The Future! MMA Shogun vs Jones

Been a long time since I posted, but figured it was time to get back into the swing of things. Seen the Shogun vs Jones fight last nite. And maybe seen the future. Shogun could do almost nothing against Jones. But I guess the torch is needing to be passed. Shogun was great, but he looked lost. No leg kicks, hell almost no offence. Welcome Mr Jones, you have a great future in this sport!

50 things women should know!

1. If you think you might be fat, you are. Don't ask us. Just get your fat ass in a gym or start that new diet.

2. Learn to work the toilet seat: if it's up put it down.

3. Don't cut your hair. Ever!

4. Birthdays, Valentines and Anniversaries are not quests to see if he can find the perfect present,again so you can show your girlfriends how much he loves you by the amount he spends.

5. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, expect an answer you don't want to hear.

6. Sometimes, he's not thinking about you. Live with it.

7. Don't ask him what he's thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as the difference in light and non light beer, the shotgun formation and monster trucks.

8. Get rid of your cat. And no, it's not different, it's just like every other damn cat.

9. Dogs are better than ANY cats. Period.

10. Weekend = Sports. It's like the full moon or the changing of the tides. Let it be.

11. Shopping is not sport.

12. Anything you wear is fine. Really! Just hurry the hell up!

13. You have enough clothes.

14. You have too many shoes.

15. Crying is blackmail. Use it if you must, but don't expect us to like it.

16. Your brother is an idiot, your ex-boyfriend is an idiot and your Dad probably is too.

17. Ask for what you want. Subtle hints don't work. We don't pay that much attention.

18. No, he doesn't know what day it is. He never will. Mark anniversaries,birthday, and anything else important on a calendar.

19. Yes, peeing standing up is more difficult than peeing from point blank range. We're bound to miss sometimes.

20. Most guys own two or three pairs of shoes. What makes you think we'd be any good at choosing which pair, out of thirty, would look good with your outfit?

21. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers.

22. A headache that lasts for 17 months is a problem. See a doctor.

23. Your Mom doesn't have to be our best friend.

24. Foreign films are best left to foreigners.

25. Check the oil in your car!

26. Don't give us 50 rules when 25 will do.

27. Don't fake it. We'd rather be ineffective than deceived.

28. It is neither in your best interest nor ours to take the quiz together.

29. Anything we said 6 or 8 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. All comments become null and void after 7 days.

30. If you don't dress like the Victoria's Secret models, don't expect us to act like soap opera guys.

31. If something we said can be interpreted two ways, and one of the ways makes you sad and angry, we meant the other one.

32. Let us ogle at other hot chicks. If we don't look at other women, how can we know how pretty you are?

33. You can either ask us to do something OR tell us how you want it done - not both!

34. Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to say during commercials or timeouts. Just make it short and to the point.

35. Christopher Columbus didn't need damn directions, and neither do we. We'll find it!

36. Women wearing Wonder Bras, really small tight shirts and low-cut blouses lose their right to complain about having their boobs stared at.

37. Consider Golf a mini-vacation from you.

38. Telling us that the models in the men's magazines are airbrushed makes you look jealous and petty and it's certainly not going to a stop us from reading the magazines.

39. The relationship is never going to be like it was the first two months we were going out.

40. Anyone can buy condoms.

41. Don't rub the lamp if you don't want the genie to come out.

42. We don't expect you to be porn stars, but we don't expect the start of an argument just because we suggest something.

43. If you are pro-choice about abortion, don't tell me "we" are pregnant, YOU are pregnant!

44. If you totally act like a guy, don't be offended if we ask you if you are a lesbian

45. No! I don't want to watch "Dancing with the Stars!"

46. Bikini's are only made for certain body types, if it's not you don't wear it in public

47. Yes we think it's cute that you like guns too!

48. You driving my car and changing the preset radio stations IS a reason to argue

49. Guy and girls don't become best friends, it's called a backup plan

50.No, we really don't give a damn if they are implants!

Don Imus Fired!

