Hit and Run

A warning

2005-12-15T18:02:00.000-08:00

A WARNING
From the Surgeon's Seargent

Don't joke around him, because they aren't compatible with a complete lack of any sense of humor.

A revolution in engineering

2005-10-27T20:05:00.000-07:00

WHY Q CAN'T BE TOPPLED.

Geometrically, Q is the most stable letter there is. Based on this principle, I propose all future skyscrapers, buildings and structures in general be constructed in the shape of the letter Q, which shall render them impervious to disasters such as tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, flooding and last but certainly not least, light midday rain showers.

Brian is too busy playing advanced wars.

2005-10-26T20:47:00.000-07:00

I hope he reads this.

(Haha.)

Well,...

2005-10-24T18:37:00.000-07:00

...post to a dead blog? Yes, I think so.

Nanananana, etc.

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

2005-10-18T17:12:00.000-07:00

...ah. I feel better now.

How many "Hit & Runs?"

2005-10-02T20:51:00.000-07:00

I dunno, do a Google search, you bums. But among them, numerous books, pages and other things include the use of the phrase "hit & run." Which all of a sudden, makes the death of this blog not such a saddening thing after all.

Besides, there's already a blog called Hit and Run. Sucks, eh?

That's life.

That said, go sustain your fragile, mostly dihydrogen monoxide corporeal vessel to maintain said life.

If I may...

2005-08-19T22:32:00.000-07:00

If I may invite myself to do anything, then it is this; to make an irreverent and wholly erronenous statement detailing how this blog, percieved dead, is actually on the contrary and is bustling with all sorts of activity.

But...I won't. Instead, i'll simply type the word "chicken," bolded, in all caps, for your enjoyment below;

CHICKEN

A humorous addition indeed.

That said, all delusions aside, and witty observations done and over with, I can't even be trusted to regularly keep this thing "alive." Fact is, i'll probably forget all about posting for another couple months, again.

So to you, Hit & Run, you poor candidate for personification and you trusty and faithful fellow (or woman, not to discriminate), I applaud your dedication and your willingness to go ignored for so long a time -- unlike a spouse, whom would certainly rebut with explitives, abuse and threats of divorce. And by spouse, I mean woman. Not to discriminate, or anything.

Seriously though, it had a damn good run.

If that's saying anything.

And now, without further ado -- ABRUBT ENDING HERE

Updating Issues.

2005-05-22T04:31:00.000-07:00

Uh, yeah, sorry for the serious lack of updates. I am extremely busy with everything. I don't know what these other slackers are using as an excuse, but I'm sure they have one.

Vanilla Ice; sellout or indy rocker?

2005-05-03T22:23:00.000-07:00

VH1 helped cement the widely held view that Vanilla Ice, aka one Rob van Winkle (he also cowrote that one book about the horse riding the man with no head, i'm told by a very credible source I can't recall right now) is a washed up popstar by airing their show "Remaking Vanilla Ice." Well, unfortunately I sat through the whole of that. I must give the man credit where credit is due, in that he wasn't willing to go through all the popstar steps of getting a adolescent-friendly image, choreographed dance routines with well timed lip-synching.

Well, I mean, I would give that type of credit, were Vanilla Ice not a sellout to begin with.

Consider that hypocracy. Or better yet, consider this one; he shuns his high-fade white parachute pants early '90s rapper image, but he still rehashes "Ice Ice Baby" both lyrically and as a nu metal song? Hmmm, I guess something needed to be recycled. No one would notice if it were the only song he were known for.

In any case, the best of luck to white rapper turned metal rocker appearing on shows called "remaking" and not changing a single thing, rehashing the few successes of the career he claims to have moved on from, and other notably humorous hypocracies.

Student pricks 19 children with needles for unknown reasons.

2005-05-01T14:49:00.000-07:00

After an 8-year-old girl pricked her schoolmates with her mother's
diabetes-testing needle nineteen primary school students had to be placed on drugs to fight HIV because one child in a group of nineteen was
discovered to be HIV positive...

Yeah, this is even more disturbing than North Korea launching a missile. Although this hasn't happened there yet we have some freaky things that have happened in our own neighborhood.

Katlyn [CENSORED]: "Poking makes you pregnant." (Freaky)
The ever so scary upcoming hug day for prom spirit week (even though freshmen don't go)
The fear of losing the manitee's and delhi bellies...

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Matt needs to work on his grammar and formatting skills. -Brian

Hit and Run Radio

2005-04-26T18:47:00.000-07:00

I have created a podcast radio show! Yay! Check it out!

If you have something to subscribe with, here's the link to the feed,
http://www.freewebs.com/napalmtrees/hitandrunradio.xml

I will hammer out the hosting thing sometime.

Found in Translation. Oh wait, still lost.

2005-04-26T11:18:00.001-07:00

“Warning, this equipment has been marked with a hidden code for the purpose of positive identification by law enforcement agencies.”

German - Warning, this equipment was marked by a hidden code for positive marking by law execution agencies. (Marked for positive marking…)

Spanish - Warning, this equipment has been marked with a code hidden with the purpose of the positive identification by the agencies of the application of law. (Eh, close enough.)

French - Informing, this equipment was identified by a code hidden in order to to it unambiguous identification by agencies of application of law. (“Unambiguous identification.” I like that phrase.)

Italian - Perceiving, this equipment has been marked with a code hidden for the sake of identification assessed from the agencies of law application. (I don’t know how it got “perceiving” from warning, but I’m really not surprised.)

Portuguese - Warning, this equipment was marked with a code hidden with the purpose of the positive identification for agencies of enforcement of law. (Best yet.)

Prepare yourself.

Japanese - Warning, this device was shown the cord/code which is hidden for affirmative same one proof by the legal execution agency. (“Cord/code”? There’s a big difference.)

Korean - Under warning, equipment by the Buddhist priest's robe executive organ for the objective of the affirmative star ticket in the code which it hides. (I’m not even gonna ask how this happened, but it’s cracking me up.)

Chinese - The warning, this kind of equipment is marked with one hidden code for the goal which directly distinguishes by the law enforcement agency. (It’s important to note that only one of its hidden codes directly distinguishes this kind of equipment. Oh man.)

Avoid "Delhi Belly"

2005-04-25T17:36:00.000-07:00

Well, who knew? The "All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health" in India has begun a "campaign" to show street vendors how to avoid giving their customers "Delhi Belly," i.e. severe diarrhea. Some of the tips include:

- Do not set up your stall in the middle of a rubbish dump, drain or sewage channel.
- Wash your hands before cooking...
- ... do not let large swarms of flies settle on food displays.
- Wear aprons.
- ... make sure the water is clean and uncooked food is protected from flies.

Whatever happened to common sense?

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Formatting. -Brian.

