The T.Wright Experience

The Reynolds Is Back!!!!

2006-01-11T08:55:00.000-08:00

What can I say to this, other than Hell Yes!!!!!!!!! Burt Reynolds can't touch this!!!!!!!!

I tip my hat to my brother........way to sport the Reynolds!!!!!

Everyone Look At The Night Elf

2005-12-21T06:34:00.000-08:00

Everyone look at the Night Elf.............it's Christina, it's Valarya, it's Christina.........wait....it's someone that has traded any resemblance of a life for a new one in a virtual world.

This is no mere human that wants nothing more than to be an elf, this is the mighty Valarya. Valarya has many super powers, including the ability to play Warcraft for 12+ hours at a time!

I would like to use this post as everyone's resource to give her as much shit as humanly possible for melding herself with a video game! Don't disappoint me guys; let's show her what the real world is all about! Isaac, I look to you to establish the standard of bitching here!

A Moment For Chuck

2005-11-16T08:34:00.000-08:00

So here it is, a TWrightExperience showcase of Chuck norris.............for the clueless, he is the guy on the right, sizing up to Bruce Lee. The following is a list of the top 30 facts about the man, AKA Chuck "Fucking" Norris!

Fact	# of Votes	Rating

Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried.	397	8.32
Rather than being birthed like a normal child, Chuck Norris instead decided to punch his way out of his mother's womb. Shortly thereafter he grew a beard.	1054	7.69
Chuck Norris sold his soul to the devil for his rugged good looks and unparalleled martial arts ability. Shortly after the transaction was finalized, Chuck roundhouse kicked the devil in the face and took his soul back. The devil, who appreciates irony, couldn't stay mad and admitted he should have seen it coming. They now play poker every second Wednesday of the month.	806	7.67
Chuck Norris once roundhouse kicked someone so hard that his foot broke the speed of light, went back in time, and killed Amelia Earhart while she was flying over the Pacific Ocean.	263	7.63
Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.	982	7.62
Chuck Norris's girlfriend once asked him how much wood a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood. He then shouted, "HOW DARE YOU RHYME IN THE PRESENCE OF CHUCK NORRIS!" and ripped out her throat. Holding his girlfriend's bloody throat in his hand he bellowed, "Don't fuck with Chuck!" Two years and five months later he realized the irony of this statement and laughed so hard that anyone within a hundred mile radius of the blast went deaf.	825	7.58
Chuck Norris doesn't read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants.	125	7.58
Chuck Norris built a time machine and went back in time to stop the JFK assassination. As Oswald shot, Chuck met all three bullets with his beard, deflecting them. JFK's head exploded out of sheer amazement.	484	7.55
To prove it isn't that big of a deal to beat cancer. Chuck Norris smoked 15 cartons of cigarettes a day for 2 years and aquired 7 different kinds of cancer only to rid them from his body by flexing for 30 minutes. Beat that, Lance Armstrong.	1013	7.54
Chuck Norris won 'Jumanji' without ever saying the word. He simply beat the living shit out of everything that was thrown at him, and the game forfeited.	86	7.53
Chuck Norris was the fourth Wiseman. He brought baby Jesus the gift of "beard". Jesus wore it proudly to his dying day. The other Wisemen, jealous of Jesus' obvious gift favoritism, used their combined influence to have Chuck omitted from the Bible. Shortly after all three died of roundhouse kick related deaths.	826	7.53
Chuck Norris lost his virginity before his dad did.	128	7.51
Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs.	774	7.5
Chuck Norris is not hung like a horse... horses are hung like Chuck Norris	136	7.49
The chief export of Chuck Norris is pain.	968	7.49
Chuck Norris does not have AIDS but he gives it to people anyway.	236	7.47
When Chuck Norris plays Oregon Trail his family does not die from cholera or dysentery, but rather roundhouse kicks to the face. He also requires no wagon, since he carries the oxen, axels, and buffalo meat on his back. He always makes it to Oregon before you.	480	7.45
If you can see Chuck Norris, he can see you. If you can't see Chuck Norris you may be only seconds away from death.	1153	7.44
Chuck Norris can make a woman climax by simply pointing at her and saying "booya".	744	7.44
Macgyver can build an airplane out of gum and paper clips, but Chuck Norris can kill him and take it.	139	7.44
When Chuck Norris has sex with a man, it is not because he is gay, but because he has run out of women.	143	7.43
After much debate, President Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima rather than the alternative of sending Chuck Norris. His reasoning? It was more "humane".	1071	7.4
Chuck Norris recently had the idea to sell his urine as a canned beverage. We know this beverage as Red Bull.	716	7.39
Chuck Norris likes to knit sweaters in his free time. And by "knit", I mean "kick", and by "sweaters", I mean "babies".	156	7.37
Chuck Norris once shot a German plane down with his finger, by yelling, "Bang!"	1058	7.37
Chuck Norris doesn't understand why you should consult your doctor if your erection lasts for more than 4 hours. His erections have been known to last for up to 15 days.	633	7.36
The original theme song to the Transformers was actually "Chuck Norris--more than meets the eye, Chuck Norris--robot in disguise," and starred Chuck Norris as a Texas Ranger who defended the earth from drug-dealing Decepticons and could turn into a pick-up. This was far too much awesome for a single show, however, so it was divided.	1056	7.36
Chuck Norris once ate three 72 oz. steaks in one hour. He spent the first 45 minutes having sex with his waitress.	280	7.35
When Chuck Norris sends in his taxes, he sends blank forms and includes only a picture of himself, crouched and ready to attack. Chuck Norris has not had to pay taxes ever.	156	7.35
Chuck Norris found out about Conan O'Brien's lever that shows clips from "Walker: Texas Ranger" and is working on a way to make it show clips of Norris having sex with Conan's wife.	1041	7.33

