Tuesday, August 30, 2005

You Just Gotta Let Some Shit Slide

Isn't this like calling a mentally challenged kid for double dribble? You just gotta let some things slide.

Garfunkel Busted For Pot

Come on now .... this is like arresting Tyson for getting his ass kicked in a fight.

This is like arresting a horny drunk guy for nailing Rosie O.

This is like giving a Southern Baptist hell for not having sex standing up because he believes its too much like dancing.

This is like laughing at fat, Wal-Mart shopping, mini-van driving housewives for buying Josh Groban CD's.

This is like getting pissed off because the directions that the hilljack gave you included "turn off the paved road".

This is like expecting a "pleasant dining experience" at a McDonalds.

Some shit you just gotta let slide.......

I'm Da Man

Thanks to Mo for this one! I guess I'm much more debonair than I thought!












Cary Grant

You scored 21% Tough, 0% Roguish, 42% Friendly, and 38% Charming!

You are the epitome of charm and style, the smooth operator who steals
the show with your sophisticated wit, quiet confidence and flirty sense
of humor. You are able to catch any woman you want just by flashing
that disarming smile, even if you're flashing it at a kindly aunt or
engaging child at the time. When you walk into a room, women are
instantly intrigued and even the men are impressed, but you're too nice
a guy to steal anyone else's girl...unless the guy deserves it. You're
stylish, yes, but you can also be a little bit nutty. However, you're
primarily seen as dashing, suave and romantic. Your co-stars include
Katharine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn, and Grace Kelly, stylish women with
a sense of fun.


Find out what kind of classic dame you'd make by taking the
Classic Dames Test.

















My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
free online datingfree online dating
You scored higher than 33% on Tough
free online datingfree online dating
You scored higher than 0% on Roguish
free online datingfree online dating
You scored higher than 78% on Friendly
free online datingfree online dating
You scored higher than 80% on Charming




Link: The Classic Leading Man Test written by gidgetgoes on Ok Cupid

Sunday, August 28, 2005

The Devil's Music Wet Dream

As if you needed another good reason to listen to WOXY Vintage, they've now released the Modern Rock 500 list. This is a like a wet dream for me with my musical tastes. Admittedly, some of these bands I wasn't much into but I do plan on going back and listening to these tunes. I've only listed the Top 150, so there are another 350 for you to explore and love .... kinda like that first time you decided to rub one out ......

1

Joy Division

Love Will Tear Us Apart

2

Nirvana

Smells Like Teen Spirit

3

The Smiths

How Soon Is Now?

4

Sex Pistols

Anarchy In The UK

5

The Ramones

Blitzkrieg Bop

6

Pixies

Monkey Gone To Heaven

7

Jane's Addiction

Been Caught Stealing

8

U2

New Year's Day

9

R.E.M.

Radio Free Europe

10

The Stone Roses

I Wanna Be Adored

11

The Clash

London Calling

12

Pearl Jam

Alive

13

Radiohead

Creep

14

Sex Pistols

God Save The Queen

15

Nine Inch Nails

Head Like A Hole

16

New Order

Blue Monday

17

Talking Heads

Psycho Killer

18

Violent Femmes

Blister In The Sun

19

The Police

Roxanne

20

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Under The Bridge

21

Jane's Addiction

Jane Says

22

Pearl Jam

Jeremy

23

Green Day

Longview

24

Beck

Loser

25

Faith No More

Epic

26

Nirvana

In Bloom

27

Blondie

Heart Of Glass

28

The B-52's

Rock Lobster

29

Beastie Boys

Fight For Your Right

30

Fugazi

Waiting Room

31

U2

With Or Without You

32

David Bowie

Space Oddity

33

Depeche Mode

Personal Jesus

34

The Ramones

I Wanna Be Sedated

35

Pixies

Where Is My Mind?

36

Weezer

Undone - The Sweater Song

37

Iggy Pop

Lust For Life

38

Smashing Pumpkins

Today

39

Bauhaus

Bela Lugosi's Dead

40

Elvis Costello

Radio Radio

41

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Give It Away

42

Lou Reed

Walk On The Wild Side

43

Husker Du

Makes No Sense At All

44

Pixies

Here Comes Your Man

45

Radiohead

Paranoid Android

46

Television

Marquee Moon

47

Patti Smith

Dancing Barefoot

48

U2

Sunday Bloody Sunday

49

My Bloody Valentine

Only Shallow

50

Sonic Youth

Teenage Riot

51

Talking Heads

Burning Down The House

52

The Clash

Train In Vain

53

The Replacements

Alex Chilton

54

The Stooges

I Wanna Be Your Dog

55

Dead Milkmen

Bitchin' Camaro

56

Elvis Costello

"(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding "

57

Psychedelic Furs

Pretty In Pink

58

Nine Inch Nails

Hurt

59

R.E.M.

