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Incrediuble Save
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59 by kakemono on 2/18/2009 12:06:08 PM
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This puck is about to be blocked by the goalie... Kiprusoff
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Word Press Photos of the Year
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58 by kakemono on 2/18/2009 12:04:25 AM
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/4612584/Winners-of-the-2008-World-Press-Photo-of-the-Year-contest.html
Photos of the year by World Press. I would post some of them here for you to see... but who knows if those guys will lay the hammer on a blog like this copying work.
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57 by kakemono on 2/17/2009 11:18:44 AM
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rgwerhweh
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Craigslist Best-Of
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55 by kakemono on 2/11/2009 7:10:52 AM
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Prenancy Doesn't Make You Divine...
Date: 2009-01-11, 12:40AM PST
Yeah, we get it - You're pregnant. BIG FUCKING DEAL. It's not like you went to school for three years and had to take some excruciating multi-day certification. It's not like you saved a Golden Retriever puppy from getting run over by a bus load of Norwegian tourists. It's not like you cured macular degeneration. YOU SPREAD YOUR LEGS AND TOOK A MAN-MUSTARD INJECTION... Wow. Way to go. I am amazed you made it through such a mentally and physically demanding challenge that probably lasted all of 45 seconds (either natural or lab-grown.) And now we are suppose to fawn all over you. We are suppose to act like it's so incredibly difficult to get pregnant, and that you are now this pristine chalice of life -Something that deserves to be worshiped and adored. Feel sick in the mornings? Do your feet hurt cause they are swelling? Gotta buy new clothes because you are 12 weeks along and have already put on 19 pounds? NOT MY PROBLEM. Do your job like you are suppose to and shut the hell up already. …Oh btw - Quit using your pregnancy as an excuse to stuff your gullet each and every chance you get. When you proudly stand up at the staff party and announce that "The baby wants" an entire pint of Ben & Jerry's Super Fudge Chunk, a liter of Dr. Pepper, some curly fries THEN TELL THE BABY TO SHUT THE FUCK UP. Now what exactly do I have to look forward to for the next two or three years..? A constant stream of verbal diarrhea such as "little Bobby went to the toilet and pooped all by himself - But he forgot to wipe and then sat on the floor to pull his pants up! It was so precious, but there was poop everywhere!" or “I'm sorry I'm 40 minutes late, you see I have a four-year-old in potty training and we had an accident." or "I don't feel comfortable doing the speed limit, my baby is only two months old - You can go around." FUCK YOU. Two years after that and now I'm stuck behind you at the concession stand - And guess what? You feel it's important to empower your child. It doesn't matter that there are nine people behind you, you want little Bobby to make his own choice when it comes to artificially flavored processed movie snacks. By God, Bobby is special. He must be because that’s what all the Nike commercials say. There is only one Bobby and he is different from every other person on this earth. He is special by God, and he will be raised knowing he is special. And now, little Bobby has been standing there with his little index finger in his little mouth, staring at all the choices for the last FULL minute. But you aren't the type of parent to acknowledge the fact that many people are waiting for little Bobby to make up his little mind. You don't say something like "Hurry and choose something or I will choose for you" or even better “Other people are waiting, make up your mind” - Not you. Instead, you turn to the sea of humanity that has formed a marginally cohesive line behind you and look at them with an 'I'm sure you all understand' look. FUCK YOU. You are the same people that just can't put their cell phone conversation on hold for 20 seconds while you order your venti no-whip-half-caff almond latte and spinach croissant - Instead you make eye contact with the waiter and raise that index finger. The index finger which happens to be the international signal for 'I am a socially retarded fuckhead.' One time I saw an interview with Hootie (of the Blowfish), with his wife. It was a lovely 'What does Hootie and his wife do when he's at home and not packing fans into concerts at 20 or 30% of capacity' piece on some lame ass afternoon news biopic show. Anyway Hootie’s wife starts talking about kids and how they are such a miracle and (now she is actually tearing up) and she just can't understand how anyone wouldn't want to have children and HOW SHE JUST FEELS SORRY FOR THOSE PEOPLE. Oh yes honey, feel sorry for us. Obviously we are emotionally fractured because we don't share the same fervent desire to add our particular goo to this world's collective semen cesspool... I don't hate children. I hate the parents that think they are entitled because they have children...
- Location: Lividville
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Iran wants to fight terrorism.
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54 by kakemono on 2/11/2009 7:03:09 AM
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The new US government has announced that it wants to create change and follow the path of talks. It's very clear that true change should be fundamental and not tactical. It's clear that the Iranian nation will welcome genuine changes.
The Iranian nation is prepared to talk. However, these talks should be held in a fair atmosphere in which there is mutual respect.
Cont'd (click below or on "comments")
They have said that they want to fight terrorism. The Iranian nation has been fighting terrorism for the past 30 years. If you truly want to fight terrorism come and cooperate with the Iranian nation, which is the main victim of terrorism, so that terrorism is uprooted. We can give you the addresses of terrorist dens in some European countries, the lands occupied by the Al-Quds occupying regime (Israel) and some other countries which in fact have good relations with you. Of course, we think that it's very unlikely that you don't have this information. If you want to dry the roots of aggression and murder, let's put those behind the recent wars in the Persian Gulf and the Middle East, on trial and sentence them together. Everyone knows that Saddam (Husayn) was not the only person who caused the wars. Since the attack by Mr Bush's government some one million people have been killed and a few million people have been displaced. In order to uproot insecurity, those behind these killings including Mr Bush, his allies and government, have to be put on trial and sentenced. (Chants of indistinct slogans from the masses in support of the president's comments)
If you want to uproot crime, join the Iranian nation and other nations and let's put the criminal leaders of the Zionist regime on trial and sentence them together (chants of indistinct slogans from the masses).
