CLSD: 03.11.2009

OMG! You can now watch TV right here at CherryCheesecake.com! How freekin' cool is that. I just added season 1 of The Tick. Not the cartoon version that I originally wanted to add but a series featuring live action. I had known about the cartoon version for many years and had never heard of the live action series until just a little while ago. Having seen the new live action series, I must say that I prefer the live action to the cartoon version. In time, I will be adding a whole bunch of TV shows to the site so be sure to tell your friends and check back for updates.

So, maybe the new President will depart from his extensive voting record while he is in office and not actually separate the American people from the freedom they claim to hold so dear. Yea, it's possible... or at least that is what I keep telling myself. Time will tell. But if I don't find a freekin' job soon, I won't care either way.

I wonder if Lindsay Lohan ever figured out that she got suckered recently. You see... she would never admit publicly that she decided to try batting for the home team for a while. Despite all the reports from those who were close enough to her to know what was going on, she continued to deny publicly that she had started dating another chick. Well, eventually someone spread a rumor that she and "what's her name" had broken up and throngs of reporters got in her face to ask her if it was true. She adamantly shot down the rumor and denied that she and "what's her name" broke up. Bingo! She just admitted publicly that she was in fact dating a chick. The whole rumor was clearly just a scam to trick her into admitting to her dating activities.

I went to see Metallica in concert for their Death Magnetic tour. Awesome show! I have also learned recently that not everyone was very excited about their last record (from 7 years ago) called St. Anger. What the hell is wrong with you people? That was a great album! One of my favorite songs is the very first track and bears the line that Kirk came up with, "My life style, determines my death style." That song kicks ass! And who cares that there are no guitar solos on the record? They decided not to do any solos. BFD! And who cares that the drums sound funny? They don't sound funny. There is only one drum that sounds different and that is the snare drum where Lars simply disengaged the snares to you can't hear them. The whole sound of the record is supposed to convey a feeling of not being comfortable or uneasiness. Just enjoy the record for what it is and not what you think it should be.

 

CLSD: 12.24.2008

I have been doing some thinking lately and I think that is a good time too let go of my hostilities toward Metallica. I have gone on record to say that I have liked every record that Metallica has ever released. I have never taken sides with either the "Old Metallica" fans or the "new Metallica" fans. I have liked all of their stuff as it has changed over the years. But as a paying customer, I felt rather pissed off at the comments issued by my fellow drummer Lars over the whole Napster thing. Maybe he over-reacted over the whole file sharing thing, or maybe he had a valid arguement but just handled it wrong, I don't know. Maybe I handled it all wrong too from my perspective.

For me, I used Napster to preview CDs before I deemed them worthy of my hard earned money. I am not just a music fan but I am also a musician as well. I know good and well that MP3s don't have anywhere near as good of a quality as a real, store bought CD will have. I am also pretty sure that I don't want to go out and buy a CD that sucks. (If 1 million people go out and buy a CD because there was a lot of really good commercials for it and then the CD turns out to suck, the band and the record producers will think that the people really like the band and give then a bunch of free MTV music awards, simply because so many CDs were sold... when in fact, everyone thinks they suck.) If I go out to buy a CD, I really want to feel confident that I am going to like the CD before I buy it. The point here is that I used Napster and I also bought CDs. Lots of them!

So, the way I reacted to Lars' attack on Napster and their users was to stop buying Metallica stuff. A practice that continued for years... up unto recent months. That doesn't mean that I didn't get my hands on new Metallica stuff, it only means that none of my money was going into the band's pockets any more. St. Anger was an awesome record and I liked the DVD stuff that went with it. I didn't pay for it... someone else bought it, hated it and gave it to me, and ths, I was able to maintain my boycott of the band's products. Friends have also given me Metallica products as gifts. Again, not my money going into the band's pockets.

