I know I haven't been on in a while, but I had to write something. I just found out about filmmaker John Hughes' untimely passing. As he was involved with so many movies I dearly love ("The Breakfast Club", "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", "Uncle Buck") I was a huge fan.

Very sad to find out he passed away.

Bad year to be famous...

R.I.P. David Carradine... Found hanging in a closet of his hotel room in Thailand.

Are you KIDDING me? HANGING?!?!?!

Damn it!

Coming home from tonight's gig, I didn't see a No Turns sign and made a left in front of a cop. I didn't get a ticket for that (explaining I hadn't seen the sign and was not from the area... This happened in Howell...) but I forgot to put my paperwork for my failed inspection sticker in my car and got a ticket for no inspection, AND got a ticket for Obstructed View...

FOR FUZZY DICE.

I had NO IDEA they were illegal and if they are, WHY DO THEY SELL'EM?

Happy birthday to two of my original interweb friends  bramey and  kendokamel!

Enjoy ladies!

Over the last month and a half, Sheila and I have gotten in and watched all five seasons of "The Wire". We had never seen a single episode, but had heard wonderful things about it.

They were all wrong.

It's better than just wonderful, it's fantastic!

I'll say this without fear of anyone harming me since it's yet another interweb opinion (and they're like assholes, everyone has one and they usually stink...) but "The Wire" is, IMHO, the second best cop drama EVER. (Behind only "The Shield") And honestly, it's REALLY frikkin' close to Chiklis' amazing show.

There, I said it.

Like "The Shield", it went out before they had the chance to do a single bad story arc. The characters are superb, each showing both the good and bad, all with something redeemable and something to dislike. It's almost like a whole cast of Cracker (a GREAT British tv show starring Robbie Coltrane).

Each season focused on something different and changed things up, introducing new characters and sometimes making bit characters into major players (Senator Davis, Prop Joe). The first year was about the drug trade in Baltimore (or as they all pronounce it, Bal'more.) The second dealt with the Docks. The third was about Politics, fourth about the education system and they finished with a sroty line about the media. My favorite was the second season with the docks, but I didn't not enjoy any of them. They were all heads and tails above just about anything on tv. Even the Sopranos for most of it's run.

Which is what surprises me, the Wire was NEVER nominated for a single Emmy. That's. Just. DUMB.

My favorite characters would be: Bunk, Omar, Lester, Bodie, Herc, Colvin, Bubs, Stringer and Daniels. That said, I don't think there wany charcters I didn't like. (Well, maybe Poot and Snoop. But even they had some things I liked a lot.)

The favorite scene by far would have to be in the first season when McNulty and Bunk are working an apartment where a woman had been murdered and as they discover how things went down, they only use the word "fuck" to describe things. This is about a three minute scene where all that is said is the F-Bomb, and it boths works and is hillarious.

Plus, how can you not love a show that has Steve Earle playing a former junkie?

I could say more, but I'd like to hear what you think. (That's pointed especially at you scarcrest !)

Here's a picture one of our fans sent me. This is me taken at our gig at the Rattlesnake Ranch Cafe in Denville on March 13th.

It's true!

The surviving members of Python (Eric Idle, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam) are reuniting for a six episode series called Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer’s Cut) which will air in October on IFC!

THANK YOU BRIAN!

Cancer, or as I call it, the Big Motherfucking C.

Yeah, please, let us eradicate that shit in my lifetime. Please?

I have officially gone below 300 lbs. for the first time in 15 years today.

I weighed in at 298 this morning!

In other news, the 52 waist pants I bought two weeks ago are now about two sizes too big... I've gotta start looking at 46 or 48.

Oh, and I joined a softball team!

Things, they be good right now.

I have not wanted to bore you all with my daily details of my gastric bypass recovery, but hit a milestone today...

I weighed in at 304 pounds. That is 51 lost in two months! 101 lost since I started this whole journey in October of 2007. This is easily the most weight I have ever lost in my life.

