Thurston Blogging

Flash Gordon invades Family Guy

Since I cannot sleep, I'm watching Flash Gordon on my XBOX 360 via Netflix.  Since Family Guy decided to parody this epic film in a recent episode, I had to watch this again.  Here is the video from Family Guy:


Here is the original:

Sitting in the basement

I'm working on formatting my Dad's PC, downloading drivers for the motherboard.

XBOX Live now has a new feature that allows you to instantly download movies from Netflix.  My first instant movie?  Team America: World Police.  It was that or Fletch.

Culpepper or Stanton? Who cares

What set of numbers are more significant, 38-14 or 0-9?  The Detroit Lions lost to an average Jacksonville Jaguars team yesterday.  Jacksonville looked like a Super Bowl squad yesterday, with a running back that had 3 first-half touchdowns, and a quarterback that was lifted for his backup in the fourth quarter.  Not because of poor play, for the fact that his team was so far ahead that he was no longer needed.

The Lions played two quarterbacks as well, Duante Culpepper was one.  he made his first start for the Lions yesterday after being with the team less than one week.  In the first quarter, he was sacked and threw a pick.  Drew Stanton also played, which was the first time he's taken the field for the Lions in the regular season.  While he threw a touchdown to a backup TE, he was assaulted mercielessly all day.  He was sacked brutally 5 times in the fourth quarter alone.

The offense managed one additional score yesterday, on a solid run by the rookie Kevin "Silent Bob" Smith.  If he had an offensive line that could run block, Smith may develop into a solid running back.  Calvin Johnson caught two deep balls, but missed on a few additional plays.  The organization and even the media have hailed this cat for the past two years, as the next Randy Moss.  While I hope that's the case, he needs consistency in the QB, line, opposite receiver and play calling to truly be great.

And the Defense?  I can't say much about them withour throwing my laptop.  Sounds like both defensive ends DeVries and White were dinged up against Jacksonville and will not play this weekend.  Awesome. 

The worst team in the NFL gets the first pick in the next college football draft.  We're playing so poorly, I hope that they award the Lions the first 2 picks.

Howard Stern on the Magic Hour

It's so hard for me to believe that it's been over 10 years since Howard Stern appeared on the Magic Hour, hosted by Magic Johnson.  While, surprisingly, Magic's career as a talk show host did not last long, Howard Stern has continued to shine as the King of All Media. 

The show starts with a performance by The Losers, wailing out "Wipeout".  From there, it goes downhill.

Watch the first part of the episode here:

My Trip to Soldier Field

First off, sorry for the lack of posts lately.  No excuse, just been an odd combination between busy and lazy.

Over the past weekend, I went to visit my friend Mike in Chicago.  He and I went to watch our beleaguered Detroit Lions take on the Chicago Bears at historic Soldier Field.  The stadium is a mix of old and new architecture - bold columns surround a new stadium that looks like a mirrored space ship.

We were treated to an exciting game.  The Lions had a solid offensive game plan, and a 10 point lead at half.  After going down by 4 points late in the fourth quarter, the Lions had a chance to win on the very last play.  Dan Orlovsky threw a pass deep to the right corner of the end zone, only to see it knocked down.

Here are a few photos I took on Sunday: