! So anyway, I stopped in and noticed all the regulars. The kids who drove the camo golf cart up for a day ending pizza. The trio of Mexicans who finished that lest yard for Gulf coast Landscape were loading up on cold Butt-weiser for a night of headaches and lava soap. The lady with the big boobies (I only call her that because she obviously has some long standing feud with a brazier) was headed out of town on vacation with her daughter and had stopped in for a few red bulls and funions. This is the first time I had seen her in "street" clothes and her daughter is one ugly pierced up wammer chic who was just waiting for the right opportunity to cut her arms up with a razor blade. The girl behind the counter is rather new but remembered me buying two Pepsi's for my taste test (regular versus the new traditional). I found it funny that the guy in front of me payed with a hundred dollar bill. Whats so funny about a hundo you ask? Nothing except that he was buying a pack of rollos and a canned Cola. The funny thing is that the new girl broke out her fancy counterfeit busting marker and proceeded to draw that line across the front off the bill. Whats so funny about that? nothing, except that she turned it over and did the same thing on the back. Have I been out of the loop here or what? I did not know that there was a rage of bastards circulating a hord of counterfeit backside hundreds. It must really be hard to take a good C-note and just dummy up the back.

So here I sit all happy with the nectar of the Gods (anything that says diet soda) and I find it hard to muster anything blog worthy. I just wish I had a cold oatmeal stout and a Cubs game to watch. I find myself drifting off on a regular basis to Auburn Alabama and that broken recliner by the window. The Brooks apartments on a Saturday afternoon was better than a visit to Dr. Phil. The twilight in Auburn is a true thing of beauty. I could sit with the window open and watch the sun slowly slip behind the farmland. I could drift off to sleep and know that by 5:00 I would be awakened by the sound of hungry ducks from the nearby lake or the occasional neighbor stopping by to see if I wanted a burger from Nifers. Those times will always be special. Now I sit here worried about what has to be done at work on Monday and what I have to do on Sunday to get prepared. Although the money train is backing up to the bank on a regular basis now, I still find myself unsatisfied with the twilight of Mobile Alabama.

So what is it that I have to say? Nothing really except that life has a way of beating a man down. Wouldn't it be nice if we could all just be surfer dude. I did have some good news today! My friend Brice and his GF could possibly be moving from WV to Georgia. I am so juiced about old tea bag moving to the south. They will be a fish out of water for a while but I am sure they will find their groove.

Another 60 hour work week awaits......so stay tuned for the suicide note!

Until next time..........keep dreaming of that sandal hut!

This is off the hook and the best video of the year!

2009-05-20T18:13:00.001-05:00

Tracy Rocker Ghost Rides Hummer whip today! You are the man!

2009-05-04T15:17:00.002-05:00

Tracy Rocker apparently pulled off an impromptu..."Ghost Ride" on the Tiger Prowl today or yesterday in Alabama. I would have loved to see this 300 pounder Ghost the full length of the prowl while Chiz rode in the back!

The Nanner doing a littleSpring cleaning......enjoy the junk we found in the bottom of the file cabinet!....OH SHIT the Swine Flu is in my office!

2009-05-04T14:18:00.003-05:00

1. Laugh like there is no tomorrow at this Hipster fool pic site...WTF

2. keep an eye out because it is officially Alabama Wolf Spider time. They are poisonous but not deadly. The can ruin your month!

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5. Just remember...the Jews are the "Good Guys"...Yea right....sounds like a little Hitler wore off on them.

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7.LOVE THESE GUYS...Watch more of there stuff on Youtube

8. When it comes to the saggy rapper pants......I hate them like everyone else, but Think we need to play fair. I say the black kids can be made to pull their pants up when white people stop dressing up like cowboys, stop putting roll cages and tin can mufflers on Honda Civics like they are extras in a 2Fast2Furious movie and stop with the Justin boots on a 100 degree summer day.

9. Cartman does his take on the Somalian pirates...FUNNY FUNNY Click HERE

10.Swine Flu is old hat....The news makes it sound like this is something new and is going to kill off the planet....check out this 1976 commercial about....you guessed it....swine flu. See if you can also catch the sexual innuendo!Click here and get the Swine Flu

NEW Slightly Comical Friday......post #1

2009-04-24T17:00:00.001-05:00

It's not the heat.....It's the garbage! If you choose not to read....Please at least watch the video and give me your feedback!

2009-04-22T15:08:00.005-05:00

Well here we are once again celebrating "National Hug A Tree Day" and the environmentalist are spreading the word of our impending doom. Not just any doom but that pressing day that we all turn into Kingsford charcoal and flame up under the heat generated by all those unregulated 89 Corollas. Wait a minute.....we might just all drown from the tidal wave of Arctic water that surges from those melting polar ice caps. I wonder if the polar bear will become the new state animal of lower Alabama? Either way the battle of global destruction rages on.

People who do not really know me that well tend to throw me in the environmental wacko category because I (like most sensible humans) care about the environment. The problem is that I see the problem slightly different from those chaining themselves to the largest tree they can find. To me it seems like we are all on the sinking Titanic and people are up in arms about the possibility that the boat may catch on fire.

When it comes to environmental issues I prefer to focus on issues that do not take 25 years of research to figure out. Every time someone asks me about global warming....I say if the smartest scientists on the planet can't seem to agree on whether this is scare tactics or true science......how the Hell am i going to know. every month the earth is getting hotter according to some and colder according to others. The truth is we will never know who is right because we will all be dead before they come to some agreement. So what is it that I am concerned about? Well the Meeker considers himself a common sense kind of guy.

I give you my official stance on the environment in two simple causes that I feel passionate about......and they have nothing to do with global warming!

Somehow we have replaced the word POLLUTION with GLOBAL WARMING. People understand pollution. Pollution affect everyone RIGHT NOW! There is no guessing and no debate about dirty air and water. When I was a kid, you could grab a fishing pole and head out to any body of water in Mobile and eat what ever you caught. You could swim with your mouth open! You could lay in the salt water of the beach and clear up a dozen mosquito bites in one vacation day. I would not eat a fish out of dog river or swim in Mobile Bay if you paid me. At least a dozen times a year we are alerted to the ever familiar warning of contaminates in the water way. Don't swim of this beach. Don't eat fish from the bay. Don't get in the water with an open wound if you like having flesh cover your bones. A few years back the Press register had an article revealing the mercury count in fish along the Gulf Coast. Let me tell you that it was not something to brag about. Not even a month ago we were alerted to the coal sludge that was pouring into the bay over at Mcduffie Terminal. By focusing all this time and effort to something that might eventually happen with the temperature, we have neglected the things that have an IMMEDIATE impact on life at this moment. I am not as concerned about the chance of global temperature rise in 100 years because we are all going to be standing around with our thumb up our ass scared to do anything. Lets think about quality of life people. Lets think about preserving and protecting what we have right now. You do not need a PHD or a Verizon style network of politicians to tell you that we are dirtying up or own porches. What a disgrace to think that we are already to the point where eating fish that is not stamped Winn Dixie is something they did before your time.

MY BIGGEST complaint is that we are not focusing on a problem that a 6th grader can see. It's not so much about temperature folks. It is about garbage. People always wonder why I am against all the plastic crap that we like to produce and use. All those damn Walmart bags and bottled waters do not go anywhere. They do not turn into dirt. They do not just disappear when you chunk them in the BFI can. Where do we think all this garbage is going? For on week just look at the amount of garbage you throw out. Now just try and think about where all this crap is going. You can keep digging holes and filling them over with dirt but eventually you are going to run out of room. The land fills are becoming such prized real estate that the Mississippi river has become a log jam of garbage filled barges headed to the less dense southern states for dumping. Other countries have resorted to just dumping their garbage right in the ocean. This has led to a wonderful phenomenon of destruction. So I beg all you tree hugging people and Prius owners to take a step back and start looking at things that are not up for debate. Try putting more time into preserving what planet and beautiful land we have or who will really give a sh%$ if we eventually burn up. We will be so tired of the mountains of garbage and the smell that we will gladly line up for the barbecue. So on this Earth Day, please take a moment to consider a problem that is not going away and is increasing every day. Try getting off the plastic bags and don't be scared to recycle the plastic you do use.

