Apparently Leno is a Dick, WHo KNew I did

I think we all did
well all those sorry suckers who were forced to work with the unfunny Leno for the last few years have been FIRED given the xmas bonuses and sent home. quote from variety

"We haven't heard from him since the second or third day of the strike," the former staffer said. "He called on speakerphone while we were in our daily meeting and said, 'Don't look for other jobs , no one's going to lose their house, we'll get though this.' Two weeks ago, we got the heads up that we had two more weeks (of pay) and that's it. Everyone wondered, 'Is Jay going to come through?' And nothing happened. Conan makes less and he said, 'I'm going to pay for my people.' "

Conan paying his people means that they can outlast all the crap the dies off first, so i guess that is good news, as long he doesnt give no writers no money.

Look What i missed today

I was so busy working, not a chance to look away at my emails and bam




Some guy trys to blow up Hillary Clinton, It is a bit suspicious coming right after all the hatin she got for that fag plant at the Republican debate.
Actually that wasn't important, because 1, he didn't succeed and 2, it was probably not that reall
Anyways on a much sadder not EVIL KNIEVEL DIED today. Sad

20 Million bucks THAT IS CALLED GREED

In the LA times this morning a report on the goings on of the strike talks. The guys with the money offered and the guys that work for them denied (actually it is not the writers but the labor leaders that represent the writers) Over 20 million dollars. When you talking the difference between 151 million and 130 million that is called GREEDY. I wish the labor negotiators would let these people get back to work, even if all there shows do suck. But they get paid the longer this takes (*oh you didn't know that) plus the get their names in the paper a lot more.
Quote from the times

"The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers said it was willing to offer $130 million in extra pay over the life of the proposed three-year deal. The offer is "above and beyond the more than $1.3 billion writers already receive each year," the alliance said in a statement.

The Writers Guild of America countered with a lengthy response, saying the producers' proposal only dealt with advertising-supported programs streamed for free and jurisdiction over shows created for the Web "and it amounts to a massive rollback."

The writers said their plan, also presented Thursday, would cost producers $151 million over three years.

"That's a little over a 3 percent increase in writer earnings each year, while company revenues are projected to grow at a rate of 10 percent," the statement said. "We are falling behind."

Finally there would be a way to avoid all that crap on Sunday mornings

from the IMDB
Religious Broadcasters Decry "A La Carte" Cable Plan

Religious broadcasters have renewed their opposition to efforts by FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to require cable TV providers to offer programming on an "a la carte" basis. In a statement, the Faith and Family Broadcasting Coalition (FFBC), which lobbies on behalf of religious broadcasters, praised commission members who balked at efforts by Martin to strengthen the ability of the FCC to regulate cable TV under a controversial rule that would kick in when cable TV is available to 70 percent of U.S. households and when 70 percent of those households have subscribed to cable systems. Martin's changes, the FFBC said, "would have had a devastating effect on religious broadcasters." It quoted Colby May, director of the American Center for Law and Justice's Washington office as saying, "A per-channel charge would dramatically limit, if not kill, the availability of religious-based programming on cable."

Sundancing out of competition (very long)

(see you need clever titles so people will read the post)

Get it he is sundancing
Thanks to Tai-Pan for the first Sundance preview, since I spend most of my time around the celluloid, I am embarassed that i did not post it myself. Since he did a pretty good job I will stick to this list of premieres and out of competition films.

Films screening in Premieres are:

"Assassination of a High School President" - Cool with the Bruce Willis, Rapp and killing a Catholic High school president. I have always wanted to do that. Especially with Bruce at my side.

"Be Kind Rewind" : Michel Gondry- This is the latest from Gondry who always pleases me. Stars Jables, Mos Def and Mia Farrow?WTF isn't she dead. Didn't Woody dump her old white ass.

"CSNY Deja Vu" / Screenwriters: Neil Young, Mike Cerre
The war in Iraq is the backdrop as the Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young "Freedom of Speech Tour" crisscrosses North America. Echoes of Vietnam-era anti-war sentiment abound as the band connects with today's audiences. Cast: David Crosby, Graham Nash, Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Mike Cerre, Stephen Colbert. World Premiere, Closing Night Film

More and more I worry about Colbert why does his name not fit in here

"The Deal" / Bill Macy wrote and stars in it, that is all i gots to say

"Death in Love" / USA, Director and Screenwriter: Boaz Yakin

I left the synopsis because at first i thought it was a comedy, Still might be funny though. Ilike lucas Haas.

A self-assured but neurotic 40-year-old bachelor attempts to make sense of his complicated life as he negotiates his sexual relationships in the shadow of his mother's concentration camp experience. Cast: Josh Lucas, Jacqueline Bisset, Adam Brody, Lukas Haas. World Premiere

"Diminished Capacity" / no but Dylan Baker is in it and He is always good for a creepy vibe if you have been missing it.

"The Escapist" / Stars Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes who i have been missing alot, and Seu Jorge, for all you b-team lovers.

"The Great Buck Howard" / Malcovich and Tom Hanks' son, sounds clever.

to be contiued....

too short, and very stupid

I read an article about the little people from the Wizard of Oz getting a star on the hollywood walk of fame. Luckily they are little so they can fit the whole Lollipop gang in one square. Anyways, I think this is really cool, but what do those down syndrome freaks do, waste their time marching in the writers strike instead. Why so they can get residuals. NO they never will receive any money for the OZ other than what they were paid.
something shot said:

“They paid us fifty dollars a week. No residuals, no nothing. Midgets don’t grow on trees, you know.” Then he pointed out that “the dog”—I guess he meant Toto—had been making a hundred and twenty-five a week.


No little man midges don't grow on trees but they sure are dumb as apples, and those do! grow on trees. Luckily for you they fall from trees or you wouldn't be able to eat them

The Lollipop Guild Strikes

Now a friendly gay post, Why wasn't this posted earlier Tai-Pan?

