Let's Hope It's A Good One

This might seem late for Christmas but I always like to hear this song on New Years' Eve. I think this version is almost as good as the original and the video that is with it is very powerful.

2009 you kinda sucked so kiss my ass. Two Kay Ten I welcome you with open arms, please be a better year than the last one.

The Fat Man Cometh

I think just about everyone knows this modern day classic but may have never actually watched the video.

Twas a couple nights before the night before, ah you know the drill

Once again I was lax in getting a video up yesterday night so you will get a couple tonight day.





This next one goes out to Cerpts as it is one of his favorite Christmas songs (at least I think it is) but it is certainly one of mine. Josh Groban does a very nice job with it as well:

Song of the Year Nominees

Here are the songs that are in the running for song of the year in no particular order unless I did them alphabetically, which I think I will:






I Got A Feelin' - Black Eyed Peas






I'm Yours - Jason Mraz






People are Crazy - Billy Currington






Please Don't Leave Me - Pink






Poker Face - Lady Gaga






Sex On Fire - Kings of Leon






Viva La Vida - Coldplay (sorry but this was the best video I could get that was able to be embedded onto the blog)







You Found Me - The Fray



Give me your votes I would be interested to know how the visitors to the blog feel about the songs.

Winner will be declared sometime before New Years Day.

A Winter Wonderfrigginland

Since I missed yesterdays update due to weather conditions over here at the monitoring station (we got two feet of snow yesterday), I will give you a double shot of holiday cheer.

Starting off with this classic that is not the original but this is the best video that I could find of it.




This is a cover version of Kevin "Bloody" Wilson's original that is complete without the sound effects over the dirty parts. So as not to offend I put this one up instead but you are welcome to go see the original. That is you are a filthy smog bottom.

It's a Nice Day for a White Christmas

Some videos I plop up here for your approval because the song is so well done or so groundbreaking or the video is awesome. Some I put up here because they are shockingly bad. This next video fits into the later category and I apologize up front about it. Now go suffer through some awfulness.

A Triple Shot Of Christmas Cheer

Here are some scenes from the classic Rudolph cartoon. First we have the Burl Ives classic:




Then we have the ending credits of the cartoon and here is where I have a problem. View it first and then we will discuss:



OK, I have watched this cartoon at least once almost every year for as long as I can remember. So that means I have seen this cartoon nearly forty times. Never once have I realized until this year that in the ending credits the elf in the back seat of the sleigh is a murderer! That's right, a murderer. I will explain. Call upon your knowledge of the cartoon and you may remember the island of misfit toys, on that island there is a bird that can't fly. The same bird that the elf removes from the bag and unlike the rest of the toys, he doesn't give it an umbrella before he tosses it away. Yes, he tosses it so that it plunges to it's death! You will never watch this cartoon the same way again.

But wait, there's more:







Did you also notice that at the beginning of the cartoon the Roman numerals claim the cartoon was made in 1164. Soooo festive! And I wonder why children are so scarred!

Thurl!!!

While the live action movie was OK and they did their best, I would imagine, nothing beats the original animated version of The Grinch!

More Old School Merry Making

I'm going really old school on your ass this week

This was, of course, before she left him for a skier who she later shot. The children in the scene was also their real children.

Santa's Got a Brand New (Mail)Bag

The winter weather I was counting on sort of fizzled out. Instead of snow we got a little freezing rain (that I nearly busted my ass walking across unawares, as I left the monitoring station on the way to WAWA to grab meself a cup of coffee) and as it is now nearly noon here at the DAG project it has changed over to just rain. Blah. But one thing the weather does not change is the fact that I have pulled out my mail bag, and have opened said mail bag. Upon doing so I will now answer some reader mail.


First up I have a question from Yensid The Magnificent and he wants to know when I am planning on going back to the Magic Kingdom and the rest of the World of the Mouse. Well, Yensid, I can tell you that the misses and I are planning a trip down south in about a month. We will be taking our yearly January hiatus to get some warmth (hopefully, last year it went down into the 20's and 30's the first couple nights there) and fun. We are getting so excited to go again and to hold us over, here is a picture from our last trip:







Oh, wait, sorry, never mind that's not the pic I thought it was. Moving on.

