I Told You the ShamWow Guy was Bad News

So apparently, the ShamWow Guy (Vince Shlomi, 44 years old) got arrested after soliciting, then battering a prostitute in his hotel room.  That's a felony, sir!  I guess I shouldn't be surprised after the wild success of his telemarketing products, he must be living like a rock star, and what rock star lifestyle would be complete withoug a felony or two?

Two observations about this:
1. I find it very creepy that a 44 year old guy was on tv with his headset and fauxhawk (it just isn't right).
2. I guess he took the SlapChop ad to another level... (rimshot)

A Little Freaked Out

I just did a search on a whim on Facebook for other people named David Gibb since I am friends with 3 other people who share my name.  Imagine my surprise when I hit Enter and saw the returned results to be 168; 106 were people with my name.

Freaky.

There are 24 people named Kelly Gibb, one being my wife, and 26 people named Jason Gibb, none of whom are my brother (he doesn't do the Facebook).

I knew Gibb wasn't a rare name, but Gibbs was always more common.  I guess there are more of me than I had figured...

St. Patty's Day

Kelly and I had to spend a little bit of this beautiful day together, so she took the day off of substitute teaching.  We went up to Ann Arbor to watch all of the drunk college students and have lunch.  I had thought we might go take a walk through the quad and hang out there, but we went to Main St. and took a little walk along its length before deciding to eat some tradition Irish fare: Mongolian BBQ.  What?  Not traditional enough?  We had corned beef and cabbage yesterday.

It was so great getting to sit outside and eat before coming back here.  Unfortunately, I don't get to spend the day outside, I have to run off to work in a few minutes, and I am sure it will be busy and exciting.  At least, I hope it will be since Wolfgang Puck is closed on Tuesdays...

Um, WHAT?!

MGM Detroit is for sale?  According to the Detroit News, it is.  MGM is trying to reduce debt, so they are putting the most profitable gaming house (Detroit, apparently) up for sale?

What will that mean for the employees?  When will we know any information?  I know that Treasure Island just recently sold, but I don't know any details about it.  I am just wondering what will happen in the near future and how I am going to be affected by this news.

I also hold out hope that this is a false report and we aren't being sold, but that is but a glimmer, and may only be an illusion.

How to Throw Cement

How to throw Cement

I saw this video on i-am-bored.com and I had to watch it twice.  I still have a hard time believing that these people are tossing this cement loaded shovel up ten or so feet.  How crazy is this video?

Had a Great Birthday

In spite of the poor weather conditions, it was a wonderful day to have a birthday.

I woke up, looked at the rain pouring down outside my window, and decided that waking up could wait a little while longer.  When I did get up, I was ravenously hungry.  Kelly and I went out to Three Brothers for Polish food (mmm, Pierogies...) where Kelly added the Bacon & Onion to her Pierogies, and there was about a pound of bacon and onion for 99 cents.  It was hilarious.  Also, Dill Pickle Soup is frightening.  It reminded me of cream of potato with chunks of pickle all the way through it.  Interesting, but not horrible.  I could only eat about 3 bites.

Next, we had a fun, fun time getting life insurance, starting a Roth IRA, and getting our financial future planned just a little bit.  Exciting, isn't it?

Then came the visitations.  First, Kelly and I went to visit my Papa and his kitties to see how they were doing.  We spent a few hours chatting and had a good time.  It was good to see him, we haven't gotten over there in a few months.  Next, we went to my brother's place and saw my sister-in-law Susie and my nephew, Alex.  He is getting big; he turns 2 at the end of March.  He wasn't too happy to see us at first (I admit, I do look pretty strange.)  After letting him knock me around for a little bit, he warmed up and we chased each other around the condo for an hour or so.  He wore me out!

Eventually, Kelly and I went to dinner.  We were planning on Red Lobster, but Benihana is more delicious, so we went there.  I splurged (since I was craving Lobster) and got the steak and lobster dinner.  The other people at the table were really nice, and the two right next to us were hard to decipher.  I couldn't tell if they were father and daughter, but that wasn't right...  They obviously weren't dating since they were at least 30 years apart and their manner was more of a father/daughter relationship, and a work trip seemed unlikely with only two of them.  It turns out, though, that they work at a nuclear power plant in Minnesota, and she is his mentor.  They were really nice, and made the night that much more interesting.

I was planning on having people over after I got home, but I had been out for 10 hours, and I was exhausted, so I had birthday cake (delicious) and went to bed.  Exciting birthday, no?  I really enjoyed being able to relax and spend time with family as well as the whole day with my lovely wife.  That was my favorite part of my birthday.

It's My Birthday!