for the first time since Apollo, NASA will be sending its first vehicle/probe to the moon in 2008! sweet!

Me: I personally think this is great news. Now I'm not an armature astrologist by any means, but I am a big supporter of the space program. I think the exploration of space needs to harvest more attention. I have always said, if we were to learn that there was valuable resources on the moon, then companies would be quickly engineering ways to collect these resources. Thus, some type of plant would need to be established to process these resources, and of course they would need all sorts of workers on this plant.

I would rush to the opportunity to become one of those workers. I'm sure IT would be needed on the plant?

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Have you been wanting a big 24' or 30' monitor. I remember seeing a study done by HP saying it can increase productivity by 30%. Not sure how long this pdf has been on the Apple website, but if you need some help convincing your boss this is it!

I guess "Go big or go home" does apply.

* links to pdf

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University of Chicago researchers say they`ve found approximately 700 regions of the human genome where genes appear to have been reshaped by natural selection within the past 5,000 to 15,000 years!

Mutants?!

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This is a really cool boat if you ask me, and I am seriously jealous of all of the crew who will be sailing it in Volvo's Ocean Race Around the World. For those of you who have no idea what I'm writing about here, the Race around the World is held every three years and has been going on since 1973. The fleet of yacht racers from all over the world ship out of SANXENXO (GALICIA) and finish up 8 months later in ROTTERDAM (NED). This years US crew is being sponsored by Disney to help promote the sequel to "Pirates of the Caribbean".

Dick Cook, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios, said: 'We're excited to be participating in the prestigious Volvo Ocean Race, which is very much like the 'formula one' of yacht racing. This is a fun and unique way to remind viewers all over the world that Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest will be sailing into theatres next summer. Given the film's high seas adventures and nautical themes, this marathon sporting event is a great way to make some waves and generate awareness among the millions of viewers.'

The 'Pirates' campaign will be headed by Atlant Ocean Racing, the syndicate company of Richard Brisius and Johan Salen.

Six Apart Makes You Money via [Searchviews]
As mentioned the other day, Six Apart has added text ads as a feature to Typepad Pro users. This link goes into more detail on how it went down and what's it all about.

The Whip Cracks on Porn Masters via [Wired News]
More news on the continuing saga of the new goverment regulations concerning adult content on the Net. It appears that Porn MAsters may have some time to get all of their ducks together, but some have already begun removing content from their sites.

Win a Part in The Fantastic 4 Sequel (if there is one?) via [Samsung]
Samsung is so pumped about being an affiliate for the anticipated Fantastic 4 movie, that they are already launching a contenst with a grand prize of a part in the sequel. Of course what if they don't make one, well I guess they'll give you a boom box or something.

Some Think Downloading is not Piracy or Theft via [Slashdot]
Some people -more UK based- believe that downloading their favorite songs and bootleg software cracks is not piracy. Well I sure don't, I mean who pays for things like that now a days? -Just kidding FBI I purchase all my stuff from the venders.

King Kong TV Spot Promo to the Promo via [TMB]
Here is the first look to the first look of Jackson's anticipated King Kong remake. Don't forget this will be Jack Black's first really big role. Check out the footage, just don't blink you might miss all the action.

A Perfect World and it Has Robots via [Wired News]
The Japanese are so smart, they have come up with the perfect solution for all our problems, we can now have utopia - with hospitality robots to boot. I wonder who is supposed to fit for the bill on this one though?

Track a Cab all Over London via [Slashdot]
Have you ever wanted to track a dirty London cabby around the streets and by Big Ben? Well now you can thanks to handy dandy GPS placed inside a handful of cabs around London. You can log on and choose your cab, buy up properties -it's a game remember- and get rent based on who passes by during a 24 hour period. Live Monopoly!

