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very few things would make me root for the National League......this is one of them GO ROCKIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

'Mythbusters' test seeks to determine if cockroaches could survive a nuclear holocaust After a nuclear holocaust, would cockroaches really be the last creatures standing? That's a question for the same people who've tested whether you can jump in a falling elevator to save yourself, whether throwing a toaster into a bathtub really will electrocute someone and whether dropping a penny from a skyscraper is lethal. A team from the Discovery Channel's Mythbusters is at the Hanford nuclear reservation this week to get to the bottom of the nuclear survival myth. "It's been on the original list of myths since day one," said Kari Byron, one of the Mythbuster stars, who came to town with Grant Imahara and Tory Belleci. The show not only had to find a place to do the testing, but it also had to convince the Discovery Channel that it could be done safely. "People are just scared when they hear radiation," Byron said. "Too many zombie movies." The crew is using an irradiator in the basement of Hanford's 318 Building just north of Richland. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory usually uses it to calibrate dosimeters and test for radiation damage on equipment such as video cameras and fiber optic cables. But Thursday afternoon, Byron and Imahara were moving uncooperative cockroaches into a specially built roach condo to be exposed in the irradiator. "I had to put myself in quite the mindset to do it," Byron said. The experiment required 200 cockroaches sent to Richland by a scientific supply company. "They're all laboratory-grade. Farm fresh," Imahara said. Fifty will get no radiation so they can be used as a control group. Another 50 will be exposed to 1,000 rad of radiation, the exposure that's lethal to humans. It gets worse from there for the bugs. The next 50 will be exposed to 10,000 rad and the final to 100,000 rad. They'll be compared against flour beetles and fruit flies that will get equal radiation exposures. But it was the roaches causing the team grief as they tried to corral them inside a set of tiny blocks arrayed to make sure each got the same radiation exposure. "They are very fast. They are very aggressive. They want to get away," Byron said. "They are opportunists." "Frustrating" and "gross," Imahara said. All the bugs will go back to San Francisco. But instead of flying, a Mythbusters employee is having to drive the bugs back. Airlines, it seems, don't like cockroaches on a plane. They can't fly in the baggage hold without upsetting the experiment. "We have to maintain reasonable temperature and humidity so they don't go into shock," Imahara said. The bugs will be watched over the next couple of weeks to see how soon they die. "Contrary to popular belief, not a significant amount of research goes into cockroach radiation," Imahara said. But scientists do know that cockroaches and other insects do not have all the complex organs that humans have that can be damaged by radiation. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory agreed to play host to the visit in the interest of science education. Staff donated their time, including workers who took vacation time to operate the irradiator. Mythbusters showed their appreciation by meeting with laboratory staff and their children to answer questions as part of a food drive for the Tri-Cities Food Bank. The show, while perhaps best known for exploding outhouses and cement trucks, presents good examples of scientific method and encourages developing a questioning attitude, said Michelle Johnson, a technical group manager for the national lab. "(Viewers) should learn that things don't glow if exposed to radiation," she said. "And they won't be radioactive after being exposed to radiation." But will the roaches grow really, really large? "Some of our staff do believe in comic book logic," Byron said. And if that happens, it will be a really good show, she said. The episode should air in about four months.

QUOTE(Steff @ Oct 19, 2007 -> 06:31 PM) While I love this franchise, I don't think I would mind skipping a year to be sure it's done right. Though they haven't had any trouble delivering quality up to this point. Juddling, the "ask Darren" and the "Darren responds" threads are long and some of the comments are stupid, but many of them are extremely rewarding if you can skip over the bs. Skip over the BS???? heck..if i could do that, I'd be done with Soxtalk in 4 and a half minutes....LOL

QUOTE(Steff @ Oct 19, 2007 -> 06:01 PM) Looking very forward to it. This site, www.houseofjigsaw.com ,has a ton of interesting stuff for the Saw fan. Darren and several of the cast members are members and there are some great threads on the future of the franchise. Supposedly 5 and 6 are currently being filmed. found this..... 'Saw V' and 'Saw VI' to Shoot Back-to-Back? Posted Oct 17th 2007 1:32PM by Erik Davis According to Bloody-Disgusting, Lionsgate is planning to shoot Saw V and Saw VI back-to-back, perhaps to make sure they have two sequels in the can prior to any sort of Hollywood strike. Either that, or they're just testing director David Hackl and his crew to see how fast they can write and shoot these suckers. Of course, I won't be happy until they write, shoot and have a Saw film in the can in one month, with 12 sequels to watch each year. Maybe by that time they'll figure out a way to clone Tobin Bell before the guy gets so used to being Jigsaw, that he winds up going on a mass killing spree for real. Screenwriters Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton (Feast, Project Greenlight) wrote Saw IV, and they're also signed on to write two more sequels. Good for them! At least someone came off that Project Greenlight show ready to kick serious ass. The most interesting note to come attached to this Bloody-Disgusting story is that, apparently, Lionsgate may skip a year with the Saw films. Yup, that means October 2008 would come and go Saw-free. This has not been confirmed yet, and folks are on it as we speak, but that's what's being reported. Should Saw IV absolutely demolish the box office, I imagine Lionsgate may re-think that strategy. But if Saw IV doesn't put up big numbers, then maybe it would be a good idea to take a year off, let the fans breath, and then come back with a Saw V and Saw VI that absolutely rock. What do you think? Are you ready for the Saw franchise to end? Do you want to keep seeing one installment each year? Or, would you be down with them taking a year off?

