WTF!?

Ya know sometimes how when you're sitting at home watching TV, you feel like someone else is watching you? Well imagine my surprise when I saw this...

Look Out Andy!!!

We learned some new selection methods in class last night. I couldn't sleep last night and was feeling a little creative. Here's what I came up with. Look out Andy Warhol ;-).

New Improved RR

Today marks the launch of the new improved Road Runner service. I know to a lot of people, your internet service is second nature now. It's like tunring on a light switch, you don't realize all the work that has to be done to make all that happen. Well a lot of people work long and hard to bring you all that internet goodness we all enjoy so much.




Last nights draft went pretty well. I missed the first 3 rounds, but managed to get in and grab some players I think will perform well. I think I got a couple of steals when I picked up Maglio Ordonez, Jose Valentin and Moises Alou relatively late into the draft. I couldn't believe Alou wasnt taken early on. I was also able to pick up Jeromy Burnitz and RAY Durham pretty late in the draft. I'm a little worried about my pitching, bit I have several guys on my team with 30+ home runs, so I'm hoping to power myself to victory. Best part about my team is that it's completely free of Mets and Red Sox. Would have liked to grab Hideki Matsui and/or Gary Sheffield, but my outfield is pretty strong with Ordonez, Alou and Burnitz. If it were up to me, my entire fantasy team would be Yankees.

I've sort of had a change of heart concerning the Terri Schiavo story. I still think her parents are dilussional in thinking she can be cured, but I think the food tube should be put back in. After doing a little more research, I've concluded that Terri Schiavo isn't suffering. I don't think she has enough awareness to really know the state she is in. Theefore it almost seems like she is oblivious to just about everything around her. So if her parents aren't ready to let her go yet, I don't think they should be forced to let her die.

The Shield started back up 2 weeks ago. The first episode was a little weak, but they have introduced some new characters and the structure of the police force changed a lot, so I think they were just getting everyone caught up. The 2nd episode was really good. It had all the drug dealings, rapes, shootouts, and corruption I've come to love and expect from the show.

Little Yankees Fans

Rachel and I are doing our part to make sure there are future generations of Yankees fans :-)

Terri Schiavo

Obviously the story aboyt Terri Schiavo has been a big one. And I started thinking about how I would handle things if God forbid I was ever in a position like her family.

From what I've read, I think Terri's siblings and parents are a bit dillusional. They seem to think Terri communicates with them. But as I understand it, basically the only part of her brain truely functioning is down by her brain stem. This is the part of the brain that controls involuntary functions like breathing and the beating of someones heart. So when she smiles at one of them, the way I understand it, it's not because she is happy or because she is trying to communicate, it's just an involuntary reflex. Much in the same when a baby is first born, they will sometimes smile while they sleep.

There are a lot of dangers surrounding Terri Schiavo's fate. Many don't like that the government is getting involved in a families personal affairs. I tend to agree. Then there is the quality of life issue. If someone has a stroke and they can no longer speak, no longer walk, and they require daily medical attention to just function, what kind of life is that for someone? What kind of existance is it for someone who can't communicate verbally, or through written words? Someone who is basically a prisoner in their own body. Where do we draw the line. And when a person gets married, does their spouse have a legal right to decide their fate instead of their "blood" relatives. Who's really to say who has the patients best interest?

I think the big issue that is being overlooked here is how inhumane it seems to let someone starve to death. Removing someones only means of sustanance seems overly cruel to me. There has to be a more humane way. Injecting Terri with a large dose of sedatives so she drifts into a deep sleep and never wakes up again seems a whole lot more humane. But maybe that's just me.

Personally I wouldn't want to live the way Terri has been living for the past 15 years. But I understand why her parents and siblings are having a hard time letting go. As long as Terri is in that bed, they have someone to visit, someone to see, somone to hug. They can still hold her hand, and brush her hair. With the finality of death that all goes away. If she dies, she gets burried and that all goes away. So I can understand why they would want to keep her around. Just so they have a little piece of Terri still with them.

A few new ones

I processed a few more B&W images since I have class this week. They can be viewed here...

http://www.pbase.com/squilky/image/40851279

http://www.pbase.com/squilky/image/40850681

http://www.pbase.com/squilky/image/40850636

Beatallica

So what do you get when you take a song like Enter Sandman and mix it together with Taxman by The Beatles? Why you have Beatallica of course. I stumbled upon this band by accident over the weekend, and man is it entertaining. Imagine Beatles songs being sung by a guy doing a really over the top impersonation of James Hetfield. That's what Beatallica is all about. WhenI first heard it, I actually thought it was Metallica messing around in the studio. It sounds that much like them. There are a few songs that are really annoying, but for the most part the songs are very funny and entertaining to listen to. I'm a big fan of Leper Madonna, Garage Days Night, Seargent Hetfields Motorbreath PUb Band and Blackened USSR. They even take the sappy early Beatles stuff like I Wanna Hold Your Hand, and put a metal feel into it and rename it I Wanna Choke Your Band. They mix Let it Be and The Thing That Should Not Be, and they come up with a chorus something like "Let it be, let it be, Irish children watch the sea....Pray for fathers roaming free". It's pure genius. Unfortunately, after doing some research on Beatallica, I learned that the Wisconsin based band was sued by Sony Music an forced to shut down their website. Apprantly, Lars from Metallica supports Beatallica, but the living members of the Beatles don't find it funny. So I don't think we'll be hearing any new material from Beatallica. It's really a shame because I think this could really take off. You can combine Metallica and Tool and call the name MeTOOLica. Or throw in Eddie Van Halens feverish guitar playing and mix it with some Metallica and BAM you have Van Tallica.
Here's just a taste of some of the lyrics from Sandman. Sing it to the melody of Taxman.

