HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Truly my favorite time of the year. Can't wait to take Dean out so I can get me...I mean him...some free candy. Till then I'll get in the mood with some holiday themed YouTube clips. Enjoy!



For those of you looking for something a little more blood curdling I have to recommend Trick 'r Treat, the best Halloween movie made in years.



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One year later...

One year ago today, Dean Christopher was born, details of which can be found here. In one year he went from loud, messy, drooling pink monster to an even louder, messier, and droolier pink monster with an afro. Its been a long, trying, and tiring year, filled with baby spit up, poopy diapers, and a jealous dog. I wouldn't have it any other way. Happy birthday you little brat, now hurry up and make your papa some money.




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The Autumn Wind

Nobody narrated better then John Facenda, hearing him speak on old NFL films footage gives me chills. Now lets get ready for some FOOTBALL! Finally.




The music from those films was pretty good too.





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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!

And what better gift for my birthday then to watch NFL football. Well, maybe a better gift would be to watch the Raiders game on TV, lousy CBS decided that the Broncos game was a better choice. Add that to the list of why the Broncos suck. So I hope all of you out there enjoy my birthday and remember that everything you do today is in tribute to me.



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We're sorry, but your baby is ugly

Dean doesn't like to lose. Luckily for him, he doesn't listen to Star 94.1, so he'll never know that he didn't make it to round two of the cutest baby contest, unless he decides to read my blog. Of course that's just crazy, because he can't read. Even if he could, he wouldn't be reading this drivel. No one does.

Oh well, at least I found a new band to cheer me up during this time of loss. It features the vocal talents of one Jesse Q. Harnell, you kids might know him better as Wakko Warner from the Animaniacs. He's now the lead singer of Rock Sugar and believe me, its pure sugar to the ears. Enjoy.



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Baby's Gotta Eat

And boy does he eat. As you may or may not know, my wife has entered DC into a cute baby contest at Star 94.1. The grand prize if $2000 in Visa gift cards. Daddy, I mean baby, really wants a new hi-def flat screen. Please help him by clicking here or on the pic above and voting for him. You can vote for him once a day, but many times a day if you use a different computer each time. Please vote, many times for him. Hi massive ego and fat head can't handle a loss this early in life.

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AMERICAAAA...F*CK YEAH!!!

Happy 4th of July everybody.





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Some finale thoughts

Unless you were living in some alternate dimension, awaiting to go to your final reward inside some Unitarian church in Hollywood, you might have noticed that Lost had their final episode on Sunday. After six years of riddles wrapped in enigmas and smoke monsters, that for some reason sounded a NYC taxi cab receipt printer, the story wrapped itself in a nice little bow; they all died. All questions finally answered and now we can go on with our lives, except what about Walt, Dharma, Hanso, the various temples and statues on the island, not to mention the weird ass stone cork keeping the island afloat, I mean WTF?

Don't get me wrong, I loved the scenes with everyone in limbo or whatever finding each other and accepting that their lives, maybe even careers, are over. It was a nice send off for the characters, but what about the overall mythology of the series. I understand the concept of Hitchcock's Mcguffin, you know the item that only exists to propel the plot forward, but the island wasn't some throw away item that only existed in the background to drive the motivations of the characters. Over the course of six years it became an important character that deserved the same amount of closure that the main characters got. Don't leave key questions unanswered. Then again maybe the show was nothing but a prequel to Fantasy Island, with Hurley as Mr. Roarke and Ben as Tattoo. Who knows, maybe the Simpsons were right and it was just the dog's dream, he was in the final shot with Jack.

This brings me to another series finale that intentionally leads to a potential movie in the future, 24. Was it unbelievable at times and constantly use the same plot points over and over? Yes. But, it had the most awesome character created in the last ten years, Jack Bauer. Here was a show that no matter how unbelievable it got, managed to maintain its watch ability, because you truly care about Jack Bauer. You knew when you watched it, that eventually Jack would right every wrong and save the world yet again. Every season of 24 ended with the world being safe, except for this last season, in which the world is even more messed up then it was when the season started. It truly is a good segue into a movie and Mr. Bauer is a character that will hopefully be on our movie screens for years to come. Maybe they'll make a Bond vs. Bauer movie. That'd be sweet.

