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F amily Guy vs. The Simpsons: The Simpsons Guy I haven't really watched much of Family Guy or The Simpsons recently, but I had to watch this crossover. For years, there have been major attacks against each show on their own shows. At one point, FOX had to step in and tell them to stop taking so many pop shots. I remember Seth talking about it on a commentary track. This crossover is clearly a peace treaty between the two shows. And, I really dug the episode a lot. Yeah, this is a Family Guy episode with The Simpsons universe. You can tell the cleaner jokes were Simpsons and the edgier things were FG jokes. Overall the two shows' styles worked well together. I actually liked the episode a lot and loved the hour long crossover because it deserved it. Heck they even mention the fact the episode was a hour long. Most of the jokes worked with exception of the payoff of Santa's Helper. Has that dog been on the show that much? I also like t...

Random Stuff ~I had to go to a funeral for a not so close family member. I am always uncomfortable with notion of sitting in a room with a dead person. And, for me, people dying is bit more unsettling because I am a nonbeliever in the afterlife. This is your life on this planet and that's it. The End. There's no more. For me, how you spend your life is the most important thing because there isn't anything afterward to look forward to. I know it gives people comfort when they're on their deathbed, but that's not for me. Anyway, it sort of drove me into a slump this whole weekend thinking about the death.   ~Trish Stratus: Why is she trending currently on Yahoo? I remember she was a part of that sexy WWF diva stuff. I never found her that attractive. I was more of a Miss Kitty (SP) fan and Leta was sexy to me. I guess Trish is now a yoga person from what I am reading about her. Was she the one that showed her boobs on a live PPV show or was i...

Talking White or right: S peak the truth, lady Damn, this is what I've been saying for years. I've been called a sellout or acting white because I don’t use broken English or slang words all the time. Both black and white people have told me this. I talk too “proper”. It is true that our culture does look down at people trying to be smart or intelligent. Every time I see one of the thuggish black teens with their pants hanging down and talking ignorant, I want to tell them to cut it out. People aren't going to take you serious if you look and act like a clown.  

Prisencolinensinainciusol by   Adriano Celentano I posted this earlier, but something caught my ear while watching Sons of Anarchy. An ad showed up for the game Forza Horizon 2. They played the song from above in the ad.  I laughed realizing someone on the XBOX marketing noticed the meme for this song and put the song of gibberish in their ad! Or I hope they realize the song is total nonsense on purpose to sound like English words. Here it is Here's an amusing attempt to translate the gibberish . And, it is nice to see other people notice this silly song. The story behind this 70-ish song is rather funny too. From NPR.org, (( "So at a certain point, because I like American slang — which, for a singer, is much easier to sing than Italian — I thought that I would write a song which would only have as its theme the inability to communicate," he says. "And to do this, I had to write a song where the lyrics didn't mean anything." )) W...

Mindhunters (2004) What do you get when you blend a horror/thriller movie with a CSI type concept?   You get a flaming turd directed by Renny Harlin and it stinks up the place.   MH is an unintended comedy.   It tries it hardest to be a stunning thinking man’s thriller, and it is partly a movie version of all those CSI shows from the mid-2000s.   None of it works.   It just represents Harlin’s career.   Mindhunters is about a group of profiling students trying to get into the FBI.  They go into deep training.  Within this deep training, they find out they’re being hunted one by one using their weaknesses.  They start to turn of each other because they believe the killer is among them.   Mindhunters is that ugly kid that keeps trying to get the phone numbers from the prefect ten girls.  He just doesn’t get that he’s way out of his league.  Mindhunters tries so hard to be a clever movie, but fails every single time...

Rape Shirt for sale? WTF Back in my day, we had Big Johnson shirts and that was considered offensive. Now, we got shitty shirts like this. It makes no sense. Plus, it is not funny. Why would anyone walk around in a pro-rape shirt. This shirt was found in some malls in the Philippines under the roofs of SM stores.  From the Daily Mail, (( Karen Kunawicz uploaded a picture of the T-shirt onto her Facebook page with the caption: 'Really? In the boy's section? 'It's Not Rape, It's A Snuggle With A Struggle?' )) It's a snuggle with a struggle? What the frack does that mean? I am surprised this shirt was even there given that the Philippines is a very religious place. I'm all for jokes and laughs, but why make a shirt proclaiming rape even as a joke? It makes no sense.  I'm not Social Warrior, but this is just wrong in every way.   By the way, I believe this Karen person is a writer/journalist that has her own wiki page . ...

