King of Doobies

I'm enjoying the "King of Cars" show on A&E. Interesting to see the other side of car dealing. And see how much other people are paying.

And I just have to share a few Micheal Scott quotes from a scene in this week's "The office". In the episode, Dwight finds a joint in the parking lot (which unbenownst to him was from his boss Micheal Scott) and launches an investigation.


"I am ridiculously anti-drug. I am so anti-drug that I am above suspicion in any way that involves suspicion, or testing of any kind"

"Take cheech and chong. Everybody knows that Cheech and Chong are funny, but just imagine how funny they would be if they didn't smoke pot"

"Everybody take a look to your left, now take a look to your right. One of those people will be dead from drug use at somepoint in their life"

"The point I'm trying to make here people, is that I hate drugs. I hate them. And based upon what I have seen, you all don't quite hate them as much as I do. So, you all are going to have a drug test and I am not."

She's Back...

Okay everybody, Anna or Bananna, or whatever she is calling herself these days is posting again on her blogspot page after a lengthy absense where she only posted on MySpace.

So please stop by and say hello. She doesn't think you'll care, I think you do. I have a link to her in my links section on the righthand area of your screen, but here's a link here too so I can stay in practice:

Worst Blog Ever!

Cheese Factor

We all have some songs that we like that maybe we are a little ashamed of a bit right? I mean some cheesy, kinda lame song that we really wouldn't want to be blaring from our car.

A few of mine would include...

"It might be you", from the movie Tootsie.

"longer" by Dan Fogelberg, one of my all time favorites.

There is a Queen song that is the fruitiest song of all time, yet I like it. It's called "good old fashioned loverboy".

I really like soft rock so there is a lot of stuff that would apply here for me. Like pretty much anything from the group, "Bread".

And I'm not a country music guy, yet I do like some songs from the 70's and early 80's. Stuff from people like Ronnie Milsap, the Oakridge boys, The statler brothers, Alabama, Kenny Rogers, etc.
Some examples would include "Luchenback Texas", "Charlotte's Web", etc.

I know dvdguy has already outed himself with Air Supply's "all out of love".....am I right about that, or was it "making love out of nothing at all"?

Any contributions from you guys? (or as I affectionately know you as, "ya'll")

Trivia Night, the sequel

Trivia night was another up and down rollercoaster ride of shenanigans. First of all, this week we knew one of the teams we were competing against. It just so happens this is where my roomate does trivia. I vaguely knew he did some kind of trivia night, but I didn't know it was Thursdays and I didn't know it was at this particular restaraunt. Also I was initially accused of a masterful premeditated act of defiance. When in fact I had just not been told any kind of meeting time.

Here are bullet point highlights:

* I was the lone drinker on this evening. My two partners were snobs. Drinks are free for the ladies on thursday night but dotcom did not partake in any.

* JSB would be very useful at these things. There are lots of political type questions that he would almost certainly know.

* What did we learn this go around? Trust our partners instincts! We have vowed to do this next time. Because time after time, we talked our colleague out of answers that turned out to be true. I said Martin Luther King for nobel peace prize in 1964, but was vetoed for Robert Kennedy. I then vetoed Miami Vice for the TV show in the 80's that theme song went to Number One. I convinced my partners that Fame did indeed go to Number One, so even though it was a movie first, it was technically correct no matter what. After Miami Vice was announced as the answer, I went and pointed this out to the people in charge and they agreed with us and ended up giving us the points. DVDguy then did some research on wikipedia when he got home and it turns out that Fame may have never gone to number one. Hehee.

* There were some pretty hard questions, and then some absurdly easy ones. Like what movie did the quote "You talkin to me?" come from and what car did James Bond drive.

* Dotcom's strong point for the team was in music and food. Was there any doubt she would get the answer right about eggs?

* Some of the answers (by memory): Paula Abdul, Serpico, Rumsfeld was on Ford's staff also, Postal workers can not carry guns, the rolling stones drummer drowned, Lake Ontario is the farthest east, divo/the cowsills/the beach boys all have family members...the ramones do not, randy jackson was not one of the jackson five, Stalin ruled Russia longer than Lenin or Breshneyve (sp), De soto discovered the Mississippi river, some dude named Slim killed jim in the song "you dont mess around with jim"....hmm, that's all I can think of right now.

