Thursday, June 30, 2005
more birthday gifts for moi?
Now that BBTS is stocking Cybertron figures, complete with helpful images, I shall add these to my birthday wish list:
(listed in order of desirability)
Optimus Prime
Megatron
Hot Shot
Crumplezone
Thundercracker
Landmine
Dirt Boss
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
more local hijinks!
Geez, there's stupidity all over Morris County lately. Here's one I snagged from The Smoking Gun, the arena in question being practically right around the corner from where I live.
Zamboni Drunk Driving Rap
Cops: New Jersey man piloted ice cleaner under the influence
JUNE 28--When it comes to drunk driving arrests, TSG has seen perps get nabbed while piloting cars, lawnmowers, bicycles, golf carts, boats, horses, and snowmobiles. We can now add Zambonis to that list, thanks to one John Peragallo. The 63-year-old New Jersey man was nailed Sunday for the alleged boozed-up operation of the ice cleaning machine at the Mennen Sports Arena in Morris County, according to the below summons. An arena manager apparently called cops after spotting Peragallo's reckless operation of the Zamboni, which careened around the ice and nearly smashed into the rink's boards. When cops arrived, Peragallo had finished resurfacing the ice and had parked the Zamboni. According to a police report, he was hit with a misdemeanor drunk driving charge after twice blowing a .12 on a breath test (the Garden State legal limit is .08). Peragallo is scheduled for a July 14 court appearance.
proof of stupidity in morris county!
Okay, I don't care if this guy is 66 years old. Senior citizens claim to be wise and worldly. This guy, however, is just dumb as a stick.
Madison man placed on probation
Police:Resident stole $12,900 from bowling league
By Peggy Wright, Daily Record
A former bowling league treasurer -- who police say stole from two league accounts in hopes of securing a so-called Canadian lottery prize of $500,000 -- was enrolled Tuesday into a special probationary program and has agreed to repay the leagues $12,900.
Madison resident Frank T. Thiel Jr., 66, admitted no wrongdoing Tuesday in being accepted into Morris County's Pre-Trial Intervention program for first-time offenders. He will be supervised on probation for three years and agreed to repay the Stirling Bowling League and MBC Bowling League a total of $12,900 over the three years, said defense lawyer Peter Gilbreth. If he satisfies the PTI conditions, the theft charge filed against him in May by Madison police will be dismissed.
He was accused of taking $9,400 from one league and $3,500 from the second. Thiel, who is divorced, spent 23 years with the U.S. Army and then worked as a commercial artist in New York. At the time of his arrest last month, he was delivering the Star-Ledger. Police have said that Thiel told them he was contacted in early March by a man who claimed to represent a Canadian awards center and that he won a $250,000 lottery but needed to send $7,000 to claim the prize. He wired a portion of the request amount and then was persuaded to send more money when told the prize had grown to $500,000, police said. The "lottery" was a scam and Thiel never saw a cent in return for some $48,000 he sent, including the $12,900 in league money, authorities said.
"Here's a man who worked hard his entire life and he's now living on his own. He felt there was an opportunity (with the lottery) to make money, even though people tried to talk him out of it," Gilbreth said.
weird ass dreams...
I had a bizarre dream last night. I was apparently in some sort of skate shop, familiar with the employees/owner there too. It seemed to be in some bizarre amalgam of Downtown Detroit and Downtown Madison. I was going to take some of the new ultra-light design skateboards from this shop to sell in my own shop (apparently, I owned some kind of store, seemingly in Roseville, MI on Gratiot) since they were having problems selling them and needed some exposure. I go outside to my car afterwards - which was my parents' old red '87 Nissan Sentra - only to find it had been stolen. And somehow, my keys, phone, and wallet had been stolen too. So I was walking up and down the street looking for a police officer. I eventually found one in an alley, but he was making balloon animals for kids. Weird.
And then I woke up feeling like garbage. I haven't felt 100% for the past couple weeks either. Might be the humidity, but I'm not sure. I probably need to start taking vitamins again, because I've just felt uber-lethargic lately. Headaches too, but that's probably because of the humidity affecting my sinuses.
Environmental Biology final is tomorrow...back to studying. Whee.
Friday, June 24, 2005
first place!
