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TOP 10 DRINKING MOVIES OF ALL-TIME

2012-05-17T22:30:04Z

10. LEAVING LAS VEGAS

Very well made film and it has some serious drinking in it, but it's way too dark to be any higher on my countdown.

9. KINGPIN

It's hard not to like a movie that deals with bowling and drinking.

8. STRANGE BREW

Word to the wise: putting a mouse in a beer bottle will not get you free beer.

7. BEERFEST

Always brings back fond memories of when my friend Dan and I went 25 - 0 over two days playing Beer Pong.

6. COCKTAIL

The ending is kind of weird but whenever this movie is on it does make you want to drink and have fun. "I've got the hippy hippy shake!"

5. SIDEWAYS

I use to be a beer and a shot kind of guy but this film got me to actually want to learn about and drink wine.

4. SKI SCHOOL

I don't even like skiing but I'll watch this movie ever time it's on. One of the purest party movies ever made.

3. NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE

"My advice to you. Start drinking heavily"

2. THE HANGOVER

Although you don't see much drinking in this movie, it does show that sometimes the aftermath is even funnier.

1. WITHNAIL AND I

It's "Dumb and Dumber" with two hardcore alcoholics. It's "Well Hung Over" before I could even dream it. It's with no equal the greatest drinking movie of all-time.

It also has the most impossible drinking game ever: the game consists of keeping up drink for drink with every drink Withnail has in the movie. So basically you would have under 2 hours to drink:

10 glasses of red wine
1 pint of cider
1 shot of lighter fluid
3 shots of gin
6 glasses of sherry
13 glasses of whiskey
1 pint of ale

BTW - if you attempt to do this you will DIE!!! You have been warned.

THE STORY ABOUT RUM

2012-04-24T22:59:16Z

It goes good with Coke, it's in Pina Coladas and Mojitos and it's the third most ordered liquor behind whiskey and vodka. Yes, whether it's white, dark or gold drinkers love rum!

Distilled from either sugarcane or molasses Rum is what made the New World run back in the 1600's and to some pirates it was more valuable than any treasure chest. In fact, rum rations were what most sea captains (named Morgan or not) provided to keep a crew happy. It also might have lead to many shipwrecks off the Atlantic Coast but who am I to judge?

THE STORY ABOUT TEQUILA

2012-04-24T22:52:58Z

     There probably isn't a more magical or to some mortifying liquor than Tequila. It can make you the life of a party at one moment and hugging the toilet the next. Tequila has a taste all its own and whether you're shooting it or having a kick-ass margarita, Tequila is no doubt one of the world's best spirits.

     A certain portion of the population has an aversion to Tequila. Maybe it was one too many shots one night, maybe its the overpowering scent of the drink, but if "License to Drive" has taught me anything it is "To Live In Fear, Is Not To Live At All," so people of the world let go of your Tequila-phobia and embrace it for what it is, a liquor that can open or unleash your mind like no other. Maybe that's the mystique that Tequila carries with it, whereas just one shot of some liquors might affect you a little bit, in Tequila's case just one shot is sometimes all you need to break on through to your wild side.

A Tequila "NO-NO": The Frozen Margarita

     Now maybe if you're 10 years-old or some really hot coed you can let this slide, but no respectable drinker should ever been seen with one these Slurpee meets a splash of Cuervo drinks. Wow, great, a drink that leaves me bloated and with a brain freeze. Leave this drink for the tourists on vacation and the housewives at Jimmy Buffet shows.

THE STORY ABOUT VODKA

2012-04-24T22:43:57Z

To me when it comes to Vodka, its all about Red Bull and Vodka. A drink that makes you feel good and keeps you partying all night. But when you're making a Red Bull and Vodka make sure you use cheap vodka, because it's a sin to waste high-end vodka in a mix drink. If you spend the dough on something like Stoli, Ketel One or Grey Goose then be a man and drink it straight up or keep what you mix with it to a minimum, think of James Bond and his martini. I can't stand people who waste good vodka in their cranberry drinks or screwdrivers, when a $5 bottle could easily do the same job.

USA's #1 Poison

With 28% of the liquor market, Vodka, is the unquestioned King of Booze in America

Where would we be without Jello Shots?

Mary Bloody Mary

Bloody Mary

Perhaps the only drink that's acceptable for a man to drink that has a vegetable hanging out of it, maybe because he's usually drinking it before noon, the Bloody Mary is a mixture of vodka, tomato juice, Tabasco, and Worcestershire sauce that symbolizes the ultimate hangover cure.

THE STORY ABOUT WHISKEY

2012-04-19T23:53:09Z

Can you "prove" this?

For early distillers, 50% alcohol was considered "good" enough. One crude method of measuring was to mix equal parts whiskey and gunpowder together. If the mix burned, it was considered "good enough" and thereby, "proved", which led to "PROOF".

140 Proof!!!

140 proof is the maximum proof allowed on commercial flights. Anything higher is considered a hazardous material by the TSA.

Kentucky: It's more than just the home of "The Colonel".

99% of all bourbon is made in Kentucky. A small brand out of Virginia makes the rest.

THE MACALLAN 1926!!!

The only bar where you can still sample the most expensive whiskey ever made, which is completely sold out, is at the Old Homestead Steak House at the Borgata Casino in Atlantic City, where it sells for $3,300 a shot.

A WellHungOver.net exclusive photo of 1 of only 3 bottles left in the world of the Macallan 1926!

(Source: "Bourbon, Straight" by Charles K. Cowdery)

REAL AMERICAN HEROES "GETTING THEIR DRINK ON!"

2012-04-18T00:29:59Z

     ALCOHOL and its intoxicating effects are more than one way responsible for the rise of America. Take a look at how the founding fathers drank first and pioneered second.

Thomas Jefferson

     Jefferson certainly discussed ideas for the Declaration of Independence with friends and associates over alcoholic beverages. He even wrote parts of it in a tavern, with a glass of wine next to his ink.

George Washington

     Alcohol, at one time, played an important role on Election Day. Washington lost his first bid for elective office (to the Virginia Assembly) in part because he didn't buy enough booze for voters. Two years later, he won with the help of 144 gallons of rum, wine and beer.

Ben Franklin

     Franklin wrote about the ill effects of alcohol, but remember, this is the same guy that tied a key to a kite and went out playing in a lightning storm - clearly he got shitfaced. He was concerned with excess drinking in the colonies, but he never had any objections to it himself.