Don Imus got fired today. And I have heard all kind of different views about it. But basically it boils down to being a bunch of being "Politically Correct" bullshit. And there isn't enough other news to go around, so they have to make some. Do I think Imus should have been fired? Hell nah. Am I a fan and watch/listen to his show? Nope. But you hear shit like bitches,ho's,sluts, and all kinds of other stuff is popular music today. Is that wrong too? No, it's not. It's artist express of what they want to say. And all the PC bullshit, because you are afraid you will offend somebody is just fucked up. Go back and listen to some Redd Foxx and people like that. He made fun of everybody, white, black, asian..And all in good fun. Did those chicks on that basketball team look like Nappy headed ho's? No, but if they did, I wouldn't be afraid to say they did, and no one else should either. I can't understand not using the "N' word, because of the deep rooted hatred that goes along with it. But damn it's like you can't even laugh if your white when you hear Redd Foxx say it, without being called a racist. And as much as I hate Rosie O' Donnel, they made that Ching chong, bing bong or whatever she said way more than it should have been. And if you don't know Mandarin, or Cantonese, then it does sound like that. It's a hard language to learn. But it wasn't just chinese complaining, it was alot of different asian groups. Thai, Japanese, filipina. And those languages doesn't sound anything like that. Black Comedians get up and say all kinds of crazy shit about white people, and yeah the shit is funny. But if a white person says anything close to offending somebody, it's like they might as well have burned a cross, and put on that stupid looking KKK hood and sheet. And it's bullshit. What Kramer got up on stage and said was fucked up, being that was a rant, and insult. And he is lucky he even able to get off stage without getting his ass beat. But what Imus said was completely different. And they had to make this big ass media deal about it. When you can turn on the radio and hear that all day long. Watch tv and hear shit like that all day long. Hip Hop music is not a passing fad like some people though it was going to be. These people are artist that work hard at a craft and prefect those skills to give the world good music.And it is here to stay. But when it becomes part of main stream culture like it has, then when someone says something that takes from that, and it's not PC, they get fired. Umm what? Did Imus cross the line? No, he didn't. Cause the Nappy headed ho's are not on the Rutgers womens basketball team. They are on the Auburn womens basketball team..Roll Tide!..

Climate Change

The summer is coming finally. After having really cool shot of weather here in the deep south, it is starting to finally feel like spring again. I always have preferred warm wether of cold, as I guess most people have. Alabama does have strange weather habits some years. I guess because we are right on the Gulf Of Mexico. But this spring has really almost been stormless. A few storms and minor rain. That is really strange for Alabama. Hmm, maybe Al Gore is right..lol Wether climate change, or global warming is really happening. We do need to figure out new ways to conserve fuel, and for more environmental ways of protecting the earth. I am no tree hugger at all, but just saying we can abuse the earth, and dump just whatever bullshit we want into the air and the oceans is bullshit. You almost can't eat fish anymore, because of all the mercury in the water. The animals in the food chain are so jacked up on hormones that you wonder if they are safe to eat anymore. I can understand why some people become vegetarian, just to keep those things from entering their systems. I think I might start another blog on just the uses of green power, saving energy, and ways to go about doing that. I like all the DIY things, and figuring out ways to do it. It must be the German part of my ancestry..Germans are the best engineers in the world. Either way, if everyone would do just a little, it would ad up to alot.

Eddie

UFC 69 tonight

UFC 69 is tonight on PPV. Should be a pretty good show. It would shock alot of damn people if Serra beat GSP tonight. But you know that is not happening. But everyone has a shot. And it should the hell would stun some folks. He is no slouch at all. So it would be worth taking a $100 bet+ odds. And everyone I know wants to see the nightmare put to sleep!. So he will shut the fuck up. Some people say he is worse that Matt Hughes when it comes to be cocky. I didn't get to see the weigh-in's but heard he pushed Kosh. But Dnightmare has got skills for sure. I wouldn't have thought in a million years he would have knocked out Riggs. But is should be the fight of the night. I need to pop over and see what the fight line up is, and who finishes the night. I am pretty sure it's GSP/Serra. And UFC 70 will be free on Spike TV, thanks to a messed up deal with HBO. So that is good for us. It will be taped delayed of course, since it is in England. But should be a pretty good line up too..And hmmm. Did someone say something about PRIDE 34? Pride is having a card too? When is that?..lol Should be a good night. Will be great if Serra beats GSP, and Dnightmare gets put to sleep.

