Another week, another victory. I retain my lead, 120-61-23, over my competitors after beating Anchorman for Real 7-3-2. My team was not spectacular this week, but whatever, I still won, and that is all that matters.
This week I play Ruskin's team (Lidle Airlines, best name of our league), he moved into second place, but he is down by 11 games. At this point, I just want to build my lead going into my week against Gideon, since he destroyed me last time we played.
Monday, July 30, 2007
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
The Simpsons Movie
Needless to say I am pretty excited about seeing this movie. As a fan of the show since it's first episode, which I watched at Greg Nelson's house back in 1989, I am excited to see if it will be as entertaining as any of the episodes.
I only wish they could have done the movie before Phil Hartman's death. I miss Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz. My favorite Hutz line has to be:
Hutz: Uh, oh we've drawn Judge Snyder.
Marge: Is that bad?
Hutz: Well he's had it in for me ever since I kinda ran over his dog... Well, replace the word "kinda" with the word "repeatedly," and the word "dog" with "son.".
My favorite episode, hmm, that's a tough one, it may have to be the Shary Bobbins episode, "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpialad'ohcious." The episode is just so silly, and then ends on such an odd note, with Shary being sucked into the jet engine.
Let me know what some of your favorite Simpsons moments have been, and enjoy these lyrics from the Bloodhound Gang song "Ralph Wiggum."
I'm going to Africa yes ma'am I'm a brick was President Lincoln okay? mitten
There's a dog in the vent chicken necks? I pick Ken Griffey Jr. I fell out 2 times
I'm pedaling backwards this snowflake tastes like fish sticks we're a totem pole dying tickles
I heard a Frankenstein lives there she's touching my special area go banana
Ralphie ralphie
Get off get off
The stage the stage
Sweetheart sweetheart
Oh say can you rock?
I'm a pop sensation
I'm a pop sensation
Salmon gutter?
I'm idaho you smell like dead bunnies that's where I saw the leprechaun fun toys are fun
Chocolate microscopes you're not it that is so 1991 I bit my tongue
Ralphie ralphie
Get off get off
The stage the stage
Sweetheart sweetheart
Oh say can you rock?
I'm a pop sensation
I'm a pop sensation
Yvan eht nioj
Yvan eht nioj
Yvan eht nioj
Yvan eht nioj
Yvan eht nioj
Yvan eht nioj
Yvan eht nioj
Yvan eht nioj
My sash says ultraman
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Monday, July 23, 2007
Close Call
Last night I almost had what one would call a moment of weakness. I came home from work and realized I had not eaten since noon, and it was now like 10 p.m. I did not want fast food, nor did I want to go to some restaurant and have to sit there alone. That really only leaves one kind of place...a bar.
So, I trekked up to Noblestown Road and looked around, and saw a place called the Ugly Dog Saloon, and underneath the sign it said bar and grille. I went in and it seemed okay, not very busy. I grabbed a seat at the bar and asked for a menu and a glass of water. I ordered a chicken quesadilla and watched the Cardinals/Braves game while waiting for my food.
As I waited, I started to have an urge to order a Miller Lite draft. It looked good coming out of the tap. My mind started to debate what to do, and naturally the first thing I thought (as if the little devil on my shoulder was whispering to me) was, what would it hurt? Just one beer, no one would know. It's not like you'd get drunk off it. Then the other side spoke, unfortunately this was no angel, just another little devil, and said "seriously man, it would taste really good right now, and the rest of the people would stop looking at you like some kind of weirdo for drinking water." At that point I had not thought people were staring at me, but now I was becoming paranoid.
After a few minutes of listening to these arguments, I decided to ask the big guy for some help. No, not God, this big, fat guy sitting near me. I told him my dilemma and he thought on it for a moment and gave me this answer: "One beer never really hurt anyone, I come here all the time and drink a beer, and I am doing just fine." My mind was made up, have a beer. Then he fell out of his stool and a bouncer came over and hit him with a taser and drug him out of the bar. I found out that he'd been there since noon, enjoying his one beer, which was really 38 beers. I then decided to finish my food and get the hell out of there.
Crisis averted, still no alcohol since April 30th. Oh, and some of the events in this story are made up, not telling which, but I am sure you can guess (no, the quesadilla was real and very tasty).