But I have been doing some thinking lately and I know how I am when someone steals (uses without permission) any of my art that I produce, (I go absolutely ballistic!) and I thought, maybe Lars was only doing exactly the same thing that I would have done. (I've stuck my foot in my mouth before too.)

So anyway, (not that I have ever knowingly communicated with anyone in Metallica before today) but I have decided to put an official end to hostilities toward Metallica. I recently made a Metallica purchase with my own money. Yep, the very day that Death Magnetic was released, I bought two copies for myself. I bought one CD and I also bought one of the vinyl LP record album versions of Death Magnetic as well.

So that's it. I'm declaring my feud with Metallica to be over.

Happy Holidays everyone!

CLSD: 11.27.2008

Geez! Where do I start? Well, here goes...

In case you missed it, someone who is perceived to be the second most anti-gun person in the United States (next to Hillary Clinton) has been elected President of the United States and the big "Gun-Grab, Tug-of-War has begun." Gun owners (or soon to be gun owners) are scrambling to buy guns while they still can, for fear that Barack Obama and the wholy Democratic party run dictatorship of the United States will remove their ability to do so in the future. Why do Americans always wait till the last minute to do anything? Gun control is really about people control. It really is that simple.

I discovered Craigslist recently. I know it's been around forever but I never took a good look at it or actually tried to use it until just recently. Man! How cool is that sight! Over the past few months, I have been a Craigslist fiend! But, that being said, I do have a few rants to get off my chest.

1.) If you DON'T HAVE A TITLE for the trailer, boat, vehicle or whatever thing you want to sell, IT IS STOLEN. Don't post it. I am sick and tired of sifting through the want ads looking for a trailer and seeing ads saying "I don't have a title but I'll provide you a bill of sale and you can get a title". If it is so freekin' easy to get a title, then you do it! If you don't have a title, the DMV will assume it is stolen and therefore I will assume it is stolen and I don't want to be stuck with buying something that can't be titled and utilized for the intent for which it was purchased. Quit cluttering up the want ads with your stolen junk!

2.) If you aren't going to post a photo with your ad, why bother? You are wasting both of our time. I don't care if it a free item or not. I don't care if it is a personal ad or whatever it is you are trying to offer. If you don't post a picture, you aren't serious about your ad. Quit cluttering up CL with ads you are not serious about. If you want me to haul away your couch for free, you had better post a picture of it because I am not driving across the metro area in my massive truck without a darn good reason. Your competition (for whatever type of ad) is posting some photos with their ad so if you want to be taken seriously, post some freekin' photos!

3.) Post a damn description of your whatever it is that you are offering in an ad! Have the foresight to anticipate the questions I am going to ask you and post that in your description! If you are selling a truck cap, tell me the length and width of the cap and what truck it was last fitted to. If you are selling an Epiphone guitar, don't call it a Gibson in the main description. If you are selling an electric guitar, post the serial number so I can research the year it was made so I don't have to ask you for this information. If it is a "factory second", say so right up front.

4.) Don't use the words "MUST SELL" or "Or Best Offer (OBO)" if you are not willing to accept an offer which is far less then book value for whatever you are offering. I don't give a rat's ass how fast YOU want to sell it. If you want to convince me you are a motivated seller, cut the price in half and then I will believe you!

ps Using words like "RARE" or "Hard To Find" tells me that you are going to over-inflate the price of what is an probably a very common item. If it is rare, or hard to find, I will already know that and you don't need to tell me.

Oh yea... HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

 

CLSD: 8.15.2008

"Too Much Power" is the term I have in mind at the moment. It would be extrordinarilly bad for the United States, or any contry for that matter, if one political party controlled everything. When other countries do that, it is called a dictatorship. Right now, the Democrats control Congress. (They whined that the Republicans wouldn't let them do anything and now that they are in charge, they aren't doing anything at all. It seems that they just wanted to be in charge but nothing more.) If a Democrat is elected as President this time around, there would be no restraint, no safety net in place to prevent the Democrats from ruining this country and removing your freedoms as an American citizen in the process. Too much power in one place leads to corruption. It always does. There was a day when everybody knew that and would always vote for whatever party needed to be elected in order to keep things balanced. Our forefathers when founding this country knew that the structure of the country needed to be set up in a way to have all the powers distributed broadly to minimize this danger of having too much power all in one place. So whether you like him or not, you need to vote for McCain for President. Read more here.

