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Things are changing...

2009-07-20T10:19:00.000-07:00

It's been quite sometime since I updated this blog! I am sooooo lazy...or is it that I do other things on the internets?

There are new things going on very soon in my life and online...so if you are the few seeing this please stay tuned.

Comcast in Tuscon shows Pron in place of Super Bowl

2009-02-03T09:22:00.000-08:00

Cable viewers in Tuscon (Arizona) got a surprise after the Cardinals (Arizona) scored a Touchdown late in the 4th. It immediately switched over to Club Jenna where a starlet was working on removing the pants of Evan Stone to free his lizard to all the shocked viewers that just got excited to see their team take the lead. This only happened in standard def and engineers supposedly came quickly to change it back.

Soon you can read the newspaper every morning on your computer, says 1981 news report (KRON News)

2009-01-29T08:40:00.000-08:00

I can't wait! Oh I already did that this morning.

Pizza shop owner turns off heat, makes workers work in cold

2009-01-05T09:46:00.000-08:00

The owner of a Pizza Time in Washington state has cut off the heat at his store after an employee forgot to turn the heat off one night, and is threatening to suspend employees who complain. The manager (the owner's wife) has a space heater in her office.

via The Consumerist

Goodbye Cicely "Foo Foo Deboo"

2008-12-18T10:51:00.000-08:00

Cicely died last night around 7:15pm after a sudden illness. She was around 10 years old.

This is a picture of her from a few years back when she was on my lap in kitty nirvana.

Tiny Kittens

2008-11-25T10:29:00.001-08:00

Tiny Kittens
Originally uploaded by The One True b!X

Westboro Baptist protested in Portland yesterday. One of the funny counter protesting pics on Flickr.

Follow up to Westboro Baptist protesting Silverton, OR Transgender Mayor

2008-11-25T09:57:00.000-08:00

HA! Westboro Baptist Church protesters came in ~~droves~~ to protest the new transgender Mayor of Silverton. OK 4 (FOUR!) protesters showed up including one of the many adult children of the church's founder. They sported signs saying "Fags Are Beasts", "You're Going To Hell", "America Is Doomed", "Your Pastor Is A Whore", "God Hates You", and "Antichrist Obama".

In supprot for the Mayor was 150 citizens of Silverton and nearby places. Signs shown included "Stu Rocks", "Jesus Loves Stu", "Silverton Together United", and "Our Town, Our Mayor".

What's with the hate and militancy Westboro Baptist?

I hate hate, and I believe God does too. I don't hate anything, hate is a very strong word to me, but I do hate hate.

Photo courtesy of Statesman Journal.

Shopping Cart FAIL

2008-11-23T17:45:00.000-08:00

NBA attendance is down overall

2008-11-19T17:24:00.000-08:00

Certain markets (Memphis, Philly, Charlotte, and Sacramento) are having problems keeping seats filled. I would kinda guess it watching a couple of games (Sacramento and LA Clippers both losing at home to an injured San Antonio team).

Portland is one of the exceptions, with Oden and Roy playing good (this week for sure) almost every game is sold out. That and being the only Northwest Division in the Northwest nowadays.

The complete list.

"Meh" is offically in the dictionary...what do you think of that?...Meh.

2008-11-19T10:27:00.000-08:00

Meh, a word I use myself (thanks Bart!), is in the dictionary!

Westboro Baptist (not Baptist!) Church set to protest Silverton's new Transgender Mayor

2008-11-19T09:33:00.000-08:00

This Weekend the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas (The God HATES Fags Church) is gonna be in Portland protesting PSU (gay leader), Sweden Consulate (God HATES Swednen), Germany Consulate (God REALLY hates Germany), and the new Transgender Mayor of Silverton, Stu Rasmussen (Trans Mayor Stu Masmussen - God Hates Fags!), Finland Consulate (God Hates Finland and their filth! 10220 SW Greenburg Rd. Are you kidding me? What could be worse than Finland?)

The quotes are directly from the Westboro Baptist Church site http://www.godhatesfags.com/schedule.html

Hmmmmm......

Let's put some truth in here...GOD'S TRUTH!

1. They misspelled Stu Rasmussen's name.
2. Stu Rasmussen is not a "FAG"...He has a girlfriend of 35 years.
3. "I am a dude," he said in a interview after being elected. "I am a heterosexual male who appears to be a female."
4. Stu Rasmussen is a long time resident of Silverton and owns and runs the movie theater there.
5. The very conservative city of Silverton, a very american city, which is 8-10 miles northeast of where I live, is a city where residents voted him based on policy issues.

OK on the church's site, which looks like it was typed by a junior high student says...

"We are going to come to your little Oregon town to speak some words of truth to this 60 year old pervert. Nobody else will just tell him to STOP THAT!"

Pervert? I will tell you what a pervert is. Salem Police arrested a "perveret" in the parking lot at my work a few weeks ago. He was in his truck, watching people, making notes, and had his pants pulled down. In his little cooler was not food but porn. That's a pervert, spanking it in a public parking lot.

The new mayor has never done anything perverted in public. Usually you'll see him outside his theater just hanging out talking to the citizens of Silverton.

Tell him to stop what exactly?

"Everyone else (i.e. besides Westboro Baptist Church) despises him so much that they will gladly watch him morph himself into a snaggle-toothed old witch because they know they are all guilty of the same or worse sins."

I don't despise him, I don't know anyone else that does.
Same or worse sins? Doesn't the Bible say a sin is a sin in God's eyes?
Even if he was a snaggle-toothed old witch, he probably still be voted mayor because he loves (that's a big word Westboro Baptist) his city.

"Leviticus 19:17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. 18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD. You won't do this duty, but we will. AMEN!"

Sounds like the church needs to follow the "Love (THERE IS THAT WORD AGAIN) thy Neighbor" passage.

What could be worse than Finland? Being a member of the Westboro Baptist (again, not a Baptist) Church of Topeka, KS?

Oklahoma

2008-11-14T15:02:00.000-08:00

Oklahoma: Home of the worst domestic terrorist act, The Flaming Lips, and shitty country artists.

