Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Why the Phillies will Win the World Series

They started off with a 4-11 record in the first three weeks of the baseball season. Fans were already throwing in the towel, but there are reasons to believe again. Aside from the 5 game win streak they are currently on, there is a lot more promise.

  • If their bullpen didn't blow there last two loses, they would be on an 8-game win-streak and 10-9 for the season.
  • They led in all of the loses except for 2 games.
  • They lost 4 games out of 11 in extra-innings
  • Utley is finally coming around
  • Howard has just started to hit the ball again
  • Rollins is off to an amazing start
  • Our problem was hitting and relief-pitching, know one thought that hitting was going to be a problem, but it seems like we finally solved that problem in the last couple of games.
  • Relief pitching has just received a huge bolster to their staff, adding ace Brett Myers as a set-up man, and possible closer.
  • Cole Hamels is proving to be quite the pitcher with 15 k's in his last outing
  • Having Hamels, Garcia, Moyer, Lieber and Eaton is pretty damn good.
  • Victorino is being a solid 2nd lineup man, he is providing a torpedo like arm in right field, dominating the bases, and giving the team another everyday player.
  • Burrell has finally started to play again, leading the team in batting average with runners in scoring position. (Where in the world did this come from)
  • Howard, although has been throwing a few tantrums, has started hitting homers again.
  • Dobbs, and Helms are proving they aren't just no namers.
  • Our early problems in the season are best to get out of the way in the beginning than in the end of the season.
  • The Phillies are an end of the season team, if they can work their way out of April with at least a .500 winning percentage we should be pretty content as Philly fans.
  • Manual enjoys the double switch all of the sudden
  • Madson is still a solid relief pitcher, and Gordon hasn't lost his touch. If they can keep it together and work out the rust they showed in the beginning of the season, we should be right up there with the Braves and Mets.
  • Remember Gillick likes to trade away players that we as Philly fans adore, expect a Burrell/Rowand trade to come real soon with new batting skills. Maybe we will actually get someone of this trade. (Gillick you will never be forgiven for giving away Abreau, Cormier, Dellucci, and Lidle(RIP))
  • Rowand has really been showing off his batting skills, and should be moved behind Burrell in the line up.
  • The one suggestion I have is maybe switching Eaton with Myers.
All things consider, everyone seems to have worked out their kinks thus far. Howard is still struggling with .207 average, besides that we are looking deliciously good. With a 5 game win streak, and a current record at 9-11. Watch out, because there just getting started.

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Simple Rules to Live by

  • Never betray anyone, but if you must, never betray someone who has impacted you life for the better.
  • Always think of others when you do anything. Drive as if you are behind yourself, speak as if you are talking to yourself.
  • Treat people with respect, make them comfortable even if that means at your own expense.
  • Live life to the fullest by enjoying it with friends and family.
  • Don't do something for a moment of pleasure that will be lost in guilt.
  • Act the way you want to act, don't drink or do drugs because you want to act the way you do when you are drunk or high.
  • Regrets are a part of life, living with no regrets is impossible, just learn from those mistakes.
  • Set goals, keep accomplishments on the down low, and acknowledge the feats of others.
  • You are who you are, make the best of it.
  • Religion is different for everyone, if you dare to speak of your own, make sure you listen to the views of others.
  • People will change and so will time, adjust reasonably.
  • The world is a gateway to new and interesting ideas, stories, events, lifestyles, cultures, and most importantly of all different people...use it.
  • The outside world is much more exciting than a computer screen, we are humans now go interact with ones in PERSON.
  • Don't do something because others are doing it, do it because you want to. Honestly who really wanted to wear those baggy pants back in the 90s, what benefit did they bring besides extra pockets and the ability to conceal unknown objects.
  • Stray out of your comfort zone, if only once in awhile, you will be surprised of the treasures hidden behind your fears.
  • Take care of your body, and you will reap many benefits.
  • There are many mysterious to life, it is one of the joys of living, don't worry too much about most of them, odds are you won't solve them, but if your lucky you may live long enough to see some of them solved.
  • God is important, without him there is no faith, without faith there is no afterlife, with out afterlife there is no hope, don't take that away from someone, even if you believe that you have got it all figured out and think there is no such thing. Odds you have not a clue except a lot of education, and who knows if that is even right.
  • You will make mistakes and do stupid things, laugh at it, apologize and move on.
  • Live your age, don't act older, when you are young, because the rest of your life you will want to be young again.
  • Be productive, make something that makes you proud, write a journal, paint a picture, make a song, but don't watch TV to much.
  • Give without expecting something in return.
  • Smile, it will make a difference.

