I want one! And the music is priceless!!
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Monday, September 8, 2008
Monday Morning Quarterback
UPDATE
Here's our weekly update on the NFL season competition between Russ and I.
My picks and my score:
New England got past the Chiefs (without Tom Brady who might be out for the year with a knee injury. Sorry fantasy leaguers who had Brady. Too bad!)
The Eagles friggin' destroyed the Rams as I predicted.
San Diego and Indy went tits up and lost as well as my upset pick of the Browns.
I did rebound with picking Pittsburgh who beat the Texans almost as bad as the Eagles beat the Rams.
I got 3 points.
Russ' picks and score:
Russ also gets points from his New England and Philly picks.
He got bumpkiss with his San Diego and Indy picks like me. His upset pick of the Texans also did diddly.
Unfortunately he picked Dallas to beat the Browns.
Russ also gets 3 points. We got a tie after one week. Ooohhh, the tension mounts!
Sunday, September 7, 2008
"Are You Ready For Some Football?"
Well if it's September, it must be time for school bells to ring, leaves to fall, and of course FOOTBALL bitch. Me and Russ or hey some decorum goddamn it, Russ and I have decided to have a head up football pick competition. No asswipe fantasy league, I don't have time for that geeky ass shit. Suicide pool wouldn't work, there's only two of us here, so we give you each week six picks from around the NFL and one of the picks will be our upset special. Here's my picks:
I have the Patriots pounding Kansas City, the Eagles flying high over the Rams, San Diego putting a charge into the Carolina Panthers, Indianapolis riding the Bears hard and putting them away wet, and Pittsburgh will drill the Texans. My upset pick: I'm hoping the Cowboys begin this season with a loss just like they ended last season by getting their blue star turned BROWN by the Cleveland Browns! Try not to cry too hard over that one T.O.
Now, those are my picks and here's my partner in crimes picks:
Russ is taking New England, Philly, Dallas, San Diego, and Indy, with his upset pick being Houston over the Steelers.
There we go we agree on most of all our picks except the Dallas game and the Steelers game. We get a point for each one we get right and we get 3 points for our upset picks. There is no penalty for being wrong but when Dallas looses, I'm going to rip Russ. Cause he deserves it (he's a Dallas fan by the way!)
Have a great football Sunday evr'ybody!
Saturday, September 6, 2008
To refrigerate or not to refrigerate? That is the question.
So just about everybody I know has a bottle of Ketchup (or Catsup if you're weird) in their homes. If it's not open it is definitely in the cabinet or in the pantry or someplace in the home similar to that. If it's an open bottle whoa boy, now we got ourselves a problem. Some people upon opening the bottle of the red dipping sauce will refrigerate the remaining supply. I do not. After it's open it goes right back into the cabinet. I have been over people's houses having dinner and asked if they had any ketchup and they go to get it and low and behold it's in the goddamn icebox. A nice hot piece of meatloaf and now I gotta dip it into cold ketchup. WTF? I don't want cold ketchup I want room temperature ketchup! Is it supposed to be refrigerated? No where on the bottle does it say "Refrigerate after opening" like most products say. But today I opened a new bottle of ketchup (Heinz) and on the label it says "convenient fridge shaped bottle". Well do I have to put it in the fridge or not? This is going to keep me up at night. I don't want to be eating rancid ketchup (I haven't had a problem in the past, at least I don't believe I have) but I don't want cold ketchup either. What do I do? I investigated, that's what I did, here's what I found out.
According to the Department of Food Science at the Cornell Cooperative Extension in New York ketchup should be refrigerated after being opened. Despite the acidic ingredients in ketchup it is not sufficiently acidic to kill bacteria and microorganisms, including mold, that may be introduced to the containers after opening. Refrigeration does not kill bacteria and microorganisms either, but does slow the growth. Refrigerated, ketchup should keep for up to 6 months. One of the other things I found out during this investigation is that even peanut frigging' butter is supposed to be put in the fridge after it's opened. I don't do that either. Shit how did I live this long? There is one loop hole. If the bottle is open and not refrigerated it will apparently keep for up to a month. Most restaurants, who by the way are not required to refrigerate their ketchup bottle after they open them by the board of health usually go through a bottle of ketchup within a week. I know what a bad bottle of ketchup looks like and smells like. All you have to have happen is one bottle to pop and overflow nasty vinegar smelling rotten ketchup on you to know if the ketchup is good or not. Guess I'll just keep taking my chances.