If you want to genuinely fight against the proliferation of atomic weapons and weapons of mass destruction, you have to join Iran and help it so that it can show you the right way. Yes, atomic weapons and weapons of mass destruction are a serious threat. They have to be destroyed. The Iranian nation is the victim of chemical weapons and weapons of mass destruction.
However, the only way (to counter them) is to implement justice and suitable planning. It's clear that the measures which have been taken up until now to destroy atomic weapons have been ineffective. If they are interested in destroying these weapons and if they genuinely want the world to become a peaceful place, they must resort to rational and just methods.
We told them that their behavior in Iraq was wrong but they didn't listen. As a result, these atrocities occurred and Mr Bush's government was humiliated. If they truly want to establish genuine security, let's reform the fundamentals of the UN's structure, which is the source of oppression and discrimination and is incapable of establishing security, together and establish justice there.
If you genuinely intend to uproot drugs, you should ask the Iranian nation, which has sacrificed more than 3,300 martyrs in its fight against drug smuggling (to help). Of course, this development is in need of fundamental changes to their approach and behavior.
We hope that this happens. The world is not interested in the repetition of the dark ages created by Mr Bush. We don't even want the American nation to be humiliated and have a bad reputation. I believe that the fate of Mr Bush, who has the worst reputation in our contemporary history, should be a lesson to all of those who wish to dominate the world and impose themselves on other nations. Of course, some try to repeat that experience but in another shape, they must know that a fate worse than that of Mr Bush awaits them (chants of indistinct slogans).
The Iranian nation is the friend of regional nations and governments. Even though Iran is a great power, it is the brother of other nations, especially those in the region. Praise be to God, today the Iranian nation has brotherly and friendly relations with other regional nations.
The enemies don't like us to have such relations. They are determined to put some of the region's governments against other nations by imposing certain measures and behavior and humiliate and belittle them in the minds of other nations and make them an accomplice in their crimes. I would like to give them this friendly and brotherly advice and that is that some of them made the same mistake during the first decade of the revolution when Saddam was carrying out atrocities against the Iranian nation.
Then they regretted it. Of course, the Iranian nation was gracious and never showed off to them. As a brother, I would like to say to them that it's to their advantage to be careful of satanic temptations and those created by the Zionists and imperialistic governments. It's in your interest to support your own people. The Iranian nation is by your side and supports you. You have to be in the service of your own people. You should have been by the side of your people during the Gaza incidents. . .
-A speech by Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinezhad
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Serious Business
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53 by kakemono on 2/8/2009 10:58:58 PM
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Catching up on my stories... as you can tell by from the sudden influx. I can't be taking breaks... this is serios business
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Walking on Sunshine
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50 by kakemono on 2/8/2009 10:49:59 PM
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A show called "intervention" where family/friends intervene in someone they care about's life... This girl huffs computer duster cans... and says "Its like i'm walking on sunshine!"
re-re-reeeemix!!!
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Craigslist Best-Of
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49 by kakemono on 2/8/2009 10:43:04 PM
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Duck Mask
Date: 2008-08-21, 8:09AM EDT
Full head rubber mask, old, has discoloration on white feather part from age, storage. Hey I got it on my big head, so it works that way. 
- Location: Acworth
- it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
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Random
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48 by kakemono on 2/8/2009 10:34:14 PM
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Facebook chain message in which I endulged... I will share here.. I added everything with links though...
1. The last time I ever went roller skating was when I crashed into a bench full speed and got a black eye so large it swole my eye shut and crossed through my nose and almost swole the 2nd eye shut. It went down to my mouth. My dad was there and he almost tried to cut into the bruise to release the pressure. I was playing paddle tag and Michael Sullivan was chasing me. The picture is after it began to recede. I wish I had a picture of the worst part.
2. I would rather go to a Predators game than watch the Super Bowl on TV. Hockey is as physical as football, requires the hand-eye coordination of baseball, and the endurance of basketball or soccer; it is the best sport. I love hockey because I played soccer growing up and the positioning and movement is eerily similar.
3. My parents bought me a calculator when I was 4 years old so I would quit asking them math problems in the car while driving to and fro.
4. I got an A on a paper in high school just because I used the word "woo" and the teacher said it was her favorite word and no one had ever used it before (Mrs. Conelly).
5. I buy most of my clothes online and probably have more shoes than you. (Probably a good portion of the ladies, too)
6. I like playing long, strategic, thinking board games. You probably haven't heard of them and the rules are pretty complicated. Come by and play some time.
7. I like to eavesdrop on people's conversations in public places.
8. I have pretty solid beliefs in religion and politics, but I have never been good at articulating them. I like to listen to someone and decide if our views overlap.
9. I like hiphop/rap music... but probably not the stuff you hear on the radio. I prefer the stuff with a message that isn't about drugs, sex, shooting police, pimping, big wheels, or the etc. Radio and CellPhone rappers talk about things that are mostly illegal whereas I like one who talk about things to uplift their listeners. More about this at the bottom
10. I tend to go straight to online message boards and forums when I become interested about something. Currently frog tanks. Always Hockey
11. Despite being morally very conservative, I don't think our laws should regulate anything that doesn't violate anyone else's rights like private use of drugs, homosexuality, or seatbelts. This is pretty contrary to most of my friend's beliefs, but I don't make a point to argue it with them.
12. I like to read. I read message boards, blogs, books, and the Bible. I typically read left-wing blogs, books, and message boards... I don't think the Bible takes a side.
13. Despite not being able to jump high or run fast, I can compete in most sports and not look like a tool or fool.
14. My three New Years resolutions are no cokes (passing), stop biting fingernails (failing), and to stop telling "me too" stories when someone tells a story, but rather just let the conversation stay focused on the other individual (i don't know how i am doing on this one... maybe the 25 things is violation of this resolution).
