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I'm looking forward to every single match on the Pride show, that says something. What's the deal with pairing Ogawa with Fedor though? Are the Japanese THAT delusional? I think the other way would have produced 2 better matches with Nog/Og ground war and Fedor/Khar slugfest. Oh well. UFC should be pretty good too, but like most of their shows I'll need to familiarize myself with some of their undercarders, since they insist on only a couple big matches per show. Couture/Belfort is the match I wanted to see last time and will freak out if another fluke thing happens that prevents it from getting going. I don't know much about Tiger White but I'm assuming Chuck will plow through him. Nick Diaz vs. Karo Parisyan should be fun. Why is Kyle invited back after that crap he pulled with Wes Simms? Simms should at least get a grudge rematch. Otherwise, the rest of the guys I'll have to get to know. And, wait no Georges St. Pierre this time?!

Shame on you dude. No I don't want it, nor do I need to get it from you to hear it. It leaked a couple weeks ago and Mustaine was quite upset about it when posting on the 'Deth boards. The album will be avaliable legally in September, which is when he wants us to hear it, and I for one do not want it spoiled for me.

Hell, let's give 'em Israel, it's only fair....

That's according to you. Not all religions believe that. It reminds me of the Curb Your Enthusiasm episode where Larry asks Sheryl why Christians try to force everyone to like Jesus so much... "I like lobster, you don't see me going around to people saying, 'here, try some lobster, it's good! Try some more lobster! I mean, you all go to other countries, 'here, try some lobster, you need to have it'" I think people resent attitudes like yours that act so self riteous like your way is the only way. The only thing more irritating is what you do so often by going "I don't judge, I'm tolerant of all people, and I'm very modest about my religion, but what I say is still right because the Christian intepretation of the bible says so". None of us will know until we die, and we might not even know then. So by all means, believe and practice how you will, but don't act like everyone else should too, because people believed many things before Jesus arrived and lived good lives, and people have and will continue to live good lives after Jesus whether they follow Christianity or not. If you couldn't tell, I'm not a religious person, yet I DO respect those who are, and believe strongly in allowing everyone to have their faith and using it to help others in need, but I just get sick of the holier than thou attitudes sometimes. Just needed to get that off my chest. I just opened the can of worms didn't I....

What if he was a Christian Scientist?

well then tell Tom Ridge to stop claiming an attack is highly likely every other day, only to give out the most vague and non-informative information. That's pretty specific I think. Citigroup, NYSE, IMF, World Bank, and Prudential are the targets by truck or car bombing, information obtained by obtained documents and photos. What more do you want, date and time? Here's the whole article for those interested:

Or at least the Kerry camp... Oh, right they want to run a "positive" campaign...

A tumor simply is a "an abnormal mass of tissue". Basically something on, or in your body that's not usually there. They are either benign (non cancerous), and confined to a local area and not capable of spreading to other parts of the body (but could still be dangerous in other ways if found in a sensitive part of the body like the brain), or malignant (cancerous) which means the bad cancer cells are capable of spreading to other parts of the body by invading other tissue by a process called metastasis. That make sense?

I thought you all might find this very interesting, I emailed the ESPN story to my dad, and this is what he had to say (bolded parts mine for emphasis): Well the combination of systemic symptoms (weakness, fatigue) with a BENIGN tumor is intriguing because most benign tumors just affect the area where they are localized. So it has to be a tumor producing something (hormones, for instance) that have a systemic effect. The main candidates are a pituitary tumor (actually most pituitary tumors are benign), and a thymus tumor which can cause a debilitating weakness. Pituitary tumors are far more common, so thats where I'll bet my money. (As an aside, many pituitary tumors produce steroids, and I have to see whether taking steroids may predispose one to a pituitary tumor). Take that for what you will...

My dad works with this stuff for a living, benign= NOT CANCEROUS. i.e. if a mole is benign, it's just a mole. If it's malignant, it's cancer. Therefore Giambi's tumor is not cancerous, but might still be removed, if feasible to prevent it from forming any other complications.

I'm incredibly bored with it. I would rather him go back to his human streetfighter character where he at least wrestled realistic looking matches and gave non-cartoon interviews.

AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH SHARKBOY! Finally - Sharkboy speaks! After the positive response we got with Amazing Red's first-ever interview, we decided to talk to another popular TNA superstar whom we know little about, Sharkboy! In his first-ever TNA interview, Sharkboy discussed a number of topics with TNAwrestling.com contributor and TNA referee Andrew Thomas, including Sharkie's start in wrestling, his thoughts on New Jack, Mad Mikey and D-Ray 3000, WCW, his success in TNA and so much more! AT: So, how are you doing today? SHARKBOY: Good, glad to be here. AT: Tell us where you’re from originally SHARKBOY: I’m from southern Ohio, the Cincinnati-Dayton area of the state. AT: Did you go to school there? SHARKBOY: I went to high school in a little town called Lebanon around the Cincinnati area. Then I went to college at the University of Cincinnati and graduated from there. AT: What was your degree in? SHARKBOY: Communication – and now I wrestle as a character who doesn’t speak (laughs) AT: Did you do any sports in high school or college? SHARKBOY: I wrestled a little bit and some track and tennis here and there, but mostly I wrestled. AT: Did you excel at any of those sports? SHARKBOY: You know, not really. I kind of fell in love with journalism towards the end of high school – my junior year I believe. AT: Did you get involved with the high school newspaper or yearbook at all? SHARKBOY: The newspaper, yes. AT: Any radio or television journalism in college? SHARKBOY: Actually, no. The degree was more along the lines of public speaking. It’s was one of those degrees that’s good for everything but not really specific to a certain job. AT: Let’s get into your wrestling career. How many years have you been in the sport now? SHARKBOY: I started training in October of 1995 and most people may not know this but I started out as a referee. I didn’t actually have a wrestling match in front of a live crowd until May of 1997. AT: Where did you train? SHARKBOY: I trained originally in Cincinnati at LesThatcher’s Main Event Pro Wrestling Camp. In 1999 when I was signed by WCW I attended the Power Plant for four months. AT: Where did your learn more – with Les Thatcher or from the Power Plant? SHARKBOY: I got a lot out of both, but I would say more came from Les. That’s where I built the foundation for my wrestling knowledge and style. When I went to the Power Plant, it was more focused on getting you polished for television. AT: Let’s talk about the Sharkboy character. Did you always wrestle as Sharkboy? SHARKBOY: No, I actually started my career as “El Piranha”. The name was inspired by a song from a band called The Toadies. The song is called “I Come From The Water”. It’s off of their “Rubberneck” CD and I really recommend it if you’ve never listened to The Toadies. That song inspired El Piranha and the idea of the comic book character that rises from the water to fight the wrestling villains. When I went to wrestle in Louisville, Kentucky for Ian Rotten’s IWA Hardcore Midsouth group, he suggested that I change my name from El Piranha to The Shark, and that slowly grew into Sharkboy. AT: Would you say Sharkboy has a “cult following” on the internet? SHARKBOY: It’s overwhelming sometimes when I go into a new place to wrestle and I get such a good response from fans. Sometimes I think the promoter is more surprised than I am. I’m just happy that so many people are entertained by the character and they enjoy watching me do what I love. AT: In your TNA career, you’ve had some odd TNA tag team partners. The first was of course New Jack. I would describe you as extreme polar opposites. What was it liked to be paired with New Jack? SHARKBOY: It was a lot of fun. That was the first time in my career I ever had non-wrestling camera time. I was excited to get the opportunity to do things in the business I had never done before, such as the New Jack skits with the board games. AT: Then there was the late Mike Lockwood, aka Mad Mikey. Some people say outside the TNA spotlight, you became pretty close with him. SHARKBOY: We became close really fast. Mike was someone who I know would have been a great friend, if we had more time. I really miss him. He was a good person who just made everyone laugh all the time. We had a lot of good times together and I actually became friends with a lot of people that were close to him after his death when we all met for his services. I wish his family and daughter all the best in the world. AT: Now, you’re teaming with D-Ray 3000. Are you feelin’ the fro or fearin’ the fro? SHARKBOY: I’m definitely feelin’ the fro. As a matter of fact, I have a t-shirt that says “Fear The Fin” so I think it’s a good fit. I’m having a lot of fun with D-Ray. He’s a class act, a good kid and has a great future ahead of him in wrestling. I think his character with mine just looks and feels right and the fans have warmed to it quickly. AT: You could certainly describe Sharkboy as a comic book character. It seems like more of a throwback to the 1980s when wrestling was more cartoonish. It’s a lot different today, but you’ve been able to succeed. Talk about that a little. SHARKBOY: Honestly, I’m glad it’s different today because I’m able to stand out more. A lot of people asked me how I felt when Kane lost his mask, and I told them it was great. It was one less masked wrestler in the business and it made me stand out even more. Maybe