MrRant

It's still pretty good here in WA. Pretty gradual for the most part.

I'd buy myself some small former Eastern Block country and install myself as Dictator for Life.

Normal Restaurants: Outback = Yummy. AppleBee's = Yuck Fast Food: Arby's OWNZ you. Taco Time is on the bottom because while good food it is damn expensive.

Bastard. Ask him if he really enjoys having to watch the movies.

ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) Oakland Raiders quarterback Marques Tuiasosopo is doubtful for next Sunday's game against the New York Jets with a torn knee ligament. Tuiasosopo underwent an MRI exam on his injured left knee Monday. Results from the test weren't immediately available, but coach Bill Callahan said Tuiasosopo has a partially torn medial collateral ligament. "It does not look good this week," Callahan said of Tuiasosopo. "Marques and Rich Gannon are doubtful. It looks like Rick Mirer will be the starting quarterback." Tuiasosopo, a third-year pro, made his first NFL start in place of injured 2002 MVP Gannon in Sunday's 23-13 loss at Detroit, but didn't last long. On Oakland's third offensive series, he bobbled a snap, then ran up the middle and fumbled on a hard hit by Boss Bailey. Tuiasosopo stayed in the game for two more possessions before being sidelined. Tuiasosopo could be placed on injured reserve. Callahan said the Raiders are considering elevating quarterback Tee Martin from the practice squad, and the team also is planning to bring in quarterbacks for workouts. Ronald Curry would be the No. 3 quarterback this week behind Martin if Tuiasosopo can't play. "We're in big trouble, man," left guard Frank Middleton said. "Our No. 1 quarterback is out. Tui's hurt. Rick Mirer is the last one standing. What happens when he goes down? The way we're going, we need five quarterbacks." The 33-year-old Mirer made his first appearance since playing one game for San Francisco three years ago. He went 15-for-28 for 125 yards with two interceptions. Callahan will stay with a basic offense for Mirer this week. "We won't get crazy or anything," Callahan said. "We will keep it, by and large, simple for him." The 37-year-old Gannon has a torn labrum in his throwing shoulder. He was injured in the Raiders' 17-10 loss to Kansas City on Oct. 20 and hasn't thrown since. He was knocked out of the game in the first half following two sacks by linebacker Shawn Barber and several other hits. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is great. I love watching the Raiders/Al Davis/Raider Nation suffer. It's almost as good as someone falling on Shaq's knee.....

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Energy drinks have become big business during the past few years. So it's no surprise that hip-hop entrepreneurs like Ice-T and Russell Simmons are thirsty to participate in the trend. Along with Nelly, they have launched hip-hop-inspired energy drinks this year. While each has its own identity -- Nelly's Pimp Juice, Simmons' Def Con 3 and Ice-T's Liquid Ice -- they're all after one thing: the almighty hip-hop dollar. "I believe I can make anything better than anyone when it comes down to acting, clothes, products," Ice-T says. "I was like, 'Hell yeah, I can make the best energy drink on the market."' The rapper launched Liquid Ice with his partner, Multimedia Inc., in August. Featuring two flavors -- electric blue and frosted chrome -- Liquid Ice is available in an 8.3 oz. size for $1.99-$3.49, nationwide at selected convenience stores. Simmons and his Def Con 3 energy soda wanted specifically to reach hip-hoppers. "There hasn't been any beverage that has really developed an organic, true, emotional relationship with the hip-hop community," says Jennifer Louie, marketing VP at Russell Simmons Beverage Co. - WTF? Drinks like Red Bull, Rockstar, Monster Energy and Sobe have been successful with the skateboard/alternative sports community, Louie observes, but there has not been an energy drink that has successfully captured the hip-hop sector. Simmons is already making history with his beverage, which hit stores in July. Russell Simmons Beverage Co. is the first minority-owned company to launch nationally with convenience store chain 7-Eleven. Beverage Aisle magazine also touted Def Con 3 as a future player in the beverage industry. The energy-drink market has made an impact and is here to stay, Louie says. "However, soda is still the No. 1 category in the beverage industry. Even though energy drinks are a billion-dollar industry, it is not at all close to what soda represents in the beverage world." To separate his product from the competition, Simmons uses a best-of-both-worlds approach. He developed the concept of the "smart" energy soda, a combination of energy drink and soda. Def Con 3 is available in a 12-oz. can for $2 and comes in one flavor. It was important to Simmons to market a drink that's healthful. "Russell is a health fanatic and won't promote any product that he himself does not drink," Louie says. Like many of Simmons' commercial endeavors, Def Con 3 aims to give back to those who purchase it. Russell Simmons Beverage Co. plans to give 2% of the gross from the sales of Def Con 3 to community programs and to the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network. A statement printed on the can declares this intention. "Russell has also made a commitment to give all of his personal profit from the soda for the first year -- up to $10 million -- back to community programs," Louie adds. Meanwhile, Ice-T will launch Royal Ice malt liquor. But he is not worried about potential backlash -- a typical reaction rappers have faced when promoting alcohol, in large part because of hip-hop's young audience. "There should be no negative effect with the launch of Royal Ice," he says. "The products are different, but we do hope to bring the malt liquor back to mainstream, in the bars, etc."

