The House always wins

But could a pro be fooled by such chicanery?

Copperfield is gonna be pissed

I'm one of those guys that believes in magic. I consider myself to relatively perceptive and fairly intelligent but I also believe that some things just can't be explained. This however is not one of them.

Cube News

For those of you stuck in that "dead end job" here's a message from Kim.

The Admiral

Tomorrow is Friday the 25th which marks a full fortnight since my surgery. That means 14 straight days of being for all in tents and porpoises FUCKING HELPLESS! Obviously I'm handling it well.

As a side note the tents and porpoises crack was not me getting a cliche' wrong. I digress.

In my stead The Admiral has been carrying the load. To say that I love her for it would be a gross understatement. Still I'm going to use this post as an opportunity to express to her (again) both my gratitude and sheer adoration.

I LOVE YOU BABY!

'Nuff said

Drink of the week

While over at Cyemm's the other night I heard a phrase that I hadn't heard in quite a bit. "Panty Dropper". In the context that it was used it was an adjective but the dilemma that I have is that it could have very well been a noun. There is a beverage that one could order at their local establishment known as the Panty Dropper.

Now we men have often used the phrase to describe a drink that would help us *ahem* fast forward to the entertainment portion of the evening. Sad to say that even I have stooped to such a level in the past. Fuck you for judging me.

Problem number two - I just found out (during the research portion of this post) that there are multiple recipes for this damn thing. Not in such a way that you could say what the standard is. There's a "fruity" version and one that is a lot closer to the White Russian. While I will list the 3 main recipes that I've found I'm going to crown the one made here in Seattle as the official Panty Dropper recipe. And if you don't like it write your own blog ya bum.

Official Panty Dropper Recipe

1 shot of Kahlua (substitute any available coffee liqueur), 1 shot of sloe gin, fill with half & half and serve over ice.

Other recipes worth trying

1 shot Vodka, 1 shot Blueberry Schnapps, 1 shot Cranberry juice

or

1 shot Vodka, 1 shot Captain Morgan's, fill with Pepsi and serve over ice

Should you find yourself in a situation where you must resort to such drastic measures it is my duty to inform you that the average cost is $6 - $7. Expect to buy at least 4 of these babies to *cough* get the job done.

BTW in case you havn't guessed by now, the pre-preggo pic of Salma served no purpose at all.

With Great Power...

Finally managed to see Spider-Man 3 this afternoon and although I don't regret going it wasn't as good as I'd hoped it would be. In fact I believe The Admiral's exact words were "eh, it was ok". Which gets me to thinking...how many solid trilogies have there been? By "solid" I mean trilogies where all three movies where good in their own right and could have stood on there own merit.

There have been problems with most of them. For starters consider The Holy Trilogy (that would be the original Star Wars movies for anyone that isn't a Sci Fi geek like I am). A New Hope was brilliant. "Empire" is widely recognized as the best of the 3. But the only people I know of that think that "Jedi" was a great movie are girls ("those Ewoks are so cute" cue the eye roll and stifled groan). Which means I'm going to start my blasphemy early and say that this series does not qualify as a "solid" trilogy.

The Matrix trilogy was laughable. Wow they really didn't ever plan on moving any further than the first film. The first two X-men movies were solid but the 3rd installment felt both campy and rushed. Lethal Weapon didn't have the good sense to stop at 3 movies which means that thanks to Chris Rock and friends they don't qualify for this exercise either.

LOTR was much too long and i could actually feel my life passing before my eyes as they tried to close out the 3rd movie. Sometimes you don't really need to stick to the book letter for letter.

In fact the only trilogy that even comes close to being a completely successful series are the Indiana Jones movies. Raiders was phenomenal. Temple of Doom was different enough to keep sparking our interest and Crusade was both exciting and witty. Sean Connery's "we named the dog Indiana" is still one of the all time best movie quotes.

But that's it. Its the only one I can really turn to and say, "yep solid all the way thru".

Don't make me beg!

Someone please buy this for me