Wow! A lot has been going on in the judicial world. For those of you too busy to follow the high court's dockets, here's a summary of how these latest rulings will impact this fare website and you!
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd. - If you run a file sharing service that allows users to download or share a digital copy of WWSG's spoken word CD, 2004: As Read By TW Bruno, expect a lawsuit to be arriving at your doorstep.
McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union of Ky. - Once we secure the domain www.whatwesaygoes.gov, we will not be able to post the 10 Commandments at the top of our website as we planned. Please don't let this enforced secular omission turn you into a lawless heathen.
Castle Rock v. Gonzales - If you plan on stalking the WWSG staff, we may very well be at your mercy.
Kelo v. New London - WWSG is now planning some brick and mortar offices to promote general public good around this great nation. If your house happens to sit on property we're considering for our private office space, be warned that you may have to move!
Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd. - WWSG cruise lines will not be accommodating senior citizens, sorry.
The State of Alaska vs. The United States - In this legal battle royale, the state of Alaska has lost claim to submerged land off the coast of southeast Alaska. I have no idea how this affects any living people in the US or elsewhere.
Recent Supreme Court Rulings, their impact on WWSG, and YOU!
Mike, 6/29/2005 07:05:09 PM
I think the core demographic of this website just dropped sharply...from like 27 down to 4 people.
At the risk of isolating Antonin Scalia fans, maybe I can get that number down to 3...
Add Comment PermalinkTop 10 Ways To Cool Off In The Summer Heat
Justin, 6/27/2005 05:12:54 PM
10.Hang out in the frozen food department of your local Super Market.
9.Head on over to the local Cold Stone Creamery and try one of their delicious Ice Cream Concoctions, including Candy Land and Birthday Cake Remix.
8.The Morgue is usually kept at low temperatures.
7.Water gun fights!
6.Take a cruise to Alaska. Book it through me. I'm not going to screw you on this one.
5.Go to the movie theater and watch Herbie:Fully Loaded...the chilly reception from the audience towards the picture should be sufficiently cool.
4.Sit naked on a block of ice.
3.Set the air conditioner in your office to its lowest setting, then take a hammer and smash it off the wall so no one can turn it back up.
2.Have sex in a meat locker.
1.Walk around your neighborhood and map out the houses with swimming pools and take note when the owners will not be home. Then schedule it out and jump their fences and use their pools accordingly. If you are arrested I can't guarantee the temperature of the jail cell you would subsequently occupy.
Add Comment Permalink9.Head on over to the local Cold Stone Creamery and try one of their delicious Ice Cream Concoctions, including Candy Land and Birthday Cake Remix.
8.The Morgue is usually kept at low temperatures.
7.Water gun fights!
6.Take a cruise to Alaska. Book it through me. I'm not going to screw you on this one.
5.Go to the movie theater and watch Herbie:Fully Loaded...the chilly reception from the audience towards the picture should be sufficiently cool.
4.Sit naked on a block of ice.
3.Set the air conditioner in your office to its lowest setting, then take a hammer and smash it off the wall so no one can turn it back up.
2.Have sex in a meat locker.
1.Walk around your neighborhood and map out the houses with swimming pools and take note when the owners will not be home. Then schedule it out and jump their fences and use their pools accordingly. If you are arrested I can't guarantee the temperature of the jail cell you would subsequently occupy.
Can I Get A Witness?
Justin, 6/19/2005 11:21:23 AM
So its Sunday morning, and I'm just checking my e-mail before I have to go to work when my doorbell rings. I figure its my dad with many groceries or my sister who has misplaced her house key, and I go to open the door to find a SMOKIN' BLONDE AND A SMOKIN' BRUNETTE. I have me some Jehovah's Witnesses. So hotty blonde is like here, we're giving these out, maybe you could read them and then we could come back to see what you think. So I take the two pamphlets (according to the covers one is about Jehovah's Witnesses and the other is about Shoplifting strangely enough...they must work at Hollister or something in the mall). So they tell me to have a good day and leave and I head out to my car for work as I see other witnesses swarming the street. I rolled my window down and gun clicked the blonde who waved at me and told me to have a nice day again, and I think to myself...wouldn't it be something if they came back to discuss their stuff and I converted THEM to Justinism...So if they come back I'm very much going to hit on them and try to get them to go out with me. Anyone have any experience with this? What kind of moves should I use?