LostGuy23 asks if we have any pics of the Frozen Donkey Wheel and what it has been doing since it was last turned by Locke early last season. Well LG, as luck would have it I actually do have a picture of the wheel and it appears that the FDW has been doubling as a huge paper weight lately since it has not been seen recently doing much of anything. Thanks to PF108 over at DarkUFO for this photo.

Moving on to other LOST mail. Instead of a question, our mailbox was loaded with some set pics from a couple fellow LOST fans. Here is the report and pics we got from CoupleOfLostFreaks. We send our thanks along with a huge jar of ranch dressing to them. Here are some pics of The Temple set that looks to have been expanded.

Looks to be in better shape than it was when Ben and Locke went inside in fact it seems to be better than when Richard took a wounded Ben inside after Sayid shot Ben.

A google and a wikipedia drive by tells me that this is definitely a reference to Hinduism and Trimurti (here's a link if you wanna go check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimurti

Looks like there is some water in front of the Temple, this may or may not be edited out later so don't put too much onus on that. Hahaha I said onus.

This door looks old and what is it attached to? I will go with that it is another entry to the Temple but it would be cool if it was an ancient "station" that DHARMA later used, wouldn't it?

Another statue in the foundation of the Temple. Supporting the "three Gods" theory that the Trimurti could reference, this statue has a different face than the other one. It is reported that there was a third as well. And yes, like last year I will again be in Disney for the season premier this year on February 2.

I got another request from Smooch2DaBooch asking (or perhaps daring) me to post a picture of an Easter decoration being used as a Christmas decoration. Either way, your wish is my command:

I received a very odd request from Amy over at JulietsBookClub. Amy asked if I had ever seen two giant lit up penises used as Christmas decorations. Unfortunately Amy, I have:

and now, since you had to go and drag up those old memories, you have as well!

We have time for one more letter and this one is from SulietFansHateJaters and he or she (but I kinda think it is a she) writes:

"I gotta admit I love going to your blog reading about LOST especially during the seasons when the sho wis (sic.) on tv. I know it gets difficult to keep the blog active when the show is in its downtime but I believe someone asked before (maybe your friend crepts) what you would be doing when the show ends. I do enjoy what you are doing for the holidays this year and I like getting to see the Xmas videos. I am having a hard time getting into the holiday spirit this year. Maybe you could do something to get me more in the mood to "make with the merry" as you put it."



Here inside of the security office, cookies are baking and filling the air with their mouth watering scent, presents are being wrapped, the lights are blinking away outside and making the compound look very festive. The doggies even have their holiday bandannas on. The DAG Project Christmas tree is about to be cut down and dragged into the monitoring station so we can give it a grand trimming but yet something still feels a bit off. What did we forget? Oh, wait I know:

Now it really feels like Christmas!

Sure feels like Christmas

As you make your way around this planet of ours during the holiday season, you can't help but notice all of the houses getting decked out in their holiday best. Or in some cases, not so good. Here are some decorations that have definitely made a wrong turn at Albuquerque.

ZZ Top if they were one of those inflatable lawn ornaments.

"You're my bitch now, Santa!", is what witnessess claim the polar bear kept repeating over and over again.

Ok , yeah this one is fake but it sure would be awesome if it were real.

This one goes on the list of "decorations we would like to see".

This one was taken outside of "the balloon boys" house.

But anyway -

Not only does the calendar say it is two weeks before Christmas but the temperature outside seems to agree. Wind chills are in the teens and temperatures only getting into the low thirties. Expecting more winter weather tomorrow. In the mean time enjoy The Pretenders and their Christmas song 2000 Miles. And no I didn't forget about the mail bag. I plan on getting to that tomorrow.

Friday Festivites

The Boss says it best!

The King wishes you a Merry Christmas

New promo pics for new season

Here is a little Christmas present for all of my fellow LOST fans. ABC has posted the first official promo shots of what they are calling the "Core Characters" for the sixth and final season. "Core" meaning "the ones that haven't died yet" apparently.

First up we have Kate, in what may be one of the loveliest pictures I have ever seen of Ms. Lilly. That's as close to a Kate compliment as I get folks.

Apparently Sawyer has a flannel clause in his contract since that is all I ever seem to see him wearing lately.

Here we have our first concrete evidence from ABC themselves that Claire is indeed back for season six and she is one of the feature characters to boot.

