Is it just me or does everyone feel like punching these mall photo dudes right in the face?! I think they work for United Studios. It's the mall photo dude's job to get people to sign up for a sitting by offering an 8x10 photo for $5. Not a bad deal, but what they don't tell you is that you will be treated to a VERY HIGH PRESSURE sales pitch afterwards to buy more pictures. Now, this in itself isn't a bad thing, but the pictures are utter crap! My dad fell for this in a Giant Eagle once, and man we laugh at these pictures every time we see them. I could do a better job with a disposable camera and my eyes shut.

These photo dudes are as cheesy as they come. They only seem to approach women (they usually have kids with them) and they always use the same line. "Here you go, miss." "Miss, here you go." 9 out of 10 people keep walking, but you will see that 1 person sucked in. These guys are like TMS selling polaroids. Punch one!

Boy would I be pissed.  I don’t care how fat I was.  I WOULD catch that dude.  Believe that.  I’d beat on him the same way.

I just knew that this was a recipe for disaster.  This just gets funnier as it plays.

BANG!

This must be some kind of rivalry.  Watch this video of two lacrosse teams that just keep getting in fights.  Oh yeah, you can right click on a lot of the links I post if you want to save the video to your hard drive.  

FIGHT!

This is one of those cases where you couldn’t make stuff like this up if you tried.  I would have the asses of every single person involved.  I’d have free McDonalds for the rest of my life too.

Watch what I am talking about.

Holy Crap!  Behemoth!  That’s a huge bitch!

Super Duper Fresh Police Officer Bad Dude
If I were a cop, this would be exactly how I would roll.  I mean, I’m not a cop and this is already how I get down with people who cut me off.  I just wish I was a cop so that I didn’t have to feel bad about doing it to 65+ year old women on their way to bingo.

Dance Dance Revolution
Remember playing Counter-Strike hardcore like 4 years ago?  Remember the way you could spray-paint the ground?  How sweet is this?  I would probably fall out of my chair and crap, vomit, urinate, and ejaculate if I saw this going on in a game.  Okay, maybe I wouldn’t urinate.  On a side note, how come all the people who are good at DDR are either A) Nerds, B) People of the Orient, or C) Both?

We have all had a "crush" on someone at least once in our lives, but I want to know your most intense, painful, humiliating, "made an ass of myself" crush! The one that you still look back on and try to forget because it still makes you feel uneasy just thinking about it! Here's what we need:

The name of the person.

The year.

Where you met them.

Something stupid you did to try to win their affection.

Tell me yours and I'll tell you mine.

You have the day off. So does your best friend. Together, you have $30.00 in cash burning a hole in your pockets. You also have a full tank of gas. Where do you go and how do you spend the money?

David Spade, Rob Schneider, and Jon Heder are Benchwarmers. When I first heard about this movie, I got pretty excited. I thought to myself something along the lines of "This movie ought to be pretty damn funny." My first impressions from the trailer are:

1. Jon Heder acts a little too much like his Napoleon Dynamite character.


2. This movie is probably going to have too much “heart”.


3. I hope that I have not seen all of the “funny parts" already.

A hippie gets onto a bus and proceeds to sit next to a Nun in the front seat. The Hippie looks over and asks the Nun if she would have sex with him. The Nun surprised by the question politely declines and gets off at the next stop. When the bus starts on it's way the bus driver says to the hippie,if you want I can tell you how you can get that nun to have sex with you. The hippie of course says that he'd love to know so the bus driver tells him that every Tuesday evening at midnight the nun goes to the cemetery to pray to the lord. If you went dressed in robes and some glowing powder,said the bus driver guy, you could tell her you were God and command her to have sex with you.

Well the Hippie decides to try this out so that Tuesday he goes to the cemetery and waits for the nun. And right on schedule the nun shows up. When she's in the middle of praying the hippie walks out from hiding, in robes and glowing with a mask of god. I am God, I have heard your prayers and I will answer them but you must have sex with me first. The nun agrees but asks for anal sex so she might keep her virginity. The hippie agrees to this and quickly sets about to go to work on the nun. After the Hippie finishes, he rips off his mask and shouts out, Ha ha, I'm the hippie!! The nun replied by whipping off her mask and shouting,Ha ha, I'm the bus driver!!

