yeah for the v-blog! it might pull in some new rvdtv watchers now that they have a taste of RVD "live" i really enjoyed it.
good stuff in here too. that thing about the strip search is very believable. but honestly, what are these people thinking to strip search a 12 year old. wtf...
Rob, I love the video blog. I am going to post a bulletin on my myspace telling everyone about your Video Blog.
Here in Michigan I am already hearing about how Michigan isn't going to set up the medical MJ the same as California. I watched your episode on RVD TV about the facilities to sign up for and purchase Medical MJ and I thought it was set up in a very professional way. I figure it is people who are against it who will do their damnedest to make MJ and California look bad. I agree with you and am glad to see you standing up for what many have been fighting for for years. Legalize It!! Love the shirt! Larry Sabisco <(spelled wrong) is a sellout especially knowing the truth and spreading lies. It is better to be honest. You are respected and loved more than him because of your honesty. Rob your fans know you are for real. I myself take 4 or 5 Ibuprophen at a time for pain. I would like to some day see myself purchase my MJ at the local Walgreens or gas station over the counter and LEGAL! Just like we do tylenol, ibuprophen and Naproxen Sodium. I have been strip searched and it is totally humiliating and should NEVER NEVER be done to a child of 12 years old. Maybe we can get some of the psychos who rape and kill children to watch your video blog and check out RVD RADIO. I stand by what I said ...NO SECOND chance. Get the therapy they need and get a life instead of harming the children or call RVD RADIO and JUST KILL YOURSELF!! so the kids will be safe.
Some interesting points there, RVD. I can't believe the story about the kid getting searched in school, that's fucked up. I prefer the video blog so keep them coming! You didn't need the backspace at all. It'd be cool to see you on WWE again (I speak selfishly of course because I haven't seen you on TV in so long). Take care x
RVD U are my favorite wrestler of all time! If I was U I would stay away from all the traveling and WWE. U know and I know that WWE uses RVD like shit. They never really believed in U. Yes they did give you a run as champion, but overall it was a weak push. I would love to see U in TNA if it's an option, you could damn near create your own schedule, livr in florida, what a life. Joe VS RVD OH MY GOD! AJ VS RVD 5 star match. Daniels VS RVD. I hope we see RVD in TNA. Legalize It.
Told ya I would be seeing ya…lol…I wanted to say something about steroids. Personally I don’t like the effect they have on me…But…if it was not for the extremely high dose of steroids my mom receives through IV treatments along with the chemo she would be DEAD today!
It has been 4 long years of test after test to come up with the Diagnosis of “Amyloidosis” and by the time they came up with it my mom’s weight was down to 85lbs, and her will to live was gone. The steroids are not only reversing the amyloid production along with the chemo, but they have allowed her to gain 4lbs in a 2 month period, and the rage that is associated with steroid use has been a God send, because it has given her the will to fight again.
Any drug, chemical, plant, manmade or God sent, should only be used once you have taken the time to educate yourself on the product. And I don’t mean you should listen to some FDA governmental ass-wipe that is in it to make sure some other sorry son of a serpent can get rich. We as a people have become lazy and are allowing the government to lead us around by the short hairs and it sucks!
The FDA will not approve all natural medicine only “because they cannot not control them,” it has nothing to do with the fact of if they work or not. In fact some natural medicine works better…anyway steroids are only bad if used wrong like any other health product, and like any other product it should be an individual’s choice not the governments.
wut up WFS?... is good to see u man and although we all miss your high-flyin' risk-takin' one of a kind moves...is good you're takin' these brake chillin'.. coolin'... and relaxin'... and of course takin' care of your wife... saludos desde mexico... VIVA LA RAZA!! and 420 too...
Interesting, I say stay away from WWE it's the worst it's been since the early 90s. Not saying you aren't as good as say piper was in his hay day.. but WWE very entertaining back in the late 80s.
I wish you luck on whatever you choose for the future!
Thanks for being considerate of people who are stuck with slow computers, appreciate that.
The v-blog is a nice option and if it works for you and your schedule, that's the main thing. Have to mention though that plain text does seem to capture your thought processes a little more completely. Also it seems like text would be the easier to edit or update and definitely more convenient for plugging stuff since you can provide a direct link. *shrugs* I'm sure you'll find a good balance.
Managed to make it to Newark earlier this month for a dose of extra good energy. The weather was gorgeous and the place was full of interesting people, am honored to have met most of them.
Missed seeing you and SVD-san but am happy to know that your film is making progress. Congrats on that! Look forward to learning more about that project as it makes its way to the cinemas. Motorcycles, action scenes and filming at night, huh? Wow. Can't imagine. (The trailer helps though, good idea to have it on-site…) Hope the filmwork continues to be a good experience. Since you might skip the stunt double next time, did you at least get to audition your stunt double this time?
Great to know that SVD-san is her usual amazing self (btw happy belated b-day to her!) and is putting her positive influences to use. I've no doubt that her life must already be filled with wonderful people but hey, if she should ever need some extra help in the fight against cancer - please just let us know. We've not got much but we'll do our best. Too many people have already confronted some form of this disease and way too many more are just waiting to get the diagnosis someday. There's a decent amount of studies being done now and not just on the tumors - I know that Army of Women(www.armyofwomen.org) has recently started to take a serious look at the damage chemo does to brain tissue and beyond. Change has got to come.
... Hrm. I do remember that in school, the military recruiters did seem to chase down the kids with low grade averages. I'm not going to sit here and try to judge whether having a high grade average makes a person decent or not. Instead... A slightly different approach. Every group has jackasses, yea? So if some moron says that he wants to go out and kill the residents of other countries in their homelands for no real reason other than that his government will pay him for it - and then he does it... That doesn't automatically make the guy a hero but it does kind of make him honest in some strange way, correct? He did what he wanted to do with his life and accomplished what he said that he would. And because these types of people are employed by the government, it's basically legal. Which saves us from throwing them in jail. Which is probably not a terrible thing.
Maybe I'm just wrong in the head for thinking this way but occasionally I'm grateful that there are some soldiers who are jerks because if we're going to send anyone out to die then it might as well be the jerks, right? At the same time, I am sincerely grateful for all the soldiers who are NOT jerks because they have to put up with the jerks AND because we don't need our country to be totally represented by jerks. Does that make sense?
Anyway. It's a sensitive subject for the people who love them, though. Cause even jerks can have perfectly nice families. And nobody wants to be told that their loved one died in vain. Even the people who mean-mouthed a guy while he was alive, they'll want nothing but the nicest things said over the coffin. Everybody feels a little more secure, I guess, if they are allowed to imagine that our country is being 'protected' by the absolute most heroic people on the planet. Seems like this is part of our cultures way of glossing over death. Americans don't often like to linger on subjects that remind us that we're mortal. If we label all the dead as heroes, it's just quicker that way. We don't have to think about it as much. Maybe less lawsuits too. Cause even the true heroes can be offed by some stupid, random, totally preventable accident - 'friendly fire' and such - so focusing on the hero-worship aspect might cause people to kind of skip over the 'exactly who is to blame?' aspect.
Your solution to Calis economic woes is reasonable and I hope that it gets the consideration it deserves. Additionally, I also hope that better fire-fighting methods are found. About half the time Cali makes the news out here, it's due to some human-caused wildfire reeking havoc. Seems like they could cut some serious expenses there if they could find a better way to stop or prevent the blazes. Are the people who start these things getting handed the bill at all? Once a fire is half contained, it doesn't seem to be newsworthy anymore so we don't hear much about the consequences.
Out of sheer curiousity, how is the comic project doing? Realize you likely are very busy with other commitments – as per usual - but I hope that maybe you've heard from some artists by now. Have you given any thought to the idea of publishing that comic online, make it available to subscribers only perhaps? It might be worth mentioning to your webmaster.
Uhm. Before I take off to check out the latest radio show, would it mean anything to you if I asked you to please be more careful with your words? Those episodes where you offered to give live air time to instruct child abusers on killing themselves... I don't totally disagree with your stance on that particular issue but I'd kind of hate to hear it if anyone ever decided to hold you to that promise, you know?
