I have seen the other side of the mountain, and it is good! 

Thankfully, I am a son.  Dads and sons share...an interesting relationship in most cases.  Sure, there are normal problems, stuff happens, and people don't get along...

I got lucky I suppose.  I got a dad who's worked from nothing to be a something.  He has a great marriage with my mom.  He's got three sons, who have attended and done well in school.  He has everything he has ever wanted in life, including expensive and silly hobbies.  The guy has done real well for himself.

So....that makes it an absolute pain to try and buy this guy presents.  Seriously.  His birthday is 2 days away from Father's Day.  Makes it even harder. Decided this year I was going to buy him some cigars.  Picked some nice ones, an Arturo Fuente Hemingway Rubusto as well as a Havana Colorado Robusto.  One cigar for his birthday and one for Father's Day.

So far, we've all had lunch at an upscale burger joint (It's called Blanc...and its one of those "hip" places that tries to do regular food on a high note  http://www.blancburgers.com/, it's not bad at all, hope they expand.)  He's lounging at the pool right now, and tonight I'm doing filets and veggies in my normal "wannabe chef" style.  

Why does this matter?  Because it's Father's Day.  It's one of those days for card companies (didn't give those guys the satisfaction this year eh?)  

Thanks for everything Dad.  I do appreciate the support, no matter how non-chalant you are most of the time.  Trust me...Mom makes up for it...

To all the guys on the team who are fathers, your sons and daughters appreciate you.  To those of us who are sons, call your dad up, go up to him, and remember to thank him for being around.  We should all be so lucky to have our dad's around when we need them.  (how else am I going to get the free occasional cigar and bottle of wine ;))

I'd like to welcome Zaku into the Sins and Saints.  It's nice to see him finally leave the FA to join a team that he can really help show his talents off.

It is an honor to have Zaku join our ranks. 

 "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then is not an act, but a habit."
-Aristotle

For the members over the age of 17, and to all of our readers (basically said members), I highly suggest you see this movie.  Sure, it looked like a normal "college" kind of comedy.  It is exactly that, but boy howdy, the production values have been upped to ensure that the movie was not only funnier then anything National Lampoon has been throwing out over the past few years (Im pretty sure the only good movie they've released in the past 10 years is Van Wilder...)

Imagine if you will, the kind of wasted that can only be attained by excessive drinking, coupled with other flavors of mind altering devices.  Imagine that every single thing that could happen, does.  Imagine that you are in college, trying to attain the most badass night of your life.  You will not be able to even get close to this.

So, what makes this one better?  It's just as you would imagine.  Dudes go out, get hammered, wake up to some crazy stuff that they have no recollection of.  This movie does some stuff you haven't seen in similar movies.  That still doesnt give this one a higher rating.  What does give this movie a higher rating is Zach Galifianakis.  He plays the bride's brother.  He is perhaps one of the funniest dudes I have ever seen in a drunken comedy romp.  I cannot stress this enough.  He...defies what being an adult is.  Each and every new situation, he sits and laughs at it.  His idiocy goes beyond the normal acceptable limits, pushing it past full blown childish ignorance towards balls-out stupidity.  Is it obnoxious?  Hell no.  We all want to react to such a dire and pathetic situation with such calm and vigor.

I'm almost assured that this movie is so popular because the actors react to their situation as every single drunken frat boy would.  It's great watching it occur at any given sunday morning at the house, but to be part of it, most guys freak out.  These guys, hell no.  They see the glory that they have created, and relish in it.  To them, Vegas has been conquered.  

Oh, and those last few seconds of the movie....hahahhaha, wow.

Is this movie a visual creation of something truly beautiful?  Hell no.

Is this movie something that is really funny and just way to over the top while still maintaining it's composure?  

Damn Skippy.  

Go see it. 

What that means is that the podcast is going to be put back for a week or two.  I've been in Atlanta, and I will be in Florida here this weekend.

We'll get a podcast out soon, E3 is too freaking tempting not to cover.

