tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80722403413506817432024-03-14T00:50:23.101-07:00Thoughts and ImagesLight look at movies, music, television, sports, entertainment and moreUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072240341350681743.post-54012869779307846442012-07-07T11:34:00.001-07:002012-07-07T11:39:33.794-07:00News you need to know<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I am not saying Flixster, nor Rotten Tomatoes has jumped the shark yet. I am saying if you remember the popular Jump The Shark website and know what the TV Guide website did to it after buying it do not be surprised if you see Flixster and Rotten Tomatoes done somewhat the same way. <br />
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While I do not see WB whole heatedly dismantling those sites as JTS was done, I do see them over lording the sites with ads for their films and filtering out negative reviews about those films.<br />
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Of course there will still be<a href="http://www.imdb.com/"> IMDB</a> for independent viewer reviews of movies if that happens. Oh, and for those that do remember and miss JTS you can always check out <a href="http://www.bonethefish.com/">Bone The Fish</a>.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072240341350681743.post-88431625734451543962011-05-02T15:51:00.000-07:002011-05-02T15:51:49.690-07:00Ke$ha is annoying me<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">So lately when I flip radio stations I often hear the latest Ke$sha song, " It annoys me. You had one good song and ever since then a bunch of crap.<br />
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This place about to blow..your singing is about to make me blow, chunks that is. So shut your mouth.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072240341350681743.post-62989618998641503252011-04-21T09:52:00.000-07:002011-04-21T09:52:52.731-07:00But the yellow part is the good part<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I like eggs. I should be watching my cholesterol. Everything I read says just eat the egg whites. Simple. Problem solved right? Uh, wrong!<br />
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Duh! Hello, the yolk is the yummy part. Do the people writing articles about eggs stop the think about what they are saying? Just eat the white part? How about you just drive in reverse?! Just the white part, get real. <br />
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Most people I know would rather not eat eggs at all if they cannot eat the whole thing. Sure, I have eaten just the white part mixed in some tuna salad. Overall though, if I were to stop eating the yolk I would say my egg consumption would drop 90%. Thus I would greatly lose out on the protein benefit of said white part.<br />
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So here is to you oh delicious egg yolk. You taste so good with buttery toast and a side of bacon!<br />
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Can Donald Trump be any more obvious that he is saying all the things he thinks right wingers want to hear? He sounds so much like a caricature he is going to make most intelligent people, regardless of ideology suspicious of him. The problem is, not everyone is intelligent. <br />
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Hence, he is just another name for the Grand Old Party to choice from. Normally, I would blow him off and say it does not matter, because he will not end up being their golden selection. With his money though, I would not count him out. <br />
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Were he to win the primary though, then all bets are off. When it is boiled down to just the top few people running for the White House (really two since everyone unfortunately ignores anyone that is non-Republican or Democrat) then all of the media will bombard him with questions and hit him with things they have dug up from his background, but are saving up. <br />
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Right now Donald Trump sounds like he is going by some Conservative play book. First he questions Obama's birth certificate. Next he gives cookie cutter answers and cute little stories anyone could easily make up to back his supposed stances. <br />
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His friend that almost had an abortion and now loves their child after not going through with it? That could be real, and it better be. The Donald better be ready to give out their name and bring them into the public to prove his story too. <br />
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Better watch out Donald Trump, or you might be the one who is fired.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072240341350681743.post-20659733979426019692011-04-09T11:28:00.000-07:002011-04-12T07:05:39.923-07:00If I could go back in time<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">If I could go back in time, I would...<br />
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<ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Shake the hand of the person who invented Ramen Noodles</li>
<li>Invest in Microsoft and Walmart before they got big</li>
<li>Slap Marcia Griffiths for the Electric Boogie song</li>
<li>Double Slap Mr. Cheeks for the Cha Cha Slide song</li>
<li>Study harder..perhaps</li>
<li>Use my <a href="http://musingsandvisuals.blogspot.com/2011/02/new-ipod.html">Ipod</a> to impress people and make them think I was some sort of god</li>
<li>Save Tupac</li>
<li>Inform people how bad things would be after George W. Bush ran the country for eight years</li>
<li>Find the owners of the Triangle Waste Factory and shove my foot up their ****es</li>