Wimbledon = Hot Tennis Chicks in Mini Skirts via [Suck My Blog]
I couldn't agree more with Slippy J. over at LG when he says "hot european chicks in tight outfits!" because that is the essence of Wimbledon. Hell it's the only way I can make through it. It's babes like this athletes like Maria Sharapova that make the sport so interesting. -And because their frick'n hotties!-

First Timer Need Our Help via [Ask Metafilter]
This is a good one and the anonymous author truly needs our help. This person asks Metafilter for pointers in the bedroom, I guess it will be the couples first time together but if you ask me the dude is probably a virgin. I mean I may get nervous the first time I'm with a girl I really like, but I never needed to ask my friends for pointers or help. Then again I'll take that back - I've never been nervous.

Alivin $ the Chipmunks Movie via [TMB]
It looks that they will following up the Garfield movie with a few more classic cartoon characters. These include the Smurfs and the oh so lovable Alivin & the Chipmunks. Is it just me, or did anyone else think the Chipetes were hotties when they were kids?

Star Wars Personality Quiz via [Liquid Gen]
This is pretty funny, and SW dorks will appreciate it. Take the quiz, it has some fun questions and then it gives you the character you are most similar to. I ended up being Jabba, which was rather disapointing, but he did through great parties!

Make Your Pics Polaroids via [LifeHacker]
This is a neat little freebie web app called the polaroidonizer. You can give it a URL of a pic you have online and it will create a polaroid of the image. It even allows you to add some silly text, which looks like it was scribbled on with your favorite pen.

Priest and his Nun friends Crucify Another Nun via [Kottke]
The lord made him do it. This is a crazy story and it shows how sometimes religion can make people wacky. This priest actually thought ht was doing the work of God when he hung a Nun from a cross.

Google Set to Battle PayPal via [Kottke]
This is cool news, Google is in the process of providing a PayPal similar service titled Google Wallet. PayPal is currently the most popular payment service on the web, but with the uber power and influence Google has, this will surely blow PayPal away.

I.T Workers Get Bonuses?? via [Life Hacker]
What would I do with out Gina over at Life Hacker gathering great info for me to pawn off as my own? This article covers occupations which are more likely to receive bonuses. OK it basically just mentions I.T and Financials but it certainly places hope in the souls of techs like myself. Being semi green in the field -I graduated from grad school in 2004- I am in that period of my carrer when I have not yet learned how to negotiate, say no and avoid being taken advantage of. But hey, it looks like I will be getting bonuses -as long as I forward this to my boss-.

Porn Masters Have New Rules to Follow via [Life Hacker + Wired News]
So interesting the online adult industry is, if I could only drop my morals I would attempt to become the porn king of the Queen City. Well I wont so I guess I will have to conitue reading about it, like in this article from Wired news which discusses new restrictions and paper work envolved when displaying adult content on the web. Apparently Porn Masters will need to provide age verification documents for all of the models/actors appearing on the site, else remove that content or pay the penalty. At first I thought this was no big deal, I mean they should be keeping a tight grasp on the whole age thing anyway -remember Tracy Lords-, but I read on and learn that even on sites that steal images from elsewhere on the net must have this documentation. So it would be logical that within the rollout of this new enforcement, porn masters that are simply redistributing content will be shutting down and that the industry leaders will have the primary advantage since they can have the proper documentation.

Kodak Will 86 B&W Photo Paper via [Gizmodo]
I spent 3.5 years going to graduate school at RIT so Kodak is a company I am very familiar with. After reading this article -which did not surprise me- I just wonder what the hell Kodak is doing? While living in Rochester I saw multiple large layoffs come out of both Kodak and Xerox. Now with the termination of this manufacturing line, there will be more jobless folks in Ra Cha Cha. -Well at least they still have French's Mustard-

Programmer Makes Best/Worst Job List via [Worthwhile Magazine]
This is directly related to the above link due to its mention of my position as being one of the best jobs. I personally find it laughable, but as I stated before this is my first job and as Al Franken tells us you will hate your first job out of college. Check the list to see if your job makes the cut.

