"The Mantis Commeth"--fixed

My old friend Harry (aka Old Mantis) has jumped on the blog band wagon. It looks to be a good read, and hopefully won't head for and early grave like Jenna and Mindless and Muglife.


Check out what the Old Mantis has to say.


Old Mantis.

"Return of the Bad Jokes"

Back by Popular Demand (except for that one random guy that has begged me to stop these) its bad joke Wednesday. Back for this week in buffett style. Scroll on down and let the growning and head shaking begin.


What do fish say when they hit a wall?


Damn!


Why did the wrestlers have to fight in the dark?
Their match wouldn't light.


What did the lightbulb say to its mother?

I wuv you watts and watts.

Why should you never run behind a bus?
You will get exhausted.

What did Tarzan shout when he saw the elephants coming up over the hill while wearing sunglasses?
Nothing. He did not recognize them.


AND FINALLY


A man visited his doctor for a regular checkup. The doctor checked him out and gave him some bad news. "There are two things wrong with you," he said. "You have cancer and Alzheimer's."
"Well," said the man, "at least I don't have cancer."

"It Came From South Jersey"

Yet another reason not to have kids. Okay, not really its just this nasty little plant think growing in a New Jersey lake. Experts aren't quite sure what it is. Perhaps Lima Beanz can take a field trip there and take samples.


http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=animals_oddities&id=3523301

"NHL Gone Extreme"

Take a look at the ESPN scoreboard for Saturday and SUnday. Clearly scoring has gone up. Take into consideration the fact that the Flyers were down 2-0 against the Devils. Before that ment the game was over.

However, the Flyers won 5-2. 2 goal leads are not a big of deal as they used to be.

Check it out.

Bring on the 50 goal scorers. How many 100-point scorers will there be?

Always a belated congrats to Sid "the kid" Crosby who scored his first goal in the NHL this weekend. So, far he is living up to the hype 5pts in 3 games.

"Dvd Rant"

2 Things.


I recently realized how lots of crappy straight to video sequels keep coming out. I was in Target recently, and this man was there with his two children. They saw a copy of the Sandlot 2.

They kept asking for it over and over again. He kept telling them it wasn't good and they tried to make it like the first one with different kids and it didnt work. That it was not the one they wanted. The kids recongized the cover and the concept and kept badgering him till he bought it.

Think about it most crappy sequels like the Casper sequels and Air Bud movies are always found near the check out line. So kids can con their parents. Another reason not to have kids.

Also, a new trend I am hearing about is TV series being billed at complete seasons on DVD, yet they are actaully the sydnicated cuts of the show. After Networks airs a show once say a sitcom they cut about 30 seconds out when the rebroadcast them to fit in more ads. Than even worst when a show goes into syndication (usually after four seasons or 100 epsiodes whatever comes first) they delete two mins of the show.

Even though out there somewhere the original cuts exist. Perhaps its the fact that the syndicated ones are already cleaned up for the most part when they are packaged to be shown in reruns. At any rate some funny lines, jokes and general flow of the shows are lost when these minutes are deleted. Sometimes its just a longer scene, and occassionally if you have seen both cuts you will release that missing scenes are somes referenced.

The Cosby Show, Alf and Rossane are among popular sitcoms that have issued the syndicated shows off as complete seasons.

"Free Pucks"

Hockey fans and digital cable/dish subscribers rejoice. Starting today the hockey package is free till OCT 31st. Which means you get every hockey game for nothing for 4 weeks. That actually will include a handful of NHL pre-season games being playing today (Saturday) and tomorrow.

"Same Old JR"

JR is up to his old tricks out in LA mugging for the camera and getting concussions. He notched his 11th career concusion earlier this preseason. Perhaps thats why he agreed to be on Last Call with Carson Daly (airing tonight as in THursday).


Read here.

"The Spork"

Most fast food restaurants like KFC give you a spork to eat your mashed potatoes. For those of you that don't know a spork is the combination of a fork and a spoon. So, you have all the scooping action of a spoon, and the ability to stab thing with small prongs on the end of the utensil.