Skype- VoIP Milestone

2005-04-17T14:13:00.000-07:00

Skype, a prime participant in the rise of VoIP communication, has reported over 100 million downloads.

Is VoIP really that good?

Well, in the case of some programs, such as Skype, these are free. Depending on what kind of plan, reception can be crystal clear to fuzzy blips. Many programs also allow you to contact friends. VoIP use internet which depending on your connection, may be better or equal to your telephone.

The disadvantages?

If your power goes out, for some reason (especially with a fire in your house), you are screwed.

The verdict?

It seems to me that VoIP is a realtively cool idea, but if you're fine with your telephone service at the moment, don't even bother about it. If you feel Qwest or Cingular is chargin' a little too much buck for the bang, it might be within your advantage to try VoIP.

Quick Picture: Radiohead.

2005-04-13T00:54:00.000-07:00

The younger years.

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Damn angelfire. - Brian

Updates

2005-04-12T22:48:00.000-07:00

Two things you might have noticed are the banner and the new chatbox at the bottom of the sidebar. If you are confused about the banner, it's a neat flash thing that I use so it constantly changes. I love it.

Blog 1, idiots 0

2005-04-12T22:18:00.000-07:00

Apparently, newspapers think that bloggers are just as valid as journalists as they are. I mean we are! We post completely relavent stuff and it all has a direct effect on our lives. In other words, the news got it right for once. Seriously, though,

Eight US newspapers and the Associated Press agency have thrown their support behind three bloggers sued by Apple.

I guess it goes to show that blogs are actually being taken seriously by some people. I guess it also goes to show that news is news, no matter what form it comes in.

So Lost in Translation

2005-04-11T11:20:00.000-07:00

“I want a new drug.”

French - I want a new drug. (Got it right!)
Portuguese - I want a new drug. (Twice!)
German - I wish a new drug.
Italian - I wish one new drug.
Spanish - Desire one drugs new.
Japanese - As for me the new medicine we want.
Korean - The new medicine by me it wants.
Chinese - I take one kind of new medicine.

“Dude, you’re getting a Dell.”

German - Geck, receive you a Dell.
Spanish - Type, you are obtaining a Dell.
French - Type, you obtain Dell.
Italian - Tizio, been obtaining a Dell.
Portuguese - Dude, you is starting a Dell.
Japanese - The you' which obtains the Dude and the Dell; Re. (Ohh, painful.)
Korean - The }you{' which gets the dandy and the Dell; }re{.
Chinese - Dandy, you' re obtains Dell.

(Note: The following lines are taken from the actual translator page. You’d think they would get it right.)

“Use the Google Interface in Your Language.”

German - Use the interface Google in your language. (So close.)
Spanish - Use the interface of Google in its language.
Italian - It uses the interface of Google in your language.
French - Employ the interface of Google in your language.
Portuguese - It uses the relation of Google in its language.
Japanese - You use Google interface with your language and are it is.
Korean - Use the Google crew-serve territory inside your language.
Chinese - Uses the Google connection uses your language. (Uses the steak uses your knife)

“Search Specific Languages or Countries.”

German - Searchspecific languages or countries. (Germans don’t believe in spaces.)
Italian - Specific languages or countries of search.
Spanish - Specific languages or countries of the search.
Portuguese - Specific languages or countries of the search. (Look familiar?)
French - Specific languages or country of research.
Japanese - Language or country of specification of investigation.
Korean - The search the language which is clear or the country.
Chinese - Searches the specific language or the country.

“Visit Google's Site in Your Local Domain.”

Spanish - Site of Google of the visit in its local dominion.
French - The site of Google of visit in your local field.
Italian - Place of the Google of call in your local dominion.
Portuguese - Place of Google of the visit in its local domain.
German - Place of assembly BesuchsGoogles in your local area. (BesuchsGoogles, that’s what they should call it from now on.)
Japanese - Visit Google' of your local range; The place of S.
Korean - Inside your actual place territory visit }google{' The S it is located. (Where did those brackets come from?)
Chinese - Visits Google' s stand in yours place domain.

Google Execs Paid $1?

2005-04-09T14:07:00.000-07:00

The news is out.

The top executives of the search engine google requested that their salary be slashed to a single dollar. A single dollar? One buck! Why is all this happening?

Apparently these execs have each sold millions of shares that could net in tons of cash...

Next thing you know, Gates is going to donate all his earnings to the YMCA...well, yeah, maybe that's not gonna happen.

Sin City

2005-04-04T22:34:00.000-07:00

Yeah I watched that movie. It was lame. LAME! Good thing Tarantino was only a guest director. Yeah, it was really cool-looking and it was stylish and all that nonsense, but it didn't amount to a hill of smushed grapes when it came to plot and the stuff that's actually important. It wasn't my bag of tea. There were a lot of voice-overs, and it just felt like most of it was narration and not a whole lot going on. But then there's all the violence! Who doesn't love violence? But this was like all-violence. The whole movie seemed like violence and then narration, and so forth. And then it gets boring and the visual aspect doesn't even matter. It gets very boring. Either way, go see it for yourself, don't listen to what I say. This is definitely a very different movie, just not for me. Watch it, make your own opinion about it. It's definitely one of those movies I would see once and only once. Maybe you'll like it. I didn't.OK that's my post for the week! STRING CHEESE!!!!

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Jason put these songs in the wrong place. -Brian.

In Other News...

2005-04-04T14:20:00.000-07:00

Last year, a bunch of illegal alien Mexican high school kids built an underwater robot and beat down MIT nerds.

No joke. Seriously.

IN OTHER NEWS: The rest of you guys need to post non-crap. Cause it's getting pretty RANK, with all the CRAP you guys have been posting.

IN OTHER OTHER NEWS: I like my women like I like my eye sockets... FULLA BEES!

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Felix got pissy and quit. -Brian.

Mash-Up Albums of Goodness

2005-04-04T13:23:00.000-07:00

A Night at the Hip-Hopera
The Kleptones

As with many mash-ups, this is free to download... if you can find it. Fortunately, though the Kleptones can't host it themselves, they provide links to pages where you can get it. If you have BitTorrent, which you should, there is also a torrent link.

This album is made up of an odd coupling. The instrumentals and same samples are from Queen (Yeah. Bohemian Rhapsody, We Are the Champions, Bicycle) and vocals from various Rap and Hip-Hop artists. For me, it's hilarious. Eminem singing to Bicycle is just too good. Great stuff (though Brian says they're horrible), at very least interesting as hell, at very most it's spectacular.

Recommended Songs: Plan, Stop, Play, and Fight.

Too Many Fools Following Too Many Rules
The Outlaws

This mix-album is incredible. You can't possibly find a bigger range of material combined to form something than this. Outstanding stuff. Abba, Ludacris, Michael Jackson, the Chemical Brothers, Donna Summer?! Craziness that works.

