Friday, February 29, 2008
Clock update - review
So to follow up on the clock: It works great. You have to read the instructions to set it up, but not because it is difficult but the sensor and the clock have to "find" each other so you have to follow the order of batteries, etc.
It takes 5 AA batteries. 3 for the clock, 2 for the wireless sensor that you place outside. The sensor comes with screws you could mount under an easement or porch, it should not be directly impacted by rain or sun.
The wireless sensor and the clock found each other in less than 5 minutes. It took about an hour for the clock to find the Fort Collins, CO clock that is transmitted over radio. You only have to set the time zone you are in, it does the rest.
As far as weather accuracy, it says it will be hot tomorrow. Big shock for Texas.
Final verdict: thumbs up. IT is large enough to mount on a wall and be read in a bedroom. It comes with screws, double side mounting tape AND a stand. Several options, huh?
It has the capacity to add more wireless sensors (why? so you know if your back yard is hotter than your front yard?). Sensor is good for 80 ft, amount of walls it goes through decreases that amount. Company name is La Crosse Technology. Branded by The Weather Channel. $33 out the door.
pic added to demonstrate size and clarity.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Indoor / Outdoor Wireless Weather Station, aka Clock
My new toy, courtesy of overstock.com. It has indoor and outdoor temperature. It has a sensor you put outdoors, to measure to temp. It has barometric monitor to predict the weather. It is way cool, to say the least. It says my indoor humidity is 41, is that good or bad? who knows, it is going in the gym so I know weather to turn the fan on, wear sleeveless, adjust the temp. etc.
I am not endorsing anything, but do people really pay $75 for this? And have you heard of overstock? It is really cool.
More American Idol Highlights; Feist Spoon Remix
I found a good columnist who covers the AI shows well: the Girls and the Boys (zap2it)
My congress column got a lot of hits. Are people just googling "stupid congress"? How are you getting there?
Do you think single-sex education is better? I do...wsj
Who's your bitch now, Roger Clemens? (usatoday)
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Justice League is back on for 2009. (variety)
Do you like Feist? Do you like the Feist "I Feel It All" remix by dude from Spoon?
“I Feel It All (Britt from Spoon Remix)” by Feist at Music Ramen
My congress column got a lot of hits. Are people just googling "stupid congress"? How are you getting there?
Do you think single-sex education is better? I do...wsj
Who's your bitch now, Roger Clemens? (usatoday)
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Justice League is back on for 2009. (variety)
Do you like Feist? Do you like the Feist "I Feel It All" remix by dude from Spoon?
“I Feel It All (Britt from Spoon Remix)” by Feist at Music Ramen
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Stupid Congress
The House of Representatives brushed aside threats of a White House veto today and voted 236 to 182 in favor of an $18 billion tax package that would rescind a tax break for the five biggest oil giants and use the revenue to boost incentives for wind and solar energy and energy efficiency.
More taxes on US producers will do nothing to lower energy costs; if anything, they will increase them. The Congressional Research Service, Congress' own research arm, has stated these proposals will reduce investments in domestic oil and gas, and will consequently increase imports.
The Facts: These so-called "subsidies" are tax provisions applicable to all US manufacturers and producers. Specifically, the 2004 "American Jobs Creation Act" was enacted to lower the marginal tax rates for U.S. manufacturers and producers, in order to strengthen the American economy and preserve jobs here in the United States. Yet somehow they are described as "subsidies" only for oil companies -- not for other "manufacturers," ranging from farmers, ranchers, and coal and mineral producers, to coffee grinders, movie studios and video game producers.
The pending House energy tax bill would repeal the 2004 legislation in full for only 5 oil and natural gas companies, singling them out for "punishment" and ignoring the fact that on the "record" profits they have made, they have also paid record taxes. In a study published recently in Tax Notes, the three highest effective tax rates for 2004-2006 of some 80 companies surveyed were ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, and Chevron. These tax rates were some 13 percentage points above the 30% effective tax rate average for all 80 companies.
The Facts: Oil companies are simply being taxed in the same way as all other US manufacturers and producers, and are paying record taxes on their earnings. Increasing tax rates further just on a handful of US companies is not "taking subsidies" away, but rather is simply imposing a windfall profits tax on a few companies, which will only serve to further increase our dependence on foreign energy sources, not reduce it.
Claim: "Congress... [is] working to lower energy costs, improve national security by making us more energy independent, end taxpayer-financed subsidies to big oil companies earning record profits, and combat global warming."
The Facts: Increasing taxes on US producers will do nothing to lower energy costs; if anything it will increase them. The Congressional Research Service, Congress' own research arm, has stated these proposals will reduce investments in domestic oil and gas, and will consequently increase imports. That would not make us more "energy independent."
The current bill raises $13 billion by eliminating that manufacturers' tax break for the five biggest oil companies -- ExxonMobil Corp., Chevron Corp., ConocoPhillips Co., BP Plc. and Royal Dutch Shell Plc.
"The Administration must strongly oppose" the legislation, said the Office of Management and Budget in its statement of administration policy on Tuesday, "because the bill would use the tax code to target tax increases on a specific industry in a way that will lead to higher energy costs to U.S. consumers and businesses."
Rep. Phil English (R-Penn.) called the bill a "placebo," "energy policy light," and "wrong-headed." He said, "Energy production is the very heart of American manufacturing."
