Mail Goggles??

Ever shoot off a drunk text or email to someone that you immediately regret the next morning? Well the fine folks over at Google have came up with a way to prevent this from happening on Gmail. It's called Mail Goggles and you can activate it by clicking settings and then "labs" in your gmail. After a couple quick math questions you may not have to regret accidentaly telling that drunken booty call that you have herpes after all.

33/42 250 yards 2 td's 0 int's

That's the stats this man put up in today's blow out of the Buffalo Bills. For years I've stood by Kurt Warner as one of the greatest QB's to grace the gridiron and this season he is showing his critics exactly what he is all about. Warner has put up 5 weeks of stellar numbers and completely reenergized his team the way he did in the late 90's with the St. Louis Ram's.

The Ram's weren't smart enough to stand by their man despite his records as a superbowl winner, league mvp winner,and having the highest QB rating in history ever and look where they stand now (take away complete confidence from your starting QB by putting in the 40 year old geezer who shows he's way too old to even be a back up and fire your coach who has no idea how to even run a high powered West Coast offense in the first place). I'm glad it took Leinart's piss poor attitude at any type of self improvement and ken wisenhut's expert judgment to give Warner this chance at redemption. Unfortunately there will only be 1-2 more years that Warner will play in the NFL due to his age, but hopefully he can take the Cardinals deep into the playoffs this year. They have proven to be a force not to be taken lightly putting up those types of numbers WITHOUT one of your best WR's (who by the way when boldin was out injured on the field getting medical help, it was Warner who led an impromptu prayer with his teammates showing just what kind of heart this guy has).

I know this sounds like a tent for the guy but this is what football is all about and I'm sitting here doing roundhouse kicks and fist pumping the air watching the highlights of this game.

Week 5 NFL Picks

Adi:

WAS @ PHI / KC @ CAR / CHI @ DET / ATL @ GB / TEN @ BAL / SD @ MIA / IND @ HOU / SEA @ NYG / TB @ DEN / BUF @ ARI / CIN @ DAL / NE @ SF / PIT @ JAC / MIN @ NO

Brian:

WAS @ PHI / KC @ CAR / CHI @ DET / ATL @ GB / TEN @ BAL / SD @ MIA / IND @ HOU / SEA @ NYG / TB @ DEN / BUF @ ARI / CIN @ DAL / NE @ SF / PIT @ JAC / MIN @ NO

Calories and Politics

This is the "Hamburger Fatty Melt" a 4 ounce beef patty between 2 grilled cheese sandwiches that act as buns. Quite possibly over 1500 calories but I'm sure its absolutely delicious.

- Last night was the highly anticipated Vice Presidential Debate between Senator Joe Biden and Governor Sarah Palin. It was supposed to be a trainwreck as all eyes were on Palin to have some missteps like she has been having in her interviews with Katie Couric and Charles Gibson. Instead she proved that intense cramming of 10 years worth of material can pay off as she didn't do anything to really derail her ticket. I think Biden was a clear winner, but Palin did the republicans proud. The spotlight should be off of her now as far as being qualified but this wasn't enough to get those ever so important swing votes in Ohio, Florida, and Pennslyvania that the Republican campaign desperately needs. I give kudos for Palin to run with the big boys but I think Obama will continue to gain steam in the polls and keep building momentum over the next 30 days til November 4th.

- Wall Street also finally got it's wish today as the House approved the $700 Billion dollar bail out plan and the ink is drying on President Bush's signature. The new amendments to the bill are supposedly going to protect the tax payer's but I'll believe it when I see it. For more info on what exactly the bail out plan is all about click here.

- Unemployment figures were also released today for the month of September. The bad news is that 150,000 more jobs were lost BEFORE the wall street meltdown. That means that when everything is said and done we could be looking any where from 7-7.5% unemployment rate going into 2009. This is heading to the worst unemployment rate since 1990-91 during Gulf Storm and a recession.

