It's so... kickass.

I'm a big fan of old video games and embrace any efforts to bring the classic gaming experience to my PC. Remember Star Wars, the 1983 video game with the vector graphics and the digital voices based on the 1977 movie? Did you ever see a similarly styled game for Empire Strikes Back? I did... once. It was at the Pietro's on 122nd and Stark in Portland (there no longer). I never got to play it. I learned later that the ESB game was actually a special kit installed in existing Star Wars games. This was done in 1985 during the slump in the video game industry and not a lot of these kits were installed. I only saw the game a second time when I downloaded the emulator ROM. Thanks to the emulator (and an old analog joystick that YMike dropped off some time ago), I was able to play the Empire Strikes Back video game. Click HERE for a great site with background on all Star Wars games.

SCREEN SHOTS FROM "EMPIRE STRIKES BACK" VIDEO GAME

OH, check out GOOCH MAGAZINE. No relation to me, other than that they publish written work. On the other hand, the people involved use terms like "Hail Gooch" and "Gooch On!" Could this be a fanzine for me? They don't mention me by my given name (Johnny Wadd), but with all of the writers praising "Gooch" and stuff... I'm going to run with this fanzine thing.

GOOCH ON! (I guess).

Is Kelly Osbourne hot... or not? Or legal, for that matter. it's weird. She turns 18 next month. Once you turn 18 you have no excuse for covering Madonna songs. NONE!

MSN/Slate: What is an Irish Traveler?

Producers Apologize for Jokes in 'Barbershop'; Jackson Wants Scenes Cut - Hey, Jesse, don't you have some kids to take care of? You've got better things to worry about... trust me.

Ahhhh... so Madelyne Gorman Toogood is an Irish Traveller. You know what an Irish Traveller is? Me neither. However, I've done some research and concluded that they're pretty much fucking Gypsies. "Gypsies," as one of my most militant anti-racist friends once said, "happen to be the one people that lives up to their stereotype." They shoplift, rip people off, scam people, and move around the country to avoid prosecution/lawsuits/reposession of their cars. Toogood, for example, had driver's licenses in three different states.The Toyota Sequoia in which Toogood was taped beating her kid was, according to experts, likely bought on credit and never paid for - a lack of permanent address would foil reposession.

The state of Indiana should keep Toogood's kid in an effort to keep a future criminal off the streets. There's no doubt in my mind that Toogood's daughter, Martha, was beaten because she foiled a shoplifting attempt in Kohl's department store. Madelyne Toogood was arrested in a Kohl's in Texas six months earlier for shoplifting.

Oh... I could go on. We all have "Gypsy stories." Email them to me. I don't condone hatred of any people, but I also don't condone a way of life where ripping people off, beating kids, and just being a general nuisance to Society is the norm. I say "beating kids" because the clan to which Toogood belongs did nothing to bring her or her daughter to the police. Crime against children is the most reprehensible. I hope that the appropriate authorities do the appropriate fucking with these people.

YOU CAN'T BEAT SHOPPING AT KOHL'S!

Whoa... I need to NOT drink Jack Daniels in the morning. MAILENABLE is a great email server. Mail Washer is the anti-spam software.

I cleaned out the office. Again. I literally threw out about 60 pounds of old magazines, boxes, and one custom made shirt that I had yet to take out of the shipping box. The room still looks too small, but I'll deal with it.

Meanwhile, I've been battling spam on my computer. A great tool is MailEnable, which you should check out. I'm thinking about building a filter (one of the options of MailEnable) to get rid of the spam I've been accumulating. I think if I exclude the following words from incoming emails then I'll be alright: incest, ince$t, animal sex, DVD, teen, teens, MILF, copy DVDs, auctions, Your computer isn't safe, Erase your internet tracks, your computer is spying on you, X10, spycam, IRS, etc...

In other news: Madelyne Gorman Toogood, the woman who was caught beating her kid on a security camera has pleaded "not guilty" to felony battery to a child. I hope she's been able to find the attorneys that got Rodney King's "LA Four" off. It'll be her only hope. Read the CNN interview HERE

NO WIRE HANGERS!