I think just giving them the link to this website should be enough... although I'm not sure what they'd read it on.
Nah, once this guy RJ told me I shouldn't try to pick up girls by pimping this website...then again we all know how that turned out.
Add Comment PermalinkSupply And Demand:Wanting What You Can't Have
Justin, 6/16/2005 02:54:22 PM
So as a man with only a lowly dial up internet connection, I grew tired of waiting for the entirety of the new double-disc Foo Fighters CD "In Your Honor" to finish downloading. And hearing the rave reviews, I decided it would be prudent to head on over to Target and purchase it for 9.99. Sold out.
Day 2 - Went to another Target...also sold out. Shock starting to set in, I now decide that I MUST have this CD, and it has taken priority over pretty much anything else in my life currently, save going back to work...which I had to do since I was on my lunch break. But rest assured if I didn't have to be working right now, I'd be roaming the streets looking for a copy of it for 9.99. I did do the next best thing, I called my mother and told her to pick it up for me but not at any cost higher than 9.99. Why? Why not pay the extra 3 bucks and get it wherever?
Because knowing its out there for 9.99 I can't in good conscience pay any more for it thats why. And I guess no one else can, because FYE has plenty of copies for 14.99. Whats the big deal? These days stores usually get a million billion copies of every new DVD, Video Game, and CD...So its kind of jarring when they underestimate response to an item and then its not available. This is one of those instances. Back in the old days, I remember going to Toys R Us on Mortal Monday to pick up Mortal Kombat 2 for Sega Genesis...they sold out mad fast. If you weren't there when the place opened you weren't getting a copy for another week. You had to take one of those rain check tickets and wait til they came back in. Same thing over at Blockbuster Video. I'm sure 400000000 copies of Hitch are sitting on the shelves right now...but back in 1997 if you wanted to rent Independence Day the day it came out, you most likely had some difficulty. The lesson here? Strike fast...Especially with concert tickets. Hell you can always sell them on EBAY later, or even at the door of the show...unless you get there an hour late and everyones already inside.
Good luck consumers.
Add Comment PermalinkDay 2 - Went to another Target...also sold out. Shock starting to set in, I now decide that I MUST have this CD, and it has taken priority over pretty much anything else in my life currently, save going back to work...which I had to do since I was on my lunch break. But rest assured if I didn't have to be working right now, I'd be roaming the streets looking for a copy of it for 9.99. I did do the next best thing, I called my mother and told her to pick it up for me but not at any cost higher than 9.99. Why? Why not pay the extra 3 bucks and get it wherever?
Because knowing its out there for 9.99 I can't in good conscience pay any more for it thats why. And I guess no one else can, because FYE has plenty of copies for 14.99. Whats the big deal? These days stores usually get a million billion copies of every new DVD, Video Game, and CD...So its kind of jarring when they underestimate response to an item and then its not available. This is one of those instances. Back in the old days, I remember going to Toys R Us on Mortal Monday to pick up Mortal Kombat 2 for Sega Genesis...they sold out mad fast. If you weren't there when the place opened you weren't getting a copy for another week. You had to take one of those rain check tickets and wait til they came back in. Same thing over at Blockbuster Video. I'm sure 400000000 copies of Hitch are sitting on the shelves right now...but back in 1997 if you wanted to rent Independence Day the day it came out, you most likely had some difficulty. The lesson here? Strike fast...Especially with concert tickets. Hell you can always sell them on EBAY later, or even at the door of the show...unless you get there an hour late and everyones already inside.
Good luck consumers.
MTV Movie Awards
Mike, 6/9/2005 08:28:03 PM
A good number of years ago, the MTV movie awards soared to hilarious heights with a Ben Stiller/Tom Cruise Mission Impossible sketch where Ben Stiller played Tom Cruise's stunt double. Ever since then, I've been a dedicated (and disappointed) viewer but I soldier forward in hopes of experiencing a taste of that hilarity from oh so many years ago.
Anyways, I thought I'd try something new by doing a live update blog of the show, so here goes...
Knee-deep in the pre-show:
8:14 - Vin Diesal accepts an award for best movie video game with no mention toward the people who actually made the game.
8:18 - A breakfast club reunion at the show? Molly Ringwald announces a sequel to 16 candles? Whaaa?
8:26 - Fifty Cent is not an actor... but Eminem is. Got it.
I wish I had torn my eyes out instead of watching that pre-show but the show is finally starting...
8:35 - Well that opening sketch was pretty weak, even with the addition of Andy Dick. Napoleon Dynamite better get his lanky ass out of this show or this is gonna be a long and monotone night.
8:38 - Wow, this opening monologue... I feel like I'm watching Leno. Who let Jimmy Fallon host this again and by himself no less? Yikes, nice Chris Rock impression, Jimmy.
8:43 - Mean Girls wins for best team. This is so fetch!!! Way to stay in character!
8:54 - Eminem is the hand behind Triumph the Insult Comic Dog thing! What a coup! Hey this Eminem song sounds grreeeaat. I love the weird stuffed, mascot ghetto people. Oh, and nice transition into Emo-rap. Bravo. Wow, this song is just awful.
9:05 - Rachel McAdams wins another for Mean Girls. Nice to see her give an acceptance speech without that megalomaniac Lindsay Lohan butting in.
9:09 - ZAAAAACCCH BRRAAAFFF got robbed! Napoleon Dynamite sucks liger balls.
9:18 - This Star Wars sketch was going great until that whole 'drop it like it's hot' bit. Shit, a 'The Notebook' joke... it's getting better again. Ok, that sketch was actually pretty amusing with a lot of help from its Notebook jokes. Also, Brian just walked in so he has no idea how bad the first 50 minutes have been.
9:23 - The MTV audience showing no love for Will Ferrell, Anchorman loses out on best comedic performance. This Dustin Hoffman guy is alright though, pretty funny. I think he's gonna have a big career ahead of him.
9:27 - Of the black & white production of the Mariah Carey performance, Jeff Shoultis just asked "How do they make it all black and white for the people there?"
9:41 - Cary Elwes cut his own leg off and he still lost to Dakota Fanning for best frightening performance! Something is seriously wrong here.
9:53 - A tribute to the Breakfast Club. Lets see how this plays out.
9:59 - Well that was a pretty weak cover and clip montage. Here comes the breakfast club...
10:00 - Where the fuck is Judd Nelson and Emelio?! EMMEELIO! They should have said "the lesser stars of the Breakfast Club." Molly Ringwald just keeps going and going. Ally Sheedy didn't say three words.
10:09 - Wow! Rachel McAdams wins agains! Well I guess Brian waited for a long time but this may finally be all the justification I need to bump up my review of The Notebook to 2 stars. Also, that was a hell of a kiss between those two, but I'd have at least spit out my gum if I was Ryan Gosling and sneak some tongue on that one.
10:16 Tom Cruise is a weird guy.
10:26 I really must say I hated Napoleon Dynamite but I gotta respect its PR campaign. It's gotta be the best PR campaign since The Blair Witch Project.
10:43 Lindsay Lohan is on crack.
10:46 On a related note, the new Foo Fighters CD is pretty good.
10:49 I can't wait till this thing is over.
10:54 Best picture... about time.
10:56 Napoleon Dynamite wins best picture. I think I just threw up in my mouth.
Well, there goes another forgettable movie awards show. I'll see you all at the theater this summer...
Anyways, I thought I'd try something new by doing a live update blog of the show, so here goes...
Knee-deep in the pre-show:
8:14 - Vin Diesal accepts an award for best movie video game with no mention toward the people who actually made the game.
8:18 - A breakfast club reunion at the show? Molly Ringwald announces a sequel to 16 candles? Whaaa?
8:26 - Fifty Cent is not an actor... but Eminem is. Got it.
I wish I had torn my eyes out instead of watching that pre-show but the show is finally starting...
8:35 - Well that opening sketch was pretty weak, even with the addition of Andy Dick. Napoleon Dynamite better get his lanky ass out of this show or this is gonna be a long and monotone night.
8:38 - Wow, this opening monologue... I feel like I'm watching Leno. Who let Jimmy Fallon host this again and by himself no less? Yikes, nice Chris Rock impression, Jimmy.