Fuck bacteria.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Fink's Mom - The Blog Post
The Taming of the GoatSo I'm at work today and I had to make a phone call to the Malvern Office and I had to speak to someone named Judy Fink. So in the middle of the conversation I connect the last name of the woman I am talking to to someone that Cerpts works with and also a fellow blogger over at Finks Mom The Blog (see links list for the blog). Here is how the conversation sort of went:
Me - Hey I just realized your last name is Fink. Do you have a son in his mid twenties?
Ms. Fink - Yes I do, why do you know him?
Me - Well I might. I don't know.
Ms. Fink - What's your friends first name?
Me - (after a few second pause when I realized I don't know Fink's first name cause I know him as Fink!) Actually I don't know his first name I only know him as Fink. But my friend works with him and we go to his blog all the time.
Ms. Fink - Oh, he has a blog? What's the name of the blog? Maybe I'll have to check it out.
Me - (after realizing I know his blog as "Fink's Mom The Blog" and that Fink supposedly doesn't like his mom very much, and maybe I shouldn't tell this woman all of this regardless if she is Fink's mom or not!) You know what, I don't really know what it's called I just click a link and go there. But he really likes Dave Matthews does your son like Dave Matthews?
Ms. Fink - You don't know his name and you don't know the title of the blog but you say you know my son? I don't think you know my son. (she sounded a little mean at the end there!)
Me - Just the same last name I guess, maybe he's not your son. Sorry, I didn't mean to get side tracked.
To which the conversation went back to the original purpose of my phone call in the first place and it occurred to me after the phone call, that; no I don't know Fink's first name, it might be Mike, but he's Fink, that's how I know him. Quite possibly this was Fink's mom and now I know why he doesn't like her, she seemed kinda bitchy to me. You can't make this kind of shit up!
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
I yell because I care
Let's get some things clear. I have no idea what the hell I am doing, that is something everyone reading this blog should know ahead of time. "Jesus Saves, Allah Protects and Cthulu thinks you would make a great sandwich" is the title of the blog. Nameyourowndamnblog.com is the URL or web address or whatever it's called. The URL I have had for some time now but didn't have a blog title until about a week ago. That's a goddamn cute ass cat by the way. Now as for you Cheekiness, I don't know if I even know how to tweak the colors on the blog. I'm going to try but I have no idea what the hell is going to actually happen. And why can't you change them? You're supposed to be a co-moderator. Maybe we should have put you first on the blog and me as a contributing author. Who gives a crap, we're not impressing anybody anyway. Hey I just figured out how to change my post color.
"What are you gonna do beam us up?"
A while back, when I only had one blog, Cerpts over at the Land of Cerpts and Honey tagged me to list my top ten favorite movies of all time. Which, as he points out, is hard to do. This is the list that at the time I made it are my top ten films. Ask me next week and it might be different. They are not in order of 1 - 10 just how I thought of them and wrote about them.
It’s A Wonderful Life - Some say Miracle on 34Th Street or A Christmas Carol is the ultimate Christmas film. For me it’s the 1946 classic directed by Frank Capra starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, and Henry Travers as Clarence the Guardian Angel. Although it was nominated for five Oscars it managed to win none of them. It is, however, on the list of AFI’s 100 top movies ever made, as well as being declared the number one inspirational movie of all time.
Braveheart - The film won five Academy Awards including best picture and best director for Mel Gibson who directed and produced the historic epic. It helped to revive the historical genre and was soon followed by Gladiator, The Patriot, Troy, Kingdom of Heaven, Alexander, 300, and Mongol. The movie itself may be short on history and heavy on the action adventure but it is still a moving portrayal of one mans search for freedom of his people. The movie is art directed heavy (the paint on his face matches his eyes so well) and at three hours the movie doesn’t need to be any longer but some things do feel hurried. Nonetheless, the movie does at times flow by like a soft lullaby which is beautifully filmed. Even if you are getting hit in the head with rocks at the same time.
Reservoir Dogs - Quentin Tarantino’s 1992 debut film. The ultimate “guy” movie. The ensemble cast including Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madson, Chris Penn, and Steve Buschemi are all perfect in their roles. Tarantino also makes a small cameo appearance in the film aside from being writer and director. Sometimes called the greatest independent film ever made, the film incorporates all the things Tarantino would later become famous for: violent crime, pop culture references, memorable dialogue peppered with lots of profanity, and the non linear storyline. Unlike most people that saw this film after Pulp Fiction became such a big hit, I saw it shortly after it was released and spoke the praises of it long before Vincent Vega wore the black suit.
