I'm not sure where the rest of you fall on this, but since New York City happens to be where the UN is situated, we get a FREQUENT influx of foreign dignitaries, diplomats, high muckamucks, panjandrums, etc.
And with that frequent influx, we get our newspapers (PRINT! In 2009!) investigating and revealing at least once or twice every few months or so that they owe MASSIVE fines and back taxes to the city. Of course, since none of it's been paid off, it just makes sense to ask our mayoral candidates the following 2-part question:
"With so many revelations of foreign diplos racking up such massive debt to the city, why hasn't anything been done to collect, and what do you plan on doing to collect if elected mayor?"
Given that much of our public services end up severely underfunded, collecting those back taxes and fines would go a long way in making sure the budget doesn't job out to useless kowtowing.
How much does this occur in your cities?
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
If You Don't Know of This Show You Aren't Awesome
Basically this was one of the greatest shows I remember as a kid. I couldn't tell you much about it other than there was a Sea Dude, and Air Dude, and a Land Dude, but they were awesome as hell.
The show was about these three badasses who basically represented their entire military branches in the coolest and most kick ass way possible. The Sea Dude was a human submarine. The Air Dude was a human jet, and the Land Dude was a human tank. Seriously how could someone not get behind this concept.
The toys were the coolest thing I've ever owned and if they did a rerelease I would buy them. Even if they didn't even redo the molds, just a straightforward refabrication of the originals. Also it's the only toy set that I remember not having to split with my brother at the time. I had all 3, and he didn't have any.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
I'd like to take a minute
And explain to everyone that I have an addiction.
I have been battling the past three months with addiction. Addiction to diet coke. All my friends laugh and tell me that, This is what teachers do. They drink diet coke every morning. It's not uncommon.
I am putting an end to this. I drank my last one out of a 12 pack, I only have one a day, and will try to not drink another. I don't think I can function without a diet coke anymore.
Here's to the best.
I have been battling the past three months with addiction. Addiction to diet coke. All my friends laugh and tell me that, This is what teachers do. They drink diet coke every morning. It's not uncommon.
I am putting an end to this. I drank my last one out of a 12 pack, I only have one a day, and will try to not drink another. I don't think I can function without a diet coke anymore.
Here's to the best.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Chick-Fil-A
This place is the best for fried chicken sandwiches and chicken nuggets/strips.
Since Oxford FINALLY got a real chick-fil-a, not the one in the student union that's overpriced, I have eaten there like 2 times a week. Not very healthy, but jesus I love those chicken sammiches.
Other night I am riding through gearing up to sneak a sandwich into the movie theater to eat while I watch Zombieland(which I didn't like). I see this:
I saw this cow at the football game last saturday(Ole Miss lost and we're a joke again, so what). However that cow has provided me with entertainment twice in the past seven days.
There in the line, and at the football game. Quick Ole Miss football fun fact. When the opposing team kicks a football through the goal posts into the student section, the ball is thrown upward into the luxury boxes. Then tossed out of the stadium, with a loud drunken cheer. Well last Saturday the first was caught by that fucking cow. YES THE COW YOU SEE THERE. A chick-fil-a chant started up, and the cow throws the ball back into the student section. The ball hits a girl in the side of the face, and she falls two rows resulting in one of the funniest things I have seen since that scene in pandorum where the guy popped up and the descent guys ate him.
I recommend Chicken Sandwich on wheat with no pickles. Light Mayo and Honey Mustard. Best.
Since Oxford FINALLY got a real chick-fil-a, not the one in the student union that's overpriced, I have eaten there like 2 times a week. Not very healthy, but jesus I love those chicken sammiches.
Other night I am riding through gearing up to sneak a sandwich into the movie theater to eat while I watch Zombieland(which I didn't like). I see this:
I saw this cow at the football game last saturday(Ole Miss lost and we're a joke again, so what). However that cow has provided me with entertainment twice in the past seven days.
