Matt...you'll be happy to know that Keri is no longer in the mix.
posted by Rev Sully at
3:00 PM
Tuesday, September 30, 2003
Wow Matt - very moving, very cool. It must have been interesting have such a mix of faiths addressed throughout the ceremony. Makes it very personal, and sounds like it would have been very emotional for all involved. NICE!
posted by Kiwi at
2:10 AM
1. Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.
2. One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.....
3. Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
4. If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes?
5. The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.
6. I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman,"Where's the self-help section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
7. What if there were no hypothetical questions?
8. If a deaf person swears, does his mother wash his hands with soap?
9. If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation?
10. Is there another word for synonym?
11. Where do forest rangers go to "get away from it all?"
12. What do you do when you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?
13. If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages?
14. Would a fly without wings be called a walk?
15. Why do they lock gas station bathrooms? Are they afraid someone will clean them?
16. If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked?
17. Can vegetarians eat animal crackers?
18. If the police arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to remain silent?
19. Why do they put Braille on the drive-through bank machines?
(Somebody please explain THIS ONE to me) (I know there's a logical explanation, but it escapes me)
20. How do they get deer to cross the road only at those yellow road signs?
21. What was the best thing before sliced bread?
22. One nice thing about egotists: they don't talk about other people.
23. Does the Little Mermaid wear an algebra?
24. Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?
25. How is it possible to have a civil war? @#&%$!!!????
26. If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest drown, too?
27. If you ate both pasta and antipasto, would you still be hungry?
28. If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?
29. Whose cruel idea was it for the word "lisp" to have "s" in it?
30. Why are hemorrhoids called "hemorrhoids" instead of "assteroids"?
31. Why is it called tourist season if we can't shoot at them?
32. Why is there an expiration date on sour cream?
33. If you spin an oriental man in a circle three times does he become disoriented?
34. Can an atheist get insurance against acts of God?
c/o K1W1
2. One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.....
3. Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
4. If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes?
5. The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.
6. I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman,"Where's the self-help section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
7. What if there were no hypothetical questions?
8. If a deaf person swears, does his mother wash his hands with soap?
9. If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation?
10. Is there another word for synonym?
11. Where do forest rangers go to "get away from it all?"
12. What do you do when you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?
13. If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages?
14. Would a fly without wings be called a walk?
15. Why do they lock gas station bathrooms? Are they afraid someone will clean them?
16. If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked?
17. Can vegetarians eat animal crackers?
18. If the police arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to remain silent?
19. Why do they put Braille on the drive-through bank machines?
(Somebody please explain THIS ONE to me) (I know there's a logical explanation, but it escapes me)
20. How do they get deer to cross the road only at those yellow road signs?
21. What was the best thing before sliced bread?
22. One nice thing about egotists: they don't talk about other people.
23. Does the Little Mermaid wear an algebra?
24. Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?
25. How is it possible to have a civil war? @#&%$!!!????
26. If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest drown, too?
27. If you ate both pasta and antipasto, would you still be hungry?
28. If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?
29. Whose cruel idea was it for the word "lisp" to have "s" in it?
30. Why are hemorrhoids called "hemorrhoids" instead of "assteroids"?
31. Why is it called tourist season if we can't shoot at them?
32. Why is there an expiration date on sour cream?
33. If you spin an oriental man in a circle three times does he become disoriented?
34. Can an atheist get insurance against acts of God?
c/o K1W1
posted by Kiwi at
2:00 AM
Monday, September 29, 2003
I emailed a cut & paste of the ceremony to Laura. We started talking ceremony.
James!!!
If you got your eyes on, this is what I envision. With an agreed upon usage of language of course but I mean in terms of structure. The passages are negotiable to your tastes/views BUT the structure of this is very universal and I advocate the usage of somehting like this. This follows what I do use. I like it's length too.
James!!!
If you got your eyes on, this is what I envision. With an agreed upon usage of language of course but I mean in terms of structure. The passages are negotiable to your tastes/views BUT the structure of this is very universal and I advocate the usage of somehting like this. This follows what I do use. I like it's length too.
posted by Rev Sully at
12:14 PM
The wedding was great... totally rock star. It was held at the bride's grandmother's place in PA, a BEAUTIFUL posh restored farmhose on 45 acres with it's own vineyard. The rain stopped a few hours before the ceremony, letting everything dry out for the outdoor wedding. The ceremony itself was a big hit... the women cried, and the men were happy it was personal, entertaining, and mercifuly brief.
The reception was open bar all night... actually it was three open bars for the 160 guests. Dinner was delicious, with live music (procession/recession and reception) provided by Mountain of Venus and Gary Backstrom (of Jiggle the Handle). There was also a wide selection of other intoxicants available, but that was kept low-key, as only about 2/3 of the guests were into that.
While talking about the weather earlier in the day, my buddy Dave mentioned that there was a Buddhist tradition he had heard of that said that if it rained immediately after an event, it was supposed to be a lucky omen. At the end of the night, when the band introduced the couple for the final time and said "Good night everyone!", a torrential downpour started as if on cue. Pretty cool.
No photos yet, as I didn't bring my camera, but I'll post some as they come my way.
Here's the ceremony:
WelcomeBeloved friends and family, we are gathered here in the presence of the Divine Spirit to join this couple in the bonds of Holy Matrimony, that their home may be a haven of blessing and a place of peace.
True marriage is more than the joining of two persons; it is the uniting of two souls already attuned to each other. When such a true bond already exists between a man and a woman, it is fitting that an outer acknowledgment be made. This acknowledgment is, of course, the prime object of this gathering and this ceremony. We are here to bear witness to the entry into the closer relationship of husband and wife of these beloved friends who are already one in spirit.
Marriage is a fusion of two hearts - the union of two lives - the coming together of two rivers, which after being joined in marriage, will flow in the same channel in the same direction…carrying the same burdens and obligations.
In celebration of their coming together, Charlie and Hathaway have asked that some of their friends and loved ones share readings with us. Please join me now in giving your attention to Aaron Cohen, who I understand has prepared a Hebrew selection for us.
Hebrew Reading - Aaron CohenThank you, Aaron. Next, Hathaway’s brother Peter has chosen to favor us with a Quaker reading.
Quaker Reading & Marriage Certificate explaination – Hathaway’s brother Peter Elkins
Thank you, Peter. Again, I’d like to encourage you all to sign the Quaker Marriage Certificate, which will be available at the reception following the ceremony. Dave Kane would now like to offer Charlie and Hathaway a Buddhist blessing.
Buddhist Blessing – Dave KaneThank you Dave
Address
You are now taking into your care and keeping the happiness of the one person in all the world whom you love best. You are adding to your life not only the affection of each other, but also the companionship and blessing of a deep trust as well. You are agreeing to share strength, responsibilities, and to share love.
What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined for life - to strengthen each other in all labor, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in all pain, to be one with each other in silent, unspeakable memories at the moment of the last parting?
Charlie and Hathaway, may you be a blessing and comfort to each other, sharers of each others’ dreams, consoler to each others sorrows, helpers to each other in all life’s challenges. May you encourage each other in whatever you set out to achieve. May you trust each other, trust life, and be unafraid. May you love each other and offer love and support to those around you.
Prayer
I’d now like to read to you from the first book of Corinthians, chapter 13:
1If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became an adult, I put childish ways behind me. 12Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Vows
Charlie, with your consent, I ask that you take Hathaway’s hand and repeat these vows to her:
"In the presence of the Divine Spirit and of our family and friends,”
”I take you Hathaway to be my wife”
”Promising, with divine assistance, to be a loving and faithful husband”
”So long as we both shall live."
Hathaway, with your consent, I ask that you in turn repeat these vows to Charlie:
"In the presence of the Divine Spirit and of our family and friends,”
”I take you Charlie to be my husband”
”Promising, with divine assistance, to be a loving and faithful wife”
”So long as we both shall live."
Exchange of Rings
The circle is the perfect symbol of oneness and of unity that has no beginning or end. It is also the symbol of the sun, earth and universe, and represents holiness, perfection and peace. In many ancient cultures it was also believed that the third finger of the left hand had a special vein called vena amoris, the vein of "love," that ran from the "ring finger" finger directly to the heart. By encircling this finger with a ring of precious metal, the beloved symbolize their enduring commitment to one another.
In that spirit Charlie, I ask that you present Hathaway with the ring you have brought for her, and repeat the following vows to her:
Charlie:
“Hathaway, with this ring I thee wed.”
“Take it and wear it as a symbol of all that we shall share.”
Likewise Hathaway, I now ask that you present Charlie with the ring you have brought for him, repeating the following vows as you do so:
Hathaway:
“Charlie, with this ring I thee wed.”
“Take it and wear it as a symbol of all that we shall share.”
Pronouncement
As you join in marriage, may your lives always be a shared adventure, marked by a sense of personal freedom, as well as mutual responsibility. May you find in each other companionship as well as love; understanding as well as compassion; challenge as well as agreement.
May the home you establish be an island where the pressures of the world can be sorted out and brought into focus; where tensions can be released and understood; where personal needs do not tower over concern for others and where the warmth of humor and love puts crisis into perspective.
Above all, may you find an ever richer joy in loving and learning together.
As you have consented together to be bound to one another in lawful marriage, you have made special promises to each other which have been symbolized by the joining of hands, taking of vows and by the giving and receiving of rings. So, by the authority vested in me I now pronounce you to be husband and wife. Charlie, you may now kiss the bride.
Ladies and gentlemen, please rise and put your hands together as I present to you Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Norman.
The reception was open bar all night... actually it was three open bars for the 160 guests. Dinner was delicious, with live music (procession/recession and reception) provided by Mountain of Venus and Gary Backstrom (of Jiggle the Handle). There was also a wide selection of other intoxicants available, but that was kept low-key, as only about 2/3 of the guests were into that.
While talking about the weather earlier in the day, my buddy Dave mentioned that there was a Buddhist tradition he had heard of that said that if it rained immediately after an event, it was supposed to be a lucky omen. At the end of the night, when the band introduced the couple for the final time and said "Good night everyone!", a torrential downpour started as if on cue. Pretty cool.
No photos yet, as I didn't bring my camera, but I'll post some as they come my way.
Here's the ceremony:
WelcomeBeloved friends and family, we are gathered here in the presence of the Divine Spirit to join this couple in the bonds of Holy Matrimony, that their home may be a haven of blessing and a place of peace.
True marriage is more than the joining of two persons; it is the uniting of two souls already attuned to each other. When such a true bond already exists between a man and a woman, it is fitting that an outer acknowledgment be made. This acknowledgment is, of course, the prime object of this gathering and this ceremony. We are here to bear witness to the entry into the closer relationship of husband and wife of these beloved friends who are already one in spirit.
Marriage is a fusion of two hearts - the union of two lives - the coming together of two rivers, which after being joined in marriage, will flow in the same channel in the same direction…carrying the same burdens and obligations.
In celebration of their coming together, Charlie and Hathaway have asked that some of their friends and loved ones share readings with us. Please join me now in giving your attention to Aaron Cohen, who I understand has prepared a Hebrew selection for us.
Hebrew Reading - Aaron CohenThank you, Aaron. Next, Hathaway’s brother Peter has chosen to favor us with a Quaker reading.
Quaker Reading & Marriage Certificate explaination – Hathaway’s brother Peter Elkins
Thank you, Peter. Again, I’d like to encourage you all to sign the Quaker Marriage Certificate, which will be available at the reception following the ceremony. Dave Kane would now like to offer Charlie and Hathaway a Buddhist blessing.
Buddhist Blessing – Dave KaneThank you Dave
Address
You are now taking into your care and keeping the happiness of the one person in all the world whom you love best. You are adding to your life not only the affection of each other, but also the companionship and blessing of a deep trust as well. You are agreeing to share strength, responsibilities, and to share love.
What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined for life - to strengthen each other in all labor, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in all pain, to be one with each other in silent, unspeakable memories at the moment of the last parting?
Charlie and Hathaway, may you be a blessing and comfort to each other, sharers of each others’ dreams, consoler to each others sorrows, helpers to each other in all life’s challenges. May you encourage each other in whatever you set out to achieve. May you trust each other, trust life, and be unafraid. May you love each other and offer love and support to those around you.
Prayer
I’d now like to read to you from the first book of Corinthians, chapter 13:
1If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became an adult, I put childish ways behind me. 12Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Vows
Charlie, with your consent, I ask that you take Hathaway’s hand and repeat these vows to her:
"In the presence of the Divine Spirit and of our family and friends,”
”I take you Hathaway to be my wife”
”Promising, with divine assistance, to be a loving and faithful husband”
”So long as we both shall live."
Hathaway, with your consent, I ask that you in turn repeat these vows to Charlie:
"In the presence of the Divine Spirit and of our family and friends,”
”I take you Charlie to be my husband”
”Promising, with divine assistance, to be a loving and faithful wife”
”So long as we both shall live."
Exchange of Rings
The circle is the perfect symbol of oneness and of unity that has no beginning or end. It is also the symbol of the sun, earth and universe, and represents holiness, perfection and peace. In many ancient cultures it was also believed that the third finger of the left hand had a special vein called vena amoris, the vein of "love," that ran from the "ring finger" finger directly to the heart. By encircling this finger with a ring of precious metal, the beloved symbolize their enduring commitment to one another.
In that spirit Charlie, I ask that you present Hathaway with the ring you have brought for her, and repeat the following vows to her:
Charlie:
“Hathaway, with this ring I thee wed.”
“Take it and wear it as a symbol of all that we shall share.”
Likewise Hathaway, I now ask that you present Charlie with the ring you have brought for him, repeating the following vows as you do so:
Hathaway:
“Charlie, with this ring I thee wed.”
“Take it and wear it as a symbol of all that we shall share.”
Pronouncement
As you join in marriage, may your lives always be a shared adventure, marked by a sense of personal freedom, as well as mutual responsibility. May you find in each other companionship as well as love; understanding as well as compassion; challenge as well as agreement.
May the home you establish be an island where the pressures of the world can be sorted out and brought into focus; where tensions can be released and understood; where personal needs do not tower over concern for others and where the warmth of humor and love puts crisis into perspective.
Above all, may you find an ever richer joy in loving and learning together.
As you have consented together to be bound to one another in lawful marriage, you have made special promises to each other which have been symbolized by the joining of hands, taking of vows and by the giving and receiving of rings. So, by the authority vested in me I now pronounce you to be husband and wife. Charlie, you may now kiss the bride.
Ladies and gentlemen, please rise and put your hands together as I present to you Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Norman.
posted by Preacher Matt at
11:35 AM
Now how was the wedding? Got pics to post? Do tell, do tell. Got a transcript or cut & paste of your ceremony?
posted by Rev Sully at
9:20 AM
One, Boo-Boo...we asked for one. ^_~ Now make with the Sophie's Choice!!! ^_~ Tee hee!!!
posted by Rev Sully at
9:18 AM
I've got two... Iron Maiden's "Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner" and the Greatful Dead's "West LA Fadeaway". I think what most people think of when they think of "80s music" blows goats.
posted by Preacher Matt at
12:58 AM
Friday, September 26, 2003
I got a good question today from Bergie McBerger-G...
If you had to pick ONE song from the 80s that you couldn't live without... one that renders your dial-changing-hand USELESS when it's on. What would it be? Can you think of one? I think I know mine. But I'll wait for you to answer.
If you had to pick ONE song from the 80s that you couldn't live without... one that renders your dial-changing-hand USELESS when it's on. What would it be? Can you think of one? I think I know mine. But I'll wait for you to answer.
posted by Rev Sully at
4:20 PM
Zappa Quote of the Day:
If you wind up with a boring, miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest or some guy on TV telling you how to do your shit, then YOU DESERVE IT.
From the Real Frank Zappa book.
If you wind up with a boring, miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest or some guy on TV telling you how to do your shit, then YOU DESERVE IT.
From the Real Frank Zappa book.
posted by Rev Sully at
3:55 PM
Send Kristen the Onion article I posted. ^_~
But her argument is fraught with "personal pleas" methinks. A lot of "apple & orange" too. Also the 7th Amendment is:
"Amendment VII
In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law."
I don't get it why a paralegal is invoking that amendment in this argument. ^_^
TAKE THAT!!! SUPER SHINE-SHINE MISSLES!!! KI-YA!!!
But her argument is fraught with "personal pleas" methinks. A lot of "apple & orange" too. Also the 7th Amendment is:
"Amendment VII
In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law."
I don't get it why a paralegal is invoking that amendment in this argument. ^_^
TAKE THAT!!! SUPER SHINE-SHINE MISSLES!!! KI-YA!!!
posted by Rev Sully at
11:43 AM
The next Wedding I got on the docket is the Simmerlein/Barnes Wedding, Oct. 9, 2004. I'm so happy you get good use out of it. And it looks great in pics. Make sure you take plenty and post them here!
posted by Rev Sully at
10:46 AM
I'm off to PA to perform a wedding. Thanks again for the loan of the vestments Sully... let me know if and when you want 'em back.
posted by Preacher Matt at
10:27 AM
Kristin's reply:
The Constitution can be read back and forth and interpreted many ways. You seem to forget that as a paralegal I majored in law, so I have read the Constitution many times and had to study the basis for our laws and government. If you look back prior to the settlement of the English in America the belief in God was a very large mitigating factor. I, in no way shape or form dispute that everyone is entitled to their freedom of religion. I believe it is one of the most important liberties we have been given. If we have such freedom of all religion, why is it that so many want to repress the belief in God? Is it political motivation? Personal gain? The laws in our country were divised out of the common laws of England which were made by the Kings of England at the hand of their advisors, which were religious leaders. Our currency states "In God We Trust" as this was a famous saying by the first settlers of our country. This is also why up until very recently a witness would take the stand in a court of law and swear upon a bible. I agree that this procedure should have been taken out of the court room due to the fact that not all persons believe in god and it is a violation of ones freedom of religion. I personally would never impede someone elses beliefs or religion, but I am just getting sick and tired of others trying to do just that to my beliefs and religion. The more people argue in regards to religious beliefs, the worse our future looks. If our children have no faith in any type of higher being whether it be God, Allah, Buddah, etc then what type of morals will they have to pass on to their children? When we were kids there was no big deal about the Pledge of Allegiance and protest regarding freedom of religion. You didn't see our classmates blowing away each other for fun. We didn't have to go through medal detectors at school. Our parents didn't have to go through a background check and be finger printed to volunteer at school or go on a field trip. They weren't building bigger facilities for juvinile delinquents. There was not an issue of trying teens as adults for murder. Things are changing a lot and when you have children I guarantee you will see through a different light.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." Funny how they can pass a law prohibiting a promise to bear allegiance to this country just because the word God has been in it for over 200 years. And yet all government offices are closed on Christian holidays not any other religions. However those that work for the government that practice other religions must put a request in for a day off or take a sick or vacation day to celebrate their beliefs. Sounds to me like congress is not exactly following Amendment VII. Probably why all of this is docketed before the Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of revoking the Pledge of Allegiance.
I love a good discussion so I am glad you did not just delete my email and further I did learn a few things that I would like to look into further. Thanks for making me think.
The Constitution can be read back and forth and interpreted many ways. You seem to forget that as a paralegal I majored in law, so I have read the Constitution many times and had to study the basis for our laws and government. If you look back prior to the settlement of the English in America the belief in God was a very large mitigating factor. I, in no way shape or form dispute that everyone is entitled to their freedom of religion. I believe it is one of the most important liberties we have been given. If we have such freedom of all religion, why is it that so many want to repress the belief in God? Is it political motivation? Personal gain? The laws in our country were divised out of the common laws of England which were made by the Kings of England at the hand of their advisors, which were religious leaders. Our currency states "In God We Trust" as this was a famous saying by the first settlers of our country. This is also why up until very recently a witness would take the stand in a court of law and swear upon a bible. I agree that this procedure should have been taken out of the court room due to the fact that not all persons believe in god and it is a violation of ones freedom of religion. I personally would never impede someone elses beliefs or religion, but I am just getting sick and tired of others trying to do just that to my beliefs and religion. The more people argue in regards to religious beliefs, the worse our future looks. If our children have no faith in any type of higher being whether it be God, Allah, Buddah, etc then what type of morals will they have to pass on to their children? When we were kids there was no big deal about the Pledge of Allegiance and protest regarding freedom of religion. You didn't see our classmates blowing away each other for fun. We didn't have to go through medal detectors at school. Our parents didn't have to go through a background check and be finger printed to volunteer at school or go on a field trip. They weren't building bigger facilities for juvinile delinquents. There was not an issue of trying teens as adults for murder. Things are changing a lot and when you have children I guarantee you will see through a different light.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." Funny how they can pass a law prohibiting a promise to bear allegiance to this country just because the word God has been in it for over 200 years. And yet all government offices are closed on Christian holidays not any other religions. However those that work for the government that practice other religions must put a request in for a day off or take a sick or vacation day to celebrate their beliefs. Sounds to me like congress is not exactly following Amendment VII. Probably why all of this is docketed before the Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of revoking the Pledge of Allegiance.
I love a good discussion so I am glad you did not just delete my email and further I did learn a few things that I would like to look into further. Thanks for making me think.
posted by Preacher Matt at
10:27 AM
Church, State Joyfully Reunite After 230-Year Trial Separation
WASHINGTON, DC—Following a two-and-a-quarter-century-long trial separation, Church and State reunited in the U.S. Department of Justice press room Monday. "Even through all the bad times, I knew there had to be a way to get these two old friends back together," Attorney General John Ashcroft said. "With a little counseling and faith-based intervention, I knew Church and State would work it out. It was meant to be." Effective Oct. 15, prayer will be mandatory in public schools and congressional sessions will open with Holy Communion.
While we're on the subject...the new Onion had to chime in. ^_~
WASHINGTON, DC—Following a two-and-a-quarter-century-long trial separation, Church and State reunited in the U.S. Department of Justice press room Monday. "Even through all the bad times, I knew there had to be a way to get these two old friends back together," Attorney General John Ashcroft said. "With a little counseling and faith-based intervention, I knew Church and State would work it out. It was meant to be." Effective Oct. 15, prayer will be mandatory in public schools and congressional sessions will open with Holy Communion.
While we're on the subject...the new Onion had to chime in. ^_~
posted by Rev Sully at
10:06 AM
Welcome GOTENKS! The Unlicenced but "Official" Mascot of "Nero & Pedro". Two powerhouses FUSED into ONE DEADLY MACHINE OF DESTRUCTION AND SEXUALITY!!! (well...Gotenks is a kid so the sexuality thing is stretching it quite a bit but I mean the FUSED SPIRIT of POWER!!!).
KISS
Charisma
Is it my fortune or my fame
Is it my money or my name
Is it my personality
Or just my sexuality, yeah, yeah
What is my charisma
What is my charisma, yeah
Is it my body or my brain
Do I drive you insane, ha
Is it the power of my touch
Do you need me too much, too much, too much
What is my charisma, what is my, what is my
What is my charisma
Is it my fortune or my fame
What is my, is it my money or my name, charisma, yeah
What is my, yeah, yeah, yeah, charisma
What is my charisma, what is it I've got
What is it about me that gets you so hot, hot, yeah
Am I the master of your soul
Do you lose all control, ha
Is it my fire or my flame
Do I drive you insane, charisma
What is my charisma, yeah
What is my, is it my fire or my flame, charisma
What is my charisma
What is my charisma
Is it my body or my brain
What is my, is it my money or my name, charisma
And do I drive you insane
What is my, what is my, what is my, charisma
What is my, is it my fortune or my fame, charisma
And do I drive you insane
What is my, what is my, what is my, charisma
What is my, what is my, what is my, charisma
Charisma, charisma
What is my, what is my, what is my, charisma
What is my, what is my, what is my, charisma
Charisma, charisma
What is my, what is my, what is my, charisma
The only Charisma I like 'sides my own.
Hmmmmmm...Cordelia...
KISS
Charisma
Is it my fortune or my fame
Is it my money or my name
Is it my personality
Or just my sexuality, yeah, yeah
What is my charisma
What is my charisma, yeah
Is it my body or my brain
Do I drive you insane, ha
Is it the power of my touch
Do you need me too much, too much, too much
What is my charisma, what is my, what is my
What is my charisma
Is it my fortune or my fame
What is my, is it my money or my name, charisma, yeah
What is my, yeah, yeah, yeah, charisma
What is my charisma, what is it I've got
What is it about me that gets you so hot, hot, yeah
Am I the master of your soul
Do you lose all control, ha
Is it my fire or my flame
Do I drive you insane, charisma
What is my charisma, yeah
What is my, is it my fire or my flame, charisma
What is my charisma
What is my charisma
Is it my body or my brain
What is my, is it my money or my name, charisma
And do I drive you insane
What is my, what is my, what is my, charisma
What is my, is it my fortune or my fame, charisma
And do I drive you insane
What is my, what is my, what is my, charisma
What is my, what is my, what is my, charisma
Charisma, charisma
What is my, what is my, what is my, charisma
What is my, what is my, what is my, charisma
Charisma, charisma
What is my, what is my, what is my, charisma
The only Charisma I like 'sides my own.
Hmmmmmm...Cordelia...
posted by Rev Sully at
9:36 AM
Fuuuuuu-SION! HOI!!!
That's right...it's the return of the badass...GOTENKS!!!
This anime interlude has been brought to you by Parliment Flavoured Ennui.
That's right...it's the return of the badass...GOTENKS!!!
This anime interlude has been brought to you by Parliment Flavoured Ennui.
posted by Rev Sully at
9:18 AM
Marvin, Wendy and Wonderdog. 1st Season of "Super Friends".
You are correct about that!
You are correct about that!
posted by Rev Sully at
8:59 AM
Oh yeah gleek - I always get those darn kids mixed up with those that preceeded them in the Superfriends world - can't remember their names but Im guessing Sully will know...
posted by Kiwi at
2:20 AM
Thursday, September 25, 2003
BTW: Everyone put your hands together and wish Preacher Matt 31 years on the Planet!!! ^_~
Happy Birthday, Matt!
Happy Birthday, Matt!
posted by Rev Sully at
4:27 PM
Yes the very same. The Knights of Columbus are a Catholic Men's Organization. I am...or used to be part of the K of C. It's like the Elks or Kiwanis club. Community events. Have a function hall.
K of C Homepage
Here's a link for Deism and the Founding Fathers. Enjoy!
K of C Homepage
Here's a link for Deism and the Founding Fathers. Enjoy!
posted by Rev Sully at
2:36 PM
Deists, eh? Do tell.
Interesting about Eisenhower and the KoC. Out of curiosity and ignorance, is that the same Colombus who "discovered" the New World?
Interesting about Eisenhower and the KoC. Out of curiosity and ignorance, is that the same Colombus who "discovered" the New World?
posted by Preacher Matt at
1:33 PM
My cousin had a very Catholic upbringing, and stands by it. I didn't, and don't particularly think any God I'd care much about would want to be closely affiliated with nationalism or money. I don't really want to mix it up with her though... we're not in the habit, and I don't think it she'd take it particularly well. Still, I hate to see her mass emailing semi-proselytizing garbage like that one, the first three exchanges of which went to at least 40 people via "reply all". I only sent my reply to 5 of them, and hope it will end there.
posted by Preacher Matt at
1:28 PM
Just an FYI and thanks for the compliment but the passage I ripped off from that pro-Christian web site. I'll edit it with Italics but I did quote the source with a link. Keep me updated on her response though. Interesting.
But the Founding Fathers were thought of as Deists. Not Christians per se.
But the Founding Fathers were thought of as Deists. Not Christians per se.
posted by Rev Sully at
1:04 PM
But the BS about the religiousity in the Pledge is that Eisenhower added "Under God" in 1954. It ran fine from its creation in 1892 without the mention of God in it. Eisenhower added Under God after a campaign my the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic men's organization.
Short history of the Pledge.
Mentioning God in the Pledge of Allegiance does not make a law Respecing an Establishment of Religion. But mentioning "God" in a Western sense basically means the God of Abraham.
Short history of the Pledge.
Mentioning God in the Pledge of Allegiance does not make a law Respecing an Establishment of Religion. But mentioning "God" in a Western sense basically means the God of Abraham.
posted by Rev Sully at
12:49 PM
It's not even the percentage of people polled... it's just "said" that that's the percentage. It's also "said" that that's a steaming crock of shit.
posted by Preacher Matt at
12:42 PM
The italics is what her friend rebutted with. I plagarized the shit out of your comments on Jefferson and separation of church and state Sully. Hope you don't mind, but you said it so well...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
No offence Kristen, but it sounds to me like you're talking out your ass, and although I was going to just stay out of it, I want to offer up a few points.
It sounds like fact when you say that "ALL of our history, legal system, and currency is based on the belief in God", but that's just not the case, even with the capital letters. As one of many examples I could draw from, much of our government as described in the constitution is loosely based on or at least influenced by the Articles of Piracy, which (at least in some of the more robust variations) were the basis for some of the first real functionally democratic societies. They featured similar checks and balances, seperation of powers, and federalism, and if even PART of our nation's history is based on something other than the belief in God, than it isn't ALL based on that belief.
I can't deny that most of the folks who signed off on Article VII of the constitution were firm in their belief in God, but that isn't the same as the constitution itself being "quite clear" in that belief. Have you ever actually read the constitution? I have, and just re-read it to make sure I wasn't fooling myself in thinking that the original document doesn't make mention of God or religion at all as far as I can tell. The first amendment does, but all it says on the matter is that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof". Maybe you read that differently than I do, but I fail to see how that clearly indicates anything about the belief in God being the basic foundation of our country. The freedom to believe whatever you want about God? Sure. The belief in God? Not so much.
Just for the sake of curiosity, I pulled out my 1989 copy of the New York Public Library Desk Reference to see how much religious diversity there was in middle eastern nations. It may be a bit dated, and I stopped after I got far east enough to satisfy my curiosity, but here's what I found:
Afghanistan - Sunni Muslim, Shi'a Muslim
Cyprus - Greek Orthodox, Muslim, Armenian, Maronite
Iran - Sunni Muslim, Shi'a Muslim, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, Baha'i
Iraq - Sunni Muslim, Shi'a Muslim, Christian
Israel - Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Druze
Jordan - Sunni Muslim, Christian
Kuwait - Sunni Muslim, Shi'a Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Parsi
Lebanon - 17 sects (Muslim and Christian)
Oman - Sunni Muslim, Shi'a Muslim, Ibadhi Muslim, Hindu
Pakistan - Muslim, Christian, Hindu
Saudi Arabia - Muslim
Syria - Sunni Muslim, assorted Muslim sects, Alawite, Druze, Christian
Turkey - Muslim (mostly Sunni), Christian, Jewish
Turkmenistan - Sunni Muslim
UAE - Muslim, Christian, Hindu
Yemen - Muslim, Christian, Hindu
That there are in fact are many countries in the middle east where there seems to be ample freedom of worship notwithstanding, what you can or can't do in other parts of the world doesn't really have anything to do with "what is said" about the percentage of Americans who believe in God, or about what percentage should "shut up and sit down."
Speaking of brushing up on American history though, the whole idea of separation of church and state comes from a private letter written in 1802 by Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists in Connecticut, thirteen years after the First Amendment was signed. His comments are third-hand, which no court either of that era or today would consider.
Jefferson gave a speech to a Baptist association during his presidency. Because he wanted to establish common ground with them in his message, he borrowed a phrase from one of their theologians to use. The context in which he used the phrase "wall of separation" was to reassure them that the national government would not establish a national government supported church denomination to be superior to all other denominations. The "wall of separation" phrase was meant as an allusion to a wall around a church to keep the government from interfering. It isn't actually a part of the constitution or any amendment thereof, and it isn't an idea intended to keep church leadership out of government... we have the first amendment for that. It's for that reason, rather than a sentimental notion of our nation being founded on reverence, that leads me not to have a big problem with "In God we Trust" being on the money, etc. If I feel the line has been crossed though, and that Christianity (or anything else) is being treated as the official religion of the USA, I'll raise hell.
Maybe I should have just deleted it, shut up, and sat down, but I think that if individual liberty is to be upheld as one of the founding principles of our country, this stuff is important.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
No offence Kristen, but it sounds to me like you're talking out your ass, and although I was going to just stay out of it, I want to offer up a few points.
It sounds like fact when you say that "ALL of our history, legal system, and currency is based on the belief in God", but that's just not the case, even with the capital letters. As one of many examples I could draw from, much of our government as described in the constitution is loosely based on or at least influenced by the Articles of Piracy, which (at least in some of the more robust variations) were the basis for some of the first real functionally democratic societies. They featured similar checks and balances, seperation of powers, and federalism, and if even PART of our nation's history is based on something other than the belief in God, than it isn't ALL based on that belief.
I can't deny that most of the folks who signed off on Article VII of the constitution were firm in their belief in God, but that isn't the same as the constitution itself being "quite clear" in that belief. Have you ever actually read the constitution? I have, and just re-read it to make sure I wasn't fooling myself in thinking that the original document doesn't make mention of God or religion at all as far as I can tell. The first amendment does, but all it says on the matter is that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof". Maybe you read that differently than I do, but I fail to see how that clearly indicates anything about the belief in God being the basic foundation of our country. The freedom to believe whatever you want about God? Sure. The belief in God? Not so much.
Just for the sake of curiosity, I pulled out my 1989 copy of the New York Public Library Desk Reference to see how much religious diversity there was in middle eastern nations. It may be a bit dated, and I stopped after I got far east enough to satisfy my curiosity, but here's what I found:
Afghanistan - Sunni Muslim, Shi'a Muslim
Cyprus - Greek Orthodox, Muslim, Armenian, Maronite
Iran - Sunni Muslim, Shi'a Muslim, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, Baha'i
Iraq - Sunni Muslim, Shi'a Muslim, Christian
Israel - Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Druze
Jordan - Sunni Muslim, Christian
Kuwait - Sunni Muslim, Shi'a Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Parsi
Lebanon - 17 sects (Muslim and Christian)
Oman - Sunni Muslim, Shi'a Muslim, Ibadhi Muslim, Hindu
Pakistan - Muslim, Christian, Hindu
Saudi Arabia - Muslim
Syria - Sunni Muslim, assorted Muslim sects, Alawite, Druze, Christian
Turkey - Muslim (mostly Sunni), Christian, Jewish
Turkmenistan - Sunni Muslim
UAE - Muslim, Christian, Hindu
Yemen - Muslim, Christian, Hindu
That there are in fact are many countries in the middle east where there seems to be ample freedom of worship notwithstanding, what you can or can't do in other parts of the world doesn't really have anything to do with "what is said" about the percentage of Americans who believe in God, or about what percentage should "shut up and sit down."
Speaking of brushing up on American history though, the whole idea of separation of church and state comes from a private letter written in 1802 by Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists in Connecticut, thirteen years after the First Amendment was signed. His comments are third-hand, which no court either of that era or today would consider.
Jefferson gave a speech to a Baptist association during his presidency. Because he wanted to establish common ground with them in his message, he borrowed a phrase from one of their theologians to use. The context in which he used the phrase "wall of separation" was to reassure them that the national government would not establish a national government supported church denomination to be superior to all other denominations. The "wall of separation" phrase was meant as an allusion to a wall around a church to keep the government from interfering. It isn't actually a part of the constitution or any amendment thereof, and it isn't an idea intended to keep church leadership out of government... we have the first amendment for that. It's for that reason, rather than a sentimental notion of our nation being founded on reverence, that leads me not to have a big problem with "In God we Trust" being on the money, etc. If I feel the line has been crossed though, and that Christianity (or anything else) is being treated as the official religion of the USA, I'll raise hell.
Maybe I should have just deleted it, shut up, and sat down, but I think that if individual liberty is to be upheld as one of the founding principles of our country, this stuff is important.
posted by Preacher Matt at
12:41 PM
Well...it's a percentage of people polled. Not ALL Americans. Oh please...post your rebuttal. Or is the Italics what your cousin wrote?
posted by Rev Sully at
12:33 PM
I just got this email thread from my cousin, whom I just spent 20 minutes setting straight. My critical-thinking uncles got a copy of my response as well, but you can probably figure out what I said, and I'll spare you reading my rebuttal.
It is said that 86% of Americans believe in God. Therefore I have a very hard time understanding why there is such a mess about having "In God We Trust" on our money and having God in the Pledge of Allegiance. Why don't we just tell the 14% to shut up and sit down????
14%? Where exactly did you read such nonsense? Regardless, it is not an issue of acceptance or denial of god. It is simply a mandated seperation between church & state- which is abused every moment of every day. our country allows us the ability to choose our religions freely, why should a lack of faith in god be percieved differently? why is it that our children are forced to say the pledge of alligence to our american flag every morning incorporating under god? Why does our currency say in god we trust? Instead of preaching, why not let everyone choose?
The principles of our country are based on the belief of god and the free choice the English made when they founded this country. ALL of our history, legal system and currency were based on the belief of God. The Constitution of the United States is quite clear in this belief. The Amendments to the Constitution were designed so that all people could come to this country and maintain the beliefs regardless of their origin. There was no mention of coming to America to change the basic foundation of our country. No one could go to any eastern or middle eastern country and argue that they should be free to worship god, in fact it would be grounds for life prision or execution. And the basis for division of church and state was enveloped so that church leadership was not the predominant basis of our government as it was in Europe. Brush up on your American history. Those that apply for citizenship in our country know this as it a question on the citizenship examination.
The children in this country should pledge allegiance to the flag of the Untied States of America, and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible for liberty and justice for all. REALLY read these words and think about this..... it is a promise made to our country that we maintain freedom when others don't, we stand together indivisible, our country was originated under god to seek liberty and justice for ALL. Nothing says you cannot practice your religion, however as a citizen of this country you should respect the foundations that enable us to enjoy these freedoms.
It is said that 86% of Americans believe in God. Therefore I have a very hard time understanding why there is such a mess about having "In God We Trust" on our money and having God in the Pledge of Allegiance. Why don't we just tell the 14% to shut up and sit down????
14%? Where exactly did you read such nonsense? Regardless, it is not an issue of acceptance or denial of god. It is simply a mandated seperation between church & state- which is abused every moment of every day. our country allows us the ability to choose our religions freely, why should a lack of faith in god be percieved differently? why is it that our children are forced to say the pledge of alligence to our american flag every morning incorporating under god? Why does our currency say in god we trust? Instead of preaching, why not let everyone choose?
The principles of our country are based on the belief of god and the free choice the English made when they founded this country. ALL of our history, legal system and currency were based on the belief of God. The Constitution of the United States is quite clear in this belief. The Amendments to the Constitution were designed so that all people could come to this country and maintain the beliefs regardless of their origin. There was no mention of coming to America to change the basic foundation of our country. No one could go to any eastern or middle eastern country and argue that they should be free to worship god, in fact it would be grounds for life prision or execution. And the basis for division of church and state was enveloped so that church leadership was not the predominant basis of our government as it was in Europe. Brush up on your American history. Those that apply for citizenship in our country know this as it a question on the citizenship examination.
The children in this country should pledge allegiance to the flag of the Untied States of America, and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible for liberty and justice for all. REALLY read these words and think about this..... it is a promise made to our country that we maintain freedom when others don't, we stand together indivisible, our country was originated under god to seek liberty and justice for ALL. Nothing says you cannot practice your religion, however as a citizen of this country you should respect the foundations that enable us to enjoy these freedoms.
posted by Preacher Matt at
12:13 PM
International Overnight, packed in dry ice? Is $40 worth a SAMMICH...fuckin' A it is...Fuckin' A...
posted by Rev Sully at
10:06 AM
Which Star Wars Series?
It wasn't a dog! Gleek the Space Monkey wore plenty of spandex! ^_~
Calvin & Hobbes are still entertainment in comic form. Those are priceless pieces of art and comedy. They count.
It wasn't a dog! Gleek the Space Monkey wore plenty of spandex! ^_~
Calvin & Hobbes are still entertainment in comic form. Those are priceless pieces of art and comedy. They count.
posted by Rev Sully at
9:54 AM
Yeah... I'm still trying to cook up a good way to send you decent deli meat. :)
posted by Preacher Matt at
9:27 AM
Yay! Thanks Sully I know have a list - I'll have to pass it by Chris first. He has a huge comic book collectin consisting of a lot of Wolverine and X-men along with some Daredevil, Hulk, Calvin & Hobbes (not the same but still great shit) and other bits and pieces. The first hing I lent him when we started dating was the Star Wars series that Matt sent out then Dark Knight. I think thats what got him hooked on me! SO in many ways I have Sully to thank for much of my education to date, and Matts kind donations to stuff we just can't get out here.
I still say bring back the wonder twins. Hell Superman's girlfriend Lois Lane used to have her own comic, why can't they? Maybe the dog wasn't wearing enough spandex.
I still say bring back the wonder twins. Hell Superman's girlfriend Lois Lane used to have her own comic, why can't they? Maybe the dog wasn't wearing enough spandex.
posted by Kiwi at
2:09 AM
Wednesday, September 24, 2003
Comics are cool, and I do like them, but they've never really been much more to me than an occasional diversion. The all-time peak of my comic "collection" was about 4 issues and a graphic novel.
Thanks for sharing your perspective Sully.
Thanks for sharing your perspective Sully.
posted by Preacher Matt at
12:20 PM
Tawkin’ Cawmiks…
With Rev. Sully!
Seeing that the dead air left by the hiatus of “Rev. Kiwi Speaks Her Mind” has spawned nothing but mosquitoes and the usual Preacher Matt/Rev. Sully banter…I’ve decided to talk about something I really enjoy. And that is COMICS. I affectionately refer to them as “Funny Books”.
I’ve always loved comics as a medium for stories. It’s really primal you know. Like drawing on the cave’s walls but with onomatopoeia, bulging muscles, fantastic powers and spandex suits.
I had an impressive comic book collection when I was a kid. Spent years of time, money and imagination on it. I actually did not purchase much Green Lantern then. I was into Batman, the Big Blue Boy Scout occasionally. Definitely into the Uncanny X-Men. Spider-Man titles. Ghost Rider. G.I. Joe. The Transformers. Justice League. Daredevil. Even crappy comic adaptations/continuations like “V”. So many issue #1s. So many Mylar plastic bags and backboards. One of my darkest childhood memories was when I was failing in school about 6th grade. I wasn’t failing…just “underachieving”, “not applying myself”, “not using my potential”, “distracted” et al. Sound familiar to you? Has this song sung to you? Well…I got busted with reading funny books while I should have been paying attention to class. And my mother threw them out. All of them. All. I sat there on garbage day and watched the neighborhood dirt neck kids fall on my collection like carrion and kites. I felt a piece of my imagination was stripped from me…I felt lobotomized…traumatized…powerless…castrated…it taught me something I’d relearn later in life about how your opinion and wishes do not matter in the face of the power of someone else’s choice. That something you work so hard on and put so much love into, time and respect and wonder all can be erased without someone else’s decision and you have to sit there and watch the whole damned thing. No return on an investment and front row seat for madness and misery. But I digress…^_~
But I always had a space in my heart for comics. I wasn’t allowed to collect them again until I was well into my teenage years. Being a proto-latchkey key, I would kill time by hanging out in my favorite comic book store. It really was the only one of its kind at its time…before the market became saturated, before New England Comics started popping up. Back when you could still get back issues at Newbury Comics, before it was a CD/kitsch store it really was a comic store. The store was called “Super Hero Universe III”. I had no clue where or when 1 & 2 were. It was located on the corner of Washington Street and Winter Street in Downtown Crossing. I’d visit my grandfather who worked at Jordan Marsh across the street. He’d always give me a handshake like a lobbyist to a politician. So I always had a little pocket scratch…and a secret stash too. Today there’s a Sam Goody there. But then…you could see it from the street level but how the hell would you get in…it was like the Batcave entrance. The stairs were about three doors down Winter St in one of those old office buildings entrances. A rickety Otis not worth the wait seeing it was on the second floor. A maze of hallways and finally you would hear the music…then see a hallway littered with cardboard long boxes…you know…for storage. It was my Fortress of Solitude. It was My Refuge. It was sad to see it go. It moved three times before it went the way of the T-Rex and Macarena.
So now…early in the 21st Century, comics have survived their brush with self-destruction by creating a renaissance in the medium with bold styles, mature storylines and going back to a reader focused paradigm and abandoning a collector’s market based one. Apparently nobody did care when two competing comic companies crossover with different foil covers when there is no quality in content. Both Marvel and their “Distinguished Competition” have accepted the place of their new competition in the indies and what they bring to the table. Both Marvel and DC have gone to printing trade paperbacks and reissuing reprints of multiple issues in one-issue formats. It is about the story now and not necessarily about having a first-printing, direct edition, mint condition, Mylar bagged Issue #0 available only through the Wizard.
With the surge in popularity of movie adaptations of these comics, now is an excellent time to jump on board or even rekindle interest in things you grew up reading. Marvel dropped the Comic Code giving more latitude for direction without constraint. DC bought Wildstorm and published cutting edge, mature stories. Heroes are no longer being deconstructed…they’re being reconstructed and not with new locales, sidekicks and an obligatory new costume. It’s going back to basics with grittier stories, better art and great dialog. The art direction and leaps in quality of publishing is astounding. You should see what is being done with just colors and graphics of the printing these days.
I’ll be “tawkin’ cawmiks” more and more. I hope I can suggest things you will pick up. I am so thrilled that Leah has GA: Quiver and will eventually get to Batman: The Long Hallowe’en. Serialized entertainment is not a lost art form. It is alive in well and waiting on the shelves of your local comic book store. Cliffhangers will keep you coming for more. Movies cannot do that in a consistent fashion for demand. Television can but only lately with the advent of the Cable Station being able to provide mature, cutting edge shows but there is something that the French refer to as “Je ne sais quoi” about a comic. It’s portability, it tactile nature, getting lost in the panels, rereading them at a whim…it provides something that the televised medium lacks.
Thanks!
Rev. Sully!
With Rev. Sully!
Seeing that the dead air left by the hiatus of “Rev. Kiwi Speaks Her Mind” has spawned nothing but mosquitoes and the usual Preacher Matt/Rev. Sully banter…I’ve decided to talk about something I really enjoy. And that is COMICS. I affectionately refer to them as “Funny Books”.
I’ve always loved comics as a medium for stories. It’s really primal you know. Like drawing on the cave’s walls but with onomatopoeia, bulging muscles, fantastic powers and spandex suits.
I had an impressive comic book collection when I was a kid. Spent years of time, money and imagination on it. I actually did not purchase much Green Lantern then. I was into Batman, the Big Blue Boy Scout occasionally. Definitely into the Uncanny X-Men. Spider-Man titles. Ghost Rider. G.I. Joe. The Transformers. Justice League. Daredevil. Even crappy comic adaptations/continuations like “V”. So many issue #1s. So many Mylar plastic bags and backboards. One of my darkest childhood memories was when I was failing in school about 6th grade. I wasn’t failing…just “underachieving”, “not applying myself”, “not using my potential”, “distracted” et al. Sound familiar to you? Has this song sung to you? Well…I got busted with reading funny books while I should have been paying attention to class. And my mother threw them out. All of them. All. I sat there on garbage day and watched the neighborhood dirt neck kids fall on my collection like carrion and kites. I felt a piece of my imagination was stripped from me…I felt lobotomized…traumatized…powerless…castrated…it taught me something I’d relearn later in life about how your opinion and wishes do not matter in the face of the power of someone else’s choice. That something you work so hard on and put so much love into, time and respect and wonder all can be erased without someone else’s decision and you have to sit there and watch the whole damned thing. No return on an investment and front row seat for madness and misery. But I digress…^_~
But I always had a space in my heart for comics. I wasn’t allowed to collect them again until I was well into my teenage years. Being a proto-latchkey key, I would kill time by hanging out in my favorite comic book store. It really was the only one of its kind at its time…before the market became saturated, before New England Comics started popping up. Back when you could still get back issues at Newbury Comics, before it was a CD/kitsch store it really was a comic store. The store was called “Super Hero Universe III”. I had no clue where or when 1 & 2 were. It was located on the corner of Washington Street and Winter Street in Downtown Crossing. I’d visit my grandfather who worked at Jordan Marsh across the street. He’d always give me a handshake like a lobbyist to a politician. So I always had a little pocket scratch…and a secret stash too. Today there’s a Sam Goody there. But then…you could see it from the street level but how the hell would you get in…it was like the Batcave entrance. The stairs were about three doors down Winter St in one of those old office buildings entrances. A rickety Otis not worth the wait seeing it was on the second floor. A maze of hallways and finally you would hear the music…then see a hallway littered with cardboard long boxes…you know…for storage. It was my Fortress of Solitude. It was My Refuge. It was sad to see it go. It moved three times before it went the way of the T-Rex and Macarena.
So now…early in the 21st Century, comics have survived their brush with self-destruction by creating a renaissance in the medium with bold styles, mature storylines and going back to a reader focused paradigm and abandoning a collector’s market based one. Apparently nobody did care when two competing comic companies crossover with different foil covers when there is no quality in content. Both Marvel and their “Distinguished Competition” have accepted the place of their new competition in the indies and what they bring to the table. Both Marvel and DC have gone to printing trade paperbacks and reissuing reprints of multiple issues in one-issue formats. It is about the story now and not necessarily about having a first-printing, direct edition, mint condition, Mylar bagged Issue #0 available only through the Wizard.
