I have decided to start posting again. Perhaps the demdanjaboiz blog needs a little redesign too. Give me a couple days and we’ll see what’s up. To Busy, but too much to talk about.. Here we go. 🙂
Here’s the Pic of the Day!
I'm sure it hurt.
The Magician’s Nephiew Review
I finished the first Narnia book, The Magician’s Nephew, and wow I am disappointed. The movies are bad ass but that is because they are visually and the Christian undertone isn’t too much shoved down your throat. But in the Magician’s Nephew, C. S. Lewis straight up steals stories from the Bible to create this boring, confusing, and impossible story. As much as Genesis doesn’t make sense in the real world, it just as much doesn’t in this story. Was it needed to tell me how Narnia was created?? Because it totally killed it for me. And then he goes ahead and steals a scene from the Adam and Eve story with the apple which I don’t understand. Why create an apple no one can eat?? Why tempt people to do bad things and then when they do you shun them? That’s fucked up.
So anyways I’m gonna rate this book:
Creativity: 1/5
Story: 2/5
Shortness: 4/5
All in all, don’t read this book unless you want to read the whole series just to say you did because this sure as hell isn’t a good book and I’m assuming the rest won’t be either. I’ll rate the next one once I’m done with it.
Cholla Residents Rejoice!
Have you ever noticed that your air conditioning ceases to work at night? Well our semi-joking observational theory has been confirmed. ASU in the ultimate thrifty jew move (note the lowercase use. not to be confused with the wonderfully cultured people who live in Manhattan.) has decided to turn off our air conditioning at night – get this – to save money. Bravo Crow and “Crow-nies.” Business students take notice. You can learn from the best. You could also cite this as an example of what not to do if you don’t want to be a complete douche bag. Good night.
See our previous letter to President Crow.
A Bite With The Gang: Taco Del Mar Review
How can I summarize this establishment? Horrendous service with lackluster food. I mean this is the antithesis of Cheba Hut. When Nick and I first walked in we met the staff; a desolate couple sitting at a table eating. After they casually stood up and walked around the counter without so much as a hello we ended up standing in line at the register for at least 15 minutes as the computer refused to work. Oh and when we presented our ASU discount card it was rejected. The food was OK, not bad but certainly no Filabertos or Valle Luna. And for the price…common.
The bottom line – You can pass on this one. There’s plenty of great Mexican restaurants in AZ, don’t settle for this tome of mediocrity.
Food: 6.5/10
Service: 2/10
Total: 4.25/10
Stay Tuned.
We have a special treat for y’all. All I can say is Daniel is making his major motion picture debut. Word on the street is Big-D is growing a killer mustache in preparation for his role. The project is in early production stages and the original soundtrack is coming along nicely.
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“The past 30 years has seen an extraordinary increase in consumer demand for safe, effective and cost-effective natural healthcare. Naturopathic medicine has emerged as the health care profession best suited to meet this demand. Although it almost disappeared in the mid-twentieth century because of the popularity of drugs and surgery, naturopathic medicine now offers safe, effective natural therapies as a vital part of the health care systems of North America the twenty-first century.”
That’s from the America Association of Naturopathic Physicians website (http://www.naturopathic.org) . Sounds great doesn’t it? Well it would be if it weren’t a crock of shit. Now I know what you’re saying. ‘Hey, Bryan, these ancient remedies have been around since antiquity and have been “proven” to be effective.’ Well my answer to that is that the length of time something is in practice has no bearing on it’s effectiveness. In other words, just because people claim it’s true doesn’t make it so when lacking sufficient any scientific evidence, especially when juxtaposed with contradicting evidence. Continue reading
Snowboots: A brief history in fashion and society
There once was a time when specific footwear served a very specific purpose. Even as little as a few years back I lived in such a world where I thought snowboots existed only in realms deemed applicable to such conditions that would necessitate a thick fur boot, ostensibly places like Alaska, or Antarctica, you know, those artic temperate zones. Unfortunately, in my naivety, I learned that humanity doesn’t harbor the pragmatism I once thought it did.
The Origins:
I decided to dig back and find where the novel idea of a snow boot originated. I immediately found that the Inuits, in their ingenuety and craft, designed a caribu skin boot for hunting in the snow. The warm, thick fur, provided ample protection from the harsh elements. They called them Kamiks. Genius! Given the time period of the nomadic people, we can estimate that Kamiks could date back as far as 1000 years – possibly further. But that’s not what we’re interested in.
Modern Culture:
Like all things, it isn’t long before the Paris Hiltons, the Marlin Brandos and the Lisa Lopes get their hands on long-standing traditions that represent a culture of the past and utterly besmirch them. The Fashionistas in Hollywood swiftly and deftly carried out an atrocity on par with The Reign Of Terror when they unleashed the fashionable snow boot to hordes of young women ready to tarnish the dignity of the Inuits and the Yupiks with smiles on their faces.
The Legacy:
It probably began with movie stars, but now you can’t walk down the street in August without seeing 5,10, maybe even 100 pairs of snowboots on woman aged 13-58.
Look at this photo I found of Shelley Duvall sporting a modern form of the Snow boot in the 1980 Stanley Kubrick movie The Shining. But I’m sure it reaches back farther than this. That is why I am calling on you, nation, to send me your sightings of snowboots in pop-culture pre 1980’s. We’re going to get to the bottom of this and see who is truly responsible for this ghastly and reprehensible act.
A Dream of Bel-Air
In light of last night’s dream filled slumber, I felt a new segment to this site was needed. We all have dreams every night, whether we remember them or not. And some of us writers here on DemDanjaBoiz have some pretty nifty ones. So I thought I would start this new segment with my most memorable dream of last night. Continue reading
An Atheist’s Nightmare
Thursday, I found myself coming home late at night with quite the hungry tummy. I had been gone all day doing what I do and the sweet taste of spaghetti and meatballs lingered in my head. I looked at the clock; it read about 2 a.m. I thought to myself about how I could get myself some spaghetti. I knew Fazoli’s was closed as well as Olive Garden (but eating Olive Garden alone is just sad). I then wondered if my pantry contained any Spaghetti O’s. Though this is a poor subsitute, my options were slim. I got up from my computer chair and journeyed to the kitchen. Instead of going straight for the pantry, something told me I should check the refrigerator. I opened my fridge and what do I see? What amazing dish greets my looking balls? None other than a bowl of spaghetti. But not only just a bowl of spaghetti…but a bowl of spaghetti AND meatballs. What is the coincidence that the food I had been craving just happened to be the meal that my mom prepared that night. Also, what is the coincidence that there were leftovers? My answer, nonbelievers, is this: there is no coincidence. If you want something bad enough just pray and maybe you, too, will get your very own bowl of spaghetti with some added meatballs.
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