tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14934438386045177032011-11-27T18:50:45.298-06:00One guy's thoughts on pro wrestling, martial arts and life in general.Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479448996485419767noreply@blogger.comBlogger761100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493443838604517703.post-9875494176740646262010-04-05T22:12:00.002-05:002010-04-05T22:15:45.789-05:00

WWE vs. TNA in ReviewSince TNA aired one hour earlier tonight, that means we got three hours of wrestling.For some reason, TNA was obsessed with keys tonight. And it wasn't even spread out either. Right after a match where four Knockouts got keys, Mr. Anderson won the key to the cage at Lockdown.We also finalized the Lethal Lockdown lineup. Over on RAW, WWE had a more common theme - that is,

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WWE vs. TNA in ReviewLast week I thought TNA dominated RAW in the ring. I'm not sure about in-ring action tonight, but WWE had more of my interest. Since everybody else is posting their thoughts on the retirement of Shawn Michaels, here's mine:When I was 13 years old, I found out Shawn Michaels was coming to a Peoria Rivermen game. I'd never met a wrestler in person before. And who better to

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Please post a comment below with your thoughts! And don't forget to share/retweet!I've done my best to come up with my predictions for the Super Bowl of wrestling this Sunday, WrestleMania 26. I realized too late that most of my booking was done logically (or so I think), and there is lots in professional wrestling that defies logic.The card is arranged as to how I feel the matches should be

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NXT in ReviewIf you're catching this on Hulu sometime over the next few days, you can watch all the wrestling in about 15 minutes. No vignettes that we haven't seen before and no shocking news.The matches weren't bad, but this show was heavily used to pump WrestleMania.Next week, the pros vote.Heath Slater & Justin Gabriel d. Skip Sheffield & Wade Barrett by pinfall when Slater pinned

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WWE vs. TNA in ReviewTNA Impact blew WWE RAW out of the water tonight! TNA had way more exciting matches and I thought the show, on the whole, was the best of the three since moving to Mondays.RAW had a lot of build toward WrestleMania, which was good. But it's all stuff we knew about - no exciting curveballs, no new matches. So, as far as the unpredictability factor, TNA won. I think as far

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Sorry for this being late. I went out Tuesday night while NXT was on and had to wait till Hulu put it up. NXT in ReviewThis week's focus was on the rookies trying to impress their pros. Not that it never is, but we found out this week that the votes will be cast in two weeks. Exactly what the votes will be based on is unknown, though Michael Cole and Josh Matthews were paying more attention to

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Monday Night Wars in ReviewWHERE THE HELL WAS THE STONE COLD STUNNER?! I think RAW won tonight. TNA was just too scattered. Heels I thought were babyfaces and vice-versa...what gives?RAW seemed like a more focused show, probably because of WrestleMania coming up.Anyway, here's the thoughts on the shows as they unfolded.Monday Night Wars: Shot By ShotWe started out watching RAW because of the

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Instead of doing the blog as a play-by-play with opinions, I'm going to offer strictly my thoughts on the show as it unfolds. Anybody can see the show as it unfolds, but nobody is going to think about the show exactly the same. Plus, it might shorten up the length a little bit. SmackDown in ReviewCM Punk continues to dominate on the microphone, displaying his singing skills tonight while

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NXT in ReviewI liked this show a lot better than last week's. I think the Miz and Daniel Bryan have an interesting dynamic. In hindsight, not pairing Bryan with William Regal is probably better for him at this point. The Miz is becoming a hot commodity in the WWE and fans just want to see him get his ass kicked by somebody. I'm really digging a match between these two down the road.This show

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The past couple weeks I've been posting reviews on WWE RAW without having looked at TNA Impact. I don't watch Impact because I'm typically in class for the first half.But tonight, I sat with some friends to watch the official kickoff of the new Monday Night Wars.Of course, if you recall, January 4 was a record night for TNA, shaped by lots of surprises and the official debut of the Hulk Hogan