With the surge in popularity of movie adaptations of these comics, now is an excellent time to jump on board or even rekindle interest in things you grew up reading. Marvel dropped the Comic Code giving more latitude for direction without constraint. DC bought Wildstorm and published cutting edge, mature stories. Heroes are no longer being deconstructed…they’re being reconstructed and not with new locales, sidekicks and an obligatory new costume. It’s going back to basics with grittier stories, better art and great dialog. The art direction and leaps in quality of publishing is astounding. You should see what is being done with just colors and graphics of the printing these days.
I’ll be “tawkin’ cawmiks” more and more. I hope I can suggest things you will pick up. I am so thrilled that Leah has GA: Quiver and will eventually get to Batman: The Long Hallowe’en. Serialized entertainment is not a lost art form. It is alive in well and waiting on the shelves of your local comic book store. Cliffhangers will keep you coming for more. Movies cannot do that in a consistent fashion for demand. Television can but only lately with the advent of the Cable Station being able to provide mature, cutting edge shows but there is something that the French refer to as “Je ne sais quoi” about a comic. It’s portability, it tactile nature, getting lost in the panels, rereading them at a whim…it provides something that the televised medium lacks.
Thanks!
Rev. Sully!
Labels: Comics Gnome
posted by Rev Sully at
11:53 AM
He got a JOB? How the hell is he supposed to enjoy unemployment if he's got a job?
I have about three weeks left I guess. No worries, I have two of the best headhunters in the city on the case, and found a hell of a good lead to boot... Blue Agave software is looking for a QA Engineer, and Blue Agave software is the new company the folks at Oberon started when Vignette bought them out. I already know the 75% of the management team, and probably a good third of the people who work there.
I have about three weeks left I guess. No worries, I have two of the best headhunters in the city on the case, and found a hell of a good lead to boot... Blue Agave software is looking for a QA Engineer, and Blue Agave software is the new company the folks at Oberon started when Vignette bought them out. I already know the 75% of the management team, and probably a good third of the people who work there.
posted by Preacher Matt at
11:44 AM
Sully's Comic Pick
Kingdom Come
Some of you will be randomly gifted with this.
Two words to describe this: FUCKING AMAZING!!!
This is an Elseworlds title. Think of Elseworlds as DC's response to Marvel's "What If". Frank Miller's Dark Knight is not techincally classified as "Elseworlds" or under its auspice as DC Alternate Universe but is say...the granddaddy of the Elseworlds. What I effectionately refer to as the "Miller-verse" when it come to Dark Knight. No relevance on the official continuity and takes place "outside" the DC Universe but creates characters and situations for new adventure. I digress...I think you get the point.
Here's a link to an Elseworlds page. Might shine some light and some interest. I think I might pick up "Superman: Shogun of Steel".
Kingdom Come is magnificent. I find it to be on-par with "The Watchmen"
and Miller's "Dark Knight Returns".
Ex-Hard Rockers will get the in-jokes at the beginning and end. ^_~
But it's set in a future where the heroes we know have all gone into seclusion and a new generation of super heroes have taken the reins. But what to do with thousands of heroes...all vying for dominance. And what to do when all the super-villians have been vanquished. What's a mortal human to do when the destiny of humankind is out of their hands and in the many hands of "gods" who walk the earth in tights and bravado. What to do when Armageddon...when Ragnarok will come of this. It's really interesting and for those who buy it read the intoduction! Mark Waid did incredible work writing on DC's The Flash and Impulse. The art in Kingdom Come is done by the magnificent Alex Ross. I can't wait to reread it to get lost in the panels...I love a book that just sucks you in! But I recommend this to buy sight-unseen!!!
Kingdom Come Green Lantern Action Figure.
There is a follow-up called "The Kingdom".
I have yet to get this but it's on my short list to do this week. I hear its reviews from fans at Amazon weren't that good but I'll give it a shake. Kingdom Come blew me away and if only to have it for the collection's sake.
Kingdom Come
Some of you will be randomly gifted with this.
Two words to describe this: FUCKING AMAZING!!!
This is an Elseworlds title. Think of Elseworlds as DC's response to Marvel's "What If". Frank Miller's Dark Knight is not techincally classified as "Elseworlds" or under its auspice as DC Alternate Universe but is say...the granddaddy of the Elseworlds. What I effectionately refer to as the "Miller-verse" when it come to Dark Knight. No relevance on the official continuity and takes place "outside" the DC Universe but creates characters and situations for new adventure. I digress...I think you get the point.
Here's a link to an Elseworlds page. Might shine some light and some interest. I think I might pick up "Superman: Shogun of Steel".
Kingdom Come is magnificent. I find it to be on-par with "The Watchmen"
and Miller's "Dark Knight Returns".
Ex-Hard Rockers will get the in-jokes at the beginning and end. ^_~
But it's set in a future where the heroes we know have all gone into seclusion and a new generation of super heroes have taken the reins. But what to do with thousands of heroes...all vying for dominance. And what to do when all the super-villians have been vanquished. What's a mortal human to do when the destiny of humankind is out of their hands and in the many hands of "gods" who walk the earth in tights and bravado. What to do when Armageddon...when Ragnarok will come of this. It's really interesting and for those who buy it read the intoduction! Mark Waid did incredible work writing on DC's The Flash and Impulse. The art in Kingdom Come is done by the magnificent Alex Ross. I can't wait to reread it to get lost in the panels...I love a book that just sucks you in! But I recommend this to buy sight-unseen!!!
Kingdom Come Green Lantern Action Figure.
There is a follow-up called "The Kingdom".
I have yet to get this but it's on my short list to do this week. I hear its reviews from fans at Amazon weren't that good but I'll give it a shake. Kingdom Come blew me away and if only to have it for the collection's sake.
Labels: Comics Gnome
posted by Rev Sully at
9:23 AM
Zappa Quote of the Day
A lot of things wrong with society today are directly attributable to the fact that the people who make the laws are sexually maladjusted.
from "I Seem To Be a Verb" by R. Buckminster Fuller, 1970.
A lot of things wrong with society today are directly attributable to the fact that the people who make the laws are sexually maladjusted.
from "I Seem To Be a Verb" by R. Buckminster Fuller, 1970.
posted by Rev Sully at
8:52 AM
Yuk! Sorry to hear that Matt! How long until the unemployment runs out? Dane was looking forward to his but he went and got a job...which ruined his plans for reading comic books. ^_~
posted by Rev Sully at
8:50 AM
Tuesday, September 23, 2003
No luck... everyone wanted to hire me except the head guy, who apparently had someone else in mind.
posted by Preacher Matt at
6:11 PM
It's going well... so far I have no complaints.
Good day so far... I made the final payments on my Carribean dive cruise, booked the airfare, and with a little luck will have a job in about ten minutes.
Good day so far... I made the final payments on my Carribean dive cruise, booked the airfare, and with a little luck will have a job in about ten minutes.
posted by Preacher Matt at
11:34 AM
No worries Kiwi... if last weekend is what Jill calls "using some restraint", I have no doubt my birthday will be the sort to make a porn star blush. Whipped cream and cherries indeed!
posted by Preacher Matt at
10:45 AM
Want some good Wolverine?
The True Origin of Wolverine. Lush, beautiful artwork. Great storytelling. The definitive origin of the man we know as Weapon X, Logan and Wolverine.
The True Origin of Wolverine. Lush, beautiful artwork. Great storytelling. The definitive origin of the man we know as Weapon X, Logan and Wolverine.
posted by Rev Sully at
9:16 AM
[ Tue Sep 23, 01:46:00 AM | Rev Kiwi | edit ]
As for the comics... the same day I got Quiver Chris picked up Batman: A long Halloween, as well as a Wolverine one... can't remember which. He read them both that afternoon. Me... I'm still working on the first issue of Quiver. Sometimes school work sucks cause even if you do have time the guilt doesn't give you much chance to read something else.
GOOD for "The Long Hallowe'en"!!! The follow up to that is "Dark Victory". It builds on the Mafia characters established in the Long Hallowe'en. Really F*in' good!
Oh so GOOD!!! It's the Loeb/Sale take on "Batman & Robin".
There are so many Wolverine TPBs out there. I just picked up one made in the early 80s written by X-Men guru Chris Claremont and drawn by the legendary Frank Miller. Basically Wolvie in Japan. Really cool.
I also got some Daredevil Visionaries; Frank Miller Vols. 1-3. I actually remember reading these when I was a kid going to summer camp when I was 9-10 years old. THE Frank Miller you know...Electra...The Hand.
Oh so good. You can see the foundations of the tourured hero that'll come to a head in Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.
Kiwi...still got that TPB? You know there's the sequel right? DK2: The Dark Knight Strikes Again? It's got a collected TPB now and it's really good. Not part of the established continuity at all...I call it the "Miller-verse"
As for the comics... the same day I got Quiver Chris picked up Batman: A long Halloween, as well as a Wolverine one... can't remember which. He read them both that afternoon. Me... I'm still working on the first issue of Quiver. Sometimes school work sucks cause even if you do have time the guilt doesn't give you much chance to read something else.
GOOD for "The Long Hallowe'en"!!! The follow up to that is "Dark Victory". It builds on the Mafia characters established in the Long Hallowe'en. Really F*in' good!
Oh so GOOD!!! It's the Loeb/Sale take on "Batman & Robin".
There are so many Wolverine TPBs out there. I just picked up one made in the early 80s written by X-Men guru Chris Claremont and drawn by the legendary Frank Miller. Basically Wolvie in Japan. Really cool.
I also got some Daredevil Visionaries; Frank Miller Vols. 1-3. I actually remember reading these when I was a kid going to summer camp when I was 9-10 years old. THE Frank Miller you know...Electra...The Hand.
Oh so good. You can see the foundations of the tourured hero that'll come to a head in Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.
Kiwi...still got that TPB? You know there's the sequel right? DK2: The Dark Knight Strikes Again? It's got a collected TPB now and it's really good. Not part of the established continuity at all...I call it the "Miller-verse"
posted by Rev Sully at
9:07 AM
Oh shit - Well I knew it was someones b'day - and seeing as it was the day after my nephews I guess I had made some kind of weird link in my head. Anyhoo - whomever is having a birthday it is HAPPY M%&$#* F#$@*% BIRTHDAY!!!!!
It's your birthday! it's your birthday!... MATT the same birthday wish goes to you except with cherries and ice cream... especially seeing as I screwed it up. I'll be sending good ki your way this week my friend!
As for the comics... the same day I got Quiver Chris picked up Batman: A long Halloween, as well as a Wolverine one... can't remember which. He read them both that afternoon. Me... I'm still working on the first issue of Quiver. Sometimes school work sucks cause even if you do have time the guilt doesn't give you much chance to read something else.
Back to work - one day I will again have an opinion of my own but for now all my opinions are regulated to the rehabilation of stroke and those with neurological symptoms. My new patient on Thursday had a compression fracture at the level of L5 after falling 25 feet out of a tree. My first question planned: What the hell were you doing that high up a tree?
It's your birthday! it's your birthday!... MATT the same birthday wish goes to you except with cherries and ice cream... especially seeing as I screwed it up. I'll be sending good ki your way this week my friend!
As for the comics... the same day I got Quiver Chris picked up Batman: A long Halloween, as well as a Wolverine one... can't remember which. He read them both that afternoon. Me... I'm still working on the first issue of Quiver. Sometimes school work sucks cause even if you do have time the guilt doesn't give you much chance to read something else.
Back to work - one day I will again have an opinion of my own but for now all my opinions are regulated to the rehabilation of stroke and those with neurological symptoms. My new patient on Thursday had a compression fracture at the level of L5 after falling 25 feet out of a tree. My first question planned: What the hell were you doing that high up a tree?
posted by Kiwi at
1:46 AM
Monday, September 22, 2003
Back to Funny Books For a Moment
Here are some titles that are really good.
New Spider Title...The Spectacular Spider-Man. Humberto Ramos' artwork is stellar and make this a fabulous title.
El Cazador
Already sold out of the first printing. It's a pirate story...who cares...I didn't until I picked it up and then I was blown away. Excellent.
Sleeper
This is like the Sopranos of comics. Adult, mature, sexy, stylish...Sleeper literally is a "sleeper" hit! About a double-agent and his infiltration into the enemy's spy organization. 9 issues old now...get this and enjoy it.
The Authority Vol. 2
This takes the Super Hero team and gives it some much needed gumption & balls. Mature from Wildstorm. Excellent. I'd suggest with the Issue #0 and move on. There is a previous "The Authority" line but I knew nothing about the story & events and you don't need it to enjoy this great title.
The Red Star Vol. 1 TPB, Vol. 2 Issues
Matt...this is the TPB I showed you at James'. This is incredible but you will need the Volume 1 TPB to even understand Vol. 2. Incredible art and story. The Red Star Web Site.
Here are some titles that are really good.
New Spider Title...The Spectacular Spider-Man. Humberto Ramos' artwork is stellar and make this a fabulous title.
El Cazador
Already sold out of the first printing. It's a pirate story...who cares...I didn't until I picked it up and then I was blown away. Excellent.
Sleeper
This is like the Sopranos of comics. Adult, mature, sexy, stylish...Sleeper literally is a "sleeper" hit! About a double-agent and his infiltration into the enemy's spy organization. 9 issues old now...get this and enjoy it.
The Authority Vol. 2
This takes the Super Hero team and gives it some much needed gumption & balls. Mature from Wildstorm. Excellent. I'd suggest with the Issue #0 and move on. There is a previous "The Authority" line but I knew nothing about the story & events and you don't need it to enjoy this great title.
The Red Star Vol. 1 TPB, Vol. 2 Issues
Matt...this is the TPB I showed you at James'. This is incredible but you will need the Volume 1 TPB to even understand Vol. 2. Incredible art and story. The Red Star Web Site.
Labels: Comics Gnome
posted by Rev Sully at
4:29 PM
I agree that it will become discriminatory in its selection of who gets funds but not in realms of Establishing a State Religion.
But you could get funds for your secular non-faith based charity under current systems. The Faith Based Initiatives would extend those same grant privilages to organizations that are currently excluded do the the mythic "separation of Church & State".
I think we should buy some land with those monies! C'MON!!! Let's do it!!! ^_~
But you could get funds for your secular non-faith based charity under current systems. The Faith Based Initiatives would extend those same grant privilages to organizations that are currently excluded do the the mythic "separation of Church & State".
I think we should buy some land with those monies! C'MON!!! Let's do it!!! ^_~
posted by Rev Sully at
3:49 PM
Respecting an Establishment of Religion literally mean to make a State Religion. I do not see how it Establishes a State Religion by giving funds to organizations. Although the organizations are religious and part of churches, it makes no law making a State Religion.
The 1st Amendment specifically means this usage of the word "Establish": 6 : "to make (a church) a national or state institution"
Courtesy of: Merriam-Webster.
I object to the overt religiousity of the Bush Administration to begin with and also see it as playing favorites eventually to the Big Three (Judeo-Islamic-Christian) and also notable Eastern faiths but shutting out smaller independents. It's going to end up playing favorites to whomever's hands are on those purse strings.
The 1st Amendment specifically means this usage of the word "Establish": 6 : "to make (a church) a national or state institution"
Courtesy of: Merriam-Webster.
I object to the overt religiousity of the Bush Administration to begin with and also see it as playing favorites eventually to the Big Three (Judeo-Islamic-Christian) and also notable Eastern faiths but shutting out smaller independents. It's going to end up playing favorites to whomever's hands are on those purse strings.
posted by Rev Sully at
3:46 PM
If the new rules would establish a 5 year moratorium on using previously siezed properties for "religious use" after a church acquired them for low-income housing, what would stop Sully, Kiwi, and I from establishing a church, buying up a bunch of property, and then using it as a low-cost, tax-free "meditation retreat" several years down the road?
Seriously though, I think it does respect a religious instituton, or religious institutions in general, insofar as that if I had a secular non-profit charity, it would be ineligable to recieve funds for not being "faith-based". How is that not discriminatory?
Seriously though, I think it does respect a religious instituton, or religious institutions in general, insofar as that if I had a secular non-profit charity, it would be ineligable to recieve funds for not being "faith-based". How is that not discriminatory?
posted by Preacher Matt at
3:23 PM
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=2&u=/nm/20030922/ts_nm/bush_religion_dc
Hmmm...I don't agree with it but I won't fall rank & file with the Bush Bashers either claiming it muddles the Separation of Church & State either. I think it treads on dangerous ground. My fears come not from Establishment but exclusion of "non-traditional" and Independent religions/spirituality.
Let me ask a question then...does the Faith-Based Initiatives Respect an Establishment of Religion.
1st Amendment:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
The term "Separation of Church & State" :
Where, then, did we get this idea of a "wall of separation between Church and State?" It comes not from the First Amendment, but from a private letter written in 1802 by Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists in Connecticut, thirteen years after the First Amendment was signed. His comments are third-hand, which no court of that day would consider.
Jefferson gave a speech to a Baptist association during his presidency. Because he wanted to establish common ground with them in his message, he borrowed a phrase from one of their theologians to use. The context in which he used the phrase "wall of separation" was to reassure them that the national government would not establish a national government supported church denomination to be superior to all other denominations. The "wall of separation" phrase was meant as an allusion to a wall around a church to keep the government from interfering.
http://www.alliance4lifemin.org/separation.html
(the link comes from a scary pro-Christian site but the info is valid).
Hmmm...the floor is open! ^_~
Still thinking impure thoughts of rolling donuts,
Sully!
Hmmm...I don't agree with it but I won't fall rank & file with the Bush Bashers either claiming it muddles the Separation of Church & State either. I think it treads on dangerous ground. My fears come not from Establishment but exclusion of "non-traditional" and Independent religions/spirituality.
Let me ask a question then...does the Faith-Based Initiatives Respect an Establishment of Religion.
1st Amendment:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
The term "Separation of Church & State" :
Where, then, did we get this idea of a "wall of separation between Church and State?" It comes not from the First Amendment, but from a private letter written in 1802 by Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists in Connecticut, thirteen years after the First Amendment was signed. His comments are third-hand, which no court of that day would consider.
Jefferson gave a speech to a Baptist association during his presidency. Because he wanted to establish common ground with them in his message, he borrowed a phrase from one of their theologians to use. The context in which he used the phrase "wall of separation" was to reassure them that the national government would not establish a national government supported church denomination to be superior to all other denominations. The "wall of separation" phrase was meant as an allusion to a wall around a church to keep the government from interfering.
http://www.alliance4lifemin.org/separation.html
(the link comes from a scary pro-Christian site but the info is valid).
Hmmm...the floor is open! ^_~
Still thinking impure thoughts of rolling donuts,
Sully!
posted by Rev Sully at
2:59 PM
That's AWESOME! But my birthday's in November...the 19th...I'm a Scorpio ^_~. Tee hee!!! Check your Birthday dot com. Actually the b-day boy this week is our very own Preacher Matt. Thursday!
But I'll take the Blow Job anyhoo. And definetly one of the Porm Style ones.
Quiver is excellent!!! And Kevin Smith wrote GA up to I think issue #11 and Quiver covers #1-6 Methinks. I would NOT stoop to spoilers. Dane and I are actually all current on the new GA series. Every one of them in Trade Paperback or Issue format.
Also Marvel Visionaries Trade Paperback: Daredevil Guardian Devil; Kevin Smith & Joe Queseda is FABULOUS!!!
We're current on Daredevil also. The creative team of Bendis (responsible for perhaps the entire Marvel "Ultimates" titles) and Maleev should not be missed!!!
Now if you want some serious entertainment in a comic medium...you have to check out ANYTHING by the creative megateam of Jeph Loeb and Time Sale. They put the "OHHHH!!!" in Retro. They go back and examine certain parts of a hero's history without changing the original and keeping this "classic" art style. We have several Loeb/Sale works.
Here are a few titles...all available in Trade Paperback form and highly suggested sight-unseen by Rev. Sully!
Batman in this order:
Batman: The Long Hallowe'en. Beware of spoiler on the link.
Batman: Dark Victory . Beware of spoiler on the link.
also Batman: Haunted Night is good but not as kick-ass as the previous two. Haunted Night came out first but I'd start (I did start) with Long Hallowe'en and then Dark Victory. Beware of spoiler on the link.
Daredevil: Yellow
Spider-Man: Blue (I got this one in hardcover...worth the $20 I spent). All spoiler info here...beware.
Superman for All Seasons
They apparently did a Gambit/Wolverine team-up I still gotta hunt down.
They got this "theme" with the Marvel characters and color titles so they're forthcoming title is called Hulk: Grey (featuring the Grey Hulk...I think it's the first incarnation of the Hulk...not a green one...hmmm...research...). Here's a link for Hulk incarnations.
Jeph Loeb is a prolific comic writer. He's currently doing the watershed Batman series "Hush". "Hush" is just a storyline in the regular Batman monthly but has changed the title forever. Loeb is teamed with the legendary artist Jim Lee for this historic run. It ends next issue and has been going on for a year now (12-13 issues). Part 1 of Hush is available in a Hardcover Tradepaperback format including it's first 6 issues.
Loeb is also doing "Superman/Batman". A new title, perhaps a limited run...not sure but it reunites the "World's Finest" team and reminds us all that yes indeed...Superman and Batman are (super? ^_~) friends and the angst 'tween them comes from the mind of Frank Miller.
Also very excellent (Matt...you'll love this one)...not to be confused with its shitty movie adaptation...
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen; Vols 1 & 2. Written by Alan Moore...he wrote such light hearted fare as The Watchmen, Batman: The Killing Joke, From Hell, etc.
But I'll take the Blow Job anyhoo. And definetly one of the Porm Style ones.
Quiver is excellent!!! And Kevin Smith wrote GA up to I think issue #11 and Quiver covers #1-6 Methinks. I would NOT stoop to spoilers. Dane and I are actually all current on the new GA series. Every one of them in Trade Paperback or Issue format.
Also Marvel Visionaries Trade Paperback: Daredevil Guardian Devil; Kevin Smith & Joe Queseda is FABULOUS!!!
We're current on Daredevil also. The creative team of Bendis (responsible for perhaps the entire Marvel "Ultimates" titles) and Maleev should not be missed!!!
Now if you want some serious entertainment in a comic medium...you have to check out ANYTHING by the creative megateam of Jeph Loeb and Time Sale. They put the "OHHHH!!!" in Retro. They go back and examine certain parts of a hero's history without changing the original and keeping this "classic" art style. We have several Loeb/Sale works.
Here are a few titles...all available in Trade Paperback form and highly suggested sight-unseen by Rev. Sully!
Batman in this order:
Batman: The Long Hallowe'en. Beware of spoiler on the link.
Batman: Dark Victory . Beware of spoiler on the link.
also Batman: Haunted Night is good but not as kick-ass as the previous two. Haunted Night came out first but I'd start (I did start) with Long Hallowe'en and then Dark Victory. Beware of spoiler on the link.
Daredevil: Yellow
Spider-Man: Blue (I got this one in hardcover...worth the $20 I spent). All spoiler info here...beware.
Superman for All Seasons
They apparently did a Gambit/Wolverine team-up I still gotta hunt down.
They got this "theme" with the Marvel characters and color titles so they're forthcoming title is called Hulk: Grey (featuring the Grey Hulk...I think it's the first incarnation of the Hulk...not a green one...hmmm...research...). Here's a link for Hulk incarnations.
Jeph Loeb is a prolific comic writer. He's currently doing the watershed Batman series "Hush". "Hush" is just a storyline in the regular Batman monthly but has changed the title forever. Loeb is teamed with the legendary artist Jim Lee for this historic run. It ends next issue and has been going on for a year now (12-13 issues). Part 1 of Hush is available in a Hardcover Tradepaperback format including it's first 6 issues.
Loeb is also doing "Superman/Batman". A new title, perhaps a limited run...not sure but it reunites the "World's Finest" team and reminds us all that yes indeed...Superman and Batman are (super? ^_~) friends and the angst 'tween them comes from the mind of Frank Miller.
Also very excellent (Matt...you'll love this one)...not to be confused with its shitty movie adaptation...
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen; Vols 1 & 2. Written by Alan Moore...he wrote such light hearted fare as The Watchmen, Batman: The Killing Joke, From Hell, etc.
posted by Rev Sully at
1:51 PM
Yeah, and not one of those "Oh, alright... if it will shut you up" blowjobs. The good porn star birthday kind.
posted by Preacher Matt at
10:45 AM
PS - Happy Birthday to Sully, Happy Birthday dear Sully - Heres hoping you get a blow job.... Happy Birthday to Sully!
Hey kid - I intended to call but everytime I remembered it was either 2 am there or 6 am - I didn't want to interrupt nor did I want to wake up groggy and hungover Sully.
Hope you had a GREAT day and 31 trats you well!
Love ya loads! - K1W1
Hey kid - I intended to call but everytime I remembered it was either 2 am there or 6 am - I didn't want to interrupt nor did I want to wake up groggy and hungover Sully.
