Tonight we Bowl (Well it was really last night)

Haven't had a cigarette in 4 days.....So that's going well. I've been smoking on and off ( mostly on) for about 13 years now. WOW does that seem like a long time! I never thought I would be smoking this long. I'm pleased to say I passed the first test witch was bowling yesterday. No smokes at bowling. Oh yea and to top it off....I rolled a 256, I think that is the highest I have ever rolled. Ended with a 571 series....So I'm going to go ahead and pat myself of the back for not smoking and bowling well. I'm at work so this sucks....But football tomorrow. Team Stallion's need a huge win this week. I think we can pull it off. The Rams also need a big win in the Dome this week....Although I don't think that's going to happen. And just as a mental note. QT vanilla steamer mixed with coffee mixed with hazelnut flavoring is the BOMB.

That is all.

Here it comes

Halloween is comming up and I would like to say I'm excited about it. But alas I am not. Not sure what is going on...just not too excited. I used to love it, but that was a couple of years ago when we still had serious Halloween party's were we would dress up and get good and liquored up. Now I should be excited because this will be my boy's first "Real" Halloween (his first one he was too young to have any idea and I suspect he still is) but we tried his costume on him the other night and it was too tight and he hated it.....but he likes his hoooooge Scooby Doo slipper, oh well. I will spend the night lugging him around, fighting with him to put on his costume so people can gush over him....while he hates life in a huge monkey suit. But I guess it will be fun seeing him get an idea of what is going on....who knows. I cant wait till he gets a bit older and we can sit around and watch horror movies together and put together a real costume for him...you know something like a headless horseman....something good. Well at least there is Football on Sunday. I completely don't care about my fantasy team anymore. Well that's a lie. I cant stay away even if I am 2-5. Hey I can still make the playoffs! Maybe my Halloween woes will subside by Monday. Come to think of it I did carve a pumpkin for the first time in years so that has to count for something right? And who was in charge of making Halloween compete with Monday Night Football? That was a gross scheduling error. Anyway that's it for now.

Just finished reading.....

Just finished reading "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley. You too can read it for free right here. http://www.classicreader.com/booktoc.php/sid.1/bookid.1279/


I really enjoyed this book. The only other book I have read that I can compare this to is 1984. But unlike 1984 I don't feel so disturbed after reading it. Witch could be good or bad I haven't decided. The book is set in a future Europe were the government has perfected basically cloning, and has made society into a utopia....But at the cost of art and religion. Everyone acts like kids.....They do what they want when the want. Witch is kinda a lie because the government controls what they want by way of classic conditioning and sleep conditioning. Now I can accept the classical conditioning bit, you can see that in everyone, but the sleep stuff I think is a bit far out there. Anyway the story revolves around a "Savage" that is not part of the civilized world, actually he is an Indian. So he struggles with the type of life were there is no love, art, religion or pain. Only instant gratification and useless work. On the whole it was good but there is a couple of parts that twist the belief system of the society to further the story.....But its acceptable. The premise of the story is a scary prospect just like 1984 because you can defiantly see a Governmental body trying to do these things. I mean the media does it everyday. It tells you what you should and should not like. It tells you what is good for you....Witch is always to watch more TV, Movies. ect.... But anyway its a good book. Some of the science is off, and sometimes the way he bounces back and forth between scenes, the dialog gets confusing. But I definitely recommend this to everyone.

Another Sunday

Well at least the Rams won yesterday......By a horrible call from the officials...But they won none the less. Thank You Bledsoe for having one of the worst games in your life.....Now my fantasy team is 2-5. Oh well it's fun right???

Watched some more Invasion last night. I'm still liking it, but it needs to start picking up soon. Its so painfully slow. I didn't mind it at fist because I was just thinking it was building suspense. But now its just getting to were I want to watch every other show so something will happen. But I'll hang on for another couple of episodes.

I also watched Rambo : First Blood. Its been years and years since I last seen this movie. And it's a lot better than I remember it. I guess that's all I remembered about it was the survival and killing stuff. Now I'm older I watch it and there is a lot of really good themes that just don't get addressed by today's movies. How did this one movie that wasn't really about a "action hero" get 4 movies made after this, and that's all they were was action movies?

Also watched the last 3/4 of Butterfly Effect. It wasn't that bad of a movie. Even Austin Kuthcher wasn't too bad. I'm sure this will be the last serious piece he will ever do....But it wasn't bad. I kinda liked it. It really wasn't all that creepy but the suspense was good. It didn't end how I thought it would....And I like that about movies.