It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

60

Beastie Boys

Sabotage

61

Pearl Jam

Even Flow

62

Public Enemy

Bring The Noise

63

The Cure

Boys Don't Cry

64

Bob Marley

"Get Up, Stand Up"

65

The White Stripes

Seven Nation Army

66

XTC

Dear God

67

Devo

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

68

New Order

Bizarre Love Triangle

69

Lo Fidelity All Stars

Battle Flag

70

David Bowie

Changes

71

Blondie

Rapture

72

U2

Pride (In The Name Of Love)

73

Gary Numan

Cars

74

Nirvana

Come As You Are

75

Pavement

Cut Your Hair

76

Modern English

I Melt With You

77

Blur

Song 2

78

Radiohead

Fake Plastic Trees

79

Oasis

Wonderwall

80

The Velvet Underground

Sweet Jane

81

R.E.M.

Losing My Religion

82

Lenny Kravitz

Are You Gonna Go My Way?

83

Camper Van Beethoven

Take The Skinheads Bowling

84

Modest Mouse

Float On

85

Talking Heads

Take Me To The River

86

The Cure

Just Like Heaven

87

Folk Implosion

Natural One

88

Nirvana

All Apologies

89

Eurythmics

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

90

Weezer

Say It Ain't So

91

David Bowie

Suffragette City

92

The Jesus And Mary Chain

Just Like Honey

93

Nine Inch Nails

Closer

94

Beck

Where It's At

95

The Cure

Love Song

96

Elvis Costello

Alison

97

The Clash

Rock The Casbah

98

Primus

Tommy The Cat

99

Jeff Buckley

Last Goodbye

100

Boomtown Rats

I Don't Like Mondays

101

Green Day

Welcome To Paradise

102

Smashing Pumpkins

Disarm

103

Depeche Mode

People Are People

104

Bob Marley

Jamming

105

Talking Heads

Life During Wartime

106

The Clash

Should I Stay Or Should I Go?

107

The Velvet Underground

Rock & Roll

108

Weezer

Hash Pipe

109

Nirvana

Heart-Shaped Box

110

Devo

Whip It

111

Soundgarden

Black Hole Sun

112

Siouxsie & The Banshees

Cities In Dust

113

Elvis Costello

Pump It Up

114

U2

One

115

The Flaming Lips

Do You Realize?

116

The Breeders

Cannonball

117

The Cult

She Sells Sanctuary

118

Beastie Boys

So What'cha Want

119

Tori Amos

Silent All These Years

120

The Jesus And Mary Chain

Head On

121

R.E.M.

The One I Love

122

The Postal Service

Such Great Heights

123

Dead Kennedys

Holiday In Cambodia

124

Afghan Whigs

Rebirth Of The Cool

125

Cake

The Distance

126

The Jam

Town Called Malice

127

The Cure

In Between Days

128

The Verve

Bittersweet Symphony

129

Radiohead

Karma Police

130

Matthew Sweet

Girlfriend

131

The Police

Message In A Bottle

132

Coldplay

Clocks

133

James

Laid

134

Squeeze

Tempted

135

Cracker

Low

136

Social Distortion

Ball And Chain

137

R.E.M.

Orange Crush

138

Jim Carroll Band

People Who Died

139

The Dandy Warhols

Bohemian Like You

140

Joe Jackson

Is She Really Going Out With Him?

141

Kate Bush

Running Up That Hill

142

Pulp

Common People

143

Public Image Limited

Rise

144

Screaming Trees

Nearly Lost You

145

Faith No More

We Care A Lot

146

Pixies

Gigantic

147

Oasis

Live Forever

148

Radiohead

Just

149

Modest Mouse

Ocean Breathes Salty

150

Killing Joke

Eighties



By the way, #68 and #86 are probably my 2 all-time faves. Now, get off your ass and go listen!!

Thursday, August 25, 2005

Apparently Jesus Packs Heat

Pat Robertson ... idiot extraordinaire. What more do I need to say? A man of God calling for the assasination of a foreign leader who is one of the most outspoken critics of the US.

What seems to be lost in all of the hubbub is that Roberston pretty much acknowledges that the war in Iraq is over oil and nothing else. His comment?

You know, I don't know about this doctrine of assassination, but if he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it. It's a whole lot cheaper than starting a war. And I don't think any oil shipments will stop.

