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The Laporte Report: End of Line

I started watching Tech Tv when I got my dish about 3 years ago and one of the first people that I saw was Leo Laporte on The Screen Savers. I was disappointed when he left that show but knew that I could still see him on Call for Help.

Imagine my surprise this evening when I check out the website and realize that he has left the channel totally. Back when I was even less computer savvy, Leo made me want to learn more, as he didn't talk over my head, in as much real english as was possible.

I'm sorry to see him go, while I understand why he did. I can only hope that the new owners of Tech TV, Comcast, will look to this knowledgeable man as they begin merging G4, a video game channel not available in Canada, with Tech TV.

LAter,
Dok

Another addition

I've come to a conclusion..any one who does not use Java is screwed on this website :)
I've added a tag board, It's a little different then the guestbook. Feel free to use it, just to leave a quick message...

Later,
Dok

A response to PV

Willie's Lo-Fi Emporium

So, I guess we can go back to one of my favorite pass times. Talking Music with Willie. Be sure to read the latest PV at his blog to get the gist of what I'm talking about..Don't worry, I'll wait.

Everyone back...Great.

I don't think music is turning in to the Jr High dance. I think that pop music was always that way. There has always been singers that are too young to get into the bars that their music is played at. Elvis Presley got his first gold record at 21 and what age was Michael Jackson when he started with the Jackson 5? Bobby Brown was a star with both "New Edition" and a solo artist before his 20th birthday.

When it comes to all the Disney stars that get recording contracts, I see that as just good business for the company. Hillary Duff and Lindsey Lohen have both released their singles for "Hollywood Records" which is owned by Disney, who also owns ABCFamily, The Disney Channel, ABC, Touchstone Pictures, Live with Regis and Kelly and maybe you and I. They put out these albums because the kids that watch "Lizzie Mcguire" (Well, their mostly kids) and go to the move "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen" (No, I didn't know it off the top of my head, I looked it up) will go buy these albums, along with the posters, lunchboxes, special edition Ford Explorers and "my first contraceptive" kits just because it has the face of Hillary on it. Hell, She's even selling her "Stuff" at Zellars.

The whole Muchmusic thing is kind of weird to me too. Willie, I don't know how to tell you this, but when it comes to the programmers of Muchmusic, we're old. At the very most, they are looking for people under the age of 25 and we're not under the age of 25. They are looking for the teenagers who have the OBSCENE amounts of money to spend on every little nicknack that they can find. So it makes sense to play what those people want, not necessarily what we'd like to hear.

When it comes to Talent, I think we can all agree it's subjective. I enjoy Avril's last album, although I'm not all that excited about the new album. Hillary was good for a couple of singles, but the album was terrible. Same with Fefe, who latest single "Everything" is the best song on the album, which earns the "Dok Dogshit" award. I don't think I've heard Lohan's yet, so I'll wait to pass judgment.

I think Christina is still popular because she still has the chops to back up the hype. The album "Stripped" had a couple of songs that I think showed that, Beautiful and The Voice Within. Not to mention, Michelle Branch, who has had 2 great albums "The Spirit Room" and "Hotel Paper" as well as Vanessa Carleton, who is working on a new album.

All is not lost, Mr. Williston. The pop music industry will go on for many years to come. I heard George Strombopoulous (I think I'm close) say that The Backstreet Boys are back in studio working on their next album.

Oh yeah, I can't believe you missed the Disney Teen star that doesn't have a record deal. Christy Carlson Romano, The voice of Kim Possible

LAter,
Dok

Update

Hello, again. It's been a vacation week, alright. I have done, well, not nothing, but as close to it as you can.

Friday night, went up on the fan bus to Campbellton for the Timberwolves game, that that lost. It was a great hockey game, as the T-wolves were in it right up to the last second, losing 2-1. It was a great trip and coaches Jamie Henderson and Billy Riley poped on to the bus after the game to thank us for coming up.

The team is going to be losing a bunch of twenty year olds, but Riley seems to have contacts all over the country, so it will be interesting to see who he picks up for next season.

sunday night, I decided after supper that I wanted to go to the movies. As it was a last minute thing, I just went myself to see Hellboy. I thought it was a great movie, if you go in expecting a superhero movie. It's worth a look. I guess the DVD release is supposed to be another cut of it, so we'll see if that gets a little darker.

I've found the wonders of e-bay. It's been a while since I used it and then it was just for a PS2 game. Now I've picked up a couple of DVD's that I was missing in my WWF/E collection and a really nice messanger bag. I like having a bag to carry stuff to work in but the whole backpack looks too "schoolish". It's nice and you can find ANYTHING.

That's it for now. IF you haven't already sign the guestbook and let me know if there is anything you want me to talk about.

LAter

The Plane ride from Heck?

WWE Lawsuit on the Smoking Gun

I know it's a disturbing image, But I still think it would be funny to see Ric Flair strutting down the aisle in his robe. I think the best part is on page 4 when they are talking about ownership of RAW by Ric Flair in a story line as evidence that he is an owner in real life. I call bullshit on the entire lawsuit.

BTW, Timberwolves won tonight 2-1 in overtime. Great game. Let'd hope that they can pull it off friday night in Tigertown. Gerry and Paddy have the call on The River, and if all works out, I'll be there live.

The Blackjack game

For some reason, the game starts with a hand at play. SO before you start..click "stand", then deal the cards. I'll be looking for a fix.

Also if anyone sees a jave script for poker..let me know.

Thanks

A few random thoughts

-So I went to work today and was home by 10:30 as the yearly "absolutely SFA going on" time period has begun. That's OK, for now I guess.

-Latest Downloads
-Wrestlemania 3: The show that started me on my Wrestling fandom. With the "Biggest Match in history" as the Main event, and Ricky Steamboat vs Randy Savage on the undercard, it still holds up as one of the best supercards of all time

-The Punisher Soundtrack: What I'm listening to right now, as a matter of fact. Seether Feat Amy Lee of Evanescence is the best song on it. Also on it is Finger Eleven- Slow Chemical, a song that wrestling fans will recgonize as Kane's theme song. Ben Moody, formally of evanescence also has a song on the soundtrack. It's worth a pick up. I think the movie should be pretty decent as well.

-Another movie that I'm looking forward to is Hellboy. While I haven't heard of him before the ads for the movie came out, I think the movie will have just enough comedy and action to keep me entertained. Then again I thought League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was a great movie, so what do I know. BTW, My desktop right now...Yep, Hellboy movie poster

-Best joke that I've heard in a while, from last nights "Tonight Show with Jay Leno". Talking about a police officer in the states who has just completed a sex change operation from a man to a woman.

What's the biggest cut when having the surgery from man to women? The cut in salary

I didn't say it was a PC joke, I said it was a funny one.

-Went to the timberwolves game last night, where they defeated Campbellten last night 3-2, only because Goalie Todd Veary stood on his head in the 3rd period. Game two on The River tomorrow night followed by a Saturday night Game three at the Civic Center. Rum Row lives again.

Well, that's all for now. Don't forget to check out the links on the side of the page. Let me know what you want to see and if you're new, sign the guestbook, just like Willie, Wayne, Gully, Chucky and a few others have done

until next time,
Dok

Very Interesting

Couple of things,

First..You'll notice a countdown at the top of the page. That is how much time I have left before I head out for a weeks vacation from ICT. What am I dong and where am I going? As of Yet, I don't know, but just something that I'm looking forward to.

Second, A couple of months ago I purchased a PS2 from futureshop. After that I saw a copy of NHL2K3 at Blockbuster, so I picked it up. After starting a season with the Canadians, I was wondering how to get into a fight. I'm near the end of January in my first season, when I got in to my first fight, with me as Brian Berard. My Opponent (who picked up the instigator)?

Todd Bertuzzi

Another Weekend down

Hello, People

Well, survived another weekend, as we made it through the OH. There was a dandy crew, and with the exception of one communications screwup (Sorry again, Lori) Everyone had fun.

Didn't spend too much time on the floor, it was more of just a hangout night with the gang. It's not very often that the amout of us get together. Ah well, guess that just means that we're getting old ;)

Back to work tomorrow as the Job shadowing begins.

Updates

Seem to be getting a few people stopping by, which is great. Keep it up people.

So I went to work this morning, when I noticed on the bulletin board that the schedule had been posted for shadowing for the job I had applied for. I was first on the list, so I'll be shadowing Monday and Tuesday. One problem, I was supposed to be off monday. So I worked a few hours and decided that I would take the rest of the day off.

For the people in the Miramichi area, There are a few of us heading to the Opera House tonight so come on down and say hi in the land of Barley and Hops :)

I would be remiss if I hadn't meantioned the Miramichi UPM TImberwolves who have had a great season and are moving on to the second round of the playoffs. I just wish they were starting tonight and not wednesday night. Mesed up my whole schedule. Campbellton is in town and I can't wait to get back to the rink.

I've updated the Link to Willie's Blog and have also added a e-mail link as well. I'll be adding some more through the next few days.

Untill Later

Extra Links

If anyone has any links that they think should be included on the links list, just post them in the guestbook and I'll post them up for the world to see

Where it all begins...Again

So I've been talking about it all beginning again and here it is...For now. Thanks to Matthew, I've run in to this service that allows free domain names. So from now on it's no longer at the blogspot address. The address to the blog is dokoffice.ca.tt. It seems to be working out well so far. Don't forget to check out the links on the side as well as signing the guestbook. It would much appreciated.

