BITS-N-PIECES

I hope someone can explain this to me.  I have four sets of bedsheets, white, black, blue and grey. I have 8 pillows on my bed. I have always had enough pillowcases for each set.  But now, I've discovered, I somehow have 9 black pillowcases and only 7 white pillowcases.  After ALWAYS having 8 of each before!  how in the hell does this happen?
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Last week, a co-worker and I went to a local used bookstore with $200 in hand and bought books to replenish the library at work.  We didn't buy a book over $3, and thusly were able to get 66 books.  In addition, we discovered as we made our way to the counter, that the store had a promotion going on.  For each order over $30 you get a free t-shirt.  So we divided the books into two sales and each got a t-shirt.  here's mine:

It reads, "Read as if your mind depended on it!" and it's got the store's info on the back. Nice.  And it was free, so Nice-R!
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Speaking of tshirts, here's ALCMDPP and my Christmas gift to him:

You see, he bragged about voting for the Mittster, just to cancel out his wife's Obama vote.  And plus he knew his state was going for Obama anyway, so it didn't matter.  But I thought he should have something to proudly commemorate his willfull and wasteful throwing away of his vote.
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I took this pic a few weeks ago.  Got to love that license plate on a little blue car! 

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And speaking of Doctor Who, here's a photo for you.

Not sure who did the artwork, but it looks familiar.
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I love that the local Sam's Club has installed do-it-yourself checkouts.  There's never a line and it always go so much quicker than with a cashier.  Just like the Wal-Mart in town and the Grocery Store I normally go to.  So convenient, so fast.  Love it.
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Why do guys set up a profile on a gay hookup site and then put in the note about themselves, "Not interested in hookups" or "I don't do hookups, dont ask"?  Seriously?  What, when you think Grindr is a place for intelligent conversation?  You gonna find your true love on Growlr?  You gonna find your soulmate on Scruff?  You gonna find your future husband on Adam4Adam?  Really?

Fellas, when you go to McDonalds you dont expect a seven course meal with lobster and champagne, when you go to Auto Zone you dont look for lipstick, and when you listen to Fox Noise you don't expect to hear facts or actual news.  Just so we're clear, when you put a profile up on a gay hookup site, don't expect anything more than a GAY HOOKUP!  Sheesh.
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I think this is hilarious.

Although that tall one is pretty damn frightening.
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And of course, the Obligatory Bits-N-Pieces Eye Candy.

POLT

So, you know those kind of days when you take the day off work, sleep most of the morning away, get out of bed around noon, don't shower, gorge yourself on fast food, animal crackers and Diet Coke, and do nothing but watch stupid shit on TV, read books and download porn?

........Um....yeah, me neither.

POLT

I guess I'll die, another day (Part 2)...

The Official Polt's Palace DAY song contest!

Okay, kids, to everyone who voted last week, thanks for doing so.  Your favorite Sunday song was:

Sunday, Bloody, Sunday - by U2.

So it will advance to the semi-finals in a few weeks.

Now, moving onto Monday.  The problem with Monday is that there were SO many Monday songs, I couldnt narrow them down to just five.  So I'm going to list the ten songs, and you guys vote, and next week, we'll pick from the five highest vote getting songs.

Everyone got it?  Here we go:

1. Manic Monday - The Bangles


2. I Don't Like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats


3. Come Monday - Jimmy Buffet


4. Rainy Days And Mondays - The Carpenters


5. New Moon On Monday - Duran Duran


6. Monday Morning - Fleetwood Mac


7. Monday Morning Church - Alan Jackson


8. Monday, Monday - The Mamas And The Papas


9. Blue Monday - New Order


10. Make It 'Til Monday - The Verve


In this poll, you'll be able to vote more than once.  So vote for all your favorites!





POLT

HAIKU

Feels like that's dying.
But maybe it was just in
My head all the time.

POLT

Im going to try to keep track of how many books I buy this year, just to see how much I spend.