15. My favorite sports to watch on TV are Hockey, , ,Soccer, Tennis, Football, Golf, NBA, Baseball. My favorite fantasy sports leagues is baseball though.
16. I have, like, 18 uncles and aunts (I can't remember exactly).
17. I liked facebook more when it was college-only.
18. I chew on stuff... like cups, pens, paper, and anything else which happens to find its way near my mouth (like headset microphones, headphone cords, fingernails, coat zippers, my knuckle). My mom bought me a dogbone when I was a kid and made me chew it when she caught me chewing on the collar of my shirt. I ate the dogbone.
19. I always have had a nervous tick of some kind. It has been everything from scrunching my upper lip to sniffling when i don't have a cold to shaking my head to opening my mouth really wide. I am pretty sure that if I was in school right now, I would be taking ADHD medicine b/c I can never just sit around with nothing to do or think about... which is why I have always developed nervous ticks.
20. I cut my hair only about every 4-6 months... which means I got from a clean cut to borderline mullet.
21. I like to be a grammer nazi, but I can't spell. It annoys me when people use the word "too" when they should have said "also."
22. I don't like meaningless small talk about the weather or traffic or the etc.
23. I played soccer from the age of 6 through high school and intramural college, but the only reason I ever played in the first place was because when I moved from Washington State, I missed baseball signups.
24. I accidentally sprayed myself in the face with bathroom cleaner right after asking my mom if it would kill my sister if I sprayed her in the face (we were cleaning the bathtub). I will emphasize accident here... even though I just turned it to my face and sprayed. I wasn't paying attention to which way the sprayhead was pointing and was testing how much pressure was needed to cause the spray to come out.
25. I sniffed a piece of lettuce from Fazolis up my nose about eight years ago and have had a stuffy nose ever since
Number nine usually suprises people. Here is a short collection. Since you got to here, they are required listening.
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Doom - Round 2
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47 by kakemono on 11/11/2008 9:18:58 AM
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| Skill Level | Time to Watch |
| I'm too young to die | 10-20 seconds |
| Hey, not too rough | 0-10 seconds |
| Hurt me plenty | 40-71 seconds |
| Ultra-Violence | 30-40 seconds |
| Nightmare! | 20-30 seconds seconds |
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Doom - Round 1
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46 by kakemono on 11/9/2008 9:10:21 PM
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| Skill Level | Time to watch |
| I'm too young to die | 30 seconds |
| Hey, not too rough | 1 minute |
| Hurt me plenty | 2 Minutes |
| Ultra-Violence | 3.5 Minutes |
| Nightmare! | 5:45 - ALL! |
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Ford, Chrysler, GM
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45 by kakemono on 11/8/2008 7:02:56 AM
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That said, back to the topic. I think they need to be able to fail so
we can quit rewarding poor business practice... like the case of the
banks. What makes me so mad is they don't introduce anything more
efficient than what we had 20 years ago. I understand the whole
emissions-hampering-gas-mileage debate, but in 20 years, you would
think they could find something. Why are all the new cars now coming
out with 200hp? Most people don't need it! Put one of your 200hp, 30mpg
cars on the market, but with 100hp. There is a market for a dirt slow
car with great gas mileage. All car companies have somehow got 30mpg as
a golden mark to hit and as long as they can advertise 30mpg, they quit
pushing themselves. Sorry big3, when I can buy an 85 Toyota Tercel that
gets 45mpg, a 30mpg '09 anything doesn't sound so alluring if I am
strictly looking for gas mileage. And like the poster above who
mentioned the gigantic truck that can rip a tree trunk out of the
ground, while having a moonroof, leather interior, gets six miles to
the gallon, AND has a DVD player... give the cars some identity.
Mashing everything together is like the sad state that alternative
music is in today. The try and sound like every good band of the past
simulateously and end up sounding like a big mile of mush.
Retro cars that imitate HUGE cars in the past with LOW gas mileage only
sell to the people old enough to remember their glory days. I haven't
heard one college friend mention how much they want to buy a new
Challenger.
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Mother and Daughter die at Hockey game
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44 by kakemono on 11/7/2008 3:54:22 PM
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Mom and daughter both die at Chicago Blackhawks hockey game... exactly 22 years apart under similar circumstances. Is this coincidence or luck? Those two words sure have differen connotation, don't they...
Link Here
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Obama Guns
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43 by kakemono on 11/7/2008 2:00:23 PM
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Gun sales way up after Obama elected president. Everyone is scared Obama will take our guns or make it overly-ridiculous to buy new ones. Article on Yahoo here.
Franklin Gun Shop outside Nashville, Tenn., sold more than 70 guns on Tuesday, making it the biggest sales day since the shop opened eight years ago. Guns & Gear in Cheyenne, Wyo., also set a one-day sales record on Tuesday, only to break that mark on Wednesday. Stewart Wallin, owner of Get Some Guns in the Salt Lake City suburb of Murray, Utah, said he sold nine assault weapons the day after Obama was elected. That same day, the gun store Cheaper Than Dirt! in Fort Worth, Texas, sold $101,000 worth of merchandise, shattering its single-day sales record, store owner DeWayne Irwin said. One Georgia gun shop advertised an "Obama sale" on an outdoor sign, but the owner took it down after people complained that the shop appeared to be issuing a call to violence against the country's first black leader.
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Weber for Norris
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42 by kakemono on 11/7/2008 11:29:55 AM
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Weber picked up two more goals last night. Leading the league in
defensemen points. Leading league in defensemen goals (he has 7, 2nd
place is 4). He is a beast! Defensemen aren't supposed to make plays
like this..