Major companies are already feeling the effects as a litany of lay offs were announced today. Gawker is axing 19 editorial jobs across its sites, Variety is getting rid of half of its sales force for its NY office, The New York Sun newspaper has gone out of business effective its Sept 30 edition, Wells Fargo buys out Wachovia Banks for $15.1 billion, and that's just what has happened for today. Looks to be pretty bleak times and for those out of work I don't think they should expect to find anything for the next 3-5 months under these conditions.

100 POSTS!!!!

Today is a huge milestone for the blog as we reach 100 posts! This blog is a true passion project as I don't really make any money off it and had no real expectations for it. I just wanted a place to write about things that interested me and get a chance to have my creative niche in cyberspace. I am very pleased with the way its shaped up, and believe there is a lot of great content and reviews on here. I hope you have enjoyed it so far and will continue to check back daily. If you can throw up the link in your blog/facebook/myspace/AIM profile or wherever else it would be a great help, tell a friend or two if you could as well. I will be trying to promote the blog more in the future and would eventually like to move it to my own website, but right now I guess I'm just lucky I post regularly.

Again, thank you for your support and viewership and keep checking back as it will only continue to get better. Now, on to some news:

- Stephen Colbert is going to be on the cover of Spider Man. This is one of the first times I can remember a celebrity being incorporated into a comic book story and this should move quite a few issues, if not for collector's sake.


- Zack Snyder, the director of 300 and the upcoming Watchmen has confirmed a sequel to 300 as Frank Miller is currently coming up with a brand new graphic novel for it. Plot-wise, Snyder said the novel will take place between the Battle of Thermopylae (the main focus of the original movie) and the Battle of Plataea right at the end of the film.

The film will explore the year-long period between these battles, with the valour of the 300 Spartans inspiring the Greek kingdoms to unite in the face of the might Persian army.

- Principal photography began on Guy Ritchie's new Sherlock Holmes movie yesterday in England. Robert Downey Jr. plays Holmes, while Jude Law will be playing his sidekick Watson. Rachel McAdams will be Holmes' love interest and Mark Strong (Body of Lies, RocknRolla) will be villain, Blackwood. I was hoping Professor Moriarty would be the villain as in the novels but maybe they are saving that for the sequel.

- The biggest news is that Martin Scorsese and Robert DeNiro are reteaming for a brand new gangster movie called "I Heard You Paint Houses." Anybody that knows me, knows that gangster films are my favorite genre and Scorsese is my favorite director. This is the first time the duo have been together since 1996's "Casino" and it has classic written all over it.

The film, based on a book of the same name, is based on the life of Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran (to be played by De Niro), a notorious mob hitman rumoured to have carried out the assassination of Teamsters' boss Jimmy Hoffa.

My 5 Friends

I'm supposed to send this to 5 people because Leonardo DiCaprio told me to.

news and notes

Lots of Batman news swirling around the interwebs. It's no surprise that Warner Bros. wants Batman 3 out for summer 2011 and now Batman-on-Film.com is reporting that inside sources claim pre-production for the film will begin in February 2009 in Chicago. Sets will be built during this time period and filming on the project is expected to start summer 2009.

Also the CW has greenlit a show called "The Grayson's" which will be similar in the vain of Smallville and will chronicle the life of "D.J. Grayson" in his teen years before he goes on to become Robin. Let's see, a tv series based on robin, before he met Batman, and before he had anything going for him. Looks like its gonna be like every other high school soap opera on that channel. I can understand trying to find new ways to cash in on the Batman franchise but this just sounds atrocious.

Nintendo Wii lovers with Hi-Def sets will finally get their wish as Nintendo is planning on releasing a second generation follow up to its popular console in 2011 with HD capabilities. The Nintendo Wii is far inferior to the 360/PS3 as far as hardware goes, so it's no surprise Nintendo is hard at work on a new console to really take on the top dog's. This could be exciting for Wii fans as the games will finally be up to par on the graphics end and bigger series' can make Wii debuts.