Do you know what these oil companies will do? Drill elsewhere, duh. So much for not relying on foreign oil...
More taxes on US producers will do nothing to lower energy costs; if anything, they will increase them. The Congressional Research Service, Congress' own research arm, has stated these proposals will reduce investments in domestic oil and gas, and will consequently increase imports.
The Facts: These so-called "subsidies" are tax provisions applicable to all US manufacturers and producers. Specifically, the 2004 "American Jobs Creation Act" was enacted to lower the marginal tax rates for U.S. manufacturers and producers, in order to strengthen the American economy and preserve jobs here in the United States. Yet somehow they are described as "subsidies" only for oil companies -- not for other "manufacturers," ranging from farmers, ranchers, and coal and mineral producers, to coffee grinders, movie studios and video game producers.
The pending House energy tax bill would repeal the 2004 legislation in full for only 5 oil and natural gas companies, singling them out for "punishment" and ignoring the fact that on the "record" profits they have made, they have also paid record taxes. In a study published recently in Tax Notes, the three highest effective tax rates for 2004-2006 of some 80 companies surveyed were ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, and Chevron. These tax rates were some 13 percentage points above the 30% effective tax rate average for all 80 companies.
The Facts: Oil companies are simply being taxed in the same way as all other US manufacturers and producers, and are paying record taxes on their earnings. Increasing tax rates further just on a handful of US companies is not "taking subsidies" away, but rather is simply imposing a windfall profits tax on a few companies, which will only serve to further increase our dependence on foreign energy sources, not reduce it.
Claim: "Congress... [is] working to lower energy costs, improve national security by making us more energy independent, end taxpayer-financed subsidies to big oil companies earning record profits, and combat global warming."
The Facts: Increasing taxes on US producers will do nothing to lower energy costs; if anything it will increase them. The Congressional Research Service, Congress' own research arm, has stated these proposals will reduce investments in domestic oil and gas, and will consequently increase imports. That would not make us more "energy independent."
Girls American idol
I'll post if I feel like it, but the boys were underwhelming and the girls all look alike. There are like 5 blonds or something. I saw Fantastic Four silver Surfer today, and all I could think was Jessica Alba was so much more interesting when she wasn't blonde. there are to many blondes, that's all I got.
this is my cat, and she say's what are you looking at, bitch? but the lolcats are funnier:
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008
American Idol tonight
So I'm driving home today, and my XM47 Ethel plays the Sonic Youth "Superstar" cover. And it rocked.
So I'm watching idol tonight, and the gay kid Danny Noriega sang it (he's gay get used to it). And it didn't rock. But Simon gave him props so see him in the top 12, riding the Sanjaya under 15 kiddie votes.
how it should sound:
And cuz you asked, the original (I love this imeem!):
So I'm watching idol tonight, and the gay kid Danny Noriega sang it (he's gay get used to it). And it didn't rock. But Simon gave him props so see him in the top 12, riding the Sanjaya under 15 kiddie votes.
how it should sound:
And cuz you asked, the original (I love this imeem!):
Kids are getting stupider
Are are teachers teaching the wrong stuff? We all know public schools are focused on teaching the passing of achievement tests, as opposed to, you know, teaching things.
But I don't think this study means it is the end of the world.
In other news, well I don't know I've been working. I think Obama is beating Hilary, and I don't care. Someone released a photo of Obama in Somali dress, and I don't care. I have a similar picture of me from Eritrea and doesn't make me a terrorist, muslim, or whatever? How ignorant are Americans?
I hear this video is funny, it's been around on the interwebs but my favorite blogger posted it, so it must be good: Betty White on Craig Ferguson (ok I just watched it and she's funny. It's not classic good but classic timing, if you know what I mean. Comedians should study her):
But I don't think this study means it is the end of the world.
In other news, well I don't know I've been working. I think Obama is beating Hilary, and I don't care. Someone released a photo of Obama in Somali dress, and I don't care. I have a similar picture of me from Eritrea and doesn't make me a terrorist, muslim, or whatever? How ignorant are Americans?
I hear this video is funny, it's been around on the interwebs but my favorite blogger posted it, so it must be good: Betty White on Craig Ferguson (ok I just watched it and she's funny. It's not classic good but classic timing, if you know what I mean. Comedians should study her):
Monday, February 25, 2008
Once - Falling Slowly Academy Awards
I called it , yay! And I'm so glad they called Marketa back to give her speech. I don't think that has ever been done! Bad ending to the song (the Oscar song ended weird, which is what I meant) but good performance otherwise. I added the official youtube, since naturally the Academy is attacking any youtube videos:
F***ing Ben Affleck
Jimmy Kimmel's answer to Silverman's F***ing Matt Damon.
Classic stuff - who new Ben had so many famous friends?
Classic stuff - who new Ben had so many famous friends?
Sunday, February 24, 2008
I Drink Your Milkshake
If you haven't seen the movie, you don't get it. But, see the movie "There Will Be Blood". See it!! (btw, I don't know how long this will stay on youtube)
Friday, February 22, 2008
Shark follows Kayak -Thomas P. Peschak
You may have seen this on the interwebs, so here it is:
Here is the link to the story, so you know it is real. I am thinking of ordering the print myself.