Hope you had a GREAT day and 31 trats you well!
Love ya loads! - K1W1
posted by Kiwi at
5:44 AM
Haa haa - took Chris comic book shopping yesterday. Yay! I got Green Arrow - Quiver. Yay! Don't say a word about it - I haven't actually had time to read it yet! NO SPOILERS PLEASE!
posted by Kiwi at
3:13 AM
Soon... a little over 3 weeks I think. Meg was on the radio this morning but I missed it. :(
posted by Kiwi at
3:11 AM
Saturday, September 20, 2003
Yeah, lightsabers can have varied colors now that a wider precedent has been set.
EA Rugby 2004 anyone? That'll be the one I'm getting.
Ever notice that the Bannana Splits theme music is a straight ripoff of Bob Marley's Buffalo Soldier?
EA Rugby 2004 anyone? That'll be the one I'm getting.
Ever notice that the Bannana Splits theme music is a straight ripoff of Bob Marley's Buffalo Soldier?
posted by Preacher Matt at
11:58 AM
Friday, September 19, 2003
Kiwi...when is your White Stripes show?
The White Stripes Lyrics
" Little Bird "
I got a little bird
im gonna take her home
put her in a cage
and disconnect the phone
If you give me a look
im gonna get the book
im gonna preach the word
i wanna preach to birds
as i walk the floor
yeah this i know
When i get you home
this is how it goes
i got nothing to lose
ill never let you go
The White Stripes Lyrics
" Little Bird "
I got a little bird
im gonna take her home
put her in a cage
and disconnect the phone
If you give me a look
im gonna get the book
im gonna preach the word
i wanna preach to birds
as i walk the floor
yeah this i know
When i get you home
this is how it goes
i got nothing to lose
ill never let you go
posted by Rev Sully at
5:33 PM
All EA 2004 games will be available to play on-line. Now I can kick your asses from home if y'all are tuff enuff to play NHL 2004. WAH!
That means you Paul Truland!!! ^_~
That means you Paul Truland!!! ^_~
posted by Rev Sully at
5:27 PM
The green lightsabre though was something of a fluke in the SW Mythology. It showed up better against the sands of Tatooine than the traditonal Blue. Mace Windu's Purple sabre was by request of Samuel L. Jackson. I guess we can now have a kick ass Dark Jedi with a Black sabre blade. That would be cool...
posted by Rev Sully at
5:16 PM
>But the green lightsabre I can assume is Luke from ROTJ. Nyah nyah!!!
Oh, can you? Well, I guess you can assume whatever you want.
Oh, can you? Well, I guess you can assume whatever you want.
posted by Preacher Matt at
5:04 PM
Zappa Quote of the Day
There's no single ideal listener out there who likes my orchestral music, my guitar albums and songs like 'Dyna-Moe-Humm.'
There's no single ideal listener out there who likes my orchestral music, my guitar albums and songs like 'Dyna-Moe-Humm.'
posted by Rev Sully at
4:24 PM
But the green lightsabre I can assume is Luke from ROTJ. Nyah nyah!!!
posted by Rev Sully at
3:38 PM
Happy news...one step closer to having Internet at home. Getting my computer tonight! Dr. Hooey is hookin' me up!!!
Thank you Dr. Hooey!!!
Thank you Dr. Hooey!!!
posted by Rev Sully at
3:36 PM
For Christ's sake Sully... I thought you didn't want any episode 3 spoilers on your blog! Now I'm going to go into it thinking that someone fights Darth Vader.
posted by Preacher Matt at
3:28 PM
A Very Funny Haiku!
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posted by Rev Sully at
3:10 PM
Yeah, they do have a loan program, but I'll still need to save up a bit more. After not working for nine months and paying for a week in the Caribbean, I'm pretty close to tapped out right now. I have some long term investments, but I don't want to touch em.
posted by Preacher Matt at
9:43 AM
Thursday, September 18, 2003
Shit...what about a student loan? Grant? Is that possible for this? Ma...Dad...I knocked up 249 chicks at an all-week orgy...can I have $10,000 for all the abortions...PLEEEEZE! ^_^
posted by Rev Sully at
3:18 PM
Nice... I just got an email from SubSea in British Columbia pointing me to this document. I had been thinking about getting certified as an ROV pilot/tech, so it might just be the thing. Now all I need is an extra $10,000.
posted by Preacher Matt at
2:13 PM
Zappa Quote of the Day
Never try to get your peter sucked in France.
Never try to get your peter sucked in France.
posted by Rev Sully at
12:01 PM
Sah-WEET!!! WTG: Matty! Hmmmm...I wish you nothing but a reenactment of "From Here To Eternity". The only good part of that movie was the money shot of Burt Lancaster on the beach with Deborah Kerr!
posted by Rev Sully at
12:00 PM
Kickass date with Jill last night. I think I'll have to keep her around for a while. Friday we're planning to go to the ocean and check out the hurricane carnage.
posted by Preacher Matt at
10:40 AM
Wednesday, September 17, 2003
More Headlines Ripped from this week's Onion!
Revised Patriot Act Will Make It Illegal To Read Patriot Act
WASHINGTON, DC—President Bush spoke out Monday in support of a revised version of the 2001 USA Patriot Act that would make it illegal to read the USA Patriot Act. "Under current federal law, there are unreasonable obstacles to investigating and prosecuting acts of terrorism, including the public's access to information about how the federal police will investigate and prosecute acts of terrorism," Bush said at a press conference Monday. "For the sake of the American people, I call on Congress to pass this important law prohibiting access to itself." Bush also proposed extending the rights of states to impose the death penalty "in the wake of Sept. 11 and stuff."
http://www.theonion.com/3936/
Revised Patriot Act Will Make It Illegal To Read Patriot Act
WASHINGTON, DC—President Bush spoke out Monday in support of a revised version of the 2001 USA Patriot Act that would make it illegal to read the USA Patriot Act. "Under current federal law, there are unreasonable obstacles to investigating and prosecuting acts of terrorism, including the public's access to information about how the federal police will investigate and prosecute acts of terrorism," Bush said at a press conference Monday. "For the sake of the American people, I call on Congress to pass this important law prohibiting access to itself." Bush also proposed extending the rights of states to impose the death penalty "in the wake of Sept. 11 and stuff."
http://www.theonion.com/3936/
posted by Rev Sully at
2:58 PM
Worst Headline...I loved it. I shoulda wrote this:
This Week's Onion:
God Grants John Ritter's Wish To Meet Johnny Cash
This Week's Onion:
God Grants John Ritter's Wish To Meet Johnny Cash
posted by Rev Sully at
12:12 PM
This Week's Onion Horoscope:
Scorpio: (Oct. 24—Nov. 21)
You'll always have someone standing at your side to love you, no matter how many times you try to escape by skipping town in the middle of the night.
Rolls eyes...now I know where Matt comes from on this tip. ^_~
Scorpio: (Oct. 24—Nov. 21)
You'll always have someone standing at your side to love you, no matter how many times you try to escape by skipping town in the middle of the night.
Rolls eyes...now I know where Matt comes from on this tip. ^_~
posted by Rev Sully at
12:05 PM
my horoscope in today's onion:
Capricorn: (Dec. 22—Jan. 19)
In today's high-tech business world, it's good to pause a moment to remember that you're there to sell truckload after truckload of dildos.
...how are these things always so accurate?
Capricorn: (Dec. 22—Jan. 19)
In today's high-tech business world, it's good to pause a moment to remember that you're there to sell truckload after truckload of dildos.
...how are these things always so accurate?
posted by paul at
11:19 AM
Sully's Movie Suggestion.
Review posted on NetFlix dot com.
I stumbled upon this movie. I was watching the TV series the WB’s Angel (Buffy spin-off) and I couldn’t figure out who the actor who plays Doyle (also Becky’s husband, Mark on “Roseanne”). So I went to an Angel disc and looked at the actors. There was Glenn Quinn’s name! Of course! So I clicked on the actor’s link and after wading through 8 discs of Angel, I noticed “RSVP”. I give that link a look. Ohhhhh…Jason Mewes. OK. I’ll take a gamble. I had negative to no expectations of this movie but I was pleasantly surprised. It is not a gory slasher movie but there is violence and earns its “R” rating. Fans of the Kevin Smith “Askewverse” will love seeing Jason Mewes outside of New Jersey. Jay Mewes really doesn’t make a stretch in the acting department. I guess he plays himself, who the character of Jay of Jay & Silent Bob is based on anyhow. A little predictable and an homage all around, it is darkly funny. About as darkly funny as “American Psycho”. Rev. Sully! gives “RSVP” 3 stars. I liked it. You might too. It’s not an astounding, groundbreaking, watershed movie but it is good, decent and enjoyable Indie film. It’s a horror film and it’s a lot better than most of the nouveau teen slasher films out there in recent and national theatrical release. “Jeepers Creepers 2” and “Freddy Versus Jason” get theatrical release and the first I heard of "RSVP" was tripping over it following links. Take a chance. If you don’t like it…write a review! ^_~
NetFlix Star Rating System: Best of 5 Stars
1 star="Did Not Like It"
2 stars= "Just OK"
3 stars= "Liked It"
4 stars= "Really Liked It"
5 stars= "Loved It"
or
The Circle Bar of "Not Interested".
Review posted on NetFlix dot com.
I stumbled upon this movie. I was watching the TV series the WB’s Angel (Buffy spin-off) and I couldn’t figure out who the actor who plays Doyle (also Becky’s husband, Mark on “Roseanne”). So I went to an Angel disc and looked at the actors. There was Glenn Quinn’s name! Of course! So I clicked on the actor’s link and after wading through 8 discs of Angel, I noticed “RSVP”. I give that link a look. Ohhhhh…Jason Mewes. OK. I’ll take a gamble. I had negative to no expectations of this movie but I was pleasantly surprised. It is not a gory slasher movie but there is violence and earns its “R” rating. Fans of the Kevin Smith “Askewverse” will love seeing Jason Mewes outside of New Jersey. Jay Mewes really doesn’t make a stretch in the acting department. I guess he plays himself, who the character of Jay of Jay & Silent Bob is based on anyhow. A little predictable and an homage all around, it is darkly funny. About as darkly funny as “American Psycho”. Rev. Sully! gives “RSVP” 3 stars. I liked it. You might too. It’s not an astounding, groundbreaking, watershed movie but it is good, decent and enjoyable Indie film. It’s a horror film and it’s a lot better than most of the nouveau teen slasher films out there in recent and national theatrical release. “Jeepers Creepers 2” and “Freddy Versus Jason” get theatrical release and the first I heard of "RSVP" was tripping over it following links. Take a chance. If you don’t like it…write a review! ^_~
NetFlix Star Rating System: Best of 5 Stars
1 star="Did Not Like It"
2 stars= "Just OK"
3 stars= "Liked It"
4 stars= "Really Liked It"
5 stars= "Loved It"
or
The Circle Bar of "Not Interested".
posted by Rev Sully at
10:06 AM
Zappa Quote of the Day
Whoever we are, whereever we're from, we should have noticed by now our behaviour is dumb, and if our chances are expected to improve, it's gonna take a lot more than trying to remove, the other race, or the other whatever, from the face of the planet altogether
Dumb All Over, You Are What You Is
Whoever we are, whereever we're from, we should have noticed by now our behaviour is dumb, and if our chances are expected to improve, it's gonna take a lot more than trying to remove, the other race, or the other whatever, from the face of the planet altogether
Dumb All Over, You Are What You Is
posted by Rev Sully at
9:13 AM
[ Wed Sep 17, 01:09:56 AM | Rev Kiwi | edit ]
Oh - would you too just fuck already and get it over with! Gees - these boy tantrums and petty arguments are getting arbitrary....
NO WAY!!! That killed Moonlighting and other countless shows by squelching the sexual tension! ^_~ Plus I don't do Libras anymore. Yeah...I'm a big fan of Astrological Profiling!!! You might think it's a load of crap but there is something to be said for compatible sun-signs. Best combo so far...Scorpio on Scorpio...it's like the straight version of gay sex. Two incrediabily horny people, imagination and a bed. You might think you're horny well...you might not have come across a Scorpio then. If you have, then you're in luck and will forever judge others by the Sting D'Amour. ^_~ WAH!!!
Well...good luck in your good fight little Kiwi bird.
Oh - would you too just fuck already and get it over with! Gees - these boy tantrums and petty arguments are getting arbitrary....
NO WAY!!! That killed Moonlighting and other countless shows by squelching the sexual tension! ^_~ Plus I don't do Libras anymore. Yeah...I'm a big fan of Astrological Profiling!!! You might think it's a load of crap but there is something to be said for compatible sun-signs. Best combo so far...Scorpio on Scorpio...it's like the straight version of gay sex. Two incrediabily horny people, imagination and a bed. You might think you're horny well...you might not have come across a Scorpio then. If you have, then you're in luck and will forever judge others by the Sting D'Amour. ^_~ WAH!!!
Well...good luck in your good fight little Kiwi bird.
posted by Rev Sully at
9:09 AM
C U Next Tuesday - I have an exam to study for and an assignment to get done before Monday --- along with finding time to moleste my boyfriend and make a good attempt at destroying his kitchen table... wish me luck! And I have to work too - ugh life is ARBITRARY sometimes too!.... 5 weeks left then I am free - free I tells ya....
posted by Kiwi at
1:12 AM
Oh - would you too just fuck already and get it over with! Gees - these boy tantrums and petty arguments are getting arbitrary....
posted by Kiwi at
1:09 AM
>Next you'll circumlocute that since French is a Romance language it must be a Romantic movie since it is a French movie.
Nah, it's not about the language, but about the pretentious, cheese-eatin' surrender monkeys who thought mime was a cool idea.
Nah, it's not about the language, but about the pretentious, cheese-eatin' surrender monkeys who thought mime was a cool idea.
posted by Preacher Matt at
12:18 AM
>And the ending is ironic too but I won't give that away.
Knock yourself out, I'll likely never rent it.
Knock yourself out, I'll likely never rent it.
posted by Preacher Matt at
12:16 AM
Tuesday, September 16, 2003
But by capitalizing "Romantic" well...then it is a Romantic movie. WAH!!! ^_~
posted by Rev Sully at
5:44 PM
[ Tue Sep 16, 05:17:16 PM | Preacher Matt | edit ]
I just assume any surreal French film is a chick flick. That aside, IMHO a movie about a lack of romance is still a movie about romance. You want to check out the matinee of "pleurer sur mon épaule", that's great... I'll be next door at the one with the explosions.
Next you'll circumlocute that since French is a Romance language it must be a Romantic movie since it is a French movie. ^_~ ^_~ ^_~ WAH!!!
I just assume any surreal French film is a chick flick. That aside, IMHO a movie about a lack of romance is still a movie about romance. You want to check out the matinee of "pleurer sur mon épaule", that's great... I'll be next door at the one with the explosions.
Next you'll circumlocute that since French is a Romance language it must be a Romantic movie since it is a French movie. ^_~ ^_~ ^_~ WAH!!!
posted by Rev Sully at
5:29 PM
Also the obvious irony that she is frigid to her husband but goes to be a prostitute during the day (also that she does not need the money...her husband is a successful surgeon) having base, depraved and perverted sex when she cannot perform even romanic "missionary" acts at home for a man she loves and who loves her. And the ending is ironic too but I won't give that away.
posted by Rev Sully at
5:28 PM
When you assume...well...
IMHO, I believe the movie Belle De Jour to have...yes...a certain irony that such a beautiful, attractive woman is the antithesis of romance.
IMHO, I believe the movie Belle De Jour to have...yes...a certain irony that such a beautiful, attractive woman is the antithesis of romance.
posted by Rev Sully at
5:22 PM
No, they were never successfully separated. It's all done with mirrors and fancy camera angles. Conjoined butler anyone?
posted by Preacher Matt at
5:22 PM
Were Dr. Phil and Mr. Belvedere serarated at birth?
The Dr. Phil Random Quote Generator
"Click the button as often as you need to satisfy the "inner wuss" in you."
The Dr. Phil Random Quote Generator
"Click the button as often as you need to satisfy the "inner wuss" in you."
posted by Rev Sully at
5:18 PM
I just assume any surreal French film is a chick flick. That aside, IMHO a movie about a lack of romance is still a movie about romance. You want to check out the matinee of "pleurer sur mon épaule", that's great... I'll be next door at the one with the explosions.
posted by Preacher Matt at
5:17 PM
I've been meaning to watch Belle De Jour in its entirety for a while. I started watching it like 2-3 times and never got to finish. Surreal, very French for a Spanish director. Catherine Denuve...ahhhh...and oh la la. Que belle femme! I would not describe it as a chick flick at all. There's nothing romantic about it. I think that was it's point though. All this emphasis on sex but where was the romance. Was it with her husband? Was it in her fantasies? Was it in her johns? Where was the romance in any of her relationships or her fantasies. I didn't see it.
But I didn't expect it to make me as wistful as it did. It's not Aimee Berger's wedding anniversary is it? Ahhhh...it was 9/13...no wonder...makes perfect sense now. ^_~
I'll call him the Affleck all I want. Actually...I'm with an underdog entity looking to have a cyber-putsch to make Casey Affleck "The Affleck".
He is the True talent in that family!!!
But I didn't expect it to make me as wistful as it did. It's not Aimee Berger's wedding anniversary is it? Ahhhh...it was 9/13...no wonder...makes perfect sense now. ^_~
I'll call him the Affleck all I want. Actually...I'm with an underdog entity looking to have a cyber-putsch to make Casey Affleck "The Affleck".
He is the True talent in that family!!!
posted by Rev Sully at
4:55 PM
Okay, but please stop calling him "The Affleck." It makes you sound like a gay producer.
Out of curiosity, what posessed you to see Belle De Jour? Big fan of French chick flicks now?
Out of curiosity, what posessed you to see Belle De Jour? Big fan of French chick flicks now?
posted by Preacher Matt at
4:35 PM
No...the Affleck and I were talking. ^_~ Actually I saw Belle De Jour last night
posted by Rev Sully at
4:30 PM
Ben Affleck and Rev. Sully! Meet in Geneva for the Anti-Jennifer Talks.
Up and coming theologian Rev. Sully and fading flower Ben Affleck have met in Geneva, Switzerland for the Anti-Jennifer Talks and Pact, a pact that makes either handsome, eligable bachelor unavailable to anyone named "Jennifer".
Rev. Sully! was quoted as saying, "I got The Affleck on an IM and told him my thoughts on the matter...I'm never again dating anyone named "Jennifer". There are too many out there." Affleck wholeheartedly agreed and inked the pact and then the after-party was held in Prague where no Jennifers could be found in the strip club.
Up and coming theologian Rev. Sully and fading flower Ben Affleck have met in Geneva, Switzerland for the Anti-Jennifer Talks and Pact, a pact that makes either handsome, eligable bachelor unavailable to anyone named "Jennifer".
Rev. Sully! was quoted as saying, "I got The Affleck on an IM and told him my thoughts on the matter...I'm never again dating anyone named "Jennifer". There are too many out there." Affleck wholeheartedly agreed and inked the pact and then the after-party was held in Prague where no Jennifers could be found in the strip club.
posted by Rev Sully at
12:04 PM
Ben Affleck Presses Charges against Media, quoted them with Cockblocking
From his undisclosed location in Burnaby, British Columbia in the arms of Candy & Mandy, twin strippers, bereved and newly single Ben Affleck pressed charges against the Media for Cockblocking.
Mistaking a bottle of Sam Adams for a microphone, Affleck said to depress...I mean the press, "Look...you assholes...ruined it with me and that caboose...I mean Jenny. Dude! That's so fucking uncool. I could kick your ass! I was Daredevil! I mean it wasn't enough that you ruined it with me and Gwenyth Paltrow either. I mean...what's with you guys. Go fuck with Damon or something. Lemme alone!".
Affleck then passed out in a pool of his own filth while the twins took everything that wasn't nailed down. Jennifer Lopez was not available for comment and her mother Guadalupe would not return the car Ben gave her either.
From his undisclosed location in Burnaby, British Columbia in the arms of Candy & Mandy, twin strippers, bereved and newly single Ben Affleck pressed charges against the Media for Cockblocking.
Mistaking a bottle of Sam Adams for a microphone, Affleck said to depress...I mean the press, "Look...you assholes...ruined it with me and that caboose...I mean Jenny. Dude! That's so fucking uncool. I could kick your ass! I was Daredevil! I mean it wasn't enough that you ruined it with me and Gwenyth Paltrow either. I mean...what's with you guys. Go fuck with Damon or something. Lemme alone!".
Affleck then passed out in a pool of his own filth while the twins took everything that wasn't nailed down. Jennifer Lopez was not available for comment and her mother Guadalupe would not return the car Ben gave her either.
posted by Rev Sully at
11:54 AM
Zappa Quote of the Day
Consider for a moment any beauty in the name Ralph.
In an interview with Joan Rivers who had just asked him why he gave his children such odd names, Frank gave the reply above.
Consider for a moment any beauty in the name Ralph.
In an interview with Joan Rivers who had just asked him why he gave his children such odd names, Frank gave the reply above.
posted by Rev Sully at
9:26 AM
Monday, September 15, 2003
In a rare MSNBC interview at his stately manor in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, early Monday morning, Keith Messier had this to say of the break-up between the fashion model turned MTV bombshell turned Hollywood starlet and People Magazine's current winner of the "World's Sexiest Man" award: "Oh."
A spokesperson for Messier told sources that he was "shocked and deeply [saddened] by the news." Messier could not be reached for further comment.
In other news, Thom Yorke of the popular rock band Radiohead continues to spell his first name using bandmate Jonny Greenwood's letter "h." In a related story, the word "pretentious" continues to be spelled using exactly two "t"s, though the order in which those letters appear seems to be irrelevant.
A spokesperson for Messier told sources that he was "shocked and deeply [saddened] by the news." Messier could not be reached for further comment.
In other news, Thom Yorke of the popular rock band Radiohead continues to spell his first name using bandmate Jonny Greenwood's letter "h." In a related story, the word "pretentious" continues to be spelled using exactly two "t"s, though the order in which those letters appear seems to be irrelevant.
posted by Keith at
10:49 PM
I never was into it in high school either. I was a straight-up Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, and AC/DC fan until I started working at a seafood restaurant entirely staffed by deadheads.
posted by Preacher Matt at
7:59 PM
Or this...I think I listened to PE more by myself but if the lot of us were in the car...it had to be this...
...straight outta Compton is a brotha that'll smother yo' mother and make ya sister think I love her Dangerous motherfucker raises hell And if I ever get caught I make bail See, I don't give a fuck, that's the problem I see a motherfuckin cop I don't dodge him But I'm smart, lay low, creep a while And when I see a punk pass, I smile To me it's kinda funny, the attitude showin a nigga drivin but don't know where the fuck he's going, just rollin lookin for the one they call Eazy But here's a flash, they never seize me Ruthless! Never seen like a shadow in the dark except when I unload, see I'll get over the hesitation and hear the scream of the one who got the last penetration Give a little gust of wind and I'm jettin But leave a memory no one'll be forgettin So what about the bitch who got shot? Fuck her! You think I give a damn about a bitch? I ain't a sucker! This is the autobiography of the E, and if you ever fuck with me You'll get taken by a stupid dope brotha who will smother word to the motherfucker, straight outta Compton
...straight outta Compton is a brotha that'll smother yo' mother and make ya sister think I love her Dangerous motherfucker raises hell And if I ever get caught I make bail See, I don't give a fuck, that's the problem I see a motherfuckin cop I don't dodge him But I'm smart, lay low, creep a while And when I see a punk pass, I smile To me it's kinda funny, the attitude showin a nigga drivin but don't know where the fuck he's going, just rollin lookin for the one they call Eazy But here's a flash, they never seize me Ruthless! Never seen like a shadow in the dark except when I unload, see I'll get over the hesitation and hear the scream of the one who got the last penetration Give a little gust of wind and I'm jettin But leave a memory no one'll be forgettin So what about the bitch who got shot? Fuck her! You think I give a damn about a bitch? I ain't a sucker! This is the autobiography of the E, and if you ever fuck with me You'll get taken by a stupid dope brotha who will smother word to the motherfucker, straight outta Compton
posted by Rev Sully at
4:48 PM
I was never into KRS One in High School. If it was rap to this metal head...it hadda be...
[Flavor Flav:] You're blind baby you're blind from the facts on who you are
'cause you're watchin' that garbage.