Please keep taking care.
Peace and Courage!
~CalmMountain (Had to split the post due to the character limit... Guess I talk too much.)
Hi Rob, Tom Amianno propose a $50 dollar tax to every ounce bought. That will earn to the State 1,000 millions dollars per year and the debt is 20,000 millions...I think the govertment, Tom Amianno, High Times, Smoke It,etc, are not pro hemp oil and that is the main reason to say goodbye to the 80 percent of the related cancer medicine in the market they control. Putting the govertment in charge of mariguana will be the same as cigarettes, they produce fake ones...RUN FROM THE CURE RICK SIMPSON AT YOUTUBE...
I am really digging your video blog. Its also great to see you active in other fields of your life, including wrestling and cannabis activism. By the way, I pray that your wife recovers well from her cancer.
There is one thing that I wanted to bring up as food for thought.
When we are born, we are neither good or evil. Our experiences and upbringings through those developmental times influence us to become the individuals that we are today. Some children are unlucky and grow in shattered homes or with abusive parents and those children grow up to be tormented and abusive people (however some children also grow up very rich and catered to, but still lack the love of their parents). These influences drive us to feed into positive or negative energy when we are young and developing and we carve who we are on our uncarved stone. All pedophiles are not deserving of death. They have the choice of making themselves mentally healthier people. Some do make that choice and struggle with it, while some others are truly corrupted human beings who wallow in what they do. I fully agree with you that some of them are too far gone and nothing justifies taking another life, but what about the parents? Where are they when these kids are taken? We are talking about kids how are in between the ages of 4 and 7 I'm assuming, but what about the 12 year old girls who put themselves out on Myspace.com? Girls (and even some women) who reveal TOO much of their information and meet with other myspace friends who aren't who they make themselves seem. I didn't grow up with myspace, so this issue wasn't apart of my generation at the time, but isn't it the parents job to take responsibility to watch over their kids and as they get older teach them how to look out for those people? I'm not justifying pedophiles here Rob, I just want to present a different angle to see how your take on it is.
I could go on about Myspace.com, but I think I've said enough for now.
Alcohol, this is a product that harms the body far worse than marujana, however it is accepted in our north american culture. alcohol is responsible many deaths in the states, canada, and many other countries.
First saw you in 2002 performing for the wwe, since then you were my all time favorite wrestler, went crazy when you showed up at the rumble/09. hope life treats ya well!
Saw you on MSNBC Morning Meeting - Ratigan was obviously biased and didn't give you a fair amount of air time. You did an excellent job with the time you had. RVD ROCKS!
Today, on Morning Meeting, you were participating in a discussion regarding the legalization of Marijuana in California. I think you did a decent job, but your closing argument against the General was rather weak. You simply stated that his facts, which he presented from scientific studies were lies -"they're all lies" to be exact. If you're going to be a proponent for a controversial issue such as the legalization of a drug, you need to have your facts straight. In truth the General was accurate in his statements about usage and the associated addictive qualities. Where he failed, and if you were more informed on the studies, you could have concluded by pointing to his facts and tearing those apart. You could have argued that nicotine is in fact a gateway drug as defined by the same organization he got his "facts" from. Please see http://www.drugabuse.gov/NIDA_notes/NNVol17N5/Youths.html. Or you could have argued that nicotine is more harmful both in its addictive nature and cancer causing effects, again as defined by NIDA in their research. Please see http://www.drugabuse.gov/infofacts/marijuana.html and http://www.drugabuse.gov/researchreports/nicotine/addictive.html The General, like many others, are against it because they believe one way and fail to look for research that contradicts their opinion. The fact is there is research that shows Marijuana is no more harmful than tobacco/caffeine/alcohol. And that Marijuana is significantly different from the other "illicit" drugs. As a celebrity your opinion will carry weight in public opinion, but you have the responsibility to be informed if you're going to stand up and make an argument. Your opinion - if uninformed and unsubstantiated by fact - is still only an opinion, and therefore worthless. Be a proponent, be informed, and then you can make a difference.
You bring a lot of smartness to the table, man! You know all the facts about weed, even those that everyone kept secret. Your blogs always keep me reading, and my only complaint is that there never seem to be enough of 'em! :)
~Sincerely, ~~Wolffe Halon.
P.S. Can't wait to see your next Video Blog! Those are even more awesome then typed blogs! Good luck and best wishes to you and SVD. :)
Hey, Rob. I here people talking about there drug addictions on television all the time and a bunch of them say that they started with pot and went on to dangerous drugs such as myeth. Do you think it actually is the pot that leads them to do drugs or is it something like the thrill of doing something illegal or something along those lines that leads them to myeth or heroin? I'd love to here your opinion on this. By The Way: Thank you for these great blogs keep them coming.
hey rvd, we miss you in wrestling! When are you coming back to wrestling and why did you leave? We need you back in wrestling to show the guys how to wrestle and how to win some title belts. Please come back to wrestling!!!!!
Nice to hear from our favorite busy people. Thanks for keeping in touch.
Hey, thanks very sincerely for linking to the article on SVD-san. Extra thanks to both of you for having the courage to speak on the issue of cancer and its treatment. As painfully private and personal as the disease can be, this is indeed a subject that needs to be discussed publicly more often. Especially if we're gonna kick the thing in our own lifetimes, people have got to be aware.
This week alone I've seen three separate reports from three separate doctors - each specializing in a different type of research with a different form of cancer - that we're getting closer. Seems there are a number of treatments in the works that will target only the cancer cells, instead of just pumping poison into the whole system.
Loved all the candid observations that you both shared. You are certainly amazing people and I'm very glad that you had - and still have - all the support you need. Please keep taking care and spreading the positive energy.
Even just as a friend and caregiver, I'd been so overwhelmed by the challenges of the process that I didn't always notice such things as you pointed out. You're right, though. It is not fair at all that so many of the ladies with cancer tend to lose their hair while so many men don't. But then... On the flip side... That isn't always true, either. My friends Mum, it took several years and three forms of cancer before she checked out and she had a full head of hair at the end. Meanwhile certain men that I've known who've had to go through various forms of this disease, they lost their hair for at least the duration of their chemo. But that could have been from the medicine taken to help deal with all the chemo side-effects, too. *shrugs*
Oh and I totally empathize. It really does suck not to know how or why a person gets a disease. Unfortunately, in that regard, you are nowhere near alone. Most of the doctors do give the 'each patient is different' answer - which is frustrating but valid. What's also valid is that if it's not genetic then it's almost always at least a little bit environmental. Which is good to know. Perhaps not very comforting or helpful since nobody has full control of their environment but good to know. *sigh*
Don't think that media hype of other news events undermines or erases the value of SVD-sans experience, though. The article is a beautiful and important piece that many people will relate to and be inspired by. No matter what famous persons keel over, cancer is not just going to take a vacation from our species. It is something we need to address.
Sort of like certain other subjects, which you've also done rather a lot of educational work on. At least people are starting to pay more attention and ask questions.
Look forward to eventually catching the repeat of your Economy radio show, hope it doesn't get lost this time cause I rely on the archive to keep up with you. It's good to hear things from Cali because out here... We get a kind of skewed presentation of what's going on. A month or so back I noticed that our local anchors mentioned the MPP ad campaign for legalization and taxation of the herb, for about 10 seconds in the news. But they mentioned it with smirks and dismissive tones and I wonder how coached they were, really. It's amazing how terrified some people are of the concept. I'm glad that you have the ability to reach people on your own shows and via your own site because I'm not surprised that the media(and/or their corporate sponsors) is biased. They're prolly not ever going to give you enough time to explain.
Am sure that people have high expectations of you as a representative on this issue but they've got to realize that the people who disagree with legalization likely aren't out to make you look good.
Did we notice that Michael Jackson died? Are you kidding?
Please, RVD-san, for a while the media would speak of absolutely nothing else. If a semi-local child hadn't gone missing recently, they'd prolly still be on about it full-time. And honestly, I'd almost prefer that. Hate it when kids go missing. Hate it more when they're found dead. Really really hate it when the parents end up being considered suspects and then the media suddenly has the audacity to be surprised, in spite of the parents existing criminal histories. Argh. Even with me avoiding the television and radio, it may be a while before the people around here find a more popular talking point. Same is true of the Jacksons, I guess - only in his case it may also take roughly half a century before the tabloids move on.