The weight loss slowed down once I went off my Blood Pressure medicine (which had a diuretic, so I put on water weight) and started eating normal food again. But I'm still losing!

I have given away more than half of my clothes to Goodwill, and my pants size is down from a 60 to a 50 or 52!

I am going to a physical therapist on Thursday and I'm hoping to schedule regular visits with him to get me up and running on an exercise program.

I have an occasional problem with the achalasia still, but the Doctor doesn't think that will ever fully go away. The good news is I don't have problems with food coming back up anymore (except maybe once a week I eat too fast and then... Well...)

So I just wanted to let you all know, I'm alive and doing fine.

I should post a picture, should I?

Soon!

That is all, good night!

I know a lot of people are complaining about this Super Bowl as a boring matchup, and that a Giants-Steelers Bowl would have been MUCH more interesting.

But, as much as I would have loved that matchup, I'm still quite happy that my beloved Steelers are in.

Here's hoping that Black and Gold is victorious tonight!

(And being a born and bred Jersey boy and an avowed fan, I am REALLY looking forward to the Boss' performance as well!)

This song sums up everything I could say my wife...



There need be no more proof, Bob Dylan is a musical genius.

1. What time did you get up this morning? Around 6:30 AM...
2. Diamonds or pearls? Diamonds, so I can cut people... I mean stuff...
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? The Dark Knight
4. What is your favorite TV show? Currently? Tie between Supernatural and Pushing Daisies
5. What do you usually have for breakfast? Scrambled egg whites and two pieces of whole wheat toast.
6. What is your favorite word? Fuckle
7. What food do you dislike? Broccoli
8. What is your favorite CD at the moment? Working On A Dream by Bruce Springsteen
9. What kind of car do you drive? 1987 Dodge Aries K
10. Favorite sandwich? Right now, I'd take ANY sandwich just to HAVE one... But I can't...
11. What characteristics do you despise? I DO NOT suffer idiots.
12. Favorite item of clothing? Tee Shirts.
13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation where would you go? The UK. ALL of the UK.
14. Are you an organized person? YES!
15. Where would you retire to? Away from all the assholes... Still looking for a place...
16. What was your most recent memorable birthday? My 30th for the surprise party.
17. What are you going to do when you finish this? Back to work...
18. Furthest place you are sending this? YOU.
19. Person you expect to send it back first? Ehhh?
20. When is your birthday? December 14th, 1970
21. Morning person or a night person? Totally night.
22. What is your shoe size? 12 Extra Wide
23. Pets? Bootsy and The Dude, our two brother cats.
24. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with us? I've lost 29 lbs.!
25. What did you want to be when you were little? Firstbase, New York Yankees
26. How are you today? Bored.
27. What is your favorite flower? Dead.
28. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? February 11th, start incorporating regular food back into the diet.
30. What was the last thing you ate? Piece of toast.
31. Do you wish on stars? Always.
32. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Red or Black
33. How is the weather right now? Overcast, some snow flurries, very cold.
34. Last person you spoke to on the phone? Sheila
35. Favorite soft drink? Diet Dr. Pepper
36. Favorite restaurant? Famous Dave's
37. Hair color? Brown
38. What was your favorite toy as a child? Star Wars action figures.
39. Summer or Winter? FALL!
41. Chocolate or Vanilla? Vanilla
42. Coffee or tea? Earl Grey tea.
43. Do you want your friends to email you back? Whatevs
44. When was the last time you cried? Yesterday, listening to "Empty Garden"
45. What is under your bed? Probably The Dude right now...
46. What did you do last night? Watched Idol, Supernatural, worked, went to bed.
48. Salty or sweet? Salty
49. How many keys on your key ring? Not as many as I have store membership cards...
50. How many years at your current job? Almost eight.
51. Favorite day of the week? Thursday
52. Do you make friends easily? Usually, unless they suck.
53. How many people will you send this to? My LJ audience
54. How many will respond? Clueless
55. What is your fondest memory of the person who sent you this? Nobody sent it, I ganked it.

