“The Fans in the Plastic Bubble”
Last season the NHL and its’ fans were shocked and saddened when a little girl was killed after being hit by a puck. In a freakish event, the puck deflected off another fan and hit her in the side of the head. She seemed to have just been hurt first and actually left her seat on her own legs. Later that night she died in the hospital.
The tragedy cast a dark cloud over the remaining days of the Blue Jackets’ season. The tragedy also resulted in the NHL mandated nets on the ends of the rink. Everyone at the time was all about it of course they needed nets .000000000000000000000000001 % of all people that have attended a hockey game have been killed by a flying puck.
Now I do not mean to come off mean spirited here. I realize that a human life was cut short sadly days before the young girl’s birthday. However, what occurred was simply a freak accident. People are more likely to die in car crash traveling to the game, than meeting the reaper via a flying frozen piece of rubber.
It would not be a big deal if it did not affect the game at all. However, after viewing the Flyers first televised preseason game I wonder how well the NHL thought this idea through. I had read that the net (black in color because supposedly it reflects less light) would not show up on television; of course having a communications background and being a cynic, I had my doubts.
Every time the action swung behind a net and CSN switched to the end camera the net was blatantly visible. The net also appeared many times on replays. However, the net would vanish on some shots without switching camera angles. Perhaps the camera operators must focus immediately when the shot is thrown to them. When a camera has an object in front of the camera will focus on that image. I have yet to experience the game in person. Plus I don’t sit behind the nets anyway.
Okay, the annoying interference with the viewers at home might seem superficial, but at the very least the FU center has a problem on their hands. Either the net has to be adjusted or the referees will have more problems than calling clutching and grabbing. Twice tonight, the puck hit the net and fell back into play. Both times the referee did not notice for several seconds. Just imagine how more wild regular season games can be, and how many times the puck will be sent back to the ice.
Perhaps the net simply needs to be tightened, but it just goes a long with a trend where we play everything too safe. Little kids that simply want to go for a bike ride have to dress up like Storm troopers or your a bad parent. I thought part of being a kid was getting bumps and bruises. Kids can’t play dodge ball anymore at school, because it could hurt feelings.
What will happen if a baseball kills a baseball fan? It is a terrible thing that the girl was killed, but a net won’t bring her back. Anytime you leave the house you run the risk of dying in a freak accident. Maybe we should just all walk around in big plastic bubbles, perhaps I am just going to hell for writing this post. I will say hi to Hitler for everyone.
p.s. I am in love with a girl that works at the local Rite Aid, but that has nothing to do with this post.
Tuesday, September 24, 2002
Monday, September 23, 2002
"Playing God"
Mel Gibson who has had much mainstream success with the Lethal Weapon movies, Braveheart, Ransom and most recently last summer's mega hit Signs has an unusual project lined up next. Gibson plans to direct a movie currently title Passion, about the last 12 hours of the life of Jesus Christ.
Since he comes across as a somewhat religious person and his last role even dealt with faith doing this doesn't come as a surprise. However he plans to have the entire movie done in two ancient tongues Latin and Aramaic. Both languages are pretty much dead today. If that isn't odd enough as of right now, there will be no subtitles either. This will certainly frustrate anyone trying to sell this movie not only US audiences, but the ever important foreign market. This doesn't sound like a movie Warner Brothers will want to invest time or money into, however Gibson sees it as a chance to do something different.
"For me that's more real and hopefully I'll be able to transcend language barriers with filmic storytelling," Gibson said.
Shooting will switch between the famous Cinecitta studios just outside Rome and cave-riddled Matera in southern Italy. Gibson who holds church services entirely in latin in his CA home in Latin seems pretty passionate about the film.
"Many people have told the story but ... it's like looking at it from the wrong end of the telescope....No-one wants to touch something in two dead languages. They think I'm insane, maybe I am,"
Jim Caviezel who stared in The Count of Monte Cristo and High Crimes will portray Jesus. I have never seen either of these movies, so I have no idea if that is a good choice. Gibson who can play anything from a villain (Pay Back), to a suicidal hero (lethal weapon) to warm hearted father with a touch of depression (The Patirot, Signs) is not likely to actually appear in the movie.
I'm currently enrolled in a film class, and are viewing silent movies. These movies had to rely on actor's body language (many times having to be cartoonish in order to convey emotions) having your entire cast using words movie audiences won't understand seems to be along the same lines. Granted Gibson will have the luxury of actual dialogue to express emotion and anyone going to see the movie is likely to be familiar with the story of Jesus. However unless the movie is amazingly directed audiences are likely to be alienated by the film.
Most Underrated Gibson Movie:
Conspiracy Theory
ps. I have figured out how to edit posts after I have put them up on Tucker's world. So now you can leave comments about the mistakes I make (not that I will correct most of them, I even managed to screw up the title of the last blog when it was first posted.) on my nonexistent comments link. Seriously feel free to email me. Im also touched that Drew pointed his TERMINUS readers to check out "War...What is it Good For?"
Mel Gibson who has had much mainstream success with the Lethal Weapon movies, Braveheart, Ransom and most recently last summer's mega hit Signs has an unusual project lined up next. Gibson plans to direct a movie currently title Passion, about the last 12 hours of the life of Jesus Christ.
Since he comes across as a somewhat religious person and his last role even dealt with faith doing this doesn't come as a surprise. However he plans to have the entire movie done in two ancient tongues Latin and Aramaic. Both languages are pretty much dead today. If that isn't odd enough as of right now, there will be no subtitles either. This will certainly frustrate anyone trying to sell this movie not only US audiences, but the ever important foreign market. This doesn't sound like a movie Warner Brothers will want to invest time or money into, however Gibson sees it as a chance to do something different.
"For me that's more real and hopefully I'll be able to transcend language barriers with filmic storytelling," Gibson said.
Shooting will switch between the famous Cinecitta studios just outside Rome and cave-riddled Matera in southern Italy. Gibson who holds church services entirely in latin in his CA home in Latin seems pretty passionate about the film.
"Many people have told the story but ... it's like looking at it from the wrong end of the telescope....No-one wants to touch something in two dead languages. They think I'm insane, maybe I am,"
Jim Caviezel who stared in The Count of Monte Cristo and High Crimes will portray Jesus. I have never seen either of these movies, so I have no idea if that is a good choice. Gibson who can play anything from a villain (Pay Back), to a suicidal hero (lethal weapon) to warm hearted father with a touch of depression (The Patirot, Signs) is not likely to actually appear in the movie.
I'm currently enrolled in a film class, and are viewing silent movies. These movies had to rely on actor's body language (many times having to be cartoonish in order to convey emotions) having your entire cast using words movie audiences won't understand seems to be along the same lines. Granted Gibson will have the luxury of actual dialogue to express emotion and anyone going to see the movie is likely to be familiar with the story of Jesus. However unless the movie is amazingly directed audiences are likely to be alienated by the film.
Most Underrated Gibson Movie:
Conspiracy Theory
ps. I have figured out how to edit posts after I have put them up on Tucker's world. So now you can leave comments about the mistakes I make (not that I will correct most of them, I even managed to screw up the title of the last blog when it was first posted.) on my nonexistent comments link. Seriously feel free to email me. Im also touched that Drew pointed his TERMINUS readers to check out "War...What is it Good For?"
Friday, September 20, 2002
"War... What is it Good For?
Well this topic could not go unreported on Tucker’s world any longer. Seeing as where it has dominated the news for weeks. President Bush (Mr. Bush for you ABC news viewers) wants to squash Iraq like a bug. However, the UN is not as fired up about this idea and neither are a lot of the other countries in the world. Granted some of them close the Iraq might not be too comfortable about speaking publicly about it and could possibly aid us later down the line. But with all the talk and hype what happens the next couple of months will certainly have a long-term impact on this country.
Now I am not in the FBI and I don’t work for the New York Times so I’m not in the circle of trust that the president is in. So I know my opinion is based on just what I can read in the papers (excluding some extreme liberal columnists who seem to know all the facts). However, one of the reasons why I postponed addressing this topic on this site, is because I honestly didn’t know if we should “Attack Iraq”. I was honestly hoping that Bush would have pulled an “ace” card when he met with the UN recently. Saying “YEAH THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT!” I thought he would provide concrete evidence that Iraq is a real threat. It was the same old song and dance though. However people that think that Saddam is about as harmful to the US as Ryan’s pug are being naive. It’s a amazing people could still be 100 % on a subject like this post 9/11. . We did for no good reason let our weapon inspectors leave Iraq a few years ago. That basically put us in this position. Although there is not concrete evidence linking Saddam to AL- Quida, he does gas his open people, kill anyone who gets in his way and had his own son murdered. He did reportedly meet with high-ranking Al-Quida members on occasion, and gives money to families of suicide bombers (notice I didn’t say homicide).
The war on terror is not as black and white as people would like it to be. One thing I hear over and over again in the media and on TERMINUS (I’m still hurt that I’m not on the sites I like column.) is that Bush has made the war on terrorism complicated. It has often being compared to the war on drugs…okay I can see the logic there. However it is not as if Bush made this complicated. It is simply a complicated situation. Something that can’t be ignored or just nonchalantly forgotten about. Look at what just happened in Buffalo this week. This war on America is far from over. I have heard reports that Al-Quida are hiding out in Iraq. It’s hard to believe everything you hear though. However, I honestly think that Bin Laden has been dead and gone for several months now. I would not be surprised if the government already knows this. If terror cells are being trained in Iraq, than we must go in there.
If you weed a garden you can either use a weed whacker, and let it grow back. Or you could pull it out by the roots so it doesn’t come back. The 2nd choice is a bigger pain in the ass, but more effective. Iraq will let us in to inspect there weapons (in a few days oddly) but only at certain places. That’s like letting your suspicious girlfriend check your apartment, but not your bedroom.