* There are strong suspicions of the top team cheating. They did not look like a bunch of rhodes scholars. One of these people stays home each week, another has a headset phone and they could easily be googling all the answers. Just a theory. A bitter 4th place theory.

* For some reason the host felt like giving hints to the crowd on a question we already knew. We didn't get hints on the ones we didnt know dude!

* When asked which state has the most active volcanoes, I initially said that you would think Hawaii, but I think it's Alaska. That was scoffed at, but it turned out to be another example of us shooting ourselves in the foot.

* But the biggest shooting ourselves in the foot was final jeopardy. I instantly declared to let dotcom answer the question, because we had doubted her the previous week and she was right. We could wager between 0-16 points. Last week we wagered all 16 and missed it. This week, we were right near the money (top three win gift certificates) and felt that maybe we should wager hardly any points at all and hope everyone else miss it and fall in points. So we wagered two points. Of course, dotcom got the answer completely correct, making us the only team to get it right, and we wagered two lousy points instead of 16. If we had just wagered 3 points...just one more point, we would have tied for third place and won a prize!

* What doesn't kill us makes us stronger. We are learning and growing more powerful with each lesson.

* Dotcom enjoyed "Bodies" the most on her trip. And she makes me laugh everytime she feels like being funny. (of course the flipside, she also makes me cower anytime she feels like intimidating)

* Dvdguy likes "midnight madness" and is surprised that hooligans like trivia.


* Everyone was pretty happy with how we did. We had fun and just came up short. We had the knowledge to win easily and just out-thought ourselves a few times that cost us.

* Maybe our team name should be "Baby Delgo"?

* Next week we are promised Entertainment focused questions! This is our bread and butter and I think we could break through.

Going South

Okay, what is South Park doing?

Every year it has gotten better and better. With the last 2 or 3 seasons being just brilliant. They started this season off great and then the last two episodes...what the hell are they doing?

Right after telling someone that it's almost criminal they aren't watching, they do two episodes where I almost feel like they are pulling a prank on their fans. Like let's see how un-funny we can be and see if they still kiss our butt and tell us we're brilliant? That way we'll know who's honest and who's full of crap.

To end this post on a positive note, and in light of the recent "great lyrics" discussion, here are some lyrics from Team America:



I miss you more than Michael Bay missed the mark,
When he made Pearl Harbor.
I miss you more then that movie missed the point,
And that’s an awful lot, girl.
And now, now you've gone away,
And all I'm trying to say,
Is Pearl Harbor sucked, and I miss you

I need you like Ben Affleck needs acting school,
He was terrible in that film.
I need you like Cuba Gooding needed a bigger part,
He's way better then Ben Affleck.
And now all I can think about is your smile,
And that shitty movie too,
Pearl Harbor sucked, and I miss you

Why does Michael Bay get to keep on making movies?
I guess Pearl Harbor sucked...
just a little bit more then I miss you.

Wikipedia Mob Lost

SciFi.com Launches En-sci-clopedia
This week SciFi.com is debuting its own free Wikipedia resource tool devoted to science-fiction facts, definitions and terminology. The Scifipedia, as it is dubbed, will offer 1,000 entries at first, each begging to be expounded upon, added to and at times called into question through overenthusiastic recitations of canon by the site's visitors and experts.

NBC has given the green light to 1 vs. 100, a new game show from the producer of Deal or No Deal. The setup has something to do with answering trivia questions as you face a mob of 100 people....

Lost, the Game... the Details!
ABC, the UK's Channel 4 and Australia's Seven Network have officially announced the launch of Lost Experience, the Lost-based game Entertainment News first told you about on Monday — but here are some deets. Touted as "the largest global interactive challenge based on a television series," Lost Experience will follow a storyline not featured on the series and is designed so that fans old and brand-new can play. Clues will first appear in the May 2 (UK), May 3 (U.S.) and May 4 (Down Under) episodes of Lost, but may turn up in any platform, online or off, and each contain secrets pertaining to a larger mystery. OK... I still don't get it. Is it at all like Kerplunk?

Idol

I think Simon is pissed off tonight.