"Americans use 2 million plastic drink bottles every 5 minutes......every day"

That Guy! a brief explanation of some of those people we all know.

2009-04-15T19:04:00.007-05:00

This bearded beast is in no way connected to the description below.

I made a stop this afternoon at the good old Cottage Hill Park (I know it is Medal of Honor park, but I just can't get that in my head). It is apparently softball season and it got me thinking. If you have never heard Jim Rome spout of in Dennis Miller type rant(minus all the big words)about softball guy....check it out here....Jim Rome Softball Guy. I sat in my truck for a good 15 minutes taking mental notes for the editors of the Nanner Stand.

Softball Guy is that squirmy little fella who usually has that mangy half grown in beard or ratty looking goatee. He has the good old college ball cap with a bill rolled tighter than a Taco Bell bean burrito. They roll up in a company truck with a dented fender and a magnetic sign on the door offering reasonable plumbing rates. The tailgate drops to reveal a red dirt stained igloo cooler overflowing with Miller Lite tall boys. The sound of beer cans popping only seem to signal the over-make-uped wife who got knocked up minutes after the last prom song was played. They walk half cocked from spending their teenage years lugging a dirty foot baby around on their hip. They run around the parking lot chasing little rat tailed offspring as Bubba recounts the homer he hit off Silacaga pipe and supply last week. The worn out common law wife jerks one kid by the arm and threatens another all while managing to keep her shower shoes on. Eventually the posse of sliding short all stars grows to "Good ole' Boy" status and anyone not of old english blood takes a wide path. Tthese lords of the short field...these Gods of thigh rash....these half cocked Kings of bad form take the field with more gear bags than a rock climber. I personally love the guys with the matching tight pants and bat bag. Nothing says I got game like beer fat and polyester/lycra. AS the kids run barefoot through the park with their Popsicle stains on their chins and dingy hand me down Elmo shirts, daddy pulls out his $600 bat and spits out his Red Man. After a mesmerizing night of awkward stances and drawn out words like "Shhhiiiiit", the band of merry necks make their way back to the company truck for another round of those good old American hops. The wives load the sugared up younguns in the Silverado with that look that lets you know just how excited she is to work up another tax break later that night. All this 4 nights a week.

Please never ask me to join a softball team!

Updated Global Terror Incedent Map......This is awesome ! services are limited but check out the real time map!

2009-04-15T16:08:00.003-05:00

CFLICK HERE and then click the tiny word "map" close to the top left hand corner
The site will let you see the map without logging in, but I sure wish I had the 100 bones to get the full service. This is some sweet stuff!

Hot... I-Pod update.....The Meeker brings you the Junior Boys.....you will thank me later!

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Really super bored site of the day...try searching all kinds of stuff....some what fun but really just a time waster

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really super bored site of the day...try searching all kinds of stuff....somewhat fun but really just a time blower.

Podcast......New to me but really cool. This place has thousands of them....check it out!

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I say we can the American Idol and get this instead.

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Unbelievable......This weeks SHOCKING "Living the Meeker" lifestyle award

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Wilford at it again.......FUNNY....(not appropriate for work viewing)

2009-04-11T11:26:00.004-05:00

Marylin Manson roadblocks Bill Oreilly

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I do not personally care for Marylin Manson. I find his music and videos weird, dumb, over dramatic, obnoxious.....I could go on but I am not that great with words. Having said all of that, I think the man does what he does well. He has am act, a gimmick, a persona that he has created and he manages to sell it. He looks like a guy that kills animals and drinks blood while burning the bible in a human skull. It is safe to say that a MM album is something most parents would not want to find in their kids CD player. I would not want my kids having that kind of stuff floating around in their heads. He just plain scares the Hell out of me!

Over the past few years MM has been tagged as the poster child for child corruption. After Columbine was over, all of the hatred and anger seemed to make beeline for this "devil worshiping" singer. He became this generations Charles Manson. Parents and youth pastors across the Bible belt were blaming his lyrics for causing kids to kill kids. His concerts were banned, protested and surrounded by cops just waiting for him to step over that blurry line of decency. So what should we do with this guy?

My first exposure to the creature behind the jet black hair and goofy contact lenses was in a Michal Moore documentary. I was absolutely shocked by his ability to speak. the guy comes across like an English professor in a Halloween costume. There was no character.....no sales pitch. I could not believe what I was seeing. These days entertainers (especially rappers) seem to never break character. Not only was he talking like a normal well educated guy.....he actually made some great points. So I stumbled upon this video of MM on Bill's show. those of you familiar with the "Factor" know that Bill loves to get people on and grandstand like a conservative hero. he cuts people off mid sentence. He raises his voice and insults the intelligence of his guests. He always seems to get the best of every guest and will often just end the interview by calling the person a moron if he starts to lose his foothold. This interview threw Bill so far off of his game. he was expecting to beat up on this Satan worshiping hack and save the worlds children. UH OH....Bill apparently was not prepared for MM the man. Manson was prepared, made his points, held his composure and even complimented Bill on his concern. I may not agree with his message and I really think the guy could use his talent in a more positive way, but in no way should we censor expression. Manson feels like he has a message and has done nothing but publicly denounce instances of violence like Columbine. It is time to stop blaming Manson for parents failure to raise their children. The decline of youth in this country is not because some singer acts a fool on stage. Kids killing kids is not the product of music. Like Manson said "Maybe if parents spent more time listening to their kids and less time listening to his lyrics.....they might be able to notice their kids need help". I guess Elvis can relax now because someone else is ruining America's youth.

SAY NO TO CENSORSHIP AND YES TO BETTER PARENTING!

ielly

This weeks "Living The Meeker Lifestyle" award winner.....

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The downtown delima and the Facebook group I refuse to join!

2009-04-06T12:14:00.005-05:00

COME ON DOWN TO MOBILE AND BEFORE YOU TAKE THAT CRUISE OUT OF THE GREAT PORT CITY....YOU CAN ENJOY OUR FINE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT AND MINGLE WITH SOME OF OUR LOCAL FOLK. ISN'T THIS THE PLACE YOU YOU HAVE ALWAYS DREAMED OF LIVING THE GOOD LIFE.
I signed on to the old Facebook today to see what was happening in the world of social networking. I had a hot invitation in my mailbox to join one of the 7 million groups that exist in this cyberspace playground. Normally I just ignore most of these unless I am just bored tired of receiving the same invitation every day. SO I notice I had been sent one of these golden invites to join the "Make Some Noise" group for downtown Mobile. My first thought was.....is this some kind of new save the polar ice caps approach?

I managed to get about half way through the description tag when I started to shake my head. What is wrong with this community? Where are the people with an interest in progress? Why are college kids running this city?

This loosely formed group of rabid music fans are highly pissed off that some of the new residence in the LODA are upset with the late night party scene. Wow, imagine that! The late night party crowd has taken a territorial approach with the belief that they were there long before these new squatters invaded their little mecca of cheap beer and amateur music. So who is right in this epic battle for lower Dauphin?

Before you start calling me a big fat hypocrite, I will say that I had my fair share of fun as a young man under the watchful eye of the green Admiral Semmes statue. Those days are long gone and hopefully for those of you reading this post. So what is my take on this whole situation?

I am amazed every time I drive down Dauphin street at how slow the area is changing. It has been a decade now since we first heard of the "String of Pearls" that was going to turn downtown into an entertainment district similar to other cities our size. Other than some wider sidewalks, couple of trees, some bike stands, and Cathedral Park, what has actually changed. All this better walking area still leads to the same type of business.....the ratty bar! Lets be honest with ourselves. There are now a few art places and the theater has a face lift, but the majority of money spent is from drunk college kids shooting purple hooters. Is this really the long term plan the city is banking on for economic growth?