By the way, here is the best series finale ever, followed by some cats, enjoy:

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TO ALL YOU MOTHER F***ERS

Go out there today and do what you do best; make those moms extra happy. Hope everyone has a wonderful Mother's Day and to all you father f***ers; get the gloves and lube ready.




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For Bug

Have a happy birthday or I will shoot this bunny. Remember, you only turn 14 once but I can shoot Thumper over and over again. So enjoy your birthday, or have Thumper's stuffing on your hands. The choice is yours.

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Happy Census Day

There's some sense of irony that the day your US Census forms are due is also April Fools Day. Here I thought our federal government didn't have a sense of humor. I heard somewhere, that its going to cost the US $14 billion to complete the census. I just want to know why? Seriously can't they count us through our tax returns, social security numbers, driver's licenses, or countless other forms of ID that the government has on us. Why do we have to do their jobs for them? Lazy bums.

Well, I better go mail the form off now so they don't send me more junk mail reminding me to complete my form. I love how they tell us not to waste paper but spend billions of dollars wasting paper.



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Crackhead Leprechauns

Ah, ya gotta love the Irish, only they would give us a day devoted to drinking and name it after a saint. Here's a news story from the distant land of Mobile, Alabama, which I hear is the birthplace of the Irish or at least a popular hangout for all things Irish.

Hope they solve the mystery of the Crackhead Tree Leprechaun and find that gold.

Now go buy yourself a pint or two and remember to keep watching this space.

A cautionary tale

Courtesy of The Lonely Island:



Hey! They forgot a verse, oh well, hopefully they do Dreamgirl next.

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Team Coco

With Leno returning to the Tonight Show tonight (no I will not be watching), I thought it would be a good idea to see how Mr. O'Brien is doing. Its a good thing he decided to finally join Twitter and micro-blog his daily thoughts. Take that NBC. Here is what he has tweeted so far:

Today I interviewed a squirrel in my backyard and then threw to commercial. Somebody help me.

This morning I watched Remington Steele while eating Sugar Smacks out of a salad bowl. I was naked.

Today I connected all the freckles on my arm with a Sharpie. It spells out RIKSHAZ9LIRK. Clearly I am The Chosen One.

http://twitpic.com/15ox1s-Good news! I can now spend quality time with my vintage '92 Ford Taurus. Bad news-I left yogurt in the trunk.

This is only my 5th tweet and I'm already exhausted. My God, how does Ashton do it?

If anyone's curious what I look like with a beard, it's this ?:^(0) Coincidentally, thats also my ATM pin number.

Apparently unemployment is slowly driving him mad. Good thing he's loaded. Now if only he could do something about that monkey.

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You're a winner!

Thank God the Olympics are finally over. Now we have only two years before the opening ceremonies begin for the 2012 Summer Olympics. I hope it goes longer then the one for this years winter games, man that was way too short. Maybe they should hire the Lonely Island to plan the opening and closing ceremonies, they have the 3022 games in the can already.




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Happy Birthday, Mister President Part 2010

In its 200 plus years of existence the United States has had 2 great presidents. Last year I did a post on one of them; which can be read here. This year I've decided to pay tribute to our first president, George Washington.

If Lincoln saved the Union, it was Washington who birthed our nation. If not for Washington's actions during the War of Independence and his stewardship of the fragile country after the war, it is probably a safe bet that the country would have fallen apart decades before Lincoln. That's not to say that Washington had that easy of time keeping the fragile country together. From holding off redcoats to putting down revolts over whiskey taxes, it seems that at times the Union was kept together by sheer force of his will.

Was he perfect man? No. Like most men of his day he did keep slaves, and even though he himself recognized the evils of slavery and freed his slaves upon his death (actually upon the death of his widow) the fact that he actively took part of Americas great shame does put a stain on his legacy. It wouldn't be until America's next great president before the page of slavery could be turned.

