College Football

This is the type of year the BCS has dreaded for a few years now. Every team has a loss, some of the better ones even have two. Then you have a team like Hawaii with an undefeated record, but unfortunately they only played maybe one good team.

This should be evidence enough that college football should finally go to a tournament system, but obviously that will not happen. Top eight teams go in, you use the smaller bowl games for the first round, and one of the semifinal games, and the big four get to have the rest of the semifinals and the championship game. The championship game could be rotated between the big four each year like it is now.

As of now, this is what it would look like:

1. Missouri 11-1
8. USC 9-2

5. Kansas 11-1
4. Georgia 10-2

3. Ohio State 11-1
6. Virginia Tech 10-2

7. LSU 10-2
2. WVU 10-1

Here is how it plays out in my head: Missouri beats USC, Georgia over KU, OSU beats VTech, and LSU "upsets" WVU. Second round: Missouri barely beats Georgia, LSU knocks the crap out OSU (giving Coach Miles incentive to take the Michigan job).

The championship game is about to begin when it turns out the LSU team has been kidnapped and replaced by Hawaii! Colt Brennan comes out and throws 11 TDs in the first half before blowing out his knees. Hawaii tries in vain to stop Missouri, but eventually a last second fumble allows Hawaii to escape unbeaten and upset that they were overlooked for the playoffs...

Or, instead of my odd fantasy, you can listen to Carl from ATHF rant about the BCS.

Heroes: "Truth & Consequences"

The next to last episode of the season. It was definitely an awesome episode with a pretty kick ass set of cliffhangers.

Peter & Adam
Peter travels back to the future, but this time using his spirit form, he can see everything, but no one can see him. We last saw him use this power in the "How to Stop an Exploding Man" when he went back and talked to Charles Deveaux. I guess he got that power from Mr. Deveaux, but who really knows.

When he comes back, Adam does not believe him, but Peter has a paper about the virus to prove it. They decide to hunt down Victoria Pratt and find out about the virus. Peter asks her to help him, and she gives him false information. She follows Peter to the car to see him with Adam. She says that Adam tried to unleash the virus before. Peter takes her down, and they tie her up. He reads her mind and finds out the virus is in Odessa, Texas. Adam cuts her loose and she grabs the shotgun, which forces Adam to shoot her. Peter gets upset and Adam says that she would have blown his head off, which is the only way to kill either of them. After Peter leaves, Adam draws the helix symbol on Victoria's picture and drops it, saying that maybe someone will find it if anyone survives.

Sylar & Maya
Sylar convinces Maya that her brother hates her and that she needs to learn how to control her powers. She starts to panic and Sylar is about to die when she comes to control it and saves him. When she tells Alejandro, he shows her that Sylar is a murderer. Sylar admits to killing his mom, but she was trying to kill him, she thought he was a monster, and Sylar was just defending himself.

Maya believes him and tells Alejandro to go home. Later, Alejandro attacks Sylar at the hotel. Sylar stabs him and then Maya knocks on his door. He comes outside and they make out for a bit.

Mohinder
Mohinder uses Claire's blood to come up with a cure for the Chanti Virus, but as he tells Bob, if certain strains like 138 ever got loose it would wipe out mankind. He wants Bob's help in destroying all the strains after he cures Niki. Mohinder heads out to New Orleans, when he receives a scary phone call. Sylar says that he just sent the babysitter home and that he is waiting for Mohinder to come back. Mohinder realizes that Sylar has Molly.

Hiro
Hiro and Ando dig through information about Kensei, when they discover he calls himself Adam Monroe. Hiro finds out when they captured him and he goes back to that day in 1977. Adam tried to steal the virus, strain 138 from Victoria's lab. Kaito had Adam locked up. Hiro hears his father give orders to send the strain to Odessa. Hiro goes back to the present and grabs his sword. He then teleports away to save the world.

The Finale
Peter and Adam walk into Primatech, which Adam explains is just a front for the Company. Then, time stops and only Peter can move around. He then sees Hiro, who tells Peter that he must kill Adam. Peter says that he cannot let Hiro do that and forms a ball of electricity. Hiro then says that Peter has chosen the wrong side and screams a battle cry and charges and the to be continued...screen pops up and I was left sitting there pondering how Hiro could ever defeat Peter?