The woman makes the men all pause
And if you got a woman
She might make you forget yours
There's a 5 letter word
To describe her character
But her brains being washed by an actor
And every real man that tries to approach
Come the closer he comes
He gets dissed like a roach
[REFRAIN:]
I don't think I can handle
She goes channel to channel
Cold lookin' for that hero
She watch channel zero
CHORUS:
She watch, She watch [4x]
[Flavor Flav:] Yo baby, you got to cut that garbage off. Yo! I wanna watch
the game. {Where's your doin'} Hey yo, lemme tell you a little som'in: I'm
'a take all your soaps, an' then I'm gonna hang 'em on a rope. You know what
I'm sayin'? 'Cause that garbage your watchin' don't make no sense. Hey yo,
lemme tell you a little som'in baby: I'm 'a take your set an' I'm 'a throw it
out the window. G's.
2, 7, 5, 4, 8 she watched she said
All added up to zero
And nothing in her head
She turns and turns
And she hopes the soaps
Are for real - she learns
That it ain't true, nope
But she won't survive
And rather die in a lie
Falls a fool - for some dude - on a tube
[REFRAIN, CHORUS]
[Flavor Flav:] Yo baby, you think I'm jokin'? Do it look like I'm jokin'? I
ain't jokin', word up, baby. Yo, cut that garbage off now. Yo, I got the
Tyson fight on, you know what I'm sayin'? Yo, so you can't be comin' in here
stackin' {aid} like that, you know what I'm sayin'? Yo, we gettin' ready to
watch the Super Bowl, we got a black quarterback so step back.
Trouble vision for a sister
'Cause I know she don't know, I quote
Her brains retrained
By a 24 inch remote
Revolution a solution
For all of our children
But her children
Don't mean as much as the show, I mean
Watch her worship the screen, and fiend
For a TV ad
And it just makes me mad
[REFRAIN, CHORUS]
[Flavor Flav:] Yo baby, can't you that's nonsense you watchin'? Look, don't
nobody look like that, nobody even live that, you know what I'm sayin'? You
watchin' garbage, not'in' but garbage. Straight up garbage. Yo, why don't
you just back up from the TV, read a book or som'in. Read about yourself,
learn your culture, you know what I'm sayin'?
[Flavor Flav:] You're blind baby you're blind from the facts on who you are
'cause you're watchin' that garbage.
The woman makes the men all pause
And if you got a woman
She might make you forget yours
There's a 5 letter word
To describe her character
But her brains being washed by an actor
And every real man that tries to approach
Come the closer he comes
He gets dissed like a roach
[REFRAIN:]
I don't think I can handle
She goes channel to channel
Cold lookin' for that hero
She watch channel zero
CHORUS:
She watch, She watch [4x]
[Flavor Flav:] Yo baby, you got to cut that garbage off. Yo! I wanna watch
the game. {Where's your doin'} Hey yo, lemme tell you a little som'in: I'm
'a take all your soaps, an' then I'm gonna hang 'em on a rope. You know what
I'm sayin'? 'Cause that garbage your watchin' don't make no sense. Hey yo,
lemme tell you a little som'in baby: I'm 'a take your set an' I'm 'a throw it
out the window. G's.
2, 7, 5, 4, 8 she watched she said
All added up to zero
And nothing in her head
She turns and turns
And she hopes the soaps
Are for real - she learns
That it ain't true, nope
But she won't survive
And rather die in a lie
Falls a fool - for some dude - on a tube
[REFRAIN, CHORUS]
[Flavor Flav:] Yo baby, you think I'm jokin'? Do it look like I'm jokin'? I
ain't jokin', word up, baby. Yo, cut that garbage off now. Yo, I got the
Tyson fight on, you know what I'm sayin'? Yo, so you can't be comin' in here
stackin' {aid} like that, you know what I'm sayin'? Yo, we gettin' ready to
watch the Super Bowl, we got a black quarterback so step back.
Trouble vision for a sister
'Cause I know she don't know, I quote
Her brains retrained
By a 24 inch remote
Revolution a solution
For all of our children
But her children
Don't mean as much as the show, I mean
Watch her worship the screen, and fiend
For a TV ad
And it just makes me mad
[REFRAIN, CHORUS]
[Flavor Flav:] Yo baby, can't you that's nonsense you watchin'? Look, don't
nobody look like that, nobody even live that, you know what I'm sayin'? You
watchin' garbage, not'in' but garbage. Straight up garbage. Yo, why don't
you just back up from the TV, read a book or som'in. Read about yourself,
learn your culture, you know what I'm sayin'?
posted by Rev Sully at
3:51 PM
"...because he's droppin'
droppin'
droppin' science,
droppin' history,
with a whole leap of style; an intelligent scene.
and I know;
and I know because of KRS-ONE.
Because we don't want to pay no money fe' hear the same old sounds.
Watch and we'll take hip hop to a higher ground.
'Cuz I know;
and I know because of KRS-ONE."
droppin'
droppin' science,
droppin' history,
with a whole leap of style; an intelligent scene.
and I know;
and I know because of KRS-ONE.
Because we don't want to pay no money fe' hear the same old sounds.
Watch and we'll take hip hop to a higher ground.
'Cuz I know;
and I know because of KRS-ONE."
posted by Preacher Matt at
3:44 PM
Yeah! WORD UP! Gimme summo o' dat fly steak sauce...word up!
Slaying makes me hungry.
Slaying makes me hungry.
posted by Rev Sully at
3:37 PM
"in school they never taught 'bout hamburgers or steak, elijah muhammad or the welfare state, but i know; and i know because of KRS-ONE..."
-bradley nowell
-bradley nowell
posted by paul at
3:15 PM
Arrrgh, me maties! Batten the hatches! To Port, ya scurvy dawgs to port!!! ^_~
Tuna...yummmmmmmmmmmmmmm...
Good luck!
Jill sounds like a good thing. One door closes, another opens. Not only am I full of shit, I'm full of cliches too. It's nice when a chick goes out of her way like that...makes you all "blushy" insides. Tee hee!!! Let's just hopes she swallows. ^_~ Just bean a pig...
Tuna...yummmmmmmmmmmmmmm...
Good luck!
Jill sounds like a good thing. One door closes, another opens. Not only am I full of shit, I'm full of cliches too. It's nice when a chick goes out of her way like that...makes you all "blushy" insides. Tee hee!!! Let's just hopes she swallows. ^_~ Just bean a pig...
posted by Rev Sully at
11:38 AM
Dane loved "Pirates". I wanna check that out before it's out of the movie theatres. Watched "Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas" and actually enjoyed 65% of it this time. That's up from 37% last time. I still tune out after I think Duke and Gonzo ditch Lucy. Maybe it was when they're at the National Conventions of Sheriffs. But I actually enjoyed it lots better and I enjoys the ride into Vegas...perhaps my favorite scene in the book and definitely in the movie.
Sample Page...Sully's Favorite Scene...the list of what's in the trunk.
Sample Page...Sully's Favorite Scene...the list of what's in the trunk.
posted by Rev Sully at
11:14 AM
I hear that Sully. One of the things that I so far like best about Jill is that after I dropped a hint that I'd be at the House of Blues again for Ryan's (closing the HOB) show on saturday, she missed a friend's party and drove from Rockland hoping to see me there. Her friend questioned that, asking "didn't you just go there to see Ryan's show on thursday?" "Yeah," she said, "but this time I'm not going there to see Ryan."
I was supposed to hear about a new job on friday, and if I don't get it I want to follow up on another call I made for a full time deckhand job on a tuna charter boat (good hours toward a captain's license). I hope I get a call one way or the other today.
I was supposed to hear about a new job on friday, and if I don't get it I want to follow up on another call I made for a full time deckhand job on a tuna charter boat (good hours toward a captain's license). I hope I get a call one way or the other today.
posted by Preacher Matt at
11:06 AM
Hottus Dawgus! Did you do your on-line personal ad yet? Stop slacking and start getting broads! Carpe diem! Carpe nostrem! or you'll be "carpe"-ing yourself!!! ^_~
posted by Rev Sully at
10:34 AM
Next Bus...10 minutes. ^_^ WAH!!!
I hear ya Matt...I love the line "better chance of fucking the horse she rode in on". Fuckin' classic!
I hate inconsideration. It's what killed it with Amy. She probably thought I was bean weird (nah...who me?) by calling her on not getting back to me in a timely manner but I can't stand inconsideration either. It is disrespect. And...my thoughts of disrespectful women have been well documented. Fuck that. I did say that I thought she was withdrawing because I hadn't heard from her (she emailed me on last Thursday after I sent her a note last Wednesday saying "thanks...yer a great gal...wished it worked out...but you shouldn't have blown me off"). I mean we had a date two Saturdays ago and she had something come up...I understand but she was s'posed to call and tell me what the dilly-yo for the evening was. 10:30PM rolled around and I called her...left a VM, she didn't pick up. So Dane and I went out and fun. I just wanted to know what my evening was all about. She didn't have the consideration to call or apologize for not calling. I was waiting like a chump. So by the time Wednesday rolled around...I assumed she was "all set". She claimed she had no intention of "blowing" me offand that she thought the phone worked both ways...hello? I called and left an email Monday AM. As we say in Southie..."whatevah, forevah". It actually gave me a nice insight into how I react. Perhaps it's time to act more "manly" and not give so much of a fuck. Well...I am a sensitive "nice guy" and it's hard not to give a fuck but I'm not about to accept any discourteous treatment especially since I am a "nice guy". Owww...my arm and back hurts. Nah...I won't rest on my laurels. And I was going to make her a mixed CD!!! I did like her but that quickly changed. I can be picky. Gosh knows I deserve to be. ^_~
NEXT BUS!!!
I hear ya Matt...I love the line "better chance of fucking the horse she rode in on". Fuckin' classic!
I hate inconsideration. It's what killed it with Amy. She probably thought I was bean weird (nah...who me?) by calling her on not getting back to me in a timely manner but I can't stand inconsideration either. It is disrespect. And...my thoughts of disrespectful women have been well documented. Fuck that. I did say that I thought she was withdrawing because I hadn't heard from her (she emailed me on last Thursday after I sent her a note last Wednesday saying "thanks...yer a great gal...wished it worked out...but you shouldn't have blown me off"). I mean we had a date two Saturdays ago and she had something come up...I understand but she was s'posed to call and tell me what the dilly-yo for the evening was. 10:30PM rolled around and I called her...left a VM, she didn't pick up. So Dane and I went out and fun. I just wanted to know what my evening was all about. She didn't have the consideration to call or apologize for not calling. I was waiting like a chump. So by the time Wednesday rolled around...I assumed she was "all set". She claimed she had no intention of "blowing" me offand that she thought the phone worked both ways...hello? I called and left an email Monday AM. As we say in Southie..."whatevah, forevah". It actually gave me a nice insight into how I react. Perhaps it's time to act more "manly" and not give so much of a fuck. Well...I am a sensitive "nice guy" and it's hard not to give a fuck but I'm not about to accept any discourteous treatment especially since I am a "nice guy". Owww...my arm and back hurts. Nah...I won't rest on my laurels. And I was going to make her a mixed CD!!! I did like her but that quickly changed. I can be picky. Gosh knows I deserve to be. ^_~
NEXT BUS!!!
posted by Rev Sully at
10:11 AM
Sunday, September 14, 2003
Funny, I was just going to post that research blurb. I totally agree on Pirates too... kick ass funny scene, and great overall. I really like the bit where he steals the ship too.
I've given up on Liz... two cancellations and a no-show later, I got a call needlessly explaining at length about how, as all her friends know, she's not someone it's ever possible to make plans with. She followed that up by apologising for not being able to get in touch when she said she would because (get this) she didn't feel like it. She's now got a better chance of fucking the horse she rode in on.
On a positive sidenote, when I was at the Ryan Montbleau show at House of Blues that Liz didn't show up for, I met Jill. I guess she was impressed that I offered her my seat (it was packed and she couldn't see otherwise) and then struck up an interesting conversation without overtly hitting on her. We'll be having yet another date on wednesday (MFA and dinner at her suggestion) and she may even go as my date for the upcoming wedding I'm performing. She also said something about owing Jake dinner for occupying her "wingman" last night at the bar. Apparently, dating a preacher makes her feel naughty. :)
I've given up on Liz... two cancellations and a no-show later, I got a call needlessly explaining at length about how, as all her friends know, she's not someone it's ever possible to make plans with. She followed that up by apologising for not being able to get in touch when she said she would because (get this) she didn't feel like it. She's now got a better chance of fucking the horse she rode in on.
On a positive sidenote, when I was at the Ryan Montbleau show at House of Blues that Liz didn't show up for, I met Jill. I guess she was impressed that I offered her my seat (it was packed and she couldn't see otherwise) and then struck up an interesting conversation without overtly hitting on her. We'll be having yet another date on wednesday (MFA and dinner at her suggestion) and she may even go as my date for the upcoming wedding I'm performing. She also said something about owing Jake dinner for occupying her "wingman" last night at the bar. Apparently, dating a preacher makes her feel naughty. :)
posted by Preacher Matt at
11:38 PM
Pirates of the Carribean ROCKED! I especially liked the opening scene - as Captain Jack first comes in to port... HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
posted by Kiwi at
5:04 AM
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in
waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist
and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you
can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey
lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.
waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist
and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you
can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey
lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.
posted by Kiwi at
5:00 AM
Saturday, September 13, 2003
Friday, September 12, 2003
Christina Ricci and Nicholas Brendon to play Wonder twins???
Yeah its an old article but I missed it....
Yeah its an old article but I missed it....
posted by Kiwi at
11:14 PM
And for the record...I looked back in the archive and it was indeed Dr. Hooey who started the Mama Joke Haiku Madness. It's all there...^_~
posted by Rev Sully at
3:08 PM
MAMA JOKE EMAIL MADNESS!!!
OK...so what is known to some as the Friday Lunchy Crowd we were bouncing around mama joke...of course started by Dr. Hooey!!!
Written in crayon on the fridge by Young Daniel Ring:
a limerick, in appreciation:
i would like to fully endorse,
the cuisine of dane bass in full force,
last night he prepared sully's mom nice and rare,
it made for a strange inter-course!
In response I bring you...
Ode to an Arduous Amorous Odor...
Dane and I were playing
Where's my finger been
He frowned and fretted mightily
"Of course it comes from Sin"
Where oh where has it been
what oh what could this mean
where has Sully's finger been
in places kept unseen
A belly-button, nay I'm close
Dane did shout out aloud
And then he 'membered just in time
His mem'ries lifted like a cloud
I do recall when she did ball
my member stunk as this
Of course it be could only be
Dan's mother's velvet Bliss
We laughed and laughed
A joyous sound did fill the Flat that night
For Danny mother's private parts
For an old broad...she's wickid tight.
RIGHT BACK ATCHA, CHIEF!!! MWAH!!! ^_~
Still thinking impure thoughts of Dringo's mom,
Sully!
OK...so what is known to some as the Friday Lunchy Crowd we were bouncing around mama joke...of course started by Dr. Hooey!!!
Written in crayon on the fridge by Young Daniel Ring:
a limerick, in appreciation:
i would like to fully endorse,
the cuisine of dane bass in full force,
last night he prepared sully's mom nice and rare,
it made for a strange inter-course!
In response I bring you...
Ode to an Arduous Amorous Odor...
Dane and I were playing
Where's my finger been
He frowned and fretted mightily
"Of course it comes from Sin"
Where oh where has it been
what oh what could this mean
where has Sully's finger been
in places kept unseen
A belly-button, nay I'm close
Dane did shout out aloud
And then he 'membered just in time
His mem'ries lifted like a cloud
I do recall when she did ball
my member stunk as this
Of course it be could only be
Dan's mother's velvet Bliss
We laughed and laughed
A joyous sound did fill the Flat that night
For Danny mother's private parts
For an old broad...she's wickid tight.
RIGHT BACK ATCHA, CHIEF!!! MWAH!!! ^_~
Still thinking impure thoughts of Dringo's mom,
Sully!
posted by Rev Sully at
2:40 PM
Good KRS1 link Sully.
Speaking of hockey news...
Samsonov in the fold
The Boston Bruins have agreed to terms with left wing Sergei Samsonov on a one-year contract, it was announced yesterday by Bruins General Manager Mike O'Connell. In keeping with club policy, terms of the contract were not released.
"I'm very happy that we were able to reach agreement this early in camp and have Sergei join in almost from the start," said O'Connell. "Sergei is one of the most exciting and dynamic players in the NHL and we expect him to be a big contributor to the team this season with the injury behind him."
Speaking of hockey news...
Samsonov in the fold
The Boston Bruins have agreed to terms with left wing Sergei Samsonov on a one-year contract, it was announced yesterday by Bruins General Manager Mike O'Connell. In keeping with club policy, terms of the contract were not released.
"I'm very happy that we were able to reach agreement this early in camp and have Sergei join in almost from the start," said O'Connell. "Sergei is one of the most exciting and dynamic players in the NHL and we expect him to be a big contributor to the team this season with the injury behind him."
posted by Preacher Matt at
12:43 PM
Av's to Retire Roy's #33.
uhhhh...no fuckin' shit!
What about the Habs...shouldn't they retire #33 promptly too?
uhhhh...no fuckin' shit!
What about the Habs...shouldn't they retire #33 promptly too?
posted by Rev Sully at
11:35 AM
Theological Discussion Time!
Calling all Ministers! Calling all Ministers! And interested parties too!
OK...click this news link and read the article. It's short...go ahead...it won't bite...he's a peaceful man...^_~
Good. OK.
This is what I believe in. That all faiths of the world hold different parts to the same puzzle. But I do object to some of the this and how it is presented.
Buddhists believe in faith as a raft.
This is a quote about the spirit of the parable:
"A Buddhist treats a belief as one would a raft, it is used to get one to the other side, but it is not an end in itself. A Buddhist belief is just a temporary tool that is used because the person is not yet in perfect harmony. It is a practical solution to being stuck and isolated. It is certainly not something one can be proud of...So what is this raft, that Buddhists use to get to the other side? The traditional starting beliefs are the Four Noble Truths, which are...(regard link)"
Source.
"Dharma represents the discoveries of Buddha and the discoveries of other enlightened people. Dharma is not Dogma, but a raft designed to get you to the other side, as if you were crossing a river. Dharma is designed to fit to you and your personal needs, and then be discarded, because the end goal of Buddhism, is a state of non-attachment, called Nirvana, or Enlightenment. Buddhists have the goal to get beyond Buddhism, to become Enlightened...Since the Dharma is a raft, it too must be discarded. Nothing can be held ridged and unchanging. It is only from the unborn, the unconditioned, the open state of being, can this reality be embraced enough to let go of all separateness and sustain Nirvana"
OK...organized religion embraces static thinking. it is a blanket statement but most religions are "take it or leave it", "our way or the highway...or damnation". Especially since the speech was made in the US, embracing religion means Christianity, Judaism, Islam, et al. Not embracing "spirituality", but religion itself.
I say that the Dalai Lama is asking us to "carry the raft".
Calling all Ministers! Calling all Ministers! And interested parties too!
OK...click this news link and read the article. It's short...go ahead...it won't bite...he's a peaceful man...^_~
Good. OK.
This is what I believe in. That all faiths of the world hold different parts to the same puzzle. But I do object to some of the this and how it is presented.
Buddhists believe in faith as a raft.
This is a quote about the spirit of the parable:
"A Buddhist treats a belief as one would a raft, it is used to get one to the other side, but it is not an end in itself. A Buddhist belief is just a temporary tool that is used because the person is not yet in perfect harmony. It is a practical solution to being stuck and isolated. It is certainly not something one can be proud of...So what is this raft, that Buddhists use to get to the other side? The traditional starting beliefs are the Four Noble Truths, which are...(regard link)"
Source.
"Dharma represents the discoveries of Buddha and the discoveries of other enlightened people. Dharma is not Dogma, but a raft designed to get you to the other side, as if you were crossing a river. Dharma is designed to fit to you and your personal needs, and then be discarded, because the end goal of Buddhism, is a state of non-attachment, called Nirvana, or Enlightenment. Buddhists have the goal to get beyond Buddhism, to become Enlightened...Since the Dharma is a raft, it too must be discarded. Nothing can be held ridged and unchanging. It is only from the unborn, the unconditioned, the open state of being, can this reality be embraced enough to let go of all separateness and sustain Nirvana"
OK...organized religion embraces static thinking. it is a blanket statement but most religions are "take it or leave it", "our way or the highway...or damnation". Especially since the speech was made in the US, embracing religion means Christianity, Judaism, Islam, et al. Not embracing "spirituality", but religion itself.
I say that the Dalai Lama is asking us to "carry the raft".
posted by Rev Sully at
11:17 AM
Zappa Quote of the Day
Diamonds on velvets on goldens on vixen
On comet & cupid on donner & blitzen
On up & away & afar & a go-go
Escape from the weight of your corporate logo!
We're Only In It For The Money, Mothers of Invention
Diamonds on velvets on goldens on vixen
On comet & cupid on donner & blitzen
On up & away & afar & a go-go
Escape from the weight of your corporate logo!
We're Only In It For The Money, Mothers of Invention
posted by Rev Sully at
10:48 AM
Christian Bale to wear the cowl.
Yahoo News Article. Christian Bale has been cast to play Bruce Wayne/Batman in the next Batman flick. S'posedly based on Frank Miller's "Batman: Year One".
Yahoo News Article. Christian Bale has been cast to play Bruce Wayne/Batman in the next Batman flick. S'posedly based on Frank Miller's "Batman: Year One".
posted by Rev Sully at
9:19 AM
It is a sad, sad day.
Thank you Johnny Cash. Thank you so very much for being angry and making good use of that. We will miss you old man but he's with his recently passed on wife, June.
I think Billy Bob Thornton should be thanked...his casting of John Ritter in "Sling Blade" revived his career. We will not just rmember John Ritter as "Jack Tripper" anymore. John passed away last night.
Thank you Johnny Cash. Thank you so very much for being angry and making good use of that. We will miss you old man but he's with his recently passed on wife, June.
I think Billy Bob Thornton should be thanked...his casting of John Ritter in "Sling Blade" revived his career. We will not just rmember John Ritter as "Jack Tripper" anymore. John passed away last night.
posted by Rev Sully at
9:14 AM
KRS One interview Onion AV Club
Any white person will know KRS One to be the big booming black voice on the R.E.M. single "Radio Song".
Any white person will know KRS One to be the big booming black voice on the R.E.M. single "Radio Song".
posted by Rev Sully at
9:09 AM
Thursday, September 11, 2003
"Thousands are dead in NYC this morning whilst hundreds in Afaganistan and Iraq dance in the streets" - that's what I woke up to on what was then Sept 12th in NZ. It was around 5:30/6 - I jumped up half asleep and flicked on the TV. The first image I saw was the second plane impacting. Then random details, all of which were being broadcast live from CNN or ABC or one of those. I watch for about 20 mins - stunned, trying to figure out what was going on - then I woke up Ma.
My thoughts were more for the safety of my friends and family. It was particularly un-nerving to hear that the second plane was flight 175 from Boston - reason: this is the flight I take EVERY time I fly out of Boston.
People turned to look at me when I walked into class later that morning. Looking for some kind of reaction. Only I didn't know how to react.
I got angry for a while after that, being in a country that was seeing things from a relatively unbiased point of view there was much discussion, most of which still makes me feel ill to discuss.
2 years later in NZ - I heard on the radio that a bunch of school kids stood on the steps of a church and read out all the names of those who lost their lives in the attacks (it took 2 1/2 hours) - Bells were sounded, ringing once for each person perished. They concluded the spot by mentioning that one of the nearby buildings was found to have human remants somewhere on the outside of - I think - the 70th floor. --- I couldn't help but laugh.
My thoughts were more for the safety of my friends and family. It was particularly un-nerving to hear that the second plane was flight 175 from Boston - reason: this is the flight I take EVERY time I fly out of Boston.
People turned to look at me when I walked into class later that morning. Looking for some kind of reaction. Only I didn't know how to react.
I got angry for a while after that, being in a country that was seeing things from a relatively unbiased point of view there was much discussion, most of which still makes me feel ill to discuss.
2 years later in NZ - I heard on the radio that a bunch of school kids stood on the steps of a church and read out all the names of those who lost their lives in the attacks (it took 2 1/2 hours) - Bells were sounded, ringing once for each person perished. They concluded the spot by mentioning that one of the nearby buildings was found to have human remants somewhere on the outside of - I think - the 70th floor. --- I couldn't help but laugh.
posted by Kiwi at
10:03 PM
On this somber september 11, i figured I'd lighten the mood ...
there once was a bastard named morris
who loved nothing more than the clitoris
but he met sully's mom
and she got her freak on
and he said "now I really know what a whore is!"
Dringo sure dug him a piece
so he shoved it in sully's mom's fleece
he thrust and impaled
and she gave out a wail
and she shat out a gaggle of geese
sully's mom sure loved a filling
So she asked to find out who was willing
she started to screw
and the waiting list grew
till it included each last somervillain
sully's mom began to perspire
but no one could put out her fire
she bummed change in a hat
and went to the laundromat
and spent the night riding the dryer
there once was a bastard named morris
who loved nothing more than the clitoris
but he met sully's mom
and she got her freak on
and he said "now I really know what a whore is!"