Some Words To Live By

2005-10-31T14:21:00.000-08:00

We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. --Martin Luther King

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.
--Vaclav Havel

He who has hope has everything. --Arabian Proverb

Trials give you strength, sorrows give understanding and wisdom. --Chuck T. Falcon

Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings. --Elie Weisel

Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have. --unknown

Fall seven times, stand up eight. --Japanese proverb

When I hear somebody sigh, "Life is hard," I am always tempted to ask, "Compared to what?" --Sydney J. Harris

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul. --Emily Dickensons

Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing while it is still dark. --unknown

A Toast To Pimpin

2005-10-25T11:11:00.000-07:00

Ok, I was going to post on a completely different subject, but then some Kid rock came over my headphones and I realized that the lyrics completely discribe my life. Here we go: It's good to be TWright =D!

I'm a pimp, you can check my stats
And rollin a Fleetwood that's how I mack
I rock all the tracks, so the world knows
I love all the girls smack, all the hoes
Show love to those who come real with it
Life's a bitch ,but I deal with it
I'm in it to win it like Yzerman
Can drink about fifteen Heinekins
I'm not born again but if I was
I'd ask to come back with a little more love
Puffin the Winston, drinkin' a 4-0
twright and I'm a let you know

I been sittin here just wastin time
Drinking, smoking, thinking, trying to free my mind
I been sittin here just wastin time
Drinking, smoking, trying to free my mind

Philadelphia or Bust

2005-10-18T11:25:00.000-07:00

So, I am off to Philadelphia this weekend to take place in a company training seminar. Yay! Ok, so the training is going to suck, but I have a feeling that the trip will turn out to be quite an excursion. The meetings last for 2 days and promptly end at noon on Friday. Ahhh, it will be noon on Friday afternoon in a city that houses over 1.5 million people in the metropolitan area alone and I don’t have to fly out till Sunday! I’m going to rock this town out! I will have about 2 hours to kill and then my friends in the area are amassing to come and scoop me up. I have no idea what debauchery will ensue after this, but I get the feeling that the first stop will be the bar! To all of you ho’s in different area codes, have a great weekend, I know I will!

Peace out,

Twright

South Park Returns

2005-10-13T09:00:00.000-07:00

“SOUTH PARK” RETURNS WITH SEVEN ALL-NEW EPISODES BEGINNING WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19 AT 10:00 P.M.* ON COMEDY CENTRAL.

This has to be one of my favorite shows of all time. From weight gainer to Towely, to Satan and Sadam, this has to be one of the funniest shows that I have ever watched. It is hard to believe that this show started back in 1997, 7 years later and I am still looking forward to the latest episode! How old are they supposed to be now? By my count, they should be in 10th grade this season.

I leave you now with this inspirational song that I know means so much to our friend Eric:

I’m sailing away, set an open course for the virgin sea
I’ve got to be free, free to face the life that’s ahead of me
On board, I’m the captain, so climb aboard
We’ll search for tomorrow on every shore
And I’ll try, oh lord, I’ll try to carry on

I look to the sea, reflections in the waves spark my memory
Some happy, some sad
I think of childhood friends and the dreams we had
We live happily forever, so the story goes
But somehow we missed out on that pot of gold
But we’ll try best that we can to carry on

A gathering of angels appeared above my head
They sang to me this song of hope, and this is what they said
They said come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me
Come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me

I thought that they were angels, but to my surprise
They climbed aboard their starship and headed for the skies
Singing come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me
Come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me

Put Down The Video Game.....It Might Save Your Life

2005-10-07T12:44:00.000-07:00

In the recent wake of Warcraft adiction, my friend Charlie sent me a link to the following articel that shows what happens when things get really bad:

They can't stop playing video games

Addiction has proved deadly in some cases

Seems that if you play upwards of 15 hours a day, you might be endangering your life. The article goes on to explore a number of video game deaths that have occured in Korea. Seems you have to be a bit extreme to kill yourself......or do you?

Read the article to find out more.

Is Happieness is a Warm Gun?

