I so want to do this

An awesome idea:

Nintendo!

For all of you who wasted many hours of your childhood to these tunes...

...I give you an awesome concert!

I nominate Monty Python ...

... to the "IS AWESOME HALL OF FAME."



Seconds?

25th Aquinas Lecture

Well the lecture I went to yesterday was one of the best I have ever heard!

The topic was Nature, Freedom, and Will. Several titans battled it out and here is my totals:

1st Place: St. Augustine - For his groundbreaking work on the will (introduces it as a notion). (20 points!)

2nd Place: St. Aquinas - For understanding 'nature' is not a power enduring in things & that the will, like, nature might fail to act when all conditions are present. (15 pts)

3rd Place: Bl. Duns Scotus - For positing that the will inherently is indeterminable, basic, immediate, and cannot be reasoned to... just is. (10 pts)

Honorable Mentions:

Avicenna - For his definition/distinction of per se in Nature. (5 pts)
John Peter Olivi - For his theory of the "One Instant Angel" (3 pts)
Aristotle - For his Model Theory & Ethics, but penatlized for having no words for 'will.' (1 pt)
Dr. Timothy Noone - For his awesome lecture (.05 pts)
Dr. William Frank - For his awesome questions (.03 pts)
Henry of Ghent - For showing up and acting as comic relief. (-5 pts)

That is my ruling... any questions?

~awesome sean

A.S. It was soooo AWESOME!

Stephen Colbert Day declared

Oshawa, Ont. mayor concedes defeat in hockey bet with funnyman Colbert
Published: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 2:46 AM ET
Canadian Press: LAUREN KRUGEL
TORONTO (CP) - After losing a friendly hockey bet with satirical late-night pundit Stephen Colbert, the mayor of Oshawa, Ont. sheepishly conceded defeat on the show Monday night via telephone.
The punishment? John Gray's birthday on March 20 will be declared "Stephen Colbert Day" in his city, just east of Toronto. "Mr. Mayor, let me ask you something: How are you planning to spend your 'Stephen Colbert Day,' " the host asked Gray, as a graphic of a moose wearing a "mayor" sash appeared in lieu of a headshot.
"Oh that's right, it's your birthday. How old are you going to be? Old enough to know better than to take on Stephen Colbert?"
The mayor genially responded: "Hopefully in future, yes."
In recent months, Colbert - who portrays a know-it-all right-winger on his show - has been rooting for the Ontario Hockey League's Saginaw Spirit after finding out the Michigan team had named its mascot Steagle Colbeagle the Eagle, as a tribute to him.
On Friday night, The Spirit beat the Oshawa Generals 5-4. Gray was among the 5,527 fans who attended the sold-out game.
Before his brief interview with Gray, Colbert reminded his viewers about the terms of the wager.
"If Oshawa wins, I will wear an Oshawa jersey on my show. But when the Spirit kicks Oshawa's moose haunches, I don't want to declare Stephen Colbert day on my birthday, I want to declare it on your birthday," said Colbert to cheers and applause.
Gray issued his challenge on a local radio station after Colbert urged Spirit fans to toss General Motors earnings reports onto the ice during Friday's game - an apparent jab at the auto-maker's plant that employs hundreds of Oshawa residents.
"Mayor Gray was there to watch his dreams crash to the ice like a sub-par GM financial report," Colbert said.
The financial reports were apparent retaliation for the Generals feting an earlier win against the Spirit by holding a teddy bear toss for charity.
A running joke on "The Colbert Report" is the host's inexplicable fear and hatred of bears. He called Oshawa's stunt an "obvious attempt to taunt me."
On Monday's show, Gray accepted his teams' loss graciously and promised to uphold his end of the bargain.
"I've already got a coffee shop downtown threatening to name a coffee after you and whatever the blend is, he promises that the spoon will lean to the right," Gray chuckled.
Colbert played the good-natured winner, too, saying he'd don a General's jersey on his show anyway.
With that, he stood up, untucked his dress shirt, pulled down his suit pants and flashed the Oshawa jersey, wrapped around his bottom like underpants.
© The Canadian Press, 2007

Oh Jeremy Irons, how far have you fallen?

