My Top 10 Favorite Websites – 2009 Version

Everyone has their favorite websites. I posted a similar list a good while back, so I figured I’d post an updated list. While some simply haven’t changed (mirtle’s site for example), there are several new sites that I’ve discovered.

Hopefully there a few here that you can add to your list of websites to check out regularily.

1. From The Rink
Years later, mirtle’s blog is still my favorite site on the ‘net. Quite simply, no other hockey blog compares. It’s the first site I point my browser to every morning.

2. Nucks Misconduct
The best Canucks blog out there. The writers are informative, funny and know what they’re talking about (most of the time haha). If you’re a Canucks fan, the site is a must-read.

3. Crackberry
If you’re obsessed with you’re Blackberry like I am, then this site is perfect for you. Constant updates, a great app store, forum and blogs. The only Blackberry website you’ll ever need to visit.

4. Twitter
Twitter. Everyone knows what it is. I honestly could care less what color of shirt you’re wearing today, but for getting quick, up-to-date info on your favorite topics, well, nothing beats Twitter.

5. Perez Hilton
I’m almost ashamed to put this on the list, but unfortunately, it’s true. As far as getting your entertainment news, its a pretty good start, and always good for a laugh.

6. Kukla’s Korner
I’d say it’s more of a news feed than a blog, but either way, no one does it better than Paul Kukla and staff at covering every aspect of the hockey news world.

7. Puck Daddy
For you non-hockey fans, I apologize. As you can see, my daily reading mostly revolves around hockey blogs. And Puck Daddy is one of the best ones out here. It’s hilarious, and also manages to cover stories that no one else manages to find.

8. Fark.com
Do you find ridiculous, yet true, news stories to be funny? Then this site is for you. It basically proves how idiotic we are as a human race.

9. Zip
The DVD-by-mail website that I subscribe to. If you like paying half price for DVD rentals, and you watch a lot of movies, then subscribing to Zip is probably worth your while.

10. TV Shows On DVD
I’m an avid TV on DVD watcher. I can’t habdle commercials, or waiting a week for each episode. This website gives you all the info you’ll need regarding TVDVD news and release dates.

What are some of your favorite websites? I’m always looking for new sites to kill time.

Twitter

A while back, I jumped on the Twitter bandwagon. So until I start getting on the updates, feel free to follow me at twitter.com/mattgunn18

Attempting a comeback

I know it’s been a long, long time since my last update, and for that, I apologize.

A change of jobs made it very hard to keep updating the site, but now thanks to the wonderful advances with Blackberries (as well as me slowly beginning to cope all it’s possibilities), it looks like I will able to start up the site again.

Seeing as most posts will be coming from my phone, I can’t promise the best spelling or a perfect layout, but I’ll do my best.

Hoping this time my return works out.

-Matt

Photo of the day

Great Movie Quotes: Juno

Juno MacGuff: You should’ve gone to China, you know, ’cause I hear they give away babies like free iPods. You know, they pretty much just put them in those t-shirt guns and shoot them out at sporting events.

My New Haircut

This video has been around for a while, but I wanted to post it anyways for those who haven’t seen it.

Hilarious.

Review: Saw III

I know it’s been a while since I’ve updated the site, and/or put up a movie review. I keep saying I’ll return to posting more often, but I’m really not sure when that will be.

I finally got around to watching the third installment of the “Saw” film series, aptly titled Saw III. The original Saw is one of my all-time favorite “Thriller/Horror” films, and although I enjoyed the second one, I didn’t think it was nearly as good as the first (but when is this ever not the case with sequels? Only ones I can think of are X-Men and Spiderman at the moment).

I hadn’t heard a lot of great things about Saw III, so I was very pleasantly surprised once I finished it. The film, although a little overly “gross” at times, was much better than I expected. It had a good storyline, good suspense, and I really enjoyed how it linked up and answered a lot of questions from the first film. It almost seems like the Saw films are an extended series, rather than individual installments.

I don’t imagine you would like Saw III if you haven’t seen Saw or Saw II. It would be akin to missing the first two seasons of a TV show then jumping in on the third. This is something you don’t often see with films. They are usually made so that, although it references the previous films, the casual viewer can jump in and the film will still make sense. Saw III would make absolutely no sense to someone who hasn’t seen the original.

I wouldn’t put Saw III up there with the original, but it’s definitely better than the second film, and definitely a film worth seeing. The Saw films are pumped out so quickly, it gives you the impression that there isn’t a lot of thought put into them, and they are done as a cash cow only. As much as they are done for the easy cash, they are also well put together and are entertaining films.

I am looking forward to seeing Saw IV, which is released this Tuesday, January 22^nd.

My Rating: 7.5/10

Photo of the Day

Great Movie Quotes: Monster

Aileen: “All you need is love and to believe in yourself.” [scoffs]
Aileen: Nice idea. It doesn’t exactly work out that way. But I guess it was better to hear a flat-out lie than to know the truth at 13.

How cool is this?

I want this… someone buy it for me.

In other excellent news, 24: Season 6 will be released on DVD this Tuesday, December 4th.

Why did the chicken cross the road?

DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken won’t realize that he must first deal with the problem on ‘THIS’ side of the road before it goes after the problem on the ‘OTHER SIDE’ of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he’s acting by not taking on his ‘CURRENT’ problems before adding ‘NEW’ problems.

OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I’m going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.

GEORGE W. BUSH: We don’t really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.

