tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52498052011-04-21T17:08:21.592-04:00Dreaming Dangerously<b><a href = "http://www.thesurrealist.co.uk/slogan.cgi?word=Dreaming+Dangerously">151 Countries, One Dreaming Dangerously.</a></b>Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.comBlogger1731100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-32266636452474505872008-01-26T09:07:00.000-05:002008-01-26T09:15:54.386-05:00The Great James Bond Project: Goldfinger (1964) 1. Pre Credits: Bond sneaks onto the shore of a Latin American country (Wikipedia says it’s Mexico, I think it’s Cuba but the point is moot) and proceeds to destroy the drug lord’s base of operation. Bond returns to a nightclub where he goes and meets the local dancer for some after mission enjoyment. He’s ambushed and scuffles with the assassin Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-36679496037314915752008-01-13T17:00:00.000-05:002008-01-13T17:16:08.339-05:00The Great James Bond Project:From Russia With LoveHere we are again with From Russia with Love. This is one of my personal favorite Bond movies. Let’s see how she stacks up. 1. Pre Credits: We open with Bond stealthily walking through the grounds of a mansion. He’s being stalked by Red Grant who we see much more of in this film. Finally Red catches Bond and garrotes him with a wire hidden in hisGrotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-12132410482167086852007-06-23T22:17:00.000-04:002008-01-13T17:15:21.880-05:00The Great James Bond Project:Dr. No (1962) 1. Pre Credits: There is no pre-credits sequence for Dr. No, so we’re going to jump ahead to the first scene in the movie. The three ‘blind’ men are walking through the streets of a Jamaican town (Kingston?) We see Strangways playing bridge when he has to take a call from ‘the office’. He gets himself killed by the blind men who drive off to his house. Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1171777127955783852007-02-18T00:33:00.000-05:002007-02-18T00:38:47.970-05:00Worst. Year. Ever.In 2007 I have: 1) Have been turned down twice in advancement opportunities at the Valley, both times one guy was one of the interviewers and he gave me some bad constructive criticsm.2) Someone at work offered to help get me on Extreme Makeover (yeah that helps the ego)3) Had to have a plumber out on Super Bowl Sunday because I thought a pipe burst. No burst4) Been turned down Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1164500167932393062006-11-25T19:04:00.000-05:002006-11-25T19:16:07.946-05:00It's like Google Earth(tm)Except it's on a galactic scale. Literally. I found this while browsing Fark today. Introducing Celestia! It's a neat program that like Google Earth, except on a galactic scale. You can go to anywhere in the solar system or anywhere else in the galaxy. It works for all the major OS's including Linux. You can download it here and see some of the neat screen shots here. Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1163033619859541752006-11-08T19:36:00.000-05:002006-11-08T20:00:14.396-05:00This is a new experience for meI have never been part of the minority party before in my voting career. I've always been a registered Republican and I wasn't eligible to vote until 1995, after the Republican Revolution of 1994. Clinton was more a moderate than a liberal, and even Ohio was GOP controlled. So I have a couple questions1)Am I allowed to blame Diebold for the Republican loss? Because Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1160333863754009032006-10-08T14:51:00.000-04:002006-10-08T20:48:53.946-04:00Learn from my mistake...NEVER violate a man law! What am i talking about? First some background.... I was over at a relative's house on Friday for a family party. We we're talking about the beer overflow trick. If you don't know what I'm talking about watch this...Ok, so one of my relatives had never seen a)the commercial or b)the trick done at all. So I grab a bottle of MGD to help demonstrate Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1160097713252191682006-10-05T21:18:00.000-04:002006-10-05T21:21:53.270-04:00And Now For Something Completely Different...Bob Taft, George Bush, Dennis Hastert, Hillary Clinton, and Michael Moore may all be tools but at least we don't have propaganda like this. Of course this just means one thing you realize, KIM JONG IL CAUSED HURRICANE KATRINA!Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1159927386424599592006-10-03T21:26:00.000-04:002006-10-03T22:05:19.816-04:00Enough is Enough!I've had it with these mother-farkin Republicans in these mother-farkin halls of Government! I'm embarrassed to even call myself a pround member of the Grand Ol' Party. Ok first was invading Iraq on faulty, intellegence with no clear idea what the hell we we're going to do once we got there. Then there was my State government thinking that it would be a good idea to invest Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1156713830541862812006-08-27T17:15:00.000-04:002006-08-27T17:23:50.596-04:00A little bit of Zappa SynergyLike my fellow blogger Jim over on Strange Interlude I am a Frank Zappa fan. So if nothing else pop on over and see the video of Frank on Saturday Night Live. I'll wait.Back? Good. If you enjoyed that, you'll enjoy this. Zappa appeared on Crossfire in 1986, defending free speech and the censoring of song lyrics. If you don't have time to watch all twenty minutes, fastGrotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1153015249121277772006-07-15T21:55:00.000-04:002006-07-15T22:00:49.130-04:00Vader Went a Little NuttyI know most (if not all) of my readers got this little diddy in an e-mail the other day but it's worth repeating on this stage. This is a damn funny dub of Darth Vader's appearance in Star Wars: A New Hope, except with one change; they used audio clips from James Earl Jones' other movies. Some of the ones I recognize are Great White Hope, Coming to America, and Field of Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1151115981064778922006-06-23T21:26:00.000-04:002006-06-23T22:48:08.916-04:00Missed Me By That Much...So, today I'm cleaning my house in preparation for the big birthday bash tomorrow. I hear a *whompfh*, not sure where the heck it came from, but it wasn't someone at the door so I went back to cleaning, thinking something fell over in a closet or something. A