Communication? No...Cummunication

Ever wonder what college athletes take in school? You know basket weaving, physical education, communication so they can learn to communicate and won't have to resort to being on pop displays when they retire.

Now a new rage is sweeping college campuses for athletes. It is the elite degree called Cummunications. At least this is a program that Kansas State is offering according to Fox sports.

This Whole Tiger Woods Thing...

I have been able to regularly ignore the majority of this for now, but it just doesn't go away, and doesn't get much worse than it does today. I really don't mind listening to it when it is covered by sports reporters, or writers. It isn't that bad since he is a golfer, and we aren't subjected to ridiculous angles that these celb morons can throw out there.

Today, Vanity Fair is in the news because they posted a picture of Tiger Woods from 2006 and then makes some of the most incredible conclusions anyone can ever see. On top of that some moron from Fox News, Brit Hume goes out of his way to claim that Tiger Woods should just switch religions to Christianity so that he can be forgiven! This is the FREAKING NEWS PEOPLE! Luckily he is offending Buddhist here and probably has no need for
life insurance after such ignorant comments.

Human Race -1.

Avatar Tops Christmas Box Office in Record Box Office Weekend

No surprise here that this was the top earner for the Christmas weekend. Christmas weekend is a big movie going weekend too if you hadn't noticed before. Many of us like to take in an afternoon movie with the family after the early morning gift fiasco instead of breaking out the new treadmill and getting to work on the extra holiday fat.

This year with Christmas falling on a Friday it was expected to be a very big weekend, and it set a record. The previous best weekend was the weekend that The Dark Knight opened in July 2008. That weekend the US and Canada opened with the record of $261 Million.

This weekend surpassed that weekend with a total of $278 Million in US and Canada, and taking inflation into account it appears to still be the bigger take according to data from Hollywood.com. The Los Angeles-based firm's data go back to about 1985. It was only a year ago after all.

Led by the 3-D epic "Avatar," which was followed closely by "Sherlock Holmes" and "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel," total estimated theatrical receipts from Friday through Sunday in the U.S. and Canada were $278 million.

"Avatar" sold $75 million worth of tickets in the U.S. and Canada, down just 3% from its opening, in a display of unusually strong momentum. "Sherlock Holmes" started with a very healthy $65.4 million, while "Alvin" collected a solid $50.2 million over the three-day weekend.

Online Bachelor's Degree From an Accreited Online University

Sure it might not be difficult to find an online university that has courses in what you are looking for, but many times they don't even have the right accreditation for you to get a degree worth your while.

If you aren't careful in checking out the school properly you might just waste all the money you spent on a degree that has little to no clout when you get done, or even be able to use your credits later to continue somewhere else.

Places like Western Governors University offer online degrees and even offer bachelors degree online with proper accreditation.

Western Governors University is nationally accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC). WGU is also regionally accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, one of the major accrediting commissions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).

Regional accreditation is considered the highest form of accreditation given to institutions. The Northwest Commission is also responsible for the accreditation of other major institutions such as the University of Washington, University of Oregon, Gonzaga University, University of Utah, University of Idaho, and Brigham Young University, to name just a few.

Avatar: What the $%$^ Is This?

I have seen a lot of commercials for this new movie Avatar over the last couple months. Basically almost every commercial break while watching a football game. The early previews looked rather interesting, and tripped out. Now I'm not so sure. Later ones I see a bunch of people in Matrix-style chairs and CGI. So...basically a bunch of people play virtual reality games? Just looks stupid. I suppose I could look into this further...

James Cameron's big blue alien love story. Taking place about 140 years in the future, the film follows crippled ex-Marine Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) as he lands in a mining colony on the planet of Pandora, populated by a race of aliens called the Na'vi. Given the opportunity to scout the land via a mind-controlled Na'vi avatar, Sully ends up falling for a native named Neytiri (Zoe Saldana).

BUT...I saw HUMANS in the commercial. Clearly the whole thing is virtual right? Don't tell me this is a take on modern society living in dream worlds. I am just guessing...it probably is.

What my issue is with almost EVERY single early review I have seen? They spend the entire time talking about the Special Effects. Obviously this is a CGI blockbuster, and an action flick, but if the movie sucks, who cares?