So, Sunday at Barnes&Noble I bought: four books for a total of $49.71.  And then today at Ollie's Bargain Outlet I bought four books for a total of $13.14 (well it IS a 'bargain' outlet).

So the total so far this year is: $62.85 for 8 books.

POLT

Yesterday I walked 1.97 miles in 32 minutes at a rate of 3.7 mph. 
(forgot to put this up yesterday, and it rained all day today, so....)

POLT

Cut their hair short, wear shirts and boots (Part 259)...

WifeBeater Wednesdays

This week's theme: Wifebeaters And Tubs!

POLT

The back of your hand somewhere on my behind (Part 145)...

Tooshie Tuesdays

This week's theme: Black Tooshies In Tubs.

POLT

Sunday is Super Bowl XLVII, the Baltimore Ravens vs The San Francisco 49ers.    I'd give you my prediction, but let's take a look at them objectively.

1) The Cities
Baltimore.  

I've been to Baltimore, the Inner Harbor is nice and the cities has several nice venues for plays and such. Other than that, the city is a trash heap.

San Francisco.

I've never been here, but it looks beautiful, what with the hills, and cable cars, and Golden Gate Bridge, etc.  And The Castro is Ground Zero for gay life in the USA, if not the world.

Winner: San Francisco.
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2) Mascots
Baltimore: The Ravens. A large corvine bird having lustrous, black plumage and a loud, harsh call.  In other words, a scary creature of the night that makes a frightening sound, a group of which is called a murder. Intimidating and fear-inducing.

San Francisco: The 49ers.  People who flocked to California's Gold Rush in 1849.  In other words, a band of scruffy, greedy gold hounds looking to get rich quick, a group of which is called prospectors. Sad and pathetic.

Winner: Baltimore.
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3).Team Colors.
Baltimore: Purple, Black, Metallic Gold and White.
San Francisco: "49ers" Red, "49ers" Gold.

Winner: Um, you DID see the color purple listed, right?  Baltimore.
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4) Season Records/Including Playoffs/Total %
Baltimore: 10-6/13-6/68.42%
San Francisco: 11-4-1/13-4-1/75%

Winner: San Francisco
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5) Coaches.

Baltimore: John Harbaugh

50 years old, Baltimore head coach since 2008.

San Francisco: Jim Harbaugh 

49 years old, San Francisco head coach since 2011.

Winner: They're brothers, just a year apart in age, so I'm calling this one: Tie
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6). Quarterbacks
Baltimore: Joe Flacco.

Looks, meh. He's the only quarterback in NFL history to take his team to the playoffs in the first five years of his career.  And he won at least one game in each year's playoffs.

San Francisco: Colin Kaepernick

Looks...WOW!  But it's the first time he's been to the playoffs.  And I've seen this kid in interviews and frankly, he's a punk.  His self-confidence is so great it's actually arrogance.

Winner: Despite the experience of Flacco, it's hard for me to vote against a hot, ripped tatted guy.  Even if he is an arrogant punk.  San Francisco
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7.) Big Name Players.
Baltimore: Ray Lewis, future hall of fame defensive player, has been with the Ravens all 17 of his years in NFL.

Ray Rice: Future hall of fame running back.  And a tight, built, little fireplug of a hottie.

San Francisco: I can't even name another player on their team.

Winner: Baltimore
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8) Geographic Location to me
Baltimore: 78 miles away from me
San Francisco: 2769 miles away from me
Winner: Baltimore
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9)  Geographic Location to the Super Bowl
Baltimore: 1123 miles from New Orleans Superdome
San Francisco: 2263 miles from New Orleans Superdome
Winner: Baltimore
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10) Polt's Pick
I'm rather ambivalent about the Ravens, but I don't like the 49ers and would absolutely DETEST them winning another Super Bowl.
Winner: Baltimore

So there you have it: Baltimore 6-3-1.  According to my (non)scientific analysis of the teams involved, I think Baltimore will win this Super Bowl.

Let's go Ravens!

POLT

You're wantin' my body, I don't mind (Part 389)...