Dringo sure dug him a piece
so he shoved it in sully's mom's fleece
he thrust and impaled
and she gave out a wail
and she shat out a gaggle of geese
sully's mom sure loved a filling
So she asked to find out who was willing
she started to screw
and the waiting list grew
till it included each last somervillain
sully's mom began to perspire
but no one could put out her fire
she bummed change in a hat
and went to the laundromat
and spent the night riding the dryer
posted by Dr. Hooey at
5:03 PM
Helping Out...Feel Free to Cut & Paste and Email along
**Please Help the circulation of this email - even if you are not interested**
I have a friend and her name is Brielle. She & her boyfriend are moving to NYC. They have an apartment that they need to rent before they can even look into moving. I am well aware of the fact that many of you do not live in Boston or do not have an interest in moving, but I have emailed this to you, because I am sure that you can help circulate this around to people in Boston!!!
1 Bedroom, 1bathroom, top floor, front facing apartment in a quiet building. Laundry in the building. Accessible to the D & E line, as well as the 39 bus. Your view is of the tops of trees and a park across the street. Free parking is everywhere and never a problem. The landlady is fair and accommodating. I used to live in the attached building and it is great. The location is the corner of Jamaicaway & Bynner Street. Rent is $1150/month.
Great for 1, perfect for two!
Pets are okay!
This is a steal!!!!
If you are interested, please email Brielle at brielle_f@hotmail.com
Thank you,
Philip D. Socci, Jr., LCSW
**Please Help the circulation of this email - even if you are not interested**
I have a friend and her name is Brielle. She & her boyfriend are moving to NYC. They have an apartment that they need to rent before they can even look into moving. I am well aware of the fact that many of you do not live in Boston or do not have an interest in moving, but I have emailed this to you, because I am sure that you can help circulate this around to people in Boston!!!
1 Bedroom, 1bathroom, top floor, front facing apartment in a quiet building. Laundry in the building. Accessible to the D & E line, as well as the 39 bus. Your view is of the tops of trees and a park across the street. Free parking is everywhere and never a problem. The landlady is fair and accommodating. I used to live in the attached building and it is great. The location is the corner of Jamaicaway & Bynner Street. Rent is $1150/month.
Great for 1, perfect for two!
Pets are okay!
This is a steal!!!!
If you are interested, please email Brielle at brielle_f@hotmail.com
Thank you,
Philip D. Socci, Jr., LCSW
posted by Rev Sully at
4:13 PM
The Original Yamato!
Whoo hoo! The Yamato! Or the Argo for you unEnlightened Otaku. : ^ P nyah nyah!
http://www.enagio.com/yamato/
In 2004...new Japanese Yamato!!!
posted by Rev Sully at
2:45 PM
Zappa Quote of the Day
Why do people continue to compose music, and even pretend to teach others how to do it, when they already know the answer? Nobody gives a fuck.
Why do people continue to compose music, and even pretend to teach others how to do it, when they already know the answer? Nobody gives a fuck.
posted by Rev Sully at
1:18 PM
Thank you for your thoughts Matt. I completely agree with the Yamamoto Statement too.
posted by Rev Sully at
1:17 PM
I was in the habit in those days of waking up to NPR's "The Connection" on my clock radio, and as I dimly recall it having been a long night out, I was not immediately roused by the special reports prempting the show. Instead, the talk of a jet crashing into the WTC comingled with my waning dreams, and on that morning it was the realization that I wasn't dreaming it rather than the radio that jolted me awake. I threw on a robe, flipped on the tv, and sat in awe of the spectacle just in time to witness the second plane crash. I was horrified, but somehow not suprised. I had thought since my youth that as a whole, we Americans were too dependant on our conveniences, too eager to stick our heads in the sand/up our own asses, and too complacent about exploitation of the environment and other peoples. I'd been predicting a shakeup for years, and had been expecting it not to be pretty. I remember thinking that that day had come, and I guess I was right in a way.
I had always thought though that there would be rioting in the streets, and people killing one another over the last stick of beef jerky when there was nothing left to microwave. What I saw instead was a resurgance of national pride, people pitching in to help one another, and most shocking of all, people actually taking some responsibility for their own safety. While I have solemn remembrance for those who died and sympathy for their families, I think Americans rediscovered our national character on that day, and the agenda of the executive administration notwithstanding I think that's a good thing. As admiral Yamomoto once said (presumably in Japanese) "I fear that all we have accomplished is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."
I had always thought though that there would be rioting in the streets, and people killing one another over the last stick of beef jerky when there was nothing left to microwave. What I saw instead was a resurgance of national pride, people pitching in to help one another, and most shocking of all, people actually taking some responsibility for their own safety. While I have solemn remembrance for those who died and sympathy for their families, I think Americans rediscovered our national character on that day, and the agenda of the executive administration notwithstanding I think that's a good thing. As admiral Yamomoto once said (presumably in Japanese) "I fear that all we have accomplished is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."
posted by Preacher Matt at
12:22 PM
Do not forget. Never forget. Never forgive either.
When I was still living at home about 19-20 years old, my mother's best friend Roxanna, who was originally from Peru came into some tough straights. Mom offered to help her out so Roxanna, her (at the time) 4 year old daughter Betzabet and her 12 year old son Joey...actually..."Joey" is his nickname...his birth name is Manuel but Roxanna called him her little "Yo-Yo" because he ran back & forth...so we ended up calling him Jo-Jo from the accent and eventually Joey. He hates his given name...it's his Dad's and he's a Junior. But Joey grew up as we all do. He went to NYU to be a film student.
I came to work today two years ago. As normal I was early. I got a phone call from Scotty...most of you know him. Scotty tells me that a plane just crashed into one of the WTC towers. Go find a TV! Go find CNN! Now...this held my suspension of disbelief for an accident. On July 28, 1945, a U.S. Army plane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building due to heavy fog killing 14 people (news source).
I went to the Student Union with a co-worker seeing I work at a prestigeous Ivy League University. The TV was on and a crowd had formed. It was about 8:55AM. One of the towers were smoldering. I noticed something weird. A commercial plane came into the frame of the live shot. I thought...that's strange...shouldn't commercial airplanes not be flying that close and low to a city...especially after what just happened. And then it collided with the other tower. I said out loud to a student, "we didn't see that did we?". He replied, "yes...we did". I didn't need to see anymore. I went back to the office. Of all things I listened to was Howard Stern. Now I am a Stern listener...for gutteral enjoyment. But the man that day had to be like Edward R. Murrow. Staying on the microphone until well after 12 Noon. Being an aural lifeline to what was going on in NYC. Thank you Howard.
Later on we found out about the Pentagon. And a little later, the field in Pennsylvania. We were under attack. And I remember feeling scared not for me personally but that there might be outbreaks of choas. And America did not submit to that.
We were given the rest of the day off. Dr. Hooey, another Harvard-ite and I joined up and went to a pancake house. Then we went to Pumpkinhead !'s place to smoke dope, drink beer and play videogames. Keep our minds from the madness but to also do something "normal". Dr. Hooey went on to see a songbird. I stayed and hung a little longer. "Insert Bad Name Here" came to pick me up a little later. I hadn't even spoken to my then girlfriend really all day. Maybe a few times while I was at work.
The next morning...I was in my kitchen, looking out the window, regarding my Skyline...my Skyline. My City. The Hancock Tower was still there...".
Joey was in NYC. Scotty and I practicing our "Allah Akbars" in the car the day before in jest...perhaps. True story.
I emailed Joey. I hadn't spoken to him in years. He responded to my email that day...a few hours later actually. This is what we had to say...
>From: "Eric O'Sullivan"
>To: betzabet52@...
>Subject: Hi!
>Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 09:37:04 -0400
>
>Hey Joey!
>
>I was worried about you and I hear you're OK. Except for the conditions of
>the City et al.
>I just wanted to drop you a line and see if you need anything. Hey, if you
>feel like getting out of the city and coming to Boston, I'll pick you
>up. Your mom said that you wanted to stay in NYC (they call it Gotham for
>a reason, buddy) but if you change your mind or if things there get hairy,
>give a call or email. OK? Well I hope to hear from you soon. My home
>phone number is...
>
>Take care,
>
>Eric
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 18:32:58 -0400
Subject: Sep 14, 2001
MIME-Version: 1.0
Eric,
How are you?
Thanks for the concern. I am living on 14th St, the point from which the
city was closed until last night at midnight. The local multiplex has been
showing movies for free, but that stopped yesterday. However, I did take
advantage of it and saw Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which I liked.
If you haven't already heard of the smell, let me tell you about it. The
only other place that I've smelled it is in Lima and there you attribute it
to the diesel gasoline the cars use and the burning trash and tires. Just
to give you an idea of what exactly it smells like, however it's a lot more
sinister than that because you know that the stench of charred and rotting
flesh is mixed in with the smell. For the past few days, buses and trucks
covered in black plastic have been going up and down the avenues, carrying
bodies. People were walking in the middle of streets and the sound of their
shoes on the concrete was the only thing that you could hear when you were
out. There were no cars allowed and nobody was talking. The sound of their
shoes on the concrete was particularly unnerving because the echo carried up
and down the alleys and streets.
There's plenty of food and most stores are now open, however my school did
have 5 dorms right around the WTC and 1800 students have been displaced. I
work at the housing office so I learned that the school is going to be
putting them up at hotels on Central Park and the surrounding area, giving
them free meal plans, 200$ stipends for clothes, free phone cards, free
books. When they evacuated, a lot of the kids didn't get to take anything
and they won't be allowed back to get their stuff for another 2 weeks.
I've been fine, though. I saw it all happen while I was walking to class
and while I was in class. From a distance seeing the silhouette of the
plane crash into the South Tower made it seem very unreal and it was only a
few days later when I saw a picture that clearly showed an unsilhouetted
plane about to go into the building, a picture which was so stunningly
frightening and detached precisely because you could make out the plane, the
colors of the logo on its side, and see the sun shining off it. I say
detached, also, because the picture captured the plane before impact so
everything else in the picture looks very normal, the only incongruent
element being the plane, which, if placed in an ordinary picture of the sky,
would fit in quite nicely.
I had a friend who worked at Doloitte & Touche at the WTC and she got out
fine, however when she got home she was covered in soot, dust, and blood.
Apparently, upon exiting her building, fire, debris, and body parts rained
down from above. Torsos, heads, feet with shoes still on, and other limbs
already littered the plaza. Up until she told me that, the aspect of death
and pain there was fairly removed for me. All you hear in the news is the
body count. It's very rare to actually hear someone recounting something as
specific as that on the news. The channels are wise to avoid it, I think.
After she told me that, though, the realness of it all struck me so quickly
and strongly.
I know this is a spectacularly grim email and I am sorry for it, but it's
very difficult to not let, at least, some of it weigh you down just a
little. For the past few days, my head's been swimming with images like the
ones I've just described, among others.
Thank you for the offer of coming to pick me up. I do appreciate it,
however classes have already resumed and, even though very few kids are
actually going, I think it would be best for me to stay here.
My number is ..., if you want to call.
Joe
God Bless New York, Pennsylvania, Washington DC and you. Please feel free to post what you were doing that day.
Sully
When I was still living at home about 19-20 years old, my mother's best friend Roxanna, who was originally from Peru came into some tough straights. Mom offered to help her out so Roxanna, her (at the time) 4 year old daughter Betzabet and her 12 year old son Joey...actually..."Joey" is his nickname...his birth name is Manuel but Roxanna called him her little "Yo-Yo" because he ran back & forth...so we ended up calling him Jo-Jo from the accent and eventually Joey. He hates his given name...it's his Dad's and he's a Junior. But Joey grew up as we all do. He went to NYU to be a film student.
I came to work today two years ago. As normal I was early. I got a phone call from Scotty...most of you know him. Scotty tells me that a plane just crashed into one of the WTC towers. Go find a TV! Go find CNN! Now...this held my suspension of disbelief for an accident. On July 28, 1945, a U.S. Army plane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building due to heavy fog killing 14 people (news source).
I went to the Student Union with a co-worker seeing I work at a prestigeous Ivy League University. The TV was on and a crowd had formed. It was about 8:55AM. One of the towers were smoldering. I noticed something weird. A commercial plane came into the frame of the live shot. I thought...that's strange...shouldn't commercial airplanes not be flying that close and low to a city...especially after what just happened. And then it collided with the other tower. I said out loud to a student, "we didn't see that did we?". He replied, "yes...we did". I didn't need to see anymore. I went back to the office. Of all things I listened to was Howard Stern. Now I am a Stern listener...for gutteral enjoyment. But the man that day had to be like Edward R. Murrow. Staying on the microphone until well after 12 Noon. Being an aural lifeline to what was going on in NYC. Thank you Howard.
Later on we found out about the Pentagon. And a little later, the field in Pennsylvania. We were under attack. And I remember feeling scared not for me personally but that there might be outbreaks of choas. And America did not submit to that.
We were given the rest of the day off. Dr. Hooey, another Harvard-ite and I joined up and went to a pancake house. Then we went to Pumpkinhead !'s place to smoke dope, drink beer and play videogames. Keep our minds from the madness but to also do something "normal". Dr. Hooey went on to see a songbird. I stayed and hung a little longer. "Insert Bad Name Here" came to pick me up a little later. I hadn't even spoken to my then girlfriend really all day. Maybe a few times while I was at work.
The next morning...I was in my kitchen, looking out the window, regarding my Skyline...my Skyline. My City. The Hancock Tower was still there...".
Joey was in NYC. Scotty and I practicing our "Allah Akbars" in the car the day before in jest...perhaps. True story.
I emailed Joey. I hadn't spoken to him in years. He responded to my email that day...a few hours later actually. This is what we had to say...
>From: "Eric O'Sullivan"
>To: betzabet52@...
>Subject: Hi!
>Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 09:37:04 -0400
>
>Hey Joey!
>
>I was worried about you and I hear you're OK. Except for the conditions of
>the City et al.
>I just wanted to drop you a line and see if you need anything. Hey, if you
>feel like getting out of the city and coming to Boston, I'll pick you
>up. Your mom said that you wanted to stay in NYC (they call it Gotham for
>a reason, buddy) but if you change your mind or if things there get hairy,
>give a call or email. OK? Well I hope to hear from you soon. My home
>phone number is...
>
>Take care,
>
>Eric
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 18:32:58 -0400
Subject: Sep 14, 2001
MIME-Version: 1.0
Eric,
How are you?
Thanks for the concern. I am living on 14th St, the point from which the
city was closed until last night at midnight. The local multiplex has been
showing movies for free, but that stopped yesterday. However, I did take
advantage of it and saw Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which I liked.
If you haven't already heard of the smell, let me tell you about it. The
only other place that I've smelled it is in Lima and there you attribute it
to the diesel gasoline the cars use and the burning trash and tires. Just
to give you an idea of what exactly it smells like, however it's a lot more
sinister than that because you know that the stench of charred and rotting
flesh is mixed in with the smell. For the past few days, buses and trucks
covered in black plastic have been going up and down the avenues, carrying
bodies. People were walking in the middle of streets and the sound of their
shoes on the concrete was the only thing that you could hear when you were
out. There were no cars allowed and nobody was talking. The sound of their
shoes on the concrete was particularly unnerving because the echo carried up
and down the alleys and streets.
There's plenty of food and most stores are now open, however my school did
have 5 dorms right around the WTC and 1800 students have been displaced. I
work at the housing office so I learned that the school is going to be
putting them up at hotels on Central Park and the surrounding area, giving
them free meal plans, 200$ stipends for clothes, free phone cards, free
books. When they evacuated, a lot of the kids didn't get to take anything
and they won't be allowed back to get their stuff for another 2 weeks.
I've been fine, though. I saw it all happen while I was walking to class
and while I was in class. From a distance seeing the silhouette of the
plane crash into the South Tower made it seem very unreal and it was only a
few days later when I saw a picture that clearly showed an unsilhouetted
plane about to go into the building, a picture which was so stunningly
frightening and detached precisely because you could make out the plane, the
colors of the logo on its side, and see the sun shining off it. I say
detached, also, because the picture captured the plane before impact so
everything else in the picture looks very normal, the only incongruent
element being the plane, which, if placed in an ordinary picture of the sky,
would fit in quite nicely.
I had a friend who worked at Doloitte & Touche at the WTC and she got out
fine, however when she got home she was covered in soot, dust, and blood.
Apparently, upon exiting her building, fire, debris, and body parts rained
down from above. Torsos, heads, feet with shoes still on, and other limbs
already littered the plaza. Up until she told me that, the aspect of death
and pain there was fairly removed for me. All you hear in the news is the
body count. It's very rare to actually hear someone recounting something as
specific as that on the news. The channels are wise to avoid it, I think.
After she told me that, though, the realness of it all struck me so quickly
and strongly.
I know this is a spectacularly grim email and I am sorry for it, but it's
very difficult to not let, at least, some of it weigh you down just a
little. For the past few days, my head's been swimming with images like the
ones I've just described, among others.
Thank you for the offer of coming to pick me up. I do appreciate it,
however classes have already resumed and, even though very few kids are
actually going, I think it would be best for me to stay here.
My number is ..., if you want to call.
Joe
God Bless New York, Pennsylvania, Washington DC and you. Please feel free to post what you were doing that day.
Sully
posted by Rev Sully at
10:19 AM
Wednesday, September 10, 2003
eminem sucks donkey balls...if you want some good hip-hop, try dilated peoples or j-live (the new gang starr is OUTSTANDING, too). toronto was mad cool; didn't get to do the hall (it was closed), but a fun city none the less.
posted by paul at
4:18 PM
So did Laura quit the Cheesey? I thought she was still working there?
posted by Rev Sully at
4:14 PM
Yeah! Laura getting her shiz-ite together and and gonna be a surgical tech. WT F*in' GO!!!
posted by Rev Sully at
3:44 PM
Hip Hop! I just had a gansta rap epiphany recently.
Try Redman/Method Man -Blackout
Dr. Dre -The Chronic
Dr. Dre -The Chronic 2001
Mystikal
Outkast
Ludacris -Word of Mouff
Wu Tang Clan.
Eminem is OK I guess...not my cup o' tea. It's all Dre's production anyhoo.
Redman feat. Method Man
Blackout
[Redman]
It's Funk Doc
Where da weed at, bitch?!
I speed back wist, down to one-way from cops
See thas' shit?! Believe thas' shit!
Slaughter straight to camcorder, I'm too hot for t.v.
Backdraw water, my windpipes attached to
Project-ballers
You yell: "Turn the heat down!"
My voice, divi-di-round-sound,
some heard round town
And chances are ya'll leavin', round now
Wait later, will make Funk page paper
Date Raper with juveline 8th Graders
Hit the High School at 187 Caesar
When I bust ya'll need to back 4 acres
Doc ya'll and that's my man JabberJaw
The shitlist ready, who next to scratch off?
I'm from the underground, my soundlib
Platform shoes to bitches, 400 pounds!
[Chorus:]
[Meth & Red]
GET UP, STAND UP, BACK UP, PUSH UP
JUMP UP, ACT UP TO MAKE YOU FEEL IT!
Brrrrr...STICK 'EM, HA-HAHA STICK 'EM
Brrrrr...STICK 'EM, HA-HAHA STICK 'EM
Yo' BLACKOUT, SHOOT OUT, SMOKED OUT MOVE OUT,
EVEN KNOCK YA TOOTH OUT, TO MAKE YA'LL FEEL IT!
Brrrrr...STICK 'EM, HA-HAHA STICK 'EM
Brrrrr...STICK 'EM, HA-HAHA STICK 'EM
[Meth]
Now I'm the streettalkin', dogwalkin'
Approach me with extreme caution, OH NOW YOU FORCIN'?
My hand that rock yo' cradle often I'm hot-scorchin',
but stone cold like Steve Austin
If you smell what Tical cookin',
ain't tryin' to see central bookin'
So til ya gon' stop lookin', know what you did last
summer?
So I started hookin', you past shookin'
Offer open can of ass-whoopin'?
Ain't no tomorrow's in the Method's Little Shop Of
Horrors
Go ask your father who the father from the (Park)Hill
to (Mariners)Harbor
You know tha saga, marijuana blunts and Goldschlager
With deadly medley, ya'll ain't ready for Shakwon and
Reggie
Don't even bother, to radio for back-up
Alright then, ya man got slapped up extorted for his
icin'
Streetlife is triflin' *Body over here...!
Nigga pull a Tyson and bite a nigga' ear
Precisin', slicin' juggerless the cut-crew
Ruggeder, Predator, Viking, excetera
People's champ, niggaz be takin' off competetors
Reachin' for the microphone, relax and light a bone
Straight from the Catacombs
The Children Of The Corn, that don't got a clue
Prepare for desert storm!
[Chorus]
I scored 1.1 on my SAT
And still push a whip with a right and left AC
Gorilla, Big Dog, if my name get called
I'm behind the brickwall with arsenic Jars
Spit poison, got a gun permit draw
Gundown at Sundown you keep score!
This training-course and ya'll ain't fit
On my crew-tombstone put 'We All Ain't Shit'
[Meth]
Yo', all you gonna be, wanna be When will you learn?
Wanna be Doc and Meth? Gotta wait ya turn
I spit a .41 Revolver on New Year's Eve
With the mic in my hand I mutilate m.c.'s
The most slept on since Rip Van Wink
My shit stink with every element from A to Zinc
So what you think? I'm a blackout on just one drink?
You must be crazy! A little off the wall maybe
Go get a shrink...
[Chorus]
Try Redman/Method Man -Blackout
Dr. Dre -The Chronic
Dr. Dre -The Chronic 2001
Mystikal
Outkast
Ludacris -Word of Mouff
Wu Tang Clan.
Eminem is OK I guess...not my cup o' tea. It's all Dre's production anyhoo.
Redman feat. Method Man
Blackout
[Redman]
It's Funk Doc
Where da weed at, bitch?!
I speed back wist, down to one-way from cops
See thas' shit?! Believe thas' shit!
Slaughter straight to camcorder, I'm too hot for t.v.
Backdraw water, my windpipes attached to
Project-ballers
You yell: "Turn the heat down!"
My voice, divi-di-round-sound,
some heard round town
And chances are ya'll leavin', round now
Wait later, will make Funk page paper
Date Raper with juveline 8th Graders
Hit the High School at 187 Caesar
When I bust ya'll need to back 4 acres
Doc ya'll and that's my man JabberJaw
The shitlist ready, who next to scratch off?
I'm from the underground, my soundlib
Platform shoes to bitches, 400 pounds!
[Chorus:]
[Meth & Red]
GET UP, STAND UP, BACK UP, PUSH UP
JUMP UP, ACT UP TO MAKE YOU FEEL IT!
Brrrrr...STICK 'EM, HA-HAHA STICK 'EM
Brrrrr...STICK 'EM, HA-HAHA STICK 'EM
Yo' BLACKOUT, SHOOT OUT, SMOKED OUT MOVE OUT,
EVEN KNOCK YA TOOTH OUT, TO MAKE YA'LL FEEL IT!
Brrrrr...STICK 'EM, HA-HAHA STICK 'EM
Brrrrr...STICK 'EM, HA-HAHA STICK 'EM
[Meth]
Now I'm the streettalkin', dogwalkin'
Approach me with extreme caution, OH NOW YOU FORCIN'?
My hand that rock yo' cradle often I'm hot-scorchin',
but stone cold like Steve Austin
If you smell what Tical cookin',
ain't tryin' to see central bookin'
So til ya gon' stop lookin', know what you did last
summer?
So I started hookin', you past shookin'
Offer open can of ass-whoopin'?
Ain't no tomorrow's in the Method's Little Shop Of
Horrors
Go ask your father who the father from the (Park)Hill
to (Mariners)Harbor
You know tha saga, marijuana blunts and Goldschlager
With deadly medley, ya'll ain't ready for Shakwon and
Reggie
Don't even bother, to radio for back-up
Alright then, ya man got slapped up extorted for his
icin'
Streetlife is triflin' *Body over here...!
Nigga pull a Tyson and bite a nigga' ear
Precisin', slicin' juggerless the cut-crew
Ruggeder, Predator, Viking, excetera
People's champ, niggaz be takin' off competetors
Reachin' for the microphone, relax and light a bone
Straight from the Catacombs
The Children Of The Corn, that don't got a clue
Prepare for desert storm!
[Chorus]
I scored 1.1 on my SAT
And still push a whip with a right and left AC
Gorilla, Big Dog, if my name get called
I'm behind the brickwall with arsenic Jars
Spit poison, got a gun permit draw
Gundown at Sundown you keep score!
This training-course and ya'll ain't fit
On my crew-tombstone put 'We All Ain't Shit'
[Meth]
Yo', all you gonna be, wanna be When will you learn?