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Hockey Sex Ring
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41 by kakemono on 11/6/2008 7:03:13 PM
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NAPANEE, ONT. -- David Frost held such sway over
his teenage hockey players that he masterminded threesomes with their
girlfriends, court heard yesterday, while his lawyer shot back that
group sex is pervasive in the sport and cautioned that "hockey is not
on trial."
The competing accounts of alleged group sex during Mr. Frost's watch
over the junior-A Quinte Hawks came during closing arguments at his
sexual exploitation trial.
The Crown's story is one of Mr. Frost at the helm of a "cult" in
which he directed and participated in numerous threesomes with players
and their 16-year-old girlfriends.
The defence said that never happened, adding that sex involving,
three, four or even five people happens in hockey and wasn't unique to
the Hawks, the now-defunct team Mr. Frost coached in Eastern Ontario in
the 1990s.
The rest is here.
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Best Value Fighters
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40 by kakemono on 11/6/2008 6:58:35 PM
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Forbes just did an article on the best hockey fighters for their salaries. Click here
Top 10:
1. Colton Orr, New York Rangers (Two-year fight record: 21-11-2, 2007-08 pay: $525,000)
2. Georges Laraque, Montreal Canadiens (Two-year fight record: 19-0-2, 2007-08 pay: $1.3 million)
3. Shawn Thornton, Boston Bruins (Two-year fight record: 12-4-8, 2007-08 pay: $500,000)
4. Donald Brashear, Washington Capitals (Two-year fight record: 17-6-3, 2007-08 pay: $1.1 million)
5. Andrew Peters, Buffalo Sabres (Two-year fight record: 15-11-3, 2007-08 pay: $500,000).
6. Raitis Ivanans, Los Angeles Kings (Two-year fight record: 12-10-4, 2007-08 pay: $475,000)
7. Darcy Hordichuk, Vancouver Canucks (Two-year fight record: 11-4-7, 2007-08 pay: $517,000)
8. Derek Boogaard, Minnesota Wild (Two-year fight record: 14-4-2, 2007-08 pay: $750,000)
9. George Parros, Anaheim Ducks (Two-year fight record: 14-19-8, 2007-08 pay: $525,000)
10. Eric Godard, Pittsburgh Penguins (Two-year fight record: 10-8-5, 2007-08 pay: $475,000)
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Nazi's support Obama
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37 by kakemono on 11/3/2008 6:47:53 PM
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“White people are faced with either a negro or a total nutter who
happens to have a pale face. Personally I’d prefer the negro. National
Socialists are not mindless haters.”
-Rocky Suhayda, the Fuehrer of the rival American Nazi Party
Oh crap, I just broke Godwin's Law... I guess I lose.
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Titans
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36 by kakemono on 11/3/2008 5:18:33 PM
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8-0 > 7-1
Sorry Giants. The Patriots should go counsel you fellas.
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Stuff White Athletes Like
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35 by kakemono on 11/3/2008 5:09:53 PM
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The three point line
Supplements
Being backup power forwards in the NBA
Being "gritty" and "fan favorite" and "deceptively fast" and "full of hustle"
Being "not very athletic but just goes out and makes plays"
The Utah Jazz
Being the token last place finisher at the slam dunk contest
Letting people on offense blow by them
Gonzaga
Chew
Hockey
John Stockton & John Riggins
Quarterback, offensive guard, and tight end
Swimming
The decathlon
Staying in school
The 50's and 60's
Being converted from tailback to fullback
The second round of the NBA draft
Being a "coach on the field"
Making "heady" or "gutsy" plays
Having fathers who are head coaches
Dating models or actresses
Being from Europe
Being a human victory cigar
Having long hair
Being accused of homosexual activity by Terrell Owens
Dominating
NCAA basketball only to be drafted too early and then becoming either a
solid rotation player or a mediocre power foward
Being 7 feet tall and immobile and getting a $40 million contract and then getting slandered in the media and message boards
Going hunting in the offseason
Being a "throwback" player
Playing basketball at Duke
Punting
Doing "things that don't show up in the box score"
Being the glue guy
Graduating
Moving without the ball
Anticipating
Valuing the possession
Charity work
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Nashville Predators 11-2-08
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33 by kakemono on 11/2/2008 9:00:15 PM
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In the preseason, the general consensus was a profound confusion on where we would be getting goals from. How would we replace the point production of a budding superstar like Radulov?
Some argued that between Hornquist and Ryan Jones, they would make up the difference. Some said our defense would pick up slack. Some argued that our big new signees would have to pick up. Who would prove to be correct?
Last year, the Predators averaged 2.77 G/G. So far this year, we are averaging 3.27 G/G. This is good for 5th in the league in scoring. Some people thought that since our defense was getting a year more experienced, we would improve in defense. Not so. Last year, the Preds allowed 2.73G/G. This year, we are allowing an astronomical 3.63 G/G. Right now, the Preds are 6-4-1... what gives? How?
I think the answer is all-of-the-above. We have scored 36 goals so far in 11 games. 17 have been by rookies and defensmen. This is an incredible amount. Weber and Suter are getting true first-pairing minutes and are making the best of it. Shea Freaking Weber is 2nd on the team in scoring and 2nd in goals. A defensemen doesn't score this much. It just doesn't happen. Suter is setting him up masterfully. His shot is just enough to pull away a defender off Weber and make the opposition respect him.
Erat, Arnott, and Dumont are picking up thier anvil and making the best of their situation. Dumont is quietly among league leaders in assists. I say 'quietly' because he never seems to make an impact when he is in the game and then you see a slapshot by Weber or a wrister from Arnott and look to the statsheet and there is Dumonts name. Erat just continues to make timely goals. Our last big signee, Legwand, isn't doing as well. He seems to be skating slow I am really not liking his effort. Right now, he sits at 1G, 4A. Those aren't 4.5mil/years stats.