the day will come when Sharkboy loses his mask – but maybe not. It’s a very original character and concept that allows me to be different. AT: Let’s talk a little about Impact in Orlando, Florida at Universal Orlando Resort. The buzz around Orlando is that you’re the most popular wrestler every week. How does that make you feel after you’ve invested so much in the Sharkboy character? SHARKBOY: It feels great…just incredible. I remember reading about the Impact announcement – and I had been off the Pay-Per-Views for a while at the time – and I really hoped I could get a new opportunity with TNA with Impact. It was being filmed at the theme park and it seemed like Sharkboy fit right in with that mix. You look around at the theme park and you’ll see Spiderman, Shrek, Popeye and all the other characters and it just seemed like Sharkboy was a natural fit. I’ve been really happy to go down there and do all the skits and wrestle The crowd has been tremendous as well and they've cheered me on every time I'm out there. AT: What’s been your favorite memory of your career thus far? SHARKBOY: It was probably my first opportunity with WCW, just because of how exciting it was at the time. I’d only been wrestling in front of an audience for two years and this was my first shot at television. It was an amazing thing that came out of nowhere. AT: You didn’t know it was going to happen? SHARKBOY: At the time I was involved with the Brian Pillman Memorial shows in Ohio. The first year, the main event was Benoit vs. Jericho and Steve Austin was there – it couldn’t have been a bigger independent show. All three major companies at the time – WWF, WCW and ECW – were all represented. Our match stood out as one of the better matches on the card. The year after that at the 1999 Pillman Memorial, there was a cruiserweight tournament that I won where I got to wrestle three times on the show. Again, the crowd was so into the show and I got a great response. Then out of nowhere Mick Foley, BG James, Konnan, Al Snow and D’Lo Brown all ran out to the ring to surprise me. They carried me around the ring with the tournament trophy and it was just a great experience. There’s a picture of it at sharkboy.net, if I can slip a cheap plug in here. Obviously, word spreads around the business when something like that happens at an independent show and shortly thereafter WCW got in touch with me. I was invited to a tryout in Cleveland, so I drove up there and I was invited back to the show the next day in Pennsylvania so I went there. Probably about a month later I was offered a contract, so it was time to move to Atlanta and train at the Power Plant. AT: How long were you with WCW? SHARKBOY: I was under contract for six months. It was actually a three year contract but I was only there six months. I was released right around the time a lot of other people were, so it wasn’t any big surprise to me. I was released the same time as guys like Jamie Knoble and Jimmy Yang. We were all signed to an outside project of Eric Bischoff’s that never actually materialized, but we all got other opportunities soon thereafter. After I got released, I would still wrestle at the WCW Saturday night shows, but I was getting paid on a nightly deal. It was very bizarre to me. About a year later WCW was sold to Vince McMahon. AT: What about your least favorite memory in your career? SHARKBOY: Definitely my release from WCW. I wasn’t shocked, but I wondered what I would do next. There were only two games in town at that point and I just found out I had a little Sharkboy on the way. So it was the worst possible time for me to lose my job with WCW. I moved back to Ohio and got heavily involved with the Heartland Wrestling Association where I originally got my start. They soon after got a developmental deal with WWE, so I was heavily involved with that. When one door closes, another opens. That’s just the way it is in the wrestling business. AT: At any point did you feel like you were done with wrestling and it was time to find another job? SHARKBOY: Probably isolated moments, but I never went more than a day without getting a call from someone or read about a show online. An opportunity would show up everyday. When you’re stuck at an airport and your flight has been canceled or you’ve been cheated out of your pay by a promoter at an independent show – that’s when you think about quitting. But wrestling is in my blood and it’s what I was meant to do. AT: You mentioned there’s a little Sharkboy. You’re married, correct? SHARKBOY: Yes AT: How many kids? SHARKBOY: I have a 10 year old stepson and a four year old son. They both just had birthdays a few weeks ago. AT: How do they react to daddy as Sharkboy the wrestler? SHARKBOY: It’s fantastic. For the four year old, daddy IS Spiderman (laughs). That’s a neat feeling. Maybe a little later in life he’ll be embarrassed about it, but for now it’s the coolest thing in the world to him. I’m his favorite wrestler behind Abyss (laughs). AT: What about the 10 year old? SHARKBOY: He’s good with it. It’s definitely generated a lot of conversations at school. If he has any problems with bullies I just tell him that I’ll come down and dropkick the kid and that cheers him up. AT: Well Sharkboy, thanks for your time for this interview! SHARKBOY: No problem. I also wanted to thank the fans for following my career and supporting the ‘Fin! You can always check me out at sharkboy.net!

