Fixing A Screwup

When I set up this blog, I thought I had the settings so that anyone could leave a comment on a post, but I was wrong. That''s been fixed, so now you don't have to register or any of that nonsense. Respond at will. Just try to be civil, that's all I ask.

Rams 34 `Boys 14

One thing you can say about my Cowboys in 2008, and that's when the going get's tough the Pokes uh, basically run and hide like scared little girls. It's nice to know that when your team's back is up against the wall, when injuries and suspensions are draining you of needed talent, when you're coming off a tough loss, Dallas will lay down and die like a pathetic freakin' mangy dog that's been hit by a bus.

All congratulations to the St Louis Rams, and to my buddy Brian over at Brian's Page. who I playfully jabbed this past weekend with a prediction for the game between his Rams and my Cowboys. Well har-de-har-har, turns out the joke was on me. This was no last second, ref-aided win. They basically kicked the living shit out of us. It was embarrassing. Well no, it was actually worse than that.

In case I haven't made myself clear, I-am-pissed. I'm not the kind of fan who overreacts to a loss or two or a few bad plays. I try to see the bigger picture, and understand that it's a long season and that rarely does everything go smoothly. That said, this team is rife with problems. Too many pampered super-stars, and too many wannabe super-stars who play like 3rd-stringers. So, how to fix it? Well, Jerry's not going anywhere, and with all the big contracts, most of the players ain't either, so that leaves Wade. Wade is a fine man. Genuinely good guy. Pretty good defensive coach, although you can't see it with us right now. What he's not is a great head coach. Oh, if he's replacing a hard-nosed asshole kind of a guy like The Tuna, he's great for about a season, but that's all. After that, the players who loved his easy going ways start to tail off and get lazy, and that's what's happened here. We desperately need a Jimmy Johnston. A Bill Cowher. Maybe Jason Garrett can do the job, but I'm not sold on him as a head coach.

However, I don't think he can do any worse.

Tiffani Amber Thiessen Has Jumped The Shark

Just watched this really bad DVD called Cyborg Soldier. Why? (Good question, actually.) Because the female lead is Tiffani (Amber) Thiessen and I still recall what she once was, namely a damn near perfect celeb-babe uber-hottie:

She goes by just Tiffani Thiessen now, but she'll always be TAT to me.







Thankfully, TAT never turned into a ABAC (Anorexic Bony Ass Celeb). Instead, she got arguably even hotter:

Certainly her rack got bigger... and who minds that?













But that was about as much weight as TAT could carry and still be a uber-babe. Danger signs lay ahead:

TAT was around 30 now, and fast leaving babe status, but entering the "hot mom" arena.













Sadly, even that has passed now:

TAT is only 33 or so, but man has she gotten rough. LOTS of extra weight and her face... well, let's just say it has some serious mileage on it now.

No, I would not kick her out of my bed, but I'm definitely through making sure I watch every single damn thing she's in on the chance that she'll get naked, gagged, or both.

The Hit List, Part 1

Or, as I like to call it: "Will somebody please GAG these babes... like right now?"

My up-to-date, current list of favorite celebrity hotties who are enforcing their no-gag clauses in a very serious and, frankly, quite irritating way.

#1 Haden Panettiere

Ok, she's pretty short. Five foot nada. Politically she appears to be another Hollywood air-head liberal. But otherwise? Yeeeoowwwzzaaaa! Perfect face, perfect hair, killer bod. Amazingly, she hasn't gone Hollywood-celeb skank at all. Not a smoker, no prison tats except for one very tiny one at the bottom of one ankle that's virtually unnoticeable, and she hasn't lost so much weight that she looks like a freakin' anorexic crack ho. I think I can cure her of her liberal affliction so, Haden, you officially have my proposal of marriage.

Oh, and also, could you please get the writers of Heroes to gag you? I mean, the ratings are down, and you know how everyone loves a damsel-in-distress! Nothing too special mind you. A nice, tight, knotted cleave-gag... uh, with packing if you don't mind... would be juuuuust fine.

My Spiffy New Computer

Figured it was time to retire the old Athlon 64 model and so I just now built myself a brand spankin' new system.

It was well worth the effort. This bad boy rocks, especially when multitasking or doing CPU-intensive things like converting video.

Did I say cpu-intensive? So far, NOTHING is cpu-intensive for this machine. I'm serious. Ive tried, really tried, to bog it down.

It just sits there looking at me saying "That all you got?"

Probably overkill, as I'm not a gamer and I don't overclock, but the price difference between the system I built and a far lesser one was so small that it made no sense to go uber-cheap.

SPECS:

Self Built
Case - Thermaltake Armor+MX VH8000BWS
OS - XP Pro & Linux (Various)
MB - DFI LANPARTY DK P35-T2RS
CPU - Intel Core2 Quad Q9400
MEMORY - 4GB Patriot Extreme Performance
HD - W D VelociRaptor WD1500HLFS 150GB 10000 RPM (OS), (2) 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS
GRAPHICS CARD -EVGA 512-P3-N871-AR GeForce 9800 GTX(G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3
SOUND CARD - Creative Sound Blaster SB0570 Audigy SE 7.1
MONITOR - 22" Dell SP2208WFP

Gotta go now.

Vampire Shows: A Bloodly Good Time?

As a general rule, I like vampire themed series. Forever Knight was excellent, and of course BTVS was simply one of the top 5 shows in the history of popular entertainment.

That said, a bad vampire show is the worst, which brings us to... Moonlight. Oh, it had a couple of things I thought were cool, such as the idea that a stake through the heart wouldn't kill a vamp, but only paralyzes them (Until, for instance, they can be decapitated, which does kill `em). I also liked the actors themselves for the most part. That said, Moonlight jumped the shark from the start by breaking the cardinal, definitive, vampire show/flick "rule that must not be broken", namely vamps
running around in bright daylight.

No, no, no, no no. Vampires are called "creatures of the night" for a reason people.

You can play around with some of the other rules if you want. Break/bend some of the other rules, like, vamps can fly, or no they can't. Or, Vamps can't enter a dwelling without an invitation, or, whatever. None of the other rules bother me much when "broken" (Although I'm not too fond of the silver/silver oxidant killing substance. See: Blade) but the daylight walking thing for all vamps most of the time... forget it. You lost me from that point. I'm out. Unless one uncovers the Gem of Omara, it's just a weak-ass plot concept that's beyond lame and it should be noted that every series that tries to pull that stunt dies a well-deserved quick ratings death.

Sadly, another, far, far, superior show, BLOOD TIES, (Who knew Lifetime had it in them?) has gone to canceled series heaven well before it's time. It actually got decent ratings, but some sort of other nonsense wiped it out.


True Blood? I'll review it soon. Need to see more to make a real judgment, but the first episode was weak.