I hope they booed after he said he was gay

The general then stood up and delivered what amounted to a two-minute speech, stopping only when the audience of 1,500 booed.

"American men and women in the military are professional enough to serve with gays and lesbians. For 42 years, I wore the army uniform on active duty, in the Reserve, and also for the state of California. I revealed I was a gay man after I retired," the general said.

Check out his cute bracelet. That must be for all the soldiers he saved from behind or down in a hole.

Re: 219 in Phoenix

In case you haven't seen the video, here is the YouTube link to the Lamborghini that set the record on the 202 freeway in Phoenix. Terrifying...

Retards and Midgets (Picture from CHOKE)

Premiering at sundance 2008




sunshine cleaning pic

Completely Ignorant Review: Sundance Lineup

Many years ago, my brother and I rented a car and drove up to Sundance-it proved to be a memorable experience. We stayed at my grandparents' house and had a friend of mine buy us discount student tickets. I think we saw 5 or 6 films and had a great time. In honor of the Sundance lineup being announced today (and the cool fact that same little brother is going this year in a "professional" capacity-aka coke dealer) I present my Completely Ignorant Review of the Sundance Film Festival Lineup!!! (I know the title stinks - let me work on it)
The first time we went, I put lil bro in charge of picking which movies we wanted to go see. I think all he had to pick from were very short synopses - it made for an interesting mix of films. I have always wondered if I would have picked the same.... oh well - I know nothing about these movies. These are snap judgments, get it!? (Here is the link to the Variety article and full lineup)

American Son: This story of romance on shore leave stars the incredibly retarded cast of Nick Cannon and Tom Sizemore. Here's hoping the romance isn't.. "forbidden".The names aren't ones that inspire a great deal of confindence. There is always the train-wreck factor and the long cinematic history of soldiers doing crazy sheet on leave, and you can watch to see the tracks on Sizemore's arms... so we'll leave this one as a maybe

Anywhere USA: Sounds lame and faggy... plus the writer-director hyphenates his last name... No Thanks

Ballast: Oh brother - the story of a tragedy and a poor family in the Mississippi Delta -SNORE.... No Thanks

Choke: Okay so I know this one... Let me see - Palahniuk, Rockwell and Huston.... hell YES!

Downloading Nancy: There are few sure things in cinema... the galaxy will be saved, and Maria Bello will take her top off. Combine that fact with a plot described as a "dark study" of a "tortured love affair", and it spells Y.E.S.!

Frozen River: A woman turnes to smuggling illegals on the Canadian border. Um, not gonna make it - why the heck would mexicans go all the way to Canada to sneak across the border? Ridiculous! No Thanks

Good Dick: Nope - Can't get past the title... Also two words a man should never say . No Thanks

The Last Word: "an irreverent romantic comedy centering on a reclusive writer-for-hire of suicide notes"-featuring everybody's favorite brooding psycopaths Wes Bentley and Winona Ryder. Give me a reason why not? YES

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh: An adaptation of Michael Chabon's first novel by the writer-director of Dodgeball - Hell YES

North Starr: Sounds lame No Thanks

Phoebe in Wonderland: Another one you just can't get past the title - It may be an opium induced orgy, but I doubt it. No Thanks

Pretty Bird: Although the title is one of my favorite lines from "Dumb and Dumber" and Giamatti usually gets me to the theater - I think I will pass. No Thanks

Sleep Dealer: I'll let Variety handle this one - a social commentary-infused sci-fier about three strangers who attempt to break through future technological barriers to connect in a world of closed borders and virtual labor. To sum up lame... and probably stupid as well No Thanks

Sugar: Once again, not a stag film... No Thanks

Sunshine Cleaning: It sounds like another attempt at a loveable quirky comedy that America just falls in LOVE with! And gyno-centric to boot! Oh geez... another one? Perhaps Steve Zahn will get high alot and save this one. Maybe

The Wackness: Okay, so the title is terrible, but aren't you interested in seeing Method Man and one of the Olsen twins in a drug movie? Who knows what debauchery went on during shooting... YES!

I will save you the time of looking through the documentaries... Only one seems to be worth anybody's time: Slingshot Hip Hop," directed by Jackie Reem Salloum, looks at Palestinian rappers. It should be good for a few laughs...

Who said the PS3 was a waste of money?

Forget Star Wars 3. There are cooler things to be done, like cryptography cracking. Taking advantage of the Cell's vector architecture a security consultant with Security-assessment.com has cooked up a way to to bust passwords open like bad Easter eggs really, really fast. His Crackstation shoves past "the current upper limit of 10-15 million cycles per second—in Intel-based architecture—up to 1.4 billion cycles per second." To put that in non-geek, "Intel processors are designed to do all kinds of complex calculations, whereas the PS3 is good at doing simple things very quickly." The work apparently stands to change the whole cryptography industry.
For one, it shows that using Intel processors or ones with similar architecture as benchmarks "just is not good enough anymore." Cracking cryptographer will probably get faster all around as well, which should ultimately drive stronger cryptography with better implementation. Though they haven't tried it yet, by using a technique similar to Folding@home with distributed loads, the cracking power could obviously be increased exponentially. PCMag

Christmas still sucks

But I had dejavu at the end of the video, I think it was because of that movie BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA

In order to quell some of the confusion

A BBC documentary discusses the differences between midgets and dwarfs. I hope this resolves some of the questions being raised and demonstrates Blandlife's commitment to clear and fact based dialogue.

A nice "little" story...awhile back...Indy and a girlfriend were picked up from Kidzone, where one of the caretakers was a little person.  They got in the back of the car and the mom heard them talking about the little person.  They were trying to remember how they are described...and Indy shouted out, "I know, I know...they're hobbits!"
 

219 MPH on the Loop 202!

Man has himself videotaped breaking the speed limit by more than 150 mph!

DPS really wants to talk to a man who had himself videotaped doing 219 miles-per-hour in his Lamborghini Murcielago on the Loop 202. The man claims in the video to have broken a speed record for the car.

