I found this via Mrs. Moon via
Steve Dudek:
Smurf Name Generator
I just love these silly things. In real life, I am EROTIC SMURF.
Here, I am RADIOACTIVE SMURF!
Heh. I can live with that.
Sphere: Related ContentI found this via Mrs. Moon via
Steve Dudek:
I just love these silly things. In real life, I am EROTIC SMURF.
Here, I am RADIOACTIVE SMURF!
Heh. I can live with that.
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Within days of their title win over Illinois, the Tar Heels had four players declare early for the NBA draft and lost their top seven scorers - a remarkable postseason purge that could test Williams like few seasons have before.
Roy Williams is as good a coach as they come. It doesn’t matter. He’s screwed. The Tarheels next year will look awful at times. Just plain bad at times. And probably pretty good by the end of the year. Not too much for Tarheel fans to get excited about.
But wait, even though I’m a Kentucky Wildcat at heart, I’m not too excited either:
And:
Florida’s luck isn’t any better:
Florida’s top two scorers might be turning pro.
Guards Anthony Roberson and Matt Walsh declared for the NBA draft Wednesday, but kept their options open for returning to the Gators for another season.
The juniors said they won’t hire agents. Underclassmen who don’t sign with agents can withdraw from the draft by June 21 and stay in school.
All of those players are listed as iffy due to the new NBA draft rule of drafting kids only 19 or older. This has caused a mass exodus of high schoolers straight to the NBA. My guess, none of those high schoolers will amount to a whole lot. Most will have to wait it out until their skills are developed to the point of competing with the pros. And, the college players exiting will have training on them as well. The end result of this exodus of talent from college and potential college ball is depriving college fans the opportunity to enjoy college ball at its best. Although it’s been a recurring problem for many years, this is the worst I’ve ever seen. North Carolina, Florida, and Kentucky would have had the talent and experience to be playing for the NCAA championship. Now, it’s not going to happen. Florida wasn’t any deeper than it’s two leaders. Roy Williams can’t train young talent fast enough to compete at the end of this year. Kentucky has Rajon Rondo, and that’s about it. None of those players that left will have any real impact on the draft. They might even get beat out by high schoolers. That’s guaranteed in the case of Morris and Azubuike. If they had waited one more year and won a championship, they would have been top 20 drafts and making much, much, more than they will be now. Azubuike had other issues, I can somewhat understand his situation. Morris I don’t get at all. He said he was going pro as soon as possible, and he is. But, I can’t believe anyone couldn’t convince this guy to stay one more year and up his worth. He would have been a force in the NCAA’s this year. He wouldn’t have had to compete with all the high schoolers next year. And, his drawing value would have been probably four to five times what it is now. Given Tubby Smith’s ability to keep players in the past, I almost think Tubby is ready to see him go. If that’s the case, given Tubby’s patience, I don’t see Morris surviving more than a few years in the pros and then disappearing with the thousands of other teenage phenoms of the past. It’s obvious these kids can’t make logical decisions for themselves. It’s obvious young kids’ careers have been ruined by a hasty jump to the pros. It’s obvious to me some things need to happen in basketball ASAP:
I’m not looking forward to this basketball season as much as I usually do. I’m not looking forward to seeing North Carolina suck. I enjoy beating them when they at their best. The Kentucky-Florida rivalry has been excellent for the last decade, it won’t mean anything this year. Kentucky will still most likely win the SEC, but mainly because so many of the other teams have been decimated by the same problem. Duke will run away with the ACC, again, since most of their opponents have been hit with the exodus as well. This year, the champion won’t be the best of the best, they’ll just be the least bad. That’s not a whole lot to look forward to.
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To me, 2,000 is the problem here. The first 500 or so were funny as hell. After that I think Howard ran out of visual ideas. Voice is funnier on radio than tv, and it’s a lot easier. On tv you have to add visual to the mix and all he could basically come up with were freaks and lesbians. After about 100 episodes of that, I tired of Stern and haven’t watched him since. Losing him on E! for me is a non-event. And that’s a shame.
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In 1960, Victor Mature starred in the movie Hannibal. I’ve seen this. Once, I think. If it’s the one I’m thinking of, it features Hannibal mercilessly driving his soldiers through the glacier covered Alps. Some of his soldiers, and even elephants, slip on the ice and plummet to their deaths thousands of feet below. It’s a really bad movie about reputedly one of the greatest military minds of all time. Hannibal gave the Romans absolute hell. He defeated the Romans in Italy before eventually exhausting his resources. But, the climax to the Hannibal legacy was his march through the ice and wind driven snow of the Alps and Pyrenees.
Now, it seems, that may not have been the case.
""At the time of the Roman Empire, for example, the glacier tongue was about 300 meters higher than today," says Joerin. Indeed, Hannibal probably never saw a single big chunk of ice when he was crossing the Alps with his army."
Out of curiosity, I checked weather.com for the current conditions in Zurich. It’s sunny and 84 degrees (F).
So, rather than falling off ice covered cliffs, it’s more likely Hannibal was trampling daisies on his way to fight the Romans. Doesn’t make for quite as spectacular movie viewing IMO.
Now, come to find out, Vin Diesel is remaking Hannibal, the motion picture. I just wonder which vision of Hannibal crossing the Alps he’s going to use?