I know a lot of people make fun of them as just noodling hippie crap, but if you ever wanted proof that the Grateful Dead DIDN'T suck, I offer you "Ripple".


EDIT: Seem to be having some trouble with the embed. I keep trying to put the song on, and I keep getting my own video, so I included a link in the word Ripple.

My Political Views
I am a left social moderate
Left: 6.77, Libertarian: 0.96

Political Spectrum Quiz

More Blog-O-Death, sadly.

Fans of The X-Files, Supernatural, 21 Jump Street, The Commish, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. and Star Trek: The NExt Generation will be saddened to know that Director/Producer Kim Manners has passed away.

As I am a fan of almost all of those shoes and of Manners work, I am sorry to see him go. R.I.P.

Blog-O-Death returns with the sad passing of Lynyrd Skynyrd's keyboardist, Billy Powell last night.

That makes the toll from that band alone: Ronnie Van Zandt, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, Allen Collins, Leon Wilkinson, Hughie Thomasson and Billy Powell. Seven. DAMN.

When Mitch Mitchell passed away recently, that was the first band I could think of that had lost ALL it's members (The Jimi Hendrix Experience), but Skynyrd might be the first to have lost SEVEN members. That leaves from the original recording band: Gary Rossington, Ed King and Bob Burns.

Incidentally, Powell was another of the survivors of the plane crash in 1977.

My condolences to the Powell family and to all SKynyrd fans everywhere.

NO MORE YEARS! 

NO MORE YEARS! 

NO MORE YEARS!

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Goodbye Dubya!

Welcome Mr. Obama!

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Oh, and just cause I want to... Your moment of zen.



BWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

If Bill HIcks were alive, he'd die laughing from this.

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Thanks to urbaniak for the pic, and for the post titled "As if Dick Cheney didn't already remind you of 'The Big Lebowski' enough".

"The bums will always lose! Do you hear me, Mr. Obama?! THE BUMS WILL ALWAYS LOSE!!!"

Funny guy, that Dr. Venture!

I am home!

It went well, it took about 6 hours to do both. Came out of surgery with really bad pain in my right leg and foot. I was in a bad position on the table. The foot is still a little numb, but the doc said that should go away within a week. It has gotten better every day, so...

Not much pain, and I am basically just taking the pain medication to help ease the ache when I sleep.

I'm up and walking around, walked for about 10-15 minutes earlier.

Just wanted to write a quick update and thank everyone for their well wishes and support.

Now, I shall return to my previously scheduled mending. LOL

Hello friends, family and others. Been a while since I did a real update, and I'll rectify that right now, with one mutha of a post. A lot's gone on, a lot is going on, and even more is about to happen and the results of which are yet to been seen. They could be great, they could be terrible. I just don't know.

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Both taken at John and Cassie Oakes' wedding in September, 2008. We were the band! (Our first wedding gig)

"Apparently, if you have seen 85 of these movies you have no life."

(x)Rocky Horror Picture Show
(x)Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest
(x) Boondock Saints
(x) Fight Club
(x) Starsky and Hutch
( ) Neverending Story
(x) Blazing Saddles
(x) Airplane
Total:9

(x) The Princess Bride
(x) AnchorMan
(x) Napoleon Dynamite
( ) Labyrinth
(x) Saw
(x) Saw II
( ) White Noise
( ) White Oleander
(x) Anger Management
(x) 50 First Dates
(x) Failure to Launch
( ) The Princess Diaries
( ) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Total so far:17

(x) Scream
(x) Scream 2
(x) Scream 3
(x) Scary Movie
( ) Scary Movie 2
( ) Scary Movie 3
( ) Scary Movie 4
(x) American Pie
(x) American Pie 2
( ) American Wedding
( ) American Pie Band Camp
Total so far: 23

