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A Chinese girly man. Just pure gold.

Wiki Entry of the Day

Wiki entry of the day.

Sweetbread, which my name you would think meant a piece of bread that is sweet. Oh contrar my lord. It's actually nothing like that. Enjoy.

Mornin' reads

Toys R Us gonna sell other shit. Like cans of soup of shit.
(Time)

ARoid juiced as a teen.
(NY Daily News)

I think this is old news but when the real estate commercial market crashes shit will fly.
(McClatchy)

The little guy is making a comeback in ballparks across the country.
(WSJ)

Getaway too a remote island of Puerto Rico.
(NY Mag)

Pandemic flu's are not the worst. Regular flu is much more deadly.
(CNN)

Pheonix leads the country in home price drop.
(Drudge Report)

Tropicana (casino) filed bankruptcy.
(Bloomberg)

Don't help the lady, just laugh.

Domination.

Wiki Entry of the Day

Today I am introducing a brand new theme to the El Padrino blog. The Wikipedia lesson of the day. It will come with a link and a breif summary of the subject. I'v said many times how awesome Wikipedia is. I bet you can home school a kid from it. In fact I may try this with my own kid.

Wikipedia entry of the day.

Summary: Motherfucker was 16 years old when he started running shit. Guy was a pimp. Pimping ferries and ships. He nailed it. People wanted to go places. He wanted to take them places. Started undercutting other transportation companies, eventually just domintating the waters and the rails. Built the original Grand Central Station in NYC. He was such a ruthless businessman he disowned his sons, except for one of them. That one happen to be just as ruthless as himself. Part of his legacy now includes Vanderbilt University in Nashville Tennessee. The Commodores they are known as. I betcha Cornelius has some sort of cloud empire in heaven. Fucking guy.

Nice sideburns bro.

Mornin' reads

First U.S. death, toddler in Texas.
(Bloomberg)

Orlando area theme parks, like Disney, may be affected by a Swine Flu fallout. Even though they have no clue if that one tourist actually had a flu.
(Orlando Sentinel)

Egypt slaughtering all the pigs. Grand idea. Fucking cocksucking muslim faggots. Muslims don't eat prok anyway so they are actually killing christian pigs.
(Breitbart)

Don't call it swine flu, don't want to piss off any Jews.
(Reuters)

Wall Street 2? Shia LeBouf? Gordon Gekko is back?
(THR.com)

A few weeks ago I linked Seeqpod, a music search engine that allowed you to search for songs and save them to a playlist that would stream on your pc. Well it seems as if they caused some ruckus within the industry but will be bought which sould lead to a unilateral company that enables people to attain music easier. Maybe like a Limewire.
(WireD)

Power to be the DEMS, Specter flips a script. Faggot.
(Newsweek)

This is both appalling and interesting. Breaking down the anatomy of the human body back in the 19th century.
(NY Times)

When baseball players get old.
(NY Times)

George Bush, post presidency. Repairing a legacy that some people have labeled criminal. Absurd but true.
(Vanity Fair)

Mornin' reads

Apology accepted.
(CNN)

Market is going to suck until this SWINE flue thing blows over. Oh and the banks still need money.
(Bloomberg)

Speaking of the SWINE flu, should I be worried?
(Cajun boy)

Hornets got their collective shits pushed in.
(ESPN)

Get your drink on well into the morning.
(NY Post)

Ed Hardy t-shirts, you know the one's celebrities wear and people that try to act rish, makes wine.
(LA Times)

Florida High School kid is going to the mound tonight trying to pitch his 5th consecutive no-hitter.
(NY Times)

hot dog

I'm skipping the links today. Haven't had any time to peruse the internet, work related shit. How dare they! Did you guys know you can send text message to your blog and it'll publish as a post. I tried on Saturday. Pretty cool.

Swine Flu. Great. Thanks Mexico!

My wife got me a year subscription to Playboy. I'm not kidding. Love is funny like that.

I will now post some pics from beautiful Coney Island, USA.

MMA debut of that cripple

No arms, no legs. But he wants to be an MMA fighter. Got it.
Your not allowed to kick guys in the face? Gay.

Ain't i too young to have hemorrhoids?

