Mik

Get excited for next Monday guys. Episode 5 is awesome in so many ways. That's all I'm going to say about it. A non-spoiler spoiler below:

I agree. But what exactly is Tito trying to prove here. He's claiming they aren't paying him enough but he makes more than 95% of the roster. I can only think of very few that make more than he does, which I believe is $210k a fight. I'm not sure he's worth Chuck Liddell money. He just wants to bail on the UFC so he might not show up 100% for the fight. I think Machida would be a great title contender so I'm hoping he can beat Tito. Karo on Tagg radio:

I'm not sure where this should go but I think I'll get answers in this thread: Does anyone know what the deal with Time Warner's HD channels is? I believe we were supposed to get a ton more channels by end 2007 including TBS, USA, etc. but they never showed up on my box. Probably Marv or someone knows where to find such information. Why no new channels?

I think I'm anticipating Lesnar/Mir more than any fight I can remember simply because I, along with just about everyone, has no idea how it's going to go. People make arguments that Mir's jitz is too strong and Lesnar is tapping immediately and I can totally see that happening. On the other side of the coin, Brock is too strong, his GnP will crush Mir, who still isn't the same, which I can also buy. Naturally, I lean towards Mir but when you have guys like Militech saying that Lesnar can be the best HW in all of MMA within a few years I question my original thought process. I hate MFS fighters, for the most part, but I respect the man's opinion. I just can't wait to see what happens.

I couldn't hold out. I d/l episodes 5 and 6. I'm not going to say anything in this thread about them because I'd imagine some serious shit is going to go down after these episodes... I probably won't get to watch them until tomorrow but I'm pretty excited about them. I checked episode 5 to see if it worked and downloaded properly and the first scene is No idea what the scene is about or what happened but man I can't wait to watch these.

I don't think it is so much that diets themselves don't work, I think either one, people don't supplement them with excersizing, two, people lose the desired amount of weight and then stop the diet altogether and go back to their bad eating habits, or lastly, don't even stick to the diet and/or "cheat" Plenty of people I know have dieted and had a lot of success, the problem is once they get to the desired weight they figured they were "done" and just went back to the old way of eating, so it isn't the diet itself that didn't work, rather the mindset that a diet is something that expires one day. I am going to be supplementing this with excersize. Going to the gym 3-4 times a week is 3-4 more times then I do now, and like I said, that is going to continue beyond any diet I am doing. It's not like I am just saying "I won't eat bread, but other then that I am throwing caution to the wind" You obviously don't get it. If they lose weight then slack because they lost weight and go back to eating bad then gain the weight, then IT DIDN'T WORK. Diets don't work for that VERY reason. You're going for a short fix. If you want to lose weight then dieting is not the answer. Low carb diet is something that nearly no one can do for an entire lifetime... so you're going for a short fix also and I guarantee that shit's going to go bad for you. And I'm not just some dude on a message board talking about shit he doesn't know about.... I have a degree in Nutritional Science.

Oh for fuck's sake. I had a theory, thats all. So it was lame. Big deal. Can nobody let things go here?! It wasn't merely a theory. It was one of the most retarded things imaginable to say and it's hard to even fathom someone's brain being so empty.

I never knew it was largely one family. I wonder why they hate gays so much. That demon of a woman is probably secretly gay and hates herself for it.

It's hard to eat cottage cheese at first but mix in some fruit and it's pretty decent. There is a product called Breakstone Cottage Doubles that is pretty good. I sometimes just straight up crave plain low fat cottage cheese, though, which I'll admit is weird. Here's the thing NoCalMike - diets don't work. If you want to eat that stuff, that's fine...then never cut them out. Just limit your calories to about 2000-2200, work out 3-4 times a week and in a month or two you'll see a big improvement. Unless you're eating lard or drinking crisco, the actual food that comprises those calories doesn't matter (unless you're trying to do something more serious then just lose a few pounds). The problem with a diet mentality is that people want results now and then when they haven't lost 15 pounds in two weeks they quit being healthy at all and then it's fucking over.

Well, fuck it, I'll admit that I love A Knight's Tale. I was really looking forward to his Joker interpretation, as well. I don't get upset at celebrity deaths but I'm not exactly pleased with this news.

How many sleeping pills would one need to take accidentally to die? Benadryl = my sleep aid the 3-4 times a year I'm sick.

Got the new issue of Fight! today with Brock Lesnar on the cover. He's wearing blue/white Warrior wear shorts in his promo pic if anyone is interested in that sort of thing. There's also a feature on the Diaz brothers which I haven't read yet and a smoking hot pictorial of Ariany Celeste. They just switched from bi-monthly to monthly so I'll recommend the mag again to anyone who may be interested.

Marlena was great. After the movie was over I realized that she was wacky lesbian outcast Janis from Mean Girls, which was just funny in and of itself. Hey - how about I never put that together until you posted this. How about that.

For the nerds among us: http://view.break.com/437813

On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being Perez Hilton and 1 being John Wayne, where would you rate Militia in terms of gayness? I'd say no less than 8. I caught some side control and a half hearted armbar attempt from Crush on Earthquake tonight.

You know - I was thinking it wasn't much of an episode until that. But damn, that was cold. And awesome. Some questions/comments about Ep 4: And what are Spiros and the Greek doing in Baltimore? They fled and IIRC, they switch locations when they're hot and never return. I think that's a lack of continuity a bit... or did I miss something? And without giving anything away - this Marlo/Omar war is going to be fucking epic.

Affliction isn't a tee shirt company, it's designer clothing. Other clothing designers (the names you all already know) charge a lot more. Buy a t-shirt from FCUK, Billionaire Boys Club, etc. and they are $50 or more. They ARE quality shirts and they are probably nicer than you think. Randy was wearing one of the hoodies I own in the Fedor shoot. It was $140 but well, well worth it. Very heavy and nice. In the same manor, a lot of the Affliction stuff is a little too "skull and bones" for me. They just came out with some jewlery recently and they're trying to charge like $400+ for dogtags and shit... that's where I draw the line.

This was in vogue a few years ago but all of the research that has some out since hasn't exactly been in its favor.

Matt Hughes like the deadspin...

You can tour Petco Park for something ridiculous like $7. I got to see the player parking lot, sit in the dugout, go in the press box, walk on the field. It was well worth 2x the price.

You know, I don't really consider Affliction an MMA brand. They were smart tapping into that market due to the style of their clothing, but they do a lot of other stuff besides MMA. The price tag is hard to swallow but I have a GSP t-shirt and three non-UFC branded hoodies. They usually get good compliments but the price on the hoodies was about 3-5x what I would normally spend on a similar shirt.

You also have to think that out of Lesnar and Shane Carwin (who looks like an absolute beast and CUTS to heavyweight)... there will also be some new blood in the title hunt by let's say end 2009.

I think the difference is Eli. He's been outstanding the last 4 1/2 weeks... after halftime of the Buffalo game until now. And in the playoffs you can make a case that he's been the most impressive QB.

Please explain yourself. That's equivalent to saying "It's pretty lame to wear Under Armour or Nike when you're working out."