Little League World Series The championship game of the little league world series was one of the best baseball games I've seen all year. The two pitchers played their hearts out in a spectacular game, unmarred by accusations of overage players and played solely for the love of the game. Are you listening Major League Baseball? Listen to the fans, if you choose to strike many of us will not come back.



Rant of the Day: This one's easy. Overpaid, whiny athletes. Get over yourselves, guys. Most of us are still pissed at you for '94. Don't do it. I'm serious.



Quote of the Day: There's no crying in baseball!  ¶ 12:01 AM 0 Comments

  Love Those DVD Special Features! Just finished watching a DVD marathon including The Fellowship of the Ring, (the widescreen edition, not to be confused with the Platinum Series Extended Edition, or the Platinum Series Extended Edition Collector's Gift Set, both to be released on November 12) and Pulp Fiction. Both of these have a plethora of excellent DVD extras. Well, the Pulp Fiction extras are excellent. The Fellowship of the Ring extras are repetitive and self-congratulatory with the exception of the teasers for The Two Towers and, yes, the Platinum Series Extended Edition.



The Pulp Fiction extras, on the other hand, are excellent. I particularly enjoyed the deleted scenes, and the Siskel and Ebert "At The Movies" - "The Tarantino Generation." The latter was an interesting choice for inclusion especially since both vehemently disliked Reservoir Dogs. Note to Quentin Tarantino, though: Please don't show footage of yourself dancing on camera again. Ever.



Rant of the Day: Toho Co., Ltd. apparently thinks that a clever blog named Davezilla infringes on their Godzilla copyright. Haven't these guys ever heard of Fair Use? Do they really think that Dave's "little dragon guy" will be confused with Godzilla? Their legal department clearly has too much time on their hands.



Quote of the Day: Just because you are a character doesn't mean you have character. (Mr. Wolf)









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  Porsche Unveils Worlds Fastest (And Ugliest) SUV Well, I haven't seen any pigs or donkey's flying yet, but this is close. Porsche has decided to enter the SUV market with the hideously ugly, and unfortunately named, Porsche Cayenne. I just don't know what they were thinking. In the unlikely event that I have a spare $100,000 to plunk down on a new vehicle, I'll take the Boxster S. Actually, for that money, you could get two Boxsters, or three Honda S2000s.   ¶ 2:59 PM 0 Comments

  You've Got Mail! (I've got your money.) Don't you wish you could get a customized greeting when you connect to AOL? (Yeah, me neither, just play along.) Well, El Edwards, the self-professed "Voice of You've Got Mail," will be happy to record a personal AOL welcome message for you. Happy to do it for ten bucks that is. Twelve if you want him to say something other than "You've Got Mail." If you want all five AOL sounds customized with your name, it will set you back twenty five samoleans. (Where does that word come from anyway?) In case you were wondering if he gets royalties, his FAQ states, "I don't discuss my finances with anyone besides my wife, Karen..... I mean, really, do you discuss your finances with just anyone who asks you??" It seems to me the proper response is, of course not, otherwise why would I be charging ten bucks for a lame wav file? Curiously, he also cautions that he "won't record anything with foul language, that takes the Lord's Name in vain or that denegrates AOL©."



Groucho Marx died twenty five years ago today, so I leave you with my all-time favorite Groucho quote: "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."

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  Survivor 5 Cast Revealed! (Does anybody care?) In the news no one cares about department, the cast of Survivor:Thailand has been announced. Does anyone even remember who won the last one?



In the most disturbing reality TV news ever, Sheryl Crow will be performing in the Big Brother house. I just don't know what to say about that.



Oh, and Elvis is still dead.



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  North Dakota and Pepsi Blue So it took me three planes, four airports, and nine hours but I'm in North Dakota. I think I saw everything there is to see in about two hours. One interesting thing I discovered here, in the Target no less, is Pepsi Blue. It's called a "berry cola fusion." It tastes like a blue raspberry slush puppie, which I happen to like. I don't taste anything like cola at all. I don't know when they will be offering in on the East Coast, but since I'm just a big kid, and I love anything blue, I'm sure I'll buy it again. Interestingly, it appears that this is not just a counter attack to Dr. Pepper Red Fusion, but part of Pepsi's master plan to trademark the color blue. Seriously.

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