Anyway the last thing I watched before I went to bed was Bram Stokers Dracula. This is just horrible....Ok I said it....Its horrible. Maybe it was Keanue Reeves....Maybe it was the constant moving of the shadows and the complete confusion on my part of what was going on. Now I've seen this movie before but I was young so I figured I would give it a chance. Nope still bad....I know people in the "horror circles" would stone me....But I couldn't even finish watching it. Doesn't help the I just got done reading "The Historian" not too long ago witch has a better tale of Dracula. Maybe I just need to go read the book...Maybe that's better?

OK that's it for now.

Last night

So the Cards lost last night. I'm glad its over. I've dedicated way too much time to watching them play. It was fun, but I need to be doing something else with my time. It was a big let down though, reminded me of last years world series. Oh well its just a game right? Now I don't have to worry about watching any St. Louis sports. I mean I'll watch the Rams but I don't expect them to win....Neither the blues for that matter. So this morning I'm drowning my sorrows with some VERY strong coffee that I made hastily this morning and evidently added to much coffee grounds. Oh well its waking me up.

I need more news feeds...Anyone out here that can point me to some good ones along the same lines as what I have would be great.

Also I just ordered a TPB from http://www.lightspeedpress.com/ it's a series called "Finder", its a Sci-Fi story and Warren Ellis recommended it so I went and ordered the first Trade. Will review it when I get done reading it.

Be around later

The Crapper Theory

There is no hiding the fact that I'm interested in the paranormal. I have links and RSS feeds all over this site related to it. I read comic books and novels that normally have a Sci-Fi or horror.....mainly paranormal twist. My favorite shows this year besides the NFL(Rams) and MLB(Cardinals) are all primarily paranormal in nature (supernatural and Invasion being the top two).
Last night while watching a Current Affair episode about a cult leader and his 12 wives started me thinking. The show was interviewing a lady that had been hurt emotionally and physically by this cult leader that promised everything but all he really gave was some sex every other Tuesday or something like that. That got me thinking "why would someone put themselves in that situation" or "How can they believe this crap". I can't tell you how many times I've read or heard of this exact senario, it doesn't have to be a Cult, people do this crap to themselves all the time. So I was already thinking....and that's not good. Me alone in the house thinking and watching shows of the paranormal nature.

Later that night after a friend of mine helped me close my pool and who I usually talk to about paranormal shows and such left. I started watching Supernatural. After watching that episode I watched another episode of the same show.....Broke up in between with an episode of My Name Is Earl. Witch by the way was one of the funnier episodes of late. OK back to subject, after my boy went to sleep I went to take a crap in peace. Now since I'm out of reading material I have to just sit there and think. So while I'm pushing out some deuce something hits me. Now before I go into my "Crapper Theory Of The Paranormal" I will say that I may or may not have read, watched, or heard something very similar to my theory, but because I can't remember shit, it felt like an epiphany. Ok now lets get started.
My personal theory on the paranormal (i.e. CTOTP), is that people want to believe in something. I mean it's a deep down NEED. Something, anything that is bigger than them. They just have to believe in something. It's the same in deeply religious people. The NEED it, and they will fight you about it. They will push it on you and expect you to think like them and only them. Sounds a lot like the deeply paranormal crowd. You could come up with Hard Evidence that there is no God and they will still believe what they want to believe. Its the same with the paranormal. Be it aliens, conspiracy, reptiles or bigfoot. No matter the evidence people will still believe it. Its almost like they have replaced religion or a belief in god with the belief in little green men. And it comes down to one thing. Faith. Faith is a strange thing. Because by its very definition it is un provable. It is just the opposite. Its a belief in something with out any evidence, for or against. Now, I'm not saying that those beliefs are bad. Actually I think they are a good thing. People that have faith in something, no matter how crazy it is, are typically happier. Because they have a feeling of knowing something without the burden of proof or the hassles of examining it to make sure its the right view. Now the nice thing about writing on the internet in a Blog that no one read is that I can make gross generalizations about people and things and get away with it. So that is my theory on the paranormal. I personally thing that 99% of all things can be explained by very natural things. For that other 1%, I think the answer is so far away from our intellect that it would seem paranormal but once we get to that spot in our evolution it will seem very natural. I know it doesn't explain crap but it gives me a better perspective on the Whack-O's. And I still love reading about it....Because what if you find that one thing that makes you have faith is something greater than you. What if you find that Ghost story that proves to you that there is life after death? Anyway I'm done with this.