So, I trekked up to Noblestown Road and looked around, and saw a place called the Ugly Dog Saloon, and underneath the sign it said bar and grille. I went in and it seemed okay, not very busy. I grabbed a seat at the bar and asked for a menu and a glass of water. I ordered a chicken quesadilla and watched the Cardinals/Braves game while waiting for my food.
As I waited, I started to have an urge to order a Miller Lite draft. It looked good coming out of the tap. My mind started to debate what to do, and naturally the first thing I thought (as if the little devil on my shoulder was whispering to me) was, what would it hurt? Just one beer, no one would know. It's not like you'd get drunk off it. Then the other side spoke, unfortunately this was no angel, just another little devil, and said "seriously man, it would taste really good right now, and the rest of the people would stop looking at you like some kind of weirdo for drinking water." At that point I had not thought people were staring at me, but now I was becoming paranoid.
After a few minutes of listening to these arguments, I decided to ask the big guy for some help. No, not God, this big, fat guy sitting near me. I told him my dilemma and he thought on it for a moment and gave me this answer: "One beer never really hurt anyone, I come here all the time and drink a beer, and I am doing just fine." My mind was made up, have a beer. Then he fell out of his stool and a bouncer came over and hit him with a taser and drug him out of the bar. I found out that he'd been there since noon, enjoying his one beer, which was really 38 beers. I then decided to finish my food and get the hell out of there.
Crisis averted, still no alcohol since April 30th. Oh, and some of the events in this story are made up, not telling which, but I am sure you can guess (no, the quesadilla was real and very tasty).
Fantasy Baseball Week 16
As the season starts to move past the halfway mark, I keep waiting for my team to have a horrible collapse, but it has not happened. This week I played Offord, and at the beginning of the week, I was a bit worried because many of my players did not seem to be playing very well, but then they came together and proved me wrong. I won the week 8-2-2, putting me to 113-58-21 and pushing my lead to 9.5 games. Lidle Airline's had a huge week, going 11-0-1, which brought him up into the 100 win club, and put some space between the top three and the rest of the league.
My pitching was once again very good, winning every category except complete games, which we tied. I looked at my overall season stats and thought that my pitching would be the best, but it is actually third, my hitting is actually number one. Very weird, I seriously felt like most of the year my pitching carried my team. I do have the most strikeouts though, and the best ERA and WHIP. I guess having Ian Snell probably hurts me, since I get no wins from him, since he plays for the Pirates....
Hitting was very close this week. Offord and I could have easily swapped a few categories and this would have been a much closer game. A-Rod had another great week, but that is not the guy I want to talk about. After the Yankees destroyed the D-Rays this weekend, most people failed to mention much about the return of BJ Upton. Since coming back from that quad injury, which scared me because some guys just cannot seem to get back into form from certain injuries, he has played extremely well. This week he had 12 Hits, 8 RBIs, 3 HRs, and a .414 average. Even against the series with the Yankees, he still went 8-19 with 3 HRs and a 2B. Anyways, I hope that this season is not a fluke for him, and that he can play like this every year. He has quickly become one of my favorite non-Pirate players to watch, actually most of the D-Rays are fun to watch.
This week I play Anchorman for Real, who is in next to last place, it should be an easy one, but you never know.
My pitching was once again very good, winning every category except complete games, which we tied. I looked at my overall season stats and thought that my pitching would be the best, but it is actually third, my hitting is actually number one. Very weird, I seriously felt like most of the year my pitching carried my team. I do have the most strikeouts though, and the best ERA and WHIP. I guess having Ian Snell probably hurts me, since I get no wins from him, since he plays for the Pirates....
Hitting was very close this week. Offord and I could have easily swapped a few categories and this would have been a much closer game. A-Rod had another great week, but that is not the guy I want to talk about. After the Yankees destroyed the D-Rays this weekend, most people failed to mention much about the return of BJ Upton. Since coming back from that quad injury, which scared me because some guys just cannot seem to get back into form from certain injuries, he has played extremely well. This week he had 12 Hits, 8 RBIs, 3 HRs, and a .414 average. Even against the series with the Yankees, he still went 8-19 with 3 HRs and a 2B. Anyways, I hope that this season is not a fluke for him, and that he can play like this every year. He has quickly become one of my favorite non-Pirate players to watch, actually most of the D-Rays are fun to watch.