On the flip side there is a pretty good chance that Saddam is just minding his own business and only has intentions of blowing up and killing people in the middle east. Perhaps he has weapons of mass destruction (not Lima Beanz’s muscles) and will only use them in the even of a US attack. If this is the case all hell is likely to break lose in the next year. Perhaps the US has grown paranoid and too imperialistic and an attack on a country that has not invaded anyone (at least not recently) or attacked us first could turn the whole middle east against us. Bush has come across a tad too aggressive when addressing the issue lately ( not to mention making an fool of himself botching up a famous saying as seen on the Daily Show). An article in the Philly Daily News a few months back pondered if we were in world war III since Sept 11th (some even debate the cold war was world war III making this one IV, but that’s kind of a stretch.). If Iraq and the US start going at it will might be less of a debate. I certainly don't want american troops to die unless this war has to be fought. I know several people who are likely to see action if this war does happen.
So Bush can go in there, crush Saddam and piss a lot of people off. Or maybe we just cool off. Maybe no war happens at all. But maybe one morning when your drinking your morning coffee, to your horror when you turn on the news you realize that perhaps we should have done something. Perhaps you will think how could we be asleep at the wheel again? How many more innocent people must die before we learn our lesson to ante up and prevent another Sept 11th? The blood certainly wouldn’t be on Bush’s hands. But that of all the critics.
I still have no certain what we should do. I would feel a lot more comfortable and be able to get behind the war effort if an “ace” card was provided. Not that I’m a bleeding heart liberal now these days, but I haven’t been sold on the whole plan just yet. But all the trash talking we did it almost seems like we are obligated to take action. That would be a mistake if we don’t have that “ace” card. I’m glad the only decision I have to make is what to get at Starview. However in this case you can’t have Bar B Q sauce and honey mustard.
Tuesday, September 17, 2002
“Defending Mr X”
My social problems professor is a lawyer by trade and a woman. By law she has to be a liberal I’m pretty sure. She still practices law and recently told us a story. I guess the point was to make use think “outside the box” or perhaps she just wanted to impress us.
Anyway as the story goes like this; there is this guy who has the reputation of being one of the “most dangerous” criminals ever to be locked up in South Jersey. She never revealed his name, so I obviously couldn’t do any further research. However, she did tell us how joined at gang at age 12, and it was pretty much down hill from there.
Mr. X apparently is the top dog in the prison world, because he has connections all over the country (and I believe Mexico.). Some how some way, he would get people to do what he wanted. Mr. X was supposedly one of the biggest drug dealers in the country, and had a long list of crimes including murder. When he was finally arrested for the final time it ended in a blood gun fight between him and federal agents. He killed several of them. He also admitted to committing horrible crimes for almost no reason (my professor was vague on this point its likely he was referring to cold blood murder of those that wronged him he was also supposedly a rapist)
One day out of no where my professors’ law firm got a letter from him, despite the fact he was not supposed to be contacting anyone. The letter written by Mr. X was asking for legal defense against the jail that he was residing in.
Apparently, poor Mr. X was not being treated fairly. Since Mr. X was such a dangerous person (or law following challenged) he was in cell by himself. When the mean old guards would come to give him his meal they had to slide it through a slot. But the guards apparently thought it would be funny to slide it in so hard that it would fall on the floor. Poor Mr. X could not touch his food after this happened so he begin to lose weight and his health declined.
Now if picturing poor Mr. X ( if you really want to he is a big Mexican guy with tattoos all over his body) with a single tear rolling down his face looking at his over turned peanut butter and jelly sandwich makes your blood boil than you might not want to read on. It seems the guards had some insensitive things to say to Mr. X too. What makes it worse is that although the jail requires him to get three showers a week the guards only took Mr. X for a wash down once a week! Now I don’t know what else was claimed in the letter she didn’t say everything, but she did say MOST of what was there turned out to be true.
She got the pleasure of talking to him one on one, and she refereed to him as a bad person. However, she did aid him in successfully winning the lawsuit against the prison for mistreatment of Mr. X. She also told us how he learned to trust her and poured his heart out. He talked about how his kids were falling on the wrong side of the tracks and how it upset him. I can’t imagine who’s fault that is. Seeing as where Mr. X murdered federal agents, robbing someone of a spouse, sibling, or child he should be glad if all that happened to his fried chicken between the kitchen and the jail cell was it hitting the floor.
I guess on paper in the law world the court made the right decision. But logically anyone with his track record doesn’t doesn’t deserve to complain about such conditions. I certainly would even turn a blind eye to the occasional beating by the guards. Seeing as where he is likely to spend the rest of his life in jail. However, I guess that makes me a mean spirited conservative who is out to destroy everyone’s civil rights for no good reason.
Sunday, September 15, 2002
“ Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Arter”
Earlier this fall ( or summer for some) Christopher Brandon Arter left the confines of his cozy Somerdale home in South Jersey to seek higher education in the great (and horse manure smelling) state of Pennsylvania. Many wondered how the wide-eyed innocent Arter child would adapt to his surroundings. Many believed that he would certainly knock the socks off the competition (he knocked them off the admissions board I’m told).
So recently I sat down (virtually) with Chris and had a candid interview not only about his experiences so far, but his future, love, Iraq, and his bizarre dreams.
Keith: Hey, Chris...everyone wants to know how you like school so far? You are missed in south jersey, and my readers would like to know how your experience has been
Chris: well, honestly, I don't like school so far. It has been a month, and there is not one thing I particularly like about school
Keith: Do you feel like your learning anything musically?
Chris: no, nothing. There is no musical instruction
Keith: what do you think of the people there?
Chris: I don't like the vast majority of people here
Keith: What do you miss about south jersey the most?
Chris: You Keith
Keith: can I print that ? It sounds pretty gay.
Chris: well honestly keith, I miss the worst parts of south jersey more than I like the best parts of Annville PA. There is nothing on campus here. It is boring Campus is surrounded by farms. so there is no reason to leave campus
Keith: There are rumors that you are depressed. Is there any truth to that?
Chris: Yes. I am extremely depressed. I have been offered anti-depressant drugs, but I have declined. I don't want to be tricked into liking this place.
Keith: Who offered you drugs?
Chris: oh its nothing big my roommate is clinically depressed
Keith: Arent most music people crazy?
Chris: I don't know If by music people you mean musicians
I am a musician and I am going crazy.
Keith: So you basically see this place as an evil empire?
Chris: Evil empire? I don't think this place dominates anything. Except my entire life at this moment
Keith: What two words would you use to describe your college experience thus far?
Chris: Grave and … hmmm
(after long pause)
Keith: Mistake?
Chris… Pathetic…yes a big one (mistake)
Keith: What is the highlight of being out there so far?
Chris I don't know. I have not been myself lately
Keith: I know the feeling.
Chris: no one here knows who I am. Even the people I see everyday
I don't want these people to know who I am. I want them to forget about me and move on
Keith: Do you make any attempt to make friends?
Chris: no I am different from everyone here. Everyone here has some common ground with everyone else whether its musical taste or playing ability you know?
Keith: have you been having your trademark dreams lately?
Chris: death dreams. yes mostly killing myself and small children
Keith: I hope your kidding
Chris: Yes …: About the children
Keith: man
Chris: I woke up with a long cut on my wrist. I wondered if i was so frustrated my subconscious tried to kill me in my sleep
Keith: this is a dark interview. Do you have anything happy to say?
Chris: I have not been happy in a long time not since before Bob {Hale} almost died because we thought
“ ya he's cool to drive”
Keith: What do you think about TRAP. Rich’s new band.
Chris: I think they suck!!! I'm just kidding… I don't know Ii never heard them I think its a nice idea
Keith: Are you going to have to give Rich a beat down and steal the studio over when you return to south jersey?
Chris no. I'm going to be in so much debt. I might have to hock all my sh*t but its worth it to get the f*ck out of here. .Did you know this school is $27,000 a year?
Keith: HEY HEY I don't think you can say some of those words Tucker's world!
Chris: I am sorry
Keith Its cool ….no one is reading anyway.
Keith: What school would you rather go to?
Chris: University of the Arts or Rowan they're both good. U arts is probably better
for music.
Keith: Rowan’s mascot is an owl or a "prof" as it were
Chris: Well than Rowan it is
Keith: That is how the suckered me
Keith: What bands are out there that you respect?
Chris: bands that I respect I respect the Black Crowes.. I thank drew for that
I really really like them
Keith: They broke up Chris.
Chris: Whatever than nobody
Keith: Did you like that song lickin that they did?
Chris: I thought it was a weak song , but I liked it anyway
Keith: I thought I was easily one of the worst songs ever made.
Chris: It’s a free country
Keith: Any future plans for BF?
Chris: well there is a gig in October on Columbus day
at the Pontiac on south street. I'm looking forward to it
Keith: Have you written any new songs?
Chris: NO, I have no motivation to write songs
Keith: What about shear boredom and missing Somerdale?
Chris: I'm sure I'll have a good one soon
Keith: who do you like better Rich or Rob?
Chris: whoa there
Keith: (laughing)
Chris: I can't answer that I love them both I could tell you which one I've killed more often in my sleep…. Rich I don't know if that means I love him or hate him though. I had a dream last night that I killed both Rob and Rich. I woke up saying to myself. I did it again.
Keith: What do you think about us going into Iraq?
Chris: I don't understand it honestly. So the guy has some mean nasty weapons
I'll bet we have the same ones and ones that are 10,000 X's worse
the difference between us and Iraq is that we might actually use them
Keith: How are you making a long distance relationship work?
Chris: a lot of instant messenger. I bought a web cam. I watch a lot of porno
Phone…. I love dana. you know that. I honestly haven’t wanted to get to know any girl better in the past 4 years I say get to know better like I'm not gay. I see a nice looking girl and I look I and think that's nice
you know just like every other person on the face of the earth but I have absolutely no interest in any one who is not Dana. nor can I generate interest I can't fake interest. I am incapable of flirting
Keith: What was the best thing you have eaten out there?
Chris: I had pizza hut yesterday that was good I don't eat much
I think i may be losing weight but I don't have a scale
Keith: What do you think about Ryan cutting his hair?
Chris: I think he looks like a penis he should not have done it people who aren't me give in to the hair cut urge too easily.
