Great Tune

Ive discovered this new band called Dragon Force. Their guitar is amazing, the shredding they do is unbelievable. After i picked my jaw up from the floor, i found thier lyrics for the song, through the fire and the flames, here they are:

Dragon Force - Through The Fire And The Flames Lyrics

On a cold winter morning, in the time before the light
In
flames of death's eternal reign we ride towards the
fight
And the darkness is falling down and the times are
tough all right
The sound of evil laughter falls around the
world tonight

Fighting high, fighting on for the
steel
Through the wastelands evermore
The scattered
souls will feel the hell that is wasted on the
shores

On the blackest waves in history
We watch
them as they go
Through fire, pain and once again we
know

So now we fly ever free
We're free before
the thunderstorm
On towards the wilderness our quest carries
on
Far beyond the sundown, far beyond the moonlight
Deep
inside our hearts and all our souls


So far
away we wait for the day
For the lights are so wasted and
gone
We feel the pain of a lifetime lost in a thousand
days
Through the fire and the flames we carry on

As
the red day is dawning
And the lightning cracks the
sky
They raise their hands to the heavens above
As we
send them to their lies
Running back through the mid-morning
light
There's a burning in my heart
We're
banished from the time in the fallen land
To a light beyond
the stars

In the blackest dreams we do believe
Our
destiny this time
And endlessly we'll all be free
tonight

And on the wings of a dream
So far beyond
reality
All alone in desperation
Now the time is
gone

Lost inside you'll never find
Lost within
my own mind
Day after day this misery must go
on


Now here we stand with their blood
on our hands
We've fought so hard now can we
understand?
I'll break the seal of this curse if I
possibly can
For freedom of every man

These lyrics are so real, there is something about them that makes me relate to this 100%, its crazy coming from a band like this. I love it, you can find meaning in every type of music, not just christian stuff.

AWESOME GUITAR PLAYING!

Check this out, and watch the whole thing, the end parts are retarded, in a good way. You'll wet yourself.

Why Halo 2 Sucks

Watch this video, you'll see why less and less people are playing this game

A Great Message

Read This:

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -- Pope Benedict said in his Christmas message on Monday that mankind, which has reached other planets and worships technology, cannot live without God or turn its back on the hungry.

It was shameful that in "this age of plenty and unbridled consumerism" many remained deaf to the "heart-rending cry" of those dying of hunger, thirst, disease, poverty, war and terrorism.

In his "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) message, he made a heartfelt appeal for peace and justice in the Middle East, an end to the "brutal violence" in Iraq and a solution to fratricidal conflicts in Darfur and other parts of Africa.

"Does a 'Saviour' still have any value and meaning for the men and women of the third millennium?" he asked in his address to tens of thousands of people in a sunny St. Peter's Square.

"Is a 'Saviour' still needed by a humanity which has reached the moon and Mars and is prepared to conquer the universe; for a humanity which knows no limits in its pursuit of nature's secrets and which has succeeded even in deciphering the marvelous codes of the human genome?"

"Is a Saviour needed by a humanity which has invented interactive communication, which navigates in the virtual ocean of the Internet and, thanks to the most advanced modern communications technologies, has now made the Earth, our great common home, a global village?"

The Pope, marking the second Christmas season of his pontificate, said that while 21st century man appeared to be a master of his own destiny, "perhaps he needs a saviour all the more" because much of humanity still suffered.

"People continue to die of hunger and thirst, disease and poverty, in this age of plenty and of unbridled consumerism," he said from the central balcony of Christendom's largest church.

"Some people remain enslaved, exploited and stripped of their dignity; others are victims of racial and religious hatred, hampered by intolerance and discrimination, and by political interference and physical or moral coercion with regard to the free profession of their faith," he said.

"Others see their own bodies and those of their dear ones, particularly their children, maimed by weaponry, by terrorism and by all sorts of violence, at a time when everyone invokes and acclaims progress, solidarity and peace for all," he said.

In his address, the Pope also made a reference to the controversial case of Piergiorgio Welby, a paralyzed Italian man who was denied a Catholic service because he had asked to die.

"What are we to think of those who choose death in the belief that they are celebrating life?" he said.

Taken from CNN.com

This is the message that the Pope gave to the world last night, and its one of the better ones ive heard lately from him. Call it what you wanna call it, this message hits the roots of culture and society, it asks the question, Does God even FIT anymore in the world today? Certainly not in our western consumerisitic and capitalistic culture he doesnt, and its hard for even him to get himself back into it.

Some people dont like the idea of the Pope and therefore dismiss his messages, Why? Hes influential, whop-ti-do if hes catholic, they are in the same boat we are. They are christians too, they just do things different, just like every denomination. His messages, unlike others ive heard in various institutions over the years, are relevant, and thought provoking. (I wouldnt be writing this if he didnt make me think)

I sat up last night playing some poker and looking for Landscape backgrounds from Europe for my desktop. I was listening to some pretty epic music, stuff you would hear when you were in such a place being conveying on these desktops. You could say i had a God moment but i hate saying that, so i had a cool experience. From the images i saw i could see how real God was, and how cool he made things. Some of these landscapes were breathtaking. Epic, if you will.

