Samurais Proven to Speed Lap Time

Gotta love those crazy Japs. That was a heart attack in the making, wasn’t it?

Dojo Info 10/31/07

1. Scientists Spot ‘Optimism’ in Brain
   With a name like “rACC” no wonder I’m not having any of it. ;^)
2. Parrot Imitates Fire Alarm, Saves Family
   That’s nothing. Our cat can speak fluent Portuguese.
3. 15 Laterals Later
   Now that’s something you don’t see every day.
4. Seven-Decade Mystery is Crystal Clear to FSU Chemist
   Yet another case where Sci-Fi promotes a theory, which in turn promotes further research, which eventually yields results. Vision is highly undervalued by so many.
5. Doctors Test Hot Sauce for Pain Relief
   Sweet spicy baby!

‘Rock Band’ Final Track List

This comes via IGN and I’m pumped!

1960s

• Rolling Stones “Gimme Shelter”

1970s

• Aerosmith “Train Kept a Rollin’”*
• The Who “Won’t Get Fooled Again”
• Boston “Foreplay/Long Time”
• Mountain “Mississippi Queen” (cover)
• The Police “Next to You”
• David Bowie “Suffragette City”
• Black Sabbath “Paranoid” (cover)
• Blue Oyster Cult “Don’t Fear the Reaper”
• The Ramones “Blitzkrieg Bop”
• Deep Purple “Highway Star”
• KISS “Detroit Rock City”
• Molly Hatchet “Flirtin’ With Disaster”
• The Outlaws “Green Grass & High Tides” (cover)
• Sweet “Ballroom Blitz” (cover)

1980s

• Rush “Tom Sawyer”*
• Bon Jovi “Wanted Dead or Alive”
• The Clash “Should I Stay or Should I Go”
• Faith No More “Epic”
• Pixies “Wave of Mutilation”
• R.E.M. “Orange Crush”
• Iron Maiden “Run to the Hills” (cover)

1990s

• Foo Fighters “Learn to Fly”
• Metallica “Enter Sandman”
• Nirvana “In Bloom”
• Stone Temple Pilots “Vasoline”
• Weezer “Say It Ain’t So”
• Smashing Pumpkins “Cherub Rock”
• Radiohead “Creep”
• Beastie Boys “Sabotage”
• Hole “Celebrity Skin”
• Garbage “I Think I’m Paranoid”
• Soundgarden “Black Hole Sun”

2000s

• The Hives “Main Offender”
• Queens of the Stone Age “Go With the Flow”
• The Strokes “Reptilia”
• Jet “Are You Gonna Be My Girl”
• OK Go “Here It Goes Again”
• Nine Inch Nails “The Hand That Feeds”
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Maps”
• Red Hot Chili Peppers “Dani California”
• Coheed & Cambria “Welcome Home”
• Fallout Boy “Dead on Arrival”
• The Killers “When You Were Young”
• New Pornographers “Electric Version”

Unlockable Tracks

• Bang Camaro “Pleasure (Pleasure)”
• Twelve more yet to be revealed

I have to say that I’m totally psyched about Flirtin’ With Disaster. Did you see that I had it on my Paladin’s Wishlist for New Guitar Hero Songs?

They took my requests!!

• Green Grass and High Tides by The Outlaws
• Won’t Get Fooled Again by The Who
• Smashing Pumpkins “Cherub Rock”
• Flirtin’ With Disaster

That’s 4 direct hits!!

Near Misses would be:

• Tom Sawyer instead of Spirit of the Radio
• Long Time instead of Don’t Look Back
• Wicked Garden by STP, even though Vasoline would have been better.
• In Bloom instead of Lithium

Pleasant Surprises:

• Electric Version, fun song by a crazy band
• R.E.M.’s Orange Crush will be loads of fun
• “Sabotage” by the Beasties. Oh yeah!

What do you think?

Dojo Info 10/26/07

1. Backstage At Harmonix, Where They Make “Rock Band”
   Would it have killed them to add a little video?
2. BAMA’S BACK (on probation)!
   Check out these screen shots! Apparently EA’s Madden can predict the future!
3. The Golden Compass
   Just an FYI. When atheists disguise their message in a children’s movie, parents should be warned. Per Snopes:

   Claim: The 2007 film The Golden Compass is based on a series of books with anti-religious themes.
   Status: True.

4. haptic tattoo for blind people
   That’s kinda cool, if you’re into that sorta stuff.
5. Rock’s ‘Prince of Darkness’ sets up Christian center
   I heard he’s a mean golfer too.

Kris Holm Lacks Not Confidence

This boy is a bit on the wild side. How’d you like to be his Mom?