Here is the link to the story, so you know it is real. I am thinking of ordering the print myself.
Toe Update
Well, it is getting better but looking worse. I played last Tuesday and have a game this Sunday. It's not the typical black toe because the nail is soft and full of fluid as opposed to just getting hard (that's what she said). So that means what, I don't know. Just hope I don't ruin any socks if it bursts. But I remember the post-SuperBowl House where the symptoms were all these things but it was really just a broken toe untreated. Huh. It's not broken just unusual, and I have been dealing with these kind of soccer injuries for 20 years. Stay tuned. It's like a blister - you know you shouldn't pop it, but...I know, gross. ew. ew. bye.
Battlestar Galactica Promo pic
April 4th. Yay being a geek and stay in on friday nights again! Remember when Friday nights were about X-Files and Homicide?I love this show. There are not many shows on tv I would call brilliant. But I love Buffy and Angel, so what do I know. Homicide:Life on the Streets; the Wire; Sports Night; etc.
more pics of season 4 here
Friday Night Post
Movies of the weekend: Gone Baby Gone, Fantastic 4 (I KNOW IT WAS IN MY QUEUE AND LIKE 5TH BUT AMERICAN GANGSTER AND MICHAEL CLAYTON WERE LONG WAIT IT IS NOT MY FAULT DAMN YOU NETFLIX)
Ahem. Your lolcat of the day (you walks like this all the time?):
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Ahem. Your lolcat of the day (you walks like this all the time?):
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Running through Hell, Heaven Can Wait
My favorite song of the moment - Foo Fighters, Long Road to Ruin
Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica
I can watch The Office clips all day long.
and my favorite, shortist, throwaway clip:
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Thursday Nite - Lost and Idol; Michael Musto Blind Item
Latimes did a pretty good overview of their take on the boys and the girls of American Idol.
Doc Jensen from EW is pretty much the all-knowledge guy of Lost. His recaps are great, I will usually link to them here on Friday. Here is an in depth interview with the creators, with some spoilers but not enough to ruin the show for you, unless you are one of those freaks who don't even watch the previews for the next show.
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If you like Page Six, Teddy C, Blind Items, etc, here is the end-all be-all (Michael Musto):
What are you hungry for, kids? A healthy serving of blind items with a drizzle of bilberry syrup and a side order of brown couscous? You want a heaping plate of those unnervingly suggestive tidbits about various notables' unscrupulous doings, whereby I leave out the names so you're left to skank around every Internet watercooler there is and frantically try to dredge up the answers? OK, darlings, I'll let the anonymous good times rip just to give you some electrifying bonding time with your equally sleaze-minded cohorts. But since so many of you bother me like the dickens for the answers to Page Six's blindies all the time, why don't you just fucking call them for mine. Here goes:
Who once generously gave a gentleman something during a charity event for an organization in his late mother's name? (What he gave, actually, was a blowjob in the bathroom. Ma would have been so proud.) What couple almost split up during the making of that movie because she was on fire with jealousy that he got to show his actual talent? (No worries. It totally bombed.) What fabulous trannie swears she cut it off, but it's still there, dangling between her legs like a pendulum? Which young Broadway leading lady has for several years fallen in love with every guy who plays opposite her, even though—or maybe because—it's always a gay? Which top anchor is a bottom? Which pop star is a top? (Or so goes the legend; actually, he and one of his hot boyfriends switched positions and loved it.) Which same star did it with that married but gay male socialite? Which female politician once slept with a rabbi's sister, according to an American Idol personality who's a friend of the rabbi? Which top fashion writer disdainfully refers to a colleague of his as "Cavewoman"? What publicist introduced someone around as a boyfriend, only to have that someone lean into the ear of one of the people he'd met and mutter: "This guy is the foulest, most name-dropping asshole alive!" Any arguments?
What male comeback star (in movies and mostly TV) is known as a completely cold, unpleasant fish to work with, though he can certainly turn on the charm when he needs to? Which charismatic pit bull is described by some who've worked with her as a monster off-camera as well, someone who took her assigned role a little too seriously and became quite power-mad in the head? What lovable showbiz relic is so needy that if you show her a little kindness, she'll start calling you at two in the morning for lengthy chats every night for months? What much younger songstress has very little actual chemistry with the husband, probably because she's a big old lesbo? What drag queen with a record (meaning criminal, not long-playing) was spotted at a magazine bash, shoveling crudités into her bag and explaining, "A girl's gotta eat!"? Yeah, but that much? What transforming young movie star already seemed problematic last year when, in the middle of a press junket, he would snap at underlings, "Where's my cigarette?" then would rudely bolt for a puffing break when he got one?
Which pasty-white club mess (with his friends) blithely walked out on a check at Beige (after insanely trying to get me to pay it) and was thrown out of Hiro for choking his boyfriend, the same week he was featured in New York magazine's Look Book? What same guy became the subject of restraining tactics by a stylist when he kept using the stylist's name to get free clothes long after he ceased working for him? (Oh, did I mention he's also a thief?) Which modeling dynasty scion left her dog at a spa and never bothered to pick it up? (They didn't really mind. She paid for it to be there.) Which reality star can be seen being fisted by an admirer in a kooky video that's making the underground rounds? Should we give him a hand? Which movie star who seems so brooding and enigmatic actually doesn't speak much because he doesn't have much to say, swears an insider? What model he was once aligned with also maintains much glamour and mystery by keeping her dumb trap shut (except to open it for drugs)?