The man can be seen hitting 211mph, 214 mph and eventually 219 mph on the video that was posted on 205mph.com and the website youtube.

Although the man doesn't show his face, investigators are still looking the video over for clues.

You can see the video by clicking here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIp_FDhJa0A

Little Buddy

Here are two articles about Chuey, The Rock & Roll Midget who has his very own mini-bar in Scottsdale...

http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/bastard/2007/05/pull_up_a_stool_at_chueys_midg.php

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2006-04-13/news/mouthful-of-midget/

Pro-Midget and Dwarf Post

For those of you unaware, Blandlife became the center of a heated debate concerning midgets' usefulness and whether it is polticially correct to draw attention to their diminished stature. I do not want to mention names but things were said and accusations were leveled that will forever be a black spot on the reputable nature of Blandlife.

In an effort to repair the damage and heal the wounds from this morning, I present an article found in the Arizona Republic a couple weeks ago. It is entitled "Dwarfs Find Respect in Bullfighting" and covers an emerging sport in Mexico in which willing dwarfs are pitted against calves and attempt to tire the animal rather than killing it (not nearly as savageas their taller counterparts). The nature of the article draws attention to dwarfs and midgets bringing entertainment to thousands of observers and earning a healthy paycheck at the same time. The participants realize their disadvantaged size and use it to their advantage. From the article , "To tire the animal, [dwarf bullfighters] took turns hurling their bodies at the calf."

In the end, the dwarfs acknowledge their disability and realize that there are parts of it that might be seen as funny. One ofthe dwarf participants reflected, "When we run around, our movements are just naturally humorous," said Gustavo Vázquez, the manager of the Giants of the Bullring.

The question that is left unanswered is whether it is more insulting to stay silent when dwarfs and performing midgets perform for the purpose of recieving laughs or to focus ill-humor on their disability.

The whole article can be read here.

TV Review: Tom Thumb in the Land of the Giants (1999)

While on vacation, I was introduced to a show on TLC called "Little People: Big World" I have come to learn that it is quite popular and everybody but me is acquainted with it. I have to tell you, this show is incredible! It mixes all the best parts of reality tv, drama, road trips, fantasy and sci-fi! TLC was playing a marathon, so I got a good dose of the show... I am hooked!

To catch you up if you haven't seen the show, this is a family promulgated by two midges - their first two kids are twins, one normal size, and one adorable. They also have two more regular size children.... making for all kinds of hilarious hi jinks!

There are so many special moments contained in the few episodes I watched, I don't know where to start! The family takes a trip to Sedona to view the red-rocks, and the mother wanted to take a picture of the family. Mom backs out on a ledge to get everyone in and... wooosh! a hawk swooped down and snatched poor mommy off the rock and carried her to its nest far atop a majestic outcrop! How dramatic! Not to worry, her adorable soccer-playing son coaxed a passing eagle to land and fly him up to the hawk's perch to rescue her!

If you have seen the show, the father has some leg problems and his lack of mobility and constant pain are truly heartbreaking. But all that gloom just melts away when you witness Dad take some balloons from a clown at a birthday party and float off into the sunset! Cursing and spitting while his teeny-tiny crutches fall back to earth... The normal size son was quick on the job, and anticipating such a development - had brought his BB gun. A few well-placed shots brought Poppa gently back to earth (legs a-danglin').

Like I said before - there is so much to this show, a short column does it no justice. I could go on and on about the time Father tried to take his car keys back from his son and was thwarted by the old move of holding his forehead and keeping him at arm's length while his chubby little arms swung away in frustration.... Or the time "Adorable" went to a magical land full of people JUST LIKE HIM!!! OMG!! HOW CUTE!! They called it a LPC (Little People Convention) but I swear it looked like Las Vegas. He managed to get his first kiss in an elevator at Circus Circus... I am glad I wasn't waiting there when the door opened! I would have sprayed my Long Island Iced Tea all over the adorable little lovebirds!

You should check out this wonderful show! and here's hoping they don't run into any critters on that farm of theirs!

R.I.P. La Rue

Well, I had planned to make a running diary of my experiences buying food and supplies for my grandmother in a nursing home, and I had garnered quite a bit of material. True to form, she surprised everybody and checked out early Thanksgiving morning - certainly not souring the turkey, but giving us some added conversation around the table. My relationship with my grandmother was a tad "complex" - putting me in line with the rest of her offspring. My maternal grandparents were there for Thanksgiving, and I swear I saw my grandmother shoot me a glare when I made a comment that was less than respectful - In honor of her, I will be reverent in this post and get back to the funny later.

From My Cold Dead Hand... A Machete?

I am sure you have heard the story of the NFL player shot in his home on Monday night, and how he passed away this morning. As he struggled for his life, some interesting details began to leak out. It turns out that Sean Taylor's home had been broken into a few weeks before - nothing much was taken, but the intruder left a knife in the bedroom. On the night of the shooting, he and his baby's mama heard an intruder in the house. They awoke, and Taylor grabbed a machete he keeps near the bed for protection. He approached the bedroom door and said something, only to be blasted right through the bedroom door... If you wonder (like I did) about why he had a machete in his bedroom, well.... It turns out that Mr. Taylor had an incident a few years back over some stolen ATVs and he "brandished" an AK-47. So to sum up, somebody attempts to rob this man, and he protects himself and his property by pulling a weapon. I know the name "AK-47" scares people, but there are tens of thousands of legal AK-47 owners across the nation.

Of course, federal prosecutors throw a shit-fit and after two years, all they can do is mandate that he not be allowed to possess a firearm. That leads to him standing in his own bedroom with what amounts to a limp dick, attempting to defend himself against an assuredly illegal weapon. This is scary, and I don't doubt that he being young black and rich attributed to his being denied the right to defend himself. This story gets me angry, and should be cause for some reflection over the tragedies this year that could have been prevented by a simple, honest man with a well-kept sidearm. The one shining example remains the Trolley Square shooting in Salt Lake... Perhaps the moral of this story is that gun-owners everywhere should take great care of their right to bear arms - you never know when your baby's mama's life depends on it.

