... I think she's wised up and seen the light. Poor wiffle-ball bats.

I have to do this huge presentation today which will make or break my career as a student. Well, it's not that dramatic, but man, it feels like it. Don't wish me luck... pray me perfection.

By the bye we have a two way tie now in the Stumper. Points are just going to roll over to next week.

Let's not stop talkin' about drugs just yet though: LEGALIZE MARIJUANA? Yes or no, and why?

Neither the film Reefer Madness or Dr. Dre's "The Chronic" count as scholarly sources for your argument.
 

... one of our own has a problem... a DRUG PROBLEM.

TheWýtçhè - Away Indefinitely has been "chasing the dragon", she's had "white line fever", she's been "tripping the shrooms fantastic".

Autumn's been on some heavy stuff, performance enhancing stuff. The kind of stuff that could make someone blog a blue month. She's in too deep to see the light, and I think it's up to us to help her. We need a plan though, team, otherwise our intervention may not work.

The way I figure it, she's knee deep in Peruvian snow, cutting the ends off of a wiffle-ball bat trying to snort her way to 30 entries. We've all been there, alone, with two white skid marks leading up our snotters, cursing the dealer who cut our coca with baking powder. I support Autumn's Blue-Month as much as the next guy, but at what cost! So this is what I propose:

1) Let's agree that 12 steps are too many, and cut out the ones that don't work. Apologizing for transgressions, don't need it.

2) Let us approach her, as a supportive community, letting her know that she isn't fighting this alone. I think we need to Comment Mob her blog, there's no other way.

3) We should give her a higher power to turn to in her time of struggle. I hear there are some good Gods out there... Neptune, no... Venus, probably not... how about Jesus!?! I hear he does good work, loved him in Ben-Hur!

Okay, so we got a plan... let's all comment in TheWýtçhè - Away Indefinitely 's blog with this : JESUS SAVES!! She'll be gumming Christ before coke soon enough! Go to work team, our friend is counting on us!
 

... after the first SATURDAY SUPER STUMPER. We got a four way tie at the top, and for that reason we need a tie-breaker...

TERRIBLE TIE BREAKER TRAGEDY TRAUMA TRIVIA:

Rules of the TTBTTT: Correct answers worth 50 pts. Incorrect answers worth 10pts. First correct answer either private or public gets an additional 50 pts. Public correct answer collects bump points from following comments with the same answer at 25pts a post. The fourth correct answer will be mocked as late and insufficient. The first incorrect answer will receive the 10 pts and then a letter of recommendation to the University of Phoenix on-line. The player with the most incorrect answers wins a trip for eight to this blog every Saturday that's sunny and 65 degrees. No purchase necessary. US mailing addresses only. Deadline for entering is the next blog, September 29, at which time a random drawing of all entries will be held to chose team captain. Winner will be contacted via e-mail by the time any hangovers may expire. Once notified, winner will have 24 hours to accept the giveaway via e-mail. If the winner does not respond within 24 hours, a new winner will be drawn under the same stipulations. The correct answer is balls. Winner agrees to have their name used in Manifesto Remix™ promotional materials including but not limited to: e-mail, website, blog, facebook and twitter postings. Email addresses are used for E-Harmony™ bogus accounts where contest managers may or may not troll for single mothers with low morals.

Formal rules and regulations legally binding and tyrannically awesome. Many will enter few will win.

Good luck!
 

... your SATURDAY SUPER STUMPER

The rules are as follows: You may post your answer publicly or privately. Participation = 10pts, the correct answer = 100pts. Now, for the fun bit: Convincing people your correct public answer is the right one and getting them to "Bump" your answer = 10pts each... convincing them that your wrong answer is the right one = 20pts each.

"Tom" may privately send me the answer for 110pts, then publicly post a wrong answer for another 10pts (participation). 3 people, comment in agreement and Tom gets another 60pts.

Participate as much as you want. Points are being collected and tallied. Every Super Stumper will have a champion and then monthly we'll crown a Super Champ.

The Question: What do the books "And Tango Makes Three", "Are You There God? It's Me Margaret" and "To Kill A Mockingbird" all have in common?
 

... the funniest YouTube vid I saw in a while, but tonight was another new episode of the funniest series I watch.

