tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64784772012-02-19T08:54:55.771-05:00Rantings on politics, entertainment, sports, and life from the Bitter Old Man.Daviehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06623585619899875872noreply@blogger.comBlogger4951100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6478477.post-38721790038100780482011-01-31T17:28:00.002-05:002011-01-31T17:28:31.073-05:00

http://davethielen.blogspot.com/

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Normally I don't observe Lent or the practice of sacrificing something important to me during it. This year, though, I decided Lent would provide me with an opportunity to cut out something that uses up too much of my time: Facebook. I am guilty of checking Facebook way too frequently, so I decided to go without Facebook for forty days (Lent is roughly forty days, right?) and see how it changes

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This year's annual Davie Awards ended being such a source of frustration, I was about to just scrap them entirely.  Every year I run into the same problem:  since I have to watch, listen, play, and read everything on this list on my own time and with my own money, I always reach a point around the end of the year where I'm cramming to fit everything in before I publish the awards.  This

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In order to avoid flooding this blog with all my various photos, I decided to launch a new photo blog.  I hope to use this blog to feature new pictures of mine, and other photography-related projects.  Stay tuned.

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For those of you that haven't visited my Flickr page recently, I finally completed my WALL-E 365 project a couple weeks ago.  You can view the project here.

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One of my WALL-E photos was published in the Capture Cincinnati 09 photo book. Thanks to everyone who voted for me.

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Some pictures of the desert in Northern Arizona (including the sandstorm we got caught in), right before our car broke down and stranded us for hours. Edit:  The pictures taken on the road in the sandstorm were taken around Monument Valley in Northern Arizona.

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Davienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6478477.post-35917740707355419432009-11-05T21:33:00.007-05:002009-11-05T21:53:44.931-05:00

I never finished uploading all the pictures I wanted to from my road trip last April (which was a good seven months ago now), so I thought I'd try to finish putting them online.

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I'm back. Haven't posted in forever because I've been busy (lazy). I have some things I want to post soon.More to come.

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The Cincinnati Enquirer has launched their annual Capture Cincinnati photography contest again this year, in which Cincinnati residents upload their pictures of the city and then vote on which photos make the book. Last year I submitted pictures but only made the adjoining DVD, this year I'm hoping for better results. I'd greatly appreciate it if you took less than ten minutes to hop over to

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Davienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6478477.post-3447203626541364052009-06-28T22:32:00.007-04:002009-06-28T23:04:08.310-04:00

More samples from my photos taken on vacation in the Southwest.

Daviehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06623585619899875872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6478477.post-19578081985297269602009-06-21T23:33:00.002-04:002009-06-21T23:40:36.702-04:00

This Week's Playlist: Nirvana - With no more concerts to dictate my playlists, I'm back to choosing the playlists myself. This week, one of my all-time favorite bands. Enjoy.Songs:Smells Like Teen SpiritAbout A GirlCome As You AreServe the ServantsDrain YouSliverHeart-Shaped BoxThe Man Who Sold the WorldOld AgePennyroyal TeaScentless ApprenticeLake of FireMarigoldLithiumRape MeBlewDo Re MiWhere

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This Week's Playlist: Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - This week's playlist is once again influenced by a concert I'm going to see; I'll be heading down to the Southgate House this week to catch Ted Leo & the Pharmacists. I first saw the band last year when they opened for Against Me! at Bogart's, which was a great show by both bands. Looking forward to seeing them again, and the Southgate House is

Davienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6478477.post-14446207825374637952009-06-13T15:48:00.008-04:002009-06-13T18:50:57.275-04:00

Still working on getting pictures edited and online from my April vacation. I've been back for two months now, so it's time to quit dragging my feet. I already posted a few pictures from White Sands here. Photos from Guadalupe Mountains can be found here. And as always, there are many more photos from my vacation on my flickr page. Up next: the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest.