<li>Tell Raphael Palmero to just keep his mouth shut</li>
<li>Win, duh</li>
<li>Tell people why they should not board the Hindenburg</li>
<li>Prevent Ghostbusters II from being made</li>
<li>Prevent Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull from being made</li>
<li>Hug whoever first thought up milkshakes</li>
<li>Borrow a bass line from a Queen/David Bowie song and write stupid rap lyrics over it so I could become famous</li>
<li>Find Doc Brown, help my would be dad overt trouble with Biff, while also helping him get the affections of my would be mom, then use my DeLorean accompanied by a lightning strike at the old clock tower to get back to present day..or something like that</li>
<li>Explain to Nate Dogg that the Chronic is apparently not the best medicine for everything</li>
<li>Post humongous signs aboard the Titanic that read, "Warning: Giant Iceberg ahead"</li>
<li>Buy lots of <a href="http://musingsandvisuals.blogspot.com/2010/12/things-i-liked-that-disappeared-too.html">BarNone</a> candy bars before they stopped selling them</li>
<li>Tell Fred Savage and Ben Savage to save their money while they are young as the future does not look so bright for them</li>
<li>Settle the Civil War with a slap bet</li>
<li>Spend more time with loved ones that have passed on</li>
<li>Mess with the Beatles and tell them no one will buy an album with a white cover</li>
<li>Find Michael Jackson after his fifth facial surgery or so and say, "enough is enough already!"</li>
</ol><div>Help me with more people.</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072240341350681743.post-83427170762865313092011-04-04T08:24:00.000-07:002011-04-04T08:24:19.796-07:00Charlie Sheen bombed live? Duh!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Well of course <a href="http://musingsandvisuals.blogspot.com/2011/02/charlie-sheen-high-on-lifeor-coke.html">Charlie Sheen</a> bombed on the first night of his live show.<br />
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What were fans expecting? His is a ranting, raving lunatic who is desperate after getting <a href="http://musingsandvisuals.blogspot.com/2011/03/update-charlie-sheen-suing-chuck-lorrie.html">fired by CBS</a>.<br />
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So now some suckers pay to hear his ranting and raving and are disappointed? You should be embarrassed to even admit you paid good money to see Charlie Sheen live. That is like admitting you got conned by a crackhead. Oh wait, you did!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072240341350681743.post-32645812930296153622011-03-29T16:58:00.000-07:002011-03-29T18:17:16.576-07:00Damn you Ruby Tuesday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Damn you Ruby Tuesday. You took away my Chocolate Tall Cake. Why not just cut my heart out?<br />
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No one wants your Double Chocolate Cake, nor your Gourmet Cupcakes...well some people might, but not me. No! I want something big, that includes chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate. Also some ice cream. Ice cream is a must. <br />
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Since I have no Shoney's near by I need this, as I cannot get a Hot Fudge Cake. All I had was the Chocolate Tall Cake at Ruby Tuesday. Now they have gone and taken it away from me. Why Lord? Why???<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pudOFG5X6uA">How I feel right now</a>.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072240341350681743.post-49581771681193065352011-03-27T16:58:00.000-07:002011-03-27T16:58:46.933-07:00Rebecca Black absolutely sucks!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Rebecca Black so <a href="http://asian50cent.blogspot.com/2011/03/rebecca-black.html">awesomely bad</a>? No she just plain out sucks!<br />
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She proves once again that you do not have to be talented to become famous. Unlike Will Smith's daughter, WIlliow Smith, I have no idea of where Rebecca Black came from.<br />
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Rebecca Black sucks. She sucks Monday. She sucks Tuesday. She sucks everyday that ends in "y," especially Friday! So jump in the backseat Rebecca, because your butt sure ain't deserving of riding shotgun with that awful song.<br />
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I only wonder one thing, well besides if it is real meat. Why do they call Krystal burgers and White Castles' burgers sliders? Is it because they are so small you can slide them down your throat in one bite? Is it because you can eat them on a slide, late at night, in a park, where you are hanging with some friends after partaking of some...well..<br />
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Why do they call them sliders? I want some Krystals. Damn!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072240341350681743.post-77487341582233968732011-03-21T20:52:00.000-07:002011-03-22T16:51:35.731-07:00Ann Coulter is now a radiation expert, apparentlyAnn Coulter has obviously been exposed to too much radiation. Her brain is mush.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Well you can relax Ms. Coulter, or can I call you Ann? We need energy and even many of the evil, leftist, loony, socialists, as you call them, such as the current President, are for Nuclear energy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Unlike you though, they do believe in some regulation just to be sure we are safe. You know, not wanting our kids to glow in the dark and all. Perhaps you should have watched HBO's special on the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Triangle-Fire-That-Changed-America/dp/080214151X?ie=UTF8&tag=thouandimag-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Triangle Factory fire</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thouandimag-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=080214151X" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> tonight. It might remind, or teach in your case, why we unfortunately do not some oversight. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Radiation good for you, indeed!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072240341350681743.post-11569498408977477632011-03-21T20:30:00.000-07:002011-03-21T20:30:50.677-07:00Do girls really want guys like in romantic movies?You ever notice that what is perceived as romantic in movies could often times be seen as stalking in real life?<br />