Keith: where do you see yourself in two years Chris Arter?
Chris: drinking in a bar with my head on the bar
Keith: Have you cut your hair yet?
Chris: no, very dirty but I will be very satisfied with my life.
Keith: What do you think should be done about the slumping economy and diminishing job market?
Chris: everyone should go out and buy something buy like more than they usually do but not so much that they are poor just indulge themselves a little its healthy its an unhealthy mind set to always be saving for that rainy day that may never come but there is a looming rainy day until you spend that money I don't know. I'm not an economist
Keith: Is there anything you would like the readers of Tucker's world to know?
Chris: I am coming home and i am staying there I hate everything … everything It's not so much home sick as it is here sick this place makes me sick It makes me want vomit
Keith: wow
Chris: I sob sometimes when I think of the situation I left to be in this one
Keith: like tears coming down your face? crying like a school girl?
Chris: I get restless when I think too much I sit up straight and fidget and twitch and swear to no one but myself because I can't stand it No..its just like a cough. with sadness in it just one at a time I'm not bawling my eyes out of course its only been 1 month I will be here for another and then another and then another.
Keith:
Thank You for your time Chris. I’m’ sure my readers will use the comment feature for feedback. Good luck the rest of the way.
Earlier this fall ( or summer for some) Christopher Brandon Arter left the confines of his cozy Somerdale home in South Jersey to seek higher education in the great (and horse manure smelling) state of Pennsylvania. Many wondered how the wide-eyed innocent Arter child would adapt to his surroundings. Many believed that he would certainly knock the socks off the competition (he knocked them off the admissions board I’m told).
So recently I sat down (virtually) with Chris and had a candid interview not only about his experiences so far, but his future, love, Iraq, and his bizarre dreams.
Keith: Hey, Chris...everyone wants to know how you like school so far? You are missed in south jersey, and my readers would like to know how your experience has been
Chris: well, honestly, I don't like school so far. It has been a month, and there is not one thing I particularly like about school
Keith: Do you feel like your learning anything musically?
Chris: no, nothing. There is no musical instruction
Keith: what do you think of the people there?
Chris: I don't like the vast majority of people here
Keith: What do you miss about south jersey the most?
Chris: You Keith
Keith: can I print that ? It sounds pretty gay.
Chris: well honestly keith, I miss the worst parts of south jersey more than I like the best parts of Annville PA. There is nothing on campus here. It is boring Campus is surrounded by farms. so there is no reason to leave campus
Keith: There are rumors that you are depressed. Is there any truth to that?
Chris: Yes. I am extremely depressed. I have been offered anti-depressant drugs, but I have declined. I don't want to be tricked into liking this place.
Keith: Who offered you drugs?
Chris: oh its nothing big my roommate is clinically depressed
Keith: Arent most music people crazy?
Chris: I don't know If by music people you mean musicians
I am a musician and I am going crazy.
Keith: So you basically see this place as an evil empire?
Chris: Evil empire? I don't think this place dominates anything. Except my entire life at this moment
Keith: What two words would you use to describe your college experience thus far?
Chris: Grave and … hmmm
(after long pause)
Keith: Mistake?
Chris… Pathetic…yes a big one (mistake)
Keith: What is the highlight of being out there so far?
Chris I don't know. I have not been myself lately
Keith: I know the feeling.
Chris: no one here knows who I am. Even the people I see everyday
I don't want these people to know who I am. I want them to forget about me and move on
Keith: Do you make any attempt to make friends?
Chris: no I am different from everyone here. Everyone here has some common ground with everyone else whether its musical taste or playing ability you know?
Keith: have you been having your trademark dreams lately?
Chris: death dreams. yes mostly killing myself and small children
Keith: I hope your kidding
Chris: Yes …: About the children
Keith: man
Chris: I woke up with a long cut on my wrist. I wondered if i was so frustrated my subconscious tried to kill me in my sleep
Keith: this is a dark interview. Do you have anything happy to say?
Chris: I have not been happy in a long time not since before Bob {Hale} almost died because we thought
“ ya he's cool to drive”
Keith: What do you think about TRAP. Rich’s new band.
Chris: I think they suck!!! I'm just kidding… I don't know Ii never heard them I think its a nice idea
Keith: Are you going to have to give Rich a beat down and steal the studio over when you return to south jersey?
Chris no. I'm going to be in so much debt. I might have to hock all my sh*t but its worth it to get the f*ck out of here. .Did you know this school is $27,000 a year?
Keith: HEY HEY I don't think you can say some of those words Tucker's world!
Chris: I am sorry
Keith Its cool ….no one is reading anyway.
Keith: What school would you rather go to?
Chris: University of the Arts or Rowan they're both good. U arts is probably better
for music.
Keith: Rowan’s mascot is an owl or a "prof" as it were
Chris: Well than Rowan it is
Keith: That is how the suckered me
Keith: What bands are out there that you respect?
Chris: bands that I respect I respect the Black Crowes.. I thank drew for that
I really really like them
Keith: They broke up Chris.
Chris: Whatever than nobody
Keith: Did you like that song lickin that they did?
Chris: I thought it was a weak song , but I liked it anyway
Keith: I thought I was easily one of the worst songs ever made.
Chris: It’s a free country
Keith: Any future plans for BF?
Chris: well there is a gig in October on Columbus day
at the Pontiac on south street. I'm looking forward to it
Keith: Have you written any new songs?
Chris: NO, I have no motivation to write songs
Keith: What about shear boredom and missing Somerdale?
Chris: I'm sure I'll have a good one soon
Keith: who do you like better Rich or Rob?
Chris: whoa there
Keith: (laughing)
Chris: I can't answer that I love them both I could tell you which one I've killed more often in my sleep…. Rich I don't know if that means I love him or hate him though. I had a dream last night that I killed both Rob and Rich. I woke up saying to myself. I did it again.
Keith: What do you think about us going into Iraq?
Chris: I don't understand it honestly. So the guy has some mean nasty weapons
I'll bet we have the same ones and ones that are 10,000 X's worse
the difference between us and Iraq is that we might actually use them
Keith: How are you making a long distance relationship work?
Chris: a lot of instant messenger. I bought a web cam. I watch a lot of porno
Phone…. I love dana. you know that. I honestly haven’t wanted to get to know any girl better in the past 4 years I say get to know better like I'm not gay. I see a nice looking girl and I look I and think that's nice
you know just like every other person on the face of the earth but I have absolutely no interest in any one who is not Dana. nor can I generate interest I can't fake interest. I am incapable of flirting
Keith: What was the best thing you have eaten out there?
Chris: I had pizza hut yesterday that was good I don't eat much
I think i may be losing weight but I don't have a scale
Keith: What do you think about Ryan cutting his hair?
Chris: I think he looks like a penis he should not have done it people who aren't me give in to the hair cut urge too easily.
Keith: where do you see yourself in two years Chris Arter?
Chris: drinking in a bar with my head on the bar
Keith: Have you cut your hair yet?
Chris: no, very dirty but I will be very satisfied with my life.
Keith: What do you think should be done about the slumping economy and diminishing job market?
Chris: everyone should go out and buy something buy like more than they usually do but not so much that they are poor just indulge themselves a little its healthy its an unhealthy mind set to always be saving for that rainy day that may never come but there is a looming rainy day until you spend that money I don't know. I'm not an economist
Keith: Is there anything you would like the readers of Tucker's world to know?
Chris: I am coming home and i am staying there I hate everything … everything It's not so much home sick as it is here sick this place makes me sick It makes me want vomit
Keith: wow
Chris: I sob sometimes when I think of the situation I left to be in this one
Keith: like tears coming down your face? crying like a school girl?
Chris: I get restless when I think too much I sit up straight and fidget and twitch and swear to no one but myself because I can't stand it No..its just like a cough. with sadness in it just one at a time I'm not bawling my eyes out of course its only been 1 month I will be here for another and then another and then another.
Keith:
Thank You for your time Chris. I’m’ sure my readers will use the comment feature for feedback. Good luck the rest of the way.
Friday, September 13, 2002
"Welcome to Comcast Country 2: Super Tech!"
A while back I gripped about the poor quality of Comcast Sportsnet since it was ousted to channel 69 for no good reason. Well, since that last time I brought it up (see welcome to comcast country now bend over) there have been some new developments. They were supposed to come out a few weeks ago, but in cable guy tradition they never showed. Another time they come out and supposedly did "something". A vague note was sent to us telling us what they did. However who ever did whatever never came in the house to check out the signal. So I am not sure how he would know if he had fixed it or not. Take a guess and see if you can figure out if he fixed it....go ahead...........take your time............. Nope of course not!
In comes the SUPER tech (I am not sure if he had an S on his shirt I wasn't here when he showed up). He did some stuff, which made the picture slightly better most of the time. If we want the best possible picture (which is still not what it should be) we have to watch the higher channels through the VCR. The picture is almost back to normal if you do this.
The SUPER tech told us that he warned "the suits"that moving the popular channel would be a mistake. He mentioned there is a fairly strong UHF channel that is sent out on that signal. The signal will cause interference if there are any exposed spots in cable connections. "The Suits" have yet to do anything about this despite being flooded with phone calls. The SUPER tech left our house only to go to yet another complaint about Comcast Sportsnet coming and going. A few days later without the VCR it went back to looking like scrambled porn. Of course porn usually doesn't involve a bunch of middle aged men sitting at a desk complaining about Andy Reid but I think you get the drift.
A while back I gripped about the poor quality of Comcast Sportsnet since it was ousted to channel 69 for no good reason. Well, since that last time I brought it up (see welcome to comcast country now bend over) there have been some new developments. They were supposed to come out a few weeks ago, but in cable guy tradition they never showed. Another time they come out and supposedly did "something". A vague note was sent to us telling us what they did. However who ever did whatever never came in the house to check out the signal. So I am not sure how he would know if he had fixed it or not. Take a guess and see if you can figure out if he fixed it....go ahead...........take your time............. Nope of course not!