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NXT in Review:We finally got to see the rest of the rookies this week. Justin Gabriel got beat up a lot before hitting a nice 450 splash. Wade Barrett dominated Daniel Bryan, and Skip Sheffield seemed like a mix of fun and ridiculous.While Daniel Bryan by far had the best showing of anybody to date last week, they didn't follow that up very well this week, I thought. Not only was Bryan defeated

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Special note: I will be blogging on TNA's live Impact special on Monday, March 8. I will either DVR or probably skip my usual RAW review. I just have the feeling that Impact will have a much bigger feel to it. Please follow me on Twitter to stay up to date!Word hit the Internet today that Rob Van Dam has signed with TNA Wrestling in time for their second time pitting TNA Impact head to head

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In case you missed it, WWE released some folks over the weekend.Talents included Paul Burchill, Charlie Haas, referee Scott Armstrong, and two I've met and gotten autographs from: Shane Helms and Maria.Who knows what will end up happening to these folks? One would think TNA is counting down those 90 days. The wrestlers are all pretty sound in the ring. And Maria is looking to expose herself to

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If you like this, PLEASE retweet, share with your friends and post your comments!SmackDown Thoughts - 2/26/10First of all, let's just clear up that I normally don't devote time to watch SmackDown for a variety of reasons - for a long time it was work, and now it's either homework or something else. But I stayed up late tonight since it was pre-empted in my area because the guys at PWinsider say

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NXT in Review Tonight was the debut of WWE NXT, billed as the next evolution in wrestling.  It did some different things - not using a hard camera, interviewing a rookie during his pro's match and utilizing a host (who did nothing more than act as a backstage correspondent). As far as momentum, only one rookie got it as far as I'm concerned.  Clearly, Daniel Bryan will be the star of this show.

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RAW in Review Tonight's RAW cemented two WrestleMania matches and left us to wonder when a third would be confirmed.  We immediately found out who Edge was going to face at WrestleMania, and we've got two things to look forward to next week.  On the downside, ShowMiz make fools of themselves despite winning a match, and nothing is really done to further their characters.  Plus we had a really

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I got to catch the Royal Rumble last night.  I won't go into details about the match or event as a whole, but here's a few quick observations. -I don't buy the Rey Mysterio character.  Never have, never will.  The underdog thing doesn't do it for me.  But, despite that, I loved seeing Rey hit two 619s on Taker to show that Taker probably wouldn't go down with just one. -Why was the Royal Rumble

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In my 2+ years at the grocery store, I've had the (sometimes mis)fortune of meeting a lot of old people.  I'm aware that the world, as a whole, is an aging culture, as taught to me several years ago in my sociology class with one fantastic senior citizen in Mr. Chuck Leonard.  But for how a town that boasts a high school fed by multiple districts, there are a hell of a lot of old people here.

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For photos, click here! Results from RAW Live Sunday, January 24, 2010 Assembly Hall - Champaign, IL 1.  Chris Masters d. ??? with the Master Lock.  We arrived as this match was ending and I couldn't quite see who Masters was wrestling. 2.  Mark Henry & Evan Bourne d. Legacy after a slam from Henry.  I thought Legacy did a lot of good classic (ie, "vintage") heel moves (a sore knee from Ted

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I've had the opportunity to be at a few parties in my day.  As normal as some of the behavior is to me (headbanging, moshing, property damage, violently screaming, rented wheelchairs), I realize it's got to be shocking for the typical beer pong player to witness some of this. My friends have asked me a lot lately, as somebody who chooses to stay sober, what a party with them is like.  My

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I just went to the store to pick up some apple cider.  That stuff is just too good.  As I was checking out, one of the checkers asked me when I start school again.  In a haze, I forgot what day it was.  But it wasn't going to do me any good to remember when this lady kept shouting "Tuesday!  It's Tuesday!" in the next lane.  I looked over to see a woman about my height, probably in her late 30s

