Grrr. Having computer problems. Gonna slow down my blogging frequency, that is for sure. :(
Note to self: Get this when you get home - http://customize.org/wallpapers/50908
Beeeeutiful.
August 22, 2006
August 14, 2006
Remember The Milford
I'm thinking about starting a system of measurement for how amazed by obscure nostalgia something makes me. On the "Holy Crap!!"-o-meter... this is about an 8 outta 10.
http://x-entertainment.com/updates/entries/archives/00000817.html - The Milford Plaza
I too remember suffering through this commercial, seeing it at least twenty times a year from, Oh, about 1984 to at last as 96 or 97. Seriously, this was a redwood, or giant turtle of commercials. It has been around.
Totally saving this to my HD when I get home. It blew my mind almost as much as that episode of Family Guy when Stewie had to live in the bubble, and he said something along the lines of "You wouldn't believe the day I had". Then they flashback to a parody of a highly dated, Sesame Street animated skit involving some weird seventies pinball machine that sings and teaches children how to count to twelve. Not Ten. Twelve.
1, 2, 3, 4! 5!
6, 7, 8, 9! 10!
11, 12.
That is about the best anyone can recite on the internet. And it is totally google-proof.
Oh, that reminds me. I got a SWEET new motherboard headin my way. Worth = $360, give or take 40. I got it for $199 bitches!!! I'll have the full rundown at the ole' Team Fortress War Room
http://x-entertainment.com/updates/entries/archives/00000817.html - The Milford Plaza
I too remember suffering through this commercial, seeing it at least twenty times a year from, Oh, about 1984 to at last as 96 or 97. Seriously, this was a redwood, or giant turtle of commercials. It has been around.
Totally saving this to my HD when I get home. It blew my mind almost as much as that episode of Family Guy when Stewie had to live in the bubble, and he said something along the lines of "You wouldn't believe the day I had". Then they flashback to a parody of a highly dated, Sesame Street animated skit involving some weird seventies pinball machine that sings and teaches children how to count to twelve. Not Ten. Twelve.
1, 2, 3, 4! 5!
6, 7, 8, 9! 10!
11, 12.
That is about the best anyone can recite on the internet. And it is totally google-proof.
Oh, that reminds me. I got a SWEET new motherboard headin my way. Worth = $360, give or take 40. I got it for $199 bitches!!! I'll have the full rundown at the ole' Team Fortress War Room
August 11, 2006
God, Samuel Jackson is cool.
It should be obvious from the previous post that I'm a big fan of Snakes on a Plane. I love the initial absurd premise. I love the title that Sam Jackson fought for. I love that, as I am fond of saying... "Hollywood's unintentional self-mockery is complete"
And now, thanks to this article, I love Samuel L more than ever. He has officially regained his title of "coolest guy ever" from Laurence Fishburne - something I thought no one would ever be able to do after his portrayal of Morpheus.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1223382-1,00.html
God Bless ya, Sam.
Oh, and why does Google hate my Team Fortress War Room? Like I don't have enough work to do to get people to my blog and clicking my adsense links without it sporadically adding and then erasing my page from its listing.
And now, thanks to this article, I love Samuel L more than ever. He has officially regained his title of "coolest guy ever" from Laurence Fishburne - something I thought no one would ever be able to do after his portrayal of Morpheus.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1223382-1,00.html
God Bless ya, Sam.
Oh, and why does Google hate my Team Fortress War Room? Like I don't have enough work to do to get people to my blog and clicking my adsense links without it sporadically adding and then erasing my page from its listing.
August 09, 2006
I'll take criminals of College Football Fame for 400, Alex.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2544230
ESPN has just been a fountain of amusement for me today (and thank God, because work has sucked).
You know, I understand when a young running back tries to emulate greats of the past... but if Maurice Clarett is trying to pull off his best OJ Simpson impression, he sure skipped alot, since he went from breaking college rushing records DIRECTLY to getting into a huge car chase with the police.
I'm sure Leno will paraphrase me. Again. :)
ESPN has just been a fountain of amusement for me today (and thank God, because work has sucked).
You know, I understand when a young running back tries to emulate greats of the past... but if Maurice Clarett is trying to pull off his best OJ Simpson impression, he sure skipped alot, since he went from breaking college rushing records DIRECTLY to getting into a huge car chase with the police.
I'm sure Leno will paraphrase me. Again. :)
One of the reasons I always make sure I have an online journal of some kind at my disposal is in case I feel compelled to emulate or record the brilliance of Bill Simmons. He is simply the funniest writer I've ever read - no exaggeration. The way he brings such irrelevant subjects into his "sports" column is just wonderful. Here is a great point of his that I wish to take a bit further.
Q: Are you aware that T-Mobile offers a ringtone that's the radio call of the Red Sox winning the World Series? Please try to stay on top of things, seriously.
-- Ben, D.C.
