Over the weekend I stopped by Hardees for a quick breakfast. No matter what Hardees you go to, the morning clientele always seems to be the same: senior citizens. All over the dining room, groups of elderly were sitting around and shooting the bull over a cup of crappy coffee. But these old people are getting more high tech. I was sitting next to a old man on his cell phone. I felt a little out of place, but I didn't bother them and they didn't bother me.

Updates were a little sparse this past week due to me being exhausted. Some weeks are rougher than others in the teaching department. I've posted my review of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. I don't know what's wrong with me. The Lemony Snicket review is the second straight review for a great movie.

The trivia challenge has been extended to Friday night at 11:59 PM (CST) due to some confusion about how to answer the questions. If you want to participate, just post your answers in the thread on the message boards.

I pulled it off. I managed to get all of the planned updates posted yesterday. Check out the review of The Incredibles in Now Playing. The Gameroom has been updated with the Weekly Rundown. And last, but certainly not least, the second trivia challenge has been posted. Check the Message Boards for the next set of questions.

My wife, Erika, has informed me that there was an error in my review of National Treasure. I mentioned that the movie centered around the Constitution. In fact, the document is actually The Declaration of Independence. I have corrected this error.

CyberQuickies have returned. Check out my review of X-Men Legends.

It has also come to my attention (again by my wife) that I didn't review The Incredibles. Look for that review tomorrow as well as The Weekly Rundown in the Gameroom.

Congratulations to our first Trivia Challenge winner, Tracker! Your prize is in the mail tomorrow. You can win as well. New questions will be posted tomorrow.

All this sounds very ambitious. Let's hope I can accomplish everything.

Let the BS begin; today is Inauguration Day. The only reason I support Bush being in office right now is to prevent Cheney from being President. He's the biggest piece of nothingness I've ever seen. What does his oath sound like? "I swear to act important. In the event the President dies, I promise to keep doing nothing as the country runs itself into the ground. If I become president, my sole duty will be to give government contracts to my buddies." What do you expect from a guy named Dick?

Speaking of oaths, do you think W will write L and R on the appropriate hands so that he knows which hand to raise and which one to put on the Bible?

In other news, it appears Alabama's men's basketball team has suddenly decided to get their heads out of their @$$es. I'd love to say my earlier tirade helped, but let's face it, nobody visits this page outside of my little circle. Beating a top 20 team by 49 points (Mississippi State, #17) is certainly great, but let's hope they didn't blow it all in that game.

Recent Updates:
Now Playing -
Flight of the Phoenix review

Old School -
Remembering Double Dare

Message Boards -
Enter the first ever Trivia Challenge and win cash prizes
Enter your prediction for Super Bowl champions
Talk about the excessive hype surrounding subpar video games

Here's your useless fact of the day. Female bedbugs have no sexual opening. The male bedbug has to drill his own. And guys complain about trying to get women's clothes off.

It's time for Alabama to learn to be tolerant of others regardless of their beliefs, race or sexual orientation. Always the butt of jokes, the state of Alabama certainly isn't helping its image based on the newest bill proposed to the House of Representatives. Gerald Allen (Republican - what a shock) has proposed a bill that would ban books with homosexual themes or written by homosexual authors and textbooks that mention homosexuality as an alternate lifestyle in public schools. I am totally disgusted with this narrow mindset by Mr. Allen and any others who support this bill. Their argument is that books that have a homosexual theme have the potential to influence the children in school. Well, that certainly makes a whole lot of sense. I guess we need to ban dissection of animals in biology because somebody might be influenced to dissect people. I hope children aren't forced to read books like Hop On Pop. I can't imagine the physical pain a kindergartner or first grader might inflict on their poor unsuspecting dad.

By banning books with a homosexual theme, students are prohibited from reading (and performing) classics such as A Chorus Line and Angels in America. The poetry of Oscar Wilde would eventually become forgotten. But, where does it stop? Should Greek mythology be banned since it's well known that popular authors of Ancient Greece practiced homosexual activity? Should other bills be introduced to help "protect" the children? Maybe public schools shouldn't teach mythology at all. It would be terrible if they decided not to follow the ways of Christianity and began worshipping a pantheon of gods. Since when is thinking for yourself a bad thing?

I really hope this bill doesn't become law, but regardless of the outcome of this bill, I know Mr. Allen has lost at least one vote should he decide to run for re-election when his term has expired.

The University of Alabama is working really hard at being crappy. It was bad enough that the football team suffered a bowl game loss. Granted, the calls from the ref were questionable, but that's a different story. The men's basketball team seems to be rolling downhill FAST. Two of the last three games have been lost to non-ranked teams. These aren't just minor slip-ups; both of these losses were double digit losses. What happened? Apparently the early hype was just a hoax. Either that or the top 25 ranking has gone to their heads. Either way, the Crimson Tide is still rolling. Unfortunately, it's rolling out of the top 25 and looks to be a team on the outside of the bubble looking in.

Once again, the curse of Safeguard has struck. In hopes of rolling my money from the Safeguard 401k plan to my new 401k plan, I have found out that I have to jump through even more hoops. It wasn't enough that I had to fight with their third party administrator to cut me a check. Now, apparently, I need a letter from Safeguard saying that my 401k dollars are from a certified plan. Of course, it's not as simple as just asking for it. For those of us that deal with Safeguard nothing is ever simple. Hopefully, once I'm done with this ordeal, I can escape the curse forever.

It is with much sadness that I have to congratulate Auburn for winning the Sugar Bowl last night. I rooted for Virginia Tech for no reason other than they were playing Auburn. Now, the rest of the world gets to listen to Auburn fans whine about how Auburn should be National Champions. I would like to kindly remind Auburn fans that there will be two more undefeated teams with them after tonight's Orange Bowl game. To go along with USC or Oklahoma is Utah. And we shouldn't forget that Boise State was undefeated going into its bowl game as well. The only good thing that could come out of Auburn's win is the fact that a playoff is sorely needed. Every other college sport has a playoff of some sort. I don't hear anyone complaining about the NCAA basketball tournament which takes 3 weekends to finish. An 8 team playoff would only take 3 weekends. The sponsors can still keep the other bowls (even though there are way too many of them now). Imagine the TV deals coming in to the NCAA to broadcast the games not to mention being able to keep corporate sponsorship. A playoff system makes too much since and would make much more money. Somebody has to be getting some prime benefits for keeping the BCS in place.

Happy New Year!

My New Year's Resolution this year is to give more time to the web site. To begin with, I plan on getting the message boards up to speed. Not only am I planning to clean them up, but I will also start a monthly trivia contest with cash prizes. Look for the first round later this month. If you have any suggestions on what you'd like to see on the boards, let me know.