dang it's cold

update

it's officially snowing in vegas. perfect driving weather for a rear-wheel drive torque monster. my joke about pops shoveling his driveway turned out to be closer to truth. shit.

well kiddos i hope everyone had a nice holiday and whatnot. the omaly got to enjoy 5 days off and some quality time with the quality crew. since i had a long break from the peso and since this is the last posting of the year it's gonna be phatty like extra butter. sit down, grab a drink and get comfy cuz we're breaking all the records today childrens.

let's kick things off by doing some product reviews. we here at omaly do our best to bring you the latest in cutting edge reviews about things that matter (read: beer, women, and things that waste time). when it comes to wasting time, nothing proves to have the insatiable appetite for my time quite like video games. as neris so eloquently put it: "dude, i sat down to play some games for a bit after dinner, the next time i looked at my clock it was 4 in the morning." atta kid. thankfully he was cool enough to let me play his xbox. i had never seen one in action until he bought one, i was missing out. when it comes to video games this is one solid product. clean graphics and a ton of sweet games that take full advantage of the technology. i'm in no way dissapointed with my ps2, but had i taken the time to try out an xbox first my purchase may have been different. no matter now that the kid bro has one, we tag-teamed that shit. there are two games that really did it for me. the first was burnout 2: point of impact. this is a fun racing game with all the bells and whistles, a list of cool cars, race courses laid out with immaculate detail, etc. the best part of this game is crash mode: when you play this setting the entire point is to take your firebreathing, nitrous shooting beast of a car and cause the biggest wreck possible. you get medals for causing a certain amout of damage, my record was 20 million. sweet. the other game that was an insta-hit was james bond 007: nightfire. this game has a 4 player dogfight mode where you and 3 buddies get to run around selected deserted castles and whatnot blowing the living bejeebus out of each other with an endless supply of weapons. me, neris and beavpeng played this one for hours. neris was a force with 200 kills. if it weren't for peng throwing in the towel due to exhaustion i would have come in last place. nonstop fun.

ok now let's do a movie review. if you haven't yet seen the final installment of the lord of the rings trilogy (i don't blame you for not fighting the crowds) i recommend you do so, instantly if possible. anyways, i'll do my best to offer my thoughts on a 3 hour movie in a finite space. this movie rocks. there you have it. i can't think of any other movie that would keep me glued to my seat for 1/8 of a day without so much as getting up to make peepee. on that note you can bet i didn't stick around for the credits. also the xbox game for said movie is tite.

in other news tomorrow night me and rob will be departing for the vegas to ring in the new year and catch a metallica concert while we're at it. i'll miss you guys but it's for a good cause, crack a brewhou for me. also i hear that it will be raining when we head up there, possibly even snow in the high desert. that's fantastic. shovel the driveway pops we're still coming.

seeing as how the new year is right up on us i took the liberty of jotting down some new years resolutions, and wouldn't you know it my aspirations morphed into a new top 10 list. even i can't stop me.

here's some funny images courtesy of beav:

the file name for this pic is the best.

great artwork. this one is muh fav.

word.

merry christmas childrens

happy holidays from everyone here at the peso. you kiddos have a good one.

i got my beanie back

some nice lady picked it up right after i got off the bus. she didn't return it to the driver, she did one better and gave it to me on the evening bus. atta kid. on a side note where the hail did december go? i am just now settling in to the holiday spirit and i am seeing commercials about "last minute shopping." man i hope i get that bb gun.

the knights of table 95 are meeting this evening at lord jose's manor. come on out if you can make it. we are celebrating l.s. completion of military duties and weaz's freedom from school. in other news, my show on tuesday has had a status change. instead of dealing with presale nonsense we want you guys to come on out and have a good time courtesy of the band, changing ticket prices from $7 to free. if any of you kiddos wanna check out a free show lemme know and i'll swing ya a ticket. feel free to invite folks but i can only getcha in free if i swing you the tix ahead of time.

our latest little mailbag goodie comes from the rosy, some of you may have already read it. isn't exactly peso related but it's dam funny so check it. this is what happens when friends let friends send email under the influence of old grapes. speaking of drummers you can check out the metallica's video for their new single "unnamed feeling" here. cool tune and vid.

who here hasn't wanted to dissect a piece of owl shit at one time or another...?

our hottie of the week is courtesy of mau. i give you "create-a-hottie."

buy some moon property.