Which legendary black singer was spotted at a store, where she was screaming into her cell phone, "Doesn't anyone read in your office? Don't you understand English? I told you to arrange that flight!"? Was it perhaps a flight on a broomstick? Which beloved Broadway diva was supposedly the girlfriend of grande dame Judith Anderson all those diva years ago? What ex-Times critic looks back on his gig there as a poisonous time filled with backstabbing and one-upmanship? How can I get a job there? What comic in his sixties concerned onlookers when his speech at a roast last year was punctuated with loud snorts and grandiose nose-wiping? Which black funny lady admits she can't even hit the stage without being tanked, skanked, and totally blotto? Which porn star has no detectable accent when he answers his cell phone, but then seems to remember to lay one on once he realizes who you are? Which '70s star ingeniously turned a recent memorial service into a giant photo op for himself? Which swiveling tartlet's people brutally Tasered a young fan who simply wanted to tell her he loves her? At this point, shouldn't they Taser all the people who don't care? What female politico's daughter looked so bulimic at her wedding that friends considered staging an intervention? What cute, young guy, who's Hollywood royalty, recently had a heartwarming experience peeing into a trannie's anus, only to have all kinds of shit shoot out? Jealous?
Which seemingly passive half of that design duo can actually be a tempestuous spitfire? (He threw a drink at a Barracuda patron, whose friend chased him out the door, hoping for a showdown.) Which club regular is rumored to dabble in dominatrix work and is so successful at it that she got $1,100 from a guy just to shave one armpit? Shouldn't there be some kind of buy-one-get-one-free deal? What African-American young man who works for a repetitively named design firm (or says he does) trolls around gay parlors trying to drum up some johns? Which CBS personality sits in his car telling passersby that he's doing so to watch Katie Couric on the news, but it's actually to stall until 7 p.m., when his parking there can become legal? Which portrait artist's dog sadly spent two days in the hospital after ingesting cocaine (someone else's, mind you)? Are any of you miscreants muttering, "What a waste of good cocaine"?
Which exotic, young hotshot designer has been supposedly doing it with that black rapper with many children? Which cute-as-a-button Broadway performer who's gone from leads to supporting roles is actually straight? (No, I'm serious. There's one Broadway male who really is a hetero, and this guy is it.) Which other always-working Broadway type continually talks about a hot girlfriend who never materializes, for obvious reasons? Which good-looking writer of exposé books has a sexually adventurous side himself? Which hotel just underwent some firings because staffers admitted a 16-year-old model to the in-house club and she ended up so intoxicated she capped off her night reclining in an ambulance?
Doc Jensen from EW is pretty much the all-knowledge guy of Lost. His recaps are great, I will usually link to them here on Friday. Here is an in depth interview with the creators, with some spoilers but not enough to ruin the show for you, unless you are one of those freaks who don't even watch the previews for the next show.
Enter the ICHC online Poker Cats Contest!
If you like Page Six, Teddy C, Blind Items, etc, here is the end-all be-all (Michael Musto):
What are you hungry for, kids? A healthy serving of blind items with a drizzle of bilberry syrup and a side order of brown couscous? You want a heaping plate of those unnervingly suggestive tidbits about various notables' unscrupulous doings, whereby I leave out the names so you're left to skank around every Internet watercooler there is and frantically try to dredge up the answers? OK, darlings, I'll let the anonymous good times rip just to give you some electrifying bonding time with your equally sleaze-minded cohorts. But since so many of you bother me like the dickens for the answers to Page Six's blindies all the time, why don't you just fucking call them for mine. Here goes:
Who once generously gave a gentleman something during a charity event for an organization in his late mother's name? (What he gave, actually, was a blowjob in the bathroom. Ma would have been so proud.) What couple almost split up during the making of that movie because she was on fire with jealousy that he got to show his actual talent? (No worries. It totally bombed.) What fabulous trannie swears she cut it off, but it's still there, dangling between her legs like a pendulum? Which young Broadway leading lady has for several years fallen in love with every guy who plays opposite her, even though—or maybe because—it's always a gay? Which top anchor is a bottom? Which pop star is a top? (Or so goes the legend; actually, he and one of his hot boyfriends switched positions and loved it.) Which same star did it with that married but gay male socialite? Which female politician once slept with a rabbi's sister, according to an American Idol personality who's a friend of the rabbi? Which top fashion writer disdainfully refers to a colleague of his as "Cavewoman"? What publicist introduced someone around as a boyfriend, only to have that someone lean into the ear of one of the people he'd met and mutter: "This guy is the foulest, most name-dropping asshole alive!" Any arguments?
What male comeback star (in movies and mostly TV) is known as a completely cold, unpleasant fish to work with, though he can certainly turn on the charm when he needs to? Which charismatic pit bull is described by some who've worked with her as a monster off-camera as well, someone who took her assigned role a little too seriously and became quite power-mad in the head? What lovable showbiz relic is so needy that if you show her a little kindness, she'll start calling you at two in the morning for lengthy chats every night for months? What much younger songstress has very little actual chemistry with the husband, probably because she's a big old lesbo? What drag queen with a record (meaning criminal, not long-playing) was spotted at a magazine bash, shoveling crudités into her bag and explaining, "A girl's gotta eat!"? Yeah, but that much? What transforming young movie star already seemed problematic last year when, in the middle of a press junket, he would snap at underlings, "Where's my cigarette?" then would rudely bolt for a puffing break when he got one?
