Jamie Burnside

Reply to Barry Speaks His 'Roid-Fueled Mind in Sports & Leisure JoeUser Forums

Thanks for responding to my article on Barry Bonds. I was expecting a bit more reaction from that one, but that's the way it goes sometime. Bonds is a rat-ass cheater. Pete Rose is a dirty bastard too, but if it isn't proven that he hadn't cheated as a player: maybe he should be in the hall of fame on the merits of his playing career. Of course he may have cheated as a manager, so maybe he should be out alltogether Anyway, we can all agree on one thing

Reply to DVD Reveiw: All the Real Girls in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

I am pretty glad that the Vikings traded Moss, aren't you. I mean that guy was just a cancer on the team. Thank goodness the Vikings got some defense for that dude. I am sure that It won't be so hard to adapt to life without Randy.

Elementary School Children Emulating the Founding Fathers in Misc JoeUser Forums

This afternoon at work (I am an elementary school teacher) I went out to the playground to gather a few of my students. After looking around a bit, I found the kids whom I was looking for. Two of the kids that I found were playing in a rather animated group of first graders. There were about fifteen kids picking up handfuls of freshly-fallen snow, rubbing it in their hair, and exclaiming: "Look at me! I'm George Washington!" (I took a picture of this, and I e-m

Reply to Barry Speaks His 'Roid-Fueled Mind in Sports & Leisure JoeUser Forums

I don't get what you wrote about Rob Deer, but your point is well-taken Greywar. Speaking of Rob Deer, I saw him hit an amazing line drive homerun to left field at the Metrodome. I'd bet that the ball never rose above 20 feet in the air before it left the park. I had a great view of that one bbecause I was just to the first base side of home plate. That was probably the most memorable homerun I have ever seen.

Reply to Barry Speaks His 'Roid-Fueled Mind in Sports & Leisure JoeUser Forums

I hear Bonds' press conference this morning, and I wrote a blog entry about it this afternoon. I can't believe the nerve of that guy! He should retire now before he taints the MLB record book.

American Idol 4 Results' Show: February 23, 2005 in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

Click here for my latest article On Monday night during the critique following Constantine's song, Randy Jackson sang a note to make a point. After Randy sang, it seemed like Constantine said, "You'd better stick to rap." Now I didn't quite hear it clearly, so I had been wondering about it for the last couple of days. In fact, I spent about 45 minutes last night searching around the internet to read some report ab

Barry Bonds' Press Conference in Sports & Leisure JoeUser Forums

This morning as I was driving into work, I heard excerpts of Barry Bonds' press conference. I have been thinking about it all day, and it has been making me a bit angry. What I gleaned by listening to it was: it is the media's fault that athletes are getting caught "making mistakes", and that he must be doing something right because 50,000 fans show up to "boo" him each night. I think that Barry Bonds is making a mistake that a number of overpushed "heel" pro wrestlers m

American Idol 4: Twelve Women Finalists in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

Click here for my latest article. Last night was the men's turn, tonight it was the ladies. As a group, the ladies were less impressive than the men, but there will eventually be enough standouts to make the competition interesting. Is it me, or does it seem that this year more contestants are being seen perform for the first time in the sound studio round than before? Sarah Mather, Melinda Lira, Celina Rae, Jessica Si

American Idol 4: The Twelve Male Finalists in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

Click here for my latest article. How exciting! The first night of the American Idol "voting stage" has begun. Tonight's show featured the twelve male finalists. After Wednesday's results show, that field will be narrowed down to ten. As a group, this batch of contestants was extremely good. Nearly all of the songs were at least passable-to-exceptional. Tonight's top five notable&

Reply to Yoko Ono's Birthday. in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

I didn't like where this conversation was going, so I edited out some of the posts. Stay on topic , remain at least marginally positive, quit quoting Dennis Leary, or start your own thread.

Reply to How will we be able to keep baby away from the computer? in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

Once again I will echo Life Happens' sentiment. Baby can see through all of that!

Reply to My computer is making Teletubbies noises! in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

Yeah it is okay now though. I did a "system restore" and apparently the sound went away. It was kind of a funny thing to happen to my computer, wasn't it?

