The Ranting Beaver

So yeah, I haven't posted anything new here for almost a month. A drought like that happens from time to time, but I think this time it is because I am debating on moving this blog elsewhere. Partially because I think Blogger isn't as good as it could be (and others are doing this MUCH better than a Google company, imagine that) and partially because I seem to be the only one posting anymore. I'm not even sure if people are seeing this anymore as we get little or no feedback/comments/etc.

Nothing is happening at the moment, but if I do move this, I will post a notice and go from there.

Thoughts? Comments? Whatever's clever.
- Ken

Mr. Scary is really starting to do take some awesome shots with his new camera and so I thought I'd share a relatively recent one he posted on DeviantArt. Check out the rest of his work too!


vain? by *bfoflcommish on deviantART

Must be rough in Brooklyn if the Mets can't get Bengie Molina to be the catcher. Couple of decent pitchers took a pass as well. Ah well, I'm sure they'll have just as crappy of a season elsewhere.

Something else did catch my eye though, looks like the Mets are finally recognizing Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry by inducting them into the Mets Hall of Fame.

Say what you will regarding the twists and turns their respective lives took, both of them were probably my most favorite players as a kid. Heck, I even had a funky stance in the batters box like Strawberry, which looked really awkward on a white kid with glasses. I know. Kids shouldn't idolize sports figures and this is probably a prime example of why, but what did I know back in the late 80's. I'm really glad that both of them seem to have their lives back on track. They both deserve the fan fare -- they did help win the pennant and the series back then after all, and both had decent careers as Mets. I'm even willing to forgive Darryl those years as a Dodger. Mr. Scary may not agree with me there though ... might still be too soon. LOL.

I'm not sure if I can get tickets and then I'd have to get a plane ticket and so on, but I would love to go see the August 1 game and ceremony. Anyone want to make plans to do it, should come see me. I am so down.

Anyway, enough for now, talk at you later.

Furthermore, here is his Twitter, in case you want to follow him.

New shirt added to the CafePress site. Click on the image below to order one today!



Thanks to Mr. Scary for the idea.

Feel free to look around the store while you're there. If you want to go to the main store page instead click here.

Movie Review: Fido

Hellllllllllllo Everyone. Todays review is on the little known movie Fido. Now when you think of the name Fido you think of mans best friend right? Well thats what you have here. A movie about the family pet. And of course not everyone in the family wants a pet, but the kids love to play with the pet, you have to go through the house training of the pet..yada yada yada you know the story and deal with pets, we've all had them.
But not like this you haven't! The world is being invaded by Zombies, and 1 company has taken upon themsleves to turn these zombie into house pets. Now don't leave me, sounds like a campy B movie that should be reserved for 3am on cable tv right? It's not! Sure you have semi mediocre acting, not the greatest f/x, plot not an A-list plot, etc etc etc...but this movie works! It's funny where it has to be but yet keeps the feeling of what will the zombies do next.

May not be for younger kids but most in the family could probably watch this as it is not over the top gory or scary. I mean come on, zombies as pets, a mom who loves the new pet and the pet who loves her back, dad not wanting the pet in the house, oh yeah lets not forget the part where the son loses track of the pet for awhile.
And with a catchy little tune that all the kids will be singing...through the heart and not the chest, headshots are the very best
I give this movie a 7 out of 10 stars....not bad for direct to dvd flick now is it? Now this is me. Someone not into horror, zombies, etc will probably be in the 5 or 6 range, but again...direct to dvd flick noone ever promoted...not bad at all!

Hiddy Ho Blogarinos,
This weeks review will be the movie Sweeney Todd.