Abraham Lincoln

     During Lincoln's stint in the White House, the American temperance movement was starting to get fired up, but Lincoln supported a man's right to drink. He regarded abstinence as fanaticism, and therefore evil, and before freeing the slaves, Honest Abe freed people's inhibitions with his liquor license and ownership of several taverns.

(Source: "The Spirits of America" by Eric Burns)

HOW THE WESTMONT THEATER CHANGED THE HISTORY OF MOTION PICUTRES

2012-04-16T23:43:08Z

The Westmont Theater Westmont, NJ

     Steven Spielberg, yes Steven "E.T." "Close Encounters..and all those other cool movies" Spielberg credits seeing "The Greatest Show on Earth" at the Westmont Theater in 1952 at the age of five as what inspired him to become a director. The young Spielberg lived in Haddonfield while his father worked at the RCA building in Camden, New Jersey. Yeah, Camden actually use to be respectful back in the day.

Steven Spielberg

     But just think about it, this small theater in south jersey in some way played a role in the history of motion pictures. What if this theater didn't exist in 1952 and the young Spielberg didn't go to the movies, would the "Summer Blockbuster" or the way films are made today be the same?

     The Westmont Theater opened in 1927 and began showing silent films. Back then every Sunday a 120-piece orchestra would perform along with the film playing on the screen. The theater closed during World War II, but reopened in 1949 when it was renovated into a 1,200-seat first-run movie house. But ironically, the movie icon who was destined for greatness because he saw a movie at the Westmont Theater might actually be the cause of the theater's demise. Because with the birth of the "Summer Blockbuster" thanks to a movie called "Jaws" the movie industry and movie theaters began to change. Theaters expanded from just 1 to 2 screens to massive multiplexes that could hold anywhere between 12 to 24 movie screens. As the times changed The Westmont Theater however did not, and in 1986 the curtain fell and the doors closed on this New Jersey landmark.

THE BLUE HOLE

2012-04-15T17:31:12Z

     Let me tell you about the story of New Jersey's "Blue Hole". Located deep in the Pine Barrens of Winslow, NJ "The Blue Hole" is a small but legendary body of water that is said to be bottomless and also a favorite hang out of The Jersey Devil. Although the surface is calm and blue unlike the neighboring flowing rivers that sport a brown undertone, those foolish enough to venture into "The Blue Hole's" waters have told stories of powerful currents that try to suck you under and freezing water tempatures regardless of the time of season. Some believe the hole was made by a meteorite striking the Earth. Others believe its a portal for the supernatural. Whatever the true secret of The Blue Hole is, I was determined to take a look at it and decide for myself.

The road to "The Blue Hole"

     My journey to The Blue Hole began by turning down a dirt road that lead me into the heart of New Jersey's infamous Pine Barrens. The road is actually pretty close to the Atlantic Ciy Expressway, which I've been on a million times so I didn't feel that uncomfortable. However, my comfort level soon changed as the foliage of the trees grew thicker and thicker and the image of the main road in my rear view mirror grew smaller and smaller.

The New Jersey Pine Barrens

     You see most people that go on these weird travels usually don't go alone. But yet here I was all by myself driving further and further into the Pine Barrens looking for some obscure hole in the ground. Maybe if I was used to hiking and camping this wouldn't seem so unusual but I don't know how to explain it, The New Jersey Pine Barrens has a spirit of its own. Its almost like no matter where you are you feel like someone or something is watching you. Even in the middle of a beautiful summer afternoon I was getting sudden feelings of dread as my Jeep slowly crept down the dirt road.

The Parking Lot for The Blue Hole

     Eventually the dirt road led to a circle with a group of trees in the middle of it. This is pretty much as far as you can go by vehicle, so I parked and set out on foot for the rest of the trip.

The dirt road quickly turns to heavy sand.

     If you don't have an SUV you probably want to stop before reaching the Tree Circle landmark because the dirt road suddenly turns into sand. Heavy sand that the tires of my Jeep sank into and I could only imagine a normal car getting stuck in.

The Broken Bridge to The Blue Hole

     After parking I noticed I was right by a river and what appeared to be a broken bridge. This bridge once made the "The Blue Hole" easily accessible, but about 40 years ago a violent storm wiped it out. At least that's what they say. Maybe the destroyed bridge is a way of someone saying you don't want to go down this path any further.

The Water Walkway to The Blue Hole

    Fortunately to the left of the broken bridge is a shallow area of the river that is passable on foot. You can see in the picture above that the rocks on the floor of the river almost make a clear walkway right to the path on the other side. On the day I went the highest the water got was to my knees, but don't get me wrong, I was just waiting for something to jump out of the water at me. However, I ventured on, knowing that my goal was only a few hundred feet away down the path on the other side of the river.

The Blue Hole

     I had made it to "The Blue Hole". At first I wasn't that impressed, but after looking at it for a minute or so the thing I noticed the most was how deathly silent it was around it. No chirping birds, no wind blowing the branches, it was really strange. Also, its crazy how almost perfectly round the hole is, and how it just seems to appear out of nowhere for no reason. One second your walking on a dirt path and the next there's just this random round body of water to the left of you.

What lies beneath these strange waters?

     My pictures don't do "The Blue Hole" justice but there really is a blue tint to the water. I think its because that same heavy sand I experienced earlier is probably what lies beneath the water causing the sun to reflect off of it and make the water look blue, a la the kind of water you see in The Bahamas. Now did I test out the waters? No fucking way! I'm not going to sit here and lie to you, there was no way I was going in that water. Being in the woods alone is one thing, swimming alone in the woods is just fucking crazy. Again, for you nature freaks out there you're probably laughing at me and calling me a noob, but I don't care. I had made my way and found the legendary Blue Hole all by myself, that has to count for something.

BONUS MATERIAL: Check out this short film about "The Blue Hole"

IN SEARCH OF THE TOXIC AVENGER

2012-04-12T00:29:57Z

     I've been living in New Jersey for quite awhile now and what really bothers me is when someone from outside Jersey calls the state a dump. Now it's true that NJ does have the most toxic waste dumps in the U.S.A with 108, but the funny thing is that for all the time that I've lived here I've never seen one. So I decided to head out and find one.

Landfill & Development Co. = Superfund Site = Toxic Dump

     I guess because of my influence from "The Toxic Avenger" movies I was expecting to see huge coolant towers or rusty barrels with green slime oozing out of them. But when I did find my first toxic waste dump it was unlike anything I was expecting.

