http://www.frumpzilla.com/index.php Sports, Entertainment and Social Commentary from Unprofessional, Highly Irresponsible Sources en jason4r@hotmail.com Copyright 2008 2008-08-16T18:10:00-05:00 http://www.frumpzilla.com/index.php/frumpzilla_site/the_top_25_sci_fi_movies/ http://www.frumpzilla.com/index.php/frumpzilla_site/the_top_25_sci_fi_movies/#When:17:10:00Z The new Star Wars movie is coming out. It's good timing for a sci-fi movie list. Here goes...   1. Star Wars IV: A New Hope 2. Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back 3. Stars Wars II: Revenge of the Sith 4. Terminator 2 5. Predator 6. Aliens 7. Robocop 8. Robocop 2 9. The Minority Report 10. Star Trek: First Contact 11. Back to the Future 2 12. Matrix: Reloaded 13. Dark City 14. The Truman Show 15. Jurassic Park 16. They Live 17. Planet of the Apes 18. Soylent Green 19. Mad Max Beyond the Thunderdome 20. The Fifth Element 21. The Fly 22. Total Recall 23. The Time Machine 24. War of the Worlds 24. Independence Day 25. Contact      The Rest 2008-08-16T17:10:00-05:00 http://www.frumpzilla.com/index.php/frumpzilla_site/new_diet_craze_to_sweep_nation/ http://www.frumpzilla.com/index.php/frumpzilla_site/new_diet_craze_to_sweep_nation/#When:17:12:00Z Michael Phelps may be known for his prowess in the pool, and could go down as the greatest Olympian ever, but, given our nation's fascination with fad diets, not to mention quick fixes in general,  Phelps may strike true gold on the nutritional market. According to an article in the New York Post, Michael maintains that lean, muscular look by packing away no less than 12,000 calories a day.  To be fair, he also swims 5 hours a day, 6 days a week, which admittedly is a bit more strenuous than say my weekly workout routine, but then I'm not sniffing 12,000 calories either.  I also don't have the body of Michael Phelps, not quite, but at least there's hope, and that's what Michael Phelps is selling our great nation's millions, and in more ways than one. Ready for your meal plan?  Make the jump for one personally tried and tested by Mr. Phelps himself...Okay, so here's your daily meals, mapped out specifically, and in great detail, for all of you looking for that cut out of granite look.  It may be alarming at first, that's understandable, just remember that if Michael Phelps can do it, then so can you...if you swim 5 hours a day, 6 days a week, and were fortunate enough to be blessed with the appropriate genetic/molecular structure.  Straight from the article: "Phelps lends a new spin to the phrase "Breakfast of Champions" by starting off his day by eating three fried-egg sandwiches loaded with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions and mayonnaise. He follows that up with two cups of coffee, a five-egg omelet, a bowl of grits, three slices of French toast topped with powdered sugar and three chocolate-chip pancakes. At lunch, Phelps gobbles up a pound of enriched pasta and two large ham and cheese sandwiches slathered with mayo on white bread - capping off the meal by chugging about 1,000 calories worth of energy drinks. For dinner, Phelps really loads up on the carbs - what he needs to give him plenty of energy for his five-hours-a-day, six-days-a-week regimen - with a pound of pasta and an entire pizza. He washes all that down with another 1,000 calories worth of energy drinks." Not bad, eh?  I envy that meal plan, kind of.  Swimming 5 hours a day, 6 days a week?  Ehhh, not so much.  It's a lifestyle decision, you know, and some people may be able to adapt to it better than others.  Just keep in mind that if you don't squeeze the swimming into your busy schedule, already eaten away, so to speak, by the sheer amount of time you'll spend getting your meal plan down,  you could end up looking closer to the the pic below than the pic above. But you have to take the good with the bad, right?  It's a risk you take, it's a risk Michael Phelps took, and look how far he's come. Still, it's kind of unbelievable, isn't it?  I mean literally unbelievable, by the way.  Could that meal plan really represent Michael's typical eating habits?  Well, for me at least, it's hard to swallow.   I was always told to wait  15  minutes before hopping in the pool after I destroyed a PB&J (or 2...) for lunch.  You know, to avoid cramps and getting sick and stuff.  Relative to Phelps' mid-day meal, I'd say he should be waiting around 15 days.  Beyond that, how is this kid even keeping that kind of grub down?   His stomach can't be much larger than the size of my fists, there just isn't enough space there underneath those rock hard abs.  And he's managing to go swimming, not casually mind you, after all this?  Insane. But whatever, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt until he publishes his first New York Times bestseller, and its inevitable follow-ups.  