Monday, April 23, 2007

Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero

Only two years later, and Trent Reznor has finished his second album after coming out of retirement. With promises of at least one more and a movie to tag along with an alternative reality game in the mix. So much after having promised nothing. Trent takes a different spin on life in this album. Focusing on the government and politics, he lashes out at post 9-11 government actions. The way they are starting to control us more, putting a leash around our necks and making sure we do only what they allow us to do. This new CD is something a little different than his older stuff. Listening is kind of hard at first, with weird beats, and a low voice in the background, but once you get into it, it's worth listening to. Me I'm Not is a true work of art, with the catchy chorus "Hey/Can We Stop/Me, I'm Not." There is no doubt this is about the way the government is treating the people in the US. Hyperpower is about as close as you are going to get to his old style music. Survivalism, isn't that bad with pretty good beats, and one of the few songs were you can actually hear what he is singing. The titles of each song are strong and speak volumes without even listening to the song. This CD is worth at least a listen to because it is so much different than what you might find out there today in alternative music. Some songs may have had little thought actually given to them, if he had put some more time into them he may have had one of the best albums heard in awhile. The Great Destroyer has one part that sounds like Saturday morning cartoon from the 70s, "I am the Great Destroyer," then a bunch of noise just follows, and I do mean noise. Almost every song is about the 1984ish attitude that is a growing concern in society. The game associated with the CD is even more convincing with apocalyptic art connected to codes and hidden messages. When you buy the CD you will have just a plain black cover, but once it's played it turns a tanish color with a binary code that leads to a certain site. Check out the Wikipedia page to stay updated on found clues, and impressively designed web pages. I give the album 3.5 out of 5, but I am sure once I start to get use to it, it will be around a 4.5 out of 5. It is different, but stuff like this takes getting use to. Reznor is on to something with the government and his ideas may open the minds of others, hopefully for best, and prevent the US government from gaining any more control over its people. This album is more about the message than the music, Reznor doesn't care what people really think about his music this time around. This is something he did while on tour, and he just wanted to put it out there for the true fans.

Fracture Review

Well it was a long weekend. A good weekend besides the fact that I wasted my time with Fracture. Do I need to go into details? Any movie that has the plot like Fracture better have some diamond in the ruff turning point. This movie didn't. It was slow, boring, and not even educational. At the least, they could've thrown some law jargon at me. Instead, from the beginning to the end it was pretty much understood what had happen, what was happening, and what would happen. No tricks, no gimmicks, not even the classic car chase. The most dazzling image the movie has to offer are the rather mysterious ball mechanism you might find in a mouse trap game. Ryan Gosling, and Anthony Hopkins, who usually put on quite a show in any movie they star in, were merely playing average parts. Ryan Gosling, who plays Willy, added a little bit to much to the confidence of Willy with the walk and cocky attitude. As for the genius Anthony Hopkins who had it all figured out, well he didn't and he also was a bit annoying with the way he played his role. There is no need to even go any further in this review. If you like a little mystery, with a little suspense, and a lot time to waste; well watch this movie. 2 out of 5, what a shame for such a cast.

Friday, April 20, 2007

Movie News

Opening this weekend at the box office for 4/20:
  • Hot Fuzz
  • In the Land of Women
  • Fracture
  • Vacancy
Disturbia and Vacancy will end up topping out the weekend around 30 million.

As aside note, it has been confirmed that Spider-Man 4,5,6 will be made with or without the director and stars from the previous ones.

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Video, Game, and Story

Check out this Will Ferrell clip, pretty damn good:


Now check out this addicting game:
It is also pretty damn good

After you are done all that, check out these life lessons:
Also very damn good

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Phiadelphia Sports Heartbreaking Moments

Here is a list of heartbreaking moments for the Philadelphia Sport fans of the generation who has never saw a Championship. These dates will forever haunt our lives