In comes the SUPER tech (I am not sure if he had an S on his shirt I wasn't here when he showed up). He did some stuff, which made the picture slightly better most of the time. If we want the best possible picture (which is still not what it should be) we have to watch the higher channels through the VCR. The picture is almost back to normal if you do this.
The SUPER tech told us that he warned "the suits"that moving the popular channel would be a mistake. He mentioned there is a fairly strong UHF channel that is sent out on that signal. The signal will cause interference if there are any exposed spots in cable connections. "The Suits" have yet to do anything about this despite being flooded with phone calls. The SUPER tech left our house only to go to yet another complaint about Comcast Sportsnet coming and going. A few days later without the VCR it went back to looking like scrambled porn. Of course porn usually doesn't involve a bunch of middle aged men sitting at a desk complaining about Andy Reid but I think you get the drift.
Tuesday, September 10, 2002
"9/11 a Year Later"
It is funny how days can slowly slip by piling up to an entire calendar year so quickly. Its hard to believe it has been a year since the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington occurred. Every paper you pick up, every channel you turn on will bombard you with images of planes ripping buildings in half ( tune into the rebroadcast of CBS' 9/11 tomorrow at 9pm if you missed it 6 months ago its be might be the most extraordinary documentary I have ever seen.), people covered in soot, heroic accounts of the NY police and fireman, stories of narrow escapees, and many stories of lost loved ones. Granted it is overwhelming, but its important that the day is remembered. Not that the major networks had a choice in the matter refusal to air any coverage would be seen as insensitive. I couldn't justify ABC running reruns of According to Jim in place of retrospectives, even if that means having to see Peter Jennings face for a prolonged period of time.
A year ago tomorrow morning the sun rose on the World Trade Center for the last time. A year ago the towers dwarfed the landscape. A year ago from when I post and publish this people didn't think most likely someone was marveling at the size of this towers completely in the dark. For the last time people headed out the door of their homes to work. For the last time people laid eyes on their loved ones. Some used their cell phones to express their final words later that day.
The weather of September 11, 2001, was prefect. Not a cloud graced the blue sky in South Jersey nor over New York City. Of course all of that changed with in a few hours after Manhattan was engulfed in black cloud.
I had a morning work shift before heading off to class. As I was brushing my teeth, I overhead the news channel saying something about the World Trade Center. For some reason I thought they were just talking about the anniversary of when a car bomb was driven in to the towers. Apparently I forgot about the fact that it was snowing lightly that morning in 1993. When I first saw the image I couldn't get over how black the smoke was. My first reaction was some Arab (or terrorist of some sort) has set a bomb off in there. For some reason I thought that the fire would be put out in hours.
Then one of the news channels was speculating about a plane that had hit it. There goes the media blowing things out of proportion again, I thought to myself. Within a minute of seeing that I witnessed another ball of fire, so focused on the towers I didn't even notice the image of the 2nd plane slamming in the WTC. Driving to work I had Howard Stern on, there is not doubt about he said...we are at war.
Later that day I watched on TV at work, like the rest of that nation. Like all Americans I thought to myself the unthinkable is happening before my eyes. How much more did these people have in store for us? Then news footage flipped to the pentagon, and what was more disturbing is a customer still wanted me to wait on her. I spent 10 minutes selling a washer as word came that 3rd plane crashed in Pennsylvania some where. I couldn't help but think we were in the middle of the whole thing.
The reporter on the news cast I was watching at work, mentioned the whole tower shook. I thought maybe a bomb had gone off or something. However, about a minute later the tower began to collapse. The sound the reporter heard must have been the tower starting to implode. The tower disappeared in a giant cloud of smoke. For some reason I thought that other tower would remain standing. I guess I was in denial or something. When the 2nd tower went down, I knew I was watching one of the most important moments in America's history. I also realized how meaningless my problems were, and how I should just be thankful that I didn't know anyone who lost their lives that day. Life is silly that way. Later that night Ryan, Lima Beanz, myself and met Price and his father at Champs in Cherry Hill. It was a bizarre experience having footage on all the televisions there.
Human beings jumped to their death picking that as an option to go makes you understand the hellish conditions that they experienced. Thousands of horrifying images exist. Thankfully these images exist for future generations to have a perhaps some sort of understanding what happened that day. Images I will most likely remember for the rest of my life. Even the aftermath seeing the largest almost ridiculously huge buildings in history reduced to tomb of cement and metal. The are various erie images on the Internet, including a shot of the landmark sculpture the sphere which stood outside one of the towers dented and mangled.
The weeks that followed had everyone on edge. I still have the tendency to think to myself...that plan is flying a little low isn't it? Or looks a little too slanted? Isn't the Philadelphia airport in the other direction? We saw New York late night funny men David Letterman and Jon Stewart reduced to tears. We saw American flags on dozens of cars, we lit candles one night collectively as a nation. We discussed it in our classes, we tried to figure out who did this to us and why. We pondered about what could be done to make it safer. We realized what a poor condition the FBI was in. Missteps such as not having enough people to translate Arabic while intercepting messages, lack of organization,cutting the FBI during the 90's, and perhaps being a little too forgiving for the bombing of the USS Cole, and the WTC incident of 1993.
Eventually we got back to about our everyday lives at least those of us who didn't lose anyone directly did. It wasn't long before the liberals began exaggerating about prisoners of war. Ludicrously comparing it to Nazi prison camps. When an extremist liberal starts telling me it makes us no different from our enemy. I tell them about how they captured journalist Danny Pearl not only murdered him, but decapitated him on film. I also tell them the prisoners are in better living conditions than the were before. I also wonder how people expect to get any kind of information about future attacks. Ask nicely?
It wasn't long before we as nation debated if the word God should be in the Pledge of Allegiance. Baseball players childishly quibbled over money. People were wondering if that fruity white kid with the afro would become the American Idol (although hopefully none of my readers were not). The media exploited subjects like Anthrax, and came up with any thing they could to scare up viewers.
As I type this we are under an Orange state of an alert. It could be prisoners just trying to give us a good scare, and maybe we are wise enough to thwart any efforts of a repeat, even on a minor scale. I hope and pray that we will.
It is funny how days can slowly slip by piling up to an entire calendar year so quickly. Its hard to believe it has been a year since the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington occurred. Every paper you pick up, every channel you turn on will bombard you with images of planes ripping buildings in half ( tune into the rebroadcast of CBS' 9/11 tomorrow at 9pm if you missed it 6 months ago its be might be the most extraordinary documentary I have ever seen.), people covered in soot, heroic accounts of the NY police and fireman, stories of narrow escapees, and many stories of lost loved ones. Granted it is overwhelming, but its important that the day is remembered. Not that the major networks had a choice in the matter refusal to air any coverage would be seen as insensitive. I couldn't justify ABC running reruns of According to Jim in place of retrospectives, even if that means having to see Peter Jennings face for a prolonged period of time.
A year ago tomorrow morning the sun rose on the World Trade Center for the last time. A year ago the towers dwarfed the landscape. A year ago from when I post and publish this people didn't think most likely someone was marveling at the size of this towers completely in the dark. For the last time people headed out the door of their homes to work. For the last time people laid eyes on their loved ones. Some used their cell phones to express their final words later that day.
The weather of September 11, 2001, was prefect. Not a cloud graced the blue sky in South Jersey nor over New York City. Of course all of that changed with in a few hours after Manhattan was engulfed in black cloud.
I had a morning work shift before heading off to class. As I was brushing my teeth, I overhead the news channel saying something about the World Trade Center. For some reason I thought they were just talking about the anniversary of when a car bomb was driven in to the towers. Apparently I forgot about the fact that it was snowing lightly that morning in 1993. When I first saw the image I couldn't get over how black the smoke was. My first reaction was some Arab (or terrorist of some sort) has set a bomb off in there. For some reason I thought that the fire would be put out in hours.
Then one of the news channels was speculating about a plane that had hit it. There goes the media blowing things out of proportion again, I thought to myself. Within a minute of seeing that I witnessed another ball of fire, so focused on the towers I didn't even notice the image of the 2nd plane slamming in the WTC. Driving to work I had Howard Stern on, there is not doubt about he said...we are at war.
Later that day I watched on TV at work, like the rest of that nation. Like all Americans I thought to myself the unthinkable is happening before my eyes. How much more did these people have in store for us? Then news footage flipped to the pentagon, and what was more disturbing is a customer still wanted me to wait on her. I spent 10 minutes selling a washer as word came that 3rd plane crashed in Pennsylvania some where. I couldn't help but think we were in the middle of the whole thing.
The reporter on the news cast I was watching at work, mentioned the whole tower shook. I thought maybe a bomb had gone off or something. However, about a minute later the tower began to collapse. The sound the reporter heard must have been the tower starting to implode. The tower disappeared in a giant cloud of smoke. For some reason I thought that other tower would remain standing. I guess I was in denial or something. When the 2nd tower went down, I knew I was watching one of the most important moments in America's history. I also realized how meaningless my problems were, and how I should just be thankful that I didn't know anyone who lost their lives that day. Life is silly that way. Later that night Ryan, Lima Beanz, myself and met Price and his father at Champs in Cherry Hill. It was a bizarre experience having footage on all the televisions there.
Human beings jumped to their death picking that as an option to go makes you understand the hellish conditions that they experienced. Thousands of horrifying images exist. Thankfully these images exist for future generations to have a perhaps some sort of understanding what happened that day. Images I will most likely remember for the rest of my life. Even the aftermath seeing the largest almost ridiculously huge buildings in history reduced to tomb of cement and metal. The are various erie images on the Internet, including a shot of the landmark sculpture the sphere which stood outside one of the towers dented and mangled.
The weeks that followed had everyone on edge. I still have the tendency to think to myself...that plan is flying a little low isn't it? Or looks a little too slanted? Isn't the Philadelphia airport in the other direction? We saw New York late night funny men David Letterman and Jon Stewart reduced to tears. We saw American flags on dozens of cars, we lit candles one night collectively as a nation. We discussed it in our classes, we tried to figure out who did this to us and why. We pondered about what could be done to make it safer. We realized what a poor condition the FBI was in. Missteps such as not having enough people to translate Arabic while intercepting messages, lack of organization,cutting the FBI during the 90's, and perhaps being a little too forgiving for the bombing of the USS Cole, and the WTC incident of 1993.
