Epicharmus was a Greek philosopher and dramatist who is credited as being one of the first comic writers. He is often called Epicharmus of Kos and lived circa 540-450 before Christ. His comic writing from was the origins of “Doric Comedy”; meaning the Greek dialect and also meaning Dorian mode, which is a music theory based on intervals of tones followed by whole tones. He also is credit with Sicilian comic forms, which refers to Italian, or the Sicilian Islands.
In his early life, Epicharmus worked as a poet, and his topics ranged from exhortations against intoxication and laziness. He can be quoted,
“Judgment, not passion should prevail.” – Wikipedia - Epicharmus
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We thought that all little boys need a bit of responsibility. So we bought our 1 year old boy a fish tank and three guppies on his birthday. One girl Guppy and two boy guppies. The Guppy’s had a nice tank and apparently no supervision, so the reproduced. A Guppy has live babies, so one day we had about 10 more. At some point, the boy created the “Great Guppy Tsunami”, only 3 babies survived. So we were down to 6. The wife didn’t like our yellow boy guppy, so down the drain he went. Eventually all the guppies dies, except a young girl and boy. We thought the boy guppy may have been gay, but after two years later, they finally got it on and had a batch of 12 little guys. Then, no less than 3 weeks later, the proud parents had another school of baby guppies, 20. So now I have decided to thin the herd. The 20 babies will be on there way to the corporate head quarters of RedFusion Media, where they will have the best view in downtown Redlands. I really wanted to have a “Blob Fish” in the office, but I can’t seem to find one. Since neither of the other two Epic Guide writers can seem to post anything of meaning, the guppies got posted. If you want to name the guppies, leave a comment.
Filed Under (Sports) by Jon on 07-03-2006
Game of Shadows : Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked Professional Sports
I think people know where I stand about liars, and I don’t stand next to Barry Bonds, Good Bye! Honestly, it was a matter of time before Bonds burned to the ground. It was his own fault, he was too good of a player before steroids which caught people attention when he ballooned up like Mo Vaughn. He was always a prick, which doesn’t go with the juice. I say every one should buy the book, hopefully it’s not to late to shame the cheater out of baseball before he brakes another record.
“Do you believe Barry Bonds, or the book? I believe the book. I think Bonds is — or was — a human Walgreens, a grotesque and insulting example of better baseball through chemistry. And I think he should slither away, joining Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and Rafael Palmeiro in forced baseball exile.” - By Gene Wojciechowski ESPN\
Filed Under (Entertainment) by Jon on 06-03-2006
Nintendo has been beat up over the last few years, with Sony Playstation and Microsoft XBox, so they came up with a new idea, market to old guys. Nintendo has created a line of games that stimulate old people’s minds, so they wont go crazy in old age.
“I don’t want to end up some crazy old man,” Mr. Shishido explained at a crowded Tokyo electronics store after trying the game on display. “I want to play a little every day before going to bed.” The Hindu Paper
Nintendo the company is old, that’s why they like old timers, started in 1889, I think that was before microchips. Here’s part of there story,
“Nintendo was founded in Japan on November 6, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. In the mid-twentieth century, the company tried several small niche businesses, such as a love hotel and a taxi company. Over the years, it became a video game company, growing into one of the most powerful in the industry. Aside from video games, Nintendo is also the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners, a Major League Baseball team in, Washington.” - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo
Filed Under (Entertainment) by Scott on 06-03-2006
I watch the Spanish channel because there is nothing but hot chicks on it. I watch the Korean Channel because they do retarded things that are not blocked by the barriers of language. While I wish this channels had a english SAP option, I would not care about having a SAP if I could watch Japanese telivision. It seems that every clip of Japanese entertainment I see is ridiculously entertaining. Check out this footage I found of a guy who straped a balloon of compresed air to his back. The Rocketeer. There needs to be a solution to this lack of Japanese foolishness!
Now, I know that my truck (nicknamed “the Reaper”) has a mind of its own, but I found this car that is evil. It’s a Ford Sportka. At first glance the car looks like a weenie car but watch the video and see its true evilness. I found two video’s on the world wide web. Freaking hilarious. Car vs. Cat. Car vs. Bird.
Filed Under (Sports) by Jon on 06-03-2006
Korea is off to a hot start, going 3-0, but has anyone noticed that the 30 man roster of the Korean team has five guys names “Lee” and four guys name “Park”. How do we know who’s on first anymore? If you thought that was interesting, you’ll notice that they have seven guys name “Kim”, that’s just crazy? Are they all brothers? They do have a token “Bong” on the team, and that should make some high Americans giggle.
Filed Under (Politics) by Jon on 06-03-2006
After writing on impeaching some pathetic democrats, I found a good republican to pick on. Congressmen Bill Thomas, chairman of the Ways and Means committee, announced today that he will not seek reelection. He’s been in Congress since 1979, that’s 27 years, plus the 10 he served as a California Assembly member. That’s 37 years of fat-catting around the country on his high horse.
Here’s a good quote, fairly insightful to how lost our leaders are:
“On Monday, he said he was inspired to retire by the example of former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax, who Thomas said retired at the top of his game.” SFGate.com
We’ll since for some odd reason, even with our stupid Freak O’ the Week column we run, I don’t know why all of the “Impeachment” ads come up on our website. So I put together a voters guide.
The get the idiots out of office!
Let’s VOTE OUT the OLD TIMERS!!!
Continued from “Million Dollar Ferrari Crash“
This story keeps getting better, now investigators think that the Ferrari crash is linked to a European mob or may be even James Bond. Sources now say the Ferrari Enzo ($1,000,000) was traveling at least 160 mph. They thought it was racing, (I think a tricked out 1998 Mazda 6 with turbo and a patchwork paint job) but now they think the mob was after them. More to come.
“It’s like a James Bond story,” said Sgt. Philip Brooks, of the Malibu/Lost Hills Station traffic detail. “But I just want to find out who was driving the Ferrari.”
Brooks is heading up the investigation to find out if Stefan Eriksson, of Bel Air, was at the wheel of the red Ferrari Enzo when it crashed into a pole off Pacific Coast Highway on Feb. 21 at an estimated 160 mph. The impact caused the car to split in half and nearly disintegrate, but Eriksson suffered relatively minor injuries. - L.A. NBC 4