Man, everytime I think I can take a week off, they throw something else at me! I really wish I could do the $34.95 deal for the month, but my cable company, Comcast, are complete morons and everytime I call they say they don't offer it. Anyway, Ultimate X....again, but this time it has AJ Styles and the first time ever in the 6 sided ring. Right there, is your hook. Plus AMW vs. Team Canada should be good, as should Triple X vs. The Naturals (god, I love the Naturals). Monty Brown vs. Fruit Loops should be interesting, but its obviously an angle set up for Jarrett. Raven/Sabu is getting good, but I wish they'd just have a match already!

They wrestled each other once in TNA, and Im 99% sure that is the match it refers too. From May 7th 2003, our very own THE DAMES~! with The Diatribe:

eh, it's better than nothing. They really didn't have much else to offer from the early days except alternate takes since they didn't have enough songs to cut out (basically they were so drugged out it's a miracle they were able to record the songs they did! ) The later albums have some bonus tracks. So blown away by SFSGSW, makes the album 100 times better and clearer. Listening to RIP right now, I know Prisoners has resung vocals, and there are rumors he resung 5 magics too so Im curious...Hangar 18 intro sounds amazing, what a makeover!

Just finished Peace Sells, but Im listening to So Far... and oh my god, I can't believe this is the same album. Just insane. In My Darkest Hour sounds so different, 502 sounds so great, there's TRUMPETS in Into The Lungs Of Hell.....ahhh Im gonna be up all night!

Obama did very well, (Chris Rock: "He speaks so well!), but a lot of his content was empty rhetoric ala Clinton, but I must say I admire him for speaking out for the inner city to take responsibility for their education, by not allowing a black kid to be afraid to read a book because he'll be "called white". Very brave, especially after the heat Cosby has took for saying basically the same thing, and with Jesse Jackson in the audience. On the surface I liked him. Ron Reagan was impressive too and got over a complicated issue in a simple, to the point way, and made a very convincing argument for stem cell research. It was absolutely eerie at times watching him how much his inflections and head movements exactly mimmicked that of his father's. Even Dean seemed to be on his best behavior, YARRRGH!!!! But Theresea Heinz Kerry...oh my. Chris Wallace on Fox after had me laughing by suggesting he was waiting for her to break out in "Don't Cry For Me Argentina". Trmendous, but almost eerie how much like Eva Perot she seemed to be...

All I have to say is oh my god who's decision was it to let Theresa Heinz Kerry speak? She was supposed to speak about why Kerry would be a good president, and instead spoke all about herself. She made an incredibly stupid comment about the Peace Corps making the biggets sacrifices for our nation when soldiers are dying, and just a lot of other odd, off topic things about feminism, South African apartheid and how John Kerry will "step into the line of fire". WTF? They are lucky as hell they have someone as shrewed and capable as John Edwards speaking tommorow to cover up that disaster.

I think the real question is....... how fucking wasted is Teddy going to be? I dont remember seeing him speak before, but he's reminding me of one of those preachers on the Church channels, just by the way he looks. O'Reilly vs. Moore will be interesting. I'm sure you know how JFK spoke, right? Just imagine that only with some slurring and wheezing and you have Uncle Teddy.

If that was sarcasm, forgive me, but Droogie is what Dave Mustaine calls his fans. I guess I'll quit it since no one else seems interested to the Megadeth reissues (goes off to listen to them...)

Wow, 3 threads in a row by me. Just a heads up that the Re-issues are going to be released TODAY (Tuesday) and I will be buying them all later and will have thoughts up. I encourage all of you Droogies to do the same!

Florida again! As for the flip flopping question, the GOP is happy to show you all the examples in this humorous internet cartoon... http://www.gop.com/kerryvskerry/

And, of course, ALL of SC is JUST like Bob Jones U. That's some SOLID analysis you got going on there. -=Mike I think you misunderstood him, Mike. Not all South Carolinians are racists, just the ones that like Bush. Clearer now?

I'm planning on rule by tyranny. You ask for positions with "please" and "sir" -=Mike Please, sir go fuck yourself! See, I have attitude, I could help carry out your racist agenda and keep your enemies silenced and properly persecuted. We spell "fuck" phuck --- because we're insanely cool like that. In a pinch, though, we could go with pfuck. And our policies aren't racist. They're just rabidly anti-France and anti-Canada. Call us O'Reillyian with our philosophies. -=Mike That's the no spin truth! Afterall you're just looking out for the folks since they need protection from the smear merchants who try to distort the truth, if I may so opine. That was pithy...phuck!

Just as a heads up barnesandnoble.com has 30 seconds samples of every track for all the re-releases, if anybody wants a sneak peak at how their favorite Deth tune sounds...in the future!