There in the line, and at the football game. Quick Ole Miss football fun fact. When the opposing team kicks a football through the goal posts into the student section, the ball is thrown upward into the luxury boxes. Then tossed out of the stadium, with a loud drunken cheer. Well last Saturday the first was caught by that fucking cow. YES THE COW YOU SEE THERE. A chick-fil-a chant started up, and the cow throws the ball back into the student section. The ball hits a girl in the side of the face, and she falls two rows resulting in one of the funniest things I have seen since that scene in pandorum where the guy popped up and the descent guys ate him.
I recommend Chicken Sandwich on wheat with no pickles. Light Mayo and Honey Mustard. Best.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
THE POWER OF THE HAIR HAT
by SonnyBone
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So I'm in the computer lab today... and I see a guy with an amazing pile of brillo pads on his head. THAT WRAPPED DOWN AROUND HIS CHIN AND ONTO HIS NECK.
Then he turned around AND HAD A BRILLO MINI MULLET.
Here is an artist's rendition of the HAIR HATTED MANS:
I wanted to throw bricks at it to see how many pieces the brick would shatter into.
He could go to war and everyone could just LIVE IN HIS HAIR and they could deflect atomic meteor cluster bombs.
On second thought, his hay-like hair helmet would probably flame up like a fucking tinderbox at even the tiniest inkling of a spark.
I can't feel sorry for the guy because he could always just go and get a fucking haircut. But... you know... maybe they see him coming and shutter the doors and windows? Maybe he's blacklisted from the barbers? WHO FUCKIN KNOWS?
The only thing that's for certain is that this sumbitch gots a hair hat.
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So I'm in the computer lab today... and I see a guy with an amazing pile of brillo pads on his head. THAT WRAPPED DOWN AROUND HIS CHIN AND ONTO HIS NECK.
Then he turned around AND HAD A BRILLO MINI MULLET.
Here is an artist's rendition of the HAIR HATTED MANS:
I wanted to throw bricks at it to see how many pieces the brick would shatter into.
He could go to war and everyone could just LIVE IN HIS HAIR and they could deflect atomic meteor cluster bombs.
On second thought, his hay-like hair helmet would probably flame up like a fucking tinderbox at even the tiniest inkling of a spark.
I can't feel sorry for the guy because he could always just go and get a fucking haircut. But... you know... maybe they see him coming and shutter the doors and windows? Maybe he's blacklisted from the barbers? WHO FUCKIN KNOWS?
The only thing that's for certain is that this sumbitch gots a hair hat.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Food From the Microwave #1
So I love food. I'm also a horrible cook that's lazy. So a lot of times, Microwave foods end up in my belly. There's a lot of bad crap out there, as well as some really good ones, so I'm gonna let you know which ones I think are worth trying and which ones I think should be avoided.
TGI Friday's Buffalo Popcorn Chicken.
Prep: This is more complicated than most microwave foods. It comes with a sauce packet that you have to leave in hot water for a few minutes. While this isn't a huge deal, it does cut down on the portability of the product.
Smell: It really didn't have much of a smell to it. Usually you expect good food to smell really good, but there just wasn't much scent coming from it at all.
Looks: It looked a lot like Buffalo popcorn chicken. When covered in the sauce, it looked even better.
Taste: AMAZING. Seriously, this tasted just like any buffalo chicken that you would get at a chain restaraunt. While a purist could find fault with the comparison between the real deal and this, it's not the fault of the product that it doesn't compete. But it is very successful in recreating the appetizers from Friday's. I would definitely eat this again as well as recommend it to anyone else.
Price: I would say that it is a but pricey for the amount that you get, but if you had a coupon or see it on sale pick it up instantly, because it's great, just a bit on the small side.
TGI Friday's Buffalo Popcorn Chicken.
Prep: This is more complicated than most microwave foods. It comes with a sauce packet that you have to leave in hot water for a few minutes. While this isn't a huge deal, it does cut down on the portability of the product.
Smell: It really didn't have much of a smell to it. Usually you expect good food to smell really good, but there just wasn't much scent coming from it at all.
Looks: It looked a lot like Buffalo popcorn chicken. When covered in the sauce, it looked even better.