Located right across the street from Wal-Mart

     I live in Mount Laurel, NJ which is in Burlington County and which I recently learned has the most superfund sites (which is technical talk for a toxic waste dump) than any other county in New Jersey. The closest one to where I live was located right off Route 38 in Mount Holly, NJ conveniently placed right across the street from a Wal-Mart that thousands of people visit everyday. I've been to this Wal-Mart numerous times and never gave a second thought about the wide open field across the street. A field that is actually a 210 acre landfill housing loads and loads of hazardous contaminants.

The Wal-Mart in Mount Holly, NJ right on Route 38

The view from the Wal-Mart parking lot.

     I'll be honest. I have no idea what these contaminants are but I have a feeling you don't exactly want them hanging around the house.

Contaminants Detected

1,1,1 - Trichloroethane
1,2 - Dichloroethane
Carbon Tetrachloride
Chloroform
Trichloroethylene

The gated entrance off of Route 38

     The last published report about the safety of this site was done in September of 1983. Nice, a good 28 years has past. In that last report it was documented that seeps from the landfill had polluted the Rancocas Creek and Smithville Canal which I see people canoing and sometimes swimming in.

The official "hidden" entrance that's accessible after driving down some back roads.

     So I guess I feel a little bit more like an official New Jersey resident now that I've visited my first official toxic dump. It wasn't as visually impressive as I was hoping for but in a way I guess that's a good thing, because we never seem to worry about things that we don't see. However, now I think twice when I'm out driving and I see a nice large open field that's surrounded by a barbed-wire fence. I can't help but think about what nasty materials must be stored inside.

CLICK HERE to find the nearest toxic dump by you.

The Best Quotes From Season 2 of "Eastbound & Down"

2012-02-25T22:45:44Z

"The road was paved with dickheads, backstabbers and pains in the fucking ass, but memories were made, allies were had, pole smokers were toppled and the truth was discovered." - Kenny Powers

Everyone loves to talk about their favorite shows on TV, but let's be honest there really is only one program that's worth tuning into every week. And if you're reading this than you obviously which show I'm talking about. "Eastbound & Down" recently kicked off season 3 and from what I hear this will be the final season for #55, and while we're now in Myrtle Beach, S.C. with the Shelby Sensation let's take some time to revisit the best quotes from season 2 down in Mexico.

CHAPTER 7

Kenny Powers: "I transcend race hombre."

Kenny Powers: "The wild landscape became my mistress. The wild women my cumcaves."

Kenny Powers: "And in addition to all that other stuff, Kenny Powers still does not like children."

Kenny Powers: "Even though you're Mexican, you seem normal to me."

Kenny Powers: "Sometimes you have to wash away the paint and reveal the jackass hiding beneath."

CHAPTER 8

Kenny Powers: "What the hell are you doing up against this wall, trying to creep on me?"

Kenny Powers: "Seeing this house and your fine sword and hearing how you're importing and exporting Chinamen, let me guess...you must be fucking rich."

Stevie Janowski: "$22,000 of bread crumbs that led me straight to you motherfucker."
Kenny Powers: "I'm glad you were able to decipher my Da Vinci Code".

Kenny Powers: "I hope she's not just locked up in her house hooked on meds. That's a slippery slope."

Stevie Janowski: "Kenny, I kneel before you as a man, begging a much better man, to please let me stay here and join you on this Hispanic Adventure."

Kenny Powers: "Welcome to the Resistance."

CHAPTER 9

Kenny Powers: "3D's gay. Nobody wants to sit on a couch wearing glasses popping bubbles out of the air like some sort of fucked up Ray Charles."

Kenny Powers: "I'm about to go goddamn nuclear in Mexico."

Kenny Powers: "In America people fucking hate soccer and honestly that's the way it should be."

Stevie Janowski: "Who the hell is Big Red?"
Aaron: "Fuck him. And fuck your face. Piece of shit!"

Kenny Powers: "Just cruising around on this eco-friendly deal now. Trying to go green."

Kenny Powers: "Well it's no mystery that ass has always been tits' greatest enemy."

Kenny Powers: "You know I don't love the idea of her having a kid. Makes you kind of feel like her uterus is used up."

Stevie Janowski: "Ha ha ha...the fucking kid is home alone."

Stevie Janowski: "Kenny there's some fucking weird Mexicans that came by here yesterday."
Kenny Powers: "Well, who were they?"
Stevie Janowski: "Some fucking Mongoloid and a fucking dwarf."

Kenny Powers: "I didn't just come to Mexico to get drunk and fuck prostitutes...I mean you know I came here for that but I also came here for something else too. I came here looking for a man by the name Eduardo."

Kenny Powers: "Finally all the pieces are falling together, all the answers I've been searching for are on the verge of totally being answered. I've put in the goddamn man-hours, the fucking muscles, sweats, tears, now it's my turn. I got this country wet, now its time to bend this bitch over and make her cum."

Stevie Janowski: "Villagers and townspeople come see Kenny Powers destroy the competition in Mexico. He's a national gift from the good people of America to you. Cheer to him, bow to him, worship him. Kenny Powers, he's "The White Flame" and he's burning this country to the fucking ground. The White Flame, Mr. Kenny Fucking Powers."

Stevie Janowski: "Kenny Powers and Barack Obama are two of the most famous people in show business, so fuck him."

Kenny Powers: "Outlaws wear black. Fags and cocaine dealers wear white."

Kenny Powers: "Lower the scissors and the tiny blade. Lower them!"

Aaron: "Follow the yellow brick road..ha ha ha!"
Kenny Powers: "Yeah, maybe I'll find the Ewok village you came from."

Kenny Powers: "Why don't you two Charlatans get out of here before I rip that fake mustache off your face."
Aaron: "Ha ha ha...I always carry two, always....ha ha ha. I'm the king!"
Kenny Powers: "Of what?! Fucking mustaches?!"

Stevie Janowski: "Fuck you!"
Aaron: (Off-screen) "Fuck you too bitch!"

Kenny Powers: "All fuck. It was my fault dude. I should have never trusted a man that size."

CHAPTER 10

Kenny Powers: "No thank you, I don't like to hear depressing shit about no name dickheads. This shit is fucking up my vibe. Why are you telling me all this bullshit?"
Roger Hernandez: "You know Kenny, I admire the fact that you're trying to get back to the majors but you've got to stop prantzing around out there and start playing ball."
Kenny Powers: "Prantzing? Roger when did anyone ever tell you that I've prantzed here? Kenny Powers doesn't prantz!"

