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If you "Pop" your collar I will not talk to you. And you're better off, because what I really want to do is pop you in your fucking nose, douchebag.

Pretty soon this gon' be a paper-less world. I'll help you... Gimme all your paper money. I bring you to the future.

This morning I was driving my daughter to school. I come up to the High School driveway which is a left turn for me. There is a car coming in the other direction with their blinker on to make right turn into the same driveway. They stop and wait. I am waiting for them to turn, after all they have the right of way. They continue to wait.

Just fucking turn already! Don't do me any favors. Things go a lot smoother and quicker if you just follow the laws of driving and go when you're supposed to.

This "Niceness" really pisses me off. All is does is screw things up can cause accidents. Just drive motherfucker.

All you had to do, Michael Vick, was stay out of trouble for a few years, retire as a multi-millionaire, and then you can get high and do all the dog fighting you want.

Now you've put your $130 million dollar contract and your endorsement money from Coke, Kraft, Rawlings and others at risk.

Wow, what a dumb ass.

Oh by the way, dog fighting is wrong. Why don't you get in the ring and you and your dumb ass friends can bite each other till ones dead. That'll thin the idiot population.

Time to step up and lead the team there Mr. "Captain". Cause you am in last place.

Mets rule!

That is all.

Ok, I watched An Inconvenient Truth, and then went out and bought a bunch of those expensive light bulbs. I'm all for saving the Earth, but this is going too far.

When I saw the ad for this I thought it was a joke. It's a Composting Toilet!

How the hell does this work without water? This is crazy disgusting. Somethings shouldn't be screwed with. Proper poo removal is right up at the top of that list.

Would you ever consider putting one of these in your house? Not me brother. Let the earth burn to a cinder, I ain't getting one of these.

Here's the link if you want one: composting toilet

Here's how exciting my life isn't. I made a call today to get dirt and mulch delivered to my house. I was deeply disappointed that it couldn't be delivered tomorrow, so that I could spend the long weekend shoveling dirt and mulch. Although, I did find the beginnings of two wasp/bee nests that I'm going to shoot bug spray into tonight! There's something to look forward to.

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Music:

I love the Green Day cover of John Lennon's Working Class Hero. Can't wait till the whole Lennon covers album comes out.

Also looking forward to the new White Stripes, and I was able to secure tickets for Social Distortion when they come to Jersey in July.

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TV:

I watched the season finale of Lost.

I guess a lot less people are watching it. I like the show.

Evidently they do get off the island. Will it happen at the beginning of next season and the rest of the show be with them back in "real life"? That could be weird...

I had to go into New York today for business. I took the E train from Penn Station to 53rd and Lexington. Here's three things I saw on my ride.

1) A guy had a little electric guitar with no headstock. It was plugged into a little ipod sized amp which he was listening to through headphones. He played it as he walked and as the train moved. All in the midst of rush hour on the E train.

2) A woman about 30-40 years old gave up her seat to an old man. As the old man sat down next to his wife, he mentioned what a kind woman the seat giver was. His wife said now you know you're old. They laughed. They had to be in their 80's.

3) A guy who looked just like Snoop Dogg. Snoop wouldn't ride the subway, would he?

Hey McFly, You're not supposed to drop off the ones who can rat you out! Dumb ass!

TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- A Japanese drop box for unwanted babies triggered a wave of nationwide soul searching Wednesday, a day after it was discovered a preschooler -- and not an infant -- had been dumped there by his father on its first day of operation.

Nationally circulated newspapers warned that the anonymous drop-off, known as "Stork's Cradle," is open for abuse and could traumatize youngsters. They also condemned the father, saying his action could spur copycats.

The drop-off was opened last Thursday by the Catholic-run Jikei Hospital in the southern city of Kumamoto to discourage abortions and the abandonment of children in unsafe public places. The same day, a boy believed to be 3 was found inside.

The boy, who was in good health, reportedly said he was dropped off by his father, who was seen holding the youngster's hand as they approached the hospital. They apparently rode Japan's bullet train to Kumamoto, but it was unclear where they lived.

"I came with Daddy," the boy was quoted as saying by the Mainichi newspaper.