-RagingBull80 (A member on DVD Talk fourm)

100 Movies I’m (kinda) Embarrassed To Admit I Haven’t Seen Yet

2008-11-14T10:08:00.000-08:00

I saw this post via Pop Candy and decided to do my own post.

100 movies that are popular, Oscar Winners, IMDB Top 250, AFI Top 100, etc. that I haven't seen yet.

1. The Godfather Part II (1974)
2. The Dark Knight (2008)
3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
4. Casablanca (1942)
5. The Seven Samurai (1954)
6. Once Upon A Time In The West (1968)
7. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
8. Apocalypse Now (1979)
9. American History X (1998)
10. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
11. Alien (1979)
12. Chinatown (1974)
13. The Shining (1980)
14. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
15. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
16. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
17. Metropolis (1927)
18. Modern Times (1936)
19. Some Like It Hot (1959)
20. Amadeus (1984)
21. No Country for Old Men (2007)
22. There Will Be Blood (2007)
23. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
24. On the Waterfront (1954)
25. Touch of Evil (1958)
26. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
27. A Few Good Men (1992)
28. The Green Mile (1999)
29. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
30. The Deer Hunter (1978)
31. It Happened One Night (1934)
32. Ben-Hur (1959)
33. 8½ (1963)
34. The Graduate (1967)
35. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
36. The Wild Bunch (1969)
37. V for Vendetta (2005)
38. Gone with the Wind (1939)
39. Children of Men (2006)
40. King Kong (1933)
41. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
42. Patton (1970)
43. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
44. Glory (1989)
45. Black Hawk Down (2001)
46. Network (1976)
47. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
48. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
49. Harold and Maude (1971)
50. Gigi (1958)
51. Brazil (1985)
52. M*A*S*H* (1970)
53. Terms of Endearment (1983)
54. West Side Story (1961)
55. The Greatest Show On Earth (1953)
56. It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World (1963)
57. Dawn Of The Dead (2004)
58. La Dolce Vita (1961)
59. Labyrinth (1986)
60. Man On Fire (2004)
61. Silverado (1985)
62. Excalibur (1981)
63. Grand Prix (1965)
64. E.T. (1982)
65. Rain Man (1988)
66. Seabiscuit (2006)
67. Slap Shot (1976)
68. 300 (2007)
69. Hoosiers (1986)
~~70. The Sound Of Music (1965)~~
71. Deliverance (1972)
72. Gunfight At The O.K. Corral (1956)
73. I Am Legend (2007)
74. Walk The Line (2005)
75. Forbidden Planet (1956)
76. The Magnificent Seven (1960)
77. Swingers (1996)
78. Wall Street (1988)
79. Minority Report (2002)
80. The Notebook (2004)
81. The Dirty Dozen (1967)
82. True Grit (1969)
83. Signs (2002)
84. The Mist (2007)
85. The Time Machine (1960)
86. Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
87. Adaptation (2003)
88. The Pursuit Of Happyness (2006)
89. Chicago (2003)
90. Before Sunset (2004)
91. Broadcast News (1987)
92. Willow (1988)
93. The NeverEnding Story (1984)
94. Sling Blade (1996)
95. The Punisher (2004)
96. Ladyhawke (1985)
97. Miracle (2004)
98. Secretary (2002)
99. Krull (1983)
100. Eraserhead (1977)

AOL doesn't know who won the election

2008-11-05T09:30:00.001-08:00

I just was reading my e-mails and thought this was funny...

>Our gas price here in Virginia is $1.95.

HAVE A NICE DAY!

McCain or Obama? Stay up to date on the latest from the campaign trail with AOL News.

That was sent this morning at 6:40am...boy is gas getting cheap!

Circuit Chity Closes 155 stores...Pacific Northwest spared.

2008-11-03T09:56:00.000-08:00

The link above in the title shows the list of what Circuit Schity stores are closing 12/30 acorss the US. Only one in the Northwest is closing, which is a surprise to me. The store here in town opened in February of this year, after the old store closed after the holidays. The new store was so new that even the employees were new! That turned me off. I'm sure they fired all the old employees and hired new ones at lower wages. Some answers I got at the new store when I was looking for merchandise affirmed this belief. Haven't been there in months now.

At Best Buy I know where the new release movies and music are on street day when I walk into the store. They are not still in boxes or hiding on the back bottom of the New Release fixture.

Oh yeah the old building? Still abadoned, still empty. Nice way to waste money.

Thieves steal 300 gallons of gas

2008-11-03T09:20:00.000-08:00

So it's a slow news night and the top story on the local FOX news channel is about 300 gallons of (cheap) gas getting stolen, but how much is 300 gallons news guy? Click on the link to see the video and 30-35 seconds in he'll explain it to you.

(I would of posted the video here but it started for me right away when I previewed this post. So just clicky.)

If you continue watching the video he even tells you how much money the gas station owner lost. Glad it didn't happen in June!

Pray for America

2008-10-30T14:58:00.000-07:00

see Sarah Palin pictures

NBA Season Underway...To A Funny Start

2008-10-30T14:48:00.000-07:00

The 2008/2009 season has started and I am excited. OK so Oden is out 2-4 weeks and the Lakers are off to have an 80-2 record (gah!), but there is good stuff like the opening of the matchup of last season's early playoff matchup of the Suns and Spurs...

Oh yeah 2 thumbs up for that funny prank white bearded Pop! Shaq complained when the Spurs hacked him a lot back in the playoffs this last spring.

CSS Newbie...need help

2008-10-30T14:32:00.000-07:00

UPDATE Fixed it today.

I am a CSS virgin and need to figure how to or need help with what seems a very easy edit. I just want my "danganet.blogspot.com" above my header picture to be centered. That's all.

Here is the "CSS/HTML" for that:

<*div id='header-wrapper'>
<*b:section class="header" id="header" maxwidgets="1" showaddelement="no">
<*b:widget id="Header1" locked="true" title="danganet.blogspot.com (Header)" type="Header">
<*b:includable id="main">

I put * because nothing else was displaying the HTML.

