Mid-Week 15 [Giants] Quick Comments

I still can't believe what happened today.  Coulda-Woulda-Shoulda.  If the Giants win, Eagles media and fans question turnovers, and plays at the end of the 1st half for the GMeN to go up 24-3.

Instead it's the other way around.  Halfway through the 4th quarter it was like the Giants started playing prevent defense and Mike Vick picked up 30 yards rushing like it was nothing.  Next thing you knew, it was a 7 point game.  The rest is history.

REVIEW: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

I hadn't seen this movie yet, and this past weekend I was able to catch Raiders, Last Crusade, and even took some time out of my Sunday to watch the lame Temple of Doom.  I figured I would watch, or at least DVR and watch at a later time, the newest installment of the Indiana Jones Series.

Common sense tells you that this movie has to be bad.  Raiders - awesome.  Temple - terrible.  Crusade - awesome.  Crystal skull - ???

I saw a good amount of it when it aired on USA at 8pm, but reserved most of my watching to the DVR playback some other time.  When it originally aired on Sunday night I probably saw about an hour, and then yesterday I probably watched another few minutes.  My initial reading was that this movie wasn't good.  I needed to finish it to give it the proper review.  I was way off.  This movie was terrible.

Mid-Week 13 (Relatively) Quick Comments

So, it's been a while since my last post.  Since then I became a home owner, got married, went on a honeymoon, moved in to the new crib, and bought a 46" LED TV.  That's what brings me to now.  I'm trying to negotiate between a much needed trip to the Home Depot and enjoying my Giants on this bad ass new beast.

I'm pretty sure I'm not going to finish this post anytime soon (currently 12:45pm) and am going to have to take a game break for the needs of the household, but shiiet, just remembered, got me a new DVR.  Record that shit.  Anyway, here are some comments about the NFL season thus far.  I'm going to be typing it to you as hard as nature allows me.

Yankees & Baseball

Yankees lost to the Rangers last night 4-2 in the ALCS, and honestly, I'm about as upset about it as I thought I'd be.

Pretty much not at all.

From top to bottom in the lineup, it's filled through and through with the least charismatic uninspired players of possibly all-time. Nick Swisher even seemed subdued this year.

Good for the Rangers, they're playing the hot hand, they've got the whole "chemistry" thing going for them, as do the Giants.  Hopefully they meet them in the World Series.  If anyone deserved to win this ALCS, it wasn't the New York Yankees.

Now the Yankees have a few issues - who to bring back and for how much and for how long?

Bill Simmons Twitter/Trade/Moss Crazyness

It's totally moot now, but Bill Simmons tweeted "moss Vikings" a few weeks back, then rescinded the tweet, then explained on Twitter that it was a mistake, and then explained in his Page 2 column what really happened.

Reading this column was actually very interesting - first of all, it's the longest column Bill's ever written that wasn't about Basketball and how to reinvent the sport so that it's one million times more awesome than it's maximum awesomeness could ever sustain right now ever.  Second, all the information about the process that ESPN employee's have to go through to report something.  Not that I care so much about all the bullshit red tape, I could actually care less, but it was pretty interesting to read about the process.

What I don't buy is Simmons bullshit story about WHY he had mistakenly Tweeted the news of the trade.

REVIEW: Madden 10 (Xbox 360)

Been having Madden 10.  Haven't been writing my review on it - 'til now.  (Un)lucky you.

You know how I roll with video games.  I wait to buy them until they're used on eBay for 60% of the original MSRP or less.  Turns out when you buy last year's sports games after the newest ones out you can get a pretty sweet deal.  The only downsides are when you are playing a Franchise in the year 2009 (this is in reference to Madden 07) and you get wiz-orked by Shaun Alexander and Michael Vick in the Super Bowl.  In that sense, Madden is usually best when played up-to-date.  In the other sense, the old GamePro Fun-Factor is probably about the same, even if it is a year old.

AD: Chicken Dance

Getting ready for the Arrested Development movie, actually been ready for it for a while.  Maybe this can hold me over...

CVS Wonder Products

In case you were looking for extraordinary hearing, without choosing to roll around in toxic waste and hope for the best, there is apparently an option for you...

The Loud 'N Clear, as seen on TV.  You know, in case you can't hear shit.  The list is endless, or as it's put on the front of the case, quite concise.  Theater, Plays, Church & More!

Exactly NONE of those things I would like to be able to hear any louder than I have to.  Church - I'm set with not going, thanks.

If they advertised this as a super-sleuth espionage tool, I'd be fucking down.  Doubles as a bluetooth.  Fucking sign my ass up.  Triples as a laser pointer, GTFO!  Let's see what other crap you can find at your local pharmancy...

Mid-Week 4 Quick Comments

After 3-1/2 weeks of the National Football League I have a few quick comments I like to put out there.  Things that interest me, things I like, things I don't like.  Where's this guy to the left fall?

Necessary?

There really needs to be a separate section for Pre-Teen Boys to send cards to their grandmothers?  It seems... what's the word... excessive.  The "look inside" part is just a bit much.