This week I play Anchorman for Real, who is in next to last place, it should be an easy one, but you never know.
Friday, July 20, 2007
Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey
For those of you who have never experienced a Chuck Palahniuk novel, let me just say that I am sorry. I should have forced you to read one of his books long ago, but it is too late for that now, so let's just hope that you will start with any of his books, and this one would be as good as any others.
After finishing Rant, I had to lay in bed for about forty-five minutes just soaking in what I had read. Like all CP books, at first you have no clue what is going on, then you think you got it, and then BANG. He sends you for a loop.
The book's premise focuses on the life of this character, Buster "Rant" Casey, but is told by different people, who are discussing his life after he dies. Buster is a villain to most of the world because he started a rabies plague, which became a huge epidemic. He was also involved in Party Crashing, which is driving around trying to get into car accidents with other people playing the game.
One of my favorite Buster quotes, which there are plenty, "the future you have, tomorrow, won't be the same future you had, yesterday."
Take a second to process that line. For those of you who have read Slaughterhouse 5, I think you may enjoy this book. If you have seen Fight Club, you will enjoy this book. Or, if you just want something that will make you think, and probably force you to be a little more cynical, then you'll definitely enjoy it.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Fantasy Baseball Week 15
This was a short week with the All-Star game, and really not worth talking about. I beat Bay+LaRoche=1000rbis (that name turned out to be a bad joke, those two will be lucky to hit over 150 rbis) 6-4-2, and keeps me 3.5 games up on Offord, who I play this week.
Instead of going into details about the week, let me tell you about the stupidity I heard on SportsCenter the other night. It was during the Diamond Cutters segment, I think, John Kruk and Steve Phillips were debating whether Barry Bonds should play road games. I had to agree with Kruk, which scares me, since the guy is an idiot. Let me explain each of their arguments.
Philips
Barry Bonds should not break Hank Aaron's homerun record on the road, therefore the Giants should not play him on road trips. The integrity of baseball would be ruined if Bonds breaks the record somewhere and something bad happens, like a riot breaks out, or someone throws syringes at him or something. Since the Giants are out of the division race, it does not matter if Bonds sits out and they lose away games. As Philips says, in 20 years no one will remember much about the season, except the moment that Bonds hit number 756. That should not be tainted by something horrible happening during that moment.
At this point I think ESPN should have tested Phillips for drugs. Now let's hear what Kruk had to say.
Kruk
He should not sit out games on the road. If he sits out games, doesn't that ruin the integrity of the season anyways? There are plenty of tight races in the National League, and for the Giants to just sit their best player, could make a huge difference at the end of the year. All players have to deal with adversity, and Bonds should just suck it up. Also, it's not so easy to hit homeruns. Bonds could take all season at home just to hit the four or five he still needs.
Needless to say, Kruk was spitting and slobbering a bit more and as usual was barely coherent, but I cleaned it up a little bit for him. Regardless of that, he is pretty much right, although Kruk is the kind of guy who stumbles into right answers and has no idea why.
1. How many people went out and calculated Bond's HR/AB ration and tried to figure out when he would break the record? How many of those people bought tickets to road games and plan to fly out and try to get that ball? I would love to know how many stadiums are sold out in their right field section for the next couple of weeks when the Giants play. Even if they are coming out to boo him, they still paid for tickets, and teams are still making money off them.
2. Security. Hire extra security for Giants games. Make sure if anyone jumps out on the field they get tasered or something. Hell, let Bonds carry his bat after he hits the HR. If some crazy fan wants to attack the dude, who may have taken steroids and weighs like 280 lbs of solid muscle, then good luck to that dude because I am pretty sure Bonds would destroy the average drunken fan in a fight.
3. The main thing that Kruk was trying to say, about the other teams is fairly important. If the Giants play at Atlanta, who is one game behind Dodgers for the wild card (this is all hypothetical), and Bonds sits out and the Braves sweep them, then the Giants return home and play the Pirates where Bonds breaks the record. After that they head on down to L.A. and beat the Dodgers 3 out of 4 games because Bonds is playing road games now. This would also go back to the argument Chipper Jones said about interleague play, about how it is unfair that the Mets and Braves have to play the Yankees/Red Sox, while the Marlins play the Devil Rays. It means the schedule, which is supposedly equal for the most part become easier for some teams.
