Steakbellie sold his Soul for Egg n Pork Roll

Steakbellie is sorry he neglected to mention the beartrap he set in the kitchen. Very sorry

Steakbellie is sorry he threw away proof of your innocence but this room needed to be cleaned

Steakbellie is sorry he told you that you could be anything you want. Its not true in your case

Steakbellie is sorry that he ate the last of the Captain Crunch and then put the empty box back on the shelf

Steakbellie is sorry that your toolbag floated away. He thought it would be funny to undo the tether as a joke and didnt realize the bag cost $100,000

Steakbellie is sorry he told your children that they might be adopted

Steakbellie is sorry he let the elevator doors close in your face. You were running and pleading with your hands full but he pretended not to notice

Hard Times - Heavy Rotation

This is one of the most powerful, yet completely unlistenable albums ever recorded. I've become reaquainted with it after almost a decade and I just cant stop playing it over and over again.....

Steakbellie is sorry he took your nightlight, but it was late and the walls were closing in on him again

Steakbellie is sorry he took your watch. But it was pretty and he needed to know what time it was

Steakbellie is sorry they couldnt save the toes

Steakbellie is sorry about the inappropriate thing he did while wearing your new Brett Farve jersey

Steakbellie is sorry the police blamed you for the fire. We were just trying to stay warm

Steakbellie is sorry he didnt believe you about the peanut allergy and wont sneak them into your food again

Steakbellie is sorry he didnt mention the spinach in your teeth

good morning (eight words)

your scowling face.
it exhausts me.
i'm spent.

Todays Eight Word Poem

The Army has opened a recruitment center in a local mall here. The dramatic duotone Posters all of the inside of the train say it features several simulators: Apache, Blackhawk & Humvee, and that they have an arcade and cafe.

As a guy, these simulation things look fun, but only because they are not real. Now that I am an adult I dont take for granted for a single minute how very different and horrifying the real experience must be. Nor can I fully express the gratitude that I have that their are people willing to defend us when called.

I'm curious how effective this new recruitment angle will be at attracting the video gaming kids of today. I can remember a recruiter cornering me in a hallway of my High School

Joe the Recruiter: (dressed impressivley with lots of medals and insignia and stripes)"So what are your plans after High School."

Teenage SB: (also dressed impressivley in an Iron Maiden 3/4 sleeve concert t-shirt and some well worn black corderoys) "Uhhhh...going to college"

Joe the Recruiter: (physically blocking SB from going to the lunchroom. An all around BAD move if you want SB to ever join your little Army) "We have over 100 different jobs that can give you real world experience AND give you money for college. What is it that you plan to study?"

Teenage SB: "Uhhhh...art"

Joe the Recruiter: (silence)

So this morning, I saw someone had scrawled something in ballpoint on one of these posters. I was doubly delighted to see that it was eight words long. Here's what it said:

It is a war crime
to recruit children

hope (haiku)

children at the wake
an ugly girl with flowers
unopened presents

curse of the provider

Some men spend a lifetime
trying to be
the best worker
ever.

here comes the tide (haiku)

i know how this ends
it is inevitable
i just dont know when

Fill the void with Viagra ads on November 5th (eight words)

I'm looking forward
to messages
unapproved by
anyone

Philly was rough on the Rays

Philly was rough on the Rays
Originally uploaded by steakbellie.

The Phillies Parade pretty much wiped out Halloween for the people of Philadelphia. At least as far as adults dressing up anyway. Here's a guy who combined the two for an awesome dead Rays Zombie.

Thats the funny thing about Halloween, you can flavor your costume any of four ways.

You can be a Bride
You can be a sexy Bride
You can be a dead Bride
or you can be a sexy dead Bride.

The Phillies Parade

Crowd Building before parade
Originally uploaded by steakbellie.

The Parade starts right in front of my building at noon. I'm expecting a complete madhouse today. The wife and kids are coming in to watch

8:03 Getting off the subway and people are ALREADY lined up against the barricades and cheering the buses going by. They are 4 hours early.

8:53 getting louder and louder out there. Cars laying on the horn, crowds cheering

Police Escort
Originally uploaded by steakbellie.

9:30 Minimum 2 Deep against the barricades with Thousands milling about behind them. My wife and kids cant get a train...they're all full!!!

10:14 Wife and kids finally crammed onto train. She held up the phone as the passengers roared 'LETS GO PHILLIES'

10:33 this is getting ridiculous.....

The Philly Phanatic
Originally uploaded by steakbellie.

10:41 Someone has a monstrous music system playing queens ‘we are the champions’ and THOUSASNDS of people are singing along right now.

10:47 A column of 50+ Police Vehicles with full sirens is passing

11:04 Police have closed Market Steet to Traffic

11:25 I am headed down into the fray soon

Phillys Win!
Originally uploaded by steakbellie.

1:13 that was completely insane. cell phones arent working in the city so i couldnt twitter it, hundreds of thousands packed the streets for the parade. Tickertape pouring down from the skyscrapers. A see of drunk Phillies Fans in red.

Yo Philly!
Originally uploaded by steakbellie.

Confetti
Originally uploaded by steakbellie.

After the Phillies parade
Originally uploaded by steakbellie.

Steakbellie is no longer sorry