Not many people i know care about this stuff, or at least dont say it, its generally uncool. Who cares, i am what i am. I was watching the CNN presents After Jesus, and honestly, the mysterious, traditional Jesus that was in the early days of the church, is more appealing then the buddy Jesus that is protrayed today. Im supposed to Fear God, in a good way (or maybe not), but nevertheless fear him. I dont anymore, and thats because it almost seems that God is equal to us, hes our best bud. Thats all fine and dandy but what happened to a powerful protrayal of God, one that can strike fear into man, and also show amazing love as well. God is all powerful, ill just say hes the ultimate ass-kicker, and the ultimate lover. God, to me, is more then just my bud. Hes power, physical power. Hes Mysterious, and i like it. I dont feel i need to know everthing about him anymore.

I guess what im trying to say is that people forget about God, and not just at this time, in fact people remember Jesus the most at this time, but fall too consumerism at the same time. When i was watching that CNN presents comments i heard where "this is boring" and "turn the hockey back on". Ahh, makes sense i guess, now who would wanna learn about their God, or who their religion came to be? Christianity has become consumer-oriented, like christmas. Screw the background stuff, just embrace the here and now and you'll get through it no problem. Come on, history is beautiful, the Bible isnt the only history thats been recorded, wake the hell up people. The bible coincides with alot of other history at the time. Theres a reason why they now have an archielogical bible (Best Bible ever) My guess is that most people wouldnt be able to explain to me the above picture, and all its symbols. Most probably couldnt even point out what those symbols are.

So this Christmas i will spend some time learning more about God, finding out how this all came to be. And ill revere God on this day and revel in his mystery. Today i wont look at him as my buddy, but as a God, like the Romans looked at their Gods. Because it seems to be the only way to see the true POWER of God, without watering him down as your buddy buddy. Today i will stand in awe of God, i will forget the consumer christmas and remember the Chrisitan Christmas and remember the only gift il ever need.

Goal of The Week!

I cant stand Didier Drogba, he cant speak properly, hes a cheat, he dives, he seems to forget he dives even tho he says he dives, hes an idiot. But this week he has made the goal of the week, and ill give him some credit, it was an alright goal. Matthew Taylor gets this weeks Honorable Mention.

The Dog's Goal


Taylors Cracker

Heres the Results from the weekend!

Mon - 18 Dec 06

Fulham 2 1 M'brough

Sun - 17 Dec 06

Everton 2 3 Chelsea

Man City 1 2 Tot'ham

West Ham 1 0 Man Utd

Sat 16 Dec 06

Aston Villa 0 1 Bolton

Arsenal 2 2 Portsmouth

Newcastle 2 1 Watford

Reading 1 2 Blackburn

Wigan 0 1 Sheff Utd

Charlton 0 3 Liverpool

LEAGUE TABLE

Team Pld Pts
Man Utd 18 44
Chelsea 18 42
Liverpool 18 31
Arsenal 18 30
Bolton 18 30
Portsmouth 18 29
Tottenham 18 28
Reading 18 26
Aston Villa 18 25
Everton 18 24
Fulham 18 23
Wigan 18 22
Newcastle 18 22
Man City 18 20
Sheff Utd 18 20
Blackburn 17 19
M'brough 18 17
West Ham 18 17
Charlton 18 12
Watford 17 11

Top Scorers

Didier Drogba Chelsea 10
Nwankwo Kanu Portsmouth 9
Wayne Rooney Manchester United 8
Louis Saha Manchester United 8
Kevin Doyle Reading 8
Thierry Henry Arsenal 6
Gareth Barry Aston Villa 6
Benni McCarthy Blackburn Rovers 6
Darren Bent Charlton Athletic 6
Frank Lampard Chelsea 6

Funny Pics!

Fat Frank

Champions League Draw

The champions League Draw happened today and i almost soiled myself, BARCELONA ZOMG. Anyways, its better this way, i rather beat the best team first, major boost of confidence. Heres the rest of the match-ups.

Draw for the Champions League first knockout round:

Porto (Portugal) v Chelsea (England)

Celtic (Scotland) v AC Milan (Italy)

PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) v Arsenal (England)

Lille (France) v Manchester United (England)

Roma (Italy) v Lyon (France)

Barcelona (Spain) v Liverpool (England)

Real Madrid (Spain) v Bayern Munich (Germany)

Inter Milan (Italy) v Valencia (Spain)

1st legs: February 20-21 2nd legs: March 6-7

LOL Chelsea In Training, Makes you Wonder!

Great Stuff

Jamie Carragher

Alright, this is probably one of the best underated defenders in the game, and not becuase hes on Liverpool either. This is his first League goal in 7 years, the last one coming in 1999. The smile on his face after he scored is one of pure happiness, it was priceless and great to see someone that works so hard to get a goal he deserves more then once every 7 years.

Goal of the Week

As much as i hate Chelsea i have to give it to Michael Essien, whom i once liked before he sold out and joined the Russians. This one was a cracker of a goal, check it out.



And honourable mention goes this week to Luis Garcia of Liverpool, cuz this goal was made out of nothing. Enjoy.

Premiership Week 17 Review

Heres the weekend review, there is still two games to be played on wednesday but this is the weekends scores.

Sheffield Utd 2-2 Aston Villa
Chelsea 1-1 Arsenal
Bolton 4-0 West Ham
Blackburn 3-1 Newcastle
Liverpool 4-0 Fulham
Middlesbrough 1-1 Wigan
Portsmouth 2-0 Everton
Tottenham 5-1 Charlton
Watford 0-0 Reading
Manchester Utd 3-1 Manchester City

To be played on Wednesday
Chelsea V. Newcastle
Wigan V. Arsenal

League Table as of week 17

Team Pld Pts
Man Utd 17 44
Chelsea 16 36
Portsmouth 17 28
Liverpool 17 28
Bolton 17 27
Arsenal 16 26
Reading 17 26
Aston Villa 17 25
Tottenham 17 25
Everton 17 24
Wigan 16 22
Man City 17 20
Fulham 17 20
Newcastle 16 19
M'brough 17 17
Sheff Utd 17 17
Blackburn 16 16
West Ham 17 14
Charlton 17 12
Watford 16 11

Top Scorers:

Nwankwo Kanu Portsmouth 9
Didier Drogba Chelsea 8
Wayne Rooney Manchester United 8
Louis Saha Manchester United 8
Kevin Doyle Reading 8
Thierry Henry Arsenal 6
Gareth Barry Aston Villa 6
Darren Bent Charlton Athletic 6
Andrew Johnson Everton 6
Dirk Kuyt Liverpool 6

World history

^^ Who is this guy, can anyone guess without reading my post, and when u do read the post will u even know then?

World history is probably my most favorite thing. Nothing can be absorbed more, read about more, and just when you think you know it all, theres more.

I could sit forever and read the conquests of Charlemagne and Attila the Hun. Read about the fall of the Roman Empire, or epic battles between the Carthaginians and the Romans. World history, a look at Gods Creation over the years, is the best thing that has ever happened. There is so much to learn, so much to look back on and see how these events changed the world. Imagine for a minute that there was never a Roman Empire, or no ancient Greeks. Would we still know the things we have learned from these people?

History has been the driving force of today, we learn from history, we take values, traditions, lessons and many other things from history. Recent events too, like 9/11, have taught us many things.

Not many people today that i talk to care too much about history. Most people i ask dont even know all the countries involved in WWII, or that Canada even was a major factor in the Great War. Heck, some people dont even know what the Great War was (World War I for those who dont). Its actually very sad. Remembrance Day has come and gone for another year, its been a month since then. I remember walking in Wal-mart a year ago on Nov. 11 and watching this old man, maybe 80 years old try to navigate the isle of people, only to be told by some ungrate selfish effing prick to watch where he was going when he acidentally bumped into him. I almost knocked that A-hole out, does that guy not realize the efforts this 80yr old guy gave to protect this selfish asses freedom? I believe the answer was no.

I was never more mad on that day, never. Nothing has pissed my up a wall more than that guy in the Wal-Mart. But Scott, its not ur concern, or Scott it doesnt matter, its over with. Screw that, its not over with. We have no respect for history and no respect for the people who shaped it. Wars that people fought thorughout history have gotten us to where we are today. No one should forget this, no one.

Ive had this ongoing argument that the people that have given their lives in war to protect others and their freedoms have been taken to heaven. Not many agree with me, but God said the greatest sacrifice is dying for your brothers. I dont care what anyone tells me either, until God tells me one day im wrong ill continue to think these men and women who gave their lives for me and my freedoms made it into heaven.

Anyways, my point in all of this is to remember history, and maybe learn a bit of it. Contrary to popular belief, history is cool, its entertaining and informative, and you actually feel like you learned something useful, not who made it to the next round in American Idol (like a give a rats backside). People like Charlemange, Napoleon, Stalin, Hitler and the lot, they made our world what it is today, or at least shaped it. So today go read something useful, not the latest Britney spears slept with 40 men at once crap, or Angelina is adopting 52 more kids. Read something that actually matters, something with substance laced with fact. You may just feel smarter!

Champions League Preview

Six places in the UEFA Champions League's last 16 remain up for grabs going into Matchday 6 when FC Barcelona will look to avoid an unwanted piece of history and two Anglo-Portuguese contests also catch the eye.

Group A:
With Chelsea FC already assured a place, the Camp Nou meeting of FC Barcelona and Werder Bremen will decide who joins the English champions in the first knockout round. With ten points, Bremen need only a point in Catalonia, while Barcelona, who have eight points, must win or face becoming the first defending champions not to reach the knockout stage. Chelsea will make sure of first place by winning their home match against PFC Levski Sofia although a draw will do if Bremen fail to beat Barcelona.