[UPDATE] 10 Songs That Will Put You in a Great Mood - Instantly

So today I'm hanging out with the BuDaChick by a pool, my mobile phone sucks and I had already completed her US Weekly.  Cosmopolitan with Jessica Alba on the cover was just sitting RIGHT THERE.  I thought, maybe there's a hot picture of her, and I wouldn't mind knowing how she keeps her career and love life on fire.

On Page 161, (113 pages after the Jessica Alba article*) I see this.  "10 Songs That Will Put You in a Great Mood-Instantly".  Starting with a Timbaland (featuring Katy Perry) song, I know this list can't be good, but number three down, "Don't Stop Believing" from the Glee soundtrack?  WHAT THE FUCK?  THE GLEE SOUNDTRACK?!

Suggestive Grocery Store Products

Four way opener?  That's what she said!

Summer Interns and Quarter-Life Musings

So last week was the last week our office had interns for the summer.  None of them are going back to school just yet, some next week, some the week after, some sometime in September.  It got me thinking back to my interning days.  Making money was nice, but there was nothing nicer than having that week or couple of free days prior to traveling back to college for the fall - I would always think about my co-workers and employers, "Man, what suckers!"  Now I'm that sucker.

Rush REVIEW

On Saturday July 24 I saw Rush at Jones Beach.  For fun, let's see Rush play Tom Sawyer at the Colbert Repoort... ON ROCK BAND.



In reality, Rush was awesome.  Fantastic concert, see here.

REVIEW: Toy Story 3, Inception, Avatar

Most recently I've seen Toy Story 3 and Inception in theaters, and Avatar was my most recent Netflix arrival.  Do you want to know what I think?  Geez, no need to be so blunt about it...

Toy Story 3 had the possibility to be really terrible, as does any sequel of any good movie.  Toy Story 2 was a good sequel.  It didn't overshadow the original, but it was right on par.  Toy Story 3 blew Toy Story 2 out of the water.  From front to back it was just a phenomenal movie.  An epic tale of child's play things.

2010 Baseball: Post All-Star Game Debriefing

Before the beginning of the season I had a few comments about the upcoming baseball season.  Let's see how I did.

Somewhat Unbelievable

I know that it is called "acting", but why does Nick Cage insist on playing people with either full or long head's of hair?  It's just not believable.

UPDATE: Just looking now at the Review for Sex and the City 2 below.  WOW.  It's a wonder what air-brushing can do.  Those Golden Girls actually look bang-able.

Stream of Consciousness

A lot been going on lately.  A little stressed, not going to lie.  I find myself scratching my head more and more.  I also find that short black hairs can be found on any surface below my face while I am scratching my head.  Along with the bath tub, the sink, anything really.  I would like to think of my hair as a rapidly renewable resource, like bamboo or some shit, but I guess I'm just deluding myself.  Ignorance is bliss.

REVIEW: Angels & Demons, Swingers, & SATC2

The two latest rentals on the Netflix queue were Angels & Demons and Swingers.  Both BuDa-picks.  Sex and the City 2 is the one movie I will see in the theater this year, and that was a BuDaChick-flick.

Let's start with Sex and the City 2.  Let me preface this with the fact that BuDaChick is a huge fan of the show, and that it is one of the chick shows she watches that I actually tolerate.  Fuck it.  I enjoy Sex and the City.  There I said it.  It's a good show.  Sex and the City The Movie was some of the worst piece of crap I've ever seen quite possibly ever.  The writers fucked so much up I can't even explain.  I just pretend that Steve didn't cheat on Miranda.

REVIEW: 17 Again

The latest Neflix installment was a BuDaChick-pick.  I never knew this, and she's never said so, but apparently she has a thing for Zac Efron.

After seeing this movie, no'mo, I don't blame her.

Your Weekly Office Clips From the BuDaMan

Michael Scott relating gay people and the terms they are called to mentally handicapped individuals and the terms they are called.

Art Imitates Life

Sandra Bullock, in the wake of her husband being a Nazi, and cheater, has adopted a black baby.  Following her separation and divorce, Sandra went through with the adoption.

"Well, I did a movie about adopting a black guy, so I thought, 'Hey! Why don't I actually adopt a black guy" - Bullock

Women Apparently Don't Poop

The last time I wrote about the difference between men and women, it was more about some general items.  This time it's specific.

As a dude, I would probably say I spend half of my life worrying about or trying to regulate the generic functions of my body.  Dudes fart.  Dudes poop.  Women would have you believe otherwise about themselves.  According to nature, this is simply impossible.  But other than your mother, have you every met a girl you've actually caught in a poop?  Like 100% sure they were pooping?  No.  The invariable answer is of course no.  Women, my friends, are poop ninjas.

For The BuDaChick

Because I know she'll like them, here are some enjoyable clips.

"Is your cat making too much noise all the time?!"

"Sweet Fancy Moses!"

BuDaChick, I'm pretty sure I was correct about the song.  For everyone else, great clip.

