So You Think You Can Kilt?

Be honest, who’s picturing Cat Deeley?  Me, neither.  I’m lying.  I’m totally picturing her.

We are nigh on a month away from launching Kilted to Kick Cancer!  We’ve been incredibly fortunate to have partnered up with Magnum Boots and they have blessed us immensely.  We are in awe of the spirit of giving they are showing us at every turn.  Seriously.  These folks are amazing!

As you may know, we have been looking for a kilt sponsor for KTKC.  I am happy to announce that the Official Kilt of KTKC is AltKilt!  HM contacted AltKilt (on a Sunday, no less) and received a return email post haste from Jeanie.  Much like Magnum Boots, Jeanie was on board without hesitation.  To make it ever more fated, Jeanie mentioned that she and her team wear Magnum Boots. Kismet?  Methinks so. … Continue Reading

MCPD is an Equal Opportunity Employer

You may be wondering just what the title of this post means.  A couple months ago, I joined up with some other crazy bloggers at Blogrocket.com.  One of my fellow BlogRocketeers (a term I wish I coined) contacted me recently about guest posting.  We decided to take over one another’s blogs today.  Here’s me invading her space.

Your guest blogger today is Sharideth (follow her on Twitter…she dominates).  She writes a blog I’ve seen a few of you click through from here, A Woman’s Guide to Women: A Blog for Men.  Although happily married for going on seven years, I still revel in finding new ways to make the Wife happy…and I like to laugh at the folly of those that haven’t found what I have.  Because I’m a jerk.  Either way, Sharideth’s rapier wit and feminine insight (She is Y-Chromosome deficient!) serve to entertain and educate the love-lorn and the romantically-challenged.  The featured picture is not of Sharideth as (to the best of my knowledge) she is neither Nordic nor blonde as the picture claims; however, when searching Flick for “female police” (which will make sense when you read the post) I found this photo of a not terribly unattractive police woman.  Refer to the above “I’m a jerk” comment.  Enjoy a brief change in gears… … Continue Reading

Horatio Caine is Full of Crap (Alt. Title: CSI is a TV show)

I’m going to blow your mind with one simple sentence.  Ready?  Hold on to something…

Fingerprinting is bullshit.

I know, I know.  Hear me out, though, I’ll explain.  First, let me clarify.  Fingerprinting as you know it is bullshit.  There are hardworking crime scene techs the world over that do amazing work and fingerprinting is part of that work.  They are well-trained and much smarter than me, your average cop on the street.  They go through Lord knows how many hours of crime scene specific training.  I do know, however, that it is a whole heck of a lot more than I do. … Continue Reading

Amy Winehouse – Addict or Victim…or Both?

Last weekend, I tweeted what could very well be interpreted as a compassionless comment in which I said I had no sympathy for Amy Winehouse.  While my seemingly heartless tweet was met mostly with agreement, I feel the need to qualify my statement.  As I said in response to another comment on the Facebook page, I suppose I’m a bit callous and jaded, but when you’ve seen as much destruction drugs can do as I have, it tends to have that effect

I read a commentary by Russell Brand (yes, that one) about the death of Ms Winehouse.  You can read it here.  I found his post both moving and interesting for a couple of reasons.  First off, I’m obviously not an addict, recovering or otherwise, so his point of view was one that I had not considered.  It was well written and heartfully so.  The care Brand carries for Winehouse is palpable.  One can almost insert oneself into his mind and see the affection he held for her.

There is one thing I take an exception to in Brand’s treatise: Criminalization.     … Continue Reading

An Open Letter to San Francisco Protestors

…and by open letter I mean this is a one-way conversation.  I have no desire to have a back-and-forth about what follows.  I know that will anger you.  Tell you what, why don’t you go riot.  In your own neighborhood.  I don’t live there.  Moron.

Dear angry for the sake of being angry protestor:

Do you have the first bloody clue what you’re protesting?  ”Police brutality”?  ”Excessive Force”?  ”Another good man/boy of color killed by the Man”?  Let’s talk about Kenneth Harding shall we?  I know this will more than likely upset you because you’re not huge fans of facts and evidence, but I’m going to have to ask you to play along.

According the SeattlePi.com, our poor Mr. Harding was a 19-year-old convicted pimp and was a “person of interest” in the slaying of a pregnant teen, Tanaya Gilbert.  Oh, and the pimp thing?  He was recently convicted of pimping a 13-year-old girl.  He was released from prison after serving only a portion of his two-year sentence (read: parolee).  Before sentencing, his bottom feeder attorney described Harding as a young man on the mend following his…wait for it…juvenile robbery conviction. … Continue Reading

Kilted to Kick Cancer on Facebook

We’re making some great strides to September’s Kilted to Kick Cancer!  We’re happy to announce a Facebook page for KTKC.

We want to thank Magnum Boots again and we’re looking forward to taking the next step with them.  We really want to encourage you to continue to bombard Utilikilts with messages on Twitter, Facebook, and on their website.

I was personally as excited as a ten-year-old boy yesterday when I got a retweet from my favorite sports figure and the best quarterback Notre Dame has ever seen, Brady Quinn (@BQ9).  Brady broke in excess of 30 records during his tenure at Notre Dame…and he’s a great guy to boot.  I wouldn’t have named my daughter after him if he weren’t (middle name is Quinn…yea, I’m that guy).  If you’re on Twitter, drop him a thanks for helping KTKC.

We’ve compiled a list of folks we’re trying to enlist to help us bring awareness to #kiltedtokickcancer.  We’d love it if you’d assist us in reaching out as well!

Keep an eye on the KTKC Facebook page for exciting news about the month of September.  We’ve got more planned than just wearing kilts, kids!  You may be able to occupy the same space in time with us…I’ve already said too much.

Kilted to Kick Cancer

For those of you that haven’t listened to Episode 15 of The Crossover Show yet (and just why not?!?), what follows is a bit of a spoiler!

Every October, we are happy to throw our support to strive for a cure to breast cancer.  Personally, I love the “Save the Ta-tas” T-shirts, but I digress.  Last year, our intrepid compatriot Happy Medic was contacted by a fellow EMS blogger, Epijunky, regarding a contribution to the Susan G. Komen walk on which she was embarking.  HM and a few other bloggers banded together, turned their blogs pink, and raised about $800 for her.

Not too long after, HM was contacted by another EMS blogger with some interesting (and all-too-often unknown) information.  Prostate and testicular cancers kill just as many men as breast cancer kills women.

You read that right.

To further drive the point home, our friend and EMS blogger, HybridMedic, has been publicly chronicling his battle with testicular cancer on his blog.  The man went to the doctor after some pain he was experiencing and was eventually told he had testicular cancer.  His response?  He manned up and in no time at all he was a testicle lighter. … Continue Reading