Stevie Janowski: "I wish I was your dick man...pfft...pfft...pfft...that's your dick butt fucking her man."

Kenny Powers: "Why are you'll trying to make me out like I'm goddamn Eric Roberts in Star 80?"
Sebastian Cisneros: "I don't even know who fucking Eric Roberts is man."
Kenny Powers: "Yeah, of course you don't. Fucking Best of the Best you asshole!"

Kenny Powers: "Don't mess with my presets. I will check them."

Kenny Powers: "I mean how the fuck do you expect me to make a comeback from the goddamn bench?"
Roger Hernandez: "By learning, by practicing, not by shucking and jiving all over the goddamn field."
Kenny Powers: "You racist motherfucker."
Roger Hernandez: "Racist? What are you talking about?"
Kenny Powers: "Showing this jive turkey shit to me. You going to talk this jive turkey shit to me Roger? Racism Roger. You want to sit me out than fine, but all I'm saying is you better get the fucking riot gear because you my friend have invited a motherfucking revolution.

Kenny Powers: "Why would you do this to me? Here this whole time I thought you were the whore with a heart of gold, instead you're just a whore with a regular whore's heart."

Kenny Powers: "Stevie you are on fucking Black Ops! There are no girlfriends in Black Ops!"

CHAPTER 11

Kenny Powers: "Why are you shitting in the prison Stevie?"
Stevie Janowski: Stop looking at me shit! Stop it!!!"

CHAPTER 12

Kenny Powers: "You want to pull that Bruce Lee shit with me, I'll steal that goddamn sword from you like a child and fuck you with it. "

Kenny Powers: "Back up! I'll take these goddamn computers and put it through your face like a disc in fucking Tron."

Kenny Powers: "Well look at this, huh, a goddamn Mexican standoff in fucking Mexico. I was hoping to get into one of these before I left."

Stevie Janowski: "I know technically I should be asking Maria's father this, but in many ways I feel like you are the father to all the Mexicans here..."

Kenny Powers: "All the ass magic in Mexico can't change Kenny Powers from his core beliefs. I'm not an ass man. I'm a tit man. I like big ass boobs, now and forever."

Kenny Powers: "Life is not a fairy tale, although sometimes it feels like our world is full of fairies. You know who I'm talking about. (Slap) I still accept you brother."

Kenny Powers: "Too hot for hugs here man. I've been battling the war on swamp ass since I got down here."

Kenny Powers: "Whenever I look at a Mexican I will think of you. Whenever you look at that jackass, you think of me."

CHAPTER 13

Kenny Powers: "Let me know when you catch Bin Laden. I've got some champagne on ice."

Kenny Powers: "Feels good to be breaking the laws in America again."

Kenny Powers: "Light some candles, heat up a Lean Cuisine, and go to town."

Kenny Powers: "Tampa didn't really pan out the way I thought it would, so I decided to split and head down to Mexico. Down there, I fought and fucked my way to becoming the greatest gringo that country has ever seen."

Kenny Powers: "Who's birthday is it?"
Dustin and Cassie Powers: "Rose"
Kenny Powers: "Who?"
Dustin Powers: "Your niece Rose."
Kenny Powers: "Oh, yeah Rose, OK, whatever. Anyway I got to get a move on."
Cassie Powers: "OK."
Kenny Powers: "Yeah, I got a big old pile of titties waiting for me at the end of the rainbow, but before I can sip upon them, I need to take a big old shit in a fucking American toilet."

Kenny Powers: "Hey potential homebuyers. I hope y'all know that there were a lot of rapes that happened in this house."

Kenny Powers: "I'll admit Clegg. I didn't think I'd be seeing you again, but it's nice to know whenever I hit rock fucking bottom, you'll always be here, waiting with a big old line of cocaine."

Kenny Powers: "Why don't you go fuck off? Don't you got someone you got to give AIDS to?"

Kenny Powers: "It's better to be strangled by a necklace of Mexicans, than by no one at all."

Kenny Powers: "Chapter nothing. The fucking epilogue."

For the best quotes from "Eastbound & Down" Season 1 click HERE.

Vanquish Review

2012-02-09T03:36:26Z

Published by: SEGA
Developed by: Platinum Games
Genre: Third Person Shooter

A great game that no one is playing.

     Flying under the radar of the CODs, Battlefields and Gears of Wars is one of the more exciting action games to come out in awhile. To say that the game Vanquish holds your attention would be an understatement. You barely have time to breathe let alone feel bored in this non-stop and relentless firefight. At one moment you’ll be dodging attacks in the slow motion bullet time and then you’ll be accelerating form 0 – 60 in seconds thanks to the sliding boost feature. Throw in a few quick time events and you begin to feel like a 75 year-old man trying to cross a busy intersection because of those pesky mechanical horse drawn carriages.

Boosting, it's not just for cheap imported cars anymore.

     Created by the same developers responsible for the all-time great game Resident Evil 4, including lead director Shinji Mikami, Vanquish prides itself on being fast and furious. You’ll quickly lose yourself killing wave after wave of robots in a very unique and interesting sci-fi atmosphere. The game contains an abundance of cinematic cut-scenes that are very well directed and edited. A variety of weapons keeps the disposing of your enemies fresh, although I could see some gamers finding the combat repetitive. The game’s story is very laughable but the cheesy dialogue and over-the-top characters are part of its charm. Vanquish creates its own identity and sticks to it. The game encourages smoking, drinking, and showcases plenty of short skirt low angle shots of the game’s main female character. Despite racking up a body count that would rival most major wars the game also carries a sense of humor that keeps things fun.

Can you count the number of bullets in this picture?

     Those looking for a multiplayer experience will be disappointed because MP is not an option, which I didn’t mind because I couldn’t see multiplayer being feasible due to the bullet time features of the game’s controls. Vanquish is also a very short game. I consider myself someone who takes their time while playing through a game and I beat the main campaign in just under 7 hours (6:59:59 to be exact). I guess this is partly due to the incredibly fast pace of the action. You can start a mission and be done it within in five minutes. Not to say this a bad thing because within those 5 minutes there can be 5 holy shit WTF moments that you don’t experience in other more conventional action games. This is the first game in a long time that I started playing again as soon as I had beaten it. I never do that! Also, if you make it to the end make sure to watch what is perhaps the most clever credit roll in gaming.