Eventually we got back to about our everyday lives at least those of us who didn't lose anyone directly did. It wasn't long before the liberals began exaggerating about prisoners of war. Ludicrously comparing it to Nazi prison camps. When an extremist liberal starts telling me it makes us no different from our enemy. I tell them about how they captured journalist Danny Pearl not only murdered him, but decapitated him on film. I also tell them the prisoners are in better living conditions than the were before. I also wonder how people expect to get any kind of information about future attacks. Ask nicely?
It wasn't long before we as nation debated if the word God should be in the Pledge of Allegiance. Baseball players childishly quibbled over money. People were wondering if that fruity white kid with the afro would become the American Idol (although hopefully none of my readers were not). The media exploited subjects like Anthrax, and came up with any thing they could to scare up viewers.
As I type this we are under an Orange state of an alert. It could be prisoners just trying to give us a good scare, and maybe we are wise enough to thwart any efforts of a repeat, even on a minor scale. I hope and pray that we will.
"20 Something"
So you go to highschool, and your either get a job or you move on to college. After four years (or 4.5 years or more if you’re a slacker!) it’s time to leave campus for the final time ever! (If its Rowan just make sure you don’t get run over by a truck barreling down US ROUTE 322) .A man in a nice suit smiles hands you a piece of paper and gestures you to your new life.
You feel like you just won the lottery! You have a dream job where you work 9-5 with great benefits, you have a trendy clean apartment, and you still have plenty of time to loaf around with your friends and talk about sex like on those sitcoms. Oh yeah and you just found your life partner who is as sweet as they are good looking.
Then suddenly your alarm goes off and you have to make it your crumby job that you feel is beneath you. Perhaps you prolong the student experience by going to Grad. School with still no real goals. Or maybe you just want to sleep till 2 pm get up watch some tv, and go out and drink. And of course you start listening to John Mayer CDs all the time.
If you experienced anything in the 3rd paragraph you might, might be experiencing a fairly new “buzz” term called the quarter life crisis. Something I learned about from another student’s research project last semester. Apparently, this guy wrote a book about how people just become over whelmed once they finish college. The age group are people in their mid 20's (hence the phrase quarter) Often times resulting in depressesion, distancing from friends, questioning oneself etc, etc,. Im not sure we are the first generation to be filled with self-doubt about our future. And this guy who wrote the book certainly found a market to cash in on. However, the 2000 Census reports that 53 % of all men and women between the ages of 18-24 live at home. A much high number than I would have thought. They have their own website so it must be true!!!! http://www.quarterlifecrisis.com/
Is something that has been around all the time and just for some reason got the attention out of nowhere. Kinda like El Nino a few years ago? Or is it the MTV generation is too spoiled rotten and had it too good their whole life that they can’t make up their minds about what they want to do with all their pent up drive? Id ask you to comment but that would just be silly. You can think about it I than write your answer on a piece of paper and throw it away, successfully wasting 30 seconds of your day. You will be glad you did.
Oh yeah, Mosoco sent me his score. He got a 160. Did Dan K., Drew and Cookiepuss cheat on the IQ test when they had that sleepover at the village last weekend? They are such good friends I would not put that past them!
So you go to highschool, and your either get a job or you move on to college. After four years (or 4.5 years or more if you’re a slacker!) it’s time to leave campus for the final time ever! (If its Rowan just make sure you don’t get run over by a truck barreling down US ROUTE 322) .A man in a nice suit smiles hands you a piece of paper and gestures you to your new life.
You feel like you just won the lottery! You have a dream job where you work 9-5 with great benefits, you have a trendy clean apartment, and you still have plenty of time to loaf around with your friends and talk about sex like on those sitcoms. Oh yeah and you just found your life partner who is as sweet as they are good looking.
Then suddenly your alarm goes off and you have to make it your crumby job that you feel is beneath you. Perhaps you prolong the student experience by going to Grad. School with still no real goals. Or maybe you just want to sleep till 2 pm get up watch some tv, and go out and drink. And of course you start listening to John Mayer CDs all the time.
If you experienced anything in the 3rd paragraph you might, might be experiencing a fairly new “buzz” term called the quarter life crisis. Something I learned about from another student’s research project last semester. Apparently, this guy wrote a book about how people just become over whelmed once they finish college. The age group are people in their mid 20's (hence the phrase quarter) Often times resulting in depressesion, distancing from friends, questioning oneself etc, etc,. Im not sure we are the first generation to be filled with self-doubt about our future. And this guy who wrote the book certainly found a market to cash in on. However, the 2000 Census reports that 53 % of all men and women between the ages of 18-24 live at home. A much high number than I would have thought. They have their own website so it must be true!!!! http://www.quarterlifecrisis.com/
Is something that has been around all the time and just for some reason got the attention out of nowhere. Kinda like El Nino a few years ago? Or is it the MTV generation is too spoiled rotten and had it too good their whole life that they can’t make up their minds about what they want to do with all their pent up drive? Id ask you to comment but that would just be silly. You can think about it I than write your answer on a piece of paper and throw it away, successfully wasting 30 seconds of your day. You will be glad you did.
Oh yeah, Mosoco sent me his score. He got a 160. Did Dan K., Drew and Cookiepuss cheat on the IQ test when they had that sleepover at the village last weekend? They are such good friends I would not put that past them!
Sunday, September 08, 2002
"The Results"
First off I hope everyone had a good weekend, and no one is suffering from a case of the "Mondays" while reading this. Also I'd like to thank everyone who took part in the survey. Well here is the breakdown.
Rick: 107
Chris: 114
Jenna 139
Lima Beanz (formerly known as Jay) 155
and there was actually a tie for first place bettween
Drew and Dan K. who both scored a 160, which means they are both considered "gifted". Any suggestions for a tie breaker?! I'm sure these two good friends can work something out.
First off I hope everyone had a good weekend, and no one is suffering from a case of the "Mondays" while reading this. Also I'd like to thank everyone who took part in the survey. Well here is the breakdown.
Rick: 107
Chris: 114
Jenna 139
Lima Beanz (formerly known as Jay) 155
and there was actually a tie for first place bettween
Drew and Dan K. who both scored a 160, which means they are both considered "gifted". Any suggestions for a tie breaker?! I'm sure these two good friends can work something out.
Thursday, September 05, 2002
" Back to School"
It is time for one last go around with the whole student life. Of course since im a commuter I have the diet soda version of the student life. Regardless I just started out my last semester at Rowan University. After spent 10 minutes zooming around campus looking for a parking spot I settled on a spot in a different zip code than the building my class was in.
Now the day went with a few hitches I was late for the first class after getting the run around for paper work needed for my internship. Getting in late is one thing, but when the room is so packed that two girls have to get away from the door so you can get in the room is another. The room had about 10 people without desks and some with not even a chair. It's like putting a bunch of Sheep in a Sardine can.
Of course the bookstore charged me out the Gazoo ( I didn't read the Terms and Services remember? Can I curse on here?) and of course they didn't have the book I need to do assignments in.
Between classes I came out of a building and when I reached the end of the steps I saw a cute girl and we made eye contact and she smiled. I hesitated and said nothing. We walked from Robinson Hall to the Student lunch center which for those of you that don't know the campus is at least the distance between my house and Dustin's maybe more. We weren't really walking together just at the same pace.
When we both got to the student center we both went for the door at the same time and exchanged smiles again. I had nothing. Just inside the door stood Leigh Paynter and my cute girl disappeared up the steps. She then introduced me as her HIGHSCHOOL friend to this random dude. Which is like saying here is some loser I don't talk to anymore, we are just talking out of obligation. Same Old Rowan..Same
Old Keith...er I mean Tucker. Good night cute Rowan girl...where ever you are.
It is time for one last go around with the whole student life. Of course since im a commuter I have the diet soda version of the student life. Regardless I just started out my last semester at Rowan University. After spent 10 minutes zooming around campus looking for a parking spot I settled on a spot in a different zip code than the building my class was in.
Now the day went with a few hitches I was late for the first class after getting the run around for paper work needed for my internship. Getting in late is one thing, but when the room is so packed that two girls have to get away from the door so you can get in the room is another. The room had about 10 people without desks and some with not even a chair. It's like putting a bunch of Sheep in a Sardine can.
Of course the bookstore charged me out the Gazoo ( I didn't read the Terms and Services remember? Can I curse on here?) and of course they didn't have the book I need to do assignments in.
Between classes I came out of a building and when I reached the end of the steps I saw a cute girl and we made eye contact and she smiled. I hesitated and said nothing. We walked from Robinson Hall to the Student lunch center which for those of you that don't know the campus is at least the distance between my house and Dustin's maybe more. We weren't really walking together just at the same pace.
When we both got to the student center we both went for the door at the same time and exchanged smiles again. I had nothing. Just inside the door stood Leigh Paynter and my cute girl disappeared up the steps. She then introduced me as her HIGHSCHOOL friend to this random dude. Which is like saying here is some loser I don't talk to anymore, we are just talking out of obligation. Same Old Rowan..Same
Old Keith...er I mean Tucker. Good night cute Rowan girl...where ever you are.
Tuesday, September 03, 2002
"Dinner with Conan!"
Leg humping puppets, a suicidal announcer, and a pasty lanky Irish Man are coming to your evening television line up. In the best move since Comedy Central pulled Bob and Margot they have decided to rebroadcast Late Night with Conan O'brien from the night before. The show will air Weeknights at 7 PM starting tonight (weds).
Conan often quips that his main viewing audience include college students procrastinating school work and criminals. Hopefully now he will get a new group of viewers, and I can actually catch the show more often. Some of Conan's best bits are his out on the street skits, and the slide show presentations which can be easily the funniest minutes of television you will watch all week.