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Last night, TNA brought the war against WWE with lots of familiar faces, some fun action, and a good amount of homegrown talent. WWE countered this with the return of who they call the almost mythical Bret "the Hitman" Hart.  As far as wrestling lore goes, aside from the Undertaker and Kane, the Bret Hart controversy was one of my favorite stories.  As I tried to defend the reality of Montreal

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Below are my Top 9 favorite memories.  This is 2009 in review. 1&2.  David's wedding week / New Year's Eve I've covered David's wedding week and the Jingle Bell in December's Top 5.  3.  Nidan I've covered my nidan test and promotion in rather small detail here and here.  Having had some time to look back, it really seemed to be my last big hurrah with Metamora Martial Arts for the time

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1.  David's wedding 2.  Jingle Bell Run 3.  Christmas 4.  New Year's Eve 5.  Finishing another semester December was a busy month for me, with lots of surprises, lots of goals accomplished and lots of laughs. 1.  David's wedding I found out Monday night that the friend I've known the longest, Mr. David O'Shea, was getting married...Wednesday morning.  I thought everybody was messing with me

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Of all the wrestling biographies I've read, I didn't like this one as much as the others. For a man as traveled as Dusty Rhodes, I thought he still left a lot to be desired. There were a lot of things that I thought he could have elaborated on for somebody who wasn't alive during the time period in which he was at the top of his game.  He would mention that he made a lot of money with so-and-so

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PWinsider is reporting that changes are coming for ECW. According to sources in the company, SyFy has noticed the fading ratings for the series since its debut and with the current TV deal expiring shortly, WWE is making moves to "freshen" the show up and work with the network to improve the ratings.  There was talk of a magazine style show that went nowhere and the most recent pitch I've

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My top 5 returns!  Mainly because the past couple months apparently haven't produced 5 sweet happenings... Here's the quick preview, in no particular order - actually, yes, in order. 5. getting to karate (for one night only) 4. finishing some crucial homework 3. Megadeth 2. seeing old friends 1. Thanksgiving 5. Getting to karate (for one night only) I decided to show up relatively

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I'm converting over to a new layout that I made. It's not spectacular, but I want to be able to say I designed a blog theme and had a legitimate use for it. I'll have it finished by Tuesday.

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My spring schedule was finalized this morning. Woo! All my classes are on Tuesday and Thursday. RLS 200-01 Contemporary Religion in the United States Fuller 9-10:15 COM 360-01 Digital Journalism Netzley 10:30-11:45 IM 313 Intermediate IM Authoring McGill 1:30-2:45 COM 302 Computer-Assisted Reporting Netzley 3-4:15 IM 465 Advanced Web Design Mr. Staff 6:30-7:45 It'll be a long day on

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So I thought I'd post about things I'm stoked about... I'm going to Ireland in May. I don't think that made the blog yet. I should probably shave sometime soon so I look like I normally do for my passport picture. The Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis is less than a month away. Our team is titled, "The Return of the Holiday Heroes: The Team Formerly Known as Team Slayer." This is my first

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A lot of us had a good laugh in my reporting class about the fact that something like this would make it into a textbook. We all laughed about "the Celtic Lord of the Dead" line and a few people wanted to include it in their stories. When asked if anybody actually did, I was the only one to raise my hand. Comparing American breweries, distilleries, and vineyards to Samhain, the Celtic Lord of

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Three years ago today was my official promotion to black belt. In looking back, it seems like it's been a lot longer than that. Three years ago I was a senior in high school. Three years ago I was still working at Didley's. Three years ago I was watching wrestling. Well, that part didn't really change. I've had the opportunity to do a lot of things because of my promotion since then, like

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I took an MMA class for the first time ever with Justin on Saturday. My right butt cheek still hurts from all the falling we did during takedowns. I'm glad I've taken 6 years of karate and watched just enough UFC to know kind of what's happening. Despite the techniques I did recognize, putting them to use in an entirely different way was fun and challenging. For example, utilizing a rear

