Friday, August 1, 2008

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Boston trades Manny Ramirez to the L.A. Dodgers. You know, I'm going to miss the "Manny being Manny" excuses they used to give for all of Ramirez's antics. Actually, no I'm not. I thought I would miss Nomar, Pedro, Damon. Manny stays, Manny goes, replaced by good hitter from the Pirates with the personality of a sand dune. You know? Ultimately, I just don't give a crap.

There is, in fact, water on the surface of Mars. This is undeniable proof that not only is there the possibility of life existing on Mars, but there is an ancient civilization there waiting to be discovered. The Martian society will have been so advanced that they will have solved many of our primitive Earthly troubles, like the Ozone, Oppression, Obama and I Ain't No Oprah.

Ratings of Best-to-Worst chain restaurants. Actually, this list is pretty much right on the money. Enjoy!

Obama and McCain say the other started the negative compaigning. Oh dear God, what is wrong with them? Or me, for even dignifying this as news rather than what it is: some pathetically infantile school-yard push fight. That sound you just heard was a massively huge jaw-breaking yawn.

Clone Wars movie to hit theaters soon. You know, the animation looks like a PS2 videogame. I have no idea what artistic concept they're going for here, but man, it just looks ass. Maybe it's the greatest Star Wars movie of them all (there are twigs with little tiny leaves on them which make better movies than the last three Star Wars movies, so not a stretch there), but I'm gonna pass on Lucasfilm's latest attempt at making a two hour animated commercial for new toys.

World's oldest recorded joke discovered. Told back in 1900 B.C. Loses something in translation, in my opinion.

Reuters has spelling errors...just embarrassing. These are bugs, not bands...and there is a difference in spelling. S***heads.

This is Mulderjoe........................good day!

13 comments:

Horroru said...

I'll add comments Joe just cause I'm too friggin lazy to write my own post....
Manny: File this under boo-hoo/who cares. Go Pats.

Water on Mars: I think there is life on Mars, it's just too small for us to see. Or something....

Chain Restaurants: I can't go into Chili's or Applebees, I feel like I'm catching a disease just walking in the door.
And what the hell is "Chick-fil-A?" I think we went there when I was in Vegas with Thistle and it wasn't a restaurant...

Obama vs McCain: Negative campaigning, say it isn't so. land sakes!! Really?? That's like stating the earth revolved today, happens every day....

Clone Wars: Looks like my 5 year old Melissa did the animation on her doodle pad. Oh wait, I didn't mean to insult Lissy, her art is much better.

Oldest Joke: "It is a saying of the Sumerians, who lived in what is now southern Iraq" and it's a fart joke... Hey, the earth revolved today too!

Anyone can work for Reuters, and apparently does....

Sarah said...

I friggin love Chick-fil-A, babe (aka Larry) I seriously don't know what you're going to do without it up here.
I highly highly recommend the plain chicken wrap with the spicy sauce you definitely do not need the giant pack they give you but the kick is a great addition to the wrap.

Next up Chicken Salad!!

Gustavo Larry said...

Of course there was life on Mars. Men are from Mars. Women are from Venus. I thought that was evident. I could have saved NASA a lot of money.

Chik-fil-a is awesome. Their marketing campaign is cows encouraging you to eat more chicken. It's quite catchy. The chicken sandwiches are pretty good too. My son loves going there on Tuesdays because it is Kid's night and he gets a free kids meal when I buy a meal. They also allow you to substitute a little fruit cup instead of fries with the meal. I'm not a big fan of french fries, so I'm all up for that.

There was a comedian last night on Last Comic Standing who was telling some funny political jokes. He said that Obama is only half black and how he was saying he will possibly be the first black president because it would have sounded weird to say "I could be the first half black president". He also said that it should have been "Obama. He's blacker than Hillary". It's only going to get worse until November.

I actually want to see more Star Wars. I don't really care if it will sell more toys. I love watching the whole story. I'm sure the animation was put together like that in order to pump it out as soon as possible. It's going on the Cartoon Network anyway. Have you seen the shows they're putting on that lately? All of the animation looks crappy, but kids are glued to the TV watching it like it's video crack.

You mean the first joke had nothing to do with a chicken crossing the road or two knocks at the door?

Sarah said...

Clever!

The fries aren't that great in any case. I like the fruit cup better! Regardless after eating a sandwich or wrap you hardly have room for either!

It is only going to get worse friggin Americans and their politics. Good thing I rarely even watch TV and I don't suppose I'll see many political commercials watching PBS.

mulderjoe said...

HorrorU: Sweet, sweet chicken. Manny's doing really well over there in LA. You see where he didn't run for a ground ball and turned a single into a triple? Manny being Manny ain't just a clever catchphrase, ya know.

Larry: After the last 3 movies, you really want to see another Star Wars? The death toll was originally the Ewoks, but dear God...they look like moviemaking genius in comparison to the next three Lucass movies.

Sarah: Hate to say it, but PBS is filled with subtle Republican & Democratic agenda. And Libertarian, because Ernie & Bert are definitely gay.

Sarah said...

mmm peanut butter and jelly

Gustavo Larry said...

There were definitly some bad parts to Star Wars' Episode's 1, 2, and 3. The Ewoks in Return of the Jedi were probably his first attempt at breaking into the commercial side of selling toys. Jar Jar was a joke trying to add comedic elements. Some of the dialog was junk. Haden's acting was just so so. But all in all, I thought that the story was good and helped explain a lot of questions that most people had from the original trilogy. My most favorite part was seeing Anakin marching into the Jedi temple and showing the Jedi the true power of the dark side. When I saw that part in the trailer and seeing the scene in the actual movie, I may have wet myself a little in excitement. I thought Haden did a better job as the heartless fully human Darth Vader than the little boy throwing a tantrum about his mom being killed. The scene where he killed all the sand people who captured his mom was pretty good, but his dialog and acting afterward with Padme was bad. There's just so much to the Star Wars universe that is ripe for good storytelling.

Sarah said...

omg I just realized what a complete geek my boyfriend is....

You're lucky I fell in love with you before I found all of this out....

mulderjoe said...

My wife new I was a total geek going in...she only has herself to blame.

Gustavo Larry said...

She's lying. We actually met for the first time at a Star Wars convention. She was dressed as Princess Leia in that bikini from Jabba's palace. The second time we met, she was dressed as a Ferengi from Star Trek and ComicCon and I was a Borg. At E3 this year, she was dressed as Princess Toadstool and I was dressed as Mario. At that point, I knew I had to have her for my own. I'm the luckiest man alive.

Sarah said...

I certainly did not do any of those things, seeing as how I don't know what any of it means other than the Gold bikini being forever a male fantasy.

and you would kill me if I wore out of closed doors so stop your foolishness!

Kathy said...

Let this be the final word on all this...at least until someone else posts after me

1. Manny Who?

2. Mars - great candy bar. Life on another planet? Who cares...that doesn't make the price of gas any cheaper here on Earth.

3. What a waste of time. The places on that list all make the same stuff you can microwave at home.

4. Yawn. Wake me on election day.

5. Fanboys - back to your respective corners...come out fighting when the bell rings.

or something...

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