Recommended Songs: Reformatted Rolls, Dirty Dave, and Next Load.

The Grey Album
DJ Danger Mouse

I haven't heard the album, but from all accounts it's apperantly fantastic. It's also historic, in that it raised such a fuss, and I believe really brought mix-ups/mash-ups into notice. It's a mix of acapella tracks from Jay-Z, mixed with the music of the Beatles's White Album.

I really, really, really want to get my grubby hands on this one. DJ Danger Mouse is also working on the new Gorillaz album, which makes me feel all warm and gooey inside.

Recommended Songs: None!

There you go. Some music free to get, and still outstanding.

Me, I'm a big fan of alternative hip-hop (and don't say it doesn't exist, you bastards), so this stuff is right up my alley.

A step up from the PainStation

2005-04-04T11:26:00.000-07:00

A combat simulator developed for the US military that "shoots" back, delivering an electric shock strong enough to knock down players, could be the next big thing for home-computer games.

It sounds like such a cool idea. But that one line bothers me. "Could be the next big thing for home-computer games"? Yeah, if you're a masochist.

/Photobucket. Yeah, I need my own hosting.

Cable access striptease.

2005-04-04T09:15:00.000-07:00

Viewers expecting to see the latest local meeting on their public access channel got an eyeful recently when Cablevision played a tape of nude dancers accidentally.

A good laugh, I'd say. But then the laughter ends.

Hopewell Junction resident George Morton returned home from Palm Sunday Mass and turned on his television to see a striptease contest.

"I thought, this is terrible," Morton said. "I don't get HBO or anything like that."

Oh, get off it, you kept watching. Freaken' Catholics, whining about everything.

Cablevision said Thursday it was not a public access program and that a "program switching error" occurred.

"When it was detected, the programming was removed immediately," Cablevision spokesman Bill Powers said. "We have taken appropriate steps to prevent this from happening again."

If that tape wasn't a program on the channel, where did it come from? Please tell me I'm not the only one who's wondering about it.

Morton said he planned to file a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission.

Apparently having his eyes burned out by the vision of a naked woman's body (which he's never seen before, because THAT WOULD BE WRONG. ::rolls eyes::), he rushes over to file a complaint, rather than just asking why the tape was ever there in the first place.

You know how much the FCC is gonna care about this? Well, who here even watches the public access channel?

...I rest my case.

/Photobucket.

Sin City

2005-04-04T01:14:00.000-07:00

This is looking like a pretty cool movie with a lot of style. I'm pretty sure I am going to see it sometime this week.

If it is anywhere as good as its song counterpart (ACDC - Sin City) then it is definitely a must see.

I mean come on, its got Bruce Willis. You cant go wrong with Bruce.

-Edit-

IMDB Entry and a Christian review (heheh). -Brian

Another.

2005-04-01T15:19:00.000-08:00

Kenny!

Update: Pope is near-death

2005-04-01T11:08:00.000-08:00

Uh oh.

Followup: Terri Schiavo dies.

2005-03-31T11:23:00.000-08:00

I was just out my door this morning when I heard the news, and I'm glad she's out of her misery. The problem is, this problem won't go away. The two parties will continue to bicker, I just am getting so tired of it.

Anyway, Larry King is doing a live, three-hour, national converstaion about all the issues that have arised from this. It'll be on at 5pm PT (8pm for easterners.) on CNN. Check it out if you get a chance.

Epcot is a wicked sick acronym.

2005-03-30T12:56:00.000-08:00

Apparently Epcot (that crazy DIZNAY thing in Orlando) stands for Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow.

Well, I couldn't figure out what the P in "Epcot" meant before looking it up, giving Mr. Walt Disney enough credit not to have done something so moronically redudant as "experimental prototype." Except, he did. How disappointing.

At least he made one of those awesome pronouncable acronyms. Like NASDAQ. That's awesome too.

But back to fitting in dumb words to finish off acronyms to make them look rad. People should do it for fun just to show how foolish the whole idea is. Like say, "Exceptionally Poetic, Crazed & Onery Tourist." It doesn't make any sense, but the ACRONYM RULES.

So in the end, it doesn't matter if the acronym doesn't make any sense, or is redundant; it just has to look cool.

UPDATE, 3-31-05

Since Bryan (yes, with a Y) decided to bitch and try to prove me wrong, here's a source proving my original claim that Epcot was Walt Disney's little gem.

-EDIT-
Don't listen to this guy, he's crazy. And he put the link wrong. Fixed. - Brian

Getting Lost in Translation some more.

2005-03-30T10:51:00.001-08:00

"I plead the fifth."

Spanish - I plead for fifth.
German - I plead to the Fifth.
Portuguese - I plead fifth.
French - I speak in favour the fifth.
Italian - Supplico the fifth.
Japanese - I fifth defend.
Chinese - I entreat five.
Korean - It is born, fifthth it argues.

"Don't put all your eggs in one basket."

French - Do not put all your eggs in a basket.
German - Do not set all your eggs into a basket.
Italian - It does not put all your eggs in a basket.
Spanish - It does not put all its eggs in a basket.
Portuguese - It does not put all its eggs in a basket.
Japanese - Making your egg everything one basket, go, it is.
Korean - It does not put all your egg inside one wicker basket to dry. (That is exactly how it came out, extra space and everything.)
Chinese - Do not put possesses your egg in one basket. (I thought it said "possessed egg" at first.)

"Tongue Lashing"

Korean - Tongue Lashing (Only because it didn't understand the word "lashing.")
German - Tongue whips
French - To whip Language
Spanish - Azotar Of the Tongue-piece (Is it just me, or does that sound like some sort of Greek God's name or something?)
Portuguese - Chicotear Of The Tongue-piece (So does this one. Brothers?)
Italian - Flagellazione Of The Linguetta
Japanese - Tongue strike, (Where did that comma come from?)
Chinese - The tongue attacks(!)

"Over the hill, and through the woods, to grandmother's house we go."

German - Over the hill and through the wood, to the house of the grandmother we go.
Italian - Over the hill and through the wood, to the house of the grandmother we go.
Spanish - On the hill, and through wood, to the house of the grandmother we go.
Portuguese - On the mount, and through wood, to the house of the grandmother we go.
French - Above the hill, and by wood, at the house of the grandmother we go.
Japanese - Passing to the hill, and by the forest, the grandmother' I go to the house of S
Korean - In hill, and in tree, }grandmother{' The S we go to the house
Chinese - In hill, with by way of woods, grandmother' The s house we go

"Crazy little thing called love."

Spanish - The small crazy thing called love.
German - Crazy small thing designated love.
French - The small insane thing called the love.
Italian - The crazy small thing has called the love.
Portuguese - The thing small insane person called the love.
Japanese - It called love that insanity is small.
Chinese - The crazy minor matter calls the love.
Korean - It went mad and it called a love that.

"Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea."

Chinese - Oil that is the black gold, the Texas tea (Weird when the Chinese one gets it right.)
German - Black gold of the oil that is, Texas dte.
Spanish - Black gold of the oil that is to say, tea of Roofing tiles.
French - Black gold of oil i.e., tea of Texas.
Italian - Black gold of the oil that is, tea of Texas.
Portuguese - Ouro Preto of the oil that is, tea of Texas.
Japanese - Namely, the oil is black brown of the gold namely.
Korean - Paste the oil which is, the black gold, thayk the company su the car

I'll have to start doing this weekly or something. Maybe just the Asian languages, though, they seem to get the biggest laughs.

Very Lost in Translation

2005-03-29T23:29:00.000-08:00

More amusement from your friend Google!

"Hey stupid! Wanna piece of cake?"

Spanish - Stupid Hey! Wish the piece of the cake?
French - Stupid Hé! Want with the piece of cake?
German - Hey stupidly! Do you wish to the piece of the cake?
Italian - Hey stupid! Desires to the part of the cake?
Portugese - Hey stupid! It wants to the cake part?
Chinese - Hey is stupid! Must to cake?
Japanese - Just a little foolishness! Part of wanna of cake?
Korean - e e li Three! wanna formation of a cabinet of cake?

Update.

2005-03-29T23:00:00.000-08:00

I grabbed another person for this blog. He will be known as Aaron. That is all.

Newsflash!

2005-03-29T22:15:00.000-08:00

Famed attorney Johnnie Cochran, perhaps best known for his successful defense of O.J. Simpson, died Tuesday afternoon after suffering from an inoperable brain tumor, his family said. He was 67.

Lost in Translation

2005-03-29T11:11:00.000-08:00

I am very bored in my Journalism class, so I decided to play with the translators on Google. I took phrases from English, translated them to other langauges, and then translated back. This is what I got, from least to most screwed up.

"Don't Mess with Texas."

Portuguese - Not mess with Texas.
Chinese - Do not mess up with Texas. (Pretty good for a beta translator)
German - Do not confuse with Texas.
French - Do not dirty with Texas.
Italian - Not disorders with Texas.
Spanish - It does not soil with Roofing tiles.
Japanese - Without Texas and the stand you do not have to do.
Korean - thayk The company su huth ttu li ci it dries, (wtf...)

I'd like to do this a bit more, so comment with some good phrases to try.

WASL!

2005-03-28T20:57:00.000-08:00

For those of you who don't live in this fair State of Washington, the WASL (Washington Assessment of Student Learning. Sadly enough I had to look that up myself) is a standardized test that "assesses" the skills of 4th, 7th, and 10th grade students in four catagories: Reading, Writing, MATHZ0RS, and Science. All of which are painfully easy.

Now, I am a Junior this year, and I figured I was finally rid of that stupid test. I was sadly mistaken. I am in an American Lit class that is made up of half Juniors and half Sophomores, so we are now doing WASL prep. Stupid teacher seems to think we know noting about persuasive essays, damn bitch. But that's for another discussion.

What we are going to talk about here is the scoring rubrick for essays. One thing in particular: The "0" paper column.

Word for word: "response is 'I don't know'; response is a question mark (?); response is one word; response is only the title of the prompt; or the prompt is simply recopied"

Now, it's bad enough they would need to give these examples. I sure needed them, though, I would have given those papers FOURS.

The worst part of all though, is in the second example. They actually felt it was necessary to clarify what a question mark was.

...Lets just leave it at that.

(NOTE: If somebody has a link to the actual rubrick, please tell me. I'm too lazy to type the whole thing out.)

"Hi ev'rybody!" "Hi Gore Vidal!"

2005-03-28T19:56:00.000-08:00

An interview with Gore Vidal, in my opinion a man that people should respect, on both sides of the party line. He is another one of those "god-damned Liberals," I think, but I like the fact that he touches upon something I said last time:

"There is also something in the water--let us hope it was put there by the enemy--that has made Americans contemptuous of intelligence whenever they recognize it, which is not very often."

It is only a snippet, I'm afraid. But I feel validated, somewhat!

This week's playlists.

2005-03-27T19:49:00.000-08:00

For future reference, this is an attempt to add a little structure to this site. We will produce these once a week, with one guest chosen by whoever's turn it is. The collective playlist is made from each person's must-hear song of this week. Our thanks to Patrick for helping out.

Brian
Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo
Evil - Interpol
Pony Ride - Bumblebeez 81
I Predict a Riot - Kaiser Chiefs
Your Woman - White Town

Jason
Honky Cat - Elton John
I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better - The Byrds
The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909-1934) - Elton John
The Female of the Species - Space
The Equaliser - The Clash

James
Rebel Without A Pause - Public Enemy
Wicked Garden - Stone Temple Pilots
Sunshine - Alice In Chains
Start Me Up - The Stones
Tribute - Tenacious D

Felix
Squarepusher - Amon Tobin
Shadow of Doubt - Yoko Kanno
The Blue Wrath - I Monster
CAFE - D.D Sound
Russian Naval Hymn - Red Army Choir

Patrick (Guest)
16 By 32 - The Decemberists
Dammit- Blink 182
C'mere- Interpol
The Bucket- Kings of Leon
Don't Look Back in Anger- Oasis

Collective
Wish you were here- Pink Floyd
Lighthouse - Amon Tobin
Funeral For a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding - Elton John
Rock & Roll McDonald's - Wesley Willis
Demons - Blind Boys of Alabama

They'd do it for you, too.

2005-03-26T22:25:00.000-08:00

Say you had so many damn friends, a two lane road just didn't handle the traffic in and out to get to the perpetual party that was your house. Like me. (No, really.) Would the Senate be voting on a bill to expand it to five lanes and hook it up to a major freeway?

YES. By yes, I imply that you're a major corporation with undeniable government ties, like the world's smallest retailer, Wal-Mart.

(P.S. Don't worry Wal-Mart, no one knows you get favors like possible $284 billion investments for infrastructure overhauls that really only benefit you.)

And now for something completely different.

2005-03-26T21:56:00.000-08:00

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To follow the theme of my (hopefull) job at the airport:

An airport worker loading baggage in Milwaukee got locked inside the cargo hold of an airplane that flew to Philadelphia.

You'd think that the throwers are careless enough with people's luggage, let alone some of their co-workers.

[Airline Spokeswoman Carol Skornicka] said the airline would review its procedures.

Um, yeah, I don't think the list of procedures really needs to say "Check for people in cargo hold." But that's just me.