  • Phillies-1993 World Series Game 6, October 23, 1993...Phillies vs Blue Jays...1 out, 2 men on..down by 1, bottom of the 9th, Joe Carter hits a blast to deep left field, breaking up one of the most interesting teams in all of sports history. Phillies fans every where remain devastated till this day
  • Eagles-2005 Superbowl February 6, 2005- McNabb and Reid take way to long to get the ball down field. By the time they get a touchdown it's to late for a chance to get the ball back. They miss the on-side kickoff and lose the game 24-21 to the Patriots. A sudden collapse occurs with TO demanding more money, and the downward spiral begins and for the first time in 5 years they miss the playoffs the next season.
  • Flyers-1999-00 Eastern Conference Finals Game 5, May 22, 2000- Up 3-1 in the series to the New Jersey Devils, the Flyers hosted them and were ready for the trip to meet Stanley. They lose 4-1 and lose the next two. Becoming the first team in NHL history to lose a series in the playoffs after being up 3-1. Lindros comes back in the 7th game and gets destroyed at center ice by Scott Stevens, leading to his eventual demise as the star in Philly.
  • Flyers-2003-04 Eastern Conference Finals Game 7, May 22, 2004- After taking the hardest path possible, against their strongest rivaliries, Devils then the Maple Leafs. The Flyers won a heroic Game 6 in overtime against the Tampa Bay Lighting to even the series at 3-3. The ended up losing 2-1 in Game 7, and the lock-out would purse the following year.
  • Eagles-2002: 1-27-02, 2003: 1-19-03, 2004: 1-18-04 Conference Championships, Eagles- Although the first one was an unexpected surprise. The St.Louis Rams game was the closest of them all losing 29-24. We thought the Eagles would win at least one of the next two. The second one against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers was a heated rivarly all season long. They beat them twice before in the season, but of course no one team had ever one three times in a single season against another. They were outplayed and ended up losing 27-10. Carolina beat them for the 3rd one, and depressions sunk into the stomachs of fans all over, they did manage to come back the following season by picking up TO and going all the way to the Superbowl.
  • Phillies-2006-After trading away the better half of them team, the young players took this as an insult and came back with the best record in the majors since the All-Star break. They manage to come within 2 games of the Wildcard, and maybe if that Chase Utley homer was ruled fair instead of foul in Washington they might have been in the playoffs. They actually had a better record than the champions that year (No disrespect to the Cardinals, since they destroyed the Tigers). At the start of the 2007 season they had practically collasped into one of the worst starts ever seen. They are now 3-9.
  • 76ers-2000-01 NBA Finals June 15, The Philadelphia 76ers put together an amazing season, with a 10-0 start. Then the chemistry was lost in the locker with Theo Ratliff getting injured. Yet, they got good ol' Mutumbo who would help fill that gap. They beat the Pacers in the first round 4-0, and then took the Raptors, and Bucks all the way to Game 7. The 76ers were then summed to face the Lakers who had not lost a game yet in the playoffs. They would come up striking first with a win, and put hope in the hearts of all fans. They soon became America's team with the all-out Allen Iverson playing style. Eventually they would soon lose the next 4 games, and ever since the team has spiraled downwards.
  • Flyers-2007 NHL Draft, April 11, 2007- The Flyers with the worst record and only 56 points, lose the draft to the Blackhawks who had 71 points at season end.
  • Phillies-Horrible trades- Curt Schilling 7-26-00, Scott Rolen 7-29-02, and Bobby Abreau 7-30-06. What does it mean when a team gives away its best players for rookies or no namers, while everyone though they still had potential to compete. It means the management is horrible and the players want to leave.

Photoshop Effects

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Phillies.....

3-8 for the season and now 2 games postponed due to the Nor' Easter. Normally I would consider this a relief, but they had finally one a game and of course the next two ones were rained out. Just as they were about to get on a roll. I could feel it, hopefully this little break will help them. Garcia is finally going to pitch, after must speculation about getting him from the White Sox, and after being hurt in Spring Training, he gets the ball tonight with the spotlight all over him.

Monday, April 16, 2007

Philadelphia Experiment


Philadelphia Experiment – Whether it is true or not, this story is one that will intrigue many people. It occurred during the middle of World War II, involved Einstein, and used theories that are just now starting to come into light. The concept focused around time travel, and teleportation. The idea behind the experiment was for a warship to become invisible to sonar. During the testing something went horribly wrong, and a cover-up soon followed. This case has it all; famous people, an American government cover-up, World War II, and science write from the sci-fi channel.

Before you read any further you must have an open mind, a clear understanding science at the time of World War II, and understand that these stories are meant to look like hoaxes when they are finally exposed. It occurred sometime around October 28th 1943. In the height of the experiments taking place worldwide during WWII. Lots of different tests were going on all around the world, countries hoping to make the next best weapon that would end the war, or lead to their total control of the world.

Einstein who fled Germany right before the beginning of Poland’s invasion by Germany, was lucky to be alive, and probably felt that he needed to attack back at Germany for their treatment of him and other Jewish people. He was also very familiar with the many different dimensions in the universe that we still have no clue about. There are so many new theories coming out now, with quantum theory that it almost seems possible to do what they did on the fateful day.