This poor lookin’ pooch has passed away. His owner had to euthanize him at 14 years old because his heart was failing. Would you own this dog? Anyone who knows me knows that I would love to have a dog like this. Look at all the personality in him! Sam is the 3 time champion of the World's Ugliest Dog. I think he looks awesome.

I believe the initial shortage of the Xbox 360 is definitely Microsofts doing to create hype for the system this holiday season, but you decide for yourself. Good story for those interested in this system and conspiracy theorists alike.


http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/248871_msftsupply18.html

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You have seen 5 reasons why you shouldn't buy an Xbox 360. Now I present to you 10 reasons why you SHOULD buy an Xbox 360!


http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/668/668897p1.html

The revolution is now. Will you be a participant or a spectator?

Ok, so I lifted this from another blog I visit. If you want to see the whole site, it's worth checking out. It's called Mia Culpa



















Clinging to Major Beck, Katherine Cathey of Brighton, Colorado, breaks down at the sight of the coffin of her husband Jim, a second lieutenant killed by a booby trap in Al Karmah. She cursed Beck when he arrived to deliver the news, and wouldn't speak to him for an hour. But by the time they reached the airport, she wouldn't let go.

















Katherine Cathey weeps on her husband's casket at the Reno airport as Major Beck comforts her. She clung to it for several minutes, refusing to move. "I know Jim's going to be with me in so many ways," she said later. "And there will be so many people who will teach his son about his father"

















On the eve of the funeral, Katherine insisted on sleeping next to Jim's body, so the Marines arranged a bed and offered to stand guard through the night. She fell asleep to music she and Jim had planned to play at their formal wedding celebration when he returned.

Stuff like this bothers me even more now that I have a son about the same age as this girl.





















An Iraqi man holds a child killed in a shooting while the family was on the way to the town of Baquba, November 21, 2005. Witnesses and the Iraqi police said U.S. troops opened fire on a crowded minibus north of Baghdad on Monday, killing five members of the same family, including two children, and wounding four others.
[Photo:REUTERS/Hilmi]

So this is the first Christmas season that I will not be working retail.  A lot of people ask me if I miss retail at all.  Sometimes I miss small things.  Hardly ever though.  There is one thing that I will never ever miss.  The ridiculous music that is played at the mall.  Now, let me clarify this first.  I am not a Scrooge.  I do not hate Christmas.  I do not hate all Christmas music.  Just the crap that is played over the Muzak thing at the mall.  You would think that with all of the pop artists and groups out there basically making up songs as they go and riffing on classics, that you would not have to hear the same song twice in a week.  WRONG.  You hear it more than twice a day.  You only get one classic song (ex: Bing Crosby – White Christmas) for every 35 pieces of crap. There is nothing better for putting me in a bad mood than having to listen to that while trying to conduct business.  By “conduct business” I mean sell phones. I would come home from work and want to kick start my grandma’s face.  And when you do that to your family members, you get branded with the stigma of being a Scrooge.

Let me give you a few examples:

• Bryan Adams – Christmas Time


• Paul McCartney -  Wonderful Christmas


• Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas (Is You)


• Britney Spears – My Only Wish (This Year)

If you like any of those songs, you are an asshole.  

Post a comment with your least favorite Christmas song.

        

September 2005

“I tried to escape.”

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Welcome to the site DT Money.  This place has been aching for a militant black voice.  Someone who tells it like it is.  Someone who’s not afraid to put it down for everyone.  

Random links.  The links are hosted on sites that are most likely NSFW.  WATCH OUT!