Eddie

18 ways to be a good liberal

Even though I am not a total conservative, but I agree mostly with those views. Because most liberals ideals are nuts and here's why.

18WAYS TO BE A GOOD LIBERAL

1. You have to be against capital punishment, but support abortion on demand.

2. You have to believe that businesses create oppression and governments create prosperity.

3. You have to believe that guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens are more of a threat than U.S. nuclear weapons technology in the hands of Iran or Chinese and North Korean communists.

4. You have to believe that there was no art before federal funding.

5. You have to believe that global temperatures are less affected by cyclical changes in the earth's climate and more affected by soccer moms driving SUV's.

6. You have to believe that gender roles are artificial, but being homosexual is natural.

7. You have to believe that the AIDS virus is spread by a lack of federal funding.

8. You have to believe that the same teacher who can't teach 4th- graders how to read is somehow qualified to teach those same kidsabout sex.

9. You have to believe that hunters don't care about nature, but PETA activists do.

10. You have to believe that self-esteem is more important than actually doing something to earn it.

11. You have to believe that Mel Gibson spent $25 million of his own money to make "The Passion of the Christ" for financial gain only.

12. You have to believe the NRA is bad because it supports certain parts of the Constitution, while the ACLU is good because it supports certain parts of the Constitution.

13. You have to believe that taxes are too low, but ATM fees are too high.

14. You have to believe that Margaret Sanger and Gloria Steinem are more im portant to American history than Thomas Jefferson, Gen. Robert E. Lee, and Thomas Edison.

15. You have to believe that standardized tests are racist, but racial quotas and set-asides are not.

16. You have to believe that the only reason socialism hasn't worked anywhere it's been tried is because the right people haven't been incharge.

17. You have to believe that homosexual parades displaying drag queens and transvestites should be constitutionally protected, and manger scenes at Christmas should be illegal.

18. You have to believe that this message is a part of a vast, right-wing conspiracy.

GOD BLESS AMERICA Oops, can't do that either.

Rosie O'donell can kiss my ass

Another day in the neighborhood, it's almost 12am, coffee in hand, so I decided I needed to blog. Ok, this whole Rosie Odonnell bullshit is just really starting to piss me off. She is one of those crazy fucks that think 9/11 was a conspiracy by the government, and the twin towers was really a demolition job, so we could go into war with somebody..blah, blah. She has every right to say that bullshit if she feels like it, nomatter how stupid it is. But saying it as "facts" and the truth and shit like that is what's fucked up. I mean maybe the fucking Twinkies she is eating is going to her head or something. I seen a clip of her saying that fire doesn't melt steel. Umm, what? How the fuck do you think steel is made to start with? It forged with fire to mold whatever is needed. That just has to be about the dumbest comment she has made. I don't know what the twin towns structural melting strength was, but I think steel melts around 2000 degrees somewhere. And the impact vibration would have weakening the structure to a point of failure. It collapsed from the site of impact. But you can't tell the conspiracy nuts anything. They believe what they want to believe. And are completely anti-American. It's like a new age Klu Klux Klan or something. When George Wallace was standing in the doorway at the University Of Alabama, it was to stand against the constitution. Basically to be a dictator of Alabama. It was anti-american. And these same jackass's that want to are having protests, burning likeness's of American soldiers are all fucking nuts. And just do most of that shit to get on tv, or to get in the newspaper. If a bunch of people jumped out and started just punching the fuck out of them, they would run like school girls. They wouldn't stand and fight for what they believe. They want to cover there faces, or hide. Or if they do stand out there talking that shit, It's somewhere on a college campus, or something where they know they won't get much of a hassle. I don't mind the burning of a american flag for sybolism, it's freedom of expression. But when you burn it in the name of hatred or while you are talking about how bad america sucks, then you need to have your ass kicked and be head stomped. Because alot of people died defending what that flag means and stands for. It's not just a fuck colored piece of cloth. It is ideals that makes it what it is. Have america always been fair? No, we haven't. Do we have problems now? Of course we do. But talking bullshit about people that die serving and protecting that freedom, is ignorant. But it takes all kinds I guess..cool..