Dirty Dancing the Video Game BS!! Right?

NO it is real and it is on the pc, which means i am going to go home tonight and play it.
Anyways here is the link

First a Communist now a Blasphemer too

I miss my time spent down there

Well not really, but I remember when LULA (yes that is his real name even though I thought it was a fake, I was wrong this time). I know that his fellow pinko buddy up in Venezuela is happy to hear that God is Brazilian and praying to the statue in Rio (pic above) has produce blessings beyond belief. No need to fear because this guy and this country is as afraid of technological advancement as I am of loud noises. They are more likely to use it as sauce for their rice and beans instead of putting in cars. But this is worrisome that evil powers that exist in our world do have access to more oil.

anyways I know Tai-Pan already sent me the link but here it is anyways

BIG Screen

D-Backs getting new jumbo video board
The Diamondbacks and Maricopa County have settled on a price and company to install what will be one of baseball's largest video boards at Chase Field in time for next season. Diamondbacks President Derrick Hall said the club selected a bid from Daktronics, the South Dakota-based company that installed Chase Field's sound system and LED board. Hall said the board will be 144 feet wide and 55 feet high, smaller than the one the Kansas City Royals are putting into Kauffman Stadium. -- Arizona Republic

Supreme Court Will Decide Challenge to District of Columbia Handgun Ban

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will decide whether the District of Columbia can ban handguns, a case that could produce the most in-depth examination of the constitutional right to "keep and bear arms" in nearly 70 years.
The justices' decision to hear the case could make the divisive debate over guns an issue in the 2008 presidential and congressional elections.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,312338,00.html

Video Game Review: Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare

I have to do this... I know most people aren't gamers and the fact that I even used that word subjects me into the chasm of loserdom, but I played Call of Duty 4 this weekend and it is epic. Usually video games are just a casual mind-break in the same vein that someone might use marijuana, but every once in a while, the game strikes a sentimental chord that is hard to let go the next day.

The earlier Call of duty 2 was such a game. I remember distinctly, playing the Point du Hoc scene, which recreated the seizure of several German artillery casements in anticipation of the Normandy invasion. After securing the casements, you are unwittingly pushed back by a German offensive to the cliffs that you had originally scaled. You can't help but feel that you had failed the mission, but as you approach the cliffs, President Ronald Reagan's speech in commemoration of the Boys of Point du Hoc crescendos to drown out the gunfire and you realize that all the aggravation and retreat had provided just enough time for the Allied invasion into Normandy to begin. Rarely do books fully capture what it must have been like to stand against all odds.

I realize I digress but it is the emotion that captures these games and Call of Duty 4 has picked up the mantle and brought feeling to an otherwise confusing and conflicted US operation in the Middle East. Urban warfare has been done to death in today's video games but never before has a game allowed you to play the Ranger incursion team and then provide the coverfire from C-130 gunship as the same Ranger team maneuvers through a Middle Eastern village (graphically, the C-130 scene was just like the IR I used in the military and there is nothing like shooting a 105 mm cannon at some poor bastard who has no idea where you are). From there, you begin to understand the utter confusion that can come from urban guerrilla warfare and give up a strategic point to advance on another, and realize that your previous position is now overrun and you are taking fire on all sides. Gameplay is brilliant, story is expertly crafted and the graphics what you would expect from a next generation game.

I will venture forward enough to say that the day will come when video games will be a respectable form of media and storytelling and it is games like Call of Duty that are going to add respectability to this relatively new medium.

The Presidential Race is Over!

Its official...

Actor Chuck Norris also has been outspoken in his support for former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.

I came across it in an article about "in the closet" Hollywood Conservatives. If Braddock says so, we must obey...

check it out

http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071116/NATION/111160098/1001

The Kitty's Got Claws

Being new at this game, I am beginning to realize there are certain subjects, that when you write about them your fingers just dance over the keyboard - lightly tapping out your thoughts with glee. I can tell the "University of Arizona" is going to be one of those subjects.

The UofA pussycats roared last night, throttling the Oregon Ducks down in the town with no sidewalks. 34-24 was the final score but it wasn't that close. Truly one of the biggest wins in school history, the Wildcats dominated on both sides of the ball-forcing turnovers and running at will. The Cats benefitted from the early injury to heisman frontrunner Dennis Dixon as Oregon was forced to go to Ryan Leaf's kid brother (no joke) and he performed as expected - terribly.

The irony is this triumph only served to catapult the Arizona State Sun Devils into first place in the Pac-10 with only the speed-bump Trojans left on the road to Pasadena. The dream season continues for ASU, with their arch-rivals playing the role of hitman... right between the eyes. It was quite a scene in Phoenix as Sun Devil fans went to their phones in the 2nd Quarter-making plans for the Rose Bowl. I don't know if I should laugh or feel sorry for UofA. A great victory, but hardly a reason to celebrate.

Oh Yeah... GO DEVILS

Dude on a Surf Board solves the World's physics problems.

One of my favorite articles, describes 10 things that science can't explain. Its not because I need science to fail for my faith in a God to prevail (fortunately I prescribe to a religion that allows for harmony between both). But rather, it is interesting to see where our common assumed notions on physics fall apart.

Problems like dark matter, dark energy, and gravitation are supported only tentatively by a dozen theories that all loosely refer to each other, but everyone knows they dont hold up to strict scrutiny. Step in Garret Lisi, unemployed surfer who spends his summers in Hawaii and winters in Nevada snowboarding. His theory entitled "An Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything" is capable of handling all of these loose ends and is turning heads across the globe.

To be honest, I dont understand it but it is based on an equation called E8 and it explains gravity, dark matter, dark energy, and why elements seem to fit into families (seriously, I have always wondered that, but he answered it). It actually brings together everything that has plagued scientists for over 200 years and does so in what is apparently a very simple equation.