Group B:
FC Bayern München and FC Internazionale Milano are already through to the next stage but will now contest first place when they face off in Munich. With a two-point advantage over the Italian side, Bayern need only a draw to finish top of the section, while Inter must win. Third-placed Sporting Clube de Portugal will secure a UEFA Cup berth with a home draw against FC Spartak Moskva. Three points behind Sporting at the foot of the standings, only victory will suffice for Spartak if they are to avoid taking the wooden spoon.

Group C:
Everything is decided in this section with Liverpool FC and PSV Eindhoven confirmed as the two top and FC Girondins de Bordeaux set for the UEFA Cup. Although PSV could yet climb level on 13 points with Liverpool, they cannot overtake them due to the English side's superior head-to-head record. The same applies with Bordeaux, who are sure of third place even though Galatasaray could still join them on four points.

Group D:
With a six-point lead, Valencia CF are already confirmed as group winners. However, the other three teams all still have something to play for. Second-placed AS Roma have seven points and need only draw at home to Valencia to pip FC Shakhtar Donetsk (five points) to a place in the first knockout round. A draw would take Roma on to eight points and although Shakhtar could match that total by beating Olympiacos CFP, the Italian team would advance on the head-to-head rule. Roma can even afford to lose provided Shakhtar do not win. Fourth-placed Olympiacos must beat Shakhtar to pip them to third place and a UEFA Cup berth.

Group E:
The standings were settled on Matchday 5, with Olympique Lyonnais and Real Madrid CF first and second, and FC Steaua Bucuresti securing third place. Draws for Lyon and Steaua – against Madrid and FC Dynamo Kyiv respectively – ensured them superior head-to-head records against their rivals. This means that although Madrid could yet match Lyon's total of 13 points, they would still have to settle for second place. Ditto Dynamo, who lie three points behind Steaua.

Group F:
Celtic FC's win over Manchester United FC carried the Scottish champions into the UEFA Champions League knockout stage for the first time – and upped the ante for United's Old Trafford showdown with SL Benfica. With a two-point lead over the Portuguese side, United need only draw to secure their progress but three points alone will do for Benfica, who must otherwise settle for third place. Celtic visit eliminated FC København needing only to match United's result to finish top of the group.

Group G:
Arsenal FC and FC Porto go into the final-day meeting in Portugal level on ten points at the top of the group, with PFC CSKA Moskva two points behind. Victory for either Arsenal or Porto will guarantee them first place while a draw will carry them both through with Arsenal top. If they draw and CSKA win at Hamburger SV, all three sides will have eleven points but it will again be Arsenal and Porto who advance. CSKA must beat the eliminated German team and hope the game in Porto produces a winner.

Group H:
With AC Milan already confirmed as group winners, AEK Athens FC and LOSC Lille Métropole are left to fight it out for second place. AEK are in pole position with seven points to Lille's six, and they visit RSC Anderlecht knowing they need only match their French rivals' result at Milan to continue in the competition. If AEK and Lille finish level on points, however, the French team will progress via their superior head-to-head record. Anderlecht can still qualify for the UEFA Cup, meanwhile, if they beat AEK and Milan win – a scenario that would leave them and Lille level on six points with Anderlecht boasting the better head-to-head record.

Taken from Uefa.com

Matchday 6 fixtures look like this:

Matchday 6 - 05 December 2006
Group
A Barcelona 20:45 Bremen
A Chelsea 20:45 Levski
B Sporting 20:45 Spartak Moskva
B Bayern 20:45 Internazionale
C Galatasaray 20:45 Liverpool
C PSV 20:45 Bordeaux
D Olympiacos 20:45 Shakhtar
D Roma 20:45 Valencia

Matchday 6 - 06 December 2006
Group
E Dynamo Kyiv 20:45 Real Madrid
E Lyon 20:45 Steaua
F Man. United 20:45 Benfica
F København 20:45 Celtic
G Porto 20:45 Arsenal
G Hamburg 20:45 CSKA Moskva
H Anderlecht 20:45 AEK
H Milan 20:45 Lille

All those times are in British time, all of them start at 1:30CST in Canada.

EPL Weekend Review

Heres the weekends results, there is still games to be played Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday for some sides.

Sun - 03 Dec 06

Everton 2 0 West Ham

Sat - 02 Dec 06

Arsenal 3 0 Tot'ham

Blackb'n 2 0 Fulham

M'brough 1 2 Man Utd

Portsm'h 2 2 A Villa

Reading 1 0 Bolton

Sheff U 2 1 Charlton

Wigan 0 4 Liv'pool

Great Win by liverpool, Gerrard was on fire in the middle again setting up 3 of the 4 goals.

The rest of the weeks fixtures look like this:

Mon - 04 Dec 06

Man City v Watford

Tue - 05 Dec 06

Charlton v Blackb'n

Tot'ham v M'brough

Wed - 06 Dec 06

N'castle v Reading

West Ham v Wigan

Should be good!

PS3 Top 10 Problems

^^ Is this the only thing the PS3 will ever be good for?

