Pick Your Celebrity Entourage

I'm a huge fan and supporter of the show entourage. Even the drug abusing Vinny Chase episodes. One of my friends asked me yesterday If I were to pick a celebrity entourage, who would I pick. A couple people came to mind right away… Justin Timberlake, Leo Dicaprio, Jay-Z… Then I thought about it. Being in a entourage would mean close to 24/7 exposure with one another. These three other dudes would be like brothers. Justin and Jay are out because they're married. Having a guy in your entourage with a girlfriend passes, but married doesn't quite fit the bill. Leo is too old, I understand the Johnny Drama aspect but I feel shit would be too serious all the time... it wouldn't be like I was with Jordan Belfort or Jay Gatsby, which is what I would be looking for, it would be with the Dicaprio and I don't know enough about him.
To really pick the entourage I had to set some guidelines.

1. The person (You) choosing plays the role of Turtle of the entourage… you'd be the one driving around, picking up the food, doing the bitch work that needs to be done… but you reap the benefits of the three celebrities you choose.
2. One must be an Actor (tv or movie), One must be an Athlete, and one must be a Music Artist.
3. Bros only… no ladies in the entourage.


Here are my picks…

Athlete - Johnny Football

Easy selection here. Kid hasn't even gotten his pro contract yet and he's a bonafide celebrity. Anytime your nickname is the name of the sport you play, you pretty much have to be respected worldwide. Take his sheer athleticism and dominance at football which won him The Heisman as a freshman and add his abilities off the field which include, drinking, getting beautiful women and listening/ chilling with Drake and you have the perfect friend. Here's to you Johnny Football.. Cheers #topszn #regime

Actor- Jonah Hill

This decision was a little more difficult. When it comes to actors you can go a couple ways. Some would want to go the handsome route and take guys like Joseph Gordon Levitt, Shia Labeouf or Alex Pettyfer. Others might go for the "classics", the George Clooneys, Brad Pitts, etc. I decided to go the funny man route. I believe I'm pretty funny to begin with, I do however now for a fact that I'm funnier when i have another funny person to feed off of. I'm sure abbot was a funny guy on his own but him with costello… comic gold. To be my "Abbot" I chose my personal favorite funny guy Jonah Hill. First off dude has incredible range as an actor. Whether being a sidekick to Pitt or Leo in major motion pictures or playing a douchey version of himself in "this is the end" he absolutely kills it. Whether its going out at night or just chilling around the house I feel he would be a perfect contributor to the group. Welcome to the entourage Jonah… meet Johnny.

Music Artist: Bruno Mars

Lets throw a little diversity into this entourage. For my music artist, and last selection, I've decided to go with Bruno Mars. There were a ton of options in this section, especially in the hip-hop category. I decided to stay away from that category however because most already have their own entourages, and they are very large… and scary. Plus I already am going to be acquainted with Drake through Johnny, and he would've been my other choice. I chose Bruno for a couple reasons… 1. Ladies love him. 2. Extremely popular without being Justin Bieber. 3. He's short, with him at 5'5 and Jonah at 5'7, I come in the taller half of this entourage. 4. Dude definitely likes having a good time.

Bring on the Honeys.

Sniffles Responds

Muthafuckin Sniffles is back.

Little hiatus from the blogging life but I can only blog when i feel inspired. In my absence I've seen David Zuckerberg has posted some great topics. Before I get into my topic of the day, I wanted to post my thoughts on the absurd starting five Disney Characters that Dave chose and give my 5 warriors that would destroy him and his baby bitch fleet in battle.

First off, Fa Mulan is the name of the Heroine of the movie Mulan and the person David should of picked.  Fa Zhou, is who David was talking about and had to be for the laughs. Dude was a run of the mill soldier. Dumb pick. Next…
Captain Hook, loses every single battle to someone WHO CAN FLY!!!!, how could you ever pick someone with a battle handicap over someone who can fly? Also he's terrified of clocks… Just idiotic.
I can't argue the Hercules and Elsa points, but Rafiki is also pretty questionable. Of all the oracle type figures I feel Rafiki is missing a little too much of the supernatural abilities. Anyways here's my 5…

1. Genie

All Powerful Genie is the Lebron James of Disney Characters in Battle. Not even held back by a lamp or wishes anymore thanks to Aladdin's unselfishness, Genie is an unstoppable force. Not even a question number 1 overall pick. "hey genie, can you make me an all powerful warrior army?"

2. Simba

KING OF THE JUNGLE! Every animal listens to him. They've been bowing down to him since birth.   Lets see how Fa Zhous leadership holds up against a stampede of Elephants and Rhinos.

