Beer is the Reason: Hot Tub Time Machine

Beer is the Reason: Hot Tub Time Machine? As stupid and silly as this sounds the trailer looks like fun.

Hot Tub Time Machine follows a group of best friends who've become bored with their adult lives: Adam (John Cusack) has been dumped by his girlfriend; Lou (Rob Corddry) is a party guy who can't find the party; Nick's (Craig Robinson) wife controls his every move; and video game-obsessed Jacob (Clark Duke) won't leave his basement. After a crazy night of drinking in a ski resort hot tub, the men wake up, heads' pounding, in the year 1986. This is their chance to kick some past and change their futures – one will find a new love life,

Beer is the Reason: Apple vs Nokia. SNAP!

Beer is the Reason: Patent catfight!!! So apparently Nokia decided to sue Apple because the Apple was dominating Nokia in cellphone technology and hipness. Apple countersues but wins hands down with this comment:

"Other companies must compete with us by inventing their own technologies, not just by stealing ours." - official Apple statement by Bruce Sewell, Apple's General Counsel and senior vice president.

Gizmodo.com

Beer is the reason: TTC now to be subsidized by Toronto Condo owners

Beer is the Reason: More TTC Mob rule.

To piggy back off this blog, now the City is strong arming the construction workers to absorb the cost of "giving" away a Metropass with every Condo bought.

I first heard about this issue on 680 News this morning when they were doing an interview with Ward 15(don't remember his name) councilor and Stephen Dupuis the head of building group. Every point that Dupuis put towards the councilor was met with stock answers and his inability to articulate why giving away free Metropasses was a good idea. Depending on the condo buyers lifestyle they either will just walk to work/school/wherever, will need to drive, or will use the TTC. The estimate given by Dupuis was, for example, 1/3 of all buyers would use the Metropass. Whathisname councilor was unable to give any hard studies on %, instead vacillating from anywhere from 75-90% buyers would use the Metropass, in the same sentence! One of his retorts was that if they buyer didn't want the Metropass it could easily be transferred to a family member. Bonus! WTF?!

That this bill was approved without debate infuriates me. Apparently there was a 3year discussion on this but I question that as well. More likely it was 3yrs of backburner talk and boom, passes before Christmas. More of Millers last minute hurrah of anti-car, pro-mass transit before he gets kicked off the mayorship? Do as much damage as possible before you leave eh?

The anti-car, pro-mass transit policy most cities push does not work in this city because this city's mass transit system is horrible and third tiered at best. Buses coming in packs, streetcars running late, subway system that is completely outdated etc etc etc. They say that the developers won't be allowed to offload the cost onto the buyer. I wonder just how creative the developers will be to rename the new tax as some kind of additional service they had to provide before selling the unit. Just wondering is all, not that I can blame them for having to subsidize something that might even be RETRO'd onto older developments.

I probably wouldn't be so against this if I thought that the TTC was a well run organization. I sincerely don't think it is. It's a system that with no viable mass transit competitor that has become fat, bloated, bogged down and complacent. European transit is superior and my recent trip to cities in China, the land of the "Commies", show that it's transit system in Beijing and Hong Kong will deliver at beat down on the TTC with both arms tied behind their backs and using only one leg! But hey the TTC Mob has the City in it's back pocket so whatever criticism's we level at it, they'll just laugh and keep going to the bank.

An example of the City being in the TTC's grip, William R. Allen Road/Dufferin stretch from Sheppard to Finch. They have managed to take away the HOV lanes, both north and south bound, to promote a Bus only lane while adding two stoplights less then 50 meters on both sides of Sheppards already existing stoplight so that buses can easily turn in lanes made especially for them. They've forced car-pooling people into single person lanes causing more congestion causing more delays causing more road rage and hatred towards the TTC.

Raging, foaming at mouth over the TTC and it's anal raping of the tax paying citizens of Toronto so I'll stop here.

http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/archive/2009/12/05/city-orders-condo-developers-to-buy-annual-metropass-for-every-unit.aspx

Beer is the reason: Midget dance!

Beer is the reason: recreated an 80's video with literal lyrics. I don't know why they done something like this, it's something I would expect out of Ray except Ray is too nice to call little people midgets. He'd call them something like...children. Too weird. Anyways it's time for the Midget Dance song.