Jeremy Irons, who played the character of Charles Ryder brilliantly in the 1981 BBC classic, has unfortunately decided in his declining years to totally go off the deep end. And I do mean totally.

Exhibit A, Mr. Irons appearing at a recent awards ceremony:

Apparently he decided to blend together the last several roles he had as an actor into one horrible fashion accident: cowboy, 20's flapper, sea captain, upscale waiter and cyclops. Oh, the utter horror.

Florida can be Awesome too (sometimes)

Now here is an interesting story that I came across today. "Miami planning party after Castro's death". The city is planning a huge party to celebrate when said happy event should finally take place. The party is going to be held in the Orange Bowl, where many Cuban refugees have sheltered and where President Kennedy promised a free Cuba...well we are still waiting for that, but the death of a dictator is a step closer.

The plans are already getting a little bogged down in political correctness...but I think it should be a hit! especially if they get a bunch of Cuban cigars! Here's to Florida (that sad snowless peninsula)!

J'arrive!

Now that the rest of you have decided to join the 21st Century with the new blogger I can post here with my high-tech pizazz! After many months of being a spectator I can now make my own, ever so special, contributions to this site and bring it up to date...ie clean house and sprinkle a little french around (for David's pleasure and for Thom to hone his masters language skills) and, every so often, the wee bit o' Irish (because that is awesome).

Oh and just so all you southerners know...Snow has finally come to the North! Detroit still does not have much, but what little there is makes an amazing difference to the beauty of the city...sort of like covering up a dung hill (now where have I heard an analogy like that before?). At home (Grattan) they have lots of snow...from the Lake effect. Gosh I miss Lake effect!

Well that's all for the first post of the Bard friends! I can't imagine what this will do to my 'official' blog readership...but what the heck...take the plunge!

Not-So-Awesome Singing

Our potential Commanderess-in-Chief (a.k.a. "Hilly") lays down some tunes:



Lyric check!

The Awesome Phone

For those of you guys who don't use facebook regularly (and you should!), here is a little update:

My new permanent cell phone number is 734.846.0517 ... I have a bazillion-and-one minutes so no worries bugging me. For you techies out there, it's a Motorola RAZR V3 phone. Here's another pic. It's prettymuch "the sexiness."

Also: checkout my awesome wallpaper. I got it from http://www.catholicmobile.
com/ (they offer a wide range of Catholic content for your cell phone, including wallpapers, ringtones, mass readings, saint of the day, etc.)

So, add me to your awesome phone book!

:-)

Questions....

Does anyone have Joe "Superman" Bobaneck's (I know I spelt it wrong) e-mail? I am looking in your direction Domenic.

And when are we going to put up the Awesome Friends' Prayer?

~awesome sean

A.S. I just like awesome scripts!
A.A.S. I like them alot!!

Fear not!

Don't worry, guys. You can still post on Awesome Friends. Blogger just migrated to it's "2.0" system so everyone has to move their account over. Just log-in like you normally would and blogger will walk you through the process. Comment below if you need any help.

Cranium Carving Kid's Corner

Don't spend another dime!

That nice place, the Corner Brewery, in Ypsi... is not so nice. It is hosting a Planned Parenthood Event tonight.

Guys we should write some letters in protest. It would have been a great hangout... maybe we can take it back?

27^th, 7:30-10:30pm - Planned Parenthood's "Get Down for Choice"
Join us for music by DJ's Chuck Sipperley and Robert Wells and free pizza at 8. $5 Suggested Donation.

http://www.cornerbrewery.com/events.html

Their e-mail: info@cornerbrewery.com

~awesome sean

A.S. Thanks to Monica and Suzanne (Sushi) for letting us know.
A.A.S. Go eat all of thier pizza and don't donate a dime! Then on a full stomach protest with your own beer and flasks outside!

The Video Below:

The Video below is what happens when Japan makes a satire of China discovering Western Culture and Entertainment....

WARNING: Rated R - For Strong Language and the WTF exclaimations it forces your mind to make!

~ awesome sean

A.S. So this is what they think of American culture? Can you blame them?
A.A.S. Sort of a "Fresh Prince of Tokyo" An oriental take on the Fresh Prince...
A.A.A.S. This is the only way I could post the video... Blogger sucks...