Hawaii Heads Toward Secession?

Sometimes I wonder what it is that we actually teach our kids about how this country was started. Some people in Hawaii apparently don’t think we got it right the first time.

Yesterday 261 Members of the House of Representatives said Aloha to the principles set forth in the Constitution by voting in favor of H.R. 505, the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act. The bill declares that anyone with at least one ancestor indigenous to Hawaii would have a right to autonomy and self-governance and would require the U.S. to assist them in creating their own new separate government.

Is that completely insane or is it just me?

The U.S. Supreme Court in U.S. v. Sandoval declared that the U.S. Congress does not have the power to create an Indian tribe where one does not exist. Even more recently the U.S. Civil Rights Commission noted that this legislation “would discriminate on the basis of race or national origin and further subdivide the American people into discrete subgroups accorded varying degrees of privilege.” These concerns meant nothing to supporters of the bill. [link]

So… we’re allowed to discriminate by ethnicity for certain things but not others? Yeah, that makes sense.

Hand Tuba Master Plays ‘Sanford and Son’ Theme

In keeping with my completely juvenile posting, there’s this guy. Just so you know, he’s a “manualist.” Also known as a goofwad. In either case, he’s miles better than this guy.

Restroom with a Sense of Humor

I was looking about Flickr for a photo on “news” and came across this gem. Juvenile, yes, but funny too!

Dojo Info 10/23/07

1. Ask the Fruitcake Lady #2
   There’s a greatly underestimated benefit of growing old, namely, that you can say whatever the hell you want; just like The Fruitcake Lady.
2. Tennessee 38 Houston 36
   Rob Bironas kicks 8 fields goals to set a new NFL record. And the game wasn’t too bad either.
3. ‘UK’s Schindler’ named for Nobel
   And yet, somehow, they gave the award to Al Gore. Politics is a murky business.
4. Browns’ Edwards helping 100 community kids get to college
   Love this stuff. I wish major news outlets would shift everything 30 degrees towards the positive.
5. Calif. fires force 250,000 from their homes
   “It was nuclear winter. It was like Armageddon. It looked like the end of the world,” Mitch Mendler, a San Diego firefighter, said as he and his crew stopped at a shopping center parking lot to refill their water truck from a hydrant near a restaurant. “I lost count” of how many homes burned.

Colbert for President? Possibly

I just two days ago posted that Colbert had, in Vegas’ eyes, a 1-in-600 chance to be our next President. Now it looks like that idea is picking up steam.

Even the shy soul himself came out of his basement to write an Op-Ed piece for the Times saying:

Let me regurgitate: I know why you want me to run, and I hear your clamor. I share Americans’ nostalgia for an era when you not only could tell a man by the cut of his jib, but the jib industry hadn’t yet fled to Guangdong. And I don’t intend to tease you for weeks the way Newt Gingrich did, saying that if his supporters raised $30 million, he would run for president. I would run for 15 million. Cash.

So there we have it. All that’s needed is a measly 15 mil. That should be easy, right? If all my readers pitched in $277,777.77 we have it covered!

What do you think, people?!? I’ll take out a second mortgage if you will.

Big Blue Madness Outtakes

This won’t interest anyone but UK fans but it does show some of this team’s personality. [vis KSR]

Dojo Info 10/17/07

1. Cancer death rates dropping fast
   Obviously great news. Do you think people will respond by stopping their healthy habits as a “reward” of sorts?
2. Are kids ready for ads in virtual worlds?
   It’s been happening for year. Seems like it should be part of the standard rating system, I dunno.
3. Halo 3 Killed The Video Stars
   Could it possibly be true that Halo 3 killed 27% of the theater’s revenues?!? Well, that and the fact they Hollywood produces mostly crap these days.
4. Simmons on “E:60″
   Bill is truly living the dream. What would I have to pay for them to give me that kind of treatment? A mil? 20?!? Would it be about the same as a trip on the Space Shuttle?
5. Political Betting on Democrat & Republican Odds at Bodog Sportsbook
   Stephen Colbert: 600-to-1. There aren’t many that I like more than Colbert. What does that say about politics today?

Gull Thieves Killing Quickie Mart Profits

It’s been awhile since I’ve seen a funnier avatar. He’s outta there!! [via howardsan's sigline]

Cheaper PS3 On the Way?

Gaming Bits, via Kotaku, is informing us of a 60GB version for the PS3 that’s supposed to list for $399 heading our way. Sounds like my slice of pie. (Who says that?!?)

O.J. Faces Heat, Again

I know some of you might find this hard to believe, but steady yourself… are you ready?

O.J. Simpson is in trouble with the law. Again.

Here’s hoping our system of justice gets it right this time.