Rants and Ranks

Halloween will be here and over before we know it, then naturally everyone skips over Thanksgiving, and starts thinking about Christmas presents. The opposite sexes usually have trouble shopping for each other because let's face it, most guys don't want "cute" shoes and jewelry for Christmas.  But on the other end of the spectrum, all you girls who don't know what to get for the dudes in your life, fear not! I searched through various "most wished for", "hot Christmas ideas", and list containing those various buzz words to compile a nice little shopping list that should appeal to "most" guys. (So essentially I'm sticking to the shit that I know; take it or leave it) I do 100% of my shopping on Amazon  and feel it is the best way to go about the insanity known as the Christmas shopping season.  If I want to sit in my underwear and shop for people, then dammit I can do it!  (Not saying I do, it's just nice to know that I c...

On paper what team do you think is better?  '04, which had Kobe in his prime.  Shaq at, or a little past his peak.  Karl Malone past his prime, and Gary Payton past his prime.  The '13 Lakers have Kobe past his prime.  Pau Gasol a bit past his peak.  Dwight Howard in his prime.  And finally Steve Nash past his prime.  I think it would be a pretty compelling match up, giving the slight edge to the '13 team.  If '04 Kobe went off for 60, then I could see them winning, but I would take old Steve Nash over old GP, which in the end I feel would decide the game. 

Some songs are timeless.  Some are a product of their time.  I should say most songs are a product of their time.  My favorite decade of music was the 90's, and good or bad whenever I hear these songs I immediately revert back to where I was, what grade I was in, etc. whether I hated or loved that particular song. Tubthumping - Chumbawamba  W aterfalls - TLC Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana Wannabe - Spice Girls Glycerine - Bush All Star - Smash Mouth Baby One More Time - Britney Spears Gettin' Jiggy With It - Will Smith Barbie Girl - Aqua Quit Playin' Games With My Heart - Backstreet Boys Learn To Fly - Foo Fighters Good Riddance (Time of Your Life )- Green Day Fly Away - Lenny Kravitz Will You Be There - Michael Jackson Fly - Sugar Ray MMM Bop - Hanson How Bizarre - OMC I Believe I Can Fly - R. Kelly Kiss From A Rose - Seal Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice Losing My Religion - REM Song 2 - The Blur Two Princes - Spin Doctors Truly, Madly, Deeply...

This is moderately old news now, but I think it's still really cool and worth mentioning.  Look at the majority of the champions in the 2 big promotions right now: WWE Champion WWE Tag Team Champion US Champion NXT Champion TNA Champion TNA TV Champion TNA Tag Team Champion Let the good times roll!