Sayid will begin the season among the living, will he end the season the same way?

When Miles first came onto the show did anybody lay heavy odds on him making it to the final season? I didn't but I am glad he is still around.

As much as I said what I said about Miles, the same could go for Ben Linus. He's come a long way from being Henry Gale and getting beaten up by Sayid, eh?

I still don't know what to think about John Locke. I hope there is some way that he will end the show as John Locke and not someone else who is using his corpse like a macabre puppet master. Hey, it is LOST after all!

Illana makes it to the core group of the show for season six. Does that mean Brahm (her partner) is not long for this world?

What can you say about Hurley? Who doesn't like him?

Jack looking introspective and shit.

Frank makes it to the main character list for season 6? I like this move also.

Richard has been an unofficial "main" character for two seasons now. Good to see he will be in the final season officially as a core character.

Sun just gets hotter as the years go by and my Asian fetish isn't even kicking in right now. Imagine how bad it would be if it was!

Jin also makes it through to the series final season. He is my second choice for "most likely to die this season" with Sayid being the leader in the club house.

Kiss Santa ain't the only thing Mommy did that night!

I feel a little angst building up today so what better way to rid myself of it than with a Christmas Song..... trust me, just play the friggin' video.

My Dad used to hit me with your Dad's records!

Here's one of those moments that when you hear about it you think: "Huh? How's that gonna work?" But it does. I took out the two minutes of dialogue (read: uncomfortable banter between two guys that have nothing in common) that took place before they sing. Your welcome!

Snowman Poop

Well, we got the Christmas decorations out and the Halloween decorations all packed up for the year (finally). Yep, the DAG Project is officially getting into the Christmas spirit. How about you? Or should I say how about U2? Ha ha, see what I did there? Ahh, yeah I suck. Enjoy the video.

Nogging My Egg

Those of you old enough to remember when the "M" in MTV stood for music will recognize some of the people in this video including VJ's Martha Quinn and Nina Blackwell.

Christmas Comes To The DAG Project

As I check the monitors here in the security office, I can see that we are enjoying our first snow fall of the year! The snow is making this an even more festive time of year, so I felt I would get in on the action and start making with the merry myself! Here then is a song to get your holidays started and the fact that it is now over 25 years old has me feeling ancient! Please to enjoy~

Weird/Ugly Christmas Ornaments

While we wait for more info to filter it's way through the wormhole that is the island and find us here on the main land, I felt it was a perfect time to get into the holiday swing of things. Here are some of the top ugly and or weird Christmas tree ornaments I found on the inter webs.

Not really sure what this is. Kinda looks like a real cheap Santa balloon that might be found in a really cheap parade.

It's a flamingo with really hot legs. What? That's what it is!








An octopus wrapped around a blue ball. Release the Kraken!







What we have here (at least what I think it is supposed to be) is a Santa ornament disguised as a banana. The peel being pulled half way down makes it look like Santa is sticking his tongue out. Weird, ugly, and disturbing!

Seriously, wtf?

Ummm, this is an ornament to celebrate babies first Christmas. That is if you are one of those pro-lifers that believes life begins at conception. It would be cool if they were chocolate and you could eat them. I see an advent calendar in there somewhere.

This is supposed to be a Dracula tree ornament. I don't see it but, OK.

Now this one I can see. Frankenstein comes to town as a Christmas tree ornament.

Dog crap tree ornament. Why?

Bigfoot tree ornament FTW!

Holiday Hiatus

As is the norm, action on the island has slowed a bit as everyone takes a short hiatus to enjoy the holiday season. The DAG Project will not be taking a break, however, as we will continue to dig for more information on the sixth and final season of our favorite show! We also just might have some holiday themed stuff as well. I have gotten quite a bit of email recently so I just might have to break down and answer some of your emails. Believe it or not so of it doesn't even have anything to do with LOST. How did that happen? Now go start making with the merry!

LOST: The Musical

This week our musical interlude comes from The Steve Miller Band, please to enjoy some Jungle Love!