Wanna be Doc and Meth? Gotta wait ya turn
I spit a .41 Revolver on New Year's Eve
With the mic in my hand I mutilate m.c.'s
The most slept on since Rip Van Wink
My shit stink with every element from A to Zinc
So what you think? I'm a blackout on just one drink?
You must be crazy! A little off the wall maybe
Go get a shrink...
[Chorus]
posted by Rev Sully at
3:36 PM
6 weeks and 2 days! Can u tell I am excited for summer???
The weather is even teasing us between torential downpoars and hail storms.
A Shout OUT to my sistah LAURA! who is finally getting her shit together and getting out of the hospo business!
Good on ya girl.
This week I have had to make decisions that will be effecting my course in 2005. As usual instead of choosing Woman Health or Orthopaedics or something that I could fly through I have choosen to go for all of the hardest options I could possibly take ie. Spinal Unit and Acute Cardioresiratory placements with an elective in ICU care. Bugga me!
Anyway - please excuse me while I go and download more hip-hop music. Apparently I am uneducated and need to broaden my mind... whatevah forevah.
The weather is even teasing us between torential downpoars and hail storms.
A Shout OUT to my sistah LAURA! who is finally getting her shit together and getting out of the hospo business!
Good on ya girl.
This week I have had to make decisions that will be effecting my course in 2005. As usual instead of choosing Woman Health or Orthopaedics or something that I could fly through I have choosen to go for all of the hardest options I could possibly take ie. Spinal Unit and Acute Cardioresiratory placements with an elective in ICU care. Bugga me!
Anyway - please excuse me while I go and download more hip-hop music. Apparently I am uneducated and need to broaden my mind... whatevah forevah.
posted by Kiwi at
3:06 PM
So I'm done with Amy. Broke it off with her today. Hey...good kid and we got along but I don't take too kindly to being blown off. As we say in Southie..."whatevah, forevah".
posted by Rev Sully at
1:29 PM
Joss Whedon’s Frey: TPB #1 (reprints issues #1-6)
Firstly, the name-dropping got my attention. And besides, I felt as though I hadn’t bought a Dark Horse comic in so bloody long I felt even sheepish going to the counter at the Picnic with it in my hands. Dark Horse…lemme tell you about Dark Horse. Dark Horse is cool. It’s credible. It has been there as a beacon of alternative press and for things you could not get with the Big Two for a long time. Don’t get me wrong. I like the Big Two. I really like the Big Two. But no one should just read the Big Two. They’re great…heck, I do rate them as Modern Mythology but c’mon? It’s like saying there are only Republicans and Democrats. But I extol the virtue of alternative presses. Of CHOICE. Why hadn’t I been going to Dark Horse since I got back into the Game? WHY? I apologize to the little Chess piece. I really do. They gave the world Sin City, Star Wars: Dark Empire, Grendel, Hellboy and Frank Miller’s Martha Washington.
Dark Horse Comics I remember had an adaptation of the Alien movie.
Aliens: Outbreak, Vol. 1
A continuation of the story shortly after James Cameron’s Aliens came out. It was simple black & white. It got color after a while. The Dark Horse licensed tales are these really good Alien stories and continuity but only if you discount the third and fourth movies. They hadn’t been made yet. There was one that showed an adult Newt but we all know that’s not the case, huh? I remember the black and white one was a bit brutal in places. I think it was the first run of the Alien books. I remember it starkly. Horribly. There was this one scene I’ll never forget. This guy wakes up strapped to an operating table. There is a mirror above his face. The mirror is tilted. In the mirror the man can see his feet. A man in a surgical gown and mask informs the man strapped to the gurney that under…I can’t remember the name of it…but under this “Blah-Blah” Act he’s been deemed a terrorist AND that means by any means necessary are they allowed to get information from him, means including torture. It had something to do I guess with knowledge of one of these H.R.Giger’s Alien type of alien. And the man in the surgical gown says something about although you’ve been anesthetized you can watch as we cut up your feet and move up to your ankles and from there…unless you talk. The story switches focus back to its principal players and a few pages later returns to the man strapped to the table with his face splattered in his own blood…singing…not really singing…talking. Spouting. Giving it up. Blabbing. Talking out of school. I mean this shit could only happen today in Guantanamo, right? Dark Horse printed stuff that the Big Two could not. I mean look at Sin City. Yikes.
The preceding diatribe has NOTHING to do with “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”.
At least Frey does. Frey is accessible. Frey is as Buffyverse as the WB’s Angel. So what is this title about? That’s right…vampires. Killing vampires or letting them kill you. What is a vampire symbolically anyway? An ex…what else is evil and doesn’t suck you the right way? A dead spouse come back to haunt you? The taxman? A glimpse of the cost of immortality? Anthropomorphic evil? I cannot say in all fairness that I believe that vampires exist. I don’t believe that aliens exist either but that’s for another day. So, I think symbolically vampires represent something. I dunno…maybe you can tell me what that is. Can you really say that vampires exist? Just because I can’t disprove it doesn’t mean they do. Can you prove God exists because one cannot disprove it? That’s where Faith kicks in. I have no faith that vampires exist. I’m just glad Faith wasn’t unfrozen in issue #6 or something stupid. Frey is its own story.
Joss Whedon in the Introduction to his own comic mentions the bust size of his heroine. One day long ago, I had a full head of hair and I was a not-so-little boy. I had have been about 10 or11 years old. It musta been a Saturday because I’m hanging with Dad. Maybe a Sunday after dinner at Grandma’s. Ah…Sunday dinner…I must be spacin’… So dad takes me to the comic store. I mean take the kid SOMEWHERE. We gotta do something. Either that or hanging in a fishbowl with him and his stoner friends. Let’s talk about acorns now. I digress… But I’m at the funny book store. I know I can squeeze no more than $3 worth of comics out of the old man. The Sheena of the Jungle caught my eye. I dunno why I wanted the comic. Mebbe it was the movie starring Donna’s mother, the ex-Angel. I didn’t know IT SHOWED BOOBIES!!! The Comic Book Guy…the bloody Clerk informed my father that this particular comic featured NUDITY! And that he should know that before buying that comic for me. And then…nothing…I mean it. My father couldn’t make a parental judgment to save his life. We had to find a payphone to call my mother so he could ask her if I could get the comic. I ended up getting a 3-D issue of the Flaming Carrot guest-starring Cerebus the Aardvark instead, the kind with the red & blue glasses. Cerberus always confused me at that. In the end the Flaming Carrot was not what I wanted. I wanted the Sheena of the Jungle.
But I could not because of BOOBIES. BREASTS. MAMALLIAN PROTUBERANCES. FUN BAGS. There were probably minimum two probably four panels showing gratuitous topless action. Well…in all fairness it probably would have turned into a stroke book. Joss talked about the size of his heroine’s breasts for a reason. It does matter. Why does it matter when I thought that yesterday’s lunch was today’s shit? The point is that big boobs are to comic books as apples are to American Pie. It’s important to keep the “why” in mind.
Dark Horse is doing a great job of keeping Buffy the Vampire Slayer alive.
Buffy had enough trouble staying alive in her own television series. Buffy is still available in serialized funny book form.
Also available from Dark Horse…
Angel.
“Tales of the Slayer” showing Slayers of the past.
“Tales of the Vampire” too.
Frey is the Slayer of the Future. Frey woke up one morning different. She woke up a superhero...the Chosen One. Perhaps a second volume will be produced soon enough. Frey was an eight-issue miniseries. Honestly, I wasn’t overwhelmed or bowled over but it was a well-told story by a master storyteller. It was well drawn. I call it a good ride. Frey isn’t Buffy and the future isn’t Sunnydale. But remember…there was a Hellmouth under Cleveland too.
It leads me to the eternal question…why doesn’t the Zeppo have his own mag, huh? ^_~
Cheers, kids.
Go buy a funny book today.
Firstly, the name-dropping got my attention. And besides, I felt as though I hadn’t bought a Dark Horse comic in so bloody long I felt even sheepish going to the counter at the Picnic with it in my hands. Dark Horse…lemme tell you about Dark Horse. Dark Horse is cool. It’s credible. It has been there as a beacon of alternative press and for things you could not get with the Big Two for a long time. Don’t get me wrong. I like the Big Two. I really like the Big Two. But no one should just read the Big Two. They’re great…heck, I do rate them as Modern Mythology but c’mon? It’s like saying there are only Republicans and Democrats. But I extol the virtue of alternative presses. Of CHOICE. Why hadn’t I been going to Dark Horse since I got back into the Game? WHY? I apologize to the little Chess piece. I really do. They gave the world Sin City, Star Wars: Dark Empire, Grendel, Hellboy and Frank Miller’s Martha Washington.
Dark Horse Comics I remember had an adaptation of the Alien movie.
Aliens: Outbreak, Vol. 1
A continuation of the story shortly after James Cameron’s Aliens came out. It was simple black & white. It got color after a while. The Dark Horse licensed tales are these really good Alien stories and continuity but only if you discount the third and fourth movies. They hadn’t been made yet. There was one that showed an adult Newt but we all know that’s not the case, huh? I remember the black and white one was a bit brutal in places. I think it was the first run of the Alien books. I remember it starkly. Horribly. There was this one scene I’ll never forget. This guy wakes up strapped to an operating table. There is a mirror above his face. The mirror is tilted. In the mirror the man can see his feet. A man in a surgical gown and mask informs the man strapped to the gurney that under…I can’t remember the name of it…but under this “Blah-Blah” Act he’s been deemed a terrorist AND that means by any means necessary are they allowed to get information from him, means including torture. It had something to do I guess with knowledge of one of these H.R.Giger’s Alien type of alien. And the man in the surgical gown says something about although you’ve been anesthetized you can watch as we cut up your feet and move up to your ankles and from there…unless you talk. The story switches focus back to its principal players and a few pages later returns to the man strapped to the table with his face splattered in his own blood…singing…not really singing…talking. Spouting. Giving it up. Blabbing. Talking out of school. I mean this shit could only happen today in Guantanamo, right? Dark Horse printed stuff that the Big Two could not. I mean look at Sin City. Yikes.
The preceding diatribe has NOTHING to do with “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”.
At least Frey does. Frey is accessible. Frey is as Buffyverse as the WB’s Angel. So what is this title about? That’s right…vampires. Killing vampires or letting them kill you. What is a vampire symbolically anyway? An ex…what else is evil and doesn’t suck you the right way? A dead spouse come back to haunt you? The taxman? A glimpse of the cost of immortality? Anthropomorphic evil? I cannot say in all fairness that I believe that vampires exist. I don’t believe that aliens exist either but that’s for another day. So, I think symbolically vampires represent something. I dunno…maybe you can tell me what that is. Can you really say that vampires exist? Just because I can’t disprove it doesn’t mean they do. Can you prove God exists because one cannot disprove it? That’s where Faith kicks in. I have no faith that vampires exist. I’m just glad Faith wasn’t unfrozen in issue #6 or something stupid. Frey is its own story.
Joss Whedon in the Introduction to his own comic mentions the bust size of his heroine. One day long ago, I had a full head of hair and I was a not-so-little boy. I had have been about 10 or11 years old. It musta been a Saturday because I’m hanging with Dad. Maybe a Sunday after dinner at Grandma’s. Ah…Sunday dinner…I must be spacin’… So dad takes me to the comic store. I mean take the kid SOMEWHERE. We gotta do something. Either that or hanging in a fishbowl with him and his stoner friends. Let’s talk about acorns now. I digress… But I’m at the funny book store. I know I can squeeze no more than $3 worth of comics out of the old man. The Sheena of the Jungle caught my eye. I dunno why I wanted the comic. Mebbe it was the movie starring Donna’s mother, the ex-Angel. I didn’t know IT SHOWED BOOBIES!!! The Comic Book Guy…the bloody Clerk informed my father that this particular comic featured NUDITY! And that he should know that before buying that comic for me. And then…nothing…I mean it. My father couldn’t make a parental judgment to save his life. We had to find a payphone to call my mother so he could ask her if I could get the comic. I ended up getting a 3-D issue of the Flaming Carrot guest-starring Cerebus the Aardvark instead, the kind with the red & blue glasses. Cerberus always confused me at that. In the end the Flaming Carrot was not what I wanted. I wanted the Sheena of the Jungle.
But I could not because of BOOBIES. BREASTS. MAMALLIAN PROTUBERANCES. FUN BAGS. There were probably minimum two probably four panels showing gratuitous topless action. Well…in all fairness it probably would have turned into a stroke book. Joss talked about the size of his heroine’s breasts for a reason. It does matter. Why does it matter when I thought that yesterday’s lunch was today’s shit? The point is that big boobs are to comic books as apples are to American Pie. It’s important to keep the “why” in mind.
Dark Horse is doing a great job of keeping Buffy the Vampire Slayer alive.
Buffy had enough trouble staying alive in her own television series. Buffy is still available in serialized funny book form.
Also available from Dark Horse…
Angel.
“Tales of the Slayer” showing Slayers of the past.
“Tales of the Vampire” too.
Frey is the Slayer of the Future. Frey woke up one morning different. She woke up a superhero...the Chosen One. Perhaps a second volume will be produced soon enough. Frey was an eight-issue miniseries. Honestly, I wasn’t overwhelmed or bowled over but it was a well-told story by a master storyteller. It was well drawn. I call it a good ride. Frey isn’t Buffy and the future isn’t Sunnydale. But remember…there was a Hellmouth under Cleveland too.
It leads me to the eternal question…why doesn’t the Zeppo have his own mag, huh? ^_~
Cheers, kids.
Go buy a funny book today.
Labels: Comics Gnome
posted by Rev Sully at
11:06 AM
from today's onion; too funny...
Relations Break Down Between U.S. And Them
WASHINGTON, DC—After decades of antagonism between the two global powers, the U.S. has officially severed relations with Them, Bush administration officials announced Tuesday.
Relations Break Down Between U.S. And Them
WASHINGTON, DC—After decades of antagonism between the two global powers, the U.S. has officially severed relations with Them, Bush administration officials announced Tuesday.
posted by paul at
10:37 AM
I'm more worried about this one:
Looks like my nagging paid off. EA Sports is set to release Rugby 2004 for the PS2 this month IN THE USA!
Woo hoo! Bledisloe Cup, here I come.
Looks like my nagging paid off. EA Sports is set to release Rugby 2004 for the PS2 this month IN THE USA!
Woo hoo! Bledisloe Cup, here I come.
posted by Preacher Matt at
10:13 AM
WAH!!! That's funny. How are you, sweetie? I know...bizzie, bizzie, bizzie!
posted by Rev Sully at
9:40 AM
Tuesday, September 09, 2003
Thought for the Day...
Never hold your farts in...
Otherwise, they travel up your spine into your brain,
And that's where you get crap ideas from!
Never hold your farts in...
Otherwise, they travel up your spine into your brain,
And that's where you get crap ideas from!
posted by Kiwi at
11:26 PM
It's 3AM...it must be Dringo. ^_~ Netflix rules!
I'm watching the shit out of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 4 and its spinoff Angel Season 1 which IMHO is pretty good. The 'mates are hooked on "24" and eagerly await the release of Season 2.
I'm watching the shit out of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 4 and its spinoff Angel Season 1 which IMHO is pretty good. The 'mates are hooked on "24" and eagerly await the release of Season 2.
posted by Rev Sully at
9:00 AM
Awwww yeah. 3 AM and I'm plowed. Welcome to burn time.
Netflix rules.
Still confused over the difference between a whoosit and a whatzit.
Netflix rules.
Still confused over the difference between a whoosit and a whatzit.
posted by Dringo at
3:09 AM
Monday, September 08, 2003
Edward Scissorhands... ? Ed Wood... ? Jees guys - it makes ya think what answers constitute those personalities... as a girl I ended up with Gilbert Grape... he was semi cool and very cute, a little tortured too which makes him even more appealing... Mmmmm can't wait for the movies.... I'm takin me Ma this week, I decided against going with Chris, I don't think he would be too impressed with my comments or drooling over JD or Orlando (who is second in my book only to Gollum in LoTR).
I wish you guys would stop distracting me from my studies... for crying out loud!!! Jeez....
YAY 1 year and 6 1/2 weeks to go!!! YAY for me!
I wish you guys would stop distracting me from my studies... for crying out loud!!! Jeez....
YAY 1 year and 6 1/2 weeks to go!!! YAY for me!
posted by Kiwi at
9:46 PM
Not quite - the kitchen table has yet to be put together, and the bench isn't big enough for my arse *blush* tee hee *blush*
posted by Kiwi at
9:42 PM
Matt: James referred and to if as "Sportsgasm" day. I had nuffin' to do wit it. ^_~ Tee hee.
Paul: how wuz Toronto? And Buff-a-ma-lo?
Kiwi: have you broken in Chris' new apartment yet...I mean in every room. ^_~
Paul: how wuz Toronto? And Buff-a-ma-lo?
Kiwi: have you broken in Chris' new apartment yet...I mean in every room. ^_~
posted by Rev Sully at
2:21 PM
Zappa Quote of the Day
Stupidity has a certain charm -- ignorance does not.
Stupidity has a certain charm -- ignorance does not.
posted by Rev Sully at
2:19 PM
okay, did anyone else come up with ed wood? i heard jd is going to play willy wonka in the remake (tim burton project?); wonder if that's what i would've come up with...stupid patriots, thank god for skydome and casino niagra.
posted by paul at
1:40 PM
Sportsgasm? I don't know if you saw the games, but I think they were faking it.
posted by Preacher Matt at
1:15 PM
Nice to see you too bro...thank you for the ride home! Tee hee! Sunday Sportsgasm!
posted by Rev Sully at
10:57 AM
Sunday, September 07, 2003
Saturday, September 06, 2003
Edward Scissorhands? Shit, if that's as close as they can come up with I must not resemble Johnny Depp much. Of course, they didn't seem to have his pirate role in that quiz...
posted by Preacher Matt at
3:09 PM
Friday, September 05, 2003
HI Paulie - nice to see yah round these parts... bout time!
Doubt the opener will be one out here - besides I have assignments and research crap to do. Nice way to ruin a miserable weekend (40 km p/hr winds down here at the 'mo)
Goin to Ambers netball game tonight - she might be benched because she has more injuries and a camel has fleas but she loves the game. She also got bumped to the premier National team for Counties. The team they are playing tonight have a bunch of the Silver Ferns on... (is all this falling on deaf ears???) Anyway, its a big game for her so Im going to go yell my support!
MMmmmm Johnny Depp - yes we will stop, yes, we will listen and some of us may even drool a little. I feel a JD marathon coming up... maybe 'Cry Baby', Benny & Joon, Blow (oh yes!!!) and Fear & Loathing... MMMMmmmm
Which Johnny are you???
Doubt the opener will be one out here - besides I have assignments and research crap to do. Nice way to ruin a miserable weekend (40 km p/hr winds down here at the 'mo)
Goin to Ambers netball game tonight - she might be benched because she has more injuries and a camel has fleas but she loves the game. She also got bumped to the premier National team for Counties. The team they are playing tonight have a bunch of the Silver Ferns on... (is all this falling on deaf ears???) Anyway, its a big game for her so Im going to go yell my support!
MMmmmm Johnny Depp - yes we will stop, yes, we will listen and some of us may even drool a little. I feel a JD marathon coming up... maybe 'Cry Baby', Benny & Joon, Blow (oh yes!!!) and Fear & Loathing... MMMMmmmm
Which Johnny are you???
posted by Kiwi at
5:03 PM
Hey Paulie. If you talk to Jesse El Jeffe tell 'em I'll be by Jillian's tomorrow night. I'll look out for him...he's a lavaplatos, si? ^_~ WAH!!!
posted by Rev Sully at
4:42 PM
Welcome to Johnny Depp Speaks. And when Johnny Speaks..we all must listen. OK? ^_~
posted by Rev Sully at
11:35 AM
Spears: "I think we should just trust our president in every decision that he makes and we should just support that."
Compliments of CNN dot com
Proving that Britany's evolved from dumb whore to just plain dumb.
posted by Rev Sully at
11:32 AM
BTW: Paulie...Dr. Hooey and I are thinking of starting our own CRAFT Club. Well...we did once...^_^ FYI. ^_~ I've never even attempted to read Finnegan's Wake though. I've always found Joyce to bore me a bit.
posted by Rev Sully at
10:49 AM
Fierce Invalids proved that Anal Sex will not compromise a nun's vows. ^_^ WAH!
Paulie...you'll be in the Toronto/Buffalo area? GO TO THE HOCKEY HALL!!! I got there when it opened in the AM and spent 3 hours there. The Happiest Place on Earth and have a hot dog for me. I salute all the hot dog vendors of downtown Toronto. And oddly enough but the best burgrer I had in Toronto was at Wayne Gretzky's. Toronto rocks! I got to see two Jays/A's games while I was there. One with the roof open and one with it closed. The Hard Rock there IS cool due to the view. Have a Hurricane for shits & giggles. And I had dinner in the revolving restaurant in the CT Tower. Wickid cool and avoid the line for the observation deck. You can eat, enjoy the view and then walk to the observation deck bypassing any line of tourists. I didn't get to check out Buffalo though. Hmmmm...wings.
Paulie...you'll be in the Toronto/Buffalo area? GO TO THE HOCKEY HALL!!! I got there when it opened in the AM and spent 3 hours there. The Happiest Place on Earth and have a hot dog for me. I salute all the hot dog vendors of downtown Toronto. And oddly enough but the best burgrer I had in Toronto was at Wayne Gretzky's. Toronto rocks! I got to see two Jays/A's games while I was there. One with the roof open and one with it closed. The Hard Rock there IS cool due to the view. Have a Hurricane for shits & giggles. And I had dinner in the revolving restaurant in the CT Tower. Wickid cool and avoid the line for the observation deck. You can eat, enjoy the view and then walk to the observation deck bypassing any line of tourists. I didn't get to check out Buffalo though. Hmmmm...wings.
posted by Rev Sully at
10:47 AM
i'm going to the pats game! blue jays - tigers saturday, pats - bills sunday, alright alright...hey kiwi, how've you been? tom robbins is my role model; fierce invalids was excellent as well, although that shouldn't come as any suprise. and sorry, rev, but you know i don't ploo-bonga and tell...
posted by paul at
10:40 AM
Zappa Quote of the Day
You can't write a chord ugly enough to say what you want sometimes, so you have to rely on a giraffe filled with whipped cream.
On a postcard from Rykodisc
You can't write a chord ugly enough to say what you want sometimes, so you have to rely on a giraffe filled with whipped cream.
On a postcard from Rykodisc
posted by Rev Sully at
9:12 AM
Workout? Workout! What's that...lifting Clark off of your bathrobe? ^_~ Tee hee! That would be a workout!
I've been doing 20 mins. of Yoga in the AM and push ups, sit up and pull/chin ups. Not making much headway right now but I do wish to establish better habits for making this body beautiful. ^_~
I've been doing 20 mins. of Yoga in the AM and push ups, sit up and pull/chin ups. Not making much headway right now but I do wish to establish better habits for making this body beautiful. ^_~
posted by Rev Sully at
9:10 AM
Thursday, September 04, 2003
Good day today... I drove my car home, slept in, made dive plans for the weekend, cashed in a little stock to pay for my car and a trip to the carribean, sent out a resume for a consulting job I pretty much already have, watched some cartoons, pulled a couple tubes, had a free breakfast compliments of the new diner down the street, had a free soup with lunch compliments of the new neighborhood sandwich shop, got some work done on the chainmail, and am topping it off either with Liz or with watching the NFL opener on my friend Joe's bigass HDTV.
I still have a few hours to sneak in a workout and some mandolin practice too!
I still have a few hours to sneak in a workout and some mandolin practice too!
posted by Preacher Matt at
6:07 PM
Kiwi...say Hi to Paul Truland for fuck's sake...sheeeesh! And pick up this living room! We got guests! ^_~ FRONT!!!
posted by Rev Sully at
4:22 PM
Bringing Up The Rear!!!
Code 122 Briefs with sheath and pump up rear prosthetic £29.99
Prosthetic Ass.
Tee hee!
Code 122 Briefs with sheath and pump up rear prosthetic £29.99
Prosthetic Ass.
Tee hee!
posted by Rev Sully at
1:56 PM
So Paulie, how many Vox waitresses did you get and have you got any Jillian's ones yet? ^_~ Ploo-bonga, ploo-bonga!
posted by Rev Sully at
11:15 AM
This is a most excellent novel. For anyone who likes Robbins, know that this is an adventure. A short book! It's great to see that a popular novelist can still write with brevity!!! Think about Clancy or Rowling who get paid by the word and then think of our buddy Tom. Ain't he cool? ^_~
posted by Rev Sully at
11:14 AM
Phoenix Coyotes got a new logo and colors.
