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9-23-2006

Alright faithful readers, I'm going on vacation next week so I don't think you'll see any updates till I get back.  If something extremely important pops up and requires a rant I might be able to spare a couple minutes for an update though.

9-19-2006

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Although FOX has been showing first-run shows for a couple weeks now, this is officially the Fall TV Season kick off week.  Most of the networks are debuting new shows, or new episodes of existing shows, beginning last night with CBS.

The highlight of an otherwise sitcom night is a mainstay; "CSI: Miami."  Now, I don't hate the show and I don't think that it's that bad, but I have to admit that it's one of the most ridiculous TV shows around.  And it's not supposed to be!

Horatio Caine, played by David Caruso, is so over the top that he's become a caricature of every badly acted TV cop since the 70's.  The long shots, in last night's episode, him standing at the foot of Jesus on Mount Corcovado in Rio was so over the top I laughed for 10 minutes.  I don't know who that character is supposed to be based on but I, for one, would not mind if he was based on a dead guy at some point this season.  Hint; Emily Procter, as Calleigh Duquesne, would make a fine boss.

Although they began wrapping up some storylines from last season I just couldn't enjoy most of the show.  We'll see how it goes.  If it doesn't improve I guess I'll have to see what else is on Monday night at 10:00. 

Oh, I almost forgot one high point; Sofia Milos and her world class tits were back!  Yay.  I love me some hot Greek women.

Tonight is my night though.  New episodes of "NCIS" and "The Unit.  I may give this new show "Smith" a shot but we'll see.  I think I could miss a night of "Nip/Tuck" and not feel guilty about it.  Tell me again when "The Shield" comes back to wrap up?

If you want to feel old

Or at least be embarrassed about the music you and your friends were listening to check out this article on EW.com; Chart Flashback: September 1989.

This week in 1989 I was a freshman in college.  I believe I was standing knee deep in empty kegs while trying to throw my cock in every coed that walked by.  The music I remember most was a lot of bad Richard Marx.

But, laugh all you want, "Right Here Waiting For You" by Richard was a real panty-dropper back then. 

9-16-2006

So, am I lazy or do I just not have anything to say?  I'm gonna go with lazy because I've never not had something to say whether it be bitching about some dumbass politician or law or pointing out how stunning some chick's boobs are.

Last week I was on vacation and that was the main reason nothing much has been posted.  I didn't feel like interrupting sleep, marathons of Veronica Mars or watching the hunt for Bucky Phillips to keep you all entertained for two seconds.  I'm sure you all found something interesting to occupy your time.  Like getting laid, working, sneaking into Iraq or watching the Cowboys go down in flames Sunday.

Olbermann

If you watch one video this week, this month or even for the rest of this year, you need to watch the commentary by Keith Olbermann on the fifth anniversary of 9/11. 

Keith Olbermann: This Hole in the Ground

Let's take a look back

Remember when the warrantless wiretappings were ruled unconstitutional?  Yeah, that may not be the case for much longer.

And, seeing as not much else has gone as they said it would, does anyone believe that Bush getting "clarification" on the rules of the Geneva Convention can lead to good?  There's a very good chance that this law that he wants could interpret the Convention in such a way as to erode the base ideas that it stands for.

Once we do that, there would be nothing stopping other countries from re-interpreting it either.  We may add water boarding as acceptable but I'm thinking beheading is more along the lines of how our friends in the desert would rewrite it.

Eat Your Vegetables

Apparently spinach isn't as good for you as your parents would like you to believe.  Twenty states now have a breakout of E. coli bacteria from bagged spinach that appears to have originated in California.  Popeye surrenders.

Miles Per Gallon

Yay, Ohio may be a spinach deathtrap right now but on the bright side, they have the lowest gas prices in the nation.  Last weekend I was in Pennsylvania and their prices already were beating NY by $0.50.  I paid $2.53 a gallon to fill up (which totaled less than $30) while a gas station here in NY was still at $3.03 when I got back to town on Sunday.  Thieving bastards.

But, as we were told a couple weeks ago, gas prices may be right around $2 a gallon again just in time for elections.  You know, so that the Republicans can bait-and-switch you into voting for them again in the elections.

Here's a tip, vote against anyone running to maintain their current office in the government.

In other news...

Verizon is not the only heartless company full of thieving bastards.  Apparently AT&T is still pretty shitty, even post deregulation.  For the last 42 years they've been charging a woman in Ohio a fee for leasing a rotary dial telephone.

At $29.10 a month for those 42 years that's about $14,000.  I'm sure she could have used that money for something more important.

9-11-2006

It's been five years since terrorists crashed airplanes into the Pentagon, World Trade Center and a field in Pennsylvania.  Five years of war have passed since that day and on September 3, 2006 four soldiers died and brought the Iraq total to 2,974.  One more than died in the terrorist attack in 2001. 

Today people should take a few moments to remember those soldiers as well as the citizens that died in the towers, at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania.

 

9-5-2006


Steve Irwin
1962-2006

Crikey!

I came home after a weekend away to find that Steve "Crocodile Hunter" Irwin died on Monday.  He was stabbed in the chest by a stingray off the north coast of Australia while filming a wildlife show.

The first time I remember seeing his show, the "Crocodile Hunter," was back when I lived in York.  On Wednesday nights we used to throw Margarita Wednesday and watch it while getting hammered.

"She's a beauty" and "Crikey" were tossed around more than once while downing a beer and watching Steve catch a croc, goanna or some freaky snake.  It's a sad, sad day to lose someone as fun and knowledgeable about his chosen profession, especially when he went out of his way to spread that enthusiasm throughout the world.

McNaughty

Jordan Avramides has more game than any three normal men.  He's scored a date with Miss Australia, Erin McNaught, for his prom.

Apparently there was some flap over her entrance into the Miss Universe Pageant because of some topless photos that were taken of her.  Unfortunately for us, I couldn't find them.

If anyone spies them, feel free to hit me up with them, though.

The Joke's on us

You know all those jobs that the Bush administration likes to point out when telling you that the economy has been growing?

Yeah, they all pretty much suck.  For the 5th straight year the median income for working families is down.

That's what happens when you outsource all of your high paying jobs to Kumar in India and replace them with McJobs at Wal-Mart and Taco Bell.

Here's a fucking brilliant idea; bring high paying jobs to the US so that workers can afford higher priced products that can be produced in the US by workers making a decent wage.

People always like to point out that Americans want cheap goods and services.  Yeah, because that's all we can afford!  If you paid us more we could spend more meaning companies that produce what we buy can afford to pay their employees more.