Sphere: Related ContentI found this list of the most shoplifted items very interesting:
| Advil tablet 50 ct |
| Advil tablet 100 ct |
| Aleve caplet 100 ct |
| EPT Pregnancy Test single |
| Gillette Sensor 10 ct |
| Kodak 200 24 exp |
| Similac w/iron powder - case |
| Similac w/iron powder - single can |
| Preparation H 12 ct |
| Primatene tablet 24 ct |
| Sudafed caplet 24 ct |
| Tylenol caplet 100 ct |
| Advil caplet 100 ct |
| Aleve caplet 50 ct |
| Correctol tablet 60 ct |
| Excedrin tablet 100 ct |
| Gillette Sensor/Excel 10 ct |
| Gillette Sensor 15 ct |
| Monistat 3 |
| Preparation H Ointment 1 oz |
| Similac w/iron concentrate 13 oz |
| Tavist-D decongestant tablet 16 ct |
| Trojan ENZ 12 ct |
| Tylenol gelcap 50 ct |
| Tylenol gelcap 100 ct |
| Tylenol tablet 100 ct |
| Vagistat 1 |
| Advil caplet 50 ct |
| Advil gelcap 50 ct |
| Advil gelcap 24 ct |
| Advil tablet 50 ct |
| Aleve tablet 50 ct |
| Anacin tablet 100 ct |
| Centrum tablet 60 ct |
| DayQuil liquicaps 20 ct |
| Dimetap tablet 12 ct |
| Duracell AA 4 pk |
| Ecotrin tablet 100 ct |
| Ecotrin tablet 60 ct |
| Energizer AA 4 pk |
| Excedrin tablet 50 ct |
| Femstat 3 app |
| Gillette Atra 10 ct |
| Gyne-Lotrimin 3 app |
| Monistat 7 |
| Motrin caplet 50 ct |
| Motrin tablet 24 ct |
| Oil of Olay 4 oz |
| Preparation H Ointment 2 oz |
| Schick Tracer FX 10 ct |
| Gillette Sensor/Women 10 ct |
| Sudafed tablet 24 ct |
| Visine drops 1 oz |
Maybe if Trojan was shoplifted a lot more, EPT and Similac would be a lot less?
Thanks once again to Volokh for the heads up.
Moon
Sphere: Related ContentI made this twice in the last two weeks.
Makes 6 to 8 servings
2 pounds beef skirt steaks (or brisket cut in thin strips)
2/3 cup Kikkoman Soy Sauce
¼ cup lime juice
10 flour tortillas
Butter or margarine, softened
Pico de Gallo (below)
Dairy sour cream (optional, only if you like California style Mexican food)
Cut steaks crosswise into 4 to 5-inch lengths. Split the thicker pieces in half to 1/8 to ¼- inch thickness. Place pieces in large shallow pan. Combine soy sauce and lime juice; pour over meat, turning pieces over to coat well. Marinate 15 minutes; turn pieces over once. Meanwhile, wrap tortillas in aluminum foil. Grill meat about 4 inches from hot mesquite or regular charcoal 3 minutes for medium-rare or to desired degree of doneness. Heat tortillas on grill or in 325 F oven until warm. To assemble tortilla: Spread tortilla with butter and wrap around desired amount of grilled meat, Pico de Gallo and sour cream. Or serve meat, salsa and tortillas separately.
Pico de Gallo
Cut 1 medium avocado in half; discard seed and peel (no kidding!). Dice avocado, 1 medium tomato and 1 whole jalapeno pepper. Place in bowl. Stir in 1/2 cup minced red onion, 1 Tbsp. minced fresh cilantro, 2 Tbsp. Kikkoman Teriyaki Marinade & Sauce and 4-1/2 teaspoons lime juice. Cover and let stand at room temperature 2 hours before serving.
Note: Left over Pico de Gallo makes a great base for a spicy salad.
Submitted by Storm Warning.
Note from Moon, I eat Fajitas at least twice a week. None of them sound as good as this!
Sphere: Related ContentThe four were working on a new Channel 4 comedy program and may now be charged with assaulting the A-list actor.
He reacted angrily to the prank, repeatedly calling the man who soaked him a "jerk".
After an uncomfortable silence the joker went to walk away but Cruise said: "Don’t run away."
Cruise then said forcibly: "You’re a jerk … jerk … you’re a jerk."
It was water. Now, some people might suggest that if Tom has such difficulties taking a joke like that, he might be in need of something to stabilize his emotions. An anti-depressant would do him good. Those vitamins just don’t seem to be doing the trick. I mean, read Tom’s script again, he loses it completely.
Note to Katie, hide the water guns.
Better note Katie, RUN AWAY!
Sphere: Related ContentMy big issue today was trying to get the printer people I lease our multi-function printers from to understand that the fact that their printer they just delivered will not print under any circumstances is giving me grief. Their excuse is that they didn’t get the initial impression that I even wanted the printer I ordered to actually print stuff.
Ohhhh-kaayyyyy
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As far as I know, this is about as nude a Britney as you’re going to find. And from what I’ve heard, it will be for at least a year for sure. Actually, this post is about something more important than seeing Britney’s boobs.
Panda Software, which published the rankings, notes that creators of these viruses often use attractive female celebrities such as Spears, Jennifer Lopez or Paris Hilton or globally known figures such as Bill Gates, who took second place in the rankings. Phony news events surrounding such polarizing individuals as Osama Bin Laden can also lure a reader to click on the virus link.
In other words, Pavlov’s dog lures computer users to their unsuspecting death. The game is too easy.
For what it’s worth, here’s some e-mail headlines featuring Britney alone that are guaranteed to compromise your computer every single time:
And that’s just the Netsky.p bug. There are tons more. The clue here is “.exe”. Documents, pictures, music files, video files, spreadsheets, and, screensavers never need the “.exe” extension. If you think you’re about to see Britney having sex with Eminem, and that file has an .exe extension, you’re the one getting screwed. Put your brain back in control, stop the transfer, and move on. Pavlov’s dog runs wild on the internet.
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