ouch video. (right clicky)

here's ten funny pics courtesy of cousin ray from texas. subject: if children's books told the truth. probably not suitable for the childrens. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

speaking of beanies

i decided to be mr. slick today and leave my favorite yankee beanie on the bus. hopefully some good samaritan picked it up and passed it along to the driver. speaking of driver, i was a retarded one this weekend. on the way home from uncle's j's i stopped at the local burger king to drain muh vein and grab some coffee. on my way out i was backing my car out and discovered the driveway i was aiming for wasn't there, so without moving my car forward again i decided to change the direction of my turn. long story short i backed into a car. i quickly re-parked and inspected my lil pony, no damage. a trip back inside quickly revealed the owner of the car i smacked. no damage there either so all was well. i made it home without further incident. the next day however i accidentally did the coolest thing i have ever done in my car. i was getting on the freeway via one of those gnarly 180 degree turn on ramps. that and it was up a major hill and had just started raining. i bet you can sense the impending doom. just before i am ready to merge onto the freeway i downshit as i normally do and give her some gas so i can get up to speed. apparently i gassed a bit much, as my back end slipped out to the left, i did a total fishtail on a freeway on ramp. there was a weird feeling of weightlessness, the stereo was bumpin so i didn't hear the tires or anything, quite the surreal experience. eventually (read: within a couple seconds) i got traction and my vessel righted herself. i am so the accidental badass.

in my last posting i made the mistake of giving props to the lakers. they lost two straight games over the weekend. i will now proceed to stfu about them because there is apparently some bad kharma hapnen. i guess i should start my christmas shopping soon. this year i'm giving all my friends a year long subscription to the peso. it's the gift that keeps on giving.

you've got to be kidding me.

nasty.

well son you just got posterized, thanks for coming out

well kiddos it's been awhile since i've written about the nba so i thought i'd bring it on up. the lakes are the hottest team around right now, riding the leagues best record at 18-3, including a 10-game winning streak and holding the distinction of the league's only team still unbeaten at home (gawd i hope i didn't jinx anything, everybody knock on morning wood). on a side note i give him an "A" for effort, but what was number 22 thinking? "shaq's 3 feet from the basket but i'm gonna block his shot." my favorite laker thing as of late: shaq's new appreciation for playing D. that crazy kid swatted around 9 shots the other night, and that doesn't count the times he prevented shots by causing opposing shooters to shit their paints. all that to say way to go shakizi, we love ya. as much as i like the dallas mavericks they are going down tonight. chalk up another dubya.

in other news i played my first show with the boys on tuesday night at the joint. not bad for the first event, good to be back on the horse again. our next show is tuesday december 23rd 8 p.m. at the dragonfly club in hollywood. tickets are 7 bones so let me know if you are coming and i'll set one aside for you. should be a kickass show complete with the heavy shit. here's a link to get directions to the club.

mark, thanks again for OFB. it was a huge success.

hottie of the week.

horshit.

snowball fight game.

guinness + bass = kickass

well childrens i have long since known that bass and Guiness were two of my favorite beers, as described in a previous top 10 list. to be forthright guinness has moved up the rankings lately; if i were to provide an honest assessment it would be tied for number 1 at the moment, if not the sole owner of such honor known as "omaly's favorite beer." i digress.

suffice it to say i enjoy both of these across the pond offerings of fermentation immensely. it is rare, however, for me to drink different beers in one sitting - especially if it's gourmet brewhou - let alone to actually mix two beers in one glass and drink the mixture (this is generally frowned upon in the beer world as it can produce disatrous results). Guinness and bass proved to be the exception to this rule, the mixture of which produces a thick, rich, smooth, delightful little milkshake of a beer. this heavenly concoction is known in beer vernacular as a "black and tan." (note: a "layered" black and tan is possible using a deliberate pouring technique, with the bass occupying the bottom half. while this creates a visually interesting beer i am informed that this is mostly an american custom which in any case would not be a bad one-two punch of a pint, however, as noted below the mixed version is indeed quite a treat.)

my spiritual moment as it turns out was a happy accident. i had my first black and tan at a bbq at mau's (ain't so cal absolutely brill?). before the festivities began me and said mau stopped at the store for some bbq essentials, namely trip tip, bangers, hamburger buns, and a bunch of bell peppers we forgot all about and really had no distinct plans for in the first place. anyways, when it came time to find the perfect beer nothing really jumped into our hot little hands. no sales on anything good, no twelvers worth a second look, the inventory was fairly depleted, but i more or less had my heart set on some Guinness. this is where fate stepped in: as luck would have it there was exactly one sixer apiece of Guiness and bass. that's when it hit me: let's make black and tans. and did we ever. i drank the first one in about 5 minutes. why i didn't think of trying one a long time ago is beyond me, but i will never forget. join me next week when i mix two of my other favorite beverages: coffee and vanilla pepsi. here's an informative page on the almighty black and tan. scroll down a bit and read the bolded referrence to an above averaged sized fellow named "o'malley." coincidence? i think not. what are the chances? i mean honestly. i can't make this stuff up childrens.

