Just because

This marks my 52nd blog. I didn't make a hoopla with #50 because it was less than stellar, but this my friends is at least up to par.

I want your Football picks. I may withhold blogs if I don't get picks.

Every bodies surf'n...
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I revisited a horror story from my youth today. No not disco shirts and cord jeans. It was the original nightmare before christmas. None other than 'The Star Wars Christmas Special'

part 1 - grunt-o-rama


part 2 - Close the bar and end the show PLEASE!!!!


last part - Boba goodness?


As an afterthought, this show was an hour long. These clips do not show the entire show. Mommy please make it stop
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ESPN has released 'The Bottom 10'. This list is the best of the bad teams in college football for 2006.

1. Temple
2. Buffalo
3. New Mexico State
4. Kent State
5. Syracuse
6. Rice
7. F_U - Florida Atlantic and Florida International
8. Eastern Michigan
9. Idaho
10. Louisiana-Monroe
[no UNLV]
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Spin Magazine has a list of the '25 Greatest Live Bands Now'. Heres the top 10:

10. The Dirtbombs
9. Prince
8. The Hives
7. Green Day
6. White Stripes
5. Radiohead
4. Red Hot Chili Peppers
3. Arcade Fire
2. The Stooges
1. U2


[I have only ever seen one of these bands in concert. Can you guess who? When?]
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I read a list put out by Maxim magazine of '30 Things You Can Do With a Dollar'. [I do not endorse that you do all 30]

1. Use it as a fancy tablecloth in your dollhouse living room.
2. Buy .3 gallons of gas.
3. Buy REO Speedwagon's The Hits at your local 7-Eleven.
4. Buy a newspaper. Make a hat out of the newspaper.
6. Get 30 seconds of high-resolution "full-contact" Web chat time.
7. Put it all on red.
8. Get an all-day parking pass in downtown Steubenville, Ohio.
9. Buy a new doorbell button.
10. Trade it on eBay for a different dollar.
11. Buy enough yarn to knit your hamster a beach towel.
12. Get a small bag of fortune cookies. Then brag to your friends that you have a small (bag of) fortune (cookies).
13. Make a lightweight two-inch telescope (1X powered).
14. Buy enough breadcrumbs to go for a walk in the forest and not get lost.
15. Get 100 pennies, go to a fountain, and make 100 wishes for more money.
18. Make a three-second phone call from a hotel room.
19. Pay off all your debts in Mexico.
20. Make some origami. Sell it for more than a dollar to some retard who likes origami.
22. Buy a dozen used roses.
23. Fly a tiny kite.
24. Use it as homemade Q-tip.
26. Level a wobbly table.
27. Save an Africans life.
28. Get a black or white photo, from a picture booth.
29. Buy 20 empty aluminum cans.
30. Leave four messages on your answering machine from a pay phone.

The value of a dollar has really dropped. I remember when I was a kid I could buy a whole gallon of gas for a dollar......up hill both ways....kids today...
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Do you remember Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu? Okay then you must have been to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

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Do you have one of 'America's most dangerous jobs'?

1      Fishers and fishing workers     
2     Logging workers    
3     Aircraft pilots    
4     Structural iron and steel workers    
5     Refuse and recyclable material collectors    
6     Farmers and ranchers    
7     Electrical power line installers/repairers    
8     Driver/sales workers and truck drivers    
9     Miscelleneous agricultural workers
10    Construction laborers

My brother does.

For some reason this reminds me of that song, 'Momma's don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys'.

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Check out this cool 'Official Seal Generator'.

[naw]

[better]

[best]
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I also visited the Neave Planetarium to see what the star-lit night will be like on my wife's birthday.

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Have you ever wanted to create your own police sketch? What about a sketch of some ugly dude?

Realistic face sketch does all that and not much more.
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Today I read that the Marvel Comics US stamps character selection have been named.

The ten characters that will be featured are:

- Spider-Man
- The Incredible Hulk
- Sub-Mariner
- The Thing
- Captain America
- Silver Surfer
- Spider-Woman
- Iron Man
- Elektra
- Wolverine

[sweeeeeeeeeeeet]
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Check out this photoset from Scott Stulberg Photography.

[Thor's hammer - Bryce canyon, Utah]

[cougar-riffic]
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