And remember this is what happens when I don't have anything to read.

Great!!

Take the quiz: "Which Horror Movie Are You?"

The Craft
You're whole life, you've felt different. You know you're different, and that is why you break away from the norm and don't give a shit what other people think about you. You're you, you're proud, you're a bit... weird might I say? but you're far more interesting than most people will ever percieve. Keep being yourself, whether people like it or not.


Great how gay is this?

And of course I lose again in Fantasy Football. Oh well there is always next year.



Check out that site there is something like 100 quizez to take.

Untill later.

I'm officially out of stuff to read!

Last reviews for the month.


RUNES OF RAGNAN #1- Ok I have to hand it to these guys for finally putting this out. The art is just amazing....Like everything Medors does. The writing is a bit....I don't know.....Dramatic? It was good and I would like to read more, but the narration style is kind of lengthy. But I think it is done in the style of Conan so it might just be that I'm not used to it. I still like it and I will keep reading it as long as it is published. And did I mention that the art is amazing?


BIGFOOT TPB- Ahhhhh Niles and Rob Zombie, how could this go wrong. I liked it, its reads like most 80's horror movies but the art from Corbin is great and the writing is classic horror/slasher goodness. I'm glad I waited for the trade because the front and back cover are amazing.


that's it for this month...Man I have to get some new books, but its getting close to Christmas so I don't want to be buying a whole lot of stuff for myself.

Tonight I bowl. And I'm pretty excited about it because last week I almost rolled a 600, and its easily been one of the best weeks I've had bowling.

This week in FF is pretty rough for me seeing as Philly has a bye, so that leaves me with Owens and L.J. Smith on the bench. I made a trade and picked up another #1 receiver so hopefully that will work out for me. The only problem I have is I'm playing the 2004 superbowl champ. If I win I can hit the .500 mark so that would be cool

Card's just got there asses handed to them by Roy Oswalt and the Stros' last night. Oh well I figured it was going to be a long hard fought series and Oswalt and Lidge were lights out last night. On to Saturday were we have to face the Rocket, I think we will do OK.

So the Rams have no head coach for most likely 6 weeks. Not sure if that's a good or bad thing. I hope Martz gets healthy. I may not like him as a coach but come on its just football and I hope the guy is OK. But we should get our asses handed to us in Indy playing the undefeated Colts. But ill be watchin, who knows we could get fired up and go off.

that's all for now!

comic books

WTF

NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) – The creator of a meat-scented dog condom had high hopes for his invention, until the pooch product was recalled.
Phillip Laxis, product developer for dogcondoms.com, admits, “I’m not going to lie to you. It’s a disappointment,” but says the extensive test market studies that resulted in 102 unwanted pooch pregnancies and 15 near- choking incidents justified the recall.

First off who thinks of this crap? And who would think a dog wouldn't choke on a meat flavored condom? I don't know about you all but my dog licks his johnson enough with out being meat flavored. Hell he would prolly bite it off and choke on it if it was....


Surprisingly, Laxis thinks it’s the fault of the owners, who he envisioned would place the condom on the dog before intercourse and supervise the act.
In his words, “People were not anticipating the dogs’ needs. Create a doggy date situation where you can control it, a situation where no one gets hurt.”

Ok i don't know about yoI but i don't even want to see my dogs red boner much less slip something meat flavored on it. I mean who is buying this crap!

The self-professed dog lover says he’s not giving up on safe sex for schnauzers, and is now working on a female dog condom using “some sort of harness mechanism.”

This guy is clearly doing dogs.

Another loss

So I lost again last night in my fantasy football league. And what makes me mad is that all my losses could have been wins if I would have started the right people. Oh well.... 2 and 3 aint toooo bad, and I'll bounce back this week!

So I truly believe people are trying to kill me. Someone attempted to kill me three times over the course of my ride into work. It didn't help that 370 was backed up past my exit and I had to turn around and hit 70. I was cut off twice and someone stopped short in front of me. Its been a while since I've had a ride into work like that. But I made it here on time....Just in time in fact to be overly board all day.