On a sidenote, I skipped over Claire and Elle's little confrontation because it was not as sexy as I had hoped for. So in my head I redid the entire scene. It is definitely X-Rated...


"Adam Monroe killed my father, and for that he must pay."-Hiro

"I can't let you do that."-Peter

"Then you have chosen the wrong side."-Hiro

Monday Night Football

Sorry folks, but there will be no Heroes post tonight. Probably going to get it up tomorrow night after work. Tonight I will be out watching the Steelers game somewhere, and most likely will come home a wee bit tipsy. No one really wants to read something I have written after a few beers.

Hopefully whichever bar I decide to frequent this evening will have girls even close to this hot.

Heroes: "Cautionary Tales"

This episode had three stories which were actually tied together by one person. Finally we are seeing how everything is coming together and unfortunately this stupid strike will delay things for us.

Hiro
Hiro attends his father's funeral, but decides to go back and save his father. He jumps back to the day when his dad gets murdered and watches the conversation between him and Angela. Once she leaves Hiro comes out and tells him that he is from the future and that Kaito will die that day.

Kaito accepts this as his fate and will not let Hiro save him. Hiro teleports him back in time to the day his mother died. He thinks that Kaito will remember what it means to lose someone, but instead has a conversation with his younger self and realizes that his father is ready to die and join his wife in the afterlife.

Hiro takes them both back and says goodbye to his father. The hooded man appears and knocks Kaito off the ledge. Hiro stops time and says that if cannot save his father he can at least learn the identity of the killer. He walks over to the ledge and a look of horror passes over him: the killer is Kensei, Adam Monroe.

Matt
Matt's story is not nearly as long as the other two, but interesting nonetheless. He starts out by having breakfast with Molly and she wants to help him find the woman in the photograph, but Matt says no. When she tries to walk away, he uses his mind powers to make her finish her cereal.

Later that day, his boss says he must drop the Petrelli case or he will be fired. Matt places a thought in his head to give him 24 more hours, which the boss does. Matt then goes to question Angela one more time. As he goes into her mind and tells her to answer his questions she says that he is becoming worse than his father. He learns that the name of the woman in the photo is Victoria Platt.

He also learns that Adam is over 400 years old and that his power makes him not age. Adam wants revenge for those imprisoning him for 30 years.

Mr.Bennett
The Bennett's pack their things in order to move away again. Claire comes down in her cheerleading uniform and says that she has a pep-rally. Mr.B is furious with her and she storms out saying that she hates him.

At the same time Mohinder, Elle, and Bob are planning to capture Claire. Mohinder wants to talk to him, not hurt him. Mr.B decides to find West, he calls Mohinder and asks him to use Molly to find West. At that moment West grabs Mr.B and flies him into the air, they talk and finally land. Mr.B realizes that West is a good kid and that they both want to protect Claire.

Mohinder calls back with a location, which is obviously not where West is, since West is with Mr.B. Mr.B goes to the location and talks to Mohinder, who pulls a gun on Mr.B. Elle comes out and is about to zap Mr.B when West flies from behind her and slams into her knocking her out.

Bob shows up at Claire's school and calls her by her real last name. She runs home, but then Bob shows up there. Mr.B returns home to find his wife tied up, he frees her and she says that Bob has Claire. West walks in carrying a tied up Elle.

Elle wakes up with her feet in a bucket of water and Mr.B spraying her with a sink hose. She does not think and tries to use power to break the chains holding her down. You would think someone with electricity based powers would know that standing in a bucket of water is not a good thing.

Bob calls Elle's phone and Mr.B answers. He says he will trade daughters. He then tells Elle that Bob treated her like a lab rat and that is why he would never let them have Claire. Elle does not remember all the horrible tests they did on her.

Bob extracts Claire's blood, who is actually willing to help out, and then takes her to the drop point. As Claire and Elle cross each other, they give a nasty looks. Or maybe they were looks of lust, I could only hope so...

West grabs Claire and flies her away, but Elle shoots them out of the sky. As they fall, Claire adjusts so they land on her. Mr.B shoots Elle in the arm and is about to shoot Bob when Mohinder shoots Mr.B in the face, fulfilling Isaac's painting prophecy.