What happened on October 28th was they had made the ship disappear from the Philadelphia Navy Shipyard and reappeared in Norfolk, Virginia shipyard for a few minutes before being seen again in Philadelphia. The ship was the USS Eldridge, and the experiments leading up to the actual case on Oct 28th were focusing around invisibility and they had almost accomplished the task in July of that year when the ship turn into a greenish fog but many sailors on board complained of nausea and the experiments came to a halt until October. When the ship had come back to the Philadelphia shipyard much of the crew suffered from different sorts of mental illness, some had just vanished, and even more disturbing; five had been fused with the metal on the ship. Their bodies were sticking out in one room and then another. Apparently the survivors were brainwashed, men in black style, and discharged from the navy. There was also a story of two brothers who had jump ship during the transportation and had landed in the year 1983 where they were interrogated by the scientist who were involved in the case but 40 years older.

After experiment the story was swept under the carpet, in 1955 a graduate student who had just published a book on UFOs received a letter from a person called Carlos Allende. He told him everything about the ship and that he was on another merchant ship, he could also give out all this information to him if he would contact him. After trying to contact him his name had changed and he wanted to be hypnotized to recall everything; the graduate student, Morris Jessup, soon cut off ties with him. He would later get a job at a the Office of Naval Research where he would find a letter marked “Happy Easter,” with his book in it. Inside the book were three different color pen markings all over the book with quotations about his work. The quotations seem to be a conversation about his work between the three different writers, one quotation stated, “He has no knowledge, he could not have, only guessing.” Referring to his UFO work in the book. Awhile later he would fail trying to get rich off his next book and soon died in 1959.

Overtime various other researchers would publish books, and make movies similar to the Philadelphia Experiment theory. Still there have been documents supporting that the Eldridge was not in Philadelphia at the actual time of the ship’s disappearance. There has also be evidence showing that Nikola Tesla was close to publishing a report on the unified field theory, which the experiment was based around, but he had died in 1943 and the papers were taking away by the FBI. This could be the reason for the experiment. As for my own theory, the story became extremely popular during the height of the Cold War. It could’ve perfect propaganda for the US. Of course the US can come up with documents to show the ship was somewhere else, and there are many other ways they could avoid testifying to the truth. Claiming that Carlos was crazy would also help them out a lot, but remember they did experiments on the survivors who had lived in order to try and make them forget. So in essence they would be crazy. If this did happen, which it probably did because of all the scientific happenings that occurred during World War II, it would be a piece of cake for the government to cover up, and claim all those involved were just looney. It is possible that one day once we finally figure out quantum physics and the many dimensions in our universe, that this will be a case solved and closed. I am sure people like Chad Jackson, and Kevin George. The ones who had jumped off the ship will finally be regarded as heroes. Case CLOSED.

Sunday, April 15, 2007

GRACE KELLY

CHECK OUT the GRACE KELLY video by some weird fella called Mika

Best Workout Music

Best Music to Workout to, if you like Alternative Rock, in no particularly order:

Artist/Song
  • Blur- Song 2
  • Orgy- Blue Monday
  • Audioslave- Cochise
  • Rage Against Machine- Sleep Now in the Fire
  • Nine Inch Nails- The Hand that Feeds
  • System of a Down- Chop Suey
  • Nine Inch Nails & Static X- Closer (Trance Remix)
  • Nine Inch Nails- Mr.Self Destruct
  • Offspring- Gone
  • Gravity Kills- Down
  • Rammstein- Du Hast
  • Mindless Self Indulgence- Shut Me Up
  • Rob Zombie- More Than Human
  • Prodigy- Firestarter
  • Gravity Kills- Guilty
  • Prodigy- Breathe
  • Korn- Freak on a Leash
  • Lo Fidelity All Stars- Battleflag
  • Metallica- Whiskey in a Jar
  • Linkin Park- Numb
  • Foo Fighters- My Hero
  • Sevendust- Enemy
  • Rob Zombie- Reload
  • Jimmy Eat World- Pain
  • Eminem- Lose Yourself
  • Disturbed- Down with the Sickness
  • Kasabian- Club Foot
  • Muse- Hysteria
  • Korn- Make Me Bad
  • 30 Seconds to Mars- Attack
  • Chevelle- Send the Pain Below
  • Rage Against Machine- No Shelter

Disturbia Review

From the beginning this movie was rolling right along, not slow, not boring, not second of being annoyed. Well except for the scenes where they decided to use home video camera, and you kinda felt a little dizzy, but that just added to the goodness of the overall effect. It was funny, sexy, scary, and surprising. The concept was old, dating back to good old Alfred Hitchcock, and Rear Window of 1954. The modern twist on it made it worth seeing. A young kid stuck up all summer long in his house, after losing his dad. His mom seeing the guy who he thinks is a killer, a hottie next door has just moved in, and his best friend is just wacky. Throw all this stuff together, add some adjectives and mix it up just right and you got yourself a pretty damn entertaining movie. It doesn't stop, not for a second. It's over before you know it, and you are satisfied.