Seriously, how do you not root for this guy?

Link to his story by the telegraph
Link to his actual paper

THAT IS IT I AM FINISHED

"Since “The Simpsons” is on hold due to the Writers Guild strike, executive producer and multihyphenate James L. Brooks is keeping busy with political copywriting — he’s working behind the scenes creating print ads for a bill sponsored by Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (D-R.I.) known as the Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act, which seeks comparable insurance coverage for victims of mental illness and drug problems. ... "


And how does this not violate the WGA strike rules, I thought he was suppose to be funny.

X-MAS present for my DADDY

!!!!Dad do not read as this is really what I would like to get you for xmas!!!!





French filmmaker Christian Delage's documentary "Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing Their Crimes" will be released Nov. 20 on DVD by Lionsgate, in time for the 60th anniversary of the Nuremberg Trials. The film incorporates rare, restored courtroom footage shot under the supervision of legendary helmer John Ford and features an interview with 92-year-old Bud Schulberg, the only surviving member of the Field Photographic Branch that Ford dispatched to gather footage to make the Nazi plan a key piece of evidence in the trial. Narrated by Christopher Plummer, "Nuremberg" had its official premiere this year at Lincoln Center.

NAZI DVD what could be better. He better not read this, cause that would ruin it.

Two things of beauty

I recently was taken for a ride in the Ferrari F430 on the right, and can say this thing sounds like it is ready to move, just at idle you feel like some type of crime has been committed. We drove the legendary White Spar road near Prescott that has almost as many crosses from the fallen road warriors as it does curves (those who have traveled from LA to Prescott know the route). The road is cut into the side of a a mountain and so the echos are fantastic, especially when RPM's are above 6500.

Although both cars are supercars, the differences between the two is vast. It is interesting to see how the same thing is approached and solved in different ways. It is too bad that Ferrari's have such a stigma, because after you remove it, it is a truly beautiful car and a pleasure to ride in.

Hope you enjoy the picture of two of the fastest and sexiest cars made.

SOUTH KOREA TO GIVE 1 MILLION IPHONES TO HELP POVERTY STRICKEN NEIGHBOR NORTH KOREA

Today marks a historic event in history. It has been 15 years since the leaders of North Korea and South Korea have sat down to discuss anything. Today it has been reported that since the leader of North Korea Kim Jung-Il loves him some ipod, the South Koreans have decided to donate 1 million iphones to help the starving Northerners.


update: The Americans, who insisted on being present for the meeting, suggested that a free movie be included on all phones. What movie you ask?
TEAM AMERICA!!!


Sorry the rest of the story should go to Tai-Pan as I know very little about North and South Korean relations.

Melvin wins NL Manager of the year.

...and deservedly so. After claiming the World Series in 2001, the Diamondbacks made a run at another record two years later for the worst MLB record ever. They came just shy but a depleted budget and huge debts still paying for their Championship left little future for the team and an almost certain bleak future for many years to come.

But the D-backs had one asset... the best minor league and scouting system in the majors. To the untrained or inexperienced eye, such an attribute would be a wealth that could have been exploited during these financially difficult times and tie you over to the day, Schilling and Johnson are no longer being paid. But such a tactic is risky. A rookie brought up too early and left in too long can destroy his self-esteem and render him useless in future years (I think of a dog my family owned once named Reggie).

Enter Melvin, in 2006 he took the helm of an entirely mediocre Diamondbacks team with some veteran players who were all approaching the downslide of their careers at the same time. Melvin began a systematic rotation of players from the minors to the majors, beautifully orchestrated to not run the team out of options on the player and still feel out their durability.

In 2007, the D-backs were expected to hold their own but not be able to pull ahead of 3rd place in the NL West. Melvin began his dance during spring training inviting up a very young Micah Owings and position swapping a number of minor league outfielders. As 2007 continued, the D-backs would end up feilding the youngest team in the majors with Chris Young playing full time at center, Carlos Quentin and Upton trading out at left and Reynolds coming in for an injured Tracy. The D-backs ended up winning the NL West and touting the best record in the National League.

Melvin fielded a team that had no major league experince and should have flinched everytime the pitcher they faced dropped the rosen bag. Instead, Young hit over 30 homeruns and 5 hole pitcher Micah Owings posting a slugging percentage of .683. In the end, Melvin has taken a financially ruined team and positioned them to take the NL West next year and make them contenders for many years to come.

Pretty Badass

KANE and LYNCH
wikipedia article
and very cool video
Kane And Lynch Dead Men
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Hidden costs could boost wars' price tag, report says...


These kinds of news stories make me insane. Now that the surge of troops is working in Iraq, the democrats on the hill start making news with such insanity like this, using such strong words like 'could' and 'projected', of course their projection is more than 1 trillion higher than the non-partisan people in charge of making estimates such as this.

What confounds me is that their supporters lap this up like it is fact. Have any of these folks considered the cost of the United States not asserting ourselves and our interests and rolling over for every person in the world calling for our retreat? I'm just wondering when these people hinged their success on US failure abroad.

http://www.latimes.com/la-na-warcost14nov14,0,2237064.story?coll=la-home-center

Owen's new girl

Now I know that I talked some crapp when all the stuff went down with the blonder of the Wilson brothers. But I have since repented and after seeing Luke (don't worry I didnt approach himm) the other night, and watching one of their films, and realized that I owe alot to the family Wilson, maybe not as much as i do the brothers Cohen but alot still the same.

Now after being all sentimental i dont want to finish this post. I was going to link a page of Owen's new girlfriend, this isnt a scoop by any means but hopefully it is a sign that he is feeling better. And i truly hope that he is. Well i will just post the pic with no name. Because I hope this is good news if not I will take it down.

The Revolution is here...

I have long believed that we are moving toward the idea of home servers to hold our DVD, music, and picture albums and that such equipment will be fully integrated into our family room TV sets and accessible at the touch of a button. My other notion is that cable TV will be reduced to just local news and all other content will be on-demand access through company websites either through streaming video or downloads.

