Whatup?
     This just in...Boxing is fixed. Well, duh? So did ya think Don King & Richard Steele were the exception? They were the friggin' blueprint. Now this is how it's gonna go down...
     

Whatup?
     This just in...Boxing is fixed. Well, duh? So did ya think Don King & Richard Steele were the exception? They were the friggin' blueprint. Now this is how it's gonna go down...
     

...The world is so outraged about Bradley stealing the fight from Pac Man, there HAS TO be a rematch. Pac wins, then they have to have the "rubber match" to settle it all. Meanwhile, Maywether sees someone making money without him and then decides "the game needs him"  and wants in.So on, and so forth.
    Crooks. The stinking lot of em
    All I have to say about the NBA Finals is "GO KINGS!!" The Power Rangers vs. the "Laker Killers"? Whatever,  hell, I'm gonna watch Tiger this weekend

What about a hoe going down?

You've piqued my interest. 

Random Thoughts...

1.  Mini Reviews by the Movie Snob...

a.  London Boulevard.   Good movie.  If you like modern day gangster movies you'll enjoy this one.  Soundtrack was phenomenal.  The guy that directed this did the screenplay for The Departed.   Keira Knightly....eat a sandwich or 35. 

b.  The Rum Diary.  I turned it off after about 40 minutes or so.  I just couldnt take it anymore.   The last 3 Depp movies NOT directed by Tim Burton and not including the Pirates franchise...Rum Diary, The Tourist, and Public Enemies.   What does that tell you.  Stick with Burton, Johnny.

c.  Prometheus.   I want to discuss this with someone else who has seen it.   I think Ridley Scott went to the George Lucas school  of How to Rape a Childhood.    Actually i cant blame it on Scott...he didnt write it.  The idiot from f**king Lost wrote it.   Why?  Why? Why?  Also dont buy the hype when you hear people say its not an Alien prequel.  It most certainly f**king is.   Even if you were to go in not knowing anything about any prior Alien movies you would  still come out of it  with a headache trying to figure out the huge plot holes.  I guess in space no one can hear you f**king suck.

Uno

Sup people,

I'm done with boxing.  Watched the entire fight and then took off for my hotel upon it's conclusion (didn't wait for them to announce the winner).  Woke up to a text saying Paq lost.  WTF?  Anyone with a set of eyes that works knows who won that fight.  A complete and utter punchline...that's what boxing has become. 

Congrats to the Heat for defending their Eastern Conference title.  We all know things would of been different had Rose not torn his ACL, but I'm looking forward to the Finals.  OKC in 7.  Boston now goes back into rebuilding meaning it's time for Alain to jump on a new bandwagon.  Who will it be? 

I was Captain J Swol this weekend at the lake and man oh man was I drunk (not blacked out, Nick_Lush) off da rum.  My camera got pretty wet from being shoved in the water, but I'm hoping to recover pictures.  My getup was fantastic...almost as good as my pirate accent.

I did snap a pic on my phone last night while boating on Lake Michigan.




Don't look now but the Cubs are on pace to set a franchise record for losses.  Wait till next year, though!

Speaking of baseball, how about the Pirates and Orioles?  Never would of thought it would be an intriguing series back in April. 

Speaking of the Orioles, what do you think of this hat Ash?  Sh*t is baller, no?

Prometheus

Didn't picture you as the "green thumb" type JD  ...okay I fixed it.

Whodathunkit!  This series is a big test for both teams.  I'll be thrilled if we're talking NL Central crown on Labor Day, but first thing's first, win #82!  The Pirates are starting to show that they won't be pushed around, and beating the Reds 4 games in a week and a half was huge.  They've overcome a lot of...Hurdles the last 15 games.

Random Thoughts...

1.  Mini Reviews by the Movie Snob...

a.  London Boulevard.   Good movie.  If you like modern day gangster movies you'll enjoy this one.  Soundtrack was phenomenal.  The guy that directed this did the screenplay for The Departed.   Keira Knightly....eat a sandwich or 35. 

b.  The Rum Diary.  I turned it off after about 40 minutes or so.  I just couldnt take it anymore.   The last 3 Depp movies NOT directed by Tim Burton and not including the Pirates franchise...Rum Diary, The Tourist, and Public Enemies.   What does that tell you.  Stick with Burton, Johnny.

c.  Prometheus.   I want to discuss this with someone else who has seen it.   I think Ridley Scott went to the George Lucas school  of How to Rape a Childhood.    Actually i cant blame it on Scott...he didnt write it.  The idiot from f**king Lost wrote it.   Why?  Why? Why?  Also dont buy the hype when you hear people say its not an Alien prequel.  It most certainly f**king is.   Even if you were to go in not knowing anything about any prior Alien movies you would  still come out of it  with a headache trying to figure out the huge plot holes.  I guess in space no one can hear you f**king suck.

