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I need to update this damn thing more.
Tonight I am trying a seasonal selection from Flying Dog brewery in Colorado.
They rule by the way, Ralph Steadman does their art.
Its the summer seasonal, Woody Creek White, Belgian Style Beer,
yeah that Woody Creek. :) Its pretty damn good.   Check it out, here's their website

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So I find the following clip art somewhere on the web, I can barely stop laughing.
It is a character study in evil. One can clearly see the darkness that humans are
capable of: mob thought, hatred of those with disabilities, taunting of the weak,
etc.   Notice that the guy with the red shirt has just pushed the yellow shirted guy
and has snatched his crutch from him, waving it just out of reach, taunting him
all the while smiling.  His friend in the green shirt is pointing at the poor guy
on the ground, laughing at the same time patting the guy in the red shirt on
the back, encouraging him to further torture the unfortunate individual on
the ground.

I find myself wondering what context would be a legitimate reason for using this
clip art?   Beyond a Nazi youth training guide (with a caption "Do this to people who
are handicapped!"), or some kinda of manual on how to be a good person
(with a caption "dont do this!"), I cannot think of one.

This picture could only be worse(better?) if the guy in the red shirt was actually hitting the guy
on the ground with his crutch.  Also what the hell is up with the red shirtted guy's shoe?
Check it out, he is wearing a white loafer?!?  This is probably why red shirt guy is
picking on the handicapped guy, he is compensating for his bad choice in footwear.

... off subject....
I just got on a conf call for work, there is a guy named Mehaboob on the line.  
Great name!
...back to original thought line....

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Last weekend we went on a quick 2 1/2 day vacation, drove to Gettysburg, PA.
I kinda dig the military history thing so it was cool to check out the battlefield.
We ate at this kick ass restaurant that was some preachers home in the 1770's and
stayed in a Bed & Breakfast that was right on the battlefield that was cool.
Otherwise it was super touristy, which we found a little off-putting,
I mean the place is basically a big graveyard.  "Hey kids!, Dead bodies
festered in the sun right here, the people living here couldnt open their windows
for weeks because of the smell, hey lets get a Sno-cone and an Abraham Lincoln
spoon".  Anyway we got bored pretty quick.  So we took the opportunity one night
to go to the movies.  My wife saw the "Sex in the City" movie, and she was
gracious enough to spare me that terrible fate, so I went and saw Iron Man.
Here is my review....
I fucking loved it.  I like Robert Downey Jr pretty much in everything he is in,
and I think he kicked ass in this role.  Most of the time he is talking to himself,
or one of his robot arm helpers or his computer/house and he made even that
dialogue funny and engaging.  Tony Stark was f-in cool, and his life ruled.
He has an awesome private jet, that they made to look cool and futuristic.
On board along with full bar, he has the sexy stews with the required stripper pole.
The effects I thought were seamless, I had no problem beliveing that I was looking
at a guy in a kick ass suit.  Jeff Bridges was in it as the bad guy, he did a good job
also.   Bridge's suit was super kick ass.  I did not read many Ironman comics back
in the day, but from what I remember they got it right for the most part, if
not exactly the origin, I think they did a good job explaining it.
Only weak part was Gwenith Paltrow, who looks like a pre-pubescent boy,
she sucked, My cat Ruby could have done a better job.
I definately reccomend the film.  I liked it almost as much as I liked Batman Begins,
which I thought was pretty much perfect.  It makes me feel hopeful again about
comic based movies, I am looking forward to the Hulk, I bet they got that right also.


The Powelsays rating:

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This looks pretty good.  Check out the trailer here in hi-def.

Gonzo The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

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So I was surfing around today, found this headline:
"Remote tribe spotted from air".
Excellent, right up my alley.
"ONE of the world’s last ‘uncontacted Indian’ tribes has been
photographed from the air near the Brazil-Peru border."
The link was from the British newspaper site The Sun, which seems alittle trashy,
so I look further to see if this was legit. I found the site for the organization that
got the pictures, an outfit callled "Survival International". Apparently their gig is
saving tribal people from asshole loggers and what not.
Dig this picture of the tribe they took..


Notice the two warrior guys shooting arrows at the helicopter, and the guy in
black paint who has to be the shaman spitting/yelling black magic curses at
the flying abomination. I have decided to seek out this tribe,
I will bring a shotgun(probably a SPAS 12), which I will refer to as my
"Boom Stick!", I will tell them I am the God of Hellfire sent there to punish them.
Of course I will wear a bright safety-orange jump suit to make my appearance
more mind blowing. Or maybe I will just hang out with the shaman imbibing vision
quest inducing psychedilic elixirs made from rare barks and fungi. Either way
it should be cool.