few minutes later, winamp stopped and so I go to my computer to load up a new song list and glance outside. My Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1150158867689150622006-06-12T20:26:00.000-04:002006-06-12T20:34:27.700-04:00I Only hope my players don't find this Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1148085473601717172006-05-19T20:19:00.000-04:002006-06-05T18:23:56.366-04:00Everything I need to know about life I learned from Leo McGarryThere are two things in this world you don't want people to see how you make them: Laws and Sausages * The word "thing" can be a good substitute for any other word * We play the full nine innings at this level * It's ok to use a marine in full dress uniform to influence someone as long as the marine isn't supposed to be guarding Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1147407857339411982006-05-11T23:56:00.000-04:002006-05-12T00:24:17.403-04:00Message from my secret mastersWhile passing the time tonight, I was playing a web game called text twist. Basically you get six letters and you try to form three to six letter words as fast as you can. The letters in the picture below are by pure randomness. So does this mean I should bury the $3125.00 in my backyard? Or am I already in trouble for mentioning the word? Of course, this also means Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1146745701810663102006-05-04T08:21:00.000-04:002006-05-04T08:28:21.820-04:00FINALLY!On September 12th Lucasfilm will do what every fan has been begging him to do since they saw Greedo shoot first. Release the original theatrical versions on DVD. Basically if, like me, have not purchased the Luke and Leia trilogy on DVD yet. This will be your calling. You get two discs, one will have the remastered edited and added version from 2004 and then the unaltered 1977, 1980 and Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1146100755178772982006-04-26T21:09:00.000-04:002006-04-26T21:19:15.186-04:0030 Years ago yesterdayOn April 25th, 1976, Rick Monday was plying center field for the Chicago Cubs in Dodger Stadium. He heard the crowd begin to roar when nothing was happening so he looked around. It happens that some guy and his son (who was only 11!) were trying to burn the American flag. Monday, being a former Marine Reservist did the only thing that came naturally to him. He raced over a Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1145495400053053772006-04-19T20:46:00.000-04:002006-04-19T22:04:01.953-04:00Usually I agree with George WillI said usually. but not this time. In his latest commentary he goes after Norwood, Ohio (a suburb of Cincinnati). He plays to the heartstrings, citing this poor old couple who didn't want to sell to developers. Poor couple, they were thrown out of their home by the big bad government. Except he leaves out more than a few things. 1) He doesn't present a second side Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1138989689462108762006-02-03T12:44:00.000-05:002006-02-03T13:01:29.473-05:00Mike's Red Chili RecipeIn honor of Sunday's big game, I decided I would post my semi-famous chili recipe.I stole it from a friend of mine from Bowling Green and made some improvements.You will need:1lb of Ground Beef (I prefer Ground Sirloin... little more expensive but leaner).1lb Red Kidney Beans (I prefer to bagged kind over the canned kind).3 Cans Tomato Sauce1 Can Stewed Tomatoes1-2 Red Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1138902555721398152006-02-02T12:43:00.000-05:002006-02-02T12:49:15.733-05:00Crud.I got my taxes done today by the good people at H&R Block. I went there because owning a home makes things a lil bit more complicated. The good news is I'm getting a refund. The bad news is it's nowhere near what I estimated. I don't think they made an error, rather I didn't know how the mortgage intrest is deducted. I thought I'd get almost every penny back. I didn't. Ah well. What I'm Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1137724068116298792006-01-19T20:09:00.000-05:002006-01-22T12:20:33.723-05:00 The Great James Bond Project ...Or as some may call it embracing my nerd-dom. Most of you know I'm a Star Wars nerd, a D&D nerd, space nerd, once could claim that i'm a multi-classed epic nerd. I could go on and on. Anyway, I'm also a big James Bond fan. A few years ago, Espn.com's Page 2 did a tour of all 30 major league baseball parks. (This is when the Washington, D.C. Nationals were still Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1134053510322618792005-12-08T09:36:00.000-05:002005-12-08T09:52:41.283-05:00 Anyone want to loan me $10 or $20,000?Apparently Acclaim video games is going through bankruptcy court. This is news to me. I mean while they have published a lot of tripe. There's been some solid titles, like the Simpsons games and the Double Dragon Series. Obviously they need to liquidate some assets to get some cash to pay of their creditors. For Acclaim this means auctioning off publishing Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1132703856322105492005-11-22T18:30:00.000-05:002005-11-22T18:57:36.333-05:00 The Religious Reich Strikes againThis time they left a recorded petition message thing on my answering machine tape that took up nearly the whole tape. That or the answering machine got sick of their tripe and hung up on them. Anyway, I'm blogging it and making fun of them. I'm a Republican; not a Neo-con Theocrat like we have in the White House and parts of Congress. Anyway, because it's a Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1132200159404679162005-11-16T22:16:00.000-05:002005-11-16T23:02:39.416-05:00 Goetta TalkLike some people, I've taken an extended hiatus from blogging. Well, I'm making a return to the web and I've got some things to say in the coming weeks; but for now, something completely different. I give you "Goetta Talk." For those of you outside of the greater Cincinnati area, Goetta is a ..... foodstuff made from beef, pork and oatmeal cooked together for several hours, Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1118111940572278772005-06-06T23:00:00.000-04:002005-06-06T22:39:00.580-04:00Partisan Politics! Yay!So, John Kerry wants to present the "Downing Street Memo" to the Senate. Assuming you don't know what this is; this is a memo stating that Bush was looking for a reason to invade Iraq, even