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I just read something that made me laugh and was too good not to put on the blog... It seems that Ashley Alexandra Dupre, aka the hooker who was screwing the governor of New York, is suing Girls Gone Wild  for exploiting her. The law suit claims that Dupre "did not understand the magnitude of her actions, nor that her image and likeness would be displayed in videos and DVDs," so she's suing the company for $10 million. Here's the real story: this stupid whore knew exactly what she was doing and now sees a chance to snag some money, since her singing career is in the toilet.  I realize that the girls that appear on Girls Gone Wild  are generally stupid, but they know damn well what's going to happen.  They might not know the magnitude, but they know what's going to happen.   What ever happened to taking responsibility for your actions?  Nowadays we get to sue people the minute something bad happens.  We get to complain and moan.  The fucking girl signed up to d...

I was looking for a song from Ferris Bueller's Day Off.  Its not the first time I've looked for this song.  Its by the Dream Academy called "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want."  Its from the scene where they're in the art gallery.  Bad ass song! I started a little research, thinking that I'd find somewhere to find it.  I mean, come on, you mean to tell me its impossible to get the tune just because there's no soundtrack for the movie? So I started digging.  Wikipedia listed a bunch of groups that have covered the song.  And I came across Emilie Autumn, for she covered said tune.  I typed her name into iTunes, where I am able to point and click anything I want... Well, surprise, surprise... I really like this girl.  How fucking strange is that?  I listen to classical in my car and jazz in my apartment.  I not really into goth chicks.  But I gotta say, she's pretty damn good.  I'm listening to her as I type right now.  And it may be that I...

Here's your day late Week in Review for the week of April 21st- April 27th.  And its good that this puppy is a day late, because last week was such a big week that being on time would have been too much to handle. Yeah, right!   The weekend was relatively good.  Raleigh had the big Beer Fest on Saturday.  I attended and got to see one of my oldest and dearest friends, Jason Gavin.  We had a blast and drank much, much good beer. But the drinking of all this beer leads me to my main thought.  Since New Year's Eve this year, I have basically quit drinking.  I did it with the knowledge that I'd definitely drink again, but it wasn't going to be at my past levels.  I also did it to quit smoking. Well, guess what friends and neighbors?  I'm drinking a lot again and I smoke like a fucking chimney when I'm drinking.  So I'm feeling rather down on myself for essentially throwing a lot of hard work and sweat down the trash. I'm going to need to regroup and get myse...

NEW PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION This is probably the best e-mail I've seen in a long, long time. The following has been attributed to State Representative Mitchell Kaye from GA. This guy should run for President one day. "We the sensible people of the United States, in an attempt to help everyone get along, restore some semblance of justice, avoid more riots, keep our nation safe, promote positive behavior, and secure the blessings of debt-free liberty to ourselves and our great-great-great- grandchildren, hereby try one more time to ordain and establish some common sense guidelines for the terminally whiny, guilt ridden, delusional, and other liberal bed-wetters. We hold these truths to be self evident: that a whole lot of people are confused by the Bill of Rights and are so dim they require a Bill of NON-Rights." ARTICLE I: You do not have the right to a new car, big screen TV, or any other form of wealth. More power to you if you can legally acquire them, but no one i...

Going to the World Beer Fest in Moore Square tomorrow.  Gonna be good fun.  My buddy Gavin is getting me into the gig for free in exchange for helping him at the Brooklyn booth.  I think that's a fair trade. Those few enlightened souls who understand that beer is truly a divine gift will likely be as excited as I am for this event.  Any chance to laugh in the spring sunshine while drinking fabulous beer is aces in my book. The important thing is to get good sleep tonite so I'll be good and rested for tomorrow.  Yum.....

Made a pretty big breakthrough yesterday on the driving range.  I dusted off the clubs about a month ago after a 2 year hiatus.  My first few times out weren't too bad.  Just the normal rusty strokes.  But then I bottomed out.  Had one of the worst days hitting I've ever had.  I then got new grips on my clubs and yesterday was my first day with the new grips.  The first half of the bucket was total shit.  Absolute crap, and I thought I was in for a rocky period.  But then I had the breakthrough.... Tempo is everything!!!   I was trying to bring the club back slowly, but coming back down to the ball I was flying.  Well, friends and neighbors, you're fucked if you tighten up and swing faster back down to the ball.  It simply doesn't work for the amateur player. So what I did yesterday and today was to try to swing as slowly and smoothly as possible.  Golf clubs these days are designed to do almost all the work, so we should let them.  If you swing as slowly and as relaxed...

I saw War Games the other night.  What a riot.  It's the 25th anniversary of the movie, in fact. What a classic film!  A few scenes really stuck out for me.  There is one scene where Broderick puts a floppy disk into the computer that must have been 6 inches x 6 inches.  It was huge!  And yes, children, computers used to require those huge things.  When I first sat at a computer in elementary school, we had to use floppy disks.  It would have been around the time War Games  came out.  The computers back then couldn't do a damn thing and you had to tell the computer everything you wanted it to do.  My family got an Apple IIe when they first came out a thousand years ago and besides me playing Spy Hunter and Castle Wolfenstein, it just sat there. There was another scene where Broderick is doing research on Falken and he's using the card catalog at the library.  How many of you children remember the Dewey Decimal System?  That's right, before computers people had to look u...

Here we have a nice view from my good ole couch.  I had to dig up the digital camera software to find this merging program, but I think it came out pretty good. Quite a view, huh?!

With summer approaching, its almost surf time!  I myself haven't jumped on a board in many, many years.  I'm thinking about taking it up again, though.  And as I dream of that spiritual release that Body was so keen on talking about, I find myself also weighing the cons.  For one, there's that pesky little bugger known as melanoma.  Bastard that he is. And you can't forget about nipple rash, shark bites, rip tides, drowning, to name but a few.   You also run the risk of being distracted...

Number of People in the U.S. Who Cannot Speak English on the Rise Latest Census figures demonstrate dramatic increase in limited-English proficiency in America Today, more than 300 languages are spoken in America. In fact, according to the most recent Census, 24.2 million Americans cannot speak English! And this percentage is 14 percent higher than the 2000 figure — and 73 percent higher than the 1990 figure! Around the Nation: There are 9 states where at least one-in-ten individuals are limited-English proficient (LEP): Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, New York, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, and Texas. In 1990, there were only 14 states where five percent or more of the population was LEP. In 2000, there were 19 such states. As of 2006, there are now 22 states. In 1990, there were only 19 states where three percent or more of the population was LEP. As of 2006, there are now 34 such states. In 1990, the following 10 states had a combined LEP population of 490,710: North C...