Matt Young

There are laws against that. It's been that way for a long time now. Not sure if it's a national law or just state law.

If we're taking turns, I could give a fuck if anyone else is good. But if we're on co-op, please don't bring me down and cause us to fail. The weird thing is, I have friends who are not musically inclined at all (I am a mediocre guitar player) and they kick my ass at Guitar Hero. I still can't play most Expert songs on GH3 while sober. Stoned, yes- that's how I beat TtFatF- but sober, no way.

3 Doors Down was actually really good when I saw them on tour with Tantric and Lifehouse in 2001. I still have a place in my heart for them and Staind. Bands like that are enjoyable, inoffensive pop-rock, but I think the main reason people get sick of them (those who don't hate them in the first place, anyhow) is the fact that they, like Nickelback, recycle the same tired (yet marketable) formula.

The problem with Joe is this- smarks love him, but the mainstream audience, the one responsible for the ratings, has been conditioned to the WWE standard of main eventers. They see a guy like Joe, who works his ass off but has a bad physique, and they write him off due to his body type.

I can't remember if it was something that was discussed as fact or a possibility, but Ripper and others were talking in LD about Coral doing some lesbo porn. I'm pretty sure it was just hypothetical discussion, but I hope I am wrong. Coral's tits are top notch. EDIT: Ripper's user title, which got the jingle in my head, makes the tits even more entertaining.

Yeah, that's the fucked up thing. They have it listed on their website. You can order it from the site and pick it up at the store. Also, if you have it shipped from the site to your home, you can exchange it in-store. But they wouldn't allow it due to them not having any copies.

I looked and couldn't find the info, but I would imagine TNA is the 2nd highest first run show (I say first run to exclude Star Trek) after UFC programming.

Also, nogoodnic is in, according to Jorge. However, I may not be able to play. Wal-Mart wouldn't let me exchange Virtua Tennis 3 since they didn't have it in their store, despite the fact that it is very clearly marked on their website. So unless I happen to come across an extra $40, I don't know when I can get the game.

Maybe you'll have the same luck I did, and beat the song after a layoff. I think it relieved alot of the pressure. That, and I had just smoked some good weed.

I'd take all the weed I could get. I wouldn't arrest people who have weed on them, either- not that they arrest people for possession in California.

In regards to the fantasy draft, I say we do it. For one, it's likely the only shot I (and most of the rest) will have to get that achievement. It'd also allow everyone to use their favorite team and not have to worry about being over matched. One can always pick their favorite players back to the team, anyway. And it'd remedy situations like mine, where the Bulls are my favorite team, but they're not as much fun to play with as, say, the Lakers or Philadelphia (LA's my 2nd favorite, and Philly has Andre Iguodala, who I was acquainted with due to him attending high school in my town with my best friend- plus the teams are fun to play). After the longest parenthetical statement ever, I want to add that- assuming all goes as planned- I should have NBA 2K8 again, today, although I may not be able to get on Live till tomorrow. I'll send Rip a PM and maybe a MySpace message with a link to the topic. Hopefully, he shall join us. Does the game give options for 10 team leagues? Because, from what Jorge said, we have 8 interested, right? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you have to set the number of teams when you create the league, and Jorge said he's creating it tonight.

Cavs go on a big run to take a 9 point lead. I just hope to God that the Celtics continue their home dominance in Game 7. I don't think I can stomach another Pistons/Cavs ECF. Fuck both those teams, hard. Bring on Celtics vs. Lakers! Either LA wins the title or KG gets a ring. It'd be a win-win for me.

Ripper damn well better join. Dude has been the biggest 2K8 advocate on the board, and chastised Lushus and myself for selling our copies long ago, LOL. He'd probably whip most of us, too. I'll have to look, but I believe this game has online league achievements just like most (all?) other 2K Sports games, so we could get those together... Okay, I did check. There's a 15 pointer for completing 1 online league game, and the same for 1 tournament game. You can also get 10 points for participating in an online league's draft. The otheronline achievements are for winning certain numbers of ranked games.

I picked up Virtua Tennis 3 at Target on clearance for $10. I saw that it goes for $40 at Wal-Mart, so maybe I can just flip it for store credit and get NBA 2K8. Again. I really want NHL 08, but that fucker won't drop from $50 and I don't want to pay more than $40.

Eh... That's how it was for me, too. They basically took NBA 2K&, made it impossible to hit even the simplest of shots and ruined the right stick mechanics, and sent it out to retail. I was kind of hoping things would be better online, however.

It's a good plan for several reasons: (A) While you work the same body parts, you're switching up how you do it each week, and that variety allows for more growth. (B) Doing a split is generally more effective for gaining muscle (not sure about fat loss, but that's what the running is for) than is a full body workout. © With the full body workout, you're doing the same thing every day. That stunts growth potential, and contributes to your boredom in the gym. Also, your muscles aren't getting as much recovery time as they would/do with a split routine, further limiting potential growth. The trainer, of course, knows more than I do on the subject and can offer a lot more insight, but I'm trying to give what advice I can based on a little more than 2 years' experience, a lot of reading of bodybuilding sites and forums, and the advice I've gleaned from the trainers at my gym.

I'd be interested if I can find a copy for $30 or so.

Triple H never won the IC belt in a title vs. title match. He simply unified the IC and World titles, and the IC belt ceased to exist for 7 months.

Haha... nice. WWE suspensions and drug scandals. I just went to WWE.com to watch ECW. Apparently, they have finally implemented the use of Microsoft Silverlight. In addition to the video quality being better, and offering full screen capability, we can watch every single episode of ECW since they started the X-Stream. No longer will we be restricted to Wednesday-Monday viewing if we missed the television broadcast of a particular week's episode!

Ah, okay. I did not realize that. Mole, I think that's one reason- unless we find out that Claire really is dead in the finale- but there has to be more to it.

Yeah, but they'd probably check the baby's blood as part of the tests, as well as kate's. Who knows what they could have been exposed to on Membata?

I didn't read everything, but I skimmed. I can say two things with certainty: 1. As far as running goes, improving your cardiovascular conditioning and losing fat are two different things. They're not completely independent of each other, but there's a reason treadmills/ellipticals have a cardio setting and a fat burn setting. High intensity is for cardio; low intensity is for fat burning. 2. The workout that the trainer gave you is about 100x better than the one you were doing before. Just give it a chance. Doing full body workouts exclusively is not going to help much at all.

They already divorced back in season 4. Loretta has been off the show for years.

Most games have good matchmaking systems. In Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4, you'll get matched up with people at or around your skill level, at least in ranked games (well, all COD4 games are ranked).

That depends. Some women can still be remarkably small at that point. Also, since Aaron was born on the island, wouldn't there be some mandatory doctor checkups or something to make sure he's all right? Would that not give away the fact that Kate is not Aaron's mother?