jekupka posted a BLOG item 8 days ago

BBQ Bacon Cheddar Crockpot Meatballs

So this year I decided to concoct my own crockpot recipe for today's big game and since it turned out pretty damn good I figured I would share so here ya go.

MEATBALLS
Ingredients :
4 lbs ground beef (I went with 80/20)
16 strips of bacon, diced (to save time I went with a package of precooked)
2 cups of shredded cheese (cheddar obviously, but feel free to change)
1/4-1/2 cup of bread crumbs
Dashes of salt, pepper and garlic powder

Mix all the above in a large bowl until well mixed then hand roll and fry over med-high heat. Once cooked to your preference remove and let drain. Once drained place in crock pot. (I made mine the night before should you do the same when cool cover and refrigerate.)

Makes approx 75

SAUCE
Go nuts! Seriously BBQ sauce is about as sacred as the big game itself so go with what you like best. For today's game I went with 4 reg size bottles of Open Pit (2 bottles of Thick & Tangy and 2 of Chargrill mixed and then poured over meatballs) set crockpot to low about 5hrs before kickoff so they can soak in the awesomesauce (I love P&R) had a sample a few minutes ago and I'm goona go ahead and say they rock.

Enjoy!

If anyone does decide to make them I would love feedback.

jekupka posted a BLOG item 20 days ago

Winter-een-mas 2012

Hello there shmoeville! In honor of Winter-een-mas 2012 (if you still aren't familiar with this holiday check it out here) I am dedicating this weekend to gaming, from 6pm Friday Night until 3pm Sunday Afternoon I will be parked in front of my television with my 360 gaming my ass off (Sorry I just don't have the library for the PS3). If anyone would like to set up some matches, tourneys, or any of that type of shit hit me up. If there is enough interest I will create a schedule of what will be played when and all that good stuff. Below is a list of the retail games I currently have in my arsenal that I'm thinking about busting out, I also have A TON of XBLA stuff as well. Hopefully enough of us can get together and celebrate another aspect of what makes this community so awesome, gaming.

GT: MtlHd4Lfe

Possibilities:
CoD: MW2, MW3, WaW, BO
GoW 1, 2, 3
Rainbow Six Ghost Recon 1 & 2
Halo 3
Halo Reach
Left 4 Dead 1 & 2
Rainbow 6 Vegas 1 & 2
Scene It! Lights, Camera, Action & Box Office Smash
Any EA Sports game of 08
NHL 11
And pretty much anything in the XBLA library

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jekupka posted a BLOG item 2 months ago

Movie Idea

About a guy who starts following this religious cult because they believe their end is nigh. He starts reading up about cults and brainwashing and what not and when they day and hour strikes when "they drink the kool-aid" a whole other bunch of other people kill themselves, all over the world. Their connection being that they followed the cult.

P.S. Did I mention I was high?

P.P.S. If you do think this is a good idea, take it and run with it, I can't write for shit and I'd rather see someone make my idea good then have myself never even put it out there.

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jekupka posted a BLOG item 2 months ago

To You Aspiring Film Making Shmoes

I stumbled across this site the other day and found it to be rather informative especially for those who are really interested in film making. Hope it helps for those of you who are looking to hit it big!

Check it out here.

Mood: Drunk

jekupka posted a BLOG item 2 months ago

W. T. F.

So I open an e-mail today from P.C. Gamer that was was a "please come back we're now EVERYWHERE" e-mail. Hey look, not only are we now in print but are also available on your iPad, Kindle Fire, or Nook. Hey cool, I wonder how much it'll be, after all it HAS to be cheaper than the actual magazine. W. T. F. I can get a full year of printed issues for 19.99. If you subscribe digitally it's 1.99/mo. Now I'm not saying it's much, but do the math. Not only are they getting new customers by being available on all tablets, but they are charging more for it which will help them further their bottom line by doing absolutely N-O-T-H-I-N-G. That million dollar bonus some jackass at the company is getting, yeah, make sure you get a thank you card.