Anyway, Halloween is comming up and I wonder if we are going to have a party this year? I'm thinking about going fishing on Sunday since the Rams don't play till Monday night. Fishing should be pretty good this time of year.

Back to the work.

Few Reviews.....For your reviewing....

Read most of what I got in the mail the other day so here goes.


GARTH ENNIS 303 #5 (Of 6)- This is OK, I just don't know how this is all going to wrap up in one more issue. I'll be honest I don't know what Garth is trying to say with this mini. But the are is OK to look at, even though a lot of the faces seem to look the same. I'll have a better idea if I like this mini after the last one is out. But as of now this is nothing special.


GOON #14- Return of Buzzard! YAY! To be honest this is not one of the better issues of the GOON. I like it because its the Goon and Eric Powell is writing it. But I have a feeling he is setting up something for the future issues. And I don't really like someone else (Kyle Holtz) illustrating a goon story. I like Powell's artwork so well I just want a issue chock full of it. But its good, I've just read better from the GOON!


DESOLATION JONES #3- This is by far pure Ellis at his best. I might even like this better than Transmetropolitan. Wait...I also think Fell was his best.....Oh well he is just firing on all cylinders with the work he is putting out. This story in particular is great, pornographic fun. I don't say that because there is a lot or Porn going on. I say that because most of the issue is a Porn actresses talking about the industry. The issue was slow, but I love his characters. Now on to the third greatest thing I read this week.


FELL #1- This would be Third greatest thing. The concept and the book are amazing. Now I'm not a huge Templesmith fan, but he gets the job done here with great ease. Love the main character and the stories should be fun. And it was only 1.99$, cant go wrong with that! Go and buy it....More of Ellis's goodness. Now on to the Greatest thing I read this week.


REVELATIONS #2 (Of 6)- This series just keeps getting better. Not only does it make me chuckle everything he curses at his cigarettes, it also has me sitting on the edge wanting to know what comes next. The art still seems out of place for a story like this but it doesn't take anything away from the story. It reminds me of Rex Mundi.....And that's a good thing. Go buy this and read it!

that's it for now stile have a couple of books to read. And I should be ordering the rest of the Darktower King books soon.

Also my FF team is on the brink of a disappointing loss.....Ward cannot score more than 4 points tonight......

Fun with KOO KOO's

I was looking around the net and found this

http://oddempire.org/weblog/?p=75

go there

read that

then go to the page the dude sent him.

Its funny

And all about crazy people and there ideas.

I got Mail

Got my monthly shipment of comics yesterday. Not much in there as I'm trying to cut back a little because there are some books I want to buy. Anyway here they are.


FELL #1
RUNES OF RAGNAN #1 (Res)
GARTH ENNIS 303 WRAPAROUND CVR #5 (Of 6) (MR)
DESOLATION JONES #3 (MR)
GOON #14
REVELATIONS #2 (Of 6)
BIGFOOT TP

already read the Goon and Desolation Jones .... So I'll be done reading all this crap by the weekend.

Oh well I need to get some novels. More later

Stallions WIN

If everything keeps, I should be cruising to a .500 record in my Fantasy Football league....And I'm not finished yet. I guess they key to any fantasy team is to have a least one player from the Eagles! And I had 2 so I was good to go.

On to some other things. Steve Niles has officially started October madness over at his board (link is a little further down this page on the big flyer). So go on over and check it out and maybe win a prize or two.

Also I'm out of crap to read, I'm done reading Transmetropolitan up until the 24th issue. I don't have 25 and some others in the 60 issue run so I'm trying to complete those out before I read the rest.....Well "trying" might be a little strong because I'm not actively doing anything to obtain those issues.

I also finished "The Gun Slinger by Stephen King" and the review will follow with the most familiar format.

The Gun Slinger by Stephen King- I loved this book....And I have only read one other King book so I'm not just a Steven King whore. I need to go out and get the next 6 cause I'm that excited about it. The only problem I have with it was that it was a little adolescent in that there was always a sex reference or something to that nature. But he did address that in the introduction of the book, witch changed the way I looked at the book while I read it. He was very young when he wrote it so I can forgive it. But over all this looks to be a huge journey though one messed up, hormone induced Stephen King......Ill be there for that ride.

that's all for now. I should get another small shipment of comics this week, its a slow month for me as far as reading. And I have to write a speech for a wedding I'm in on Saturday so I should work on that instead of reading and posting here and such....Oh well I'll prolly just pull it out my ass anyway.