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This week's playlist: Will Oldham aka Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - This week's playlist choice was again decided by a concert I'm going to as I'm seeing Bonnie 'Prince' Billy play this Thursday at the Southgate House. Oldham has become one of my favorite musicians over the last couple years. He's performed under a number of different names, with the most latest and most prolific being the Bonnie '

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Today marks the 65th anniversary of the Allied landings at Normandy, France during World War II. Needless to say, D-Day represents one of the greatest clashes not just of the twentieth century, but in human history. There are countless stories of courage, valor, and sacrifice that occurred on this assault and the days surrounding it. Much has been written about that I couldn't try to add

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A few friends and I went to Noblesville, Indiana last Saturday to catch Nine Inch Nails play one of the shows on their last tour for a very long time. NIN has been my favorite band for awhile, so I had mixed feelings about this possibly being the last time I would ever see Trent Reznor and co. perform live. Sadly I could only make it to one show on the tour, but at least I'd get to see them one

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This week's playlist: Nine Inch Nails. Part two of my Nine Inch Nails playlist that I started last week. I'm posting the playlist a day early today, because I'm going to see NIN play in Indianpolis tonight, and I wanted to get the rest of the playlist up first.Songs:PinionSomewhat DamagedThe Beginning of the EndMarch of the Pigs (live)Something I Can Never HaveInto the VoidThe Perfect DrugA Warm

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I finally buckled down and started really going through all of my vacation pictures from April, deleting the bad ones and editing the ones worth keeping. I posted a few before, but I'm going to go through and post a sampling of good shots from each location. First off, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas: You can see the first few pictures I already uploaded from Guadalupe here.

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This week's playlist: Nine Inch Nails. I'm seeing NIN this coming Saturday, so I've decided to do a two-part Nine Inch Nails playlist for this week and next. Part one is below. Enjoy.Songs:1,ooo,ooo (live)Terrible Lie (live)LastThe FrailThe WretchedRuinerAll the Love in the WorldGod GivenGhosts 14Even DeeperCloserGave UpHead Down (live)Burn (live)The Good SoldierReptileJust Like You ImaginedThe

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This week's playlist: Depeche Mode. As always, playlists are only up one week. New playlist next week.Songs:WrongEnjoy the SilencePersonal JesusJohn the RevelatorBarrel of a GunHaloA Question of TimeLilianWorld in My EyesPolicy of TruthWalking in My ShoesNever Let Me Down Again

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More photos from my recent vacation:

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http://www.dailypaul.com/

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This week's playlist: Radiohead. Check it out and remember that each playlist is only up a week and then replaced with the new one.Songs:IdiotequeMyxomatosisCreepFake Plastic TreesKarma PoliceThe National AnthemHouse of CardsNo SurprisesGagging OrderLife in a Glass HouseParanoid AndroidThere ThereAll I NeedHow to Disappear Completely

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As expected, the trailer for the G. I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra movie looks downright awful. This doesn't even look like an entertaining mindless action movie; it looks like pure crap. Another fond childhood icon is taken out back and beaten to death by Hollywood. Edit: For some reason the right side of the video cuts off on my blog, so if you really want to see how bad the trailer is, go

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I'm starting a new feature where I'll be attempting to put up a new playlist every Sunday over on my Blip.fm page.* This week I'm starting it off with one of my all-time favorite singers: the great Mark Lanegan. I highly recommend checking him out.Songs:Mark Lanegan - One Way StreetScreaming Trees - Nearly Lost YouMark Lanegan - Ugly SundayMark Lanegan - Methamphetamine BluesMark Lanegan - Hit

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Looking back on Saturday morning, I wasn't enthusiastic about the likelihood of the Bengals draft Andre Smith over Virginia offensive tackle Eugene Monroe. Now that I've had a day or two to absorb the draft, I think I can say the Bengals actually did a pretty good job. There is a lot of potential in this draft class; but the problem is that all these players are going to take work to make them

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The NFL draft is today, which I'm looking forward to for a few reasons, but mainly to watch the Cincinnati Bengals set themselves up for another year of failure and to see where the large crop of players from the University of Cincinnati get drafted.Nearly all mock drafts I've seen have the Bengals drafting Alabama offensive tackle Andre Smith, which I believe is a terrible choice as Smith has

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Still working on rolling out some changes and new content (which--let's face it--will probably never happen). I hope to finally get a short summary of my recent vacation up by the end of the week. Another thing I'd like to do soon is find a new layout or template for the site, but so far that isn't going well.In the mean time, you can get your craving for more Davie-related content from my

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Taken by my friend Daniel. The Great Sand Dunes, Colorado.

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Some pictures from Guadalupe Mountains, our first big stop of the trip. Hope to post more stuff soon.