CNN - 2 Guys making-out in front of Lehman Bros. during Live Broadcast

2008-09-16T09:21:00.000-07:00

Worship Jesus...with SKA!

2008-09-13T12:07:00.000-07:00

via...

Don't Taze Me Bro! Hammer style.

2008-07-10T14:30:00.000-07:00

via The Anger Parade

Was that gas or diesel? Why not surpise you!

2008-07-10T12:32:00.000-07:00

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. - Drivers in the Eugene-Springfield area beware: you might be cruising around with some bad fuel. A gas mix-up at a Springfield station left several cars damaged, and there could be many more.

A fuel driver from Jackson Oil made a delivery to the 76 Fairway station on 4059 Main Street in Springfield on Monday at 2 p.m. However, it turns out he filled some diesel into the regular unleaded tanks, and some regular into the diesel tanks.

The 76 manager says they didn't find out until Tuesday at 8a.m.

More...

Someone stole Ian Curtis' headstone

2008-07-10T12:26:00.000-07:00

More about it here...

Kroger recalls ground beef...charges you more to replace

2008-07-08T09:43:00.000-07:00

Kroger recalled all styrofoam wrapped ground beef last week. I bought a package the day before they announced the recall. Since then I got a message on a receipt that said DO NOT CONSUME THIS PRODUCT. So I felt inclined to take it back to the store. I could either get a refund or replace the product. I opted to replace it. What I didn't realize is that to replace the product I had to pay the difference of the price I paid last week for the stryrofoamed wrapped product to the tubed packages that were the only product available at the time I exchanged this week. The difference was $9.50 additional to the price I paid the week before! I said no, just give me a refund. I should of kept it and ignored the message in BOLD letters on the receipt and cooked it to 160F. I called Kroger to complain. When an item is recalled usually the corporations repair or replace the item at no cost to the consumer, not charge them more. I should of got it at Safeway where it was on sale for slightly less and wasn't recalled. Oh well.

Goat hops on bus...doesn't have right fare

2008-06-04T08:23:00.000-07:00

Goat Reunited With Owner After Boarding Bus

PORTLAND, Ore. -- A pygmy goat boarded a commuter bus in southeast Portland Monday night, leading a bus dispatcher to call 911.You can't ride TriMet without a ticket or a pass, especially, if you're a goat.
Officials said the bus was on layover at Southeast 94th Avenue and Foster Road when the goat wandered through the bus doors.
Concerned of nearby freeway and street traffic, the bus driver alerted TriMet dispatchers."I've got a very strange request," the caller told an emergency dispatcher. "A goat is on our bus. We need him off."
A Portland police officer took the 47-pound pygmy goat to a Multnomah County Animal Services shelter in Troutdale. The officer attached a note to the goat; it read: "Didn't have the correct fare."

Spurs are out...wahhhhhhh!

2008-05-30T09:16:00.000-07:00

ABC/ESPN is getting their wet dream, it looks like this...Lakers-Celtics 20 years later.

I worked every night when the Lakers and Spurs played so I watched zero minutes of the series, and that is good because I would be frustrated!

2 of the games with a 20 point lead demolished by Kobe sucks and his crew. Yes Kobe sucks, but I do respect how well he is playing, especially this season and playoffs where he is getting his team involved and not going out each game solo.

Oh well, then again Spurs never had back to back titles. This is the last hurrah for Barry and Horry too.

Harvey Korman, Mel Blanc, & Phil Hartman

2008-05-30T08:39:00.000-07:00

Sadly Harvey Korman passed away yesterday at age 81, he survived a ruptured aortic aneurysm in his abdomen four months ago, but subcommed to it after several operations.

Mel Blanc passed away in 1989, he would of been 100 today. In todays Oregonian I learned a couple things about the man of a thousand voices. He was born in San Francisco, but raised in Portland where he attended Lincoln High and did radio announcing on KEX and KGW radio up till 1935 where he moved to Hollywood, and the rest was well....That's All Folks!

It's been 10 years this week now when Phil Hartman was killed by his wife in his prime. Still sad.

Equal love to all members of Bauhaus

2008-05-29T10:53:00.001-07:00

My Last.FM overall artists listening list (as of 5/27) shows I give equal time to both Peter Murphy and Love & Rockets.

That will change though, listening to a bunch of Peter Murphy. He is playing Saturday in Portland. He'll be performing his solo hits and Bauhaus material! This will be my 2nd time seeing him solo, 3rd overall (saw Bauhaus). I don't have tickets, planning to purchase at the door, which is cheaper than the fees Ticketbastard adds.

Lebron carried the Jazz?

2008-05-17T00:11:00.001-07:00

Historic ‘Blockbuster’ Store Offers Glimpse Of How Movies Were Rented In The Past

2008-05-16T12:34:00.000-07:00

Historic Blockbuster Store Offers Glimpse Of How Movies Were Rented In The Past

New NIN "The Slip"

2008-05-05T12:48:00.000-07:00

FREE!!!!

Go to his site and get it now! Whoo!

More cowbell please?

2008-05-05T09:13:00.000-07:00

Found a site that lists 180 songs that have cowbell as one of the instruments playing in the song.

2008-05-01T09:48:00.000-07:00

Ashlee Simpson sucks! (So why blog about her?)

I'll tell you why! I love Flight Of The Conchords and in the new weekly album charts they willed Ashlee into hopeful oblivion! Flight Of The Conchords debuted their first full length comedy/music album at #3 with 54k copies sold, which is 2nd best for a comedy album after Dane Cook's Retaliation hit #2 in 2006.

Ashlee? She is in a downward spiral. Her first craptaciular album sold 398k, her 2nd album 220k, and the new one? 47k...ouch, that's a drop.

Pick up Flight Of The Conchords album today. It comes with a poster inside! All their stand-up songs and ones from the HBO series too.

2008-04-30T12:05:00.000-07:00

KATU.com adds pop-ups

In the last week or so when visiting KATU.com there is usually a pop up when entering the site or the first time clicking anywhere on the site. It comes out from the middle of the page and my pop up blocker(s) don't catch it, like it's a stealth ad. I called KATU and a web guy said that they (Fisher Communications) did some tweaking up in Seattle on their web sites. He took my feedback on the issue to forward up there including the comment that my stock in the site has dipped since, where it has been my favorite source for local news while surfing the net.

