Malach predicted . .
38 - 10 Colts in a romp the day of the AFC Championship. So what can we take out of this Super Bowl . . . We are going to have to see Peyton Manning's ugly mug over and over and over again. Rex Grossman is perhaps the worst Super Bowl Quarterback ever. Prince still kicks ass, best halftime show in a LONG TIME. And both Tony Dungee and Lovie Smith are black (in case you didn't know). Oh and by the way, black coaches are now .500 in Super Bowl Games.
It also go show how dominant the AFC is. Any of the top 4 AFC teams would have destroyed the Bears.
A special Super Bowl seperated at birth.
I have not seen this one anywhere, so I think Malach brings you an exclusive.
Steve Grogan
Peyton Manning
Super Bowls Commericals?
They pretty much sucked, the highlights. K-Fed making fun of himself, and the Snickers redneck homosexual kiss.
Alternative Super Bowl Programming.
Anyone else catch the Third Annual Puppy Bowl? Who is their Hell watches that? Well besides those locked up in instituions? Here's the concept. Take a bunch of puppies, put them in a pen shaped like a football field. Add toys. Film 4 hours of mayhem. Put on TV. Have cats in their for halftime. Play from 3PM until 4AM. I mean, just watch some of this drivel.
I am Malach and I bet your drooling in your apple sauce now.
Malach's Special Super Bowl WoW post.
Well, well, what do you know... I was right.
Here is the prediction I made last week on another forum:
"At first, I think the Chicago Bears will come out ahead in the Superbowl because bears are cute and cuddly and, let's face it, Jesus likes bears.
So, you know, that's how it will all go down."
Man, I'm good.
P.S.: Peyton Manning loves me. No, seriously, he called me 14 times to tell me that.
Murk's Adventures in Crap
I am adventuring in crap.
The End.
ps. You are the crap.
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Farewell, Mark You
From the Fall River Herald News:
"After 70 years of serving up chow mein and other Chinese and American dishes in the Flint, Mark You Restaurant will retire its wok for good on Sunday night.
Owner Gary Tow said the locally famous family restaurant is closing because of financial reasons. He said he can't afford to bring the building up to today's strict fire code. That, and business has been slow in recent years.
"I feel sad," Tow said. "I felt that eventually the day was going to come. I would rather have closed on my own terms."Tow said it would cost some $40,000 to $50,000 for a sprinkler system and other updates to the art deco restaurant and kitchen.He learned he was in violation of mandated fire codes in November and has had several visits from Fall River Fire and Building Department officials since then. The new mandates are a result of The Station nightclub fire that occurred in February 2003."They assume because we've been here so long we have the money," Tow said. "The Fall River economy in the last few years hasn't been so good."Tow, 55, said he grew up at Mark You, a family business his late father, Danny Tow, started in 1937. "This is all I know," said Tow."
Comment:
I grew up knowing "Chinese Food" as food from "Mark You's." Our family was blue collar and I grew up on a budget and stress about money. Going "out to eat" was a big treat and one of the places we would go on a special Friday or Saturday night was Mark You's. I will always remember the chicken chow mein, the little juke boxes at each table, the breaded veal and mashed potatoes with brown gravy (which, I never thought was strange to have at a Chinese Restaurant becasue it's what I grew up with.) I'm sad to hear that Mark You is closing down.
The AP told me it was closing down on Sunday, and I had to know why. My first guess was that old Mary had finally passed away. but as you can see, that's not the case. It's the fire code. It's dissapointing that the city can't find a way to work with established businesses over new health and safety codes. The last thing Fall River needs is yet another abandoned business.
So, my back east friends, if you can, have a chicken chow mein or a breaded veal plate for me this weekend. I wish I could be there to buy an order myself.
Farewell, Mark You!
When this turns back into a decent blog, I will stop posting so much crap. (it's sort of a chicken before the egg thing.)
This one's for you, AV!Capital Imperialism
The role of a third party in american politics is vital to the continuation of the American system of government laid out by the constitution. The contitution's primary concern was preserving the balance of power in the government while maintaining the essential freedoms of the governed. It is not a document that guarantees these freedoms, but rather lays out a good plan on how to best ensure that the spirit of these freedoms reaches all productive and concerned members of society.