Nobody saw Madagascar?
 "Da da,  da da da da da da, circus!!"

Oh, I don't think it's a good thing that the CIA has a now hiring commercial. :|

McCutecheon is a beast and after looking at your farm system, you guys have a ton of young arms with a lot of potential.  How does the starting rotation look?  We could give you Demps or Garza for some of those young arms.  We'll call it even after we fleeced you guys for Aramis some years ago. 

Seriously though.  The Pirates are cool in my book and it's nice to see them playing well.  I hope it keeps up.  We can all agree (I think) that St. Louis can kick rocks. 

I wanted to, but, Jack vetoed it.

I've said many a day that I have a man crush for McCutchen.  Our rotation is just fine.  Matter of fact our entire pitching staff from top to bottom is the best it's been since probably the last time they had a winning team back in 1992.  I can't speak for Huntington, but I will not give up any of our arms unless it's a few of the guys in AAA like Owens or Locke for Garza, THEN it would be even.  This staff is excellent, and it all starts with finally having a competent pitching coach which they haven't had in about 15 years.

I've said many a day that I have a man crush for McCutchen.  Our rotation is just fine.  Matter of fact our entire pitching staff from top to bottom is the best it's been since probably the last time they had a winning team back in 1992.  I can't speak for Huntington, but I will not give up any of our arms unless it's a few of the guys in AAA like Owens or Locke for Garza, THEN it would be even.  This staff is excellent, and it all starts with finally having a competent pitching coach which they haven't had in about 15 years.

Jack is smart. I heard they used computer imaging.

McCutecheon is a beast and after looking at your farm system, you guys have a ton of young arms with a lot of potential.  How does the starting rotation look?  We could give you Demps or Garza for some of those young arms.  We'll call it even after we fleeced you guys for Aramis some years ago. 

Seriously though.  The Pirates are cool in my book and it's nice to see them playing well.  I hope it keeps up.  We can all agree (I think) that St. Louis can kick rocks. 

Well, hell! They should have an outstanding farm system after having one of the top 3 picks every year for the past 10+ years! 

I, also, never had a problem with PITTSBURGH.  STL was always our worst foe, but, you can make a strong case for MILW now, as well!

Well, hell! They should have an outstanding farm system after having one of the top 3 picks every year for the past 10+ years! 

I, also, never had a problem with PITTSBURGH.  STL was always our worst foe, but, you can make a strong case for MILW now, as well!

I get to work late shift this week, and I get to start presenting my power point about equipment.  I refuse to let the one team leader present it, because her uptight self will tell me it's unprofessional because I added a little life to mine after seeing how dull hers was.  Power point lesson #1, never write everything you're going to say on the slides, then proceed to write all of that on note cards, and then read directly from the slides and cards word for word!  That's precisely what she did, and why I will not let her help me on this.

There's a slight problem with that logic.  You have to pick the best players available, and when they had the #1 picks they weren't doing that.  They passed on Matt Wieters, they could've had Jason Heyward, they drafted Bryan Bullington #1 overall back in 2002 and he never amounted to anything...I can go on and on.  They should've had a good farm system, but they didn't take the best players, they took the guy who was 4th best at his position, or the 9th best pitching prospect, or...you get the idea.  Neal Huntington was the best thing that ever happened to this front office over the last 20 years.  Bob Nutting knows it's time to put his money where his mouth is and start spending.  He said "we'll spend when the time is right."  Well, last year and this year is the right time, so start searching.  They brought in a few name free agents this year, and it's working well.

Interesting stat: A.J. Burnett's best year was with Rod Barajas catching when they were both with Toronto.  He's having a resurgence this year, and guess who he's reunited with behind the plate.

What?  How? 

