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Survivor: Blood vs Water Episode 5 Notes
Redemption Island Monica Culpepper is in near tears as she realizes her husband, Brad Culpepper, was voted off as he enters the arena. Her voice cracks and immediately offers to take his place. Of course, Brad declines. He is teary eyed as he tells his wife she is his rock and promises he will be fine and win his way back into the game. It showed the softer side of Brad. As a former professional football player, Brad knows a game is a game. It is nothing personal and he just plays hard. With Brad as the person voted off, Redemption...
read moreThe Unsportsmanlike Hour
At times there’s a lot of sports related news that’s not really all that much about the sport. A lot of these things don’t deserve a full article but they do deserve to be noted. Enjoy. One of three things I liked about the XFL might actually make a comeback: The NBA has plans to release “Nick Name” Jerseys that will be used in a few games this season. As of right now it’s reported that only the Brooklyn Nets and Miami Heat will be wearing these jerseys but I hope it’s a sign of things to...
read moreRetroactive Review: The Last Samurai
Score: 9/10 “They say Japan was made by a sword. They say the old gods dipped a coral blade into the ocean, and when they pulled it out four perfect drops fell back into the sea, and those drops became the islands of Japan. I say, Japan was made by a handful of brave men. Warriors, willing to give their lives for what seems to have become a forgotten word: honor.” – Simon Graham narrating beginning of film When Commodore Matthew Perry showed up with his fleet and its big guns in 1853 to forcefully open up an isolated Japan to the World,...
read moreTinder: Worth It?
The verdict is in I think. Tinder? Not that creepy. I didn’t say it wasn’t creepy at all, or even that it wasn’t creepy, period. I’m just saying it’s not that creepy. I know the people on match.com are reading this on their high horse thinking that because Tinder is just images, it is shallow and superficial. Well, they aren’t wrong. But if you’ve ever been on a dating website there is a process to filtering out your future Mr. or Mrs. The first thing you do is look at the other persons pictures and if you like what you see, then you move on...
read moreIllogical Logic
Ten people decide to have a movie night. They all agree to it. Six out of ten people want to go see “The Dark knight”, three insist on going to see “You Don’t Mess with the Zohan”, one will go to either. A vote is taken, and six people vote to see the Dark Knight. They get to the movies, and buy ten tickets to the Dark Knight. They go to the concession stand, and the three dissenters have all the tickets. They order popcorn, sodas, pretzels, and candy. The usher takes their tickets, tears them and says...
read moreMarvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Episode 4
Score: 8/10 I am encouraged about the series again after watching “Eye Spy”. The episode is definitely the most thrilling so far. It begins in V for Vendetta style. We watch a mob of men, each wearing red masks, enter the subway. They are all carrying briefcases. We later learn that they are all ex-military and hired to carry diamonds. They are each carrying a briefcase so that a thief would not know which briefcase to steal. However, a woman enters the subway car, knocks out the lights, neutralizes all the men, and steals the correct...
read moreBitcoin Explained
Admittedly we here at Rookerville have neglected a certain demographic that normally I would say we’re all interested in. All the writers here have some interest in Tech, but the problem is none of us know it well enough to explain it. Well that’s about to change. We’ll be welcoming a new writer to the team to shine some light on things like the “Deep Internet” or elusive new currencies like Bitcoin. To lead up to his first piece we wanted to release an info-graphic he created to help everyone better...
read moreNFL Notes: Week 6
I must apologize for missing a week. If I had gotten my column up, I would’ve guaranteed Kansas City would’ve lost, and I would’ve said the Giants were most definitely going to win. I state this all now cause I wanted to be honest with my readers and admit I probably would’ve had a lot of wrong points. But I’m here for week six and hopefully will make some right points. Remember that elite argument: Remember about 2 seasons ago when every Quarterback under the sun was being considered elite. A whole slew of...
read moreWalking Dead: Episode 1
It’s (finally?) back. To be honest I forgot Walking Dead was coming back this week. Not sure if it’s my own omission or if it’s a good pulse on the overall feeling over the show. I was reminded while sitting at the bar watching the Cowboys game and actually had to set my DVR from my phone (I do love new technology). For some reason I feel like previous season premieres were met with a bit more fanfare. People planning parties and what not. Maybe everyone is still reeling from the loss of Breaking Bad. Either way...
read moreALCS Preview
Detroit Tigers vs. Boston Red Sox Detroit Tigers (93-69) ALDS Overview: The Tigers were in big trouble. They were down 2-1 in the series and down 3-0 in Game 4. However, they fought back to force and win Game 5. In Game 4, they brought in the likely AL CY Young Winner Max Scherzer out of the bullpen to bridge the gap to the closer, Joaquin Benoit. Scherzer impressively got out of a bases loaded, no one out situation in the 8th inning. Aided by a controversial fan interference non call on a homerun, the Tigers forced Game 5. Justin Verlander...
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