I'm not sure whether I'm upset about this or just astonished that no one else ever thinks about shit like this, or if they do they just don't talk about it. Anyways, thought ya'll might find it interesting.

jekupka posted a BLOG item 4 months ago

My "Mix Tapes"

Have A Drink With Me

Always love a good drinking, smoking, chilling, driving, jamming tune and I consider all of these tracks to fall in that category. I tried to mix this one as an "evening timeline". It starts off a bit slow but with some feeling, picks up before bringing you down only to repeat itself before going full speed into the 4 o'clock hour. Enjoy. Did I mention I was drunk? =P

jekupka posted a BLOG item 6 months ago

My "Mix Tapes"

Ballads of Power

As a child who grew up in the 80's I've heard just about every power ballad there has ever been. Here is a mix of some of my very favorites. Hopefully there are some on here that you've never heard along with the classics.

And for those keeping track at home only 3 of them appear on the Monster Ballads CDs so suck it.

jekupka posted a BLOG item 6 months ago

Hey Guys...

I don't mean to get all political/philosophical and shit up in here. But as I said in my status update I'm really baked and therefore figuring out life's mysteries. I ask you this. Why is it the only nationality we STILL attach -American to is African? No seriously. When was the last time someone said they were Irish-American, Italian-American, or Russian-American? I'll tell you when, n-e-v-e-r. They say I'm Irish, I'm Italian, I'm Russian. Come to think of it we do it with the "American-Indian" too. First of all they aren't American, secondly they weren't even Indians, THEY WERE THE NATIVES!!! So you want to solve one of the worlds problems drop the American, in my opinion it's a fucking insult to those people. YEAH THAT'S RIGHT! I said "those people", big whoop wanna fight about it??

jekupka posted a BLOG item 6 months ago

My "Mix Tapes"

Songs That Have Kick-Ass (or Ass Kicking) Intros

The title says it all, everything on this latest entry into the Mix Tape Library kicks my stereo up to 11. Each, and, every, time. I hope you like it as much as I do.

jekupka posted a BLOG item 6 months ago

Necessary

When some get together and think of rap, they tend to think of violence
But when they are challenged on some rock group, the result is always silence
Even before the rock and roll era, violence played a big part in music
It's all according to your meaning of violence and how or in which way you use it
No, it's not violent to show in movies the destruction of the human body
But yes, of course it's violent to protect yourself at a party
And, oh no, it's not violent when under the Christmas tree is a look-alike gun
But, yes, of course it's violent to have an album like KRS-One
By all means necessary, it's time to end the hypocrisy
What I call violence, I can't do , but your kind of violence is stopping me
By all means necessary, the rap audience must grow up
The same type of fightin' we do, they do except we've got nothing to blow up
It doesn't matter if you win or lose, it's only how good you play the game
This is the oldest sneak attack, because it takes away our senses to gain
If all I do is play the game then I am just mediocre
We strive to be the best we can be, not to just get over
Some people say that life on a whole is serious and nothing is funny
That's only if you base your life around competition and money
Yeah, I'm making some money, he's making some money, but none of these things are necessities
What I find to be a necessity is controlling a positive destiny
With this, money, fame, glory and credit will come in time
The people down with me know this every minute they hear me sayin rhymes
I got some friends, I got some allies like Stet, and Big Daddy Kane
They know that by all means necessary that peace is the name of this game
Whether peace by war, or peace by peace, the reality of peace is scary
But we must get there, one way or another, By all means necessary.