Taste: AMAZING. Seriously, this tasted just like any buffalo chicken that you would get at a chain restaraunt. While a purist could find fault with the comparison between the real deal and this, it's not the fault of the product that it doesn't compete. But it is very successful in recreating the appetizers from Friday's. I would definitely eat this again as well as recommend it to anyone else.
Price: I would say that it is a but pricey for the amount that you get, but if you had a coupon or see it on sale pick it up instantly, because it's great, just a bit on the small side.
R-Rated movies-now, for kids!
by The Head Ninja
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You know, when I was growing up, I was allowed to see R-Rated movies all the time. It's around Halloween time right now, and this reminds me of when little second-grader me was dressed up as Freddy Krueger, and so was like half of the school.
But let me tell you something, 99% of those kids were fucking posers that never saw the movies.
I did. Conan the Barbarian is my favorite film of all time, and oh man that's gotten me a lot of shit in the film school. Well, fuck you. I like it. I saw it when I was a kid and it holds a lot of nostalgia for me, plus, it RULES. You cannot deny this.
Well, something weird happened with Conan the Barbarian. They decided to market the sequel to kids. Hey, He-Man was huge, why not give them something close to a live-action He-Man(years before it actually happened, which I'll probably review at some point)?
It seems weird. Kids would want to see the first movie after this, right? Well, this was par for the course in the 80s and 90s. Sometimes it would be controversial, but it would happen a lot.
I showed that Police Academy intro in an earlier post, and that was originally an R-Rated movie, until the franchise also went a more all-ages appropriate route. Then, a cartoon was made. Nary a Blue Oyster bar was mentioned.
It had a toy line, and I had a few of the figures. One of the bad guys was pretty awesome- MR. Sleaze. He would raise his hands in a "DON'T SHOOT!" pose when you squeezed his legs, but his necktie would pop up with a gas gun pointing right at your face! His dog also had a disguise to make it look like a respectable poodle instead of an evil mutt.
Makes you feel like a man, doesn't it?
Rambo was really, really violent, but was turned into a cartoon where Rambo teamed with the Force of Freedom, which was basically a GI Joe ripoff. All of the bad guys weren't just the guys in the evil organization SAVAGE, though. No, he fought a lot of commies and guys with mohawks to kind of fit in with the political climate of the era. This had a toy line. The figures were larger, much like 6 inches, and had jointed knees, but their arms wouldn't bend. THIS DROVE ME FUCKING NUTS.
Speaking of Stallone, while Demolition Man didn't have a cartoon series, it did have a line of Demolition Man action figures, which were re-tooled He-Man figures. The ironic thing about this is that Mattel was considering a Conan line before Masters of the Universe came out, but decided against it because it was an R-rated movie.
Robocop also got a cartoon series and toyline. Hey, the cartoon brought ED-209 back as ED-360, who was 51 better than ED-209.
The toys shot caps. This was awesome, until you ran out of caps. Then you had a big fucking stupid lever on everyone's back that didn't do shit.
None of this stuff was really all that successful, because kids couldn't watch the source material, in most cases. I SURE THE FUCK DID.
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You know, when I was growing up, I was allowed to see R-Rated movies all the time. It's around Halloween time right now, and this reminds me of when little second-grader me was dressed up as Freddy Krueger, and so was like half of the school.
But let me tell you something, 99% of those kids were fucking posers that never saw the movies.
I did. Conan the Barbarian is my favorite film of all time, and oh man that's gotten me a lot of shit in the film school. Well, fuck you. I like it. I saw it when I was a kid and it holds a lot of nostalgia for me, plus, it RULES. You cannot deny this.
Well, something weird happened with Conan the Barbarian. They decided to market the sequel to kids. Hey, He-Man was huge, why not give them something close to a live-action He-Man(years before it actually happened, which I'll probably review at some point)?
It seems weird. Kids would want to see the first movie after this, right? Well, this was par for the course in the 80s and 90s. Sometimes it would be controversial, but it would happen a lot.
I showed that Police Academy intro in an earlier post, and that was originally an R-Rated movie, until the franchise also went a more all-ages appropriate route. Then, a cartoon was made. Nary a Blue Oyster bar was mentioned.