AL East Debriefing

Traditionally, the Boston Red Sox are a red hot team to start the season and then fizzle as the season continues beyond the All-Star Break limping into the playoffs.  The New York Yankees are traditionally almost the opposite.  The Red Sox are on a 4 game slide and the Yankees have won their first four series, amassing only 3 losses in the first 12 games of the season.

This is not the same Red Sox team of old.

SportsNation Running Out of Ideas

The current poll on ESPN.com, as in right now, is the following:

Which Baseball Headline from Saturday is more intriguing?


Ubaldo Jimenez tosses Rockies 1st no-hitter
Mets outlast Cardinals in 20 innings

REVIEW: Up In The Air

Latest delivery from Netflix was one of the nominee's for Best Picture, and winner of the Golden Globe for Best Screenplay, Up in the Air.

I thought this was an enjoyable movie, but it was obvious why it didn't win best picture.  This movie is good but quite mediocre.

ESPN in the 3rd Person

This according to ESPN, about ESPN:

As the NCAA closes in on an April 29 meeting which could decide whether its men's basketball tournament grows from 65 to 96 teams, ESPN has said it won't increase its current bid to televise the event

Glad ESPN got the scoop about itself.  That was a close one.

Deadspin Copying My Ideas, Again

Well, pictures, again.  AGAIN THOUGH!  C'mon.  My post:  Apr. 15, 2010, 10:36PM - Deadspin's Post: Apr. 16, 2010, 01:00PM.  Double Bam!

Big Ben: Dragger, Liar, & Free Rapist?

So we all know that Big Ben Roethlisberger was not charged with anything from the DA's office in Milledgeville, GA.  Guess what bitches - that makes all the information gathered for the case public knowledge.

Smoking Gun, take it away.

CoCo to TBS

In a surprise move, Conan O'Brien has reached an agreement with TBS to be part of their late night television lineup.  He'll be warming up basic cable-viewers for the likes of George Lopez.

I am obviously a member of Team Coco, and will watch Conan wherever he goes.  But TBS, seriously?

Weekly Office Clip

Enjoy.

Baseball: Long, Strong and Down to Get the Friction On

I haven't had the time lately to update the blog.  I know the two of you out there are so upset.  In any case, I do want to touch upon the recent comments by Major League Baseball Umpire Crew Chief Joe West.

For those of you that don't know, he essentially called the Red Sox and Yankees pathetic and embarrassing because of the amount of time they take while playing.  See here, and here.

Listen, I understand that the league is trying to speed up games, but first the league needs to make it clear to the players exactly what the parameters are.  If they want to institute a 30 second pitch clock or something, those parameters are clear.  The problem is, when a pitcher takes forever a batter needs to be able to call time to step out of the box and allow things to proceed on more even terms, and if a batter is all over every pitch, a pitcher needs to have the option to slow things down.

The most interesting thing that Joe West said was this:

REVIEW: The Time Traveler's Wife

Guess what.  This was a BuDaChick pick.  Guess what else.  Rachel McAdams is attractive.

I wasn't very interested in seeing this to tell you the truth.  There was a solid chance I was going to have to miss the end of a Yankee game to watch this movie, so I was against it from the start.  As it turns out, I didn't.  Still I thought, "If I have to watch this, at least it's not a time-traveling-mailbox-movie."  But it was still going to suck, right?  First scene honestly got me with the hook.

Another Dead Wrestler

Okay, maybe that was a little insensitive.  Whatever.  My only question is whether the WWE does something like they did for Owen Hart (completely ignore it and then have a belated tribute show), or do what they did for Chris Benoit (jump the gun to avoid the Owen Hart criticism before finding out Benoit roid raged his family to death in a murder-suicide).  Either way, the gay issue for Chris Kanyon is likely to be too prominent in whatever story is out there.

Have You Seen My Baseball?

That's right.  It's baseball season again.  Along with baseball season comes fantasy baseball season.  I am about as happy as a pig in shit.

Sunday Night Baseball, get to watch me to some of my Yanks.  Get to follow me some statistics online.  Awesome.  Simply awesome.  This is also the time of year that BuDaChick is most likely to leave my ass.  Honestly, I don't blame her.

More Office Clips

"Now she knows what it feels like to be a minority!"

REVIEW: Twilight

Latest movie that has been Netflix'd was a BuDaChick pick.  Twilight.  Yeesh.  I'm a fan of Harry Potter, so I had an open mind.  I'm into Science-Fantasy, so I said, why the hell not.

I tried.  But this movie sucked.  The acting was terrible, and the plot was non-existent.  Actually, there was a plot - just not enough to fill the 2 hour and 2 minute run time.  For those that don't know, I'm about to spoiler the whole retarded movie for you right here.

"Flex Time" for Amerians, Whaa, Cry Me a River...

So CNN had themselves an article about Fear and Loathing in Flex Time.  First of all, the "flex time" I'm familiar with is the "we're flexible,, so you won't get paid, but your ass better fucking be here."  The flexible time that CNN is talking about doesn't seem so bad.  Work from home, so what if you are discriminated against a little bit!