The Breakfast Club - The definitive 80’s teen film directed by John Hughes that would influence many coming of age films to follow. Possibly, if I was to see this movie for the first time now when I am in my forties it wouldn’t mean much to me. Seeing as how I was in high school when he movie came out it was a big influence on my teen years. Especially for someone like me who fit in several different categories back in high school, so I was able to see the story from two different points of view aside from the actors. The movie was shot in two months time and fully in sequence from beginning to end. The members of the cast are from the “Brat Pack” that was made up of Hollywood teens and 20 some-things were brilliantly cast. I don’t think there is a person alive under the age of 70 that couldn’t relate to at least one of the characters in the film which makes it all that much more believable. Is it perfect? Far from it. But a classic 80’s teen movie that teaches why it’s wrong to stereotype and that friends can come from where and when you least expect them.
The Usual Suspects - When writer Christopher McQuarrie first came up with the idea for the movie he thought it would be neat to see five criminals meet in a police line-up. The vision, he thought, would make a great movie poster. He was sort of right. The poster is pretty good but the movie is awesome. A modern day crime noir that has been said to have everything but Humphrey Bogart. Kevin Spacey, who won the Oscar for best supporting actor is incredible as “Verbal” Kint, the small town con with a limp. The rest of the actors are stellar as well including Kevin Pollak, Gabriel Byrne, Steven Baldwin, and Benicio Del Toro round out the rest of the five criminals. Chazz Palminteri is equally good as the investigating customs agent assigned to the case that tries to answer one question: Who is Keyser Soze?
Goodfellas - The mafia movie that spans three decades was nominated for six Academy Awards winning one by Joe Pesci for best supporting actor who doesn‘t seem to ever really be acting because he is Tommy DeVito! The two and half hour film flies by and when the time the credits start rolling you can finally relax. The film which is on AFI’s top 100 movies of all time, to me, is Scorsese‘s best piece of work. You can have your Godfather, which I also like but for me the mafia movie I want on my list is this one. Now, you gotta problem wid dat?
Pulp Fiction - The second film by writer and director Tarantino received seven Academy Awards nominations but was only able to win one for best screenplay. The film nearly single-handedly revitalized the career of John Travolta. The cast is smart and their chemistry sometimes make the movie hard to believe you are watching a movie and not looking right into the lives of the people you see on the screen. Slightly less violent than Reservoir Dogs but laced with just as much profanity, Pulp Fiction is one of the more recent films to create a cultural watershed where it’s influence has been felt in several other popular media. It is also on the AFI’s top 100 movies of all time list if it being on my top ten isn’t enough for you.
Field of Dreams - Burt Lancaster’s last film appearance is not a movie about baseball. Nominated for four Oscars, the movie is really about finding your dreams, whatever they may be and overcoming your regrets and doubts. If the movie was made in the 40’s you know Frank Capra would have directed it. Possibly James Stewart would have played the Kevin Costner role of Ray Kinsella as well. This one comes right from the heart and it still makes me cry every time I see it and I just love a movie that can do that.
St. Elmo’s Fire - The other 1985 coming of age story this time directed by Joel Schumacher. Another of the “Brat Pack” movies starring Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, and Demi Moore. Instead of high school, it’s college that they are all coming of age into. That last sentence didn’t make sense but it doesn’t have to. The film shows that even college graduates are sometimes afraid to “just let go” in order to grow up and mature. I guess you can call this one my guilty pleasure movie.
Se7en - The murder mystery film starring Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt who are both incredible and who both should have gotten at least an Oscar nomination, is named for the ways in which the murders are committed. One murder for each of the seven deadly sins and ass you can guess “Gluttony” is pretty ugly in this one. It also stars Kevin Spacey (unbilled, surprisingly enough) as the murderer known only as John Doe. The film has a brooding dark look that fits well with the story. The unnamed city is disturbing and dirty and after watching it you have to wonder where the line between the movie and our world blurs and it makes you question just what kind of a world do we really live in.
It’s A Wonderful Life - Some say Miracle on 34Th Street or A Christmas Carol is the ultimate Christmas film. For me it’s the 1946 classic directed by Frank Capra starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, and Henry Travers as Clarence the Guardian Angel. Although it was nominated for five Oscars it managed to win none of them. It is, however, on the list of AFI’s 100 top movies ever made, as well as being declared the number one inspirational movie of all time.
Braveheart - The film won five Academy Awards including best picture and best director for Mel Gibson who directed and produced the historic epic. It helped to revive the historical genre and was soon followed by Gladiator, The Patriot, Troy, Kingdom of Heaven, Alexander, 300, and Mongol. The movie itself may be short on history and heavy on the action adventure but it is still a moving portrayal of one mans search for freedom of his people. The movie is art directed heavy (the paint on his face matches his eyes so well) and at three hours the movie doesn’t need to be any longer but some things do feel hurried. Nonetheless, the movie does at times flow by like a soft lullaby which is beautifully filmed. Even if you are getting hit in the head with rocks at the same time.