My computer is making Teletubbies noises! in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

My wife was sitting with my one year-old son at the computer a little while ago. My wife was crocheting, and Kenny was playing on the Teletubbies website. (He was having an awesome time!) After a while of playing, (dragging, clicking, and moving) baby managed to shut off the computer somehow. (He was having a great time before he ended up turning off the computer.) Now ever since I turned the computer back on, it is doing something strange. I hear a l

Yoko Ono's Birthday. in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

This morning I was listening to the "celebrity birthdays" bit on the radio. Turns out that Yoko Ono (or OnoYoko for my friends in Japan) is 72 years old today. I was a bit surprised to hear that she is already in her seventies. Yoko is an interesting one. Sure her music is painfully horrible, but she certainly had an interesting affect on her late husband. If you haven't seen the documentary "John Lennon Imagine", I'd recommend it. Watching it,

Reply to Lost to translation in Misc JoeUser Forums

I have been teaching English to more and more native Spanish speakers lately, and I have been surprised at how many of the cognates (or close-cognates) between English and Spanish can't be understood by my students. I mean: estudiar sounds like study , doesn't it? We'll just have to keep working... I am surprised that there is a policy whereby a doctor needs a translator to give service to a non-native English speaker. Does it have

Reply to Fuck Geico! in Misc JoeUser Forums

You should look into Mercury Auto Insurance. (Some knucklehead made a weblog here on JoeUser selling it.)

Reply to American Idol 4: Final Judgment in Pasadena in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

Mario Vazquez would be a good choice too, wouldn't he? I was thinking about adding him in with Anwar and Constantine in my original post, but I thought that I shouldn't add too many names. Mario V. and David Brown definitely have a chance to stick in it for a long time. I am not seeing much distinction among the women contestants this time around. The only one who I have been really impressed with is Vonzell. (Of course I am rooting for Amanda too.) -I am sur

American Idol 4: Final Judgment in Pasadena in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

Click here for my latest article Tonight's show was really interesting. Three weeks following their last performance, the judges met to determine the fates of the final 44 Idol contestants. Out of the final 44, 24 would be sent on to the next round. Beginning next week, we'll have the chance to vote for our favorites among the final twelve men, and the final twelve women. The Twelve Male Finalists: </STRON

American Idol 4: Hollywood Cuts in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

Click here for my latest article The pool of contestants on American Idol stands at 44 following tonight's show. Tomorrow night (in somewhat of a change in format) the judges will review past performances, and interview contestants in order to trim 20 more contestants, to bring the final number to 24 for the phone-in voting part of the competition. Tonight's contestants were split into four rooms, each room's story told as a

Reply to How will we be able to keep baby away from the computer? in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

See, the baby can see through that kind of stuff. He'll probably be as interested in the fake computer as he was in his fake remote control.

How will we be able to keep baby away from the computer? in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

Our little one-year-old loves to copy mom and dad. (That's not unusual.) Now that he is more mobile than ever, he is able to climb up on the chair by the computer. He loves banging on the keyboard, moving the mouse around, and clicking the buttons. Once it seems that he's getting too excited, or the computer starts making funny noises, we have to take baby away from the computer. Then -of course- he throws a fit. It is really cute to see how excited he ge

Nicole Richie is charming. in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

My wife and I were having an interesting conversation in the car today. I mentioned to her that I had seen "The Simple Life" (A TV show) for about ten minutes the other day. I told her that I found Nicole Richie to be pretty, fun, and charming. Think about for a minute. I am as surprised as you are. Seeing photographs of Nicole and Paris in tabloids, magazines, on television, and online, the pair seem like vapid starlets with little redeeming qualities besides their appearance

Reply to Here are some Cuts for You, Mr. Bush in Politics JoeUser Forums

Maybe the government can cut everything. Then it may be possible to invade Iran and North Korea without raising taxes. With no domestic spending, (besides the treasury/ IRS that collects money... and the part that pays to maintain the core government offices)we could establish a 100% war nation-state. There may even be enough money left over to pour into Iraq and Afghanistan with kickback cash to spare for everyone involved.

Reply to Here are some Cuts for You, Mr. Bush in Politics JoeUser Forums

The NEA is the national teachers' union. I don't think that government bankrolls unions. Regardless, I think that the NEAs funding done already been cut.

Reply to American Idol 4: Hollywood day One in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

I had to go back to see where in my postI mentioned Mikalah Gordon. The first time I looked through the article, I couldn't find the section on her, so I wrote the following: "As far as I remember, my point on her is that her brashness may be a tough sell. She doesn't bother me so much, but I'd bet that there will be those out there who get turned off by her "confidence." Big stars are cocky, but they're already big stars. Not playing it "middle of the road" can hur