before 9/11. Kerry has stayed mostly quiet for the last six months of so (minus the Sec'y of State hearings) and now he wants to present the memo to the Senate. So are impeachment Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1116295551538772772005-05-16T21:28:00.000-04:002005-05-19T18:57:27.903-04:00HowdyFirst things first. Mea culpa. I haven't written anything lately and I need to. People like what I write, even though they don't always agree with it. So, once again mea culpa. Now on to business. Can we honestly get Tom Delay out, like now? He makes me embarrassed to be a Republican, him and Bill Frist and his "nuclear option". They both make me want to hide behind my bed (I can't hide Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1109020534316251812005-02-21T16:05:00.000-05:002005-02-21T16:15:34.316-05:00Mahalo, DocComing home from many a days of work I alwyas looked forward to seeing a new essay by the legendary Hunter S. Thompson on ESPN.com's page 2. I loved his latest column about Shotgun Golf, but unfortunately he took his own life Sunday night. Doc, I didn't always agree with your politics but I loved the way you wrote. May you find peace. Mahalo.Mahalo is the way the good Doctor ended his Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1108424285982811762005-02-14T17:50:00.000-05:002005-02-14T18:38:05.993-05:00Is he dead?Did you ever wonder, Is Abe Vigoda still alive? Well if you're like me, and have Mozilla's Firefox browser, now you can always know! You can go get a plug-in that always tells you what Abe Vigoda's status is. It links directly to abevigoda.com (which as of right this second is down due to being linked by fark.com) So Download it today!Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1107470754985492682005-02-03T16:11:00.000-05:002005-02-03T17:45:54.986-05:00We interupt this broadcast.. ...of Addison's really entertaining Lovecraft trip to bring you analysis of the State of the Union. By the time I realized it was on, I decided not to watch it and read the text afterwards and break it down the day after. I'm using CNN's trancript if you want to follow along. Actual quotes from the text will be in italics. Part 1 Introduction Nothing really Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1106374542182589292005-01-21T22:49:00.000-05:002005-01-24T19:37:56.943-05:00I AM PROVIDENCE, part 1 As I write this, a big-bad snowstorm has descended upon the Mid-West and is swiftly making its way out here to the East Coast, which means no outdoor adventures this weekend. Instead, I'll recount highlights of a trip Wolfe (my partner-in-dev), Sarah, and I made in warmer times, back in November. (No wait, it was snowing then, too!) On a last minute whim one Sunday Addisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1103501869945662082004-12-19T19:17:00.000-05:002004-12-19T19:17:49.946-05:00Yum, Yum The BBC recently had a poll of its readers of the 50 things to eat before you die. Some, are obvious, steak, chocolate, etc. Some not so much, guinnea pig just to name one. I've only eaten about half (give or take 2 or 3) of the items on the list. I probably won't get to try all of them but I'm sure to take a shot at all of them. Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1102088323509183782004-12-03T09:40:00.001-05:002004-12-03T10:42:53.776-05:00Be It Ever So Humble... Tuesday, I got my house. I got the keys after signing about 500 sheets of paper and began moving in that day. A lot of my small stuff is already over there but I still have a long way to go. If you click on the link it's a mapquest webaddress for my house and if you want you can enter driving directions to there for future reference. I'll probably take more pictures afterGrotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1101613904277136832004-11-27T22:22:00.000-05:002004-11-27T22:51:44.276-05:00Random Thought #234054 I was in the Super Wal-Mart near my new home today, with some friends of mine, and I noticed that they were selling the "We support our troops" magnet that you can buy and put on your car. I got to thinking, isn't this technically war profiteering? Now, don't get me wrong, I support our troops whenever I can. I donate items to soldiers' CARE packages and don't wish them anyGrotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1100960106737512692004-11-20T09:04:00.000-05:002004-11-20T09:15:06.736-05:00Changes I'm proud to announce that not only am I moving to a new house, but I'm also adding my good friend Mike Addison to my little blog. If you recall, I helped move him out to Connecticut last month. Anyway, since he's near New York City, and other cool places, I suggested that it would be a cool way for him to keep us updated on what's going on. So let's give other Mike a big welcome (We'll Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1100817891327337972004-11-18T17:21:00.000-05:002004-11-18T17:44:51.326-05:00Good Lord... I've been mentally exhausted before, but never this exhausted. Buying a home is a *lot* of work. Trying to arrange insurance (especially flood insurance because I live in a flood plane, even though I'd need an ark before the waters would get to my house), going through inspections, meeting with the bank, over and over. Thankfully, I'm in the home stretch before closing, just a few Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1100207476448926112004-11-11T15:48:00.000-05:002004-11-11T16:11:16.446-05:00WAHOOO! Well, I'm buying a house. Or at least moving towards buying a house. They've accepted my offer and now we've got to do inspections and then close. Hopefully it won't take too long. I'm hoping to begin moving into my new house by early December. I haven't sent out a mass e-mail yet, because it isn't for certain, but the way I look at it is, if you take the time to check my blog you get "Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1099515309731755932004-11-03T15:24:00.000-05:002004-11-03T15:55:09.730-05:00I can admit when I'm wrong Last night at about 7:00pm I gave my good friend Jim Spurrier, blogger of Strange Interlude and predicted a 50 electoral vote Kerry victory. I was going on the enormous turn out, which usually dictates that the incumbent is doomed. I even voted for Kerry, I wasn't happy with Bush, the handling of Iraq, the lack of fiscal responsibility, this dumb defense of