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A man who refused to have his vehicle searched at an Arizona highway checkpoint was tazed and beaten by police. It is incredibly tragic when citizens who are attempting to defend their Constitutional rights are treated as criminals and abused by the very individuals how have pledged to "serve and protect" our society. I love that he goes so far as to name the names of the people who tormented

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I just returned from vacationing in the Southwest for the past ten days. It was a nice break--except for one major hiccup--and I plan on recapping the trip later this week. Right now I have a mountain of chores to tackle and hundreds of pictures to sort through.I also plan on revamping this site and introducing some new content that will hopefully make this thing more active. This blog has

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About a month ago, I was approached on Flickr by a writer for the South Korean version of ELLE Girl magazine, explaining that she would like to feature some of my WALL-E photos in a piece she was doing. She explained what the piece was about (something about people taking pictures of their toys), and I agreed. I sent in several pictures and this is the one they ran (on page 378, so I guess

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We are now a month into 2009, and I still haven't gotten around to posting the annual Davie Awards for 2008. I wanted to write up some good summaries for everything, but I've put that off for so long that I decided just to throw the lists online and be done with it.Favorite AlbumNine Inch Nails - The SlipThe Gutter Twins - SaturnaliaBoris - SmileMogwai - The Hawk is HowlingPortishead -

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From Wired.com's Threat Level blog:If you think you're being watched, you're probably right. The American Civil Liberties Union posted a website Monday showing that government-financed surveillance cameras are running rampant across the United States. All the while, studies suggest they do nothing to cut down on violent crime. San Francisco, for example, has spent $700,000 for dozens of public

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WALL-E has been busy.

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Once again, I haven't been very active lately. I'm busy, and when I do have time I feel like I don't have much to say. About all I use this for anymore is to share some pictures. I'll be doing this year's Davie Awards at the end of the month, and then after that I'll have to reevaluate the purpose of this blog. The format may change, or it may disappear entirely. Time will tell.Meanwhile,

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A handful of us headed up to Columbus a couple weeks ago to see Nine Inch Nails play at the Schottenstein center. Unfortunately on the way we hit a snow storm which slowed us down and caused us to miss Boris, the opening band, which was disappointing. But NIN played another fantastic show. We were a lot further back on the floor for a change which allowed us to take in a lot more of the

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Head Like a HoleMore to come.

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I realize I have been missing in action lately. Not a lot to talk about right now, plus I've been busy at work. I'll try to get some quality new content on here shortly.

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Bob Barr and myself at Christy's bar in Clifton, after Barr spoke at the University of Cincinnati.

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Inside Operation Highlander: the NSA's Wiretapping of Americans AbroadTelecom Spying Amnesty Unconstitutional, EFF Tells CourtACLU Says Recent NSA Spying Allegations Bolster its Lawsuit Against FISA Bill

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Sarah Palin: "Place In Hell Reserved For Women Who Don't Support Other Women" Funny, as someone who is supposedly such a good Christian, she missed the whole lesson on who hell is meant for. Not only did she misquote Madeline Albright, but apparently she thinks statements like that are intelligent and appropriate things to say. Yet I'm fairly certain she wasn't supporting Hillary Clinton's

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Jon Stewart hit the nail on the head.

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I haven't posted in awhile, but recent events have made a new rant inevitable.Obama and McCain gave me further incentive to vote third-party when they both voted--along with Joe Biden--in favor of the revamped $700 billion Wall Street bailout. Far from helping end our economic woes, this move will simply push our country closer to recession and even possible depression. The government cannot

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A shot from my new WALL-E series on flickr. He makes a fun prop.

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I meant to post this last week, but a lack of time and then the power outage delayed it. Ron Paul was recently on CNN urging his supporters not to vote for either John McCain or Barack Obama but to support third-party candidates, such as Bob Barr or Ralph Nader. Here's the speech Paul gave, in which his does a good job explaining how our political system is so slanted against anyone from

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Richard Wright, keyboardist and a founding member of Pink Floyd, died Monday after a battle with cancer. He was 65.

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For anyone that actual pays attention to real news, it is becoming pretty obvious the facade that Sarah Palin is a "maverick," reformer, and fiscal conservative is crumbling fast. One of Palin's most repeated claims is that she said "Thanks, but no thanks" to Congress over the "Bridge to Nowhere"--a claim which has been overwhelming proven false. Not only was Palin originally for this

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Terrorism -noun1.the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, esp. for political purposes. 2.the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization. 3.a terroristic method of governing or of resisting a government. This video is disgusting. The Republicans have shown time and time again that they have no qualms about using the September 11th attacks as a tool

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Justin, Perry, Daniel and I headed up to Lexington last Sunday night for my second (and unless someone commits to going to one of the November shows with me, probably last) show of Nine Inch Nail's Lights in the Sky 2008 tour. Great show; right up there with the Cleveland one. The crowd was a little mellower than in Cleveland, which makes it strange that I got much clearer shots at that show.