I know all about the fear of not being there.  Appearing indispensable doesn't mean you aren't, because you are.  No one is indispensable.  If your firm is, for instance, Ernst & Young, obviously Mr. Ernst and Mr. Young aren't going anywhere, but if you are reading, you ain't them.

For The BuDaChick

BuDaChick is currently away on business (and yes, she has been at her current job for only two weeks, and they apparently trust her to go to Orlando already, something my company wouldn't come close to trusting me with after almost three years - rightfully so...) so because I miss her and in honor of her, I'm posting a clip I know she'll love.

Yes.  It's from The Office.

REVIEW: (500) Days of Summer AND Couples Retreat

The last two Netflix'd vid's that BuDaChick and I watched were (500) Days of Summer and Couples Retreat.  Spoiler Alert - one was really awesome, and one was really mediocre.

Celebs Don't Have To Force Themselves Onto Women

They don't.  They really, really don't.  For some reason, when celebrities show up at a bar or a club, all women turn into goofy panty droppers.

So now I'm supposed to believe that more broads were forced upon by another celebrity athlete?  No effing way brah.

That IS What She Said

In honor of my last post, which was just a clip from The Office, I am going to give you another clip from the office.  This is actually a compilation.  Enjoy.

"WHY ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE ME THIS RAISE?!"

I know things are tough out there, but when you go in for your next performance review you should take a page from Dwight K. Schrute, and at least get psyched up for your review...

"The least you can do is keep my salary consistent with inflation!"

You said it Dwight!



[Because...I'm AWESOME!]

My RIGHT to Serve in a Jury?!

Sounds more like a mandate.  Jury Duty is the only right we have as American's that we are forced to utilize.  The goverment wants you to not vote, and they don't really care if you own property until the real estate market goes down the shitter.  I think it's absolutely retarded that our country decided it HAS to take the most ignorant people willing and able to sacrifice a day of work (or doing nothing) for $60 to sit and listen to two different arguments of the same tale to determine who was more correct based on the law.

I'm sorry, aren't LAWYERS or JUDGES most qualified for that task?!

Lately, 'Round the Old Orifice

So a few weeks ago late in the work day I go over to the printer to pick up a document I sent there.  Finishing up witha copy or something is one of the office principals.  She is not part of my studio, and she is a very nice woman.  We can call her  "PMLizzie".  So PMLizze says to me, "BuDaMan, I've been meaning to check out your blog, I hear it's hilarious."  Mind you, this is a principal in my office, and the only tier higher than principal is partner, as in owner of the whole firm.  So one of my principals says to me, "I've been meaning to check out your blog..."

Fuck.  This blog isnt meant for the general populous!  The last thing I need are the co-principals of my office discussing with one another the contents of my blog, and how best to fire my ass without compensation or unemployment.  Siick.

REVIEW: Star Trek (2009)

My latest Netflix'd movie was the 2009 installment of Star Trek.  I wouldn't classify myself as a Trekkie, and although I'm familiar with the Star Trek series, most of my knowledge of Star Trek comes from the movies with Bill Shatner, and from The Simpsons references.

One thing I really liked about this movie is that it is not a remake.  What the creators did in fact was create an alternate timeline of events the "new class" differs from the original stars, and at certain points actually overlap.

Deadspin Copying My Ideas

Well, they at least used the same picture in their post as I used in mine.  Except my post is from Feb. 21, 2010 at 8:07pm, and Deadspin's is Feb. 22, 2010 at 3:45pm.  BAM!

Lindsay Vonn: Hot, For Real?

Listen, I'm going to go ahead and put it out there.  I'm not such a fan of Lindsay Vonn's appearance.  I just don't get it.  She looks like a baby-eater.  I mean, look at that mouth and those eyes.  She looks like she's about to eat babies.

REVIEW: Inglourious Basterds

I don't go to the movies anymore.  Like, at all.  I just don't think it's worth it most of the time, and although I enjoy certain movies more in the theater, I find that the good movies are still good on the smaller screen, and the shitty ones still suck.  If it's a superhero movie, chances are I'm seeing it at the midnight showing when it first opens, but that's a different story.

I just Netflix'd Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, and unfortunately for me, I had heard great things about this movie.  I don't like hearing good things about movies that I want to be good because then the expectations are high, and chances are that the movie will not be able to live up to what it's been built up to be.

Did the Basterds live up to what I was expecting?

Kung Fu Baby

Landing: Stuck It

Taliban Top Military Commander, Baradar caught in Joint-Op

Click here to see FOX News spin on it.

I don't know about you guys, but when my bosses are MIA or out of the office for a bit, I'm about 900% more efficient with my work.  Well done U.S. and Pakistani forces.  Way to go.  You just made the Taliban 900% more efficient.  Good freaking job.

SUPER BOWL: Party Recap & Oh Yeah, Some Teams Played, Didn't They...