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August was pretty uneventful, so there's no Top 5. Here's what happened... I went to Chicago on the Amtrak early on with Gabby and Jackie. Jackie had family passes to Shedd Aquarium where I got to be her brother and Gabby was our little sister. We got those suckers good. Only stayed about an hour before walking up to and around Navy Pier before eventually strolling alllll the way back to

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With a week left until I start classes again, I thought it's time to take a look back at the summer that was 2009. I looked back on an old blog post to see what I'd kept up with.Take 2 classesDone. Computers & Society, as well as Foundations of Interactive Digital Entertainment. Got an A in both.Continue working at the IGA and mow to make some scrilllllllllllllllaaaaaaa.Scrilla made. My

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Another month, another top 5! Finishing summer classes I finished my second class early on in July, leaving me free to spend my summer doing whatever I want. This class was fun for me - Foundations of Interactive Digital Entertainment. It was essentially 5 weeks to produce the biggest research project I've ever completely, and the book was intriguing. Good class...would take again.

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Short of The Undertaker, Kane is, in my estimation, one of the more unique attractions that currently decorates the WWE roster. Despite a less-than-thrilling push over the past year, Kane has an interesting history. The backstory is quite possibly the best. As a child, Kane was burned badly in a fire started by his brother, The Undertaker. From what was presented on the DVD, The Undertaker's

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For kama and high quality Weapons, shop the web's #1 martial arts retailer, KarateDepot.com. Save big with $2.95 shipping every day.

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This DVD is a must-have for WWE fans of the last ten years. The Edge character was new when I first started watching wrestling in the late 90s. For me, I've been a fan since I saw him, and I remember my first Edge action figure was really simple with black pants (the decor on his tights probably wore off; I think there was gold designs). I won't waste the time talking about every single match,

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Promotion Relay For Life made it official. June 5, 2009, is the day I was officially promoted to 2nd degree black belt and received the title of "Deshi," though nobody calls me that. In all actuality, the Relay was boring this year. I opted not to participate for so long this year, showing up around 1 and leaving around 5:30 or 6. It was mostly an afternoon of deciding I was officially burnt

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I asked a few friends what would happen if they were to die tomorrow. They were pretty much horrified about this grave thought. None of them said they were ready.Oddly enough, while I don't wish that these are my last moments and this isn't my last blog, I would be content with going. I feel I've done a lot in 20 years (especially the past six). I've seen most of the US, been part of an

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The scene boards have posted a Top 5 of May, so I thought I'd take the concept and put some more detail into it. 1. Final Shows / End of an Era Black the Sky and Devil's Pie's final Peoria shows. May 9 was an awesome headbangin' time at Johnny's Coffee House with them, Black Teeth, and the Serpent Son. End of an Era in Chicago with DP and Dead to Fall's final shows...the other bands I'd

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Summer so far has been awesome. In the past week alone... -passed my nidan test -saw WWE in Bloomington (these were done the same day...how awesome) -played frisbee back-to-back nights and I'm improving my game. -much time spent enjoying swing sets -chilled in Byram's pool for 3 hours -getting homework done at my own pace I'll be in Chicago on Sunday for Dead to Fall / Devil's Pie's final

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So I've seen a few Facebook posts about summer lists, and I wanted to make a list of my own. -take 2 classes (1 has already started) -continue working at the IGA and mow to make some scrilllllllllllllllaaaaaaa. -teach myself to play something on the guitar...I'm thinking the intro to "Seek and Destroy" -Teach the little kids and help out with the high schoolers. Plus keep up with my own

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P5160280 Originally uploaded by abocklerOverall, I'd say this show was enjoyable. The main complaint that my friends and I had is that there were a lot of restholds in most of the matches. The best explanation I could give is that there is a PPV tomorrow and they were trying to lessen the chances of injury. This was WWE's first show at the US Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington, IL. 1. CM Punk

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http://chikarayokosuka.blogspot.com/2009/05/paper.html That is the link to a semester-long field research project I did with somebody else. Essentially, we found how a sense of community is achieved through a virtual world.

