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FC Blackbird vs. MC Kickers Championship Game

Thursday May 29th at 7pm FC Blackbird will be playing MC Kickers in the O-30 Premier League final. Check out the event details on Facebook or at the FC Blackbird page.

Come on out and support our team!

Location:
Lanco Field House
1901 Miller Road
East Petersburg, PA

This one's for you John!

So, last week out our game at Lanco Field House (FC Blackbird) we had this ref... I'm pretty sure he normally does youth soccer U-10 or younger. For some reason he had a thing against me. Every time I touched someone he called it on me. I got hip checked and I grabbed the guys shirt to try not and fall over... didn't work and he called a foul on me. Then every time a guy would receive the ball with his back to me and he would back into me, I would hold my ground.. called against me. Guy knocks me off the ball with with his shoulder... call on me. You see the pattern. The ref was not only after me, but he called a horrible game for both sides. Some of the guys from both teams said that to him after the game. Then the guy starts in on me about "what call did I make that changed the game?" Uh, I didn't know where to start. He then said that he's seen me play before and I always play like that, ie dirty. Since apparently everything I do is a foul. Well, I had some choice words for him after that. Probably should have just walked away...

Localization project, Canada, Berks United and FC Blackbird

Busy, busy, busy. I have been working on a localization project that is kicking my butt. I won the project a few months ago as part of a larger project. Then got involved with some other projects and when I came back to this won last week I realized I forgot how big it was. So, I started right away. But, the saying goes. "If it can go wrong it will." or Murphy's law... something like that anyway. So, I planned on taking the weekend and banging out a bunch of it. Well, of course I discovered I had a trojan horse on my computer. Perfect! Spent the whole weekend cleaning that up. (I'm not sure it is completely healed actually. Then I discovered that I had to do a bunch of editing on the source file to be able to translate it correctly. Lost more time. So, a week and a half of little sleep and lots of stress. I'm coming down with a cold. What sucks is I'm heading to Canada for a tournament with my outdoor team Berks United early tomorrow. Really don't need to be sick for a weekend of soccer and drinking. But, I'm a trooper. ;)

I'm excited about heading to our great white neighbor to the north. I haven't been there for years. Not since Julian and I used to peruse Kingston. ;) We're going to London.. not Kingston but it will be great to be back, eh?

Before that though my O-30 Premier League team FC Blackbird has a play off game. We are in first place for regular play, so we play the last place team called Principal. They're in last but we seem to have trouble with them for some reason. Hopefully we can break that tonight! I want to bring home the championship t-shirts!

Another Annoying Forward: But This One Is Humorous

'True' Friendship Enough of that Sissy Crap!

Are you tired of those sissy 'friendship' poems That always sound good, But never actually come close to reality? Well, here is a series of promises That actually speak of true friendship. You will see no cutesy Little smiley faces on this card - Just the stone cold truth.

1. When you are sad -- I will Help you get drunk and plot revenge against the sorry bastard who made you sad.
2. When you are blue -- I will Try to dislodge whatever is choking you.
3. When you smile -- I will Know you are plotting something that I must be involved in.
4. When you are scared -- I will rag on you about it every chance I get.
5. When you are worried -- I will Tell you horrible stories about How much worse it could be, Until you quit whining.
6. When you are confused -- I will Use little words.
7. When you are sick -- I will Tell you to stay the hell away from me Until you are well again. I don't want whatever you have.
8. When you fall - I will Point and laugh at your clumsy ass.

This is my oath.... I pledge it to the end. 'Why?' you may ask. 'Because you're my friend!'

SEO Project a Success for Superior Wash of PA

From e-Life Discussions about Blackbird e-Solutions and the Search, Tech and Localization Industries

This is a follow up to my posting on February 29th, 2008: Blackbird e-Solutions Secures SEO Deal With Accubright Systems, LLC and Superior Wash.

In conjunction with their sister company Accubright Systems, LLC, where 4 pages were to be optimized, Blackbird e-Solutions was contracted to optimize 1 page for Superior Wash’s site. The page to be optimized was their mobile truck washing services page....

...Superior Wash’s target search query “mobile tuck washing lancaster pa“, the page Mobile Truck Washing and On-Site Fleet Cleaning Services- Superior Wash of PA, is ranked number 1.

Read the full story at e-Life: SEO Project a Success for Superior Wash of PA

Geek Flowchart

Very geeky... can you relate to any of it?
"Created by Sam Potts from the The New York Times." Click on the image to see full size.

Top 25 Most Valuable Football (Soccer) Teams -- Forbes

Rank	Team	Country	Current Value 1 ($mil)						Revenue ($mil)
1	Manchester United	England	1,800						394
2	Real Madrid	Spain	1,285						474
3	Arsenal	England	1,200						329
4	Liverpool	England	1,050						269
5	Bayern Munich	Germany	917						302
6	AC Milan	Italy	798						307
7	Barcelona	Spain	784						392
8	Chelsea	England	764						382
9	Juventus	Italy	510						196
10	Schalke 04	Germany	470						154
11	AS Roma	Italy	434						213
12	Tottenham Hotspur	England	414						207
13	Olympique Lyonnais	France	408						190
14	Inter Milan	Italy	403						207
15	Borussia Dortmund	Germany	323						122
16	Newcastle United	England	300						175
17	Hamburg SV	Germany	293						163
18	Werder Bremen	Germany	262						131
19	Valencia	Spain	254						145
20	Celtic	Scotland	227						151
21	Everton	England	197						103
22	West Ham United	England	195						115
23	Manchester City	England	191						114
24	Aston Villa	England	190						106
25	Olympique Marseille	France	187						134