I know some people will say that it would be the same if the best player of a team gets hurt and misses games during a playoff race. However, that is not something anyone can really control (in most cases), Bonds sitting out would be a decision by the front office.
Anyways, enough about that for a moment. I would also like to say that I am tired of people constantly ripping on A-Rod. Nine times out of ten it's people who do not check statistics and see that he is the best player in baseball.
I also love how people bring up last years playoffs against the Tigers. You would swear that A-Rod was the only Yankee. Does everyone forget that the Yankees bats were terrible during that series? The Tigers pitching was just awesome.
For most of you who do not believe me about A-Rod, go over to Fire Joe Morgan and read any of the posts about A-Rod. The arguments they write do not come from die-hard Yankees fans (actually most of them are Red Sox fans), but instead from rational people who can read stats and say "oh, that guy is fucking amazing."
Instead of going into details about the week, let me tell you about the stupidity I heard on SportsCenter the other night. It was during the Diamond Cutters segment, I think, John Kruk and Steve Phillips were debating whether Barry Bonds should play road games. I had to agree with Kruk, which scares me, since the guy is an idiot. Let me explain each of their arguments.
Philips
Barry Bonds should not break Hank Aaron's homerun record on the road, therefore the Giants should not play him on road trips. The integrity of baseball would be ruined if Bonds breaks the record somewhere and something bad happens, like a riot breaks out, or someone throws syringes at him or something. Since the Giants are out of the division race, it does not matter if Bonds sits out and they lose away games. As Philips says, in 20 years no one will remember much about the season, except the moment that Bonds hit number 756. That should not be tainted by something horrible happening during that moment.
At this point I think ESPN should have tested Phillips for drugs. Now let's hear what Kruk had to say.
Kruk
He should not sit out games on the road. If he sits out games, doesn't that ruin the integrity of the season anyways? There are plenty of tight races in the National League, and for the Giants to just sit their best player, could make a huge difference at the end of the year. All players have to deal with adversity, and Bonds should just suck it up. Also, it's not so easy to hit homeruns. Bonds could take all season at home just to hit the four or five he still needs.
Needless to say, Kruk was spitting and slobbering a bit more and as usual was barely coherent, but I cleaned it up a little bit for him. Regardless of that, he is pretty much right, although Kruk is the kind of guy who stumbles into right answers and has no idea why.
1. How many people went out and calculated Bond's HR/AB ration and tried to figure out when he would break the record? How many of those people bought tickets to road games and plan to fly out and try to get that ball? I would love to know how many stadiums are sold out in their right field section for the next couple of weeks when the Giants play. Even if they are coming out to boo him, they still paid for tickets, and teams are still making money off them.
2. Security. Hire extra security for Giants games. Make sure if anyone jumps out on the field they get tasered or something. Hell, let Bonds carry his bat after he hits the HR. If some crazy fan wants to attack the dude, who may have taken steroids and weighs like 280 lbs of solid muscle, then good luck to that dude because I am pretty sure Bonds would destroy the average drunken fan in a fight.
3. The main thing that Kruk was trying to say, about the other teams is fairly important. If the Giants play at Atlanta, who is one game behind Dodgers for the wild card (this is all hypothetical), and Bonds sits out and the Braves sweep them, then the Giants return home and play the Pirates where Bonds breaks the record. After that they head on down to L.A. and beat the Dodgers 3 out of 4 games because Bonds is playing road games now. This would also go back to the argument Chipper Jones said about interleague play, about how it is unfair that the Mets and Braves have to play the Yankees/Red Sox, while the Marlins play the Devil Rays. It means the schedule, which is supposedly equal for the most part become easier for some teams.
I know some people will say that it would be the same if the best player of a team gets hurt and misses games during a playoff race. However, that is not something anyone can really control (in most cases), Bonds sitting out would be a decision by the front office.
Anyways, enough about that for a moment. I would also like to say that I am tired of people constantly ripping on A-Rod. Nine times out of ten it's people who do not check statistics and see that he is the best player in baseball.
I also love how people bring up last years playoffs against the Tigers. You would swear that A-Rod was the only Yankee. Does everyone forget that the Yankees bats were terrible during that series? The Tigers pitching was just awesome.
