The Villagers are moving to wordpress...

The Villagers are moving to a self-hosted Wordpress blog.

If you subscribe to our RSS Feed, you may need to change our address in your feed reader. Our feed should be:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/VillagerWithWheel

We've always had this feed, but it wasn't well advertised on our Blogger based blog.

We are also changing to a Disqus based comment system.

Our new comment/thread feeds (this will be on the new site as well):

• All Comments RSS Feed


• New Comments RSS Feed


• New Threads RSS Feed

So, our blog may be down for a few hours as everything migrates to our new host.

All the old content will be on the new site, but if you want to look at the old format and remember our roots, our Blogger site should remain unchanged at:
http://villagerwithwheel.blogspot.com

If you've just stumbled across this site via Blogger, our blog is located at:
http://villagerwithwheel.com

Feel free to let us know what you think of the new site (when it goes live) in the comments...

ELIPTICALS and UNDERARMOR

A few things have been on my mind recently regarding the gym. The first involves the place of an elliptical machine in a males workout.

I do use the machine from time to time and recently learned from my friends down in Hampton Roads (Newport News is only a segment of Hampton roads. They are not the same thing) that using this machine will eventually lead me to purchase a pink iPOD and begin doing Pilates.

I disagree. One basic concept of working out is that it is good to mix things up. Sure the eliptigay is not the same as running but it is a great alternative. You may be able to get an even greater workout from this machine than running if you find it as hard as i do to focus and not get bored running on treadmill.

The last thought I had involved the place of the Baltimore, Maryland based Under Armour in the gym. These form-fitting, moisture-wicking performance shirts are worn by well....in order not to create controversy...a lot of interesting individuals. Elroy and I had a discussion about this before in which we created groups that most gym-going, under armour wearing person could be placed. I believe there were 2 groups that I don't want to mention. At the end of the day i'm not going to wear under armour for three main reasons: I'm not jacked; If I was jacked I'd probably still not wear this because i'd feel like a girl wearing an extra short skirt trying to get attention; Finally, I'll always prefer wearing random t-shirts like the blue one I got at ElectronicVagrant's wedding.

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"Who would win in a fight?"

Growing up I was a game machine. I came up with "50 different games to play in a kitchen" before 3rd grade. I created everything from games with paper plates, "Frippins" and games you played while naked, "Beep-Beeps."



In the last few years there has been an explosion in popularity for MMA. It's often said that MMA spawned from discussions about who would win between experts of the various martial arts specialties. Thus, I feel that the world is ready for an expansion of MMA to involve animals. This is a game I played in my head for years as a child. Academia claims to have solved the age old question of lion versus tiger, so we need to move on. The world needs to know how 4 polar bears would fare against a great white shark and 2 lions.

I know, this would be totally inhumane and bring civilization back about 2000 years to the days of ancient Rome, but couldn't we find a way to answer the many questions that I have from my childhood virtually without the mass slaughter of people and animals?

Oh, and the hippo would definitely destroy a team of bullfighters but if the bullfighters had a cougar on their side? Let the debate begin.

RICK ROLLED

By now many of us have been 'served' or 'pwn3d' but have you been 'rick rolled' yet? This most recent prank, which has been around for about year, has hit the mainstream hard in the past six months.

The prank involves the 1987 hit song "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley. The song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and its music video is the basis for being 'rick rolled'.

The perpetrator provides a relative link for an ongoing thread, article or conversation. The user clicks on the link with great anticipation only to be dissapointed (or if you are like me, insanely pumped up and you begin singing along) as he sees a 1980s music video instead of the relavent topic.