Beer is the Reason: Lego Handgun = SWAT practice

Beer is the Reason: Lego Replica Handgun?

http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20091203/lego_gun_091203/20091203?hub=Toronto

A Toronto designer became a participant in a real-life Flashpoint-style event when police tactical officers showed up at his workplace over a firearms call that involved a Lego gun.

Dude that is the coolest thing but considering this day and age of political correctness and all this other child-safe b.s. is it really worth getting shot over Lego?

Still awesome by the way and this will definitely make it into some crime tv show maybe even Flashpoint, which would be wicked.

Beer is the Reason: CO- BRA!!!!!!

Beer is the Reason: someone is making an 80's toy idea come to life.

Really. The first thing I thought when I saw this image was CO-BRA!!!!

http://gizmodo.com/5418253/special-forces-soldiers-could-be-zooming-into-combat-wearing-gryphon-steath-wingsuits

Beer is the Reason: Bell/Telus iPhone November?

Beer is the reason: Globe and Mail has an article that says iPhone coming in November?

Apple Insider

Booyah! I've been waiting for this! Telus wants to compete for Vancouver 2010 Olympics wireless bucks, they needed to upgrade their networks to accept the most popular phone around, the Jesus Phone! Oh I can't wait to jump on and dump my Rogers contract unfortunately I've still got about 2yrs to go. I'll wait it out but I'm so happy I don't have to stay with Robbers anymore then I have to.

Now to go finish downloading apps for my Asia trip.

This blog has been unofficially brought to you by Mead nectar of the gods!

WTF? Puma stock strippers?

Ooooookaaaaaayyyyy.

Beer is the Reason: Digital art

Now wouldn't you want to work in an office that had these walls?

Hirzberger Events - Digital Wallpaper from Gregor Hofbauer on Vimeo.

End of Line.

Day(week) 1: Fit Test- DONE!!! Woot!

Insanity Fit test: Huff huff huff......I've done it! Finally did the fit test in 1 going!! Booyah! Sure some of my results suck, but some were pretty good! Beat one of the demonstrators scores for some of them. Pussy!!! haha! I feel tired but not puking tired this time! Six pack abs here I come! huff huff

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Kill me now. I'm INSANE.

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I'm going to get celestialspeedster to do this. :D


Edit:

Yah I skipped trying it yesterday but

a) the leg I sprained a few weeks back was feeling wonky
b) it was my birthday. Screw you if you think I'm going to sweat for my birthday!

INSANITY DAY 1 : REVISED

Oh god.

Did all of yesterday and made it to suicide lunges.

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.....and died.

Good gravy, if you're not in any decent physical shape DO NOT TRY THIS WORKOUT. It's killer! I think I may be able to make it through the Fit Test by the end of the week.....and then I get to do the normal workout!

Lungs burning......stomach heaving......need fitter body.....urgh........


Gonna undue everything on Sat with all those Tacos! Yumm!!! :D :D :D

....gah..gasp........................

Make it past suicide lunges tomorrow ? We'll see.....

Day 1: Fit Test

So 25mins of exercise. Doesn't sound bad. I play 1hr of ice hockey, dodgeball, volleyball, etc etc etc. Granted ice hockey is the worse when it's one hour of continuous skating/so this shouldn't be so bad. I should know what I'm getting into. Need to get back into game shape anyways.

OMFG.

I lasted 12mins before I said fuck it. Day 1 starts tomorrow.

About 5mins warm up, easy. Tiring but easy. Which should tell you how long I haven't been exercising.

F'ing Max Interval training. 1 min each with about minute rest between

Switch Kicks
Power Squats
Power Knees
Power Jumps
Globe Jumps

... and I'm done. I feel like upchucking which is a good sign for me. Means I'm pushing my body. But F it for tonight. Day 1 restarts tomorrow now that I know what to REALLY expect.

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FUCK.

Beer is the Reason: I've got to be INSANE to do this

Beer is the reason: for even wanting to try Shaun T's BeachBody INSANITY. So I"m sitting on my fat ass at 2-3am in the morning watching tv, ABDC and/or Role Models, started abit of the latest Bring It On! when I decided to go for a water break and switched to tv for awhile. Well Shaun T's was pushing his latest workout tape called INSANITY! Something blah blah blah about Max Cardio workout and getting killer ripped in two months instead of one year. Sounds good. No weights, he extra gear, you just go go go for 60 days and you lose weight and see results! Sounds good right? Well going online to check out some reviews people who tried this workout say it's HARDER then P90X!! Good god, I'm too lazy to try P90X and I want to mess around with INSANITY?! I MUST BE INSANE!! Or it could be that I'm being enticed by the hip-hop roots of the workout, compared to P90X, and I want to get my rippling abs back even though I hate crunches(which they say they don't do).