4 Over the shoulder tossed cigarettes out of 5

BEST OF 2011

2012-01-05T02:18:17Z

Here's a list of things I did to kill time and entertain myself with for the year 2011. You'll notice that not everything is from the year 2011 though. The books I read and the video games I played are from different years. Only the "Movies" list is strictly films I'm rating from 2011, because I don't have time to list every single movie I saw this year.

BOOKS

Hawaiian Dick: Byrd of Paradise
Story by B. Clay Moore
Art by Steven Griffin

OK, NOTHING SPECIAL

Mass Effect: Ascension
By Drew Karpyshyn

OK, NOTHING SPECIAL

Richard Stark's Parker: The Outfit
Adapted and Illustrated by Darwyn Cooke

OK, NOTHING SPECIAL

Mass Effect: Revelation
By Drew Karpyshyn

OK - This was the best book I read in 2011. It beat out the other books because if you've ever played a "Mass Effect" game then you'll understand why it's cool to know how Saren learned how to gain control of the Geth.

MOVIES

Tree of Life

AWFUL - the worst movie of 2011 and a clear example of why I hate film critics and the so-called "artists" of Hollywood.

Paul

AWFUL

Batman: Year One

AWFUL

Attack The Block

AWFUL

Your Highness

AWFUL

Terri

BAD

Super 8

BAD

Battle: Los Angeles

BAD

Limitless

OK

Cedar Rapids

OK

Captain America

OK

BTW - 2011 has to be the worst year in movies that I can ever remember!!!

Thor

GOOD

Atlas Shrugged Part I

GOOD - As a fan of Ayn Rand I was glad that they were somewhat able to capture her genius with this film. Her writing definitely reads better than acted out on screen, but hopefully the film at least introduces a new audience to her work.

Ayn Rand: In Her Own Words

GOOD - The best film I saw in 2011. A decent documentary about one of the greatest minds of all-time.

VIDEO GAMES

LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures

OK - but then again why is a 34 year-old playing this to begin with?

Full House Poker

OK - Online poker was banned on April 15, 2011. Next thing I knew I was playing this game and betting "play money" for fun. Poker in America has hit an all-time low.

Singularity

GOOD

Dragon Age II

GOOD

LA Noire

GOOD

Half Life 2: Episode 1 & 2

GOOD - Dear Valve can we please get a fucking resolution to the world of Half Life? It's been long enough!!!

Dead Space

GOOD

Age of Mythology

ALL-TIME GREAT GAME - finally got around to beating this RTS classic.

Mass Effect

ALL-TIME GREAT GAME

Gears of War 3

ALL-TIME GREAT GAME

Limbo

ALL-TIME GREAT GAME

Portal

ALL-TIME GREAT GAME

Batman Arkham City

ALL-TIME GREAT GAME

Mass Effect 2

ALL-TIME GREAT GAME - The best game I played in 2011 and easily one of the best video games ever made. And there's a good chance that "Mass Effect" will top this list again in 2012 as "Mass Effect 3" comes out in March.

MORE MYSTERIOUS MONEY MARKINGS

2011-12-28T23:02:28Z

Here's a whole new batch of weird stuff on hundred dollar bills. Someone told me that these markings are actually called "chop" marks and that they are used by foreign countries to keep track of non-counterfeit bills, but I think there's more to these unusual works of art. There's a conspiracy in here somewhere.

LETTERS

A red letter B in a circle.

Two letter B's in a blue circle.

A purple letter P.

Blue letters SPN along with a purple symbol of what looks like a diamond.

NUMBERS

The number 28698.

SYMBOLS

Blue Arabic writing in a circle.

All kinds of marks: Arabic symbol, a sun with writing inside it, random numbers, and initials RIB.

A money symbol on money, kind of redundant.

BREW REVIEW: Oskar Blues Gordon Imperial Red

2011-12-01T03:34:41Z

     The great beer boom of America that has been going strong now for over a decade has introduced millions of drinkers to new flavors and brands, but this hoppy explosion has come with a price. In the case of Oskar Blues Brewery's Gordon Imperial Red you're looking at spending $11.99 for 4 beers that come in cans. A frugal shopper will tell you that you can buy a 12 pack of most domestic beers for $11.99 and that's even without them being on sale. But welcome to the new day of beer snobs and beer elitists.

     Is Gordon Imperial Red a good beer? Yes, it is. It's satisfying, has a great color, packs a nice 8.7% ABV, but it's not worth $11.99 for 4 cans. I've seen other breweries like Dogfish Head go down this road and tell their consumers that their ingredients and the time they put into their beers are where the money goes, but let's be honest, one beer drinker to another, the biggest ingredient in beer as is in soda and as in wine is water. That's why ultimately after everything is done one single beer that has been mass produced really only costs about 25 cents to make. Given that Oskar Blues isn't as big as Budweiser I'll say that it costs them $1 to make one of their beers and obviously they don't have the same volume that Bud does, but why are you really paying that much extra for a good beer? Is it really that unique and one of a kind? Or is it just an image the Oskar Blues and Dogfish Head want you to buy into?

     So go ahead and feel proud and special that you're drinking a Gordon Imperial Red...you've paid for it!

MYSTERIOUS MONEY MARKINGS

2011-09-18T21:13:10Z

     Being that I play a lot of poker I always have cash on me. And something I've noticed in the last year or so are the mysterious markings I keep seeing on hundred dollar bills. Now I know it seems to be trendy to hate on the Federal Reserve and blast the U.S. Treasury for how they bail out people, and being a poker player I don't have any love for either of them at the moment, but that doesn't mean I would fuck with their money.


On the left: A blue triangle with a B in it, the red number 396-2 On the right: a blue RP in a circle

     Of the 16 examples I have; 13 have markings on the front of the hundred dollar bill while 3 are on the back. What kind of sub culture is doing this? Is this the work of a Banksy type character? Is it some kind of elaborate form of communicating? Or is this what art school dropouts do to leave a mark?

     I've grouped the markings into four categories so far: Symbols, Animals, Letters/Initials and Random.

SYMBOLS

A red diamond with KK on one point

Could this have Middle Eastern connections?

Another possible Middle East connection?

This one looks like a fraternity symbol.

LETTERS/INITIALS

ANIMALS

A blue lion.