Most of the bars are just shitty looking! I know it and you know it. Hayles is a dump, the garage is a dump........you can just keep going down the list. If you are not embarrassed by the Heroes deck overlapping into the middle of a city street....you might need to stop reading now. Is this really the look we want people to see when they arrive in a major metropolitan city. You have to love the tourism potential of cheap paper signs, flyer's and stickers in the windows as you stroll down those neat new sidewalks. It must be some kind of Mobile "thang" that the uglier and nastier your bar looks, the more business you generate. Let me give you a clue to why the downtown crowd is not very diverse. People in their thirties and up have no interest in going to the LODA to hear broke down cover bands play music at volume 11. The people with good jobs and money to spend are looking for a night out that doesn't bring back memories of their frat days.

I went to an event at the Mitchel Center last night (I will blog about later). This was a show with huge international appeal. It was the kind of night that you actually put some church clothes on and act like an adult. I was shocked at the number of faded Polo's, t-shirts, flip flops, blue jeans, baseball caps, and tennis shoes. I just can't help but think that Mobile is becoming exactly what downtown has been all these years.......ugly. This city is set on being nothing more than casual. You see it in every restaurant. You see it in stores. This sense of ugly and poor looking is the best we can do. I am tired of going to other cities and actually seeing people who look like they have some direction in the lifestyle they want to live. It is OK to tuck a shirt in and go to bar that is actually clean. I am getting way off subject here, but this whole concept of "lower class" is something that keeps downtown Mobile under the foot of the college moron. I just wish half of Mobile would go to a city where people actually go downtown for something other than a Bud Lite and a Cowboy Junkies cover band.

Until we realize that the people making a commitment to living, shopping, dinning a and spending in downtown Mobile are more important than the nightly cover charge, the city will never progress. The opportunity to be an upscale attraction and a city with a high standard of living is right in front of our eyes. Is this the downtown that evokes the phrase..."I want to live in Mobile". Is this the city that is going to wow all those new corporations? We always hear people bitching about more culture...more art in downtown. That will never come because it will always play second fiddle to the beer stained stages and popped collars that is Mobile Entertainment. Lets get some new blood and build a city that brings in real money and real opportunity. Don't let me down Eastern Shore. If you build it, we will come! Any body got a key to the bulldozer?

NO I WILL NOT JOIN THAT GROUP!

Jerry Clower and the boiled okra dog fight.......Haaaawwwww

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The Weedhawks will be playing at the Black bear tonight! This makes me very sad that I am here and they are there.

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"October Sky....a must see movie I happened across this week. A true story about Homer Hickam the "Rocket Boy". Do yourself a favor and rent this one!

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This is the real Homer Hickam at the Festival of Ideas at West Virginia University (the same event I met subway Jared at). After seeing this movie, I wish I would have gotten the chance to hear him speak. This movie is one of the best I have seen in some time. Homer went from a small coal mining town to NASA engineer and Alabama distinguished person award winner. His story is amazing and mind boggling how some of the smartest people in history came from the most unlikely places. Give it a shot this weekend! Here is a LINK to his bio.

Hickam also designed and built the first brass cannon that VT fires when the team scores a touchdown. He used scrap bass from belt buckles and along with his fathers help built the cannon that is now one of the most recognizable traditions at the school.

The official trailer from the movie

A quick video of Homer today

I have nothing!

2009-03-26T18:29:00.003-05:00

The Nanner Stand has been somewhat quite over the last week or so. I just have nothing of great importance to pass along at the moment. Don't be alarmed! I am sure you will get a rush of posts soon. Until then, here are some things I have learned this week....

1. Dolly Parton is still hot and she is not a lesbian

2. 91 dogs in a 2 bedroom house will get you a look at the back of a police car.

3. Auburn players look really small at this point

4. A three stooges remake could be a really bad idea

5. We can stop using the phrase.."If you don't go home with me tonight, the terrorist win" and replace it with.."Stimulate the economy and come home with me tonight"

6. Why is BOG not on Facebook?

7. Everyone is talking about legalizing bingo and marijuana

8. The Fairhope Arts and Crafts show was more craft and not so much art

9. I picked a really crappy time to be job hunting...at least i am not a teacher

10. I will not be attending the big IMS reunion at Felix's Fish Camp

When I was a kid, my mother used to buy these and I would eat them like candy!

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I would like to send these people a bag full of sawdust in the mail.

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A remix of one of the greatest movies of all time. Just picked up The Sandlot for $5 at the local Sam Waltons shack of Chinese crafts

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I laughed so hard at myself when I stumbled upon this.

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I spent a whole summer as a kid watching this movie a hundred times. Me and my cousin would spend the whole day working in quotes from the movie and playing Pac-Man at the arcade. As soon as the clip started I could still recite it word for word. I got everything exact and let me say that my jive is still good. This movie is still funny to me even though it is old as dirt.

Not even one mess up....this guy is a regular P Diddy

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Our Fearless leader and president of the "We love kids as long as they are not ours fraternity". We follow your every command Mr. President

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The incredible GC. Could the loyal order of non-dads ask for a better grand poobah? The stellar good looks at a young 47 make the "Cloon" (that's what we call him around the lodge on steak and poker night)one Hell of a spokesman for the boys who choose not to take on the daddy day care role. In today's world where parents with tons of kids get million dollar T.V. deals and tax breaks for increasing the population, the band of seed hording rebels like us are seen as some kind of social rebel. More than often, especially in the "cloon's" case, people want to convince you that you are making a horrible decision. they try to tell you all about the wonders of sleep deprivation and the joys of kid wrangling in a busy grocery store. We have managed to overcome our shunned existence and our incredibly shrinking numbers, to lie proudly in the recliner on a Saturday afternoon and watch R rated movies in peace. We do however have our fair share of struggle my friend.

We are constantly having to make decisions. What am i going to do after work today? What fun adventure awaits this weekend? What am I to do with that extra 50 I didn't give the babysitter? Married with children people do not have the stress that is making out a social calender. Oh no my friend, those non-group members are rarely troubled with having to actually spend quality time with their wife or girlfriend....on a school night! Do you realize how hard it is to fill the time that is created when you do not have to cook and clean for more than two? It is a tough existence my fellow readers and one that can not be taken lightly.

You actually have to spend all that money that would normally be set aside for braces, college and Hollister clothing. This club is not for every man and we have lost our fair share of brethren through the years. Many of our fellow members will tell you all about the joys of the "outside world"......but don't get converted by these disgruntled or unlucky few. This lifestyle is not for the easily swayed or the faint of heart. Many women will try and pull a David Blain on you and get that coveted tax exemption. Stay true OH shrinking few.....stay true.

In honor of our president I wish all of you a happy, adventure filled, relaxing weekend!

Until next time........wear your jeans and save your Genes!

Senior Bowl moving to Tampa? Rumors are flying

2009-03-17T16:56:00.004-05:00

The Senior Bowl leaving mobile? You will not find any answers on the official Senior Bowl website. You will not get anything of substance from the cute little girl that answers the main phone line. Yes, the meeker put in a call and no quicker than I could get the question out...."That is just a rumor and no one at the Senior bowl office has spoken to anyone in Tampa". This poor girl has spouted that line more times today than Tiny Simmons has thought about green beer. I never even mentioned Tampa!

So how did all this get started. For me it started with a post on a forum followed by a quick google search.....wait i just got a text that it is on the news. So are these people just lying? This could be a real blow for the city.

On the other hand, this could all be a clever marketing ploy to sale out the next couple years. "Oh no we are moving away unless we sell this thing out...Come on Mobile". I really hope this is just a "BuZZ" generator and not a real attempt to vacate the port city. It was only a matter of time. The whole pro draft thing is becoming its very own separate sport. Cities know that the Senior Bowl could and should be ten times the size and flair that it is right now. Mobile just has no shot at holding on to this thing if the best they can do is Ladd stadium. Somewhere like Tampa would market it in a huge stadium with celebrities everywhere. ESPN shows would be setting up shop and broadcasting the whole week. Other than the Super Bowl, this is the premier game. Mobile just doesn't have the ability or the people to do the game justice (not that they have not given 100%). I do not want to make the city or the Senior Bowl marketing folks out to be a bad guy here, but lets be honest.