And elsewhere:

American Idol host Ryan Seacrest has downplayed his onscreen feud with Simon Cowell, insisting his real nemesis is Paula Abdul. The TV star admits relations on the hit talent show are "icy" with the former pop star even refusing to speak to him when the cameras stop rolling. Seacrest says, "It's awkward. I don't know what the deal is. It's very awkward. You know, I walked past her dressing room the other day and there was a group of people gathered in front of the door, so I can't even talk to her. Simon and I go back and forth with each other, but it's in a different way." Difficulties began when Seacrest appeared on Us TV show The Tonight Show With Jay Leno and intimated Abdul was a heavy drinker, saying, "Hey look, I don't look in their cups to see what's sitting before them on that table. But at times I feel like we have reeled her in." And when Abdul appeared on the same show earlier this month, she hit back, sniping about his rumored romance with Desperate Housewives star Teri Hatcher: "He only kisses the mirror, and honestly, do you think Teri Hatcher is that desperate of a housewife?"

A Night to Remember

I watched the heck out of my "A Night to Remember" DVD recently. This was the most famous movie about the Titanic disaster up until the James Cameron epic. But it should be noted, it still is the most accurate movie about that night that exists. The Cameron film, and just about all other films about the Titanic, featured fictional tales and characters...and then the Titanic sinks. In "A Night to Remember", everything that happens is based on actual events and people.

It was a book first, and a book I should probably read. I'm sure I would immensely enjoy it being such an enthusiast of all things Titanic. When I was a young lad, before they had even discovered it in the Atlantic, I was fascinated by the Titantic. I would go to the library and find books about it and watch the 70's TV film, "S.O.S. Titanic" all the time. The writer of the book did extensive research and talked to survivors himself. (This was back in the 1950's)

As far as the movie goes, it gets to the stuff you want pretty quickly. Within 10 minutes it's the night of the sinking. The majority of the film is what happens while it is sinking.

This is kind of odd, but I almost found listening to the commentary to be a more emotional experience after I had watched the film. The two guys doing the commentaries are experts on it all and they point out which things, which was just about all of it, were abolutely true and give you other tidbits of info.

I'll mention some things here in bullet format because it's going to be all over the map...

* In the movie, the baker spends most of the sinking getting drunk. This seemed like just a 50's comic character that was added to the film. But this was accurate. It was strictly against the rules to drink alcohol for the staff, but this is what he did, and was on the stern of the ship (in the dicaprio area) as it went down. He floated and was picked up later and had no ill effects. The commentary guys seemed to imply that getting drunk saved his life. I'm not sure about all this, maybe I'll do a little research.

* That night, there was no moon, and the water was as calm as any of the crew had ever seen in their life. Like a lake. It was because of these two conditions that helped cause the accident. With no moon, they didn't have that extra light to see the iceberg. And with the water so calm and still, there was no wave action hitting the iceberg that would have helped the lookouts spot it.

* There were 500 empty seats in the lifeboats that went unused. 1500 people perished in the disaster. In one lifeboat, there were only 12 people, when it could have seated 40. 2 women, 3 men and 7 crew members. They never even went back to help any of those in the water crying for help. In the boat Molly Brown was on? Only 19 seats used out of 65. Again, the Quartermaster refused to go back to save others.

* Different crew members had different interpretations. One, instead of "women and children first", basically had it in his head, "women and children ONLY", and would cast off lifeboats with empty seats and not let men get on. A lot of people died that didn't need to.

* In the movie, one woman falls and is caught in between the lifeboat and the Titanic and was caught by people and brought back in to safety. This actually happened.

* The Californian was very nearby. It had stopped due to the ice. They could see the lights of Titanic (though they didnt know it was Titanic) and the Titantic could see them. They fired all their distress rockets but the Californian ignored it all. They could have easily saved everyone. If they had gotten their wireless operator to check the wireless, he would have heard the S.O.S. and distress calls, but he was sleeping and nobody bothered to check it out.

* The commentary guys go on and on about how almost everything was so faithfully and exactly reproduced...the sets, the clothes, the furniture, everything. They would say this is really what this room looked like, etc etc. Even the actors they chose really looked like the exact people they were playing.

* One woman had someone go back to her room and get her "lucky pig" sculpture before she got on a lifeboat. This really happened and the writer of the book now has that pig and showed it in the extras portion of the DVD.

* It sounds like an old cop movie cliche', but this really was to be Captain Smith's last voyage. Just a few days away from retirement, and he goes down with his ship. He was the highest paid captain in the world. It seems he kind of fell apart mentally. He must have been shocked. Because he really did not do a good job of leading or doing his duty during the sinking. Everyone had to go to him and ask him things like, "should we start getting people on the lifeboats?" "should we do this? should we do that". And he'd be like, "yeah". This is not represented like that in the movie, but the commentary guys say this is what happened. Also, I think he should have made it clear that no lifeboat leaves the ship unless it is absolutely filled to capacity. They only had enough for about 1200 people out of the 2200 onboard. Yet they only saved 700 people.