Also if you choice to do the IQ test, please cut and paste your results so I know your not just making it up. Look for the results here at the end of the week or the start of next.
Leg humping puppets, a suicidal announcer, and a pasty lanky Irish Man are coming to your evening television line up. In the best move since Comedy Central pulled Bob and Margot they have decided to rebroadcast Late Night with Conan O'brien from the night before. The show will air Weeknights at 7 PM starting tonight (weds).
Conan often quips that his main viewing audience include college students procrastinating school work and criminals. Hopefully now he will get a new group of viewers, and I can actually catch the show more often. Some of Conan's best bits are his out on the street skits, and the slide show presentations which can be easily the funniest minutes of television you will watch all week.
Also if you choice to do the IQ test, please cut and paste your results so I know your not just making it up. Look for the results here at the end of the week or the start of next.
"The IQ test"
A few weeks ago one of the AOL impulse icons caught my eye. It was an IQ test. Knowing many of my readers think they are smarter than all of my other friends I thought it would be an interesting way to put them to the test via Tucker's world. Mozart scored a 165 and Isaac Newton a 190
I took it and scored a 94. This puts me in the average section. However low enough to still get excited when I figure out Blues Clues Keep in mind speed counts, and I gave up on one to make up the time. Keep in mind also I did it at 2 am and had avril lavine's upbeat single complicated in my head the whole time. She is hot. I really like the tie thing too.
So what I purpose we do. Take it, and email me your score and in about a week ( since many people are starting school and have better things to do) I will post everyones scores on the board. You have to agree to the honors system which I started off by putting what my IQ supposedly is according to this test first. I did this at the risk of having the lowest score out of anyone here. Make sure you read the rules first and be honest.
Here is the link.
Good Luck
http://www.ivillagehealth.com/quiz/iqtest/pages/0,12910,261445_295384,00.html
Sunday, September 01, 2002
"TERROR ON TAPE !"
Two weeks ago CNN obtained exclusive Al-Quida footage and aired it over the course of five days. The footage was packaged as some sort of mini-seris under the title "Terror on Tape!" Each day CNN treated us to lovely images such as an innocent dog being gassed to death, some Al- Quida training footage, and pre-Sept. 11th Bin Laden footage. At the end of each segment they would hype up the next day's footage. Eventually after the initial airings local new outlets were permitted to air them. The American public needs to see footage like this, but the way the footage was packaged bordered on a shamless ratings ploy.
Here's the kicker! CNN originally wanted to film President Bush's reaction to the footage. (Im not sure why the fottage wasn't turned over to the defense department even if there was no new evidence or findings in them). The admistration wisely refused to particpate because it would basically just be using Bush as a prop for good reality TV for CNN. Ahhh.. got you to love the cut throat business of the cable news networks. Also can anyone tell my why MSNBC is America's news network when FOX NEWS and CNN always cream them in the ratings?
Two weeks ago CNN obtained exclusive Al-Quida footage and aired it over the course of five days. The footage was packaged as some sort of mini-seris under the title "Terror on Tape!" Each day CNN treated us to lovely images such as an innocent dog being gassed to death, some Al- Quida training footage, and pre-Sept. 11th Bin Laden footage. At the end of each segment they would hype up the next day's footage. Eventually after the initial airings local new outlets were permitted to air them. The American public needs to see footage like this, but the way the footage was packaged bordered on a shamless ratings ploy.
Here's the kicker! CNN originally wanted to film President Bush's reaction to the footage. (Im not sure why the fottage wasn't turned over to the defense department even if there was no new evidence or findings in them). The admistration wisely refused to particpate because it would basically just be using Bush as a prop for good reality TV for CNN. Ahhh.. got you to love the cut throat business of the cable news networks. Also can anyone tell my why MSNBC is America's news network when FOX NEWS and CNN always cream them in the ratings?
Friday, August 30, 2002
“Blogg Mummies & Shady McGruff”
Well Tucker’s world is officially dead! Now Tucker’s world 2 is born, and it will hopefully be a tad more pleasing to the eye. The font as changed and hopefully the site does not blog over itself repeating the headline over and over again.
As a result I have reposted all the previous articles. I hope that the comment feature is not far behind. Than again its me we are talking about.
Well if you traveled down the white horse pike recently in the Somerdale/Stratford area I’m sure you wondered not only what is the deal with the Quaker house but who is Shady McGruff?
The bar that was formerly known as the Party and Grill sat there empty for many years and was overhauled and renamed the White Horse Lantern. Apparently, the people who own Harper’s pub bought the place. However it never opened and was up for sale right after the overhaul. A few weeks back ago a sign said coming soon Shady McGruff’s! Now closer to opening the doors to the good people of Somerdale a new sign hangs out with a shifty eyed dog in an Irish hat with a beer mug in hand.
It’s good that its in some what staggering distance of my house, but who knows what kind of crowd it will draw. If it even draws one at all, because it wouldn’t surprise me if that place was cursed given the fact they keep changing names. I’m told it will be similar to Bamboo Bernie’s which would bring lots of hot half naked girls to my neighborhood. Unfortunately, the last thing we need is a bunch of morons making a left on the already congested pike. Perhaps I will just wait outside for drunk girls with impaired vision, and blurred judgment, or I will blow off the beer guzzling dog for some chicken tenders and some delicious honey mustard.
Well Tucker’s world is officially dead! Now Tucker’s world 2 is born, and it will hopefully be a tad more pleasing to the eye. The font as changed and hopefully the site does not blog over itself repeating the headline over and over again.
As a result I have reposted all the previous articles. I hope that the comment feature is not far behind. Than again its me we are talking about.
Well if you traveled down the white horse pike recently in the Somerdale/Stratford area I’m sure you wondered not only what is the deal with the Quaker house but who is Shady McGruff?
The bar that was formerly known as the Party and Grill sat there empty for many years and was overhauled and renamed the White Horse Lantern. Apparently, the people who own Harper’s pub bought the place. However it never opened and was up for sale right after the overhaul. A few weeks back ago a sign said coming soon Shady McGruff’s! Now closer to opening the doors to the good people of Somerdale a new sign hangs out with a shifty eyed dog in an Irish hat with a beer mug in hand.
It’s good that its in some what staggering distance of my house, but who knows what kind of crowd it will draw. If it even draws one at all, because it wouldn’t surprise me if that place was cursed given the fact they keep changing names. I’m told it will be similar to Bamboo Bernie’s which would bring lots of hot half naked girls to my neighborhood. Unfortunately, the last thing we need is a bunch of morons making a left on the already congested pike. Perhaps I will just wait outside for drunk girls with impaired vision, and blurred judgment, or I will blow off the beer guzzling dog for some chicken tenders and some delicious honey mustard.
[8/30/2002 12:20:37 AM | keith H]
"Welcome to Comcast Country...now bend over!"
If you tried to watching the Phillies recently or wanted to catch the Eagles preseason game rebroadcast for the 10th time perhaps you noticed something that many other South Jersey residents are.
If your lucky it appears the reception looks like you have had one too many beers. Sadly thats about as good as it gets. At times in the afternoon it appears about as clear a scrambled porn channel. This has been going on since Comcast oddly shifted ComcastSportsnet from channel 9 all the way down channel 69.
Why would such a popular channel produced by the same people that own the actual cable company be flipped to such a higher channel, usually dedicated to lame stations no one watches( not to mention the sexual reference). Granted it is not uncommon for the cable distributors to monkey with their lineup. But in this case ComcastSportsnet simply went to a station where Comcast IN DEMAND ads ran 24/7, and QVC showed up on channel 9, and no other channels moved, no other channels were even added. Seems strange.
So strange that my father actually called the cable company. The first time they didn't bother to show up. The next time They replaced the cable line going into the house and nothing changed and of course he showed up late. The third trip involved a "tech" expert. He just became disgruntled that the last guy didn't run a new line from the pole to the house, just replaced the line inside, and part of the outside line.
He did offer advice saying it's likely an old wire somewhere is exposed causing interference from an AM radio frequency. Supposedly they will work on it sometime after the holiday. Id imagine many more people will flood the company with complaints in the next weeks if nothing changes when the Flyers and Sixers start their seasons.
Unfortunately you can't switch cable companies either, because Comcast has zero competition. Don't ask me how this is not a monopoly cause not only doesn't my comment feature not work, but I don't no the answer. They gobbled up Suburban, Warner and Garden State Cable. If anyone dares to come around they have to run their own cable lines, which would break their wallets in no time.
The wiggle vision has not only effected me. Drive up to the Warwick tavern or any local sports bar and try to figure out why it looks like Phillies game looks like its underwater.
Is this a ploy to get analog subcribers to switch to digital? Thats what I thought, but the "tech" said even the digitial subcribers get CSN in analog form. Perhaps people at Comcast are just morons. Perhaps its own by a rich evil Mr. Burns type person who gets joy from watching people suffer. Recent articles in the Business section elude to possible problems with the company's future. Any company with Scott Hanson on the payroll should be.
ps. the outer frame of my blog now doubles as a magic eye poster. I can't wait to see what nonsense appears about the head line this time.
"Welcome to Comcast Country...now bend over!"
If you tried to watching the Phillies recently or wanted to catch the Eagles preseason game rebroadcast for the 10th time perhaps you noticed something that many other South Jersey residents are.
If your lucky it appears the reception looks like you have had one too many beers. Sadly thats about as good as it gets. At times in the afternoon it appears about as clear a scrambled porn channel. This has been going on since Comcast oddly shifted ComcastSportsnet from channel 9 all the way down channel 69.
Why would such a popular channel produced by the same people that own the actual cable company be flipped to such a higher channel, usually dedicated to lame stations no one watches( not to mention the sexual reference). Granted it is not uncommon for the cable distributors to monkey with their lineup. But in this case ComcastSportsnet simply went to a station where Comcast IN DEMAND ads ran 24/7, and QVC showed up on channel 9, and no other channels moved, no other channels were even added. Seems strange.