marriage Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1099375763329858212004-11-01T20:51:00.000-05:002004-11-02T01:09:23.330-05:00There and back again This past weekend I helped my good friend Mike Addison move from Bowling Green, Ohio to Stamford, Connecticut. So, Mike made a small detour Friday night and then we left Dayton for an 11 and half hour journey. I made notes in my trusty notebook (and of the flight back) so, let's ignore this presidential mess for a couple days and Wednesday, I'll break down why they're suing Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1099096085548486562004-10-29T20:28:00.000-04:002004-10-29T20:28:05.546-04:00 It's the Great Old Pumpkin! If you're like me, and I know I am, I enjoy the occasional lovecraftian story, especially around all hallow's eve. So allow me to present The Great Old Pumpkin, by John Aegard, you can find it on Strange Horizon's which is a great Science Fiction short story site, in it's own right. You can even be published, if you write well enough. Feel free to explore the site. Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1097722462509046642004-10-13T23:00:00.000-04:002004-10-13T22:59:48.683-04:00Duck and Cover! Tonight I'm blogging the third and final debates. To be honest folks, I think this will be the dirtiest, have the most mudslinging and we're going to see some dirty tricks. Before we begin I'd like to invite you all to check back before you go vote as I'm going to break down the candidates, rant a little and tell you who I'm gonna vote for and why. Heck, it'll probably be a Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1096597643668175372004-09-30T22:30:00.000-04:002004-09-30T22:27:23.666-04:00Round 1! Tonight is the first of three debates and as your source political commentary and opinion for the 2004 Presidential Election. Seriously though, you should watch at least one if not all three of these debates to make an informed decision. I know I'm not the only one not happy with the formats but we're going to have to make do with what we have, because let's face it, no candidate wants Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1096248366169261682004-09-26T21:26:00.000-04:002004-09-26T21:26:06.170-04:00Why Bother? According to this NY Post Article our candidates don't even need to be in the same room Thursday when they debate each other. Here's a run down of the rules. Remember BOTH sides agreed to these. *Answers are two minutes and rebuttals are 90 seconds. *The candidates cannot address each other. No "There you go again" a la Reagan. *The candidates cannot offer each other proposed Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1094587564330561662004-09-07T15:57:00.000-04:002004-09-07T16:26:27.930-04:00This gets a Whiskey Tango Foxtrot... Apparently since WWII, the United States and British Governments, and later a consortium have been working on a trans-atlantic tunnel. How come no one has told me of this, ever? I mean I'm pretty well plugged into the collossal engineering undertakings that we do, like for example the trans-bering strait bridge. Which could be very cool. However, the tunnel Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1094248611714491332004-09-03T17:51:00.000-04:002004-09-03T18:06:33.420-04:00A spin-off if you will. I’ve been lax in blogging the Republican National Convention, due to the fact a good friend of mine is moving into his new house on the fifth and frankly helping him takes precedence; a thousand apologies to those of you who were looking forward to reading it. However, I do have a corollary to the Republican Convention, or at least my blogging of it. My good friend MikeGrotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1094084924450000672004-09-01T20:27:00.000-04:002004-09-01T20:28:44.450-04:00RNC Day 3... ...will not be blogged today due to Mike helping Rich paint the baby's new room at their new house. Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1093921974953385962004-08-30T23:15:00.000-04:002004-08-30T23:13:40.906-04:00It's a Grand Ol' Party That's Right folks its time for the second convention. McCain and Guilianni(sp?) speak tonight I'll keep you posted on what time it is and where I am. 8:26 Between phone calls and vistors, I didn't get to see much but I caught at a glance, the Live From New York bit, out of the corner of my eye. Gosh,how original. 8:29 CNBC, is re-running the Meet the Press interview Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1092342472330016802004-08-12T15:50:00.000-04:002004-08-12T19:09:51.486-04:00So... You want to be President? Let's face it, not everyone has the money, the political clout, the brains, the unimpeachable military service record or the inability to waffle on an important issue to run for... (What? What do you mean our current candidates don't fit that description? Fine. I'll start over). So, you want to be President of these United States, but you a) can't get the time Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1092261079279069222004-08-11T17:41:00.000-04:002004-08-11T17:51:19.280-04:00The Ten Word Answer defined Its been a while, but I was burned out from blogging (You do three days of a political convention and see how you feel). However, I'm back and better than ever. First thing, first. The ten word answer I said I was going to define. First, I must come clean and say I wasn't totally correct in calling "America Can Do Better and Help is On the Way" a ten word answer. So, Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1091156686089392852004-07-29T23:30:00.000-04:002004-07-29T23:04:46.090-04:00The Last (Thank God) Day It's a little late getting started but I was seeing two beautiful blonde girls who can't get enough of me, so I hope you all understand. So let's get it on! 8:32 MSNBC. They're doing recaps of former military folks who became president. Zachary Taylor went from the battlefield to the oval office in 2 months and 2 weeks. Ike wouldn't tell which party he belonged to until Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1091069781058946432004-07-28T22:55:00.000-04:002004-07-28T22:56:21.056-04:00Day Two(or Three) Well, we're about to start the third day of the Democratic National Convention. We'll be hearing from John Edwards tonight, amongst others. I'd like to give a quick shout out to Sportswriter Bill Simmons for the model of my blogging. Thanks Bill! It's 