Im not a hater, in fact one day ill probably own a PS3, but not yet, not with these problems. The 360 was not this bad when it came down to the nitty-gritty.

http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3155392

Wii have a Problem

Check this site out, it has a tally for what people have reported broken as a result of playing a new Nintendo Wii with one of those crazy controllers lol. Good stuff.


http://www.wiihaveaproblem.com/

EPL Week 15 Review

Heres the Mid-Week scores, WTF liverpool, learn to win when u have 90% ball possession. Oh well. Enjoy!

Wed - 29 Nov 06

A Villa 1 3 Man City

Bolton 0 1 Chelsea

Fulham 2 1 Arsenal

Liv'pool 0 0 Portsm'h

Man Utd 3 0 Everton

Tue - 28 Nov 06

Watford 0 1 Sheff U


Top Scorers:

Didier Drogba Chelsea 8
Nwankwo Kanu Portsmouth 8
Wayne Rooney Manchester United 7
Kevin Doyle Reading 7
Thierry Henry Arsenal 6
Darren Bent Charlton Athletic 6
Andrew Johnson Everton 6
Louis Saha Manchester United 6
Robin Van Persie Arsenal 5
Gareth Barry Aston Villa 5

HORNBLASTERS!

More funny stuff these videos are greats






More Videos at www.hornblasters.com

I Park Like An Idiot

Funny!

http://www.cartype.com/page.cfm?id=756

Road Kill!

Check this out, not for people that dont like blood, but look at it anyways lol

http://www.cartype.com/page.cfm?id=668&alph=ALL&dec=ALL

Oh and the Gerrard Goal, cuz you know, It's Gerrard

The Goal of the Weekend

Every Monday i will try to find a video of the goal of the weekend, my choice for this week was the stunner from Nicolas Anelka. This goal gave bolton the lead and ultimately the win in their 3-1 victory over Arsenal. Enjoy!

Premiership Weekend Review

Another week has come and gone in the EPL, and good things have happened for once. Liverpool won, and Steven Gerrard scored the winner, 2 birds with one stone there. (I guess the fear of Yakubu faded away) The Americans and the Russians tied, errr.. Manchester United and Chelsea. And some nice upsets like Reading winning again, which isnt much of an upset anymore, and Arsenal falling 3-1 to Bolton, but take one look at Nicolas Anelka's goal and ull know why they lost. Heres the scores for the weekend that was.

Sun - 26 Nov 06

Man Utd 1 1 Chelsea

N'castle 1 0 Portsm'h

Tot'ham 3 1 Wigan

Sat - 25 Nov 06

A Villa 1 1 M'brough

Bolton 3 1 Arsenal

Charlton 1 1 Everton

Fulham 0 1 Reading

Liv'pool 1 0 Man City

West Ham 1 0 Sheff U

Top Scorers in the League as of week 14:

Didier Drogba Chelsea 8
Nwankwo Kanu Portsmouth 8
Wayne Rooney Manchester United 7
Kevin Doyle Reading 7
Thierry Henry Arsenal 6
Darren Bent Charlton Athletic 6
Andrew Johnson Everton 6
Louis Saha Manchester United 6
Gareth Barry Aston Villa 5
Frank Lampard Chelsea 5

Funny Video lol

check this video out, some awesome voice dubbing over some latin dudes song, reminds me of Shaggy!

Champions League Match Day 5 Review

Here is the wrapup on Matchday 5 in the Champions League

Tuesdays Results:

Group E :

Steaua Bucharest 1-1 Dinamo Kiev ( Nicolae Dica / Florin Cernat)

The Romanian side are now assured of a spot in the UEFA CUP. Both teams have missed out of qualifying for the last 16.

Real Madrid 2-2 Lyon ( John Carew, Malouda / Mahamadou Diarra,Ruud Van Nistelrooy)

Lyon survive a late Madrid onslaught to return home with a point. Gregory Coupet’s last minute penalty save ensures that Lyon top Group E

Group F :

Celtic 1-0 Manchester United (Shunsuke Nakamura)

Late drama at Celtic Park as a Nakamura free kick and a Saha penalty miss send Celtic into the knockout stages of the Champions League for the first time. United now need to avoid defeat against Benfica, the same team which knocked them out of last season’s Champions League.

Benfica 3-1 Fc Copenhagen ( Leo, Fabrizio Miccoli *2 / Marcus Allback)

A brilliant first half performance from the Portuguese side keeps their hopes alive, and they must now beat United to move into the knockout stages.

Group G:

CSKA Moscow 0-2 Porto ( Ricardo Quaresma, Lucho Gonzalez)

A shock win for Porto. CSKA concede goals for the first time in the competition in the absence of Sergei Ignashevich, and now need a win against Hamburg to confirm their progress.

Arsenal 3-1 Hamburg ( Van Persie, Eboue, Baptista / Van der Vaart)

Another game whose result was decided in the last 10 minutes . Arsenal now need to avoid defeat to Porto to progress.

Group H:

Lille 2-2 Anderlecht ( Odemwingie, Fauvergue / Mbo Mpenza*2)

Anderlecht have no chances of qualifying, while Lille now need to beat Milan.