Enjoy your summers guys. 

 An unfortunate event has transpired within the ranks of the Sins and Saints.

We must announce that our former Operations Officer, Mr. Christoper Rollins, who had served the team with distinction and poise, has become a liability during his time as discharged from the unit.  He has blatantly gone against his own code of Honor, Integrity and Respect, in pursuit of some fanciful dream of "being apart of the history of the Sins & Saints."  We cannot allow him to dilude the ideals that this team holds, or even consider how childish his statements are.  Mr. Rollins was an unfortunate accident, and his statements and actions after leaving have substantiated our resolve to change and ban him from the website. 

A Public statement is the least we can do to warn other teams of such lying, childish and ignorant ideas from Mr. Rollins.  We hope that our words can prevent him from doing harm to other organizations.  During his tenure as Operations Officer, our ranks went from 200 active members to less than 10.  As we recover, only now have we understood the damage that he caused.  Thankfully, the team continues to grow, and is back on track, as it should have been, long before Mr. Rollins was entrusted with that charge.  

We hope that anyone that meets with Mr. Rollins in gaming shall pay attention and not suffer the unfortunate events we did.  Pulling the wool over our eyes for so long was an unfortunate thing, and in the 5 years he served with us, he had gone against regulation for upwards of 2 years.  It was his act of taking the Root administrative job that all but assured him control over the team.  We are sickened by his attitude and how he has acted after leaving the team.

Mr. Rollins, also known as Eagle 1, is hereby Demoted by two ranks to "Major" and is being stripped of his Honorable Discharge stature. 

Eagle 1 has now been officially Dishonorably Discharged from the Sins & Saints due to gross misconduct and theft from the team.  It is unfortunate that his age and attitude blinded him from recognizing that he does not stand above the rules and regulations as laid forth by this team.  

Memorial Day,

to many, it is the day that represents a good day on the grill and getting a day off from work.

I got to spend the day with one of our members, SABRE 04, he happens to be an 11C in the US Army, and assigned to the 101st.  He recently returned from his deployment over in Afghanistan, serving alongside other forces, working to do his job.  Talking with Zac was interesting, it was like he was home and had never left.  Sure, there was still that feeling...like he was different.  Perhaps it was just the idea that he had been over there, but this was a close friend who had been there, part of the action.  It was humbling.  One of my best friends, it was an interesting feeling to say the least.  Memorial Day may not mean much to most of the citizens here in our great country, but we need to change that.  Thankfully, we live in a country that supports our servicemen.  Even if they hate the war going on, even if they do not choose to understand the endevor, they continue to support these guys who serve the Constitution.  There is simply not enough respect given to these guys, and I believe that needs to be reconsidered, the meaning as almost certainly been lost.

This is a day that remembers those who have fought for this country.  We remember those who fought for our independence.  We remember those who defended against the British in 1812.  We remember those who fought in the Quasi-War, the Barbary engagements, The Mexican-American War, The Spanish American War, The intervention in the Russian Civil War, World War 1, World War 2, Lebanon, Korea, Vietnam, The Gulf War and the current engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan.

We can never forget the hundreds of undeclared engagements that our men and women have engaged in during these years of the United States of America.  This is a day we remember those who have answered that call.  To those on the team who are in the service, and to every other member of the armed forces.  

Thank You. 

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Welcome to summer guys.  Enjoy it. 

 New podcast is up, we talk numbers for April in the industry, the new 15 second spot for Modern Warfare 2 (OH GEE WHIZ ITS SO AWESOME.)  We also talk about other notables, and our info on Broken Steel.

We interview Raymond Lau, Manager of Player Relations at Major League Gaming, and then talk about the new Star Trek movie, and why it's so good (best phaser shootout, ever.)

Tim gives the final quote, and we clock in around 30 minutes.  We're getting shorter finally....

Thanks to everyone for the help and patience.  I must apologize for the quality of transfer this time, problems with the connection, we didnt pick up on it until we were able to upload.  Pardon the problem, again, sorry for it.