For a summer popcorn movie, it was exactly what I wanted it to be.  There were a lot of questions I had that would have made this a perfect 10 episode series, but alas, things had to be bypassed and/or skimmed through really fast to tie it all up in a bow.  Plot holes were filled nicely in my head by my imagination
Plus, I've watched a lot of s**t lately.. Maybe my standards are lowered, but I enjoyed it

I just went to the atm, and it told me Happy Birthday. That was interesting.

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SId, You and I both know* you would be rejected by all law enforcement agencies, secret or otherwise.


Computer imaging? So, Chris Rock ISN'T really a zebra? Man...

I just went to the atm, and it told me Happy Birthday. That was interesting.

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SId, You and I both know* you would be rejected by all law enforcement agencies, secret or otherwise.


Computer imaging? So, Chris Rock ISN'T really a zebra? Man...

It's not my birthday.

OK- but it is this month correct?

(smh) dduuuddeeeee

I tried this, this weekend. It was surprisingly good

What is that? 

BudLight Lime-a-Rita

yes???

Next to Zima, that is Nick's drink of choice. 

Not even close.......you can't taste the malt which makes it better, I did the remarkable and went to a bbq and left my alcohol on the front porch....

BudLight Lime-a-Rita

I taught my Florida buddies how to properly drink Corona this weekend.  They aren't huge drinkers, but I was shocked they had never heard to put a lime in it.  At that point I felt like Captain Morgan and struck a pose. 

"I taught my Florida buddies how to properly drink Corona this weekend"
I can't resist..  and that of course would be open the bottle using your vagina, then lick lime juice off your friends' nipple then take a polite taste of Corona?

"I taught my Florida buddies how to properly drink Corona this weekend"
I can't resist..  and that of course would be open the bottle using your vagina, then lick lime juice off your friends' nipple then take a polite taste of Corona?

I taught my Florida buddies how to properly drink Corona this weekend.  They aren't huge drinkers, but I was shocked they had never heard to put a lime in it.  At that point I felt like Captain Morgan and struck a pose. 

We have Bud Light Lime Mojito here, which is also surprisingly good.

Your standards arent low. Even snobs disagree sometimes. He may just be more anal than you.

Wow...today's filter is so full of gay i feel like redecorating my office.

I need to see that picture!

Hopefully my camera is dry and in operating condition when I get home.  I have two fans drying it at full speed. 

I drank several coronas this weekend... with lime, without, with sweet lime, without... I like it!

Did somebody pull the Stoney reputation defender move?
1) Do something stupid and get caught on camera doing it
2) Stalk camera for hours trying to find a way to delete it
3) Give up, snatch camera out of hands of owner and throw in closest body of water
4) Smack picture taker in the face, pull out penis and urinate on the spot to mark both territory, dominance, and relief

60% of the time, it works every time

That could very well be true, but I sure did start trying to figure out in my head how amazing the 10-part series of Prometheus on HBO would have been.  I do have a surprising amount of Guy Pearce questions still lingering.. I could have used a little more about the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo's father.  There's something more to that relationship.  See I don't wanna break it down, and I'm already starting.. Dammit.. It is what it is.. Also, Michael Fassbender was really good again

Yawn.

Sorry for my prolonged absence.  Being summer-ish, I work non-stop it seems between the golf course and the liquor store.  The stalker had her meeting with the brass on Friday and marched out of it crying, as usual.  The boss has told me the meetings do absolutely no good because the minute he starts to talk to her about things, she bursts into tears and sobs about how everyone thinks she is stupid (we do) and don't thank her for anything (we don't, she gives ridiculous cards that are unwanted and insulting, flowers to co-workers because SHE thinks they are having a bad day, and bottles of wine to the Assistant manager because she is brown-nosing) and don't respect her.  She was told:

1.  Stop talking to customers or co-workers about other co-workers' personal lives.
2.  Stop laying on the compliments, if you want to say good job or thank you, that's fine, but don't make s**t up.
3.  Stay out of other co-workers' lockers, even to put something in.  A locker is a private belonging, and off limits, even if there is no lock on it, the privacy is implied.
4.  No more cards, flowers, liquor, NOTHING.
5.  Do your job.  Do not assume leadership, you are not a supervisor, and because you are not a supervisor you have no right or obligation to comment on another's performance.