Update (5/4/08): Since posting I haven't encountered a pop-up. Nice!

Update (5/5/08): Great now it's back and worse than ever!

2008-04-30T08:51:00.000-07:00

LifeLock whom protects you from identity thieves has a class action filed against them

A class action has been filed against LifeLock, the identity protection company whose CEO is so confident in the credit report fraud alerts it places that CEO Richard "Todd" Davis puts his Social Security Number in the company advertisements) The suit says that Lifelock misrepresents the level of security that the company provides, and its "$1 million guarantee" in case of identity theft is a bunch of hooey. In addition, it says the CEO's personal information is currently being misused by at least 20 different identity thieves. Not surprising coming from a company that was founded based on an idea one of the co-founders had while sitting in a jail cell for an unpaid $16,000 gambling debt.

Found on The Consumerist.

2008-04-29T10:53:00.000-07:00

Tiger Direct.com & rebates and CrapUSA (CompUSA)

I got a video card from Tiger Direct.com that included a $20 mail-in rebate. Well the company that deals with the rebates, worldwiderebates.com also deals with CrapUSA and CrapUSA.com in which I hear that people that get merchandise that comes with rebates at CrapUSA get shafted, so i'll see what happens.

My craptacular rebate expereince usually comes from the rebate processing center in El Paso that deals with Trans World Enterprises otherwise known as you local F.Y.E. music chain. I have gotten numerous postcards saying lame stuff like "Invalad UPC" which is weird since it's the one from the package. I think they do it to yank my crank or they hope that i'm gullabule and don't print copes of everything I submit. Same goes with Staples "Easy Rebates"...yeah right! It was anything but "Easy", I did get all those rebates anyways. Though I think they intentionally run a bad customer service ethic hoping customers forget after the 8-10 weeks of processing.

I get other rebates like from Di$ney and TDK that came back in 4 weeks and am pleased with that.

The CrapUSA's in the Portland area are still empty abandoned buildings...good riddance! You were decent in the 90's but sucked since. The one at 82nd and Johnson Creek wasn't even open 2 years before closing.

2008-04-17T09:23:00.000-07:00

2008 NBA Playoffs

The playoffs are about to start and I am psyched for the next 40+ days!

Here is my First Round predictions:

Eastern:

(8) Atlanta Hawks vs. (1) Boston Celtics

Easy one...Though I like this Atlanta team with the addition of playoff experienced Bibby, Boston is a powerhouse.
Boston in 4 games. (Got it wrong)

(7) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (2) Detroit Pistons

Mo Cheeks has his team on a roll since the All-Star Break coming into the playoffs, but Detroit is the playoff team in the east, the bread and butter, and they will humiliate Philly.
Detroit in 5 games. (Got it wrong)

(6) Toronto Raptors vs. (3) Orlando Magic

Raptors have stumbled into the post season with the same record as my Blazers (41-41), and this year they won't be as good as last year, especially against Stan Van Gundy's big three whom have been nearly as great as Boston's big three.
Orlando in 5 games. (Got it right)

(5) Washington Wizards vs. (4) Cleveland Cavaliers

Once again in the first round these two teams meet. The Cavs get home court this time thanks to a late whistle in the game against Philly earlier this week. Question is will the new Cavs lineup step up in the post season? They got the experience with the new players, were they just coasting until now? How about injuries on both side?
Cleveland in 6 games. (Got it right)

Western:

(8) Denver Nuggets vs. (1) Los Angeles Lakers

Oh boy here we go, the wild, wild west where ranking is just a number.
Ready of high scoring, octane fueled excitement? Kobe sucks and Carmello just got a DUI, apart from them the rest of the matchups will be entertaining. I hope Denver can repeat 1994.
LA Lakers in 6 games. (Got it wrong)

(7) Dallas Mavericks vs. (2) New Orleans Hornets

This one will be interesting. They just played last night, and will again this weekend. I think home court will prevail in this series for the most part.
New Orleans in 7 games. (Got it wrong)

(6) Phoenix Suns vs. (3) San Antonio Spurs

Gah! It gets worse! Again this year the Western Conference Finals starts too soon. It bites that one of these teams will be elimanted in the first round. Shaq and Amare are playing big, but this is the World Champions they are playing, and the Spurs play it different in the playoffs.
San Antonio in 7 games. (Got it wrong)

(4) Utah Jazz vs. (5) Houston Rockets

Just like 4 & 5 in the East, these two teams meet again in the first round. For Houston it's a different coach, no Yao, and that 22 game wining streak. Utah has the best home record in the regular season. Poor T Mac needs to advance.
Utah in 6 games. (Got it right)

2008-04-13T13:21:00.000-07:00

MESSED UP!

Perverts get your camera phones ready!

An Oklahoma court released a 34 year old man who was caught kneeling behind a 16 year old girl at a store in Tulsa, taking an "upskirt" picture of her, ruling upskirt photography in public places a legal practice.

"Oklahoma's Court of Criminal Appeals ruled that taking pictures up someone's skirt in a public place is not a crime. The court voted 4-1 in favor of 34-year-old Riccardo Ferrante who was arrested for putting his camera up an unsuspecting 16-year-old girl’s skirt in a department store, reports the Associated Press."

2008-04-02T08:58:00.000-07:00

Why is it when you are placed on hold they play Paula Cole's "I Don't Wanna Wait"?

2008-02-07T11:34:00.001-08:00

Editors 02/06/08
Roseland Theater
Portland, OR

2008-01-14T11:34:00.000-08:00

Funny HD-DVD video based on recent events...

Note: I am a HD-DVD supporter and still found this funny.