Which pasty-white club mess (with his friends) blithely walked out on a check at Beige (after insanely trying to get me to pay it) and was thrown out of Hiro for choking his boyfriend, the same week he was featured in New York magazine's Look Book? What same guy became the subject of restraining tactics by a stylist when he kept using the stylist's name to get free clothes long after he ceased working for him? (Oh, did I mention he's also a thief?) Which modeling dynasty scion left her dog at a spa and never bothered to pick it up? (They didn't really mind. She paid for it to be there.) Which reality star can be seen being fisted by an admirer in a kooky video that's making the underground rounds? Should we give him a hand? Which movie star who seems so brooding and enigmatic actually doesn't speak much because he doesn't have much to say, swears an insider? What model he was once aligned with also maintains much glamour and mystery by keeping her dumb trap shut (except to open it for drugs)?
Which legendary black singer was spotted at a store, where she was screaming into her cell phone, "Doesn't anyone read in your office? Don't you understand English? I told you to arrange that flight!"? Was it perhaps a flight on a broomstick? Which beloved Broadway diva was supposedly the girlfriend of grande dame Judith Anderson all those diva years ago? What ex-Times critic looks back on his gig there as a poisonous time filled with backstabbing and one-upmanship? How can I get a job there? What comic in his sixties concerned onlookers when his speech at a roast last year was punctuated with loud snorts and grandiose nose-wiping? Which black funny lady admits she can't even hit the stage without being tanked, skanked, and totally blotto? Which porn star has no detectable accent when he answers his cell phone, but then seems to remember to lay one on once he realizes who you are? Which '70s star ingeniously turned a recent memorial service into a giant photo op for himself? Which swiveling tartlet's people brutally Tasered a young fan who simply wanted to tell her he loves her? At this point, shouldn't they Taser all the people who don't care? What female politico's daughter looked so bulimic at her wedding that friends considered staging an intervention? What cute, young guy, who's Hollywood royalty, recently had a heartwarming experience peeing into a trannie's anus, only to have all kinds of shit shoot out? Jealous?
Which seemingly passive half of that design duo can actually be a tempestuous spitfire? (He threw a drink at a Barracuda patron, whose friend chased him out the door, hoping for a showdown.) Which club regular is rumored to dabble in dominatrix work and is so successful at it that she got $1,100 from a guy just to shave one armpit? Shouldn't there be some kind of buy-one-get-one-free deal? What African-American young man who works for a repetitively named design firm (or says he does) trolls around gay parlors trying to drum up some johns? Which CBS personality sits in his car telling passersby that he's doing so to watch Katie Couric on the news, but it's actually to stall until 7 p.m., when his parking there can become legal? Which portrait artist's dog sadly spent two days in the hospital after ingesting cocaine (someone else's, mind you)? Are any of you miscreants muttering, "What a waste of good cocaine"?
Which exotic, young hotshot designer has been supposedly doing it with that black rapper with many children? Which cute-as-a-button Broadway performer who's gone from leads to supporting roles is actually straight? (No, I'm serious. There's one Broadway male who really is a hetero, and this guy is it.) Which other always-working Broadway type continually talks about a hot girlfriend who never materializes, for obvious reasons? Which good-looking writer of exposé books has a sexually adventurous side himself? Which hotel just underwent some firings because staffers admitted a 16-year-old model to the in-house club and she ended up so intoxicated she capped off her night reclining in an ambulance?
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
lolcats - icanhascheezburger
Well, I love lolcats. I love the website. They are out there. I am a geek - I tell my co-worker: Ur firebalz, I stol one frm ur desk. This article explains it all (WSJ).
here is one, they now have a blogger link:
moar humorous pics
ha. maybe I will do one a day. This is a funny site it doesn't matter if you love or hate cats. But you have to understand the origin, a more recent article on the success of the site, "I can haz cheesburger" .
Enjoy and get hooked to this site
here is one, they now have a blogger link:
moar humorous pics
ha. maybe I will do one a day. This is a funny site it doesn't matter if you love or hate cats. But you have to understand the origin, a more recent article on the success of the site, "I can haz cheesburger" .
Enjoy and get hooked to this site
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
American Idol Preview - Guys
I'm best just linking this article about the ongoing aspiring singers. And the ringers - who cares?
No one said it is an amateur competition, right?
I won't pretend to predict, but they clearly like Jason (dredlocks guy) the 16 year old and maybe Daniel Rodreguez? (this post is just about the guys)
No one said it is an amateur competition, right?
I won't pretend to predict, but they clearly like Jason (dredlocks guy) the 16 year old and maybe Daniel Rodreguez? (this post is just about the guys)
Tuesday Evening - Idol, slow news day
So I'm watching American Idol. I find this stage, the top 24, the most boring until we get to top 12 I guess.
However, everyone is talking about the "ringers". I say let them sing - who wants another Taylor Hicks, McPhee or Jordan "Tatoo" Sparks when Daugherty and Elliot are out singing them and out selling them? And when Melinda Doolittle got passed over last year - are you kidding me? It is the voting public, and the votes are under 18 or over 50. Just 'sayin. I'll take some ringers to make this more exciting.