But rather then fixating on Washington's faults, we remember his many accomplishments. Like establishing the tradition of the only running for two terms. FDR was the first to break that long held tradition, leading to the 22nd Amendment. This country was ready to make him king and he does what no other world leader in his position ever done, turn it done and step out of power. That alone is enough to make him one of America's two greatest presidents. That and his fight with Hans Sprungfeld was pretty awesome too. HAPPY BIRTHDAY GEORGE!!! You have embiggened our nation with your cromulent life.

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But what about the News?

I can't stand the remake of "We are the World", but I guess it helps a good cause. Although, if everyone who was involved in the remake donated half their yearly income they probably would raise more money then they would by butchering the original.

So why do I dislike this new take on a classic icon in pop culture? Three words; no Huey Lewis. Thankfully, Jimmy Kimmel has decided to rectify this problem.



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Once upon a time in Mexico

Many years ago while listening to Dave, Shelly, and Chainsaw, God I wish they were still on the air, they had a guest named Steve Poltz. During the course of the interview he proceeded to tell the funniest damn story I have ever heard about a trip to Vegas, David Cassidy, and the great thing about music royalties. Well according to Jay of the Mikey Show, Steve will be on the show tomorrow. Now while I'm sad he won't be on the DSC, he always killed in those interviews, I'm stoked that he'll be on the air tomorrow to tell some more wonderful stories like the one you'll hear in the following clips. Trust me, you do not want to miss his interview, the guy tells one hell of a story. Plus he dated Jewel.







One more story from Steve, in honor of Lent and all my fellow Catholics out there who also love baseball and hate communists:



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Hey, Ash-hole

I guess the New Orleans Saints victory party is now officially over and we have entered that magical time of the year where some of us can't eat meat on Fridays for the next 40 days. Why? I have no clue. I'm sure it was explained to me during my conversion classes back in '07 but it has since been relegated to the part of my brain that now collects dust and protects the useless information of my life, like my high school locker combination or how to drive stick shift. Anyways, Happy Ash Wednesday all you jack-ashes (I love wordplay), and for the rest of you a picture of the only vegetarian in our household:



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Who Dat?

Moments away from Dean's first Superbowl, and he's asleep. Hopefully he won't regret it. I just hope he and the dog can behave themselves through the whole game. I also hope that its not a blow-out. I want a repeat of the Saints-Vikings game from two weeks. You know, before Bret cemented his legacy as King of the intercepted pass.

Carrie Underwood is wrapping up so I gotta go see if Drew Brees can pull off the upset. Glad the Chargers got rid of him. Oh well, at least they still have LT. What? Too soon. I think he would look good in silver and black though. Keep watching this space.

And the wiener is...

So its Oscar time again. That wonderful time of year when Hollywood's sense of self importance inflates to near epic proportions. This year however, the Academy has decided to nominate 10 films, instead of the traditional 5, for best picture in an attempt to insure their viewers have at least seen some of the nominated films as well as make-up for the fact they totally robbed The Dark Knight last year. I think they should call the show this year Oscar: The Quest for Ratings.

Of the ten films nominated I've seen four; Avatar(which is thoroughly enjoyable but overrated, also the most likely to win. The Academy loves Cameron and they love Dances with Wolves), District 9(my favorite film of the year, why Shartlo Copely wasn't nominated for best actor is a mystery to me. Still it would be awesome if it won, even better if it won for visual effects. Hell, the film was made for under 40 million and has some effects that are just as good, if not better then the 250 million dollar blockbuster.), Inglourious Basterds(cool movie, even though it suffers from Quentin's love of overly drawn out monologues disguised as conversations between two characters. Man he sure does love to hear himself speak, I hate people who ramble on and on, all the while trying to seem cooler and more intellectual then they really are, and...uh... but I digress. Its still a fun movie.), and finally there's Up(Pixar continues to amaze me with great movie after great movie. Maybe they'll finally disappoint me next year with Toy Story 3, though I doubt it. Its a sure fire win for animated movie of the year so its inclusion in this category is to make those adults who cried in the theaters feel justified because its okay to cry at a beautiful work of art. Right?). Of the remaining films on the list only The Blindside, The Hurt Locker, and Up in the Air appeal to me and will wind up on my Netflix list, the other three will be thrown onto the ash heap of film history for me.