I may be the only one but I'm enjoying Carpoolers on ABC.

A little Ric Flair news for a Tuesday afternoon..... COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Professional wrestler Ric Flair is suing a South Carolina car dealership for imitating the "Nature Boy" and his well-known slogans to sell cars. Flair said Freedom Suzuki of Columbia used his persona without permission in radio and TV ads featuring a blond Captain Freedom shouting "Whoeee" and "To be the man, you got to beat the man!" Attorney Eric Bland said the "Whoeee" sounds exactly like the "Wooo!" his client Flair has shouted into microphones for decades. An attorney for the dealership would not talk about the case last week. He did not return a phone call Monday. Bland said the slogans are synonymous with Flair. Bland said the Charlotte resident is nearing the end of his wrestling career and needs to capitalize on his image that he must protect.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Oct 6, 2007 -> 04:21 AM) I liked Back to You and Kitchen Nightmares on FOX. Also, loving the Sarah Silverman Program. Eagerly awaiting I Love New York 2 for some reason, and the Salt N Pepa Show and Project Runway. Morning radio broke me of good TV. Just bad reality fare for me thank you. Maybe it's just me but I watch the Sarah Silverman show and if i laugh more than once i'm surprised. She's pretty hot to look at but to me her comedy isn't that great. Then again....maybe it's just me because I think The Office and Arrested Development weren't all that funny either. (though AD had me laughing a few times).

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Oct 4, 2007 -> 07:26 PM) Anyone who has been watching the baseball playoffs. Has anyone seen that Gillespie Chevy hired a homeless crackhead (Ronnie Woo Woo) as their new spokesperson? Are you freaking kidding me? You mean a business trying to possibly cash in on the "lemming'-mindedness of Cub fans surprises you???? I'm surprised it wasn't tried before

Got a new black fridge (from Sears scratch and dent store) covered in a 5 year old's drawings

QUOTE(Brian @ Oct 4, 2007 -> 12:40 PM) That's not gift shop girl. Gift-shop girl is Chuck's sister not the hot blond spy.

What's a pay-per-view without a good old Battle Royal for the title. Have it come down to Triple H, Kennedy and Orton. Then....have Triple H get screwed by Orton for the title setting things up for any combonation of the three

Romney followed closely by Rudy and Fred

Point Break LIVE! extends run thru May 12! Point Break LIVE!, the absurdist stage adaptation of the 1992 Keanu Reeves/Patrick Swayze extreme-sports blockbuster, tells the story of former college football star Johnny Utah (Reeves in the film), as he pursues the surfing, bankrobbing, skydiving, bare-hand-fighting, adrenaline junkie cum Zen Master, Bodhi Sattva. The Brechtian blockbuster, which garnered a "Seattle P-I Best of Seattle 2004" award during its run in the Northwest, features armed robbery, big-wave surfing, car chases, explosions, and no less than two extended skydiving sequences. Best of all, you could be the next Johnny Utah... the starring role of Keanu will be selected at random from the audience each night, and will read their entire script off of cue-cards. This method manages to capture the rawness of a Keanu Reeves performance, even from those who generally think themselves incapable of acting. "The worse it gets, the better it gets. Sensationally idiotic." -- Seattle P-I Theatre Review Beer and wine available at the theatre's bar. this would be interesting to see.

