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I’m currently high addicted to Ninja Warrior and Unbeatable Banuke, has this happened to another else, both shows come on G4 in the evening, they have been added to my DVR and I couldn’t be happier to be able to watch an episode whenever I feel like it since they come on about 4 times a day.  Jax has even gotten into it.  Yesterday I had posted a link about 10 summer shows to watch and catch up with, but those weren’t enough give these Japanese Game Shows a shot.

 Some News

Hooray, the Simpsons has been renewed for its 20th season, to think this show was controversial at one point and parents wanted it off the air ways.  20 years, wow, and still a great show.  And ultimately when you hear the word Simpsons you start to think of your favorite episodes.  For me I have 2 that will always stick out in my mind.  One, ‘The Lemon of Troy’, Shelbyville steals Springfields Lemon Tree, and its up to Homer and the gang to got a get it back:  highlights form the episode

Shelbyville is just like Springfield, just a little less lucky, in fact they have a Millhouse also, and the 2 Millhouses meet for the first time, here is the exchange

‘I thought I was the only Millhouse, So this is how it feels when doves cry.’

Also on this episode we discover that Shelbyville has its own Homer, voiced by Hank Azaria, him and his son are the same as Bart and Homer, good stuff.

One other funny quote fromt he episode, the Cops of Shelbyville, similar to Springfields, discover all the Springfield kids which leads to his quote

‘Looks like Springfield has a discipline problem,’ other cop ‘Yeah maybe that’s why we beat them nearly half the timein football’

Also one more thing about this episode, I was once intoxicated in a dorm room in Dallas, when some kind of food fight began, not a complete food fight mind you, just a few thrown items in a drunken haze, well one was a lemon, which prompted me to quote the show during the fight ‘You got citric acid in my eye’

If you want to check out the show, here is a link to it at Surf The Channel - the site is in Japanese but you should be able to figure it out, i have smart readers

My second all time favorite Simpsons episode is -The Cartridge Family, but I like to call it, Homer gets a Gun

After attending a Soccer match between Mexico and Portugal, a riot breaks out because of a lack of interest,  Marge fears for her family and wants a Security System installed, instead Homer buys a gun.  When it is revealed he has to wait 5 days for the gun, Homer drops the funniest line of the show, ‘If I had my gun right now, I’d shoot you’, while waiting the five days, Homer sits in his front yard as things fly by like a carnival shooting gallery, including Ned, hilarious stuff.

There are countless more Simpson favorites, I may even try to post some more later this week,  If you have one oyu are fond of, send it over and I will draw a quick review up for everyone

Some other news of the day

Sophia Loren is 73 years old, and looks great, at 73 I’m hoping to A) Be Alive B) Not need a machine to help me be alive C) Have ankle transplant surgury D) Be able to fart without the fear of death

This is one whiny reviewer, grow a pair buddy, they are just movies, meant to be fun - Why Super Hero movies make me mad, Boo Hoo Bitch

Not sure if I like the idea of Minisodes, but at least Rescue Me will be back on the air June 24th

Last, Kevin Johnson, aka KJ form the old Phoenix Suns, will be ina  run off for Mayor of Sacramento, whatever, you still got the KISS OF DEATH fool!!!

Later Guys

Jaxwing

As my unbelieveable string of crazy days continues, I feel as if I haven’t had an original writing here in forever, I long for the days when I had enough time to complain about MADD, the Government, Blue Laws, HipHop’s Death, and eventful DVD viewing. 

here is something though

Greatest cinema bars of all time…  somehow the Cantina in Star Wars is not recognized, although a picture os shown, nor is Cocktail with Tom Cruise represented

More Celeb Rehab News, the show is really shaping up

OK, so this has really gotten crazy now, you concede the victory but won’t stop the campaign?