Yee Victory Yep, this actually made my day. I was really feeling bad and just this clip made me chuckle. Yee! Give me the Jam...

An overview of Starscream NC has a great overview of this character. Starscream is one of the best/worst characters ever from our 80s show. Why Megatron keep him around? He really wasn't that good of a warrior anyway and would turn on anyone good or bad in a second. However, kids liked his character growing up. I also remember that they finally killed him off in The Transformers movie from the 80s. Once Starscream threw Megatron's wounded body off the ship, that was the final straw for Megatron/Galvatron. He came back and killed him. That was something he could have done numerous times on the show. Also, the movie jumps ahead 20 years to the year 2005. Uh, Megatron kept Starscream around for another 20 years, even after Starscream tried to build his own army. 20 years of Starscream's bullshit. He comes back as a ghost two more times on the TF show and then he shows on Beast Wars. The Bay movies did a disservice to Starscream. What is interesti...

How to make eye-contact...and creep people out. Look, even the ugly guy like me has had those moments too, but I am more interested in the sells that week than picking up a woman in a grocery store. And, I used to work at one for about 5 years. That look gave the chick was more than a bit creepy. By the way, the video has more dislikes than likes. I just a problem spitting game to a woman between the dog food and light bulbs. It gets worst... Talking about donuts always gets you a phone number. Always... How to approach a woman in a park... How to approach someone in the park and rob them? I spend a lot of time in parks and I generally tend to avoid people because everyone is usually on edge anyway because the homeless might harass them. All this might work, but 50% is also if the woman even finds you attractive.  

First off, thank you to all the people reading my Father’s Day posts.  It seems they are garnering a lot of attention.  I just hope my story will help others that had similar incidents their troubled lives.  I will have an epilogue to this story in a few days summing up my thoughts and stances on these things.  Anyway, let’s move on. I really can’t remember when my mother arrived at home.  And, I don’t remember the travel to the ER.  However, I do remember sitting in the room in the hospital with my mother teary-eyed by my side as I sat on the bed.  Looking in her eyes, I knew that she blamed herself for being with this monster for so long.  But, she didn’t need to take blame for it.  We really didn’t have the information on abuse and the toll it takes on people.  I felt my forehead and noted there was a giant bruise right in the middle.  I figured my father’s powerful fists caused that.  The nurses and the doctor took...

Random Thoughts ~ Scotland is still a part of the Union: I've watched some really good videos talking about the relationship between Scotland and the rest of the Union, and I've watched Braveheart (That is a joke). It looks like the referendum failed with 55% against Scotland's independence. Perhaps someone can fill me in on the whole Scotland/UK thing. What is interesting is how much coverage this thing has gotten here in the states (IE a lot). ~ Iran “Happy Group: Do you remember that group that made the Happy video from Iran? Do you remember that they got arrested. Well, six of them were given a six month sentence...and 91 lashes. However, the sentences were suspended it seems. These people can't do anything to piss off the government for the next three years. By the way, check out Iran Wire for an interesting view from that side of things. ~Smoke on a plane: This would have scared me to death literally . ~Gamer Gate: Who knew Game...

Penis Home: WTF? First off, this post WILL be disgusting yet amusing. So, if you are offended easily, don't read this post. When I saw this link in the Know Your Meme site, I was like ... “Oh, God, no. Don't let this be what I think it is. It is.” Mark Driscoll made one of the dumbest statements I've ever read and it makes me laugh. It has something to do with female lady parts. Mark wrote a blog about this penis house back in 2001. Let's go through this statement shall we? From Know YourMeme, (( While His penis is on loan you must admit that it is sort of just hanging out there very lonely as if it needed a home, sort of like a man wondering the streets looking for a house to live in.   )) So, my penis is a lonely fellow that you see hanging out in front of a bar? Wait, my penis is a homeless guy? Calling my dork a bum isn't going to win you any favors, Mark. And, what the hell is the “on loan” bit? How does one pay back a penis load? ...