(x) Harry Potter 1
(x) Harry Potter 2
(x) Harry Potter 3
(x) Harry Potter 4
(x) Resident Evil 1
(x) Resident Evil 2
(x) The Wedding Singer
( ) Little Black Book
(x) The Village
(x) Lilo & Stitch
Total so far: 32

(x) Finding Nemo
(x) Finding Neverland
(x) Signs
(x) The Grinch
(x) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
( ) White Chicks
( ) Butterfly Effect
( ) 13 Going on 30
( ) I, Robot
( ) Robots
Total so far: 37

(x) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
( ) Universal Soldier
( ) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
( ) Along Came Polly
( ) Deep Impact
( ) KingPin
( ) Never Been Kissed
(x) Meet The Parents
(x) Meet the Fockers
( ) Eight Crazy Nights
( ) Joe Dirt
(x) KING KONG
Total so far: 41

( ) A Cinderella Story
(x) The Terminal
( ) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris
(x) Dumb & Dumber
( ) Dumber & Dumberer
(x) Final Destination
( ) Final Destination 2
( ) Final Destination 3
(x) Halloween
(x) The Ring
( ) The Ring 2
( ) Surviving X-MAS
( ) Flubber
Total so far: 46

(x) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
( ) Practical Magic
(x) Chicago
( ) Ghost Ship
( ) From Hell
(x) Hellboy
( ) Secret Window
( ) I Am Sam
(x) The Whole Nine Yards
( ) The Whole Ten Yards
Total so far: 50

( ) The Day After Tomorrow
( ) Child’s Play
( ) Seed of Chucky
( ) Bride of Chucky
(x) Ten Things I Hate About You
( ) Just Married
( ) Gothika
(x) Nightmare on Elm Street
(x) Sixteen Candles
( ) Remember the Titans
( ) Coach Carter
(x) The Grudge
( ) The Grudge 2
(x) The Mask
( ) Son Of The Mask
Total so far: 55

( ) Bad Boys
( ) Bad Boys 2
( ) Joy Ride
(x) Lucky Number Sleven
(x) Ocean’s Eleven
(x) Ocean’s Twelve
(x) Bourne Identity
(x) Bourne Supremecy
( ) Lone Star
( ) Bedazzled
(x) Predator I
(x) Predator II
(x) The Fog
( ) Ice Age
( ) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
( ) Curious George
Total so far: 63

(x) Independence Day
(x) Cujo
(x) A Bronx Tale
(x) Darkness Falls
(x) Christine
(x) ET
(x) Children of the Corn
( ) My Bosses Daughter
( ) Maid in Manhattan
(x) War of the Worlds
( ) Rush Hour
( ) Rush Hour 2
Total so far: 71

( ) Best Bet
(x) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
( ) She’s All That
(x) Calendar Girls
(x) Sideways
( ) Mars Attacks
( ) Event Horizon
( ) Ever After
(x) Wizard of Oz
(x) Forrest Gump
( ) Big Trouble in Little China
(x) The Terminator
(x) The Terminator 2
( ) The Terminator 3
Total so far: 78

(x) X-Men
(x) X2
( ) X-3
(x) Spider-Man
(X) Spider-Man 2
( ) Sky High
(x) Jeepers Creepers
(x) Jeepers Creepers 2
( ) Catch Me If You Can
(x) The Little Mermaid
( ) Freaky Friday
( ) Reign of Fire
( ) The Skulls
( ) Cruel Intentions
( ) Cruel Intentions 2
( ) The Hot Chick
(x) Shrek
(x) Shrek 2
Total so far: 87

( ) Swimfan
(x) Miracle on 34th street
(x) Old School
( ) The Notebook
( ) K-Pax
( ) Krippendorf’s Tribe
( ) A Walk to Remember
( ) Ice Castles
( ) Boogeyman
(x) The 40-year-old-virgin
Total so far: 90

(x) Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
(x) Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
(x) Lord of the Rings Return Of the King
(x) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(x) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(x) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Total so far: 96