So my buddy Kegs'n'Eggs decides to invite about 20 people over for the Super Bowl, then he decides he's going to go down to D.C. to watch his Hoyas beat the #2 team in the nation during a snowstorm that shut down most of the East Coast south of North Jersey.

I get an email from Kegs'n'Eggs on Sunday at about noon, "On the train back from two feet of snow in DC and GTown smacking Villanova", so I'm thinking, oh, how nice for this lovely Georgetown fellow to provide us  a place to watch the game that is now going to be overcapacity AND under-prepared.  I walk into Kegs'n'Eggs to completely expect a disappointment.  Dude is making Sliders, and Mac'n'Kev is already there.  Expect a disappointment?  Shame on the BuDaMan.  Best-Super Bowl-Ever (save for SB XLII, but that goes without saying).

Super Bowl BuDa Pick'Em

The line is Colts -5.  The BuDaMan is rooting for the older brother of Eli Manning to go get him some.  Simply for being Eli's older brother, Peyton deserves to do well.

See my other article here.  I've gone against the Saints all year, and it hasn't gone very well as you can see.  Will I go WITH the "Who Dat?" clan?

REVIEW: Mass Effect 2 (Xbox 360)

The image to the right is the short list of voice actors in the game Mass Effect 2.  Not too shabby.  Any game with The Arbiter as a voice actor sounds pretty awesome to me.  But the people voicing the characters isn't what makes a game, especially when the game in question is a sequel to one of the better RPGs of the decade.

My opinion of the original Mass Effect is that it was a good game, but the plot was a little too overcooked.  There is a renegade alien who switches sides from The Alliance to the enemy, and is manipulated by an ancient race of sentient giant machines, The Reapers, to make an attempt to destroy all of organic life in the galaxy.  That is as brief as I can possibly be.  Mass Effect's gameplay is notable because it is really the first RPG that involves actual combat action, instead of "dice throw"-like fights.  ME2 keeps up with a lot of the good and makes attempts to replace some of the bad.

College Basketball is Good

I'm a Syracuse man, but I watch as much College Basketball as I can, especially Big East basketball.  Today, the 'Cuse isn't playing, but we have a 12 noon matchup of two Top 10 teams out of the Big East.  #2 Villanova at #8 Georgetown.

The energy level of a college basketball game can't be matched by an NBA game, I truly believe that.  Right now the score with 6:47 left in the 2nd Half is Georgetown 78, 'Nova 66.  The announcers are saying that only about 2/3 of the crowd showed up today because of the blizzard in D.C., but there is still a very lively crowd in D.C., and they seem to be helping Georgetown to make today 'Nova's first Big East Loss.

The Original Jersey Shore

The Jersey Shore is far from original.  In honor of tomorrow's Jersey Shore marathon leading up to the most Super game all year, I bring to you the predecessor of the Jersey Shore, MTV's TruLife, I Have A Summer Share.  Please note, this came out in 2003, and it took 6 years for MTV to realize that would have been even more awesome if it was a full season, and loaded one house up with a few "Tommy's", and a few more "Michelle's".



YES!  Go Tommy!

REVIEW: The Harry Potter Series

This past summer I began and finished reading the Harry Potter books, and yes, I'm 12 years old (I wish).  Here is my review of my Harry Potter experience.

In 2002/2003 I saw Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone on DVD with the BuDaBro, and I really enjoyed myself.  Kegs'n'Eggs was the first person who said that the Harry Potter books were very good and that he enjoyed them, and I told him he was ridiculous.  When I saw the DVD of the first movie, I never looked back.  I didn't read any of the books until AFTER I had seen through about 4 and a half movies, so in some way my ideas were skewed while reading the books.

Were the Harry Potter books worth the craze?  Abso-freakin-lutely.

Back to the Fifties

Every news outlet is referring to New York Jets coach Rex Ryan's "bird" as an "obscene gesture".  I'm sorry, what the fuck is the big deal, and why can't we refer to it as "THE FINGER".  Obscene?!  Seriously?  Television can say "ASS", but has to bleep out the entire word of "ASSHOLE"?!  What the fuck man.

Now when people say "FUCK" on some shows they have to blur their mouth.  Listen, if your children are watching the Tyra Banks Show unattended at 4pm, you've got some bigger issues.  Put on that Wizards of Waverly Place chilluns'!

Not a Fan of Receipts

First of all, the BuDaMan isn't a fan of things that can be tracked by "THE Man".  I like to live life on the edge, off the grid, and a minute-to-minute who-knows-what-will-happen-next kind of attitude*.

Second of all, how the fuck are you supposed to retain receipts for up to seven years if these things are probably the most perishable tree-product on the face of the earth?!

WTF is up with the Grammy's?!

I don't have anything against the Grammy awards.  It's not personal.  They just suck.  They're boring, and apparently their format is to just create live "mash-ups".  Some genius thought, "Let's see who we can play with Taylor Swift?!"  Then some other idiot said, "Why not Stevie Nicks!  I think she's free!"