* At first, people really did not understand the situation they were in. They thought that they were being lowered out into the night, on a very cold evening, in a scary lifeboat, all just for precaution. The lifeboats seemed much scarier to the people. A little tiny thing that they had to step over a ledge, very high up and be lowered down. Many survivors remembered how many people were refusing to get on.

* Survivors recall that people were very calm on board as it was sinking. Not screaming or going nuts or being unruly.

* The captain of the Capathia that rescued the suvivors apparently was very smart and is portrayed well. He was doing everything possible to get the ship to go as fast as humanly possible.

* Thomas Andrews, the architect of the ship was onboard and was apparently a very well liked people person. He is shown very favorably in the film. He was last seen standing in a room and when asked, "arent you going to try for it?", did not respond.

* One steward is shown tying deck chairs together to float on. This actually happened and he survived.

* One "collapsable" boat was overturned in the water and about 30 men got on it until rescued. Balancing themselves as best they could.

* Very few people survived that stayed on the ship. The ones that survived had jumped from it. Though, there was no great wave action or suction that everyone feared. It went very gently in the water and barely made a splash. The commentary guys say you basically could step right off the Titanic as it went into the water and not even get your head wet. Though they did say that when the lights went out on the Titanic, that it must have been a very scary situation. Because there was no moon, they were in complete and total darkness.

* At the very end, in the movie they show the band playing "nearer my god to thee", which is what many survivors swear by that they actually played.

* As a result of the disaster, sweeping changes for the better came about. This included regulations that required enough lifeboats for all passengers. An international ice patrol. Routes that would avoid the ice. And 24 hour wireless operators required.

Oddities and Quirks

When you are "tagged" you are supposed to post a blog and list seven of your own very unique oddities/quirks. I was "tagged".



1. I am double-jointed

2. I have been shot with a shotgun

3. I am jackass-intolerant

4. I'm shy and nice but write like I'm some kind of badass.

5. I have the strength of ten men. Small men mind you, but 10 of them nonetheless.

6. I once raped Minny Mouse. To be fair, the bitch was kinda asking for it.

7. One time I ate an entire train, piece by piece, after I had just derailed it with my penis.

(1-4 are true. 5-7? See number 4 again)

My weekend: by DeNirogator

I went on the Sun Cruz Casino.

I saw Barefoot in the Park.

The End.

Limited Edition!

I have your nummies update ready to go. As always whenever there are new flavors of something I like to try it out. Limited Editions have come out of three candy bars in Minis form.

3 Musketeers has a French Vanilla version and a (dotcom take notice) Mocha Cappuccino flavor.

Twix has a Triple Chocolate version and a (dotcom take notice) Dark Chocolate flavor. They also have a (dvdguy take notice) Potato Chip flavored Twix bar plus a (jsb take notice) Guacomole Twix. (Disclaimer: last sentence untrue)

And Snickers has Peanut Caramel Chews version, though I thought Snickers had peanuts and caramel in it to start with so I don't know what the difference is there.

Life is so Trivial

Trivia night was a success. Not in terms of winning, but in enjoying ourselves and having some fun and laughs. I was told early in the evening if I behaved myself we might do it again. By behaving, that meant leaving the establishment with no ulcers. Another success! I kick ass at not forming ulcers.

We came in 6th place, though we bet our maximum points in "final jeopardy" and missed the question. But we got alot of questions right during the night. So much so, that the cynic in me is almost suspicious of the top couple teams. It almost seemed like they would have had to have gotten every single question right, and many of these were so wide ranging and difficult that I'd find that hard to believe. Adding to the suspicion, it seems the top teams were far back somewhere, not in front with everyone else, and often turning in their answers right before the song ended, never early...which if you are just that smart, wouldn't you know the answer right away?
(It's thinking like this that's going to get me accused of ulcers)
And there were tough ones. What year did the Boy Scouts begin? What president served in the senate after his presidency?

But like I said, it doesnt matter, as long as you have fun. Though I thought about this later...at one point I realized I had a message on my phone and I listened to it. Nobody questioned me about it, and I easily could have been calling a friend to google an answer for us. (You had the length of an entire song to get your answer in).

