You learn something new every day

So I was flipping through the channels this weekend and I discovered an amazing breakthrough. It's called the AbSauna. It's new revolutionary technology that allows you to shed inches off your waste and get the 6-pack abs you've always wanted...all while doing nothing.

That's right, by doing nothing. You simply have to wear the belt for 50mins. That's it. It heats up your abs like a sauna and just melts the fat off. No really, this is what it does. You can burn 600 calories while watching tv, or sleeping.

This is truly amazing technology and I have to say, rather surprising information. I was always under the assumption that if I wanted to lose weight and build muscle, I actually had to do something. I thought I had to diet and nourish my body with essential vitamins and minerals. I thought I had to actually make an attempt to move and get my heart rate accelerated. Boy was I wrong. All I have to do is wear a hot belt.

So I think by now you've figured out I'm being sarcastic. Seriously though, who are the people that buy these stupid things off infomercials? Who really believes this stuff works. This is going to work as well as the belt they tried to sell a couple years ago that pulsed and was supposed to be as effective as doing crunches, only without having to do crunches. Notice that's not on the air anymore. That should tell you something.

Here's a tip for you people, anything that claims you don't have to do anything won't do anything. I repeat, if you don't have to do anything, then it won't do anything either. You cannot burn calories and lose weight by doing nothing. Yes, you may burn off some water retention from the heat by sweating, but the second you eat any food, it will be right back. Stop believing nonsense.

Stick with real solutions, like spray on hair. Now that looks real. No really, it does. I promise.

Get you hair in a can today!

Umm...Oh My...Umm...Yeah

A friend of mine forwarded me this link. This may very well be one of the worst/best video's I've ever seen. It really is fascinating.

I don't know much about this band. I was able to discover that the band is The Seebach Band and they were apparently a big sensation in Denmark back in the 70's. Oh, yeah, and the singer died in 2003.

If anyone finds any other videos by this guy, feel free to contact me immediately with the link.

Watch the video

Why can't Comcast get a hold on their spam?

Comcast's spam filters have become utterly useless. I get an average of 15-20 spam emails everyday. I use the "report spam" button that Comcast provides, but that seems to prove a waste of time. The emails are pretty much the same handful that keep coming over and over again, each time disguised to be coming from a different email address. I don't think I've been able to stop a single one of them.

Today I used their "report spam" button to forward them yet another junk email and actually got the following response:

"The email that you have submitted to abuse@comcast.net does not appear to contain a Comcast IP address. The abuse@comcast.net address is only for the investigation of incidents of network abuse regarding Comcast subscribers."

Are you kidding me? I think if they look hard enough, they might find a Comcast IP seeing as how the email was in my damn mailbox. If there isn't, then they have even bigger problems, because now they are letting emails in that aren't even addressed to me. I mean seriously, I'm reporting it through my Comcast address, so they can see I'm a Comcast subscriber. Do they really think I'm grabbing an email from Hotmail and then forwarding it to them? They can't even stop their own spam problem, I'm certainly not going to ask them to fix anyone else's.

Is there no line with animal rights?

Animal rights activists sometimes make me wonder. Now don't get me wrong, I'm all for protecting animals. When some crazy lady has 320 cats living in her rundown 400 sq. foot apartment, we should do something about that. If someone is running around with a shovel clubbing deer in the head, we should do something about it. I get that. What I don't get is when animals become more important than people. How does that happen?

Case in point, everyone agrees that we should be finding new sources of energy in this country so that we can become less dependent on gas. Now yes, that is just a generalized statement that I haven't actually done research on, but I imagine there aren't too many people that think it's a bad idea. I was just reading an article in the paper today about how windmill farms set a growth record this year with an increase of 35% across the nation. It's still only accounts for less than 1% of our source of electricity, but still, it's a start to becoming less dependant on fuel.

Apparently, however, there are people who have a problem with this. They have concerns about the possible accidental deaths of animals such as bats and prairie chickens.(This is not a joke, these animals are actually mentioned in the article). Shouldn't there be some sort of a line here? Is a prairie chicken really a top priority? Shouldn't keeping gas under $50 a gallon, or becoming less dependent on countries who don't really like us be a bigger priority. Again, I'm all for animals, but sometimes we have to decide to let a prairie chicken or two go.

Besides, what good are the prairie chickens when you can't afford to put gas in your car to drive out to the prairie to admire them?

New Years Eve Part 2.

So I was correct, the Sheila Divine show was great. However, their sound was really lacking without Colin on board. I'm not sure why he wasn't there, but his guitar parts were sorely missed.

It was unfortunate that they didn't go on until midnight. My girlfriend, my friend Derek and I could only sit around and laugh at people for so long before it got old. Bill's Bar is tiny. There isn't anything else to do there.

The first band, whose name I can't even remember was one of the worst bands I've ever seen. The fact that 6 people were clapping at the end of their songs should have made that point clear. They were one of those bad bands who try to be artsy and different and end up just really lame. Rule to live by...if you have to try to be artsy, then you aren't artsy. Let it go.

The Sheila Divine never played any of their classic covers except for an Arcade Fire song that it seemed only about 5 people knew. Aaron teased with a couple of chords of Metal Health which we've yelled out to him repeatedly at pretty much every show they've ever played. He then, as usual, claimed he couldn't remember it and didn't want to play it. I have no idea why he hates that song do much. The one time they played it, it got the biggest response from the crowd I've ever heard at their shows. Aaron, don't be hate'in on QR.

It was good to hear some of the rare tracks like Secret Rendezvous and Weightless live rather than just on the bad bootleg mp3's that are floating around the internet. It would have been nice to hear Hungry Like the Wolf too. I know the guy standing near us was pretty excited about that possibility.

Anyway, in all, the night was a good time. It was great to see them play again. Hopefully, it won't be the last time.

P.S. Aaron, if you read this, I put in my request for Liquid Pants now for the next reunion show.