AEK 1-0 AC Milan ( Julio Cesar)

Milan are now effectively guaranteed top spot in Group E because of Lille’s draw.
Here is the free kick from Shunsuke Nakamura which gave Celtic all three points.

Wednesdays Results:

Group A

Werder Bremen 1-0 Chelsea ( Mertesacker)

A stunning upset that means nothing really, Chelsea advance, and Bremen need a win against defending Champion Barcelona to secure Qualification.

Levski 0-2 Barcelona ( Giuly, Iniesta)

A must-needed win from the Catalan Giants, and still they need a win on matchday six against Werder Bremen to avoid making history.

Group B

Spartak Moskva 2-2 Bayern Munich ( Kalynychenko, Kováč / Pizarro *2)

Spartak gained a point that is useless now. Bayern are off to the last 16.

Internazionale 1-0 FC Porto

A goal from Hernan Crespo secured Inter's place in the last 16. FORZA INTER!!!!

Group C

Bordeaux 3-1 Galatasaray ( Alonso, Laslandes, Faubert / Inamoto)

This game was to a game to get out of the doghouse, and to play for Uefa Cup spot as well.

Liverpool 2-0 PSV ( Gerrard, Crouch)

Goals by Steven Gerrard and Peter Crouch Secured first place for Liverpool going in the last 16. It was a great game, dominated well by Liverpool. Staunch Defense and created chances earned Liverpool this win. Hopefully we can now reproduce this form in the league.

Group D

Valencia 2-0 Olympiakos ( Angulo, Morientes)

Valencia earned top place in group D with a well deserved win over Greek opponents Olympiakos. Morientes goal is his 5 in the competition and sees himself tied for the lead in goalscoring.

Shakhtar 1-0 Roma ( Marica)

A shocker here, Roma will now have to at least draw on Matchday six and hope for a Shakhtar draw or loss to advance.

Champions League Top Scorers as of the end of Matchday 5

Top scorers
5 Didier Drogba Chelsea
5 Kaká Milan
5 Fernando Morientes Valencia
4 Peter Crouch Liverpool
4 Claudio Pizarro Bayern
4 Ruud van Nistelrooy Real Madrid
3 Julio Cruz Internazionale
3 Nicolae Dica Steaua

Stupidest Gamerscore Achievements

In my never ending pursuit to get a ridiculous gamerscore, and to show that i have not the littlest spec of a life, i have come across some really stupid achievements in Xbox 360 games. Achievemnets are basically points you get for investing your life, money, and selling your soul. In all seriousness i dont strive to have a good gamerscore, nor do i care what others have. I think the people with 20000+ gamescore points are either rich kids that cheat the system and buy there gamerscore, or fat kids that cannot move easily from the living room to the outside world, so they stay and do what any fat kid with no means mobility would do, PLAY GAMES.

In my travels i have come across some of the dumbest achievements ever, i mean seriously, game developers must not give a rats behind about this phenomenom. Anyways here are some of the dumbest achievements ive seen so far.

NBA Live 07
Online with 1,000 people
Be online when there are 1,000 people online at the same time 100 gamerscore

Im glad to see that there is no skill involved in playing sports games anymore.

Four users on one machine Play and finish a game with four users on the same machine (2 players on each team) 50 Gamerscore

What the heck, this would only be hard if u had no friends, and even then u could just use 4 controllers.

Viva Pinata
Master Romancer 20 Gamerscore
Become Master Romancer for 20 species

This one is more of a inside joke, just think little worms and 70's porn music.

NCAA College Hoops 2007
My Availability 20 Gamerscore
Set up your "My Availability" settings online.

OMG, this one requires you to, wait for it..................wah wah wee wah, TURN UR XBOX ON. GOOD JOB, HERES THE ORDER OF MERIT. Shoot Me

MADDEN 06
Ok All u have to do for this game is touch the button that turns on ur xbox and then stroke ur controller for about 5 mins, and then Bang, 1000 gamescore pops out.

NBA 2K6
See Madden 06

Saints Row
All you have to do for this one, is tilt your hat to the side, wear some baggy clothes and start saying weird words like what is up Dog, or Sup G. Sweet 1000 gamerscore.

All these games have been overlooked and they have no challenges at all except to smack ur controller for a few hours still it tells u its had enough of a beating and gives u the gamescore you want. Anyways, i hope developers make achievements actually feel like u achieved something one day.

PS3 Grill, Eat your heart out George Foreman!

Wow, just check this crap out, its brilliant.

http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/12290/The-Real-GrillStation-3

Playstation 3, Im glad im gonna wait to get one.

This article was in the New York Times yesterday, im not biased towards any game machine, if its got good games ill play it and usually buy it, but this is not a good start for me on the PS3. I will still have to try one myself, but the article is interesting. Enjoy!

A Weekend Full of Quality Time With PlayStation 3
By SETH SCHIESEL
Published: November 20, 2006

Howard Stringer, you have a problem. Your company’s new video game system just isn’t that great.

The controller of Sony PlayStation 3 looks like earlier ones.

