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How long will it be before a virus surfaces that attempts to invalidate installations of the Microsoft XP or Vista operating systems? Imagine the headache if an enterprise with thousands of Windows devices deployed got nailed with such a virus. This would result essentially in a quasi denial of service condition (more like an service annoyance condition). I’ve had to call Microsoft before to get a new key and although its not too terribly painful, its still kind of a nuisance because it requires that you converse with another party (it’s not automated in any shape form or fashion). And, as I recall, I even had to provide some information on the device I was doing the reinstall on. Not a huge deal for one machine, but what if you were responsible for getting new keys for thousands.

The back of this 1970 Topps basketball card tells you that Steve Kuberski was a 6′8″ pivotman from Moline, Illonois who impressed his Celtic teamates and coaches with his hustle, determination, toughness, and excellent shooting. The front of the card has you speculating on the number of bodies Steve has buried in his backyard.

This evening I got to play some ping pong with the Russian President Vladamir Putin. I have to say that having Vladmir over for some pong was pretty damn cool. I had heard he was pretty good, but wasn’t sure if it was true or just the Soviet propaganda machine at work. I didn’t care one way or another because having him over was enough as it was - besides, he had some Cuban Cohiba’s in tow. With that said, Vladie had a pretty good forehand, a nice serve, and a tricky backhand that was pretty unorthodox. However, the most interesting (I am using this word on purpose) part of his game was that he played sans a shirt. I mean, here we are, getting ready to get our pong on, and he takes off his shirt. Not only that, but his KGB buddy/bodyguard/helper dude also took his shirt off. At this point I’m reasoning it out in my head, trying to attribute it to some cultural divide. I’m even trying to compare it to the differences between the American and National Leagues in baseball. One league uses a DH and the other doesn’t, simlar to one country plays ping pong while wearing a shirt and one country does not. Just as I’m chalkng it up as “a Russian thing (like the DH)”, Vlad takes off his pants. Now the Russian president is standing in my basement in some sort of Right Said Fred looking shorts holding a ping pong paddle (a paddle which was a loaner from me at the beginning of the night, but at this moment has become his permanent property). Like clockwork, the KGB dude pulls the same move, except instead of holding a ping pong paddle, the only thing he is holding is a gaze towards ole Vladie. At this point I begin to get the awkward feeling that they (Vlad and crazy KGB guy) are expecting me to remove my shirt and pants. Now I’m nervous. I don’t want to cause an international incident in my basement, but at the same time I also like to wear clothes when I play ping pong. Besides, what if one of my buddies was to walk in and see me and Vlad in our skivies trading vollies. There wouldn’t be a poker game for the next year that Grease or Koncak wouldn’t be given me some major crap about how I was playing some pantless table tennis with a couple of commi’s. So what did I do you ask? Well, nothing. What was I supposed to do? I’m just glad I was wearing boxers.

Apparently Charlie Weiss isn’t happy about being jumped in the BCS after his team won. Here are his comments:

“One of the teams [Tennessee] that jumped us had the same game that we had. They’re down, they’re playing at home and they win by a field goal,” Weis said Tuesday. “Another team [Florida] that jumped us wasn’t even playing. They were home eating cheeseburgers and they end up jumping us. That befuddles me.”

Let me be the first to say, it’s about freakin time. Notre Dame has always gotten preferential treatment when it comes to this kind of crap. Hell, I figure that as long as they go five hundred they’ll be in the BCS. As far as Tennessee shafting Notre Dame, what about the 1956 Heisman? Paul Hornoung won it over UT’s Johnny Majors while leading the Irish to a 2-8 season. That’s worse than the ESPN jacking of the Heisman from Peyton. As far as the Florida comment, Florida would absolutely crush the Irish. The Gators would only have to stop the Irish once, because Notre Dames “D” can’t stop anyone

Weiss = Whinner, not a winner.

Honestly, the current BCS standings mean nothing right now. California jumped Tennessee and we pounded the Bears (pounded - could have dropped 50 on them but we called the dogs off). The reason I’m not really complaining is that there is plenty of time for teams to seperate themselves from the pack. Ohio State still has to play Michigan, Tennessee still has to play LSU, at South Carolina, and at Arkansas, and Notre Dame still has to play USC. So quit your crying and eating (I think its fair to say you’ve been doing alot of both). I’m glad Notre Dame gave you a ten year extension because it probably means the Irish won’t be challenging for the title for a while. Think about it, what has he done that Ty didn’t do?

Every time a Tag body spray commercial comes on while I’m watching tv I feel like a major jackass. It just makes me rethink whether or not I should be watching what I am watching because apparently the people over at Tag think that because I am watching what I’m watching I would be interested in buying their garbage. Got that? Pretty wordy. I was thinking about cutting my ties with the “Gilmore Girls” anyway, so you folks at Tag will have to peddle your lust lotion somewhere else.

P.S. Saw the Kevin Bacon/Michael Jordan Hanes commerical again tonight. I’m dyin here. Someone needs to talk to Jordan about this crap. What’s next, Emmitt Smith on Dancing with the Stars? I’ll be honest, I had to write Jerry Rice off last year because of this type of behavior (bold words since he’s an ex Raider). He’s pretty much dead to me at this point. Emmitt already had two strikes with me because he played for the freakin Gators and Cowboys. This “Dancing..” involvement has pretty much completed the trifecta of him being a sucka.