I am asking for a Weber jersey this year for Christmas. I have gotten jerseys the last two years. Last year, Radulov. Two years ago, Kariya. I need someone who will be around a while and I think Weber is that guys. He is even being mentioned in super premature Norris Trophy discussions and right now, he has to be. He is the 2nd leading scoring defensemen in the league - behind only Markov of the Montreal Canadians. Markov has 1 goals, 12 assists. Weber has 5 goals, 7 assists. I think it is pretty obvious who is more of an MVP.
Not only is Weber scoring goals, but he continues to play very solid defense and maintain a devastating physical presence. Everything you want in a defensemen.
Weber > Phaneuf
Right now, the Preds go on a brutal away stretch lasting 16 days. If we can come back in the same position we left in, it will be a miracle. I will probably wait until then to offer another update.
I am able to watch locally untelevised game from this link. Some folks have asked. It shows all sports.
http://myp2p.eu/index.php?part=sports
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'A Republic, if you can keep it' by Josh Jackson
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31 by kakemono on 11/2/2008 4:48:46 PM
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I ripped this from a buddy named Josh Jackson's 'notes' from Facebook. I liked it and agree with about everything he says here so I am dumping it here.
Disclaimer: This is a lot longer than I meant it to be. The meat is kind of in the beginning and the end.
So I've been meaning to write this for a long time, and now is probably
a little late and I still don't have as much time to spend on this as
I'd like. If you've known me in the last two years, then you guessed
this is a political piece aimed at trying to convince you to vote third
party (or at least ask you to examine why you would vote first party).
As you know, assuming you have a TV or can read a newspaper, this
election is quite probably one of the most anticipated in our short
years of possessing voting rights. There exits a unique situation where
one of the most upsetting US presidents and an unpopular congress
preside over a failing economy and overextended foreign policy. The
American electorate again have an opportunity to select the men and
women they believe will be best suited to correct the apparent crash
course we currently face. Unfortunately, I feel that we need to be
often reminded of the responsibility that exists in selecting our
leaders, as we stand just as guilty of their mistakes as they do.
Before you go to the polls, ask yourself who most accurately represents
your beliefs about how the government should be run. And if you don't
know how the government should be run, feel free to give me a call and
I'll send you a copy of the US Constitution. Assuming you know what you
believe, consider the following facts about the two major candidates:
*Issue #1, the Economy:
I have no explanation for this, but for the last two years, economic
theory has fascinated me. I don't expect anyone else to have CNBC
programmed into their remote, but it's important to keep up with what's
happening to our money. The great Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises
summarized his theories by stating, "The idea that political freedom
can be preserved in the absence of economic freedom, and vice versa, is
an illusion. Political freedom is the corollary of economic freedom."
Understanding a leader's economic policy is important as understanding
his position on freedom of speech. Unfortunately, thanks to the
"conservative" approaches of Bush, Paulson, and Bernanke, the
government is degrading our rights to do what we wish with our money.
The current approach to bailing out banks and nationalizing insurance
companies amounts to pure Marxism. Essentially, the government says
"You don't know how to handle your money, were going to take it from
you and give it to whoever we see fit." Of course, it may not directly
seem as thought their taking you money... no one minds paying taxes,
but when the government wastes or misallocates your money, then it
amounts to theft or at least embezzlement.
When the government spends more money than it can take in (currently we are $10,542,071,573,119.05 in debt: http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/
), it throws some magic at the problem in three different ways: (1)
Raise taxes: politically unpopular, especially when unemployment is
rising and the mean average income is falling, (2) print money:
literally "print money" like Parker Bros. does for the game Monopoly,
this amounts to theft by raising inflation and causing the price of
commodities (gasoline, bread, and milk) to increase which we're already
seeing if you've been to the store lately (currently it is nearly 5%),
(3) borrow it: the US government goes to foreign countries and borrows
money at prime interest rates. Currently, China, Japan and OPEC (Saudi
Arabia, Iran, Venezuela, etc.) own nearly 50% of US debt. Most of these
countries don't like us and need merely to seize our domestic assets to
cripple our economy.
Now consider the recent economic decisions made by the two major
candidates: Both John McCain and Barack Obama have voted, even in the
first round, to support the $700 billion bailout to "save" banks,
mortgage and insurance companies that were "too big to fail".
Recessions happen for several reasons: (1) to wash out all of the bad
investment strategies (giving high credit to people with low income),
(2) to get rid of bad economic institutions with bad leaders and
business plans (Bear Stearns, Lehman Bros, Wachovia, AIG, etc) and (3)
to correct the value of money (basically, get rid of inflation).
It is ironic that John McCain's latest attack is calling Obama a
socialist. I stopped listing to McCain's BS about making people famous
for pork barrel spending when he voted for the bailout and all the pork
that came with it: (http://www.taxpayer.net/resources.php?category=&type=Project&proj_id=1429&action=Headlines%20By%20TCS). At least Obama is, for the most part, honest about wanting to redistribute wealth.
Finally, there are several solutions that exist that will re-correct
the American economy. I personally look for a candidate who will follow
these ideas:
(1) Reign in the power of the Federal Reserve: http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul53.html
(2) Abolish the 16th Amendment, and establish a Fair Tax: http://www.fairtax.org/
(3) Stop spending so much money (i.e. foreign military bases in Korea and Iraq, most federal welfare, etc.)
(*) Oh, and give me the option to opt out of Social Security.
As neither candidate offers any change of course relative to economics,
I will not be surprised to see a collapse of our financial system
within the next 5 years (or this coming year by some predictions). I
believe once this happens, we will look to establish a global banking
system backed by Asian countries who still have a stable currency.