Kevin Smith Joins the Blog Craze via [My Boring Ass Life]
I am truly surprised that it took Kevin Smith this long to hop on the Blogger wagon since I feel that he is one of the brighter people of the entertainment industry. In any event you can never be to late and My Boring Ass Life has been Kevin's online journal for a few months now. The site is OK, there are some major flaws in the design which will make it difficult for readers to get into it. For one there are no titles on the posts, just dates. Which as a journal is fine, but I failed to read much since I couldn't get an idea of the post subject matter at a glance. Also he is only displaying 1 post per page which makes navigating a pain in the boring ass. The site is developed using Word Press which is a so-so product and commenting and trackbacks are enabled -which is good-. Kevin is also using Flickr which is probably the only blog standard he is following. Still it's Kevin Smith and he normally breaks the norm.

Real Life Bosom Buddies via [Bukezilla]
Yesterday Buke and I signed a lease on a house in Buffalo. This will be the seconded time Buke and I live together. The last time being when I was a punk rock party animal freshman in college. So now I can feel comfortable asking a girl back to the house and not worry about waking my parents.

David Lynch is a Weather Man via [Suck My Blog]
Too funny, Bukezilla is going to shit a solid gold brick when he reads this. Acclaimed film director, writer and now meteorologist DAvid Lynch has added a Weather section to his web site. Lynch has always been a tad on the stange side, so I guess adding this to his stable of specialties is not that eccentric.

Lagging Behind: Companies Continue to Use Win2k via [Slashdot]
This is fairly interesting to the I.T world. This article points out that even though XP has been out for 4+ years and MS Longhorn is on its way, many companies continue to deploy machines running Win 2K. I see this on a regular basis, but the author fails to mention the dangers an I.T shop can encounter when upgrading to the newest freshest package. These OS's often have a series of patches before they are running 100%, and in many cases companies have 3rd party solutions which are not supported by the newer versions of MS server or Windows OS.

Ebert Gives Batman Begins 5/5 via [Roger Ebert - Sun Times]
I will not be seeing this movie until the weekend, but I am egerly anticipating it. There are not many critics that I listen to but Roger Ebert is one of them. He gave Batman Begins an amazing review, and since this is a comic book movie I would have expected the critics to tear it a new one. Luckily it seems to be the general consensus that this one delivers.

Porn Masters Grow Up via [Wired News]
A few years ago when I was first entering the world of Web Dev and Hosting, I toyed with the idea of getting involved in the adult industry. It is the biggest money making entity on the Internet -along with online gambling- but I chickened out. This article is interesting because it shows how the pioneers of the online porn industry were quite radical in their youth, but as they all matured and the industry did the same, their attitudes changed. Interesting interviews with a few of the more successful Online masters and how they balance their personal lives and working in this Taboo industry.

Jacko Goes Free: Not Guilty on all !0 Counts via [CNN]
As strange as he is, it seems that a jury of his peers does not see him as a twisted child molester. Is this verdict a result of big money or is he truly innocent? I guess only time will tell, lets see what happens after the Neverland slumber parties resume!

Yahoo Acquires Blo.gs: Who's Next? via [Search Engine Journal]
Recently the Social Computing War wages on with it's newest battle victory to Yahoo. Yahoo has bought Blo.gs which is similar to a Technoraty/Kinja service. The scary part of this article is the mention of the logical next steps, and the suggestion of purchasing Blogger software Pioniers Six Apart.

Soviet Gas Mask Sale via [Gizmodo]
This I must say I have to get for Bukezilla, I think there must be a gift giving holiday coming up, he would love this piece of history -of course he would turn it into a make shift bong-. This is the kid who made lamps out of welding masks.

How to drink a Guinness via [Life Hacker]
It's so good to see Gina back from her vacation, -not that Matt & Company didn't do a good job- this post came at a perfect time since today is Friday and I'm likely to experience "Time Travel" tonight (thats when you black out at the bar - sounds better doesn't it?). The correct way to drink a Guinness is very important -not that I need the lesson- but useful none that less.

Bones for Your Home via [BoingBoing]
Another gift for my comrade Bukezilla. This collection of replica fossils would certainly make your pad look like Indiana Jones did the decorating.

Bale Knows What's Up With Fans via [The Movie Blog]
Bale wants to make a rated R version of the new Batman Begins movie, which is really the way it should have been done anyway. I mean for those of you who are familiar with the Dark knight, he's fucked up man! It would truly make fans happy and it seems that Bale has got the right idea.