My generation is raised on fast food, and of course is totally famliar with the concept of a spork. Yet, I have never seen it in kitchen ware form. Meaning, it never comes with a dinning set. I have never seen them made of anything over than plastic.

I mean sets come with, pickle forks, cake forks, gravey spoons and soup spoons. Yet the spork has yet to make the leap into the dinning sets. I mean not that I always wish I had one, but if I had the choice of a set with a spork, and one without sporks. I tell you what im going for the spork.

Why no sporks?

"Back Tuesday"

Hetic hours and other stuff have kept my from blogging.

I will not be near an internet for awhile. So no updates till Tuesday.

"Super Sunday: Special Editions?!?!"

Rumor has it that since there will be a new superman movie out next year. That warner brothers will re-issue all the DVDs that Christopher Reeve starred in as two disc special editions.

This could be interesting if its actually true. Because, we would find out if the Marlon Brando footage from Superman II was really "lost" or destroyed". Also we may finally find the truth if the original cut of SupermanIV was destroyed. The movie bombed so bad with test audiences that the studio cut well over 30 mins of fotage. Leaving a movie that makes no sense in many parts.

I can't imagine what more they can do with the first film since they added a lot with the release a few years ago. All eyes will be for what is released for Superman II and Superman IV. I can't imagine what they will do with Superman III. I would like them to delete the scene where Richard Pryor falls off the 400 story sky scrapper just for cheap laughs. But I doubt that will happen.


They would come out next year, but it might only be in the UK.


GO here for more details.

"Shootouts Galore"

In case you haven't heard by now the NHL will now have shootouts after 5 min 4 on 4 OTS if there is not a winner.

The 2003-2004 season the Flyers went to OT 21 times and 15 of them were ties. Who ever wins the shoot out will be rewared a goal and say the game was 2-2, the winning score will read 3-2. Also, the goals scored won't count for players totals.

Anyway these shootouts will be not only fun to watch, but it will have a very big impact on the game and standings. There are no more ties, so games bettween divison rivals will ALWAYS SWING TWO POINTS. For example the Flyers fall to the Rangers. Thats 2 points the Rangers will gain on them if you add the point the rangers got and the one the Flyers failed to get.

What will happen is the shootouts will force another "special team" in addition to the PK and PP units. PLayers will be hand picked by coaches in order to help put the game away. Players like Mario Lemuiex will still be a huge threat. Yeah he is 40, but come on what goali still wants to face super Mario on a break way shot?

Coaches are going to have to consider who to dress and GMS who to keep. Players like Sami Kappanen might go up in value. He is not Brett Hull, but that man has got some serious moves that will come in hand when faking the goalie out of his skates and putting the puck in the net.

This will allow more exposure for the superstars too. Highlight reels on ESPN every night will have a close up the player going in for the kill.

The toughest thing is going to be goalies trying to deal with this. It will be their worst nightmare. Even the best goalie in the world will have trouble with the shootouts. Take the skills competition for example. Its a very low percent of pucks that are stoped.

Also teams that are defensive minded are going to be in trouble after OT ends and the shootout out beings. Look at the Penguins roster compared to the Devils. The devils will be slightly better team this year, with better goaltending thatn the penguins, but the penguins will smoke the Devils in a shootout. The Devils do have Elias and Mogliny (I consider Friesen more of sniper and there for less of a threat). The Penguins have Mario, Sid Crosby, Sergi Conchor Mark Recchi, Ziggy Palffy and Ryan Malone.

In order to get the coachers and players used to it. The NHL is having shootouts for every single preseason game regardless of the score.

"The Plan..."

I just realized that the last comment was #666 for Tucker's World! How EVIL!!!!!!!

Anyways here is the plan for the Echelon Area. Or at least someone who can draw a lot better than me's vision of the new area. Laurel Road is not the one that turns into White Horse Road, it is just another street near the mall with the same name.

THe Anchor stores on the "slimed down" mall confuse me a bit, if they plan to keep Strawbridges (soon to be Macys) and Boscovs. They look like they are misplaced.