( ) Baseketball
(x) Hostel
(x) Waiting for Guffman
(x) House of 1000 Corpses
( ) Devils Rejects
(x) Elf
(x) Highlander
(x) Mothman Prophecies
(x) American History X
( ) Three
Total so Far: 103

( ) The Jacket
( ) Kung Fu Hustle
( ) Shaolin Soccer
( ) Night Watch
(x) Monsters Inc.
(x) Titanic
(x) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(x) Shaun Of the Dead
( ) Willard
Total so far: 107

(x) High Tension
( ) Club Dread
(x) Hulk
(x) Dawn Of the Dead
( ) Hook
(x) Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
(x) 28 days later
( ) Orgazmo
( ) Phantasm
( ) Waterworld
Total so far: 112

(x) Kill Bill vol 1
(x) Kill Bill vol 2
( ) Mortal Kombat
(x) Wolf Creek
( ) Kingdom of Heaven
( ) the Hills Have Eyes
( ) I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
(x) The Last House on the Left
( ) Re-Animator
(x) Army of Darkness
Total so far: 117

(x) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
(X)Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
(X)Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
(x) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
(x) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
(x) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
( ) Ewoks Caravan Of Courage
( ) Ewoks The Battle For Endor
Total so far: 123

(x) The Matrix
(x) The Matrix Reloaded
( ) The Matrix Revolutions
(x) Animatrix
(x) Evil Dead
(x) Evil Dead 2
(x) Team America: World Police
(x) Red Dragon
(x) Silence of the Lambs
(x) Hannibal

Total: 132

Okay, even *I* am shocked by this one...

Sarah at my job just got a box of these...

Dirty snow!

Okay, they just played Christina Aguilera's "Hurt", which I had never actually paid any attention to.

NOW all I can think about is my dad.

Why not just play "The Christmas Shoes" next and I'll get the tub filled with water and a box of razor blades? Hey, why not some "Same Old Lang Syne"? Or maybe "The Leader Of The Band"? Maybe "Night Shift"? "Funeral For A Friend"? "American Pie"? "Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)"?

Hey, let's make the day before Christmas Eve into pity party central, all the people who have lost anyone--which would be, let's see, EVERYONE--can get nice and fucking depressed before we have to drawn on our smiley faces and try to be cheerful for our children/nieces/nephews/loved ones/etc.

STOP PLAYING THE DEPRESSING FUCKING MUSIC YOU DOUCHE BAGS!
 

Just heard that Sarah McLachlan song, ""Angel" and it has effectively wrecked me.

It just brings up so much in my head, and it just makes me so damned sad. (And that friggin commercial she did for the animal shelters with that song DOESN'T HELP, THANK YOU...)

To top it off, today is the dad my grandmother died, 22 years ago, just four months after my dad. I normally don't think of it, but that song just brought it all flooding back and I'm fighting off tears here at my job.

It also always reminds me of my cousin Gerald. I'm not going any further on that subject cause I just CAN'T...

Damn it.

Just GOD. DAMN. IT!

Happy birthday to the always lovely lady_mishegas !

The icon says it all.

Happy 47th birthday, Bill, wherever you are...

Four in the morning, came without a warning, everybody's got a place to be.

As do I.

Bed.

Going Now.

Long day. LOTS of driving. Tired.

As you all know, I wrote a song a couple of weeks ago for me nieces and nephews. I posted it here to a small amount of fanfare.

I thought that would be my creative output for the year, as I hadn't really written anything in about 2 years.

Then last week, I wrote another song called "Can't Change No One" (which I will debut here sometime soon.)

Then this morning, these two choruses hit me on the subway coming to work.

I'll be missing you 'till
The end of my days
But I know you'll be waiting
Just up the road a ways.

Son, one day I'll be gone
Buried in my grave
But you know I'll be waiting
Just up the road a ways.

Just thought I'd share.

You don't have to, but I suggest calling (973) 409-3483.

I'm not saying a word, other than it won't sell you anything. Just go.

And be prepared to laugh.

Ho Ho Ho!

I have faithfully watched every episode of "Heroes", from the phenomenal season 1, through the merely eh season 2, into the now halfway-done season 3.

Here are my thoughts.

( Spoilers Behind The Cut! )
Bastards!

Moonlighting, X-Files, Firefly, Six Feet Under, The Shield, Arrested Development, Reaper, Invasion, American Gothic, Mystery Science Theater, Town Haul, Fawlty Towers, Absolutely Fabulous, The Young Ones, Monty Python's Flying Circus.

Special mention: Not technically canceled, but not additional episodes of "Pushing Daisies" have been ordered and that just SUCKS.

Swiped from the lovely lady_mishegas 

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Wrote this today, thought I'd share...



I LOVE BEING AN UNCLE

The first time I heard the words, "Uncle Lee"
For the first time from each one of you
I can't tell you just how much it meant to me
And every time it felt totally new.

Like the first time I held you, or made you smile
I've made you laugh, I've seen you cry.
I love it when I get to hang with you a while
To share your lives, I am a lucky guy.

You're why I love being an uncle.

Angela's a singer, Kat loves some Jonas
Jack plays his video games, racking up his bonus
Olivia and Juliet give us a dance recital
And they're all dreaming of being the American Idol
Lindsey's the youngest, still a little shy.
And Ryan loves that crazy Spider-Man guy.
And yeah there's a couple that I forget,
That's cause I haven't met them yet.

And the rare times that you are bad,
I get to go home, leave you with mom and dad.

That's why I love being an uncle.

When you girls are old enough to go out
I'll bring the coffee for your dad's stake out
And when you boys want to go for a toss
I can teach how to learn from every loss
I've watched you as you've grown
Become who you are, opinions all your own.
To explain how I feel about you, I can't.
But one day maybe you'll be an uncle or aunt.

Then you'll see why I love being an uncle.

And though this was written by your uncle Lee
It is felt by your whole family.

©2008, E. Lee Potcher, All Rights Reserved.

My brother-in-law Alan (married to Sheila's 2nd oldest  sister, Eileen) had a heart attack yesterday afternoon. He passed away just before midnight.. He had been very sick for a long time (diabetes, heart disease, several heart attacks), but still...

We are leaving at 6 AM to drive up to Massachusetts for the wake. Funeral on Wednesday.

To say Eileen is devastated would probably be selling short the word devastated. Coming home either Thursday or Friday. Will write then.

Have a good week, all.

A few weeks ago, rob_matsushita recommended five movies to me, then added a sixth. All horror, none I had seen and one one I'd heard of. I considered this my own version of Horrorfest (which I don't think was done this year, sadly).

They were:

1. Inside
2. The Last Horror Movie
3. The Cottage
4. Severance
5. 13: Game Of Death
6. The Strangers

Now, Inside I believe I wrote about previously. Most. Disturbing. EVER.

The Last Horror Movie is a very nifty idea, which would have been MUCH scarier if I hadn't gotten it from Netflix, or lived in America. That said, well done, excellent acting ans a terrific idea.

The Cottage (starring Andy Serkis & Jennifer Ellison) is almost in the vein of Peter Jackson's original horror movies, more funny than scary and lots and lots of gore once they get going. And most of the gore is funny. And seeing Andy Serkis play something other than Gollum is a treat. The man is just a great actor! But Reece Shearsmith, who plays his brother, almost steals the movie he's so funny.

Severance (starring Tim McInnerny and Laura Harris) is a funny "stranded in the woods" romp where again it is funnier than scary, more gory than scary and the gore is, again, funnier than scary. But, also a very good movie which I enjoyed a lot!

13: Game of Death is made in Bangkok and is in subtitles. (I know that might put some of you off, which is why I bring it up.) The story centers on a guy who's just lost everything, who gets offered a huge amount of money to play a game where he has to complete 13 tasks, each worth more and more. Maybe not 100% original, but a very interesting movie and worth a watch. Not so much scary as suspenseful.