For most of you who do not believe me about A-Rod, go over to Fire Joe Morgan and read any of the posts about A-Rod. The arguments they write do not come from die-hard Yankees fans (actually most of them are Red Sox fans), but instead from rational people who can read stats and say "oh, that guy is fucking amazing."
Friday, July 13, 2007
Driving Rant
Now that I live down here in Crafton and make trips up to State College quite frequently, I feel that I can complain about driving now.
1. Stop asking me why I take 80 to 79 instead of going 22, then through the city. I know that it is shorter, but I can go faster my way and it takes me about the same amount of time, a little under three hours.
2. Truckers, quit trying to pass each other. If you are going 67 and the truck ahead of you is only going 65, do not bother trying to pass him. Nothing pisses me off more than slowing down from 90 mph in order to watch two trucks race along at 66 mph.
3. Sun: Speed up your setting. I drive on 80 WEST. I know sunsets are beautiful and all that, but seriously, it should not take 45 minutes. Just get down, so I can speed up and get the hell off the road. Yeah, I could leave earlier, but why should I adjust MY schedule for you?
4. Does anyone actually work on roads? I see road construction everywhere, but no one working. Just miles and miles of orange cones and signs telling me to slow down, save a life, someone's mommy works there. Where? I want to see this mommy and daddy out actually working, making the road a bit better.
5. O.A.R...Yeah, the band. I have no problem with their music, in fact they are one of my favorite bands, but seriously can you guys make "That Was a Crazy Game of Poker" any longer? The live version on the Madison Square Garden disc is like 22 minutes long or something. It's almost six minutes before they actually sing. Not trying to say that I do not love it, just wish they'd play more songs on a live disc and maybe just put that song on it's own disc and make it like 72 minutes long...
6. Why the hell can I get every goddamn baseball game on the radio except the Pirates? I am driving towards Pittsburgh, I should not hear "Ortiz lines one off the Green Monster..." I know they are bad, but seriously would it kill at least one station to pick them up. I cannot get them until I hit 79, that is rather sad if you ask me. I remember when I was younger, back in '89, at least two stations in the Philipsburg area carried the games.
7. People, stop slowing down when you see a cop writing a ticket. And if you are going to slow down, at least slow down to the speed limit, not five under. I wish cops would just pull those assholes over and shoot them.
Done bitching now, here is a picture to make reading this worthwhile.
1. Stop asking me why I take 80 to 79 instead of going 22, then through the city. I know that it is shorter, but I can go faster my way and it takes me about the same amount of time, a little under three hours.
2. Truckers, quit trying to pass each other. If you are going 67 and the truck ahead of you is only going 65, do not bother trying to pass him. Nothing pisses me off more than slowing down from 90 mph in order to watch two trucks race along at 66 mph.
3. Sun: Speed up your setting. I drive on 80 WEST. I know sunsets are beautiful and all that, but seriously, it should not take 45 minutes. Just get down, so I can speed up and get the hell off the road. Yeah, I could leave earlier, but why should I adjust MY schedule for you?
4. Does anyone actually work on roads? I see road construction everywhere, but no one working. Just miles and miles of orange cones and signs telling me to slow down, save a life, someone's mommy works there. Where? I want to see this mommy and daddy out actually working, making the road a bit better.
5. O.A.R...Yeah, the band. I have no problem with their music, in fact they are one of my favorite bands, but seriously can you guys make "That Was a Crazy Game of Poker" any longer? The live version on the Madison Square Garden disc is like 22 minutes long or something. It's almost six minutes before they actually sing. Not trying to say that I do not love it, just wish they'd play more songs on a live disc and maybe just put that song on it's own disc and make it like 72 minutes long...
6. Why the hell can I get every goddamn baseball game on the radio except the Pirates? I am driving towards Pittsburgh, I should not hear "Ortiz lines one off the Green Monster..." I know they are bad, but seriously would it kill at least one station to pick them up. I cannot get them until I hit 79, that is rather sad if you ask me. I remember when I was younger, back in '89, at least two stations in the Philipsburg area carried the games.
7. People, stop slowing down when you see a cop writing a ticket. And if you are going to slow down, at least slow down to the speed limit, not five under. I wish cops would just pull those assholes over and shoot them.
Done bitching now, here is a picture to make reading this worthwhile.
