September 5, 2008

• Random

  I watched the season premiere of season 7 of The Shield on FX Tuesday evening.  I love that series.  I think it is one of the best police dramas on cable.  OK, I have to admit I've never seen The Wire but from what I've been told it isn't worth the hype.  I maybe should have said best police drama on basic cable.  I was introduced to The Shield by the D.A.R.E. officer that came in to my classroom.  I took him at his word and saw that Amazon had a discount on the first season dvd set so I bought it for something like $5.  I waited patiently and when I popped it in my dvd player I was hooked.  I think I watched the first season in one evening.  I quickly ordered the next 3 seasons.  Then I watched seasons 5 and 6 on FX and of course bought the dvds.  Tuesday was the premiere of the final season.  I wasn't that thrilled with the opener.  It didn't hook me in ways that the others have.  There are some interesting plots that will be coming up but I just didn't get hooked.  I was also displeased how some of the major characters underwent appearance changes since the last season finished.  Of course I picked them up because I watched the season 6 dvds the weekend before the premiere to catch up.  I guess that is because of the writer's strike but still they could have looked at some of the episodes.  Another thing was that the timeline of The Shield is sort of messed up.  One storyline seems to have progressed only a few hours while another taking place at the same time seems to have progressed weeks if not months since the end of season 6.  I seriously think it is only supposed to be a few hours but I guess I am critical.  I will continue to watch in hopes that all these stories are resolved in a way better than The Sopranos. 
  Tonight I also caught Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares on FOX.  It was a revisted show.  They covered just a handful of the restaurants that he helped and of course all of them are successful.  I wanted to see updates on some that I thought were his biggest challenges.  FOX was also running previews for a new gameshow called Hole in the Wall.  The premise is that a wall floats at people with a shape cut out and the people have to manage their bodies through the hole.  If they don't, the wall pushes them into a pool of water.  I think that will be the dumbest show ever but it will probably enjoy high ratings. 
  On to other random things.
  
  This is the new Tyra Banks Barbie Doll.  It comes with an exchangeable whale suit.  The removable ego is sold seperately.  Maybe this could also be the new line of Bratz accessories.  They are vaginas to mix and match with the Bratz outfits.  That line of dolls is creepy and the message they promote makes me to never want to have a daughter.
  
  The elevator must be broken.
  
  That has to be safe.
  
  Sadly, that is so true. 
  
  Why wear it if it doesn't cover anything up.  That is something called The Super Thong.  Maybe she has it on backwards.
  
  This is what a strike in car bowling looks like.  Mid 80s sedans are the best choice of "ball".
  
  That is the best banana ever.
  
  Business appears to be booming.  I think I saw that kid on Maury.  Not on the paternity shows he does but on the fat baby shows he does where the moms are ignorant as to what they feed their children.  "But my baby cries if I don't give him a bag of cheetos."
  
  The last time I checked, Brett Favre wasn't that tan.  I do like the Packer throwback uniforms which they used about 10 years ago.  way to stay on top of things, Walmart!
  
  I think if one of my students answered any of my test questions like that I would have written the same thing.  You may have to enlarge or save and view. 
  
  Wow, that reminds me of the one time I went to myspace and there was actually a friend request from Jesus waiting for me.  You know myspace isn't cool anymore when there are signs like this on the highway.
  
  This is another one of those you may have to enlarge to read.  It is a letter a guy got from his landlord.  This is what happens when college students studying to be teachers have way to much time on their hands.

  HOTLINKS!
  This website asks and answers the most important question of our time.  Make sure you check out the URL.

  I hope that this is a joke...not that a guy likes to do that but that he would advertise on the internet about his so called skills...I shouldn't have read this because it is giving me ideas.

  You know those people that historians have said were to be eccentric but they gave society numerous contributions?  Well these 7 people were really can't tell rat shit from Rice Krispies insane.

  Whoever said that girls who played video games were nerds never read this.

  This is a sad story but it comes complete with amazing photo that I thought only existed in Sci-Fi movies of the 1950s.

  They always talk about how politicians pander to certain special interest groups.  Well, I found a bumper sticker for a group to which I belong.  $10 is a bit steep, but I think just the satire factor is priceless.

  It was only a matter of time before the Christian rock movement jumped on board the Guitar Hero bandwagon.  I am suprised it wasn't sooner.  I guess I haven't played Guitar Hero enough to find the sex or drugs that are supposedly in the game.  Maybe it is a button combination like up up down down left right left right B A.

  Here is a site that is useful if you have a pesky roadrunner giving you headaches.

  This site gives you interesting things to do when you are really bored.  I wish I would have had this as a kid but then if I had the internet as a kid, I probably would have spent most of my time downloading porn.

  This site asks and answers one of the most important questions that FOX Noise has asked in this election.  Make sure you read the URL.

  What the hell was this guy thinking?  I've heard of rings for that but not a nut.  Oh and is that guy naked in the background?

  This is that article I was talking about the other day with the lubricant and acne.

  Well that is all for today.  I will be back tomorrow with a celebrity round up.

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