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What's up people? When my main man Sizzletron asked me to be a contributor to his blog, I have to admit I had some reservations. How would I be received? Would I be compensated, and if so how much are we talkin' bout'? You feel me? But you see, me and Sizzle go way back so I agreed to post for no charge. For his part Sizzle assured me that no topic would be off limits, and I intend to hold you to that Sizz. Ya heard? Out.

"DT Money"? You figure it out......

So I came across something interesting regarding the Xbox 360.  

Five Reasons NOT to Buy It:
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Price — The Xbox 360 comes in two versions: the hard drive-less "core" system for $299 and the premium package for $399. But those who buy the lower-cost version are in for a surprise — they won't be able to play any of the Xbox games they already own.
"A lot of parents who go out and buy the $300 system, because they can't afford the $400 system, will have kids who aren't going to able to play 'Halo' or 'Halo 2' because backwards compatibility is going to be on the hard drive," says Brian D. Crecente, editor of kotaku.com, a gaming news blog.

Lack of games — Microsoft has announced there will be 200 backwards-compatible games (including "Forza Motorsport" and "Halo 2"), but only 19 launch titles for the 360. Only a handful are exclusives.  And popular new games, like "50 Cent: Bulletproof" and "The Warriors," won't play on the 360 at all.  Douglass Perry, editor in chief of the Xbox channel on IGN, says, "If you can wait, the second wave of games [due next year] are going to give developers the chance to really show us next-generation gaming in the truest sense."

No competition — Sure, you could rush out and drop hundreds on the 360, but we have no idea what the next-gen PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Revolution are going to be capable of doing. Both of those systems are due next year, and will surely spark a mini-price war with the Xbox 360.

Hidden costs — Right now, the Xbox 360's stunning graphics ability is its biggest selling point, but to take advantage of it, you'll need to invest in a high-definition TV — tacking on an extra couple hundred bucks, at least.  "We've all heard Microsoft basically saying that if you want to get an HDTV, the 360 is going to be the thing that makes you go out and get one," Crecente says. "Most of us dismissed that, but I swear, it's like they designed the 360 to make your TV look bad if you don't have HDTV."  And if you add peripherals, such as the ability to play games over the Internet, the Xbox 360 costs nearly $600!

Older consoles are not dead yet — Both the original Xbox and the PS2 are selling for $149, with the GameCube coming in at a mere $99 — in all cases, a complete steal compared to the Xbox 360.  You could take the money you saved and put it towards buying all the systems, plus a whole bunch of great games like "The Warriors."  Although he's a firm believer in the Xbox 360, Perry says, "If you buy a PS2 or an Xbox now, you're buying a system at the end of its lifespan, when some of the best games are showing up."
    

Okay, so I found a variation of one of my favorite online games, Bejeweled.  It’s called Harvest Bejeweled.  Check it out.  It’s kinda nice to play the same game with a little different feel to it.      

Give me some ideas for topics of discussion.  You want me to review a movie?  You want me to give you a recipe?  You want me to opine about something?  Whatever.  Nothing will offend me.  Nothing is off the list.  Post a comment below letting me know what you're looking for.  -LS    

I was at the gas station this morning on my way to work. This girl came in who appeared to be about 23 years old. She walked over to the register and purchased a pack of cigarettes. Now, my guess is that she was on her way to school being that Stark State is blocks away. She proceeded to pay for her pack of smokes with nickels. NICKELS.  Keep in mind that it is 8:30AM.  How much do you really need to smoke this morning? How much do you really need to smoke, period? It amazes me that no matter how broke someone is they always have money to buy cigarettes. Check it out sometime. Look at the dirtiest, grossest person you can find. Chances are, they are smoking. Want more proof? Watch who walks up to buy cigarettes at the gas station. No money for food. No money for entertainment. But they always have money to smoke. Look at how many disabled people are smoking. I’m like, “Dude, you already have a strike against you by having to sit in the wheelchair. Why would you want to make life harder?   Or shorter?"  Look at the people who sit in front of their television all day long watching Wheel of Fortune and MASH reruns.  I bet you a million dollars that their house reeks of nicotine and the walls are covered with tar.  Assholes.