Shia LaBeouf does a pretty good job, and is going to have a promising career. He doesn't make you annoyed by his actions or moves, but does exactly what you would expect him to do. Aaron Yoo will have you laughing threw out the movie for his silly antics that continue through out the whole thing, with a curiously funny introduction to his character. A nice relief after the disturbing beginning of the movie. Sarah Roemer does a good job at dropping jaws, and plays the perfect tease. David Morse is just downright bad ass, but makes you hate his guts with his sneaky acts. Carrie Anne Moos is just hard to imagine as a mom, but her role is really annoying, treating her son like crap after everything he's been through. The movie has its good moments, and great moments, nothing really that bad to report at all. This isn't an Oscar movie, nor a straight to video show. It is the perfect date movie. It is a movie you can watch be entertained, maybe learn a few things about technology, and just hate the government some more. 4 out of 5 for this weekend thriller.

Friday, April 13, 2007

What a Night

Phillies lose again: making them 2-8....this is beginning to look really bad. Although the game was pretty fun. The highlight came when some young kid ran onto the field, no doubt wasted, and slide head first into second base. When the first security guard fell down and missed him he got back up and ran into the outfield. He tried to climb the fence only to be pushed off but other fans and have a bottle thrown at him. He would fall once again, not on purpose this time, and another security guard fell on top of him and also couldn't wrap him up. After that though the last security guard got lucky enough to handle, and of course this is were they all think they are tough and start to punch this poor drunken fan who was just trying to give us something to cheer for, because the Phillies sure didn't. Even though they abused, strangled, and hit him the whole time they were carrying him off, he was still able to put up his hands for the fans. Something many players don't do even when the crowd is going wild. You gotta love this a fan who goes all out for the crowd. Booo Secuirty, three cheers for that crazyyyy fan. The Phillies lost 9-6 and Carlos Lee got 3 homers, one was a granny. Oh well what can you do at this point.

Phillies Blow Another

Rollins gets two homers in another lost to the Mets, and the Phillies are now 2-7. What are we to do as Philly fans, every year same old stuff. To put the cherry on top, The Flyers got the second draft pick in the the 2007 draft. Even though they had a total of 56 points, and the Chicago Blackhawks who ended up with 71 points for the season got the first pick in the 2007 draft. Do I dare mention that the previous 4 years, Pittsburgh has had two first, and two second draft picks. Whatever, so the Phillies are 2-7, the Flyers the worse record ever have lost the first draft pick, and the Sixers who had a chance to get a decent player are slowly losing that too. What are we to DO?

Thursday, April 12, 2007

Funniest thing EVER

Poor fella caught in the act with an blow up doll, may I point out that he is really taking this thing to town.

Phillies Win Another

2-6, not bad, that's how they started the last 3 out of 4 seasons. Let's just hope that they are able to overcome the odds of the past. No team has ever made it to the World Series since 1945 after starting 2-6. Will the Phillies overcome it, well if I know anything about Philadelphia sports, it's that we sure like to overcome great odds, and once we do, we usually fall flat on our face. Anyway, they one a game that was gift wrapped, and handed to them on a silver platter. They had four walks and a hit batsmen in one inning. I mean a total of 11 walks should led to a win for any team. Although I'm not taking anything away from the great Adam Eaton's performance. Throwing a solid seven innings while allowing only 2 runs. I mean this is what we expect from our starters, but the real kicker came when the bullpen and Gordon didn't give up a single run since they took over. First time of the year, WOW. Let's give a HOO-RAH to that. We beat the Mets, and are now 2-6 with are only other winning pitcher (Jamie Moyer aka 60 mph fastball guy) taking the mound tonight against future HOF Tom Glavine. If we can start swinging our bats at the right time, we can possibly gain back some lost ground on team batting average and start winning. Why is Burrell the one coming through? What is Howard doing, and why in the world is this bullpen so horrible? Let's push the past 10 days aside and start fresh and new in our own mind set. Phillies all the way in 2K7. I feel it, do you?

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Diagnose Yourself

Listen to this music. Listen to all the songs until you are familiar with them all. Finally after you have listened to them all at least 3 times. Write down your thoughts as you listen to the songs. You will be able to figure out what your inner thoughts, goals, feelings, and cravings in life are all at once. If you can't figure yourself out but would like me to, please just fill out your thoughts for each song and send them to this email-baseball83@gmail.com

Here are the songs:
Hands on the Bible - Local H
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
Rebellion - Arcade Fire
We are the Champions - Queen
Tonight, Tonight - Smashing Pumpkins
Imagine - John Lennon
Fix You - Coldplay
Yesterday - Beatles
Float On - Modest Mouse
Hands in the Sky - Straylight Run
Dream On - Aerosmith
Zombie - Cranberries
What If - Coldplay
Preparations for Battle - James Horner
Two Towers Requiem - Lord of the Rings
Only the Good Die Young - Billy Joel

Two Cool Videos

Check out this well done clip of a slob:


The first clip of Kermit the Frog ever:

Website of Websites

Check out this cool link that will pretty much give you every possible website you might ever need. It is a list the nominated best websites across the web for each category possible.