Floyd Maywether is an Idiot

Everyone I know is commenting on Floyd Mayweather Jr. comment about the UFC, so I guess it's time I did too. He's an idiot. That made idiotic statements about something he has no idea about. MMA hasn't had the spotlight that boxing has had. And boxing used to be great, until people started corrupting. And draining it, like vampires at a blood bank. I love boxing, not as much as MMA, but I do love to watch it. MMA has been underground in the states for years. And popular is other countries all over the world for decades. Just because ESPN doesn't cover it, doesn't make it a passing fad. It is the closest thing to a real street fight, that you will see, unless your outside a bar somewhere. And those guys at the bar aren't athletes. Yes, boxing is here to stay, I would agree with that. But to say MMA is just a fad is stupid. He must be pissed off because it's taking money out of his pocket. He said he would give Chuck Liddel $1 million out of his own pocket to fight against any good heavy weight. Well you have to turn that shit around, in a real fight, or mma fight, Put Chuck in there and the best Heavy weight boxer would lose. Simple as that. Because in MMA, you aren't just head hunting. You are looking to win. And to say it is better than mma in general, you are fooling yourself, and will see as time passes. The corrupting in boxing was in partly it's downfall. It will always be around, but it will never be as great as the Ali or Tyson years..

Ultimate Fight Night Live

Ultimate Fight Night live is thursday April 5. It is the start of the new Ultimate Fighter Season. With BJ. Penn and Jens Pulver as coaches. It should be really good this year. I will try to catch it as much as I can. The previews look good so far. But that doesn't really mean anything. So we will see. And since UFC 70 I think is going to be on Spike tv, instead of PPV, everyone that doesn't know who Cro Cop is will get to see. It's like him making a debut on free tv. Oh yes, you have to thank Dana White for that. Love him or hate him, he gives the fans what they want to see. And I think he has done one hell of a job with the UFC, and promotion of the sport of MMA. Aside from watching fighting, I can't wait till the new Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie comes out. I love that fucking cartoon. So it should be cool for sure.

Southern living in Alabama

It's almost the middle of the week, and has been warm here in Alabama. Rain and storms here as I speak, and it will turn cooler again. I get the last big kick of "winter" before the hot weather really sets in. Alabama has pretty cold winter, and very hot and humid summers. Pretty bad thunderstorms in the spring, and fall. As the seasons change. It is all part of living in the south I guess. And one of the good things about living in the heart of Dixie. Southern culture has it's good things, along with the bad. But it is something we can call our own. You are just a few hours away from the Gulf of Mexico, And the beaches of Gulf Shores. You are just a few hours away from the Great Smoky Mountains. A few hours of Atlanta, from Nashville, or just about anywhere else you really want to travel in the southern states. So living in the heart of it all it's a bad thing. You can still come back home to your small town living no matter where you have travelled. To see old friends, walk into the neighborhood coffee shop, and they remember how you like it. To seeing someone you know just about every place you go. That is what real southern living is. And there is no other place I would rather be.

Another blog in the neighborhood

Another day in the neighborhood, as I always like to start my posts with that, for some damn reason. I have no idea why, other than to say welcome, in some dumbass way. Alright, hofully soon, I can start the whole video blogging thing. I have the cam, and all that. It just seems easier to type and correct, than to film and edit. But we shall see. I thought about starting a whole website. Register the domain, get webhosting and all of that. Maybe soon. Who knows. Just a random thought...hmmm. Sony cellphones FUCKING suck!. Mine has started going out on and off. Just like my last one. I don't know why the quality of these phones are so horrible, but dammnnn. Anyways, I finally got that transmission installed in that van. I still have my touch. I would have had it in there in 1 day if I had an engine hoist(cherry picker). But with brute force, and luck, I finally finished and it's up and running again. After tearing my hands to pieces. The end of one of my fingers is still numb from wear it fell on my hand. I thought for a minute I cut off my finger. I was wearing gloves, so I couldn't tell. But I didn't, but my finger is numb. A small price to pay, I guess. But it's cool, and finshed like I said. Another day, another blog..See yah