Some notes and highlights:

1. Dotcom carried the team early on, getting 5 of the first 6 questions right. DVDguy and myself came through later on with such answers as Peter Sellers, Octopussy and Cy Young.

2. Other answers included (going off memory here) Abe Vigoda, Venus-the Roman goddess of love, The Jeffersons, 2 presidents buried in Arlington, the great barrier reef, John Quincy Adams, 1910, Queen Victoria, books, Micheal Collins, Secretariat, millhouse, baines, david, walker, earl and the Miami dolphins.

3. Taunt of the night-- dotcom saying that she would kick my butt so bad that I'd need to get my crystals realigned again. (a reference to my inner ear problem from a year ago)

4. Sound of the night--dvdguy ordering "Super Nachos!". And then later on crying, "I didn't know!" after he had bashed a certain deceased singer not knowing this guy had "issues", which included an accident resulting in a lack of smell (and taste), which causes depression.

5. Lesson of the night--if you have an inkling, and a genius has an inkling...go with the genius. They know things about Eric McCormack and Arlington cemetery.

6. After the answer of "Abe Vigoda" was revealed, the host asked the crowd what famous movie Vigoda was in (talking about "The Godfather"), dvdguy shouts "Cannonball Run 2"!

7. It was ladies night, but the feelin wasn't right. No boozing it up by the female of the species in our group to our chagrin.

8. Guys about to enter the military should not score trivia games.

9. There is alot of moolah to be made in bowling.

10. Bowling Trivia Night would sweep the First Coast.

11. "Baby Delgo" is the greatest character any actor has ever played.

Holiday Road

There are no more Holidays until Halloween.

By that I mean Holidays with nummies, I realize there'll be 4th of july and memorial day and whatnot.

Those were the days

Back when we were youngins, lesliedotcom and I would drive around town and document the whole thing. We were wild and crazy!

Phony Sony

Sony is now the bane of my existence. They KEEP coming up with new ways to thwart me in something that I and other people like to do. Their last few movies, including today's "Hostel" is an example of this. Stop screwing with me Sony or else! Or I'll continue to call you clever names like the subject of this post. So let this be a warning to you. I am not one to be trifled with! Ask anybody.

(just don't ask anybody who posts here, they don't know what they are talking about)

King of Cars

Well another new show tonight debuts on A&E from 10-11 p.m. "King of Cars" is a reality show set at a Dodge Dealership in Las Vegas.

This is a Link

Monday Monday

Some people like celebrities. Others like cooking. Will they like celebrities cooking?
Tonight is the debut of "Celebrity Cooking Showdown" and we'll find out. No link, I'm not extra cool enough to do that. Or am I just lazy?

Also, on A&E...."God or the Girl?"

"This five-part documentary series follows four young men through the emotionally wrenching final weeks that lead up to the most important decision of their lives - whether to become Catholic priests or not."

UPDATE...apparently they are just showing parts 3 and 4 tonight of "God or the Girl" So I guess 1 and 2 already aired...oh well!






Glossary:

extra cool = kinda dorky

Happy Easter everybody!

And for the occasion, dvdguy's favorite....babies!!!!

I like movies

Films out now I'm interested in:

Thank you for smoking
Inside Man
Lucky Number Slevin

But I saw Scary Movie 4 with my roomate late last night. I'd say it was more of the same of the third film. There were 3 jokes I really liked, and the rest provided a few giggles.

By the way, I just got some Gene Wilder DVD's from Netflix the other day (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother, The World's Greatest Lover, The Frisco Kid, Rhinoceros). I've seen all of them before except for Rhinoceros. Gene Wilder does commentary on the ones he directed and it inspired me to look up his film career, because he was quite the star in the 70's. He hasn't done a movie in 15 years. "Another You" in 1991 was his last movie. Since then he's done some TV work. Geez, if I was a comedy director I'd give Gene Wilder a little part in my film. It's Willy freakin' Wonka!

JR in Jax

Film executives in Dallas, Texas are furious the big screen remake of the popular television show Dallas is going to be shot in Florida. The new Dallas movie, which reportedly will star John Travolta, Jennifer Lopez and Shirley MacLaine, is scheduled to begin shooting later this year. The film will be shot in Jacksonville, Florida because city officials offered filmmakers a refund of 15 per cent of all money spent on production up to $2 million. The Dallas Film Commission is calling the decision "a horrible black eye to the state of Texas" and are still trying to convince the film studio to change its mind.