People are...well...people. And we make judgments, some of us more often than others but all of us do it. And so is it not uncommon for us to think and/or say things like: "Oh I love X and Y about so-and-so but if only he wasn't such a Z." It's happened to you, RVD-san! Here in the blog replies, I've seen it myself. People love what you do when you wrestle but maybe some of them aren't so fond of the pro-weed speeches. And perhaps also the opposite happens, once in awhile, it seems as if some fans prolly care more about your speeches than your wrestling career. Appears like it's human nature, to pick and choose. So you're right about it being weird but I don't know if it's also unusual. People only really love the best in other people, maybe? That's why so many can approve of Jacksons music without also being fans of his personal choices.
To separate the person from certain actions and only approve of some of those actions or to only approve of the person themselves and not their actions... Must be possible but I don't know if that makes it correct. Despite the absolute attention of the media on the subject of Mr. Jackson, I seriously doubt that more than a handful of people can truly claim to have known and understood him during his life. The rest of us... We have to bear in mind that any judgment we make is likely going to be based more heavily on opinion than fact. That's all.
It is kind of reassuring to imagine a nice paradise where the souls of the deceased can gather, heal, compare notes and laugh at the fundamental weirdness that we call life. But it would also make sense, in it's own way, that death must be a bit of a shock - a bit of a transition, a change of routine - and so the souls of the recently passed might need a special sort of recovery and debriefing area to gather in while they adapt to being physically dead. Er. Yea. We make up our own rules about what we believe.
Dunno if there is any real sort of god or if, should it actually exist at all, it cares about whether people forward those ridiculous chain emails. Honestly, I'm not totally clear on why some people care so much about forwarding the chain emails. How can we be expected to understand the divine if we barely understand our fellow mortals? *laughs*
Hope that Comic Con was awesome this year. Hope that the first movie does better than anyone expects. Will the second movie not be filmed until the first one is released? That would not be unreasonable. The first movie is still due to be released in Novemberish, right? Am looking forward to it.
Hrm. Maybe put up a list of the RVD action figures that you have already? Or maybe a list of the ones you're looking for would be shorter? Collector that you claim to be, you could do a reverse auction or something. Donate a certain amount to charity if someone sends you one of the figures that you don't already have. *shrugs* Eh. People might send them to you regardless.
Sounds like your adventures are going to be wide-ranging. May your continuing journey bring you joy! Travel safe!
P.S - This website continues to rock but what the heck happened to the ability to separate blog replies here? Remember at your old site where you could view responses to each specific blog separately? Now all the blog replies are grouped together. Not complaining, just pointing this out. Seems like this would be an inconvenience for you since doing the blog this way might make it a bit more difficult to gauge how many people have left comments recently.
Hi Rob, I am cannabinoid (cannabis) researcher at a medical school in Philadelphia-the city where American hardcore wrestling was born! I am also a big fan.
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Hey Rob, since your going to be touring in Irland, will you be thinking about coming over to the U.K? I was a worker in England since I was 15 (trainer by Jake Roberts & competing on the FIGHT!NETWORK), and I'm now 22 & got burned out with all the bullshit in wrestling that I decided to retire & go into physiotherapy as my career. I still love wrestling but refuse to go to live shows now coz i don't feel i'm getting my money's worth, could you please give me a reason to go to a show again?I hear FWA (linked with TNA) are re-forming in England!It would be great if you could be part of it! Hey, i'll even give you a personal tour round London lol All the best, and hope to see you on our shores soon
Rob - thanks for chatting with me at that ATL airport today. You and your wife were very nice to take time to chat and take a pic. Hope your journey back to Cali was a safe one. Andy
Hope that you and your loved ones are staying happy, healthy and terrific in spite of all the seasonal sickness going around.
Uhm. Feel the need to apologize to anyone actually reading this since they've had to scroll through a couple of my ramblings by now. Believe it or not, I'm really a quiet person. This is one of my few outlets and even if everyone just ignores my comments - which they are welcome to do - it does my energy good to be able to post here. Thanks again for sharing the space with us.
Perhaps the brilliant SVD-san has already heard but in case she hasn't: there's been an actual good use found for the cancer gene!
After much international research a dedicated team has discovered that the cancer gene is one of only 4 genes known to date in the human DNA that can cause amnesia in adult skin cells. When adult skin cells get amnesia apparently they just revert back to being STEM cells. Which puts us another small step closer to the 'grow your own custom organ and limb replacements' version of medicine. Which sounds kind of creepy but comes with a ton of positive potential.
You've likely already been informed that while you’ve been out having strange-awesome adventures and bus olympics, Disney bought Marvel. On the one hand, Disney can do a great job of marketing and distribution when they want to. On the other hand, the end product of this could end up validating every arrogant miser who ever sneered that comics were 'just for kids'. Guess we'll have to wait and see what happens.
Wow. Ouch. Water isn't your element sometimes, is it? Glad you survived your annual destroy-the-bathroom bump. When does that become an olympic sport? Kidding. On the remote off-chance that a person might be able to dig up the courage and funds needed to attend Wrestle Reunion... Is there any way to specifically request NOT having any of the hotel rooms directly beneath the lovely Van Dams?
About Jaycee, the girl that was taken and tortured for 18 years... Yes. Her story is sad beyond the ability of words to truly do justice to. Yea, it is natural for most rational persons to want to kill the bastard who decided that he could enjoy doing this to her. But if any human on the planet has earned the right to kill the sick idiot then it's Jaycee, who was his constant victim.
I don't know if being allowed to pull the switch on the guy would give her any kind of closure or begin to heal her self-esteem. I just think the option should be offered to her anyway, in case. And then, if for whatever reason she says no, the option should be offered to her parents and then to her children. If all of them should also turn down the opportunity to pull the switch for whatever reason THEN it would be fair to leave it up to the federal justice employees to humanely and publicly fry his innards and check for remorse. My opinion, that’s all.
However if you want to do something for the lady, maybe trying mentally kicking the media. Please. The fact that the news approached her story up the way they did doesn't seem totally sensitive or dignified either. They're exploiting her too. "Oh how great that you were molested for more than half your life, let's do an interview!" Arg. Humanity.
Onward to the philosophy.
Was listening to the radio archive and noticed the abortion topic trying to surface again. And what the heck it's something that deserves calm, rational discussion because ignoring it just fosters misunderstandings. But we're gonna throw the gender hurdle out the window for now - because SVD-san and Ms. Starr-san had some excellent points that I acknowledge and stand with, the gender lines can't cross easily on some subjects - and try a different approach.
Pro-life persons, from what I understand, want to point at the tiny bundle of particles inside a womens uterus and say: "It has a soul!"
So now I'm gonna point at a chair and say: "Hey, that's an even bigger bundle of particles! How do we know that it DOESN'T have a soul?"
On the molecular level, from what I humbly understand, an inanimate object can have almost as much 'life' as any living creature. (Abiogensis is the technical term for this.) So what you've really done here is to open a debate that asks WHEN and HOW do things get souls and WHY should only certain things get souls?
There was a paper published as The Water Study by Dr. Emoto. (Not a fake name, the gentleman is Japanese.) Here's the gist of his experiment: get two glasses of water from the same source. Take a sample from each cup and look at the water crystals under a microscope. They should be similar to begin with. Now label each of the cups. One gets a label that says 'pretty' and one gets a label that says 'ugly'. Leave them out for at least a couple weeks or so - in a safe but visible place where they won't just evaporate or get knocked over or anything - and have anybody who wanders by read the labels aloud. At the end of the couple weeks, take another set of samples and go back to the microscope. The water crystals should have changed to reflect their labels.
This basic test was done all kinds of different ways, with slight variations, but with universal results. The 'pretty' water got better molecular structure. The 'ugly' water crystals got deformed.
Humans are made up of like 80-90% water, right?
