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Just stopping by quickly. Mad busy right now. Crazy day, lots of work done, much more to do, not nearly enough time. Took Beau to lunch today for his birthday. Sorry bastard’s birthday lands on New Years Eve. I wouldn’t be cool with that. Oddly, I’ve got a number of friends whose birthday lands on this day.

Tonight I make my way to Giant Village for the wild party that will be Downtown Los Angeles. They’re shutting down Flower between 6th and 7th and throwing what amounts to a giant party. It’s held in front of the Bonaventure Hotel, that same hotel featured in the final sequence from In The Line Of Fire. The bar on top of the Bonaventure rotates. Smart. People booze up, then move the world on them at the same time enhancing the drunk.

When things settle down a bit I’ll share with you how they make the worlds most disgusting and wonderful Taco. You people on the East Coast don’t have access to this fast food fantasy, but when you hear my tale you’ll wish you lived amongst us on the left coast.

Happy New Year! Go do something stupid.

On days where scientists have claimed to create the first cloned baby (this may yet to prove false) I find myself impressed with the capacity a human being has to create and innovate. The ethical questions aside, it’s a testament to human achievement.

Then I’m reminded just how ass stupid the majority of us are when I read this entry from the official HP/Compaq computer FAQ. What’s even more astounding is this entry had to be modified at some point, probably to make it more clear. Dumb fucks.

EDIT 12/30/02 - Piece of shit program. The links were fucked up. They’re working now.

Okay, way too busy lately with work and family holiday crap, but I’ll take a quick time out to point out the best Holiday bit of Internet fundom you’ll ever see. Clicky the linky winky. Plus, Apple’s got a couple of fun ads with Will Ferrel as Santa Claus making the big switch. Clicky this linky for Willy. The iPod one is the best of the two.

“980 Christmas songs and then 20 Doobie Brothers and 1 Sherryl Crow.”

Now that’s a playlist.

This guy is quite likely the greatest man that ever lived. Read his story and become very jealous.

I love pudding.

Mohammed Ali made multiple comebacks, but he stopped because his body told him to. George Foreman made a number of comebacks over the years, but he stopped when he discovered he could make more money selling his image rather than having his image beat upon by sweaty men. Then there’s this story out of today’s Hollywood Reporter:

MGM puts ‘Rocky VI’ in ring
Dec. 12, 2002

The long-rumored “Rocky VI” is one step closer to fighting its way to the big screen. MGM is nearing a final deal with Sylvester Stallone to write, star in and produce another installment of the Academy Award-winning franchise. But unlike most Hollywood franchises that see each installment grow in size, scope and budget, the new “Rocky” will return the franchise to its indie-style roots. The original 1976 film rang in at a budget just north of $1 million and went on to gross more than $220 million worldwide. Sources close to MGM say that — given the right script — the studio and Stallone hope to continue that trend with a “Rocky VI” budgeted in the $10 million-$15 million range. The story line for “Rocky VI” would find Stallone as a 50-year-old Rocky Balboa who is now at work running a youth center. He is lured out of retirement from the ring for one last fight. (Chris Gardner)

Why? Why? WHY?

Is there an audience clamoring for this? Begging Sly and the studios to put this out? I can’t believe there is. I just can’t. Sure, the first movie was great. The second one was a nice follow-up. The third one had Mr. T (that’s about all I can say that’s nice). The fourth one, in response to the US and Reagan’s standing up against the “Iron Curtain,” had Russians and draped Rocky in the American Flag to the point of annoyance. Then it looked like the pain would stop, but they went ahead and made a fifth movie, by which time I was 19 and no longer inspired by such ridiculous plots. Once again, after Rocky V it looked like the pain stopped. But no.

Forget terrorists. Forget oil spills. Forget the annoyance caused by SUV’s. Let’s put aside the fact that McDonald’s NEVER gives me enough fucking ketchup when I go through the drive-thru! FUCKERS! No, the true evil we currently face are new Rocky films. It must be stopped.

Capture the holiday spirit with my favorite, Strong Bad. Click here now.

Well, been really busy the last week, mostly with family stuff, so I haven’t had much time to play on here. Been catching up on work and stuff. Have some things to talk about here. Saw the movies “Narc” and “Star Trek: Nemesis” already. Saw “The Nutcracker” at the Kodak in Los Angeles on Saturday. I have things to say.

Time is short, but I thought I’d share with you a single image Jacob scanned for me. It’s from my birthday celebration back on the 23rd of November. This was taken at the beginning of the night, before the much drinking began. This was me that night. Don’t fuck with a guy in red pants. Click the image for bigger.

Once I pick up the pics from Jake and Kimmy, I’ll upload all the nights pics. Fun stuff.