We have reached a crossroads since Tuesday September 11th, 2001. Government is understood as a contract between those in power, and those who want the privilage of living in a civil, law abiding and safe society. Without the fundemental need for protection, order and civility, Goverment's function becomes inconsequential to those who are ruled. It becomes a corporation who sells ideals and reprimands through fear and incarceration. Capitalism and Facism incorporate these ideas, but the bottom line is control and stability for the ruling elite and the continued flow of currency into the hands of the priviledged few in power.
Unfortunately, this is what America has become: a totalitarian economic juggernaut disguised as a democracy. Liberals and conservatives posture on TV and shake hands when the paychecks get handed out. They are not fighting for your well being. They are fighting for their own fat pockets, special interest (who are the equivilant of sponsors in the sport world, the shadow income) and for pet projects that earn them votes in th next election. The true party line on both sides is: Earn seats at all costs, defame the other side, get rich in the process and never EVER allow another presence loyal to the people get a toe hold.
Malach, It isn't Your Fault.
The following is a new article that can be read here.
BOSTON (AP) — Lavender and tea tree oils found in some shampoos, soaps and lotions can temporarily leave boys with enlarged breasts in rare cases, apparently by disrupting their hormonal balance, a preliminary study suggests.
While advising parents to consider the possible risk, several hormone experts emphasized that the problem appears to happen infrequently and clears up when the oils are no longer used. None of those interviewed called for a ban on sales.
The study reported on the condition, gynecomastia, in three boys ages 4, 7 and 10. They all went back to normal when they stopped using skin lotions, hair gel, shampoo or soap with the natural oils.
It’s unclear how often this problem might crop up in other young children.
These plant oils, sometimes called “essential oils,” are added to many health-care products, usually for their scent. The oils are sometimes found in other household products or sold in purer forms. Tea tree oil is sometimes used in shampoos for head lice.
The suspected effect in this study is blamed on some chemical within the oils that the body processes like estrogen, the female hormone that promotes breast growth.
The findings were being reported Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The federally funded study came out of the University of Colorado and the environmental health branch of the National Institutes of Health. The findings were first released last year at a science meeting.
The three boys were brought to their doctors with overdeveloped breasts that looked like those of girls in early puberty. They were sore in one case. For each boy, doctors could tie the problem only to their use over several months of the natural-oil products.
The researchers suspected that the oils might be upsetting the boys’ hormonal balance. So they did a series of laboratory tests to check how these oils work within human cells. The oils appeared to mimic estrogen and block the male hormone androgen.
On product labels, the oils sometimes are listed by their scientific names: Lavandula angustifolia (lavender oil) and Melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree oil). Such products do not require government approval to be sold unless they make specific health claims.
Marijuana and soy products also have been linked to gynecomastia.
Dr. Clifford Bloch, a hormone specialist in Greenwood Village, Colo., who treated the three boys, recommended that parents “be cautious” with such products, especially for prolonged use. “I would not give these products to my children,” he said in an interview.
Bloch said he also suspects the oil played a role in a handful of young girls he saw for a similar condition, including a 17-month-old whose parents were washing her bottles with a lavender-scented soap.
Others sounded less worried. “It takes very little estrogen to cause gynecomastia in a young child,” said Dr. Richard Auchus, a University of Texas hormone expert who knew of the study findings. “If they’re getting it for a brief period of time, that really shouldn’t cause long-term problems.”
Also, the research did not pinpoint any specific estrogen-like compounds in the oils or look for them in a range of products. Chemist Steven Dentali, at the industry group American Herbal Products Association, said that warning people to avoid such oils “is premature without the additional basic research needed to bolster the case that the issue here is both real and significant.”
Gynecomastia is very common in boys during the hormonal changes of puberty. But it also occurs as a rare condition in younger boys, men, and girls before puberty.
Bloch, the study doctor, said it’s unknown if such oils could hurt women with estrogen-fed breast tumors.Fear not, Malach - it's curable. While you're playing with those voluptuous man-boobs (and we all know you do) you can take solace in the fact that they can go away "any time you want."
I've been busy fighting Moonites.
"AV, where have you been?"
"AV, how come your blog is down?"
"AV, your old blog address gave me a trojan and stole my baby."
"AV, SpaceFarmer is turning the WOW into a huge self-referential pile of crap."