2005-10-04T10:05:00.000-07:00

I was reading about the study of happiness on Slashdot today and found the research to be interesting enough to comment on here at the blog. It seems there are many scientists around the globe that have taken up the quantification of happiness. What is happiness, what makes us happy, how long do we stay that way? These are some of the questions that the researchers are asking and some of the answers may just surprise you. Some of the more interesting points were as follows:

- Money does not make us happy
- Lottery winners returned to former levels of happiness within a year of getting the money
- Children don’t make us more happy
- People disabled in an accident are likely to become almost as happy again.
- Happiness levels are probably genetic: identical twins are usually equally happy or not happy.
- Best way to increase happiness is to socialize – more people more happy

Check out the article for more.

We're Back!!!!!

2005-09-27T08:33:00.000-07:00

#10 Tennessee defeats #3 LSU in overtime! 30-27!

To my friends that thrive on their hatred for all things football, I apologize, but this win was to sweet to not report on. Last night, The Vols came back from a 21-0 deficit in the second half of Monday night’s SEC match-up. Oh and if anyone was wondering who Tennessee's starting quarterback will be, they don't have to look any further than Rick Clausen! After a 1st possession fumble and an intercepted pass for a touchdown, Phillip Fulmer put in Rick Clausen in place of Eric Ainge, who was suffering from a back injury. Clausen led the Vols on a 30 point, second half, run that won them the game in OT! Go Vols!

-To my friends that hate football, just be glad that I can't make the blog play Rockytop!

Riddle Me This!

2005-09-19T11:30:00.000-07:00

If you feel the need to turn your brains into mush, you should check out the following site, Nordinho.com. Nordinho is a catalog of online puzzles and riddles for your everyday, IQ bruising needs. I started off with the very first link, which was called the rule of four, but I was quickly reminded that I know nothing of code breaking using ciphers. Anyway, if at all possible, go and check this site out, you just might learn that you are a genius. Oh yea, it is great for killing time as well!

Enjoy!

What Made Growing Up In The 80's So Great?

2005-09-12T00:57:00.000-07:00

Today, I felt like taking a trip back to a very special time in my life. A time where time had no real meaning to me at all. A time before deadlines, a time where every day was a new adventure! A time where adventure and excitement were encapsulated inside a brand new toy! Here is a list of my top 7 toys ever, in no particular order.

1. G.I. Joe – Perhaps the coolest of all toys ever created! G.I. Joe was every little boys dream come true! They had action figures, bases, tanks, planes, and the coolest bad guys around! Even when you were tired of playing with them, you could blow them up, for some real war action! My friend Clint, who Sean will remember, if he ever comes back, had an entire basement full of Joes! The were all organized into an epic, basement wide, battle!

2. Transformers – They were more than met the eye. Weather you were a fan of Optimus Prime and the Autobots, or you were backing the Decepticon factions, there was an endless mixture of action figures that doubled as ships, planes, cars, and tanks! Here is a pic of the entire 1984 Autobot collection. Damn I miss being 6!

3. Star Wars Toys – The ultimate in intergalactic battle! You could relive all of your favorite Star Wars moments right from home! Don’t forget to get the proof of purchase labels and send them in for your very own toy rendition of The Emperor!

4. Voltron - This was a personal favorite of mine. You could grab all of the metallic cats and combine them together to create Voltron! My favorite was the black cat, he was the leader and made the torso!

5. Heman – Heman toys just rocked, that is all there is to it! There was Beast Man, Skelletor, Heman, Orca, Skunkor, and many, many more! Any action figure that comes with suction cup hands to stick him to the wall is cool in my book!

6. The Thundercats – You could control Lion-O and his crew while you battled the evil Mumm-Ra! Thunder, Thunder, Thunder, Thundercats……..oooooohhhhhh!

7. The Nintendo Entertainment System – This was the beginning of the video game revolution. Released in the spring of 1985, the NES rocked all of our socks off and it came with a freaking Robot that played with you as the second player! Games like Super Mario Brothers, Ninja Gaiden, Castlevania, Donkey Kong, Double Dragon, Final Fantasy, Gauntlet, The Legend Of Zelda, Mega Man, Metroid, Punch-Out, and endless othere titles, that remain, to this day, some of the most fun games ever created..........ahh the days where funfactor ruled!

The Retrurn of The Village Idiots!!!

2005-09-04T11:32:00.000-07:00

It is just about time for The Greater Nashville Darting Association to fire up again and it will be time for The Idiots to show their prowess among the darting community once again. Last session we were at the bottom of the barrel in E division and we smoked the competition. This session, we have moved up to D division and we expect to take them fools out as well! To all the other teams out there, I a have a message for your asses:

“You all are the ball lickers!”

This years roster:

Matt (One Sock) THE captain!
Twright
Nym
Bohface Mike
Fitzy
Gaines (Derrryyyyllll)

In The Wake Of Hurrican Katrina......