It's the weekend

So don't go to work tomorrow, or the day after for that matter.

I'm afraid of Americans (updated)

Two American Inventors tonight! Fun Fun!

*9 pm Update*: This show should be about the inventions. And for some reason the shows tonight are just about who can give the most inspirational story or who can prove they want it the most or have the most passion. Who cares?? If Orville Wright walks up and gives a lousy presentation and doesn't show much passion, do you say...sorry, this "airplane" thing looks good, but you didn't give a good enough sob story to us.



Funny moment (to me) on "Psychic at Large". A little girl was having fears of ghosts or poltergeists in her house. Char, the psychic at large, tells her a story. "When I was a kid, I always thought there was a ghost in my closet. I dont know why. And then when I got older I realized, it was a spirit".

Okay, so no need to worry, there are probably ghosts in your closet little girl! Feel better now?

Tonight

Amazing Race.
Unanimous
South Park.
Apparently South Park will be a continuation from last week's episode, which they have almost never done, save for the who is cartman's mom episode. Last week there was some strong freedom of speech/muslim cartoon satire, along with a goofy BigWheel car chase.

American Idol results, though I just speed to the last minute to see who gets the boot.

Oh, and LOST! I hear tonight, there is gonna be a clue somewhere in the episode. And that there will be some questions left unanswered, that might just bear some discussion afterward. I can't wait!

Clerks 2 teaser

DeNirogator is out and about from time to time too

Okay, might as well delve into dvdguy territory with strange encounters out in the wild.....

Today, I'm coming back from the cafeteria holding my food and napkins and fork and whatnot. I am about to make it to the door to exit the building I'm in, to head to the research building. A man is coming along from another direction and beats me to the door. He has the door, starts opening it, then notices that I was also going to go out the door.

He says, "Oh, I'm sorry". He let's go of the door and stands away from it. So that I, with my hands completely full, can now try to open the door myself and hold it open for him. This man had nothing in his hands.

Again....... he had the door already open, saw me with my hands full, and closed the door and stepped away, so that I could open it up and hold it open for him.

I encounter some oddness such as this from time to time. I don't know if this matches any of "Dvdguy's odd encounters" (which he should have trademarked), but I can only give you what happens

TV star Ryan Seacrest has blasted Simon Cowell as the "most pompous and egotistical" person he's ever worked with.
The American Idol host insists the outspoken judge's elitist behaviour onscreen is genuine, but acknowledges that's part of his appeal.
He says, "Simon definitely believes his own hype. He asked us to address him as 'your highness' at a dinner party.
"I guess his ego is part of his charm, but he's one of the most pompous and egotistical people I've ever worked with."

Pizza sandwich from 7-Eleven

Just had to quote Tarek (the mensa member) from the Apprentice tonight. These are his words shouting seriously to pedestrians passing by on the street:

"It's a great day to try the new pizza sandwich! Your life will never be the same! It will completely change your whole concept of reality!"

Now I really feel old

If hitting 30 didn't do it, this sure helps. Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense) is 18 today. What the? Just the other day he was a little kid!

Oh and it's Dr. Venture's birthday today too. He's older than 18.

I'm the king of gourmet

I prefer Target for various reasons but every now and then I like to visit Wal-Mart because they happen to have an excellent assortment of products that other places do not have.

They have some good TV dinners. Macaroni and Cheese and Ham. Night Hawk steak dinners, etc.

One unexpected discovery today was in the Easter aisle they had something I forgot about. SweetTart brand jelly beans. I have loved these the last two years and forgot that only Wal-Mart carries them at Easter time.

And finally, I got some Pringles flavors that I don't normally find, including: Chile and Cheese and Loaded Baked Potato. But they also had some limited edition gourmet flavors. Thai Sweet Chili, Italian Brushetta and Tuscan Red Pepper with hint of Olive Oil. I love trying new flavors so I got them all.

song

I heard this song the other day and if you really pay attention to the lyrics and try to catch the subtext and read between the lines, there's a message to be found in it.....



Here's a little song I wrote
You might want to sing it note-for-note
Don't worry, be happy
In every life we have some trouble
But when you worry, you make it double
Don't worry, be happy Don't worry, be happy now

Ain't got no place to lay your head
Somebody came and took your bed
Don't worry, be happy
The landlord say your rent is late
He may have to litigate
Don't worry, (ha-ha ha-ha ha-ha) be happy (look at me, I'm happy)

(Here, I'll give you my phone number. When you're
worried, call me. I'll make you happy.)