The show ends with the bag of Claire's blood hooked up to someone's arm, as they follow the arm up we see that it is Mr.B and when the blood kicks in his eyeball and skull start to regenerate. He sits up and says "Holy sh--" and then the to be continued screen pops up. I believe that was the same scene as when Claire fell on the stick and woke up in the morgue, she sat up and says holy sh-- and it cut away, either to commercial or the next episode. Also, anyone else notice any symmetry between this episode and other episodes? Like the meeting between Mohinder and Mr.B? The first time they meet Mr.B is in the back of a cab using mysterious threats on Mohinder, and this time it's reversed. Another thing I noticed, Claire says that she's just a cheerleader, which is what she told Peter in the episode "Homecoming."

Anyways those were some little things that I noticed. If you are wondering how Adam ties into the final story, well I do not think it's hard to figure out. His powers and Claire's powers. If the Company had him that long why not take his blood?

I read an interesting theory online that said Adam is the great-ancestor of all the characters. He's been alive for 400 years, which is plenty of time to have lots of sex and lots of babies. Also, look at the choice of name, Adam...

Let me know what you think.

Another Funny Robot Chicken

This is another funny clip from Robot Chicken. Enjoy.

Utah Still Exists

I was reading news articles today and stumbled upon this one. It's about how American Atheists Inc. want giant crosses that mark the deaths of fallen highway patrolmen removed from the roads.

First of all, that many Utah Highway Patrolmen have died over the years that these crosses are a problem? Seriously, there is crime in Utah? Why? I thought Utah had like 12 people. I am kidding, I am sure Utah is a beautiful state with a massive population and plenty of dangerous crime.

Second, there is a group called the American Atheists Inc.? What the fuck. They go around fighting the good fight, like removing all Christian symbols from the public. They preach about how there is no god, and they have absolute faith that they are 100% right. I am sure they sound just as crazy as some of the religious nuts that they battle.

I am an atheist, but I would never join some kind of group to help rid the world of all those harmful crosses. I just wonder if a Jewish cop dies in Utah, do they put up a Star of David for him? I guess I should stop being sexist, I am sure there are female officers in Utah, and perhaps a couple Jewish ones as well. Can you imagine if a Muslim officer died out on the road and someone wanted to put up a Crescent Moon. I bet that would go over real well.

Is there any point to this? Absolutely not. Sometimes I hate atheists just as much as I hate religious nuts. You will not find me out campaigning in Washington demanding that the government remove "In God We Trust" from our money. Why? Because I just do not care. You can believe in whatever gods you want, just leave me out of it.

This photo just helps make whatever you read a little less boring. See she's a sexy nun, and this post is about religion...everything is connected.

Heroes: "Four Months Ago"

This could have been the best episode ever, but much of it dealt with Niki and the family, which pretty much sucked. Instead of talking about them, I will just pretend they did not exist and discuss the coolness of Peter's story.

The episode begins with Adam telling Peter who he is and that the Haitian must have erased his memories. Adam says that Peter can get them back by using Adam's healing power. Once Peter tries to think about Nathan he starts to remember...

We flash back to Peter about to explode and Nathan flying him away. Before he blows, Peter tells Nathan to let him go, but the blast injures Nathan. Peter heals and swoops down and saves Nathan and rushes him to a hospital. Nathan is horribly burned.

Peter tries to slip away, but is hit by a bolt of electricity by Elle, who accompanies Bob. When Peter wakes up he is with the Company. Bob explains that they are trying to find a way to cure Peter so that he cannot hurt his family. Peter begins taking pills that suppress his powers.

Elle likes to come in and shock him and be kind of flirty, which let me be honest, was pretty hot. Peter talks to his neighboring cell mate, Adam Monroe. Adam tells him that they are prisoners and that the supposed cure has been in the works for over 3 decades.

After awhile, Peter realizes that Adam told him the truth about the facility being a prison. Peter stops taking his meds and helps Adam escape. They go to the hospital and Adam gives Nathan some of his blood. The blood immediately starts to cure Nathan.

Elle and the Haitian come for both of them, and Adam says they will rendezvous in Montreal. The Haitian catches Peter and blocks his powers, then he handcuffs him inside of the tanker. He gives Peter his necklace and erases his memories. The Haitian says he is helping Peter start over his life.

As the time catches back up, Peter says that he remembers everything. Adam asks him if he is ready to save the world...