Speaking of where it all began...Again (Have to put the three dots or it doesn't have the same effect) Wrestlemania 20 has come and gone, and after kind of falling off the wagon when it comes to watching wrestling, it's the show that has brought me back. The Eddy-Angle match is something that had everything that you need, some great mat wrestling and that classic Eddy~! cheating.

John Cena's opening match was just the right way to bring the crowd back into it and he actually managed to get a decent match out of The Big Show. For all the John Cena fans, I managed to get a look (Thanks to suprnova.org at the John Cena DVD: Word life and while it's not a Wrestling DVD, it's got a lot of his better pre-match freestyles including the little seen one from the HEAT before Wrestlemania 19.

Also worth a pick up is The Monday Night Wars. Some of it is very interesting to not only wrestling fans but also people who are interested in how much a war story can change when the winner tells the story.

Now back to Wrestlemania, The Goldberg/ Brock Lesner match was interesting, but not so much for the action in the ring as the reaction of the crowd. With their chants of "You sold out" and "This match sucks", it sounded like the old ECW arena. The rest of the show was pretty much a mix of the good (Christian Vs Jericho, Evil Trish~!), the Bad (Either of the fatal 4-ways) and the Ugly ( The Playboy Evening Gown Match, that had to be paired down due to Sable's breast implant leakage) For What I think is the best review of the event that I've read go Here

Now in my world, I've now got a schedule that is going to allow me to have somewhat a life as I'll be off Sunday and Monday, meaning I'll be able to go out on Saturday night if the urge strikes me. I'm hoping to kick that off this weekend, but I guess that depends on other people (Ain't that right, Gully :) )

At work, things have been going alright lately. It's starting to get very quiet, so a little time has been spent off the phones (Having carnal relations with the canine species or as it's not so politely known, F&@%ing the dog). Next week, I guess I'll be "Shadowing" for a senior support job, so we'll see how that goes.

Well..I hope you enjoy the new lay out and come back often, as I hope to have new content, maybe not every day, but at least a couple of times a week.

Till Next time,
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Firsts
First job: Working for NB Trails
First screen name: dok97
First funeral: Grandfather
First pet: Dog, Buddy
First piercing/tattoo: none
First credit card: Visa
First kiss: Miramichi Rural Dance
First enemy: wow, I have no idea
First favorite musician: Didn't every canadian child love Mr. Dressup?

Lasts
Last car ride: Last night, coming home from the hockey game.
Last kiss: too long ago
Last library book checked out: Something for a project in college
Last movie watched: Bruce Almighty
Last beverage drank: The Nector of the gods, Pepsi
Last food consumed: Grilled Cheese for breakfast
Last phone call: talking to my neighbor about a job he is up for
Last time showered: this morning
Last CD played: Three Days Grace
Last website visited: my blog dokdoyle.blogspot.com

Now
Single or Taken: way too single
Sex: Male
Birthday: Oct 8/1978
Sign: Libra
Siblings: Brother- James/Jamie
Hair color: Reddish Brown
Eye color: Brown
Shoe size: 12
Height: 6'2

Right now what are you...
Wearing: 842 t-shirt and black jeans
Drinking: nothing
Thinking about: nothing really
Listening to: G-unit-Stunt 101

Well, I guess it is time for another update here in the office. Seems every time that I update I say that it’s going to happen more often, but it just doesn’t seem to happen that way. Well, let’s get to the news.


The character of CD Lawrence is dead, at least for now. After a good run in the NWF, RPW and a not so successful run in the ICWF, I decided that having to sit down and write RP’s were getting to be just a little too much like work. So instead of killing the character more then I already had, I decided to stop. It’s a character that I’m sure that I will go back to in one medium or another eventually. I think the character is ripe for at least a book, so maybe I can get working on that. Maybe this new wireless keyboard and mouse will get some use after all ?


On the work front, I’m still slaving away at ICT. On the phones most of the time, but just spending enough time off the phones to make me keep my senses together. It’s getting to the point where I am enjoying the phones more as there seems to be more stress off the phones. The breaking point for a lot of people seems to be around the corner. I know what it looks like, because I was there. I think it was good news for a lot of people that I ended up taking two weeks off when I did.


Those two weeks I did nothing except watch TV and play Smackdown: Here comes the pain on my new PS2 (That arrived on my second day off, how’s that for timing). It was great not having to worry about the next absolutely idiotic piece of “brilliance” (/sarcasm) that was going to come from the office around the corner. Some people amaze me with their talent of walking upright with their head up their ass.


On the social scene, it’s been rather quiet as I’ve been working mornings at 6am so I can get out of there early. I figured if I still have to be there, the best thing for me is to get out of there as early in the day as I can so I have to spend the least amount of time with…never mind, I was getting off on a rant about work again.