So strange that my father actually called the cable company. The first time they didn't bother to show up. The next time They replaced the cable line going into the house and nothing changed and of course he showed up late. The third trip involved a "tech" expert. He just became disgruntled that the last guy didn't run a new line from the pole to the house, just replaced the line inside, and part of the outside line.
He did offer advice saying it's likely an old wire somewhere is exposed causing interference from an AM radio frequency. Supposedly they will work on it sometime after the holiday. Id imagine many more people will flood the company with complaints in the next weeks if nothing changes when the Flyers and Sixers start their seasons.
Unfortunately you can't switch cable companies either, because Comcast has zero competition. Don't ask me how this is not a monopoly cause not only doesn't my comment feature not work, but I don't no the answer. They gobbled up Suburban, Warner and Garden State Cable. If anyone dares to come around they have to run their own cable lines, which would break their wallets in no time.
The wiggle vision has not only effected me. Drive up to the Warwick tavern or any local sports bar and try to figure out why it looks like Phillies game looks like its underwater.
Is this a ploy to get analog subcribers to switch to digital? Thats what I thought, but the "tech" said even the digitial subcribers get CSN in analog form. Perhaps people at Comcast are just morons. Perhaps its own by a rich evil Mr. Burns type person who gets joy from watching people suffer. Recent articles in the Business section elude to possible problems with the company's future. Any company with Scott Hanson on the payroll should be.
ps. the outer frame of my blog now doubles as a magic eye poster. I can't wait to see what nonsense appears about the head line this time.
[8/28/2002 4:40:26 PM | keith H]
“Three DVDs, a guy and some down time”
Here is a run down on my latest Blockbuster run.
National Lampoon’s Van Wilder
Rated R 2002
Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid
The guy who wrote and directed National Lampoon’s must have grown up watching Campus Comedies. The movie exists in fantasy college land where big-breasted girls walk around campus constantly looking for sex, Campus parties are huge and only rarely broken up. He also cast three Alumni in supporting roles in the film, The guy from the revenge of the nerds movies, Tom Everett Scott (Dead Man on Campus), and Tim Matherson ( Animal House).
The movie centers on the title character Van Wilder who is in his 7th year of grad. School. What would be the point in leaving? He is treated like a god there, has young girls throw themselves at him, and can throws legendary parties. He is so busy he has to hire an assistant, who takes the job so Wilder can help him get laid before he goes back to India. He is a hell of a guy, and I imagine Ferris Bueller was like this in College.
Wilder also looks after the little guy quite often helping nerds get laid, raising money for struggling school clubs, counseling various other students, and befriending “sick” boy. Of course there are the rival rich kids who want to make lots of money when the graduate and hang out in the frat house all day. Of course the head of the frat is the boyfriend of Wilder’s love interest. Of course they are going to engage in childish pranks.
A lot of the humor works, particularly Wilder’s great one liners, but some of the gross out humor tries too hard, and a hand full of the many slapstick gags are lame. One of most bizarre sequences is when Wilder pays a stripper to fart on a friend. The problem with this kind of movie is when the jokes fail they really FAIL. Perhaps they should have replaced some of the lame gross jokes with funny dialogue the were apparently able to write (at least for wilder) instead. There are jokes about the size of Wilder’s dog’s testicles which work almost every time though.
Since Wilder has been in school so long his dad has cut off his funding, so Wilder has to pay for what looks to be his last semester. Wilder sticks with what he knows being hired to throw parties, and even starting a topless tutoring business.
Tara Reid shows up as the campus reporter trying to get an interview with him, but he tries turning all the interviews into dates. Of course a love story develops, cause you don’t pay Tara Reid to act you pay her to look good and be chased after. Despite some sick gags, the movie ends on a sweet note with Wilder
questioning his future. If you hate movies with potty humor, stay far away. You know who you are. Although its not the best in its genre (two demerits for ripping off American Pie, which ripped off Dumb and Dumber by using the same exact joke) its worth a rental. Its hard to really hate a movie with a character like Van Wilder who zooms around campus in a golf cart. This movie flopped in the theaters but, now that its own DVD it has the potential to find an audience much like movies such as Office Space and Austin Powers did…WRITE THAT DOWN!
Grade:
B-
Mulholland Drive
I never watched a David Lynch movie in my life till the other night. Since this movie had been out for almost a year, I forgot what it was supposed to be about. Apparently, that does not make any difference. I still don’t. To his credit the movie is hypnotic visually, and there are some techniques not used since the 70’s and some great camera angels. However, a good deal of the acting is sup bar, and to say the movie is incoherent is an understatement.
The main plot is about some girl who was in accident staying with a would be actress, and trying to remember who she is. Meanwhile some director is beating threatened by some old white dudes to put a certain girl in his play. Character actor Dan Hedya shows up for two minutes for no particular reason. Eventually the director gets threatened by a random cowboy, and that’s when I pretty much gave up on following the movie.
Other people show up in the movie, like a guy telling a friend about a dream at a diner, and a hitman who’s job goes comically awry (and violently) but that have nothing to do with anything and most of them are never heard or seen again or have anything to do with any other character in the entire movie.
The movie gets even harder to grasp when it changes gears out of no where and becomes like one of those movies Prism used to run late at night when the two girls start getting it on! Than characters change names and morph into other people for no reason, there is a corpse, something to do with a box and blue keys, a 5 inch elderly couple ran around like crazy. People get emotional about stuff. Then the credits roll.
After seeing the movie I thought I was dumb, but I read the reviews of it online, and no one got the movie either. Yet they called it a masterpiece. I admit the movie stays with you a while and is innovative in some ways, but in now ways is it a masterpiece! The more I read the more I had to back it up. Mullhoand Drive was originally shot as a pilot for ABC, but was never picked up. The majority of that it left in the film, but other stuff is added to make it into a movie. I guess when the nudity begins is when the pilot ends. A movie has to make some sort of sense in order to be a masterpiece. You can watch this movie on your DVD play and hit random, and it makes about as much sense. Lynch should get an award for making so many people think he is a genius. I mean I am all for new forms of movie making and it does mess with your mind, but I prefer movies that make sense which I don’t think Lynch ever intended to do. For a good mind trip rent Memento, Dark City, or Vanilla Sky, they actually have a story.
Grade: C
Say Anything
I finally checked this flick out even though its over a decade old. Mainly cause it has John Cusack and was directed by Cameron Crowe. The movie was a bit of a chick flick, but it was really well done so I didn’t mind watching it alone in a dark room. The father from fraiser turns in a good performance. It’s a honest movie a trait anyone who ever watched Almost Famous could easily pick out as a Crowe trademark.
Cusack has a knack for playing the everyman role and is very memorable in this role. The movie is different from most of the 80’s teen flicks, because it is not about sex its an actual love story. That sounded pretty gay, I am going to go out back and build something with my hands….
Grade: B +
“Three DVDs, a guy and some down time”
Here is a run down on my latest Blockbuster run.
National Lampoon’s Van Wilder
Rated R 2002
Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid
The guy who wrote and directed National Lampoon’s must have grown up watching Campus Comedies. The movie exists in fantasy college land where big-breasted girls walk around campus constantly looking for sex, Campus parties are huge and only rarely broken up. He also cast three Alumni in supporting roles in the film, The guy from the revenge of the nerds movies, Tom Everett Scott (Dead Man on Campus), and Tim Matherson ( Animal House).
The movie centers on the title character Van Wilder who is in his 7th year of grad. School. What would be the point in leaving? He is treated like a god there, has young girls throw themselves at him, and can throws legendary parties. He is so busy he has to hire an assistant, who takes the job so Wilder can help him get laid before he goes back to India. He is a hell of a guy, and I imagine Ferris Bueller was like this in College.
Wilder also looks after the little guy quite often helping nerds get laid, raising money for struggling school clubs, counseling various other students, and befriending “sick” boy. Of course there are the rival rich kids who want to make lots of money when the graduate and hang out in the frat house all day. Of course the head of the frat is the boyfriend of Wilder’s love interest. Of course they are going to engage in childish pranks.
A lot of the humor works, particularly Wilder’s great one liners, but some of the gross out humor tries too hard, and a hand full of the many slapstick gags are lame. One of most bizarre sequences is when Wilder pays a stripper to fart on a friend. The problem with this kind of movie is when the jokes fail they really FAIL. Perhaps they should have replaced some of the lame gross jokes with funny dialogue the were apparently able to write (at least for wilder) instead. There are jokes about the size of Wilder’s dog’s testicles which work almost every time though.
Since Wilder has been in school so long his dad has cut off his funding, so Wilder has to pay for what looks to be his last semester. Wilder sticks with what he knows being hired to throw parties, and even starting a topless tutoring business.
Tara Reid shows up as the campus reporter trying to get an interview with him, but he tries turning all the interviews into dates. Of course a love story develops, cause you don’t pay Tara Reid to act you pay her to look good and be chased after. Despite some sick gags, the movie ends on a sweet note with Wilder
questioning his future. If you hate movies with potty humor, stay far away. You know who you are. Although its not the best in its genre (two demerits for ripping off American Pie, which ripped off Dumb and Dumber by using the same exact joke) its worth a rental. Its hard to really hate a movie with a character like Van Wilder who zooms around campus in a golf cart. This movie flopped in the theaters but, now that its own DVD it has the potential to find an audience much like movies such as Office Space and Austin Powers did…WRITE THAT DOWN!
Grade:
B-
Mulholland Drive
I never watched a David Lynch movie in my life till the other night. Since this movie had been out for almost a year, I forgot what it was supposed to be about. Apparently, that does not make any difference. I still don’t. To his credit the movie is hypnotic visually, and there are some techniques not used since the 70’s and some great camera angels. However, a good deal of the acting is sup bar, and to say the movie is incoherent is an understatement.
The main plot is about some girl who was in accident staying with a would be actress, and trying to remember who she is. Meanwhile some director is beating threatened by some old white dudes to put a certain girl in his play. Character actor Dan Hedya shows up for two minutes for no particular reason. Eventually the director gets threatened by a random cowboy, and that’s when I pretty much gave up on following the movie.