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*Issue #2, War:
Article 1: Section 8:
"The Congress shall have power... To declare war"
Technically, no one in our legislative branch has any right to complain
about the war, as they neglected their responsibility. Except for one
guy: http://www.house.gov/paul/press/press2002/pr100402.htm
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*Issue #3, Other issues: There are other issues, but I need to do homework now.
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Brief Arguments for voting third Party:
Don't buy the "lesser of two evils" argument: This falls into the classic "Either/or fallacy": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma.
There are never only two options. I believe that one day we will all be
asked to give an account of actions. If you vote for "any" evil, you
will be held responsible. (And, just for the record, I don't think any
candidate is truly "evil", however, you should be prepared to accept
the consequences for their actions).
Don't buy the "wasting your vote" argument: Technically no one vote is
"worth" anything, therefore it cannot be wasted. My vote for a third
party will no more affect the outcome of an election than if I were to
vote for a first party. And if you are voting for candidate because
everyone else is voting for that candidate, then you have reduced the
Presidential election to a high school popularity contest.
And, by now you may be wasting your vote if you vote for John McCain as he as much chance of winning as Ralph Nader: none. http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2008/cbarchive_20081010.html
People always talk about how they would love to vote for third party if
they were competitive. Well, I challenge you this year to be apart of
that movement and start making third parties competitive. Don't wait
for everyone else.
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I have already voted via Absentee ballot. I was originally planning to
write-in Ron Paul, however, they literally throw away write-in ballots
in TN if the candidate isn't registered, which obviously Ron Paul was
not. The other options I considered were Bob Barr of the Libertarian
party and Chuck Baldwin of the Constitution Party. I finally decided on
Chuck Baldwin based upon some minor personal details, however, I would
have no objection to anyone voting for Bob Barr.
http://www.bobbarr2008.com/
http://www.baldwin08.com/
I honestly have no objection to anyone's vote as long as they can
defend it. Unfortunately, many people are treating this like an
American Idol contest. Barack Obama is fresh, new, well-spoken, and
isn't George W. Bush. Do you really know what he stands for? Do you
really understand economics or foreign policy enough to gauge his
leadership abilities? Are you voting for John McCain because you're a
Christian or because he was a vet? Maybe your parents are Republicans
and their parents and their parents before them, is that it? It's time
to grow up.
I used to think that it was your American/Christian/Patriotic duty just to get out and vote. No, I was wrong. It is your American/Christian/Patriotic
duty to understand the issues and make an informed decision knowing
that you possess the responsibility of selecting the most powerful
leader in the world. This is something that no one else in the world
has the opportunity or privilege to do.
If you aren't prepared to accept that responsibility, please stay home
on Tuesday. If you are, take some time to understand your choices (of
which there are more than two).
P.S. I'm giving away prizes to anyone who actually reads all of this.
P.P.S. I voted for Bush in '04. I'm sorry.
Here was my response
A few thoughts as I read this.
Stealing money from one man is called theft. Stealing money from many men is called a tax.
I
recently watched a Massachusetts debate between John Kerry and (some
republican) and the Republican tried to claim that he would not have
voted for the war (because obviously there were no WMD's and the
evidence was right there) and began to attack John Kerry and say that
"blood is on (John Kerry's) hands." At this point, I determined that if
I lived in MA, I would have voted for John Kerry. It is such hogwash.
Everyone believed there were WMD, even the one you cited as not voting
for the war (he voted so based on Constitutional rights requiring a
declaration of war). Both parties lie through their teeth for our vote.
It is so blatant that it offends me - and it should offend you.
On
needing to curb inflation, I recently read a book titled Greenspan's
Bubbles. It repeatedly mentioned how the chairmen of the Fed was so
scared about deflation that he artificially inflated the currency on
purpose. The real thing we should be fighting is that inflation.
Already, they have changed the numbers for Q4 of 2007 from a +2.8
growth to a -0.2 recession. I would not be surprised if the next year,
when we get the reports of the GDP that more of the past quarters
(representing positive growth) get altered. They want everyone to
believe that we are not in a recession and keep pushing the "two
consecutive quarters with negative growth" recession garbage on us, but
they continually fudge numbers so it is almost impossible to show up to
them. They turn a blind eye because it isn't effecting them. Everyone
not in the banking/oil/political elite (that includes both Obama and
McCain) knows when we are in a recession.
What is worse, I was watching CSPAN (the real place for unbiased news -
not CNN/Fox/NBC/etc) a few days ago and they asked the Economic adviser
- lady about the bailout. The question was about the returns that the
banks must pay to the government. Apparently, the banks are required
to, after a certain number of years, begin to pay back the money to the
'American people' (the government)... the question was that if we are
reinforcing poor business practices by giving the banks more money to
continue poor practices, what happens in 5 years when they cannot make
their 5%/7%/9% (beginning after 5 years, the increasing every 2 years
until the amount is repaid in full) payments? The response: we don't
think they will continue the bad practices - next question...
Oh, the banks (combined) have already set aside 25 billion for bonuses for management.
sry for writing too much... it says I am 711 characters over the limit.... so I am cutting it in two.
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Democrats
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30 by kakemono on 10/29/2008 12:16:40 PM
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People are so busy wanting change they don’t even know what kind of
change their getting, past DURRR I MAKE FUN OF BUSH HE BAD MAN, CHANGE
IS WHAT WE’S NEED. And that how all the Dems are running their state
and local campaigns... and it will work for them too.
Obama ridicules McCain's change he is socialist.
It's just sharing, guise!!1
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Reading
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29 by kakemono on 10/29/2008 10:10:40 AM
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Recently, I have been reading a ton. I just finished my 6th non school related book this semester. I'll try and write up some reviews. The last book I finished was the one just below.