Well got the week off so we'll see how well this goes......(I'm already cheating since I know I won't be doing the workout come mid-Oct since I'm flying out of town),,,,,,

Stupid power of suggestion to sleep deprived people at 3am.....
Shaun T = Hip Hop Abs guy.

Beer is the Reason: Congressional Solitaire

Beer is the reason: I love the US governmental machine.

These guys are awesome. Instead of listening to the opposition outline their budget we've got two Senators playing solitaire, one catching up on the score of his favorite baseball team and I think I see another checking out CNN. IMO they totally represent the public that voted them in. That is totally me when I get sucked into a meeting I don't want to be at, except I'd be much cooler. T-Shirt, ripped jeans, playing Arkanoid on my phone while wearing a luchador mask. Way to channel the people Senator! I




Lawrence Cafero
( JESSICA HILL/ASSOCIATED PRESS / August 31, 2009 )
House Minority Leader Lawrence F. Cafero Jr., R-Norwalk, far right, speaks while colleagues play solitaire on their computers as the House convenes to vote on a new budget for the fiscal year in the Capitol, in Hartford, Conn., Monday, Aug., 31, 2009.

Mommy! Daddy! Wake Up! Why won't they wake up?

Beer is the reason: Brits PSA ads rule!

Yah so haven't really blogged this month. These vids should make up for it.

Love this clip. Love it. Stupid drivers texting and talking on the phone.




Go Grandma! Go Grandma! Go Grandma! Go!!

Beer is the reason: Pennies!

Beer is the reason:..I haven't updated here in awhile. So for that I bring you two of the most hated things in our society. Pennies and towing companies. Pennies because they are such a pain in the ass to carry around. Small yet heavy, almost no appreciable monetary value by themselves yet we are required to use them because a) we're too cheap to round up and pay more then we need to (I know I am) and b)it's legal tender.

Towing companies. Freaking vultures that hang around waiting for the meter to expire and they tow you after 1 sec. OR if you call them for a tow, they charge you an arm and a leg to go probably $10 a block. Asses.

So it's nice to see those two hated items come together for some much needed comedy.



Oh and I'm busy playing UFC 2009 Undisputed on my PS-triple. :p

Beer is the Reason: Our Justice system is wack

Beer is the Reason: Chinatown Justice.

http://www.vracommittee.com
Long story short. Thief takes stuff from Chinatown store. Video taped evidence. Thief comes back to take more stuff. Staff confront thief. Thief runs. Staff detain thief. Police charge staff with kidnapping, assault, etc etc etc. Bail set at $7500 per person. May face jail time. Thief gets slap on the wrist and told not to do it again. No jail time charge. Name not released as the police claim he's the victim in this case. Bail at $1000.

I say the justice system is screwed since the thief is caught red handed but the police did nothing. I also say that thieves should have their hands cut off if caught just like in the olden days. Nothing says deterrent like a missing appendage. In this case I want the thiefs name and pictured plastered all over the media and I want all charges dropped from the legitimate business men who did what the police were unwilling to allocate resources to do. All crime should be treated equally, as small crime if ignored is a sign of the decay of civilization.

Sign the petition on the above link.

Sake is the Reason: Japanese fanboys win

Sake is the reason: whoever bankrolled this WMD monstrosity wins. Good god that is a giant fan wank but up for only two months? As if! As soon as the "tourist" photos are over I guarantee you that they will reassemble a working prototype in a secret location in preparation for future nefarious use. It's obvious it's not a defensive weapon. Godzilla defense or Cloverfield monster deterrent?

