Science is NEAT! saturday.

Hooray! Woolly mammoth hair yields 'fantastic' DNA - Jurrassic Park takes one step closer! Boo! Microsoft to extend XP sales for five months - Just when we're used to XP not sucking, they go and kill it off. At least it was given 5 more months to live. Huh? Robot Maker builds artificial boy - A NAMBLA joke would be too easy. Awesome... 'Hot' Ice Could Lead To Medical Device - I have no idea what it means, but I think Icy-Hot might sue for copyright infringment.

I have to come clean...

This is the first time in a few weeks that I've had more than 20 minutes to myself at work. The bank is getting their fair share of work out of me for once. I have to come clean about something...I'm not ashamed to admit this, but I'm not proud either. It's kinda un-hetero, but whatever. so here I go.... I like Enrique Iglesias' "Do you know (the ping pong song)"...there, I said it.... ....I like it so much that I've played it on repeat multiple times over the last week. I have a few people to blame, but that list will remain locked in the angst vault that motivates me to write. ok, now I can go breathe easier. I've outed myself. I've ended my self-hating ways. I'm done now.

"Kid Movies"

By Dave White...reviewing "The Game Plan"

If you've spent a long time daydreaming about that special day when someone would put a new twist on Kindergarten Cop and The Pacifier, then your dream has finally come true. And if I had an elementary-school-aged female child in my life, I'd be first in line with her at the multiplex. To see Dragon Wars. Because kids don't need any more movies in their lives that remind them of how special they are and how dumb adults need to be educated on matters of responsible parenting. Kids need giant monster-fighting movies.

Cannabrothagetanamen?!?

Contrarian: The Office US v. UK Debate

Ok, it's not a surprise that I have opinions and lots of them. Spend 5 minutes with me and it's not hard to see the quiet passion rumbling underneath. (although that's probably last night's burrito, but you get what I mean) So it should surprise you that I have an opinion on "The Office". I've been called a contrarian because of my passionate and well established view that "The Office UK" is the superior of the two shows. I've never been so hurt in my life........ok, excessive. It did make me think a little. I had a killer taco salad today, in case anyone is wondering. So, I decided to watch the first season of "The Office US" and attempt to remain as unaffected and prejudice free as possible. It took me until episode three to make me laugh. Literally, the first three episodes are a disgusting "High School Musical" versioin of the original. The good: Rainn Wilson pretty much makes the show. His take on the office psychopath/uber-nerd pretty much exceeds that of his UK counterpart. Not that Garreth is out done, just that he is that good. Episodes 4-6 of season 1 are fun and I laughed a lot. Mission accomplished. I am a fan. To call the US version superior would be foolish. It's less documentary looking, it spends more time interviewing "the office members" instead of just allowing the ultra-awkward moments to just seep through your bones. That being said, I watched last night's season opener and laughed start to finish. And here's the answer to the light versus dark beer, Les Stroud versus Bear question... The US office is better because of volume. It's the same reason why Arrested Development is only my second favorite show next to Scrubs....lack of episodes. The Office US is working on its fourth season and with that comes experiementation and character development. Dwight putting the cat into the freezer and clawing its way through a bag of frozen french fries is pretty much the funniest thing I've ever heard. "I'm not responsible for that!"

Reading Was Rawked; Lancaster Was Lit Up

I went in a time machine on Thursday and Sunday nights. I went back to a time where the power to ROCK! reigned. My friend Ross King, asked me to play a few shows and I, of course, complied. (And by "asked me" I mean "I begged him"...for the record). Leading up to the gigs, I told the Mrs. that cleaning, eating, and over-all relationshiping would be put on the back burner. She was elated.....not. Thursday night, we played to a crowd of 50 (a generous estimate). We, of course, rawked and rawked hard. We played songs from his new record, which, of course, rawks. I actually never played acoustic and sang harmonies before, but it worked out quite well. I met Michael from community church fame. We had a good time discussing Arrested Development and Scrubs. I mean, he could drown puppies for fun, but love those two shows and you're hip like flip to me. Sunday Night wasn't as good sonically, but from the rockin' stand point we gave them what they were looking for. The Hempfield UMC crew have a NICE church. Their youth group was easily 100+ kids. They had a video introduction for Ross based on "Apocalypto". It was as awkward and as awesome as it sounds. anywho, I miss playing. I wish I could do it more. At least I have motivation to do the album.