So if plain tap water in a cup with a label on it can respond like this and have expressions... What does it prove about the soul? If humans have souls then do we not respond like this to labels? If we have souls and respond like this then does that mean water has some kind of a soul as well?
If water might have a soul then what on Earth doesn't?
Can get interesting to contemplate but the lines are blurred.
It's a bit like the subject of vegetarians which you also mentioned. There are some vegetarians who say that they don't eat animals because animals are living things. Guess what - plants are living things too. There are some vegetarians who say that they won't eat commercially grown animals because they're protesting cruelty to living things. Which is nice but means that they've never seen a wheat thresher or any of the other commercial farming hardware that could be considered as cruel to plants. And so it's really kinda personal, where the lines get drawn but the bottom line is that even vegetarians HAVE to be able to eat something in order to survive. That's just practical.
On some level, we can drag this technique back up to the abortion/abiogensis talk and say: 'So where's the line? If humans have souls and chairs maybe have souls then why aren't more people being nice to chairs? If it's not practical to be nice to the chair that you're sitting on then why is it practical to be nice to a tiny but growing bundle of particles inside a womens uterus that may or may not have been her choice to conceive and which may or may not have a soul in it yet?'
And then, if we really want to shake the bees nest, we can also drag the whole notion of organ transplants and cloning into the conversation and try to debate whether or not replicated DNA structure and transplanted cell memory can equal soul.
If a vegetarian gets a transplant from a donor who wasn’t vegetarian and then starts having carnivore cravings, is it the invasion of a new soul? If somebody who knows nada about wrestling gets a donor who was an ECW-fanatic and after the transplant they suddenly can’t resist the desire to swing steel chairs at random people – then does that mean they got a partial soul transplant as well?
Cetera.
Hrm. Maybe I should leave before I'm banned or something.
Hi Rob!! Good to hear you're doing good. I love your blog, it's so awesome. I really, really, really, really, really would love to see you back in the WWE. I miss you so much, you have no idea. So please come back, I'll be happier than ever! Bye, I love you.
weight up both offers and try get them to keep you in main event :P
If wwe i would say go to ECW once again and team with dreamer and then bring back in sabu and restart with the origial ECW...like invading peoples matches hitting them with steel chairs...like Kozlov and Jackson
if you went TNA i would say get used in the current thing they had between Rhyno and the DUDLEYS (Team 3d for the kids that dpnt know there past time in ECW/WWE) and maybe take a twist and side with the one you have had a big fued with and put on some great tag matches
Hey RVD, can i be honest with you here. Your career has been amazing, through ecw to wwe. Now im 18, been a fan of wrestling since the age of 4. Ive seen so much and have loved it all.
But in recent times, the wrestling world has changed. The WWE has changed so much, its not the company it was a few short years ago. Its PG era is ruining the company, and its lack of ballsy matches is terrible.
On the other hand, you have TNA wrestling. An up and comer in the wrestling world, making its way and trying its best to compete. TNA needs 2 or 3 high class competitors to boost it and in my view, your the highest of high class. You in TNA would be immense. I mean TNA would also allow you to see some ECW originals a lot, as well as touring europe and travelling to Japan.
Through my early years, you were ecw and wwe for me personally. Your high flying and high spots made you a personal favourite amongst rosters. If anything Rob, when you make this decision, please for my sake, consider TNA, as in my view, they need you, please please sign for TNA
Hi Rob!! I think you should listen to yout heart and make the right decision. For myself, I'd love to see you back in the WWE but it's your choice and you do whatever you want to do. All I can tell you is good luck and I miss you.You'll always have my support and my love.Bye.
Please Rob come back in the WWE, we need you! I miss you so so much! I hope you're doing great and your wife too, I hope everybody's doing great! Anyway, the WWE should be good with you on the roster. See ya in the WWE I hope, I love you.
In regards to the comments made regarding video surveillance appearing everywhere in our society, I would have to disagree with you. While there are a variety of positives, ranging from catching criminals all the way to giving tickets for speeding or running red lights, the notion that an authority figure is present at all times is discouraging. What does this say about our freedoms when we cannot even walk down the street without being reminded that an omnipresent eye is constantly watching? There is a book you should read by a French philosopher named Michel Foucault called Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison. Foucault refers in the book to the “panopticon,” which is based on an imaginary circular prison where all the cells can be seen by the black tinted watchtower located in the middle. The prisoners cannot see into the guard tower and have no idea when they are being watched, conditioning them to behave not because they are moral or ethical people, but because they are fearful that their activities are being monitored. Is this not the same as having those black tinted cameras on every street corner? Are we not actually getting to the root of crime in our society and instead training people to fear authority so that they’ll behave in a manner that is acceptable to those who hold power? Personally, I don’t think that solves the root causes behind crime but rather creates a paranoid society where innocent people are afraid to let their inhibitions go and be individuals. It also says something about the construction of humanity, in that people are not the product of their own free wills but rather the product of institutionalized power that trains them to behave in a certain way, or suffer the consequences.
On the subject of Roman Polanski…the guy deserves to go to prison for this one. His version of Macbeth is by far the best one ever produced (I cannot account for the versions produced during Shakespeare’s time, but at least in the 20th and 21st centuries) and Rosemary’s Baby was the second movie to scare the hell out of me (the first being Night of the Living Dead). It’s funny that directors such as David Lynch signed a petition to keep him out of jail for molesting a minor, as this demonstrates that they are putting personal friendship ahead of simple ethics. This is not ancient Rome, where you could marry a woman when she hit puberty and although the argument for Polanski would state that the morals our society is based on are Christian in nature and subject to criticism, personally it just seems like a sick thing to do. Developing teenagers do not have the experience necessary to make the decisions regarding sex that adults do. I am sure that if I could travel back in time and see what a sexual encounter between a wealthy Roman patrician and a thirteen year old girl was like, I am pretty sure it would look a bit like rape.
On the topic of where you should go, WWE or TNA, I would not really mind either. I have not watched TNA in about a year and I rarely watch WWE programming nowadays (no RVD, no DVR), but I personally would base the decision on both monetary compensation and schedule. WWE’s schedule is much more stringent than TNA’s, but the audience is larger and allows the chance to wrestle for more people, thus indicating a bigger payday. I have no real idea what professional wrestler make aside from the rumors and nonsense on the internet, but the question you should really ask yourself is Is it worth it to go back to wrestling at all? How much is enough, physically, emotionally, and monetarily? I am not a professional wrestler so I cannot answer that question in any constructive way. Always love to see the blogs updated. Take care =)
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Always the best! Rob thanks for all your knowledge! Much respect!
i like the v-blog. i think its good for wrestling fans to actually see you.
yeah for the v-blog! it might pull in some new rvdtv watchers now that they have a taste of RVD "live" i really enjoyed it.
good stuff in here too. that thing about the strip search is very believable. but honestly, what are these people thinking to strip search a 12 year old. wtf...
oaks56
Rob, I love the video blog. I am going to post a bulletin on my myspace telling everyone about your Video Blog.
Here in Michigan I am already hearing about how Michigan isn't going to set up the medical MJ the same as California. I watched your episode on RVD TV about the facilities to sign up for and purchase Medical MJ and I thought it was set up in a very professional way.
I figure it is people who are against it who will do their damnedest to make MJ and California look bad. I agree with you and am glad to see you standing up for what many have been fighting for for years. Legalize It!! Love the shirt! Larry Sabisco <(spelled wrong) is a sellout especially knowing the truth and spreading lies. It is better to be honest. You are respected and loved more than him because of your honesty. Rob your fans know you are for real. I myself take 4 or 5 Ibuprophen at a time for pain. I would like to some day see myself purchase my MJ at the local Walgreens or gas station over the counter and LEGAL! Just like we do tylenol, ibuprophen and Naproxen Sodium.
I have been strip searched and it is totally humiliating and should NEVER NEVER be done to a child of 12 years old. Maybe we can get some of the psychos who rape and kill children to watch your video blog and check out RVD RADIO. I stand by what I said ...NO SECOND chance.
