Graphic Novels

I have been nerding it up hardcore lately. After loving the Watchmen graphic novel, I tore through Batman: The Long Halloween, Locke & Key 1, and now I’m working on V For Vendetta.

I’ve decided that the absoulet coolest thing to do is make your own graphic novel, so that is the goal that I have set out to do, and yet, and of course it will have to be about evil magicians.

Things I’m Thankful For

Things I am thankful for:

*Wife-Bo

*Eddie
*Roscoe

*Potato

*Winnie

*Niko

*Rambo

*My House
*My Job
*My family
*The Internet
*HDTV
*My iPod
*My Scooter

*Science

*Ledo Pizza

*Roy Rogers Chicken

Ledo’s Pizza

If you don’t live in Maryland, then I have something that you don’t have, Ledo Pizza. I just want to take a second to appreciate this spiritual soupy pizza. I think I may partake for lunch.

Scientology Samurai Warrior

A man named Mario Majorski was shot dead by a Scientolgy security guard outside the Scientology Celebrity Centre on Sunday. Apparently he was an ex-member who (for reasons still unknown) came on the campus wielding 2 samurai swords. Samurai swords aren’t the most efficient of weapons, especially when you are packing two of them. Scientologist are crazy, I love them for providing the world with gossip, but they’re crazy!

BestKisses.com

The uber romantic site BestKisses.com depicts a selection of the most attractive people kissing. After I posted my wife and my honeymoon pictures on my Flickr Ray and Terri of BestKisses.com contacted me about posting one of our honeymoon pictures. So check us out on www.bestkisses.com.  (We’re about 2/3 the way down the page).

5 Days Before Christmas Trees are Legal!

My entire childhood I always hated Thanksgiving. I’ve always been a picky eater and a holiday centered around food was never enticing. My extended family was always so uninteresting, lots of church people with nothing more interesting to say then “So how’s school?” Dysfunctional would have been so much more exciting. For a few years, instead of cooking a dinner, we would just go out the Ryan’s all-you-can-eat buffet, this was amazing. I didn’t have to worry about offending anyone for not trying their dish. If you didn’t like one of your choices, you didn’t have to be respectful of the cook and keep it quiet. I got to eat un-Thanksgiving’s Day food, like fired chicken, pizza, french fries, ice cream cones, and gummi bears.

Those days have come and gone, now I’m married. Ashley’s family is absolutely crazy for Thanksgiving. To them it’s a bigger holiday then Christmas. Being around people who are so wacko for Thanksgiving, has made me appreciate it more, even enjoy it.

This Black Friday, I encourage everyone to forgo the classy stores and get their redneck on, go to K-Mart or Wal-Mart. When you return home, get that tree up pronto!

Mom on MySpace Kills!

I just love this story. Lori Drew this middle-aged woman, her daughter, and her co-worker gets on the MySpace and pretend to be a 16 year old boy. She uses her fake identity to torment this 13 year old girl. I just picture all the good times I’ve spent with people crowded around the computer (my Mom included) egging the person on who’s in the driver’s seat. MySpace drama is what MySpace is for. But sadly, this time the 13 year old girl ends up killing herself over the rejection. This isn’t being considered a murder but still Lori Drew faces 20 years in prison for inflicting emotional stress over a computer.

Of course it’s sad that a 13 year old hung herself, but if someone hangs themselves over a failed internet love, then maybe they shouldn’t be on MySpace. Of course the family of the girl say that 20 years is not enough.

The Singularity is Near Movie

The Sony PS3 processes at 205 gflops (205 billion calculations per second).

The new Jaguar supercomputer performs 1 pedaflop (1 quadrillion calculations per second).

Scientists predict that humans operate at 100 pedaflops (100 quadrillion calculations per second). The singularity is on it’s way.

Speaking of which, Ray Kurzewil’s favorite topic (the Singularity) is being made into a movie and is coming out next year The Singularity is Near movie.

King of Pop disappoints the Prince of Bahrian

Everybody’s favorite Michael Jackson is at it again. Apparently an avid fan, the Prince of Bahrain has taken a personal interest in the King of Pop. During his tough financial times, Jacko took millions from him with an understanding that he would come out with a new album, an autobiography, and a musical. All three of those things are too good to be true on their own.

Jacko had a tough time getting the creative juices flowing, so after some frustration he went back to the Prince of Bahrain with a brilliant idea: To get his ideas going he requested that Prince hire Tony Buzan, a “Mind Mapping and Motivational Guru.” This creativity magnet Tony charged the Prince of Bahrian $37,000 a day to give Jacko good ideas. Michael Jackson hung out with him for a week, costing the friendly Prince $350,000. The frustrated Prince was agitated at Michael Jackson’s broken promises, so now they both are in court.

I’m still waiting for the Michael Jackson Las Vegas show, that is supposedly going to have a godlike statue of Michael Jackson that shoots lasers.

Mac the Oval Office

Last night I fell asleep watching a dry On-Demand documentary about military contractors. The whole movie was just talking heads pointing fingers at the evil contractors, it was too one sided to get a fair account. Anyway around 8PM my wife Ashley attempted waking me and I was a little grumpy. What can I say, I was tired, I was celebrating some me-time, I was a man on his couch. She was being needy and rude. True, I was about 7% in the right, but that percentage doesn’t take you too far. I didn’t go to bed last night on very good terms. However, god bless the wife, despite my behavior she still kissed me goodnight. She always takes good care of me.

In other news, Obama is going to be the first U.S. President with a laptop in the Oval Office. It never occurred to me that the Oval Office desk was always missing a computer. He has to give up his Blackberry but rumor has it that Obama is going to Mac the Oval Office!

Check out Ashley’s Frederick News Post Column Unintended Consequences.