MONDAY'S HOT SHIRTLESS GUY PHOTOS

This weeks theme: Hot Shirtless Guys In Tubs!

POLT

Today I walked 1.45 miles in 25 minutes at a rate of 3.5 mph.   

POLT

Let's get unconscious honey (Part 343)...

Unconscious Mutterings

These come each week from http://subliminal.lunanina.com//

I say ... and you think ... ?

1. Sophisticated :: Upper Class
2. Pelicans :: Birds
3. Flat :: Earth
4. Cheekbones :: Blush
5. Possible :: Let's do it
6. England :: London
7. Jacket :: Leather
8. Sunflower :: Seeds 
9. Hungry :: Food
10. Accent :: British

POLT

Drive my mini-Cooper and I"m feeling super-dooper (Part 313)...

Superman Sundays

This week, a Superman Wifebeater.

POLT

Still at it, till death us do part (Part 32)...

Dead Or Alive?

No cheating, don't Google or Wikipedia this, just give me your best guess

Continuing this week's Asian theme, today I give you....

I.M. Pei

Ieoh Ming Pei was born in Canton China in 1917.   In 1935, he moved to the USA, studied at University of Pennsylvania, M.I.T., and Harvard.  He has designed the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel in DC, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Dallas City Hall, the Hancock Tower in Boston, the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in NYC, the glass pyramid at the Louvre, the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong, and the National Gallery East Building on the Mall in DC (the only one here I've ever visited in person), among many others.

So tell me. I.M.Pei, is he.....Dead Or Alive?

POLT

Dead Or Alive Results!

Hmm, well this one wasn't as difficult as I thought it might have been.  Everyone who guessed, guessed correctly: the are four living ex-Presidents: Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush.

Totals:

Adam: 5/o
Alex: 6/-1
Amie: 25.5/-2
FDot: 0?/4
Felix Lee:  0/-1
Harry M.: 0/-1
john: 9/-2
Jordan Castillo Price: 1
Marcus Veyera: 0/-1
Mark: 16/-9
Michelle M.: 20.5/-5
Mikey: 5/-5
Paul: 3/0
Ryan: 5/-2
Somewhere: 1/0
Tam: 18.5/-12
truthspew: 18/-2

POLT

My baby does the hanky panky...

Someone is either very confused or very busy!

According to the photo, this dude is a fist fucker, a dildo fucker, likes black bottoms, likes to beat his meat, likes being pissed on, likes to suck cock, and apparently is a bottom himself.

Like I said...either very confused or VERY busy!

POLT

My baby's got a secret (Part 194)...

Secret Saturdays

No theme, just randomness.

POLT

Some boys kiss me, some boys hug me (Part 253)...

Frenching Fridays

This week: Asian Kisses!

POLT

I guess I'll die, another day (Part 1)...

Back in 2011, you may recall, I had a contest to determine the Official Polt's Palace Color Song (which ended up being Brown-Eyed Girl by Van Morrison...quite a surprised even to me).  Well now it's time to do something similar.

Now, with your votes, we're going to determine The Official Polt's Palace DAY Song!

Starting today, and continuing once a week until we're done, I'll be listing several songs with a day of the week in their title, and each time, you guys pick your favorite. After the preliminary polls are over, we'll pit the winners of each against each other in a series of secondary polls, and the winners of those will be pitted together in the final poll. At least that's the plan. It's all conditioned on everyone voting each and every time. 

So without further ado, let's begin with: The Sunday Songs!

1. Sunday Girl - Blondie


2. Never On A Sunday - Petula Clark



3. Blue Sunday - The Doors


4. Sunday Morning - Maroon 5


5. Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2


Now be sure to cast your vote on the song itself and not the awesomeness (or lack thereof) of the video.  Just the songs alone!  And give all the songs a listen, don't go with the only one you know.  Who knows, you might find a song you like better! 


POLT

Get up and move it, to the music (Part 55)...

MOTIVATION

An Asian Motivational Poster.

You KNOW it's true.

POLT