2008-01-08T12:59:00.000-08:00

My First LOL Cats captioned picture...
(Which is also mine, shot in my living room on Christmas Eve)

moar funny pictures

2007-12-19T12:38:00.000-08:00

My Top 100 Songs Of 2007

1	No I In Threesome	Interpol
2	Young Folks	Peter Bjorn And John
3	Ruby	Kaiser Chiefs
4	An End Has A Start	Editors
5	Icky Thump	The White Stripes
6	1 2 3 4	Feist
7	Can't Believe A Single Word	VHS Or Beta
8	Silver Lining	Rilo Kiley
9	Heinrich Maneuver	Interpol
10	Missed The Boat	Modest Mouse
11	Alala	CSS
12	Stronger	Kanye West
13	The Salmon Dance	The Chemical Brothers
14	Closer	Travis
15	Challengers	The New Pornographers
16	Music Is My Hot Hot Sex	CSS
17	Invincible	Muse
18	LDN	Lily Allen
19	The Angry Mob	Kaiser Chiefs
20	What's A Girl To Do?	Bat For Lashes
21	My Moon My Man	Feist
22	You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told)	The White Stripes
23	Earth Intruders	Björk
24	Lazy Eye	Silversun Pickups
25	Pioneer To The Falls	Interpol
26	Phantom Limb	The Shins
27	Ice Cream	New Young Pony Club
28	Timebomb	Beck
29	Dashboard	Modest Mouse
30	Boyz	M.I.A.
31	Smile	Lily Allen
32	All My Friends	LCD Soundsystem
33	D.A.N.C.E.	Justice
34	If The Brakeman Turns My Way	Bright Eyes
35	Punkrocker (Feat. Iggy Pop)	Teddybears
36	Chinese Translation	M. Ward
37	Energy	Apples In Stereo
38	I Could Fall In Love With You	Erasure
39	Grace Kelly	Mika
40	Rehab	Amy Winehouse
41	Don't Let Him Waste Your Time	Jarvis Cocker
42	Fa-Fa-Fa	Datarock
43	The Underdog	Spoon
44	The Perfect Crime #2	The Decemberists
45	Someone Great	LCD Soundsystem
46	Let's Call It Off	Peter Bjorn And John
47	Typical	MuteMath
48	Relax (Take it Easy)	Mika
49	The Pretender	Foo Fighters
50	Rest My Chemistry	Interpol
51	Computer Camp Love	Datarock
52	Alfie	Lily Allen
53	Tell Me Where It Hurts	Garbage
54	Don't Stop Now	Crowded House
55	O Valencia!	The Decemberists
56	Objects Of My Affection	Peter Bjorn And John
57	My Eyes	Travis
58	Innocence	Björk
59	Time Won't Let Me Go	The Bravery
60	Do It Again	The Chemical Brothers
61	Last Romantic Day	The Rentals
62	You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb	Spoon
63	Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors	Editors
64	Straight Lines	Silverchair
65	True Romance	She Wants Revenge
66	Flathead	The Fratellis
67	Cobrastyle (Feat. Mad Cobra)	Teddybears
68	Acceptable In The 80's	Calvin Harris
69	Amsterdam	Peter Bjorn And John
70	Champion	Kanye West
71	Suburban Knights	Hard-Fi
72	Must Be The Moon	!!! (Chk Chk Chk)
73	Hey There Delilah	Plain White T's
74	Makes Me Wonder	Maroon 5
75	Intervention	The Arcade Fire
76	Look After You	The Fray
77	You Know I'm No Good	Amy Winehouse
78	Love's Not A Competition (But I'm Winning)	Kaiser Chiefs
79	North American Scum	LCD Soundsystem
80	Pogo	Digitalism
81	See You at the Lights	1990s
82	Back In Your Head	Tegan And Sara
83	Wet And Rusting	Menomena
84	Fake Empire	The National
85	Dance Pattern	Electric Six
86	Someone To Love	Fountains Of Wayne
87	Hit That	M.I.A.
88	On Call	Kings of Leon
89	Bubbly	Colbie Caillat
90	Keep The Car Running	The Arcade Fire
91	Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse	Of Montreal
92	Well Thought Out Twinkles	Silversun Pickups
93	Shim Sham	Imperial Teen
94	Songs That We Sing	Charlotte Gainsbourg
95	The Moneymaker	Rilo Kiley
96	Ordinary Day	Dolores O'Riordan
97	Underclass Hero	Sum 41
98	Survivalism	Nine Inch Nails
99	Read My Mind	The Killers
100	All Rights Reversed	The Chemical Brothers

2007-07-23T11:23:00.000-07:00

How wuz Eurth mayd?

The Gospel according to LOL Cats!
Click on the picture to read the transcript.

2007-07-19T18:18:00.000-07:00

It's Coming!

The State is coming soon FINALLY on DVD!

The State

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2007-07-09T11:17:00.000-07:00

Movies watched over the weekend

Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer (2007)
I liked the first Fantastic Four movie, though it's no Spider Man, it's still good in it's own right as a summer popcorn movie. This one had a couple tiny twists I didn't see coming though it was pretty fun throughout. 'B'

Closely Watched Trains (1966)
A simple young man with family history of laziness get a job that doesn't require much on his part, yet he achieves much in one simple act that will be remembered after he is gone. That almost didn't happen since he almost took his life for feeling inadequate. The young women in Germany controlled Czechoslovakia are very beautiful in this film as well. This simple black and white film with interesting characters and an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film stays with you after you watch it. 'B'

The Adventures Of Robin Hood (1938)
What a visually beautiful film! Especially knowing that it was shot 70 years ago. This is without seeing it on dvd or in High-Definition where it probably looks stunning as a remastered print. It's also very fun. There is an innocence and confidence in these characters you don't see anymore that are the values I would like to see a little more in people and characters these days. 'B+'

Gray Matters (2007)
Heather Graham, who is not getting much respect in Hollywood since after Boogie Nights. She plays Gray, a sister that finds out she is gay and falling in love with her brothers wife. Ok this movie is very unrealistic and was panned by critics, but I thought the story was cute and the strong cast did well. I didn't take it serious at all, and decided to just be entertained by a cast that I enjoy immensely. Apart from Graham, there is Tom Cavanagh, Molly Shannon (whom all been on Scrubs), Bridget Moynahan, Alan Cumming, and Sissy Spacek. I believe this film comes across as somewhat a personal piece for first time writer/director Sue Kramer. Though there are better coming out movies, this one is light and humorous with it's personal discovery. 'B'

2007-07-05T11:04:00.000-07:00

Would you shop where you dumped your garbage 25 years ago?