Ever since Mr. Stringer took the helm last year at Sony, the struggling if still formidable electronics giant, the world has been hearing about how the coming PlayStation 3 would save the company, or at least revitalize it. Even after Microsoft took the lead in the video-game wars a year ago with its innovative and powerful Xbox 360, Sony blithely insisted that the PS3 would leapfrog all competition to deliver an unsurpassed level of fun.

Put bluntly, Sony has failed to deliver on that promise.

Measured in megaflops, gigabytes and other technical benchmarks, the PlayStation 3 is certainly the world’s most powerful game console. It falls far short, however, of providing the world’s most engaging overall entertainment experience. There is a big difference, and Sony seems to have confused one for the other.

The PS3, which was introduced in North America on Friday with a hefty $599 price tag for the top version, certainly delivers gorgeous graphics. But they are not discernibly prettier than the Xbox 360’s. More important, the whole PlayStation 3 system is surprisingly clunky to use and simply does not provide many basic functions that users have come to expect, especially online.

I have spent more than 30 hours using the PlayStation 3 over the last week or so and may have played more different games on the system — 13 — than probably anyone outside of Sony itself. Sony did not activate the PS3’s online service until just before the Friday debut. Over the weekend a clear sense of disappointment with the PlayStation 3 emerged from many gamers.

“What’s weird is that the PS3 was originally supposed to come out in the spring, and here it came out in the fall, and it still doesn’t feel finished,” Christopher Grant, managing editor of Joystiq, one of the world’s biggest video-game blogs, said on the telephone Saturday night. “It’s really not the all-star showing they should have had at launch. Sony is playing catch-up in a lot of ways now, not just in terms of sales but in terms of the basic functionality and usability of the system.”

Sadly for Sony, the best way to explain how the PlayStation 3 falls short is to explain how different it is to use than its main competition, Xbox 360. When I reviewed the 360 last year, I wrote: “Twelve minutes after opening the box, I had created my nickname, was in a game of Quake 4 and thought, ‘This can’t be this easy.’ ”

I never felt that way using the PlayStation 3. With the PS3, 12 minutes after opening the box I realized that Sony inexplicably does not include cables to connect the machine to a high-definition television. Keep in mind that one of Sony’s main selling points has been that the PS3 plays Blu-Ray high-definition movie discs. But high-definiton cables? Sold separately. The Xbox 360, by contrast, ships with one cable that can connect to either a standard or high-definition set.

Then, before you are even using the PS3, you have to connect the “wireless” controller to the base unit with a USB cable so they can recognize each other. If you bring your PS3 controller to a friend’s house, you’ll have to plug back in again. The 360’s wireless controllers are always just that, wireless.

If there is one thing one would expect Sony to get perfect, though, it would be music. Wrong. Sure, you can plug in your digital music player and the PS3 will play the tunes. But as soon as you go into a game, the music stops. By contrast, one of the things I’ve always enjoyed most on the Xbox 360 is being able to listen to my own music while playing Pebble Beach or driving my virtual Ferrari. Doesn’t seem too complicated, but the PS3 can’t do it.

In that sense it often feels as if the PlayStation 3 can’t walk and chew bubble gum at the same time. In the PS3’s online store (which feels like a slow Web page) you can access movie trailers and trial versions of new games, but when you actually download the 600-megabyte files, you’ll be stuck watching a progress bar crawl across the screen for 20 or 40 minutes. Astonishingly, you can’t download in the background while you go do something that’s more fun (like play a game). On the Xbox 360, not only are files downloaded seamlessly in the background, but you can also shut off the machine, turn it on later, and the download will resume automatically.

The PS3’s whole online experience feels tacked-on and unpolished. On the Xbox 360 each user has a single unified friends list, so you can track your friends and communicate with them easily, no matter what game you are in. On the PlayStation 3 most games have their own separate friends list and some have no friends function at all. There is a master list as well, but in order to communicate with anyone on it, you have to quit the game you are playing.

There are some high points. The multi-player battles in Resistance: Fall of Man are excellent. The arcade-style action in the downloadable Blast Factor is suitably frantic.

But the list of the PS3’s disappointments remains, from its undersupported voice chat to its maddening cellphone-like text messaging system. (In frustration I ended up plugging in a USB keyboard.) Overall, Sony seems to have put a lot of effort into cramming as much silicon horsepower under the hood as possible but to have forgotten that all the transistors in the world can’t make someone smile.

And so it is a bit of a shock to realize that on the video game front Microsoft and Sony are moving in exactly the opposite directions one might expect given their roots. Microsoft, the prototypical PC company, has made the Xbox 360 into a powerful but intuitive, welcoming, people-friendly system. Sony’s PlayStation 3, on the other hand, often feels like a brawny but somewhat recalcitrant specialized computer. (Sony is even telling users to wait for future software patches to fix some of the PS3’s deficiencies.) The thing is, if people want to use a computer, they’ll use a computer.