2  Guns Basically, this movie is about guys robbing a band that houses the money of a Mexican drug lord.  With some twists, they discover that there may be more to the money trail.  They find out who are the real people that own the money.  Pure and simple, this is a part heist movie and part action movie.  And, I almost get the sense this would have been a Tony Scott movie with the edits and slow motion.  And, you can also add Denzel Washington   to the mix, so you can get that vibe. Scott passed away a few years ago, so this is a   Baltasar Kormákur joint.  Baltasar keeps the action steady without a lot of shaky camera work and that is a plus, because sometimes Scott would get a little crazy with it.  There are a few boring moments here and there, but the action is pretty well crafted for the most part.  Where the movie really shines is its two leads AKA its 2 Guns.  Marky-Mark Wahlberg is surprisingly very go...

Steven Seagal The Blues Singer... Yes, I've been looking for this video for a while and I finally rediscovered it. Mr. Seagal has been in the news recently with Russia. Steven has cursed Russia with his shitty blues music. Yep, Mr. Under Siege was invited to preform his “wonderful” blues music in Crimea. Of all the artists in the world, this is the one you wanted, Putin? I've always been fascinated by the career of Seagal, because he fails at everything. Yet, he rises to the top like a super turd in a bowl. And, I like that about him. His movies are now terrible. His energy drink is the worst thing I've ever tasted in my life. He sucks at reality and regular TV shows. Yet, the man keeps on farting along. He's like the bloated version of Nic Cage. But, Steven likes bees and things getting “burned”. At this point, does Steven even believe most of the bullshit he spouts out? By the way, did you know he even tried to get a video game re...

This Guy is Pissed I love that his friend tries and tries to get him to go home and calm down. Everything got worst when he called that woman the c-word. That was a bit too far. I have anger issues, but even I won't take it that far. things could have gotten a lot worst that's for sure. The lawyer's name is Kirby, but I don't think he's a fluffy-looking marshmallow thing that eats everthing. By the way, this appeared on Reddit this week , but the video is over a year old. I did some digging and it seems the people outside were protesters and this Kirby guy. Kirby has been released from working with the school district. As AOL stated, Kirby isn't listed on their law firm site . Was he let go from the firm or just removed from the site? By the way, here is the story behind the story on This American Life . It seems to be pretty shitty.  

Kanye West, come on, man What does it matter if everyone some stands up or not? The man is just crazy with his super ego. Man, this is cringe worthy. Come on, Mr. West.  Shake it off.  When I heard and read this story, I couldn't believe it first. The two people that “refused” to stand up were disabled. One was in a wheelchair another one has a prosthetic leg.  Was Mr. West going to go into the crowd and "heal" them with the power of his ego?    Oh, but it gets worst... From CNN.com, (( After sending someone over to investigate why the two concertgoers weren't standing, West quickly clarified that "if you're using a wheelchair, then it's fine. ... Only if he's in a wheelchair." )) Wow, that pretty douche baggy for even him. You had to send someone over to confirm it? What gets me is the audience boos the two disabled people. From CNN.com, (( When he spotted two people who still weren't standing, West initial...

Father’s Day: A tale of violence and anger Side Note: After writing up the first post, I recently saw a picture of my entire family.  All four of us were sitting in a professional studio taking a family picture.  There we were, sitting together all smiles.  I looked so young and skinny.  My brother was tiny.  Yet, we looked like one big happy family.  Maybe we played it up for the camera, or maybe we truly believed everything was going to all right with our family of four.  We were wrong… The Incident As I wrote before, my father progressively got more and more violent and angry.  So, much so, that I realized he changed.  He was no longer really my father, but someone I deeply feared.  Not to really be too writer(ry) but he become a monster of sorts.  If I didn’t do something correctly, I’d get the belt.  I believe this happened around my first year of middle school. I could be wrong.  One school night, my...