Alright, already, I get it. Jeesh. I'm right here. Yes, yes, my blog is down. There were technical difficulties going over to the "new" Blogger and it had to be taken down. It's all gone. I didn't sell my blog address to anyone, so I can't tell you how to remove that virus or get your baby back. Spacefarmer and crap posts? Do we have to go over this AGAIN? The only way to stop him is to bury him with some good posts.
There, now everybody relax. Except for you Piper. You need to get focused before you turn into Comic Book Guy.
One piece of bad news: now that the AV blog is gone, I'm going to put some posts with facts and analysis right here. So, if you can't handle facts and analysis, make sure to scroll down to the YouTube posts.
I don't need anymore whining complaints.
Yes we are the Aqua Teens, make the homies say ho, and the girlies want to scream.
Aqua Teen Hunger Force number one on the hood G.
So, we all know what happened, I don't need to rehash the ATHF incident in Boston. But [adult swim] (look at the idiots with their apology) got EXACLTY what they were looking for. MASSIVE publicity beyond what I even think they anticipated. So the speech impared mayor of Boston, Tom Manino gonna send them a bill (it cost the city a 1 million dollars)? Who cares, they will write it up to marketing expenses. ATHF has a movie coming out in March, and movie that cost the only $750,000 to make. I find it funny listening to the out of touch morning shows, who never even heard of ATHF, but use soundbites from the show constantly. Some of these idiots are even calling for the FCC to pull it off the air. Dudes, even my 50 year old parents know what Aqua Teen Hunger Force is.
The begs some questions though.
1. All these ads had been up for 10 - 14 days, and it took one jogger to see one and think it was a bomb to get this response.
2. Why Boston? Why not the other 10 cities were these were placed? Is Boston just that unhip? Or is Boston hyper sensitive. Is there that much of a gap between generations?
3. Even more interesting, CNN.com broke this story and went with it. CNN's parent company is Turner Broadcasting and Time Warner owns the whole shebang. Cartoon Network and [adult swims] parent company are also Turner and Time Warner. So, why did CNN run with this story for 2 - 3 hours? Shouldn't some situation have developed where executives of Turner contact each other to quicky diffuse the situation? Or is CNN part of the marketing for ATHF?
4. Now a poor immigrant artist is going to take the fall for this, get deported back to his home Belarus, from which he is basically is political exile from? For just doing a job.
I am Malach and I want candy.
BREAKING BOSTON WoW NEWS!
Turner Broadcasting issued an apology for causing today's series of bomb scares throughout Boston.
They have been in place for two to three weeks in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Seattle, Portland, Austin, San Francisco, and Philadelphia.
Parent company Turner Broadcasting is in contact with local and federal law enforcement on the exact locations of the billboards. We regret that they were mistakenly thought to pose any danger."
Click here to read more details of this breaking "I shit you not" story.
Abraham and Isaac
The Biblical story where God asks Abraham to sacrifice his only son Isaac is known to many of us. If you don't know it, God asked Abraham to sacrifice his only Son Isaac.
Abraham agree.
The Bible gives no indication that Abraham hesitated or questioned. He blindly led his son up a scared hill. He told the boy to gather wood. When Isaac asked where the sacrifice was, Abraham told him God would provide. Just before stabbing Isaac through the heart and burning him, God told Anbaham he was just busting his balls and to sacrifice this nearby ram instead.
Here's a novel concept. Abraham questioned the shit out of this. Oh sure, the Bible doesn't say it because we're supposed to believe he blindly followed God. But God told him afterword that he was just testing him. What kind of a test would this be if Abraham did not suffer horrendously and still choose to do what God asked? Naw, he just did it. That's like testing your strenght by holding a pebble.
Abraham sturggled and faultered to the point of lying to his son. Abraham questioned his God the same way we do when we have tragedies. But, he kept his faith and did what he thought he needed to do to keep his faith and his promise.
Have you ditched a friend lately over a small matter? Wow. You pass the pebble test.
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The New National Socialist Agenda
Okay, kids. It's time for all of you liberal hacks to fess up. You want social programs to help the elderly, the sick, the immigrants, the mentally disabled, the drug addicts and education. You are willing to fork over 28% or more of your annual salary. That's $28 for every hundred you earn.