A Portland development company is hoping that you will in Oregon City. There could be a Best Buy, Target, Staples, and Bed Bath & Beyond. New crap all over your old crap that you forgot about back in the day. One thing is for sure, that place sure smelled!

2007-07-05T10:46:00.001-07:00

Penis Protectors

There is an article on the front page on today's Salem Statesman Journal about these concrete posts at an intersection in companion city Keizer that protect pedestrians from traffic that some citizens called "an unnerving resemblance to male genitalia."

These hypocrites are sure using their imagination to visualize something they can find to get offended about, which is nothing. From the picture they look quite boring, but with this attention it will become an unofficial landmark. Down the road at the new Target they got something similar, big red balls protecting once again the pedestrians from drivers. Maybe I should make a beef about that, but it's July and I missed April 1st.

Photo courtesy of Statesman Journal.

*UPDATE* According to a KATU poll only 5% find them offensive. See it is not news. Ha.

2007-07-04T10:30:00.000-07:00

Zero Hour vs. Airplane!

Zero Hour (1957) just came out on dvd recently and is the template or master print of what the popular and funny film Airplane! has become. Here is an interesting side by side comparison of dialog from both movies.

2007-07-01T03:06:00.000-07:00

Tanya Andersen Sues RIAA and SafeNet (f/k/a MediaSentry) for Malicious Prosecution

2007-02-15T18:39:00.001-08:00

Rap Cat

2007-01-28T09:23:00.000-08:00

Academy Award challenge 1/26 to 2/25/07

Little Miss Sunshine (2006) 'B' Nominated for 4 Oscars.
The Devil Wears Prada (2006) 'B-' Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Monster House (2006) 'B+' Nominated for Best Animated Feature.

2007-01-24T09:58:00.001-08:00

Kaiser Chiefs

McMenamins Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR
Thu, Apr 26, 2007 09:00 PM

$19.00

2007-01-24T08:52:00.000-08:00

Watched Idiocracy last night 'B'. Funny movie, but wait...there's more!

Coffee shops turn up the naughty in Puget Sound area

By Associated Press

SEATTLE (AP) - In the Mike Judge film "Idiocracy," set 500 years in the future, coffee stands have turned into sex service stops.

That may not be as far off as the filmmaker imagined because some Puget Sound baristas are wearing flimsy clothes and flirting with customers as they steam their lattes.

Women working at several "Cowgirls Espresso" stands wear lingerie. At Port Orchard's "Natte Latte" baristas wear pink hot pants and tight white tank tops. Bikini tops are the uniform at "Cafe Lorraine" in Woodinville.

At the "Best Friend Espresso" in Kenmore drivers can look through the window at young women in short skirts, high heels and tank tops.

"Best Friend" owner Wayne Hembree says his employees found their tips are better when they wear short skirts.

(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

2007-01-12T10:06:00.001-08:00

Giant Cat

There's more...

A jumbo-sized stray cat that got caught in a dog door while scavenging for food was reunited with his owner at the Oregon Humane Society on Thursday.
The cat was nicknamed Goliath, but his name is really Hercules, according to owner Geoff Ernest.

(More here...)

2007-01-08T17:16:00.000-08:00

XTC - Senses Working Overtime

2007-01-03T16:28:00.000-08:00

By request from the recent passing of President Gerald Ford is this picture from 1974 on the front page of The Oregonian. My Sister and I are right above the President's head.

2006-12-14T18:55:00.000-08:00

My Top 100 Songs Of 2006:

1. Nth Degree - Morningwood

2. Starlight - Muse

3. Suffer Well - Depeche Mode

4. Crazy - Gnarls Barkley

5. Over And Over - Hot Chip

6. Knights Of Cydonia - Muse

7. Rise Up With Fists!!! - Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins

8. Free Radicals (A Hallucination Of The Christmas Skeleton Pleading With A Suicide Bomber) - The Flaming Lips

9. Hurt You - The Sounds

10. Tear You Apart - She Wants Revenge

11. Supermassive Black Hole - Muse
12. Is It Any Wonder? - Keane
13. Hoppípolla - Sigur Ros
14. And I Was A Boy From School - Hot Chip
15. Nausea - Beck
16. I Don't Feel Like Dancin' - Scissor Sisters
17. Cheated Hearts - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
18. Harrowdown Hill - Thom Yorke
19. To Be Myself Completely - Belle And Sebastian
20. Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol

21. Martyr - Depeche Mode
22. Gold Lion - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
23. Take Off Your Clothes - Morningwood
24. Funny Little Frog - Belle And Sebastian
25. The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power) - The Flaming Lips
26. Jetsetter - Morningwood
27. Turn Into - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
28. Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt - We Are Sciencetists
29. (Just Like We) Breakdown - Hot Chip
30. Standing In The Way Of Control - The Gossip

31. Munich - Editors
32. You Have Killed Me - Morrissey
33. Strange Apparition - Beck
34. You're All I Have - Snow Patrol
35. A Million Ways - OK GO
36. When You Were Young - The Killers
37. White Collar Boy - Belle And Sebastian
38. Cash Machine - Hard-Fi
39. Someday You'll Be Loved - Death Cab For Cutie
40. These Things - She Wants Revenge

41. I Want You So Hard (Boys Bad News) - Eagles Of Death Metal
42. The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat) - The Flaming Lips
43. Your Heart Is An Empty Room - Death Cab For Cutie
44. Cubicle - Rhnocerose
45. The Blues Are Still Blue - Belle And Sebastian
46. I Will Follow You Into The Dark - Death Cab For Cutie
47. Long Distance Call - Phoenix
48. Tent In Your Pants - Peaches
49. Hands Open - Snow Patrol
50. Goodbye My Lover - James Blunt