Lyrics by KRS-One aka The Teacha track Necessary from the album "By All Means Necessary"

jekupka posted a BLOG item 7 months ago

My "Mix Tapes"

Chillin' & Bumpin'

Yes, I'm white. =) I put this one together over a decade ago and it's still one of my favorites. The track listing features some hits but also a few lesser known tracks (at least in my opinion). I wanted to keep the beats bumpin' with a nice smooth "chilled" flow (hence the title). This one was a constant in the CD player cruising from bar to bar while bumpin' the sub and tryin' (key word) to pick up some ladies. Still one of my summer favorites.

jekupka posted a BLOG item 7 months ago

My "Mix Tapes"

Hello out there in the land of Shmoevlle. I'm writing this to let you know I will be (at least I hope to) post a somewhat regular "mix tape" of mine. I have a few left over from way back in the day that I will post along with newer ones. With each one I'll let you know what type of "mix tape" it is, it's lame title and why I put it together. I know some, if not most, of you are into music so I'm hoping you enjoy. I will also appreciate any feedback, and I appreciate brutal honesty so don't hold back. =) Okay, without further ado:

Rock N' Roll to Rock The Road

Today I posted my first tape which I actually just finished. For this one I wanted to put together something that was more of a laid back driving tape. I put this one together because I think it's going to be easier putting together 5 or 6 "mix tapes" than it would picking out 6 hrs of songs. I'll be posting it for everyone to listen to on our podcast page a bit later.

Enjoy!

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jekupka posted a BLOG item 8 months ago

Fuck the Hate(rs): A Review/Rant

Green Lantern is a decent flick, GET OVER IT!

Here's what Green Lantern isn't - new, innovative, trend-setting, bar-setting, or as terrible as everyone thinks it is.

Here's what Green Lantern IS - Fun.

I went into Green Lantern like pretty much everyone else, expecting the worst. What I got was my money's worth. Rule #1 in movie making is make your movie entertaining. It was. AFTER seeing this movie I am convinced the studio did what they set out to do, make a movie that can possibly be a franchise a la Superman. That's right I fucking said it, want to fight about it? It's so godddamn obvious they even used the first 4 notes of Superman's theme for the beginning of Green Lantern's. This movie is an enjoyable hour and 40 minutes of pure popcorn fun. It mixes an Origin Story, cliche love story, and a decent boss battle; and even throws in a hint of a sequel. WHICH I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO!

As I said to Matches_Malone after my viewing, the kid in me wants to buy all the Green Lantern shit I can get my hands on, RIGHT NOW. Why? Because that's what this movie is. It's a kids movie. Will it piss off the fan boys/girls? Hell Yes. Will the Critically Acclaimed Critics hate it? Yes. Will the self-proclaimed critics and film aficionados hate it? Yes, if they have forgotten Rule #1.

Buy your ticket, get a bag of popcorn, take a seat and enjoy your ride. If we always take our movies as serious as we take everything else in life we're going to continue hating every movie that is what I said this movie isn't. What we're supposed to be doing sometimes is enjoying things for what they are. Am I saying we need to just give up and except all things mediocre? No. What I am saying is we need to remember what it is like to enjoy something for what it is rather than what we want it to be. This film is a lot better than most people are giving it credit for. Try and remember what it was like to watch a film as a kid. You'll thank me AND you'll enjoy this movie.

7/10

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jekupka posted a BLOG item 8 months ago

Road Trip Music

Fellow Shmoes, I have a request. I'm going on a 5 hour road trip in a few weeks and want to put together a kick-ass play list for the ride. What I want to know is what are your favorite driving tunes? Albums are a welcome suggestion but I'd love single tracks even more. I will be posting said playlist once it is finished. Thanks a bunch!

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jekupka posted a BLOG item 8 months ago

Free X-Men First Class Tix

Okay Shmoes. I just purchased all 3 original X-Men movies on Blu-ray and they each came with 1 ticket for X-Men First Class. I've already seen it twice and won't have the time or money to catch it again for awhile sooooo... If you HAVE NOT seen it yet and would like one of, if not all three of the tickets, shoot me a PM and I'll give you the codes. First come basis folks. I will only give them to you if you are going to use them, so please don't ask for them if you don't have the time to get out and use 'em.

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