A red cat.

A blue bird with the initials A M on it.

RANDOM

I don't know what this is or if I even have it right-side up.

Two random blue markings on the right side of the bill with a red G in the bottom righthand corner.

WSOP 2011: The View From The Top

2011-07-18T02:00:26Z

The View from the top of The Stratosphere

      First of all...sorry. This blog should have been posted about 2 weeks ago but I got caught up with life at the shore and have neglected to finish my WSOP 2011 story. So here it is...the exciting conclusion to my annual poker vacation to Las Vegas.

June 29, 2011 - Las Vegas, NV - Day Three

     When we last left off I was down -$495 for my trip so far, but with two full days of poker left I felt I could get back in the black.

It's not how far you fall but how high you bounce.

     I decided to start the day by not playing poker but instead playing pinball. I figured a good way to stay off "tilt" was to check out the Pinball Hall of Fame which is right off of Tropicana Ave and looks like from the outside the most non-descript Hall of Fame in the world.

     But once you get inside you enter perhaps the greatest collection of working
pinball machines in the world. Now, the Pinball Hall of Fame doesn't have every single pinball machine ever made, but they are not far from it. Since 1991 the Hall has been collecting machines and encouraging the progress of pinball. 90% of the games cost 50 cents to play while the more recent machines cost 75 cents. I'd actually like to see every machine cost only a quarter but the selection and maintance of the machines make up for the extra cost.

Again with Spy Hunter

Bad Cats - one of my favorite old school machines

     The one thing about playing at the Pinball Hall of Fame is that much like how Funspot is the epicenter of arcade games and has the highest scores you'll find in the world; the machines at the PHF have insanely high scores and getting a replay is almost impossible on a popular machine. I did get two free games though....thanks to matching the Match.

Star Wars Pinball

Avatar - this just came out and costs 75 cents to play

Gottlieb, Williams, Moloney & Stern - the greatest names in pinball

     I played pinball for close to three hours before I figured it was time to go play poker. There's something about playing pinball that makes your mind and reflexes sharper so I felt good as I got out of a cab in front of the Aria.

     Since I had been having no luck at No Limit Hold'em I decided to change things up and play 1/2 Pot Limit Omaha at the Aria poker room. The Aria is the newest poker room on The Strip and it has wasted no time in becoming the hottest room in town for cash games, and PLO is the juiciest of the juice when it comes to action. In just one hour I won one of the biggest pots in my career and almost erased all of my losses for my trip so far.

     The key hand: I'm sitting with roughly $500 in front of me and get AA910, I think one of the Aces was suited with diamonds. Eventhough this was a 1/2 game, PLO games, especially at the Aria, play very fast and aggressive. The action before the flop was $40 to go and I just called. Myself and two other players saw a flop of A34 with two spades, with $120 in the pot the first player bets out $80, I call and and a player behind me calls. The turn is a 9 of clubs. The initial bettor now checks and I bet $220, the player behind me tanks for about 2 minutes and then shoves all-in on me, the initial raiser folds and I call. The river comes a 9 of hearts making my hand a full house of Aces over 9's. The villian mucks his hand and I'm pushed a pot of $1130, putting me up $630. I play for a little while longer and start to feel the momentum of my big hand starting to fade, and once you lose your mojo in PLO it's wise to get up. I give back over $200 in the process of losing my mojo and left the Aria poker room up $406.

The Monte Carlo

     The sad thing about Pot Limit Omaha is that it isn't spread as much as it should be in poker rooms. Pretty much if you're going to visit a bunch of poker rooms you're going to end up playing No-Limit Hold'em, which I don't mind but I like changing things up from time to time. The Monte Carlo poker room is about 1/4 the size of the Aria's room and they had about 5 1/3 No-Limit Hold'em games going when I got there. I sat down at what seemed like a pretty normal and straight forward hold'em game. The table was filled with middle-age men and older guys which usually means they either have it or they don't. You wouldn't anticipate any crazy moves or sick bluffs...looking back I didn't know what I was getting myself into. It turns out the table captain was this guy in his 60's from South Korea who was more of a craps junkie than a poker player. He controlled the action of the table with his raises and re-raises. Even worst you could never get him off a hand, twice he called me down on a board like KQ649, I'd bet on river with a missed flush draw and he'd call me with his 56 for a pair of sixes. At the same time when he wasn't calling you down with bottom pair he'd be ready and willing to play for stacks when he thought he had the best of it. I was waiting for my spot to get involved with him for a big pot but similar to the hold'em games the day before my opportunity never came. I closed my session down -$206 and headed back to the Stratosphere where I played some Roulette, Craps and got drunk on Pai Gow Poker.

     Overall between the Pinball Hall of Fame, roaming the The Strip and tables games at The Stratosphere I didn't really play much poker, but thanks to one big pot I did put a dent in my losses.

Aria 1/2 Pot Limit Omaha 1 hour: $406
Monte Carlo 1/3 NL Hold'em 4 hours: -$206

Down -$295

June 30, 2011 - Las Vegas, NV - Day Four

     My flight home was tonight at 11:00pm so I had one full day left to win back my money. I decided to head to my favorite poker room in Vegas; The Venetian Poker Room.

The Venetian

     The Venetian's poker room is well run and has nonstop action. I find that on average the best grinders play here so the competition is above normal. If I was wise and really wanted to win back my money I would go find a softer game somewhere else, but I only get out to Vegas once a year these days so I wanted to test myself. I sat down at 1/2 Pot Limit Omaha game and although it wasn't as fast and aggressive as my session at the Aria last night I did quickly accumulate an additional $200 or so to my starting stack. I gave back $100 and decide to stand-up before that bitch god named "Variance" got the best of me.

     I hadn't played any 2/5 No Limit Hold'em while I had been in Vegas and I decided to take a shot at one of those tables. The 2/5 game I sat down at was well above the normal game I usually play in. I bought in for $500 while most of the players at the table bought in for $1000. Unlike in Atlantic City where the max buy-in for a 2/5 game is $500, in Vegas most 2/5 games have a max buy-in of $1000 or even $1500. But I felt comfortable buying in for 100 big blinds so the starting stack sizes weren't much of an issue. What was an issue is that the players at this table weren't in Vegas for fun. These guys were dead serious poker players. They were going to test anyone and everyone who got in a hand with them. I saw some ridiculous bluffs and moves I would never see at the normal 1/2 game. A game like this raises your level of play but I was pretty much card dead. I saw multiple pots in the $500 range but I never really found a position to get involved in the action. Really the only hand of any significance I had was when I had pocket Kings and got one of the bigger stacks at the table to fold pre-flop when I 3 betted him. Since I really hadn't been playing any hands it was easy for the other player to put me on AA or KK. After a few hours I decided to try my luck in the less shark infested waters of the 1/2 NL Hold'em games.