Fishing the Past From the Disposal

Our friend Cerpts over at the Land of Cerpts and Honey blog recently posted about things he remembered from his childhood but are gone now. It touched me so much that I began to think about my childhood and things that are not there anymore. Things like the Ellisburg and the Berlin Circles, both of which are now just memories but I can tell you I drove around both of them many times. In fact, I almost died on the Berlin Circle when I was dating a girl with very bad timing. Soon, another circle, the Marlton Circle, will join them and it too, will also be gone.


Now the Marlton Circle is the location of the place where I got my first job. Wait, I’m getting a little ahead of myself. My “first” job was working at Big John’s Steaks but I’m not counting that for the sake of this story for two reasons. Big John’s is still there on Route 70 in Cherry Hill as it was back in the early 80’s. It doesn't have the same owners (Big John had lost the restaurant to a gambling debt I understand and then he became sick and unfortunately died a short time ago), but it is definitely the same building. I recently went there to get a cheese steak in my belly and some nostalgia in my eyes. A woman who was a waitress when I worked there was still there. I had not seen her in at least twenty-five years but surprisingly enough, she remembered me. I guess I just have one of those faces. When I worked at Big John’s I was paid under the table and was 12 when I first started so I wasn’t on the books. That’s the other reason I won’t count that as my first job. My first night working there was Christmas Eve -1980, and there I would work until the spring of 1985 when I would begin working at the Marlton Rustler. The building at the top of the picture on the right hand side (a few pictures down) is the actual Rustler I worked at. The picture was take din 1974. At Rustler, not only did I collect my first ever “official” (as far as the IRS was concerned) paycheck, but I also met my first real best friend that I would ever have.

I grew up in a part of southern New Jersey back in the 70’s that at the time was a very rural area. Construction has changed that so much that I guess it would be considered more of a suburban area now. I grew up on a farm where we raised mostly “Joisey” tomatoes and sweet corn. We also had pigs and chickens and I worked my butt off in the “garden” which is what we called the fields where we grew our crops. For most of my childhood a great deal of time from March until October of every year was spent working and learning how to plow, cultivate, rake, hoe, seed, fertilize, and so many other things that are required to know in order to grow tomatoes, peas, beans, corn, et al.

On warm summer days when my aunt and uncle decided it was too hot to work in the fields, we would get our bicycles out of the garage and we would head up to the ice cream stand that was about a mile down route 73 towards Berlin. If I was really lucky, not only would we get ice cream but my aunt would spring for us to also play some miniature golf on the course that was connected to the ice cream stand. The ice cream stand and the miniature golf course are both just memories now. There is a small Mom and Pop garden center where you can get flowers for Easter and other holidays as well as buy your Christmas tree there today. They will even flock one for you if you want that fake snow crap on it. The original Mom and Pop that ran it are long gone, they were old even when I wasn’t!

(this is the picture of the Marlton Circle with Rustler at the top right of the picture)



The Marlton Circle is where a long time ago, a girl named Leslie, drove around it going the WRONG way! Changed are the buildings. Today, no longer is Olga’s Diner next to Fayva Shoes. Next to Fayva was Gino’s and then there was the Rustler. Right next to Rustler was Commerce Bank which is the first bank that I had an account with in my adult life. I had a savings account and Christmas Club that my grandmother had set up for me when I was younger at a Horizon bank which was later renamed Farmers and Mechanics and is now a Beneficial bank in Berlin, but Commerce is where I got my first bank account for myself. A woman that we all called “Pointy Tits” worked there. I guess you can figure out why we called her that, I think we worked with her son at Rustler, but I don‘t remember for sure. I do know she used to come in for lunch at Rustler a lot. Eventually, Fayva gave way to Colored Tile and Gino’s was replaced by Pizza Hut. All of those are gone and Barnes & Noble stands there now.

Long before I became a mall rat in my high school years, I used to go to the Echelon Mall with my grandmother and aunt. Occasionally after shopping we would stop off at the Cow Tail Bar which was a small restaurant that was attached to a dairy farm. The dairy farm is still there, as far as I can tell, but the restaurant is long gone. In it’s place is a Wawa which has one of the most frustrating parking lots I have ever had the displeasure of parking in. At every table at the Cow Tail Bar when you sat down was a small box of pretzels on the table for you to either enjoy right away or to save and have them with your ice cream. There was a box for everyone. The ice cream was the reason everyone came to the Cow Tail Bar. As it was attached to a dairy farm, the ice cream was therefore made on site and it was always so cold and so hard. It even had small pieces of ice still stuck right in the ice cream. It was some of the best ice cream around then and still to this day most of the ice cream I eat pales in comparison. I remember my regular treat was called The Clown. It consisted of two dips of chocolate ice cream (I had my choice on the flavor but they didn’t have a thousand flavors to choose from back then so it was an easy choice) some whip cream, the obligatory cherry, and a sugar cone stuck on top to make it look like a pointy clown hat. If I was feeling extra adventurous I would ask for some powdered malt topping as well. Not only is the Cow Tail Bar gone, but half of the Echelon Mall is as well!

