How to Get Away With a DUI

This was told to me by a good State Trooper friend I know.

Alright, you were out clubbing all night and you had a few drinks....

Now, you should be a good boy/girl and call a cab, but you decide that you really haven't had THAT much to drink. So, you're in your car, minding your own business when you see those dreaded flashing lights behind you. Shit! You realize you've already had a DUI when you were a lot younger (or you just don't want to get caught). You cannot afford a DUI! You know you should just pull over and take the punishment. You will probably become the so called “alcoholic” in your family, your spouse will probably leave you and you will spend years in rehab with real alcoholics, but that's O.K. Because you are doing the right thing. No! You have another choice, and it won't end up like an episode of cops.

Maintain the speed limit! Use your turn signals on every turn! Drive like its your license test when you were 16! The cop behind isn't going to call backup or anything, it's not like this is a high speed dangerous pursuit. This is just a nice drive through your residential neighborhood. Pretend the cop isn't even there! Pull into your garage, lock all your doors, and crack open the booze.

Now, that may seem retarded, but in actuality, it's extremely smart (and better than that DUI that will ruin your life). You leave the officer with three choices...

1. This is probably the most likely, since officers have better things to do---The officer just leaves your house and goes on to fight real crime. You got off scotch free (no pun intended)! Believe it or not this often works...even though this is the best case scenario, the other two are much better than that dreaded DUI.

2. The officer jots down your license plate number for later investigation. Once again, no DUI! You just deny that you ever saw anything behind you! The most they can give you is misdemeanor evasion, which will be a fine of $1000 at the most, which is a lot better than that DUI.

3. Officer hard ass decides that he is going to get into your house and bust your ass no matter what! The thing is though, you're inside drinking, and by the time he manages to get inside you are already hammered. When he asks if you were drinking and driving you say “No, but I am now, are you thirsty?” There is no way to prove that you were drinking and driving, since theres obviously nothing illegal about drinking in your own home. Once again, NO DUI! Officer hard ass is either going to take you downtown, or join you for a little bourbon fest. Even if you get taken downtown, just deny you ever saw anything, and the most they can give you is misdemeanor evasion.

Try it out tonight!

Dan Burcham

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Pulling an All-Nighter

For whatever reason (probably napping too much), I could not get to sleep last night to save my life! So, I just stayed up the entire night. This probably wasn't the healthiest thing to do considering the I have a pretty full day today, but at least I'm up, so I'm going to make it to my classes on time. I also got to eat some McDonalds for free which is always good. I know I'm trying to lose weight, but I figured I could eat some extra calories since I was up burning extra calories. There is only one bad part. I tried to play Madden 08 on Xbox Live and lost 71-7. That's really bad. I still kick the crap out of my roommates, so it's all good.

Danny Boi

Free Supplement Friday (sponsors wanted)

Okay, maybe I'm kind off ripping off the Shoemoney (over at shoemoney.com) with his free T-Shirt Friday. But, I thought it would be cool to do a free supplement Friday...

Believe it or not, this blog has a couple hundred readers, which means that stuff featured on this site gets some exposure. So, anyways, I've written to the manufacturers of some of my favorite supplements, and they have expressed interest in giving me free supplements to give to you! All you have to do is be a loyal reader.

The idea is, that I feature a supplement every week (Friday) and I pick one of the people who has commented in the last week, and I ship them the supplement. (for free). This is a fun way to get people involved in the blog, and hey, who doesn't like free stuff. Oh, and it won't just be supplements, I already have some other fun stuff companies have sent!

If you want to be a sponsor, just drop a comment...

I'll try to get this going in a month or so.

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Get Flexible in the Sauna

Being flexible is something that's important to almost every athlete. It's also something that's important for anyone young or old that wants to have their body in good shape. That being said, I am the most inflexible person I know.

Sauna! My coach has been telling me forever to go to the sauna and stretch. He says it loosens up the muscles and allows you to get more flexible. He was right...after a few minutes in the sauna, I was bending over backwards. The sauna here at Boise State is ridiculously hot -200 degrees plus. I was burning up. But, after about ten minutes of stretching, and 10 pounds of sweat lost, I felt at least a little more flexible.

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This is What's Up...

The past couple weeks have been extremely eventful. First, full track practices have started, which means lifting early in the morning and running in the afternoon. This has made it really tough not to be the equivalent of a zombie roaming around the campus of Boise State. Probably the hardest part is the fact that my roommates are up to all hours of the night making as much noise as possible. A couple of them don't have class on Tuesday and Thursday, which means they are up the entire night. I have class at 7:40 a.m. Plus lifting on those days, so it doesn't work out too well. It's not just that they are noisy either, I often get tempted to go over and play video games and talk trash to people on the Internet.

Also, I'm not sure how much decathlon that I'm going to be doing (at least initially) here at Boise State. Right now, I'm just long jumping because I can't hurdle and have some trouble in the pole vault. It's not really a bad thing though, because long jump should be a really good event for me. I went 23'5 in high school, but I think that I will be able to go at least 25' by the end of the indoor season. This is mainly because with the help of my coach, I have discovered some flaws which could literally be taking feet off my jump. Also, I'm finally starting to get a lot more flexible, which will give my muscles more elasticity. The biggest reason why I think that I will be able to jump far is that I just feel really good. I hardly ever feel really sluggish anymore. In high school, I could never jump more than 15' in practice. But now, I feel like I'm jumping on out of the pit on some of my jumps. This is probably because I'm in better shape and am eating better than I was in high school. The most important thing for my success is probably for me to just stay patient. I wouldn't be surprised if I only go 21' feet or something in the first meet. Once I get a couple meets in me, I'll be fine.

Oh, I got up to 200lbs, but now, since I'm focusing on jumping, I'm going to try and get down to about 180 or 185 for the indoor track season which should be a pretty good weight for me. This should also help me in the 60m dash and anything else I might do. ;)

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New Post!

Wow, I haven't really written anything in a while. . . this is mainly due to my hits, and feed counter being really messed up. I was having a lot of fun seeing how well people where responding to the articles that I was writing. When all of that stuff got messed up, I wasn't having as much fun writing. It was funny, because on the day Halo 3 launched, I put the word Halo in one of my blog posts a bunch of times and my traffic for that day went up probably 5 times what I was usually receiving.

Also, I have been REALLY busy, the actual track season finally started! This means that I have been lifting in the mornings and running in the evenings on most days. I also started learning techniques for all of the events I'm going to be doing. So far, I think that the two events that are going to be the hardest technique wise are definitely the 110 High-Hurdles and the Pole-Vault. I think that I can be a very good pole vaulter, but It's just going to take some time getting used to it. The problem with the hurdles, is that right now I am not nearly flexible enough to get my legs over the hurdles. I am cutting back on the weights and stretching a ton to try and get more flexible.

I'm not that great at the throws yet, but I think I will be able to throw the disc and javelin a long ways. The college disc is heavier (I'm told) than the high school one, but you can't really tell. It seems to fly just as well or better than the high school one. I should be able to do all right in the shot put but it will be the hardest throw for me because it requires the most brute strength which I don't have a ton of.

Fortunately, I will do plenty well in the sprints and jumps. My long jump can be really good and my 100m should be good. The 400m, and high jump should be decent events for me also. I'm not really great at the 1500m, but I should be able to gut-it-out.

I have really been putting on the pounds for some reason, but I like it. A couple times weighing myself I have been over 200 pounds. This probably isn't the best for the sprints and jumps, but it should be good for the throws. I'm going to try and be a solid 200 pounds come November. As long as I don't start seeing fat, and I'm running a lot, I should be fine.

I'll try to write more. . .

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