The problem with my utopia, is searchability. As most of you have experienced, Google does not do video search that well and though many are trying to offer a solution, going to a website and typing in your desired video and then sifting through endless hits is not the idea I have in mind when sitting on my couch with a remote in my hand.

Enter Miro. Miro is an all inclusive HD player (that's right, it handles High Def video). It can take control of all your video files and render Windows Media Player (even VLC or GOM, neither one does HD very well) worthless. The first thing it does on install is index all your videos and provide an easy management system for all your illegally obtained South Park video.

It also has RSS video subscription that it handles in the form of channels. For those of you that dont understand this... it means that you subscribe to say the ESPN channel and as new video is posted (I noticed that Around the Horn is there, even though nobody watches it) the channel will let you know that there is content. This is as close as anyone has come to online TV that I know and Miro boasts over 2000 of these channels.

So maybe you dont want to just watch TV shows... Miro also handles your Bittorrent files. You will still have to go to your favorite bit torrent site but once you click on your download, Miro takes over.

Miro does all this and it looks sleek as hell while it does it... but thats not the best part. It is completely open source. That means that user add-ons will shortly be on their way (bittorrent searching for example). For those of you who have made the jump to Firefox, you know what open source means. It means functionability. Tabs? Weather? Music controls inside your browser? I got news for you, they were in Firefox long before Internet Explorer even thought about it. Fact is, the general populous will play with Miro and decide what it lacks and 14 year old geeks will script that little something that will make this player all the more kickass.

Long story short (too late, I guess) Miro 1.0 is going to do for online video watching what Netscape did for internet browsing, which means it will become the rally cry for millions of attention-deficit adults who want to watch Sportscenter and The Extras on their schedule, not on the Networks. Mark my words... Link to the download

Why God Created Sub-Machine Guns

I know this story may be a little old for all of you, but when I read an opening line like this, I have to share...

Monkeys rampage in Indian capital

Nov 13 03:00 AM US/Eastern
Monkey Menace in India Drives Residents Crazy
Just weeks after the Indian capital's deputy mayor toppled to his death fighting off a pack of monkeys, the animals are back on the attack, sparking fresh concerns about the simian menace.
One woman was seriously hurt and two dozen other people were given first aid after monkeys rampaged through a neighbourhood in east Delhi over the weekend.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=071113065725.yech1gw9&show_article=1

Pugilism

I had the honor this weekend of attending a funeral for a great man who served as a teacher and principal for over 40 years. He will truly be missed by friends and family alike. Jack McLeod had the kind of personality that is impossible to forget, and we should all take the opportunity to learn something from the way he chose to live his life. Jack was the principal at an elementary school in Yuma (the infamous Ronald Reagan Fundamental School) and most of my brothers and sisters attended while he was there.
After the service, my family and I were having lunch and reminiscing. My mother said "Jace (my youngest brother) told me his favorite memory of Principal McLeod was sitting in his office after a fight at school. Jack told him 'Jace, I love you like a son - but you got to go' and he suspended him". For those of you that don't know, Jace has had a rough go of it since - A venereal disease has ravaged his brain, turning it the consistency of oatmeal.... and the fact that he remembers anything other than peanut butter is a blessing. My father jumped in and said "I think he suspended Court too". I admitted that I had been suspended in elementary school for fighting as well (albeit by a different principal).
As I was telling my story, I realized how lame it was (none of us really want to fight, much less are any good at it). I was playing soccer (very poorly) and one of the better athletes insisted I throw him the ball from the sideline. Always thinking too much, I spied another player and tossed the ball to him. The athlete was upset, walked up to me and punched me right in the face. We were both suspended...
I know we all have similar stories. Now is your chance to share your "lame" fight stories from the past. Trust me, the more pathetic the better. If you share a story about you curbing somebody and then thrashing his 13 cousins - you are a liar and should probably have a MySpace page. So, in honor of a great man who tried to do his best - share away, make me feel better about myself.

Rumors of Kent

My mother's older brother is somewhat of a legend in our family. People meet my mother, her parents or other siblings first, and they can hardly believe Kent is the eldest son. All of my cousins, brothers and sisters adore him, as he brings much needed "spice" to the family. I believe he takes himself for a renaissance man, but I prefer to view him as the rugged adventurer - his age be damned!!! He is my "Jack London" inspiration...
One of Kent's defining characteristics has been his ponytail... I think the first time I saw it was ten years ago at my sister's wedding. Well, things often change - sometimes for better reasons than others. The ponytail is no more! Kent recently went on a scuba diving trip with a few friends. While in the drink, Kent found himself face to face with a whale shark... Of course his first instinct was to unsheath the K-Bar strapped to his thigh and plunge the blade into the demon's forehead-right between the eyes... Next, his training would compel him to swing around and mount the beast (twisting the blade of the knife as he spun around) - and ride it to the surface, a cloud of blood and flesh in their wake. Unfortunately his lack of grooming conspired against him as his beautiful hair became a curse - wafting around his head obscuring his vision. Kent must have fallen back on the "mind-bullets" he learned in some god-forsaken jungle at the feet of a Cambodian shaman, because the shark turned tail and ran - never knowing how close it had come to being gutted and strung up on the pier.
In any event, the hair is gone... and so is the shark's last chance. Be warned you devils of the deep.

They said it, they mean "ME"

Getting British writers to pen U.S. comedy series would be tougher, as humor is the hardest to translate. But the networks might already have another solution in case the writers strike continues.
"There are some great kids at USC," a top network executive told me recently.'