During the summers I got to spend weekdays with my grandmother while my aunt and uncle were at work. One of our favorite places to go was to Grants in Clementon. Grants was a bargain store not unlike the Wal-Marts/K-Marts/Targets of today. We would go shopping and we would stop off at the Grants Luncheonette which was a small restaurant inside of the store. I remember having breakfast with Santa there at Christmas time and we would have a stack of pancakes with the Easter Bunny in the spring. My favorite lunch was the grilled cheese sandwich with fries and a Coke. My grandmother was a big fan of the chicken club sandwich. Speaking of food and places you can go to get something to eat inside of a store, I remember getting a box of Super Pretzels (you could get like five for two bucks back then) and a raspberry flavored Icee at the K-Mart snack bar. That was one of the best Saturday snacks a kid could have after watching cartoons and wrestling all morning and Dr. Shock all afternoon! I do remember the K-Mart having a small restaurant, however I don’t remember ever having actually gotten anything to eat there myself. Doesn’t matter anyway, for you see, you can’t get anything to eat inside of a K-Mart anymore. At least nothing prepared ahead of time for you, that is. Grants was eventually bought by Woolworths and Wilcos and although they left the store almost the same way it was when it was Grants, the food didn’t seem the same. I don’t remember the name of the lady that my grandmother and I always thought of as our “usual” waitress but she didn’t make the change from Grants to Woolworths either. Below is an actual picture of the Grants in Clementon circa 1976.








Another spot that my family and I would frequent when I was a wee lad was the Berlin Farmers Market. Sister to the Pennsauken Mart, it is still open for business, unlike the Pennsauken Mart. It was a Sunday outing for all of us when we would pile into my uncles pick up truck and my aunts green Maverick, (the truck was in case we got anything too big to cart home in the car) and “walk out back of the sale”. There was the outdoor flea market that we would check out first and then we made our way inside. The barber shop in the market was where I got most of my haircuts during my childhood. I remember vividly how my uncle and grandmother complained when the price of a haircut went up from $4.50 to $5.00. The fifty cent difference was, of course, taken out of the barbers' tip, because "five dollars for a haircut was a rip off", and they both felt very strongly about this. I think my uncle pays double that now for a hair cut, and yes, he still goes “to the sale” for them. Give him a break he is getting close to 70 and old habits, well you get the picture.

Some other things that are gone that I want to add here but not get into any long stories about are Richmond’s Ice Cream Parlor, Nichol's Department Store, Crazy Eddie’s, J.M. Fields, Two Guys, Jefferson Ward, Bradlees, and the $.99 movie theater that was next to the Echelon Mall. While I’m talking about movie theaters, I want to talk about the Atco Drive-In for a minute. It was in every way the classic drive-in that you have seen in movies. Of course in order for you to have seen one of them in a movie, the movie would have had to take place prior to the 1990’s for the most part because most of the drive-ins were gone by then. Atco was a two screen drive-in so you would have your back facing the opposite screen when you parked to watch whatever movie you came to see. My uncle and his girlfriend (whoever she was at the time) would take us to see The Apple Dumpling Gang, or whatever other kiddies’ movie was showing that week. That alone was a pretty cool experience seeing Don Knotts on that huge screen, but it was always the other screen I was interested in. On the screen behind me they were usually playing the scary pictures. Of course they were also usually rated "R" and there was noting like watching Bambi trying to stand up on his shaky legs for the first time and being able to turn around and seeing some naked girls boobs get splashed with blood in Satan’s Cheerleaders which was playing right behind me. Good times!