8:43 - Mean Girls wins for best team. This is so fetch!!! Way to stay in character!
8:54 - Eminem is the hand behind Triumph the Insult Comic Dog thing! What a coup! Hey this Eminem song sounds grreeeaat. I love the weird stuffed, mascot ghetto people. Oh, and nice transition into Emo-rap. Bravo. Wow, this song is just awful.
9:05 - Rachel McAdams wins another for Mean Girls. Nice to see her give an acceptance speech without that megalomaniac Lindsay Lohan butting in.
9:09 - ZAAAAACCCH BRRAAAFFF got robbed! Napoleon Dynamite sucks liger balls.
9:18 - This Star Wars sketch was going great until that whole 'drop it like it's hot' bit. Shit, a 'The Notebook' joke... it's getting better again. Ok, that sketch was actually pretty amusing with a lot of help from its Notebook jokes. Also, Brian just walked in so he has no idea how bad the first 50 minutes have been.
9:23 - The MTV audience showing no love for Will Ferrell, Anchorman loses out on best comedic performance. This Dustin Hoffman guy is alright though, pretty funny. I think he's gonna have a big career ahead of him.
9:27 - Of the black & white production of the Mariah Carey performance, Jeff Shoultis just asked "How do they make it all black and white for the people there?"
9:41 - Cary Elwes cut his own leg off and he still lost to Dakota Fanning for best frightening performance! Something is seriously wrong here.
9:53 - A tribute to the Breakfast Club. Lets see how this plays out.
9:59 - Well that was a pretty weak cover and clip montage. Here comes the breakfast club...
10:00 - Where the fuck is Judd Nelson and Emelio?! EMMEELIO! They should have said "the lesser stars of the Breakfast Club." Molly Ringwald just keeps going and going. Ally Sheedy didn't say three words.
10:09 - Wow! Rachel McAdams wins agains! Well I guess Brian waited for a long time but this may finally be all the justification I need to bump up my review of The Notebook to 2 stars. Also, that was a hell of a kiss between those two, but I'd have at least spit out my gum if I was Ryan Gosling and sneak some tongue on that one.
10:16 Tom Cruise is a weird guy.
10:26 I really must say I hated Napoleon Dynamite but I gotta respect its PR campaign. It's gotta be the best PR campaign since The Blair Witch Project.
10:43 Lindsay Lohan is on crack.
10:46 On a related note, the new Foo Fighters CD is pretty good.
10:49 I can't wait till this thing is over.
10:54 Best picture... about time.
10:56 Napoleon Dynamite wins best picture. I think I just threw up in my mouth.
Well, there goes another forgettable movie awards show. I'll see you all at the theater this summer...
count me in at the theaters mike...after next tuesday. thanks for u play by play of the mtv award show, almost glad that i don't pay for cable. what do i need it for when i can read the highlights (or lowlights rather) on ur page?
Add Comment PermalinkBrand New Addiction
Justin, 6/6/2005 08:54:27 PM
So in my bored web surfing at work, I came upon the website for the movie I'm most looking forward too this summer, The Wedding Crashers. At the site, theres a fantastically addicting little game (what it has to do with the movie I don't know yet) called Quail Shoot. The game is like Duck Hunt, as you blow away hapless Quails with your trusty shotgun...The twist is that halfway through your 40 rounds of ammo, Its Daiquari Time! You consume a Daiquari and suddenly the birds look slightly off as your player gets drunker and drunker. Once again proving that guns and liquor don't mix. Also remember that you WANT to shoot the other hunters...bonus points await you.
Don't forget to check out The Wedding Crashers, starring Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughan and Christopher Walken in theaters July 15!
Don't forget to check out The Wedding Crashers, starring Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughan and Christopher Walken in theaters July 15!
Oh yeah the website is www.theweddingcrashers.com if you don't enter the the then you end up at some bands website.
Add Comment PermalinkThe Summer Wind, Came Blowing In From Across The Sea
Justin, 6/6/2005 06:02:34 PM
Well folks, its finally at hand, my very favorite time of the year...Summer! I thought I'd post a welcome to Summer note here, and remind everyone on earth to vote for the WWSG QUEEN OF SUMMER 2005! The link is directly above this post. Some other fine Summer traditions to look forward too:
Summer Movie Season is underway...next up Mr. And Mrs. Smith this Friday.