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Think about it. Sure, girls say they wish a guy would do one of the many "romantic" things we see in films, but would they really?<br />
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That is right ladies. Do not pretend that you really want an ex boyfriend showing up everywhere you go in disguise, like Randy, in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Valley-Girl-Nicolas-Cage/dp/B00005JLFA?ie=UTF8&tag=thouandimag-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Valley Girl</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thouandimag-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00005JLFA" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />. If that really happened you would get angrier than a Eminem in well, just about every song he comes out with. <br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Edward-Scissorhands-Widescreen-Anniversary-Johnny/dp/B00004U8P8?ie=UTF8&tag=thouandimag-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Edward Scissorhands</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thouandimag-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00004U8P8" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />?! Need we go there? That would just be creepy...<br />
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Then again in real life rich men do not fall in love with hookers. Sorry all you <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pretty-Woman-15th-Anniversary-Special/dp/B00081U7HC?ie=UTF8&tag=thouandimag-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Pretty Woman</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thouandimag-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00081U7HC" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> fans.<br />
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Thoughts? Let me know what you think and subscribe if you want any future rants or other such thoughts on films.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072240341350681743.post-17307383990222538952011-03-20T21:09:00.000-07:002011-03-20T21:09:21.234-07:00AT&T buying T-Mobile? Boo!AT&T has agreed to terms to purchase T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom AG. Just great!<br />
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As the cell phone industry ages, instead of more and more choices, we seem to keep ending up with less and less. That is ironic as there are more and more customers every day. <br />
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I understand some larger companies buying up smaller companies, but pretty soon it will be down to one or two companies tops. We could be looking at a monopoly one day. Think about it:<br />
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T-Mobile bought out VoiceStream, which had bought out Powertell . Not long ago they also purchased SunCom. Sprint purchased Nextel, AT&T Cingular, Verizon Alltel. The options keep dwindling folks.<br />
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How long before Sprint is gobbled up by AT&T or Verizon? Then who is left to compete with the Goliaths? Metro PCS? They don't count. Will regulators stop the merger of the 2nd and 4th largest providers? From what I have seen in my lifetime of government, I am going to have to say, "What is no, Alex?"<br />
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Of course on a personal level, I am mad. T-Mobile actual offers a cheap price plan I can live with. I guess soon I will have to kiss that goodbye. Thank you German sellouts! <br />
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So if the merger eventually goes through, who should I go with, AT&T, Sprint or Verizon? Feedback please!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072240341350681743.post-89816031164496287662011-03-20T15:32:00.000-07:002011-03-20T15:32:02.905-07:00Joseph Gordon-Levitt confirmed for The Dark Knight Rises, who is next?Joseph Gordon-Levitt has officially been confirmed to have a major role in The <i>Dark Knight Rises</i>, the next in the Batman series. It is said he will play the role of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Falcone">Alberto Falcone</a>.<div><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-LYZE7QOOyGo/TYZ_9LuDtzI/AAAAAAAAAFs/90axGOvvvjM/s1600/Joseph-Gordon-Levitt-as-Alb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-LYZE7QOOyGo/TYZ_9LuDtzI/AAAAAAAAAFs/90axGOvvvjM/s200/Joseph-Gordon-Levitt-as-Alb.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><div>Hmmm! Anyone seeing a pattern here. Heath Ledger, check. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, check. No, you don't see it? Okay, so maybe it is only obvious to me.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Think back about ten years or so. Remember a certain particular teen romance comedy? Yup, I am talking about <a href="http://www.amazon.com/10-Things-Hate-About-You/dp/B00000K31Q?ie=UTF8&tag=thouandimag-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank"><i>10 Things I Hate About You</i></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thouandimag-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00000K31Q" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />.</div><div><br />