With an 8-0 shutout of Philly, courtesy of Tim Wakefield, the Sox are finally up in first place in the AL East where they belong! The Chokes are still five and a half games behind...in third place behind the Orioles!
Thursday, June 23, 2005
new trend...
This is too funny not to share...
bigot bigot bigot, part 2...
I'm so sick of James Dobson and Focus on the Family spewing their hateful, bigoted, anti-gay rhetoric. But no, that's not enough. Now they're holding a conference to "cure" gays. Fucking brilliant. Is there any way we can "cure" these Conservative Christians to "repair" their disturbed sensibilities?
the clem?
Question for you Michigan types... When the hell did Mt. Clemens start being referred to in hipster lingo as "The Clem"? I must have missed something.
no place like homes being bulldozed...
It's frightening that this is being allowed in our country today. Simply put, as the first sentence of the article says, "The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that local governments may seize people's homes and businesses - even against their will - for private economic development."
Doesn't that strike anyone as just a bit...I don't know...wrong? So now, if local government thinks that my house is in the way of some project that will undoubtedly fill their corrupt, money-grubbing pockets, they can just take it.
You're probably saying, "But you'd get 'just compensation' from the government!" Yeah, we all know how good the government is at being "just".
From where I see it, this ruling is outright tyranny. No different from the rest of what this administration is doing, I suppose.
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
bigot bigot bigot...
more than meets the eye...
Looks like these are the first official "posters" for the upcoming new Transformers movie...and I want them both. Yummy.
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
you oughta know...
If you're a fan of Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill like I am, you absolutely must pick up a copy of her 10th anniversary release of the album - yep, it's already been 10 years since it was initially released. It's a fully acoustic version of Jagged Little Pill and it is phenomenal. I know that Amazon page says it isn't going to be released until July 26th, but Starbucks has a whole slew of them in their music rack, as well as available for order online here. Trust me, this pseudo-re-release is totally worth it. One funny tidbit of note is a change to a line in "Ironic", which has become "It's meeting the man of my dreams...then meeting his beautiful...husband...". Props to that.
And hell, while I'm promoting music, check out Punk Goes 80's. Midtown has a kick-ass cover on there of "Your Love", originally by The Outfield. Another good track is Halifax's cover of Paula Abdul's "Straight Up". Seriously, it's really good.
Okay, back to work. And by work, I mean hauling ass on stuff for my Environmental Biology class. Blech.
Friday, June 17, 2005
apocalypse!
Thursday, June 16, 2005
feeling the hate...
Okay, in all honesty, these people scare the hell out of me. When I think that people such as these could actually come into power, my life would inevitably become forfeit. Read the whole article...it's frightening. This one segment rings so true to me:
"Adams told us to watch closely the Christian right’s persecution of homosexuals and lesbians. Hitler, he reminded us, promised to restore moral values not long after he took power in 1933, then imposed a ban on all homosexual and lesbian organizations and publications. Then came raids on the places where homosexuals gathered, culminating on May 6, 1933, with the ransacking of the Institute for Sexual Science in Berlin. Twelve thousand volumes from the institute’s library were tossed into a public bonfire. Homosexuals and lesbians, Adams said, would be the first "deviants" singled out by the Christian right. We would be the next."
Fucking terrifying.
days off...
It's a pain in the ass when I take vacation days from work and still end up waking up at 6am, sans alarm. Happened today, waking with an excrutiating migraine. Happened yesterday as well, with an excrutiating backache. At least yesterday it served me well, since I had a couple video shoots in the morning. But hell, it's 8:50am, a day off...and I shouldn't be awake! I mean, I've been able to listen to the entire Opie and Anthony show...LIVE!
Also, thanks to Avery, I'm now aware of a new Crow movie that actually sounds rather good. Just added it to my Netflix queue, the DVD releases on July 19th. The casting for it is rather bizarre, to say the least. Edward Furlong (plays the Crow), David Boreanaz, Tara Reid, Dennis Hopper, and...Macy Gray?! Weird.
Sunday, June 12, 2005
calvin & hobbes...
Wednesday, June 08, 2005
now face my true power!
Okay, I so want one of these.
Japan unveils "robot suit" that enhances human power
Tue Jun 7,10:14 AM ET
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan has taken a step into the science-fiction world with the release of a "robot suit" that can help workers lift heavy loads or assist people with disabilities climb stairs.