2005-09-01T16:05:00.000-07:00

I felt compelled to mention something about the recent events surrounding hurricane Katrina. Katrina has left many people in need of considerable aid. Bush will be asking Congress for $10.5 Billion for relief and the Red Cross already is and will continue to provide much needed food, water, and shelter to the victims of this natural disaster. I personally have colleagues that work in Meridian, Laurel, and Hattiesburg MS and the consensus is that they will not have power or fresh water for at least a week in Meridian, and 2-3 weeks in Hattiesburg and Laurel. These people could use all the help that we could muster. If you would like to make a donation to the Katrina Relief Fund, through the Red Cross, click this link.

For the Nashville people, another way to help out the Hurricane Survivors is listed below!

Blackstone Restaurant and Brewery are donating 100 % of all sales
on Tuesday, Sept 6. to the Katrina rescue fund. For anyone who would like to make a donation
this is an opportunity to enjoy a great meal and ALL the $$$$ goes to help Katrina victims.

So come and have some GREAT beer and some equally good food and help out your fellow men and women who have been effected by this tragedy.

Science Is Cool!

2005-09-01T14:36:00.000-07:00

SCIENTISTS have created "miracle mice" that can regenerate amputated limbs or damaged vital organs, making them able to recover from injuries that would kill or permanently disable normal animals.......(link to full story)

This is some truly incredible stuff! These mice were able to grow back any organ in their entire body, minus the brain. I was floored when I read that the mice had their toes amputated and the full toe, complete with joint, grew back!!!!! Now for the best part of the story, when fetal liver cells were injected into normal mice, the normal mice gained the same regeneration abilities! As my friend Gaines just said, "Man, we are living in a science fiction novel!"

Same Weekend, Different City.

2005-08-30T09:14:00.000-07:00

This past weekend, The Stupid Sofa King and I took off for Atlanta, the home of the Braves and the home of some serious beer guzzling. Sofa King and I took off at about 6pm on Friday night and rolled into Atlanta at about 11pm EST. All in all, the drive was pretty good, not much traffic, but a little slow………that is until we stopped and picked up some 2 X 4’s for the last 100 miles or so! The Sofa King went with a 24 ouncer of some malt liquor that I cannot recall, and I went with an old favorite, Miller Light! The 2 X 4’s made it an easy ride into Buckhead, and made getting lost even easier, but we made it.

Once we arrived, we were handed a cold one from the mini fridge that held about 100 beers, and the party was on. We pulled up a chair at the poker table, a game was already in progress, and we bought in! I am sorry to say that The Stupid King of the Sofa and I were not able to win money, but we did get SHITTY drunk and stayed up till 6am when we caught a glimpse of what would become an integral part of Saturday night, the Krystal Steamer!

Before I go any further, I must explain the Krystal Steamer to those who don’t know. The Steamer is a 3 or so pound box of 24 Krystal burgers that is sure to satisfy anyone’s hungry, drunk ass!

The next morning, or rather, afternoon, we awoke and took off for some grub at a really cool restaurant called $3 Café. It was cheese steaks, pasta and soup for the crew, followed by a trip to Atlanta’s biggest mall. We walked around the mall and decided that it was high time to go back to the apartment and drink some more beers!

Once back at the apartment, we settled down for some Chinese Poker and a “few” beers. The afternoon turned into night as a new hold’em game started, a game that would involve everything from poker, to people whipping out their nuts (don’t ask), to a Krystal eating contest that I got fucked on, to chicks taking off their cloths………..ok, so no chicks took their cloths off, but we did ask them to! All in all, I won no money in poker, but I did break even. We got to bed relatively early that night, I would say around 4am, and woke up at about 10pm to make the trip back to Nashville.

All in all, it was a great trip; I cannot wait to do it again. Oh yea, before I forget, Nymeria’s bitch ass was supposed to come with us, but she fucking pussied because Boh faced Mike was supposed to play a gig that he never played. Sucks for you C!

NO MORE INVITES FOR YOU!!!!!

To The People In The Streets

2005-08-25T14:50:00.000-07:00

Next spring, the world will be changed as we currently know it as Tenacious D will unveil their sophomore album and their first movie, Tenacious D in The Pick of the Destiny. The self-proclaimed 2 Kings are about to unleash a blast of demonic inspired rocking that is sure to alter the perception of even the greatest of D-Ciples. Join with me as we embark on the countdown to what are sure to be the most D-elicious moments of all time. You know what I’m saying; I’m saying quit your fucking day jobs and come along on the ride of a lifetime. D-ciples unite; it’s nearly time to get your socks rocked off!

One More Piece Of The Pie

2005-08-24T10:11:00.000-07:00

Today, Google announced the arrival of its instant messaging system, Google IM. This is just one more piece of the puzzle that I have predicted being put together. It is just a matter of time until Google introduces something like Google Office. I remember when Google was just a start-up search engine in a world of big hitters like Excite and Yahoo. Anyway, I thought this was cool, but I will not know until I get home to test it, no IMing @ work.....stupid firewalls. You know what I mean, don't you Fake Bettis?

Blogging Just Got Easier!!!

2005-08-22T13:27:00.000-07:00

When I went to Blogger.com today to post about the Google toolbar, I saw that you could now download an add-on for Microsoft Word that would allow you to post to your blog without even opening a web browser. Just open Word, type your post and then refer to the handy Blogger toolbar to publish your post!