Top 11 signs you are on vacation with a geek

Top 10 Summer TV gems to catch

Ah KISS and the Devil

And check out this story from Mexico

Bye Guys

Jaxwing

Good Morning, Moday has begun and it appears to be a crazy one for me from the start.  Weekend went better than expected, even  got to play a golf with tercel last night.  Before I zone out at work, here is some news from world

Sci Fi channel has launched a site devoted to gamers (that be me), here is an article about the site from Wired, and here is a link to the site

Wow Beetlejuice is 20 years old

Courtney Love got Kurt Cobain’s ashes jacked from her home, wonder if the ashes will get a Stanley Cup like treatment

This article compares British ‘Office’ versus American ‘Office’

So in case you were wondering, Gordon Ramsey is crazy

Tatum O’Neal, still falling into the stereotypes of child actors

Be Back Later

Jaxwing

WOW, that is the best possible way I can describe what i witnessed on LOST last night and early this morning (didn’t start watching it until after the Spurs lost, so i had to finish it up this morning with my man Jax by my side, Jax ‘Is that a bad guy, how about him’, Dad ‘I have no clue clue who is good or bad anymore on this show’).  What happened to Jin, Sawyer, Elizabeth, the island????  John Locke is a pimp, crazy Jack with psycho beard cracks me up, and as always Kate, simply Kate, weilding the gun, ready to strike.  One of the best parts of last night’s show for me, was the sweet fight scene between Sayid and the mercenary sent to kill Ben Linus, epic battle.   Oh, and Sawyer dropped a sweet line (as usual) went he referred to the lawn mower man as Kenny Rodgers, great stuff.  Ok, now that i got that off my chest, on to the news.

Good news, Mad Men returns July 27th, if you haven’t seen this AMC TV Drama, go buy season 1, or illegally download it.  Great show

100 greatest guitar songs of all time, I think number 2 should be number 1, but I love the left handed guitar genius

The Two Coreys returns June 22nd

Clay Aiken to be a father, this is not a typo

What is stranger?  Joan Jett to appear on Law and Order, or the fact that she survived her guest role on Walker, Texas Ranger in 2000

Here is a sweet link sent in by Hangtime79 - top 100 NES games of all time

And the follow up link to the top 20 worst NES games of all time - Thanks Hangtime

Photo sent in by superic, thanks man

OK, off to start the work day, wish me luck

Be back later, possibly

Jaxwing

So as another crazy week here in the cube comes to a close.  As usual I will give you what I liked for the week and what you can wipe your ass with.

Best Movie:  Easy, Gone Baby Gone.   This movie has been out for a while now, and just has slipped past my grip on several occasions.  Directed by Ben Affleck, yes you remember him, big movie star, whose career was damaged in a blaze of glory the likes which have never been scene.  I’m a big Ben Affleck fan, everyone knows my love for all things Kevin Smith, and Affleck has been a staple in the View Askew universe, so when his world crumbled, and everyone piled on, it was tough to see, because I truly believe he is a good guy, who got caught with the wrong woman, and speaking from personal experience, it happens without you even knowing it, but like me, maybe he has found his groove again, washing away those memories and focusing on his true loves, his wife, his kiddo, and his career again.  Anyhoo, back to the movie, which stars Casey Affleck the before mentioned Ben’s younger brother.  If you are not aware of the acting chops of one Casey Affleck, look no further than this movie, he is great in it throughout, brings heart and desire to his character and truly makes you feel for the decisions he makes, right or wrong.  The story centers around the disappearance of a 3 – 4 year old child, Amanda McCready, she was abducted from her home, Patrick Kenzie (Affleck) is hired to help the Police locate her, 3 days after she has gone missing.  The Police are led by the mesmerizing Morgan Freeman as Jack Doyle, along with an even better actor Ed Harris as Remy Bressant, these 2 may be the finest actors we will ever get to see, they are simply amazing everytime they take the screen, I have long professes my desires for Morgan Freeman to run for president simply based on his performance as president in Deep Impact, his soothing voice would make me dig into my pockets to pay taxes, and Ed Harris, I have been amazed by him since I first saw The Right Stuff back on Microwave Television in my trailer, you just won’t fine 2 better actors in my book.  Looking for Amanda, Kenzie stumbles on to other crimes and lies, and what ensues must be seen to enjoy.  Ultimately, without ruining the movie is it better to lose the girl because the mom is a coke headed slut, or should the girl be found and reunited with her.  Amy Ryan delivers a knockout performance as the coked up mom of Amanda, she is simply painful to watch on the screen, but not in a bad way, in a way that you want to strangle her for getting her daughter in this mess.  Go out this week, and purchase, rent, or download this movie.  I loved it; I plan on watching it again to catch everything that is happening, and to soak in the beautiful performances and directing styling.  Nice come back Affleck, and as for Casey, with his performace in the Assassination of Jesse James, Casey is skyrocketing up the Hollywood call list as a grade ‘A’ actor, and someone everyone should take notice of