Webby Nominees

Survivor Review by Chuck Palahniuk



I have to admit that I have a thing for Chuck Palahniuk books. They are just the oddest fictional books I have read thus far in my life. Survivor is no different. A survivor of a religious cult that sent him out in the workforce as a slave for the elders, he works day in and day out. Then one day everything he knows blows up in his face with his whole following committing mass suicide. He is suppose to follow the law and kill himself when he hears of this as many of the other followers do around the world. After 10 years go by he is the last one left standing, (or so he thinks) and becomes famous overnight. Tender Branson is the main character who never ever thought for himself, and after being famous he gives in to all the indulgences of normal everyday life besides sex. The whole concept behind the book is completely backwards, it starts off at the last page and works it way to the first one. Tender is on a plane that will soon run out of fuel and crash, but before he dies he leaves his whole life story on the black tape. Shockingly enough there is little to do with sex in this book except one thing, he donates all the 20,000 acres of his cult to the porno industry for disposing of porn. The whole time he is still contemplating suicide to follow his cult, then he meets up with is older brother just when he thought he was the last one. He learns a lot from his brother since he was the first born, and the first born stay in the community and live off the slaves sent out into the world to work (Branson).

As with his other books he exposes the flaws in society and the way we are controlled by everything around us. How the rich live in complete control and take advantage of innocence of youth so that they can gain from it. Then there are the religious views Palahniuk also tackles. I love the part about rebelling and becoming your own person. The first step to doing this is having sex, and most people who don't have sex, will never develop into anything. They will be controlled and afraid to break rules, that sex is the first rule to break. Once you start doing this you become your own person. That religions try to make sex bad because they know that if you have sex you will develop your own identity, but if you have sex on their terms they are still in control. Great point here, and probably one of the best points in all his books. Maybe that is why he refers to sex so much in all his books, maybe it his way of saying break free and become who you are meant to be. The book is not as sexual as other Palahniuk books, and the character is a little less lovable because he doesn't think for himself. The story keeps you wanting to read on, just as all the other Chuck books do. The twist and turns of the ill-fated Tender is quite interesting, and if you are wondering how to do little household chores like taking out stains of clothes there are lots and lots of tips of how to do that in here. It is a completely different book and concept for out times, but the timing is also perfect. There are lots of weird little controlling cults out there, and this gives a look at the innocent, misunderstood life of a Survivor. 4 out 5 because the story is already over when you open the book, plus I was hoping for a more mind bending ending this time around and got what I saw coming from page one.

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Top Songs of the Week 4/8/2007

Here are the top songs of the week, for April 8, 2007, in no particular order.

  • Thnks fr the Mmrs- Fall Out Boy
  • Survivalism- Nine Inch Nails
  • Knocked Up-Kings of Leon
  • Ruby- Kaiser Chiefs
  • What I've Done- Linkin Park
  • The Bird and the Worm- The Used
  • Fire It Up- Modest Mouse
  • House of Cards- Madina Lake
  • The River- Good Charlotte

NIN-Survivalism Video

Check out the new off the wall music video of Suvivalism by NIN.


Host Review

A Godzilla like creature strikes out at the Korean people in this new type of comedy/horror picture straight from the silly folks who also brought those weird candies and crackers that you can only find in New York. The movie starts out pretty quick and gets the viewer asking for more right from the start. Of course America is the bad guy in this film. The creature develops from a bunch of chemicals being spilled into a river. Somehow within 5 years or so, the creature is this huge monster who goes unnoticed for years, and just one decides to start collecting humans. Sorry I want to know how exactly this creature had never bothered the population of humans that have lived so close and then one day he decides to attack and eat tons of people. The beginning starts out with it going back and forth across the river view attacking people everywhere. The main characters are a little to annoying to love. From the silly father who can't get anything right, to the grandfather who never really speaks up. Then we have the college hero who for some reason is doing the right things, just in the wrong way. Lastly is the national archer champion who is to slow to like.

The movie is funny no-doubt, but I'm not sure if it's suppose to be funny at some parts where the father is being tortured and withheld while the family is trying to save their daughter who was abducted by the creature and after long thought dead called them from a sewer somewhere on along the river that was being protected by the government. It has some interesting concepts with America dumping waste, trying to cover-up as if they know what's going on, and not really helping the people involved; but being more concern about those who haven't been affected yet.