East meets West?

Awesome Debate!

Aquinas Lecture
"Nature, Freedom, and Will: Sources for Philosophical Reflection"

Timothy B. Noone, Catholic University of America
Professor of Philosophy
Director for the Center of Medieval and Byzantine Studies

Response by William Frank, University of Dallas

Monday, January 29, 2007

7:30 p.m. Lynch Auditorium

Reception to follow

Gorman Faculty Lounge

The lecture will treat the themes of nature, freedom, and will in Aristotle, Aquinas and Scotus; the emphasis will be upon how these figures present fundamental alternative ways of relating nature to human action.

I have read alot of Noone and Dr. Frank was my Scotus prof.! This proves to be Awesome!

Dallas delenda est...

Well I am back...

I got a job at a local printing shop, I begin on Monday.
Classes have started and seem to be better than last semester.
I am supposed to hang out with Meghan, Angel, and Monica today, which will be great!

That is about it.

More on Chaucer and old english later... not to mention Darwin!

~awesome sean

A.S. When is Brendan going to join?
A.A.S. THOM & JOE, yous boths owes mes somes pokers moneys! PUNKS!

300 gets a second trailer ...

... and this one is even more awesome. If that's even possible.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/300/trailer2/large.html

Klobe, F.Y.I. (before I R.I.P.)

Klobe's of the world, you may now relax. Your butts, that is. Thanks to Under-Tec's recent technological breakthrough, there is now underwear that filters flatulence. You heard me. Here's a link to the news article:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,246099,00.html

So go ahead. Eat those refried beans. Drink as much cervesa as you please. 'Cause Johnny, there's a new sheriff in town. And its name is Under-Ease.

The Awesome Referee

For everyone who loves sports (and especially soccer):



You deserve this.

Muslim Rave Party

Looks kickin'...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BABY!

Happy Birthday John!

~awesome sean

Do you have it?

I'm not sure why I'm posting this. Perhaps because the little voice in my head that normally says "don't post this" is on a coffee break. or sleeping. one of the two. anyway:

News on Ave types, perhaps expected perhaps known

Contrary to rumours spread in the summer that they would be getting married in May, Ben Dahl and Heather Rose were married last week. So reports informant, Catherine Nolan, who claims to have eye-witnessed the said event.
Benthall sightings have been reported at CUA. Apparently he is in classes with Dave Cory and Therese, not seeking a degree, but preparing to enter seminary for an unidentified diocese in North Carolina. Did anybody know about Benthall? His choosing a diocese surprised me. Though I suppose his years of experience as a single man might have influenced him away from a community-life focused order.

Is all Life precious?

Many will recall that on July 8, 1947, witnesses claimed that an unidentified object with five aliens aboard crashed onto a sheep and cattle ranch just outside Roswell, New Mexico. This is a well-known incident that many say has long been covered up by the U.S. Air Force and the federal government.

However, you may NOT know that in the month of March 1948, exactly nine months after that historic day, Albert Arnold Gore, Jr., Hillary Rodham, John F. Kerry, William Jefferson Clinton, Howard Dean, Nancy Pelosi, Dianne Feinstein, Charles E. Schumer, and Barbara Boxer were born.

See what happens when aliens breed with sheep.