I have no complaints about my mother and father in law but my sister in law is a whole different story. Every time we get together, all she talks about is her job. She is a assistant to one of the mif-level bosses, but i swear to God the way she tells it you would think the company would shut down if she ever took a day off. Also, if i was her boss and she talked to me half as bad as she says she talks to her bosses i would have booted her fat ass a long time ago. Her son drives me up the wall as well. Well...he's gotten better as the years have gone by (he's 7 or 8 now) but i know when he was younger, he wa beyond a handful. I couldn't stand it when my sister in law would come over..let her son go off with my younger girl and then just completely ignore him. It was either Grandma or Grandpa saying "Cody..don't do that!" or my oldest saying "Stop that". I got fed up one time and told her to watch her own damn kid. It wasn't my responsibility and it sure wasn't my daughtes either. Then the excuses came....."he's got ADD" "He's just a kid" "His father let's him do what he wants not me). I called BS on those. He only saw his dad every other weekend and if he was getting put in line the other 12 days of the 14 then those two with dad wouldn't effect him that bad. What that kid needed was a good kick in the ass. She would just grab him and yell but you could easily see him just look at her and zone it out since it happened all the time. Imagine my in-laws surprise when at my house one time he wasn't listening and i grabbed his arm and whacked his ass 8 or 9 times. i know my sister in law was pissed and my inlaws were taken aback but i simply looked at my sister in law and said "My kids don't act like this in my house and your's aren't going to either." I was so glad that my wife agreed with me. Again...my nephew is older and alot better but for a while there he didn't act up when i was around and i was very happy about it.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Sep 28, 2007 -> 12:38 PM) !!!!!!!!!! http://www.zachbraff.com/comments.php?id=108 I wouldn't mind seeing Gift-shop Girl again.......even if she IS on Chuck now. (Boy...somehow that sounds dirty)

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Sep 27, 2007 -> 11:33 PM) I have to admit that the new Kelsey Grammer / Patricia Heaton / Fred Willard one, Back To You is damn funny. The episode last night killed me! The reporter guy ("Steve" from the Dawn Of The Dead remake) is REALLY good. i missed most of that show when it was on but the little bit i did see was humorous. I decided not to get too attached to any new Fox show cause they always cut the ones I like after a couple airings. (Still pissed over Drive being canceled)

Swarley rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i like How I Met Your Mother

QUOTE(AssHatSoxFan @ Sep 27, 2007 -> 03:37 PM) Reaper was not bad and LIFE might be an interesting show Reaper!!! That's the other one i couldn't think of. I have that one taped but won't be able to watch it till this weekend

Now that the new season is slowly getting underway...what are you liking or waiting to see???? I think Heroes is gonna have another good year. I also liked 'Chuck" on NBC though it will be interesting to see how the premise holds up in the long term. I caught The Bionic Woman last night and i think it's promising as well. Dirty, Sexy, Money wasn't as bad as i heard and it did have a few funny moments. Besides the big shows (Lost, Scrubs, The Shield), I am waiting to see this season of Smallville (hot blond Supergirl.....what can go wrong). Any other early opinions out there?????

Hot swedish woman

QUOTE(Brian @ Sep 25, 2007 -> 07:09 PM) Rumor is that the Matrix like 15 spot on Raw last night is gonna end up in Jericho's return. I guess a lot of net nerds looked at it in slo mo and stuff and there are hints. Froim Wrestlezone.com: Last night on RAW, WWE aired a very strange and cryptical video clip. The clip shows blue text scrolling on a black screen - very similar to the green scrolling text from the movie "The Matrix". Text is constantly flashing on the screen and it's hard to make out exactly what to make of the clip. The video has been posted online and by pausing the clip at certain spots, several "clues" can be made out: - The phrase "SAVE_US.222" flashes several times and is the focus of the video - Some of the frames show what looks like computer code containing the names of current and past WWE shows. It appears to be the "video paths" used by WWE's production software. - Now, let the speculation begin. There is a "3-2-1" countdown that flashes quickly. One of the phrases that shows up a few times is "cd_volume4_1.act". On WWE's CD "WWE The Music: Volume 4", Track 1 is the theme music of .. Chris Jericho. With that in mind, the clip is somewhat similar to Chris Jericho's old entrance video. - The phrase "7OCT" is repeated over and over on one frame. October 7th is the date of WWE's next PPV, No Mercy.

He died????? Funny.....i didn't hear a thing.

Wholesome former THE BRADY BUNCH star MAUREEN MCCORMICK is set to reveal the beloved 70s TV series' most shocking secret in a new book - she and her on-screen sister had a lesbian fling. MCCormick's tell-all, Here's The Story, won't hit bookstores until 2008, but publishers are already buzzing about the big reveal. As well as talking candidly about her well-documented eating disorder and drug problems in the book, TV's Marcia Brady will come clean about a romance she had with co-star Eve Plumb, who played her sister Jan on the hit show. A source tells America's National Enquirer, "The most explosive comments will be how the then-blonde, blue-eyed cutie developed a crush on Eve Plumb, which led to some sexual play. "This book will certainly come as a shocker. While Maureen is not a lesbian, she reveals there were some sexual hijinks going on behind the scenes. "It's bizarre because she played such a virginal character on the show."

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 20, 2007 -> 02:09 PM) Speaking of celeb sex tapes, sort of... Alicia Silverstone will be appearing naked in a PETA add promoting vegetarianism, to run in Houston (as its generally considered the least healthy city in terms of diet). Here is a link to an article about it and a pic, and the video is on PETA's site. I gotta say, she still looks... quite nice. i agree. i saw that ad the other day and despite her being a PETA person I thought she looked great

well....it's ok though cause Daley will bring in the Olympics and that will solve everything.....LOL