Tyson, another review

To say I'm obsessed with Mike Tyson's career is like saying fat guys like to eat. Can't get enough.

Thought(s)

I wish my wife liked movies more. I love movies. We should go to the movies more often. Last movie I saw in the theater was Dark Knight, before that, The Departed. Netflix was great when I had it but it became a chore. Like I felt if I didn't watch what came in the mail quick I was losing money. But I think I'm going to re-up. I have alot of movies to catch up on.

Also it seems impossible to murder someone nowadays and not get caught. With all the DNA and stuff. Just sayin. And no I'm not interested in murdering someone. Just watch and read alot of shit and these are the thoughts they provoke.

Carry on my wayward sons.

Mornin' reads

El Pad's 2009 NFL Mock Draft.

Incredibly sad. Sorry.
(CNN)

Apple celebrated the 1 billionth app download for the I-Phone. Remember when Apple was the black sheep on the tech scene?
(CNN)

Great article in Dubai. I am quite fascinated by this place.
(Economist)

Robert Rodriguez is doing something with the Predator franchise. The crazy mexican dude is in it.
(Variety)

Teenage Mutant Ninja live action movie. I have a boner.
(/Film)

Inside the Craiglist Killer.
(NY Daily News)

NY Times piece on NFL draft Guru Mel Kiper, Jr.
(NY Times)

How the defense may go about defending the pirate.
(NY Mag)

Another excellent review of that Tyson Documentary that comes out today.
(NY Mag)


Have a good weekend!

I Search The Internet So You Don't Have To

Was it a bad time to unveil a new stadium? Yes.
(NY Times)

Candid little interview with Michael Caine.
(NY Mag)

Real Estate nugget for yous.
(Yahoo)

Oscar gold again for Foxx? He wants to play Tyson?
(CNN)

Obama to meet with credit card companies in the interest of protecting Americans from fees and high interest rates.
(Bloomberg)

35 pictures of the Messiah.
(TIME)

NFL Agent David Canter gives Esquire some color on draft day.
(Esquire)

Texans are stocking up on guns. Good call Texas, good call.
(Houston Chronicle)

Crazy shot of smoke from that wildfire in South Carolina. LA can relate.
(LA Times)

In-depth look at Rick Ross, the rapper.
(NY Times)

I think I've linked this guy before. If not then I defintely read about him. I like the idea of Microcredit.
(Reuters)

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Freddie Mac CFO found dead.
(WSJ)

Wells Fargo is hilarious with their "robust" earnings.
(The Street)

You know, and I'm serious now. At times I get these wicked chest pains. And I just chalk it up to my ashtma or heartburn. Maybe it's a mini cooper sized heart attack.
(CNN)

I always felt this was the easier way to go. Salary cuts not people cuts.
(Time)

Padres SP Chris Young's idea is to sue the dirty players. Taking money away from the clean players. He's got a point.
(Huff Po)

Domino's gave those two people that found the boogeymen and rewarded them with free pizza for a year.
(Adage.com)

This is fucking cool. A old missile bunker turned into a mansion.
(Wired)

Recklessly searching for sex on Craigslist.
(NY Times)

Scientists are crazy.
(Drudge Report)

Shit just got real

Beer Funnel wins.

I kind of wanted to see how it ended. Shit just got real.



P.S. - I like how the kid wanted props then immediately passed out.

Mornin' reads

Nice southern protest down in charlotte. Seems like Duke Energy doesnt give a fuck what people say or want. Will we ever get a answer on our country's ever changing energy policies?
(Charlotte Observer)

NFL draft this Sunday, Donald Brown, RB (UCONN) highlighted in this article.
(Bloomberg)

I'm a big, big fan of Ocean City, MD. Nice beach town, great little vacation.
(Baltimore Sun)

They caught that Craiglist killer I told you about the other day.
(CNN.com)

NY Times still hurting for cash.
(Clusterstock)

No such thing as Beer Goggles as this article notes.
(Reuters)

Spies break into the Pentagon's costliest weapon program. Seems like an issue.
(WSJ)

IMF seems to think the banks both here and abroad need 857 billion to be where they were 18 months ago.
(WSJ)

You know, for a split second I believe the mother and father. Maybe the poor kid didn't know any better. Maybe this IS how they recruit pirates in Somalia.
(NY Times)

When you play in the new Yankee Stadium hit it to right.
(Accu Weather via Gothamist)

Afternoon Delight

Oracle steps in and buys Sun Micro Systems. Once IBM failed to get it done Oracle swooped in. This is big news in Silicon Valley.
(Bloomberg)

I have to believe the Mafia was involved here. Just a hunch.
(Sun Sentinel)

Columbine 10 years later.
(Denver Post)

Big piece on Todd Marinovich, still a junkie by the way.
(Esquire)

Donkeyball?
(NY Times)

Brian Cashman is a pretty bad GM, I agree.
(Mens Journal)

Ruined by Reality, romances on TV (the Hulk Hogan thing I mentioned last week)
(Rolling Stone)

Rich get pissed when they don't get their money.
(NY Mag)

I don't see what the big deal is here. So these two guys got waterboarded, who cares. They are not US citizens so why should we treat them like so?
(NY Times)

Senate going to bail out the papers now too.
(Huff Po)

That Susan Boyle lady that has swept Britain with her rendition of the Les Mis power song is approached by porn company to lose her virginity on camera. Sorry bout this.
(Blog of Hilarity)

traffic

I'll have some links up for the afternoon. It took me over 2 hours to get to work. Like woe. Holland Tunnel was a 60 minute delay. 60 min is 1 hour. So I tried to be cute and jet towards the Lincoln Tunnel. Had to take the streets from there (Wee-hawken) to Jersey City and it was a nightmare. And that is Monday.

Monday, Monday.

Perfect Game

What's better than watching some baseball, on the couch, relaxing with a ice cold beer?

Mornin' reads

Angels CF Torii Hunter and his kind words for fallen Angel Nick Adenhardt.
(MLB Blogs)

Not so sure we should be making anything done in regards to terrorists public. Just seems like we are asking for trouble.
(Politico)

Keef Olbermann's mlb blog is aight too ya know.
(MLB Blogs)

Citigroup has turned a profit, no thanks to one of a kind accounting rules and tradig profits.
(Bloomberg)

20+ inches of snow for Denver, maybe it's not the best place to live?
(9NEWS, CO affiliate)

New England area has a Cragilist serial killer to deal with.
(Boston Herald)

High winds know no boundaries, blowing down the golden arches onto a unssupecting couple.
(Chicago Sun Times)

Silicon Valley, in all it's glory.
(NY Times)

A reporter being waterboarded. Suite.
(Vanity Fair)

Gisele vs Adrianna vs Brooklyn Decker.
(InGameNow)

Good woman driver?

Who says woman can't drive?

Mornin' reads

Crazy story of grifter. Read this.
(NY Observer)

Texas can't really secede from the Union but they can divide into 4 states.
(Dallas News)

Chinese scared that we print money so they are buying all the raw materials that they can, copper being one of them.
(UK Telegraph)

Bama headed to Latin America.
(CNN)

Then IL Governor Blago with solid advice for Suite Lou Pinella.
(Chicago Tribune)

Gunaxin hung out with Manute Bol. Hilarity on the videos guys.
(Gunaxin)

Legalize Marijuana company now a publicy traded stock.
(24-7 Wall Street)

Quick look at the Tyson Documentary.
(Newsweek)

Palin having a rough go of getting back in the State Leglislature mix.
(NY Times)

The crew from Maersk Alabama are back home.
(AJC)

The Day Cho Happened

VT Remembers.

Quick eery story, I drove right past the exit for Blacksburg, VA on April 16, 2007 after hearing the local news radio break the story of the tragedy that unfolded earlier that morning. I was driving down to Franklin, North Carolina to visit my mother. We had stopped at a Cracker Barrel for lunch in a strip mall somewhere in Virgina (forgot the name think it was Salem) and when I got back into the car, we turned on the radio because the IPOD lost it's juice and I forgot my CD's. Only to hear that a Virgina Tech student, calmly opened fire upon students and faculty killing 32 of them. I quickly said to myself man I wonder if that's close to hear. Knowing from College Football that Va Tech is in a town called Blacksburg we went back to Interstate 81 having no idea we would pass the University. What a eery feeling. Listening to people call in to the radio, crying, telling stories, etc. Then passing the exit, a cold crisp air took over, through the trees you can see some buildings, not knowing if the University is actually that close to the Interstate but that didn't matter. For a minute we felt compelled to get off the exit and check out the area. Choosing not to we kept on going, sort of silent and sad.