On another note, Houston may get a soccer stadium, and near downtown! yay, soccer.
Don't have anything else to say, kinda boring news day. My parents were in town and we saw the Lucy exhibit yesterday at the Natural Science Museum. Cost $20 and is overrated in my opinion. $20 for maybe a half hour of a tour, and then the 3.5M years old bones
Soccer sucked tonight. We were outplayed by a faster skilled and speedier team. We lost 15-2 I think. Just another sprint workout for me, but this is the first night I thought "I didn't sign up for this shit."
However, everyone is talking about the "ringers". I say let them sing - who wants another Taylor Hicks, McPhee or Jordan "Tatoo" Sparks when Daugherty and Elliot are out singing them and out selling them? And when Melinda Doolittle got passed over last year - are you kidding me? It is the voting public, and the votes are under 18 or over 50. Just 'sayin. I'll take some ringers to make this more exciting.
On another note, Houston may get a soccer stadium, and near downtown! yay, soccer.
Don't have anything else to say, kinda boring news day. My parents were in town and we saw the Lucy exhibit yesterday at the Natural Science Museum. Cost $20 and is overrated in my opinion. $20 for maybe a half hour of a tour, and then the 3.5M years old bones
Soccer sucked tonight. We were outplayed by a faster skilled and speedier team. We lost 15-2 I think. Just another sprint workout for me, but this is the first night I thought "I didn't sign up for this shit."
Saturday, February 16, 2008
About that housing crisis
Well, it can touch even millionaires. Poor guy, can't make his payments and hopes for government help.
Friday, February 15, 2008
I'm Super, Thanks for Asking
Friday night movie - Not feeling it but I have About a Dog (I think? the one with Molly Shannon).
Anyway, thought you would like a pic of my toe. Broken? Infected? or just Turf Toe working through its system? It hurts worse and worse every day. I take my shoes off at work because the top of the toe hurts when a shoe is on. It is definitely throbbing, and when I touch where the bottom of the nail meets the skin it is very soft and feels like fluid underneath. I guess that is the human body healing itself, right?
Thursday, February 14, 2008
I guess he misremembered
That quote may go down in history as the dumbest quote ever. The Rocket should have just kept his mouth shut. How can anyone believe that he is telling the truth, when Pettitte and his wife told a different story? (washingtonpost)
Looks like it is Obama - McCain. A stagnant 4 years ahead, no matter who wins.
My toe really hurts and is getting blacker, but it's not broken.
Lost is really kicking ass right now.
I'm excited for the strike to be over, returning shows this season include The Office, 30 Rock and HIMYM (I how met your Mom). All great sitcoms, yay!
SNL returns February 23 with Tina Fey as host! Sqwee! let's hope for an Alec Baldwin cameo and a kick-ass band. If they want to be hot and in front of everyone, like they were last season with Arcade Fire and Spoon, I say they get Vampire Weekend or MGMT. Maybe Kate Nash? After all they did have Lily Allen last year also.
Even ESPN admits February sucks even for non-sports fans.
Looks like it is Obama - McCain. A stagnant 4 years ahead, no matter who wins.
My toe really hurts and is getting blacker, but it's not broken.
Lost is really kicking ass right now.
I'm excited for the strike to be over, returning shows this season include The Office, 30 Rock and HIMYM (I how met your Mom). All great sitcoms, yay!
SNL returns February 23 with Tina Fey as host! Sqwee! let's hope for an Alec Baldwin cameo and a kick-ass band. If they want to be hot and in front of everyone, like they were last season with Arcade Fire and Spoon, I say they get Vampire Weekend or MGMT. Maybe Kate Nash? After all they did have Lily Allen last year also.
Even ESPN admits February sucks even for non-sports fans.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
First Black Toe of the Season
If you play soccer you know what that means. I had just grown all the bad ones out from last season. Then tonight, twist, fall, boom and ow. I don't know if I kicked the turf (it's called turf toe for a reason, einsteins) or the ball or the other person. Losing your nails is a common phenomenon in soccer because you are constantly getting kicked and stepped on.
But wow it hurt and I came off. It is pulsing right now and it happened about 30 minutes ago. I took a picture for all two of you who want to see my feet, or if you have a fetish. It is already purple and should be black by tomorrow.
If the toe itself turns black (as opposed to the nail) it may be broken. But ow, and don't call me a baby.
Happy Tuesday
This WSJ article on the Clinton's really gets to me. I can't stand them or her. The title, so you will click on it, is The Clintons' Terror Pardons.
This isn't about politicians it is just about true evil. yuk. Obama will never attach himself to her, he knows how polarizing she is. Now you know how she will do anything, including pardon terrorists, to achieve her goal.
I'm watching Idol now. I have a game at 1000pm so I am just trying to keep awake. I've been under the weather so I could use a good jog.
This isn't about politicians it is just about true evil. yuk. Obama will never attach himself to her, he knows how polarizing she is. Now you know how she will do anything, including pardon terrorists, to achieve her goal.
I'm watching Idol now. I have a game at 1000pm so I am just trying to keep awake. I've been under the weather so I could use a good jog.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Grammy Post
There were definitely some good performances. I'm too lazy to post them all, so I will link to CDAN who did me the favor.
