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Rating 4.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Billiards Blog
Written by Michael Vass
On Monday I was out with a friend after my pool league tournament to get something to eat, and noticed the Olympics on the television. At the time the trampoline competition was on. And it got me wondering. The question was why is pool not […]
Vehicle Discrimination: Old School vs. New School
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Old School: Discrimination against foreign-made vehicles, in Michigan.
New School: Discrimination in favor of the foreign-made Lexus, in Florida.
Super Simple Cheese Danish
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Chef Tom Cooks - Recipe Blog
Looking for a home made dessert on the fly? Try this out:
16 ozs. cream cheese, softened
1−1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup raspberry jam
2 packages of refrigerated crescent roll dough
4 ozs. sliced almonds
Preheat oven to 350F. Mix cream cheese, vanilla, and sugar […]
Young Laible, Old Vines
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Barry’s Wine Notes & Memories
Alexander Laible Riesling ***
Alte Reben trocken 2007
Baden, Germany
Oh yes…I like this one.
One of my likes when popping a cork..is the instant whiff that has you jogging to the glass cabinet. Not so in this case….no cork. Screwcap..still had me jogging though…
I mentioned on a […]
Black Americans - commodity, criminals, or something much
Rating 4.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Black And White Blog
Written by Michael Vass
“Have you lost your mind? I mean, how is it that you can disrespect a man’s ethnicity when you know we’ve influenced nearly every facet of white America… from our music to our style of dress. Not to mention your basic imitation of […]
Christina Applegate: Best boobs in the nursing home
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[?]Submitted by Name of Site
Television actress currently starring in Samantha Who? Christina Applegate already knew quite a bit about breast cancer before her recent breast cancer diagnosis. She has watched her mother Nancy Priddy undergo repeated treatments for breast cancer. Applegate knew she needed to be tested for the BRCA1 gene. […]
Points for Effort
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Boys and Schools Blog
Ok, I’m pretty worked up about the gymnastics scoring in the Olympics lately–especially the arbitrary tie-breaking system that left the US gymnast with a silver medal when it would have made more sense to give two gold medals. And though this has next to nothing […]
“My Mind Is More Important Than My Possessions”
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by YOUR NEW REALITY
A selection of Philip K Dick quotes from the Paul Williams book Only Apparently Real :
The police informally said, “We don’t want a crusader here in Marin County. You better move away or you’ll get a bullet in your back some night. Or worse.” I was shucked […]
House of the Dead: OVERKILL
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[?]Submitted by videogame2play
“We wanted to do something really different with The House of the Dead: OVERKILL. With SEGA we’ve been able to create a fresh look for the franchise. I think you’ll agree it’s like nothing you’ve seen before on Wii.”Bradley Crooks, Studio Head at Headstrong Game
The trailer emulates the […]
The new 90210 - is it cancelled yet?
Rating 3.50 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Hollywood Gossip Blog
Written by Michael Vass
Ok. Please stop. I’m speaking to the CW network.
The CW network is the channel that has brought us such hits as Hidden Palms, Aliens in America, and Online Nation. If you don’t recall those television shows don’t worry, no one else did either – […]
Clouds Knowhow
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Barry’s Wine Notes & Memories
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A video of Eightman
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Gaming Briefs
Click on over to see it.
This is one of very few games I know of that SNK produced that were based on licensed properties. Here, it’s a Japanese anime series that aired in 1967. It’s pretty cool, featuring a superhero-style protagonist who needs to battle evil robots invading […]
A short clip of Quiz King of Fighters
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Gaming Briefs
One problem though is that it’s the Japanese version. But anyway, here it is right after the expandable summary:
This was a special quiz-style game based in part on the legendary fighting franchise, except that here, grappling isn’t what you do. Rather, there’s a whole set of quiz questions […]
Batman: Arkham Asylum
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[?]Submitted by videogame2play
Rocksteady Studios is developing Batman: Arkham Asylum for Eidos and Warner Bros. as a 1 player action game for that is scheduled for release on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC sometime in 2009.
“Batman: Arkham Asylum offers players the chance to battle Gotham’s worst villains with Batman’s physical […]
Career choices - play Guitar Hero or be a comatose lemming
Rating 4.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Men’s World Blog
Written by Michael Vass
In-between the latest bit of ambulance chasing news of Greta Van Sustern (in my opinion), and the various spills of the Olympics I ran across the possibly most idiotic piece of new of the year (to date anyway). What could be worse than Greta […]
Senator McCain - Saddleback Civil Forum, 2 points
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Presidentialraceblog.com
Written by Michael Vass
There is a lot of review and commentary on the Saddleback Civil Forum today. And I don’t doubt that we will see even more about it in commercials in the near future. But I have some further thoughts about the event as well.
I already mentioned that […]
“It Tastes Bitter…Like Abandonment”
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by YOUR NEW REALITY
“Ha! If Russia invades, I will eat my tie! On the BBC! You forget we have America and Israel backing us…”
The president of Georgia loses the bet, and does the only honourable thing :
“You’re Either With Them Or Against Them…Sometimes You’re Both!”
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by YOUR NEW REALITY
Okay, it turns out I was wrong yesterday when I said I was wrong about us all living in a Philip K. Dick reality :
A War On Terror board game designed in Cambridge has been seized by police who claim the balaclava in the set could be […]
Gamers Have Fought This War Before
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by YOUR NEW REALITY
I thought we were living in a Philip K Dick reality. I was wrong.
We’re actually living in a Tom Clancy videogame :
Recent news coverage of the worrying ground war between Russia and Georgia could well leave gamers with a sense of deja vu.The South Ossetia war, which […]
Meeting the Challenge
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Boys and Schools Blog
You can learn as much from failure as you can from success–so long as you have the right guidance and self-discipline. At least, that’s what my husband, my parents, and a fair proportion of the self-help section at Borders tell me. And while I’m […]
Number One Still Second
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Barry’s Wine Notes & Memories
J.J. Adeneuer No1
Spätburgunder trocken 2005
Ahr, Germany
Long ‘legs’ in the glass….grainey nose of subdued fruit…still holding back……style..well..almost Bordeaux compared to Burgundy…developed a sweet aroma..seems even more closed than a year ago tho…again..soft but grainey tannins wrapped around some cherry tones…leave it alone…and I […]
Itchy Twitchy Feeling
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Barry’s Wine Notes & Memories
I don’t give up easily…if at first you don’t
succeed……try another bottle!..no..that’s not right. If at first you don’t suceed..work on it..try it again later…maybe tomorrow..maybe next week…no…that’s no good either…instead of being a ‘Wino’..I’d become a ‘Vinegaro’. Where am I going with this?….well….in the case […]
The hazards of bringing a video game collection to collage
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Gaming Briefs
The American Spectator has an article about how, when a student brings his games to campus, it can have a negative effect on even his roomate’s GPA, as even they can become too addicted, and not spend enough time on their studies.
Wild Ambition and Mark of the Wolves
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Gaming Briefs
Now, let us have a little look at two more Fatal Fury connected games. First up is one of SNK’s earliest 3-D efforts, Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition, a 3-D take on their famous fighting series. A short tape with Terry emerging from a taxicab:
Here’s also some links to […]
Law of the Game on Joystiq: Let the punishment fit the crime
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[?]Submitted by Law of the Game
On this week’s Law of the Game on Joystiq, I discuss criminal legal theory as it relates to the tragic Thai cabbie killing.
Read on!
Any post that is marked “Submitted by Law of the Game” and any content that appears on this blog is not legal advice. […]
