World Oil Crisis Averted

No need to worry about oil shortages, we can all rest easy because bugs are now excreting crude oil. It is amazing what $4/gallon gas can do to the organisms on this planet.

There is however, one problem with making oil a renewable resource. Burning oil makes the earth die, or something like that. The bugs will make oil which we will then burn and that will kill the bugs that make the renewable oil.

Oil situation resolved. Saving planet earth, not yet resolved. I will work on saving the planet next week.

our bumble bee has arrived

natalie jan was born at 7:42 pm on March 27, 2008. she and her mother are healthy. full story to come. check her out though.

You can't see the business in front, but you can certainly see the beginnings of a party in the back. more pictures here

check this out

no really, click on the link --> Jitterbug

If they only knew

The DCist Title was: "Obviously these are not Mormon ladies."

Last Saturday at the Museum of the American Indian:

Three old ladies are talking.

Old lady 1: "It's just a shame that the Native Americans weren't
Christian."
Old lady 2: "I guess they just missed the part of history when Jesus died
on the cross."

Then they all just shook their heads and continued to agree and said things
like "That's just a shame" or "That's too bad."

Another excerpt from DCist: Overheard in DC

baby bumble bee

Fantastic song, fantastic video, fantastic tapping/dancing bee girl. I can only hope mine will dance this well. Have a listen.

friends

On the 42 bus in Dupont, heading north:

Three college students talking loudly:

Guy: "He's a weirdo."
Girl: "Is he?"
Guy: "Yeah, he has less than 50 friends on Facebook. Anyone who has less than 50 friends on Facebook has got to be weird!"
Girl: "Yeah, I've got over 400 on my page."

FROM dcist

onesy, twosy

"onesy, twosy" is officially an acceptable business phrase. "couple", "few", "one or two" are all out. good luck.

just shave your head

a. are they serious?

b. uncredited gary busey cameo 6 seconds in... so weird

c. bald is beautiful, no need to grow it back

who knew you needed an entire travel SYSTEM?

you cannot just have a car seat or just a stroller, you have to have a travel SYSTEM. based on my product testing last night, i believe the above travel system to be the easiest to use. no, i did not get into the stroller.

32 seconds in, a ridiculous diving header

video

ashes to ashes, dust to dust

do not apply dusting solution liberally, it might get on your wood floor and make it easy to do dancing spins and moonwalks.

celeste does not run on magic fuel

as i left my place of employment yesterday, i commented to one of my co-workers that my car (celeste) had been running on empty for nearly 4 days and that i thought that i had been given magic fuel that would never run out. 10 minutes later, on my drive home, the magic fuel ran out and i was stranded on the side of the road in the cold.

celeste i am sorry for not giving you real fuel because i thought you had magic fuel which, it turns out, does not exist.

thanks be given to another co-worker who brought me fossil fuel, the kind that cars' engines use to make them go.

rocky mountain low

i have been trying to find a good youtube video of henry john deutschendorf, jr. (john denver) to express my love for his heaven-and-golden-honey-mixed-serum-of-the-gods voice. i think the pbs infomercial/fund raising video clips of him are the best, when he is singing in some western state amphitheater allowing us a glimpse of what angels must sound like. i still have not found the right video but here is a taste.



if you watched the whole thing you will also notice he broke out in spanish somewhere along the way. fantastic!

and so it begins

it is because the th's sounds like f's

we've moved

please visit us at our new address

EDGELLSUPPORTERS.BLOGSPOT.COM

give me a break, i'm still in mourning

Slight, unimportant internets fallout from our Burch Transcription Services

The Offside Rules picked up on our Burchie transcription and it seems to have stirred some people up. For the record, we did not intend for a bus to pass over Marc's defenseless body, we just thought it was kind of funny. We'll take his left foot over Freddy's any day.

We continue in our undying love for you Marc... now shorten that service wind up and give Chicago the beat down they deserve next Thursday.

Maybe we need new calls for Burch from distance.

Marc Burch on Freddy Adu

Marc Burch, The Edgell Supporters current favorite DC United player, was interviewed yesterday morning on The Junkies (Washington D.C. morning radio show). Marc was quite candid on his thoughts about Freddy Adu.

On Freddy Adu (transcribed by Dirty Supporter):

Junkies (EB): Is everybody happy to be rid of Freddy, does anybody talk about Freddy these days?

