I hate Hollywood

Now, I know what you're thinking. "Why do you have your panties in a bunch THIS time?"

"The Dead Zone" is a successful detective-type show on the USA network. Single-handedly revived Anthony Michael Hall's career. But I'm trailing off.

Hall plays a guy who sees things. Dead people, sometimes. Uses the information he gets from his visions to solve crimes/prevent bad things from happening.

Sounds good...

...Until everyone else started doing it too.

NBC's Medium
CBS's Ghost Whisperer
FOX's Tru Calling

NBC is coming out with another soon. "Raines".

Please. Make it stop. Come up with a new idea.

Better yet, give me sacks of money and I'll do it for you. I might come up with some real crap, but at least it would be original.

Sigh

What is this live-action crap on Adult Swim? Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job!? Saul of the Mole Men?

Let me make it as simple as it can possibly get:

• Futurama
• Family Guy
• Aqua Teen Hunger Force
• Harvey Birdman, Attourney at Law
• SeaLab 2021
• The Brak Show
• Robot Chicken
• Moral Orel
• The Boondocks

That gives you three solid hours of animated goodness. What is so hard about that? Seriously.

All the cool people are named John...

John Mayer - singer/songwriter/guitarist
John Cena - WWE champion
John Breneman - the best bud a man can have
John C. McGinley - actor, plays Dr. Perry Cox on "Scrubs"
Johnny Bench - Hall-of-fame catcher
Little John - Robin Hood's right-hand man

The list goes on...

..but how could I forget the greatest John of all?!? I should be shot...

Two-time Super Bowl winner. John. Elway.

Taking it back

Anyone who knows me knows that I constantly rip on the Scheels All Sports chain of sporting good stores for putting up a sign on a large vacant lot on the corner of 45th Street and 15th Avenue South in Fargo during the 1999-2000 school year stating "Future Site of Scheels," then waiting until late 2004 to begin construction before finally opening in July 2006.

But every time I go in that store, I literally could spend HOURS in there. Taking a look at the Twins merchandise. Getting a gumball or two. Playing with the baseball, golf, and hockey equipment. Heading over to the home entertainment area to play some free Ms. Pac-Man or look at billiards accessories.

I rarely buy anything when I am in there, but just the thought of owning some of that phat lewt... If I had a million dollars, I'd need a couple of large moving vans to help me haul my purchases home.

Call me!

Maggie Lawson, if you're reading this, the answer is "Yes, I am available to take you out to dinner."

And yes, I will also help you update your website.

My dream died today...

And I was so close...

It's been a pretty mild and uneventful winter here in Fargo. I was really hoping to go the entire winter without having to shovel my driveway. Got some snow last Saturday night, but I was still able to drive out. I cleared some off with my shovel, but most of it melted throughout the week. A winter storm came through the area starting last night. I got out of the garage without a problem this morning, but it took three or four tries for me to get over the hump and back in when I got home from work. Thank god for first gear.

I can't wait for global warming to get here...

Can't keep a good dog down

I was thinking this weekend (I was bored). I should really get my personal website back up.

First thing, I went through some pics. Fond memories. I'm gonna have to buy a digital camera...

Then today, I considered a new color scheme for my site.

But I can't decide. There are just too many pretty colors. Do I go for light blues? Navies? Purples? Reds? Greens? Oranges? I just can't choose.

Do I have crayons...? Hmm...

I used to go with multiple color schemes, one for each section of my website. Then I consolidated at the advice of a friend.

Let me know if you have a suggestion.

Return of the Fritz

Well, I guess I'll make this official. I'm back.

I've been debating it for a few weeks, but have no had enough desire to take to time to sit at my keyboard to write.

Here's what happened since Dec. 2005:

1. I let World of Warcraft consume my life. Big mistake. Sometimes 6, 8, even 10 hours a day. I never should have accepted the promotion to Guild Master.
2. Parents moved from Hawaii to Colorado. They came to visit twice. Each occurrence was a Thurs.-Tues. weekend.
3. Moved to application development at Phoenix International for about 3 months, before finally getting rolled over to full-time desktop support technician.
4. Improved my Linux-y skills, thanks to my guild website.
5. Preparations to sell my parents' house and move into an apartment.
6. I'm starting to recruit golf buddies for the upcoming summer. I would have picked up golf last summer, but I couldn't spare the roughly $300 investment for golf equipment as a temp.
7. Bought a laptop, so I can sit in my recliner and surf the 'net.
8. Watching Scrubs, Star Trek: Voyager, Adult Swim, House, and WWE Raw. Yes, I know it's fake. That doesn't make it any less entertaining. If you have a problem with that, I got two words for you: SUCK IT!!

I guess that's about it. No guarantee as to how often I'll blog in the near future. Oh well. *shrug*

OK, I think I've finally got this figured out...

Under the Table and Dreaming
Crash
Before These Crowded Streets
Everyday
Busted Stuff
Stand Up

The Best of What's Around? Where's Ants Marching, Tripping Billies, Everyday, I Did It, and Where Are You Going?

Didn't see this one coming, did you?

Yes, I've done nothing with this blog since I started playing WoW. But that's not the point...

Just a random thought from out of the blue...

If you're a single female, and you have kids, I'm setting these ground rules:

1. You must be up front with the fact that you have kids. You need to mention it at our first encounter, and the sooner the better. Surprise me with them after that, and it's over before it even started.
2. I want to have my OWN kids someday. If you don't want any more kids, then you can't have mine.
3. All the kids you already have must have the same father. It gets too weird if I'm the third man in this equation.
4. The father must take responsibility for his kids. This means financially. As long as he pays his fair share, I have no problem chipping in.
5. You should act civil when you encounter the father of your children. I'd hate to think that could be us someday.
6. If we get married, your children have to respect my authority. And you have to help me drill that fact into their heads. I'm not going to be a hardass, but you DID choose me to be a father figure to them, so let me do the job.

This pretty much covers it, but I may add more.

Disclaimer: #4 and #5 are not applicable if the children's original father has passed away.