It had a toy line, and I had a few of the figures. One of the bad guys was pretty awesome- MR. Sleaze. He would raise his hands in a "DON'T SHOOT!" pose when you squeezed his legs, but his necktie would pop up with a gas gun pointing right at your face! His dog also had a disguise to make it look like a respectable poodle instead of an evil mutt.
Makes you feel like a man, doesn't it?
Rambo was really, really violent, but was turned into a cartoon where Rambo teamed with the Force of Freedom, which was basically a GI Joe ripoff. All of the bad guys weren't just the guys in the evil organization SAVAGE, though. No, he fought a lot of commies and guys with mohawks to kind of fit in with the political climate of the era. This had a toy line. The figures were larger, much like 6 inches, and had jointed knees, but their arms wouldn't bend. THIS DROVE ME FUCKING NUTS.
Speaking of Stallone, while Demolition Man didn't have a cartoon series, it did have a line of Demolition Man action figures, which were re-tooled He-Man figures. The ironic thing about this is that Mattel was considering a Conan line before Masters of the Universe came out, but decided against it because it was an R-rated movie.
Robocop also got a cartoon series and toyline. Hey, the cartoon brought ED-209 back as ED-360, who was 51 better than ED-209.
The toys shot caps. This was awesome, until you ran out of caps. Then you had a big fucking stupid lever on everyone's back that didn't do shit.
None of this stuff was really all that successful, because kids couldn't watch the source material, in most cases. I SURE THE FUCK DID.
Monday, October 12, 2009
SAW the Videogame
Where did this come from? It always seemed like vaporware or something that was never going to come out, but last Tuesday I see it in K-Mart with no hype, reviews, or anything out at the time. I considering buying it just for the hell of it, but Afrika is coming out this week so forget that. Instead I hit up the local Movie Gallery with a free rental Saturday only to find the one PS3 copy rented out and the two 360 copies out. So fuck, I needed to use the free rental before it expired so I rented this shitty game called Operation Flashlight Dragon Rising. It fucking sucks and is hard as shit. I am stuck five minutes into that game and it ruined my Saturday.
Flash forward to today..after getting a salad at Wendy's with rotten lettuce in it (fuck Wendys), I check the Movie Gallery and they have the one PS3 copy of SAW on the shelf. So I grabbed that bitch and then the older woman at the counter had a hell of a time breaking a twenty and giving me change.
So 8 bucks and some odd cents later I've been playing the SAW game all afternoon. Let me break it down a bit to make this an actual review:
Graphics - They look decent. It really nails the atmosphere of the movies.
Controls - Kind of like Silent Hill 4 I guess? I vaguely remember playing that game for a couple of minutes. I'm not a big survival horror guy so I can't really say what it plays like, but it controls okay. The combat is shitty though but if you are a cunning bastard you can kill your enemies with traps and shit.
Gameplay - Puzzle solving and some combat every once in awhile. I guess it resembles a Silent Hill game...hell, the game is by Konami so it might as well be Silent Hill: SAW
Overall - After 5 hours I'm still finding it fun. If you like survival horror or the SAW movies(my stance here. survival horror isn't normally my thing.) it's definitely worth a rental. For $60 it doesn't seem like a whole lot of replay value from this one. Rent it or wait for a price drop.
Flash forward to today..after getting a salad at Wendy's with rotten lettuce in it (fuck Wendys), I check the Movie Gallery and they have the one PS3 copy of SAW on the shelf. So I grabbed that bitch and then the older woman at the counter had a hell of a time breaking a twenty and giving me change.
So 8 bucks and some odd cents later I've been playing the SAW game all afternoon. Let me break it down a bit to make this an actual review:
Graphics - They look decent. It really nails the atmosphere of the movies.
Controls - Kind of like Silent Hill 4 I guess? I vaguely remember playing that game for a couple of minutes. I'm not a big survival horror guy so I can't really say what it plays like, but it controls okay. The combat is shitty though but if you are a cunning bastard you can kill your enemies with traps and shit.