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It's football season, which means it's time once again for fantasy football games. As usual, we have pick'em games to join. So do it.College Pick'em: League #1650 password bearcatsPro Pick'em: League #3371 password bengalsNFL Survival Football: League #957 password cincy08College Pick'em starts in just two days and the NFL games start next week, so don't delay!

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Libertarian Presidential Candidate Bob Barr was on The Colbert Report yesterday. It was a decent interview; not a lot of substance, but that seems to be how a lot of Colbert's interviews go. But hopefully Barr will reap the benefits of the "Colbert Bump".

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More photos from Daufuskie Island.

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NIN have already announced a fall leg to their North American summer tour (which is separated by a short jaunt to Central and South Americas). They'll be hitting this area in mid-November; the closest date is Columbus on November 17th, but the presale already started an hour ago, so that makes that show less likely (that's also Jess' birthday, but I was given the green light for the concert

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More pictures and video from the concert; the videos aren't mine--I took them from Youtube.VesselGhosts 5Head Like a HoleEchoplexGod GivenIn This TwilightPiggyWishThe Big Come DownOnlyReptileGod Given

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I headed up to Cleveland with a few people yesterday to see Nine Inch Nails at Quicken Loans Arena for the first of two shows I'll be seeing this tour. Jon and I had general admission floor tickets, and we started with decent spots dead center in the middle, and about thirty feet from the rail. The opener--a local named Nicholas Megalis--started around 7:15, and NIN started playing around 8:30 (

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Daufuskie Island, South Carolina.

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I apologize for the lack of updates, which is the result of both a lot going on and my (failing) continual effort to limit my computer usage for the sake of my arm.There have been some big changes lately. First off, I sold my Canon Powershot S3 IS camera, and bought a new Sony A200 DSLR. I only have the standard 18-55mm kit lens but I hope to get Sony's 55-200mm lens soon.The bigger and better

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"If you're looking for Kid Rock you're in the wrong place." - Thom YorkeRobby and I traveled to Indianapolis Sunday night to see Radiohead at the Verizon Wireless Music Center. We had lawn tickets, but still had a good view of the stage since the Verizon amphitheater is laid out much better than Riverbend here in Cincinnati.I'll keep this brief; but the band was fantastic. Awesome light show,

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Senator Reid Says Barrack Obama Will Revisit FISA If Elected President. - Then why not oppose it in the first place?! Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.Obama Would Consider Using Military Action Against Iran; "No Options Off The Table." - Apparently Obama's definition of "change" is to use the same foreign policy as the Bush administration. This is despite the fact that

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My lack of activity isn't because I have nothing to say; there's plenty to talk about--The Dark Knight, sports, and of course, politics. No, the reason I haven't posted at all in the past couple weeks is because of the serious carpal tunnel-like symptoms I've been experiencing lately. I've always occasionally had cramping and stiffness in my hands and wrists--the product of years of online

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This still isn't getting any easier to swallow. John Turley does an excellent job of laying out why the passage of the FISA bill is a horrible blight on the history of this country (this video was aired on July 8, a day before the bill was passed). Quite simply, the spineless Democrats are allowing Bush and his Republican cronies to cover up the fact that the President is guilty of a

Davienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6478477.post-61034168383099039832008-07-09T21:53:00.006-04:002008-07-09T22:40:19.709-04:00

"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin FranklinToday the Senate overwhelmingly passed the bill to expand Federal domestic surveillance powers and grant retroactive immunity to telecommunication companies for aiding the federal government in spying on American citizens.I'm furious. Our elected officials in

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George Stephanopoulos should be ashamed of his slanted questions and arrogant attitude, but what can one except from someone in the mainstream media?I've been hesitant to support Bob Barr for president, mainly because I wasn't sure how sincere he was in his political beliefs. Barr was once a die-hard conservative Republican who espouses a libertarian philosophy (the video explains this in more

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WALL-E was everything I hoped it would be last night. The film covered all the bases with romance, comedy, action, and a socially-responsible moral to boot. Bringing Ben Burtt--Skywalker Sound's guru behind the Star Wars sound effects, among other films--was a brilliant move, as the robot characters in WALL-E were filled with life despite never really speaking more than a few lines of dialogue.