Dont have alot of time to writes so there will be mistakes (MOM!!!!) anyways this article is showing the "MAN" is sticking it to those losers out on the streets. Hey did you see that one guy, was just out there then he died I think it was Norman Mailer. Anyways this is great news seeing as I will be attending USC next semester. There couldnt be any better news

The rest of the article talks about how the wga cant get it done surprise surprise, but the studios are going overseas to have the brits do the shows for them except they dont know about comedies because "they are the most difficult to translate"
I dont know my history that well but here is a quick list of shows that cames from the brits not the other way around. Friends the brit versions was much sluttier and funnier, crap I just blanked out now all I can think of is the OFFICE which was to be my big close because the American Office is a joke so funny I forgot to laugh (PW Herman) Anyways throw down any other shows that came this way form across the pond to remind the producers that they can rely on the Brits to makes us laugh and not the water downed crapped we have been, sorry you have been (i dont watch that crap) watching for years.

ANyways good news about the USC

Link to boring variety article (I already told you the good stuff, if you really want to click on something click and advertisement)
variety article

Ron Paul Campaign Sign Abuse Spotted in Phoenix

Vandals suspected of having Chinese Communist sympathies.

Phoenix, AZ

On the evening of November 10, at approximately 8:30 pm, two vandals were spotted destroying a "Ron Paul You Tube" sign at the Northwest Corner of 48th Street and Ray Roads in Phoenix, AZ. The suspects are described as a 6' white male approximately 350 lbs, and a female 5'3" in height, of indeterminate origin. Witnesses report that the couple uprooted the sign from the ground and proceeded to smash the sign on the sidewalk in a "wood-chopping" manner. The suspects then took the sign to the nearby Target parking lot, and attempted to set the sign on fire. When their attempts failed, the male unzipped his pants to urinate on the sign, but the female persuaded him not to. The female then took the sign and threw it in a nearby dumpster.

The perpetrators of this shocking, blatant assault on First Amendment rights were earlier spotted at Native New Yorker, Best Buy, RA Sushi, Barnes & Noble and Target. Subsequent investigation has revealed that the couple's libations at RA were said to be of the "asian variety" and were said to have had "one right after the other". This information, combined with the couple's purchase of the movie "Ratatouille" (French Socialism) at "Target" (red color motif/purveyor of Red Chinese merchandise) has led investigators to believe the couple to, at the very least, have Far East Sino-Communist sympathies and possibly be serving as deep cover agents loyal to a foreign power.

This story is posted as a call to vigilance for all Paul supporters to keep watch and not let this intimidation to continue. For those of you in the Phoenix area, the suspects are believed to reside in the Ahwatukee area and enjoy frequenting local restaurants and drinking establishments and are said to "like to throw 'em back". The female was spotted wearing a gray ASU Sun Devil T-shirt and blue jeans, while the male was dressed in a black T-shirt and jeans with tan "Croc" sandals. If sighted, the Ron Paul soldiers should avoid physical confrontation as the suspects are known to be heavily armed and most certainly trained in edge weapons and hand to hand combat. Officials request that you make your displeasure for their act of vandalism and censorship known by spitting, throwing eggs or "giving them the finger". Stand Tall - Stand Proud ... Don't let Ron down.

Big Steaming Pile...

We've spent 20 years eating your shit and saying, "Mmm, delicious! What a cook!" - no more! (Phil Hartman - "Greedy")

If you are the kind of person to just open up and swallow all of the crap surrounding climate politics, then its best you close your eyes and click away. Despite countless articles, experts and documentaries decrying the hoax of global warming, everyone is "going green" or "carbon neutral" - two terms that have as much validity as "alien anal-probes". The facts are this: temperatures have risen almost immeasurably in the past twenty years, and those changes pale in comparison to those experienced 100 or 150 years ago. Those are the facts. I understand that for every "naysayer" produced, the ELF can parrot just as many "reputable" scientists to support the THEORY. What really makes me angry is the hero-worship of Algore and the millions of dollars worth of time and effort put into a hoax.

One of my favorite books on this subject is State of Emergency by Michael Crichton. Yeah, yeah I know what you are saying, its fiction - but to discount it on those grounds means you are foolish and haven't read any of his stuff. Check it out. One of the ideas in the book is that global warming hysteria is cruel to mankind by denying cheap energy and foodstuffs to the people that can really benefit from it - poor Africans (just kidding). Hopefully you understand what I mean. I ran across 2 little stories today that you won't hear on CNN tonight. Tell me what you think. Oh yeah - the photo above was taken in El Centro, CA. Hippies, explain...

Both are from NewsBusters and the full stories are linked below the intros...

It is the greatest scam in history. I am amazed, appalled and highly offended by it. Global Warming; It is a SCAM. Some dastardly scientists with environmental and political motives manipulated long term scientific data to create in [sic] allusion of rapid global warming. Other scientists of the same environmental whacko type jumped into the circle to support and broaden the "research" to further enhance the totally slanted, bogus global warming claims. Their friends in government steered huge research grants their way to keep the movement going. Soon they claimed to be a consensus.

http://media.newsbusters.org/stories/weather-channel-founder-global-warming-greatest-scam-history.html?q=blogs/noel-sheppard/2007/11/07/weather-channel-founder-global-warming-greatest-scam-history

It doesn't get madder than this. Swaziland is in the grip of a famine and receiving emergency food aid. Forty per cent of its people are facing acute food shortages. So what has the government decided to export? Biofuel made from one of its staple crops, cassava. The government has allocated several thousand hectares of farmland to ethanol production in the district of Lavumisa, which happens to be the place worst hit by drought. It would surely be quicker and more humane to refine the Swazi people and put them in our tanks.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2007/11/06/environmentalist-calls-use-biofuels-crime-against-humanity

Like Fargo, But He Got to See it Coming

Unreal - sucked in while he was alive. What does CSI do to process the scene? Wash it out with a hose?