51. Bones - The Killers
52. Wolf Like Me - TV On The Radio
53. Ooh La La - Goldfrapp
54. Pompeii Am Götterdämmerung - The Flaming Lips
55. Here It Goes Again - OK GO
56. How To Save A Life - The Fray
57. Night After Night - The Sounds
58. You Only Live Once - The Strokes
59. The Hardest Part - Coldplay
60. I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor - Artic Monkeys

61. Song With A Mission - The Sounds
62. Map Of The Problematique - Muse
63. Listen Up - The Gossip
64. All Sparks - The Editors
65. The Crane Wife - The Decemberists
66. Lost And Found - Phoenix
67. The Sound Of Failure / It’s Dark … Is It Always This Dark?? - The Flaming Lips
68. Land Of A Thousand Words - Scissor Sisters
69. Crystal Ball - Keane
70. Gone Daddy Gone - Gnarls Barkley

71. Only This Moment - Royksopp
72. Set The Fire To The Third Bar - Snow Patrol
73. Colours - Hot Chip
74. My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion (The Inner Life As Blazing Shield Of Defiance And Optimism As Celestial Spear Of Action) - The Flaming Lips
75. Crooked Teeth - Death Cab For Cutie
76. Lillian - Depeche Mode
77. We Are The Sleepyheads - Belle And Sebastian
78. Way Out - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
79. Kiss You Off - Scissor Sisters
80. Le Disco - Shiny Toy Guns

81. John The Revelator - Depeche Mode
82. Transformer - Gnarls Barkley
83. Last Call - Brazilian Girls
84. White & Nerdy - Weird Al Yankovic
85. Talk - Coldplay
86. Queen Of Apology - The Sounds
87. Lets Make Love And Listen To Death From Above - CSS
88. Steady, As She Goes - The Raconteurs
89. Minimal - Pet Shop Boys
90. Stars Of CCTV - Hard-Fi

91. You Love It - Peaches
92. Come Back Margaret - Camera Obscura
93. Here In Your Arms - Hello Goodbye
94. Dear God Please Help Me - Morrissey
95. Suzie - Boy Kill Boy
96. Born Secular - Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins
97. Meds/Running up That Hill - Placebo*
98. Stay - Small Sins
99. Upside Down - Jack Johnson
100. Do I Creep You Out - "Weird Al" Yankovic

2006-12-14T18:49:00.000-08:00

Top 10 Albums of 2006

1. The Life Pursuit - Belle And Sebastian
2. The Warning - Hot Chip
3. At War With the Mystics- The Flaming Lips
4. Dying To Say This To You - The Sounds
5. Rabbit Fur Coat - Jenny Lewis And The Watson Twins
6. The Back Room - The Editors
7. Black Holes And Revelations - Muse
8. Show Your Bones - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
9. She Wants Revenge - She Wants Revenge
10. Ta-Dah - Scissor Sisters

2006-09-12T09:32:00.000-07:00

Keane has cancelled their North America tour for the Fall.

Ticketmaster sucks x2...They refunded me the face value, service charge, but they kept their grubby, greedy hands on the processing charge as per "policy".

What will I do on October 4th you ask? Why haven't you updated your blog? ok ok I am...now.

What was a major inconvience is now a happy resolve. I am going to see Scissor Sisters down the road instead. I was gonna see them in Seattle when I found out they were gonna play the same night as Keane. This works out better!

This will be the 3rd time seeing Scissor Sisters, would of been the 4th time but didn't see them the first time even though I got tix (they were like $10 that time), and the 2nd time this year seeing them.

New cd Ta-Dah is out in 2 weeks 9/28.

2006-08-12T16:46:00.000-07:00

OK Go - Here It Goes Again

Now with treadmills!

2006-08-12T07:06:00.000-07:00

Even a head Wal Mart CEO is a Klepto
Only if he just stole under $25...he would of gotten away with it.

2006-08-12T07:01:00.000-07:00

Local terroist sucks!
And I am looking to move there???

2006-08-12T06:59:00.000-07:00

Ariz. driver gets 70 speeding tickets in 5 months - Yahoo! News

2006-08-02T15:17:00.000-07:00

Introducing Simon...

I adopted him a week ago to be a companion for Mr. K my 10 year old buddy. Simon is also a lover and loves my lap, has an internal purr on switch and is very healthy and active.

2006-08-01T08:40:00.000-07:00

MTV turns 25 today.
I watched the first hour of MTV on VH-1 Classic and this video blew me away. It could possibly be one of the best videos ever made! The cheese factor is not over the top and the effects! WOW!

cliff richard-we dont talk anymore

2006-07-21T07:48:00.000-07:00

Keane is returning to Portland this October and I just purchased my tix. Different venue this time, Arelene Schitzner Concert Hall where parking sucks, or is it the fact I haven't attened anything there in forever?

LastFM/Audioscroller just got a facelift and I couldn't be happier! Looks more interactive and my profile page is a feast to my eyes!

Went to the doc for the first time in 23 months. Down 30 pounds, bp normal, cholesterol is 77 (!?!?!), though my Homosystine is still high so I am taking an increased prx of Folic Acid/B vitamins. Gonna see a Gastronoligist about my G.I. track and spastic colon in the next week or two.

2006-07-18T22:25:00.000-07:00

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2006-07-10T07:57:00.000-07:00

Homeownership in the Pacific Northwest. For a first time home buyer this is somewhat a challenge. I own a home now, a manufacturer home. It's 16 years old, in pretty good shape as well. No not a single, but a double and I got a good deal on it, though it can use a little more TLC to make it great, but for what it is, it's a cozy place. I want a house though. By this time next year I plan to have one.

Where? How much? What style? How big? How many beds/baths? Questions any first time homeowner asks. My sisters live in houses. They get me wanting one myself. We all live in the Portland metro area where like Seattle, San Francisco, and other major west coast cities, home prices are through the roof. I look at homes in parts of the midwest where I would think of uprooting if I did, and I litteraly get to pick from the cream of the crop. It's feels like I got 2006 money to look at houses with 1976-1986 prices. I can find a nice house anywhere there from $40,000 to $175,000 easy and there are many to choose from. Very nice homes. In the Portland area $175,000 is where I would even start. Eugene is slightly more affordiable and a more likely place locally to purchase a house.