~awesome sean

Bernini in Toronto

$50M Bernini bronze donated to Toronto gallery
Last Updated: Thursday, January 11, 2007 10:51 AM ET
CBC Arts
A life-sized Crucifixion sculpture by 17th-century Italian master Gian Lorenzo Bernini has been donated to the Art Gallery of Ontario.
Corpus is a life-sized bronze by baroque master artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.(Maggie Nimkin/Salander-O'Reilly Galleries/Art Gallery of Ontario)
Given to the Toronto gallery by the family of real estate developer and AGO board member Murray Frum, the bronze masterwork is entitled Corpus and is said to be worth $50 million.
"This is an extraordinary work in that it is made out of bronze that has a wonderful lifelike quality to it. It's almost as if the Christ figure wants to jump off of the wall," gallery CEO Matthew Teitelbaum told CBC News Thursday morning.
Corpus "is regarded by many as one of Bernini's long-lost masterpieces," Teitelbaum said, describing the Naples-born, Rome-based baroque master as "the great baroque artist of his generation" and "one of the greatest sculptors of all time."
Measuring nearly 1.7 metres high, Corpus was cast around 1650. Bernini made three versions of the sculpture, one of which was presumed destroyed during the French Revolution, another of which is held by the Spanish royal family.
The bronze sculpture Frum bought recently was long thought to have been created by an anonymous French artist. However, about three years ago, after new scholarship and study into the piece, Corpus was finally attributed to Bernini and is believed to be the cast he made for his personal collection.
An architect as well as a sculptor, Bernini also worked on Italian churches, most notably St Peter's Basilica, and designed a number of the popular fountains in Rome, including the Fountain of the Triton and the Fountain of the Bees.
The Art Gallery of Ontario plans to unveil Bernini's Corpus as part of its permanent collection this summer.(Maggie Nimkin/Salander-O'Reilly Galleries/Art Gallery of Ontario)
Frum pursued Corpus for the past couple of years and recently purchased it from a U.S. art dealer.
"Corpus was immediately appealing because of the beauty and emotion of the subject," Frum, a longtime supporter of the gallery, said in a statement Thursday.
"When we learned that it could be traced back to Bernini's own collection and was an object that he made for himself, it was clear we were in the presence of a unique work of art, a masterpiece that would be a highlight of any collection."
In December, Frum decided to donate it to the AGO, to which he had previously donated a collection of African art.
The Bernini bronze will be a tremendous addition to the permanent collection, said Teitelbaum.
"This work — in relation to the other Bernini we have and the other baroque works of art — really does allow us to tell the story of baroque art with real power. That's very exciting," he said.
"To get a work of art that changes your sense of a collection as powerfully as this does is a very rare occurrence."
The AGO will unveil Corpus this summer as part of its closing exhibition. The gallery, undergoing a major renovation designed by internationally renowned Canadian architect Frank Gehry, will reopen in 2008.


You fellows have another awesome reason to visit me in Toronto this summer.

AF video of the week

Check this out ... seriously:

"In the 1960s, Dr. Peter Witt gave drugs to spiders and observed their effects on web building. This short film about the results of the experiment was created by First Church Of Christ, Filmmaker."

Birthday!

Its My Birthday!!!

Yep! ME!!!!

SEAN!

Book Published by my sister

The Mindset of the Melancholy by Leah A. D. D'Ettore
http://www.amazon.com/Mindset-Melancholy-Leah-D-DEttore/dp/1424162467/sr=8-1/qid=1168119223/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-7560451-6057612?ie=UTF8&s=books

"Do you know those types of people who are just plain happy? No matter what happens, they always go around with a smile on their face, smelling the roses and petting the small dogs that life throws at them. John Doe is not one of those types of people. He is of the melancholy variety, the type that goes about bemoaning the roses and small dogs, who lives only because there seems to be nothing better to do, and to whom misfortunes just seem to be attracted. But when he goes off to Typical State College, his views begin to lighten up a bit through the help of his friends, his enemies, and things even more depressed than he is."

And that is just what's written on the back! It's fun, it's funny, it's short. It's a new look at undergraduate life, from the point of view of my brilliant sixteen year-old sister! See the work of a mind formed in Wodehouse, Waugh and Douglas Adams let loose on a period of life impending for her and still going for some of us. And it's cheaper to buy it from the publisher (publishamerica) than from amazon.

So, what have your little siblings accomplished?

- Awesome Domenicus

Awesome Friends as old men

As a follow-up to a now-famous AF video...



The sad thing is I've actually been to the place where this was taken.

Ask A Ninja Question 30

Because you wanted it.

An Awesome Friends reader poll

The original Numa Numa kid...

... The new Numa Numa kid?

You vote!

Man Law 259

"No man shall invite himself to another party when said party's limited resources are already stretched to the maximum. Common examples of limited resources include food, alcohol, women and space."

To illustrate Man Law 259 using a species from the animal kingdom, watch this video: