Castle Shima

Joanie: I dont know if I would like the Asian sauce.
Me: Duh! You know you would like it.
-- from a lunch conversation

::: Tower View :::
What's In A Name?
The USA network has found their niche in the TV market by saying Characters Welcome.

They've given nicknames to a variety of characters from their shows, reflecting these personas and what they are about. "The Obsessive Detective," "The Reluctant Psychic," "The Cerebral Assassin," and "The Bad Apple" make these people sound larger than life.

All this made me wonder what names would we come up for ourselves? What could we come up with that would reflect who we are?

After thinking long and hard about this (all five minutes), I whiddled my list down to three:

1) The Angry Driver
2) The Arrogant Bastard
3) The Obnoxius Jackass

They all seem to fit the bill. Maybe I'll put my image up on their website with one of these names.
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Which Begs The Question
I found this under News Of The Wierd. Sorry to say, this one made me laugh.

Former Cornelius, N.C., dentist John Hall pleaded guilty in July (an "Alford plea," acknowledging only the sufficiency of the evidence against him) to seven counts of misdemeanor assault on female patients, specifically, squirting semen into their mouths from a syringe. The state Board of Dental Examiners had revoked his license in 2004 after finding two syringes of semen in his office with patients' DNA (from saliva) on them. Hall's sentence was five years' probation, and his lawyer said he thought Hall would move to Jacksonville, Fla., and go into the flooring and tile business.
[Charlotte Observer, 5-25-05]

So did he ask them "Do you swallow?"
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::: Out In The Yard :::
The top 100 Toys of all time. Number one was fitting, but damn, I had alot of these.
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The 2006 Discovery Team line up is all set. Life without Lance begins.
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Ipod Nano under law suit for being defective. I always knew they were a piece of crap.
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::: Background Noise :::
Summer of 69 by Bowling For Soup

Standing on your mama's porch
You told me we would last forever
And when you held my hand
I knew it was now or never...
Those were the best days of my life
Back in the summer of 69...

I have to admit this is a damn good cover...

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* Days go by
* And still I think of you
* Days when I couldnt live
* My life without you
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Cartman, your ass is so big, when people walk by they say "God damn! Thats a big fat ass!".
-- Kyle from South Park

::: Tower View :::
Random Factoids That Only I Would Care About
With apologies to Peter King for stealing... err.. paraphrasing his title.

* Many thanks to Fury, Robbie V, and Badman for getting me back up and running. Stupid trojan.

* Congrats to Sonnie's son, Ayden. Cute little bugger.

* Damn Sims 2. Its still an addicting game.

* Mike Straka's article get the best comments: Grr to those that stand in line to buy lottery tickets. You look like hamsters whacking the feeder bar for more pellets.

* Heather can up with some of the strangest celebrity rumours I've ever heard.

* My Name Is Earl is one of the best shows thats come out so far. Jason Lee is just too cool.

* I still want to be Jet Li when I grow up. Unleashed is another hit from Li and from Luc Besson ("The Professional, "Twister"). Get the unrated version and you'll have the original UK release, Danny The Dog.

* Speaking of unrated versions, I need to pick up the unrated version of King Arthur. I have to admit that the movie was better than I thought.

* Damn it! This thought of movies just reminded me that the remake of The Fog opened this weekend.
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::: Out In The Yard :::
Jib Jab takes a shot at Big Box Mart. Showing the real meaning of discount prices.
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Blossom has a baby. Hmmm, I wonder if Six is still available.
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Coming soon: Nancy and Tonya - The Opera. You have got to be &$*^ing kidding me?!
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::: Background Noise :::
As you can tell from tonight's quote, its a repeat of South Park. This episode is when Kathy Lee Gifford comes to town and Cartman says those famous words "Beefcake! Beefcake!"

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* Days go by
* And still I think of you
* Days when I couldnt live
* My life without you
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One problem is that I have short term memory loss. I've been working alot lately, but the problem is that I have short term memory loss .
-- George Cloony on The Tonight Show

::: Tower View :::
How Fitting

You are a Social Moderate (43% permissive) and an... Economic Moderate (56% permissive) You are best described as a: Centrist Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid Also: The OkCupid Dating Persona Test

Try this out. The one thing that my results dont show here are the famous faces that fall into the categories. You might be surprised.
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::: Out In The Yard :::
Southwest kicks woman off of plane due to t-shirt. They should have kicked her off the plane while it was in the air. Stupidity abounds.
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Fake dog balls earns Ig Nobel prize. Talk about some brass balls.
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Gas prices lead to an increase in bicycle sales. Damn straight.
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::: Background Noise :::
Our Lips Are Sealed by Hilary Duff

It doesnt matter what they say
In the jealous games
People play
Our lips are sealed
Pay no mind
To what they say
It doesnt matter anyway

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* Days go by
* And still I think of you
* Days when I couldnt live
* My life without you
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What the hell is the point of camping? Its basically three days of you without your stuff. Oh yeah, lets make ourselves more uncomfortable. Thats a hell lot of fun.
-- Mark Gross

::: Tower View :::
Captain Obvious Visits The Office
Last week there was a dept meeting about what was going on in the company, in our dept, and what our goals are. The typical corporate bs. One point of concern was the declining morale on the floor.

On Friday, a feedback survey on the meeting was sent out, asking everyone to comment. We got the results back today.

For the single question What made this meeting interesting?, the best responses I saw were:
* Great breakfast!
* Thanks for breakfast
* The food was really good
* These meetings arent supposed to be interesting
* This really wasnt an interesting meeting. I've heard it all before.

Gee, does it sound like we have a morale problem?
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::: Out In The Yard :::
Tourist season has a new meaning in Florida. An armed society is a polite society.
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Go to Alaska B4UDIE. GO2HELL.
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Man lives with dead mother for twenty years. Norman Bates went to India?
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Doctor sued for treating back pain with sex. It wasnt the treatment that made her mad, but the fact each session lasted only 45 minutes.
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::: Background Noise :::
Otherside by Red Hot Chili Peppers

How long,
How long will I slide?
Separate my side...
I don't,
I don't believe it's bad...
Slit my throat
It's all I ever...

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* Days go by
* And still I think of you
* Days when I couldnt live
* My life without you
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