Ain't got no cash, ain't got no style
Ain't got no gal to make you smile
But don't worry, be happy
'Cause when you're worried, your face will frown
And that will bring everybody down
So don't worry, be happy Don't worry, be happy now


Now there, is this song I wrote
I hope you learned it note-for-note, like good little children
Don't worry, be happy
A-listen to a-what I say
In your life, expect some trouble
When you worry you make it double
Don't worry, be happy, be happy now

New Shows

Anybody seen the "Andy Milonakis" show on MTV2? The kid performs the stuff pretty well and the writing is very clever.
It's usually shown right around "Wonder Showzen", which is a brilliant "R" rated version of Sesame Street.
These both just started their second season, and both their first seasons came out on DVD.

Also, I checked out "Psychic at Large" on the Sci Fi network. The question with these type shows is can you believe the people that they are reading? Magicians will blatantly lie and say that they've never met the person, when they are totally in on it. I heard Chris Angel (Mindfreak) admit this on the Penn Jillette radio show, and I already knew David Copperfield did it from seeing his live show and his televised one. So if magicians do it, I'm sure a TV psychic can. Otherwise, it's kind of interesting to watch.

"Isn't he gorgeous?"

Bye bye American Pie

No American Inventor blog, live or otherwise tonight. Because I suck at that. My talents lie elsewhere. (inane buffoonery) (as if there's any other kind of buffoonery)

Jar Jar

Saw Jarhead. I had always seemed to hear that it was about the tedium and frustration of waiting to fight and feeling useless. I kept getting the impression that the movie was going to be tedious and make the viewer frustrated, trying to make it's point that way.

JSB said it was good. Gatorham2000 didn't enjoy it.

JSB wins.

The movie is totally entertaining and not what I had been expecting after what I had heard.

(for the record, everyone is entitled to their opinion and I just happen to agree with jsb's on this movie)

And the young guy from "The Office" (John Krasinski) has a small part in the flick, you wouldn't even know it was him. I just happened to recognize the voice.

today

Today is 4, 6, 6

4/6/06

How often in your lifetime will it be 4, 6, 6? Once. So party on people...


Oh and I really enjoyed South Park last night. I imagine dvdguy might make a post about it this morning, so I'll let him do most of the musings about the episode. They took on the whole muslim cartoon chaos and freedom of speech, as well as their dislike for "Family Guy".

I loved the BigWheel car chase...when Kyle's bigwheel went off the cliff, then exploded, I almost choked on what I was eating.

tonight were gonna party like it's.....

Today is 4, 5, 6.

(4/5/06)

How many times in your life will it be 4, 5, 6? Once. So live it up kids....

Clerks 2

Champions!!!!

The Florida Gators are the national champions in basketball!!!!

Hooray for Hollywood!

Movies I have seen recently:

When a Killer Calls
Lollilove
Good Night and Good Luck
Capote
DeRailed
Stay
The Ice Harvest

Bojangles update

Had Bojangles for lunch. The cajun chicken wasn't much to write home about (but enough to write a blog about), but wasn't bad either.
I got seasoned fries, and didn't taste any seasoning at all.

I did notice however they had "cherry biscuits" available and on the sweets menu, "cinnamon biscuits". So I ordered the cinnamon biscuit. It was a biscuit drenched in icing, like a poor man's cinnabon. Not bad for 79 cents.

Come back and dance

I ate at a "Bojangles Chicken" for the first time since I was a kid today. One opened up here in Orange Park after being gone for a long, long time.

My restaurant reviews can make or break an establishment. We all know what happened to Long John Silvers around here. (just kidding, I love LJS and am pissed they have all disappeared!)

Bojangles is closer to Popeyes in taste than KFC (I like both). They offered "southern" or "cajun" chicken. I chose southern this time but will have cajun on my next visit to see which I prefer. I had green beans and mashed potatoes and gravy. The green beans needed seasoning, they were too bland. The chicken was good. I also ordered the sweet potato pie. I was dismayed to find it was one of those McDonald's version of a pie. One of those hot pocket deals. While disapointed with that, I must say the sweet potato filling did taste good.

Next time I will be trying the seasoned fries and the cajun chicken. Stay tuned!