I personally think this great, because I can save myself some gruesome typing errors by publishing my post from Word. I would recommend that all of you give it a try.

**P.S. If you install the plug-in and you don’t see the toolbar, just close out of Microsoft Outlook and Word and open Word 1st, you will then be able to see the toolbar. For some reason, if you leave Word as your email editor, it blocks the Blogger toolbar, unless you open Word before Outlook. This will only be a factor for people who leave Outlook open all day long, like I do at work.

Kudos to Google!

****Posted with Microsoft Word

******Just found out that images in documents are not supported yet as I am adding the pic you see on Blogger.com.

Google Desktop 2 - Microsoft Takeover Part 1!?!

2005-08-22T09:20:00.000-07:00

Googe Desktop 2 Beta was released today, marking what I feel to be the beginning of an eventual take over of Microsoft Windows. If you take a close look at the photo, on the right side of the desktop is the new Google toolbar. If you look closer, you will see that the toolbar gives me desktop access to my GMail account, breaking news, web clips (RSS fed), a scratch pad to write down information, access to my blog and others, photos, links, weather, and of course the ability to fully search my machine in a format very close to Apple's Spotlight Search Engine. All of the information that you see is default info that can be completely customized!

Takeover time? I am predicting as of August 22, 2005 that this is the first step in creating an operating system that is completely free, but ad supported. One might call it Google OS. At any rate, this toolbar is very cool; I especially like the fact that I will be able to customize the Web clips to include all of my tech sites and the blogs, so that I can see updates on the fly. Speaking of which, I just saw Mike's blog update! Time to surf!

Fake Money Bettis Revealed

2005-08-19T08:30:00.000-07:00

After Months of questions, Wrightlabs was able, through a trusted source, to get a hold of this picture of Fake Money as he was busy photoshoping pictures of our crew. Fake labs will immediatly notice that this picture has not been doctored in anyway at all, it is simply Fake Money in all of his glory!

So to Fake Money I say, "You are really not that fat, oh wait, yes you are!"

Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting

2005-08-18T09:40:00.000-07:00

I ran into this picture the other day while I was looking up some Aikido shit and I had to save it for a later post! My money is on the one in the orange pants. LMAO

Someone had a lot of time on thier hands!

The Wonderful World of World Of Warcraft

2005-08-17T09:16:00.000-07:00

It has been a long time since I have run into a game that consumes every waking thought that I have. The last time this happened, I was neck deep in Need For Speed Underground. This time around, the name of the game is World Of Warcraft. I know, I know, what in the hell am I doing getting sucked into a MMORPG, well, here is how it goes. So I was sitting at my favorite coffee shop, surfing the internet, when I ran into an article about some guy killing some other dude over a sword that he stole, not in real life, but in World Of Warcraft. This immediately intrigued me. I started looking up the game online and I found that the latest issue of "INSERT APPROPRIATE GAMING MAGAZINE HERE" had a free copy of the game, which lasted for 10 days. Fast forward 2 days, THIS GAME IS AMAZING! I have not had this much fun playing a video game since the early days of the NES! I don't think I can put the right amount of spin on it, but the game combines AMAZING graphics, for a MMORPG, with extremely fun gameplay........what more could you possibly want? I would highly suggest that you all run by the book store and grab copy of the gaming magazine with this free trial in it......sorry I don't remember the name, but the trial is clearly marked on the front of the magazine. I am currently a level 7 Mage, so watch out bitches!

I Hate Pop-Ups

2005-08-17T09:02:00.000-07:00

Ok, so the Yell Box has been removed from the blog after I was tipped off by Mizike that it was causing pop-ups. If there is one thing that everyone hates, it is pop-ups.

The Microsoft iPod?

2005-08-16T09:56:00.000-07:00

Seems that Apple forgot to check the patent office before they created their beloved iPod! Seems that Microsoft owns the patent to the device! LMAO
Looks like Microsoft could receive up to $10/iPod!

Microsoft patents just about everything on the freaking planet. I think I remember them filing a patent just the other day for something ridiculous like displaying numbers in a box. Before long, Microsoft will have a patent for taking a shit!

Now This Is What I'm Talking About

2005-08-12T16:21:00.000-07:00

For those of you that have not yet looked close enough, this is the beginning of Hell freezing over! This is a picture of OSX(86)running on a Dell Machine!!! It seems as though the Apple DRM chip has been circumvented and with little to no effort, you too can have OSX on your Machine. So everyone can start their Bit Torrent engines, download OSX(86) and dual boot your machine with Windows XP and OSX(86)!

Interesting note.....

Some are saying that Apple wanted this to happen in order to slyly beta test their operating system on PC's. After bitching for a while, they will apologize to Bill Gates, saying, "We did not want this to happen, but since it did.........We suppose we aught to just make a version for the PC's!"

Out with Windows, in with OSX?????? One can only speculate!

Now This Is A Sword!