The find triggered a wave of outrage among political leaders on Tuesday, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe saying "Anonymously throwing out a child is unacceptable." He urged parents to consult social workers for help if raising children gets too tough.

Local media reported that the boy was able to identify himself by name. But it was unclear whether the father had been identified.

The hospital has refused to comment on the case, citing privacy concerns, but said there were age limits on its drop-off service.

Police have decided no crime was committed in the current case because the child was left in a situation in which it was not exposed to immediate harm, Kyodo News reported Wednesday.

"We must rethink the meaning of the baby drop-off," the conservative Sankei newspaper said in an editorial. "Unlike a baby, a toddler may suffer from trauma."

"This little boy must be experiencing great loneliness. We urge his mother or father to come forward," the newspaper said, calling his abandonment "unforgivable."

The Yomiuri newspaper said it was too early to judge the baby-drop, but said that it must be used for its original purpose of receiving newborns, not young children. Parents should also be encouraged to seek outside help before dumping their offspring.

The Mainichi said the misuse of the box could inspire copycats.

A small hatch on the side of the hospital has been set up to allow people to drop off babies into an incubator 24 hours a day.

The drop box was created after a series of high-profile cases in which newborn babies were left behind in parks and supermarkets, triggering a public outcry and government warnings against abandoning babies.

It's horrible that this little girl was kidnapped out of a hotel room in Portugal and I hope she is found unharmed.

But what the hell are these parents thinking? Who leaves little kids in a hotel room, or anywhere, and goes out to dinner. There should be a rigorous testing and screening process to have children.

There's no guarantees in life, everyone knows that, but at least do your best to hedge your bets as much as possible. Especially when it comes to your children

Unbelievable.

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So last night I watched Dancing With the Stars and almost cared who got voted off. Does that make me gay?

At least I can reaffirm my straightness by going to two manly rock shows this weekend. Velvet Revolver and Heaven & Hell.

How'd you like to be the guy who has to clean up Rachel Ray's skid marks, like the New Guy? At least you could get a cup of coffee while you're there.

Last night was the final night of bowling for the Sunday night league I'm in. It's a fun night out with the wife every week, and every Sunday night I pound beers. Last night one of the guys we were bowling against was buying shots of tequila too. That made it real tough to drag my ass out of bed this morning and go to the gym, but I did it. Hooray for me, I went everyday last week, well Monday through Friday anyway, and today. I'm trying to go every weekday.

Now if I can just cut back on the carbs maybe I can get down below 200 pounds. Right now I'm probably 235. At 5' 9", that's fat. The good news is that my Bp and blood work and all that stuff is fine, I just look like shit. Oh well.

I think I'm going to stop drinking every weekend too. I've been putting away 15-25 beers every weekend. That can't be good for me.

Last week at the gym I just ran on the treadmill, I'm trying to get some sort of endurance up, plus I did something to my right shoulder that made it hurt like hell when I tried to bench press some weights. I'll stick to the treadmill and see if it feels better next week.

These are the talentless bitches that got fired in NY for broadcasting people having sex in St. Patrick's Cathedral. They're angry, mean-spirited, unfunny and apparently little apologizing bitches. If they get satellite radio regulated, I'll flip out.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- XM Satellite Radio shock jocks Opie and Anthony apologized Friday for airing a homeless man's crude comments that he'd like to have sex with Condoleezza Rice, Laura Bush and Queen Elizabeth.

The remarks were made on their show Wednesday by a guest the duo call Homeless Charlie. As the name of each woman came up, the guest said he would like to have sex with her -- using language not fit for print.

Opie and Anthony laughed as they imagined Rice's "horror" while describing a violent sexual encounter in which Rice is punched in the face.

Washington-based XM condemned the remarks.

"We deplore the comments made on Wednesday's 'Opie & Anthony Show,' " XM spokesman Nathaniel Brown told The Associated Press on Friday. He would not say whether XM planned to take disciplinary action.

Opie and Anthony, whose full names are Anthony Cumia and Greg "Opie" Hughes, apologized to listeners on Friday's show.