Whoo-dee-fuckin'-doo. ^_^
NYAH! NYAH!!!
posted by Rev Sully at
10:56 AM
Jesse seems to like it; of course i'm selfish and wish he stayed at vox, but what can you do...as a wise man once said, it is what it is, you are what you it, there are no mistakes...
posted by paul at
10:51 AM
My mantra for Hockey is "Fuck the Rangers" but he's been a career Ranger and a good goalie. No one should ever again wear #35 for the Blueballs.
I mean a generation of good goalie are all going...Roy, Richter. Shit...I still miss Grant Fuhr.
posted by Rev Sully at
10:51 AM
Rev. Sully! Presents...Quoting Out Of Context!!!
Friday, June 20, 2003
::: posted by Dr. Hooey at 2:30 PM
”UH OH…That's…LONG-WINDED…"Winged Migration"…fuckin' bad-assssss”
I hope you didn't drop this in an elevator after a day's worth of Reuben sammich eating. You could go to Nurremberg for something like that, by Jove!!!
WAH!!! ^_~ ^_~ Tee hee!
Friday, June 20, 2003
::: posted by Dr. Hooey at 2:30 PM
”UH OH…That's…LONG-WINDED…"Winged Migration"…fuckin' bad-assssss”
I hope you didn't drop this in an elevator after a day's worth of Reuben sammich eating. You could go to Nurremberg for something like that, by Jove!!!
WAH!!! ^_~ ^_~ Tee hee!
posted by Rev Sully at
10:27 AM
I love Telemundo. I've been learning Spanish by Osmosis. I fall asleep listening to it.
How's Jesse liking Jillians? I haven't a chance to go over and see him yet. I loved Vox but Jillians is cool too. I'll go over there for football games more after the Sox season winds down.
How's Jesse liking Jillians? I haven't a chance to go over and see him yet. I loved Vox but Jillians is cool too. I'll go over there for football games more after the Sox season winds down.
posted by Rev Sully at
10:02 AM
WHAZZUP!!!!
Welcome Sweet Paulie Wizzleteats...
welcome to the Channel Ocho Blog. Check out the Archives. Leah's here too when she can. We don't have lots of volume but we do have lots of quality.
Mama Joke Haiku are always welcome. Smutty subjects, intellectual pursuits. Also there is the ability to post links and images too. Know that this is a Public site and can be read on the WWW. I got busted once by a chick I was dating who was "spying" on me here...such a 21st Century way of getting busted...
Welcome Sweet Paulie Wizzleteats...
welcome to the Channel Ocho Blog. Check out the Archives. Leah's here too when she can. We don't have lots of volume but we do have lots of quality.
Mama Joke Haiku are always welcome. Smutty subjects, intellectual pursuits. Also there is the ability to post links and images too. Know that this is a Public site and can be read on the WWW. I got busted once by a chick I was dating who was "spying" on me here...such a 21st Century way of getting busted...
posted by Rev Sully at
9:59 AM
Zappa Quote of the Day
The bassoon is one of my favorite instruments. It has the medieval aroma -- like the days when everything used to sound like that.
Some people crave baseball -- I find this unfathomable -- but I can easily understand why a person could get excited about playing a bassoon.
The bassoon is one of my favorite instruments. It has the medieval aroma -- like the days when everything used to sound like that.
Some people crave baseball -- I find this unfathomable -- but I can easily understand why a person could get excited about playing a bassoon.
posted by Rev Sully at
9:20 AM
Good Morning, Good Morning
The Beatles
Nothing to do to save his life call his wife in
Nothing to say but what a day how’s your boy been
Nothing to do it’s up to you
I’ve got nothing to say but it’s O.K.
Good morning, good morning, good morning...
Going to work don’t want to go feeling loww down
Heading for home you start to roam then you’re in town
Everybody knows there’s nothing doing
Everything is closed it’s like a ruin
Everyone you see is half asleep.
And you’re on your own you’re in the street.
Good morning, good morning...
After a while you start to smile now you feel cool.
Then you decide to take a walk by the old school.
Nothing had changed it’s still the same
I’ve got nothing to say but it’s O.K.
Good morning, good morning, good morning...
People running round it’s five o’clock.
Everywhere in town it’s getting dark.
Everyone you see is full of life.
It’s time for tea and meet the wife.
Somebody needs to know the time, glad that I’m here.
Watching theskirts start to flirt now you’re in gear.
Go to a show you hope she goes.
I’ve got nothing to say but it’s O.K.
Good morning, good morning, good morning
Hey everybody...TOP O' THE FRICKIN' MORNING TO YA!
The Beatles
Nothing to do to save his life call his wife in
Nothing to say but what a day how’s your boy been
Nothing to do it’s up to you
I’ve got nothing to say but it’s O.K.
Good morning, good morning, good morning...
Going to work don’t want to go feeling loww down
Heading for home you start to roam then you’re in town
Everybody knows there’s nothing doing
Everything is closed it’s like a ruin
Everyone you see is half asleep.
And you’re on your own you’re in the street.
Good morning, good morning...
After a while you start to smile now you feel cool.
Then you decide to take a walk by the old school.
Nothing had changed it’s still the same
I’ve got nothing to say but it’s O.K.
Good morning, good morning, good morning...
People running round it’s five o’clock.
Everywhere in town it’s getting dark.
Everyone you see is full of life.
It’s time for tea and meet the wife.
Somebody needs to know the time, glad that I’m here.
Watching theskirts start to flirt now you’re in gear.
Go to a show you hope she goes.
I’ve got nothing to say but it’s O.K.
Good morning, good morning, good morning
Hey everybody...TOP O' THE FRICKIN' MORNING TO YA!
posted by Rev Sully at
8:48 AM
[ Wed Sep 03, 02:58:56 PM | Rev Kiwi | edit ]
tra la la we won
The debacle is done, son
Karma wins in end!
As much as the thought
is most excellent Kiwi,
one word too many
tra la la we won
The debacle is done, son
Karma wins in end!
As much as the thought
is most excellent Kiwi,
one word too many
posted by Rev Sully at
8:45 AM
Wednesday, September 03, 2003
I can I can! Keith's mom's a mom and I got an Oedipus Complex! Oh Jocasta!
posted by Rev Sully at
3:16 PM
"Leads me to the eteranal question on whether or not if this gets good or not to have a girlfriend."
Who can spot Sully's Freudian slip?
Who can spot Sully's Freudian slip?
posted by Keith at
3:13 PM
Britney Spears: The Good
Madonna: The Bad (naughty)
Sully's Mom? You guess.
Madonna: The Bad (naughty)
Sully's Mom? You guess.
posted by Keith at
2:31 PM
Drinks, smokes, likes BBQ, skis, is a jewelry maker, has books like "Wilderness First Aid" and "Recreational Scuba Diving", works as a financial consultant, has similar taste in music to mine, is a great cook, doesn't give me stress, and can't believe I'm single, not divorced, and don't have any kids.
posted by Preacher Matt at
11:57 AM
Ahhhh...Redbones...yummmmmmmmmy...
Too bad Amy don't like pork or food off the bone. I love Redbones. Arkansas cut ribs with swee' sauce!!! Hanging out with Amy Saturday night. Hot date! HIGH VOLTAGE! I like her. Leads me to the eteranal question on whether or not if this gets good or not to have a girlfriend.
I mean...has it been to soon? This is hypothetical of course. I expect all these to self-destruct on some level but I think we like eachother but if we're seeing eachother for a while...you know...I dunno...just mumblin' out loud I guess.
Sounds like an excellent date. Which little bar...the Sligo? ^_~ Is it too late to ask to smell your finger? (EWWWWW!!! WTF!!! ^_~ ^_~ ^_~ WAH!!! tee hee!!!). And getting the hook at the bar rocks too. Drinks, smokes, likes BBQ...sounds like the perfect woman. ^_~
Too bad Amy don't like pork or food off the bone. I love Redbones. Arkansas cut ribs with swee' sauce!!! Hanging out with Amy Saturday night. Hot date! HIGH VOLTAGE! I like her. Leads me to the eteranal question on whether or not if this gets good or not to have a girlfriend.
I mean...has it been to soon? This is hypothetical of course. I expect all these to self-destruct on some level but I think we like eachother but if we're seeing eachother for a while...you know...I dunno...just mumblin' out loud I guess.
Sounds like an excellent date. Which little bar...the Sligo? ^_~ Is it too late to ask to smell your finger? (EWWWWW!!! WTF!!! ^_~ ^_~ ^_~ WAH!!! tee hee!!!). And getting the hook at the bar rocks too. Drinks, smokes, likes BBQ...sounds like the perfect woman. ^_~
posted by Rev Sully at
11:51 AM
You know... the guy who looks out for Curious George. Another naughty little monkey who gets in trouble whenever no one's watching.
posted by Preacher Matt at
11:43 AM
The date was good... we met at Redbones (one of her favorites) for dinner, realized we were both having trouble deciding between the same two things, and opted to order both and share. The bartenders (who were fantastic) comped us all our drinks too, including a bottle of champaigne. After dinner, we went across the street to a little bar next to the Burren to hang out with some of her housemates and digest over a few more rounds and good conversation. We went back to her place for a smoke afterward, and she invited me to stay the night with the understanding that she was running on 5 hours of sleep in two days, and that she was therefore too tired to be as affectionate as she would otherwise like. She had to be up for work at six, which turned to eight thirty, but she left me to sleep and said she'd be back from work at 12:30 or so if I wanted to hang around. Sorry, but that's all the detail you get.
We're both working through having made lots of plans prior to meeting, so we didn't get to see each other over the long weekend, and won't next weekend either. For the next couple of weeks, we're hoping to get together a few times a week, and I'm looking forward to camping out at a music festival the weekend after this one coming. I just found out last night that'll work out... I was telling her about a festival I'm doing security for, and she said she'd love to join me, but had already told our friend/her housemate Ryan that she'd go to one of his shows that weekend. I saw Ryan last night, and he told me how psyched he was to be playing at the festival, and asked if I knew Liz was planning to go.
In any case, things are going well with us so far. I'm happy to report also that we've both been pretty direct with each other, and things are happening in a way that feels easy and natural, as I advocated in our earlier discussion of dating rules.
We're both working through having made lots of plans prior to meeting, so we didn't get to see each other over the long weekend, and won't next weekend either. For the next couple of weeks, we're hoping to get together a few times a week, and I'm looking forward to camping out at a music festival the weekend after this one coming. I just found out last night that'll work out... I was telling her about a festival I'm doing security for, and she said she'd love to join me, but had already told our friend/her housemate Ryan that she'd go to one of his shows that weekend. I saw Ryan last night, and he told me how psyched he was to be playing at the festival, and asked if I knew Liz was planning to go.
In any case, things are going well with us so far. I'm happy to report also that we've both been pretty direct with each other, and things are happening in a way that feels easy and natural, as I advocated in our earlier discussion of dating rules.
posted by Preacher Matt at
11:37 AM
Nope. It's "think". When I fantasize about her she's doing my Math homework. ^_~ AUUUGH!!! That was bloody awful!
Who's in the yellow hat? And more about your date!!! ^_~
Who's in the yellow hat? And more about your date!!! ^_~
posted by Rev Sully at
11:16 AM
>I think of her more like one of Jubal's secretaries and when I yell "FRONT!!!" she's wearing a string bikini...
Is that what you think, or just what you fantasize? Here's a Haiku for ya:
I think he is like
the man in the yellow hat
much more than Jubal
Is that what you think, or just what you fantasize? Here's a Haiku for ya:
I think he is like
the man in the yellow hat
much more than Jubal
posted by Preacher Matt at
11:10 AM
Hey Matt...how was your date with Liz? Details, we want details!!! ^_~ You spent the long weekend together or what?
posted by Rev Sully at
10:56 AM
Rev. Sully! Presents...Quoting Out of Context!!!
[ Sat Aug 30, 04:10:50 AM | Preacher Matt | edit ]
...but you're a naughty little monkey Kiwi. I think...about that too much...
Well...I don't think of her as a naughty monkey. I think of her more like one of Jubal's secretaries and when I yell "FRONT!!!" she's wearing a string bikini...not a monkey suit with a coffee mug for change...I mean that's weird!
Tee hee!!! WAH!!! ^_~ ^_~ ^_~
[ Sat Aug 30, 04:10:50 AM | Preacher Matt | edit ]
...but you're a naughty little monkey Kiwi. I think...about that too much...
Well...I don't think of her as a naughty monkey. I think of her more like one of Jubal's secretaries and when I yell "FRONT!!!" she's wearing a string bikini...not a monkey suit with a coffee mug for change...I mean that's weird!
Tee hee!!! WAH!!! ^_~ ^_~ ^_~
posted by Rev Sully at
9:56 AM
Zappa Quote of the Day
Whenever your down, just think about how you got there.
Whenever your down, just think about how you got there.
posted by Rev Sully at
9:42 AM
Rev. Sully! Presents...Quoting Out Of Context!!!
[Fri Aug 29, 09:41:08 PM | Rev Kiwi | edit ]
Yay - Garbage! More kiwi... But FUCK!!!!
So Kiwi...Chris is liking driving the Hershey Highway? And I assume you're using plenty of lube? Saliva works best but only second to Nature is...
WAH!!!
^_~ ^_~ ^_~
[Fri Aug 29, 09:41:08 PM | Rev Kiwi | edit ]
Yay - Garbage! More kiwi... But FUCK!!!!
So Kiwi...Chris is liking driving the Hershey Highway? And I assume you're using plenty of lube? Saliva works best but only second to Nature is...
WAH!!!
^_~ ^_~ ^_~
posted by Rev Sully at
9:39 AM
Well that was fun...I dunno if I could or even want to do that again. But I haven't wrote a sonnet since I think senior year high school AP English! ^_~
posted by Rev Sully at
9:32 AM
And I'm waiting patiently for the first Channel Ocho Mama Joke Sonnet from our resident Bard, Hottus Dawgus...that's Latin for Hot Dog. ^_~
Actually this is my first mention of it and it just came to my mind. I think I'll start this off in a pedestrian attempt at sonnetry...is that a real word? ^_~ Terrible sonnet I assure you...and I mean TERRIBLE!!!
MAMA JOKE SONNET MADNESS!!!
Once more into her breach dear friends once more
And plug up her holes with our members Dread
Keith’s mom, real fun, gangbang, a dirty whore
Makes use of all her skills, her hands and head.
A party night the Villains meet at Pete’s.
The drink, the smoke, the shrooms we all were fine
What skill, prowess! can even use her feet
But what the cost she charged us for her time
One hundred per an hour for each man
A little pricey for a night of fun
For all the cash we spend we understand
It’s the only way that Dringo gets Bum
But what at all on Earth could Keith mom’s do?
He begged and pleaded for a PS2
Actually this is my first mention of it and it just came to my mind. I think I'll start this off in a pedestrian attempt at sonnetry...is that a real word? ^_~ Terrible sonnet I assure you...and I mean TERRIBLE!!!
MAMA JOKE SONNET MADNESS!!!
Once more into her breach dear friends once more
And plug up her holes with our members Dread
Keith’s mom, real fun, gangbang, a dirty whore
Makes use of all her skills, her hands and head.
A party night the Villains meet at Pete’s.
The drink, the smoke, the shrooms we all were fine
What skill, prowess! can even use her feet
But what the cost she charged us for her time
One hundred per an hour for each man
A little pricey for a night of fun
For all the cash we spend we understand
It’s the only way that Dringo gets Bum
But what at all on Earth could Keith mom’s do?
He begged and pleaded for a PS2
posted by Rev Sully at
9:18 AM
Robert Frost Haiku Madness!!!
Two roads diverged in
Dringo's ass and Sitting On
A Winter's Dildo
Two roads diverged in
Dringo's ass and Sitting On
A Winter's Dildo
posted by Rev Sully at
8:44 AM
Tuesday, September 02, 2003
So I just enrolled for 2 classes in the Fall 2003 Harvard Extension School term.
Elementary Classical Greek 1 (for the amateur theologian hoping to someday become a professional ^_~) and the Foundations of Public Speaking (waitlisted). Whew...::rolls eyes::.
Elementary Classical Greek 1 (for the amateur theologian hoping to someday become a professional ^_~) and the Foundations of Public Speaking (waitlisted). Whew...::rolls eyes::.
posted by Rev Sully at
4:39 PM
Hey Rube!
Do you like Hunter S. Thompson and his brand of Gonzo Journalism? Did you know Dr. Gonzo is a contributing writer on ESPN dot com's Page 2?
Here's a complete archive of the Good Doctor's most recent rants about sports and occasionally politics.
Hunter on Page 2.
Do you like Hunter S. Thompson and his brand of Gonzo Journalism? Did you know Dr. Gonzo is a contributing writer on ESPN dot com's Page 2?
Here's a complete archive of the Good Doctor's most recent rants about sports and occasionally politics.
Hunter on Page 2.
posted by Rev Sully at
2:44 PM
Hey look! A New Testament for Generation Y Girls! How cool!
: ^ P
Amazing Response to Bible Magazine at Cnn dot com
posted by Rev Sully at
2:38 PM
You better be. WAH!!! ^_~ But yer still the cutest Dringo I know, you know. ^_~
posted by Rev Sully at
2:06 PM
Oops! Sorry about that, I guess I was too eager to get to the part about said dildo in the aforementioned ass that I completely forgot about the whole "structure" thing. I have been chastened, and will endeavor to follow the fold for the rest of my days.
With greatest apologies,
Dringo Dringo
With greatest apologies,
Dringo Dringo
posted by Dringo at
2:05 PM
posted by Rev Sully at
1:51 PM
ROBERT FROST HAIKU MADNESS!!!
There is a soft breeze blowing
Fresh snow glitters bright
A dildo in Sully's ass
There is a soft breeze blowing
Fresh snow glitters bright
A dildo in Sully's ass
posted by Dringo at
1:19 PM
POP CULTURE HAIKU MADNESS!!!
MTV Awards
Dringo kissing Timberlake
Open mouth and Deep
^_~
MTV Awards
Dringo kissing Timberlake
Open mouth and Deep
^_~
posted by Rev Sully at
12:38 PM
Glad to hear it didn't turn into a complete disaster Kiwi. Anything you could do as extra credit to make the studentship a possibility (as if you weren't busy enough already)?
Yeah, what's this extinction stuff all about? Last I knew, the dragons were all torpified.
Yeah, what's this extinction stuff all about? Last I knew, the dragons were all torpified.
posted by Preacher Matt at
11:23 AM
POP CULTURE HAIKU MADNESS!!
Sully and Bronson
Two men, icons of their age
I did both their moms
Sully and Bronson
Two men, icons of their age
I did both their moms
posted by Dringo at
11:21 AM
RIP, Chuck. I'm gonna watch some of your movies...especially the "bad" ones like Deathwish 3 and Telefon. But definitely "Dirty Dozen" and Magnificent Seven". Thanks for the Manly Movies!!!
posted by Rev Sully at
10:21 AM
Zappa Quote of the Day
A true Zen saying, nothing is what I want.
From Roxy & Elsewhere, Dec 1973
A true Zen saying, nothing is what I want.
From Roxy & Elsewhere, Dec 1973
posted by Rev Sully at
9:31 AM
Sweetie! I'll send some Strawberry flavoured "ki" next. Just add Strawberry Quik and...yummm! Yummy Soul Power!!!
Hunny...you put the "ki" in Kiwi. ^_~
Keep your poker face while you're at the table.
At least your lesson in humility didn't have a built-in level of futility or 'hope in the face of futility'. YUK!!! That's the worst and could kill your heart for the "hopeful".
More Mama Joke Haiku will be coming soon hopefully if Hooey and Hottus Dawgus get their heads out of eachothers bungholes long enuff to scribble sumthin' down. But they like the view so who can blame them. ^_~ WAH!!!
BALL BUSTIN' HAIKU!!!
Hooey and Hawt Dawg
Like to fondle their peckers
Amherst protien shake.
WAH!!!
Hunny...you put the "ki" in Kiwi. ^_~
Keep your poker face while you're at the table.
At least your lesson in humility didn't have a built-in level of futility or 'hope in the face of futility'. YUK!!! That's the worst and could kill your heart for the "hopeful".
More Mama Joke Haiku will be coming soon hopefully if Hooey and Hottus Dawgus get their heads out of eachothers bungholes long enuff to scribble sumthin' down. But they like the view so who can blame them. ^_~ WAH!!!
BALL BUSTIN' HAIKU!!!
Hooey and Hawt Dawg
Like to fondle their peckers
Amherst protien shake.
WAH!!!
posted by Rev Sully at
8:58 AM
Thanks for the vote of confidence - the cards are being played and hopefully in my favour. I may have to rewrite parts of my last essay but it does not seem that we are being taken to the board... phew. It was an honest mistake and looking through what she did mark of my paper I don't feel that I was in the wrong... my process in editing may have been at fault which as I said has been dramatically changed hence forth. I admit to making the mistake but feel that it was unnecassary of her to point this out to her in such a public forum. I will lie in my bed, and pay my dues but give me a shot to correct the mistake before you start shouting 'plagerism' next time is all I ask. She is a half cast teacher... who has lost my respect totally. But I will from here out keep my head low and complete any task to the letter that she asks me too... if I am lucky I may still be able to pull out a 'B' which blows my chance of doing the summer studentship this summer... which I was hoping to do so as to credit my a research paper next year (ehich would mean finishing early and being able to get into the working force almost 2 months earlier... but hey... perhaps fate did not have it in the cards.
Thanks for the "ki" Sully... I think it helped.
I still feel like a bit of an ass for making the mistake in the first place... it was stupid and I wasn't really thinking. You get so into the routine of writing these assignments that you just try and get them done and sometimes forget about dotting the "i's" etc....
...and that was Kiwi's lesson in humility for the month of August... enjoy!
PS. since when don't dragons exist...???
Thanks for the "ki" Sully... I think it helped.
I still feel like a bit of an ass for making the mistake in the first place... it was stupid and I wasn't really thinking. You get so into the routine of writing these assignments that you just try and get them done and sometimes forget about dotting the "i's" etc....
...and that was Kiwi's lesson in humility for the month of August... enjoy!
PS. since when don't dragons exist...???
posted by Kiwi at
1:52 AM
Monday, September 01, 2003
Poo Poo.
The Earth is dirty. My Mind is dirty. Therefore my Earth is my Mind.
Motive and intent fuel choice. If your choices were with with purposeful malice and if you grokked wrongness at the cusp, Kiwi...then go ahead and feel guilty.
If you didn't, not only should you give yourself the benefit of the doubt but the Wickid Witch of the Wickid South. Perhaps your earnestness and "ki" will shine through. But human people are known to suck. I will send you my "ki" in an effort to help you. Matt, does posess the best academic writing skills here. Peter does too if you need a second opinion and he is an email away also. Go to "team" on your editing page for the address if needed.
I saw a dragon in the trees the night before last. His sinister claw extended. Pointing downward and locking my gaze...I looked away. Not out of Fear mind you, but from dibelief. They are an extinct species. I believe in Dragons. Sure, why not. People believe in space aliens why can't I believe in Dragons. People believe in Marxism, why can't I believe in Dragons. People think that Fire is the great cosmic mediator...so I believe that dragons once roamed the lands. Two cultures that I know of, European and Asian both have dragon myth. It hold my suspension of disbelief but they are no longer part of the play. Did I mention I was eating Mushrooms. You know...the Good ones.
The Earth is dirty. My Mind is dirty. Therefore my Earth is my Mind.
Motive and intent fuel choice. If your choices were with with purposeful malice and if you grokked wrongness at the cusp, Kiwi...then go ahead and feel guilty.
If you didn't, not only should you give yourself the benefit of the doubt but the Wickid Witch of the Wickid South. Perhaps your earnestness and "ki" will shine through. But human people are known to suck. I will send you my "ki" in an effort to help you. Matt, does posess the best academic writing skills here. Peter does too if you need a second opinion and he is an email away also. Go to "team" on your editing page for the address if needed.
I saw a dragon in the trees the night before last. His sinister claw extended. Pointing downward and locking my gaze...I looked away. Not out of Fear mind you, but from dibelief. They are an extinct species. I believe in Dragons. Sure, why not. People believe in space aliens why can't I believe in Dragons. People believe in Marxism, why can't I believe in Dragons. People think that Fire is the great cosmic mediator...so I believe that dragons once roamed the lands. Two cultures that I know of, European and Asian both have dragon myth. It hold my suspension of disbelief but they are no longer part of the play. Did I mention I was eating Mushrooms. You know...the Good ones.
posted by Rev Sully at
2:28 PM
Yeah - no shit Matt - I always get pulled up in the worst way when i am getting a little lazy -- and I admit I got lazy - fucking humilating if nothing else... lesson learned... don't tempt fate! or mean cranky lecturers.
posted by Kiwi at
1:44 AM