I'm not too picky to find a house, just something nice. Somewhat bigger with space, but not huge. 3-4 bed, 1.5-2 bath, hot tub sounds nice too. Something with a little character.

2006-07-02T08:55:00.000-07:00

I've been getting more time to make blog entries since I have more personal time...too much in my book. Is dating for me? Parts of it are ok and other parts terrify me. My hair, my clothes, my trying to keep up a coversation with someone I barely know. It's ovewhelming! I have both confidence and lack confidence at the same time, is that considered a happy medium?

Who knows...I need to try not to focus too much on meeting someone, or thinking of getting back together, or waiting out for something that might not be ready...or mabye never will be.

I work on the 4th 2-11p, double time and a half...thank goodness i'm at a location where I can look outside! My old location restriced my view from outside, and since I transfered I am able to look outdoors, and regardless of the weather, it has contributed to the improvement of my health...and I get to see the fireworks on the clock!

New DM concert video coming later this year!

2006-06-25T09:17:00.000-07:00

If it's not one thing it's another. Tech/Electronics one by one fail or break down. Last month it was my new Dish reciever which I added a cooling fan to it. OK. Now just in time for today's 100 degree day it's my one year old LG Air Conditioner. When the cooling element comes on the plug "trips" off and so I have to reset it to have it start again...It trips off again. Called LG who I now know has the WORST 24/7 phone support! Hanging up on you because you want results gives you "no stars". So fuck them! When I upgrade my cell I will probably switch. Well Verizon takes care of me, so LG phones are no prob, just appliances.

I went down to Lowes and got a Samsung 12,000 btu (the LG is 8,000) for $250- and am installing it now. 92 yesterday (was 88 inside at 11:20p when I came home...Mr. K was outside all day in the shade) 100 today, 102 Monday.

Excellent phone support? Deep Discount DVD! I had a duplicate disc in my Homicde: Life On The Street set (Seasons 1-5 set, 22 discs, 1 dupe grrrr), She had e-mailed my my postage paid tag while I was still on the phone. ****!

While I install the A/C I listen to Electric Six's Danger! High Voltage...fortunately it's on e-music.com. Sweet!

2006-06-24T13:18:00.000-07:00

ALL women that I am intersted in FRUSTRAE ME!!!!

I am glad I am single (at the moment), though I do want to be in a relationship. I don't see that happening anytime soon, so I will enjoy being single for now. Working 40 hours helps.

The A/C doesn't want to work on these hot days. Mr K is outside in the shade for now.

2006-06-17T07:49:00.000-07:00

What a month June has become! I've done so much in the last 3 weeks than I done this year up til now.

- Flaming Lips concert (Yes, it was one of the best concerts I beeen to)
- Purchased a Titanium Green 2006 Ford Escape
- Went on a 4,500 mile trip
- Ended a 3 year relationship
- Added 3 states to my list of places I been
- Stirred emotions in me that haven't been stirred in quite some time
- Went to a baseball game
- Visited Mt. Rushmore
- Went to a strip joint (first one in 10+ years and the worst one in the USA, sad)
- Visited Kohl's and opened a charge account (whoppie do) It's like Mervyns but shoppable)
- Have my house to myself again
- Discovered there is Caffiene Free Diet Mountain Dew

Life is back to normal, well see how the rest of the month goes.

2006-05-24T11:11:00.000-07:00

I finally found a skeleton template that I am pleased with, now I just got to tweak it while learning how to do it.

2005-07-07T20:37:00.000-07:00

Could this be a record? No, I wouldn't say so. Anyways I am back again with another entry.

I am addicted to iTunes and it's simple interface. 2,323 songs playing randomally and I just sit back and relax to MY radio station for however long I wish. There will be more added I am sure, that and cutting the duplicates on it. It rips so easily from a cd to mp3 that someone could easily get carries away. That or get a full hard drive!

Top 25 most played songs:

1
The Bravery - No Brakes
2
The Bravery - An Honest Mistake
3
The Decemberists - The Engine Driver
4
The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
5
Interpol - Evil
6
Kaiser Chiefs - I predict a riot
7
Erasure - Here I Go Impossible Again
8
Erasure - Let's Take One More Rocket To The Moon
9
Jack Johnson - Sitting, Waiting, Wishing
10
The Postal Service - We Will Become Silhouettes
11
The Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
12
Garbage - Why Do You Love Me
13
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence (Remix)
14
Snow Patrol - How To Be Dead
15
Keane - Everybody's Changing
16
Kaiser Chiefs - Modern Way
17
Loretta Lynn - Portland Oregon
18
Erasure - I Broke It All In Two
19
Garbage - Bleed Like Me
20
The Chemical Brothers - The Golden Path
21
Keane - Your Eyes Open
22
The Zutons - You Will You Wont
23
Interpol - Slow Hands (Britt Daniel Remix)
24
Louis XIV - Finding Out True Love Is Blind
25
New Order - Krafty

Addicting I tell you!

2005-07-06T16:55:00.000-07:00

Nice day to Blog...

~~So I am still a man dissatisified with his own Blog.~~ So many sites, so many formats. But how to keep one going that satisifies me to continue it running at a normal pace than once in a blue moon?

Oh well. I have one at Modblog, ran it pretty frequently last summer. I revisited it now with a memory failure of what the password was to it, and forget about retrieving it or reseting it! Boy that hasn't happened yet! It's almost been a week!

Live Journal at the longest, but there is something about that site that prevents me from embracing it. Mabye they teens overpopulating it? Or is it the countless quizzes, that even myself for a time have induldged in.

MySpace? yeah I got a profile there. Some others on that site over saturate their profile with too much info and always something going off when it finishes loading. Another teen site...I should know, my nephew has a profile on there as well.

I like Blogger for the most part. I monitor certain other Bloggers that keep pretty impresive blogs that make me frequent more than I should.

I think it will be Blogger that I will rest my thoughts and ramblings.

2005-03-26T14:15:00.000-08:00

danganet

New music...
to me

Zutons
Bright Eyes
Beck (03/29)