"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" is, by far, THE funniest TV show. I defy anyone to argue me on this. "30 Rock" is funny, "The Office" is funny, but "Sunny" is freaking genius.

We'd homaged "Sunny" in a Rumiez vid, but I don't think I've actually ever talked about it here. Hey cat video lovers, I've aimed to please you too.

... the funniest video I've seen all month.

... health care reform, the war and some of you are even so stupid uninformed as to question the CARDINALS dominance... but let's talk about what brings us together, yeah?

There's something about getting a free T-shirt fired by compressed air from a cannon that brings everyone together. Be it the novelty of the T-shirt or the excitement of taking cotton artillery fire, the T-shirt gun is a must have for all sporting franchises. But I wondered, as I often do, can one do more with a T-shirt gun than just stick it in the hands of a cheerleader?

http://www.aircannonsinc.com/101-uses-of-air-cannons.htm

Uh-yeah! According to Air Cannons Inc. there are 101 uses for your T-shirt gun. Use it at protests or demonstrations to shoot non-fur based apparel. Use it at a company picnic to distribute pink slips. Hey, Noa נעה , this thing ain't just American, use it at Bat/Bar Mitzvahs. My God, the limit is your imagination!

Live squirrel shot may not prove as effective as a T-shirt in winning over fans and what not, but who wouldn't want to try that? A hand grenade... well, that kind of ruins the innocence of compressed air fun. In high school a friend and I made a potato gun with PVC pipe and used hair spray as our propellent. We fired singed BVD, skivvies across my back lawn. Talk about skid marks! - ha ha, skivvies.

You know what else builds a fan base... nudity.

... hu?

Yesterday ~unicornsong was talking about the Buddhist philosophy of self, relinquishing the attachment to ones' own being. It's perhaps the toughest concept in Buddhist thought to wrap your mind around, and is usually thought of as nihilistic when first encountered. I struggled with it cause, man... I think I have a self worth loving.

It all starts though with Correct Intention. Correct Intention leads to Correct Action, Speech etc. "When performing an action, ask yourself 'Why do I perform this action?'" If it's to serve yourself, for attention or personal gain, then chances are you're not acting correctly.

"This does not belong to me; this am I not; this is not my ego." Do I really need those new shoes? Do I really need their attention? Is that what defines me? No!

But what of this new video game? Do I really need it? YES! http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-10358188-62.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2...

The 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje says video games are a way to find "a relief, a kind of decompression". He's 24 and the only Buddhist leader recognized by both Tibet and China. In that article linked above it says he also has opinions on hip-hop and is a Mac user. Boom, vindication, I've practically been living like a monk.

I doubt HH the 17th Karmapa is your average gamer. There probably isn't much tea-bagging when he goes all killing frenzy in Halo (like you haven't ever done that).

... was the first to answer correctly in a private comment on Saturday, and has revolutionized the SATURDAY STUMPER. New rules and regulations will be enforced... but they will force you into some tactical thinking.

Yesterday was the sabbath, and the gods of pigskin were no kinder this week to me than they were last week. The RAMS proved that even ineffective offenses can beat them. Son of a bch. What do I have to do to get Football Jesus on my side? I drink the beer, I eat the chips... what more?

Football Jesus is different from Jesus-Jesus in a few key areas. Jesus was the son of God and God at the same time. He was Jewish and from the Middle East. Although Mary Mags hung out with him, he never "knew" her, and eventually he died for all sins committed and yet to be committed. Standard Jesus story.

Football Jesus though wasn't the son of God, he did it the American way, he worked hard and picked himself up by his bootstraps. He was a non-practicing Methodist cause football's on Sundays. He came from Boise and married three different broads, but always thought of Cowboy cheerleaders as he got to "know" them... from behind. He died of natural causes, a heart attack, brought on by NBC's cutting to a Heidi TV-movie in 1968 from a Jets/Raiders game. So, he died for TVs sins.

It feels awesome to be confident enough to tell you all about my faith. I think this a sure sign that I am maturing as a man. I feel responsible and like I'm ready to settle into adulthood. I have a faith, in Football Jesus, and I feel secure.

So, hey, from mature me to mature you... a Monday video.

... it's time for your SATURDAY STUMPER

What's the Konami code?

Bonus points for giving it to me without the use of words. Double bonus points for including what that code did and where.