So let the Oscar pools begin, my prediction is its either going to be Avatar or The Hurt Locker, I find it a little amusing that the directors of those two films use to be married to each other, Hollywood really is a small enclosed community.

Well enough with crappy big budgeted flicks, Lost is coming on and I need to pee, that's right I said it, I'm not ashamed to say it. Keep watching this space.

A strange thing happened this weekend

So, I leave my house with the dog in tow for his usual Saturday morning poop-a-thon when our eyes are assaulted by a blinding white light. I quickly don the eye shades and notice that the sky has this strange color to it, I think people refer to it as "blue". Anyways, the clouds seemed scattered here and there, as if they were running from something. My eyes focus on the object of the clouds' terror and the source of the blinding light, a big ball of fire was smack dab in the middle of the sky. What the hell is this? Where are all our dark friendly rain clouds? Why the hell is it so hot?

I have since discovered that this yellow ball of flaming death is referred to as the "sun" and is pretty common over the skies of San Diego, although for the life of me I can't remember ever seeing it before. It doesn't really matter because I have been reassured by our ace meteorologists that our familiar rain clouds will return this week and help to drive away this oppressive monstrous fire object in the sky. Maybe someone should let the President know about this, for all we know it could be an Al Qeada trick.

On a final note, I'm glad to see that my prediction of a Colts-Saints Superbowl has come true. I have no idea who to root for. Should I cheer on Peyton with his "awe shucks" attitude and insane selling abilities or should I go for the obvious underdogs and cheer on Drew so that he can continue the tradition of former Chargers' players going to and winning the Superbowl. At least I have 2 weeks to decide. Thank God they moved the Pro-Bowl before the Superbowl. There's nothing like a totally meaningless game before the biggest of the year.

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Playing hooky

Apparently its the end of the world down in good ol' sunny southern CA, so I decided to spend at least one day home from work before the tornadoes, thunderstorms, and great balls of flaming death rain down upon us. You know, there's just something relaxing about staying home on a rainy day, especially when you get to go get a tuna melt with the family at the Broken Yolk. I hear tomorrow the earth is going open wide and swallow us whole. Could be worse, at least I'm not this guy:



I have no reason to watch NBC anymore. I hope Conan kicks Leno's ass in the ratings when he returns this fall with a new show. Go team Coco.

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Dances with Thundersmurfs

What do you get when you combine Thundercats with Smurfs with the plot of Dances with Wolves and film it in 3-D? Apparently a billion dollars and a Golden Globe for best motion picture. But is it really worth all the hype and accolades heaped upon it? Is Avatar the greatest movie achievement in film making history? My answer is a resounding no.

Don't get me wrong, I really liked the film. Visually its stunning, especially in IMAX 3-D, but besides that it is nothing I haven't seen before. If you've seen any of the Star Wars films, especially the prequels then nothing on the screen is going to make you cream your pants and shout out "SWEET ZOMBIE JEEBUS!!! I've never seen anything like that before!" Hell, the entire last act of the film looks like Cameron was playing a session of HALO. But then again, according to my wife I've become jaded a lifetime of video game playing with their addictive immersive game play.

Then there's the story, filled with cliche's, moustache twirling villains, and unobtanium, by far the dumbest sound MacGuffin I've ever heard of. Everything you've heard about the plot is true. Yes it comes across as humans(IE American military) bad, primitive indigenous peoples(IE Native Americans or any number of primitive cultures) as noble and in harmony with nature. I can't stand the myth of the "noble savage". Sorry if I come across as politically incorrect but native Americans were violent and did not live in harmony with nature. The buffalo population was in decline prior to the arrival of the white man. Life for all stone age tribes, regardless of continent of origin was nasty, brutish, and short. Cameron's noble Na'vi would be no different.