He is worried about oil shipments? WTF?!?!? Apparently the taking of a man's life is of little importance because we need oil to keep those God-fearing companies like Shell and Exxon in business so they can do the Lord's work. I seem to have forgotten that Jesus was out trying to start wars over oil and in the interests of only his small corner of the Earty, pitting the Galileans against Bethlehemians. How could I have forgotten the God of trickle down economics when we have such great men of God like Robertson?

Where is the Conservative outrage that this man is somehow implying that the Iraq war is over oil? Oh I forgot, it's okay for him. Obviously, there are 2 sets of standards at work here: Those for Bush and Those Against Bush.

This is also the guy who commented that a small nuke should be used on Foggy Bottom, VA where the State department is set up. Or follow this moron's logical progression. He goes from this:

A Supreme Court ruling is not the Law of the United States. The law of the United Sates is the Constitution, treaties made in accordance with the Constitution, and laws duly enacted by the Congress and signed by the president. And any of those things I would uphold totally with all of my strength, whether I agreed with them or not.... I am bound by the laws of the United States and all 50 states ... [but] I am not bound by any case or any court to which I myself am not a party.... I don't think the Congress of the United States is subservient to the courts.... They can ignore a Supreme Court ruling if they so choose.
-- Pat Robertson, speaking to a group of Washington Post writers, as reported in the Washington Post, June 27,1986

To this ...
Supreme Court decisions are binding in the court systems ... but in terms of general law, which binds every citizen, why should you and I be bound because of the ineptitude, if you will, or the skill of one or more defense lawyers, or the plaintiffs in any particular lawsuit?

-- Pat Robertson, The 700 Club television program, October 23, 1987. No wonder he couldn't pass the Bar Exam: any decision by a court at the federal level becomes law, binding upon all citizens.

Wow, I wish I had learned this brilliant piece during law school. I could've just said, "I"m sorry but you have to give me an A+ because the law doesn't apply to me." What a fucktard this guy is......

Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Tragedy Strikes .... AGAIN!!!

As if the Patriots winning the Super Bowl wasn't enough to ruin my sports year, something every bit as terrible happened today. One of my 2 alma maters fired their legendary head basketball coach. If you live in the Midwest, you probably already know what I'm talking about. Bob Huggins was canned today. Get another job on campus (not coaching basketball) for his remaining one year or quit.

SI hated us. The Bearcats were the bad guys of the NCAA. We had every thug from every backalley court you could imagine. And I loved it. Cincinnati might not win, but we'll beat your asses up and you'll know you played us.

I understand that college is about the spirit of the game and that students are there to get an education. But let's face it; once you're an alum, you want to talk shit to your friends that went to other schools (or in my case, talk shit to my family that went to Texas Tech because they really think they're on top of the world with Knight there).

Since football will never be a winning proposition at UC or in Cincinnati, we had bball. There is the Crosstown Shootout with Xavier(Xavier has done pretty well lately, but it's sorta funny because for them it was their whole season sometimes to beat us while we were already counting on the big dance). UC kept civic pride when the Bungles and the Reds were stinking it up (and the Reds still are stinking it up).

But kiss those days goodbye. The timing of this was fucking terrible. You fire a coach right as recruiting starts with some of those being national prospects all but pulling Cincinnati from their choices. Of course, the President of UC didn't have the nerve to tell Huggins to his face. Apparently, he was coming off of a plane and found out as he unboarded that he had pretty much been shown the door. The President didn't want him around but didn't have a plan of action either. If you were gonna fire the guy, fire him in the fucking offseason when we're not IN THE MIDDLE OF RECRUITING!!!! Fire him about the DUI you're using as an excuse now to fire him. But don't wait nearly a year and a haf to do it only a few months before tipoff of the season.

To top if off, we're going into the Big East this year. We'll go from a perennial tourney team to a team lucky to get into the NIT ("Not In the Tournament"). We're going to be the whipping boys for the Big East.

Huggins went 399-127 during his tenure; roughly 74%. 14 straight NCAA tournament appearances. Imagine; a coach with a record like that in college football. That guy is going to be coaching at Oklahoma or USC. We had that here at UC ... had ... and now it's gone.

Something else to be considered is that Huggins gave alot of players a shot that they might not have otherwise had. Kids that might not have gone on to college or kids who walked onto the team. In a day and age when alot of other coaches are big time, Huggins was listed in the phone book. His kids went to public school. He was just a guy (with a temper at times) but he was just a regular joe. The next guy is gonna be screwed having to fill Huggins' shoes because no one will probably ever be able to fill them.

Monday, August 22, 2005

Forgetful Inspiration

Amazing what one phone call can do. While at Arizona State, I was a T.A. for a professor who ended up becoming a great friend and someone who I still maintain regular contact with. Pedro (Dr. Pete Padilla, right) has always been supportive and we end up talking for over an hour every time I call.