COLIN POWELL: Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road…

ANDERSON COOPER – CNN: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.

JOHN KERRY: Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken’s intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.

NANCY GRACE: That chicken crossed the road because he’s GUILTY! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.

PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.

MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer’s Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.

DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I’ve not been told.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain. Alone.

JERRY FALWELL: Because the chicken was gay! Can’t you people see the plain truth?’ That’s why they call it the ‘other side.’ Yes, my friends, that chicken is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the liberal media white washes with seemingly harmless phrases like ‘the other side. That chicken should not be crossing the road. It’s as plain and as simple as that.

GRANDPA: In my day we didn’t ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.

BARBARA WALTERS: Isn’t that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its life long dream of crossing the road.

JOHN LENNON: Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.

ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.

BILL GATES : I have just released eChicken2007, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your check book. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken. This new platform is much more stable and will never cra…#&&^(C% …….. reboot.

ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?

BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with THAT chicken. What is your definition of chicken?

AL GORE : I invented the chicken!

COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?

DICK CHENEY : Where’s my gun?

AL SHARPTON: Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens.

A Parody Masterpiece

This is probably one of my all time favorite parody/comedy songs. It’s probably not quite safe for work (based on the lyrics), but it’s definitely worth checking out.

You’ve probably heard, “Hey There Delilah”. Well, here’s “Hey There Vagina”…

Great Movie Quotes: Grandma’s Boy

Alex: Anyway, I was wondering if maybe I could crash here for a while.
Dante: Whoa, I don’t know, man. I got a business to run. This is like my office as well as my home. Plus, the lion comes in a couple days.
Alex: You’re getting a lion?
Dante: Yeah.
Alex: Why?
Dante: To protect my shit.
Alex: Never heard of a dog?
Dante: Dude, you can get past a dog. Nobody fucks with a lion.
Alex: Yeah, that’s true.

Joke Of The Day

A nice, calm and respectable lady went into the pharmacy, walked up to the pharmacist, looked straight into his eyes, and said, “I would like to buy some cyanide.”

The pharmacist asked, “Why in the world do you need cyanide?”

The lady replied, “I need it to poison my husband.”

The pharmacist’s eyes got big and he exclaimed, “Lord have mercy! I can’t give you cyanide to kill your husband. That’s against the law! I’ll lose my license! They’ll throw both of us in jail! All kinds of bad things will happen. Absolutely not! You CANNOT have any cyanide!”

The lady reached into her purse and pulled out a picture of her husband in bed with the pharmacist’s wife.

The pharmacist looked at the picture and replied, “Well now, that’s different. You didn’t tell me you had a prescription.”

A Personal Update

First of all, I just want to apologize for the lack of updates lately.

It’s been a busy Summer, work has been a little more hectic than usual, and a lot of personal stuff has been going on. Of which, includes just recently going through the process of purchasing a condo, which was finally finalized earlier this month.

I hope to get back to having daily posts up soon, but until then, check out some of the older classics:

Where Are They Now… ?

My Top 30 Favorite Movies

My Top 10 Favorite Comic Book Villains

My Top 10 Favorite Movie Characters

My Top 12 Favorite Childhood Movies

“I’m hungry. I’m gonna eat it”

This story is just ridiculous…

From The Daily Telegraph – A man has reportedly ripped the head off a tame duck that lived in the ornamental lobby of a Minnesota hotel.

The Associated Press reported that Scott D. Clark allegedly cornered the duck before grabbing it and decapitating it with his hands in front of a security guard and other onlookers.

Mr Clark then said: “I’m hungry. I’m gonna eat it.”

He was allegedly drunk, AP said.

A spokesman for the Minnesota Federated Humane Societies called on the hotel to examine their duck protection policies, or possibly think about having fish like other hotels, AP reported.

Joke Of The Day

Thanks to my Mom for passing along this wonderfully corny joke…

A blonde enters a store that sells curtains. She tells the salesman, “I would like to buy a pair of pink curtains.” The salesman assures her that they have a large selection of pink curtains. He shows her several patterns, but the blonde seems to be having a hard time choosing.

Finally she selects a lovely pink floral print. The salesman then asks what size curtains she needs. The blonde promptly replies, “seventeen inches.”

“Seventeen inches???” asks the salesman. “That sounds very small. What room are they for?”

The blonde tells him that they aren’t for a room; they are for her computer monitor. The surprised salesman replies, “but Miss, computers do not need curtains!”

The blonde says, “Hellllooooooooo, I’ve got Windoooooows!!!!!!!!”

NHL ’08 released today

For as long as I can remember, EA Sport’s NHL series of video games has been my favorite. I’ve owned each one since back in 1993, when it was released on Super Nintendo.

Today (Sept 13th), the latest greatest version of the game has been released, and I will be picking up a copy for my XBox 360.

Last year, EA released the revolutionary “skill stick” control, which has made the game much more fun to play, and opens up a world of new things you can do with the players. It’s as close to “controlling” a player as it’s ever been in a hockey video game.

I’m hoping this year’s game will improve on some of the weaker areas of ’07, such as improving on the defense, and adding some advanced goaltender controls for the shoot out.

Either way, I am sure this game will be great for hours and hours of wasted time entertainment.

Joke Of The Day

No, this picture is not the joke, although it could be.

What’s the difference between a bucket full of shit and Nickleback?

…

The Bucket.

Heh.

Photo Of The Day

This is hilarious…