Awesome.  Let's take a night of music awards and make it about anything BUT the music.  I don't know who is singing what, who's song they are singing, or why they're singing it.  Right now Stevie Nicks is so out of her mind on percocet's she thinks she's looking at herself back in time, I almost feel bad for the Amazon (Taylor Swift).

How 'Bout Somethin' Like Tha Matrix?!

Right now on AMC (which, oddly enough has become one of the better television channels out there - odd because it used to be all black and white movies, now the "Modern Classics" rock the shit) is The Matrix Reloaded.  The Matrix is one of my favorite movies.  It's got everything I want in a movie.  Keeps me guessing, just enough action, and I think it's a very excellent story.  To go from that movie, to the dance/sex scene in Reloaded is possibly one of the worst transitions ever.

I'm not prude, but 12+ minutes of dancing and simulated sex was retarded, and nothing that us Matrix fans want to see.  The whole "gathering" was retarded too.  I was watching both The Soprano's, and the beginning of Reloaded until the gathering began, and Morpheus yelling to the crowd is one of the worst things ever.

Sorry About All The Sports...

...But this needs to be said.  The moment it happened I knew it should have been a penalty, and I said so in a previous BuDa-BLoG entry, see here:

"Oh, real quick – the Favre hit where he got pummeled from the top and submarined from the back, that would have been a penalty if it was Tom Brady."

Now the NFL is stating what the BuDaMan already told you!  See here:

REVIEW: The Lost Symbol

I have been slow to put my reviews for things I've seen/read/played, so I'm going to try to work in somewhat a reverse order.

A few weeks ago I finished Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol.  If you don't know, Dan Brown is the author of Angels & Demons, and The DaVinci Code.  Because his last two books were bestsellers and converted into some of Tom Hanks worst work on the silver screen, there was a lot of hype about this book.  9 times out of 10 things get over-hyped by the media and fans that there is no way it can stand up to the expectations.  Did The Lost Symbol?

NFL Playoffs: Brett Favre Addendum

In a follow up to my previous email referencing Brett Favre ending his seasons in 2008 and 2010 with interceptions, I didn't want to speak out of turn and say he ended last year with an interception against Miami without the proof.  Here it is.  Thanks Deadspin!

NFL Playoffs: Vikings Lose, Colts-Saints Preview

So I get into work today and my buddy DaMayo sends me an email that says the following:

Where is my Monday Morning BudAnalysis?!!!

If you want to see my response, you are going to have to make the jump!

Nerd/Coffee Addict? This is for you!

This link was sent to me earlier this week by one of my friends, Richie Rich.  9 times out of 10 his links are little too much, but this one kept me VERY entertained for a very long time - probably because (like I said) I'm a dork and addicted to coffee.  Enjoy!

It's a Frap!

Team Conan, Get Your Fix

One thing I've been doing the past two weeks, and probably more, has been monitoring up to the minute news on the Conan O'Brien-Jay Leno-NBC shenanigans.  Thanks to my daily coverage of Deadspin.com, I was exposed to a link to a Gawker media site that was all about the recent shenanigans, a separate section of their Gawker.tv site labled "The Late Night Wars" with it's own special image.

Jimmy Fallon has Nothing to do with CoCo

Although I am an affirmed member of "Team Conan", I have to admit a few things:

1. I was not always able to watch Conan, because I have a job and was asleep, or was watching other BuDaChick-like shows such as HGTV's House Hunter's or Sex and the City.  Siick.
2. I thought that when Jimmy Fallon took over Late Night that he would suck.  I don't always watch, but every time I've watched I've found it very funny.

Check out this video and skip ahead to about 9:43 into it.  This was on earlier this week and highlights the new iPhone App "White Noise: Axl Rose Edition".  I found it hilarious.  Enjoy, and don't hate on Jimmy like I initially did if you haven't tried him.

Knicks Make Bid to Sign LeBron

Everyone knows what the Knicks want.  They want LeBron at the end of this season.  If they can't get LeBron, they'll settle for Dwayne Wade.  If they can't get DWade, they'll settle for Chris Bosh.  At this rate, they'll be lucky to resign the great white hype David Lee...

International Disasters Give Americans a Self-Esteem Boost

I'm a little confused about all of this nonsense on the news and the blogs and websites about American pride because we help everyone else out when they run into problems.  Our economy is depressed, but you can be happy about the fact that instead of helping you, we're helping them.  See here.

Like, I get it.  We do a lot for other nations, and the world in general, but when we can't even keep our own issues in check, I have a small problem with the media reporting about how awesome we are because we give more to other countries.  Something is wrong with this picture.

Cheating Doesn't Get You Far...

Well, that's not entirely true.  According to this article [See Here, AND HERE], the Chinese are once again up to their old antics.  Cheating is entirely acceptable (apparently) if you are backed by a cheap, volatile and communist nation.  The Chinese are notorious for sending out 12 year olds for the Summer Olympic Gymnastic teams.

