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I’ve always loved those stories when Superman would fight The Hulk.. especially since they existed in seperate universes.. So.. I was wondering today.. who would I like to see in a fist fight? And who would win?

Han Solo vs. Captain Kirk – Solo, not because he’s tougher, but because he would fight dirty.

Abraham Lincoln vs. Teddy Roosevelt – Abe, cuz he just seems like he could whoop up.

Dick Sargent Vs. Dick York – The two darrens from bewitched. Sargent.

finally.. Young Elvis Vs. Old Elvis – Believe it or not, Old elvis, cuz he had more meat on the bones, and wanted to be a cop and stuff.

I’m sure there must be more.

So we thought we had it bad: our baby, Joshua (I call him JJ, and we have talked about him before) was born a little under 10 lbs. Well, on May 20th, a baby was born in mexico weighing thirteen pounds. That’s a big baby.

Darn right he was born C-section…

Researchers have discovered a cause for infertility in the case of one german couple. You’d think it would be obvious…

Hey all..

I know I’m the Trek advocate on the site.. and I’m happy to say that despite the rumors that it is going away, Star Trek: Enterprise has been picked up by UPN.. moved to Fridays at 9 (the old XFiles timeslot), and given 24 more chances to win back viewers.

This season has been very very good television, and I’m glad to see it return.

Why you should never put your photo on the Internet. Boy, I’ve broken that rule all over.

EDIT by matthew: The individual hosting the page has apparently decided to restrict access to it. I’ll see if I saved off the pictures — they were pretty funny.

I rarely read forwards.. but I read this one.. and I thought it would be appropriate in this forum

Why are We Still There? Every day there are news reports about more deaths. Every night on TV there are photos of death and destruction. Why are we still there?

Their highways are unsafe, killing 100’s daily. Why are we still there? We occupied this land, which we had to take by force, but it causes us nothing but trouble. Why are we still there?

Many of our children go there and never come back. Why are we still there? Their government is unstable, and they have sloppy leadership. Why are we still there? Many of their people are uncivilized. Many do not speak English.Why are we still there?

The place is subject to natural disasters, which we are supposed to bail them out of. Why are we still there?There are more than 1000 religious sects, which we do not understand. Why are we still there? Their traditions, foods and fads are unfathomable to ordinary Americans. Why are we still there?

We can’t even secure the borders. Why are we still there? They are billions of dollars in debt and it will cost billions more to rebuild, which we can’t afford. Why are we still there?

It is becoming clear..WE MUST PULL OUT OF CALIFORNIA! Same for Massachusetts.

Paul Murphy has an article up at Murphy Maphia about the rise in esophageal cancer which corresponds to soft drink intake. As always, Murphy Maphia supports Drupal Distributed Authentication, so you can log in over there using “my_name@barnson.org” and your password here.

Ok, I rarely post anything here but I read it all the time. I wanted to put my two cents in about things going on this summer.

After being upset that the orignal concert was cancelled because I paid a fortune for tickets. David Bowie rescheduled it for last night. Let me tell you for a man that is 57 years old, he still has it.

I used to be a huge fan in high school but then stopped listening for one reason or another. So when I heard he was having a concert, I thought what the heck. I had an opportunity to purchase tickets BEFORE they went on sale. I paid alot for them and had floor seats. He canceled his orignial concert in December because he had the flu. Good thing, I think I had it the same time he did.

Stereophonics opened for him and they were pretty good. Sang for about 30 minutes and then the set had to be changed. By 8pm, David was on stage, the place was PACKED. He was incredible. He sang until 11:30 last night. I don’t think anyone who went will be able to talk today…everybody was screaming and dancing.

Just thought I would share how I am starting my summer….not too shabby I do say so myself!!!

Hey Matt, Thanks for returning my Big Azz pliers.

In 1999, when I was still in college, complete with a slow moving dial up internet connection, I spent a good five months playing “Lords of the Realm 2”.. a strategy game that was basically SimCity (Turn based resource management) meets Warcraft (Battlefield strategies).

Yesterday, I finally loaded up and started to play the game I’ve been looking forward to more than any other for 5 years. LORDS OF THE REALM 3.

Today, I am going to uninstall it and throw it away. The interface is awful, it runs badly, it is completely different, and well, it isn’t worthy of the name.

So, that being said, I may go out and pick up “Civilization”, which I have been told is a great strategy and resource management game… I’m not sure. If I do, I’m sure it will be fun, but it won’t be the same. I was looking forward to this since I first heard about it years ago.. I was hoping it would take up my summer (finally a summer with no school).

I feel kind of like when i saw “Batman and Robin”. I looked forward to that for a while too.. and what I got made me want to leave the theatre.

So.. if anyone’s reading.. 1) Any suggestions gamewise? 2) Anyone been terribly disappointed by follow ups? Games, Movies, CDs?