well since it's december i'm gonna try to give out some holiday goodies on the peso. let's get things started with our new top 10 list which is a little wish list for the omaly to help you kiddos with your shopping. while i'm at it, why don't i write a song about my christmas wishes. i give you...

the twelve pesos of christmas. not sure i would teach this one to the kids. monster aim update today.

fun little snow globe page to spread some holiday joy.

santa game or something.

our hotties of the week are some japanese cuties dressed in full Guinness-garb at a st. patrick's day parade in japan. once again i can't make this stuff up.

back to peso as usual

my new work computer kicks ass. it has internet access but is having trouble accessing our servers. long story short: i can surf as much net as i want but i can only do work on one server, significantly reducing my already waifish workload. i love the internet. oh yeah we have some new reader mail. thanks mike, how are things?

as much as it pained me to not post links last time i had nothing because of the gnarly week, and by gnarly i mean a short week of sitting on my ass waiting for the four day weekend. now thanks to mau and dr g we can return to the clickables.

way to go miss ireland.

if you're going to steal stuff there's no reason to be an ass about it as well.

i think i saw this sport on espn or something.

this would be a trippy way to count down to the new year.

amen.

holy hanukkah it's december

ok i was out of commish last week so here's an uber-update of everything that's on my mind right now. sorry it's all smunched together and there's really no coherent flow.

great scott time flies. if i'm not careful the next time i wake up i'll be 65 wondering what happened to my mutual funds. then again i was always precocious when it came to life (the big "p word" more or less means "ahead of schedule"). i went straight from adolescence to my midlife crisis, except i never bought a corvette. now i am just looking forward to being retired or something. uncle j's wedding turned out to be a big success. the weather was perfect at the beach, and not to pat my own back but i cooked up several pounds of excellent tri-tip and chicken. during the reception i got to have some quality time with pops, he's a funny guy, even more so after a glass of wine or two. just keep him away from the single ladies cuz he's on a mission to introduce his boys to the dames and get some grandchildren. anyways afterwords i got to play chauffeur and drive my uncle and new aunt to their honeymoon suite in a pimp-ass lincoln town car. talk about a sweet ride, hope you kids had fun. on a side note my apologies if i misspelled a certain jewish holiday. let's face it thanksgiving is one of the greatest inventions ever, right up there with hot brunettes and mustangs. there is nothing like taking a nice road trip to mom's house (read: about 10 minutes), eating an impossible amount of her expertly prepared feast, and passing out in front of a football game or some holiday movie that i've seen 17 times before. my thanksgiving tradition is to sleep in a bit on turkey day, make a pot of coffee, and eat a slice of bacon or two for breakfast. that's it. that's all i eat until the moment of turkey truth (around 6 p.m.). when that moment comes i serve 4-5 plates of food (trying not to spill cuz by this time i have a mean case of the shakes) and try to out do myself from the previous year. omaly 2002 was a force, but i came and i conquered. there is something to be said for the simple pleasures. i hope all you childrens had a great turkey day. now it's time to start christmas shopping. on par with most dudes i don't start shopping until a week or two before the big day, but for the most part i can wrap it up (horrible pun intended) in a day, two tops. being a bachelor rules. all the holiday fun with minimal fuss. my band is doing several shows this month, the big one is on december 23rd out in hollywood. it is a ticketed event so if you're free that night and can swing the 7 bones for admission i'd be happy to give you the info. actually i'll probably post the info anyways but let me know if you are interested and i'll set one aside for you. should be a fun show. on that note my apologies to beav and peng for missing the annual new years party. i already feel like a part of me is missing. no worries me and cuz rob will be having a blast ringing in the new year with metallica. thanks for putting us up pops. cuz rob if you're reading this i can't farken wait dood. i still can't believe it's december.

in other awesome news l.s. is officially out of the marine corps. he did a kickass job serving his country for four years, now he is ready to move on. congrats dude couldn't be any prouder of you. we're gonna celebrate and drink lots of... soda. hmm i think some stogies are in order too. i don't suppose anyone in the omaly community has a couple of cohiba's for sale...? speaking of the l.s. i got to do a ride along with him saturday night after the wedding (yes it was an incredibly long day; woke up at 8 a.m. saturday, went to bed at 6 a.m. on sunday). i knew what his job was but it was weird seeing my kid bro driving around in a police car keeping shit in order. most of you know him as the epitome of zen, always kick back and mellow. i got to see him get nasty with some busters on base who had an attitude about turning their music down. what started as a simple request turned into him ordering them off the premises in no uncertain terms. they got al capOWNED. also i'm sure most of you are seeing the irony about l.s. asking someone to turn down their car stereo ... life's funny like that.