This movie is 161 minutes long. 2 HOURS AND 41 MINUTES. Might need wrinkle cream for this one. I have yet to read a review about anything other than it being a fast paced action movie with great technology. Anyone?

I suppose if you like crappy movies with lots of explosions to get off then this may make you happy. If it is just a CGI spectacle for 3 hours I'm probably not going to be all that impressed. The early reviews make it sound like it is more or less a new tech invention to behold than a movie. Maybe someone will actually review the STORY eventually.

Anyone ever take the GMAT?

Having a degree in business already I am contemplating going back to school for a Master's. Apparently I have read that many schools have you take this Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) as part of the qualification to get in.

Not sure I even remember a lot of the math I would need to pass this test! I suppose that getting some GMAT prep would take care of most of this. I doubt I'd even have a chance if I had to take this test without some serious GMAT study help.

So...Some Dude Named Adam Lambert Made out With Another Dude on TV?

First of all, if you asked me if I knew who Adam Lambert was yesterday, I wold have had no idea. In fact I haven't watched American Idol more than twice since it started, and that was simply to appease a girlfriend. So...when I see the headlines today mentioning this guy, I was pretty sure that when I read them he would be from American Idol and he is.

My dislike for crap pop, and American Idol aside, I guess two guys making out is still a big deal? Who knew? While I don't particularly like to see two guys making out, I didn't think that it was that taboo still.

I just find the reaction to be hilarious at this point. So the guy was singing some song, which I assume is terrible, dancing around, and then kissing his keyboard player. Big deal. ABC picked up 1500 complaints about it from enraged homophobes I assume. Grandma that's biggest decision is what rv insurance to buy now, is upset. Boo hoo.

Good job dude. You sold about a million albums with that stunt. All the people making a big deal out of it made you into a superstar.

Michael Jackson's Doctor Bought Drugs in Vegas

Newly released court papers confirmed that Michael Jackson's doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray wasn';t actually on the up and up. Who would have thought? Conrad, Jackson's personal doctor, bought anaesthetic Propofol in Las Vegas and had it sent to Los Angeles, newly-released court papers show.

Search warrant records show Dr Conrad Murray bought it in May at about the same time he was hired by Jackson.

The coroner investigating Jackson's death has ruled it was homicide, primarily caused by Propofol.

Dr Murray admits administering the drug to Jackson on the day he died - 25 June - but denies any wrongdoing.

He says he had been injecting Jackson with the drug at the singer's rented Los Angeles house each night to help him sleep.

Propofol is a powerful anaesthetic normally administered to patients having surgery in hospital.

While fans with thier custom mouse pads with a pic of MJ on them are probably fuming about the malpractice of Dr. Conrad, there is no doubting that the guy would pretty much do anything to make a buck. Obviously MJ was paying him a ton of money, and probably looked for a long time to find a guy that would do these things for him.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon Sets New Opening Day Record

Well...it appears that we know the end of civilization is getting close. The Twilight sequel recorded the biggest opening day in history at the box office this week with a haul of $72.7 million across the United States and Canada on Friday, a figure that includes record-breaking midnight sales of $26.3 million, said the film's closely held distributor Summit Entertainment. Get ready for a bunch of super crappy xbox 360 games.

The old record for a single-day opening was $62.2 million, held by last year's "Batman" sequel "The Dark Knight," which went on to become the second-biggest grossing movie of all time in North America before accounting for inflation.

Such heights could be difficult for the "Twilight" sequel to attain. Still, industry observers expect it could finish up with upwards of $125 million for the weekend once Saturday sales data and Sunday estimates are issued early on Sunday.

That would place the film at No. 4 in the record books, behind "The Dark Knight" ($158 million), "Spider-Man 3" ($151 million), and "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" ($136 million), and ahead of "Shrek the Third" ($122 million), according to tracking firm Box Office Mojo.

The previous record for midnight sales was held by "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," which kicked off its run with $22.2 million in sales in July.

Miley Cyrus Too Cool For Twilight

Join the club. Miley Cyrus said in a recent interview that she has no intention of seeing "New Moon", some movie that has something to do with Twilight.

She says she doesn't care for Twilight and has no interest in seeing New Moon.

"I've never seen it and nor will I ever," Cyrus, 16, said recently during an interview with Cleveland radio station Q92.

You're so awesome. That bad girl image is in full gear now kid. Go trash some florida hotels and take it up a level.