I think the Senior Bowl has outgrown Mobile. I hope I am wrong but maybe someone should have been thinking about this day 10 years ago. You can't really blame this one on the city. Lets just call out the real reason Mobile has lost and will continue to lose so many great sports related things........ME and YOU. Mobile should just change the phrase on the city limit signs to: "The city of low attendance". It would be nice to step up and build a Senior Bowl complex that housed practice fields and museums. They could have a great looking stadium with all the fancy media setups and celebrity suites. That would be great....but Mobilian's would just find some NEW reason for not showing up.

The music genome Project and Pandora radio

2009-03-16T12:49:00.002-05:00

If you are not familiar with this incredibly cool project then just jump over to This link. After you check out how in the world it is done, jump over to hear it all in motion at Pandora Radio.

I jumped on last night and typed in the name of a band. The thing then uses complicated math, microwaves, rotation of the earth and THC dust to build a radio station for you. Trust me when i say: It is well worth the visit. I was instantly hooked and still somewhat dumbfounded at how it all works......enjoy!

the Nanner Stand is running a skeleton crew this week because our stimulus check is late, so please come back often and excuse our lack of posts.

Turn it up to 11! You know you've been singing it!

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Man I miss the Baysharks! We held that top bleacher spot down!

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NASCAR's Mark Martin

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Should a man this old really be sporting the skateboard sneakers! What is up with those shoes old timer? "Who da give five...five ..five ..five an a half ...sold

Not even 1 day passes after I post about one of my favorite movie genres....and Willie Dynamite is on AMC

2009-03-07T02:33:00.002-06:00

Now Willie D knows how to wear a pimp outfit and put a girl on notice! Enjoy a classic scene.

Jay Jacobs defends his boots to Bo Jackson!

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Bo:::: Man those are some ugly gators you got on. Don't they pay you good money around here?

Jay Jacobs:::: See that guy up there in the North face jacket....kicked his ass with these boots on. See that guy selling hot dogs.....yea broke a boot off in his ass last night....and see that old English teacher....I HIT IT

Bo:::: No you didn't Jay

Jay:::: Yes sir.... and had my boots on the whole time baby!

Bo:::: What do you wear under a set of hides that nice?

Jay:::: Monday through Friday.....a heavy tube sock full of gold Bond. Come Sundeee, I go straight foot.....like Jesus did back in the day. You know Bo, if them Arab fellas would have had some boot makin' skill....I am pretty sure our Lord and Savior would a wore a pair a roach stompers just like these here!

Bo:::: Go to respect a man who knows his boots......just don't take them things off in my truck.

This post from our friends at Cheastypants cracked me up...enjoy!

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Bud Light and the new exploding cap.......anyone else heard of this..?

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Try to keep a straight face!

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Denzel Washington couldn't hold Fred Williamson's jock strap.......One of my top 10 favorite movies of all time.

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I love Baxploitation films. Movies like "Black Caesar" and "Hell up in Harlem" make pulp Fiction and scarface look like a Wiggles stage show. If you really want to see a good movie this weekend...find yourself a copy of Black Caesar. The sound track will blow you a way. Every man wishes he was half as cool as Tommy Gibbs!

Can we just have football!

2009-03-06T01:37:00.006-06:00

All of you know that I am a big "Barner". Those of you who visit often understand that I am not one of those bash the Hell out of Bama kind of fans. I am a die hard Auburn fan all the way. I want to beat Bama every year and break three legs in the process. I love when they get their butt handed to them. What I do not want is either Bama or Auburn handcuffed by the NCAA. Nobody wants an Iron Bowl without the best players on the field. Alabama has a great football tradition, a great university and one Hell of a coach. If they could ever find a way to get rid of some some of those fans that just do not represent the Alabama fans I know.

All of this constant rule infraction crap that has nothing to do with football is ruining the game. So some college kids at Auburn found a way to cram in a few crutch courses....its college. So some Alabama athletes found a way to scam some free books for their friends...it's college. What does any of this have to do with tossing a football around. Enough with the tight rope walk that these coaches and universities have to do every day. "Oh my God...did I say the wrong thing to the wrong guy"..."Did I spend over my allotted limit on doughnuts for a recruit". If a guy is pulling a Blue Chips tractor buy then step in. If college kids are doing stupid things that college kids do.....well chalk it up to learning a thing or two about life.

I know that it is the administrations job to watch everything with a magnifying glass and that they are accountable for what goes on. My problem is that some kid in high school who wants to play at a University gets told "sorry kid we ran out of rides" over something that has nothing to do with football. Can we stop making football teams look like cheaters every time a kid screws up or makes a bad decision. Punish the kid involved or punish the pencil pusher.....just stop punishing the fans and the team.

Lets just play some damn football!

WAR EAGLE

Meeker brings you "Graffiti" of the week.....Friday edition courtesy of the overlook in Daphne and my man Lil Weezy

2009-03-06T00:54:00.006-06:00

"If hip hop is dead then I am the embalming fluid".....HUH
Did they just quote Dwayne Wayne from "Its a Different World"....hey bay bay uh hey bay bay

Martha Stewart has more street cred than you!

2009-03-05T23:54:00.007-06:00

Yes it is true. When it comes to popping over to Snoop Dogs house for a casual black and mild or hitting up Rick Ross on the 2 way for some new spinners, Martha has the inside track. All of a sudden Americas craft queen....our high priestess of table settings and table manners has the ability to get Q-Tip to come on her show and stamp decorate a t-shirt. Not just any shirt, but one of those XXL Hanes Beefy T's that Aunt Gene or Granny Sneed wears to the bingo hall Tuesday nights. Some pastel piece of shit with glitter glue snow flakes and Conway Twitty lyrics stenciled around the neck line. Martha either shanked 6 people on the inside for Death Row Records or she has pictures of Kahne West at a Garth Brooks book signing. How did the most boring, self absorbed, out of touch, Judy homemaker get in every rappers T-Mobile five.

(For those who only know the Meeker by his more reserved alter ego....I hope you are not offended by this blog...don't hold it against me!)

If you have no idea what I am talking about at this point, then drop down to the videos below. In the short....she has had Snoop cooking. She had Ludacris for a show and this morning she had Q-tip making those damn T-shirt uniforms for slot playing grannies. This show in no way is the target market for gangsta rappers. maybe soccer moms would like to ease back after a long day of little league with them nasty ass beats of Dr. Dre or the fine phat ass rhythms of Mike Jones..who..Mike Jones..who..Mike Jones. Times are hard and I guess you just have to cross market these days.

Even that being said, what the hell did Martha get into behind the bob wire. We all had visions of curtain making Martha going through the chow line and asking what sauce the veal would be in tomorrow. "The meat is bologna biatch and its sitting in some congealed jelly shit that looks like snot". We all thought that she was going to take a beating from those mullet wearing skanks you always see in the Lifetime movies about prison. Boy were we wrong! Apparently the smell of prison ass and the sweet aftertaste of illegal toilet hooch broke down the soft exterior of this wine and lace T.V. star. A couple nights curled up on a concrete bunk next to a chic named Bushy will change a woman's soul. All of a sudden she is giving sewing lessons to Atlantic City street walkers and Be-dazzling the end of her tooth brush shiv. Martha Stewart is more Gangsta than you!

Martha Stewart learned how to survive, how to maintain her mental stability, how to talk to God.......how to turn 7 prunes, 2 apples, 4 peppermints and old urine in a plastic pillow case into a quart of Boones Farm Strawberry Hill. She is a convict. She knows the lingo. She has done time. Martha is one with the street. She actually can discuss the nuances of the food at Corcoran versus Chino. Martha actually knows what "Rollin on the grey goose" means. I am just waiting for her to have a whole show called "The etiquette of the prison tat".

Here's to you hard timer!

So here is Martha Stewart pre-big house...CLICK HERE

AND THE NEW GANGSTA STEWIE

Scene of the crime....I know you have heard about the big ATM robbery at the Walgreens and seen the footage on the news...the aftermath!

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Sorry about the quality, but I took it through the truck glass. What I don't get is how they got past the giant ferns or baby palm treas in the front of the building. The video shows them blasting through those doors in a truck or something. How did they get up that much speed and get around those treas? Obviously they hired a professional. If your going to rob an ATM...at least get yourself a good wheal man!

Took this pic from the boat launch at Chocolata Bay....enhanced it so you could read it ! It is stamped on the concrete where the boats are dropped in

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I really like this....I think I am going to save it for my garage or pool house one day.

Elvis Presley and the Mobile Alabama causeway.......From the files of Elvis once slept here!

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This is a picture of WMOB's radio station. It sits over on the causeway right as you come out of the tunnel. It is true that the King himself once spent the night on a couch in this tiny AM station. How does the Meeker know such knowledge?

When I was in high school I had a flat tire coming across the Bayway. I limped off onto the causeway and onto the service road in front of WMOB. I went up and knocked on the door for several minutes until some old man finally opened up. He said he was on the air and that's what took him so long. I asked if I could use the phone and he obliged. While waiting on some help (I had no jack)me and the old man talked. he told me all about the station and that his most memorable time was when a young singer showed up a day early for a radio appearance and a gig at a festival. the man offered the young Elvis the couch in his office for the night. Elvis slept until the next day and thanked the man.

I can just see a young E rolling down the causeway in a junker with the windows down, one suitcase, $2 and a guitar.

This old pink hotel sits about midway across the causeway, right next to R&R seafood (The crawfish are back by the way and GOOOOOD). This old thing is just about gutted now and is one hot pink eyesore. Very few people know that this was the hotel that Elvis always stayed at when he played Mobile. He would rent out the entire top two floors for him and the mafia. They would never stay in town because he did not want all the screaming fans around. I have always wanted to go up to those floors and have a look around. Unfortunately the place was used as a holding site for the Federal government for years and then washed out from the hurricanes. the gate was open today, but it looked really shady inside. How do you know this Jimmy Joe?

Well my source on this one also had first hand knowledge. This story came from an ex Alabama State Trooper (initials JS). He was one of the men in charge of making sure Elvis got to and from the Civic Center. He said that when they rolled out onto the causeway, people just assumed they were leaving town.

Was out shooting some pictures this afternoon

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I stopped on the causeway today to shoot this lone beer bottle along the seawall. It just looks like it would make a great print add in Truck $ Tractor Weekly or the back of a monster truck show program. So lets just see who can come up with a good caption for this Busch add.

I will start it off with:

"When your fishing with cut bait....drink the beer that's cut rate"

"Busch...the beer of men who fish on a bucket"

"If you eat the fish out of the bay...you will love our beer"

Vegetarian Chili

2009-03-05T12:25:00.002-06:00

Just saw old Pat Greenwood interview on of the teams in the annual chili cook-off set for this weekend. I had to laugh!

The three man team was dressed in all camouflage and one even had a stuffed "big buck" hat. What will be their special chili....vegetarian. Maybe that is vegetable stealing camo.

NBC 15 exposing Katrina refuges

2009-03-05T11:27:00.003-06:00

I saw a promo this morning about a special news story tonight about "The Refuges" as they are called. I had to chuckle at how the public sympathy has turned to outrage. The promo went something like this: "Last year we brought you the story of Katrina refuges living here in FEMA apartments." "Now we return and they are still there." The funny part was that they show a man and a lady sitting on the balcony in lawn chairs drinking a Bud heavy. The cameraman zooms in really close on the Bud can as the man brings it to his lips. In my head i screamed...FINALLY!

It is coming up on 4 years people! It is time to get off the sympathy teet. This thing has turned into a big beer drinking holiday. I am not a bad guy, but come on people. I will refrain from going into a full scale rant here, but let me just say that it is time to take your ass back to New Orleans. The city of Houston gratefully opened up there city to over 250,000 refuges. Over 120,000 still reside in the city. According to news reports the Katrina-nites were involved in 59 homicides in just 6 months. Violent crime in the city went up 14%. in some areas where many of them settled, the crime rate has doubled.

The rest of the country, who still think these people are victims, do not realize the drain on a city that all these people cause. Some of you reading this will say.."Not all of those refuges are just hanging out drinking beer and stealing money". YOU ARE RIGHT! The ones who have some since of decency have either went home or started a new life with a job. I am talking about the ones still holding on to the refuge status and living off the government.

You can call New Orleans a city with heritage and culture, but those who live on the Gulf Coast know the truth. The city is a dump. The city is a shit hole of crime and filth. It is dirty, crime ridden, dangerous and stinks like a gas station toilet. Sure you can go and party, but you sure as Hell wouldn't live there. So all you refuges can take your Mardi Gras lifestyle back to Bourbon street. We do not want it!

For all you people who think New Orleans is so great.....I saw this exact bridge and all these people when i was there less than a year ago. people drunk and screaming at cars as they pass. New Orleans...Americas largest ghetto!

You can smoke your joint....you can smoke your friends joint.......but can you smoke your friends cat?

2009-03-04T23:02:00.004-06:00

Click Here....I guess a feline just needs a good blast of Mexican Gold every now and then. Lay off the bong people. It may not cause you to beat an old lady to death for your next fix, but it makes you STUPID!

What is Alabama thinking?

2009-03-04T22:15:00.002-06:00

I ran across this picture while browsing the action from the B-Iron Bowl game last night. I know that Bama has fell on hard times when it comes to putting the ball in the peach basket, but this is uncalled for. To make those players run up and down the court dressed like a Disney World ice cream salesmen is just awful. That uniform looks like it was modeled after those filling station men in the 50's who changed your oil and washed the windows. Those things are borderline circus unies! Dont get me wrong, it's not that they are butt ugly.....its just that they look like something borrowed from nintendos NBA 95. Tone it down a little Bama. I halfway expect you to come out to the Big Timmy Reeves theme music...doot doot doodoodoot doot doot doo doo !!!!!!!!

This is just the best seven minutes you can spend on the internet!

2009-03-04T15:19:00.002-06:00

This is a re-post from either the stand or B-Rads pad but it just never gets old. Sit back and enjoy this priceless gem!

Until next time....."I love Jesus...but I drink a little"

This weeks "Living the Meeker Lifestyle" award winner.

2009-03-04T15:13:00.001-06:00

Way to go...Mr. I-talian Prime Minister.

Every team has one!....FUNNY

2009-03-04T14:59:00.003-06:00

Everyone knows that Bama takes the title for crazy fans. In fact, lets just go ahead and clean the air. Alabama fans are just easy to make fun of. Every team has their own group of jean short wearing, Bud Light sucking die hard fans, but Bama never lets us down.

In the honor of fair journalism.....I give you this Auburn fan! YOU MIGHT WANT TO SKIP LUNCH AFTER THIS!

ALABAMA FANS JUST CLICK RIGHT HERE.

10 things I hav NO interest in doing!

2009-03-04T14:50:00.004-06:00

1. Go to VEGAS....well maybe I would go but not to gamble

2. Water ski

3. Drink moonshine

4. Go to the opera

5. Own a motorcycle

6. Join a Mardi Gras organization

7. Go to California

8. Shoot a big buck

9. Drive a mini van

10. Scuba dive

Billy Mays semi NSFW....you will laugh until it hurts on this one!

2009-03-03T01:52:00.002-06:00

Every once in a while a song sucks but you just can't help but singing along....I give you Supertramp

2009-03-03T01:46:00.001-06:00

This weeks "Living the Meeker Lifestyle" award winner

2009-03-03T01:40:00.002-06:00

This weeks winner is something special. Here we have a guy who not only goes by the pseudo name of Norman Gentle, but also takes his one opportunity to become a star and throws out the kind of performance I have only dreamed about. To those of us living the Meeker way stand up and applaud you Mr.American Idol for not taking life so damn serious. I could not have done it better myself. Until next time.......remember that life is just a comedy stage and we all play a part!

Meeker has thrown his hat in the ring!

2009-03-02T15:45:00.003-06:00

That is right my loyal subjects, the Meeker is attempting to join the ranks of the rat race coalition. This development could mean that the old trusty wallet comes out of retirement.

One resume has been dropped in the bucket for a job could pay a hansom salary. Now the wait begins. if that doesn't work out....just remember to answer your phone Vandalay Industries and tell them how great your latex salesman is.

If all else fails.....I can always start an infomercial!

A little something for the BOG

2009-02-26T18:10:00.000-06:00

"Your Donna Chang"

A groove to help you close out the Mardi Gras season...relax to the sweet sounds of Paul Simon....God I love this tune!

2009-02-26T15:41:00.004-06:00

Jimmy Joe Meeker RD

2009-02-26T13:08:00.002-06:00

That's right, it is official. Jimmy Joe Meeker is now board certified and finally gets some letters behind his name other than SOB. It was the worst experience of my life, only to be followed by emotion overload. I am somewhat stunned as I type this out given that it has only been an hour since the test.

More to come!

Jimmy Joe Meeker will be undercover and out of pocket for the next couple days

2009-02-23T12:51:00.002-06:00

JJM will be out of the Nanner Stands home office this week. He will be leaving all business decisions to Andrea Smith. I hope you return Friday.

In case you did not know......I just don't like the Mardi Gras.

2009-02-20T11:54:00.002-06:00

It just doesn't do it for me
I don't know why, because I went to the parades until about 2000, but I just do not have any interest in the Mardi Gras. I have nothing against it or the people in the organizations. The last ball I went to left me standing elbow to elbow in the hallway of the civic center thinking "have I been here before?". You see, of the 10-12 balls I have attended, they are the same exact thing every time. Same clothes, same music, same people, same drinks, same ending. I am not saying i will not go to a ball every now and then, but it's just not my favorite place in the world. So come Fat Tuesday, I will not be on the streets of LODA. If you happen to catch any of those new PB moon pies, pass a few my way MMMMMMMM.

I guess that whole post hurricane Katrina gun grab made Alabama mee-maws a little pissed off!

2009-02-20T11:36:00.005-06:00

LOOK HERE JOE BONNER...YOU GET YOUR ASS UP YONDER AND GET MY F%$#^ SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK AND MY GOD D#$@ AMMUNITION
The Alabama house votes unanimously on HB225 which prohibits the government from seizing firearms and ammunition during a declared state of emergency. Next stop the Senate floor. It is easier to take an Alabama mans last dollar than it is to get his squirrel gun and his box of "holler" points. As bad as politicians can be, at least they got this one right. Maybe the Meeker needs to start a militia!.......who am I kidding. I don't even own any camo britches.

For all you people not from around the land of rednecks and shotguns.....If it is hurricane season or the lights flicker more than twice.......don't come a knockin' on the door wanting to sale some cookies or save a mans soul. You just might get yourself mounted up on a trailer wall. "YEA WHOOOOWEEE I got that there JeeeeeHovah witness before he could even get is pamphlet out of his pocket protector WOOOOOO."

She was so good that they made her play midget style for the whole first quarter.

2009-02-20T11:21:00.001-06:00

I want a micronation and guess whats on sale? Thats right I am asking for your support in purchasing Sealand.

2009-02-20T10:43:00.010-06:00

How cool is the idea that you can do whatever you want in your own country. If you read the Wik-link below (it is really interesting), you will see that they have their own money and arent afraid to protect their waters. You can even become a lord or a Duke right off their government site below. They have athletes and a national anthem. Who are they?.... just a family on a big old steel platform in the water! I want that platform. It is currently up for sale and the Meeker is passing the old Catholic hat. So let me know by comment if I can count on your support and how much $$$ you will donate to the campaign. I just may make you my minister of afternoon cocktails or Secretary of questionable Internet material.

Wiki on Sealand HERE

Official website HERE

Was there not one single newspaper editor who thought this was a bad idea!

2009-02-20T01:43:00.006-06:00

I just have to think that this was not meant to equate or president with a chimp, but a play on the crazy monkey attack a few days ago. That being said, is this not the definition of bad judgment? Did nobody stop and think that this was a stupid decision? They deserve every bit of backlash for being complete morons. I think even the guy mopping the floor at the old Tigers Den Theater has better judgment than this. I just don't think you let this slide....bad for business. Even if you take out the obvious, do we need someone shooting the person (president) who wrote the stimulus package. Like the fruitcakes out there need any ideas. Perception is everything!CLICK HERE FOR THE CARTOON THAT IS CAUSING ALL THE FUSS. I DID NOT THINK IT NEEDED TO BE PUBLISHED ANY MORE THAN IT ALREADY HAS.

OK gay people....time to get off the cross! Read it first and then tell me what you think!

2009-02-19T23:13:00.009-06:00

Alright, before you get flaming mad at old Meeker here......I better explain. The Meeker has no problems with the homosexual community. I am one proud straight man who just happened to sit as President of the Diversity Council at Auburn University. I have no ill will for any group....well maybe a few, but the Gay folks are not one of them. I have known a couple of alternative lifestyle people over my life and every one was great! Some were low key while others were the first to sport a pink boa and dance on a table top. The point is that in my experience the 2 sides of the lifestyle coin seem to interact the same as if they were friends with different musical taste. Yes I am a Clay Aiken fan! So I have to ask........

Don't you think the GAY RIGHTS campaign has run its course. The gay community has marketed over the last decade better than Coke or Pepsi. They have overcome public fear in the 90's like Tylenol and poison pills. Their rainbow color flag push has netted them with one of the most recognizable color combinations second only to NASCAR paint schemes. They have managed to turn the word gay into something nobody even pays attention to. I mean a closet is no longer a place to store your clothes, its an entrance ramp to celebrity status.

Lets face it, they have managed to carve out a nice chunk of society. When people thought of San Fransisco 15 years ago, it was "fairy" land and leather shops selling gimp outfits. Now when you think of San Fran and its the place everyone would like to live. It's high dollar property, upper class residents, low crime, nice shops, nice people, culture and people who don't wear sweatpants to Walmart. lets get real, the gay community....well is a nice community. If you want nice neighbors...find yourself a gay couple.

Those guys have the the second most powerful day time talk show host in Ellen. Who doesn't like Ellen? We all know Oprah is secretly running the country and Ellen is the vice president. They have American Idol stars, Etheridge, Tracy Chapman, comedians, mayors, actors out the ass and even a few senators...TAP TAP (well lets just leave that part out). People flock to the big screen to see movies like the Birdcage and nobody gets up and leaves when the gay John Wayne walk is performed. Gay is mainstream. Gay is big business. The word "gay" has become a descriptive term for someone who has better style than you, whose house is decorated better than yours, who understands etiquette, who has an appreciation for culture and probably makes more money than you. So what in the world are they fighting for?

I know what you are screaming......MARRIAGE. Well you are right. As much as the world has accepted and embraced the gay community, they still will not give up the grasp of the last thing that keeps the line of demarcation boldly etched. Well they may be fighting to marry but at least they share a similar struggle with the straight females of the world. They fight most of their lives trying to get straight males like the Meeker to the alter. It is just stupid that someone would try to bar a person they have never met, and probably never will, from sharing in something that no one group has a copyright to. All humans deserve the right to marry another human no matter the sex.