I had my meeting two weeks ago, as I told you all.  I didn't cry, pout or claim I did nothing wrong.  I admitted what I did, said I would do my very best not to do it again, but I would protect my privacy and right to it.  

Now we'll see what happens.  She is back to work tomorrow, as am I.  Oh joy.

Going golfing as soon as the seniors finish up their games.  Got about an hour.  Think I might just sit in the sun and relax.

Have a great day all, and GO KINGS!

Or how about how the black goo disintegrated the engineer at the beginning of the movie..breaking him down into strands of DNA... but the same black goo just turned Shaw's husband into a mutant.  But before turning in to a mutant he managed to blow it into his wife who then gave birth to what I'm assuming was the first face hugger?  Which then implants an early version of a xenomorph into an engineers chest.   Uh.....

Or what about how when something really tall and narrow is falling on top of you...the smart thing to do is to continue running parallel to said tall falling object....right...i mean cause running perpendicular to that would save your life...and that would be horrible.

Or how about how Weyland is around 100 years old in this movie...but then makes an appearance in Aliens 3 (over a hundred or so years later at least) and is a spry young 50'ish.

Or how about why just because DNA is dumped into a waterfall on prehistoric earth that we came out with a DNA structure 100% equal to that of the engineer.  What are the odds of that happening? 

Or how about how the xenomorph at the end of the movie looked different than the one in Alien if the host species were both engineeers?  

Or how about how if there was an awesome 3 foot long vagina-penis snake thing in front of you why would your first instinct be to try and pet it?

Or how about if that was the biological weapon the engineers were taking back to earth to kill us all then why would they have used a weapon that turned us into huge kick ass super strong hulks? 

Are these details of a movie I haven't seen yet?

Wait for the DVD....

LOL..

Maybe i should put a spoiler alert?

I didn't read it because I figured you were being rude.


Also, isn't Idris in it? I'm sure that adds to your hate, so I shall ignore your opinion. You have a bias.

Yeah he's in it.  He bangs out Theron...so props to that.

I didn't read it because I figured you were being rude.


Also, isn't Idris in it? I'm sure that adds to your hate, so I shall ignore your opinion. You have a bias.

Or how about how the black goo disintegrated the engineer at the beginning of the movie..breaking him down into strands of DNA... but the same black goo just turned Shaw's husband into a mutant.  But before turning in to a mutant he managed to blow it into his wife who then gave birth to what I'm assuming was the first face hugger?  Which then implants an early version of a xenomorph into an engineers chest.   Uh.....

Or what about how when something really tall and narrow is falling on top of you...the smart thing to do is to continue running parallel to said tall falling object....right...i mean cause running perpendicular to that would save your life...and that would be horrible.

Or how about how Weyland is around 100 years old in this movie...but then makes an appearance in Aliens 3 (over a hundred or so years later at least) and is a spry young 50'ish.

Or how about why just because DNA is dumped into a waterfall on prehistoric earth that we came out with a DNA structure 100% equal to that of the engineer.  What are the odds of that happening? 

Or how about how the xenomorph at the end of the movie looked different than the one in Alien if the host species were both engineeers?  

Or how about how if there was an awesome 3 foot long vagina-penis snake thing in front of you why would your first instinct be to try and pet it?

Or how about if that was the biological weapon the engineers were taking back to earth to kill us all then why would they have used a weapon that turned us into huge kick ass super strong hulks? 

What? Idris is in a movie? I gotta see it!!

And apparently having the sex with mah wife.... hmmm.

see, now you're just asking questions out of anger and frustration..

I'd like to know if Charlize Theron cupped Luther's balls a little bit or if she said laid back and took some BBC.  She's not a robot after all.. Allegedly

What did they use for David's hair and is that product only available in the future?

oh, and here are you ranswers

A) I'm assuming it has to do with the state of the product when it was ingested and quantity of material consumed

B) They're women, what do you expect

C) 2 words.. Movie Magic

D) Obviously the odds are 100%
 
E) That's racist

F) Obviously biology scientist was lonely, didn't have many friends, and never saw Alien.. Even though I'm sure it wolud be on Turner Classic Movies by the year 2093

G) But ugly kick ass super strong hulks.  If you couldn't tell, the engineers were very into vanity.  Possibly with rampant homosexuality.  Which is why god ultimately destroyed them.  See what I did there?

see, now you're just asking questions out of anger and frustration..