Monday, July 9, 2007
Fantasy Baseball Week 14
Going into the All-Star Break, I am still in first place with a 99-52-17 record, putting me 5.5 games ahead of Offord and a solid 11 games ahead of Gideon. This past week, I beat Ryan 10-1-1, but must tip my cap to him because if he would have played almost anyone else, he would have won pretty handily. Let me show you the final stats for the week:
Team R H HR RBI SB AVG W CG SV K ERA WHIP
Me 42 80 12 46 5 .324 2 0 6 47 2.73 1.07
Ryan 38 76 14 40 4 .276 1 0 4 35 6.75 1.70
Both of our hitting statistics were pretty good. Mine was due to the fact that Morneau had 14 Hits, 13 RBIs, and 4 HRs, pretty much all in one day. My pitching again dominated, but many of Ryan's starters were out for the week, although I made an error again and forgot to set my team before I left for State College, missing out on Felix's win and Erik Bedard's monster game where he had 15 Ks, 1 W, 1 CG (which would have given me one more category and boosted my record to 100 Wins!) So needless to say he cannot complain too much about his pitching because I believe even if his guys were healthy, if you add in 22 more Ks and 2 more wins, I probably still beat him.
Hopefully my team can keep up playing this well. I dropped Ryan Freel because he came off the DL and I really have no place to put him. I cannot justify dropping Kaz Matsui right now because he is playing very well at the moment. Hopefully BJ Upton can come back and return to his first half form. Also, JD Drew better turn it up a notch in the second half. He has been disappointing this year.
Anyways, good luck to everyone in the league, may the second half go the same as the first half.
Team R H HR RBI SB AVG W CG SV K ERA WHIP
Me 42 80 12 46 5 .324 2 0 6 47 2.73 1.07
Ryan 38 76 14 40 4 .276 1 0 4 35 6.75 1.70
Both of our hitting statistics were pretty good. Mine was due to the fact that Morneau had 14 Hits, 13 RBIs, and 4 HRs, pretty much all in one day. My pitching again dominated, but many of Ryan's starters were out for the week, although I made an error again and forgot to set my team before I left for State College, missing out on Felix's win and Erik Bedard's monster game where he had 15 Ks, 1 W, 1 CG (which would have given me one more category and boosted my record to 100 Wins!) So needless to say he cannot complain too much about his pitching because I believe even if his guys were healthy, if you add in 22 more Ks and 2 more wins, I probably still beat him.
Hopefully my team can keep up playing this well. I dropped Ryan Freel because he came off the DL and I really have no place to put him. I cannot justify dropping Kaz Matsui right now because he is playing very well at the moment. Hopefully BJ Upton can come back and return to his first half form. Also, JD Drew better turn it up a notch in the second half. He has been disappointing this year.
Anyways, good luck to everyone in the league, may the second half go the same as the first half.
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Transformers
As most of you know, I was very skeptical about the new Transformers movie. When I first heard that Spielberg wanted to produce it, I was excited. I figured the hardest thing would be the actual transforming, but with a good story the CGI could afford to be a bit weak. Then I heard that Michael Bay was involved. I cried. I knew there would be no real story and that he would probably change so many things about my beloved Transformers that I would probably hate the movie.
After finally getting a chance to see the film, I have to say I was quite entertained. The effects were absolutely amazing. The transformations were incredibly cool and almost believable (obviously I do not need believability when dealing with alien robots, but it was nice to see that the transformations were not ridiculous or made no sense, like some of the cartoon versions.) I was a bit disappointed in the appearance of Megatron though. I really wish he would have been a bit closer to his original cartoon version, much like how they did with Optimus Prime. I was also very happy they used the original voice actor for Prime, and I guess Hugo Weaving worked okay as Megatron...If you cannot tell, I am a Decepticon by heart, and Megatron was my favorite. On the Autobot side, just in case you were wondering, Grimlock was definitely pretty sweet, and of course anytime I hear Prime say "Autobots, transform and roll out" I get chills...
Anyways, back to the focus here. The story made sense, had a few oddities, but nothing I can really complain about. It is not going to win any awards, but it'll do fine. Although, can I just say that movies need to stop using the phrase "my bad." FF: Rise of the Silver Surfer and this one both had a scene where a main character says it. I am sorry, but hearing Optimus Prime say "my bad" made me want to kick someone in the head.