</div><div>That would mean in the fourth movie upcoming in the new Batman series, and we all know it is coming (it is just a matter of time, unless of course they decide it is time to reboot the series yet again) we might see <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005466/">Julia Styles</a> or <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0472710/">David Krumholtz</a>. In what roles, I have no idea. Perhaps <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntress_(comics)">The Huntress</a> and <a href="http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/Calendar_Man">Calender Man</a> respectively, long time of favorites of Batman fans.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Then again, they could always get <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005327/">Freddie Prinze Jr.</a> Awesome no?</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072240341350681743.post-10792399193010287972011-03-19T12:05:00.000-07:002011-03-19T12:11:51.487-07:00Proper English - on tomorrow?Lately I notice many people saying, "on tomorrow," or something similar. Why? Hello, proper English?<br />
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An example would be, "I am going to do that on today." What the H-E-double hockey sticks!? Does that sound right to you? Is that the English language we learned? Why would someone not just say, "I am going to do that today"? <br />
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Now, if for example, you were going to specify a later day in the week, I could understand, "I am going to work out on Wednesday." "I am going to rehearse on the 23rd." Those sound better. The "on" though not always necessary in those situations, but still fits.<br />
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So if you catch someone saying "..on today," or "..on tomorrow" shake your head at them in disgust for me. Thanks.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072240341350681743.post-14684023450515897682011-03-13T10:09:00.000-07:002011-03-13T10:12:37.787-07:00BMG MusicDoes anyone remember BMG Music or Columbia House?<br />
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I was just thinking about how I got lots of music back before the days of being able to download songs online.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mail order CD clubs were awesome</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I had tons of CDs before I ever had Itunes. How did I get all of them? The same way many people my age or older got them, through music clubs such as Columbia House and BMG Music.<br />
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We would sign up, select our 8 to 10 free CDs and the one to six full priced CDs we had to purchase, send off along with the payment and shipping and handling, receive them, cancel, then join again later under a different name. It was wonderful.<br />
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I wondered if these music clubs were still around so I went to their websites. I tried BMG Music, but the links came up to dead ends. Next, I typed www columbia house into my browser and sure enough they are still there. But wait, they are now a dvd club. Columbia house dvd anyone?<br />
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I guess the online music evolution really did kill their CD sales. I imagine with all the stores selling used dvds and people now downloading movies it is only a matter of time before the dvd club goes the way of the dinosaurs as well.<br />
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I cannot say I really miss them that bad, but those sure were the good old days of getting lots of music without spending a fortune. It almost felt like you were getting over on them. Like you were pulling a fast one and the big companies were too stupid to even realize who was scamming who. <br />
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Who else remembers these wonderful music clubs?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072240341350681743.post-90670518152030900492011-03-13T08:56:00.000-07:002011-03-13T09:11:24.864-07:00Girls Scout cookies Thin Mints - I love themI love Girl Scout cookies, particularly Thin Mints. <br />
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</tbody></table>They are a gift from the heavens. No, scratch that. They are from beyond the heavens. <br />
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Those cookies are so good once I started eating some, and even though my stomach told me to stop, I could not stop stuffing the little delights into my mouth until the box was empty. Thankfully another box was not in sight.<br />
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So if you happen to pass by some Girl Scouts selling some Thin Mints, please GET ME SOME!!! Please and thanks!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072240341350681743.post-43482881981636968932011-03-10T15:51:00.000-08:002011-03-10T18:38:20.039-08:00Update: Charlie Sheen suing Chuck Lorrie?<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charlie Sheenless </td></tr>
</tbody></table>Breaking news: Apparently Chuck Lorrie made <a href="http://musingsandvisuals.blogspot.com/2011/02/charlie-sheen-high-on-lifeor-coke.html">Charlie Sheen the a$$hole</a> he is today so Sheen is suing him in return.<br />
