Big Brother 7 – Nomination #4

Janelle is HoH again, but second time around and she still doesn’t nominate her obvious opponents. The only thing I can think of is that she wants Will around at the end because if she’s Final 2 with Will, no one would give Will their vote. Otherwise, her ditsy blonde routine is working to perfection.

Putting up Mike “Boogie” and Erika isn’t horrible, but putting up Mike “Boogie” and Dr. Will would have been the better choice. I don’t know what game their talking about but in this universe 5 floaters does not an alliance make. Seems like James is the only S6 member who understands this.

Jelly Belly Giveaway

Question: When is it a good thing to be fat?
Answer: When you win your weight in Jelly Bellies, that’s when.

Big Brother 7 – Eviction #3

Everyone in the house knew Jase was going home. Kind of a mild epsidoe considering what went down last time out. But clearly, the hightlight was this choice gem:

“Dr. Will’s gonna stay and fight like a chilltown warrior.” -Mike “Boogie”

Well, if claiming to hate everyone, pleading to get voted out and whining about life in the house is fighting like a “chilltown warrior” then we’re not very afraid. Has anyone else noticed that Will looks like Mike Myers?

For the 2nd time in 4 weeks Janelle is HoH again. S6 is dominating so it doesn’t matter that they’re making dumb decisions. It’s still their race to lose.

Dojo Info 7/27/06

1. Bloggers: A portrait of the internet’s new storytellers
   Here’s a Pew study on bloggers. Highlights: Most popular topic? Me. Male v. Female? 50/50. Race? 60% white, 11% African-American, 19% English-speaking Hispanic. Tons more… check it out.
2. Does your PC have a good rep? To send e-mail, it better
   Reputation-based filtering is an interesting concept but isn’t nearly as simple as cost per email. Spam is a serious problem and growing. “Up to 25 percent of legitimate, commercial e-mail gets blocked.”
3. Pavin shoots 26 on first nine holes, sets PGA record
   8 birdies in 9 holes. That’s insane!
4. Professor Invents ‘Ripeness’ Sticker
   Men all over the world rejoice!
5. Details Emerge on Bezos’ Spaceport Plans
   Isn’t it cool when you have so much money you can say things like, “Honey, I think I’ll build a spaceport out in the desert.”

Model Country For Immigration

Most countries in the world do not have a serious problem with immigration like we do here in America. Of course, part of that is due to America being so attractive when compared to most countries. Some legislators are currently thinking about modeling our needed immigration reform after the following country whose laws make:

• Unlawful entry is a crime and automatically brings a fine of $600 to $9,000 and up to 2 years in jail;
• Failure to immediately depart brings a fine of up to $9,000, and attempted re-entry after said deportation brings another fine of up to $9,000 and up to 10 years in jail; and
• Imposes discriminatory conditions on legal immigrants, including where they may reside, and where and with whom they may be employed.

Wonder who this progressive country is? Mexico. Go figure.

Rockstar: Supernova – Elimination #4

Dammnit! Sugar Honey Ice Tea!! The band kept Zayra and in doing so alienated anyone who thought they had even a morsel of integrity. (What were they thinking?) Oh the agony!

Patrice killed with a stellar Radiohead song, “My Iron Lung.” That scream at the end was chilling. I’d give her 5 stars except that she replaced that Brit vibe with a southern rock vibe. And that isn’t helping.

Since the band wouldn’t do the honorable thing and discharge this piece of refuse, I’m at a loss. The song she picked, “I’m Not an Addict” was prefaced by her saying, “I’m a music addict.” The piece was as mellow as they come, not what the band is looking for. She sang it poorly. She looks like a refugee from an 80s break-dance clothing store. It was the most obvious choice I’ve seen in years. Both other performers killed. But Mr. Bass kicked Josh to the curb instead. What a maroon.

Phil did a great job with an “off” song but was rewarded by the band questioning his motives. I say, “Phil, look on the bright side. Whatever band you sign with will be around years after Supernova disbands.” I’m already planning on buying some of their music, not opening it, then selling it on eBay in 2020 as rare because everyone will have smashed their copies.

One more thing. This whole audience doing the one-arm wave needs to stop. Can someone find a Congressman willing to sponsor a bill? I mean, seriously, it’s an assinine practice! The me-too, follow-the-leader, mindless waste of energy is just dumb. Who’s with me on this?!?

Update: As “B Man” so eloguently put it, I messed up by putting Josh’s name where Phil belonged. My bad.