Simmons: In the words of Johnny Carson, I did not know that! That's wild! That's wild, wacky stuff! But I'm glad you brought this up -- I can't wait for the day when everything is available as a ringtone. And I mean, EVERYTHING. I want to download a ringtone of Cosell screaming, "Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier!" for 30 straight seconds. Can we make this happen, People In Charge Of Coming Up With Ringtones? Please?
Not only is it ludicrous how many things are being used as ringtones... but I LOVE the idea of having particularly irritating ringtones at my disposal. To me, a phone is supposed to sound like a phone! Not like someone accidently sat on the play button of your CD player with the volume turned up all the way.
Now don't get me wrong. Being a huge wrestling fan, I'm love entrance music. I feel society should embrace entrance music for most people and most occasions. When I come into work, I want to hear "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley accompany my entrance, and I want everyone else to hear it too. But there is a vast difference between going "Oh, someone new is here", and "Oh, someone has a phone call". Do you greet people for having a phone call? No, because it is generally not a worthwhile event to acknowledge. If anything, a phone call is a brief, inconveniant, often rude occurance. And this is what people are blasting their crappy music about.
So here is my solution. I'm going to find the inspector gadget theme. Not the most annoying song, but it will do the job for the purposes of this example. I'm going splice out all but the first five seconds. And then it is going to loop. It is just going to be the "Dum Da-Dum Da-Dum - INSPECTOR GADGET"... and then immediately do it again. No high notes. No "Go-Gadget-Go". Just the same ten notes... over and over again. And I'll save this for when I am with annoying phone girls - lets face it, there is a serious gender issue with this flavor of stupidity. And I'll let it ring, and ring and ring. As long as I can before answering it. That way that jingle gets stuck in their heads. And believe me, I've tortured people by playing just that part of the song on the piano... truly a sadistic method of torture. Like acid (the chemical type, OR the drug now that I think about it), the damage lingers over time. :)
Q: Are you aware that T-Mobile offers a ringtone that's the radio call of the Red Sox winning the World Series? Please try to stay on top of things, seriously.
-- Ben, D.C.
Simmons: In the words of Johnny Carson, I did not know that! That's wild! That's wild, wacky stuff! But I'm glad you brought this up -- I can't wait for the day when everything is available as a ringtone. And I mean, EVERYTHING. I want to download a ringtone of Cosell screaming, "Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier!" for 30 straight seconds. Can we make this happen, People In Charge Of Coming Up With Ringtones? Please?
Not only is it ludicrous how many things are being used as ringtones... but I LOVE the idea of having particularly irritating ringtones at my disposal. To me, a phone is supposed to sound like a phone! Not like someone accidently sat on the play button of your CD player with the volume turned up all the way.
Now don't get me wrong. Being a huge wrestling fan, I'm love entrance music. I feel society should embrace entrance music for most people and most occasions. When I come into work, I want to hear "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley accompany my entrance, and I want everyone else to hear it too. But there is a vast difference between going "Oh, someone new is here", and "Oh, someone has a phone call". Do you greet people for having a phone call? No, because it is generally not a worthwhile event to acknowledge. If anything, a phone call is a brief, inconveniant, often rude occurance. And this is what people are blasting their crappy music about.
So here is my solution. I'm going to find the inspector gadget theme. Not the most annoying song, but it will do the job for the purposes of this example. I'm going splice out all but the first five seconds. And then it is going to loop. It is just going to be the "Dum Da-Dum Da-Dum - INSPECTOR GADGET"... and then immediately do it again. No high notes. No "Go-Gadget-Go". Just the same ten notes... over and over again. And I'll save this for when I am with annoying phone girls - lets face it, there is a serious gender issue with this flavor of stupidity. And I'll let it ring, and ring and ring. As long as I can before answering it. That way that jingle gets stuck in their heads. And believe me, I've tortured people by playing just that part of the song on the piano... truly a sadistic method of torture. Like acid (the chemical type, OR the drug now that I think about it), the damage lingers over time. :)
August 08, 2006
Origins and Crappy Search Engines
I just learned that, in addition to meaning many other things, my chosen nethandle (read the title of the blog, if you can't figure out what I'm talking about) also is Japanese for "The eighth day of the month". Which is today! Howzabout that!!! I've also learned that MSN Search couldn't find pancake syrup in an IHOP. To heck with MSN Search. Long Live Google!!
Oh, yeah, and Snakes on a Plane is going to rock.
Oh, yeah, and Snakes on a Plane is going to rock.
August 04, 2006
Why didn't I think of that?!
Well, my dog had to be put to sleep, and my computer is on the fritz, and I've misinterpreted my adsense reports, so I'm not going to be rich after all. Not alot of fun things coming to mind to steer this blog in the direction I'd like for it to go right now.
But one thing is this.
Like my subject says... I would have loved to have tried that while the weather was swelltering.