Reservoir Dogs - Quentin Tarantino’s 1992 debut film. The ultimate “guy” movie. The ensemble cast including Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madson, Chris Penn, and Steve Buschemi are all perfect in their roles. Tarantino also makes a small cameo appearance in the film aside from being writer and director. Sometimes called the greatest independent film ever made, the film incorporates all the things Tarantino would later become famous for: violent crime, pop culture references, memorable dialogue peppered with lots of profanity, and the non linear storyline. Unlike most people that saw this film after Pulp Fiction became such a big hit, I saw it shortly after it was released and spoke the praises of it long before Vincent Vega wore the black suit.
The Breakfast Club - The definitive 80’s teen film directed by John Hughes that would influence many coming of age films to follow. Possibly, if I was to see this movie for the first time now when I am in my forties it wouldn’t mean much to me. Seeing as how I was in high school when he movie came out it was a big influence on my teen years. Especially for someone like me who fit in several different categories back in high school, so I was able to see the story from two different points of view aside from the actors. The movie was shot in two months time and fully in sequence from beginning to end. The members of the cast are from the “Brat Pack” that was made up of Hollywood teens and 20 some-things were brilliantly cast. I don’t think there is a person alive under the age of 70 that couldn’t relate to at least one of the characters in the film which makes it all that much more believable. Is it perfect? Far from it. But a classic 80’s teen movie that teaches why it’s wrong to stereotype and that friends can come from where and when you least expect them.
The Usual Suspects - When writer Christopher McQuarrie first came up with the idea for the movie he thought it would be neat to see five criminals meet in a police line-up. The vision, he thought, would make a great movie poster. He was sort of right. The poster is pretty good but the movie is awesome. A modern day crime noir that has been said to have everything but Humphrey Bogart. Kevin Spacey, who won the Oscar for best supporting actor is incredible as “Verbal” Kint, the small town con with a limp. The rest of the actors are stellar as well including Kevin Pollak, Gabriel Byrne, Steven Baldwin, and Benicio Del Toro round out the rest of the five criminals. Chazz Palminteri is equally good as the investigating customs agent assigned to the case that tries to answer one question: Who is Keyser Soze?
Goodfellas - The mafia movie that spans three decades was nominated for six Academy Awards winning one by Joe Pesci for best supporting actor who doesn‘t seem to ever really be acting because he is Tommy DeVito! The two and half hour film flies by and when the time the credits start rolling you can finally relax. The film which is on AFI’s top 100 movies of all time, to me, is Scorsese‘s best piece of work. You can have your Godfather, which I also like but for me the mafia movie I want on my list is this one. Now, you gotta problem wid dat?
Pulp Fiction - The second film by writer and director Tarantino received seven Academy Awards nominations but was only able to win one for best screenplay. The film nearly single-handedly revitalized the career of John Travolta. The cast is smart and their chemistry sometimes make the movie hard to believe you are watching a movie and not looking right into the lives of the people you see on the screen. Slightly less violent than Reservoir Dogs but laced with just as much profanity, Pulp Fiction is one of the more recent films to create a cultural watershed where it’s influence has been felt in several other popular media. It is also on the AFI’s top 100 movies of all time list if it being on my top ten isn’t enough for you.
Field of Dreams - Burt Lancaster’s last film appearance is not a movie about baseball. Nominated for four Oscars, the movie is really about finding your dreams, whatever they may be and overcoming your regrets and doubts. If the movie was made in the 40’s you know Frank Capra would have directed it. Possibly James Stewart would have played the Kevin Costner role of Ray Kinsella as well. This one comes right from the heart and it still makes me cry every time I see it and I just love a movie that can do that.
St. Elmo’s Fire - The other 1985 coming of age story this time directed by Joel Schumacher. Another of the “Brat Pack” movies starring Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, and Demi Moore. Instead of high school, it’s college that they are all coming of age into. That last sentence didn’t make sense but it doesn’t have to. The film shows that even college graduates are sometimes afraid to “just let go” in order to grow up and mature. I guess you can call this one my guilty pleasure movie.
Se7en - The murder mystery film starring Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt who are both incredible and who both should have gotten at least an Oscar nomination, is named for the ways in which the murders are committed. One murder for each of the seven deadly sins and ass you can guess “Gluttony” is pretty ugly in this one. It also stars Kevin Spacey (unbilled, surprisingly enough) as the murderer known only as John Doe. The film has a brooding dark look that fits well with the story. The unnamed city is disturbing and dirty and after watching it you have to wonder where the line between the movie and our world blurs and it makes you question just what kind of a world do we really live in.
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