Last Comic Standing: Week 5

America made the right choice and sent Roz home. I have nothing against her. I think she’s a really sweet lady. I just don’t think that she’s funny. At all.

So this got me thinking. Do people truly vote for who they think is the funniest? Or for the person they like the most? Even further, do you have to like someone to even think they are funny? To a certain extent, I think you might. Hm…

This week Ty was on fire; loved his set. Here’s my ranking.

‘Fletch’ Returns

The creator of “Scrubs” is writing and directing a prequel to the ’80s feature franchise “Fletch,” and if he has his way, the show’s star Zach Braff will take over Chevy Chase’s title role.

Happy, happy! Joy, joy! “Two great tastes, that taste great, together!”

Big Brother 7 – Power of Veto #3

I’ll make this quick, these players are morons. Kaysar is an imbecile. James doesn’t know his ass from his ankles. (Heard that one in prison when I did a stint a while back.) Dr. Will wants to leave, seriously. So now…

Chicken George wins the Power of Veto by signing up for 60 straight days of slop. Totally the best Veto Competition in Big Brother history! Kaysar lost his hair and didn’t win a thing. People were vomitting and writing obscenities on each other?! Whoever came up with this contest is a genius. Clearly, I need him to help me with my fantasy football team.

So now James puts up Jase in George’s spot. This happens while all of America screams, “What’s wrong with you people?!?” Putting up Mike Boogie was the right choice, but S6 clearly doesn’t understand how this game is played. All-Stars my butt!

Rockstar: Supernova – Performances #4

Unlike last week, this time around we had some stellar performances followed by pure crap. Of course, this is just my opinion. The “boys” in the band like anything with two X chromosomes.

Performances

Best performance of the night. I say, “Sign him up!” He’s this season’s J.D. because you see him being the rebel and taking more artistic liberties with songs, bending them to suit his purposes. “Bittersweet Symphony” is a cool song but not really up Supernova’s ally, until Lukas messed with it. I think he’s grand and should win this thing.

Dana took her evil pills for “About a Girl.” It was the best performance she’s had but I think she’s just passing time until she gets back to her regular job of taking tickets at the local drive-in.

“Some Remedy” isn’t a good song choice, but Patrice rocked it nonetheless. As expected, the band came back with, “I just don’t see what we need.” Ouch.

Everybody likes Toby and he could wind up with the gig. He’s got the looks, and the voice, and could be taught to be a malcontent. I did like his version of “White Wedding.”

Magni just doesn’t do it for me. His vocals on “Heroes” were decent. So so. Alright. But he’s not the larger than life persona that a major rock band needs. Oh wait a minute, this is Supernova. Sure, Magni could do it.

Finally Ryan took a song with an edge—”I Alone”—and then rode it like a bronco. He even jumped up on the bass drum, almost slipped and came crashing back to earth. (Worth a star right there.) Where’s that been all this time? Still don’t get the plain black shirt, boring accessories and paltry two tatoos? Don’t you know there’s a 12 tatoo minimum to get signed by the band?

“One Headlight” was a terrible choice. The band was asleep, then woke up to bash. Surprisingly, America hasn’t landed him in the Bottom 3 but that could change when the voting ends.

Biggest surprise of the night! Dilana pulled out a decrepit version of “Time After Time” and I was all set for the band to blast away at her… and what do they do? They stand up and sing her praises?!? The fix is in, I say! Let’s get some undercover reporters on the case. Is she offering favors? WTH?!? Navarro is a phenomenal kiss ass who needs to be stopped. That’s just all there is to it.

Haha! Storm stage dove. That’s really all you need to know about the kind of girl Storm Large is. What song was that anyway? Storm is probably the leading chick and I’m sure Tommy Lee wants to score so I’m pencilling the Mighty Amazon into the Final 4. (Would have given her 4 stars if the song weren’t utter rubbish.)

Bottom Three

I’m so sick of “Brown Sugar.” How’d this get to be a classic? I think The Stones are so over-rated. She did a fine job with it, I thought. Then Gilbey said the strangest thing, “I was turned off by your grinding move.” Of course, it took all of 0.23423 seconds for Tommy Lee to fire back, “If this was my band, we’d be grinding for hours.” Yeah. I can see Supernova sticking together for years.

Josh sang “No Rain” which was, again, too mellow for this band. Where do these song choices come from? Shouldn’t those people be held accountable? It’s not the band who puts them up on the board, right? Bah!