This world is no more civilized today than it was a thousand years ago and the mass media is not helping in the slightest. If it isn't blatantly obvious to you that the evening news and the daily comedy news programs are deliberately trying to brainwash you with a Liberal agenda then you really need to wake up and pay attention. There is no war in Iraq. The "war" was over very quickly and what has been taking place for the last number of years is a tremendously positive nation building operation that is providing a lot of hope for the people of Iraq and their future while women beating, brainwashed religious extremists (that we call insurgents) try to prevent that from happening. If you laughed out loud just now, you need to watch the Military Chanel documentaries on the current job our military people are doing overseas non-stop for the next 30 days and nothing else.

NASCAR: Would someone from Nascar please contact me and explain to me why I don't see many of the drivers or race team members placing their hand over their heart during the singing of the national anthem? Do they have some sort of aversion to public displays of respect to their country? I am reminded of a page on this site that has been up and running for a long time. If you are new here, you should check it out.

Q. What is better than a car that runs on E-85 Ethanol?
A. One that runs on AIR. How freekin' cool would that be?
I also read recently that a lot of Do-It-Yourselfers aren't waiting for Detroit to make electric cars and they are buying kits to convert existing cars over to run on cheap electricity. I think the most popular (professionally made) electric car so far is the Tesla. For better gas mileage, I think my next vehicle will have two wheels instead of four. But I am torn between the Star Motorcycles, Raider and the Harley Davidson Fat Bob.

Oh yea... this guy emails me because he wants me to link him on this site. Well it turns out that the guy steals photos from other people's web sites and re-posts them on his own web site and then tries to make money from referrals to other web sites. And wouldn't you know it... one of the stolen photos just happens to be one of my copyrighted photos! So what do you think I told the guy? I told him to fuck off!

CLSD: 7.01.2008

Well, it's starting already. If there was ever any doubt that the mass media is run with an agressive Liberal Democrat agenda, let that boubt be removed from your mind after seeing this artical. The Supreme Court of the United States rendered an opinion recently (DC vs Heller) stating (among other things) that individual citizens have the right to own and carry guns for their personal protection and the Liberals are absolutely pissed off. SO now, similar to a childish temper tantrum, the Associated Press is trying to portray guns in the most negative light possible in order to stir up some public outrage and sway public opinion by implying that owning a gun is going to make you want to kill yourself. What absolute, unadulterated hogwash!

At least 2 Million people each year use a firearm in self defense and the remaining vast majority of the over 80 million gun owners in America enjoy their firearms responsibly. Do these people look like they are depressed or do they look like they are enjoying life? If the Liberal Democrats don't like freedom, there are hundreds of other countries where they can go live. Gun control is really about people control.

 

CLSD: 6.22.2008

GAS PRICES... I cut back on my driving when gas reached $1.50/Gallon and now it's $4.00/Gallon and now the government is just starting to wonder if consumers are going to start cutting back on driving, vacation travel and buying stuff. MESSAGE TO WASHINGTON... IT ALREADY HAPPENNED AND YOU MISSED IT! I can't speak for the rest of the world but Americans like buying stuff and as necessitity is the mother of invention, I think that fuel prices are getting getting Americans motivated enough to invent a way to stop using petrolium products for automotive fuel. Hydrogen, E-85 Ethanol Fuel or electricity. Whatever works, I think Americans will make it happen so that they can continue to buy neat stuff. I've been buying a lot of E85 fuel for my 2008 Flex Fuel Ford F-150.