     The 1/2 game I played in at The Venetian was a lot less volatile than the 2/5 game I was just playing but nothing I did seemed to work. Unsuccessful bluffs, AK losing to pocket pairs that held up. Over the next few hours I couldn't make any hands while my opponents connected with everything. The last topping on my cake of fail came when I had pocket Jacks and the flop came 456 rainbow. I bet out and a short stack of about $100 shoves all in on me. I call and off course the villian flips over 78 for a flopped straight. I was done with poker in Vegas. It was around 8:30pm and I decided to collect my things and head to the airport for my 11:00pm flight home.

Venetian 1/2 Pot Limit Omaha 2 hours: $95
Venetian 2/5 No-Limit Hold'em 2 hours: -$89
Venetian 1/2 No-Limit Hold'em 2 hours: -$200

Final Total for Las Vegas Trip: -$489

     Still nothing beats the energy of Las Vegas. As I boarded my flight home I wondered what if I had won that WSOP single table satellite four days ago. I checked to see who won WSOP Event #48 and some guy named Athanasios Polychronopouls won his first bracelet and $650,223. He was probably just a guy with a dream of poker glory. A guy just like me.

WSOP 2011: Up In The Air & Then Smashing To The Ground

2011-06-29T13:03:23Z

The Stratosphere

June 27, 2011 - Las Vegas, NV

      I arrived at The Stratosphere around 12:30 Vegas time for day one of my annual poker vacation to Sin City. Why The Stratosphere? Why not? Hey look it's a big needle thing like that thing in Seattle, and I've really never spent much time down at this end of the Vegas strip before (there might be a good reason for that).

The view from my hotel room

On channel 31 in your hotel room at The Stratosphere you can watch people get a thrill by jumping off a ledge really high up in the air.

     Right from the beginning The Strat had the kind of bush league hotel service that was instantly noticeable. My room for one wasn't ready, which actually served me well as I went to the poker room and won $196 in 2 hours playing 1-2 NL Hold'em, but when I did get to my room there really wasn't anything special about it. The view of The Strip was OK, the window was kind of small and unimpressive. The TV in the room had a fuzzy and grainy resolution. I'm not sure if it's even HD, maybe it just has really bad component cables? The TV's speakers were also blown out which was nice and irritable. The internet connection of course didn't work, which is why I'm posting two days of action in this one blog. It took the "technicians" at The Strat a good 5 hours to figure out why the connection wasn't working. But why am I bitching so much about my room? Who spends time in their room when they come to Vegas? Let's get to the action!!!

The heart of the 2011 World Series of Poker

     I entered The Rio feeling good after I had won almost $200 in just two hours while waiting for my room at The Stratosphere. The 2011 World Series of Poker had been running for weeks when I made my attempt to satellite into Event #48: $1500 No-Limit Hold'em. The satellite works by 10 players putting up $175 each and the winner gets a $1500 seat into the event. I managed to get myself into heads-up play with just one player remaining but unfortunately I only had 1500 in chips to my villain's 8500 in chips and a drastic turn of events did not happen and I finished 2/10.

The Final Table of a WSOP Event

     It's a real mood killer to get that close and watch an opportunity slip away. I checked out the big name pros in The Rio playing tournaments and cash games, but after my almost win I wasn't really in the mood to play so I headed back to The Strat and recharged for tomorrow.

Stratosphere 1/2 NL Hold'em 2 hours: $196
WSOP STS 2/10: -$175

Up $21

June 28, 2011 - Las Vegas, NV - Day Two

     I entered the unique and interesting surroundings of the Circus Circus casino around noon. I was ready to forget about my WSOP FAIL and play some cash games. However, the CC poker room isn't a 24 hour action room and there wasn't a soul to be found anywhere. OK...I guess I'll walk over to the Riviera.

Circus Circus' empty poker room: send in the clowns, where are they clowns?

The Riviera is all about class

     The Riviera was so much better than Circus Circus. They had "one" full table of 1/2 NL Hold'em going. Wow, not really too exciting. The only action I felt like taking at The Riv was that they did randomly have a makeshift arcade in one of their hallways that had both a Taxi pinball machine and a Spy Hunter game. Like I said The Riv pwned CC in terms of action, but after one game of Taxi and Spy Hunter I was back on the sidewalk of Las Vegas Blvd to search out a cash game.

The Riviera Poker Room and their one table of 1/2 NL Hold'em

Taxi Pinball Machine

Spy Hunter - one of the best arcade games of all-time

     I knew The Wynn would have games going.

     I got the action I was looking for as The Wynn had 4 1/3 NL Hold'em games going. Unfortunately, the cards weren't on my side at one of the IMO nicer rooms on the strip. I never really got anything going and after what was either a great read or a stupid laydown half of my chips were gone. I ended up running into pocket QQ holding pocket 77 on a flop of 654 rainbow where I shoved the rest of my stack. The villain called and I didn't improve. Boom, my first buy-in gone. I wasn't feeling it at the table, so once again I started heading down LV Blvd.

The Infamous O'Shea's Casino

     The beauty of Vegas is that at one moment you can be in a high end place like The Wynn and the next you can be drinking cheap beer and having the hot Vegas air blowing in your face at O'Shea's. The O'Shea's poker room is pretty much just a novelty; tables are literally almost on the sidewalk and the open air and random people walking by on The Strip invade the poker game constantly. I played 1/2 NL Hold'em at O'Shea's for about an hour and had my fill as I left up 7 whole dollars.

     I left O'Shea's for Planet Hollywood and the sad thing about my time at PH was that the most exciting thing to happen was The Hangover slot machine I played and won $114 on. It was the Stu progressive jackpot that gave me my windfall on this penny slot machine.

     I was card dead my whole time at Planet Hollywood. The 1/2 NL Hold'em game was normal. The players were playing straight forward ABC poker but after no significant hands or pots I was down $71 after 7 hours. On a side note the University of South Carolina Gamecocks won their second consecutive College World Series while I was playing. GO COCKS!!!