Hoffman Picked to be Villain for M:I 3 via [The Movie Blog]
Phillip Seymour Hoffman is a fantastic actor, and I have yet to be upset with any thing he has done -even that gas huffing web designer role he did-. So I was pleased to hear that he was casted to be the primary bad guy in Mission Impossible 3. Cool stuff! On a side note, who does a blogger have to blow to get a mention here and there, I mean I link to TMB all the time and get nothing, not a fucking sausage!

How to Make a Million Dollars via [Kottke]
This is cute, and thanks Jay for bringing it to our attention, so now I can get on that million dollar plan. And the power point presentation makes it look so easy.

Joseph Jaffe is Tearing it up With His New Book via [Jaffe Juice]
I am very proud to have worked with this man in the recent past, and I have scene him numerous times on the TV plugging his new book and talking the marketing talk. He has popped up on ABC, Imedia and Bloomberg -which was a bit short, but still good-. If you're in the marketing game, you should check out Life After the 30-Second Spot.

This is unbelievable; Sunday of last week not only was the 30th anniversary of the movie Jaws, but it also marked the first Great White shark attack off the New Jersey Shore since 1916. 17 year old surfer Ryan Horton was bitten, he stated that he fell while up on his board, and his ankle felt like it was hit by a baseball. After swiming to shore, he notice a sizable chunk that was missing from his ankle, and rushed himself to the hospital. Experts then said that the bite marks are suspected to be of a Great White shark.

Great whites prefer cold water and are known to swim in the waters off New Jersey... The director of a leading shark research center who examined pictures of Ryan's wounds said the teen was lucky to be alive. "Small is in the eye of the beholder," said George Burgess, director of the Florida Program for Shark Research. "By white shark standards, this one was just a babe."

1st N.J. shark attack in 30 yrs.
-Daily News

Scary stuff, can you imagine seeing this creature attacking you, I would be the first to shit my bathing suit and cry for my mother.

Jaws 30th anniversary - First Jersey shark attack in 30 years - coincidence?

Well it's official; Apple is now going to be doing business with Intel for all of the G5 -and others- processors. Personally I think it's great.

"Yes, it's true," Jobs said. "We are transitioning from PowerPC to Intel processors."

The transition to Intel will take two years. Jobs said Apple will be shipping Intel-powered Macs in mid-2006, with higher-end machines following a year later, Jobs said.

"This transition isn't going to happen overnight," Jobs said. "We're making awesome machines right now (and we've) got a lot of great PowerPC apps in the pipeline.... The transition is going to happen over the next two years."

Jobs Drops Da Intel Bomb
~Wired News

The people over at Gawker Media have just launched their 13th title OddJack. This publication focuses on the currently hot topic of Gambling. Covering items such as the World Series of Poker, Celebrity Poker, Sports Gambling and many other betting arenas. OddJack certainly is Gawker's most attractive site to date, and has taken on some new characteristics that have yet to be seen in their prior publications. OddJack is being helmed by A.J. Daulerio of Black Table, so look for good things coming from this site and don't forget to double down on 10.

Jason Kottke's thoughts on Reveng of the Sith
Jason is a smart cat, and I like his take on the film, plus he's a SW geek at heart so I can relate.

Stupid is as Stupid Does
2 stupid ass brits burn their faces off after brandishing home made light sabers.

Lucas's Idea for New Star Wars Prequel
The man just can't give it up. Interview talks about possible movies he would like to make, adding to the Star Wars Library.

Dukes of Hazzard 2005 Trailer
I don't care what people think, the cast looks good, the movie looks fun and Jessica Simpson if frick'n hot as hell!

The Island Trailer
Another up coming flick staring Ewan McGreggor which looks good.

Herbie the Love Bug "Fully Loaded"
Whatever - Lindsay Lohan is frick'n hot!

Best Movie Character Jobs
Out of all the movies you've scene, which character had the coolest job? -I always thought Hudson Hawk had it pretty good.