Other people show up in the movie, like a guy telling a friend about a dream at a diner, and a hitman who’s job goes comically awry (and violently) but that have nothing to do with anything and most of them are never heard or seen again or have anything to do with any other character in the entire movie.
The movie gets even harder to grasp when it changes gears out of no where and becomes like one of those movies Prism used to run late at night when the two girls start getting it on! Than characters change names and morph into other people for no reason, there is a corpse, something to do with a box and blue keys, a 5 inch elderly couple ran around like crazy. People get emotional about stuff. Then the credits roll.
After seeing the movie I thought I was dumb, but I read the reviews of it online, and no one got the movie either. Yet they called it a masterpiece. I admit the movie stays with you a while and is innovative in some ways, but in now ways is it a masterpiece! The more I read the more I had to back it up. Mullhoand Drive was originally shot as a pilot for ABC, but was never picked up. The majority of that it left in the film, but other stuff is added to make it into a movie. I guess when the nudity begins is when the pilot ends. A movie has to make some sort of sense in order to be a masterpiece. You can watch this movie on your DVD play and hit random, and it makes about as much sense. Lynch should get an award for making so many people think he is a genius. I mean I am all for new forms of movie making and it does mess with your mind, but I prefer movies that make sense which I don’t think Lynch ever intended to do. For a good mind trip rent Memento, Dark City, or Vanilla Sky, they actually have a story.
Grade: C
Say Anything
I finally checked this flick out even though its over a decade old. Mainly cause it has John Cusack and was directed by Cameron Crowe. The movie was a bit of a chick flick, but it was really well done so I didn’t mind watching it alone in a dark room. The father from fraiser turns in a good performance. It’s a honest movie a trait anyone who ever watched Almost Famous could easily pick out as a Crowe trademark.
Cusack has a knack for playing the everyman role and is very memorable in this role. The movie is different from most of the 80’s teen flicks, because it is not about sex its an actual love story. That sounded pretty gay, I am going to go out back and build something with my hands….
Grade: B +
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[8/27/2002 1:25:13 AM | keith H]
"Fresh Skates"
Two slacker hockey players will get a 2nd chance this coming season. One of which will be wearing the Orange and Black and the other one wore it briefly.
Pavel Brendle who was acquired in the Lindros trade last season, is going to be given a 2nd chance to crack the line up this season. Brendle was supposed to be the key factor in the trade, and part of an all Czech line. However injuries and an early season trade put an end to that. Brendle found no room in the inn when players like the scrappy Marty Murray and new comer Donald Brasher came and carved out niches on the team.
Brendle played for the Phantoms most the year, and certainly wasn't a fan favorite. He is often jeered for his lack of heart and drive, but many people think the skill to be a top NHL player is there. Due to injuries and flat out desperation he played the last two post season games for the Flyers, but all was already lost at that point.
The good news is that he have been working his butt off this summer, and is in shape and ready to go. Certainly, the new coach will not take any slacking off from Pavel. People have already penciled him on a line with new Center Michael Handzus who was picked up in the offseason. It is now or never if he wants to be an NHL player.
Meanwhile after two years of partying and playing in a roller league with 40 yearold men. Alexander Daigle has either had a change of heart or blew all his money on fake CA girls, cause he is ready to rejoin the NHL. San Jose called him up this summer, and he was all ready to go. Till Super Mario called him up and asked him to play for the Penguins. So perhaps Daigle is serious if he is going to leave the West coast, and playing with Mario won't hurt either.
I doubt Daigle will pan out though, he will soon get bored, zone out and skate around aimlessly as usual. Hopefully the penguins pay him very little seeing as where there millions of dollars in debt. If he finds the night life in Pittsburgh lame maybe should get Kevin Steven's number or something. He certainly won't put up good numbers for the penguins. Oh well
ps
the comment thing is still not working..im close to giving up. Can anyone out there pleassssssse help!!!!?!?!?
email me for feed back on Tucker's world
[8/27/2002 1:25:13 AM | keith H]
"Fresh Skates"
Two slacker hockey players will get a 2nd chance this coming season. One of which will be wearing the Orange and Black and the other one wore it briefly.
Pavel Brendle who was acquired in the Lindros trade last season, is going to be given a 2nd chance to crack the line up this season. Brendle was supposed to be the key factor in the trade, and part of an all Czech line. However injuries and an early season trade put an end to that. Brendle found no room in the inn when players like the scrappy Marty Murray and new comer Donald Brasher came and carved out niches on the team.
Brendle played for the Phantoms most the year, and certainly wasn't a fan favorite. He is often jeered for his lack of heart and drive, but many people think the skill to be a top NHL player is there. Due to injuries and flat out desperation he played the last two post season games for the Flyers, but all was already lost at that point.
The good news is that he have been working his butt off this summer, and is in shape and ready to go. Certainly, the new coach will not take any slacking off from Pavel. People have already penciled him on a line with new Center Michael Handzus who was picked up in the offseason. It is now or never if he wants to be an NHL player.
Meanwhile after two years of partying and playing in a roller league with 40 yearold men. Alexander Daigle has either had a change of heart or blew all his money on fake CA girls, cause he is ready to rejoin the NHL. San Jose called him up this summer, and he was all ready to go. Till Super Mario called him up and asked him to play for the Penguins. So perhaps Daigle is serious if he is going to leave the West coast, and playing with Mario won't hurt either.
I doubt Daigle will pan out though, he will soon get bored, zone out and skate around aimlessly as usual. Hopefully the penguins pay him very little seeing as where there millions of dollars in debt. If he finds the night life in Pittsburgh lame maybe should get Kevin Steven's number or something. He certainly won't put up good numbers for the penguins. Oh well
ps
the comment thing is still not working..im close to giving up. Can anyone out there pleassssssse help!!!!?!?!?
email me for feed back on Tucker's world
[8/22/2002 8:45:48 PM | keith H]
"The Net"
Last night I returned home from a night out with my friends. My ritual of checking my e-mail before I go to bed was especially sweet last night because I figured people would have become aware of Tucker's world at this point.
YOU GOT MAIL exclaimed an excited Steve Chase...but that would have to wait. It's time to see what comments await for me on my infant Blog. Sadly there not a sole welcomed Tucker's World to Cyber Space. So I figured it test the system and post a mock comment. Much to my surprise I neglected to add this feature to my site.
Ah, I will just go into my settings and make a few corrections and away we go! With in a few minutes I humbled myself and resorted to the "?" Icon. I asked kindly about adding a comments feature to Tucker's World. I knew this was possible and I don't doubt it has been accomplished by retarded kids and gifted apes. However I soon discover that you have to go to a third party in order to add on this feature. We can use computers to make Mick Jaggar look 30 and put our heads together in order to create a featherless chicken, but we have not mastered the comments feature on the Blog system.
Anyway, an entire list of third parties jumps on my screen which are preceded by what type of computer software and various other requirements are ideal for running the program. Well, I know my Computer can't do what Richard Pryor's did in Superman III, but would like to think it could do what Dan K.'s did in 1996. So I randomly select a few the 1st one involves me filling out too much so I grow tired of it. The 2nd one tells me how easy it is. When I complete the form it tells my they are no longer accepting people. I felt like I just got turned away at some sort of cyber space night club. Finally I find one that I can follow. So I do what is told cutting and pasting URL links amongst the wonderful world of HTML that lurks under the crust of Tucker's world.
Sadly everytime I hit save settings nothing appears any different when I view the site. So I play around some more turning my HTML for this site into some sort of primitive verision of Tetris. I went to my friends for tech support, Ryan simply said eh, apparently Rick's weak spot is HTML, Drew must have some sort of life because he wasn't answering his phone all day, and perhaps only Dan K can allow the 4 people that read Tucker's world to respond. But since he could undoubtedly do this minutes after leaving his mother uterus it is a bit humbling for me. I will figure something out.
Oh well for now just email me at Mst3keith@aol.com to comment and sit back and enjoy my column.
"The Net"
Last night I returned home from a night out with my friends. My ritual of checking my e-mail before I go to bed was especially sweet last night because I figured people would have become aware of Tucker's world at this point.
YOU GOT MAIL exclaimed an excited Steve Chase...but that would have to wait. It's time to see what comments await for me on my infant Blog. Sadly there not a sole welcomed Tucker's World to Cyber Space. So I figured it test the system and post a mock comment. Much to my surprise I neglected to add this feature to my site.
Ah, I will just go into my settings and make a few corrections and away we go! With in a few minutes I humbled myself and resorted to the "?" Icon. I asked kindly about adding a comments feature to Tucker's World. I knew this was possible and I don't doubt it has been accomplished by retarded kids and gifted apes. However I soon discover that you have to go to a third party in order to add on this feature. We can use computers to make Mick Jaggar look 30 and put our heads together in order to create a featherless chicken, but we have not mastered the comments feature on the Blog system.
Anyway, an entire list of third parties jumps on my screen which are preceded by what type of computer software and various other requirements are ideal for running the program. Well, I know my Computer can't do what Richard Pryor's did in Superman III, but would like to think it could do what Dan K.'s did in 1996. So I randomly select a few the 1st one involves me filling out too much so I grow tired of it. The 2nd one tells me how easy it is. When I complete the form it tells my they are no longer accepting people. I felt like I just got turned away at some sort of cyber space night club. Finally I find one that I can follow. So I do what is told cutting and pasting URL links amongst the wonderful world of HTML that lurks under the crust of Tucker's world.
Sadly everytime I hit save settings nothing appears any different when I view the site. So I play around some more turning my HTML for this site into some sort of primitive verision of Tetris. I went to my friends for tech support, Ryan simply said eh, apparently Rick's weak spot is HTML, Drew must have some sort of life because he wasn't answering his phone all day, and perhaps only Dan K can allow the 4 people that read Tucker's world to respond. But since he could undoubtedly do this minutes after leaving his mother uterus it is a bit humbling for me. I will figure something out.
Oh well for now just email me at Mst3keith@aol.com to comment and sit back and enjoy my column.
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