Gameplay - Puzzle solving and some combat every once in awhile. I guess it resembles a Silent Hill game...hell, the game is by Konami so it might as well be Silent Hill: SAW
Overall - After 5 hours I'm still finding it fun. If you like survival horror or the SAW movies(my stance here. survival horror isn't normally my thing.) it's definitely worth a rental. For $60 it doesn't seem like a whole lot of replay value from this one. Rent it or wait for a price drop.
I can't get this song out of my head.
You know, I think I'd like to trade places with Sonny right now. Sure, he's drowning in a sea of public-bathroom feces, but at least he doesn't have this running through his head.
Well, I guess until NOW
Well, I guess until NOW
I Always Win The SHIT Lottery
by SonnyBone
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It never fails. Any time I go into a public restroom, someone is taking a shit. And it always smells the same. I'm 3/3 so far today. FUCKING JOY.
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It never fails. Any time I go into a public restroom, someone is taking a shit. And it always smells the same. I'm 3/3 so far today. FUCKING JOY.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Bring Back Lord Alfred Hayes(From the dead)
This guy can sell ANYTHING
Someone dig him up, and Weekend at Bernies him into Raw or something.
He's Strong, Man.
Man, lucha libre is awesome.
Shocker needed a partner to reform the Guapos in CMLL. So he goes and gets Jon Anderson. Someone then decided shit dude, we need a name that is not only descriptive, but totally awesome for this guy.
So they name him Jon STRONGMAN.
Then the press is all "Shocker, who else is going to join Los Guapos?"
And he's all "Bitch, I don't need more partners, I got STRONGMAN"
I may have made that conversation up but that's exactly how it should have happened. It is now officially retconned into existence.
He's going to have to take things easily on the luchadores though.
One time, Jon Strongman was wrestling a dude and clotheslined him so hard, his neck bent all the way back. This is how Pez Whatley got his name.
Jon Strongman is just the first in a series of very descriptive lucha libre names.
BILLY BOY will now be Billy Can'tDress
Joe Lider is now Joey Nosepick
Mesias will now be Puffy White-eyes
AAA La Parka will now be Fakey McDickface
Gronda and Groon XXX will be Jon Strongmancito I and II
Shocker needed a partner to reform the Guapos in CMLL. So he goes and gets Jon Anderson. Someone then decided shit dude, we need a name that is not only descriptive, but totally awesome for this guy.
So they name him Jon STRONGMAN.
Then the press is all "Shocker, who else is going to join Los Guapos?"
And he's all "Bitch, I don't need more partners, I got STRONGMAN"
I may have made that conversation up but that's exactly how it should have happened. It is now officially retconned into existence.
He's going to have to take things easily on the luchadores though.
One time, Jon Strongman was wrestling a dude and clotheslined him so hard, his neck bent all the way back. This is how Pez Whatley got his name.
Jon Strongman is just the first in a series of very descriptive lucha libre names.
BILLY BOY will now be Billy Can'tDress
Joe Lider is now Joey Nosepick
Mesias will now be Puffy White-eyes
AAA La Parka will now be Fakey McDickface
Gronda and Groon XXX will be Jon Strongmancito I and II
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Lady Trubbles
So I had been courtin' this lady. She came over other day and saw how big of a nerd I was. You know vidya gamez, and dee vee dee'z all over the place.
We haven't talked since Saturday.
Some ladies just can't handle an intense rack of DVD's. For you ladies, you suck.
...sorry this isn't food related.com
We haven't talked since Saturday.
Some ladies just can't handle an intense rack of DVD's. For you ladies, you suck.
...sorry this isn't food related.com
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Zombieland Video Review-
Here's my video review for Zombieland that I did for Current's Rotten Tomatoes Show.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Rotten Tomatoes Show
Well, the review for Gwar in Space/Pandorum that I posted here is going to be on The Rotten Tomatoes Show tonight. If you see this in time it's on at 10:30 Eastern 7:30 Pacific. Show will be up at The Rotten Tomatoes Show Website after it airs.
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