Interesting. I would love to believe that over 400 years Adam has changed and really does want to save the world. I hope he has not just spent the next 400 years preparing himself to kill Hiro.

What did you guys think of the episode? Feel free to comment on other aspects of the show, like Niki and her next dumbass personality, or whatever else.

Heroes: "Out of Time"

The Virus
Peter is trapped in the future where 93% of the world's population has fallen victim to the Chanti Virus. The people who discover Peter say that he has been dead for awhile now and they bring him to see his mother. Good thing she helped jump start his memory (although she was nice to him, it would have been better if she was her typical bitch self). Anyways, the government people are deporting Caitlin when Peter teleports back to our time period.

Back in our time Maury is coming to kill Bob. Matt and Nathan are there to help them stop Maury. Bob says that Matt is the only one who can. Mohinder and Niki are going to give Maury the virus. A bunch of stuff happens, Matt overcomes Maury, rescues Molly, but in the end Niki injects herself. Honestly, that was the best moment of the show, when Mohinder told Niki that his blood did not work.

Bob informs Nathan that Peter is alive and also about Adam Monroe. Turns out that Adam was the one who found them all, but that he believed man needed to be wiped out. He uses Maury as his blunt weapon and Linderman was one of his disciples. Well it turns out that Adam and Peter escaped together.

Kensei vs. Hiro
Kensei has Hiro's faced buried in opium, which messes with his concentration. When he finally does escape, he decides to go back and destroy White Beard's guns. Kensei comes to stop him and they fight for a bit. Hiro refuses to kill Kensei, but Kensei refuses to teleport out of the tent with Hiro. The gunpowder goes off and all we see is the charred remains of Kensei's helmet.

Hiro tells Yaeko that he must leave and she promises to keep the stories of Kensei true so that young Hiro will have his bedtime stories. She seems pretty laid back about a guy from the future who partially explained things like the space-time continuum. Hell the only reason I understand time paradoxes is because of the Back to the Future movies.

Hiro returns to Ando and gives him the Kensei mask, but is saddened to learn that his father has died.

Adam Monroe
Back in Montreal, Peter tries to teleport back to the future (haha) to rescue Caitlin. Someone comes in and he fires a lightning bolt which fries the person's hand. The hand heals itself and in walks Adam Monroe, none other than our old friend Kensei.

I will be honest with everyone, that was not a big surprise to me. I had read in numerous places that David Anders would be a regular cast member and that Kensei would still be alive in our era. "As long as I have breath, anything you love I will lay to waste... I swear, you will suffer." To me, that seemed to hint that he would be around much longer.

What interests me is if the company knows about his powers, then why not try and get him as well to help cure the virus. And how come they do not have a ton of his blood out there in their labs?

Something tells me that Adam will be quite the BAMF at this point. He has had 400 years to hone his fighting skills, while Hiro has been talking to Ando.

This Is Funny

Patriots/Colts

After a week of hearing about this match up, it finally took place. The game of the year, although a few weeks ago the Cowboys/Patriots game was called that. Honestly it was a good game to watch, as much as I hate the Patriots, they are a fantastic team.

I wanted the Colts to win, mainly because I could not stand listening to announcers blab on and on about how great the Patriots are and how they are the greatest team of all time.

Well, I guess we just have to listen to it for the rest of the season. Someone better beat them soon.

Bearded Clams

No, this has nothing to do with vagina, although it would be much cooler, but instead with my hatred for shaving.

First let me just say that I think I look very good with a beard. Not a full Unabomber beard, but a nice few days growth beard. Unfortunately, where I work, beards are not permitted. It would definitely save me some money if I did not have to buy razors and shave every other day. I should probably shave everyday, but I like to push my bosses to the limits, that is me fighting the system.

I cannot understand the reason behind not allowing me to have a nice, trimmed beard. The above picture is an example of a beard that I should not grow. I can have a goatee, mustache, whatever, but if the entire face is covered, then I am in trouble.

I wonder, if I were to convert to Islam, could they tell me I was not allowed to grow a beard? Since Muslim men are supposed to grow a beard? Could I get fired for my religious beliefs? Probably, there is always a loophole. Maybe this is how I would look:



Yes, I finally put the pictures of my trip to Jordan and Egypt on my computer. Expect more pictures from those fun times.