This Preview Has NOT Been Approved by the MPAA

What is wrong with the MPAA and the RIAA??? You mean besides their gestapoesque tactics that were implemented to stop online music sharing/swapping. Well the MPAA's latest attempt to become more powerful than the CIA, NSA, etc. is by lobbying Congress to make home theaters illegal.

"Just because you buy a DVD to watch at home doesn't give you the right to invite friends over to watch it too. That's a violation of copyright and denies us the revenue that would be generated from DVD sales to your friends," said Glickman. "Ideally we expect each viewer to have their own copy of the DVD, but we realize that isn't always feasible. The registration fee is a fair compromise." (So does that mean he makes sure that his friends that he invites over have their own copy)

People should registered their cars, kids should be registered for school, you should register to vote, sex-offenders should be registered, NOT homeowners who have a TV and a couch. Have these giants not learned from their mistakes with music sharing? They have shut down Napster and handed down some lawsuits and while patting themselves on the back Apple saw the handwriting on the wall. They realized that this technology wasn't going away so as opposed to going against the grain they created an avenue that was convenient for users and satisfied their need for quick access to music as well as the artists/record labels getting paid.

Hey I invited my neighbor over for dinner and they didn't pay for any of the food. We even set at table with chairs and napkins. Do I need to declare myself as a restaurant and be inspected by the health department

Way to think this one through MPAA!!

Save us sinners now and at the hour of death

It just amazes me the hyprocisy that exists in the world today. Let me start by saying that the Catholic church doesn't have the best track record. However, I do feel that the Church itself is making strides to reach out and mend a lot of fences. In addition people need to remember that the church is more than just one person. Furthermore, I do believe that the Pope should not apologize.

He was quoting a medieval text...and the be honest due to the reaction by many Muslim nations it only validates, to some extent, the statements. I don't mind critism of the Catholic church. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. However what does frustrate me is the audacity to lash out against the innocent.

What do I mean by this?...

The first, bombing of churchs in Palestine and the shooting death of a nun.

Why is OK for Islamic leaders to critize the Catholic Church, but God forbid anyone every say a negative thing about Islam. Personally I think that all of us should respect everyone's religion, but people should also be able to accept critism.

Even with the great diversity of all the world's religion one thing remains common the one true constant is Love and Forgiveness. Let us not forget this.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of death...

From Jack on the Rocks to Herbal Tea

Why is that when TV shows become established the writer(s) decide to pussify the alpha characters? In a world, or country for that matter, that is so concerned with the "feelings" and/or "civil rights" of rapists, murders, and child molesters we need the raw edge and stereotypical manliness of Tony Soprano and Vick Mackey. There you have a real dose of people who take your political correctness and smear it across their extra-rare steak with an extra helping of garlic mash potatoes. Unfortunately us loyal viewers have been subjected to these watered down versions of our alpha males. Based upon the last couple of episodes of both shows I wouldn't be suprised if Vick and the rest of the Farmington Strike Team did an episode of Oprah while Tony and the rest of his crew starred in an after school special. I don't watch these shows so that I can reflect on my own self-worth and what happiness can be found in the skies above.

But to be honest I really shouldn't be suprised about any of this. I see it as a direction that our society has gone to. Let's look at some other examples: Metallica is sober, Chuck Norris is now doing tv spots on The Bible Network, George Lucas actually created a character called Jar-Jar Binks, Aerosmith recorded that dumbass Armageddon song, people are suing

McDonalds because they spilled coffee on themselves and were suprised it was hot or because their fat asses who don't wanna run hold McDonalds responsible for their obesity. Buy hey they might be right because I am sure that McDonalds forced them to waddle their carcasses into the establishment and order the double quarter pounder with cheese, ginormous fries and a large diet coke...Of course that must be it due to the fact there is nothing else to eat in the world so I guess they are to blame.

I am not saying that all media should be latent with male machismo, spitting, cussing and locker room jokes. I like HGTV, I like Sex and the City, but if I order a Jack on the rocks I don't want someone to bring me herbal green tea. Last night I had to sit through almost an hour of watching mobesters cry, whine and come in and out of a damn hospital room. Last week on the Shield I sat in horror as I watched Tony's alter ego Vick Mackey let some pencil pusher almost get the best of him, Lem cried half the damn episode and I thought Vick was going to have to hold him like a little baby. Goddamnit...kick some ass, act like you have a pair. The two of them are the heads of the New Jersey crime family and the Farmington Strike Team (respectively), however the writers are protraying them like two little girls who just fell off their bikes and have skinned knees and what not.

So writers...let's pop your mom's tit out your mouth, lite a cigarette, get a jack on the rocks(if was good enough for Frank Sinatra then it is DEFINITELY good enough for you) and let's whack someone. Save the crying for the Lifetime Channel.

Tyler Durden: I want you to do me a favour.
Narrator: Yeah, sure.
Tyler Durden: I want you to hit me as hard as you can.
Narrator: What?
Tyler Durden: I want you to hit me as hard as you can.

I Wanna Shoot Myself

I was looking up some friends of mine on myspace and I became frustrated as ever because of how slow the pages where loading....then I came to a conclusion why myspace pages are unusually sluggish. It is because people put the most random CRAP on their pages. Dumbass backgrounds, stupid purevolume streams, and videos of the latest p.diddy, puff-dadday, who's-your-daddy remix streaming (at the sametime as well).

Here is the deal...every little "cool" thing that you put on your page has to be downloaded for a user to experience and when you have 8000 things going on at once it bogs down the server(s) thus causing people to have wait around for your senseless flashing background to load up, which by the way clashes so bad you can't read what your profile, interests, etc are, which in case you didn't know was what people came to see...not to listen to the latest top-40 hit. If I wanna torture myself with Beyonce's "Check on It" I'll downloaded illegally like a normal person and shove nails into my brain to fullfill my bizarre fetish, but let that be my choice not yours.

Keep it simple, less is more.