The main character is funny, no-doubt, but kind of annoying funny after the movie drags on and on with little creature action. It is one of the few movies that introduce the creature right from the start and slowly take it away as the movie goes on. The comedy will keep anyone entertained if you are in a good mood for this kind of movie. Still the movie definitely over played its true length. Make it 20-25 minutes shorter, explain what happens with the characters a bit more and have the creature attack the military as they search for it. Then you have got yourself a classic King-Kong/Godzilla movie. Instead they try and stray away from the classic style, and make a mockery out of the characters. Although one of the most classical movie scenes of complete satire was involving the family as they all fall to the ground crying, kicking and punching at the mass funeral for their lost daughter. Give or take about 3 years before this movie has an American spin-off. I give this a 3.5 out of 5.

Phillies and side notes

1-6....Need I say more. Sure they have had the lead in 5 out of the 6 games, and yea the bullpen did blow them all. Still we have one of the best lineups in all of baseball, and when Garcia and Lieber finally come back hopefully we will be able to use one of those guys as a relief pitcher. This is a team to beat, not a team to beaten upon. This is nothing new, the past 3 out of 4 seasons they had to dig themselves out of a huge April defiect. Hopefully with the Utley and Howard finally get back into their groove, and the starting pitchers getting back and ready. The fightin Phils will be back to their normal status.

Interesting side notes:

They are 1-6 for the second straight season...yep they did this last year too.

Howard has become only the second player to homer in 5 straight games vs the Mets, only other person to do accomplish such a feat is Hank Aaron.

Bullpen is 0-3 with a 5.40 ERA

Team batting average is .248

Phillies have the 9th highest payroll at $89,368,000 with a 3 way tie for last place in the whole league .

2 out of the 4 highest paid players haven't played yet.

Adam Eaton and Tom Gordon are 5th and 6th highest paid. Good thing because they have earned it.

Then there is Abraham Nunez making a whopping 2 million after a year floating around the Mendoza line, meanwhile Ryan Howard who led the team in every aspect is making $955,000


Let's go Phillies

Strangest Music Videos

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Saturday, April 7, 2007

Grindhouse Review

Before I go any where with this review, I just want to say what I great year this has been, and will be for movies. This double feature is what a night out to the movies should be. I am not a horror movie fan, but after these two flicks, I think I may have to reconsider. I honestly wasn't sure what to expect going into this. All the trailers just showed random scenes with no movie or plot explanation. I can also say that I didn't expect much from movies with such advertisement as well. Then I sat down, and once the "Prevues" came up I was hooked. This old theater style aka "Grindhouse" was something the younger generation of movie goers just isn't use to, but should start getting use to. Even though the whole idea of both films were suppose to be a complete spoof of older films, and cheesy overacted scenes, it worked. Too many directors and producers try to make their movie the next movie of the year, but the movies are about entertainment. This movie does just what all movie goers want, a good wholesome time that kills a night with sheer entertainment.

Planet Terror by Robert Rodriguez is about biochemicals that cause brain eating zombies to be unleashed upon Texas. Nothing new of course, but the way it's written with humor and gore will make your jaw drop. I will spare the details since the best part about these movies were that the trailers didn't let the viewers really get the idea of the movies. Bruce Willis does a great job along with El Ray. 4.8 out of 5. The .2 is for daring to have a missing reel scene during that pivotal part, and for showing me too many balls.

Next we got Death Proof by Quentin Tarantino. Ok so maybe the first 30 minutes are slow, and the breakfast diner scene might kill you if you don't understand the building up of characters with dialogue as Tarantino loves to do. Either or, the rest of the movie will blow your mind, put you on the edge of your seat, soak your palms in sweat, and kill your insides with laughter. Taratino is a genius. This may have the single best car chase ever filmed, and that involves a car chase with NO SPECIAL EFFECTS, just complete director and writer brilliance. I will say nothing more of the movie. I give it a 5 out of 5

Grindhouse 5 out of 5. Instant Classic....I almost forgot about the trailers. Don't was hilarious, Thanksgiving might have the most disturbing scenes ever from Hollywood, SS has the lovely ladies, and Machete was done so well it's going to turn out to be a real movie. See this movie, see it now, see it tomorrow, and see it again.

Thursday, April 5, 2007

Awesome Ghost Video

I have seen endless videos of ghost, most of them fake of course. This one right here though was not only footage from a cop chase, but it may be the freakiest video you will ever see. In the sense of HOW THE F*** did that happen.