They didn't post the Feist performance, so here it is. I love her voice. She seemed a little nervous, which I think makes it more endearing, no?
They didn't post the Feist performance, so here it is. I love her voice. She seemed a little nervous, which I think makes it more endearing, no?
February sucks
Football is over. March Madness doesn't start until, you know, March. It's cold and wet. There is no new TV and even though the strike is over there still won't be for a while. sigh.
Here's a video from last night's hockey game where Richard Zednick got his throat cut accidentally by his own teammate's skate. It's not that gory, just some blood. He is going to be ok.
I like how both teams just stopped playing when they realize something is wrong. Hockey players are tough son of a bitches, you know?
Here's a video from last night's hockey game where Richard Zednick got his throat cut accidentally by his own teammate's skate. It's not that gory, just some blood. He is going to be ok.
I like how both teams just stopped playing when they realize something is wrong. Hockey players are tough son of a bitches, you know?
Saturday, February 9, 2008
New Counting Crows
You can find several new songs from the Counting Crows new album here, where they played a radio show yesterday. I am kinda looking forward to it? You?
There first album still brings back fond memories to people my age....'Round Here...Mr. Jones....
sigh.
There first album still brings back fond memories to people my age....'Round Here...Mr. Jones....
sigh.
You Kill the Joe, you Make Some Mo'
We had a safety meeting yesterday, and us young ones decided to use the opportunity to play some youtube videos. Specifically, Terry Tate Office Linebacker. There are seriously people in my office who will never, and have never, made a new pot of coffee.
Are you kidding me? How hard is it? So we thought we would play this video as a ha ha, but surprisingly there were some people in the room who weren't laughing.
Anyone else hate speaker phones? Do they think we want to hear every aspect their conversation? /rant
Are you kidding me? How hard is it? So we thought we would play this video as a ha ha, but surprisingly there were some people in the room who weren't laughing.
Anyone else hate speaker phones? Do they think we want to hear every aspect their conversation? /rant
You kill the Joe, you Make Some Mo'
We had a safety meeting yesterday, and us young ones decided to use the opportunity to play some youtube videos. Specifically, Terryof Tate Office Linebacker. There are seriously people in my office who will never, and have never, made a new pot of coffee.
Are you kidding me? How hard is it? So we thought we would play this video as a ha ha, but surprisingly there were some people in the room who weren't laughing.
Anyone else hate speaker phones? Do they think we want to hear every aspect their conversation? /rant
Are you kidding me? How hard is it? So we thought we would play this video as a ha ha, but surprisingly there were some people in the room who weren't laughing.
Anyone else hate speaker phones? Do they think we want to hear every aspect their conversation? /rant
Friday, February 8, 2008
Lost Post and a Donnie Darko reference!
Okay - There are so many bloggers out there who can break this down, but I will say a few things that you should open yourselves up to if you want to follow my theory.
First I should mention I am a comic book sci-fi geek so I am into everything.
Parallel universes. Alternate Reality. Quantum Physics. Shrodinger's Cat.
Oh and some TWOP links talk about Vile Vortices. To explain the polar bear in Tunisia, etc. I haven't gone there yet but I am a sucker for that stuff.
Donnie Darko. Millennium. DC Universe. CS Lewis. Chronicles of Narnia.
please see the comments on What's Alan Watching and a link he had on The House Next Door.
Really, if you combine all bloggers into one, we would figure it out, right?
I personally like the Donnie Darko theory. but you have to see the movie to understand it. Or read this great deconstruction.
First I should mention I am a comic book sci-fi geek so I am into everything.
Parallel universes. Alternate Reality. Quantum Physics. Shrodinger's Cat.
Oh and some TWOP links talk about Vile Vortices. To explain the polar bear in Tunisia, etc. I haven't gone there yet but I am a sucker for that stuff.
Donnie Darko. Millennium. DC Universe. CS Lewis. Chronicles of Narnia.
please see the comments on What's Alan Watching and a link he had on The House Next Door.
Really, if you combine all bloggers into one, we would figure it out, right?
I personally like the Donnie Darko theory. but you have to see the movie to understand it. Or read this great deconstruction.
Friday Night Post
Sorry I have been negligent. I have been busy. So things to talk about? I don't even know how the economy is going, but I am sure it sucks.
I don't want this to be a political blog, but there is a good article in LA Times about why conservatives hate John McCain.
Funny story, I was trying to be smart with my friends who are smarter, and I actually said John McClane. And they both said, you mean "Yippie-kay-yay, motherfucker". It was funny, you had to be there. And really I am smarter than them it was a slip of tongue.
I don't believe in amnesty. McCain is not a conservative. That is all I will say. I think I will write myself in this year!
Since I had a post on Heath Ledger I will comment on the reveal that he died of acute overdose of prescription medicine. His family emphasizes that they were prescribed.
People are getting addicted everyday to Ambien, Xanex, Valium, etc. They are addicting regardless of what the commercials say. They are benzos and very painful to withdrawal from. They seep into your joints and muscles and it is hard to stop.
My point is that he died from an addiction not a mistake. Doctors write these scripts like they solve all the world problems. The floating butterfly is not the answer like the commercial says.