Eddie

UFC buys PRIDE FC

Well, it's official. The UFC/Zuffa has purchased PRIDE FC. It was announced at a press conference in Japan. Now we get to see some of the fights we have always wanted to see. It seems PRIDE will keep the ring, and UFC will keep the cage. PRIDE will still be mostly in Japan, and the UFC here in the states. I was really happy to hear the news. Like most people were. It will give us the chance to see Fedor vs Cro Cop 2, Shogun vs The iceman. But it makes me wonder though, if PRIDE will keep the super heavy weight division. For guys like Zulu, and Butterbean. I mean everyone like to see a freakshow every now and then. From the way I understand it, there will be rule changes in Pride. No more soccer kicks, head stomps, or knees to the head on a downed opponent. Ok, I can understand not having head stomps and soccer kicks. But knees to the head should be allowed. It would make some guys think twice before shooting in, another weapon against the take down. I know alot of people want to see this rule change, including myself. So we will see where it goes from here. I think they are going to have a universal rules committee to over see the rules, and changes for Pride FC. Maybe so the rules won't be much different from each one. It will make it easier for the transitions for the fighters. I can't wait to see what the future of MMA will be.

Kimbo to fight Ray Mercer in first MMA fight

Another day in the neighborhood, early in the morning, or well late at night. Which ever way you wanna look at it. Alright, I heard today the Kimbo, the "Internet famous" under ground street fighter will be making his debut in MMA soon. I think it's against Ray Mercer if what I heard was correct. For a debut fight, Mercer will be right up Kimbo's alley, and stand there and bang, trading shots. It's not going to be any kind of ground war, with sub attempts all over the place. And since Mercer is nowhere near what he was back in the day, is should be basically an good fight for Kimbo. Just from the fact he has fought underground, and knows what to expect. I think a few elbows will drop Mercer. But Kimbo has power too. How would he do against a medium pure MMA fighter? At this point not very good. Until he learns the game. But what do I know? They might heel hook, or kimura each other...Who knows. Kimbo is popular, many have seen his fights from the Internet. Fighting unknown skill level fighters. Basically cans off the street, that get the shit beat out of them in just a few minutes. We will see how it goes, and I do want to see how good he does. He has pretty good accuracy and punch power. With a good chin. And if he gets tagged, it will be tested. As Mercer does have alot of power too. Should be a pretty good match, for the freak show, if nothing else. I hope it's on free TV, but I dought it, as it will be on a smaller show, I forgot which one..

Eddie

Knee strikes should be

The talk today is the inclusion of knee strikes on a downed fighter in the UFC. For those that don't know, you are not allowed to knee the other fighter in the head while he is down. You are allowed to strike to the body with the knee, but not the head. I think they should allow this, because it will stop alot of stalling while on the ground. It will give advantage to fighters who have minimal wrestling skills, against a good wrestling stalling. Pride allows knee strikes, but no elbows. They should allow both. I don't agree with the soccer kick and head stomps, even though it does make it more fun to watch, and more violent. hehe But knees should be allowed. Knee strikes are made for a knockout and blunt force trama. While elbows, although effect at times, are mostly to gash open a cut for a stoppage, or at least make the fighter think he is bleeding to death. An either make the fighter try harder to end the fight sooner, or make him want to give up faster. Alot of people like to watch a techical fight. But the adverage fan likes to see blood and carnage. And basically 2 guys just beat the fuck out of each other. It is why they still talk about the Bonner/Griffin fight till this day. Just 2 TUF finalist, that basically stood there and beat the shit out of each other. They didn't go to the ground hardly at all. But just stood in front and swung for the fences, to quote Joe Rogan. I don't think they will ever allow soccer kicks and head stomps in the UFC, but at least allow knee strikes!