Let's say you earn $1000 a month. Small potatoes for some. $280 goes right to governemnt programs you have no control over. This is a government who skims every dollar they can from social programs. This is a government that pays full salaries to congressmen who retire or even resign. This is a government who is on the take from big business and lobbyists for special interests. This is a governemnt who cannot pass simple legislation without tacking on pork barrel money for pet projects. This is a government that paid $1000 for a toilet seat on Air Force One.
Blame Bush, right? Okay, he sucks. But he is notorious for stripping federal socialist programs. This sounds bad and inhumane. I agree.
Now look in your checkbook or bank account. What percentage of your annual salary do you donate to charities? How many checks have you written to centers for Autism? When's the last time you visited a retirement home to cheer up our elder citizens who have little else to look forward to in life? Have you stopped driving gas powered cars to save the environment?
Guilty.
You.
Whether you are Democrat or Republican, you do too little to help those in need besides blindly hand off a portion of your salary to a corrupt institution. Does that make you feel like a humanitarian? How much of your taxes actually makes it to our schools and social programs? Look. That's your responsibility as a human being, not something that should be mandated by an insiduous government collection agency who bankrupts the very people the collect money to help.
Hey, elect who you want and justify your inflated sense of self worth by giving handouts to our leaders and let them decide. It's clean. No dirty work for you. It's the Bush administration's fault, right?
Did you donate to the victims of hurricane Katrina? Did you give money to the victims of September 11th, 2001?
I did. I gave money and time on top of my illegal and unconstitutional taxation. I worked with the Red Cross when they flew people into Rhode Island when they had nowhere to live after New Orleans went down. What did you do? I gave what I could to 9/11 families. I donate to breast cancer research. I sacrificed an $80,000 a year job to work with inner city kids for $14,000.
I am that heartless Republican you bash. I hope your high horse is comfortable.
I put my time, my money and my words into causes that bring hope. I don't write blank checks to the government and feel all satisfied when Pelosi works for 100 hours and pushes through weak legislation about non issues.
Some of your views are fucked up. CNN will tell you you did the right thing. Sleep well knowing that Sen. Kennedy got his new flat screen TV and someone is still waiting for their house to be rebuilt in New Orleans.
Blame Bush. Don't you dare look in the mirror and even consider the luxuries you bought yourself. You've done enough. You've overpaid a conglomerate to equitably line their pockets and whine on TV.
For God's sake, don't ever blame yourself. You did exactly what they asked you to do. Sit down, shut up and hand over the cash.
America is no longer the land of opportunity. It is the land of greed and hypocrisy on both sides of the aisle. Stand up for the Old America and bring back our National Image. Start with yourself. Fuck voting. Money is the language of the American Governemnt now. State in no uncertain terms what you want to tell them:
"I support my fellow Americans by willingly giving my time, energy and money to those who can actually use it."
Fuck you Mr. President. Fuck you Madame Speaker. Fuck you Supreme Court.
My loyalties lie with my underpriviledged Brothers and Sisters, not with your money printing scam.
My advice...
Get off the Grid.
The following diatribe does not condone violent revolution in any way. Real change is gradual, peaceful and begins with individual efforts to rpomote a healthy society. This message was approved by the YMMA.
Starting today, you can buy The Internet
Microsoft's Internet goes on sale
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Newsboys) -- Retailers across the country stayed open through the wee hours of Tuesday morning to sell the long-awaited Microsoft Internet On A Disk, even though most knew customers wouldn't be lining up out the door for the midnight launch of Microsoft Corp.'s latest breakthrough offering.
The store reopened at 10 p.m., offering customers coffee and discounts on items including printers and recordable DVDs, and planned to stay open until at least 2 a.m.
The low turnout wasn't surprising, especially after Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said the company wasn't pushing the midnight sales events.
However, he did mutter something about pushing world domination.
CompUSA manager Damon Didier said the midnight sales met his expectations, especially given the late hour with temperatures in the upper 20s.
"I think we'll see sales pick up throughout the rest of the week, especially on Friday and over the weekend when people have more time to pop the disk in and watch the world open up in front of their eyes," Didier said.
Employees decorated the store with balloons and set up bright new displays featuring computers equipped with The Internet On A Disk.
There was a five-second countdown over the public-address system to let customers know they could buy the disk.