I was very hesitant going into this movie. I love Johnny Depp movies, I love Tim Burton movies, I love dark themed movies, I hate musicals. See the problem here? Going into the movie knowing full well what I was in for, I wanted to love it and wanted to give it a chance. But let me be honest, after 20 minutes I was just about ready to get up and turn the dvd player off.
That is where the bad part of the review ends. I really enjoyed this movie. The first 20 minutes was very much more on the musical side, then something either clicked with the movie or just myself but it got better and kept getting better. Outside of all the musicalness (I know it's not a word) of this I would say this was a perfect movie. Acting A+, Costuming A+, Editing A+, Musical score A+, ETC ETC ETC you get my point.
Who doesn't want to see a barber who slices peoples throats and dump them down a hole in his floor, only to have the bodies baked into some yummy meat pies from the girl who owns the restuarant below? I don't want to give anything away so I will leave my review only giving that away (but who didn't already know thats what the movie was about).
So if this moive would have been about half less with the musical parts and took that half into "acting" this movie would have been a 10....a 10 I tell you, but because the first 20 minutes bored me to death and there was still quite a bit, ready for it, musicalness, on the back half of the movie I give it a solid 8 out of 10 stars

Alright boils and ghouls, I am going to start a weekly movie review. Most of these, in keeping with my name, will be horror movies and on top of that may be some most have never even heard of or have only seen the titles on late night movie channel guides. I will also review bigger name flicks as I see them.

So the first film to review for you all is The Covenant.

If you read the summary and such on your tv guide it sounds pretty interesting. A small group of kids (4 to be exact) are bonded together by centuries old witch spells and therefore are a "tight" group. Well then things happen, hot chicks barely dressed come into play, etc etc etc you know your typical pg-13 horror movie, then things go wrong. The new girl is liked by 2 of the 4, but she only likes 1 of them. The one she likes things the other is doing things to get her....you know like the typical sending darklings and such...well it turns out another new kid has these same powers but they dont know it until later. Well some power fighting here, fake effects there blah blah blah...new kid wants one of the 4 kids powers before he ascends to make himself stronger.



Sounds decent right......I mean for a late night horror flick anyways......well thats where you are wrong.


The reason the kid wants more power and is mad at the world????????


HE GREW UP WITH NOONE WHO KNEW WHAT HE HAD GOING ON......oh boo hooo hoooo the kid didn't know about the "group of 4" unbtil after he had hatred and a thirst for power...blah blah blah.....bitching here, moaning there...another fake cgi fight, and you have boy saves girl and all is well movie ending.



LAME!!!!!



They had a decent plot but made nothing of it other than a cry baby mad because he had powers but didn't know why.

The effects made me think of a couple guys just getting there new computer programs and wanted to try them out on film.....thier "f/x" for fighting we nice power orbs they threw at eachother....nice and new right??? ugh! why the hell would witches have orbs of power they throw???

oh well... on a scale of 1-10 I give this movie 3 stars! Wasn't bad acting as you would think in a late night horror movie, like I said decent plot, and chicks scantily clad in a few scenes.....but it was pg-13 so don't expect much unless you are a 15 year old boy.



Well until next time kiddies keep that night light on, look in your closet before you go to sleep and don't forget to check for me under the bed!

Sorry for not posting in a long while but but between work, holidays and birthdays been somewhat busy. But I will try to be back.

Let's see some things on my mind? hmmmmmm

1) well I haven't been this non-excited for a super bowl in well forever! Between this match-up and the piss poor excuse for good commercials last year, I just can't bring myself to get excited. 1 of 2 things are going to happen here. 1. Brady and company win and we will have to listen for the rest of our lives how they are the best team ever...far from it in my opinion. Or 2 Giants win pull the "greatest uset ever" yeah right...and another Manning wins which forces them to be in our faces for who knows how long....yeah sorry for not being excited about either possibility.

2)Directv customer service SUCKS! Anyone who knows me knows I have been a loyal supporter of directv for years, even backing them on message boards. But Now in the past 5 months I have had 2 very piss poor customer service situations with them and just may leave! No Sunday ticket for me??? eh oh well, maybe now I will try to figure out how sopcasts work and save me a couple bucks!

