Feeling Violated

So, I was on my way home from work yesterday when I get a call from Erin. I was not thinking much of the call because she regularly calls me when I am on my way home. During the call she asks me where I was, I state "Lake Road, why?" she then states "Our house was broken into!". So I followed by the normal set of follow up questions, How? How do you know? Who? What did they take? So, she goes on to tell me that there was a card in the mailbox that states to call the Lakewood PD as your house was broken into. Erin called the PD and they asked does she notice anything missing. She follows by noticing things are missing but she is unsure what. The officer states...Samsung DVD player, Erin confirms that it is missing.....Playstation 2, she again confirms that it is missing, Hardcore Nights Volume #3 ...................................she states, "I think that may be my husbands, but I am unsure".
So, 2 14 years kids break in to our house, steal a bunch of our stuff........and find my porn collection at the same time !!
The police using there crafty policing skills caught the little bastards a street over.
The police then come to the house last night with our stuff so we can ID it, sign a waiver to claim it and then retake ownership. They pull out the DVD player and I confirm that it is mine, then they pull out the Playstation 2 and I again confirm that it is mine......then the office states "We also have adult movie here, Hardcore Nights volume #3" ..... I confirm that it is mine and has to sign a waiver slip that had a description of the said DVD.
I am pressing charges, I feel a bit violated as there were stangers roaming our house and will be actively searching out a better hiding spot for my collection.....tonight.

Question

So most of you know that I am offended by the word retard and feel that unless you are using it in its corect context you should not use it.
I have not seen the new Ben Stiller movie Tropic Thunder but can't help but hear the controversy that surrounds it. After hearing arguments both for and against the movie, big surprise I am choosing not to see it.
If you have seen the movie, doyou think it could have been funny without using the word retard? Just wondering what everyone else thinks.

Sports are Awesome!!

It's no suprise that I'm a huge fan of sports. Sports have always been a huge influence in my life. I've been planning on writing a little ditty on the whole Brett Favre trade. Ya know...the fact that I'll actually enjoy watching the forced Jets games that I have to watch. But I now want to focus on the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. To preface everything, you all obviously know that I have a slight obsession with Basketball. I have been watching all of the preview shows for the Olympic Basketall team and have been very excited to see the US team play. It's not often that you get to see a collection of your favorite players play for your country against the rest of the world.
It has not been just Basketball that I've been looking forward to. I had a feeling that the opening ceremonies would be pretty awesome. To my suprise, it was much better than pretty awesome. It was simply a spektical. The 300 million dollar event featured 1500 separate performers; none of which played more than one part in the performance. The fireworks were amazing. The technology was unbelievable. But the most impressive thing was simply the inginuity and creativity.
It is only day three, but I'm really lovin the olympics. Phelps has already won a gold medal and beat the world record by almost 1.5 seconds. A Georgian and Russian hugged after finishing second and third in their event. (ironically it was women's air pistol) I've watched some cool sports I would never normally watch. Now, I'm watching the US woop up on China in Baskbetball and I'm in heaven. There have been more amazing plays in the first half than you see in most all star games. (Lebron is amazing btw)
So if you have not been actively watching the Olympics, you best get to it.