Sasquatch

Today we will examine the magical hairy monster who avoids almost the whole population of California and endless searches. Bigfoot is his famous name, and there has been rare footage of him caught on tape. The most famous tape is that of the Patterson incident. Recently a few years ago this was also revealed as a hoax.


Still there have been many other reportings about Bigfoot, and there are some different ways to think about it. Scientist claim there is still large areas of California wilderness that are so vast that it wouldn't be odd if they found a whole species of Sasquatch living in them. There are forest so large they would be able to hold a small population of dinosaurs without fear of humans bothering them. Then there are theories as to whether Bigfoot is like an American Werewolf. There are also many different relations and other similar reports of Sasquatch like animals all over the globe. The most familiar one that may be able to be considered a cousin of Sasquatch is the Abominable Snowman.
A truly interesting piece of evidence that supports the Sasquatch story is the local art and pots designed by Native Americans in that area over 200 years ago. There are many different symbols that represent a beast much larger than man and full of hair. More than likely if Sasquatch does exist he is a dying bread. Extinct by most standards, but to think that someone so close to the chain of humans and monkeys not yet discovered is shocking. Maybe it is a government cover-up so that the evolution change doesn't get rocked by this. Maybe they are even results of experiments by the government that have also gone wrong. Either or, the odds are in favor that Bigfoot is probably not real, and that all the evidence and videos are just hoaxes done up by people who crave attention. There have never ever been bones found of any type of Sasquatch, which may mean that they are smart enough to bury their dead, but still with all their hair and such these ape like creatures are more likely to be found south of the equator. Then there is the theory that maybe they crossed the Bering Strait years back, since there is evidence that such creatures did exist millions of years ago in a forests very similar to those in the US, in China. Still if they did ever exist it was probably over 1 million years ago, any sightings of them now are probably larger than life humans who have been abandon by their families because of mental/physical problems.

Another Collapse by the Phillies

Only the second game of the year, and Phillies have already lost two games in extra innings. Allowing the Braves to come back then put them away twice this season. Ryan Madson takes another lost, and the starting pitching has to be a little furious. What are we to expect of the season now. Howard was thrown out at the with 2 outs in the bottom of the 8th, that would've given the Phils a 3-0 led, and they probably would have won. The play right before that a runner was caught stealing who also would have been another run added to the score after Utley hit a double. 0-2, I don't care if they lose, but losing this way is like asking if the Braves want to live in their locker room while their at Citizens Bank Park to make their stay more comfortable. Come on Phils what are you doing to us.

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Atlantis, Mayan Calender, and the 4th, 5th ,6th worlds

If there is one thing that has always caught my attention is that of the afterlife, and past that we have left behind. One thing that I recently started to wonder was about different civilizations through out the world. It is amazing to think that Carthage had working plumbing as early as 500 BC, and maybe even earlier. I thought about other civilizations that dated back even further than 500 BC, and were still pretty educated. There was the other Greek colonies, Babylon, and of course Egypt. What came before Egypt though, I am sure there is some evidence as to other civilizations in the Middle East and Asia. Still there has to be some others that were there way before Egypt and were completely civilized. I mean there is no way we were hunters and gathers and then only a few centuries later we are building pyramids. It is possible that there were civilizations far more advance than we are now that have existed, but were possibly wiped out by a "nuclear war" of some sort. The pyramids were built around 3200 BC, around this time Atlantis is supposedly to have sunk. This in turn ended the 4th world. The 5th world then began. There are theories according to the Mayan calender that we are working on our 6th World which will begin in December of 2011-2012. Not exactly sure what this means, but it would make sense. This would mean that there were other civilizations that did exist before Egypt that were complex, but lost some how to history.

The Most Mind Twisting Unsolved Mysteries and Conspiracy Theories

  • Afterlife
  • Time Travel
  • Aliens
  • JFK Assassination
  • Philadelphia Experiment/Montauk Project
  • Sasquatch
  • Loch Ness Monster
  • Atlantis
  • Money Pit
  • Freemasons
  • Atlantis
  • Mayans December 12/2012 Calender


All of these theories will be explained over the following month, and I will do my best to offer my own educated opinion of each. Bookmark this blog to here my theories of each project over the next month.

Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Oh Phillies....High Quality Pictures

Well if opening day was a sign of things to come, then welcome back Phillies. Don't worry guys we are use to this, it's only when you start winning, that is when we get nervous. That means something just isn't right. I mean leaving 3rd and 2nd stranded with 0 outs in the bottom of the 9th with clutch hitters at that plate in front of a sellout crowd, hey it's cool. I thought maybe this year would be different, but why did it have to start this way.



Sorry not much today...but I got a cool link to a website with some nice high quality pictures

http://www.picli.com/