I definitely think that Megan Fox needs to be in more movies. She is pretty damn hot.
I enjoyed the early scenes of Bumblebee and Sam, before Sam knows his car is actually a robot. The little music changes and helping him pick up Mikaela was quite funny. I think my favorite part of the movie though had to be when Prime and Megatron fight and Prime uses the line from the cartoon movie: "At the end of this day, one shall stand, one shall fall."
If you enjoyed the cartoon as a kid, or if you love big action movies, or just want to see robots beat the shit out of each other, then you should definitely check this one out.
Monday, July 2, 2007
Seraphim Falls
I rented this movie through my Blockbuster monthly thing. It's a western, and well, there are not enough westerns being made nowadays. Unfortunately there is a reason for that.
The movie stars Pierce Brosnan and Liam Neeson. It is a post-Civil War revenge film, where Neeson's character is chasing Brosnan because he committed some atrocious crime during the war, which we get little flashbacks of throughout the movie.
I did not enjoy the film. It was fairly predictable, and seemed a bit silly. Neeson's character goes to whatever ends possible to catch Brosnan, and then realizes that revenge will not bring his family back. I have read on online that he is like Captain Ahab from Moby Dick. Eh.
The ending gets downright weird when each character meets Anjelica Huston's Madame Louise Fair, who comes out of nowhere in the desert to give them what they will need to continue on. If you notice, her name is a pun of the word: Lucifer. Supposedly she represents the devil.
Anyways, if you like westerns, especially bad ones, well you may just want to check this movie out. If not, well you are not missing too much.
Fantasy Baseball Week 13
Okay, so the error I made at the beginning of the week did not cost me, since I beat Buccubs 8-2-2, to improve my first place record to 89-51-16.
The only hitting category I lost was average, which was only by two points. I had been winning by a bunch going into the last day, but it seems that none of my guys wanted to hit the ball on Sunday. My two big hitters this week were Russell Martin and Orlando Cabrera (who I think got the shaft by not making the All-Star Team). Dmitri Young also hit well for me, and makes me wonder why no one took a chance on him earlier.
Let me explain why I was upset at the beginning of the week. When we left for Kennywood, I set Erik Bedard and Carlos Zambrano to pitch, but I must not have hit submit. When I came home, I saw their lines and got pretty excited, only to realize that those numbers did not count for me. Here are their lines:
Zambrano: 6.0 IP, 5 Hits, 2 Earned Runs, 8 Ks, 1 Win
Bedard: 7.0 IP, 2 Hits, 0 Earned Runs, 8 Ks, 1 Win
Anytime you give forfeit 16 Ks and 2 wins, you have to be a little upset that you could lose. Luckily it only cost me in one category, and that was strikeouts. I lost Ks 38-45. As you can see, those two games would have led me to a 9-1-1 victory. This will not matter to much, unless at the end of the year, I come in second place during the regular season by a half game or something.
This week I play Ryan. Last time we met I destroyed him 10-1. This time, I will admit, I am slightly nervous. He pretty much has a completely different team. He made plenty of great moves and is now in third place, only 7.5 games back. I just have to hope that my team plays well.
The only hitting category I lost was average, which was only by two points. I had been winning by a bunch going into the last day, but it seems that none of my guys wanted to hit the ball on Sunday. My two big hitters this week were Russell Martin and Orlando Cabrera (who I think got the shaft by not making the All-Star Team). Dmitri Young also hit well for me, and makes me wonder why no one took a chance on him earlier.
Let me explain why I was upset at the beginning of the week. When we left for Kennywood, I set Erik Bedard and Carlos Zambrano to pitch, but I must not have hit submit. When I came home, I saw their lines and got pretty excited, only to realize that those numbers did not count for me. Here are their lines:
Zambrano: 6.0 IP, 5 Hits, 2 Earned Runs, 8 Ks, 1 Win
Bedard: 7.0 IP, 2 Hits, 0 Earned Runs, 8 Ks, 1 Win
Anytime you give forfeit 16 Ks and 2 wins, you have to be a little upset that you could lose. Luckily it only cost me in one category, and that was strikeouts. I lost Ks 38-45. As you can see, those two games would have led me to a 9-1-1 victory. This will not matter to much, unless at the end of the year, I come in second place during the regular season by a half game or something.