8:00 P.M. and we'll start on CNN. Once again we have the national anthem, except this time we're asked to wave our left hands Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1090885207481040772004-07-26T23:00:00.000-04:002004-07-26T23:04:59.946-04:00Democratic Convention Day 1 So I'm going to blog three out of the four days (I have plans Tuesday) of the Deomcratic Convention. I'll suffer through the mind-numbing political speeches. Hopefully they'll say something, anything besides "John Kerry is not George W. Bush." Right, and I'm the Pope. Oh well, let's buckle down. I'll flip channels through out the night and try to keep you posted on Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1090704517954257192004-07-24T17:28:00.000-04:002004-07-24T17:37:04.643-04:00How is this not Illegal? So, I was in the mall the other day and I saw this Power Player 12K Plus. I'm sure you've seen them if you've been in a decent size mall lately. Seriously, how is this not violating about a billion copyrights? I can see maybe konami selling the rights to a 3rd party for their old games. What I don't see happening is Nintendo authorizing a third party to put out Super Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1090287399017837422004-07-19T20:38:00.000-04:002004-07-19T21:36:39.016-04:00Origins Pics! I went to Origins at the end of June with Jim and his sister Kate. A good time was had by all. We got to meet Sean Astin, although we didn't get to hear him talk as much as we would have liked to, due to a misprint in the convention packet. Anyway, Kate brought her camera and took some pictures of the event, and here they are:Sean signs my LoTR poster, while wishing me a happy Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1087258662508668352004-06-14T20:17:00.000-04:002004-06-16T22:51:35.043-04:00Dr. Ludd would be proud (or at least I hope he would) On monday, the court threw out the Pledge of Allegiance case, due to the fact that the "father" (my quotes) in question had no legal custody of his daughter and therefore had no right to challenge the law. For now it's a dead issue. However it will, no doubt, be challeneged again and I personally would like to share my opinions on it. That, Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1086831983549698012004-06-09T21:40:00.000-04:002004-06-10T19:24:01.400-04:00Take me out to the ball game... A couple weeks ago, on my vacation, I decided to see the ol' Cincinnati RedLegs play a baseball game, against the World Champion Florida Marlins. I decided to take a photolog of the things to see and do at the new Great American Ballpark. Actually before I begin, can I say how much I love that name? It's corporate naming rights, but not overtly. Anyway, from Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1086659546196280412004-06-07T21:48:00.000-04:002004-06-07T21:56:40.153-04:00 More World Tour Jason and I are offical finished with the preliminaries. We've played the last of the Greater Dayton mini-golf courses on Saturday. Ironically, it is the closest one to me, being the South Adventure Golf courses. Jason, didn't do as well as he would have liked but still ended up increasing his lead by one stroke. Well, now the real fun begins as we plan trips to Columbus and Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1086544018525017872004-06-06T13:46:00.000-04:002004-06-07T21:37:20.296-04:00Interesting Quiz Sure you may say you're left (or right), but can you back it up? Take this quiz and find out. I'll wait, now after you've taken it, and before you complain to me how confusing some of the questions were, consider this: With the exception of the Rev. Al Sharpton and Dennis Kucinich, all candidates for the 2004 White House, are right of center. That leaves us two options 1) Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1086382833164898162004-06-04T17:00:00.000-04:002004-06-04T17:17:13.246-04:00 How 'bout a nice cup of STFU? That's right, I'm talkin to you Chad Kroeger. At a press conference to announce his spokesmanship deal with the Candian arm of McDonalds for their McTracks, he blasts illegal downloading. He states, "Young people don't think, I'd be surprised if young people knew what the hell Sam The Record Man or HMV was." Sir, I don't consider myself young and I don't know what Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1086310454102571612004-06-03T20:52:00.000-04:002004-06-07T21:40:35.253-04:00Now with Commenty Goodness! Have you ever read something, that I wrote, you just wanted to share with the world, on how wrong you thought I was? Now's your chance! Introducing comments, just click on the link and type in your comments! Update (6/4/4): Can't figure out what I'm doing wrong to get the comments to come up. I hope to have them up ASAP Update to the Update (6/7/4): Thanks to the Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1086211385932078292004-06-02T17:23:00.000-04:002004-06-02T17:23:05.933-04:00From the 'That's So Crazy It Might Actually Work' Dept. There's a Pauly Shore movie I might actually want to see. (Don't call the insane asylum people yet) It's called Pauly Shore is Dead. Basically, Pauly Shore has lost everything, his house, his car, his agent. So, he moves back in with his mom where the ghost of a comedian tells him that to become really famous he needs to kill himself so Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1085922670086072702004-05-30T08:06:00.000-04:002004-05-30T09:45:35.043-04:00More from the world tour Jason and I are continuing our Putt-Putt World Tour(tm). Thursday we went to Rolandia and the Magic Castle. This is an evil, EVIL, mini golf course where we believe par was just arbitrarily decided. Instead of bricks, or boards they just put in multi-faceted rocks so good luck trying to play the angels to shoot under par, much less get a hole in one. Needless to say, if Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1084127773499163112004-05-09T14:36:00.000-04:002004-05-09T14:40:36.936-04:00"We bought it to help with your homework" At least that was the "reason" most parents bought their kids computers like the Commodore 64. (Of course, some of you won't know what one is and that makes me feel old.) Anyway, check out the cool animation and song about the old 16k machines, entitledHey Hey 16k!Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1083774861579644942004-05-05T12:34:00.000-04:002004-05-05T12:39:36.450-04:00That does it! This low-carb craze has gone too far. I will lead a boycott of normal, rational people (that is if there are any left) against the next company the releases a "low-carb" product. We've got low carb beer, low carb bread, KFC for a while was trying to push the fact that their fried chicken was good for you because it had low carbs. This craze is everywhere. Now we have low carb soda. Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1083029243490642502004-04-26T21:27:00.000-04:002004-04-26T21:31:30.263-04:00Think you know someone crazy? Ask them if they'll ride a motorcycle through a nuclear wasteland just for kicks. Elena lives in, or near Kiev and loves to ride her motorcycle. One of her favorite trips is through the wasteland that houses the Chernobyl nuclear facility. She has a website calledKidd of Speed, where she has posted a long, yet very interesting photolog of where she's been and what Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1082751932293411642004-04-23T16:25:00.000-04:002004-04-24T09:42:17.030-04:00The world is a little darker today... Pat Tillman, the Arizona Cardinal Safety that gave up $3.6 million to join the U.S. Army after 9/11 died today in Afghanistan. We all said 9/11 changed us, a and I believe it did to some extent, but here is someone who gave up a life of comfort, playing a game, to serve his country as an Army Ranger. I'm sure he's pretty upset at all the media attention that Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1082136082436091932004-04-16T13:21:00.000-04:002004-04-16T13:25:15.623-04:00The light at the end of the tunnel? By now you've all heard, Osama's truce offering to the countries of Europe and their response. Here's my take on it, I think we're at the beginning of the end, or at the very least the end of the beginning. A lot of people have surmised that this was an attempt to drive a wedge between Europe and America, and to an extent I think it's true but I think that Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1081459115131949612004-04-08T17:18:00.000-04:002004-04-08T17:22:20.530-04:00So that's what my stomach looks like? Neat. I've been fighting some nasty Acid Reflux/Heartburn and so I saw my doctor. He scheduled an Upper GI. Basically, for those who don't know what it is, they make you drink some alka-seltzer and then stand you on a table, which has been rotated vertically, and then take a "scout" film which is a normal X-Ray. Then they make you drink about half a glass of Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1081287671619577932004-04-06T17:41:00.000-04:002004-04-06T17:44:51.560-04:00The Dangers of Photoshop 101 Ok, class when you run a picture through photoshop and crop it, photoshop saves the original thumbnail. So when the very hot Cat Schwartz of Tech TV decided to post some cropped, nude, photos of herself on her website, some enterprising geeks got a hold of them, reverse engineered them, and posted them across the interweb. This is why when you decide to do something Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1081090095889606952004-04-04T10:48:00.000-04:002004-04-04T11:04:20.543-04:00World Tour Part I As some of you may, or may not know, Jason Googash and I are starting on our "World Tour" of miniature golf (Ok, we're staying in West Central, Central and Southwest Ohio, but it just doesn't have the same ring to it). Anyway, we began our Spring/Summer-long matches yesterday and he is offically Tiger Woodsing me already. We had visited Adventure Golf North Dayton and another Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1080687947308069622004-03-30T18:05:00.000-05:002004-03-30T18:09:20.700-05:00It's about time someone wrote about this Kerry said "He will fight to restore the jobs lost under Bush in the first 500 days of his administration." (via Kerry's webpage). Well isn't that special. Through which magic wand is he going stop the outsourcing? Bush isn't any better, he's passing tax cut after tax cut while increasing spending. Yay! A Deficit! In reality, the person(s) who create jobs Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1080081339437651852004-03-23T17:35:00.000-05:002004-03-23T17:39:00.983-05:00Think You Got Game? Well I'm throwin' down the gauntlet at your feet. Game Faqs is doing their annual poll/contest to determine "The. Best. Game. Evar." My challenge to you is this: Think you can do better than me? E-mail me and I'll send you an excel bracket filled out with each of the starting 64 Games. All you have to do is fill in the blanks with the ones you think will win (Remember this is Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1079407462360381922004-03-15T22:24:00.000-05:002004-03-15T22:29:51.200-05:00 Funniest picture so far of the 2004 Election From MSNBC: I don't know what funnier, the fact that we've got lil Ralphie on a minibike or the fact that they found the goofiest faces of our candidates. Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1079285099271569912004-03-14T12:24:00.000-05:002004-03-14T12:29:01.293-05:00Road Trip! v.2004 -or- Darn you Dr. Tsatalis! It's about 12:15 here, and I'm still at work. The good news the day is about half over. The bad news is that I still have 6 hours to go. Anyway, the reason I'm shaking my fist in mock anger at Dr. Tsatalis (the first shift radiologist today) is I told him that I had a vacation in November and I didn't know what I was going to do with myself. He said, Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1079272606674553852004-03-14T08:56:00.000-05:002004-03-14T09:02:38.310-05:00Grrr! -or- Blogging From Work So, here I am, its 8:46 am, Sunday morning, and I'm at work. This is the only reason I hate being on-call. The $5.00/hour is nice for times I am on-call, but I hate being called in on Sundays. Nothing happens on Sundays. All that the Radiologist Assistant does is bring back requisitions for the one (and only) radiologist to read. So other than the occasional call Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1079130418718019082004-03-12T17:26:00.000-05:002004-03-12T17:31:47.653-05:00Leaves more for the rest of us Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim. Why didn't you tell me you were working in a factory in Missouri, Illnois, Iowa or Nebraska? Or at least PLEASE tell me you were being sarcastic in your post about the microwave popcorn. The light bulb sometimes doesn't come on as quickly (Maybe it IS the popcorn). In any case, I'm hungry so I'm gonna go make some popcorn. MMMM extra butter.... Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-107912934565401142004-03-12T17:09:00.000-05:002004-03-14T09:08:44.310-05:00 I've been busy... ...which is why I haven't posted in a while. Got my brand new X-Box with controllers, X-Box Live and games from a friend who owed me some cash. So I've been busy killing the Covenant, enemy mechs, and some really lame bad guys in Brute Force. As mentioned on another website, I've been working on the "secret" project with Jim "Strange Interlude" Spurrier. Which reminds me. Jim,Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1078074446627842872004-02-29T12:07:00.000-05:002004-02-29T12:10:41.060-05:00 I, for one, welcome our new Giant Crab Overlords... ...that is with some drawn butter and a some ice cold beer. Apparently way back when, Stalin brought pacific crabs to the Barents Sea. Well, now their population numbers are exploding. The crabs weigh about 25lbs each and have a claw span of more than three feet. They say a leg can provide a grown man with a filling meal (Lembas legs?). Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1077588517866407952004-02-23T21:08:00.000-05:002004-02-23T21:20:00.436-05:00 Ralph Nader (IMNSHO*) Is it that time of the year already? Where lil Ralphie comes out of his hole, sees his shadow and runs for President? I don't think it'll have the effect that it did in the last election. In fact since he's not running under the Green Party Banner, I doubt he'll make much noise at all. I think the reason he did so well last year was because Bush and Gore were so Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1077226943832546342004-02-19T16:42:00.000-05:002004-02-19T16:50:43.123-05:00 Racketeering and Extortion Eh? A New Jersey Mother has turned the tables on the RIAA (future referred to as "Assholes") and SUED THEM. She claims that the music labels by banding together and threatening people with lawsuits that it falls under the racketeering/Extortion statute(s). Interesting, this might actually work. For months now the RIAA has done everything but put on the black SS Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1077140993883763912004-02-18T16:49:00.000-05:002004-02-18T16:53:20.200-05:00Coolest site of the '04 election And hopefully a lot longer. The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania has set up FactCheck.org. It's a site that takes what the politicians say in speeches or in ads, checks their facts and posts the wrong ones. (Lord, they must be busy). For example Kerry claimed in an Feb. 15th debate that Bush cut the VAs budget. However, under Bush Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1077139832066015422004-02-18T16:30:00.000-05:002004-02-18T16:40:02.093-05:00You know you've watched too much Firefly when... ...you go looking for and find a website containing what the characters say in Chinese so you can go cursing up a storm at work and nobody knowing what you really said. That is, of course, depending on the fact that the translations are right. Nevertheless its fun to say "Go se" or "Ta ma duh!" and get away with it. If you haven't seen an episode Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1076867866053649932004-02-15T12:57:00.000-05:002004-02-15T13:00:18.186-05:00Hey Look at that! Capitalism works!Toy makers sending fewer hot toys to Wal-Mart, and opting to have exclusive launches at chains like Toys R Us. Seems that Wal-Mart has been undercutting prices too much causing competitors to cut back on their purchases from the same toymaker. So, toymakers have fired back and have told the goons Wal-mart to go fark themselves. Neat.Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1076708019674465582004-02-13T16:33:00.000-05:002004-02-18T16:37:30.496-05:00New Bond Debate Begins in 5...4...3... Its offical, Pierce Brosnan will no longer play James Bond. So who will be #6? Ian Flemming's contract with EON productions (the people who make the films) that the actor must be Welsh, British, or Scottish. That means no Tom Cruise, no Leonardo. But maybe Clive Owen? More to come as detail emerge. UPDATE! According to this the question of whether or not Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1076629841666069922004-02-12T18:50:00.000-05:002004-02-12T19:40:25.763-05:00 Meet the Author! Actually, I guess, that should be met the author. A week ago, I met renowned Science Fiction Author/Star Wars Author, Timothy Zahn. You may know him from such works as the Thrawn Trilogy (Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, Last Command) and the Hand of Thrawn Duology (Spectre of the Past, Vision of the Future). Well is most recent novel just came out called: Survivor's Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1076466541294151622004-02-10T21:29:00.000-05:002004-02-10T21:31:27.716-05:00 OH MY GOD WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!" Well, maybe not all of us but the odds are not in you're favor. At least according to this panicky website that predicts that we'll have an oil peak sometime in the next 0 to 10 years and that somewhere in the neighborhood of 5.5 billion people will die. However being a good Republican, I don't believe this; therefore I offer my "Top Ten things that will Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1076036281139498112004-02-05T21:58:00.000-05:002004-02-10T22:07:22.686-05:00 Everytime I think Bush Makes Some Real Progress... He goes and does something like this. After the Massachusetts Supreme Court's ruling that gay couples are allowed to be married, he calls it deeply troubling and says if the courts "insist on forcing their arbitrary will upon the people, the only alternative left to the people would be the constitutional process." Except the courts aren't Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1075843272763905682004-02-03T16:21:00.000-05:002004-02-04T19:33:18.420-05:00I'm baaaaaaaaaack! After a computer crash, and just not caring for a while, I've decided to refire this puppy up. I promise (like a good politician) that i'll post more often. ;) To Wesley Clark! In the Fark forums about Wesley Clark's speeding ticket. Something fun happened. Remember the Bill Brasky skit from SNL? Well the new Bill Brasky seems to be Wesley Clark. Check them out (requires a Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1072060129044645302003-12-21T21:28:00.000-05:002003-12-21T21:30:08.060-05:00Kinda like a mother lion teaching her cub to hunt... This story from Yahoo news claims that Saddam was held by Kurdish forces, drugged and left for US troops. Now, a)its Yahoo *Singapore* news b)I haven't found a second source for this. So take this with a grain of salt. Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1071805165624896312003-12-18T22:39:00.000-05:002003-12-18T22:40:40.763-05:00 I'm dreaming of a booby Christmas The AccuWeather website posted a map detailing the odds for a White Christmas. Well, If you look in the Utah/Wyoming area, you'll find what looks to be the shape of a well endowed lady. The image is safe for work. Thanks to the Fark Forums for the heads up on the picture.Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1071782163741092642003-12-18T16:16:00.000-05:002003-12-21T21:30:40.936-05:00 What would you do witha barrel of oil? Shane Messer has created a game for $39.99 you can hunt for those elusice WMDs. You can read about the story here.Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1071106219989408102003-12-10T20:30:00.000-05:002003-12-11T22:35:26.793-05:00 I knew the Frenchies were involved in 9/11! Follow me if you will: When Charlemagne died he split up the Holy Roman Empire between his three warring sons. This leads to the Alsace-Lorraine dispute. (Alsace-Lorraine is the border between France and Germany). This, of course, is an indirect cause of World War I (See also: Franco-Prussian War). World War I is a direct cause of World War II, when Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1070917870303822202003-12-08T16:11:00.000-05:002003-12-10T20:08:27.890-05:00 Michael Crichton Speech on Environmentalism In this Commonwealth Club Speech he talks about Environmentalism as a religion. It's very interesting, you should check it out. Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1070592513083938072003-12-04T21:57:00.000-05:002003-12-04T21:57:17.780-05:00 The Continuation of the Infantization of America Democratic Candidate/Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) has proposed that the Federal Government put warnings on advertisements much like movie ads are accompanied by parental warnings. What a *great* idea! Cause I was going to eat that box of ho-hos and drink that 2 liter of soda in one sitting but now that I just found out its bad for me *gasp* I Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1070424067915421212003-12-02T23:01:00.000-05:002003-12-02T23:04:54.966-05:00 Movie Review: Timeline Timeline is a movie based on the superb book by Michael Crichton. Sadly that's where the parallels end. It's not a bad movie, but it's not exactly a "must rent" either. Our heroes go to see Bill Gates to go back in time to rescue their archeology professor/father (Actually only one of our heroes is the professor's son but that's neither here nor there). There's a lot of Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1070422131669707402003-12-02T22:28:00.000-05:002003-12-02T22:33:32.746-05:00 One Man's Quest to Waste your Taxpayer Dollars and Ruin his Daughter's Life I'm sure you've heard of this nut, he lives out in Cal-ee-fornia and has sued to get "In God We Trust" of the money and most recently, "under God" removed from the Pledge of Allegiance. His name? The Rev. Dr. Michael A. Newdow, Esq (could you have anymore titles??). Of course he's founded his own church, the First Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1069959954677497642003-11-27T14:05:00.000-05:002003-11-27T14:06:42.060-05:00Movie Review: Looney Tunes Back in Action Yes, I'm one of the few who admit seeing this movie. And you know what? It wasn't that bad. Its not going to win any academy awards for best picture or anything but it was a funny movie. I think the only disappointing feature of the movie was that when Jason and I saw it, there was a bunch of Kids in the theatre and there was a lot of jokes going right Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1069957741401351972003-11-27T13:29:00.000-05:002003-11-27T13:38:26.186-05:00 Saruman Cut Out of Return of the King (Warning Spoilers Abound!) Yup that's right and you can you heard it here first folks. That is, unless you've been to theonering.net recently. According to Ain't it Cool News, director Peter Jackson has cut Saruman from the third theatrical installment of Lord of the Rings. In a response to AICN's Harry Knowles query about the rumor PJ writes:"...We felt it Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1069642175904380002003-11-23T21:49:00.000-05:002003-11-23T21:52:10.076-05:00 I Don't Get It If you haen't read Pip's blog entry on him watching the Bush Protest in England read that first before reading my rant. Done? Good. Here's what I don't get. Why do people in other countries protest the United States' foreign policy? Don't get me wrong, the right to gather and protest is one of the most basic rights. And I think Ann Coulter is a loon for her books, like TreasonGrotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1069365813284062722003-11-20T17:03:00.000-05:002003-11-20T17:08:56.700-05:00 "Two men standing waist deep in gasoline -- one with three matches, the other with five." Twenty years ago today. A TV movie called "The Day After" was shown on ABC. This article from the Lawrence, Kansas(where the majority of the movie was filmed) goes into very good detail about the movie and its after-effects. I've never had the opportunity to see it, and I'm not really sure that I would likeGrotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249805.post-1068932933794868132003-11-15T16:48:00.000-05:002003-11-15T16:51:37.170-05:00The Dark Side of the Contest I'm sure all of you being astute pop-culture mavens, have heard of Dark Side of Oz. Here's my idea for the contest, Pick any albulm/cd/tape whichever (except a soundtrack). Now pick any movie. Give it a catchy name and submit. Repeat as necessary. Don't worry about it actually lining up. In fact, I'd be a wee bit worried if it you actually attempted to line it up. Grotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513839136641642445noreply@blogger.com0