He is an American hero, after all, I just hope I never see him exit the restroom stall I've been waiting on.  I imagine toilets may be the only things that fear Michael Phelps more than his competition, and for very good reason... The Rest 2008-08-14T17:12:00-05:00 http://www.frumpzilla.com/index.php/frumpzilla_site/cnn_ap_insert_subtle_pun_about_beheaded_man/ http://www.frumpzilla.com/index.php/frumpzilla_site/cnn_ap_insert_subtle_pun_about_beheaded_man/#When:02:26:00Z In the following article about a 19 year old riding a Greyhound who gets his head cut off by a maniac, CNN demonstrates an utter lack of restraint, or perhaps carelessness, in choosing such poor words as those shown below in the 9th full paragraph: BUS PASSENGER BEHEADED SEATMATE, WITNESS SAYS (CNN) -- As horrified travelers watched, a Greyhound Canada bus passenger repeatedly stabbed and then decapitated a young man who was sitting and sleeping beside him, a witness said Thursday. Police investigate the scene near Portage la Prairie, Canada, on Thursday. "There was a bloodcurdling scream. I was just reading my book, and all of a sudden, I heard it," Garnet Caton, who was sitting in front of the two men, said of the Wednesday night incident west of Portage la Prairie in Manitoba. "It was like something between a dog howling and a baby crying, I guess you could say," Caton said. "I don't think it will leave me for a while." Passengers exited the bus, and a trucker who stopped provided wrenches and crowbars to several of them so they could keep the suspect on the bus until police came, witnesses told Canadian TV. The suspect was seized with the help of negotiators, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sgt. Steve Colwell said. He said no formal charges had been filed, and he declined to identify either the man in custody or the victim, who were among 34 passengers. The was no immediate indication of what prompted the attack, Colwell said. He said he didn't know how many times the victim was stabbed. Witnesses described the weapon as a large butcher-type knife. Caton told The Associated Press that the victim appeared to be about 19 years old and had gotten on the bus in Edmonton. Colwell praised the "extraordinary" level-headedness and bravery of the bus driver and passengers[...]. 2008-08-01T02:26:00-05:00 http://www.frumpzilla.com/index.php/frumpzilla_site/valdosta_georgia_titletown_usa/ http://www.frumpzilla.com/index.php/frumpzilla_site/valdosta_georgia_titletown_usa/#When:16:00:00Z Congratulations, Valdosta.  Winning this ESPN contest is quite an honor, I suppose.  For those of you that don't know, around 50% of my family is from Valdosta, and still down there.  I've spent a lot of time 'round dem parts, and still make it down around two times a year.  Despite that, and my knowledge of the area's remarkable sports history, I was still rather surprised when I heard they'd beat out places like Boston, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Chapel Hill, Green Bay, and so on to win this whole TitleTown thing.  I figure that means that the detached, purely objective observer, as you likely are, is extremely surprised.  Well, assuming that's the case, I felt it would be a pretty good time to drop a little Valdosta/Lowndes County knowledge on ya...Valdosta's ace in its pursuit of the TitleTown crown was its high school football history and tradition, particularly that of Valdosta High School.  Valdosta is the winningest high school football program in the nation, and I suspect by far.  Dating back to 1913, their record is 838-191-34.  That puts the Wildcats as not only the most successful high school football team in the country, but apparently also the 3rd winniest football program of all time, at any level.  Only the University of Michigan and Yale have more wins, and both predate Valdosta High by 30+ years of football. Valdosta's head coach at the time, Mike O'Brien, had this to say about the program back in 2001: "Our program is 86 years old, and has been through 12 head coaches. We have only been below a .500 winning percentage five out of the 86 years. We have accumulated 39 region championships, 23 state championships, and six national championships. Here is a little fact to help you better understand how tough our region is. A team from our region has either won or played for a state championship 40 times in last 52 years. Valdosta is the winningest high school football team in America. Our record is 782-160-33. To put that into a better perspective for you, we could lose every game for the next 60 years and still have a winning percentage above .500. Of course if this were to occur I would no longer be the coach."  A telling statement, I'd say. Okay, well, wins are great, sure, but TitleTown, the name itself, suggests championships, right?  No worries.  Valdosta has plenty to spare. '20, '40, '47, '51, '52, '53, '56, '57, '60, '61, '62, '65, '66, '68, '69, '71, '78, '82, '84, '86, '89, '90, '92, '98 That's 24, in case you weren't counting, with only the first 8 coming in a classification lower than the state's highest. Then of course we have the Lowndes County Vikings, Valdosta's arch rival.  I'm sure they played a part in landing the TitleTown honor.  Lowndes may not have the history of Valdosta, but they've certainly been more dominant as of late, with State Championships in '80, '99, '04, '05, and '07, all while in Georgia's highest classification for high school football. But wait, there's more.  Moving up to the college ranks, the town boasts the Valdosta State University Blazers, Division II football national champions in '04 and '07, runners-up in '02.  VSU also has D-II titles in Tennis ('06) and Baseball ('79). So yeah, if you were just totally taken aback by some, relatively small, relatively anonymous, South Georgia town's victory in this little ESPN contest, hopefully the above bits of trivial knowledge will at least provide you with a somewhat reasonable basis to understand what 29% of the country was on about when they cast their vote for Valdosta.     College Football, The Rest 2008-07-31T16:00:00-05:00 http://www.frumpzilla.com/index.php/frumpzilla_site/josh_childresss_great_escape/ http://www.frumpzilla.com/index.php/frumpzilla_site/josh_childresss_great_escape/#When:01:42:00Z Go Josh. Americans can be out-sourced too.    The NBA season is over but there is some wheeling and dealing going on. Elton Brand is a Sixer. Richard Jefferson is a Buck. (Doesn't that sound derogatory? I guess being a Buck is an insult.)  Corey Maggette is a Warrior. My former fantasy basketball sixth-man Matt Barnes is a Sun. Chris Duhon joins the Apocalypse. Hype man Ronny Turiaf is getting live in the Bay now. TJ Ford is a Pacer. Jermaine O'neal is a Raptor.  Marcus Camby is a Clipper. Talk about getting dissed. Camby was released for cap space and a secound round draft pick. Camby wisely predicts that the draft pick probably won't even make the team. Josh Childress is an Olympiaco. Olympi-who? J-Childs joined a team in Greece. The Hawks offered him $33 milli-ons over five years without including taxes and the Greeks offered $21 milli's in the air after the tax man cometh. Josh did real good. He's gets paid more and in a stronger currency with fringe benefits like free lounging. Good thing the Hawks drafted for the same position for five years in a row. They have been running through forwards. It looks like Team Josh is over. Josh Smith and Josh Childress might be gone.  The big issue is what does this mean for the NBA and future NBA prospects? The high school kids looking through college brochures might be enticed to hit the Euro-league for seven figures instead of dodging freshman classes until the NBA draft while looking for ways to cover up booster scholarships. (Whew, I got winded after reading that sentence again.) Also, what impact will this have on the NBA benches? If a guy can make more money and start in Europe then why would he ride the pine in the NBA gaining no respect or PT. There's some rich people in Russia that could afford to bank-roll some serious basketball squads. What if they went after stars that are losing their home-side appeal like Vince Carter or Jason Kidd? This is an interesting time for the NBA.  This could be bad news for the guys that go undrafted or get cut from NBA squads. It's already hard enough to become a professional basketball player. The last thing they probably want is competition from players with NBA job security.  I hope Josh has some thick skin. It's all peaches and cream right now but those European fans have no boundaries. At least not in soccer where racism is obvious at times.    NBA 2008-07-24T01:42:00-05:00 http://www.frumpzilla.com/index.php/frumpzilla_site/let_them_eat_cake/ http://www.frumpzilla.com/index.php/frumpzilla_site/let_them_eat_cake/#When:13:31:00Z Sometimes you just have to sit back and marvel at the liberal mindset.  According to the article below, a 'non-profit' organization dedicated to helping the homeless has taken it upon itself to both entertain and register the homeless to vote during the Democratic National Convention in Denver, CO next month. "Hundreds of Denver's homeless could be cooling their heels in a movie theater or museum while the Democratic National Convention is in town next month. The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless plans to get 500 movie tickets as well as passes to the Denver Zoo, Denver Museum of Nature and Science and other cultural facilities for the people it helps." Not that I have anything against entertaining bums...really, I am pro-bum-entertaining...whatever keeps them from touching me or openly urinating.  