Something Political

2005-03-26T15:26:00.000-08:00

I'm linking to a article on the Terri Schiavo mess (actually written in November of 2003) and the reason why it's a big political game, spearheaded by the media; America's secret lovechild, eugenics; and the pro-life/pro-choice movement and the ludicrious notions of both. I enjoyed reading it, it seemed to hate both sides of the issue. Top marks for that.

What brought to mind a puzzling thing is when the article starts talking about media. The president has done a lot of bad things. He did dispose of a dictator, and I commend him on that, but based it on faulty evidence, or lies, some might even say. After it was declared over, lots of people died (though not nearly enough to even mention in the course of history. More people probably died in an area of 10 square feet at Verdun than in the entire Iraqi War. Unfortunately, people have seemed to think that nothing happened or mattered before they were concieved), and our national deficit is looking bad. That and this whole social security/medical insurance debacle that everybody is either defending or saying will be the end of humanity as we know it.

Honestly, I have no ideas on the ruination of social security, since I don't actually know the full picture. But if it is as big of a deal as it is turning out to be, according to some people, then why doesn't it get more dissemination? Why don't more people know about this terrible stuff instead of going along with it?

I noticed this a lot in the presidential election. The life and times of GW Bush is filled with a lot of interesting bits, and he has a lot of skeletons in his closet, no matter what affiliation you may have. But basically the midwest and south never even heard about it, much less consider it when voting. For instance, reading multiple articles on the internet, I come across a lot of bad stuff involving Bush, or the Republican party. It's the internet, not exactly the proving grounds for credibility, but why is it that people never hear about this stuff?

Republicans will say, "Because it isn't true, and proper news organizations of course wouldn't approve of it." Democrats (or Liberals, actually) will tell you that the major news organizations are controlled by Republican interests. But isn't the media controlled by the Liberals, apperantly?

Isn't it idiotic that the news organizations meant to inform the public, are distrusted by the public because it is too right/left-leaning?

And hell if the majority of Conservatives read books. They're for brainwashing you into being a hoity toity intellectual pro-abortion city-slicker flaming Liberal. That and most Liberals like to accept a lot of half truths as much as the next Conservative.

A more important question arises, actually. It seems that intellectuals are portrayed as Liberals turned into feminine Commies, who go to operas and concerts, and wouldn't know the toil of a hard days work on the farm, only going to their upper class estates and being bettered on the back of the working man.

But the upper classes are dominated by Conservatives! The poorer classes, brainwashed by years of "patriotism," are now headed by a generation afraid of the USSR. As an add-on, they also are paranoid of socialism, the movement that was founded for them!

The middle classes, the last outpost of flaming Liberals, are being overrun by the upper classes and the lower classes, and are quickly disappearing (according to a lot of Liberals) due to the incompetance of the government elected by the greedy upper classes and an ignorant lower class.

So, if the situation in America really is all that terrible, why don't more people be conscious of it? Why is it, that the poor, who are getting screwed out of practically everything, still follow the administration that is worsening their condition?

Two possibilities come to mind (though of course there are always more):

A. Because it is the intellectuals who mostly realize the plight of the poor, they are labelled as liars and decievers by the poor classes, because they are Liberal biased intellectuals, who of course are trying to brainwash you into thinking that the Republican party is evil (which the Liberals believe).

B. It actually isn't happening, and the Liberals really are making shit up.

So what is a nation to do, when the people are ignorant, so infused to beliefs that they can't possibly see actual truth? Or, a nation trying to be taken over by intellectuals?

You can, of course, clearly see the bias inherant in my little diatribe here. I'm clearly left leaning (though personally I consider myself moderate, taking things that fit my worldview here and there), so any Conservatives out there would immediately toss my ideas out, simply calling me a flaming Liberal and being done with it. Any Liberals out there would say, "You're preaching to the choir, man."

I say we should make people just more open minded. Liberals and Conservatives be damned.

The plural of snickers

2005-03-24T20:34:00.000-08:00

Brian and I had an incredibly high-brow conversation over the plural of the word "Snickers."

Nevermind that it's a dumb question, and I was surprised to see he entertained it as some legitimate question. No, i'm just kiddin'. Brian's a fantastic, buff Irish man.

It was a good discussion, though. Well, if you take into account the total disregard of the simple solution of just saying "have these Snickers bars" because there is a plural of the word "bars."

Good bye, 10 minutes of my valuable time.

-EDIT-
James is too lazy to put up the conversation, so here it is. -Brian

(20:21:14) James: WHAT is the plural of snickers?
(20:21:22) James: Oh most intelligent one who is most likely away?
(20:21:34) James: I QUIT!
(20:21:36) Brian: That's easy
(20:21:36) James: I mean, hey.
(20:21:39) Brian: Sneekers.
(20:21:45) Brian: Or
(20:21:48) Brian: Snickerses
(20:21:54) Brian: Or just snickers
(20:21:54) James: That's just bad.
(20:22:02) Brian: Maybe it's something like Sheep
(20:22:11) James: That's like saying "Look at that people, standing all alone"
(20:22:18) James: except in reverse, using singular as plural.
(20:22:22) Brian: Heh.
(20:22:34) James: When i'm long gone they'll still be debating the point
(20:22:38) James: Snickerii just ain't right.
(20:22:45) Brian: lol
(20:22:47) Brian: It doesn't work
(20:22:51) Brian: It has to end in "us."
(20:22:55) Brian: Like Walrus.
(20:22:57) Brian: Walrii
(20:23:03) Brian: Even though that word doesn't exist
(20:23:04) Brian: In fact
(20:23:10) Brian: It is walruses
(20:23:12) James: So you're full of shit, basically.
(20:23:14) Brian: Ahahahah.
(20:23:18) James: Just kidding, heh.
(20:23:27) Brian: I don't think any word besides radius has a plural like that
(20:23:32) James: Radii
(20:23:34) James: hrm.
(20:23:35) Brian: Yeah
(20:23:36) James: that's lame.
(20:23:40) Brian: And that's because it's two vowels
(20:23:41) Brian: I and U
(20:23:42) James: well, some would say
(20:23:43) James: Elvii
(20:23:48) Brian: And I and U are weak
(20:23:57) Brian: That's ElvIS
(20:23:59) Brian: There isn't a double vowel thing at the end.
(20:23:59) James: But those are crackheads with nothing better to do than worship Elvis
(20:24:06) Brian: Hey, I like Elvis.
(20:25:12) James: my bad
(20:25:21) Brian: Grr
(20:25:24) Brian: Back off, biatch.
(20:26:48) James: DAMN YOU SNICKERS!
(20:26:53) Brian: heh
(20:26:55) Brian: Besides
(20:27:02) Brian: Snickers is a proper noun
(20:27:05) Brian: Like James
(20:27:09) James: you suck.
(20:27:16) Brian: You are a snickers.
(20:27:24) James: WAIT
(20:27:53) James: there are proper nouns with plurals, though.
(20:28:07) Brian: Yeah
(20:28:11) Brian: But the same rules don't apply
(20:28:20) James: bah.
(20:28:26) Brian: The person who created the proper noun
(20:28:28) Brian: In theory
(20:28:34) Brian: Whoever thought up the name "snickers"
(20:28:48) Brian: Would be probably the only one who could tell you the plural
(20:28:53) Brian: If he even really gives a shit

Spike Jonze Commercial

2005-03-23T21:43:00.000-08:00

Well, I know I'm pretty gay for Spike Jonze- he is a great man- so I thought I'd share this link to the new commercial he did for Adidias.