3. Stitch

AWW SHITTT , It just got real in this bitch. Having an indestructible, Super-strengthened, Sharpshooting, Pilot Alien as my 3rd selection isn't to shabby. Now that all his "finding himself" problems are done with Stitch is the ultimate assassin. Small in stature he could sneak into any base and take out any leader. His kills per second has to be around 5.3 .

4. Violet Incredible

As we learned from the Eagles this season its great having a high-powered offense, but can't win it all without defense. Enter Violet and her Plasma Force Fields. She is a work in progress, I know… but the potential ... Defense along with energy blasts. Wow.  Plenty of self confidence boosters on the team with Simba and Genie so she would be in high spirits. Tag her along with any of the other three… i wouldn't wanna face them, and either would captain hook. 

5. Doc

So all the Physical Spots were taken care of. Now its time to worry about supplies/ treasury. What better person to run the behind the scenes than Doc. The man has extensive knowledge in Jewels/Gems and Diamonds. He's also very organizational. The top 4 will have nothing else to worry about besides kicking ass in battles with the Little Finger of Disney running the show behind the scenes. 

BOOM. Battle Over.

Editor's Note: Maybe one day Sniffles can decide on whether to call me Dave or David. Possibly work on his grammar in the mean time. Baby steps.

Go Follow Manayunkdotcom On Instagram

My friend Meg shot me a text out of the blue today and asked "Guess who's going to be running Manayunk's Instagram this week?!?" My first guess was her because I honestly had no idea what she was talking about.

First, I had no idea Manayunk had an Instagram. Second, I had no idea people could "run" a towns Instagram. Well it turns out you can and it's actually really really cool. Their Instagram account info has them described as the "Official site for everything Manayunk. Come live, shop, dine, and play in MNYK." If there was anyone I knew who could be behind such an account, or at least run it for a week it would be Meg.

I think this is an awesome idea. Not only will it give you a different feel for how different people go about their days in this crazy little town, but we can find out all the little tidbits of Manayunk that we may have never heard about. On top of that, my friend Meg gets to run the account this week. I can promise you she will show you at least 2 things you had no idea about. I am huge fan of photography and I am here to say that Meg is already off to a great start. Check out some of her first few posts!

This is her street, also know as the bottom of "The Wall."


Here is another really cool market/deli located at the bottom of her street.

Just killing it right out of the gate. 54 likes on the first post? Great job, Meg!

Let's see if we can get these over 100 likes by the end of the week.



If you have any suggestions for pictures you would like to see from Meg this week, shoot her a tweet and give her a follow!
Tweets by @forgetmegnot

Top 5 Disney Characters I Want To Go Into Battle With

The other night, I got a chance to check out the newest Disney animated movie, Frozen. It was actually a really great movie with a nice little twist at the end that I am sure you won't see coming. The music was also very enjoyable. Without giving too much away, one of the main characters, Elsa, has the power to summon ice out of her hands and create whatever she wants. At one point she builds a massive ice palace in seconds complete with a pretty sweet chandelier. My roommate Dan then mentions, "Is this one of the most powerful Disney characters of all time?" This immediately got me thinking, who could possibly beat her? Then, the gears in my head really started turning...

So here it is, the list of my Top 5 Disney Characters I Want To Go Into Battle With.

Basic perimeters here. Let's imagine there will be some type of sea and land fighting, mostly focused on land though. Also, all characters will strictly come from animated movies only. I can't have a team of myself and 5 other Benjamin Gates' running around. Total slaughter-fest.

My girlfriend said I couldn't sneak a picture of Nic Cage in here. Yeah, ok. 

No particular order.

1. Elsa

Total Ice Queen

As I mentioned before. She can literally conjure ice out of no where. Totally unstoppable. Shocking good looks. I don't want to give too much away incase you haven't seen the movie, but I am telling you right now that she may be the most powerful Disney characters of all time.

2. Hercules 

Power Pose. Nailed it. 

Not even a question here. Hercules is a Demi God. Incredibly powerful. He was in a full sprint with a bushel of hay, a horse and his adoptive father on his back on his way into town when he was a teenager. He slays literally every single monster that Hades can throw at him and he barely breaks a sweat. Only weakness, his legs are a little weak for Meg but if we are heading into battle, you can't tell me why you don't want Hercules on your team 10 times out of 10. 

3. Mulans Dad, Fa Mulan, In His Prime

"I wish I had a son"

I'm sure everyone will want to jump at my throat here. Here's the deal with Fa Mulan. This dude has seen it all. Insane amount of experience and brings plenty of leadership to the table. Do you see how he basically has to walk with a cane the entire movie and then when his name is called for the draft he just hands the cane to his wife and struts over to receive his orders like a grown man. Total boss and will have no trouble putting our entire team on his back if he has to. NOW, imagine him in his prime. Total beast. I bet he had killed thousands before his daughter was even born. 

4. Captain James Bartholomew Hook

Salvador Dali?