The Strangers (starring Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman) was in theaters this past summer and just came out on dvd. I have to tell you, this movie creeped the SHIT out of Sheila and myself. AND THAT'S NOT EASY TO DO. I really don't understand how this movie didn't do better box office, considering how well made and effective it is. It is similar in story and scares to Inside, but nowhere NEAR as gory or disturbing.  It's essential about home invasion, which most people would find disturbing as home is where we tend to feel safest.

(Notably, most of your best loved horror movies work on the base level of home invasion scaring the crap out of you. Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street, Inside, The Strangers, When A Stranger Calls, Night Of The Living Dead, The Last Horror Movie, Shaun Of The Dead, Scream. The idea of being attacked by a psycho in the safety of your own home is quite disturbing.)

I liked them all, two I would go as far as saying I loved (Inside and The Strangers). I recommend them all, but they are ALL not for the squeamish. (ESPECIALLY Inside!)

This list is in a constant state of flux, but I'll try to give you my all time top 10, not just lately.

1. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
2. The Beatles - Abbey Road
3. Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
4. Rush - Moving Pictures
5. Pearl Jam - Vs.
6. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 2
7. Yes - 90125
8. The Who - Who's Next
9. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
10. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon

Side top 10. Top 10 greatest hits collections or live albums.

1. The Beatles - 1967-1970
2. Pink Floyd - Echoes
3. The Band - The Last Waltz
4. The Eagles - Greatest Hits
5. Pearl Jam - Rearviewmirror
6. Van Halen - Best Of Both Worlds
7. Bob Dylan - 30th Anniversary Concert
8. Warren Zevon - Genius
9. R.E.M. - Eponymous
10. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gold & Platinum

1. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother's & father's middle names)
Minnie Stanley

2. NASCAR NAME: (first name of your mother's dad, father's dad )
Raymond George

3. STAR WARS NAME: (the first 2 letters of your last name, first 4 letters of your first name)
Poedwa

4.DETECTIVE NAME: (fav color, fav animal)
Red Stimpy

5. SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you live)
Lee Middlesex

6. SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd fav color, fav alcoholic drink, add "THE" to the beginning)
The Black Guinness

7. FLY NAME: (first 2 letters of 1st name, last 2 letters of your last name)
Eder

8. GANGSTA NAME: ( fav ice cream flavor, fav cookie):
Heath Bar Chocolate Chip... BITCHES!

9.ROCK STAR NAME: (current pet's name, current street name)
Dude or Bootsy Cedar

10. PORN NAME: (1st pet, street you grew up on)
Puppy Van Ness

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Hey... Given all this info, you think a middle aged guy is gonna come stalking me? First name, last name, middle name, street name, city...

This week on "To Catch A Predator"...

Hi!

"H---OH! WHOA! I thought you were chick!"

I've got some iced Tea...

"Well okay..."

(For you Kathy Griffin fans out there...)

Couple of things...

When did the Democrats become the party of... Intelligence? I mean seriously, have the Republicans lost their MINDS? This week, they have thrown ALL the monkey shit they can fling at the Democrats, no matter how inane, inSANE, or just plain WRONG it is.

I'll give you a couple of examples.

Well, that with the lady who claimed to have been mugged by an Obama supported, who carved a "b" into her face...


Backwards I might add...

Only to be found to have MADE THE WHOLE THING UP.

Then Governor Palin decides to make this idiotic statement: "If [the media] convince enough voters that that is negative campaigning, for me to call Barack Obama out on his associations," Palin told host Chris Plante, "then I don't know what the future of our country would be in terms of First Amendment rights and our ability to ask questions without fear of attacks by the mainstream media." Further proving the woman has no idea what the Constitution--let alone the job and responsibilities of Vice President--are all about.

Read more about it, and some excellent points on the flip side of her uneducated argument here. (Thanks tobellacrowfor the link)

Then, I was listening to conservative radio talk show host Bob Grant the other day (because, as Henry Rollins once suggested, you should not shout down your enemies, but listen to them to learn where they are coming from so you can be better prepared to go against them) and heard two callers in a row that made my blood boil.

