Cookin' in the kitchen with Eric Nielsen.

Eric Nielsen.

A model of many things: unbridled masculinity, pious spirituality, and of course, healthy eating.

Eric Nielsen has about 2% body fat. I wish I had a picture to show you of him without his shirt on. You'll instantly know that his diet is working. He eats raw everything. Fruits, vegetables, nuts, steel, whatever. Some of his culinary preferences are greek olives, wheatgrass shakes, hummus, and freshly caught fish. He tried taking carbohydrate shakes for while, but his body is too busy working everything off instantly for it to make much of an effect. But sorry ladies, he's married. 

Before I leave, I just want to give a shout out to his favorite food: lettuce juice. The power of lettuce juice has been well chronicled, but Eric has found a way to tap into its hidden strengths: it increases energy, eyesight, and memory and it decreases inhibitions. And of course, each glass adds 10 years to your lifespan. What's even more amazing is how generous Eric has been over the years in giving the gift of lettuce juice. A shout out to Eric, whose healthy living has been an inspiration to us all. 

Looks delicious doesn't it?

"um...Matt, is that a glock?"

An average day at the "man lounge"...4707, but not so average if you live with none other than, Matt T. Most incredible Matt, who dodged bullets and ran down janky "perps" in his sleep. Not so random to find a Glock hanging out in the bathroom on the toilet (or like the picture!).

Memory: Ttocs thinks he's being funny and decides to hide behind a wall and scare a man-eating DPD officer...(note: don't make sudden movements or jerks with a police dude around). Yea, don't do this unless you can protect yourself. Good thing that God had my back! God was my shield cause I almost got "popped"! I've eternally been changed by all the Steven Segal movies seen as a result of Matt. Miss that man! For real, he's the thug when he was trying to convince us they were on the streets!!! lol. If I'd want a bodyguard, I wouldn't pick Kevin Costner...nope, Matt T. SD3 out.

On the subject of Gayle.

Gayle Hofmann.

She's one of our favorite people even though we haven't seen her in like 6 years. We gotta reconnect girl! What's up with that? But those early years in Detroit with her were... a trip. It seems a little too early in the life of this blog to drop something so phat and juicy, but if I don't lay it out now, it might never be shared with the world. So, without further ado...

The Gayle Hofmann Rap!

My name is Gayle

Man... I aint looking for no male,

Men get whiplash, but I aint gonna tell,

The last man who saw me, he fell.

Now he's crawlin' back to me like a snail.

He said, "But my name is Dell,

I work at Taco Bell.

Yo baby yo, can I get your e-mail?"

Listen son, you best get off my trail,

Or you just might get impaled.

He said,"Baby you so beautiful, I can only look at your picture in Braille."

I said, "You're blowing hot air like a whale,

You're on a quest for a babe, like the crusaders and the grail.

But you'll be looking til you're old and frail

Like Christopher Columbus, you're gonna set sail,

Your game's like communion bread, old and stale

I know I'm beautiful, I must be a ten on your scale,

But you don't have me on lockdown like I'm sitting in a jail cell.

So you better step or else you'll get nailed.

I told you I wasn't looking for no male,

Like Vietnam, your mission just failed..."

SUCKA!!!!

We miss you Gayle.

The Bridge that goes Burrrr

Winter...international missionaries (Dubac, Ttocs and oh yes, Gayle) headed south to Windsor, Canada. Ha (still makes me laugh)! "Gayle, did you bring your coat?..."no, why?"..."don't you know that it's 10 degrees colder in across the bridge?" Yea booy! I miss that girl and all the laughter she brought. "I'm the jelly in a babe sandwich!" Who can forget Windsor? (we'll save that for another time), but we turned on California Dr. EVERY time...or just about every time! That place was crazy. Remember they had condom dispensers in the bathrooms? wow. It was a blast and I haven't experienced trusting God and having total fun since!! SD3 out.

How the mountain peaks formed.

People have been wondering for years just how the mountains of stone granite have formed on my upper arms. It's not a simple answer, but I will share with you where it happened. 

The Matthai Center, part of Wayne State University. The mountain peaks were formed after years of being in this building at 7:30 A.M. Ok, maybe a few days at 7:30 and most of the time at 10. They have some of the greatest machines for shaping and sculpting raw meat. Also, they have some awesome free weights that you will be able to look at. If you want to use them, you'll have to learn how to pick locks, or you can try entering the same time as class. Just try not to make eye contact with the teacher. You too will be able to work out here. All you need is a membership to the Wayne State Alumni Association. It will cost you though. About $35 a year, down to $17 if you can split it with someone. Oh one more thing. Ask for Diablo. He'll point you in the right direction.

Bling-Bling-Botta-Bing

Sometimes there are moments that you want to capture and save to share to the world. Yea, here's one. Picture SD in white "bling" shoes and walking lightly on his feet...all chipper and gitty. Pumpin' those huge mountains of massive rock, called biceps. (how does a person w/biceps like this even find shirts at the Big & Tall store?) Haha! Oh yea...that's hilarious bro :) To top it off, what if you actually wore white pants...I'm chuckling in my chair!

MMMMMMMMMMMMACKEY!!

We would like to wish a Happy Birthday to someone very special to the SD connection. Malissa Mackey. For her 3... 29th birthday party a few years back we went on a cruise on the Detroit Princess. It was... an experience. The cruise had an all you can eat buffet. Really, there was just a whole mound of meatballs. But let's not forget about the dancing. We decided to cut a rug and apparently we were not all that successful because the DJ referred to us as American Bandstand and to Darin as Dick Clark. I suppose that wouldn't be all that bad, had everyone else not been laughing at us. I also gave her the gift of dying my hair blonde to be just like her. Unfortunately, I can't find any pictures of the inside of the boat, but as soon as I can, I'll post them. As for now, enjoy the shots of what Detroit looked like on her birthday 3 years ago.