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Charlie Sheen feels <a href="http://musingsandvisuals.blogspot.com/2011/03/update-charlie-sheen-fired-from-two-and.html">his firing</a> has nothing to do with his wild tirades against the Warner Bros studio and the Two and a Half Men producers. He knows it had nothing to do with his partying with escorts, nor drinking and doing lots of recreational drugs. Nope. <br />
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Charlie knows his treatment of women and his wild reputation are not what caused him to get the ax. No. He knows what the 411 is. Chuck Lorrie just hates him. Yup. makes sense.<br />
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Good luck your lawsuit Charlie. I am sure it won't get thrown out faster than you can say hooker. Maybe you can sue Jon Stamos if he gets an offer to replace you on Two and a Half Men.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072240341350681743.post-44370318793570460952011-03-09T18:47:00.000-08:002011-03-09T18:58:53.627-08:00RIP Mike Starr<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">RIP Mike Starr</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Mike Starr, another member of the great rock band <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Hits/dp/B00136Q3B0?ie=UTF8&tag=thouandimag-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Alice in Chains</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thouandimag-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00136Q3B0" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> has passed away.<br />
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Starr played on Alice in Chains first two albums. Drugs likely took him, as they did former AIC front man Layne Staley. <br />
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Are drugs part of the rock image? Yes. Does it make it any less sad when we hear such news though? No. Most of us really do not want to see someone burn out. Fading away might not be graceful, but deep down we would all rather see music stars just ease into a less social existence than end up like a Kurt Cobain. <br />
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RIP Mr. Starr. May you and Mr. Staley<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nco_kh8xJDs"> put on a kick a$$ show</a> for the man above.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072240341350681743.post-76100738557794583452011-03-07T16:27:00.000-08:002011-03-13T07:30:29.147-07:00Update: Charlie Sheen fired from Two and a Half MenRecently I <a href="http://musingsandvisuals.blogspot.com/2011/02/charlie-sheen-high-on-lifeor-coke.html">blogged</a> about one of Hollywood's most level headed, down to earth actors. That is right, I am talking about <a href="http://musingsandvisuals.blogspot.com/2011/02/charlie-sheen-high-on-lifeor-coke.html">Charlie Sheen</a>.<br />
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Well today the news broke that Charlie Sheen was fired from the hit CBS series Two and a Half Men. Why would they do such a thing? Well obviously they are just evil, rich jerks who do not care about ratings or money as much as destroying the lives of a wonderful human being. Mr. Sheen donates over half his salary to charity. Instead of partying and doing drugs like some major stars, he spends his time giving back to the community by working at soup kitchens and spending time with sick children in hospitals. <br />
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What? Wrong actor? Oops, never mind!<br />
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So what do you think of Charlie Sheen being fired from Two and a Half Men? Leave me feedback.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072240341350681743.post-61503137267425996872011-02-27T20:57:00.000-08:002011-03-13T14:59:52.955-07:00Google algorithm<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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(Kw Usage Score * 0.3) + (Domain * 0.25) + (blackmail photos of any Google executives*.95)+(PR Score * 0.25) + (pictures of near naked, but not completely naked women*.015)+(Inbound Link Score * 0.25) + (User Data * 0.1) + (Content Quality Score * 0.1) + (mention of the words SEO and how to make money online*.01)+(Manual Boosts) - mention of the words "Bing" or "Facebook")<br />
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There you have it. I hope this Search Engine Optimization (SEO) tip helps you internet marketers out there. The new Google algorithm should help decrease content farms, pig farms and give a direct karate kick to the face of Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg. Hhhhyah!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072240341350681743.post-21790865933747495622011-02-27T16:54:00.000-08:002011-02-27T16:54:46.868-08:00Buying health insuranceI am glad I soon will be buying health insurance from the company I recently started working with. Group rates make useful insurance doable. Unfortunately buying private health insurance means paying lots of money for very little coverage in return.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Doctor if I do not get company insurance soon</td></tr>
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Why did I get the insurance you ask? It would be good were I to have some major accident or something. So I will not say it was all bad. Still, it was not something I could use for a regular doctor's visit if I had the flu or something like that. <br />
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I have heard many politicians say joining collectives would allow individuals the ability to pull their buying power together as a group (these same politicians are against unions though, hmmn). Unfortunately I was unable to find one of these collectives. They sound good in theory, but without a company behind them I have not found one that actually exists. <br />