Best TV: Well, you probably read my Office review, so that is an easy way out.  And you know that every week I sing the praises of Top Chef.  So the best thing that I watched on TV this week, well I will go with Battlestar Galactica, now I’m sure everyone just skipped ahead, due to the nerd alert going off, but I really feel people, sci fi fans or not, need to give this show a chance.  It’s the best written, produced, and character driven show on television right now and this is its last beautiful season.  Starbuck is the best female character on television, period, she is well written, well acted, and a all around mess to view. 

Best Music:  sadly I have not listened to one piece of music this week; I welcome suggestion from anyone out there.  In its place this week, I offer up the GISH album, released October 4, 1994, wow 14 years ago by the Smashing Pumpkins.  This was their first nationwide release under the Virgin Records label.  Corgan was at his best firing off riffs that will make your head spin, while adding his unique voice to all but one track, on this short but powerful 10 song disc.  ‘I Am One’ and ‘Siva’, blast the album off with hard hitting amped up rock, which then gets slowed down to my all time favorite Smashing Pumpkins song ‘Rhinoceros’, its soothing riffs and psychedelic sounds make for a wonderful 6 minues 32 seconds. Rounding out the CD is Da’Arcy’s (Bass Player) haunting ‘DayDream’ song, her only lead vocal I believe in the bands existence, I am most certainly wrong on this, but it’s the only one I can remember her singing lead vocal.  Give it a shot; I will be adding a few of the songs up on the blog songs widget on your left.

Best Article: As I have gotten a little to political here in the past few weeks, I will keep it light this week.  Here is a story about a Japanese Baseball team that quit in the second inning after being down 66 to nothing.  Guess they had to fall on the sword afterwards

Now the best part some say, the worst of the week

Sadly, this is starting to become easy, The Astros, in disastrous style this week, they lost 3 to 0 lead in the bottom of the ninth inning, losing 4 to 3.  Way to go Valverde, you fucking gas can.

Although I haven’t watched it yet, I will throw the Real World 20 in here, I’m sure it’s more of the same drinking, fighting, arguing, humping, and hot tubing

And finally, all the 12 year olds that I demolished on XBOX live this week, one young gentleman thought it would try to match wits with me, started a arguement that lasted all of 2 sentences.

12 year old ‘Call of Duty 4 is way better than Halo 3’

Jaxwing’s retort ‘Yeah, well so are public hairs, get some’

See you guys next week

Jaxwing

After the Dinner, what will become of Michael and Jan, and what lies ahead for the rest of the Office crew… Answers tonight on the chairmodel?

The show starts off with some gridlock… apparently another company is stealing all the parking spots, and a few of the Dunder’s are not pleased with having to walk further now, especially the portly Kevin.  Andy in a fit of rage cries out to Oscar, ‘I lost a penny out of my loafer Oscar!!!’

Few things in life are better than getting a new chair at the office, I know the felling, and it’s incredible.   Simple pleasures my friends, it’s what gets us through the long days stuck in cubicles.  Michael needs a new chair, but he is distracted by the hot chairmodel, she is what he is looking for in a woman. He explains further, ‘Look at her eyes, not sure what it is exactly, she dresses professionally.’  Michael goes on to explain how he swore off women after the dinner party, asks Pam if she remembers, ‘I definitely remember your dinner party.’  We all do Michael, it was television at its finest, and we found out that you still run for the ice cream man.  Back to the topic at hand, ‘Fate put this catalog in my hands’, ‘No Michael I put the catalog in your hands, you need a new chair.’  Here is how it works when Michael gets a new chair, Pam will get Michael’s old chair, and in turn Creed gets Pam’s, which gives him 2 chairs.  Creed is such a great character I almost wish they would devote an entire episode to this mad man.  Strangely the actor’s name in real life is, Creed Bratton, easy enough.  Michael wants everyone in the office to set him up on a date, using the chairmodel as a template.  Heading around the office, Michael drops a number of fantastic lines, speaking to Oscar, our resident non flamboyant homosexual, ‘Oscar Meyer wiener lover.’  Awesome, he has no same and no worries about HR.  Phyllis has a friend, Michael begins to pry into the details, ‘She plays softball’, ‘infield or catcher’, ‘Is she a dress wearer or pants wearer?’, ‘Can she fit in a row boat.’   Wow that exchange was absolutely priceless, which upon completion, Michael goes into this speech. He wants to play ball with his kids, and before that happens he needs to get laid.  Toby is not happy.  Everyone is issued index cards, they must submit a person for Michael to date, in 1 hour or they’re fired.

