It's no secret I'm a sucker for Presidential politics, or politics in general. But political movies are my weakness!
Olympus Has Fallen premieres on March 22, and already I cannot wait for this movie to hit my local theater. The movie revolves around a group of terrorists taking over the White House and a disgraced presidential guard doing whatever he can to rescue the president.
I'm thinking Die Hard and Independence Day, but 20 times better! Can't Wait!
Leave it to Conan O'Brien to release the first official trailer of the Star Wars franchise.
I'm sure you've read about the rumors that Disney and team are planning to make spin-offs from the Star Wars movies, right? Supposedly they are doing this in addition to the continued Star Wars saga. This is almost humorous in itself.
In either case, here's "Yody"
He may be only 2 feet tall and about 5 pounds, but Yoda's dream is to play Norte Dame football.
Yep, the GOP 75 stands for the number of Republicans who are changing their tune when it comes to Gay marriage. Hmmm, I wonder how many of their flock will leave them come election day.
Some of the REDs are coming out for the first time in support of us gays and others are reversing their previous stances on the issue.
Didn't I just say last week that if the REDs didn't change their attitude toward Gays and Latinos, they will never see the White House again? I love it when I'm right. Okay, I'll stop boasting.
Seriously speaking, its only 75 republicans, but there could be more signing on to this very important legal brief being submitted to the Supreme Court prior to the Proposition 8 case next month.
And for those who have no idea who's been winning this case for the gays from court to court, year after year - it is Theodore B. Olson, the former Solicitor General under former President George W. Bush, and David Boise, the lawyer who represented former Vice-President Al Gore in the 2000 Presidential election. Remember the Bush v. Gore saga? Mr. Olson presided over Bush in that case as well.
This just goes to show that over time people can learn. Learn that one cannot judge or hate a certain group of people. Ted grew to believe in the fundamental and constitutional right for same-sex marriage.
Ever seen a camouflage artist? If not, meet Liu Bolin. Liu likes to paint himself to blend into any background imaginable. See if you can spot him in any of these amazing pieces of art. They are pretty darn impressive.
"Next Monday, Dallas will change forever" is how the TV spot for TNT's Dallas begins.
I know, I know, you're probably thinking Ryan and I are the geekiest of all geeks, but we grew to love J.R. Ewing. After watching 15 seasons of DALLAS together, we are going to cry our eyes out next week.
"All his schemes - all his double-crossing - all his deceptions - lead to the moment - you can't miss," then the phone goes dead. And just like that our hearts stop. "DAD!" John Ross cries out on the other end. "The end of J.R. Ewing" and a soft-spoken "Dad" is how the ad ends.
It's amazing how good this show has been. Ryan and I have watched every episode and each one leaves you with the iconic cliff-hangers Dallas was made popular for. We are truly going to miss Larry Hagman, the actor. He survived so much and died playing the character he loved most. Rest in peace, J.R..
So aside from me, everyone, including Ryan seems to think that Lori is dead in the popular TV show, The Walking Dead. It's been over a year since I pleaded with everyone to watch this series. If you've never seen it - well - there's not much else I can say.
Here are the reasons I think Lori is Not Dead, or a Zombie. She's still out there somewhere!
Little Carl, bless his heart, would never shoot his own mother. I'm sorry, but as tough as he thinks he is, he doesn't have the cojones to shoot his mother's brains out. Then there's the bloated zombie, really? Talk about bad television. When have you seen a bloated zombie?
When Rick finds the body, all he finds is hair in the zombie's mouth. He also finds a bullet, but it's clean - there's no blood on it. Furthermore when Rick shoots and stabs the zombie, there are no body parts pulled out of it's stomach. No bones anywhere! That's kinda strange to me.
And if you're one to follow the comic books, Hershel, Carl and Glenn are all dead in those books - this also leaves me to wonder whether Lori will return as a Zombie or is Alive!
Here's a beautiful picture of 200 calories. Yep each of these is just like the other; they each represent 200 calories. Being that I've lost 57 pounds over the last 7-8 months, I never followed the recommended 2000-2500 daily caloric intake. Are you kidding me? I probably would have never lost weight, but others seem to have a different opinion on that.
Click on the picture to see an even bigger picture.
Some foods have significantly more Calories than others but what does the difference actually look
like. Each of the photographs below represents 200 Calories of the
particular type of food; the images are sorted from low to high calorie density.
When you consider that an entire plate of broccoli contains the same
number of Calories as a small spoonful of peanut butter, you might think
twice the next time you decide what to eat. According to the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, the average adult needs to consume about 2000
- 2500 Calories to maintain their weight. In other words, you have a
fixed amount of Calories to "spend" each day; based on the following
pictures, which would you eat? - wiseGeek
You know I couldn't go without mentioning the long, long, long, long opening segment Seth MacFarlane gave at the Oscars last night. All the buzz today is the violation of the Temporal Prime Directive by Captain James T. Kirk when he came back to tell Seth he was the worst Academy Awards host ever. LOL. It was definitely a treat to watch being that I'm a Star Trek fan and all. :-)
Catch the full opening monologue after the jump...
It's official. I have finally started my Cocina De Don Pedro: El Cook Book blog. It's a work in progress so you'll have to be patient with me. LOL. I used the same template as my BLADE 7184 blog so that the transition from one blog to the othercould beconsistent.
I have transferred all the recipes I recently posted on BLADE 7184, along with an old recipe from 2011. I am also working on a recipe index, where you'll be able to search by a few ingredients or recipe names.
El Cook Book's header consists of an Owl with a Chef's hat, donning an apron and holding a forked sausage. It's quite humorous. I have also added a quote very dear to my heart - a dedication to my mother.
I will be placing a "Cocina De Don Pedro: El Cook Book" logo on BLADE 7184, and it is currently accessible by clicking on the tab in this blog's header.
Thank you all for putting up with my ridiculous blogging on BLADE 7184, and hope you enjoy my Cook Book blog as well. Please feel free to contact me at cocinadedonpedro@gmail with any questions or suggestions you may have. - Peter a.k.a. Don Pedro or Blade7184
Honestly, I didn't know whether to post this under "Are People Really This Stupid" or "What a Hot Mess". But since the poor girl had no idea she was going to burn off her hair I'm gonna say its a hot mess.
At first it's just an innocent tutorial on how to curl your hair, but things take a turn for the worse, as the girl realizes her hair is on her iron and not on her head. What a Hot Mess! Literally.
LMAO. Ever wonder what it would sound like if Gollum from The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit were to sing, "I Dreamed A Dream" from the movie, Les Miserables? Well, now's your chance to get the exclusive first look and listen.
Thank you Geeks Are Sexy, for sharing this funny video. Definitely made me laugh.
In today's My Christian Thoughts I'd like to talk about a video I saw last week. The issue hits close to home, because I remember portraying the pastor or preacher in this video. The debauchery that takes place really upsets me and it does so, because who are we to judge other people? Who are we to tell other people what to do? I understand teaching or sharing The Word, but I don't agree with forcing it down a person's throat. In the end, we will be judged individually by a higher Being if this is what we choose to believe, and for those who don't -more power to you.
I lost countless of friends in high school and in college, because I was preaching to them - telling them they were going to hell, because they didn't belong to the true "Church ofChrist". Imagine me going up to a Catholic, a Baptist, a Presbyterian, a Methodist or a Mormon, telling them, "you, your mom, sister, brother and family are going to hell - all of you! And if you don't change your religion soon, you will feel the fire deep in those pits!"
Yep, that was me. Don't get me wrong, I believe in God - a loving and beautiful God who made me who I am. Who is there beside me every day, and will be, until the day I die. And this is what I choose to believe. It's not your or anyone else's job to tell me it's not gonna happen. My transformation took time, and I am so grateful to God that it happened, but that's another story - another issue of "My Christian Thoughts."
What is so remarkable about the video is the response the gay man receives after being chastised for over two minutes.
[Excerpts from the video] Instead of attempting to ignore a "preacher" spewing homophobic rants, a gay New York City subway rider decided to confront him.
On
Saturday, a street preacher went on an anti-gay tirade on one of NYC's
subway lines, according to New York Mag's Daily Intelligencer. The
preacher yelled about society's poor influence on children, likened gay
men to pedophiles and claimed "Michael Jackson died because he was gay"
to a crowded subway car.
But one stranger wasn't having it.
"You
teach hate," the man, wearing a khaki coat and a large fur hat,
responded. "You are false. You are a false prophet. Do not listen to
this man. He's scared. He's full of hatred."
The man continued to
stand his ground and revealed that yes, he is gay, and yes, God still
loves him. "I'm a man. And I'm a good man," he said. "And I'm a gay man
and Jesus loves me! Jesus loves me!"
The gay man's eloquence moved his fellows riders so much that it was met by a rousing round of applause.
While I certainly don't condone graffiti in our city's streets, this was actually quite interesting. Hopefully the story truly came to an end.
The following images are courtesy of an unknown artist known simply as Mobstr, and it pits a city with the artist telling a story. The city paints over it, and the artist returns to continue his story.
Today'sSaturday Morning Coffee Breakis quite powerful. After watching the film for the first time I was quite upset, but after watching it a second time I came to understand it's sad reality. I can't remember the amount of times I wish I could find someone to help me. I prayed to God every night hoping he would "fix" me - And never got an answer. I felt ashamed for being who I was and didn't know how to tell my parents. As each year passed the hope never came, and telling my parents became an even harder task. I didn't tell my parents until I was 25 years old, and upon learning the news they were devastated. Not only because I kept this secret for so long, but the fact I went to others thinking it would help me, and all they did was use me for their gratification.
There's a lot I want to say about the short movie you're about to see, but I don't want to spoil it or give a way it's plot. I would like to hear any of your comments and maybe then I can voice my opinion.
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