Oh.... my old blog is located at
Did you know it is illegal for a web publisher to plea to his audience to click ads on his site? I didn't. Hmmm. I wonder why.
But one thing is this.
Like my subject says... I would have loved to have tried that while the weather was swelltering.
Oh.... my old blog is located at
http://yooka.livejournal.com
Did you know it is illegal for a web publisher to plea to his audience to click ads on his site? I didn't. Hmmm. I wonder why.
August 03, 2006
Some of my interests
I remembered I used to have a livejournal. Here are some of my interests.
FAVE MOVIES: All Quentin Tarantino Films, Desperado, Troy, 1st Half of From Dusk Till Dawn, 1st Half of The Transporter, The Crow, Brain Donors, Snatch, Blair Witch Project, Shawshank Redemption, Star Wars, Ginger Snaps, Good Will Hunting, Oscar, Rocky 2-4, Hellraiser, Matrix Trilogy, and The Count of Monte Cristo
FAVE MUSICIAN(s): SOULFLY, R.A.T.M, Busta Rhymes, Rob Dougan, Metallica (prior to Re-Load), Chris Cornell, Bob Marley, Faith No More, Mike Patton, Killswitch Engage, Garbage, Chingon, Los Lonely Boys
FAVE SPORTS: Hockey, Football, Handball (<--to play), Track, Mixed Martial Arts, Boxing
OTHER HOBBIES: Being Silly, Handball, Writing, Fitness, Exercise, Nutrition, Movies, Philosophy, Slouching in seat.
LIKES: Handball, Martial Arts, The New Jersey Devils, my punching bag, Jackass, Lewis Black, wrestlecrap.com, The espn.com sports guy, muscle soreness, Slouching, Video Games (PC and PS2).
DISLIKES: Michael Cole, Splinters, Injustice, hypocrisy, Michael Cole, Hogan, Goldberg (attitude), being dumped (see injustice), Michael Cole, Michael Cole, MICHAEL COLE!!!
QUOTE: "It's idiots like that that give idiots like me a bad name" (Myself) -
"Some days, it just doesn't seem worth gnawing through the leather straps in the morning" (Emo Phillips)
Interests: - 24, a tribe called quest, altruism, andrew w.k., bad dancing, bob marley, bret hart, busta rhymes, cheese, chivalry, chris cornell, christ, college, dane cook, david gray, deadpool, downthesun, ecw, er, ethics, faith, faith no more, fantasy, fiction, films, five pointe o, garbage, grand theft auto, handball, helmet, helping others, him, history, hockey, honesty, honor, house m.d., independant wrestling, jackass, jesus, kareoke, killswitch engage, kissing, knights, korn, latin dancing, lewis black, machismo, martial arts, marvel, matrix, merengue, metal, mick foley, morality, motown, new jersey devils, nfl, nhl, nine inch nails, old skool hip hop, paladins, philosophy, power, pro wrestling, prodigy, psychology, pub-clubs, pubs, queen, quentin tarantino, rap, reggae, religion, respect, restraint, roadrunner records, rock, roleplaying, rpg, run dmc, salsa, sci-fi, shirley manson, silly dancing, soulfly, speculative fiction, stand up comedy, star wars, storytelling, strength, techno, time of judgment, track, weightlifting, werewolf, werewolf the apocalypse, west wing, white wolf, wod, wrestlecrap, wrestlecrap.com, writers, writing, wwe, wwii
What we're all about
While I am going to heavily remodel this site in the coming weeks, I may as well get into the groove and update regularly. They say google likes you more if you update several times a day.
This is going to be a quasi-humorous site. I am going to write to make myself (and you... but mostly myself) laugh. It is sort of interesting to see how some many of the most successful blogs (political, news) seem to be aimed at making us cry. Maybe that's just the world in which we live.
I'm not only going to make fun of myself, and silly things I see around me (and on the net) every day, but I'm also going to try to post relevant links that I find. While sites like delicious are nice, I find them to be a bit impersonal, so I'll try to give these things a warmer edge. You may want to check out my profile to find out what kind of things I'm into, and if I sound like your kinda guy, stick around, see what I got.
This is going to be a quasi-humorous site. I am going to write to make myself (and you... but mostly myself) laugh. It is sort of interesting to see how some many of the most successful blogs (political, news) seem to be aimed at making us cry. Maybe that's just the world in which we live.
I'm not only going to make fun of myself, and silly things I see around me (and on the net) every day, but I'm also going to try to post relevant links that I find. While sites like delicious are nice, I find them to be a bit impersonal, so I'll try to give these things a warmer edge. You may want to check out my profile to find out what kind of things I'm into, and if I sound like your kinda guy, stick around, see what I got.
Tester-Osa
YAY!! A secondary blog! This will be the one I (try to) transfer all my old, funny, interesting, angst Livejournal to. It was a good blog. Lots of history. Lots of useful archived stuff. Well, useful for me, anyway.
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