Get the therapy they need and get a life instead of harming the children or call RVD RADIO and JUST KILL YOURSELF!! so the kids will be safe.
Great Video Blog,
T
Whats up RVD? I loved the video blog! Great stuff. Keep them coming, along with RVD Radio!
Peace!
If RVD comes back, I'll start watching WWE again.
- Sean
Hey RVD, I like the new yay you blog, this is an good way :)
I was thinking where too see the tour, you talked about. Would really be cool too see where you wrestle in Germany.
Some interesting points there, RVD. I can't believe the story about the kid getting searched in school, that's fucked up.
I prefer the video blog so keep them coming! You didn't need the backspace at all. It'd be cool to see you on WWE again (I speak selfishly of course because I haven't seen you on TV in so long).
Take care x
come back at one night only at manie
RVD ROCKS!!!AND JOHN CENA SUCKS!!!
RVD U are my favorite wrestler of all time! If I was U I would stay away from all the traveling and WWE. U know and I know that WWE uses RVD like shit. They never really believed in U. Yes they did give you a run as champion, but overall it was a weak push. I would love to see U in TNA if it's an option, you could damn near create your own schedule, livr in florida, what a life. Joe VS RVD OH MY GOD! AJ VS RVD 5 star match. Daniels VS RVD. I hope we see RVD in TNA. Legalize It.
The 420 Warrior
love the blog i will be watching more
Told ya I would be seeing ya…lol…I wanted to say something about steroids. Personally I don’t like the effect they have on me…But…if it was not for the extremely high dose of steroids my mom receives through IV treatments along with the chemo she would be DEAD today!
It has been 4 long years of test after test to come up with the Diagnosis of “Amyloidosis” and by the time they came up with it my mom’s weight was down to 85lbs, and her will to live was gone. The steroids are not only reversing the amyloid production along with the chemo, but they have allowed her to gain 4lbs in a 2 month period, and the rage that is associated with steroid use has been a God send, because it has given her the will to fight again.
Any drug, chemical, plant, manmade or God sent, should only be used once you have taken the time to educate yourself on the product. And I don’t mean you should listen to some FDA governmental ass-wipe that is in it to make sure some other sorry son of a serpent can get rich. We as a people have become lazy and are allowing the government to lead us around by the short hairs and it sucks!
The FDA will not approve all natural medicine only “because they cannot not control them,” it has nothing to do with the fact of if they work or not. In fact some natural medicine works better…anyway steroids are only bad if used wrong like any other health product, and like any other product it should be an individual’s choice not the governments.
hey RVD
1 question which im sure you hear alot.
Are you coming back to the WWE.
You are a legend if wrestling I would love to see you back in a wwe ring.
Take my advice: Return to WWE the fans miss you. (when you returned for the wwe royal rumble, the fans were on their feet !)
DONT DONT DONT join TNA, return to WWE and re join the ECW brand !
wut up WFS?... is good to see u man and although we all miss your high-flyin' risk-takin' one of a kind moves...is good you're takin' these brake chillin'.. coolin'... and relaxin'... and of course takin' care of your wife... saludos desde mexico... VIVA LA RAZA!! and 420 too...
Interesting, I say stay away from WWE it's the worst it's been since the early 90s. Not saying you aren't as good as say piper was in his hay day.. but WWE very entertaining back in the late 80s.
I wish you luck on whatever you choose for the future!
Love the Video log! Keep it up
rvd will you came back to the wwe ? please come back please
Terve RVD-san!
Thanks for being considerate of people who are stuck with slow computers, appreciate that.
The v-blog is a nice option and if it works for you and your schedule, that's the main thing. Have to mention though that plain text does seem to capture your thought processes a little more completely. Also it seems like text would be the easier to edit or update and definitely more convenient for plugging stuff since you can provide a direct link. *shrugs* I'm sure you'll find a good balance.
Managed to make it to Newark earlier this month for a dose of extra good energy. The weather was gorgeous and the place was full of interesting people, am honored to have met most of them.
Missed seeing you and SVD-san but am happy to know that your film is making progress. Congrats on that! Look forward to learning more about that project as it makes its way to the cinemas. Motorcycles, action scenes and filming at night, huh? Wow. Can't imagine. (The trailer helps though, good idea to have it on-site…) Hope the filmwork continues to be a good experience. Since you might skip the stunt double next time, did you at least get to audition your stunt double this time?
Great to know that SVD-san is her usual amazing self (btw happy belated b-day to her!) and is putting her positive influences to use. I've no doubt that her life must already be filled with wonderful people but hey, if she should ever need some extra help in the fight against cancer - please just let us know. We've not got much but we'll do our best. Too many people have already confronted some form of this disease and way too many more are just waiting to get the diagnosis someday. There's a decent amount of studies being done now and not just on the tumors - I know that Army of Women(www.armyofwomen.org) has recently started to take a serious look at the damage chemo does to brain tissue and beyond. Change has got to come.
... Hrm. I do remember that in school, the military recruiters did seem to chase down the kids with low grade averages. I'm not going to sit here and try to judge whether having a high grade average makes a person decent or not. Instead... A slightly different approach. Every group has jackasses, yea? So if some moron says that he wants to go out and kill the residents of other countries in their homelands for no real reason other than that his government will pay him for it - and then he does it... That doesn't automatically make the guy a hero but it does kind of make him honest in some strange way, correct? He did what he wanted to do with his life and accomplished what he said that he would. And because these types of people are employed by the government, it's basically legal. Which saves us from throwing them in jail. Which is probably not a terrible thing.
Maybe I'm just wrong in the head for thinking this way but occasionally I'm grateful that there are some soldiers who are jerks because if we're going to send anyone out to die then it might as well be the jerks, right? At the same time, I am sincerely grateful for all the soldiers who are NOT jerks because they have to put up with the jerks AND because we don't need our country to be totally represented by jerks. Does that make sense?
Anyway. It's a sensitive subject for the people who love them, though. Cause even jerks can have perfectly nice families. And nobody wants to be told that their loved one died in vain. Even the people who mean-mouthed a guy while he was alive, they'll want nothing but the nicest things said over the coffin. Everybody feels a little more secure, I guess, if they are allowed to imagine that our country is being 'protected' by the absolute most heroic people on the planet. Seems like this is part of our cultures way of glossing over death. Americans don't often like to linger on subjects that remind us that we're mortal. If we label all the dead as heroes, it's just quicker that way. We don't have to think about it as much. Maybe less lawsuits too. Cause even the true heroes can be offed by some stupid, random, totally preventable accident - 'friendly fire' and such - so focusing on the hero-worship aspect might cause people to kind of skip over the 'exactly who is to blame?' aspect.
Your solution to Calis economic woes is reasonable and I hope that it gets the consideration it deserves. Additionally, I also hope that better fire-fighting methods are found. About half the time Cali makes the news out here, it's due to some human-caused wildfire reeking havoc. Seems like they could cut some serious expenses there if they could find a better way to stop or prevent the blazes. Are the people who start these things getting handed the bill at all? Once a fire is half contained, it doesn't seem to be newsworthy anymore so we don't hear much about the consequences.
Out of sheer curiousity, how is the comic project doing? Realize you likely are very busy with other commitments – as per usual - but I hope that maybe you've heard from some artists by now. Have you given any thought to the idea of publishing that comic online, make it available to subscribers only perhaps? It might be worth mentioning to your webmaster.
Uhm. Before I take off to check out the latest radio show, would it mean anything to you if I asked you to please be more careful with your words? Those episodes where you offered to give live air time to instruct child abusers on killing themselves... I don't totally disagree with your stance on that particular issue but I'd kind of hate to hear it if anyone ever decided to hold you to that promise, you know?
Please keep taking care.
Peace and Courage!
~CalmMountain
(Had to split the post due to the character limit... Guess I talk too much.)
Hi Rob,
Tom Amianno propose a $50 dollar tax to every ounce bought. That will earn to the State 1,000 millions dollars per year and the debt is 20,000 millions...I think the govertment, Tom Amianno, High Times, Smoke It,etc, are not pro hemp oil and that is the main reason to say goodbye to the 80 percent of the related cancer medicine in the market they control. Putting the govertment in charge of mariguana will be the same as cigarettes, they produce fake ones...RUN FROM THE CURE RICK SIMPSON AT YOUTUBE...
