News Archive - December 2006
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12-30-2006
Trifecta!
Oh, the Beemanity!
This is one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time. Ironically, none of my friends have ever done this, but I know several that are capable of it.
12-29-2006
Hooray Movies!
The new trailer for the Fantastic 4 sequel is now up on Apple's site. It's no secret that the sub title for the film is "Rise of the Silver Surfer" and, sure enough, he's in the trailer. Looks great, I can't wait for this film.
So far 2007 is looking good for comic book movies from Marvel with F4 and Spider-Man 3.
Benched
Michael Nifong is in deep shit with the North Carolina bar association over his prosecution of the Duke lacrosse players. The 17 page complaint against him accuses him of multiple protocol breaks by including information in the press and other things.
This all follows on the fact that last week he dropped the rape charges against the players due to a complete lack of physical evidence.
The fact that the accuser is pregnant and due sometime if February further casts the entire thing in doubt. Seriously, if you were attacked and gang raped in March of 2006 would you be out screwing some other dude less than 2 months later?
This whole thing just sounds more and more like a crock of shit. Nifong should be out on his ass and the three guys from the team should be free and clear at this point.
Trifecta
If you can wait till this weekend, that is.
Just as the US is holding memorial services for President Ford, the Iraqi government may be jerking a kink in Saddam Hussein's neck.
Texas would be proud! I wonder if that video will make it on to YouTube?
12-28-2006
Your Elected Officials
If you ever needed more proof that our elected officials shouldn't be writing laws governing the technology world I'll refer you to this quote by Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens:
"They want to deliver vast amounts of information over the internet. And again, the internet is not something you just dump something on. It's not a big truck. It's a series of tubes. And if you don't understand those tubes can be filled and if they are filled, when you put your message in, it gets in line and it's going to be delayed by anyone that puts into that tube enormous amounts of material."
He said that in a speech opposing net neutrality. Even though it sounds as if he doesn't really know what he's talking about, he's still chairman of the committee that regulates the internet.
Also, remember, this is the same Ted Stevens that threatened to resign from the Senate if they "discriminated" against his state by taking away money for their Bridge to Nowhere and used it to rebuild Interstate 10 in Louisiana after Katrina. You know, because an island in Alaska with 50 people on it is so much more important than a major roadway in the middle of Louisiana. I could be wrong, though. Afterall, spending $223 million on a bridge might be better than losing $2 billion in payments to LA residents since the hurricane.
12-27-2006
Passings
The Godfather of Soul, James Brown, passed away on Christmas.
President Gerald Ford passed away yesterday.
Famous dead people trifecta in play.
12-23-2006
Merry Christmas!
I'm out for the holiday weekend so don't look for any updates, other than the Advent Calendar, till next week some time.
Hope everyone has a great holiday, eats too much and has plenty of presents under the tree!
12-22-2006
Traffic Jam
Last night I almost wrecked my car pulling into traffic. I blame it all on Abercrombie & Fitch.
I was pulling out of the parking garage by work and had to stop and wait for two people walking on the sidewalk. After they passed I started to pull out into traffic but as I looked down the street in the direction these two girls had walked, there it was; ABERCROMBIE.
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It was spelled out across the back of one girl's jogging pants, curved over the most perfectly shaped ass I've ever seen. "ABERC" up the left cheek, the "R" right where the thong should be and, sure enough, "OMBIE" down the right side.
Needless to say, I took my eye off the ball and that's when I almost pulled out and got T-boned right in front of the Holiday Inn. Luckily I slammed on my breaks just before rolling out into traffic and saved the day.
Better yet, I got to the red light just as these two girls were waiting to cross the street and got a second and better look. Hotness. Still, writing doesn't belong on the ass of women's pants, it's just not fair to men.
Video Game Illiterate
I don't play video games very often. One, I suck at them and I hate playing games that I never seem to get better at. Two, I don't really have much time to play. The last video game I really got into was Starcraft and that thing nearly sucked the life out of me. Playing that game would erase 10 hours of time without problems.