I'd like to know if Charlize Theron cupped Luther's balls a little bit or if she said laid back and took some BBC.  She's not a robot after all.. Allegedly

What did they use for David's hair and is that product only available in the future?

oh, and here are you ranswers

A) I'm assuming it has to do with the state of the product when it was ingested and quantity of material consumed

B) They're women, what do you expect

C) 2 words.. Movie Magic

D) Obviously the odds are 100%
 
E) That's racist

F) Obviously biology scientist was lonely, didn't have many friends, and never saw Alien.. Even though I'm sure it wolud be on Turner Classic Movies by the year 2093

G) But ugly kick ass super strong hulks.  If you couldn't tell, the engineers were very into vanity.  Possibly with rampant homosexuality.  Which is why god ultimately destroyed them.  See what I did there?

Oh..well now all that makes sense.  

I'm going to get tomatoes thrown at me for this, but what exactly is this Prometheus movie?

1 - No desire to see Prometheus, but then again, I'm not a huge sci-fi fan so there's that.
2 - I wanna see Madagascar, but not really in the theaters
3 - I do want to see the Huntsman in theaters, which we were supposed to do this weekend but couldn't seem to drag ourselves away from the parks in time to go to anything but the late show, which I didn't want to do at the Fork & Screen...last showing at those (well, at least the one in Orlando), sucks due to unavailability of certain food and drink items and careless wait staff.
4 - I was such a dork and went to Medieval Times last night...maybe going doesn't make me a dork, but taking a bunch of pics, loudly cheering for my knight and booing for the others, buying a souvenir, and basically enjoying myself immensely does
5 - I went to my very first cupcakery last week - Sweet by Good Golly Miss Holly - it's a 2-time Cupcake Wars winner. It was fantastic. We bought a bunch of minis. My favorite was the chocolate pudding one, followed closely by the coffee (which tasted like a caramel macchiato in cupcake form). We had to drive 40 miles from our hotel just to get there, but it was so worth it
6 - I got to go to Joe's Crab Shack twice. I already want to go again...garlic herb steamed snow crab bucket with a twisted cherry limeade and a house salad with ranch on the side - perfection.
7 - We somehow got my daughter to ride The Mummy. She might be traumatized. She definitely won't trust me for a long, long time
8 - I miss Prison Break
9 - I hurt...mostly my feet, but also my back a little bit from the drive...I'm worn the heck out. I need a vacation...it's great to get back to work.
10 - LUCY, I'M HOME!

Ridley Scott's sort of Alien prequel.

Dude, I was just playin!  I'm a Cubs fan, I have no room to talk! 

Thank you, but that just leads to more questions:

1.) Did Alien (which I never saw) really lend itself to a prequel?
2.) To what extent does Ridley Scott directing (who I've faintly heard of) matter?

Eh, whatever. As I've mentioned before, I couldn't be more ambivalent towards movies, so it's not like I would've seen it anyway.

Ignore him.

Even if it is a prequel, that's irrelevant. (I've never seen Aliens either. I think it has an "s" on it, I may have learned that from a crossword puzzle). It's a sci-fi movie starring a sexy black man named Idris Elba (google him) and my hot South African wife, Charlize (DO NOT google her). They are on a spaceship, Prometheus (see what they did there), and yada yada yada...try to save the world, which is really all that anyone can ask for, you know?

Oh he'll hate it. It's mainstream...I wouldn't bother.

Ignore him.

Even if it is a prequel, that's irrelevant. (I've never seen Aliens either. I think it has an "s" on it, I may have learned that from a crossword puzzle). It's a sci-fi movie starring a sexy black man named Idris Elba (google him) and my hot South African wife, Charlize (DO NOT google her). They are on a spaceship, Prometheus (see what they did there), and yada yada yada...try to save the world, which is really all that anyone can ask for, you know?

The first one was "Alien", the (first) sequel was "Aliens".  Both were awesome in their own way, but the second one (with the "s") was better.

Of course you would think that. 

Hey, I like the older style of suspense-building and story/plot/character development, too.  But I also like me some action and gore, too.  Plus, I know Ash would prefer the second one ... and she's the one I was talking to, Budinski.  

Mostly, Ash's taste in movies suck, mostly.

Mostly, Ash's taste in movies suck, mostly.