I mentioned earlier that there would be some type of sea battle. Who better to command my fake armada than Captain Hook? Captain Hook's biggest flaw is Mr. Smee. That bumbling fool has spent his entire life riding the coat tails of the Captain and has done nothing but slow him down. Well guess what? He is going to walk the plank and now I have on of the most powerful boat Captains in the history of animated cinema commanding my fleet. He can't be touched. 

5. Rafiki

"Simbaaaa"

Chief Medical Staff. He can assist on the battlefield better than anyone else available. He also has a pretty decent amount of combat experience. I don't see a problem with having Rafiki on my front line at all. Takes on a pack of hyenas with ease and can entertain everyone with his crazy philosophy when we are all gathered around the camp fire. He is also a total wildcard.

So there are my top 5 fellow soldiers. Here are my honorable mentions who almost made the starting team and why.

Honorable Mentions

Maleficent 

Khalesi, calm down

"Dave, she can be a dragon. Where can you go wrong?" She's a super evil dragon and I can't have that on my starting 5. Totally scary and could turn on my team at any point. 

King Triton

"What do you mean the Genie has the same bracelets as me?"

This dude basically commands the sea, but since that is really all he can do, there isn't much he brings to the table as far as land battles are concerned. Shame, because him and Captain Hook would be unstoppable duo.

Gaston 

"These guys could be hotter"

Gaston would be a pretty decent pick. Total mans man. Everyone wants to be him and he can cut down trees with ease. Except he can't even read. Can't have that on the team. I can already tell there would be a constant power struggle on our team and I know Gaston would not be a team player. 

Army Guys from Toy Story

"....."

I really wanted to put these guys on the starting 5. I really did. They would be great for any type of recon. Parachute behind enemy lines and get me everything I need to know. The only thing stopping me from putting them on my squad is that they can't really help me in battle at all. Period. Too small and their weapons aren't even real. Also, their radios are just short range baby monitors. Not to good for any type of field work. 

Fix it Felix

I can fix it!

If not for Rafiki, Fix it Felix would be on the starting 5. Can heal my men and equipment up and down the battle field. Big problem though, I don't think he does any fighting. I can't have him running around fixing the enemy by accident. 

So there you have it. My Top 5 Disney Characters I Want To Go Into Battle With. No one can touch us. We go into battle, get your pop corn ready!

If anyone has any ideas for a better 5 please let me know! I would love to start a discussion about it. Let me know ya thoughts!

h/t Dan

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So When Do We Take Down Our Christmas Decorations?

Monday, January 6th. Time to celebrate Little Christmas. Wait, what?

Such a difficult day for everyone going back to work. If you were lucky enough you didn't have to work much last week and got to slowly transition back to the work week today. Everyone's New Years hangover has hopefully gone away and we can all go back to looking forward to summer. The Christmas season is officially over but the question still remains, when do we take down our Christmas decorations?

Of course we want to keep them up until the last minute to try to squeeze out as much of the Christmas spirit as possible, but when is that last minute? Second weekend in January? First weekend after Christmas? Dare I say, anytime in February!? I asked this same question to my roommates the other night and my roommate Dan gave me a very interesting response.

Allow me to introduce to you, Little Christmas. 

"I am absolutely hammered on whiskey spiked egg nog"

Yup, Little Christmas.

Whoa, Dave? Double Christmas? More gifts? When does it end? Calm down and let me break it down.

Little Christmas is the traditional name for January 6th in Ireland, although it seems that the rest of the world refers to it as the Feast of the Epiphany. Not to bore you too much with the semantics of it but hundreds of years ago, Christmas in some countries was celebrated on January 6th as the official birth of Jesus. In 1500 AD, some Churches were still celebrating Christmas on December 25th like we do today, while others celebrated on January 6th. For those that celebrated on December 25th, January 6th marked the day that Christmas is officially over.

But Dave, when do the people who celebrate Christmas on Jan 6th take down their decorations? Get real. It's 2013. No one does that anymore.

So there you have it. January 6th marks the official day that Christmas is over and it's time to take down all the decorations. Tell you parents. Tell your friends. Judge everyone you know when you go to their house tomorrow and the tree is still up. Those people are basically living in the past and embarrassing themselves.

Who am I kidding, here is the fireplace in my house as of tonight...

Those stockings will be there until February. Bet on it. 

Interestingly enough, Little Christmas also goes by another name: Women's Christmas.

"I can't wait for this to kick in so I can twerk everyones faces off"

Women's Christmas is named due to the fact that if revolves all around women. WHAT!? So not only did you spend millions of dollars on the women that you love in you life on Christmas, they get an entirely separate day completely for them 11 days later. Total nightmare with Valentines Day right around the corner.

Really gives this all new meaning now...