NFL Playoffs: Colts Advance, Jets Lose

Real quick, I thought the first half was a great game.  Both teams were playing a very tight game, and few mistakes were made.  In the second half the Jets just seemed to be completely outmatched.  The Colts offense made the top rated defense of the Jets look foolish.  Darelle Revis can't be everywhere - Austin Collie and Pierre Garcon proved that.  Reggie Wayne wasn't much of a factor, and Dallas Clark wasn't as dangerous as he could have been.  We will see who wins the late game (I still say Vikes), but there ARE some question marks about the Colts chances.  The Jets offense isn't the best in the world, and there were a few blown coverages early on by the Colts.  You can make those kinds of mistakes against the Saints or Vikings.  We will see what happens.

Shakira Shakira!

Enjoy.

Oh Em Eff'in Gee - Legion Opens Today

I don't know what it is, but I have been absurdly intrigued by the trailers for this movie since I first saw them.  I'm 99.9% sure it was the little old lady that crawls up the wall and attacks people in a diner.  Like, what the fuck is this movie, and exactly how bad can it be.

Today is January 22, 2010, the movie Legion has opened across the nation, and the reviews and plot synopses have been released.  As expected, the reviews are terrible.  At the current moment, Rotten Tomatoes is rating this movie at a whopping 19%, and even the good reviews aren't very good at all.

Wall Posts, Literally

So, kind of a long story.  Yesterday I ran into some car troubles in the morning.  On the way to work I received a death threat from my car's dashboard to stop the car, turn off the engine, without any prior warning.  Never received this before, so I oblige.  I drive a Volkswagon P.O.S., and like the car loaned to Arnold by the priest in the movie Eraser, it burns almost as much oil as it does gas.

ANYWAY, I finally got my car to the mechanic, and was getting to the train station to get to work (finally).  Lo and behold an image catches my eye while passing through the tunnel to catch my train.  At first I am a little worried.  I know this person.  Is this a fucking "Missing Person"?  Double-U, Tee Eff, brah.  I went to school with this chick.  It's fucking Kerrissa "Tree".

Jerkoff Training

For those of you guys out there who don't know how to masturbate, or those women out there who are unsure of how to give that cute guy you like a hand job, boy, does Television have the training tool for you!



Enjoy?  Oh wait, this is a WORKOUT device?  Bullshit to that.  This has sex tool/toy/training unit written all over it.

[Shake Weight]

Jersey Shore: From the A.C. Episode

"He doesn't even have the audacity to go after her and talk to her!" -Sammi "Sweetheart"

For those of you familiar with the English language, that is not the correct usage of the word audacity.  You can have audacity to do something.  For example, if Sammi the Sweetheart had said "I can't believe he had the audacity to say that and then not follow her to even apologize", that would be an accurate usage of the word audacity.

NFL Divisional Playoffs Review

BuDa-Right:
Colts OVER Ravens
Vikings OVER Cowboys
Saints OVER Cardinals

BuDa-Wrong:
Jets OVER Chargers

In my defense, I had a whole section in last weeks article about why the Jets could beat the Chargers.  And they did.  They sucked in the first half, but they made up for it.  Personally, I'm glad.  I like the Jets and I hate the Chargers.  Siick.

Sweet Jesus (and Former Alaskan Governor)!

That's right.  Madame Palin just had her first appearance on the FOX News Network.  See here.

Now, if only I can set my DVR to automatically save O'Reilly Factor to a special "Late Night Spank Bank" folder on my cable box...

Sex Offenders Stay Locked Up!

That's the most terrifying thing I could ever possibly think about.  See here.  I'm totally banking that the next time I sexually offend someone I'll be back out in a few weeks.  This will totally cut into my already lacking blogging.

Was that in bad taste?  Yeah, probably.

Big Mac Land To Be Taken Down

In the wake of Big Mac coming out that he took steroids, the Cardinals are removing the Big Mac Land area in their stadium for fear that the Big Mac's acquired from the left field McDonald's stand are also "juiced".

In lieu of Big Mac Land, McDonald's is considering one of the following "land's" to take it's place: Crispy McPujols'Zone or the Filet-O-Whupass Tier.

2006 Leprechaun

Love the Amateur Sketch.  If you haven't seen this already.  Enjoy.

[Leprechaun in Mobile, Alabama]

Reciprocation

Reciprocation.  It's a basic principal of every aspect of life.  You Libra's out there know what I'm talking about.  In the relationships of life it's a matter of evening things out.  We all have friends who do too much for us, and we all have friends who do too little, all compared to what we do for them.

It's all about being okay with the relationship and exchange of goods and sexual favors.  One may do more in one aspect, but the other may make up for it in one way or another.

I'm Going To Have My Wedding Party Do This

Totally going to film it on November 05, 2010 and post it on this blog.  Bam.

[When LT Meets Tim and Eric]

BuDaMan is Awesome

Apparently Derek Jeter copied me.  November 5th?!  Seriously brah?!  How are we going to attend each other's wedding's you asshole.  Good one.  Good one.  Now you're going to take all the steam away from my wedding.  Ya big jerk...