In fact what is the US doing?! Everyone knows that a giant articulated robot armed with beam sabres and beam guns ain't just for whale watching. Japan in their arrogance exported their propaganda for these fantastical vehicles to all unsuspecting countries to lull us into false sense of security in believing these products are fanciful childrens cartoons/anime. Now they unveil a real live working robot (proof: the head turns!) can invasion be far behind?

http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/06/gundam-night-pics/

Beer is the reason: this awesome contraption must have been made by a man

Beer is the Reason: we now have the Robo-nanny! Guys, you know how those little people are always underfoot and getting in the way of our football/video gaming pleasure? Well welcome Roomba-Nanny! It traps those pesky little guys in a soft cushioned seat, and gives them the illusion of control with the steering wheel and foot pads. Also rocks them to sleep when you need them to be quiet.

Ladies and Gents: No longer will you have to suffer tantrum children in shopping malls. Strap them into their little cage and Roomba-Nanny will follow you! Let them scream to their delight because it ain't going to stop you now!

http://www.redferret.net/?p=14552

Beer is the Reason: Sears Towers the Ledge tourist trap

Beer is the reason: the construction workers that built this have balls of steel.



Good god it's going to take a hell of a lot of beer to make me walk out onto that thing. CN Tower's got a glass floor and I can steel myself to walk on it and look down but there is no f'ing way I'm going out onto that death trap without a parachute strapped onto my back. I don't care if the glass rooms are rated at being able to hold 5 tons. Trust my ass on a glass deck with overweight American tourists? I don't think so!

On the other hand it'd be the greatest place to have sex after hours. Imminent death always gets one all a-tingly. Plus the views' spectacular!

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/05/a-glass-bottom-skydeck-for-sears-tower.html

Beer is the Reason: I Dream a Dream

Beer is NOT the reason: Susan Boyle is now an international singing sensation. Anyone that can make Simon Cowell sit up, shut up and look like a love sick puppy deserves a standing ovation. And at 47 years yet. I dream a dream indeed. Go Susan! Britain's got talent is yours to win!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY Ya, youtube isn't letting ANY of her performances to be embedded.

Beer us the reason: WTF?! 6th Grader sues Parent over grounding and wins?! Canadian Justice - FAIL!

Beer is the reason: The judge and the appeals judge must have been drinking some stuff to actually rule in favor of the child.

Okay a little back ground. Divorced parents. Kid lives with the dad, Mom okays field trip. Kid breaks Dads rule of internet usage. Punishes child by revoking permission to go on field trip. Child sues parent. Child wins suit on the argument that "the Trip was very important to her". Appeals court upholds decision but says to not use this case as an example for future cases. WTF! WTF! WTF! Y'know all those law shows on TV now? Law & Order being one of the biggest ones? How do they build their spotty cases? PRECEDENT! You stupid ass brainless shit heads on the BAR, you've just taken away a parents ability to discipline their own children, by non physical means, since you've already emasculated parents by practically outlawing spanked bottoms, now you take away the right to control their own homes?! Fuck this. If that was my kid and she did that, you know what the first thing I would say to the court, to the damn judge? "You just put another child into a FOSTER HOME". If she was my kid, I may love you but I will NOT put up with that shit of dragging my ass to court over something they should keep their damn fingers out of.

I can see it now. Kids sue parents over, "bubblegum. Candybar, Eating vegetables. Keeping drugs out of the house. Turning off the tv. etc etc etc."

But then again what am I thinking? This if f'ing QUEBEC we're talking about. Y'know the province that holds the rest of the country for ransom with their separtism bullshit.

Let's hope that the Supreme Court actually does the right thing, overturn this ridiculous ruling, rips off the heads of the two Quebec judges and spits down theirs necks in the name of all parents out there.

http://www.parentdish.com/2009/04/08/daughter-wins-lawsuit-against-father-over-punishment/

Beer is the Reason: Cat Shit One!!!

Beer is the reason: whoever in Japan thought up was awesome. Bunnies Rule!!!



Oh and the Brigade/Company is called CatShitOne if you're confused.

Beer is the Reason: the Touch!!

Beer is the Reason: somebody over at Paramount got off their ass and figured out that it's good PR to make available as a free download for Guitar Hero.....The Touch!! Music that made you rock out when the one true Optimus Prime came out and whupped Megatrons sorry little ass came back! Too bad that little shit Hot Rod screwed it up for everyone. Yeah, no repressed anger here. :p The only bad thing is is that it's not currently available on Rock Band. Now what's up with dat? RB2 songlist dominates what GHWT has out there and this song should be on RB2!! Damn you evil corporate empires(Paramount), now I'm going to have to buy GHWT just so I can faux rock star it 80's style! Good thing all PS3 RB2 instruments work on GHWT! I ain't rebuying these plastic things!!!

