Data mining at Yuku?

feeds@yuku.com (decagon) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:01:36 GMT

I just got a spam email, but the strange part is that I was one of 5 people bulk-emailed, and one of the other emails had "zaphod" in it. Just thought it odd.

Backstage Fights - Winners and Losers

feeds@yuku.com (decagon) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:59:46 GMT

Taking our esteemed moderator's advice (but of course, making it much better), I thought it'd be fun to list some of the most famous backstage fights, and their respective aftermaths.

Karl Gotch vs. Buddy Rogers: This one took place back in the days where there was no one promoter controlling a certain wrestler's career. Gotch was becoming one of the top stars in America based on his highly athletic and highly technical style, and Rogers, who was the...

Viewing the International Space Station

feeds@yuku.com (MoodIndigo1) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:23:46 GMT

From our area (Montreal) this month:

ISS

Wed Sep 09/08:07 PM

Montreal is doomed...

feeds@yuku.com (Asplagis) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:22:09 GMT

http://montreal.en.craigslist.ca/vnn/1346497883.html

All Japan Vids

feeds@yuku.com (decagon) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:53:35 GMT

Look at how loose Misawa's working in this first one.

The Nu Wrestling Evolution topic

feeds@yuku.com (decagon) — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:16:19 GMT

NWE doesn't get much coverage in the States, and even the Wikipedia article is a good four years out of date.� Really, the only place I could find anything out about it is on Youtube.�
Again, it's WCW-lite, but the production is actually kinda' decent.� I posted the Kishi/Scott Steiner/Vampiro feud wrap-up in the other topic.� The video is pretty campy.� It starts out with Scott Steiner posing on a castle, and moves onto Steiner and Kishi driving to a parking lot, in their...

World Science Fiction Convention in Montreal 2009

feeds@yuku.com (MoodIndigo1) — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:35:19 GMT

And I missed it. Damn, why did a friend have to die and knock the convention completely out of my mind. Selfish b-- (me or the dead guy, your choice).
Neil Gaiman, NEAL STEPHENSON, Julie E. Czerneda, among lots of others. I had the pleasure of running into some from the New York group in Central Station as I was seeing a singer friend off to NYC a day or so after the Memorial. In the queue at the Station, I saw Nancy Kress, failed to recognize her right away, and met a woman writer by...

Mood

feeds@yuku.com (David Pierce) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:36:41 GMT

Hey, stop in at Vance if you have time. A certain regular there who uses a carrot for an icon has posted some outrageous statements about Dick and the VALIS books. If he weren't so obviously fishing to get a rise out of Dick fans, I would have ripped him a new one. He's a slippery one. I would like to "educate" him, but do not know a safe way of doing so that will not leave him appearing as the sympathetic affronted party -- even though he's the one dangling bate. -Dave

The Fit Finlay Topic

feeds@yuku.com (decagon) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:50:43 GMT

I decided that my unfettered Finlay worship deserved a topic of its own.� Here's Finlay shortly after he made the move to England, against a pre-WCCW Chris Adams.� Adams is also new to the sport, having had his first pro wrestling match three years earlier, in 1978, but he's better known in England.� Finlay actually wrestled his first match in 1974, in his father's promotion in Ireland.� Yeah, that's three years before Hulk Hogan had his first match.� Finlay was 16, and a...

Okay, I need to find a way to slap Josh Barnett in the face

feeds@yuku.com (decagon) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:06:57 GMT

Dude tested positive. No fight. Bobby Lashley and Vitor Belfort are looking to fill in. Ugh.

Mexican Mini-adores Murdered by Marauders Masquerading as Male Molls!

feeds@yuku.com (decagon) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:32:55 GMT

My, my! Twin brothers Alberto and Alejandro Jiménez, formerly known as La Parkita and Espectrito II were found dead in their hotel rooms on June 29, 2009. Apparently, the brothers brought home a pair of prostitutes who, as members of the criminal organization La Filtracion, allegedly drug their victims and rob them. The drugs proved too much for the diminutive luchadores, who passed away after...

Bet Leatherface never had this problem...

feeds@yuku.com (sonofjay21) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:54:20 GMT

Fucking chainsaw! I've done everything right. Chain's oiled, tank's full, choke's out, you're primed and I can't get a fucking growl out of you!

Bet you'd start right up if I were lookin' to slice up a nubile, young, split tail instead of a damn cottonwood!

Brock Lesnar gets his revenge at UFC 100

feeds@yuku.com (decagon) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:35:33 GMT

He should have won the first time. He had Mir in huge trouble before the ref gave Mir a break for absolutely no reason legitimate reason except that he didn't want to admit he made a mistake and reset the fighters. A less careful observer might be reminded of Muhammad Ali, who was able to do everything "wrong" but win out of pure athleticism and determination, but Ali practiced those "wrong" techniques in the gym unendingly, with as much determination and drive as...

Arturo Gatti Found Dead in Brazil.

feeds@yuku.com (Zaphod The Great) — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:17:20 GMT

Damn. RIP.

http://www.tsn.ca/boxing/story/?id=284455

Who taps out from punches?

feeds@yuku.com (smkelly13) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:38:58 GMT

Bob Sapp does.
It took Bobby Lashley 3:17 to pummel the JAPAN legend.

UFC Undisputed 2009

feeds@yuku.com (Zaphod The Great) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:31:51 GMT

Is anyone playing?

A few minor annoyances aside, the game kicks ass.

The Bossman crashing Big Show's father's funeral to be on WWE DVD

feeds@yuku.com (decagon) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:55:29 GMT

On the upcoming DVD, The Best of SmackDown! 10th Anniversary, here's the final ten:

# 10 - Tribute to the Troops

# 9 - Supermarket Brawl December 13, 2001

# 8 - Edge vs. Eddie Guerrero September 26, 2002

# 7 - The Rock Says…

# 6 - Funeral Crasher November 11, 1999

# 5 - Austin & Angle - Unplugged July 12, 2001

# 4 - The Pilot April 29, 1999

# 3 - The Rock vs. Triple H August...

Tim Sylvia gets knocked out by 48-year-old Ray Mercer in an MMA match, lol

feeds@yuku.com (decagon) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:01:55 GMT

Breakdown of what happened:

Tim Sylvia, two-time UFC Heavyweight Champion, decides he wants to become a boxer.
He challenges 1988 Olympic Gold Medalist Ray Mercer, whose only meaningful win as a pro boxer was his come-from-behind knockout of Tommy Morrison in 1991.
Mercer, who's been getting his ass kicked for spare change in boxing, K1 and MMA for decades, accepts.
No one wants to sanction the fight, no one.
Two days before...

Street Lamp Shadows

feeds@yuku.com (smkelly13) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:11:40 GMT

Street Lamp Shadows

Sean Kelly

When the heavy double metal doors slammed behind me, I knew I was in trouble. Do not ask me how. I...

Mitsuharu Misawa is dead.

feeds@yuku.com (Frisco7) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:49:40 GMT

MISAWA PASSES AWAY AFTER BACKDROP IN HIROSHIMA MATCH