Rob
I am really digging your video blog. Its also great to see you active in other fields of your life, including wrestling and cannabis activism. By the way, I pray that your wife recovers well from her cancer.
There is one thing that I wanted to bring up as food for thought.
When we are born, we are neither good or evil. Our experiences and upbringings through those developmental times influence us to become the individuals that we are today. Some children are unlucky and grow in shattered homes or with abusive parents and those children grow up to be tormented and abusive people (however some children also grow up very rich and catered to, but still lack the love of their parents). These influences drive us to feed into positive or negative energy when we are young and developing and we carve who we are on our uncarved stone. All pedophiles are not deserving of death. They have the choice of making themselves mentally healthier people. Some do make that choice and struggle with it, while some others are truly corrupted human beings who wallow in what they do. I fully agree with you that some of them are too far gone and nothing justifies taking another life, but what about the parents? Where are they when these kids are taken? We are talking about kids how are in between the ages of 4 and 7 I'm assuming, but what about the 12 year old girls who put themselves out on Myspace.com? Girls (and even some women) who reveal TOO much of their information and meet with other myspace friends who aren't who they make themselves seem. I didn't grow up with myspace, so this issue wasn't apart of my generation at the time, but isn't it the parents job to take responsibility to watch over their kids and as they get older teach them how to look out for those people? I'm not justifying pedophiles here Rob, I just want to present a different angle to see how your take on it is.
I could go on about Myspace.com, but I think I've said enough for now.
Alcohol, this is a product that harms the body far worse than marujana, however it is accepted in our north american culture. alcohol is responsible many deaths in the states, canada, and many other countries.
First saw you in 2002 performing for the wwe, since then you were my all time favorite wrestler, went crazy when you showed up at the rumble/09. hope life treats ya well!
Hi Rob,
I'd like to offer some free motion graphics and video editing your way. Been a fan since I saw you on the original ECW back in the day.
Check out our stuff: www.lostmarblemedia.com
If I just made a few logo and special effects scenes for free, would you consider using them on RVD TV? Hell, it is free!
lee (at) lostmarble.co.uk
Peace bro,
Lee
Awesome posts Rob! Have always been a big fan of you. I live in BC Canada, and legalization of marijuana is becoming more and more viable.
Those of you in California don't give up! In Canada our favourite plant has been de-criminilized.
Thanks for spreading your seeds of wisdom Rob keep it up!
Saw you on MSNBC Morning Meeting - Ratigan was obviously biased and didn't give you a fair amount of air time. You did an excellent job with the time you had. RVD ROCKS!
Rob,
Today, on Morning Meeting, you were participating in a discussion regarding the legalization of Marijuana in California. I think you did a decent job, but your closing argument against the General was rather weak. You simply stated that his facts, which he presented from scientific studies were lies -"they're all lies" to be exact. If you're going to be a proponent for a controversial issue such as the legalization of a drug, you need to have your facts straight. In truth the General was accurate in his statements about usage and the associated addictive qualities. Where he failed, and if you were more informed on the studies, you could have concluded by pointing to his facts and tearing those apart. You could have argued that nicotine is in fact a gateway drug as defined by the same organization he got his "facts" from. Please see http://www.drugabuse.gov/NIDA_notes/NNVol17N5/Youths.html. Or you could have argued that nicotine is more harmful both in its addictive nature and cancer causing effects, again as defined by NIDA in their research. Please see http://www.drugabuse.gov/infofacts/marijuana.html and http://www.drugabuse.gov/researchreports/nicotine/addictive.html The General, like many others, are against it because they believe one way and fail to look for research that contradicts their opinion. The fact is there is research that shows Marijuana is no more harmful than tobacco/caffeine/alcohol. And that Marijuana is significantly different from the other "illicit" drugs. As a celebrity your opinion will carry weight in public opinion, but you have the responsibility to be informed if you're going to stand up and make an argument. Your opinion - if uninformed and unsubstantiated by fact - is still only an opinion, and therefore worthless. Be a proponent, be informed, and then you can make a difference.
You bring a lot of smartness to the table, man! You know all the facts about weed, even those that everyone kept secret. Your blogs always keep me reading, and my only complaint is that there never seem to be enough of 'em! :)
~Sincerely,
~~Wolffe Halon.
P.S. Can't wait to see your next Video Blog! Those are even more awesome then typed blogs!
Good luck and best wishes to you and SVD. :)
Hey, Rob. I here people talking about there drug addictions on television all the time and a bunch of them say that they started with pot and went on to dangerous drugs such as myeth. Do you think it actually is the pot that leads them to do drugs or is it something like the thrill of doing something illegal or something along those lines that leads them to myeth or heroin? I'd love to here your opinion on this. By The Way: Thank you for these great blogs keep them coming.
when are u coming back to wwe
do u have a myspace
hey rvd,
we miss you in wrestling! When are you coming back to wrestling and why did you leave? We need you back in wrestling to show the guys how to wrestle and how to win some title belts. Please come back to wrestling!!!!!
Thank you,
Wrestling Fan
Terve RVD-san & SVD-san,
Nice to hear from our favorite busy people. Thanks for keeping in touch.
Hey, thanks very sincerely for linking to the article on SVD-san. Extra thanks to both of you for having the courage to speak on the issue of cancer and its treatment. As painfully private and personal as the disease can be, this is indeed a subject that needs to be discussed publicly more often. Especially if we're gonna kick the thing in our own lifetimes, people have got to be aware.
This week alone I've seen three separate reports from three separate doctors - each specializing in a different type of research with a different form of cancer - that we're getting closer. Seems there are a number of treatments in the works that will target only the cancer cells, instead of just pumping poison into the whole system.
Loved all the candid observations that you both shared. You are certainly amazing people and I'm very glad that you had - and still have - all the support you need. Please keep taking care and spreading the positive energy.
Even just as a friend and caregiver, I'd been so overwhelmed by the challenges of the process that I didn't always notice such things as you pointed out. You're right, though. It is not fair at all that so many of the ladies with cancer tend to lose their hair while so many men don't. But then... On the flip side... That isn't always true, either. My friends Mum, it took several years and three forms of cancer before she checked out and she had a full head of hair at the end. Meanwhile certain men that I've known who've had to go through various forms of this disease, they lost their hair for at least the duration of their chemo. But that could have been from the medicine taken to help deal with all the chemo side-effects, too. *shrugs*
Oh and I totally empathize. It really does suck not to know how or why a person gets a disease. Unfortunately, in that regard, you are nowhere near alone. Most of the doctors do give the 'each patient is different' answer - which is frustrating but valid. What's also valid is that if it's not genetic then it's almost always at least a little bit environmental. Which is good to know. Perhaps not very comforting or helpful since nobody has full control of their environment but good to know. *sigh*
Don't think that media hype of other news events undermines or erases the value of SVD-sans experience, though. The article is a beautiful and important piece that many people will relate to and be inspired by. No matter what famous persons keel over, cancer is not just going to take a vacation from our species. It is something we need to address.
Sort of like certain other subjects, which you've also done rather a lot of educational work on. At least people are starting to pay more attention and ask questions.
Look forward to eventually catching the repeat of your Economy radio show, hope it doesn't get lost this time cause I rely on the archive to keep up with you. It's good to hear things from Cali because out here... We get a kind of skewed presentation of what's going on. A month or so back I noticed that our local anchors mentioned the MPP ad campaign for legalization and taxation of the herb, for about 10 seconds in the news. But they mentioned it with smirks and dismissive tones and I wonder how coached they were, really. It's amazing how terrified some people are of the concept. I'm glad that you have the ability to reach people on your own shows and via your own site because I'm not surprised that the media(and/or their corporate sponsors) is biased. They're prolly not ever going to give you enough time to explain.
Am sure that people have high expectations of you as a representative on this issue but they've got to realize that the people who disagree with legalization likely aren't out to make you look good.
Did we notice that Michael Jackson died? Are you kidding?