Man killed in wood-chipper accident
The Anaheim resident was working with a tree-trimming crew in Tustin. He was throwing branches into the machine one moment, authorities say, and then suddenly 'he was gone.'
By Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer 10:15 AM PST, November 8, 2007

Authorities in Orange County are working to recover the remains of a 24-year-old Anaheim man who was killed Wednesday in a wood chipper accident in Tustin.The tree service worker "was standing at the back end of the chipper, throwing branches into it with his co-workers nearby," said Sgt. Pat Welch of the Tustin Police Department."One of them looked over, and he was gone."Authorities took the wood chipper and the truck attached to it to a parking structure at the coroner's office, where they plan to dismantle it.The accident, which happened about 4 p.m. in the 2600 block of Palmetto Avenue in Tustin, is being investigated by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, authorities said.The man's name was being withheld until his family was notified."We'll just be trying to gather as much of the remains as we can," said Supervising Deputy Coroner Larry Esslinger.Thirty-one people have been killed in wood chipper accidents between 1992 and 2002, according to a 2005 Journal of the American Medical Assn. report.

Beltway Politics

So I am sitting in Federal/State Constitutional Law class discussing the Federal right of preemption of state laws, and Prof. McGoldrick digressed into one of his rants, this time concerning the Fed regulation for automobile safety, particularly the automatic seatbelts that were once mandated that all cars would have. His discussion ended the class with the following anecdote...

Apparently, during the 80's he owned a VW Rabbit that had this automatic seat belt, and it was in this car that he had to drive Ed Meese (then Attorney General to Reagan) around. He said that he would usually warn people that the belt would attack them when they closed the door, but he chose not to with Ed. So when Ed got in, it caught the AG by the arm and forced it into his neck and while struggling to get his arm out he exclaimed "What the hell?" McGoldrick then claims that he replied, "That's your federal regulators in action... It's an object lesson."

He is renowned for being openly sexist and racist, but has been teaching for 30 years and as one student put it "...don't bother complaining about him... he is beyond tenure."

He is deeply tied into national legal networks and most of his stories include being rebuked for making inappropriate comments to Supreme Court Justices. I will include those as they come up.

Damn we were beat to the punch

Again the master John Waters returns to the throne of trash and is now mainstream. He is genius and to think that my mother enjoyed the remake of Hairspray a movie simply based on the ideas of Waters. Anyways in this interview Waters talks about some other stuff he is doing, but mentions the Larry Craig, bathroom stall incindent, and he wants to do a movie about it. Great idea. Hell lets do a tv show about it. It just takes place at the aiport and every day someone gets busted having sex in the bathroom. Or something. Anyways he hasnt copywrited the idea yet, My idea would be called "through a hole in the wall" or "under the stall doors" something creepy like that. Anyways AMPTP (association of motion picture and television producers) there is one idea for you.

Anyways the interview is really fun

http://www.startribune.com/1553/story/1523267.html

House Republicans Embarrass Dems with My Favorite Political Move: "If you don't shut up, I might actually give you what you want."

So during Kucinich's proposal to Impeach VP Dick Cheney, which was anticipated to fall flat on its face and give the Dems the ability to appeal to Daily Kos/Rosie/Code Pink voters, Congressman Shadegg (R-AZ, and should have been our Minority Leader) decided to give Dems exactly what they wanted and prompted Republicans to cross the aisle and force the proposal to a vote.

The result would have been Dems across the nation having to make a decision of whether they were going to play idle-threats forever or were they serious about seeing impeachment proceedings. The move caused Dems to scramble in order to bury the Impeachment proposal as quickly as possible and in the end the whole proposal was sent to committee where it will never see the light of day. Brilliant...

I dont know why I love this move so much, everytime I see it... it gives me goosebumps. You got to give it to Shadegg, he called their bluff and we can probably guarantee a slowdown on legislation appealing to only the extreme left for a little while at least.

Now, lets force their hand on taxing the rich by allowing them to submit a bill and we will up the anty to a tax of 70% on everyone with an estate of 1 million or more. How many votes do you think that would get?

Link to Politico article

LA Has The Best Crime Stories

Now this would have been fun to watch. Just drop the tailgate and grab a soda...

Oh and the fight happened at Big Lots - can't make this stuff up.

Woman dies as car rams crowd

The incident caps a brawl in South L.A. involving about 30 women in a parking lot. At least one other woman is injured.

By Richard Winton and Jean-Paul Renaud, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers November 6, 2007
A brawl among about 30 women near a busy South Los Angeles intersection turned deadly Monday when a woman plowed her car into the crowd, killing a woman who was eight months pregnant, authorities said.Los Angeles police said that at least two other women were hurt, one critically, when they were rammed by a gold convertible near the corner of West Slauson and South Western avenues. The victim in critical condition is expected to lose her leg, authorities said. Police officials said the motorist sped off after driving into the crowd, but that she later showed up with her mother at the 77th Street station and was being questioned there by homicide detectives Monday night.The brawl was part of a planned showdown between two groups of women in their early 20s, according to LAPD Cmdr. Pat Gannon. The cause of the dispute was unclear, he said.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-runover6nov06,0,3240059.story?track=mostviewed-sectionfront

Okay, Just to Balance Out the Recent Football-Homo Stories

From Deadspin... Like Indy said - "I want that"
athletes have great lives
You Have To Triple Team Josh McNeil
Tennessee center Josh McNeil has a history of problems with alcohol, including a public intoxication and underage drinking charge that kept him out of five spring practices, quite the punishment. But after an incident this weekend, we now know the truth: Josh McNeil doesn't have an alcohol problem ... he has an alcohol gift!
After a possible burglary at McNeil's apartment, campus police found ... three women in his bed.
UT center Josh McNeil was quizzed by police about a broken window at his apartment and the three intoxicated women in his bed. McNeil, a junior from Collins, Miss., was not charged by police investigating reports of a burglary at McNeil's apartment, but his three female visitors didn't fare as well. The three women were charged with underage consumption of an alcoholic beverage.
We are so tired of the police accosting perfectly innocent, hammered athletes when they're simply trying to have a foursome in their dorm rooms. What country are we supposed to be living in? This is America, goddammit!
UT Football Player Is Intercourse Hero [Every Day Should Be Saturday]