Cage Match #69 :: "Pope Benedict vs Sandusky"

White Hair used to mean 'Great Wisdom'
By Pat Darnell and the Herd  |  Feb 23, 2013  |  Bryan TX

Pope Benedict 

-- versus --

Jerry Sandusky

Some Back Story ::

• Did you know that B.Y.U. was Jerry's first choice before Penn State. He thought it was "Bring 'em Young".
• I hear Sandusky had to stop going to church. The priests kept fighting over who got to hear his confession.
• Sandusky claims he's really young at heart. He says sometimes he feels like a 60 yr old stuck in a 10 yr old's body.
• Sandusky is set to remake two Schwarzenegger films into one...It's going to be called Kindergarten Predator.
• Do you know what Jerry Sandusky's favorite part of the trial was? Recess.
• Penn State: Safe for your daughters.
• I've heard Sandusky taught his team to stand firm even while taking a pounding
• What did the lady at the beach say to Sandusky? Move, you're in my son.
• What do Sandusky and a chef have in common? They both like their meat tender.
• I used to be a virgin like you but then I took a sandusky to the ass
• Q: What do Jerry Sandusky and Nickelodeon have in common? A: They've both sacked Wild and Crazy Kidz
• Jerry Sandusky's favorite movie was Child's Play
• Touched: The Jerry Sandusky Story

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http://www.theblaze.com/blog/2011/11/16/midday-snacks-11-16-11/
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/vatican-pope-didn-resign-sex-scandal-article-1.1271641
http://imgur.com/r/ImGoingToHellForThis/4jGbA
http://pribek.net/2013/01/18/friday-night-cage-matchfondue-partyevolving-conversationdancing-about-architecture-vol-150/

MooPig's Archaeology Update :: "Office Relics"

Retrieved by Pat Darnell | Nov 11, 2012 | Bryan TX

7 office gadgets headed for the graveyard - Slide Show - MarketWatch: "NEW YORK (MarketWatch) —

1. The Rolodex is first up on a list of office tools that may soon become obsolete. Invented in 1956, this rotating filing system for business contacts remained a fixture on most office desks well into the computer age. But some 58% of the 7,000 professionals surveyed by LinkedIn say the devices will likely be seen only on exhibit at the Smithsonian within the next five years. "

'via Blog this'

2. Fax machines: The demise of the fax has been predicted for years, but these office workhorses may finally be put out to pasture, according to 71% of those surveyed. Indeed, they are No. 2 on LinkedIn’s soon-to-be-extinct list. Some of those who regard their paper-eating ways as environmentally unsound have even filmed themselves smashing their faxes to make their point.

3. Desktop phones: Now that email and instant messaging have rendered most phone conversations unnecessary, 35% of professionals say the desktop telephone will soon be merely decorative. This may not be as far-fetched as it sounds, especially if home phones are anything to go by. Only a decade ago, 97% of American homes had a land-line, compared with just 74% of homes today, according to a study by Pew Research.

[Picture LINK and LINK]

4. Tape recorders: When Mark Spoonauer, editor-in-chief at LaptopMag.com, wants to record an interview, he uses the record function on his iPhone. Smartphones are already replacing digital recorders. It’s no wonder that some 79% of those surveyed by LinkedIn say tape recorders will soon be obsolete.

5. USB thumb drives: Around 17% of professionals in the LinkedIn survey say USB thumb drives — the successor to the floppy disc, Zip drive and re-writable CD — will fall out of favor within the next five years. But Mark Spoonauer, editor-in-chief at LaptopMag.com, says they will probably be obsolete even before then. In addition to becoming unnecessary, the devices — which are typically plugged into many different computers — are increasingly being blamed for the spread of computer viruses, he says.

6. Business cards: Why carry around decks of business cards when social networking makes faster — and stickier — connections? LinkedIn says 15% of those surveyed expect business cards to become obsolete. Apps like CardMunch now allow people to hand out an endless supply of digital business cards.

7. The office cubicle: Call it corporate glasnost. Nearly 20% of those surveyed say management will tear down the walls of cubicles and replace them with open-plan work-spaces  But while such layouts may foster teamwork and brainstorming, a recent survey by the Berkeley Center for the Built Environment says people are more sensitive to noise in open-plan offices.

_____________________________Reference
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/7-office-gadgets-headed-for-the-graveyard-2012-09-29?link=MW_story_insert
http://www.steampunklab.com/

mOOpIG mOVIE rEVIEWS -- FROST-X-NIXON, Ron Howard from Happier Days checks in

Frost \ Nixon 2008 directed by Ron Howard
by Pat Darnell | Bryan TX
All await reprisal for abuse of faith of our Fathers, I watched Ron's latest miracle work. Ron Howard has my attention almost all the time. Maybe it's because of a barefoot boy throwing stones across a fishing pond; or an anthem that could raise a face to pucker and whistle along.
Questions --
How did one become a suffix? How did Nixon become a suffix "-Gate" for every dysfunction in government? I am proud, it turns out, for Ron Howard never abandoning moral dilemma. The movie is not a "re-enactment."

Writer Peter Morgan's legendary battle between Richard Nixon, the disgraced president with a legacy to save, and David Frost, a jet-setting television personality with a name to make, in the story of the historic encounter that changed both their lives. For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. [HERE; IMDb]

Ron Howard mentions this in our epilogue. He undoes what was did; and makes us believe. Believe what?

Deconstructed Nixon -- that's what --

"I should have been the visceral interviewer," says Nixon at curtain call, "and you, David, should have been the politician. Do you enjoy those parties you throw every year? It is a rare gift to like other people, and be liked in return. [paraphrased]"

One gets the gist of what turns out a working man duel. If I were the other working man, I would most likely be Nixon, in over my head, social misfit.

Only this time each cannot make a wide arcing detour around snobs. Faceless, nameless, "snobs" who would put it all to their special interests agency's, like trained dogs, out for a piece of flesh. People invented, or, real people -- never mind -- our protagonist thinks they exist, and are due a pound or two of his flesh.

Yes a piece of Nixon, in my humble calculations, would fetch a large sum on eBay today. It has for Ron Howard and crew, no?

Nixon blew the whistle on himself, as it turns out. He had a great deal of nerve, Nixon did. But his personality has him confess his betrayal of self, country and Americans. This is a great case for the unreal solution: "Wow, Dick, if only you had visited the future to see how bad it really is."

For this fortnight Richard Nixon is well-played by actor Frank Langella. There is no over the top comedian stuff going on. It is a broadside of crankiness we will well remember after the credits roll. Michael Sheen as David Frost? Eh. As for the rest -- Eh.

HOW TO MEASURE Happy Days?
Yow-zzzer Yow-zzzer Yow-zzzer says the red head, who was Opie. "Pop," goes the bottled soda; "Oops, darn it" slips the Mouth.
In the end ...
Cheeseburger, cheeseburger.... and the tale ends as a moral; with adjustments for loneliness, swollen faced despair, and haunted eyes. And one feels a million miles away, like a friend says steel on steel rides, only to find we have yet to leave the train station platform.
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* D
* C
* B
* A [go see the film; pdaf]