The Rekounas Blog

Went to TreeGo in Moncton on the weekend with some folks from work. It was awesome and I recommend it for anyone in the area. If you are scared of heights, I assure you, this will help you get over those fears.

Here is a clip of Dan on the tarzan rope.

Update
Photos are here.

Miss me? That’s what I thought. Domain server moved last weekend and I didn’t move with it.

Anyhow, I was talking to Jesus the other day:

Jesus: I have a hot date tonight.
Me: Really? Do you think you will get lucky?
Jesus: Are you kidding me? She will fuck anything that isn’t nailed down.

The prospect of Tiger Woods competing for an Olympic gold medal could come closer to reality on Thursday.

Golf, along with rugby sevens, look to be the favourites among the sports being considered for inclusion in the 2016 Summer Games by the International Olympic Committee.

The IOC executive board will select two sports from a proposed list of seven, which also includes baseball, softball, squash, karate and roller sports. The 15-member board will submit two sports for ratification in a vote of the full 106-member IOC assembly in Copenhagen in October.

via CTV Olympics – Golf and rugby rumoured favourites for 2016.

I like the idea of Rugby in the Olympics, especially when considering that most of the international rugby players around the world could be categorized as amateur due to them not playing in professional leagues. I don’t like the idea of letting Tiger Woods and other pros in the Olympics the same way I disagree with NHL and NBA players being there. Soccer has some pro players playing but I think they have to be under 23… so really a few years away from their peak anyhow.

The IOC executive board will select two sports from a proposed list of seven, which also includes baseball, softball, squash, karate and roller sports. The 15-member board will submit two sports for ratification in a vote of the full 106-member IOC assembly in Copenhagen in October.

Baseball is looking to be reinstated. But I highly doubt some of the big name players will be able to get past the drug tests.

I have wanted karate to be there for some time, but from what I heard, it is difficult in the past to have the sporting event due to the numerous styles in the martial art. But apparently, the World Karate Federation has come up with some common rules that are applied to all styles so maybe even Russian and French judges won’t fuck it up.

I recently stumbled across a post from The Friendly Atheist and it brought me back to my days as a waiter. Basically, the worst customers for tipping are Christians. Come to think of it, I probably hated serving Sunday brunch for that reason. All I can remember was service breakfast/lunch or brunch sucked because you basically had to serve more coffee, there were more plates because of the toast and it always took longer to clean up after customers left. I always attributed the lower tips to lower sales because breakfasts were only about $6 a person. So, even if you use a 10% rule, that’s only .60 cents a person.

Best tippers I can remember were gays and wives. Hubbies, if your wife is out with her lady friends and you are a shitty tipper… I can guarantee she is making up for your stinginess you cheap bastards!

The punchline to this is classic! 5 star!!!!

This is a shocker **sarcasm** This guy runs into legal trouble for illegal dog fighting and the NFL and sponsors want nothing to do with this low life. He is now free and the NFL reinstates him. He is a free agent. I bet there is a shitload of teams that will go after this guy. I can already here the news conference… “he has paid his debt to society… blah… blah… blah…”

I can see the frenzy of teams now… but I wonder what sponsors will be willing to attach their name to him? Kimble n’ Bits… too soon?

NFL reinstates Michael Vick on conditional basis.

This story won’t get any rest. We have all heard of the Harvard Professor that was arrested in his own home for what noisy neighbours thought was a break and enter. Here is Dave Chappelle talking about why he does not call the police.

Dave Chappelle – Break In

I really enjoy Thunderf00t’s attacks on creationists. I have watched all of his videos on “Why do people laugh at creationists” videos. In the latest installments of his videos he gets a sit down with the Banana-man himself, Ray Comfort. It is comical to watch Ray debate here. If the debate was 500+ years ago, I am sure the debate would have gone something like this:
Thunderf00t – “The world is round because of these facts…”
Banana-man – “I know the world is flat because the bible tells me so.”

The debate goes on in that denial+arrogant tone from Ray. Thunderf00t gives compelling reasons to why god or gods are not necessarily creators of the universe if there is in fact gods. Rays response to most of it is that he knows there is a god because scriptures tell him. He should have just plugged his ears and yelled “LA LA LA LA! Can’t hear you!”

Here is the playlist of the debate.

If you are not aware of the banana argument. I will let Ray and Kirk Cameron fill you in.

The Czech’s are facing a shortage of nurses. What is their solution to lure females to join? FREE BOOB JOBS!

“Screw the signing bonus honey… get some of those double Ds!”

When Petra Kalivodova, a 31-year-old nurse, was considering whether to renew her contract at a private health clinic here, special perks helped clinch the deal: free German lessons, five weeks of vacation, and a range of plastic-surgery options, including complimentary silicone-enhanced breasts.

There are critics

The offer of plastic surgery has infuriated some advocates for women’s rights, including Jirina Siklova, a gender studies expert and sociologist, who argued that motivating nurses with offers of breast implants amounted to turning them into “prostitutes.”

There is absolutely nothing wrong with looking hot. If it is a breast job or ass lift or lipo… as long as you look good, there is nothing wrong with that. And the prostitute comment is a bit of a joke. Have you seen most of the prostitutes out there? They don’t really look like porn stars now do they?

Full story here via New York Times.

Not sure who I feel more sorry for. The dead guy (I think it’s a dead guy and not a dead dog) or the guy that tried to save the coffin and ended up falling in the grave instead.