I dont know where all these people are going to park.

CHECK HER OUT.

Coming Soon:

Shootouts Impact on the NHL

"PREIT Plug on Wal-Mart Plan

ECHELON MALL COULD BE DEAD OFFICALLY BY THURSDAY




The people of the Voorhees who feared a Wal-Mart bringing in to much traffic to their area can breath a sigh of relief. Yes, instead of a Wal-Mart they will be getting an addition street in that section of town in addition to 100s o new residents who will live there in new condos. So, yeah all the people living there and street with a purpose for people to drive on to pull up to stores is really going to..um not be any traffic problem...er..yeah.

PREIT has said they are waving the white flag and giving up on the Wal-Mart. They were to purpose for the millionth time to the people of Voorhees their plan to have a Wal-Mart, Resturants, a new stores. The people had already planned to yell an scream about how much Wal-Mart sucks.


Instead they plan to according to the mayor "present the town with more of town center". Kind of like a mainstreet (who cares if that entire concept flopped)that you can drive up to the stores and resturants and park. They claim the mall will be cut back to the original 1970 blue print. Back in TL's mall rat days when there was no Pennys or Sears.

The new bedroom apartments of the condos will go for a mere 1,200. They even were nice enough to promise no section 8, or low income homes.

Thursday the concept will be presented, and likely in the papers the next day, so I will try to provide a link to it. I don't really understand how other stores and condos are going to help the remains of the mall.

I was right about the condos, and if im 100 percent right. PERIT will offically sign the Mall's death warrent in 48hrs. The mall will be town down down completly and there will be no mall.


So, as long as the new residents are really quiet, dont drive trucks, the construction is done with silent hammers, people don't actually want to go to the "town center", than the people of Voorhees will get their quiet traffic free neighborhood they were fighting for.


For more details go to todays Courier ARticle.

"NHL on XM"

Pretty sweet.


I don't have XM, and forget which one of my friends does.


Here is the story.

"Ophelia to Hit NC; Move Up Coast"

After a few days of hovering near Florida Hurricane Opheila is finally moving. Now near the Carolinas it is expected to make landfall late this Tuesday.

After hit makes landfall they expect it to veer off to the north east, but the effects of it will be felt in NJ. Wheather it be just high winds and rough surf at the beach, or more remains to be seen.

Either way its going to make its presence known to the garden state.

Track Map


Meanwhile Hurricane Maria and Nate went spinning out into the colder water of the Atlantic, and won't bother anyone.

"Al Qaeda Warns of LA Attack"

As if its bad enough that I have to see the date 9/11 all day, I wake up this morning to check the Drudge Report (one of 5 websites I actually look at), only to find that some lovely American turned Islam extremist is threatening Los Angles on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

The guy apperenlty lived in California, and got into a obviously dangerous crowd. This isn't the first time that he made a tape for his Al Qaeda employers. However, its rare that they usually pick out a city be name and tell us basically putting the city on edge

"Yesterday, London and Madrid. Tomorrow, Los Angeles and Melbourne, God willing. At this time, don't count on us demonstrating restraint or compassion,"

Check out ABC online for the story and video.

After the hurricane do people feel less safe due to what they feel was a slowed effort for help? Does anyone else think this terrorist looks a little too much like Subway's Jared?

"Gilligan Gone"

BOB DENVER 1935-2005

Bob Denver who played Gilligan on Gilligan's Island passed away earlier today.

Despite the fact that the show only ran for 3 seasons, it seemingly never has left the air. The cartoonish lovable buffon of a character that Denver protrayled still entertains kids to this day.

A few month ago I was at store on the board walk that sold through back stuff to old shows. They have a plague with the cast of the show and facts about the shows run. Two little kids ran over all excited yelling.

"Gilligan!"

So, I guess kids still watch the antics of the castways much like I did through reruns during teh summer and days when you are home sick from school.


Denver apprently died of a combination of treatment for cancer in addition to having heart surgery earlier this year.

Yeah, Denver may have been type casted after that, and in fact the only work he really got after the show ended were TV movies, about the castways. At the same time his character will still be falling into the lagoon entertaing kids for generations as if it was a new show.

For the record Ginger, Mary-Ann and the Professor are the only living cast members.

"Get Well Brody"

I only recently learned a few weeks ago that actor Roy Scheider was dignosed with cancer in June. He under went bone marrow transplant to treat multiple myelnoma which is from what I understand a cancer of the plasma cells.


Scheider is likely best known for play Cheif Martin Brody in Jaws and its first sequel. This put him on the list of "Keith's actors" (anyone interested in my providing an actual list?) and gave him one of AFIS most memoriable lines.

"Were going to need a bigger boat"

In addition to Jaws, he also played in well regared 70's films The French Connection, Marathaon Man, and All that Jazz. Other movies you may know him from are 2010, 52-Pick Up and the Rainmaker.


TV people might know him from his short lived tv show Seaquest.

Does anyone know anything about this form of cancer? THat could shed some light on his chances of a full recovery?

Roy seemed to be in good spirits when a months ago when the story broke (where the heck was I?).

"It went well. They harvested my stem cells. I was my own donor. I won't be bouncing around like I usually do this summer. I'll be weak. I'll be recovering. But, to all those wishing me well, thank you very much." --he told the NY post in June.

Hang in there Brody, remember Hooper drives the boat and Jersey Pride!

"Ken Riddle 1980-2005"

This might be a point of interest to some of my readers who may not have heard at this point, or a few whose emails I dont have. A classmate of mine (and many of my friends and readers) was killed in car accident over a week ago. My friend Jessica was able to find his death notice.



Memoriam: Dr. Kenneth Levar Riddle 1980-2005Dr. Kenneth Levar Riddle, whose soulful tenor voice glorified the Lordthrough the gift of gospel music, has passed from his earthly life,through the Grace of God, into the eternal life promised in HolyScripture.A native of Alexandria, Virginia, Dr. Riddle, affectionately known as"Kenneth" to his family, friends, fans, and his fellow members of TyeTribbett and Greater Anointing, will be missed by all. Many of thehigh spirited moves and choreography of Greater Anointing were theresults of the talented and spirit-filled heart of Kenneth.Kenneth was born in Youngstown, Ohio, on June 27, 1980, to GailRiddle-LaRoda and Kenneth L. Riddle. He received his early educationin the City of Cincinnati, Ohio, and completed High School in theState of New Jersey. Having been at the top of his classes throughoutElementary, Junior High and High School, it was no wonder that hewould excel in college where he matriculated at Hampton University inHampton, Virginia in 2004 with a Doctor of Pharmaceuticals Degree.


This brilliant young man maintained his status on the Dean's Listduring his entire college career.Kenneth had a profound love for the Lord and was saved at a very earlyage at the Greater Bethlehem Temple Church in Cincinnati, Ohio. Uponhis relocation, with his loving mother, to the City of Camden, NewJersey at the age of 10, Kenneth became a member of the El BethelChurch of Christ in Camden. He went on to become a member of RestoringLife International Church in Baltimore, Maryland, under the leadershipof Dr. Kenneth O. Robinson II and was a faithful member until hispassing.Kenneth epitomized the meaning of "Remember thy creator in the days ofthy youth."

Funeral services will be held on Monday, September 5, 2005 at theEmpowerment Temple Church, 4217 - 4221 Primrose Avenue, Baltimore, MD21215 with Dr. Kenneth O. Robinson II officiating. The viewing willconvene at 8:00am, followed by the Home Going Celebration at 10:00am

"Underwater Buses"

A lot of heat has come down on the federal government, about not reacting in time to save the people who were socked by Hurricane Katrina.

However, what about the Mayor and the Governor?

Check out these pictures of buses that just sat there and are now under water and useless.

There were tourists who could not leave, because all the cars were rented. Why on Earth, didn't the mayor or for that matter any state officials use these since they had a mandatory evacuation?

It didn't help that almost no one batted and eye till the President finally told them to get the hell out of there.


There is no reason for these busses to have gone to waste.