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Trying a new beer tonight, Unibroue "16".  It is from the La Brasserie Unibroue
that I have mentioned previously.  It is a special brew for Unibroue's 16th anniversity,
a "vintage ale", only 7000 cases where made (12 each) so 84,000, fuck only 
83,999 left!   Its pretty damn good it comes in a 750ml bottle with a cool sliver
"16".  10.5 %, pretty strong, smells little like fruit, tastes of spices and just a little bit
of heaven.

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So this morning I was on the drive to work...
My commute is rather long so I often stop on the way and get something to 
eat/drink. Today I stopped at 7/11, and I bought a Cliff bar and something 
I thought was a Red Bull-like energy drink.  It was a can of something called, 
"Spike Shooter".
After drinking it I thought I was going to die.  I had to leave work early I was so 
f-ed up. Sweating, shaking, heart rate out of control, this drink is no fucking joke.
I am no newbie when it comes to caffinee and energy drinks etc,  as such
I was very surprised how much this effected me.  I used to pound those Epherda 
drinks you could get at the gym before they outlawed them, and they did not 
compare to this.  It made Red Bull seem like luke warm water.
I looked at the can, to see what the hell was in this concotion, after having drank
it only to see numerous warnings cluttering the can.  These included:

"Recommended Use: Begin use with one-half can daily to determine tolerance.
Never exceed one can daily."
and
"Warning: Do not use if you are under the age of 16 or elderly. Do not take with
any other stimulant or weight-loss supplement or any prescription or over-the-counter
medicine. Do not use if you are pregnant or nursing or at risk of being treated for
high-blood pressure, heart disease, hyperthyroidism, spasms, psychiatric disease,
suffer from migraines, have asthma, or are taking asthma medication.
Discontinue use if you experience dizziness, headaches, nausea, or heart palpitations.
If you have trouble sleeping, do not take within 6 hours of bedtime.
Keep out of reach of children. "

This shit is no joke I assure you.  Here are the active ingrediants:

For comparison,  coffee (2 shots of esspresso) usually has 100mg, can of Red Bull
has 80mg.   Which is odd, I have occasionally drank a couple of 4 shot Latte's, 
while it makes me wired as hell, I dont nearly die like I felt like I was doing today.
The other shit in the drink must have caused my adverse effects, who knows.
What the hell is N-acetyl-L-tyrosine, or Caffeine anhydrous?  Sounds like stuff
in a tea a tribal shaman from the Brazilian rain forest would prepare for a
vision quest.  Else it was like something that Jonathan Hurt drank right before
he turned into that blob guy near the end of Altered States.
A couple of photos of me after having a Spike Shooter this morning...

and later...

Watch out for this stuff.

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End of the world anyone?
This is a picture from Friday of a volcano in Chile.
It was thought to be dormant ...  I am not convinced the photo is real, but even if it
is p-shopped, still is cool looking.  Original link

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"A moment I’ve been dreading. George brought his ne’er-do-well son
around this morning and asked me to find the kid a job. Not the
political one who lives in Florida; the one who hangs around here all
the time looking shiftless. This so-called kid is already almost 40
and has never had a real job. Maybe I’ll call Kinsley over at The New
Republic and see if they’ll hire him as a contributing editor or
something. That looks like easy work."

From THE REAGAN DIARIES
Entry dated May 17,1986

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I finally got around to see Cloverfield yesterday. I am glad I waited,
it looked great on the new TV. If you dont want the movie spoiled, leave.

I followed the hype for ahile back before the movie was originally released,
I had negative feelings about it.
I was thought it would suck. I have to say, I was wrong, I really liked it.

It reminded me alot of 9/11 in Manhattan, with the people out in the street looking
south, etc., in particular the part when the guy gets a call from his mother right in
the middle of the chaos. The young people in it must have been rich as hell to have
apartments like that in the city. I think the monster looked good,
and I liked that t was not shown much. The smaller creatures that dropped off
the bigger monster were scary, especially in the subway when they turn on the
nightvision on the camera and see the thigs on the ceiling. I read somewhere that
these were based on things that attach to whales called "Whale Lice", yuck.

Anyway, definately worth the watch.

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