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Book: Deluxe - How Luxury Lost it's Luster
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28 by kakemono on 10/29/2008 10:08:46 AM
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Deluxe: How Luxury Lost its Luster by Dana Thomas
I bought this book expecting it to be a book about outsourcing and take an economic look at its effects. Though it did satisfy this area of interest in some level, it was particularly focused on the move of super luxury brands from being owned by the founder and the founder's family to being owned by businessmen.
The book begins by giving a brief history of some of the European luxury brands. It tells the story of their founders, their founders' vision, and how the company was grown by their family after they passed on. The families kept quality high and kept the dream alive. Most of these companies eventually joined forces with one of about three or four "groups." Much like American car companies are all owned by the same two of three companies.
The book then goes on to talk about the new businessman mentality which cuts corners and sacrifices quality to make more money. It uses Hollywood to sell their dream to the middle-income demographic and uses the perfume as an introduction to the brand - to get the buyers hooked. Comparisons using today's production is used to show how two equally luxurious brands 50 years ago have diverged and the one who cuts corners makes a higher net profit, but the ones who have continued to stay independent and maintain quality make higher profit margins.
Companies who manufacture in China are not mentioned by name, but those who do not are. The author had to sign papers of confidentiality not to divulge the names of the Made in China companies in order to go visit their Chinese factories. Although the articles of clothing have Made in Italy/France/England, they are made in China and the tags are replaces... or something minuscule is done in one of the three countries so to put the label on. It is interesting to note that the author mentions that the factories in China which make the very luxurious goods are the top notch Chinese factories whose workers are trained directly by their European counterparts.
All in all, the book was really interesting and I think I learned a lot of French and Italian trying to sound out all the city names and label names. It seems like the big name brands are all just selling a name now which is backed by a quality not seen for many years. They sell the customer a level of quality equal to mediocrity. The true luxury brands, the author notes, are the brands who no one sees on television being worn by the stars. If a Hollywood star wears the brand and makes a point to mention the label name, they are generally a sellout and not worth it to buy.
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Longest Rushing Touchdown
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27 by kakemono on 10/27/2008 10:59:59 PM
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LenDale White called... he said even though we snagged a picture of him eating that cheeseburger, he has breakaway speed. He has the longest rushing touchdown of any player in the league right now.
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Football this week
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26 by kakemono on 10/27/2008 10:16:03 PM
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Look at that knee! ... ...
OUCH!
I just finished watching the Titans game. We blitzed zero times. We got zero sacks. Usually when a team doesn't sack Peyton Manning, the story line is something like 42-24 Colts dominate and Peyton throws for 5 TD's. Someone hung a cheeseburger from the goalpost for LenDale White's motivation. He is on pace for 23 TD's this year.
Congratulations, LenDale, Congratulations.
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Obama Assassination
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25 by kakemono on 10/27/2008 4:18:58 PM
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Way to represent Tennessee. Plan to kill Obama
In
other news, if it is a waste of your vote to vote for someone without a
chance (like a 3rd party candidate), then everyone voting for McCain
had better not vote for him, b/c right now, it doesn't really look like he has a chance. Vote 3rd party and vote against our duopoly.
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Professor
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23 by kakemono on 10/27/2008 2:32:55 PM
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This professor has a pretty cool website
Here
Keep refreshing.
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Still around
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22 by kakemono on 10/26/2008 8:38:51 PM
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My Feeling on Obama
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21 by kakemono on 10/24/2008 5:28:01 PM
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This is what a conversation about Obama morphs into... don't vote for him
[16:34] dude-guy-1: my
mom's reasoning: oprah invented obama
[16:34] kakeemono: so she is
voting for obama?
[16:34] dude-guy-1: no way
[16:34]
dude-guy-1: she thinks oprah just made him out of thin air
[16:34]
kakeemono: heh
[16:34] kakeemono: oprah
[16:35] kakeemono: she
does not like oprah?
[16:35] dude-guy-1: "then one day there
was this smooth talkin black man on oprah"
[16:35]
dude-guy-1: "who is this guy? where did he come from"
[16:35]
dude-guy-1: she watches oprah but I don't think she trusts
him
[16:35] dude-guy-1: er her
[16:35] dude-guy-1:
either
[16:35] kakeemono: my mom hates oprah
[16:35] kakeemono:
:|
[16:36] dude-guy-1: that makes two of us
[16:36] dude-guy-1:
anything she says comes out trite
[16:36] dude-guy-1: if I buy a
book on half.com and it comes to me with a oprah book club sticker on
it
[16:36] dude-guy-1: I rip the cover off
[16:36] dude-guy-1:
and step on it
[16:37] dude-guy-1: then read the book
[16:37]
kakeemono: you read?
[16:37] dude-guy-1: and use it as toilet
paper
[16:37] dude-guy-1: yeah I read plenty
[16:37]
dude-guy-1: i read street signs
[16:37] kakeemono: you read
romance fiction books?
[16:37] dude-guy-1: chalk boards
[16:37]
dude-guy-1: clothing labels
[16:37] dude-guy-1: computer
screens
[16:37] dude-guy-1: xanga blogs
[16:38] dude-guy-1: no
I read esoteric things that would make oprah cry
[16:38]
dude-guy-1: and I don't mean like the time that gimp kid was on her
show
[16:38] dude-guy-1: I mean like really cry for the sad sliver
of humanity she represents
[16:39] kakeemono: what kind of
esoteric stuff?
[16:39] kakeemono: like bombmaking books?
[16:39]
kakeemono: on totse.com?
[16:39] kakeemono: or how to cook
meth?