Let’s try this again, shall we? The social scene has been a little quiet, as I’m spending as much time as possible trying to get some rest. Watching the Miramichi UPM Timberwolves has become almost a given when they are playing at home. It’s a great team this year, clinching the division title and heading to the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. It’s been a while since I was to the Opera House, before Christmas I think. It just dosen’t seem to have as much of a pull as it used to. Maybe it’s the crowd that gets in there on a Saturday night.


Speaking of crowds, I was at the Nickelback concert on Thursday night along with over 6,100 of my closest friends. It was one hell of a show with The Trews and Three Days Grace opening up. The 4-hour show was worth every penny that I paid for my tickets. That’s my one concert this year, but with a Great Big Sea tour expected in the fall, where they say that they will play any hockey rink. Bar or rec room that their equipment will fit into, maybe I’ll hit to concerts this year ?



CD’s I’ve actually bought lately include:

Great Big Sea- Something Beautiful* This is an album that takes a few listens to begin to understand, but it grows on you. Does it measure up to the greatness that are Up or Play? I don’t think so, but it goes on my list ahead of Turn, the CD that I consider to be the weakest of the GBS catalogue.


Five for Fighting- The Battle for Everything. More of the same for John Ondrasik, and there is not a thing wrong with that. “100 Years” was a good choice for a lead single.


Three Days Grace- Before seeing these guys in concert, I don’t think I’d of gone across the street to get this album. After seeing them in concert, I don’t think that the CD will leave my stereo for a while.


I’ve also got the Mick Foley DVD from amazon.ca and was impressed by the great WWF/WWE matches that were on it. However, I was a little disappointed by some of the choices that were made in the WCW/ECW matches. Where is the powerbomb match from WCW Saturday Night? The Funk/Cactus Jack Match from ECW when The Public Enemy got covered with chairs. I’m hoping for a volume 2


I managed to get a copy of the Monday Night Wars DVD from supernova. Without the extras, it is one of the best DVD’s they have come out with. The WWE was very fair when it came to WCW, which was a lot of what people were worried about.


Some websites to check out:

http://www.nationstates.net

http://forums.thesmartmarks.com/index.php


Well, I guess that’s enough for now. Keep checking back, you never know when I’ll be back.


CD/Dok

So I'm in a Royal Rumble Pool at the Seadawg's Forum. I got Number 3

1988- Butch Reed (First Person Eliminated)
1989- Andre The Giant (Eliminated Himself)
1990- Marty Janetty
1991- Greg Valentine
1992- Ric Flair (Won The Whole Damn Thing)
1993- Papa Shango (First Man eliminated)
1994- Rick Steiner
1995- Eli Blu
1996- Bob Backlund (First Man Eliminated)
1997- Razor Ramon 2 (First Man Eliminated)
1998- Tom Brandi (First Man Eliminated)
1999- Golga (First Man Eliminated)
2000- Headbanger Mosh (First Man Eliminated)
2001- Matt Hardy
2002- Big Bossman (First Man Eliminated)
2003- Christopher Nowinski

So out of 16 rumbles, I've won it once and been the first man eliminated 8 times.

Pro Wrestling Torch - News Leader Since 1987

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TheSmartMarks Forums -> Replying in Crash Holly passes away

First off and most important, RIP Crash, I always enjoyed the 24/7 and the super Heavyweight gimmicks.

Now, I've read through all the posts in this thread and have this to say.

Wrestlers get into this business to wrestle. If giving them two months off were to happen, all that would mean is some independents would have some great shows for those two months. Some would take the time off, but most would take the oppertunity to moake a few extra dollars. It's just not going to happen.

It's not Vince's fault that this is happening. You cannot watch that amount of people 24/7, as others have stated. It comes down to choices that people make. Vince is not standing over them throwing pills down their mouth or buying them a bottle of rum. If they choose to take those pills or have those drinks. It's on thier own head.

With Steroids, It's almost an occupational hazard, but as long as there are people who want to see the "super Human" bodies and people who are willing to do whatever it takes to get themselves there, they will be a problem. No one takes them without knowing what could/will happen. Once again, it's a choice.

Regulation is not going to help, commissions and inquirys are not going to matter. The only thing that is going to change what happens in this business that we all love is changing the type of people that decide to make thier living at it.

A story on the Death of Road Warrior Hawk

Another one of the people that i grew up watching has left.


I remember when I started watching pro wrestling, I bought a large amount of what were called the Apter Mags. Pro Wrestling Illustrated, The Wrestler and it's ilk. It's in these mags that I found out that there was more then WWF wrestling out there. The NWA, not as we know it today, was home to Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes and The Road Warriors.


When Hawk and Animal debuted in the WWF, I was thier biggest fan. Right up to their appearence on RAW a few weeks ago, I always thought that The Road Warriors is the greatest tag team of all time.


With the losses of Curt Henning, Freddie Blassie and, just a couple of days ago, Stu Hart, There must be a lot of happy fans in the sky.