[Derek Jeter, Minka Kelly set to become Mr. and Mrs. 'November']

*NOTE* This is probably not true, and might just be a rumor.  I'm forwarding it anyway.  "I didn't create it, I just forwarded it.  You wouldn't arrest a guy forwarding drugs from one guy to another" -Michael Scott

NFL Wildcard Weekend Review

BuDa-Right:
Dallas OVER Eagles
Ravens OVER Patriots

BuDa-Wrong:
Cardinals OVER Packers
Jets OVER Bengals

Let's see what adjustments I'll need to make for next week:

There's Always That Guy

According to Michael Scott (see below) the best part about the office is "the people".  Not true.  I submit that this is the worst part of the office.

Every job has work, and for the most part the work is the same, or has similar parameters by which you need to complete this work.  It's the personnel that changes from job to job, and man do those personnel's suck.

W & Jones Reconnect From The 'Hood

I'm watching this Eagles-Cowboys game, and the Cowboys seem assured victory as Felix Jones takes the Cowboys up 34-7.  We KNOW Jerry Jones, the Cowboys owner, is going to be happy about it.  I just never thought in a million years that a former president of the United States of America would give him a pound.

Couldn't Care Less About The Team Strugg-el-ing

You've seen them.  Here they are again for ya.



[Top 10 Sports Most Awkward Interviews]

I'm The Best Man, I Did It

In case you've never seen it, here it is - The Worst Rap Battle Ever.



My favorite moments are Eli's rap about Rosie O'Donnell at a Bi-Sexual Bridal Shower, and when he states that Envy should already come out because he was in a gay parade.  Other than his minute and a half hiatus from his rap, it's obvious that Eli was the far superior candidate.  Love the production quality.

[Worst Rap Battle Ever]

Casino - Bert & Ernie

Enjoy this.



[Bert & Ernie Casino Style]

NFL Postseason Preview & Picks

You've probably already read my Wildcard Weekend breakdown, but it's time to expand the field of thought for a few moments.  Who wins this week, who wins next week, and who wins it all?  BuDaMan's got you covered.

Top 10 Coaching Rants

"Well, we didn't block.  But... we made up for it by not tackling." - John McKay

Enjoy.



[Top 10 Memorable NFL Coaching Rants]

BCS Championship

Currently Alabama is beating a McCoy Colt-less Longhorn team 24-6 with about 3:00 left in the 3rd Quarter.

This reaffirms my feeling that Florida should have played Alabama for the National Championship, and I know, it would have been a rematch of the SEC Championship, but it would have been the right matchup.

I think a playoff is a great idea, I just don't know how it works practically.  Conference play ends about the end of November, and Bowls occur at about the end of December to the beginning of January.  Roughly a month or four weeks to prepare for one game.  Even if you had a four team playoff, when would you play those games?  All three games (the semi-finals and the national championship)[I suppose they should play four games, one for third place as well, right?] would WANT to be featured games, which are reserved for the end of December and beginning of January.

Jersey Shore Is The Best Show Ever

Seriously, this show is awesome.  I love it.  There are fights every single episode.  Tonights episode (Thurs. Jan 07, 2010) had a few fights, some amazing quotes, not to mention commercials throughout the episode of the cast giving Michael Cera a blowout (they were advertisements for Youth in Revolt, but they were hilarious).

I could seriously watch this show all day long.  Right now Ronnie got into a fight with a guy on the boardwalk, and let me just say, that guy totally asked for it.  He got fucked up and he should have.

NFL Playoff Preview: Wild Card Weekend

Four games, two days.  It can't get better until Championship Weekend.  Then after that, it gets worse with the Pro Bowl, and then, boom, Super Bowl.  Break-it-down!

In The Year 2000...

In the year 2000 I needed to call for rides from a pay phone by dialing...

Grinding Follow-Up

Because I'm now slightly embarrassed of my "Public Displays of Horniness", I thought a quick list of things you'd be unfortunate to see someone else do.  It might scar you.  Here goes, my...

Disgusting (Sexual) Displays You'd Be Unfortunate to Witness

Two Thousand Ten Minus Ten

That's right - THE MILLENIUM.  Y2K.  The "Kegs-illenium".  It goes by a bunch of names, but it reminds me of a specific period of my life.  High School.

Not really into thinking too much about the past, or boring stories of glory days, but it's an interesting time nonetheless.

Remember back in the day when you went to a high school dance?  It was like the hour and a half between the final bell letting you out of school and after school sports practice times ten.  Unabashed displays of hormones, the boys strategically unbuttoning their shirts, the girls weeding out which dudes they'd make out with.  The result: Grinding.

...More Fucking Giants...

As I type the Giants are getting beat @ Minnesota 31-0 with 14:13 left in the 3rd quarter.
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ANYHOO...

Justin Tuck is supposed to have shoulder surgery.  See here.  Not a great year for the GMeN.  In other news, relating to my last post about the Giants, Eli Manning currently has a QB rating of 49.7 (9-14, 80, 0-1).  Still a lot of football to play, but I hope he destroys all of his career bests.  What a MANning.