Wooooot!! You got da touch! da da dah dun You got da po-wah! Yeah!!!



http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/stan-bush-botcon-guitar-hero-tribute-video-and-more/15395/

Beer isw the reason: First win in hockey is Playgoff game 1!!!!!

Beer.....f it. I'm buzzing, I'm happy, and we freakin' won! 1 tie all losses throughout the seaons and the first win is playoff game 1!!! Whoooooo!!!!!!

Yeah. I'm home safe and saound and I'm done.

G'nite!! QWWooooooO!!!!


p.s. I intentionally left all the typos because I am buzzing right now. :D :D :D: :D :D

Beer is the Reason: OMG!! Chinese man defies gravity!

Beer is the reason: Little Chinese woman throws man around like a body pillow.

The art focusing ones chi astounds like never before! See man defy gravity by floating out side a tall business window! See short woman whips grown man around like a bitch! Man survives head smashed into car window, no injuries! Human Katamari ball floats in sky!

http://www.liweiart.com/index.htm

Beer is the Reason: There's a Kevin Smith Fest in town!

I guess he got tired of being in the ass end of Jersey and wanted to bilk some Canadians. :p

Hmmm...too bad I have most of those films on DVD already, no reason to blow dough.

Oh and I got my Obama "Action Figure" this week. Since I know he's even more anti-gun then Sigourney Weaver I have this urge to find some 1/6 scale weaponry and have some fun with it. OR I can pretend he's bad at Karaoke and that his mic is his ultimate weapon.

Obama: BOOOOOMBBBBAAAA!!!!!! LISTEN TO MY SONG!!!

Beer is the Reason: Someone in Japan is awesome

There must have been something in that sake because I have found my next MUST BUY toy. Good god I don't buy male or female action dress up dolls, I prefer robotic mechanized figures but this Obama Action figure is too awesome! Oh yes, Mr.President you will be mine!!

http://gamu-toys.info/sonota/sw/obama/obama.html

Beer is the Reason: YOTSUBA!

What? Was there supposed to be some type of important ceremony today?

Beer is the Reason: girl below isn't the world record holder!!!

So get this, even though the 14,000 texts a month is pretty bad, it isn't as bad as this one girl (14) who did 35,000+ texts a month for 2 months! Seriously, what the hell do they say to each other? lol (send) omg(send) bff(send) lol (send)???? But get this, even THAT isn't the world record. The world record belongs to some guy named Deepak Sharma with 180,000+ messages a month. You got that right, 180,000+ texts a month. Like how do you do that? Does he have some type of Homer perpetual motion device that will hit send for him every 5 secs??

http://i.gizmodo.com/5132028/girl-sent-35k-text-messages-in-a-monthtwice--but-it-is-nowhere-near-the-record

Beer is the Reason: 14,528 texts in a month?!?

http://i.gizmodo.com/5130854/teenager-tallies-up-14528-text-messages-in-a-month

Goddamn 13yr old girl, that's alot of texts!

As the article on Gizmodo says,
A 13-year-old girl in California racked up 14,528 text messages in just a month, which calculates out to 484 a day and 20 an hour.

Just what the hell are you texting that's so important? Actually don't you have school or sleep? STFU!!!

Beer is the Reason: Bwahaha! Twilight!

Beer is the Reason: for Twilight? Love this post in a twilight thread, love the below webcomic. Made my day. :D

"Now that I think about it, the vampire romance is pretty much one of the archetypes of female desire: the changeling. Many women want a man they have to "change", a bad boy or independent thinker for them to neuter and enslave. So I guess in a sense the chubby goth girls ARE the vampire hunters... only they don't want to kill the vampire, they want to drag him to poetry recitals, antique furniture auctions and hot topic at the mall. They want the danger of the fangs but then they want to rip the fangs out and replace them with nice capped teeth.

I'm going to have to look twice from now on... perhaps the next time I pass a hot topic and see a forlorn looking emo guy sheepishly following his goth hog around the store I'll know that was once a vampire."

Beer is the reason: naked skier!

One reason why snowboarding is superior then skiing, you don't get stuck in these embarrassing situations. Ooooo the shrinking ski pole!

http://web1.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0106091vail1.html