     I headed over to MGM around midnight and my cold cards followed me. Again, nothing and I mean nothing developed. I was hoping to find a Pot Limit Omaha game to play somewhere since I was getting brutalized in Hold'em holdings, but none of these rooms were running any PLO. 3 hours at MGM and down $152. It was time to stop the bleeding and head home to The Strat.

The Wynn 1/3 NL Hold'em 2 hours: -$300
O'Shea's 1/2 NL Hold'em 1 hour: $7
Planet Hollywood 1/2 NL Hold'em 7 hours: -$71
MGM 1/2 NL Hold'em 3 hours: -$152

Down -$495

The Ghost Town of the Pine Barrens

2011-06-23T01:42:13Z

PHOTO BLOG: BATSTO VILLAGE

When you usually think of ghost towns you usually picture tumbleweeds going through somewhere in Arizona or Nevada, but located right in the heart of the New Jersey Pine Barrens is a town that time has forgotten. Batsto Village was founded in 1766 and survived until 1989. Today the streets and houses are empty. Walking around this abandoned town is much like a time warp into the past and a reminder that nothing lasts forever.

Inside the Wharton State Forest is where you can find Batsto Village. The town is a registered historical place and is maintained by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection which explains why the houses don't have broken windows and why the walls haven't crumbled. But like everything else in the Pine Barrens there lives a vibe of eerieness and something strange.

The Batsto River

The Batsto General Store

An Abandoned Mansion

An Empty Stable

Batsto Village: The Ghost Town of the Pine Barrens

Comic Review: Batman Arkham City #1

2011-05-14T20:07:00Z

     The video game "Batman: Arkham Asylum" is the best video game ever based on a comic book character. So I was anxious to check out this mini-series by DC Comics that is intended to bridge the gap between "Batman: AA" and the upcoming "Batman: Arkham City" video game. First of all the cover kicks ass and the first few pages are true to form with the ending of "Batman: Arkham Asylum". It shows The Dark Knight defeating a Titan fueled Joker, but unlike the game where Batman and Commissioner Gordon hear a radio call about Two-Face robbing a bank the comic jumps ahead one full year to where the former warden of Arkham Asylum is now Mayor of Gotham and the plot revolves around two thugs named Terry and Tracy Trask who have made use of leftover Titan barrels from the Arkham riots.

     Wait? Why not just pick up with Two-Face robbing the bank? Two-Face does make an appearance as he is the one that hired the Trask siblings to oversee the barrels of Titan, but he quickly takes a back seat to some other mysterious figure who seems to be plotting something awful for the Cape Crusader. While I'm sure the action and gameplay of "Batman: Arkham City" the video game will remain true to the original, if this first issue of the comic series is any indication of the upcoming plot for the game then I definitely see a drop-off coming. There's an incident in the comic that serves as a catalyst for the formation of Arkham City, basically a prison within the city of Gotham, but the tone of the narrative hints of 9/11 false flags and the notion of Batman battling badies in one enclosed location is all too familiar.

     In closing, I still look forward to playing "Batman: Arkham City" when it's released on October 18, 2011, but this comic has me questioning the storyline. When it comes to video games I always do stress gameplay over plot but after hours and hours in front of your X-Box eventually it's the story and characters that can make a great game a classic.

BATMAN ARKHAM CITY #1            READ IT!!!    SKIP IT!!!    BURN IT!!!

Best of 2010

2011-01-02T19:11:00Z

Below you'll see what I read, watched and played in 2010 (doesn't mean they necessary came out in 2010, I just got around to experiencing them this year). They are listed from top to bottom in the order of worst to best:

BOOKS

TOP OF THE HEAP - by Erle Stanley Gardner
     The ending will leave you feeling flat much like the plot and character development.

EMPIRE - by Orson Scott Card
     The book that inspired the X-Box Live classic game "Shadow Complex" had potential but didn't really deliver.

MAUS - by Art Spiegelman
     An interesting read but the pacing kind of drags.

BOOK OF THE YEAR

THE GODFATHER OF POKER - by Doyle Brunson
     This is a must read if you play poker.

MOVIES

MACGRUBER - AWFUL
     Easily the worst movie of the year.

GET HIM TO THE GREEK - AWFUL

IRON MAN 2 - OK

SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD - OK

BLACK SWAN - OK

TOY STORY 3 - OK

INCEPTION - EXCELLENT

WINTER'S BONE - EXCELLENT

MOVIE OF THE YEAR

THE SOCIAL NETWORK - EXCELLENT
     Whether you understand the Facebook phenomenon or not this film will keep you captivated from beginning to end.

VIDEO GAMES

PUZZLE QUEST
     A twist on the classic Bejeweled game but gets repetitive quick and the story and RPG elements aren't strong enough for you to want to keep playing.

RESIDENT EVIL 5: LOST IN NIGHTMARES
     There are a few exciting moments in this expansion to the classic horror game but overall this download probably isn't worth the extra $$$.

PINBALL FX2
     It's a decent diversion from the games in your rotation but if you want to play pinball please go play the real thing. The industry needs your support!

INFECTONATOR! WORLD DOMINATOR
     You want to destroy the world and waste time at work? Then this "Free Game" is perfect for you!

X-MEN ARCADE
     Relive the early 1990's again with this direct import to X-Box Live from the age of the end of the arcades. FYI - the Japanese version is the version worth playing.

GTA IV: THE BALLAD OF GAY TONY
     Can't get enough of Liberty City? Then check out this GTA IV expansion that contains some of the most action packed mission in the GTA series' history.

DRAGON AGE ORIGINS
     A truly epic and amazing game. I really put some hours into DA in 2010 beating the main game and the following expansions:
     Dragon Age Origins - The Stone Prisoner
     Dragon Age Origins - Warden's Keep
     Dragon Age Origins - Awakening

BATMAN ARKHAM ASYLUM
     An instant classic, this is one of my all-time faves and the best video game based on a comic book ever!

GAME OF THE YEAR

RED DEAD REDEMPTION
     "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" meets "Grand Theft Auto" and it couldn't have been executed better. The grand scope of the world was engrossing. Some nights I would just spend picking flowers and hunting critters. Some nights I would brave the deadly area know as Tanner's Reach. Nothing beat forming a Posse with your friends over X-Box Live and ruling the terrain with an iron fist.

HAPPY 2011 FROM WELLHUNGOVER.NET!!!