Kevin and Andy, are not pleased with the parking situation, Michael could care less. Michael could help, but it won’t.  He would rather them take care of it.  This should be fun.  The gang is filling out their index cards, when my man Stanley says, ‘There is nobody I hate enough to write on this card.’  And that my friends is why he is on the front page of this website.  Jim writes Pam’s mom on the card.  Michael is reviewing the cards, one catches his attention. Wendy hot juicy red head, Michael dials, its Wendy’s, he places his order, frosty and a baked potato. Dwight makes a pledge to Michael to find the chiarmodel, and as god is his witness she will bare his fruit.  But first he must go to Wendy’s and pick up Michael’s food.  Dwight tracks the model down; she is dead, car accident. Michael is distraught, emotional, nearly in tears, Jim states the obvious, ‘Michael you didn’t even know her.’  He is attacked by Michael and Dwight, and Pam shakes her head at him.  Hilarous.  Pam has someone for Michael to meet, her land lady, Margaret.

Kevin and Andy, back on the case ‘We need to assemble the 5 families’

This is pure beauty, apparently all the managers in the Scranton building refer to themselves as the 5 Families, they consist of:

Michael Scott – Dunder-Mifflin

Bob Vance – refrigeration

Paul Faust – disaster kits limited, referred to as Cool Paul

W.B Jones – W.B. Jones heating and air, grade ‘A’ bad ass

Bill Cress – Cress tool and dime, super old and really mean

Each man is introduced with some sweet video advertisement or grain photo.  It’s great.

Michael is at the coffee shop for his ‘date’. He is not pleased with her appearance, his coffee order is ready, Large hot chocolate with caramel, and a shot peppermint. The conversation during the coffee shop, is mostly Michael talking and then him showing off pictures of Jan, whom he accidently calls.  ‘She was crazy smart, and had a boob job’, he describes.  The conversation ends with Michael describing the encounter as, ‘like talking to the sweet old lady on the bus.’  ‘That’s incredibly rude’ Margaret the land lady explains; ‘Now you ruined it’ exit Michael Scott.

Meeting with the 5 families, minus Michael Scott has begun. Andy does the speaking, and horribly I might add, Kevin jumps in, he wants the parking spaces back immediately, ‘Some people sweat too much for comfort.’ Kevin wins, talks about the victory in a weird emotional moment for the office, ‘After Stacy left things did not go well for a while, and it was hard to see, it’s just nice to win one.’  Jim offers to let Pam move it, she wants to be engaged first, ‘Have I not proposed to you yet?  It’s coming’, ’Right now?’, ‘I wouldn’t do it right here, it would be rather lame.’  Jim reveals that he purchased an engagement ring 1 week after they started dating…  what a pimp.  Dwight believes Michael needs closure, ‘There was woman in life that affected you deeply, she left without saying goodbye, I think you need to say goodbye, come on I’ll drive’  Andy and Kevin basking in the glow of victory, Andy does some pop locking in the parking lot as W.B. Jones moves out of the spots. Michael and Dwight are at the grave site of the chairmodel. ‘She was so innocent’, Dwight ‘No, apparently she was stoned.’  Jim gets down on one knee, Pam‘s jaw drops in anticipation, he reveals he simply needs to tie his shoe…  nice ending…  but it’s coming. Michael and Dwight close with a song…  American pie, awful, as they dance on the grave of the chairmodel.

Another solid showing for the return of the greatest show ever, we learn that Jim is indeed going to purpose at some point, that Michael is on the market, as well as Kevin, and that Creed will get 2 chairs at some point.  Greatness once again

Jaxwing