Please, RVD-san, for a while the media would speak of absolutely nothing else. If a semi-local child hadn't gone missing recently, they'd prolly still be on about it full-time. And honestly, I'd almost prefer that. Hate it when kids go missing. Hate it more when they're found dead. Really really hate it when the parents end up being considered suspects and then the media suddenly has the audacity to be surprised, in spite of the parents existing criminal histories. Argh. Even with me avoiding the television and radio, it may be a while before the people around here find a more popular talking point. Same is true of the Jacksons, I guess - only in his case it may also take roughly half a century before the tabloids move on.
People are...well...people. And we make judgments, some of us more often than others but all of us do it. And so is it not uncommon for us to think and/or say things like: "Oh I love X and Y about so-and-so but if only he wasn't such a Z." It's happened to you, RVD-san! Here in the blog replies, I've seen it myself. People love what you do when you wrestle but maybe some of them aren't so fond of the pro-weed speeches. And perhaps also the opposite happens, once in awhile, it seems as if some fans prolly care more about your speeches than your wrestling career. Appears like it's human nature, to pick and choose. So you're right about it being weird but I don't know if it's also unusual. People only really love the best in other people, maybe? That's why so many can approve of Jacksons music without also being fans of his personal choices.
To separate the person from certain actions and only approve of some of those actions or to only approve of the person themselves and not their actions... Must be possible but I don't know if that makes it correct. Despite the absolute attention of the media on the subject of Mr. Jackson, I seriously doubt that more than a handful of people can truly claim to have known and understood him during his life. The rest of us... We have to bear in mind that any judgment we make is likely going to be based more heavily on opinion than fact. That's all.
It is kind of reassuring to imagine a nice paradise where the souls of the deceased can gather, heal, compare notes and laugh at the fundamental weirdness that we call life. But it would also make sense, in it's own way, that death must be a bit of a shock - a bit of a transition, a change of routine - and so the souls of the recently passed might need a special sort of recovery and debriefing area to gather in while they adapt to being physically dead. Er. Yea. We make up our own rules about what we believe.
Dunno if there is any real sort of god or if, should it actually exist at all, it cares about whether people forward those ridiculous chain emails. Honestly, I'm not totally clear on why some people care so much about forwarding the chain emails. How can we be expected to understand the divine if we barely understand our fellow mortals? *laughs*
Hope that Comic Con was awesome this year. Hope that the first movie does better than anyone expects. Will the second movie not be filmed until the first one is released? That would not be unreasonable. The first movie is still due to be released in Novemberish, right? Am looking forward to it.
Hrm. Maybe put up a list of the RVD action figures that you have already? Or maybe a list of the ones you're looking for would be shorter? Collector that you claim to be, you could do a reverse auction or something. Donate a certain amount to charity if someone sends you one of the figures that you don't already have. *shrugs* Eh. People might send them to you regardless.
Sounds like your adventures are going to be wide-ranging. May your continuing journey bring you joy! Travel safe!
Peace and Courage!
~CalmMountain
P.S - This website continues to rock but what the heck happened to the ability to separate blog replies here? Remember at your old site where you could view responses to each specific blog separately? Now all the blog replies are grouped together. Not complaining, just pointing this out. Seems like this would be an inconvenience for you since doing the blog this way might make it a bit more difficult to gauge how many people have left comments recently.
Hi Rob,
I am cannabinoid (cannabis) researcher at a medical school in Philadelphia-the city where American hardcore wrestling was born! I am also a big fan.
I encourage you to check out my research blog on cannabinoids and cannabis:
www.cannabination.com
Please feel free to follow up with an email or questions :)
Keep up the awesome work!
kind regards,
Jahan
I am so happy sonya is doing better. She kicked ass
I'm so very glad to hear you had a great time in our capital. Amsterdam is something we're very proud of and it's nice to hear others enjoy it too.
keep it up dude, fuck yes
420
Hey Rob, since your going to be touring in Irland, will you be thinking about coming over to the U.K? I was a worker in England since I was 15 (trainer by Jake Roberts & competing on the FIGHT!NETWORK), and I'm now 22 & got burned out with all the bullshit in wrestling that I decided to retire & go into physiotherapy as my career. I still love wrestling but refuse to go to live shows now coz i don't feel i'm getting my money's worth, could you please give me a reason to go to a show again?I hear FWA (linked with TNA) are re-forming in England!It would be great if you could be part of it! Hey, i'll even give you a personal tour round London lol All the best, and hope to see you on our shores soon
Rob - thanks for chatting with me at that ATL airport today. You and your wife were very nice to take time to chat and take a pic. Hope your journey back to Cali was a safe one. Andy
bonjour RVD, I'm fan French. visite mon blog sur la ECW d'avant stp ! http://ecw-la-grande-epoque.skyrock.com/
Terve RVD-san & SVD-san,
Happy October!
Hope that you and your loved ones are staying happy, healthy and terrific in spite of all the seasonal sickness going around.
Uhm. Feel the need to apologize to anyone actually reading this since they've had to scroll through a couple of my ramblings by now. Believe it or not, I'm really a quiet person. This is one of my few outlets and even if everyone just ignores my comments - which they are welcome to do - it does my energy good to be able to post here. Thanks again for sharing the space with us.
Perhaps the brilliant SVD-san has already heard but in case she hasn't: there's been an actual good use found for the cancer gene!
After much international research a dedicated team has discovered that the cancer gene is one of only 4 genes known to date in the human DNA that can cause amnesia in adult skin cells. When adult skin cells get amnesia apparently they just revert back to being STEM cells. Which puts us another small step closer to the 'grow your own custom organ and limb replacements' version of medicine. Which sounds kind of creepy but comes with a ton of positive potential.
You've likely already been informed that while you’ve been out having strange-awesome adventures and bus olympics, Disney bought Marvel. On the one hand, Disney can do a great job of marketing and distribution when they want to. On the other hand, the end product of this could end up validating every arrogant miser who ever sneered that comics were 'just for kids'. Guess we'll have to wait and see what happens.
Wow. Ouch. Water isn't your element sometimes, is it? Glad you survived your annual destroy-the-bathroom bump. When does that become an olympic sport? Kidding. On the remote off-chance that a person might be able to dig up the courage and funds needed to attend Wrestle Reunion... Is there any way to specifically request NOT having any of the hotel rooms directly beneath the lovely Van Dams?
About Jaycee, the girl that was taken and tortured for 18 years... Yes. Her story is sad beyond the ability of words to truly do justice to. Yea, it is natural for most rational persons to want to kill the bastard who decided that he could enjoy doing this to her. But if any human on the planet has earned the right to kill the sick idiot then it's Jaycee, who was his constant victim.
I don't know if being allowed to pull the switch on the guy would give her any kind of closure or begin to heal her self-esteem. I just think the option should be offered to her anyway, in case. And then, if for whatever reason she says no, the option should be offered to her parents and then to her children. If all of them should also turn down the opportunity to pull the switch for whatever reason THEN it would be fair to leave it up to the federal justice employees to humanely and publicly fry his innards and check for remorse. My opinion, that’s all.
However if you want to do something for the lady, maybe trying mentally kicking the media. Please. The fact that the news approached her story up the way they did doesn't seem totally sensitive or dignified either. They're exploiting her too. "Oh how great that you were molested for more than half your life, let's do an interview!" Arg. Humanity.
Onward to the philosophy.
Was listening to the radio archive and noticed the abortion topic trying to surface again. And what the heck it's something that deserves calm, rational discussion because ignoring it just fosters misunderstandings. But we're gonna throw the gender hurdle out the window for now - because SVD-san and Ms. Starr-san had some excellent points that I acknowledge and stand with, the gender lines can't cross easily on some subjects - and try a different approach.
Pro-life persons, from what I understand, want to point at the tiny bundle of particles inside a womens uterus and say: "It has a soul!"
So now I'm gonna point at a chair and say: "Hey, that's an even bigger bundle of particles! How do we know that it DOESN'T have a soul?"