Burch: We don't really talk about him, and a lot of people are happy to be rid of him. He's a little bit of a cancer in the locker room, we have good team chemistry right now, and I don't think anybody is really missin' him. I don't really care too much about Freddy so...

Junkies (EB): Did you think he was a dick, you never really played with him though right?

Burch: I think his ego is a little bit bigger than he is, he's 5'1" and his ego makes him 7 feet all.

Junkies (EB): Did other guys on the team agree with you, without callin' them out?

Burch: You're friends with your teammates, but it gets to you eventually, people like that, sometimes you can't stand them.

Junkies (Cakes): You're basically saying he's just a diva, who's had everything handed to him by the MLS, and he's not nearly up to the level of his press clippings?

Burch: He's as good as he can be, for his age.

Junkies (EB): Did guys on the team believe his advertised age?

Burch: Uhhh, no comment on that one.

End of transcription. Complete interview audio is here.

We knew there was a reason we like Burchie so much. He also had some really funny things to say about Ben Olsen and Fred (or as the Junkies call him "Fred Nubbins"), the transcribing process is still going on for those quotes.

2007 MLS Playoffs First Round - Leg 1 vs. Chicago Fire

United finishes out the season at home with the most exciting 0-0 draw I have ever seen against Chicago and a 3-2 loss against Columbus that showcased some very creative attacking from United. Now it is on to the playoffs where DC faces everyone's favorite knockout competition rival, Chicago Fire.

Does the past dictate the future? Do current trends remain constant?

I'm not a big believer in the past dictating the future especially if the participants change. Both DC United and Chicago Fire have new coaches and a mix of new and old players. The past also paints an ugly pictures so let's look at current trends:

September and October MLS records

Chicago Fire (L,W,T,T,T,T,W,T,W) 3-1-5
Goal Differential: +2 (GF 9, GA 7)

DC United (W,T,W,W,T,W,T,T,L) 4-1-4
Goal Differential +9 (GF 20, GA 11)

October MLS records

Chicago Fire (W,T,W) 2-0-1
Goal Differential: +2 (GF 3, GA 1)

DC United (T,T,L) 0-1-2
Goal Differential -1 (GF 3, GA 4)

DCU record head-to-head with Chicago during the MLS regular season 1-0-2

A few notes on these trends. Chicago was fighting for a playoff spot throughout all of these games and therefore was playing with more urgency than usual. DC United was playing to win the Supporter's Shield throughout all but one of these games (which is the only loss) so they were also playing with more urgency, but probably less survival instinct than Chicago. Concerning the head-to-head statistics, we can probably throw out the one win as Chicago was a different team in June.

Now, what does all of this mean? Chicago has been consistent over the last two months including the last 3 games but not overly impressive and DC has been impressive in the last two months but is now in a slight decline. We can be reassured that the decline is not much of a trend as it has been only 3 games and the last game was meaningless as far as winning trophies goes.

Hope and Dreams for the first leg of the first round of the playoffs

1. The injuries heal quickly, wolverine style.
2. Simms shuts down Blanco again.
3. Burch practices his amazing service without a wind up.
4. We get goals in Toyota Park. I don't care who or how, we need away goals to get some momentum going into the rest of the playoffs.

Match 2.29 The Setup: DCU v CHF 10-13-07

With two games left in the regular season DC is looking to clinch home field advantage and win the Supporter's Shield. Chicago is trying to keep it's playoff hopes alive by staying up with KC and keeping the surging Beckspiracy at bay.

This is the third and final regular season meeting between the Chicago Fire and DC United. DC United won the first meeting at RFK and drew at Toyota Park with the awe inspiring Jaime Moreno/Matt Pickens show.



Unfortunately Jaime will be with the Bolivian National Team this weekend as Bolivia begins World Cup qualifiers. DC will also be missing Bobby Boswell (bad behavior), probably Josh Gros (head injuries again), and possibly Fred (groin). The Fire will be missing Jeff Curtin and Justin Mapp to injury.

Hope and Dreams for Match 2.29

1. The Hunchback of Chicago meets Clyde Simms and is subsequently shut down.
2. Luci and Benny both get goals.
3. Gros gets better and has not done any permanent damage.
4. McTavish goal.

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