2005-08-11T13:20:00.000-07:00

The Hoso Kumiage Japanese Katana by Thaitsuki Nihonto is specially handmade and forged from special high carbon Japanese steel making it an extremely sharp, strong and flexible blade with bo-hi (groove). The tsuka (handle) is covered in same' (ray skin) and the Tsuka Ito (handle wrap) is 100% Japanese silk. The Koshirae (sword mounting/fittings) are handmade from 95% silver.

The Hoso Kumiage Katana is a fully functional Japanese katana and not a replica of any kind. It is considered a weapon and it is extremely sharp. This sword can easily sever a 4" thick bamboo with single stroke.

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Item # ktn3
Forge Suggested: $1000.00
Our Low Price: $897.00

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As you all can see, it is on sale right now, so if you would like to chip in to buy it for my birthday, now would be the time! =)

Haiku Night

2005-08-08T20:41:00.000-07:00

Laying here awake
Thoughts run rampant in my mind
Still I cannot sleep

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You attack fiercely
I defend with grace and speed
Aikido prevails

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Bettis is a queer
He resides in Korea
A queer he remains

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Hope you enjoyed them
These Haikus I created
Going to bed now

I love Lamp

2005-08-07T22:30:00.000-07:00

So It's Saturday Night Once Again

2005-08-06T19:23:00.000-07:00

Saturday night...........

9:29 in the PM, as I can see by the clock on Nym's iBook, which I have scooped up, while she reads her daughter a bedtime story. What in the hell am I going to do tonight, that is the question at hand. I had decided, over a extremely filling Mexican dinner, that I wanted to hit up some swimming tonight, but it seems that is an impossibility, due to no pool access what so ever. Time for plan B I guess. I could go with the norm and drink a shit ton of beer, but that is sounding a little bit unsavory, seeing as how I caught a buzz earlier, while throwing some darts. So what do you do when you don't want to drink, you cannot find a place to take a nighttime swim, and there ain't no hos to be found? I tell you what, I think it might just be time to have some good old fashion internet fun, and this time I am not talking about porno.....which would not be such a bad idea if I were in the confines of my own home. To the point at last..........What are your favorite websites to chill out on.

I will get the list started:

Slashdot
USA Today - Crosswords and Sudoku
Fark
All of the respective blogs
Real Ultimate Power........Sweet ninja site.....check it out if you have not, you will laugh your ass off

An O'mage To Napoleon

2005-08-03T11:43:00.000-07:00

Interesting Background Info On One Of My Favorite Flicks!

-Thanks Wikipedia!

Preston, Idaho is a real town located near the Utah border, and is predominantly Mormon. Since the release of Napoleon, it has become a tourist attraction of sorts, with the school, Preston High School, being a main feature. Napoleon T-shirts have also become somewhat hot commodities in 2005, selling at many stores that sell novelty shirts, such as Hot Topic. In April 2005, the Idaho state legislature approved a bill commending the filmmakers for producing Napoleon Dynamite, specifically enumerating the benefits the movie has brought to Idaho as well as for showcasing various aspects of Idaho's culture and economy [1].
The film also displays many quirky references to Mormon popular culture. Napoleon uses euphemisms like flip and heck that are common in Mormon circles, which are actively adverse to swearing. He wears a t-shirt for Ricks College, the former junior college located in Rexburg, Idaho now known as BYU Idaho. In the DVD extras, there is an interview with Jon Heder in which he jokes that perhaps Napoleon and Deb may be "sealed for time and all eternity"—a reference to the Mormon belief in "eternal marriage" or "sealing" performed in LDS temples. The principal's reference to "Juarez"—where he assumes Pedro is from—is a reference to Colonia Juarez, a Mormon colony in Mexico founded to evade U.S. polygamy laws in the nineteenth century. Characters, even those intended to be the popular girls, do not wear shorts any shorter than knee-length. Fashions in Mormon culture tend to be more modest than those of popular culture. The large block of cheese is familiar to most Mormons, who are frequently admonished to keep enough supplies of food to live off of storage for up to two years.
While the film is set in the present-day, some viewers dispute the temporal setting due to several factors. For example, the music playing at the school dance is from the 1980s, featuring Alphaville and Cyndi Lauper. Other vestiges of earlier decades include fashion trends that reflect those of the 70s and 80s, and a VCR in the Dynamite residence that resembles those from the early days of video technology. Throwbacks to the 1990s come from music by the Backstreet Boys and Jamiroquai used in the choreography of Summer and Pedro's skits. Despite these nostalgic homages, Kip uses the Internet for dating and purchasing a "time machine," and Uncle Rico (who appears to be in his late 30s to early 40s) frequently refers to his high school glory days of 1982 (the date on which he set the aforementioned "time machine"). Finally, Napoleon's school ID card, as shown in the opening credits, clearly reads "2004/2005," unambigously setting the movie in the present-day.
The retro aspects of the movie have been suggested by some to be a depiction of cultural stagnation, or an homage to similar genre films of the 1980s, such as Ferris Bueller's Day Off. When asked when his movie was set, writer/director Jared Hess simply replied, "Idaho."