I don't think it's so much teenage sex but teenagers making their own porn and spreading it around school. That's a tad unusual.

SEATTLE - This week, a slight man with thick glasses, a man who has been married three times and is the father of one child, is expected to plead guilty to at least 48 separate charges of murder, sources involved with the case have told The Associated Press. When it's over Wednesday, Gary Leon Ridgway will have more murders on his record than any other serial killer in the nation's history. And a mystery that confounded detectives for two decades will come to a close. Ridgway, 54, a longtime painter at Kenworth Truck Co., is expected to admit being the Green River Killer, named for the river south of Seattle where the first victims were found. The plea would spare him the death penalty in King County, instead assuring him life in prison without parole, the sources said. However, two of the bodies on the official list of Green River victims were found in Oregon, which has capital punishment, and it is still unclear whether Ridgway will plead to those. The remains of scores of women, mainly runaways and prostitutes, turned up near ravines, rivers, airports and freeways in the 1980s. Of them, investigators officially listed 49 women as probable victims of the Green River Killer. Ridgway had been a suspect ever since 1984, when Marie Malvar's boyfriend reported that he last saw her getting into a pickup truck identified as Ridgway's. But Ridgway told police he didn't know Malvar, and a police investigator in Des Moines, midway between Seattle and Tacoma, who knew him cleared him as a suspect. Later that year, Ridgway contacted the King County Sheriff's Green River task force — ostensibly to offer information about the case — and passed a polygraph test. Detectives continued to suspect him, however, and in 1987 they searched his house and took a saliva sample. It was 13 years before DNA technology caught up to their suspicions and they could link that sample to DNA taken from the bodies of three of the earliest victims. Ridgway was arrested as he left work Nov. 30, 2001, and later pleaded innocent to seven killings. But facing DNA evidence and the prospect of the death penalty, he began cooperating and trading information for his life. He confessed to 42 of the 49 listed killings, as well as six not on the list, the sources have said. He directed authorities to four sets of previously undiscovered remains. It turned out that the killings continued long after detectives thought the Green River Killer had stopped, the sources said. The last victim on the official list disappeared in 1984, but one of the cases Ridgway is expected to plead to involves a woman killed in 1990, and another involves a woman killed in 1998. That has stunned some criminologists. "Once they're identified as a suspect, they usually stop," said Jack Levin, director of the Brudnick Center on Violence at Northeastern University in Boston. "Ridgway is really a rare specimen, even among his peers, in being able to avoid apprehension for such a long time." Ridgway's pleas to 48 counts would give him more convictions — though not necessarily more slayings — than any other serial killer in the nation's history, Levin said. It's difficult to know who the most prolific serial killers are because many don't confess. Prosecutors often charge suspects only with the cases they're certain they can prove. And some of those who do confess may take credit for crimes they didn't commit, in hopes of appearing more deadly than they actually were. John Wayne Gacy, who preyed on men and boys in Chicago in the 1970s, was convicted of killing 33. Ted Bundy, whose killing started in Washington state, confessed to killing more than 30 women and girls, but was convicted only of killing three before he was executed. Relatives of the Green River Killer's victims have had mixed responses to the idea of a plea deal. Some accused King County Prosecutor Norm Maleng of reneging on a promise he made when Ridgway was first charged that he would not bargain with the death penalty. Maleng and other King County officials have declined to comment on the plea deal. Maria Marrero, whose sister Becky disappeared in 1982, told KOMO-TV no plea deal would please her. She wants Ridgway put to death. "That's the most devastating thing — that I will probably never have that privilege, to bury my sister," she said. But other victims' relatives have said that learning what happened to their loved ones is worth giving up the death penalty. "Life as he knows it is pretty much done and over with," said Tim Meehan, whose pregnant, 18-year-old sister was found dead in 1983. "The other families at least now have the opportunity to have answers. If you can exchange that information for life in prison, well, to me it's well worth the information." --------------------------------------------------------------------- I remember this going on while I was 5-6. Can't believe 20 years later and 49 people dead and they finally have the guy. And the guy should get death.

Shouldn't you be asking for names for your board... you know... on your board?

2. New Balance Sneakers and Dress shoes.

NFC West Standings : Seattle 6-2 St. Louis 5-3 49ers 4-5 Arizona 3-5

Wooo~! 23-16 Seahawks over Pittsburgh.

Invision is probably the best free board out there. The same problems with banning will happen with other boards as well.

You should be able to harvest everything except for the RAM. Buy the case AFTER you get the Motherboard so you have the correct power supply. And for the love of god make sure you buy a case with good air flow so you may want to spend a bit more for a case say in the $60 range.

He is also censored.

No I wouldn't but it's good enough for just about anything other than high end gaming.

If you go dell then check this link: http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/f...imen&l=en&s=dhs P4 2.2 GHZ, XP, 17 inch Monitor and 40GB HD. Only 128 MB RAM though. Good enough if you need something for school work.