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In anticipation of seeing WALL-E tonight at midnight, I thought I would take a look at what other movies are coming out--or maybe are already out, in a few cases--this year that look at least somewhat promising.The Top 2:WALL-EThe Dark KnightIf these aren't the two best movies of the year, I will be greatly shocked.The Highly Anticipated:The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - David Fincher has

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The Democratic-controlled Congress helped the Bush administration strike another blow against the Constitution today when it voted to grant telecommunication companies retroactive immunity for spying on American citizens for the federal government, and broadening the domestic surveillance powers of the executive branch."The proposed FISA deal is not a compromise; it is a capitulation," said

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I've been thoroughly enjoying Euro Cup 2008. Makes me a little less sad that the next World Cup is still two years away. Originally I had predicted that Portugal would defeat Spain in the championship game. I still could see that happening, but there are some other teams that have really proven themselves in the group stage. Netherlands has probably been the most dominant team in the

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Weezer should go down as one of the most underachieving bands of the past twenty years--maybe of all time. I can think of few other bands off the top of my head right now that showed so much promise with their first couple albums, only to ruin it with a slew of mediocre releases. The band's self-titled debut album (often known as The Blue Album) was a masterpiece, and their sophomore follow-up

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Last night's UFC 85 event in England was a fairly boring affair, and which made me very glad I didn't pay to watch it. The only notable fight was the savage beating Matt Hughes suffered at the hands of Thiago Alves. Alves stuffed nearly every take down Hughes attempted while landing solid punches and knees. By the second round it seemed it was only a matter of time before Alves pummeled Hughes

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Cin Weekly has started their second annual Capture Cincinnati photography competition, in which local photographers submit their photos in a contest. The photos with the most votes will be featured in the book Cin Weekly will publish.I created an account weeks ago, but I just now got around to uploading some of my shots. The competition is pretty stiff, and I simply cannot compete with some of

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Spring Grove Cemetery. As always you can see more photos on my Flickr page.

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I entered the theater to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull bracing myself for the worst and instead I exited the movie feeling only slightly disappointed. I guess that's something to be happy about?Most satisfying--surprisingly--was Harrison Ford's performance. His last few films have been pretty abysmal, but he managed to bring back much of Indiana Jones' old spark, while

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I hear many people complaining these days about the state of politics in our country. Never fear, boys and girls, for democracy is alive and well in America!! That's right, we have no reason to worry when our altruistic and trustworthy elected representatives hold secret, clandestine meetings to discuss bills about spying on their own constituents. That's always been my favorite part of the

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It seems my body grew tired that the subtle hints it had been sending me that my dietary habits needed changing were going unheeded, and decided that the only way I would take notice was if the message was delivered more forcefully. This message was received loud and clear last night, when a week's worth fast food binging--the pinnacle of which being the rather disgusting amount of Skyline and

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Miami Whitewater.

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I need to stop being lazy and teach myself how to use Photoshop.

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Chad Johnson is running his mouth again, and continuing to poison his relationship with teammates and fans in Cincinnati. This time he lashed out against one of the only Bengals who he previously claimed still had his back--Carson Palmer. Johnson refuted Palmer's comments that Chad told him he would report to the Bengals' mandatory mini-camp, stating, "I wish (Palmer) would stay out

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It has been far too long since my last post, but I do feel that I have some valid excuses for my lack of updates. Two weeks ago I ended up coming down with another cold and (most likely) step throat. I got over that just in time for this past week, where I babysat four kids for eleven hours each day. Needless to say that was exhausting and left me with no time for anything else. The good news

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This kid is awesome.

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Start clearing out your calendars folks, because the first batch of dates for the Nine Inch Nails 2008 tour have been announced! There are only two so far that are anywhere close to the tristate area:August 22 Cleveland OH Quicken Loans ArenaAugust 31 Lexington KY Rupp ArenaLet me know who wants to go, because I plan to be at both shows. No announcement on when tickets go on sale yet.

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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." - Thomas JeffersonI finally saw the first couple episodes of HBO's John Adams miniseries. It's pretty great so far; this may be Paul Giamatti's finest role yet. The supporting cast is fantastic as well, especially Laura Linney as Abigail Adams, David Morse as George Washington, and Tom Wilkinson as

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