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Your first day on Twitter can be rough. Twittering's still a brand new thing to a lot of people, and a lot of people have Twitterfails. Nobody on Twitter on Friday, though, got as much attention as Oprah, who tweeted for the first time. read more | digg story

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There are good and bad futures of journalism, and we’ll likely see a mix. Going the bad route first, let’s talk about ownership. Only three out of the top ten media giants in the world own newspapers – Cox Enterprises, Bertelsmann, and News Corp. They own papers outside the United States, where the death of print isn’t quite so forthcoming. The majority are entertainment companies and may

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So what is technology currently doing with, for, or to journalism? It depends on how you look at it. Some think print’s death is inevitable, and others think that old and new media should work together. This first topic of citizen journalism could be and probably already is the topic of a plethora of books. Citizen journalism can be a multitude of things, but for this presentation I will

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I wrote this paper for my journalistic writing class. I actually had fun doing it and am proud of my work. I will post in three installments. “This instrument can teach, it can illuminate, and yes, it can inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise it is nothing but wires and lights in a box.” Edward R. Murrow said this of the

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The music video we did with Brent Brannon has been added, and so has the Horizon Wireless commercial. Head to See -> Videos on the main page.

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New content! This site should run okay now.Projects to come soon - Horizon Wireless commercial, Back to the Future remake (maybe)Projects probably coming in April - Second Life field research blog (more content / assignments to be added), stimulus news story, essay on the Internet and its effects of journalism

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THERE IS NO CONTENT RIGHT NOW, so hang tight.

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hahahaha

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Hilarious

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It's been on my mind since probably October 23, 2006. I've trained a pretty decent amount here at home and I've been at the school at nearly every achievable opportunity. But yesterday I finally got a timeframe for testing for my 2nd degree black belt. Early May 2009. It's been a long time coming. My two year minimum was up in October 2008, and because of my weak class schedule at Bradley I

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This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

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-Jon's cookout at his grandparents' in May-Seeing At the Gates, Municipal Waste, The Sword, Down, and Metallica-Bob's and Jon's 4th of July parties, including leaving Jon's at 2:30 and subsequently getting pulled over as the only car on the road.-seeing Lewis Black with Matt and two other dudes whose names I forget. -working for Scot - always a blast.Goodbye, 2008.

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The Red Cross along with seven local bars are encouraging designated drivers to drink up this New Year's Eve. In an effort to promote sober driving among revelers in central Illinois...participating bars and restaurants will provide nonalcoholic beverages free to designated drivers...read more | digg story

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2008 was a big year for Metamora Martial Arts. For nearly a year we’d been planning on an open tournament, and on April 5, 2008, we did just that. Eight schools, 70+ divisions, 100+ competitors. Lucky for me, I was put in charge of a ring for the first time, and I think I did a good job. Not great, but for first-time, on-the-job training, I don’t think I did too bad. Here’s to another awesome

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I’ve blogged several times about my solo venture to Bound for Glory in October, so I’ll just leave it at that. Since then, the storylines have helped back up the Nash turn on Joe and Sting’s subsequent win, but I still disagree with taking Joe out of the title picture and having a different member of the Front Line try to take Sting’s title. But, whatever.http://www.adambockler.com/see/raster/

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Harvester of Sorrow vs. Stone Cold Steve Adam (c) - Metamora Backyard Wrestling ChampionshipBob “Hit and Run” Dixon and I have found throughout the course of our friendship that both of us were big wrestling fans during the industry’s boom periods of the late 90s. I can remember sitting with him and Ryan and Wes in graphic arts in high school and talking about all that stuff, with the only name

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I was going to do this in individual segments, but didn't want to waste space with separate blogs that didn't really need any division. So here is roughly a recap of the first quarter of the year.Swingram’s NYE BashSo I guess there is really no way to talk about the year 2008 unless we take a look back at the New Year’s Eve party that was…Swingram’s New Year’s Eve Bash 2K7.Sam had informed us of

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The end of the semester is here and I'm pretty calm about the whole thing, actually. We finished up our audio final, and I'm getting good enough a grade in there I don't need to take the final. COM 101 will only cover material since the last exam, and MM 213 and ART 205 are final projects coupled with quizzes.The end of the semester marks the end of my absence from karate at the high school.

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The Metallica tour rolled into Moline last night, complete with The Sword and Down. THAT WAS JUST YOUR LIFE END OF THE LINE FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS HARVESTER OF SORROW ONE BROKEN, BEAT & SCARRED CYANIDE SAD BUT TRUE WHEREVER I MAY ROAM THE FOUR HORSEMEN THE DAY THAT NEVER COMES MASTER OF PUPPETS BLACKENED NOTHING ELSE MATTERS ENTER SANDMAN LAST CARESS BREADFAN SEEK AND DESTROY So good!! I

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Last night was the eighth year in a row I've hosted a cookout in my backyard, and because of all the events that unfolded, it will be forever known as the 8th Annual Bockler Cookout: Escape from Metamora. It was undoubtedly the craziest one to ever take place. One of my favorite moments that I think gets overlooked is the fact that Rick Ta Life threatened Beau's life. RICK TA LIFE! Well,

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So awesome. Go see it if you like to laugh. Adam had a good time too.Also today I taught two self-defense classes to high school freshmen girls. The first hour went okay, but the second class was pretty snobby, man. I taught one particular move, and a girl basically told me she thought the class was worthless because I couldn't teach her everything. I wanted to tell her if she didn't like it

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With Sting's capture of the TNA World title for three years in a row at the same pay-per-view, you really wonder if TNA is bound for glory or doomed to failure. Maybe that's a harsh way to put it, but like I wrote in my last blog, who better than Samoa Joe to lead wrestling today and into the future than somebody who can work a style like the X-Division and just as well with a guy like Sting.

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Back in August, I went with some friends to see Lewis Black. Lewis had an all new set, and throughout the night, gave us the theme of anticipation. Amidst jokes and other ramblings, he said the best part about doing anything is the anticipation of actually doing the activity. I knew when I had Lewis and the other hilarious girl he was with sign my ticket and I got a crappy picture on my cell

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Blue is one of the most used colors in web design, therefore it’s hard to stand out from the sea of competition out there. This collection showcases some of the best, unique, creative designs that utilize shades of blue as a primary color and theme.read more | digg story

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SEPTEMBER 30--Meet Michele Allen. The Ohio woman, 30, was arrested Saturday night after she got liquored up and began chasing kids and blocking traffic in her Middletown neighborhood.read more | digg story

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In eleven days' time, I'm Bound For Glory when I head to Hoffman Estates to check out the best pay-per-view Total Nonstop Action has to offer. Samoa Joe vs. Sting, Angle vs. Jarrett with MICK FOLEY as the special guest enforcer, and a big Monster's Ball match. Up until June, I thought I had seen the best live action a wrestling company could produce. For a decade, WCW and WWE brought me

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Wanna see a magic trick? I'll make your retirement funds... disappear...read more | digg story

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The late-night comedian was none too pleased that McCain decided to bail on an appearance on the “Late Show” tonight so he could rush back to Washington to deal with the economic crisis –- particularly since he stopped and gave an interview to CBS News anchor Katie Couric along the way.read more | digg story

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So I've set up this blog. In redesigning my webpage, I can't find a template that will match my page exactly, but this is close. I might edit it in the future to match but for now, this is how it will work.The new site is coming along awesome. So far all I've done is make some mock-ups - no actual pages with actual content - but I really like the look. It's technically for my next project in

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