Just totally weird that I was in the area when this national tragedy happened. My heart sincerely goes out to anyone that may have lost a family or friend 2 years ago.

Flip-Flop Talk If I May

I want to talk about flip-flops for a minute. Up until like 2 years ago I would say. I was reluctant, as a man, to wear flip-flops. My fear was that they make me look gay. Being as mostly women rock the rubbery thong sandal. I mean I even lived in Florida and didn't own a pair. Rocked Jordan's to the beach and just was gangsta with the whole not caving in to wearing a women's shoe.

However more and more trusted retailers began to make them and market them to men. Places like American Eagle and The Gap as you can see gave men a decent option from the rag tag rubber $3.99, a tad gay looking thong flip-flop. No doubt those maybe useful for wearing on the beach or beating a small dog but I don't think a man should rock the rubber thong flip-flop anywhere other than the beach itself or to throw out the garbage. Call me crazy. Mandals like the one's Romans, Jesus and Russians wear like these are unacceptable to me. If you wear these and are my friend I will punch you in the throat. Immediately. Also the active ones, pictured here are also out of bounds. So choose your sandal wisely men. You don't want to give the wrong impression.

I Search The Internet So You Don't Have To

If your fat, you pay twice.
(CBS Chicago affiliate)

Navy saves US ship from another Somali Pirate attack.
(CNN)

Youtube clip of this woman has hit the 5MM mark. Even Simon Cowell said nice things. My question is how do you have a set of pipes like that but go undiscovered. Even if your ugly there is the Opera route. Cmon Susan Boyle. Be creative.
(CNN)

Schemer finds his shit is catching up with him. Meet Pang.(Clusterstock)

Can't wait to see these results. Stress Tests for the banks.
(Fox News)

Tea Party nonsense on April 15th.
(Fox News)

The rich have a friend in Michael Bloomberg.
(NY Times)

Wonder Women not looking so good there.
(Picture is Unrelated)

Man vs Python.
(Reuters)

10 dumbest things said by Rush Limbaugh.
Coincides with this full piece on VF.com.
(Vanity Fair)

Wolverine has a Twitter.

Afternoon Delight

Whoever is trying to be cute and buy a Smart Car to be "green" please press play and write a will.

Unrelated.........un update to a link earlier last week.

I see your 3 billion and profit, Well Fargo and raise you 50 billion in capital that you will need.
(Bloomberg)

Ok i'm really done for today. Still disgusted.

I Search The Internet So You Don't Have To

The dirtiest McDonald's out there.

The Obama Rocks button did not help Mr. Spector.
(NBC LA)

RIP Marilyn Chambers. You had a great set of tits.
(NBC LA)

Obama loosening up some Cuba restrictions.
(Breitbart)

Insufferable to a tee, Boston is already counting on grabbing 4 championships in one year.
(Boston Globe)

Rookie mistake.
(Chicago Tribune)

Obama invited gays to partake in the Easter celebration on the south lawn. Disgusting.
(NY Daily News)

That last link just makes me sick.

Bothers me on so many levels. To invite a group of people who Christinaity denounces to our country's home on the holiest day of the year is fucking cocky, and arrogant. Plain wrong. You want to support Gay rights then go ahead. But don't do it on Easter Sunday.

I'm done for today.

Fainting

Fainting is cool. Also not, Glenn Beck rocking jeans with the upper torso dressed in a suit. TV life is good.

I Search The Internet So You Don't Have To

Pond Scum = Oil.
(WSJ)

Don't forget we are a country at War. And don't forget that War is in Afghanastan.
(NY Times)

Our snipers are no joke. Cool ending to a potentially dangerous and hurtful standoff with those pesky pirates.
(NY Times)

Not really news but GM will go bankrupt. June 1st is the deadline.
(The Street)

Bangkok is chaos.
(Time)

Thought this was interesting, you'd think these banks would want to unload all of these re-possessed houses and move on.
(Wash Post)

Cell phone tax hell in NY. Outrageous.
(NY Post)

Buffet's decision making process behind the BYD investment made back in September.
(Cnn Money)

Holy break

Good Friday, Easter weekend. Enjoy my peoples.