I liked the sound of the song, so I followed up on it, and apperantly it was composed specifially for the commercial. You might notice in the credits lower in the page that Karen O. of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs sings the lyrics, so that is a cool tidbit.

And now, to leave you with this joke I came up with when I heard the word "mole" today.

What are underground dentist pirates known to frequently say?

"Ahoy, it's a mole-arrr!"

When the revolution comes, I'll be the first against the wall.

My name is Yon Yonson, I live in Wisconsin...

2005-03-22T20:01:00.000-08:00

I'll start off my career of getting nagged by Brian endlessly to get me to put something up, even though I have three times the homework load and extracurricular activities than he'll ever have to trudge through.

I'll make a list of... things that people should have to experience.

1. A swift kick in the ass.
2. Defeat.
3. Absolute and perfect silence.
4. Vegging out.

Peace. I'm out. I have to do homework.

ADDENDUM:
In order to stand up to the insatiable wit of Jeaymes, I shall further tell a joke, proving myself to the people who read this, all 4 of you.

Ahem.

...

...

Uh... Jason is a total girl. Once, I saw him buying some peanuts. Unsalted peanuts. Then I realised what he held in his hand weren't peanuts, but manicuring accessories. When I asked him what he was buying it for, he said his mother.

Later, when I went to his house, and found his mother's car gone. When I looked inside a window, in curiousity, there he was, silouetted in lamplight, wearing five pounds of makeup and a wonderbra the size of Tulsa Oklahoma. I looked away, fixating my eyes on the pavement of the street, wishing I was never born.

Well, okay, maybe that didn't happen.

"Experts say" netspeak actually helping the English Language.

2005-03-22T19:31:00.000-08:00

Many schoolteachers, editors and parents profess to be horrified by "Netspeak" - the distinctive language that young people are using more and more to talk with each other on the Internet.

Translation: OMG lots of old ppl are liek WTF 2 Netspeek!!1 but this iz teh ways us d00ds talk.

Purists should relax, a panel of experts declared at a recent symposium on "Language on the Internet" in Washington. This rapidly spreading digital dialect of English is doing more good than harm, they contended.

Translation: chill out mofos exprts sez itz allgood

Netspeak is the language of computerized instant messages, Web logs (or "blogs"), chat rooms and other informal types of electronic communication. It also pops up in wireless jottings on hand-held devices such as BlackBerries and cell phones.

Translation: netspeek iz how ppl talk on IMs BLOGZ chatz + other crap + on cells + bberrys + stuf in ur hand

Critics object that Netspeak ignores or violates the usual rules of punctuation, capitalization and sentence structure. It's peppered with strange abbreviations, acronyms and visual symbols. Its spelling can be, well, different.

Translation: d00ds r liek WTF netspeek is all effed up on teh enlish + pplz make thngs weerd

I apoligize for that, I really couldn't help it.

It was the cattle

2005-03-22T19:27:00.000-08:00

...and the driver told investigators the...cattle seemed to shift position at the wrong moment...contributing to the accident.

And y'know, about them major oil spills? Say, the Exxon-Valdez or the whatever in Coos Bay? That was the oil's fault.

But then again, if it were the driver's fault because he was recalibrating his bobbing hula girl, I wouldn't hold it against him.

OMG stay away from the PEANUT BUTTER!

2005-03-22T19:09:00.000-08:00

a Medina County school where nut products are being banned because of a student with a severe allergy.

With that rationale, they need to ban all grass and grass-related products, all milk, and milk related products, and all things that start with the letter Q.

There are no plans to discipline students who ignore the ban, but Bailey hopes everyone will voluntarily leave the peanut butter at home.

Is it just me, or does that defeat the purpose of a ban? Then again, I could be wrong.

2005-03-22T18:59:00.000-08:00

Right now, best of buds and blog proprietor Brian can't log into Blogger.com to make yet another nonsensical post. If you could find it in you, please laugh at his plight as he struggles.

Surely I jest.

Scented bowling balls kick ass.

2005-03-15T15:36:00.000-08:00

Shafer...said he may have won a match two years ago in Kansas City because an opponent was distracted by his black licorice-scented ball.

Well, I say you deserve to lose if you're trying to bowl for serious money, but can't help but think "I'm pretty sure that that bowling ball smells more like green apple than banana. There's just a slight twinge of citrus in there too, though..."

“I like the smell of my grape ball” - He

“Boy, what a clever gimmick to get me to drop money on a bowling ball” - Guy, not really quoted in story

But I guess if you wanna smell stuff while bowling, hey, that works.

The cat revolution has begun!

2005-03-09T19:07:00.000-08:00

Run for the hills, and take your dogs with you!

An Upper Peninsula man is in the hospital after he was accidentally shot by his cat.

"Accidentally" you say? My ASS.

PISS IN THE DAMN CUP

2005-03-09T18:58:00.000-08:00

Authorities say a police officer twice used a Taser stun device on a drug suspect who was restrained to a hospital bed because the man refused to give a urine sample to medical staff.

Now, wouldn't that be a more efficiant way to get the urine out anyway?

Ding dong. Virgin Electronics is dead.

2005-03-09T14:59:00.000-08:00

I dunno. Another one bites the dust? If there were something witty to put here, I would. But since I can't, you can just use your imagination.

But that truly is a shame. I guess Virgin Electronics just didn't have enough experience. Heheh. That's a pretty nifty double entendre there.

Shout to kill

2005-03-06T02:44:00.000-08:00

The Government has ruled that it is now illegal to shoot a crow, rook or pigeon for the pot without scaring it first.

Farmers, take heed! You can't shoot flyin' birds if you haven't given them fair warning. Because heaven forbid the UK government catch you murdering a distinctly unique crow.

"Hey, you dirty crop-destroying economy-ravaging foul beast! Leave, lest I smite you with my boomstick! Yeah, that's right! You best flee!"

"HEY! I thought I told you to get! I warned ya! BLAM! HEY! AND I WARNED YA TOO! BLAM! BLAM!"

Man, crows and that crap all look the same. If you've warned one, you've warned them all, right?

How's anyone gunna know if you warned that crow or not? "I swear! I warned him, but he came back!" Good luck with that one, Tony Blair.

Apparently uncommon in the UK...

2005-03-06T02:20:00.000-08:00

A motorist has been jailed for four months after being caught driving while banned 71 times.

Now most of you might be thinking "How can this man be so stupid?"

Me, on the other hand, have only one thought: Is he gonna make it to 100!?!

Only time will tell.

J/K

2005-03-06T02:08:00.000-08:00

...Johnson said he told the president: "...You know, I can fly an F-15, put two nukes on 'em and I'll make one pass. We won't have to worry about Syria anymore."

"I was kind of joking - you know, we were talking between veterans," he said. He added that President Bush knew he was joking.

"...yeah, and about that murder plot we were discussing. Yeah, I was just kidding about that too. You know, just between two men with the power to actually, in reality, carry out what we were 'joking' about. Yeah, nothing to sweat over there."

Woman arrested for INSANE AMOUNTS OF BACK TAXES.

2005-03-06T02:07:00.000-08:00

Markeeta Gould, 26, says she was stunned and embarrassed when police arrested her Feb. 19 in front of her children.

Her alleged offense: failure to appear in court on a charge of failure to file a 2001 city income tax form. She says she owed the city only 96 cents.

I guess the city really needed the money. I mean, does anyone even CARE about Mansfield? Which Mansfield you say? Who cares? I sure don't.

The officer who came out said, 'Do you know you have a warrant out for your arrest?'

Apparently the city has STRICT regulations on filing tax returns. Who thinks they should just let this slide?

Not me! She should rot in a federal prison for twelve years so she learns to file her important tax returns.

Sarcastic bastard you say? Maybe.

WIN A 25,000 NEW LOOK INSTANTLY!

2005-03-06T01:42:00.000-08:00

Man, I got an email from Dr. Pepper. The M.D. HIMSELF! Apparently i'm registered for participation in the Dr. Pepper 25,000 New Look promotion.

You're registered for participation in the Dr Pepper $25,000 New Look promotion!
- Dr. Pepper (I assume)

In all honesty, I don't know why I even wasted time signing up for Dr. Pepper's little contest, and then all that happened was I found out that I had lost. And why would I even want to win a new look anyways? And then they print a code underneath the caps of the soda you buy. Did you win? No, you gotta go to Dr. Pepper's website and enter in all your crap just for a "sorry, try again next time!"

At least I got the docta's email out of it.

Who says Japanese women cannot defend themselves?

2005-03-06T01:36:00.000-08:00

Now here's the kind of story I wish would happen more often.

A drunken Japanese burglar became a cropper when he tried to steal a young woman's designer wallet.

I think the story is enough.

When blind Scottish men attack!

2005-03-06T00:59:00.000-08:00

23 of February. A blind man in Scotland drags his guard dog across the street, bites it, then proceeds to kick it.

An eyewitness said they saw the man dragging the eight-year-old bitch across the access road at Meadowbank Retail Park before biting its head and kicking the dog’s body.

The sickened passer-by immediately contacted Lothians and Borders Police.
A spokesman today said a man was identified and arrested several days later. He has since been charged with breach of the peace and animal cruelty.

Heheh. In Scotland you can publish the word "bitch." But the story begs the question; does a blind hombre really need a guide dog, if he had the coordination to drag it across a road, not get hit, then have the prowess to kneel, try to chow down on the guide dog, then kick it? You decide.

"appalling"
- political spokesman

"absolutely horrific"
- Lynda Korimboccus, campaigns manager for Advocates for Animals

"destined to be a bestseller"
- New York Times

"charming"
- Washington Post

"WTF"
- anonymous

In all seriousness, that's some crazy stuff. But it's people like abusive blind Scottish people with a vendetta against man's best friend that make the world interesting. That, and fat bottomed girls. According to Queen, at least.

Adding another.

2005-03-06T00:55:00.000-08:00

I don't know what his purpose is yet, but I've added James to the little team here.

This week's top 10 music choices.

2005-03-06T00:09:00.000-08:00

I will start to do this weekly, and report the top 10 music I listened to and think you should listen to too.

This week (no particular order):

Low Millions - Eleanor
Akon - Mr. Lonely
David Bowie - Space Oddity
Kasabian - LSF (Lost Souls Forever)
White Town - Your Woman
Queens of the Stoneage - No One Knows
Stevie Wonder - Part-Time Lover
Bumblebeez 81 - Pony Ride
Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict a Riot
Blind Boys Of Alabama feat. Robert Randolph - Wade in the Water

FIll 'em up.

2005-03-04T23:13:00.000-08:00

Gasoline prices could rocket 24 cents a gallon the next few days, as stations across the USA scramble to keep up with big jumps in the prices of oil and wholesale gas, a veteran energy-price analyst forecast Thursday.

Top 100 baby names of 2004

2005-03-04T22:55:00.000-08:00

What kind of name is "Aidan"?

I'm number 76! ....Right behind...Tristan...

Man, don't get me started on the "Soft names make soft people" thing again.

I cannot believe this is still around.

2005-03-04T22:44:00.000-08:00

Heero is not Toast.

Q: My toast is Heero.
A: No, it's not.
Q: Yes, it IS!!
A: [sound of toast being eaten] Not anymore.
Q: BASTARD!

Anyone want Gmail?

2005-03-04T22:32:00.000-08:00

I've got an infinate amount (fifty per account) of invites, because Google is stupid and still calls it "exclusive". If anyone cares, you can get one (or two, or three, etc.) from me by emailing me at Napalmtrees@gmail.com.

...Why?

2005-03-04T22:21:00.000-08:00

Videogame electronica remixes...

Here's something interesting.

2005-02-28T21:20:00.000-08:00

The territorial claims of Antartica.

Ten best Smashing Pumpkins songs...EVER (in no particular order)

2005-02-14T19:51:00.000-08:00

Siva, from Gish
Bury Me, from Gish
Snail, from Gish
Hummer, from Siamese Dream
Silverfuck, from Siamese Dream
Thirty-Three, from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Thru the Eyes of Ruby, from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Farewell and Goodnight, from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Behold! The Night Mare, from Adore
Stand Inside Your Love, from MACHINA/The Machines of God

Ten Best Led Zeppelin Songs EVER (in no particulat order)

2005-02-14T19:39:00.000-08:00

You Shook Me, from Led Zeppelin
Dazed and Confused, from Led Zeppelin
That's the Way, from Led Zeppelin III
Going to California, from Led Zeppelin IV
The Rain Song, from Houses of the Holy
The Ocean, from Houses of the Holy
Trampled Under Foot, from Physical Graffiti
Kashmir, from Physical Graffiti
Boogie With Stu, from Physical Graffiti
Sick Again, from Physical Graffiti

Delaying a bit.