Let me tell you how shit will beBetter grip your pillow tight-a-layNow enter SandmanYEE-AA-AH, enter Sandman
I will fill your eyez with sandOff to Nevernever land
Cuz I'm the SandmanYEE-AA-AH, fuckin' Sandman

Random Stuff

I'm gonna "kitchen sink" it, by just spewing out whatever is on my mind...

After the beautiful 70 degree we had on Monday, the weather just went nuts. It was 50 degrees when I left my house at around 7AM. I have about a 30 mile drive to work. As I drove north the temperature kept dropping. My little temperature readout went from 50-40 in about 20 minutes time. A cold rain was now falling. By the time I got 3/4 of the way to work the temperature was down to 35 and the rain turned to snow. Last night it went down into the teens. Craziness. Im so ready for spring!!!

So about a month ago, I got our W-2 forms together and attempted to do our own taxes. Well, I've never been good with math, so I hope Im doing something terribly wrong. The results I came back with said that Rachel and I owe around $3000. So I finally made an appointment with Jackson Hewitt to get out taxes done professionally tonight. I hope the results are a little more to my liking. I have never owed money before. Last year was the first year we files jointly as a married couple, and we got a small refund of around $500 from both federal and the state. Neither of us got a huge raise, and we didn't win the lottery, so nothing has changed drastically from last year. So I don't know what could cause a $3500 swing like this. At this point, I'd be happy if we just owed $1000. Anything would be better than owing $3000.

So I have a new favorite TV show I'm obsession over at the moment. It's called Monster Garage. I was watching 60 Minutes a few weeks back and they interviewed the host of the show and the concept of the show seemed so cool. Basically they take a standard car, van or truck and modify into some crazy contraption. The actually turned a standard cop car into a donut factory. So you could drive around and bake donuts. They turned a firetruck into a beer brewery, and a 1973 Corvette into a 750 horsepower mud bogger. Now you don't really need to be a car enthusiest to like the show. The teams that build these monster machines are pretty colorful characters and make the show very entertaining. They have this midget who helps out occasionally named BodyDrop. He's kind of like Monster Garage's version of Wee-Man from Jackass. My favorite episode so far is when they made this parade float out of an old Firebird. It was this 25 foot high Santa that launched candy from his hands into the crowd. It's a little hard to describe, but the end result was awesome. I highly recommend the show.

Lastly, I had a strange dream 2 nights ago. I was sitting in the woods around a campfire. This is strange in itself because I've never been camping. I was all by myself, and I remember it being really cold. In front of me was this lake, and across the lake there was another camp. And it was like a beer commercial going on over there. There were girls in bikinis, guys playing football, people going up a rock climbing wall, people waterskiing across the lake. So I remember thinking to myself wow, I need to get over there, that looks like fun. So Im wearing all these heavy winter clothes and I jump into the lake, and the clothes are like a sponge. They soak up water and Im sinking like a rock. Sinking, sinking, sinking the lake doesn't seem to have a bottom to it. As Im sinking I notice all these mean looking sharks start circling around and one of them is yelling like Fat Bastard from Austin Powers. "I'm gonna eat ya!!! Get in me belly!!!" I was trying to wave my arms so I could swim back to the top, but my arms were so heavy from all the winter clothes I wasn't go anywhere. It was liking paddling a canoe up river. Then I woke up. Im glad I remembered this, because when I woke up I remember thinking to myself, I have to write this on my blog.

69 Baby!!! 69!

Holy crap, it's 69 degrees out. I'm driving home with my pants off!!!





Wants to touch the hiney!!!!!

NFL Jersey's

There are two NFL players with the last names of Gay and Jue (pronounced Jew). So apparantly the NFL has this list of words that they will not put on the back of an NFL jersey and Gay and Jue are two of the words. The complete list is hysterical, but definitely not for the easily offended. It contains some of the dirtiest words and phrases I have ever heard. What scares me is there has to be a reason for this list to exist. Did someone actually go to nfl.com and order a jersey with the words man paste on the back? Geesh. For the complete list click HERE


Last night on Bravo they had on Celebrity Pool. No it's not Rebecca Romjin and Pam Anderson laying poolside in bikinis. It was Joe Rogan and Tom Green playing pool (billiards). Surprisingly it was sort of entertaining. Im just wondering how many more of these celebrity shows there will be. Celebrity Blackjack, Poker, Pool. What next, Celebrity Chess? Celebrity Monopoly?

Look who's all grown up...

A few weeks ago, Niel mentioned that Deborah Gibson was going to be in Playboy. So Im not the perverted one. I get no enjoyment out of this. I'm posting it to satisfy Niel's sick fetish. I suddenly have a craving for pancakes.

The Oscars...

I'm not even sure what this woman won for, I think it was for a documentary. She was a British woman, and during her speach she said something like "Wow, this is the dogs bullocks!". I'm pretty sure that's the British equivelent of deans peanuts. Made me laugh. Please try to use deans peanuts in a sentence today. Or better yet, dogs bullocks, but be sure to say it in an exagerated British accent.

Last night, I left me flat and headed down to the pub. It was the dogs bullocks!!! Oy!

Oh yeah, and does Jamie Foxx have the Triple X movie logo tattooed on the back of his head?