My Latest Addiction

2005-07-28T08:03:00.000-07:00

Sudoku

Sudoku (Japanese: 数独, sūdoku), sometimes spelled Su Doku, is a placement puzzle, also known as Number Place in the United States. The aim of the puzzle is to enter a numeral from 1 through 9 in each cell of a grid, most frequently a 9×9 grid made up of 3×3 subgrids (called "regions"), starting with various numerals given in some cells (the "givens"). Each row, column and region must contain only one instance of each numeral. Completing the puzzle requires patience and modest logical ability (although some puzzles can be very difficult). Its classic grid layout is reminiscent of other newspaper puzzles like crosswords and chess problems. First published in the United States, Sudoku initially became popular in Japan in 1986 and attained international popularity in 2005.
The word Sudoku means "single number" in Japanese. The numerals in Sudoku puzzles are used for convenience; arithmetic relationships between numerals are not important. Any set of distinct symbols will do; letters, shapes, or colours may be used without altering the rules. Indeed, Penny Press uses letters in their version, called Scramblets. Dell Magazines, the puzzle's originator, has been using numerals for Number Place in its magazines since they first published it over 25 years ago. Numerals are used throughout this article.

Just in case you ever wanted to know the number of valid Sudoku solutions for a standard 9×9 grid, it was calculated by Bertram Felgenhauer in 2005 to be 6,670,903,752,021,072,936,960. This number is equivalent to 9! × 72^2 × 2^7 × 27,704,267,971, the last factor of which is prime.

Give it a try @ http://puzzles.usatoday.com/sudoku

Beer, Bitches, Voyerism, Pools, & Strippers - The Perfect Saturday Night!

2005-07-24T18:59:00.000-07:00

So, after an uneventful start, Saturday night turned into one of those nights that I will never forget. I will now do my best to describe it in all of its glory to everyone.

8:00pm: Beave and I head down to the Villager, after some hellified sushi. We spent about 2 hours throwing darts and drinking a few beers with Gaines.........Derrrryyyllll. I was starting to get a little bit tiered after a couple of hours and Beave was sort of staring at the wall. Clearly, Saturday night was starting to look like an early night.

10:00pm: Beave and I are about ass out and looking to maybe go play some trivia at the Mushroom, in a last desperate attempt to salvage the night. All of the sudden I get a phone call from the party king himself, Commander Manning. Turns out that Manning wants to party! Beave and I are immediately rejuvenated and head to my apartment, to meet Manning.

11:00pm: Beave, Manning, and I are chillin outside, polishing off an 18 pack of Icehouse! We were having a big time, but something was missing. It was hot as fucking ballz outside and I mention that it would be rad to go get more beer and go swimming. Problem, where would we go swimming at 11pm? Then it dawned on me that we could probably sneak into our friend's pool, at her apartment complex. It was settled, off to get more beer and swim!

12:00am: We have successfully scooped up on some beer and had made it to the pool; now to jump the fence. The fence was a breeze to get over, although about 8 feet tall. We are setting out our beer and about to get in the pool, when we realize that there are cloths on the ground and 2 butt ass naked people, fucking in the pool! LMAO. We made our apologies and split. We decided to give them a little room, but now to much.........I mean damn, there were some naked titties to be had here! So the 3 of us posted up outside the pool and drank beer while we watched the show! Finally, they got out.........boooo to the naked man ass, but the chick looked pretty damn good in her thong! Right about this time, 6 other people showed up to sneak in the pool; we made our introductions and jumped the fence.

1am: We were now swimming in the pool, with 6 other people, drinking on some 24 ounce Miller Lights! Mission accomplished! Finally, I figured out that if you dropped a wrought-iron chair in the shallow end, you could sit in it and have your head above water! Score! Enter trouble: The security guard started flash lighting us and told us to leave......bogus. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.

3-4am: We are back at my house and decide that it's time to go to the strip club! Hellz yes! We dropped by the ATM, bought some more beer, and headed out to Vivid! Vivid had some extremely hot biotches, but the cover was a cool 20 spot. Ouch! Anyway, we stayed at the strip club till about 6am! At 6am, we decided to go back to my apartment, where everyone went their separate ways!

7am: Bedtime!

Beave, Manning, It was a blast! When are we going to do it again?

P.S. We told Mike to join us, but in true DJ Mike fashion, he had a gig to play. All I have to say is, you should have come with us my friend!

Choose your favorite 40oz

2005-07-19T11:12:00.000-07:00

As we all know, sometimes you are rollin' around town with your boys and you get thursty for some beer, so you decide to go to the gas station and get a 40oz of cold malt liquor. Suddenly you are faced with a tough decision...........which 40oz is my 40oz?

I have compiled a list of contenders:

1st and foremost is Billy D's favorite..........."It gets your lady drunk every time"...........
Colt 45

Next up is good old St. Ides......I think this was my personal favorite in College.

Next up is Schlitz..............apparently, the nice white people like Schlitz!!!!