P.P.S. Isn’t A.C. Slater doing the Dancing with the Stars thing to? I think I heard that he is romantically involved with the chick he got partnered with. Word of advice for the chick - this guy cheated on his first wife the night before his wedding. By the way, whats the deal with the “Saved by the Bell” cast. I am not going to elaborate, but Zack probably should have picked better friends or at least stopped with Lisa Turtle.

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Dres, D-R-E-S, yes I get suckers start,
If it’s all right with you, I’ll rip this here one apart,
Back, Middle, to the front, don’t front,
Wanna a good time, gonna give you what you want

Anyone remember Black Sheep? I have to admit, I used to wear out their first album. DRES and Mr. Lawnge got heavy rotation in the ole Sprint (Yeah, I used to drive a 3 cylinder Chevy Sprint - a story for another day). Most have probably heard “The Choice is Yours” as it got lots of play on MTV back in the day, but the rest of the “A Wolf in Sheeps Clothing” album was pretty good. I think my favorite cut on the album was “Similak Child” (A 180 from “The Choice is Yours”, very mellow, love the dogs barking in the beginning), but “Black with N.V.” was also right up there. Why am I rehashing some dated rap favorite of mine you ask? Well, DRES and Mr. Lawnge are back. Talk about a long absense. Honestly, there are very few musicians, especially rap musicians, that I listened to back in the mid nineties that I would get fired up about today if they were to make a comeback. However, I always thought artistically Black Sheep was a step above some of their counterparts. I mean, how good is:

From the time that she was born,
She was raised to be all that,
Gave her no food,
Purely Similak.

I must say however, I have grown tired of the explicit lyrics. Call me a fuddy duddy or whatever, but I think it shows a lack of creativity and seems like a type of sell out. Anyway, I did download (iTunes) the “Whoodat” single (the clean version) from the new album and think its a great song. Sounds like classic Black Sheep. Anyway, if you’ve never heard of them, at least check out some of the songs I’ve mentioned above.

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So, I was looking at a book that I found on the floor of my house this weekend. This book was a infants book. Each of its ten pages had a picture of something with its name below it. For instance, one page had a picture of a duck with “duck” written below it. Are we all following? Here’s what I thought was kinda strange. The first inside page had a picture of a dog and the second page had a picture of a house. Saying them together you get dog house obviously. The fourth and fifth pages had a bird and a ship respectively. Is there some sort of hijinks here? Bird Ship. Im tired.

So, I have been pretty busy as of late and haven’t had much time to write (this is probably the most over used phrase within the blog community). However, I hope to at least add something every Tuesday. I am going to call it (see above) the Mass Media Update. This is the Killers edition. So, I picked up the new Killers album titled “Sam’s Town” this week. I liked the first one enough to warrant this purchase and so far I have been pretty impressed. I really like the single “When you were young”, but the title track is also getting some heavy play in the ole iPod. I also picked up Beck’s new release as well as Amputechture from the Mars Volta. I suggest that all of you l33t bitches should go pick these gems up at your local record store (don’t iTunes it, buy it. iTunes is only for singles fool).

What else is new, the Raiders still suck. What the hell? You have two of the top ten receivers in the league on your team, but can’t get them the ball. Where is Jerry Porter? If you ain’t gonna play him, trade him for anything, something, a freakin special teams player, whatever. As for Randy Moss, I’m not buying that his skills have diminished. We have a crappy o-line and an equally crappy set of quarterbacks. Its no wonder Randy isn’t getting any balls. I feel uncomfortable writing that last sentence. However, we could at least throw some jump balls to him. Put pressure on him to either go get it or break up an interception. Randys still got some nice hair though. It’ll be a shame if he jets out of Oakland. Randy is the embodiment of what a Raider is -or was. Hes freakin lights out in the skill department, hes got a swagger, and he has some baggage. However, lately its looking like Warren Sapp is the face of the Raiders. Old, worn out, over-rated, and just looking to collect a paycheck. Al, where is the commitment to excellence you once spoke of. By the way, I heard the guy working the Hilton front desk in Sacramento can draw up a mean offense (I’m thinking Art is second guessing his choice for an offensive coordinator - maybe ex bed and breakfast owners is not a good pool to pull from).

I’m thinking of building a late night tv studio in my unfinished basement. Maybe have some of my neighbors come over and discuss hot topics such as who is the worst at maintaining their lawn (me), or tips to prevent the neighbors cat (my cat of course) from cutting a duece in your childs sandbox. My cat eats very narly looking food by the way. Iams cat food looks like they stuck a salmon in a blender and poured it into a tin can. My cat eats it up though. She also licks her rear, so go figure.

By the way, Iron Maiden has a new album in the top forty. I personally loved “Peice of Mind”, but that was back when jeans jackets with metal band pins on the front was cool. I can’t imagine I would like the new stuff. After “Somewhere in Time”, I figured they were done. I will say this though, nobody can play the bass like Steve Harris.

“Thinking of an age old dream, places I have never seen,

Fantasies lived times before.

I split my brain, melt through the floor.”
(Purgatory.Iron Maiden)

I’m reading “Into the Wild” by John Krakauer right now. Pretty cool. Chris McCandless burned his money, ditched his car, and walked into the bitter cold wilderness of Alaska with a .22 rifle and a bag of rice. A few months later a hunter found his body in an abandoned bus. Chris was an interesting guy who did not waiver on what he wanted out of life. Lots of info on the web about him - check the wiki out.

More to come.

I was at a high school football game this past Friday and heard some guy in the press box utter these words:

“If anyone has some Redman chewing tobacco, come on up to the press box. Ground Hog is willing to pay good money for it.”

Yes, I live in Tennessee.