"Humans may be able to mutate into supermen in the near future," said Yoshiyuki Sankai, professor and engineer at Tsukuba University who led the project.
The 15-kilogram (33-pound) battery-powered suit, code-named HAL-5, detects muscle movements through electrical-signal flows on the skin surface and then amplifies them.
It can also move on its own accord, enabling it to help elderly or handicapped people walk, developers said.
The prototype suit will be displayed at the World Exposition that is currently taking place in Aichi prefecture, central Japan.
Japan has seen a growing market for technology geared toward the elderly, who are making up an increasing chunk of the population as fewer younger Japanese choose to start families.
A government report last week showed that pensioners made up a record 19.5 percent of the country's population in 2004 and that the ratio will grow rapidly, surpassing 35 percent in 2050.
fungus 53 on xm radio...
The channel Fungus 53 on XM Radio is kicking some ass today. Normally when I listen to it here at work, it's a bunch of punk music, which is totally cool. But today, it's been all industrial with a bunch of artists that I'm totally familiar with. The last three songs have been by Laibach, Sister Machine Gun and KMFDM...I'm loving this. People, if you're looking into getting satellite radio, by all means, subscribe to XM Radio!
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
the never-ending hockey story...
Check out Greg Wyshynski's take on the future of the NHL lockout. It elicited more than a few chuckles from me. Here's a taste:
"September 29, 2007: The NHL and the NHLPA finally come to a new collective bargaining agreement, with a $38 million salary cap and linkage between revenue and salaries. But then, at a press conference, Bettman rips off some white tape that had been placed on the CBA, revealing that he tricked the NHLPA into signing on for an $18 million cap instead! Goodenow smirks, and reveals he had signed the deal in disappearing ink! He then throws a smoke bomb, and the players association disappears through a trap door! Bettman: "You've won this round Goodenow...but there will be a next time...""
your head a splode...
Found a couple of neat interviews with the guys from HomeStarRunner. Check 'em out here if you're a fan of the site. It's neat to see where the hilarity is coming from.
Monday, June 06, 2005
birthday coming up...
Okay, my birthday is quick approaching and Danielle keeps bugging me to give her a list of stuff that I want...so I figured, what the hell, I might as well post it on here too. So here goes...
Sony PSP
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Gamecube)
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (Game Boy Advance)
File cabinet - either something like these stackable things (2-3 of them) or something like this one
Toys R Us gift card (Transformers: Cybertron is due to release in July and there are a handful of figures I'll want from the first wave of this line)
McFarlane's SportsPicks Curt Schilling figure
McFarlane's SportsPicks Johnny Damon figure
A new universal remote...these are the ones I've looked at:
- One For All Kameleon 8-Device LCD Touch-Panel Remote - Model: URC-9960 (I like the notion that this one hides and reveals buttons on the LCD depending on which device you choose)
- One For All 8-Device Universal Learning Remote - Model: URC 8910
And, failing all of that, you can check out my Amazon Wish List for books and such that I want. Sort it by priority if you want to see the books I really want. (Can you tell I'm a big Nick Hornby fan?) Also, I have no qualms about accepting used books from Amazon...hell, some of the used ones sell for a penny, before you add shipping costs (which are usually no more than a couple bucks or so).
Friday, June 03, 2005
from hot to not!
Blech. Katie Holmes used to be a reasonably attractive girl, I think that can be agreed upon. But looking at a picture of her now...did Tom Cruise give her herpes or something? That's just unfortunate. What would Dawson say?
Thursday, June 02, 2005
taser!
workin'...
Ever been curious to see where I work?
...
Come on, just humor me here.
'tis a couple pics of my office. First pic is of my desk, sans my laptop which I ordinarily have sitting right in the middle (I was on my way out for the day when I took the pics and had already packed up my laptop). Second pic is just another area of the office, heavily composed of our video collection here.
Wednesday, June 01, 2005
wisdom from vonnegut...
Bless the 'Quote of the Day' feature on Google's Personalized Homepages. Today's is:
"There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president."
- Kurt Vonnegut
happy reznor?
I think this picture is the first time I've ever seen Trent Reznor smile. But then, I'd be smiling too if I was just awarded $3 million in a lawsuit. Good for him. If he was getting duped by his accountant, to the point of having only $400,000 despite millions of dollars in earnings, he deserves this.
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