This week I play Ryan. Last time we met I destroyed him 10-1. This time, I will admit, I am slightly nervous. He pretty much has a completely different team. He made plenty of great moves and is now in third place, only 7.5 games back. I just have to hope that my team plays well.
Sunday, July 1, 2007
Didja Know?
One night while I was at Chili's with Kacie, I heard one of her former coworkers saying that she deleted her Myspace and Facebook pages because she was afraid of potential employers looking at them and seeing either pictures of her or people's comments about her partying and whatnot. At the time I did not really think that companies would go that far, but did not give too much thought about it.
Well the other day I learned that this is in fact true. Companies like to also do blog searches and see if their employees or potential employees are talking about them. I really do not know how I feel about this. On one hand, I understand that you represent the company and should not be seen in a negative way outside of work. On the other hand, who decides what you say is inappropriate? Let me give you some examples.
To me, it would be a bad idea if you posted pictures of yourself doing bong hits or snorting cocaine on Facebook, and also listed that you were employed as a Financial Analyst for PNC Bank. I could understand if PNC checked that and fired you. Or if you wrote a blog about how you enjoy molesting small children. These things are illegal, and the company you work for might not appreciate hiring someone who, while an employee, conducts themselves in that manner.
Here is where it gets weird. Let's say you write on your Myspace page about how you just got a nice job with Texas Instruments. You describe what you will be doing and how excited you are to be with the company. Then a few days later you write a post about how you went to the strip club the night before and you post some pictures of you with a stripper. The pictures contain no nudity, just you and a stripper wearing a slightly revealing outfit. Texas Instruments could tell you that they find it inappropriate. If you refused to either remove the post about the strip club, or about your job with Texas Instruments, they could fire you. Does that not seem like an infringement on a person's rights? Maybe it's not, I'm not a lawyer (chime in anytime Imler).
Also, you could get in trouble if you came home from work after having a really bad day, and wrote in your livejournal about how bad work sucked. You could document what is wrong with the company you work for and just vent for a few minutes, and then find out the next day that you have been terminated. I understand that the internet is public domain and you need to watch what you say, but who decides what you can and cannot talk about?
Maybe my problem is that you could go to a bar and badmouth the place you work for and nothing would happen. Companies do not hire people to go around and listen in on what people are talking about in public places, yet they do hire people to spend the day surfing the 'net monitoring what is said about them. Just seems weird to me.
Anyways, I am sure most of you already knew this by now.
Well the other day I learned that this is in fact true. Companies like to also do blog searches and see if their employees or potential employees are talking about them. I really do not know how I feel about this. On one hand, I understand that you represent the company and should not be seen in a negative way outside of work. On the other hand, who decides what you say is inappropriate? Let me give you some examples.
To me, it would be a bad idea if you posted pictures of yourself doing bong hits or snorting cocaine on Facebook, and also listed that you were employed as a Financial Analyst for PNC Bank. I could understand if PNC checked that and fired you. Or if you wrote a blog about how you enjoy molesting small children. These things are illegal, and the company you work for might not appreciate hiring someone who, while an employee, conducts themselves in that manner.
Here is where it gets weird. Let's say you write on your Myspace page about how you just got a nice job with Texas Instruments. You describe what you will be doing and how excited you are to be with the company. Then a few days later you write a post about how you went to the strip club the night before and you post some pictures of you with a stripper. The pictures contain no nudity, just you and a stripper wearing a slightly revealing outfit. Texas Instruments could tell you that they find it inappropriate. If you refused to either remove the post about the strip club, or about your job with Texas Instruments, they could fire you. Does that not seem like an infringement on a person's rights? Maybe it's not, I'm not a lawyer (chime in anytime Imler).
Also, you could get in trouble if you came home from work after having a really bad day, and wrote in your livejournal about how bad work sucked. You could document what is wrong with the company you work for and just vent for a few minutes, and then find out the next day that you have been terminated. I understand that the internet is public domain and you need to watch what you say, but who decides what you can and cannot talk about?
Maybe my problem is that you could go to a bar and badmouth the place you work for and nothing would happen. Companies do not hire people to go around and listen in on what people are talking about in public places, yet they do hire people to spend the day surfing the 'net monitoring what is said about them. Just seems weird to me.
Anyways, I am sure most of you already knew this by now.
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