I'm on break until Monday. Happy Easter.

Subway Thoughts

I had to keep my eye on some crazy dude this morning on the train. Kept pacing, kept his hands in his pockets like he had a gun or something. I had my moves down, if he pulled a gun I figured I'd do the drop and roll, pop up forearm shiver to the nose. Chop to the arm hopefully gun would fall, kick it away and hopefully my fellow straphangers would help me detain the guy until police arrive. I always have a plan. Plan B was to use the lady sitting next to me as a human shield. She kept coughing and it was fucking annoying.

Mornin' reads

Wells Fargo reports Q1 Earnings, 3 bill-yon. If you believe that I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.
(Bloomberg)

Texiera feeling the wrath of Baltimore.
(Baltimore Sun)

Bernie Madoff but more brazen.
(NY Mag)

Hack whips that ass when bitches and whores puke in his cab.
(NY Post)

Bernanke piece.
(Wash Post)

No such thing as Global Warming. What the fuck. Am I the only normal person alive? Stop wasting moeny on non-existent shit.
(Breitbart)

HBO-Sony planning Obamadocumentary movie. I'm stoked.
(US News)

Couch surfers, perfect for the frugal traveller. This seems crazily cool.
(NY Times)

The tale of two depressions.
(Wall Street Pit)

Birf

Who wants to have sex and make babies!

Mornin' reads

TARP oversight panel seeking more "power". I say that because they seem to want to move a bit drastically than letting nature take it's course.
(Bloomberg)

Pirates are at it again.
(Cnn)

Apple sued for infringing on patents owned by Elan Technologies.
(NY Times)

Bit of a peek into a car dealership owner. Short but suite.
(NY Times)

Another example of how big business affects small business.
(LA Times)

Madoff's suite met tickets being auctioned off on EBAY.
(UK Times)

Yeah! Fuck Facebook!
(NY Mag)

time piece on Army recruiters. Opened my eyes, had no idea how stressful this could end up being.
(Time)

Is General Motors kidding me with this thing?
(Segway.com) In regards to this article.... (NY TIMES)

Buy in Bulk

Costco/BJ's/Sam's Club.

Let's discuss.

People are savages.

End of discussion.

But serious everyone frequents the supermarket warehouses right? Sure they save you money but man what a pain in the ass going there. Massive amounts of people most of them are retarded and not in the downs sort of way but like literally so dumb they can't walk and push a shopping cart at the same time. The employees could care less if you died right there on the floor. The checkout employees are so nice, except not really. In Brooklyn the place gets so crowded that you have to actually park in a satelite parking lot, which is a clean block away from the entrance. And I hate crowds. Who does. Yeah shopping at these places save you money but they don't save you any time or stress.

Mornin' reads

Quake Toll over 200, I was thinking on the way in about this. Italy has some of the oldest architecture in the world, which also means they have buildings that have been standing well over a hundred years something that is not exactly conducive to a fucking earthquake.
(Reuters)

Crazy Canadian steals a Cessna plane and meanders around 3 states until he lands to buy a Gatorade in Missouri. Strange.
(CNN.com)

Ponzi scheme #2 says it's not a Ponzi scheme and he is in the fight of his life. I don't believe him but now I'm interested in how this plays out.
(ABC NEWS)

Computers and baseball.
(NY Times)

The brewing of "lambic", a Belgian specialty. This is a must read for true beer fans.
(WSJ)

Obama with a surprise visit to Iraq.
(Fox News)

Sad ending in California. Missing girl found dead.
(Fox News)

What is a man?
(Esquire)

That Hangover trailer I linked Saturday will have a sequel. That's how strong the trailer tested.
(Variety)

Soros predicting long lasting slowdown, this guy is pretty investment savvy so he might be right here.
(Reuters)