"We apologize to the public officials for comments that we made on our XM show on May 9th. We take very seriously the responsibility that comes with our creative freedom and regret any offense that this segment has caused," they said.

Because the show airs on satellite radio, there are no federal restrictions on its content. According to XM's Web site, the radio service has parental controls that allow users to block access to channels that frequently contain explicit language. Those channels are designated with an "XL" notation.

The same radio duo was dumped by CBS Radio in August 2002 for running a contest in which they said two listeners had sex in New York's St. Patrick's Cathedral. They were hired by XM in 2004.

The remarks could become an issue as XM seeks approval from the Federal Communications Commission to merge with New York-based Sirius Satellite Radio, said Tom Taylor, editor of the trade magazine Inside Radio.

"XM and Sirius don't want any regulation," he said in Friday's New York Daily News. "But it's come up in four congressional hearings -- and at this point, the merger is such a close call, any issue could become important."

I saw a headline on CNN.com yesterday that said The Good Side of
Paris Hilton. I thought to myself, in the elitist judgmental way
that I think about most things, “Ha! There’s no good side to her!” But is
there? Let’s take a look.

I’ll make the arguments that there is no good side to her by assiging
negative points for bad Paris and plus points
for good Paris.

My wife mentioned that Paris
is a bit of a victim. I know, wtf? right? Hold on, hear me/her out.
She is basically a kid thrown into a life with no boundries and unlimited
cash, so she runs wild…maybe it’s her parents’ fault. I agree that they
have culpability here, but disagree that it’s all thier fault. So wifey
would give +1, I would give -1, so let’s make
it a wash, 0.

Everybody says she’s hot. I think she has a pretty face, but I’m not
at all attracted to bags of bones with chests like a 10 year old boy.
Another 0.

She’s obxious and elitist. But so am I. But I don’t have endless
money and have to go to a job every freeking day. She gets paid to show
up at parties. -3

She dislikes Lindsay Lohan. +1

She’s a complete tramp who continues to show her business even after it’s
been all over teh interwebs. -2

She’s so egotistical that she arrives late to court and is carrying on in
the courtroom like a child, and then says that she is being persecuted because
she’s famous. -5

She’s famous for being famous. What the hell is that?
To be famous for nothing is mostly our fault, but I still blame her. At least Lindsay is in
movies. -10

Total -19

If there is a good side of her, it’s yet to be seen.

Here’s what I’m Listening to these days:

Bouncing Souls — The Gold Record -
It rocks from start to finish. It’s a much more mainstream record than they’ve ever done before. I don’t understand why they’re not more famous. Great Band, excellent record. Plus they’re from Jersey.

Pennywise — Straight Ahead - Another Punk band, although not from Jersey. Good riffs, great songs. I was hoping I’d see them at Warped this year, but they’re not playing at the Englishtown show, WTF? Anyway, excellent album that includes the
song Alien.

Neil Young — Live at Massey Hall 1971- Neil Young, an acoustic guitar, and many of the songs from the yet to be released classic Harvest. Oh yeah and it’s live. If you like Neil, this is a must have.

My Summer Concert Schedule (so far) — Having 2 teenagers means lots of
concerts.

Last Friday, Bullet For My Valentine at a club called The Starland Ballroom. Decent show. I’m not that into them, they’re one of the newer metal bands, but much poppier then say Lamb of God or some ofthe other
new metal bands. But they did a great cover of Metallica’s Creeping Death.

Next Friday, Velvet Revolver at Starland. Hoping to get about 3 feet from Slash in the front. We have early entry tickets. Slash is rock.

Next Saturday, Heaven & Hell (sabbath with Dio singing), Megadeth, and Machine Head at the PNC Arts Center. More Metal for my 14 year old shredder son.

After that there’s a ska festival at Starland for my 17 year old daughter with Reel Big Fish, Less Than Jake, and Streetlight Manifesto. Warped with my son in Englishtown, with Coheed & Cambria, Bad Religion, Killswitch
Engage and about 100 emo bands.

And I’ll probably get tickets for the Projekt Revolution show, with Linkin Park, MCR, Taking Back Sunday, and Midless Self Indulgence…interesting mix.