2005-01-25T18:10:00.000-08:00

Sorry, finals snuck up on me, so I've been delaying in posts. Expect a few more reviews sometime soon.

Review - Starwars: Knights of the Old Republic

2005-01-17T02:58:00.000-08:00

I know it's a bit late to review KOTOR, but I've only been able to pick it up recently, because it's now a Platinum Hit title (20 bucks!). Here's the rundown.

Story - KOTOR takes place in the Starwar's universe, obviously, a bit far back in the past, back when Jedi and Sith ran rampant. You play a guy who has no knowledge of his past, and has been recently picked up by the Republic to protect a Jedi named Bastilla. Your ship, however, is attacked by Sith looking for Bastilla, and you escape to a nearby planet. That's about all I really want to revial about the plot, because it's actually pretty interesting to learn stuff while playing. Very excellent writing, though.

Graphics - Yeah, you're not gonna find bleeding edge here. The graphics are alright during gameplay. You do run into occasional choppy framerates during battles and other busy scenes, and animations are a little redundant. But otherwise than that, nothing to cry about. The detail is superb, however, and the videos arn't too shaby either.

Audio - They got audio almost perfect. Everything feels authentic to Starwars, from the sound of blaster fire, to the hum of the lightsabor, to the fantastic score. There are some repeated alien voices, because they don't really need to follow a script (they use subtitles instead), which kind of got on my nerves after awhile (especially the Twi'leks). Some of the English voice actors arn't perfect, but they're not like Barry from RE or anything.

Gameplay - Simple and complex at the same time. Simple for people who don't want to do anything. There are auto-level up features, simple battle control, and a pretty straightforward story. Complex for people that want to dig in deep. A gigantic mass of custimization when it comes to character abilities, a slew of different powers, armour, anything. The battles can be carefully choreographed via the pause and order function. And the story is filled to the brim with sidequests to go bugger off on if you don't feel like leaving the world quite yet.

The battles boil down to a basic turnbased. Much like Baulder's Gate, you choose your party to attack, and then they attack, wait for their turn to come around again, and do it again. And, also like Gate, you attack's sucess rate depends on a series of D'n'D style rolls, but that's another paragraph of explaining I don't really want to go into. You can also pause the game at anytime to issue orders if you feel the battle is moving too fast, or if you're just a control freak.

The story mechanics work great. Dialogue is easy to follow thanks to subtitles, and you can skip and piece of it with the click of a button. You different choices through key points in the dialogue lead you to get either light side or dark side points, which affect your reputation amoung other characters and how much easier it is to use a power of that type.

All in all, this game is very well put together. A treat for Starwars fans, and a solid RPG for those who arn't. I give it a 9.5/10.

Some screenshots for you.

WTF are you doing, Trump?

2005-01-17T02:46:00.000-08:00

Book Smarts vs. Street Smarts? What a stupid idea. And horribly, horribly steriotyping. Crap, I shouldn't have said that, because now Trump's gonna kill me with his death ray.

"Destroy that Blog. No, wait, buy it."

Jason's Top-Twentiest Albums...EVER!

2005-01-17T01:43:00.000-08:00

20. Sonic Youth - Murray Street, 2002
19. Radiohead - Kid A, 2000
18. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation, 1988
17. Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, 1995
16. Radiohead - O.K. Computer, 1997
15. Pink Floyd - Animals, 1977
14. Sonic Youth - Goo, 1990
13. The Clash - Sandinista!, 1980
12. The Beatles (aka White Album), 1968
11. The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream, 1993
10. Led Zeppelin, 1969
9. The Velvet Underground, 1969
8. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here, 1975
7. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers, 1971
6. The Who - Quadrophenia, 1973
5. The Beatles - Revolver, 1966
4. The Velvet Underground - Loaded, 1970
3. The Who - Who's Next, 1971
2. The Beatles - Abbey Road, 1969
1. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti, 1975

Inaugural Ceremony.

2005-01-17T01:39:00.000-08:00

Though tempting, looks like we have to leave all of our weapons at home.

Firearms, weapons of any kind, ammunition (either real or simulated), explosives of any kind (including fireworks), knives, blades, or sharp objects (of any length), aerosol sprays, coolers, thermal or glass containers, mace, pepper spray, sticks, poles, pocket or hand tools (such as a leatherman), packages, backpacks, large bags, duffel bags, suitcases, laser pointers, posters, signs, placards (including supports structures), animals other than guide dogs or service dogs assisting handicapped individuals, strollers, chairs, umbrellas, alcoholic beverages, and any other items at the discretion of the security screeners that may pose a potential safety hazard.

Naked Statue!

2005-01-17T01:21:00.000-08:00

Why does Seattle produce such nutjobs?

The late Stu Smailes made clear the work must include the figure of at least one life-size naked man.

New member on Board.

2005-01-17T01:11:00.000-08:00

I have now acquired the help of Jason...or "Jassun" I guess. He'll basically do what I do, but more in his areas of interest, which is mostly comprised of lists and such.

Bed Catches on Fire During Sex.

2005-01-16T15:49:00.000-08:00

"This is so embarrassing," said Leo. "We had never done that before and now she's in the hospital and my cat's dead."

The Rubik's Cube.

2005-01-16T14:20:00.000-08:00

The Rubik's cube: Tricky mind puzzle or trendy fashion statement?

Yeah, these guys have really gone overboard with this site. It has some okay free stuff to download if you enjoy the Rubik’s cube, however it's screen saver is stupid. All it is is a cube rotating for a second, and then it does some bogus seven move solution. It would have been much cooler if it had more moves to complete a solution, or if AT LEAST the cube moved around the screen all the time. I don't know, just not well put together.

The site actually has a COMMUNITY, where crazy Rubik's cube people (like my knowledge bowl team members) can post their favourite solutions and send, get this, E-CARDS of Rubik's cubes to all their friends.

On the plus side, they have a pretty well put together collection of history and news on the Rubik's cube, and you can purchase all of these different kinds of cubes.

Side note: Watch the girl shadow in the flash intro. Is it just me or is she walking like a man?

Oh Goodness.

2005-01-16T02:16:00.000-08:00

Why don't we see more news stories like this?

Trusting a paper cutter at her, Fujieda demanded she take off her pants.

The Reanimation of Failure

2005-01-16T01:29:00.000-08:00

As few of you may know, and by few, I mean FEW, I had created "Hit and Run" and recruited a few friends in order to debate issues and stories. However, that didn't go over so well (So...much...unwillingness), so I ditched it for a few months. I have decided to pick it back up in solo mode, in hopes of creating something seperate from my normal blog where I can write reviews, news, whatever I can think of that doesn't fit in my other blog. So I'll see how long I can keep this one up (hopefully better longer than normal), and maybe I'll get some sort of viewing base.