Wiki entry of Rasputin. Skip to the murder part. Dude did not want to die.
(Wiki)

Mornin' reads

Massive earthquake in Italia. Hope all my peoples are ok.
(Reuters)

Meet the devil from Binghamton, NY. What a tragedy. The real crime here though is that dude's eyeglasses. What is that?
(NY POST)

N. Korea launched that rocket now everyone is pissed. And despite it falling in the sea, don't be fooled. This launch was a success for Jong.
(Yahoo News)

LA Times with a piece on a badly disfigured young woamn and the surgeons that are trying to give her a normal life. Quite interesting and humbling in my opinion.
(LA Times)

Wonder what top execs at 198 public companies make? Here ya go.
(NY Times)

MLB TV, Opening day and the Phillies are already in last place!
(MLB.com)

Remembering the Allman Brothers.
(McClatchy DC)

Cuban's thoughts on twitter.
(Blog Maverick)

Wow, that escalated quickly. Few warning signals though, former marine discharged for assaulting his drill sargeant buying weapons on the internet.....
(Cnn.com)

Is Matt Drudge a faggot?
(Gawker)

The Hangover

This could be the funniest movie I will ever see.

Quick note

Linked to the right is the AL Preview on LOV. Enjoy!

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The guy who wrote the software that turned mortgages into bonds.
(NY Mag)

Google in talks to buy twitter. I swear google is going to take over the world.
(Reuters)

That whiny pissant Cutler got traded to the Bears. I said Da Bears!
(Denver Post)

NY Times with a great look at the new Yankee Stadium and the new Citifield.
(NY Times)

Lot's of poeple not working. We knew this.
(Bloomberg)

Chuck Klosterman piece on mogonamy. It is excellent, women should read this too.
(Esquire)

Gadgets graveyard.
(Wired)

Grasshopper tacos, see this is what I'm talking bout.
(Off The Wall Dining)

Is GM nuts? Government just removed the CEO then they ask for couple bill for some hybrids?
(Motor Trend)

Greatest movie that will ever get made. I mean look at that line-up!
(IMDB.com)

Strongest 3 year old in the world.
(Mlive.com)

Food message

I don't think we, as Americans, don't have enough variety in our diets. Chicken, beef, pork and that's it. Other countries eat some weird shit but I linked a goat article the other day and now I'm feening to try some goat. I watch Iron Chef all the time and look at some of the things they whip up, some of it I wouldn't touch but most I would ravage. Bugs actually do look appetizing on Bizarre Foods and on Anthony Bourdain's show the duck sandwhich he devoured in Vietnam looked incredible. Let's stop being plain jane and try some new shit.

WTF

What
The
Fuck.



(Courtesy Barstoolsports.com)

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I mean Biden is the best, he talks bout how the stimulus money is for places like this while he is at a Firehouse in a small town yet those funds were actually funds that came from the Bush Adminstration. This guy is a laugh a minute.
(McClatchy.com)

Bitch about your flight here.
(CNN.com)

Detroit not known for too much of anything these days but the Final Four is there and the Freep has some restaurants or bars that are not run down to check out.
(Freep)

Recession pictures from around the world, sad and I don't know why I am linking this. Getting sick and tired of reading credit problems or recession related articles.
(NY times)

Where is Jay Cutler gonna play next season?
(Denver Post)

Slideshow of this summer's movies.
(NY Mag)

Amy Poehler, I love her (in a funny cute puggle type way).
(GQ)

Lil Wayne coming out with a Rock album, following his 2008 Platinum Rap Album.
(Rolling Stone)

Snuggie is dominating.
(Entrepreneur.com)

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Crazy lymies attacking things that can't attack back. I hope police tear gas the shit out of these animals.
(Huff Po)

Local Baltimore fisherman can't wait for Crab season to begin.
(Baltimore Sun)

25 year anniversary of Marvin Gaye's death.
(AJC)

Bankruptcy is the answer, says Obama.
(Bloomberg)

3rd Madoff affiliate arrested.
(Clusterstock)

Another Obama nominee fucked up their own taxes.
(Breitbart)

Matrix, IV.
(/Film)

Don't let the bedbugs bite.
(Fox News)

We should eat more goat.
(NY Times)