Well lets start with what you most likely will need: New motherboard - $100 for a good one that will last a bit CPU - 70-120 - you can go low and boost up when you get some more cash and that would be for a 2 GHZ Celeron probably. RAM 512 - 80-$100 Total so far on the low end : Let's say $350 Now if you don't get a card with onboard NIC/Sound or Video you are looking at possibly 3 other cards as well. You will probably spend around $400 or so at least since your RAM is too old and onboard video is ok but it will share your system ram. If the MB has no soundcard then you are looking at around 40 for a decent SoundBlaster Live.. don't even go anywhere near those Phillips cards.

The only option they have would to be a wildcard ban and boy would that be fun.

If you don't know who he is why are you saying "Sweet"?

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian Dennis Miller (news), a regular on "Saturday Night Live (news - Y! TV)" over a decade ago, will return to the NBC fold to host a prime-time cable talk show starting next year. Miller, who won five Emmy Awards for his weekly series "Dennis Miller Live," will also serve as executive producer for the hour-long show set to debut in January on CNBC, the cable business channel, both sides said in a statement issued on Thursday. "With all that's going on in the world today, it's nice to have a nightly platform to air my opinions. I'm happy to be back in the NBC family," said Miller. Miller, who supported Arnold Schwarzenegger (news) in the action star's successful bid for governorship of California earlier this month, has been seen as a potential rising star in the state Republican party. "Having Dennis Miller return to the NBC family is one of the most exciting things to happen to us in years," said Jeff Zucker, president of NBC Entertainment. "His wit, uncanny takes on life and fearlessness have made him a popular figure -- and this is the next logical step in his brilliant career." Miller was a member of the commentary team for ABC's "NFL Monday Night Football" during a stint that ended last year. He is also a frequent guest on politically oriented talk shows. NBC is a unit of General Electric Co. while ABC is owned by the Walt Disney Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ I will be Tivoing this show.

SEATTLE -- The Seattle Mariners needed a hitting coach, and an impressive candidate was available. The team hired Paul Molitor on Thursday, signing him to a one-year contract. "When a guy of Paul's professional stature comes along, interviews as well as he did and has the obvious hitting knowledge he does, well, it became clear who our first choice was," manager Bob Melvin said. Molitor, MVP of the 1993 World Series for Toronto, had 3,319 hits and a .306 career average in 21 major league seasons from 1978-98. He played with Milwaukee (1978-92), Toronto (1993-95) and Minnesota (1996-98). He had a 39-game hitting streak in 1987 and led baseball with 216 hits in 1991, 211 hits in 1993 and 225 in 1996. The 47-year-old Molitor will be eligible for the Hall of Fame on the next ballot. Molitor, one of four candidates interviewed by Melvin and outgoing general manager Pat Gillick, understands what's involved for hitters and believes he can connect with them. "A good hitting coach knows his hitters well," Molitor said. "He knows what makes them successful and can recognize what they need to do once they get away from that path. "You've got to be available. You've got to be a positive voice." Molitor sees a lineup of solid hitters with the Mariners, who for the second consecutive season won 93 games but failed to reach the playoffs. He cited Bret Boone, Edgar Martinez, Randy Winn and Ichiro Suzuki as contributors. And Molitor knows John Olerud from their days together in Toronto. "There are certain guys, maybe you feel you can help along the way," Molitor said. "There are a lot of guys who can contribute to making our offense productive and competitive with other teams around the league." Inevitably, Molitor was asked if he can help Jeff Cirillo. The third baseman, known for strong defense and poor hitting, slumped to .249 and .205 with the Mariners the past two seasons after hitting as high as .326 in 1999 in the National League. "I'm not sure what he's taken on there," Molitor said. "Certainly, we've seen him be successful at other places. I look forward to seeing him and talking to him to get his thoughts on what's happened." When Molitor was interviewed recently, Boone and Martinez were in the building and got word of his visit. "The message from Edgar was, 'What are we waiting for? Let's hire him,' " Melvin said. "He has studied his craft," Melvin said. "Not only was he successful, he knows his craft. He brings instant respect." Gillick, who was GM in Toronto when Molitor played there, has tried to lure Molitor to other jobs in recent years. But the timing wasn't good until now, Molitor said. "I'm real surprised he keeps asking me to consider jobs," he said. "I've turned him down a few times, including playing in Baltimore." Molitor spent the 2003 season as a roving instructor in the Minnesota Twins' system and served as an extra coach during the playoffs. He was offered a similar role for 2004 but chose to pursue a full-time coaching job in the majors. The Twins told Molitor their major league staff was filled for next season. "I totally understand that when a staff has been successful in shaping a team into a playoff club in only a couple of years, people are doing a good job," Molitor said. The Seattle job opened the day after the season ended, when Lamar Johnson left in what was characterized as a mutual decision. Seattle batted .271 last season to rank fifth in the AL.

I still have the name there were reasons for ending it.

I wasn't talking about the pimping.

You guys would all be perfect candidates for Scientology.