Ahh, Zayra, the freak of the little third world. She’s actually pretty pathetic, if you think about it. No father would want their daughter behaving like this. But back to this week. “Call Me” by Blondie is not a hard rock song. Strike 1. Zayra butchered the song and almost make my ears bleed. Strike 2. Her superhero outfit looked like something she stole from an old Ziggy Stardust wardrobe. Strike 3. America, hear me! Please don’t vote for this poor kid. She’s horrible and could only cause more destruction. Please, I beg of you.

Dojo Info 7/25/06

1. Zidane given ban and fine by Fifa
   A Fifa statement said: “Both players stressed Materazzi’s comments had been defamatory but not of a racist nature.” Doesn’t that infer that racist attacks are worse than other kinds of verbal attacks? Who decides this stuff?
2. Lynn Swann is running for Governor of Pennsylvania
   Sure won’t lack for name recognition.
3. Video: Turning up past video game tunes
   Ahh… the memories…
4. Vanuatu is world’s happiest country: study
   Don’t know where they get their index method from but if the US is 150 then something is askew.
5. Anne Lamott on Jesus: ‘I Didn’t Want Him’
   “The writer and ‘hip intellectual agnostic’ says it was mortifying when she first experienced Jesus.” That makes a lot of sense. Anyone who’s dodged God all their life, when confronted, it’s a scary thing. I say it’s great to know that despite that fear, there’s a peace that comes from knowing He’s promised to forgive us, for anything.

Big Brother 7 – Nomination #3

There must be something in the water. First Kaysar and now James. Either that or Dr. Will has some freaky mind-effect skill like Obi Wan Kenobi. It’s not just these guys either, the rest of the house is amazed that S6 hasn’t put up both Dr. Will and Boogie and thus break up their strongest enemy alliance.

It’s very short-sighted to let personal preference trump strategy in this game, but that’s just what James has done by nominating Chicken George. What? The living room floor is so irritatingly clean?!? Those eggs a la king were a bit runny?!?! Stop James, think. George is doing your work for you and for that, you’re annoyed? Skitzo.

I think the main story line was Will’s spray tan emergency. It looks like he sustained at least 2nd degree burns about his head and upper torso. Ouch. Probably can’t sue either given the release. And it won’t be helping his strat unless he decides to totally switch gears and go for the sympathy vote.

Here’s hoping Dr. Will buys the farm and Chicken George lives to clean another day.

Dojo Info 7/23/06

1. John Linder for President?
   A thorough look at a relative unknown who might be just what the more Conservative party needs to get back to what made them famous to begin with… smaller government.
2. World Trade Center film directed by Oliver Stone
   As much as I dislike Stone’s agenda, the film sounds like it’s going to be good.
3. No Words… They Should’ve Sent a Poet
   In the sport video Hall of Fame, the only first ballot member was, is and forever shall be, Tecmo Bowl’s Bo Jackson. Everyone else is just playing for 2nd.
4. Joe Namath’s Most Famous Interview
   I know, I know, this is old news, but it’s so freakin’ funny it’s worth a second look.
5. Landis continues American dominance at Tour
   Is Landis the next Lance? Not likely given his age but the turnaround on Stage 17 was nothing short of incredible.

ACLU Uses Your Tax Money to Fight You

Despite it’s claim otherwise, the ACLU is as much about the money as it is about eliminating the religious expression this country was founded upon.

• When the ACLU sued the city of San Diego for leasing land to the Boy Scounts, the judege removed the Scouts from the land and awarded the ACLU $950,000 of taxpayer money for its efforts. [link]
• The ACLU and its allies recieved over $100,000 of public money for suing a Virginia library that installed pornography-blocking software on its computers. [link]
• After winning a lawsuit against the Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice for displaying a Ten Commandments monument, the ACLU and its cohorts were awarded $540,000 in taxpayer money. [link]
• When a Pennsylvania school accurately taught that evolution was a theory, not a fact, the ACLU and its partners sued and won a lawsuit and was promptly awarded $1,000,000 in taxpayer money that came from you and I. [link]

Does this make you angry? What can we do about it? Please contact your representatives to support the Public Expression of Religion Act, or PERA (HR2679). If the ACLU was doing what they thought was right, they wouldn’t accept these court awards.

Miss USA Is a Kentucky Girl

Tara Conner, not to be confused with Sarah Conner, is a Kentucky girl so make sure you root for her in tonight’s Sunday’s Miss Universe pageant .

Besides, with so many countries acting like wimps with this whole terrorist thing, don’t you want one of the good guys to win?

Update: Congrats on a 5th place showing! Gotta love a girl who says one of her favorite things is playing basketball with her father. 8^)