So you gay folks only have one hurdle left.....but look at all you have changed along the way. I think it is time for you to say "99% Mission Accomplished". When your front is all about the struggle for rights, it gives the straight community nothing but visions of Richard Simmons in hot pants. If they would adopt more of a "look what we have accomplished" or "Look who we are" approach it would remind people of just how much the gay community has contributed to society. Paint them a picture of the people I mentioned above instead of the "hear and queer" gang and that 99% just might hit triple digits.

until next time.......what do I know, I'm just your typical bad dressing, cant match straight guy....."Not that there is anything wrong with that"

Coach Lebo opts for the elusive yet dangerous "Striking Cobra " offensive formation!

2009-02-19T22:49:00.001-06:00

AP/John Curry

Give the old people a break on the DTV conversion.......and do something that would make your momma proud...

2009-02-18T23:24:00.004-06:00

I know what you are thinking. These people have had 2 years to get ready and buy their converter box for the big digital TV switch. I am not going to argue with you that people can surely scrounge up about $30 for the box. I am not going to argue that people have just procrastinated. What I am going to say is.........what is the reason for all the negativity about delaying the switch. This thing does not affect you an any way. You probably have cable and wouldn't know the difference if it went digital in the middle of American Idol. My point is that most college educated people have a hard time figuring out which cable runs to with port. So I ask you to stop for a second and think about this lady:

She is someones grandma that lives alone and is the ripe age of 82. She has no family around and spends her quality time watching Bob Grip and Wheal of Fortune. She lived a 1/3 of her life without TV and still doesn't understand how it all happens. She is told to get a box to transform her (insert words that are Greek in her mind)or she will no longer get a picture. What does she do? She has no car and relies on the little BRAT bus to take her to the senior center 4 days a week. So, she somehow gets her hands on one of these things and she is expected to get back there behind the TV and plug all the wires.

Folks this is more people than you think. The problem is that many of the elderly rely on that TV for storm warnings and the forecast. Lets not rush this thing so that the people with nice TV's can watch their big screens a little clearer. This is a matter of respect for people who have worked a lot longer and a lot harder than our generation.

I challenge everyone to stop by that old lady who lives in your neighborhood and hook up that converter box for her. Hell don't even be afraid to opt out of the weekend restaurant visit and hand her one as she gets off the BRAT bus. You just might be saving more than Wheal of Fortune

Until next time.......Sometimes our bitching (me included) clouds our sense of responsibility

The funniest video EVER! .....Maybe some Verizon people could bring us up to speed on the way they do math outside of the "Dead Zone"

2009-02-18T21:04:00.007-06:00

Ok, sorry up front to the Verizon employees who are friends of the stand but this is to good to pass up. Can you tell the difference.....I sure hope so! If you are a fan of the movie OFFICE SPACE, you are laughing your ass off right now. This is the exact same scam that Peter and the boys tried to pull. Remember....."It's fractions of a cent".

0.002c is the same as 1/500 of a penny
$0.002 is the same as 1/5 of a penny

Track your money and lets see if Sir Charles jumps on Texas Tech

2009-02-18T15:48:00.003-06:00

Just a quick note. You can visit Recovery.org and track your stimulus money. I don't know exactly how this is going to work, but I can't wait to see how complicated they make it. It really doesn't matter because they will only get about 40 hits a day.

How about the news that Texas Tech could be getting rid of Mike Leach. Wow, the guy who brought TT to national fame, beat the all mighty Longhorns and apparently graduates just about everyone. The first thing I notice on news reports or blog rolls is that everyone is pointing Turner Gills direction. He looks to be one of the top candidates for the job...that is if it comes open. I just can't wait to see what the national media, newspaper hacks and fat ass basketball players have to say if Gill is not the replacement. Will hotels around campus be at full capacity with NAACP members and parasites in news vans? We all know that if Turner Gill is not hired, it is obviously because he has a white wife...right. Well didn't someone hear that from someone who told a cousin of the Florida State coach? I bet you $100 that not a word will be said if TT does not hire Gill.

Who is the greatest actor of this generation?.....

2009-02-18T13:51:00.004-06:00

You tell me.........

While we are at it, lets throw in a couple more things.

- Name a movie from each decade (1970's, 1980's, 1990's, 2000's) that defines that decade.

- What movie should be locked in a vault as the best representation of America?

- If you could burn every copy of a movie and have the director shot on site...What movie would that be?

- What is the absolute highest price you would pay to go to the theater?

- Do you sneak food or drink into the movies?

5 mind bogglers for the office water cooler

2009-02-18T13:31:00.007-06:00

1. You get to pardon one person with no questions asked...who gets your almighty do over?

2. Public libraries are funded by your tax dollars. The purpose is to make knowledge available to the public and give people a chance to become smarter, better citizens...all that stuff. So do think it is OK to:
* have a filter on public computers to block access to websites based on key words? Just remember that I blogged once before about 10 things I was not allowed to view at the public library. these included Malcolm X, abortion, LA Riots, slavery and serial killers.

* Should the library refuse to carry books they consider inappropriate?

3. Would you rather work a 4 day week schedule 7:00-6:00?

4. Are jean shorts on men ever appropriate?

5. Would you fire someone in your office today....if you had the power?

If you are not a fan of these guys you probably eat Totinos pizza

2009-02-18T01:24:00.001-06:00

This months "Living the Meeker Lifestle" award goes to....SHAQ

2009-02-18T01:19:00.000-06:00

Troper Taylor on coach Chizik giving him opportunities

2009-02-18T01:04:00.003-06:00

Those who know me do not come here expecting Alabama bashing. I do not hate Bama and only wish broken legs during that one day of the year that counts. I grew up a Bama fan until I made my first visit to Auburn (thanks to Scott Todd). I believe that Saban is a great coach but I do not prefer his style. That whole media lock out is just bad for business and very bad at keeping coaches. Nick.....you gotta let the ego go buddy. I was very proud to read this article about how the Chiz is giving Trooper all the help he needs in preparing for his future. Chiz has paraded all of his assistance in front of the media these past few weeks so that fans who pay all that money to sit in the stands can know who their team is. It is no secret that all assistants dream of wearing the big headset. Chiz has made it clear that he wants these guys to succeed at Auburn and wants them to succeed at life. Congrats to you coach and I just wish the Alabama fans could experience the excitement of getting this much incite into what and how their program is doing. I know it sounds corny but this is what Auburn is all about....War Eagle!

SEE ARTICLE HERE

Montgomery high school basketball fight. Somebody sign a few of these boys up for a hockey contract!

2009-02-18T00:46:00.002-06:00

This was a good one with the fight pouring over into the stands. The guy in the bright green shirt gets pummeled. The comments on al.com tend to be taking a racist slant, but let me be the first to say that every sport and every race has its share of sporting event brawls. Hell, I went to a 99.9% white school and we had a huge football fight. Just be glad no one was shot and chalk it up to teenage stupidity.....with some moron adults as well.

CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO of the brawl

E-Verify dropped from the stimulus package

2009-02-17T23:46:00.004-06:00

Do yourself a favor and spend some time reading this post about E-verfy!!

So, I was really wanting to go off on a rampage tonight and say some things that would probably get me put on some watch list, but I calmed down and will save my Obama is a fool rant for a later date. I will just say that most Americans are the stupidest people in the world and have no concern that we are headed for something much bigger than just a crisis. I am the first to say that these conservative talk show host and conspiracy theory morons are part of the problem. Some (not all) are so over the top with their bashing the left that people just tune out. Many of them never just focus on telling the public in a nice educated way what the issue is and why it is wrong. They like to take things like where Obama gave his first interview and turn in into the start of an effort to turn us all into Muslims. They junk up the communication as bad as the politicians and expect Americans to filter through the crap.