The first was a Jewish lady from Long Island, who started by saying (I'll paraphrase since I could not find audio of this) "You know, when Adolf Hitler wrote 'Mein Kampf', it spelled out exactly what he meant to do. Years later, people were wondering why he did what he did to the Jews, but we all pointed at 'Main Kampf' as SAYING what he meant to do to us."

"Now we have Barack Obama running for President, who in 2001 told the world his Anti-Semitic views, so when as president he aids in getting rid of Israel, we can all look back and say, like Hitler, he told us ahead of time."

Bob Grant pooh-poohed this and thanked her for the call.

The NEXT caller was from a town I used to live in, Union, NJ. HE we on to say that Obama was akin to Josef Stalin, and that he would "rally all the Anti-Semites in Texas" to commit genocide on the Jewish people.

Bob Grant stopped him there Josef Stalin was an evil bastard. Maybe Bob Grant didn't agree with Senator Obama and he certainly didn't want him elected, but to compare him to someone as evil as Stalin was just wrong.

Really Bob? That's ALL that was wrong with those two calls? Comparing Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler is okey-dokey, but Josef Stalin, THAT'S over the line? This from a man who once said he only wished three people dead: Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin and Saddam Hussein? HITLER WAS BEFORE STALIN ON YOUR OWN LIST!!!! But the Hitler caller got barely a sideways word from you?

Let ALONE the comment about Barack Obama rallying the Jew-haters in TEXAS... Uhh, don't you think those same "Jew-haters" might also... Uhm... HATE THE BLACK GUY RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT AS WELL?!?!?!??!

I think it's funny that the Republicans have pushed and pushed and pushed this negative, scare tactic campaign and then have to be apologists and admonish the people the worked up so much (as McCain did with the "Obama's an Arab" lady and the "I'm scared of Obama" guy and now Grant with the Stalin guy.)

It's like they keep pointing at someone they are mad at and call them a name, and then everyone around them starts calling them that name, and then worse names and worse names until the initial person realizes what they have done and has to backtrack, feeling bad things got so out of hand just because they themselves were mad at the one person.

THEN, this morning I see this video on bothbookbearandurbaniak's LJ's. (And yes, that would be the voice of Dr. Jonas Venture from 'The Venture Brothers', James Urbaniak.)

I love that Urbaniak referred to her by the new Republican "first name plus 'the' plus occupation" (way to pidgeonhole everyone into "you are what you do for a living, even if you find it un-fulfilling or unrewarding", jackasses) Shirley the Psycho.

I'll just lift this right form James' LJ. (He won't mind...)
 

In Happier Times: As an alternative delegate to the Republican National Convention, before her world came crashing down.

In this Washington Post dispatch from the convention floor she reveals that she is a retired schoolteacher who judges people on their appearances.

(Via Rumproast)

Sigh...

Them crazy Republicans.

You know what I'd like to see?

I would like to see Barack Obama win, and then in his acceptance speech look at the camera and say these words: "I would like to thank John McCain for a hard fought contest and congratulate him on a great job. I'd like to reintroduce myself to him right now in a vernacular he surely can understand. Senator McCain, I'm Barack the President. Thank you!"

After last weeks heee-larious "Bird is the Word/Jesus" episode



They followed it up with a time travel episode this week where Stewie, Brian and Mort the pharmacist go back to war time Berlin. (Mort's a Jew... Oy, the problems!)

Now, put aside the swipe at Bush attacking Iraq



Or Stewie putting on an SS uniform which has a funny button on it



(they're fascists, get it?)

Or the Terrence Trent D'Arby/Blues Brother shout out...



Which all were side splitting, the best moment featured the guy in my icon there.

Vultan from Flash Gordon!

They replicated the air fight scene with Queen playing in the background!



I was rolling!

The Family Guy is BACK!