Maybe Pete is forgetful. Usually it’s something small that I can give him shit about like "you left your beer over there" or "we already saw her by the bar". However, on Sunday, it was something huge he completely forgot. I never thought I'd say it but forgetting was actually was a good thing. See, Pedro forgot that I’m applying to grad school this fall. Completely lost track of it even though he’ll be writing one of my letters of recommendation and reviewing my writing sample.

Our phone conversations usually start off with talk about familes. At graduation, he met my folks and they totally dug him. They always ask how he’s doing and vice versa. From there we progress to talk about work, what is going on with his teaching/research, and the Sociology department gossip.

So I start into my daily tirade about how my job is robbing me of my soul and stripping away my dignity. He then just out of the blue says to me:

Hey bro, you know you oughta teach. Have you thought about teaching at the college level? You’d be great at it.”

I almost started laughing and was ready to start into full shit-giving mode when my brain synapses actually fired despite having to deal with brain-dead fucks on the phone all week at work. I thought to myself in a split second….

He’s actually forgotten I’m applying to grad school so I can teach someday. If that’s the case, then really his statement that I should think about teaching college someday is really an unsolicited statement. He thinks I’d be a great prof.

I laughingly reminded him I’m applying this fall and he remembered. I tell him what I’m doing and so on. I tell him the GRE is what is worrying me. I know I’d get in somewhere; the question is where and the GRE score makes that difference.

But once off the phone, I felt inspired again. It was as if someone who knew me but didn’t know my plans just outright declared that I would be a great college professor. I needed that bit of inspiration to push me to work on my packet and to keep studying for the GRE. Thanks Pedro!!

Sunday, August 21, 2005

My Ohio Observations

Having lived here for 5 years now, I've noticed so many differences between the Southwest and the Midwest, so in the name of convenience, I've compiled a few of them here:

1. A tan is not synonymous with a great body. Simply because you spent a week laying out and drinking cans of Budweiser on the Redneck Riveria doesn't instantly grant you a killer bod. There are also an abundance of tanning spas here. Note: you're not fooling us in January with the tan; we know you didn't fly down to the Caribbean for a weekend getaway, not when you work at TCBY or Footlocker.

2. Everyone here smokes. I mean everyone. Men, women, children, priests, nuns, pets. Everyone smokes. There is absolutely no sense in wearing cologne to a bar or nightclub here. Nothing smells better than Aramis Life cologne and the stench of 100 people smoking GPC's.

3. There are no great local restaurants in my part of Ohio. Forbes did a write up about the best cities for singles. The review of Cincinnati was less than flattering. It mentioned that a night out in the 'Nati consisted of wearing your best sweats to a chain restaurant.

4. Everyone who grew up here loves classic rock. I don't get it. In high school or college at a party out West, if you threw on a Steve Miller or Bob Seger song, it was like those scenes in a movie when the wrong people walk into a party. The record scratches and everyone just stops and stares at you. Steve Miller can still sell out a show at a huge outdoor venue with about 1/2 the crowd younger than me while Ted Leo and the Pharmacists come to town and have to play some hole in the wall club. I don't get it ......

5. Mullets exist in huge abundance here. Male and female alike.

6. This state would be perfectly fine if every professional sports franchise closed shop leaving only Ohio State football. In the West, there is so much to do outside of going to college football games (especially in Arizona) that it's tough for sports teams to compete. Do you really want to go see a mediocre baseball team (yes, I'm a D'Backs fan) play a game in the middle of the day when you can go to Sedona?

7. This place seems to run about 5 or 6 years behind everyplace else. In other words, don't come to Ohio if you wanna see anything trendy. Mark Twain once commented that when the world was ending, he'd go to Cincinnati because it's always 15 years behind everyone else. For instance, the whole Fast and Furious car craze is barely beginning to take off here.

8. Any time I see a live band in Ohio, I can be assured just as certain as death and taxes that someone will scream "Play some Skynard" or "Freebird". Also, for whatever reason, cheesy mook rock bands like Nickelback can still sell out shows here.

9. BW3's seems to be more popular than any bar or night club here.

10. Kids here all know how to play card games. When I grew up out West, we were never inside enough to sit down to learn to play cards. I will probably never get into poker as a sport or play euchre.

11. Ohio has a weird state flag. Yeah, I know it's the only state with a pennant, but it seems that a state flag is meant to be just that ... a flag.

12. No one has figured out how to keep highways in good shape here. I see more orange cones on the roads here than the yellow dividing lines. When I first moved here, my car had just gotten new struts, shocks, and the alignment done. 6 months later, all 3 were shot.

Just a few of my Ohio observations. If you've got any others, just post 'em