But, what makes me bring this up is that last night I was going to install a game, "Knights of the Old Republic." It's a helluva game by all accounts and one I've wanted to play since before it was even released. Now that I finally have a computer that will run it, and I picked up a copy from a buddy of mine, I thought I'd give it a shot.
That was until I looked at the game manual and saw all the various key controls you need to learn for the game. Way too involved. I looked at them and kept thinking, there's no way I'm going to learn these controls.
The ironic thing about that is I'm sure I can learn them, if I could just get passed the fact that it's not that hard. Shit, I can do telephone tech support and talk people through menus 5, maybe 6 levels deep....with my eyes closed. Literally, I close my eyes and talk people through menus visually in my mind, no reference. And I can do that for at least 3 different Windows operating system versions.
I think I'm just too old. I remember one time a couple years ago I tried to transform a Transformer from a car into its robot form. Couldn't do it. My buddies 4-year-old? Took him about 2 seconds.
Terrible.
12-21-2006
MyTube
As much as I hate Fox and how they treat many of their shows like shit, ABC is starting to earn their own special place in my Heart of Hatred TM.
First off, "Lost" is not as hot of a show this season as it has been in the past. Taking a 13 week break after only showing 6 episodes isn't a way to endear itself with me....and don't even get me started on the non-TV part of their "Lost Experience" which seems to answer more questions than the actual TV show does. But, as much free time as I do have, I don't have time to solve endless puzzles and browse through goofy web sites in the HOPES that I can assemble the secret video that will unlock the mystery. I give them an hour of my time every week, that should be enough.
Anyway, during that 13 week break ABC took the opportunity to put on a new, limited series called "Day Break." Basically a cop is caught in a loop, repeating the same day over and over in order to clear himself of a murder he didn't commit and save his girlfriend from being killed. Apparently, dedicating 13 weeks to a show that should have already been in the can was too much for ABC. Sagging ratings means they've pulled the show 6 weeks into its season. How fucking shitty is that?
And what do they replace it with? No, not another "Dancing with the Stars," they replaced it with repeats of two sitcoms, "According to Jim" and "George Lopez."
Really? Repeats of "According to Jim." That's how it's going to be, ABC?
Fine, I can play that game. Just to smite you in my own way I think I will stop watching "Lost" and switch to "Criminal Minds" on CBS. Even repeats of "Bones" on FOX, my most hated network, will be better than spending even one more minute with you.
The only consolation is that ABC is saying they'll play out the rest of "Day Break" on their web site. No new shows were up when I checked but according to the FAQ the planned season should solve the murder and Hopper will make it to "tomorrow."
12-19-2006
I hate the press
The Journal News recently ran a story called "Falling Through the Cracks" about registered handguns that were unaccounted for. As part of that they also released the names of more than 30,000 licensed handgun owners in Westchester and Rockland counties in NY.
So, I have to ask, are you fucking kidding me?
The article points out that all that info is in the public domain and that it was obtained through a Freedom of Information filing, meaning anyone could get it. Yeah, but that doesn't mean that a criminal is going to go after it. It's much easier to pick up a $0.50 copy of the paper and just start casing houses from there if they were looking to score a gun on the quick.
The Journal tries to cover themselves by saying that they just printed the names and not the addresses. Yeah, but they also posted the townships they live in meaning that any moron with the paper and 5 minutes at the public library can get the address.
I had to get finger printed for my permit and I know it's public information, but I don't need everyone knowing that I own handguns. I don't want people to know I own handguns unless I choose to tell them. Just because a paper can print information doesn't mean it should.
In this case, the Journal shouldn't have.
12-16-2006
Another Round
That's what you'd be ordering if you had this bartender serving up your favorite cold beverage. I don't know if she won hottest bartender but I would have voted for her.