R2 Unit Working Protorype [Gizmodo]

Download Star Wars EP3 "Revenge of the Sith [Waxy]

Best movies ever Wiki [Kottke]

Firefox Promos [Fairly Realistic]

Star Wars Last Supper Rendition [Liquid Generation]

Running my name on Grokker [Grokker]

Crispin Glover as the Joker in Batman Sequels [The Movie Blog]

Will Google Go the Way of the Dodo? [SlashDot]

This was brought to my attention by my good friend Poo Bear via [Kontraband.com]. It's a preetty scary resemblance when you look at it. We are all screwed! Pope Benedict XIV wants to take over the galaxy. First a Nazi soldier, now our new Pope and tomorrow the Emperor of most of our known galaxy. Who will step up and face this evil?

No, wait! Doc. The... the... the bruise... the bruise on your head. I know how that happened! You told me the whole story. You were standing on your toilet, and you were hanging a clock, and you fell, and you hit your head on the sink. And that's when you came up with the idea for the Flux Capacitor... which... is what makes time travel possible.

-Back to the Future
1985

Now that I have your attention, I read something truly hysterical this morning. Thanks to Sploid who posted a headline addressing the upcoming Time Traveler convention, hosted by none other than the frick'n geniuses at MIT. I can't be 100% positive on the validity of the event, and if it is truly being hosted by MIT (check out the root URL [web] looks fishy), but I am much dumberer than the creative minds of MIT - so perhaps this event will truly bring out the travelers from tomorrow. In any event, I still thinks it's pretty damn funny.
-even funnier; I posted this a week from now-

Yesterday was the day of days for pot heads all around the world. A famous holiday that is celebrated all day long every year on April 20th. That would be 4.20 the national pot smoking holiday. For those of you who are not educated in the "head" way, 420 is the code for a police marijuana bust, so in our rebellious manner we celebrate that number by lighting up every day at 4:20 (am & pm). But once a year it is 4.20 all day long, smokers rejoice, dance -if they can move-, eat -we certainly eat- and pass the spliff to the left hand side. Personally I no longer celebrate this holiday (wink wink; ignore the picture of the Bull Dog Cafe) since I'm all grown up now, but I always think back to my youth and become rather melancholily. How did you celebrate your 420?

Watching the business report this morning on channel 7 news -I think the chick is hot- I was shocked to hear that Adobe has acquired Macromedia. Not completely sure this was fact, I went to Macromedia's website to see if there was any sign of change. Already the title flash has Adobe incorporated into it. Is this a good merger? I would think so and it's moments like this where I wish I had more money to play with. I would love to get into some Adobe stock after this news.

April 18 (Bloomberg) -- Adobe Systems Inc., maker of Acrobat and Photoshop software, agreed to buy Macromedia Inc. for about $3.4 billion, adding programs that display images and sounds on Web pages. Investors will receive 0.69 share, worth $41.86 at the close of trading April 15, for each Macromedia share, San Jose, California-based Adobe said in a statement today. That values San Francisco-based Macromedia at a 25 percent premium.

I am a hobby user of Fireworks and Photoshop CS, both must haves for web design enthusiasts. I can not even fathom how powerful these applications will become after joining forces.

Yesterday the FDA showed signs supporting the new non-leak silicone implants to be placed back on the consumer market and lifting the ban. The ban on silicone implants has been in place since 1992 after the silicone holocaust, but now this new and improved silicone is discribed to be safe and leak proof due to it's gell composition. As scary as this can be, the FDA advisory panel voted 7-2 in support of the application. So it appears that the majority are big fans of these new boobies.

Being of scientific mind, I could not pass my opinion with out proper and thorough testing. This can be tricky; omitting important attribut comparisons can taint the data. After completing my research I have come to the following conclusion. There Awesome!!

Those of you who have hung out in Buffalo's oldest Punk Rock bar the Continental, might recognize it's most famous employee Jesse. Ass kicker, bartender, talent booking, manager, store owner [second skin], real estate owner and coming soon night club owner. For years the underground community has been gossiping about the bar Jesse is building and finally our wait comes to a conclusion. Club Diablo is scheduled to have it's grand grand opening some time after May (you can get more information and updates on the clubs process at their web site).

This is great news for the city of Buffalo, which lives and breathes by it's constantly morphing night life. The demographic that the Continental attracts is a small percentage of the total liquor swilling population, and Club Diablo is not going to be the Continental part II. Diablo is for every one, a night club with an edge and surronded by creative design. At first glance you would never take Jesse as a successful entrepreneur, but with this mans previous track record of business ventures, Club Diablo is bound to be a favorite.

Stay informed and I'll see you on Washington Street.

[via: Liquid Generation's Suck My Blog]
The boys and girls of L.G. have listed the 2005 Webby Nominees for Humor. One of my favorite comedians Eddie Izzard was fortunate enough to be nominated twice, once for best celebrity web site and in the humor category. Congratulations Eddie! Check out the site it's actually quite funny. I especially like the page Eddie's Fridge; a flash game that allows you to place pre created words on a line (be as creative as you like) and then Eddie says the phrase.

If you are unfamiliar with the Webby Awards, I do suggest you check out the nominee page, it has links to all the nominee's pages and if you are a developer/designer or just a fan of cool sites, there is plenty to steal borrow from.

Is it over for all of us MovableType developers? It appears that Adobe and integrating MT design tools into the next release of Adobe Go Live (CS2). It looks like they will be adding these tools so that designers can incorporate blogging into their web projects with ease. I personally have mixed feelings about this. Yes I think it's great that SixApart is doing so well, and I hope they continue to grow -shameless ass kissing so I can get a job-, but on the other hand as a MT developer myself -you wouldn't tell from the looks of this site, but really I have chops- I don't want every web designer in the World to be able to whip up a fancy Blog in no time at all. This is going to disturb the ballance of multimedia, designers being able to add tagged languages to their projects. I'm scared, I really am.

Many people this weekend were concerned about the death of Pope John Paul II, but others in the more "Geek" areas of life had other events to focus their energy towards. That of course was the Star Wars Midnight Madness Revenge of the Sith toy release at Toys R` Us. My compadres Dr. Sidious and Bukezilla were there to capture the excitement and beat on all the weaker of the geeks -being bigger and meaner than most of these people makes it easier to get what you want-. I personally do not buy these toys but I always love the story. Bukezilla has posted a few pictures from his handy camera phone from and gives us a quick bit on what the Star Wars Toy Midnight Madness is really like.

Also -not to completely go Geek on you but I got all this news today- ot seems that Sir Steves Guide has many many spoilers within its forums. Thanks to Dr. Sidious you can check out a few picturs from the upcoming film that show the creation of Vader Pic 1 | Pic 2. Sorry to all who do not like spoilers.

Ugo.com has published an interview with Spawn creator Todd McFarlane today. Funny; when I was in highschool I was a huge Spawn fan, but after the flop of the 1997 live action film I have seemed to lost interest. This interview I am refiring to is pretty interesting, it certainly tells you what the hell he's been doing for the past 5 years -besides making toys- and it dives into what his future plans are for Spawn. One of the more curiosity raising subjects was the mention of a new animated series that is aimed for cabel or theatrical distribution and will be titled "Cronicles of Al Simons" -or something like that-. T.M does state that he uses Jaws as one of his inspirations in the series, making Spawn much more allusive and hidden. The interview also continues to cover his new series titled "Twisted Tales" which will be airing on will air on Fox in the near future. McFarlane has also been commissioned to continue the Simpsons toy line -which has been very popular among collectors (Bukezilla)-. So there you have it, a brief wrap up of the future of one of our favorite superheros. With any luck it wont go stale like his other ventures.

Happy St. Patrick's Day to you all. I know this is a bit late in the day, but to be honest, I already celebrated the holiday on Sunday. Of course I will be heading out tonight with a few close lads, and indulge ourselves in some corned beef and cabbage, plus a few tasty pints of Guinness, I wouldn’t be a true Scott if I didn’t. I would have felt bad if I finished today without posting on the holiday, so in the sprit of things here are a few links to help you get into the Celtic mood.

• Liquid Generation :: check out e-cards (the angry Leprechaun)


• T-Shirt Humor(dot)com

Feel free to add what you wish.

Bledsoe signed a three-year contract yesterday with the Dallas Cowboys, one day after being booted by the geniuses of the Buffalo Bills. Mainly due to Drew’s “Soe Soe” performance during the start up of the 2004 season, that depressing final match up versus Pittsburgh’s J.V squad and of course to free up some cabbage so that the Bills franchise can have more play room with their salary cap. At the press conference Drew bashed the Bills a bit which is rightly so, I think the Bills are making a terrible decision and I hope Drew goes to the G.D Super Bowl next season.

"I was very hopeful that this would be the opportunity for me," said Bledsoe. "I'm very excited to be a Dallas Cowboy. I can't wait to go home and dress my kids with the little stars and get rid of all the old gear from the other team."

He continued to mention how disappointed he was with how the Bills organization simply handed over the starting spot to youngster J.P. Losman. I agree, it is so funny – and I am sure other Buffalo fans may disagree with me – that every time the Bills show some signs of light, we go and change it up ruining our chances of success. In a perfect world Losman will emerge as the next Tom Brady and lead the Bills to the big show in 2006. But let’s get serious people, this is going to divide the players and the fans resulting in friction much like the vibe generated during the Flutie and Johnson days. The Bills will need at least a seasons worth of development and I can assure you that the Bills fans here in snowy Buffalo are not looking forward to another rebuilding period. But what the hell do I know.

This morning on my way into work I was listening to local radio morning hosts Shred and Regan, and while reading the news they let us know of the death of writer Hunter S. Thomson. Aparently Hunter commited suicide by blowing his mushy brains out of the back of his head. For those of you who are familiar with the type of character Dr. Thomson was, he was a bit on the kookie side - and this exit is not so off color for him -. A life of drugs, alcohol and what ever else he could experiment with, a true psychodelic explorer - so needless to say his mind was a little off -. Hunter was also a fan of armory, and it was well known that he kept many loaded guns and other weapons in his house and on his person. So at the age of 64 the inovator of Gonzo Journalism has left us to persue other adventures. He will be missed, and Hunter is you are out there, look out for the bats.

Earlier I created a post all about the glory of Groundhog Day. But my machine crashed and I lost the whole thing. So this is going to be a sloppy second version which is not going to be exciting or remotly interesting compaired to its original. It was such a great post, I bashed Puxatony Phil -whos website seems to be down- for being the most popular groundhog, when we have plenty of them out there to love and admire. Such as General Beauregard Lee Ph.D from Liburn Georgia -I just love the name Beauregard-. There is also New Yorks own Dunkirk Dave from Dunkirk N.Y -I work in Dunkirk and I know why the seats are empty for that one-. Finally my favorite is Mr. Prozac a weather telling Lama from Oxford Michigan.

Noah John, Oxford’s beloved one-eyed weather prognosticating groundhog passed away on April 22, 2002 as a result of injuries sustained in a traffic accident in 1998. Before Noah John died, he met several times with his llama friend Mr. Prozac and instructed Zac in the art of weather prognosticating.

I thought I have seen some things, but these towns people are just plain wacky. You can view the complete list at Groundhog Central and surprissing enough, it's a pretty funny site. So have a happy Groundhog Day -even though Phil saw his shadow this morning-. There's a question for you. If Phil sees his shadow in Penn. and Beauregard doesn't see his in Georgia, how does the whole weeks of winter thing work? Must be one of those pradox's of the Universe or something

Johnny C. over at The Movie Blog posted today about the future of Napster. It seems that the site is planning on adding movies to the list of downloads -for its paying customers of course- CEO Chris Gorog was quoted saying.

"We are currently considering moving into video, particularly to tap the younger video-game generation", told to delegates, according to the Financial Times. "I do think that while there are huge players in the delivery of movies like Sky, there could be a role for Napster".

Online movie distribution has already taken off to a small degree in the US, with MovieLink and CinemaNow selling films via the web from $2.99 upwards.

Pretty interesting stuff; the article on C|Net continues to state:

Nevertheless, analysts are predicting legal film downloads could be a winner. Since the advent of broadband, film downloads have surged considerably; one in four people online have now downloaded a film, according to the MPAA. Such statistics have encouraged Napster and others to eye the market.

So Johnny, when is The Movie Blog going to take advantage of this idea?

Yesterday I didn't post to the blog since I was to f'n depressed to even look at it. See the god damn Buffalo Bills lost to the Pitsburge J.V. squad on Sunday, and I was there to see it all unfold. There was about 10 of us who packed up and headed out to the Ralph on Sunday morning. It was to be a great day of BBQ tailgaiting, Labatts Blue, Whisky and 2 hand touch. Then the swan song of the day would have been seeing our home team make it into the playoffs for the first time in years, and after digging themselves out of a hole and producing spectacular wins in the past 6 weeks. My friends and I spent over the standard amount for tickets from scalpers, and sat surrounded by smelly Steeler fans. Then to top it all off, some team wearing Bills uniforms lost the game to fricken back ups. I don't understand, where were the Bills? You tell me. Then the Rams won, which pretty much would have put us in the playoffs. GOD DAMN IT!!!

Totally awsome weekend. Finally those bumbs at Inside the NFL will start talking about the Bills and their 5 game winning streak. Of course the wide card slot for the playoffs is still a small hope, but non the less these boys have shown me something that I have not seen in a Bills team for years. First off, thery are the first Bills team to win this many away game scince our Super Bowl team in 95 -I could be wrong about the year-. Also they have scored more points than any onther Bills team in history within the last games. Well more points than any other roster within 5 games. The Bills played spectacular against a unpredictible Cincinnati team. The Bengals have known to come strong, I mean just look at their prior game Vs. the Patriots. They only lossed by one touchdown, which for any team in the NFL this is an accomplishment, and a well layed game.
McGahee did get injured in the 2nd quarter yesterday, and it is commented that he will sit out of next Sundays game against the 49ers. Which I think is fine, San Fran is the worst team in the NFL and I see no problems next week. I feel much more comfortable letting Willis rest up so he can be at 100% for the finally Vs. the Steelers.
TKO Spikes had a key interseption run in for 6 points. This obviously was very important for Takeo since the Jungle was once his home field in Cincinnati. Playing against your old team -unless your Drew Bledsoe- is always a fun day.
Granted Jacksonville won yesterday, but Baltimore did not, which does make things better for us at home. All we need is to finish up the regular season strong, and we can possibily beat the Jets in a tie for the playoff spot. Lets just hope that the NY Jets fall apart in these wanning weeks.

Slashdot had a very interesting posting today, discussing fraudulent clicks on thier Ad-Sense program. If your not familiar with Ad-Sense, your looking at it buddy. The ads by google on the side of my blog and on the individual pages are powerd by Ad-Sense. When I started up with it, the disclaimer agreement states that fraudulent clicks will not be accounted for, plus I figured they could track IP addresses or something. But shit, if Google is getting concerned about it, I should take advantage of it now, before they do begin to take proactive steps.

At Liquid Generation's weblog Suck My Blog, these wacky Chicago kids have some great pics of Hot n' Spicy Lindsay Lohan. And not just her breasts, no - no - no, she was caught smoking a blunt, a phillie, a dutch (so on and so on). Check out the posting it is well worth it.

On SlashDot today I was reading this interesting post about the Kazaa trial. Number one; I didn't know Kazaa was on trial, and B; although an interesting post by Tim, I could give a rats pooper about Kazaa on trial. Now I do have fond memories of downloading, sharing or what ever you want to call it (Arrrrrr ye buck), from Kazaa. But soon after the massive amounts of KMFDM and Faith No More tracks recorded live from Putastain and the artsy filmography of "Jizz on my ass you booty man", my computer begain to react in an ill manner. Yes I was bombarded with spy ware and the PCU was always used up by the software. Not only that but I also remember getting so frustrated with the machine, I reformatted the sucker and started from scratch. So I say go to hell Kazaa, you go to hell and you die. I'm using Limewire now, and they have "Booty Man" too.