Through the decades of the Walkman and the Trinitron television, Sony was renowned as the global master of easy-to-use, seamlessly powerful consumer electronics. But recently Sony seems to have lost its way, first in digital music players, in which it ceded the ergonomic high ground to Apple’s iPod, and now in home-game consoles. For now Sony’s technologists seem to have won out over the people who study fun.

As a practical matter, given the limited quantities Sony has been able to manufacture, the PlayStation 3 will surely remain sold out throughout the holiday season. If you can’t find one, don’t fret. Sony still has a lot of work to do. As Mr. Grant of Joystiq put it: “Maybe in six months it’ll be finished. Maybe by next fall I’ll be able to do all the cool stuff. I’m still kind of waiting.”

Premiership Weekend Review

So not a good weekend for Liverpool fans as we DOMINATE and still cant win, it must have been the Fear we have for Yakubu. Nevertheless heres the rap on the weekend scores.

Sunday, 19th November
Barclays Premiership
13:30 Wigan 0 - 0 Aston Villa
16:00 Blackburn 1 - 1 Tottenham

Saturday, 18th November
Barclays Premiership
12:45 Man City 3 - 1 Fulham
15:00 Arsenal 1 - 1 Newcastle
15:00 Chelsea 1 - 0 West Ham
15:00 Everton 1 - 0 Bolton
15:00 Portsmouth 2 - 1 Watford
15:00 Reading 2 - 0 Charlton
15:00 Sheff Utd 1 - 2 Man Utd
17:15 Middlesbro 0 - 0 Liverpool

League table looks like this:
Team: PLD PTS
Man Utd 13 34
Chelsea 13 31
Portsmouth 13 23
Arsenal 12 22
Aston Villa 13 22
Bolton 13 21
Everton 13 20
Reading 13 19
Wigan 12 18
Liverpool 13 18
Fulham 13 17
Man City 13 16
Tottenham 13 16
M'brough 13 15
Blackburn 13 13
West Ham 13 11
Newcastle 13 10
Sheff Utd 13 10
Watford 13 9
Charlton 13 8

A few things to ponder, or just laugh at

Some ponderisms i guess they are called, these were kinda funny i thought so enjoy,

Life is sexually transmitted.

Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.

Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals
dying of nothing.

If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?

A post about Friends, Poker, and Beer.

Jagshemesh,

Note to everyone out there, Moxies house beer, Big Life is horrible, stick to w/e u like now, cuz that stuff is awful. Lately life has been hectic, my life is changing for the better i guess you could say, but things have been a little strange. Liverpool has not been doing so well in the premiership thanks largely in part to the inability of highly paid players to do their jobs that they are paid highly for. Make sense, i dont care really, theres no excuse for the 0 away goals this season.

So to take my mind of my liverpool problems and others as well i have decided to take up drinking.....well not in that way, and it probably wont get my mind off of anything, especially becuase one of my favorite beers, Carlsberg, is liverpools #1 sponsor, but oh well im going for it. I started to drink beer again after a long hiatus. Ive realized through friends that drinking casually isnt a big deal. I dont think God ever really intended for Beer, i mean wine fine, but Beer im not so sure, maybe just not in the capacity it is today. Ive had many friends fall victim to the bottle, and as i choose to turn away from that stuff after a few dabbles myself, i gained a significant bias after these experiences against such activities.

Over the past year ive gained a few new friends, who, in a strange twist of everything i told was wrong, play POKER (Gambling FTW) and drink beer. And to top it all off, these friends are christians too, and to be able to do things i like doing in fellowship with other christians is awesome.

Lately ive been rethinking life in general, and trying to repair some of the shat that has happened in my life. I've never been one to take community seriously, i always had this perception that community was for people with problems. The funny thing was i was right, and now i realize that community and being in community with others is the best thing that has happened to me since that night on May 25th, 2005. (Liverpool's win in the Champions league Final, comming back from 3-0 down to with 4-2 on penalties.....getting carried away agian) But seriously, as i deal with crap in my life, its good to know there are people out there to help you through things.

Watch this video, its from a Liverpool Game in England, which also happens to be my favorite my favorite Football(Soccer) Club. The song they are singing has been sung for more than 40 years. The song is by Gerry Marsden and the Pacemakers, and is called You Will Never Walk Alone. It is played before the start every Liverpool home game, and is one of the most recognizable songs in european football. It has been covered by Elvis Presely and other artists. The lyrics to this song are as follows:

When you walk through a storm
Hold your head up high
And don't be afraid of the dark
At the end of the storm
Is a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of a lark

Walk on through the wind
Walk on through the rain
Tho' your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on, walk on
With hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk alone

This song has gotten me through many rough times in my life, and the passion that is shared by these fans in these videos, is a passion that i wish i could see in my church on sunday. 45000 people willing to raise their hands, and "worship" their team without any shame. Its incredible, ive watched many a game of liverpool, and i still get goosebumps, and regularly find myself singing with the legions of fans while i sit on my couch and watch.

Time to get into this

I have alot to get off my chest sometimes, so im deciding to make a blog to do just that. I really have no idea what i am doing or why, but i feel that it would be cool to post random things that interest me, as well as share a little bit about my life. Enjoy. More posts to follow!