However, there is more....    http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jul/15/homeless-hey-buddy-can-you-spare-movie-ticket-duri/ Evidently, there are two alternate motives for the bum field-trip during the convention: "A two-day voter registration drive is also planned at shelters and health clinics to ensure that metro area homeless people have access to the polls in November." and "Parvensky vigorously denied that there will any attempt to hide the homeless during convention, which runs Aug. 25-28. Tight security around the Pepsi Center means some homeless people will get booted out of their regular camps along the South Platte River. Then, there's the protests and parades. 'A person who typically sits under a tree in a park that is now occupied by 1,000 protesters won't have the peace and quiet they're desiring,' Parvensky said. Particularly those with mental illness can't cope with crowds." In summary, the Dems want to both sign up every tramp, hobo, vagrant and street hustler they can find to vote for B.O., bribe them to do so with trips and activties all while not having to see or smell the before-mentioned outcasts on their way in and out of the convention.    Seriously.  You cannot make this stuff up.  My party of choice is a long ways from perfect but at least we dont resort to such obvious vote-mining as the libs and such blatent hypocracy.  You want to help a person?  Give him food, or better yet, a shower and a way to find a job.  This is degrading.  Secondly, is this the 'informed public' you wish to base a winning election on?  Do these people really have any capacity to select the best person for this job at this critical time in our history?  If a person, given the option, would likely choose a warm, free Colt 45 over an opportunity to vote, I say that person has no business voting at all.  This is why, ultimately, McCain will win in November.  The lib base will be sleeping one off in the park on election day.   -chese  The Rest, Kissed With Apocalypse 2008-07-16T13:31:00-05:00 http://www.frumpzilla.com/index.php/frumpzilla_site/earth_continues_remarkable_dominance_in_miss_universe_competition/ http://www.frumpzilla.com/index.php/frumpzilla_site/earth_continues_remarkable_dominance_in_miss_universe_competition/#When:01:17:01Z Stretches current undefeated streak to 56 years thanks to Venezuela's Dayana Mendoza.  She looks pretty. Miss USA tripped in the evening gown competition for the 2nd year in a row, and the world laughed (I'm sure).  To be fair, had I been watching the competition myself, I'm sure I would have laughed too.  I mean, everyone can appreciate how truly taxing it must be to walk in an evening gown and not bust your ass, right?  Has to rank up there with catching up to that mid nineties fastball when you were really expecting a 12-6 curve, in terms of difficulty.  With that in mind, I'm obviously not trying to say that I could saunter on out there and not pull a Rachel Smith/Crystlle Stewart, not without getting in pageant shape first anyway, but I think we also need to remember that these broads are supposed to be the best of the best.  Unfortunate, and yet funny as hell given the totality of the cirumstances.  Bonus clip of last year's trip and fall after the jump... The Rest 2008-07-15T01:17:01-05:00 http://www.frumpzilla.com/index.php/frumpzilla_site/big_pun_has_been_reincarnated/ http://www.frumpzilla.com/index.php/frumpzilla_site/big_pun_has_been_reincarnated/#When:13:34:01Z Is this fat Iraqi kid the Big Punisher? Don't fuck with this kid. He will dance gangsta down the street next to the US Armed Forces and bitch slap your ass if you disrespect us! Hillarious-ness!  The Rest 2008-07-08T13:34:01-05:00 http://www.frumpzilla.com/index.php/frumpzilla_site/patti/ http://www.frumpzilla.com/index.php/frumpzilla_site/patti/#When:22:54:01Z She had two rock legends under her thumb for twenty odd years. And her time has come. The subject of such classic rock staples as "Something" and "Layla" is now a hideous wench...     2008-07-05T22:54:01-05:00 http://www.frumpzilla.com/index.php/frumpzilla_site/who_wouldve_guessed_it/ http://www.frumpzilla.com/index.php/frumpzilla_site/who_wouldve_guessed_it/#When:21:13:00Z I guess I just missed the boat on this one.  Who's the last person you would expect George Clinton to share a hometown with?Well, the glue between Parliament/Funkadelic and the P-Funk All-Stars was born in Kannapolis, North Carolina.  What!?!?!?!?!?!?  For those of you that do not know, Kannapolis, NC IS the heart of Nascar country.    So if you guessed this guy:     You are CORRECT!!!!!  Now, go back to what you were doing.  Me, I won't be able to.  I'll be in the closet, hiding. 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  R.I.P, Dale. Donk Spotter   NASCAR, Kissed With Apocalypse 2008-06-28T21:13:00-05:00