Politics and cliche aside, Cameron does prove to have remarkable vision and the special effects are outstanding. I still think that Avatar is more cartoon then a traditional film and yes I did think of Star Wars at different parts in the film. One scene has an obvious connection to the ways of the force. However, its a breezy two and a half hours that should be seen on the IMAX screen in 3-D. I don't think the movie will be quite as enjoyable at home as it is in the theaters. Well worth the price of admission, but nowhere near the best science fiction film of the year. I'm sorry but I still think District 9 did much more with far less then Cameron's epic of excess.

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Jumping on the Bandwagon

While I was born a Raiders fan and will bleed silver and black till the day I die, I must face the fact that they are not in the playoffs. Hell, they probably won't return to the playoffs until there are some major changes in management. I'm looking at you Mr. Davis. Anyways, because of this dilemma I need to pick a team to cheer for, and while it pains me to do it, I've decided on the San Diego Chargers.

My reasoning for this controversial selection is quite simple; I want a new football stadium in the city of San Diego. I love the fact that we have football here in San Diego and if the city doesn't build a new stadium then that means the Chargers will bolt for LA and the new stadium being built in the City of Industry. I do not want to have to take my son up to LA in order for him to see the Raiders play. I just don't want to drive that far on a Sunday.

The way I see it, the Padres got their new ballpark when they went to the World Series. Since they didn't win, the whole project was threatened by numerous legal actions and city wide votes but eventually they built the damned thing and downtown has become a nice place to hang out. If the Chargers go to the Superbowl, they get that much closer to having a new stadium, but they still need to win the big game. See, unlike in 1996 when the Padres failed, San Diego 2010 is facing large financial problems, and there are more people in the city who do not want the city to waste money on a building that a small portion of the population would use. They would much rather spend that money on libraries, you know places everyone wants to go to. So in order for the new stadium to be built without countless legal challenges is for the Chargers to win the whole damn thing and if it takes me cheering them on in order for it to happen then I'll swallow my pride and take one for the team.

So there it is. For the first time in my life I will root for the San Diego Super Chargers to finally get their rings and as an added bonus a new stadium for me to take my son to every time the Raiders come to town. Hopefully by then, the team will have more going for them then just McFadden. So go Chargers, we're all counting on you. Don't give me another reason to hate you more then I already do.

By the way, they should play this video at every home game from now and till the end of time and gives me more of a reason to support the home team.



Now wave to your mom. She's in the stands. Keep watching this space. Go Chargers!

2010, the year the laughter died

It happens at the end of every year on radio; all the morning talk shows go on their two week break, and I'm left listening to reruns or the same damn song played ad nauseum through the holiday season. Typically it makes working the last two weeks extra tedious but there is always the promise of a brand new year morning show bliss. Unfortunately for my coworker, she was looking at the 2010 without her beloved Mikey Show. While I felt bummed at the news that Mikey would no longer be on Rock 105.3, it didn't bother me too much because I am a DSC fan. Still, the situation with the Mikey show, and the Jeff and Jerr cancellation earlier in the year as well as some ominous comments by Dave on their last show made my spider sense tingle.

Finally, the first Monday of the new year came and I climbed into my car and flipped the radio to KGB and was greeted with music. My heart sank, I knew what it meant, then the announcement came that the DSC was no more. According to the station, they were offered a lucrative contract and turned it down. What they don't tell you is that the DSC was contracted to run through 2010. So why were they removed from the air? Why is Clear Channel killing all the top rated morning shows in San Diego? I have no clue, my best guess is money, its always about money and at least SDRadio.net seems to confirm that guess.

I'm sure the DSC will end up somewhere, they are just too good at their jobs to not land on a station some where. My hope is that they still broadcast in SD. Oh well, at least the Simpsons are still going strong. Here's to twenty more years.

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