More new episodes of Family Guy every Sunday night on Fox's Animation Domination!
Ice Cream and Water Ice! Look for the Rita's Water Ice Flavor Rater, coming soon to WWSG.
and of course, no Summer would be complete without Summer Concert Tours...heres some shows to check out.
Reel Big Fish - 6/30 - TLA, Philadelphia, PA
Weezer - 7/14 - Borgata Casino, Atlantic City, NJ
The Academy Is... - 7/23 TLA, Philadelphia, PA
Lollapalooza - 7/23-7/24, Chicago, IL
Kelly Clarkson - 7/27 Borgata Casino, Atlantic City, NJ
Coldplay - 8/7 Tweeter Center, Camden, NJ
Neil Diamond - 8/12, Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA
The Warped Tour - 8/12 Tweeter Center, Camden, NJ
Hidden In Plain View - 8/21 TLA, Philadelphia, PA
And finally, don't forget the Victoria's Secret Semi-Annual sale.
Summer Movie Season is underway...next up Mr. And Mrs. Smith this Friday.
More new episodes of Family Guy every Sunday night on Fox's Animation Domination!
Ice Cream and Water Ice! Look for the Rita's Water Ice Flavor Rater, coming soon to WWSG.
and of course, no Summer would be complete without Summer Concert Tours...heres some shows to check out.
Reel Big Fish - 6/30 - TLA, Philadelphia, PA
Weezer - 7/14 - Borgata Casino, Atlantic City, NJ
The Academy Is... - 7/23 TLA, Philadelphia, PA
Lollapalooza - 7/23-7/24, Chicago, IL
Kelly Clarkson - 7/27 Borgata Casino, Atlantic City, NJ
Coldplay - 8/7 Tweeter Center, Camden, NJ
Neil Diamond - 8/12, Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA
The Warped Tour - 8/12 Tweeter Center, Camden, NJ
Hidden In Plain View - 8/21 TLA, Philadelphia, PA
And finally, don't forget the Victoria's Secret Semi-Annual sale.
I heard Kelly Clarkson is really a dude, the scars from her surgery were still visible in the first season of Idol.
You take that back. Kelly is the real queen of my summer.
Thats it, I challenge you to a hot chick face/off. Five of my picks versus five of yours.
Add Comment PermalinkThis Certainly Sucks
Justin, 6/6/2005 10:47:24 AM
This is from Something Corporate's website:
Andrew McMahon, lead singer of Something Corporate and Jack’s Mannequin, has been diagnosed with Acute Lymphatic Leukemia. He is being treated in Los Angeles and his doctors expect a full recovery. Tour dates for both Jack’s Mannequin and Something Corporate are postponed until further notice. Per Andrew’s request, Jack’s Mannequin’s debut album, Everything in Transit, will be released on Maverick Records in August as planned.
Having met Andrew a couple times, I can say hes a pretty cool guy, and we here at WWSG wish him a speedy recovery.
Sadly, this development means I will no longer be travelling to Rhode Island to see Something Corporate. Guess I'll have to drive to Boston and see a Red Sox game instead.
Add Comment PermalinkAndrew McMahon, lead singer of Something Corporate and Jack’s Mannequin, has been diagnosed with Acute Lymphatic Leukemia. He is being treated in Los Angeles and his doctors expect a full recovery. Tour dates for both Jack’s Mannequin and Something Corporate are postponed until further notice. Per Andrew’s request, Jack’s Mannequin’s debut album, Everything in Transit, will be released on Maverick Records in August as planned.
Having met Andrew a couple times, I can say hes a pretty cool guy, and we here at WWSG wish him a speedy recovery.
Sadly, this development means I will no longer be travelling to Rhode Island to see Something Corporate. Guess I'll have to drive to Boston and see a Red Sox game instead.
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Joe, 6/5/2005 10:13:30 PM
Hey gang, it's your favorite giant red question mark with internet posting skills here. I just wanted to drop a quick note about an awesome website for a fantastic cause. Go check out www.shirtsforacure.com where you can support your favorite bands while helping to fund financial aid for women that are unable to afford expensive breast cancer therapy and medication.
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