3)Being without Directv has forced me to use redbox....hmm nifty little service I must say! Sometimes not that great of a selection but at the same time there is always something for everyone! YAAAAAAAY for $1.00 rentals. And if you google redbox codes you can get free rentals too.

4)My Nuggets, Avs and Broncos are just straight underacvhievers with no depth and can't stay healthy. Oh well I guess these next few seasons will weed out the non fans!

Well thats all for now kiddies!

Until next time

Scare ya later!

mr-scary

Been pretty quiet ... wondering what happened to the Beaver and Mr. Scary ... just saying ...

At any rate, came across a crazy video again that I hadn't seen in a while so I thought I'd share. Enjoy!

Hello everyone.......

Sorry it's been awhile but now I am back.

Went to Santa Fe New Mexico for a nice 4 day weekend over memorial day. I can honestly nowhere has better food than New Mexico. Visited with family I haven't seen in awhile and saw a few sights I hadn't before...so It was a fun trip.

Also was able to average almost 90 mph for awhile without getting caught by the 100 cops we seen over the 4 days so that was a nice bonus.

THE METS!!!!! I am going to just call it right now Mets beat Indians in 5 games! World Champs baby! Still not a full 100% squad, still don't have everything 100% where it should be but still beating up on the NL.

Also, this weekend Broncos Fan Fair...yeah baby! FOOTBALL FIX HERE I COME.

It's almost time to start thinking fantasy football..so anyone outthere that needs extra players thrown an invite my way, I am always down to join more leagues.

What is up my fans? I have a few things to talk about today.

1) GO NUGGETS!!!!! Talk about getting it right at the right time. Bring on Flop Ginobli, Cry Baby Duncan and the rest of the wussy Spurs.

Now of course Spurs will win the series behind the help of the refs who will award them around 45 free throws to Nuggets 15 per game, and we will have players bleeding with no fouls called while Melo and Camby will breath in the wrong direction and get a fould called, but I am now ready for that, as that is what the NBA has been reduced to.

2) Virginia Tech Shootings. My thoughts go out to everyone involved (except the pussy who can't handle things with himself only). So your having troubles, oh boo hoo kill yourself, not 32 other people with you. To make things easier go do it in a dirt field so we can just hose the shit down and be done with you. But nooooooo life is so hard you have to go and take 32 innocent lives with you.

3)On topic of the shootings......MEDIA SUCKS!!!! Stop blaming video games, movies and music. You think these kids are listening and watching bad mainstream stuff...come pay a visit to my house and I will show you REALLY disturbing music and movies! Maybe, just maybe, we can blame the pussy and those around him? hmm how would that be for a change?

4)Mets......uh guys you may want to wake up....October wont be a possibility with the crap you guys are calling baseball right now. Sure you are a game out of the best record over all, but the effort just doesn't look there to me! Oh well the Rockies are coming up on the schedule soon.....SWEEP!

5)Welcome Yolanda to the said Doubleclick/google family with Ken. I hope Yolanda has a better time at gooclick than she did at etoys. Dougle seems like a great opportunity to start a career at and lets hope she can gain some great experiences at Dubgoo.

6)While Ken is thinking of writing a book, I think I may be inspred to do the same. Only mine will be a nce dark piece about a haunted house owner who has "the goriest" and most life like haunted house around. The reason being? Some patron don't make it out alive and become part of the attracion.

Now of course the media wont like that and start blaming "mr-scary's vault of horror" the reason the next shooting is happening.




7) HEY FELLAS......LET'S MAKE OUR OWN MOVIE@!

Holla atcha boy!

As Mr Ken posted there will be 3 of us that honor you with our presence. You have now met 2 of us. I for 1 will give a little insight and say the ranting beaver, well, we are still usure of that is a product f our overrun imaginations or in fact is a real person.

See the Beaver likes to stay hidden, but when provoked can unleash a fury so devestating that women and children should not be around. So if we are ever honored with a Beaver sighting please do not be alarmed nor afriad just stand your sidtance and behold the wonder that is the ranting beaver.

Also if you want to know anything about me just ask!