12-15-2006
Reason 2,549 why not to live in Australia
It's still a nice place to visit, they have some hot broads, but 7 foot long pythons living in your toilet is just a pile-on when it comes to reasons for not wanting to live there permanently.
2006 Baby Names
The list of the top 100 baby names for both boys and girls is out for 2006 and at the top of the heap we have Emma and Aiden.
Eh, kind of boring.
There's only one stripper name in the top 10, Madison, at number 2. Surprisingly enough, Lisa didn't even hit the top 100 thus making the joke "Lisa the college bar slut" irrelevant to an entire generation of future college students.
Also missing from the top 100 girls names is Jennifer, which surprised me. In a good way.
On the list; Trinity, Faith (a pattern or coincidence?), Destiny and Brooklyn. What about Manhattan? You could call her Hatty for short.
On the male side of the house Eric was way down to 82...what's up with that? But, I faired better than Todd, you didn't make the list this year brother.
I wonder if it took a lot of football or "One Tree Hill" fans to get Peyton on the list? Actually, it's on both lists... Take that as you will. Also on both lists, Jayden. I prefer to think of Jayden as a woman because then I can posts photos like this. Otherwise, if it's a guy, it would just be creepy.
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Study Hall
Apparently the US has fallen way behind the rest of the world in the number of college graduates we're turning out. Plus, our kids are just dumber.
Well, of course we're falling behind. You know who is partly to blame for it? Parents.
How can you succeed in teaching students when we live in a country where parents will sue a school because little Johnny failed a test? You can't do it. I've written about helicopter parents before and they've shown up in the news. These are the parents that hover over their kids even when they go away to college. They insinuate themselves in their children's job searches, going so far as to call employers to find out why their kid wasn't hired.
I don't blame teachers if they don't want to teach those kids. I actually had an Earth Science teacher in high school that bragged about the number of kids that failed her first test every year. That broad would be run out of a lot of towns today but in 1985 it was tough love.
In 2006, when our nation can't even get behind what our official language should be, we have to aim to support the lowest common denominator (ironically, failing education may leave some readers clueless as to what a "denominator" actually is) and that never leads to overall success.
In my opinion you can't just fix this by overhauling the school system. You need to start with larger issues like illegal immigration (there's that language problem again) and health care. When local and state municipalities can't afford the health care costs where is the extra money going to come from for schools? Added to that, if parents are paying assloads of insurance on their kids how can they afford the rising cost of college tuition?
Shit, if I hadn't had the right side of my face chewed off by a dog when I was 4, I have no idea if I'd have been able to afford college (thank you $4,000 settlement and 10% certificate of deposit interest rates).
Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see smarter kids coming out of our schools. I don't like the fact that half the industry that I'm a part of got farmed out to India. If we had kids coming up behind me studying more engineering, computer science or general science and math, I think we'd be in a better place in the world.
12-13-2006
Shame
Shame is a powerful tool. So says Rabbi Bogomilsky. After the much publicized chopping of the Christmas trees at the Seattle-Tacoma airport the other day, Bogomilsky took a step back from his request of a menorah.
The trees were reassembled in the airport yesterday and all is well with the world today. I'm sure that SeaTac will have to make some concessions for next year though.
We'll burn that oil when we get to it.
12-11-2006
Grinch
The last line of this story from CNN sums the whole thing up nicely, Grinch. A Rabbi complained that the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport had a Christmas Tree but no menorah and that his faith wasn't being given equal treatment.
Instead of also then hanging decorations for kwanza, and any other possible holiday that may fall during this time of year, the airport pulled the Christmas decorations.
It wasn't enough that your people killed Christ, now you have to take away his birthday, too? Thank you, Rabbi Elazar Bogomilsky, for ruining Christmas for everyone.
Thieving Bastards
Not content to disparage satellite TV services in commercials, Time Warner is now suing DirecTV because they feel DirecTV knowingly lied in commercials saying TW customers couldn't see local NFL games. No word on countersuits saying that TW knowingly lies every time they say that satellite TV craps out when it rains.