I don’t play with Shrinky Dinks anymore, but it’s good to know they still make them if I really wanted to. I don’t raise Sea Monkeys anymore either but it’s good to know I could if I ever got the urge to. I do still read comics and watch wrestling on TV (Monday nights now instead of Saturday mornings) like I did when I was ten years old. I don’t play with Hot Wheels nor do I collect Matchbox cars but I could if I wanted to because they still make them. Not everything from our childhood still exists. It can't but we don't know that at the time and no matter how much we are told that it is all going to change as we grow up, you don't appreciate it until it's too late. I can’t go to Grants to get a Grilled Cheese sandwich anymore and who knows, it might not be as good of a grilled cheese sandwich as I remember. I do make a pretty mean grilled cheese myself these days after all. I haven’t been able to get a grilled cheese at Grants for nearly thirty years, but it would be nice to. Just one more time. And it would be nice if I got to take my grandmother with me. My treat this time.

More Updates!

Thanks to Dark UFO and fellow LOST blogger over at http://www.hawaiiweblog.com/ we have new pictures and a nice video for you today. First the pictures:

Not sure who the man is with Sawyer inside the SUV.

This looks to be a different scene to me; notice Sawyer has on different clothes than in the previous photo. I also don't think this is the same car as in the previous photo. The window, door, and side mirror all look different even though it is the same color.

Sawyer and Miles getting last minute instructions before filming a scene.

Sawyer and Miles in the car together. Notice the keypad lock and door handle under window. Different from the first picture. That man in the first picture is NOT Miles as some people have reported. The man in this picture here is Miles.

In this picture I am still trying to figure out if Sawyer looks like he was recently in a fight as I think I spot some redness on his nose and cheek. There was also a report that Sawyer was filming a fight scene before this scene. That has not been confirmed as of yet but this photo helps to make it believable.

Now here is a crash scene being filmed:

So what did we just see? Well apparently that is the same car Miles and Sawyer are sitting in as they are talking as seen in the above pictures. Reports say that after the crash, a woman is seen running from the blue car as Miles and Sawyer give chase. Miles was spotted wearing a badge so it is a possibility he is a cop or detective of some sort. Things get a little sketchy here but it is possible that both Miles and Sawyer are police officers of some sort and as in their Dharma days they are also partners in this reality.

The reports go on to say that the woman that exits the car and runs down an alley was wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt. Who was in the blue hooded sweatshirt you may ask. Well, people claim to have seen Evvie Lilly wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt around town.

Filming Update

The filming report that I was waiting to confirm has now been confirmed and it brings with it some of the better spoilers I have received so far for the new season. First up though is a picture I found hiding on my computer of Jack outside of the airport filming scenes for the season premier:





Now for the newest new stuff - Alan Dale, or as we know him better, Charles Widmore, was spotted at the U.S.S. Bowfin Submarine Museum which is next door to the U.S.S. Arizona visitors center. Filming took place on and inside of a submarine possibly doubling as the Galaga that we had seen before.





As reported earlier, they are currently filming the seventh episode of the season; titled "Recon". So thanks to Juliette, a rock, and a little bomb it would appear that Sawyer is back to his old tricks. Hence the title Re Con. Course correction can be such a bitch! That still doesn't answer the question why Sawyer is on a submarine with Charles Widmore?




Tread carefully now because here there be spoilers. The new season will unfold in a way it never has before. We are going to see what I will label as "flash sideways" for lack of a better term for them. (cue movie preview voice over guy) In a world where Oceanic Flight 815 doesn’t crash, how much success has Widmore had in his hunt for the island? Could it be possible that Widmore never lost control over the island in this reality? Is your head hurting yet? It gets worse. Read on if you dare.




Not only was Josh Holloway seen filming at the sub but he was also spotted filming scenes in a restaurant where he was dressed rather nicely. He was seen talking to someone on the phone and some dialogue was overheard. Sawyer gets directions as what to do next from the person on the phone. Who is on the phone, Widmore? Apparently Sawyer is at the restaurant to meet a woman and he is supposed to con her into giving him information on how to get to our fabled LOST island. He tells the woman he wants "on the boat" and that he knows she was on the island when she was a child. Have you guessed who we are talking about yet? Yes, Josh was filming scenes with Rebecca Mader or as we knew her better, the red-headed polar bear carcass fondler named Charlotte.


This is gonna get confusing!