Last, but not least, is Easy's favorite.........the OE. That's right, the Olde English

Well, there are the contenders, which 40oz would you choose! As you can see in my new avatar, I was enjoying a cold 40 of OE last weekend!

Go Team America......Fuck Yea!!!

2005-07-11T09:05:00.000-07:00

Nothing very interesting happened over the weekend for me to report on, other than hitting Nymeria in the face; it was an accident by the way. I would talk about that, but she beat me to the punch. So I decided to go in search of some interesting facts on the web. Here are some of the good ones!

There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee. Of these, only 26 have been tested, and half caused cancer in rats.

A group of kangaroos is called a mob.

It's illegal in Alabama to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.
The streets of Victor, Colorado, once a gold rush town, are paved with low-grade gold.

Non-dairy creamer is flammable.

X-rays of the Mona Lisa show that there are three completely different versions of the same subject, all painted by Leonardo Da Vinci, under the final portrait.

....and the grand Finale!!!

President George W. Bush was once a cheerleader! (my personal favorite)

It's T-Shirt Time @ My Aikido Dojo

2005-07-08T11:33:00.000-07:00

So here's the deal, some people from my Aikido class and I were tasked with creating a t-shirt design for our Dojo. When tasked with this, I immediately thought of my boy Charlie from work and this is what he came up with! I think it's pretty bad-ass but Christina hates it because it is nothing like the original sketch that was proposed. What do you guys think, the 1st one, with the sun in the background, or the second one?

Last Nights Taste Of Glory!!!!!

2005-07-07T09:09:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I went to the last week of Dart league last night and mostly normal things occurred.

1. We got our asses kicked - Happens almost every week
2. I drank a lot of beer - Happens every week LOL
3. Had to fight off hordes of beautiful women who always distract me
4. Went to bed all to late - Due to the drinking and lack of judgment that it imposes on me....;)

Now, insert incredible experience!

I hit a Ton 60 out in doubles 501!

Ok, I know what you are thinking, what in the hell makes that so special. Well, the answer is simple, not only did I hit it, I made a spectacle of myself before my throw by calling out to the bar that I was going to hit the 160 out (2 triple 20's and a double 20) and beat the team that only had 32 left!!! Oh yea, the highest out of the season so far was a 157 and last night was the final night of the session!!!!!

…..and to the guy that had the 157 out before me…………..hahahahaha I win 1 to nothing!!!

I love talking shit and backing it up!!!!!!!

Just In Case You Wanted To Know What $87 Billion Dollars In One Dollar Bills Looks Like!

2005-07-05T08:33:00.000-07:00

Eighty-Seven Billion dollars in 1's...

It is 100 feet tall, 250 feet long, and 125 feet wide.
A stack of singles would be 28,998,000 feet, or over 5,492 miles, or a round-trip between Washington DC and Los Angeles, California. (2,650 miles, one-way).
A Boeing 737-200 jet is 100 feet long. You could fit 2 of those jets nose to nose along the length of this pile, and have room to spare.
If we spread the $87 billion over an American football field, we would not be able to see much of the game. The players would be buried in 55 feet of money.
$87 billion is more than all of the states' current budget deficits, combined.
Bill Gates has about half of this amount.....but was once worth more than $87 billion!

The Funniest Comedy CD That I Have Ever Heard!

2005-07-02T10:53:00.000-07:00

So here it is, Mich Hedberg - All Together.

This CD is some outrageously funny shit. I recently heard it on a little road trip that I took and had to share it with everyone. Christina's ass can attest to the quality of the CD.

Just incase you want to know, this is available on Itunes.

Mitch has 2 CD's available and don't expect more, Mitch died on April Fools Day this year of unknown causes, in his hotel room. It really is too bad, his comedy is absolutely amazing!

Anyway, this shit is on time if anyone feels like laughing their asses off.

"I'm sick of chasing my dreams, I'm just going to ask them where they are going and meet up with them later."
-Mitch Hedberg

Peace out all,
Twright

So I Got This New Apartment...

2005-06-30T21:31:00.000-07:00

So here is the 1st picture of the new place, for those of you that have not seen it yet.

Here is how it all breaks down:

1. In town
2. Right next to the Interstate
3. Super-wicked badass
4. Half cheap
5. Hos on call 24-7........oh wait
6. Personal Hot tub.............I wish
7. 4 minutes from work
8. 2 bedrooms 1 bath

Now I can go to the bar and get Uber twist and still make it home! Even better, there is a bus stop right in front of my apartment, so I could take the bus and get 100% rip-torn! All in all, the place is great!

Dart League Goes Bust and Chris Grows a "Reynolds!?!"

2005-06-30T13:41:00.000-07:00

So dart league was in Smyrna of all places last night. What the fuck is up with Smyrna? Basically the team bitched out due to the 30 minute drive, which made us short one man......suck!

Some good did come of the night though. Commander Manning showed up, sporting his new "Reynolds."

Reynolds = Mustache

I for one think that all of us should sport a Reynolds! Werd!