On the molecular level, from what I humbly understand, an inanimate object can have almost as much 'life' as any living creature. (Abiogensis is the technical term for this.) So what you've really done here is to open a debate that asks WHEN and HOW do things get souls and WHY should only certain things get souls?
There was a paper published as The Water Study by Dr. Emoto. (Not a fake name, the gentleman is Japanese.) Here's the gist of his experiment: get two glasses of water from the same source. Take a sample from each cup and look at the water crystals under a microscope. They should be similar to begin with. Now label each of the cups. One gets a label that says 'pretty' and one gets a label that says 'ugly'. Leave them out for at least a couple weeks or so - in a safe but visible place where they won't just evaporate or get knocked over or anything - and have anybody who wanders by read the labels aloud. At the end of the couple weeks, take another set of samples and go back to the microscope. The water crystals should have changed to reflect their labels.
This basic test was done all kinds of different ways, with slight variations, but with universal results. The 'pretty' water got better molecular structure. The 'ugly' water crystals got deformed.
Humans are made up of like 80-90% water, right?
So if plain tap water in a cup with a label on it can respond like this and have expressions... What does it prove about the soul? If humans have souls then do we not respond like this to labels? If we have souls and respond like this then does that mean water has some kind of a soul as well?
If water might have a soul then what on Earth doesn't?
Can get interesting to contemplate but the lines are blurred.
It's a bit like the subject of vegetarians which you also mentioned. There are some vegetarians who say that they don't eat animals because animals are living things. Guess what - plants are living things too. There are some vegetarians who say that they won't eat commercially grown animals because they're protesting cruelty to living things. Which is nice but means that they've never seen a wheat thresher or any of the other commercial farming hardware that could be considered as cruel to plants. And so it's really kinda personal, where the lines get drawn but the bottom line is that even vegetarians HAVE to be able to eat something in order to survive. That's just practical.
On some level, we can drag this technique back up to the abortion/abiogensis talk and say: 'So where's the line? If humans have souls and chairs maybe have souls then why aren't more people being nice to chairs? If it's not practical to be nice to the chair that you're sitting on then why is it practical to be nice to a tiny but growing bundle of particles inside a womens uterus that may or may not have been her choice to conceive and which may or may not have a soul in it yet?'
And then, if we really want to shake the bees nest, we can also drag the whole notion of organ transplants and cloning into the conversation and try to debate whether or not replicated DNA structure and transplanted cell memory can equal soul.
If a vegetarian gets a transplant from a donor who wasn’t vegetarian and then starts having carnivore cravings, is it the invasion of a new soul? If somebody who knows nada about wrestling gets a donor who was an ECW-fanatic and after the transplant they suddenly can’t resist the desire to swing steel chairs at random people – then does that mean they got a partial soul transplant as well?
Cetera.
Hrm. Maybe I should leave before I'm banned or something.
Travel safe, wherever the journeys take you.
Peace and Courage!
~CalmMountain
Hi Rob!! Good to hear you're doing good. I love your blog, it's so awesome. I really, really, really, really, really would love to see you back in the WWE. I miss you so much, you have no idea. So please come back, I'll be happier than ever! Bye, I love you.
def want to see you back in WWE feuding and kicking the crap out of guys like CM Punk
Rob i guess you could do well in both really
weight up both offers and try get them to keep you in main event :P
If wwe i would say go to ECW once again and team with dreamer and then bring back in sabu and restart with the origial ECW...like invading peoples matches hitting them with steel chairs...like Kozlov and Jackson
if you went TNA
i would say get used in the current thing they had between Rhyno and the DUDLEYS (Team 3d for the kids that dpnt know there past time in ECW/WWE) and maybe take a twist and side with the one you have had a big fued with and put on some great tag matches
Hey Rob, I know you'll probably be watching the show...but damn how good would be to see you on Smackdown these days!
SO tonight u have a RVD radio tonight right KOol ill make sure to call in U should go to WWE man
Go to TNA.
New challenges & more Freedom for
RVD to kick ass as only RVD can kick ass.
Good Luck, Rob!
Hey RVD, can i be honest with you here. Your career has been amazing, through ecw to wwe. Now im 18, been a fan of wrestling since the age of 4. Ive seen so much and have loved it all.
But in recent times, the wrestling world has changed. The WWE has changed so much, its not the company it was a few short years ago. Its PG era is ruining the company, and its lack of ballsy matches is terrible.
On the other hand, you have TNA wrestling. An up and comer in the wrestling world, making its way and trying its best to compete. TNA needs 2 or 3 high class competitors to boost it and in my view, your the highest of high class. You in TNA would be immense. I mean TNA would also allow you to see some ECW originals a lot, as well as touring europe and travelling to Japan.
Through my early years, you were ecw and wwe for me personally. Your high flying and high spots made you a personal favourite amongst rosters. If anything Rob, when you make this decision, please for my sake, consider TNA, as in my view, they need you, please please sign for TNA
Hi Rob!! I think you should listen to yout heart and make the right decision. For myself, I'd love to see you back in the WWE but it's your choice and you do whatever you want to do. All I can tell you is good luck and I miss you.You'll always have my support and my love.Bye.
RVD TRUE WWE LEGEND
rvd wwe has become better come back.PLEASE.
Please Rob come back in the WWE, we need you! I miss you so so much! I hope you're doing great and your wife too, I hope everybody's doing great! Anyway, the WWE should be good with you on the roster. See ya in the WWE I hope, I love you.
In regards to the comments made regarding video surveillance appearing everywhere in our society, I would have to disagree with you. While there are a variety of positives, ranging from catching criminals all the way to giving tickets for speeding or running red lights, the notion that an authority figure is present at all times is discouraging. What does this say about our freedoms when we cannot even walk down the street without being reminded that an omnipresent eye is constantly watching? There is a book you should read by a French philosopher named Michel Foucault called Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison. Foucault refers in the book to the “panopticon,” which is based on an imaginary circular prison where all the cells can be seen by the black tinted watchtower located in the middle. The prisoners cannot see into the guard tower and have no idea when they are being watched, conditioning them to behave not because they are moral or ethical people, but because they are fearful that their activities are being monitored. Is this not the same as having those black tinted cameras on every street corner? Are we not actually getting to the root of crime in our society and instead training people to fear authority so that they’ll behave in a manner that is acceptable to those who hold power? Personally, I don’t think that solves the root causes behind crime but rather creates a paranoid society where innocent people are afraid to let their inhibitions go and be individuals. It also says something about the construction of humanity, in that people are not the product of their own free wills but rather the product of institutionalized power that trains them to behave in a certain way, or suffer the consequences.
On the subject of Roman Polanski…the guy deserves to go to prison for this one. His version of Macbeth is by far the best one ever produced (I cannot account for the versions produced during Shakespeare’s time, but at least in the 20th and 21st centuries) and Rosemary’s Baby was the second movie to scare the hell out of me (the first being Night of the Living Dead). It’s funny that directors such as David Lynch signed a petition to keep him out of jail for molesting a minor, as this demonstrates that they are putting personal friendship ahead of simple ethics. This is not ancient Rome, where you could marry a woman when she hit puberty and although the argument for Polanski would state that the morals our society is based on are Christian in nature and subject to criticism, personally it just seems like a sick thing to do. Developing teenagers do not have the experience necessary to make the decisions regarding sex that adults do. I am sure that if I could travel back in time and see what a sexual encounter between a wealthy Roman patrician and a thirteen year old girl was like, I am pretty sure it would look a bit like rape.
On the topic of where you should go, WWE or TNA, I would not really mind either. I have not watched TNA in about a year and I rarely watch WWE programming nowadays (no RVD, no DVR), but I personally would base the decision on both monetary compensation and schedule. WWE’s schedule is much more stringent than TNA’s, but the audience is larger and allows the chance to wrestle for more people, thus indicating a bigger payday. I have no real idea what professional wrestler make aside from the rumors and nonsense on the internet, but the question you should really ask yourself is Is it worth it to go back to wrestling at all? How much is enough, physically, emotionally, and monetarily? I am not a professional wrestler so I cannot answer that question in any constructive way.
Always love to see the blogs updated. Take care =)
when do you plan to retern to wrestling RVD
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