For all you people who do not even keep up with the simplest of news, I will give you an opportunity to redeem yourself. Jeff Sessions made some headlines this past weak by alerting us that the Senate was going to eliminate the requirement that anyone receiving stimulus money must use the (formerly) voluntary E-Verify system. E-Verify was created so that employers could verify that a new hire was eligible to work in the US. Basically it matches names and social security numbers to weed out illegal aliens. Sessions point was that if we are going to use taxpayer money to get Americans back to work )building roads and bridges as Obama keeps touting) we need to make sure Americans are getting the jobs. How does it help the economy if illegal aliens are being employed and the money possibly being sent out of the country?

The other side of the coin is made up of people who contend that E-Verify is a flawed system that has to many delays, wrongly identifies legal workers as illegal, delays "shovel" ready products by weeks and is abused by the employer. So all this bitching led to a standoff and the clause was removed from the stimulus package.

I will give you 2 really good links here that lay out some of the issues. You look at them and decide if this is something that could be just another blow to a sinking country or a good move by the Senate. I will go ahead and tell you that I think this should be the top story on every news station. If you failed to see my post Click here and you will not believe your ears a while back about congress wanting to ensure "unskilled, non white construction workers" were hired for road and bridge construction then you might want to revisit it. This is leading to unskilled labor working for less money impacting the safety of your family and the security of this nation. Shame on America. Tell me what you think

E-verify dropped from stimulus

Is E-verify effective

Jimmy Joe Meeker googled himself!...and it felt good

2009-02-17T21:12:00.003-06:00

I have noticed some traffic from folks arriving to the stand via google searching Jimmy Joe Meeker. I decided to see exactly how this was happening and decided to do a little googling. Turns out that yours truly is all over the board. Out of 35,000 items for JJM, I am...

#4
#6
#9
#13
#15
#21
#42
#43- my favorite because it is the GREAT WOOOOO video on Youtube
#58
#64
#68

I also ran a little check on our buddy B-Rads Pad and that son of a gun holds down both #1 and #2.

Until next time....Momma always said I was gonna get noticed. Of course she thought it would be driving a stolen U-Haul down the interstate on Fox News.

The oil can aint rusted yet

2009-02-17T01:24:00.005-06:00

I see that one of the greatest nicknames in baseball wants to make a comeback.Dennis "oil can" Boyd says the can still has a few squirts left and he wants another day on the mound. With all this steroid hoopla in the game today, we need some of these colorful guys to help us get back to watching Americas Pastime. Baseball was never that great for me once Mcgwire and Sosa went to the hidden dugout. Sure the Yankees and Red Sox rivalry was great but even that has faded into the land of overpaid talent and lazy millionairs. I am not advocating steroid use, but watching skinny guys run out singles is not my cup of tea.It has become a game of either guys who you cant pronounce their names or guys who hit .275 with 15 jacks. If we cant have our giants busting out car windows in the parking lot, at least we can enjoy some good nick names.

So in honor of Fred "The Hammer" williamson....I give you some links all about nicknames. Please give us your favorite nicknames from either the office or the sports world.

Pigskin nicknames
college football nicknames
Bryant Gum-Ball's take
ESPN's take
Try your luck at a nickname quiz
Nicknames

Until next time........Watch out for "Sweetness"

The world needs more Shaq! so how does Koby's $#@ taste?

2009-02-17T01:17:00.001-06:00

Hey woody.....Cheers needs their bar keep back.

2009-02-17T01:14:00.003-06:00

Coach Chiz talks about how great Ted danson was on the set

Seth Harp and Issac fired from WNSP. WOW

2009-02-17T00:19:00.004-06:00

So I did some digging after I heard Paul on the air today and found out I was out of the loop. Looks as if Timmy Camp has struck again. Why is this man running WNSP? First he pisses everybody off by getting rid of Neal Mccready for not bowing to the Bama nation and spouting off how many national championships they have and how Joe Willy was the greatest of all time. I will tell you that sports drive went down hill like a ball of turds after Don and Mcready left. Who can remember how great that show was? It's not sports that drive that show, it is the personalities. What made that show great back then was the fun stuff...the humor. You just can't talk for three hours about sports and they made guys sit in parking lots for 15 minutes once they arrived at their destination. When they left, the mayday signal went out.

Flash forward to this past year and we were greeted by the new face of WNSP....Seth Harp. He was a young guy with lots of new ideas to turn the show into another Jim Rome style canned piece of crap. He was not funny, he was way to arrogant and he had little respect for the callers. The show became a pre-rehearsed snooze fest. He would go on a tirade every time someone had their radio turned up. HEY Seth maybe if you could get the show to play while the caller is on hold they wouldn't have to sit with their trigger finger on the volume button! He would go off on callers calling them dumb rednecks or homer goobs. He would hang up on people for getting his name wrong. The worst part was having to listen to Issac recite the "3 golden rules" before you got on the air. "Remember caller, don't say you are going to hang up and listen, only ask one question/comment and turn down your radio". Anytime someone would disagree with Seth he would make the statement "this is why we don't let callers dictate the program". Well last I checked, the callers were the program. I don't think Seth was a bad guy, even though you could tell he was kissing up to Camp and all the Auburn bashing sponsors. He just wasn't the guy for this market. It reminded me of a guy who came up with his version of the greatest sports show and was bound and determined to make you hear it. That being said, at least it was still local sports drive.

Pat Greenwood is a good Tv man. Everyone like him and he is one of those guys you just cant say anything bad about. that was his biggest problem. Pat was like the non-controversial side kick. He was always along for the ride as the color guy who's job was just to back up Seth. He was very dull but at least he wasn't bashing on callers.

Even though the show was not near what it once was, we still had an outlet to actually call in and talk without the 2 hour wait you get from Paul. Tim Camp made it sound like the decision came down to sponsorship or lack there of. Well after boasting about the mega ratings the show was getting and the fact that the "Miller Lite Golf Show" is still on the air, I find it hard to believe that the afternoon sports drive was lacking in add sales. I can not name one person who does not listen to the show Tim. So why was the show canceled? Hell even Chuck Floyd could get sponsor money. All i know is that Jay Tate from the Montgomery Advertiser threw a little mud on Tim Camp over at the HABOTN recently.

Well Tim Camp, I hope you enjoy the ratings now because Paul just will not make me tune in very much and I doubt he is going to provide me with my daily dose of SCOOTER PUMP. Actually, the saddest part will be not getting a chance to hear from Mobiles favorite son in the afternoon. So Scooter....I bid you farewell with a big WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

I hope that some smart person in Mobile has the guts to find a station that will put together a great caller focused sports show. Until then we will be forced to just wait until Tim Camp retires.

until next time....I wish Seth and Issac all the best in finding the right place for their talent

Odds and ends

2009-02-16T19:07:00.002-06:00

1. Counted the cars that went through the red light today as I sat in 5:00 traffic. 64 cars went through and 13 were visibly on the phone. I believe that is about 20%. What did we do before cell phones.

2. Mcdonalds is advertising a mocha drink (whatever that is)at a cool $2.79. I thought we were in a recession?

3. WNSP has canceled Sports Drive with Harp and Greenwood. Not even a week ago they were boasting on the highest ratings in the shows history. What the heck happened? Now we have to listen to Paul. I have nothing against old Paul Fine-Burn NSFW WARNING but Sports Drive is a Mobile tradition. Who doesn't listen to the show. I wish someone would see the goldmine in starting a new local sports show. This is truly a tragedy.

4. Anybody see the article in Sundays paper about the group who wants to build the mega sports complex. It includes a 50,000 seat SEC ready football field, a couple of bubbled olympic swimming pools, a mall, a water park and tons of artificially turfed soccer/football fields. WOW! who exactly are they targeting with this?

5. Whatever happened to the race track thing?

6. It looks as though the city of Prichard is going under and Mobile will have to come to the rescue. I am not smart on this kind of stuff, but I believe they would still be under Mobile County and therefore someone has to take the handle. This has the makings of disaster written all over it.

7. If you ever think you are nuts, just tune into a little AM radio program known as Coast to Coast AM. I promise you will realize just how sane you actually are.

8. Attention Roto-Rooter the BOG is on a cleans. Get the pipe snakes ready.