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Another thing I read was that interstate laws for insurance needed to be broken up so insurers could sell across state lines. Why that would drive the prices down. Unfortunately many of the same insurance companies, i.e. Blue Cross Blue Shield, operate in many states, just under different sub companies. Therefore I am not so sure prices would be affected much. Even when there are several choices of private insurance companies in a given state the prices are about what I mentioned previously. Apparently those who think the private sector can always work everything out with deregulation (and before you think I am some socialist, I believe in the basics of the free market, but also believe it needs supervision unfortunately) forget the one big flaw with capitalism - collusion. <br />
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Sure one insurance company could suddenly drop prices and try to gain more market hold, but then the other companies would soon follow and then they would all be making less. That or the other companies would dig up dirt and use their lobbyists to have that company buried. After all, you do not see Sony undercutting the cost of Compact Discs versus the other CD manufacturers. Nope. Heck, in the music industry though they are separate companies, they get to meet as a group called the Recording Industry of America (RIAA). Convenient isn't it?<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>So I guess what I am saying, is if all these so called conservatives really want people to go out there and start up their own individual businesses, they better find a way for these people to get individual insurance that is worth a darn and does not cost a fortune. There simply has got to be a better way to buy health insurance. Real health insurance!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072240341350681743.post-37399249472864836892011-02-25T19:10:00.000-08:002011-03-02T14:40:23.413-08:00Charlie Sheen - high on life...or cokeCharlie Sheen recently said he was high on life. I guess "life" is a new way of saying cocaine, meth, heroine or some other sort of narcotic. I think he is too classy for meth or heroine though. No sir, none of that low street grade crap for Charlie. Pure Colombian snow though? Certainly. Only the finest for Mr. Sheen.<br />
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Then again maybe "life" means the feeling you get from smacking around a hooker. Yes, that's it! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charlie Sheen partying</td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: left;"></div>Or better yet, perhaps it means both. There you go! Charlie was high on some coke, slapping hoes, putting them in their place, and to him, that is what "life" is all about. <br />
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No, there has to be more. Hmm...okay, high? Check. Hooker...err, I mean escort? Check. <br />
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Now what else? Oh, I know, he was also downing a bottle of champagne. Gots to have to have the champagne to celebrate. What next? Oh yes, a donkey. Why not? Every good party needs a donkey. One donkey and female performer to go along with said donkey? Check.<br />
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So Charlie was powdering his nose, sipping on some Delphine Boutier, when some low class call girl stepped in his view of the Donkey Show, then, POW, he had to pop her one to put her into place. She awoke the sleeping giant. She better check herself before she wrecks herself. Anyways, it all makes sense now.<br />
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So you see, Charlie Sheen really was high on life.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072240341350681743.post-86415836961019970212011-02-22T16:28:00.000-08:002011-03-02T16:12:15.762-08:00Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker - right or a douche?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mwcradio.com/site_media/photologue/photos/cache/scott-walker_article_detail_lead.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="152" src="http://www.mwcradio.com/site_media/photologue/photos/cache/scott-walker_article_detail_lead.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>What does everyone think of the Wisconsin governor, Scott Walker, right about now?<br />
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Do you agree with his battle with public workers or think he is union busting on behalf of rich corporate fat cats such as David Koch?<br />
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Leave me feedback. Thanks.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072240341350681743.post-37578026116818679112011-02-22T04:33:00.000-08:002011-02-22T04:33:45.274-08:00Justin Bieber sucks<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uzZG7Rg9qwo/TWOtBLJLN2I/AAAAAAAAAEg/EZmP3p79nwY/s1600/Justin-Bieber-sucker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uzZG7Rg9qwo/TWOtBLJLN2I/AAAAAAAAAEg/EZmP3p79nwY/s200/Justin-Bieber-sucker.jpg" width="186" /></a>Justin Bieber sucks.<br />
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That is right. Justin Bieber sucks lollipops, suckers and sweet tarts.<br />
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Oh, and when his throat is hurting he sucks lemons and honey, Halls and Sucrets.<br />
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When his breath is kickin' he sucks on Mintos, Tic Tacs and Altoids.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0