Oh, TW also contends that "the false ads were hurting it because once customers switch from cable to satellite, it is difficult to convince them to switch back because of the costs involved and lengthy contracts."
No, it's hard to switch them back because it's better service for less money.
I thought TW blacked out local NFL games anyway, so, is this really true? I also understood that TW won't offer the NFL channel anymore making DirecTV's NFL ticket the way to go.
Besides, Time Warner can't even figure out how to add the CW network to my local lineup. So, fuck you, Time Warner.
12-7-2006
Top 10 Lists
Yahoo published several top 10 lists of 2006 search terms showing various things such as news stories, celebrities, TV and movies.
The top 10 overall searches seems to be a little too specific making me think that their criteria for making it may be slightly suspect. But, here it is:
- Britney Spears
- WWE
- Shakira
- Jessica Simpson
- Paris Hilton
- American Idol
- Beyonce Knowles
- Chirs Brown
- Pamela Anderson
- Lindsay Lohan
What, no Cindy Margolis? Ha, like that broad was ever the most downloaded woman on the web anyway.
People were probably searching for Britney looking for the beaver shots of her getting out of Paris Hilton's car last week. Not that I'd know anything about that.
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Speaking of...
...hot broads. Apparently the December 2nd photo on the Advent Calendar was a big hit with some readers. So, I figured I'd post some more photos of her.
Nature Girl: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
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12-5-2006
Let Down
I was headed home from work yesterday and thought about what I might do for dinner. Grab something on the way or cook? I figured I had a can of chili in the cupboard so I'd fix that up. Sounded good.
Till I walked up the stairs to my apartment. I hit the landing and the neighbors girlfriend or wife, or whatever she is, must have been cooking up one helluva dinner because it smelled GOOD!
Suddenly my tasty bowl of Campbell's Chunky Grilled Steak Chili started to sound like re-cooked slop left over from last Tuesday's soup kitchen.
Back in Business
The Dinosaur Bar-B-Que is open for business again! Apparently they've cleaned the restaurant twice over the weekend, disinfected everything, and opened for lunch at 11:00am yesterday.
Glad they're back in business. The weather even looks good for Saturday. Road trip?
Nip
Anyone watching the new season of "Nip/Tuck?" If so, you losing interest in it?
Last season was...off, and this season hasn't done anything to get me back on board. Of the big 3 FX shows, "The Shield," "Rescue Me" and "Nip/Tuck," this is the one that's fallen off the worst.
It's a shame, it started as a good show but now? Meh. It's a chore to watch.
Can't wait for what should be the final season of "Shield", though, and "Rescue Me?" Forget about it.
12-2-2006
It's Official
Windows Vista is now in the wild. OEM manufacturers will be where you see it first but it'll be on the shelves of your favorite software store pretty quickly.
I'll probably be ordering up the media in the next week or so as I can upgrade my current XP licenses. So, yes, I'm moving to Vista, probably before the end of the year.
Spam!
As if wading through dozens of spam email messages wasn't enough, now, if you think you're going to get sued, you need to keep all your email and other electronic documents.
Can you imagine?
It's even worse knowing that anyone can sue anyone for anything these days. Hard drive manufacturers just scoffed at Mobile's latest profits.
12-1-2006
Advent Calendar
It's December again and we all know what that means; Net Enigma's Advent Calendar of Porn!
Twenty-five days of hot broads to count us down to the day of gift giving. Stop back to see all the hotness that I've uncovered for you this year!
A Moment of Silence
Actually, about 72 hours of silence. That's how long the Dinosaur Bar-B-Que in Syracuse is going to be closed after 270 people got sick after eating there last weekend. Sounds like your standard food poisoning of some sort according to the news.
But, that sucks balls. Apparently the health department will be doing some testing and they'll sanitize the place over the weekend. Hope the place gets cleaned up, I was just talking the other day about running up there for some take-out.