Matt Young

They could definitely afford to do it for more than a week. They're not multi-billion dollar corporations like the ones you mentioned, but they're likely worth close to a billion.

Very. There's no way they'll be legitimately giving out $1 million.

The whole thing about it affecting each and every Raw viewer makes me think he'll announce the Raw/ECW merger, or talent exchange, whatever they call it.

Someone posted a link right after Judgment Day to a place on justintv where the PPV had been archived for viewing. Anyone know where I can find something like that for Raw? I wasn't able to pay much attention or hear any promos for the first hour and a half due to a phone call. It'd be nice to find an archived version of the show. I suck with torrents and Dailymotion hasn't had the shows up like usual lately.

It was pretty straightforward. He just used "fucked" in place of "arsed". Display Name, do you have broadband? If so, some sites stream the TV shows live, and many more make them available afterwards.

Val Venis for ECW Champion!

Default sounded very little like Creed. They were more like Nickelback, which makes sense since they were/are Canadian and some of their songs were written and/or produced by Chad Kroeger.

Some people just like to play for fun. As for me, I am far, far, FAR away from being good enough to play with real money on the line.

I haven't even started the regular modes. i played the tutorials (9 of them) for 5 hours before I beat them all. The first couple gave me trouble and took a long time, but after I learned the general rules of poker, the others were easier. Still, I had to make money in each one (6-8 hands for each) to unlock the next and advance. I really hope more people get this so we can play on Live.

Beef would actually be really good for you, J.R. You just have to make sure you get the 90% or more lean beef. Very little fat, TONS of protein. It's more expensive, though. But I guess the same could be said of ground turkey. if you're not getting the lean ground turkey, it can be just as bad for you and fattening as regular ground beef.

I mentioned this game in the Xbox 360 thread, but decided to create a separate thread in the hopes that some of you might decide to "buy in" (LOLpokerjokes2008~!). I picked up this game at Circuit City, where it is on sale for $9.99 (regularly $19.99) this week. I do not know how to play poker, but I've always wanted to learn. This game offers several tutorials to help me with that. The game also features a career mode representing the actual World Series of Poker, along with online play via Xbox Live and other nifty features like video poker and blackjack. The coolest feature, however, is the ability to put yourself in the game via the Xbox Live Vision Camera. The game has you take a shot of your face and a profile shot. It was kind of hard to position myself within the guide lines shown on the screen, since when I held the camera myself, it was too shaky, so I had to kind of crouch down to align myself with the camera, which is on top of my TV. It's just really cool to be able to put my own face in the video game. It doesn't look *quite* right, but ti's good enough. There's some overlap with my real hair and the hair I chose in-game for my character (closest option available compared to my real hair) and the transition along the jawline from my face to a head created with the in-game graphics is noticeable, but it's still pretty awesome. Does anyone else have this game? If not, now's the time to buy it. $9.99 at Circuit City till next Sunday. Join me for some online poker! Gamertag is Zeus Rambo. My character:

MySpace is actually pretty good about protecting children nowadays. All profiles for users under age 14 are private by default, and I believe no one can send them messages whatsoever without being on their friends list. Also, the ability to even send a friend request can be restricted to those who know the individual's last name or e-mail address. Of course, it's up to the parents to decide what's right for their kid(s), but the site is fairly safe, in case that is what you were concerned about. But yeah... I got a reply from Gregory Helms once!

World Series of Poker 2008: Battle for the Bracelets is one of many games (albeit only 4 for the 360) that are on sale at Circuit City this week for $9.99. It reviewed well, averaging a 7.5-8/10. I don't know how to play poker, but I want to learn and it has tutorials. I figured that I may as well pick it up for that price. if anyone else gets it, let me know.

I watched a handful of Stanley Cup Finals games back in the late 90's when I was eager to ingest anything sports related. Now, as an adult with many more interests and a lot less free time, I rarely ever watch a full baseball or basketball game (football's another story) unless it's the playoffs. And I never, ever liked hockey before. I had watched a couple Kings games this season with a friend who is a die-hard fan, but didn't get too interested. Then, while watching the NHL Network stoned one morning a couple months ago, something clicked. I didn't watch any hockey after that, but I've been keeping up with stuff. I watched game 1 of the Finals and played 5 games of NHL 08 Saturday. I went from hating hockey to really enjoying it. I'm way late to the party, but fuck it. I'm supporting Pittsburgh in the Finals since one of my best friends is a Pens fan, born and raised in Pittsburgh. But I guess if I become a regular follower of the sport next season, I'll have to adopt the Kings or Ducks as my team. So yeah, Kings.

I've been off Xbox Live for long periods and the clock never resets. However, it does reset if you unplug the system.

I'd prefer to see Miz and Morrison drop the belts to Jesse and Festus at Night of Champions if the whole ECW roster is moving over to the Raw side, but even if they did lose the titles, I think both men would fit in better on Smackdown as opposed to Raw.

At first, I thought this was a horrible idea. I enjoy watching Heat, and it kind of evened things out with each brand having another show taped along with its main one. However, if the SD/ECW merger is replaced by a Raw/ECW merger, this could be good. Raw has a larger roster with more star power, and the Heat midcarders,/low carders could appear on ECW regularly.

Yeah. More than one, actually, but the one in question was the biggest mistake I've ever made. And before anyone says it, yes, I know you all told me so. What can I say? I drank a lot back then. Still, Mexican girls in general are a good thing.

Considering he blew a layup on a fast break (though Allen got the board and put it in afterwards) maybe he shouldn't.

I want a gif of Sheed's reaction to that foul.

She looks like a younger Sara Undertaker.

I was pleasantly surprised that Mike and Don didn't talk/scream during that whole Angle segment.

Did I miss anything in the first 15 minutes while I was trying to figure out what was up with the weather? I must say this- I couldn't stand ODB when she debuted in TNA. Not her gimmick, nor her wrestling. I hadn't seen her wrestle prior to that, though I knew of her. But I like her more and more each week. She's pretty bitchin'.

What the fuck, weather? After a week during which the temperature hovered between 90-100 degrees, it's now 52. Scary part is that I woke up to a tornado warning, after dreaming about a tornado hitting. After experiencing the tornadoes that destroyed a lot of shit in my hometown in March 2006 (Springfield, Illinois- ) that scares the shit out of me. Right now it's raining pretty hard, with thunder and lightning and all that jazz. I also just found out that my friend, who lives in the same city, had snow fall in his yard. It's 50 degrees. How is that even possible? There had only been 1 snowfall here in 5 years (in December 2006). We're near the desert.

That's how every GTA game has worked. You have to progress to open up more areas.