Eddie

Bluetooth Newbie

Another day in the neighborhood on a sunday afternoon. Or always afternoon. You know I have had a bluetooth ear piece for my mobile phone for a long time. I got it free somewhere, but just never used it. So yesterday I decided to that I might start using it, so I can keep my face away from my Sony phone. Sony's tend to not be that reliable. As I have went through 2 of them already. They attract moisture easily or something. I never have gotten them wet, but they stopped working, and the factory said it had gotten wet. And then I get explained to, that the sweat from my dace could cause it, or just from my pocket. I had a Nokia a long time before that. And basically beat the shit out of it, and it never failed me once. But going through 2 Sony's in less than 2 years suck. So I decied to use bluetooth. It takes some getting used to, like answering the phone from your ear instead of flipping it open. And keeping it charged it another thing to. It's a Samsung, which does fit comfortible. If you do drive while talking on the phone, it is better to use bluetooth or a handsfree device so it won't distract you that much from the road. No more that a radio would do. But I like it so far. It's louder in my ear, and I can hear better. My advice is to try one out. And for buying a cellphone, never buy Sony!. Buy Nokia, LG, or a Razr or something. Never buy Sony. The first Sony I bought lasted all of 3 weeks! The second one fades in and out. Most of the time worked, but still had problems. And from what I hear I wasn't the only one. But Sony laptops are nice.

Eddie

Evolution of MMA over Boxing

Ok it's saturday afternoon and I just watched some boxing on tv. I don't even remember who was boxing. But it got me thinking about the evolution of fighting sports and why mma is so popular. And why basically is taking the place of boxing in PPV buys and more popular. First the leeaches haven't attached themselves to the fighters. The fighters fight because they love to fight. Some guys hold down a regular job and fight every chance they get. Alot run studios that teach a system. And all MMA fighters are hybrids. Meaning they were really great at one thing, wether it was striking, wrestling, or thai boxing. And cross trained into other things that wasn't there dicipline. Being trained in all of those makes for a better fighter. And closer to a real street fight than boxing does. Which makes the fights more exciting. When you can't just sit there and hold forever if you are getting your teeth knocked out. Or lay on the ground forever so you won't get punched. It is an evolution in fighting. And you will really see it in the next 10 years. When kids are pure cross-trained in everything and not hybrids. That is when you will start seeing real superstars of mma. And boxing the way it is now, will fade into a distant memory..

Eddie

Transmission trouble

A saturday moring and another day in the neighborhood. I think I am pretty handy when it comes to car repair, as I have had enough experiance doing the shit to know it back and forth. Dodge and Chrysler products for sure. But having to change a damn front wheel drive transmission, by yourself can be a big pain in the ass. Along with not having the right tools, and trying to go totally old school. And old school means a couple of jacks, a few 2x4's and good old fashion muscle power. I have done it before, but it has been so long ago, it seems like I have forgotten how or something. And it just plain wants to be a are difficult as it can be. Or maybe I have lost my touch, who knows. Or I might just be touched in the head to begin with. Which wouldn't be the first time I have used that excuse. I might have to rent a Cherry picker or something just to get the damn thing in the right position. All the people I use to get advice from on these things are gone. So I have to think and work it out for myself. And hopefully get it done. Which I will, one way or the other. coool

Eddie

Another Day

Another day in the neighborhood and it seems like one that has been pretty easy so far. As I am watching CNN today, instead of the normal Fox news. It's a change of pace, and it's always better to get your news and info from more than just one place. Most tv news has it's spin on it's reports, and if you watch everything, even your local news, it either leans left or right. But get your information from a couple of sources, including the internet and then you will get at least most of the real story. Instead of just taking one source as gospel or something. Unless you just watch Cspan all the time, you get an opinionated view of the news. It is just as simple as that.

Eddie

First Blog

Welcome to my blog, I hope to start updating this daily. It is my views and opinions of the world. It could be politics, relationships, or my general view of everyday life. But either way, it is my opinion and ideals. Agree or disagree is what makes this country great!

Eddie