[16:39] dude-guy-1: I read a lot of this
http://www.timecube.com/
[16:40]
kakeemono: you took that off <????????>'s profile
[16:40]
dude-guy-1: haha it is not on there is it
[16:40] kakeemono: 2/3
of his groups
[16:41] dude-guy-1: he is so great
[16:41]
kakeemono: wow, what is this?
[16:41] dude-guy-1: yesterday this
kid was like hey man you want some bicycle tires
[16:41]
dude-guy-1: so he gave me some wheels from a mountain bike he "found
in a bush"
[16:42] dude-guy-1: I've seen a little kid like 7
years old riding around on a mountain bike with little wheels
[16:42]
dude-guy-1: so I said oh did you make that bike into a bike for your
brother
[16:42] dude-guy-1: and he goes "I don't got no
brother"
[16:42] dude-guy-1: "but that was probably my
best friend"
[16:42] dude-guy-1: "he got his bicycle for
five dollars"
[16:43] dude-guy-1: this dude was like
17
[16:43] kakeemono: rofl... what are you taslking about
[16:43]
dude-guy-1: at least
[16:44] dude-guy-1: then my other neighbor
rolled this mountain bike over to my house
[16:44] dude-guy-1: he
said he "found it in a bush" too
[16:44] dude-guy-1: I
tried to fix it for him but the valve was bent
[16:44] dude-guy-1:
I live in the ghetto by the way
[16:44] kakeemono: i am saving
this conversation
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Purple Drank
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20 by kakemono on 10/24/2008 5:22:40 PM
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Coast to Coast AM
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19 by kakemono on 10/22/2008 12:05:24 AM
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Recently on some forums, I heard the mention of Coast to Coast AM. Fond
memories arose in my head of Art Bell. I remember listening to it on a
fairly regular basis while I was in middle school and high school. I
used to lay on the floor in the corner (I always slept on the floor -
still do on a intermittent basis) beside my radio and listen to Art
Bell take stories from callers. I remember the first time I listened,
it was ghost story night. People called in and told stories about
encounters with ghosts. It actually gave me shivers and made it hard to sleep. I remember stories like these:
space
I decided to find a way to listen again. I searched all over their official website,
but could not find a live stream. Upon searching around a little bit, I
found a site which just lists and links (with broadcast times) for
individual stations who broadcast C2CAM. Link Here.
I have tuned in and to my dismay, Art Bell is no longer the man in
charge. I don't know if it has anything to do with it, but the past two
days, the show has been garbage and has hurt my faith in the show.
Yesterday, the guest was an activist trying to stop the euthanasia of
wild horses in Nevada. Tonight, it is about emotional vampires and how
rampant they are in show business. Seriously. emotional vampires.
As
I type this, at least they are talking about the way the world may end.
(black whole, alien invasion, gamma burst, supernova, comet, asteroid)
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test111
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10 by kakemono on 10/21/2008 10:52:02 PM
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8 by kakemono on 10/21/2008 10:46:42 PM
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title1
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6 by kakemono on 10/16/2008 7:24:03 AM
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what are the odds my teacher has my tests graded today?
magic eight ball says: My Sources Say No
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5 by jason on 10/14/2008 8:55:55 PM
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Hello Kip
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Great Success on 3/16/8
Youtube. I need to parce the youtube page to make sure we get a valid string. Right now, if you enter an invalid string, we just get a big blank spot with nothing in it. I would like to preemtively tell the user thier youtube code is garbage. If it is trash, I wouldnt render the blank control. A nice, simple feature might also be saving the last viewed video sothe net person who comes to the site gets to watch the last viewed video.
Great Success on 3/14/8
Random number generator with variable length which makes sure you don't try and
giggle stuff up in the textbox field. Decided to do this b/c in my database
management class, I am doing the analysis for a web portal. In the analysis, I
included the need for a way for someone to request a new password. I limited it
from 0 to 99 just so someone doesn't enter something ridiculous. Don't try. It
is fruitless.
of length
Great Success Code
Great Success on 1/11/8
Finally got the images to display depending on which one you choose to view. To
do this, I had to create a secondary page (imagedisplay.aspx) and send it the
name of the picture using ?name=name-of-image-from-dropdownlist.
Imagedisplay.aspx then retrieves the image from the database with the name:
name-of-image-from-dropdownlist and uses response.binarywrite to display the
picture. I then refer to imagedisplay.aspx as my images source url. Interesting
workaround I figured out, heh. I need to stream the images though so that it
will scale and not bog down the webserver if 10,000 poeple start querying my
database at the same time. I will do this by capping the amount of data sent per
chunk and appending the data on either side of the connection. I still need to
allow multiple files with the same name, but identify them by some unique
identifier.
Great Success Code
Great Success on 1/9/8
Retrieve user data... this will be useful for creating my own traffic stats and
tracking users.
Great Success on 1/7/8
SQL server finally finished being setup by godaddy. Set up an upload ability
that will upload an image from the user to the SQL database and shove it in the
database. The great success was getting a completed connection to the SQL
server.
Great Success on 1/6/8
So I deleted my old premade "quickblog" that you can get through godaddy, my
hosting company and decided to go about this is the old, raw fashion... Right
now, I plan on just throwing together a bunch of stuff that will be needed for
about any webpage of any kind... Also, stuff that can be useful to a number of
different applications, but that there is nothing for out of the box. Using
Microsoft Visual Web developer 2008 Express to connect to my godaddy website.
Makes it very easy. File-> New Web Site->change 'location' from File System to
HTTP... type in your website and it prompts you for your username and password.
Upon correct name/pw... it downloads all the website to your computer in VWD2008
and when you are ready to upload back to godaddy, you just Build->Build Web Site
and BAM___DONE
Great Success on 1/5/8
starting here
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