If Brit died tomorrow it would be, oh poor drug addict. Heath's death is not a mistake he had multiple scripts from multiple doctors. Addicts are manipulators and get what they want. It is tragic but true.
Wow that is a high horse isn't it but I have some reference from where I am coming from so give me some leniency please?
I don't want this to be a political blog, but there is a good article in LA Times about why conservatives hate John McCain.
Funny story, I was trying to be smart with my friends who are smarter, and I actually said John McClane. And they both said, you mean "Yippie-kay-yay, motherfucker". It was funny, you had to be there. And really I am smarter than them it was a slip of tongue.
I don't believe in amnesty. McCain is not a conservative. That is all I will say. I think I will write myself in this year!
Since I had a post on Heath Ledger I will comment on the reveal that he died of acute overdose of prescription medicine. His family emphasizes that they were prescribed.
People are getting addicted everyday to Ambien, Xanex, Valium, etc. They are addicting regardless of what the commercials say. They are benzos and very painful to withdrawal from. They seep into your joints and muscles and it is hard to stop.
My point is that he died from an addiction not a mistake. Doctors write these scripts like they solve all the world problems. The floating butterfly is not the answer like the commercial says.
If Brit died tomorrow it would be, oh poor drug addict. Heath's death is not a mistake he had multiple scripts from multiple doctors. Addicts are manipulators and get what they want. It is tragic but true.
Wow that is a high horse isn't it but I have some reference from where I am coming from so give me some leniency please?
Monday, February 4, 2008
Superbowl Commercials and other comments
I didn't really watch closely, just a little bit. So I'm just going to link to CDAN top 5 superbowl commercials, they are youtube embedded.
I think the Audi R8 looks sweet, not?
Busy day at work today I haven't read any review of the game from yesterday.
BUT PATS CHOKE! SWEET!
Remember I was at the game where the Giants beat the Cowboys? So I guess I can be happy about them finally winning - A team from the NFC East won! Remember when we called it the NFC Least?
Peter King MMQB
I think the Audi R8 looks sweet, not?
Busy day at work today I haven't read any review of the game from yesterday.
BUT PATS CHOKE! SWEET!
Remember I was at the game where the Giants beat the Cowboys? So I guess I can be happy about them finally winning - A team from the NFC East won! Remember when we called it the NFC Least?
Peter King MMQB
Superbowl Commercials and other comments
I didn't really watch closely, just a little bit. So I'm just going to link to CDAN top 5 superbowl commercials, they are youtube embedded.
I think the Audi R8 looks sweet, not?
Busy day at work today I haven't read any review of the game from yesterday.
BUT PATS CHOKE! SWEET!
Remember I was at the game where the Giants beat the Cowboys? So I guess I can be happy about them finally winning - A team from the NFC East won! Remember when we called it the NFC Least?
Peter King MMQB
I think the Audi R8 looks sweet, not?
Busy day at work today I haven't read any review of the game from yesterday.
BUT PATS CHOKE! SWEET!
Remember I was at the game where the Giants beat the Cowboys? So I guess I can be happy about them finally winning - A team from the NFC East won! Remember when we called it the NFC Least?
Peter King MMQB
Sunday, February 3, 2008
My Super Bowl Comment: Arcade Fire No Cars Go
I just noticed before the second half, they played a build up song that makes up want to get up and cheer. It's Arcade Fire, No Cars Go, which appeared on both Funeral and their new album, redux, enjoy:
SeeqPod - Playable Search
SeeqPod - Playable Search
Super Sunday - whatevs
So today me and some co-workers did a lot of moving. One of our colleagues got shipped off to Asia, so I got the full size Maytag Neptune Front Load Washer/Dryer (don't know why I am capitalizing, seems more impressive), the other dude got the Stainless Steel Whirlpool Refrigerator and the other other dude got back his leather couch he sold to him 2 years ago for $100.
So we rented a uhaul and drove all over town - 101 miles at .69 cents a mile. Not cheap, but worth getting the maytag set for less than half of what it would cost me new. And they come with the stands, if you know what I mean.
Unfortunately I need to buy the hoses for the water so no clean clothes for me today.
some pics of the move (I did some lifting, we had one injury with a cut finger and some sore forearms but everything else went great):
Saturday, February 2, 2008
All the Girls standing in the Line for the Bathroom
Good morning folks. What am I doing today? Don't know but I'm bringing you my favorite internet articles I have read on the fine Saturday morning.
What does a former NFL player do to keep healthy and in shape? I like this series of wsj articles which interviews normal people about their exercise. They had one with a corporate executive who had a similar routine as me - working out and playing soccer! (wsj)
29 reasons to hate the Patriots. Thanks for reminding me! (why don't we get drunk and blog)
N.E.R.D. has a new song out. Do you like it?
What does a former NFL player do to keep healthy and in shape? I like this series of wsj articles which interviews normal people about their exercise. They had one with a corporate executive who had a similar routine as me - working out and playing soccer! (wsj)
29 reasons to hate the Patriots. Thanks for reminding me! (why don't we get drunk and blog)
N.E.R.D. has a new song out. Do you like it?
Friday, February 1, 2008
I'm f***ing Matt Damon
From What's Alan Watching: "I know Sarah Silverman is an acquired taste, but I think this video from last night's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" -- part birthday message to her fella, part riff on Kimmel's old "Matt Damon, we're sorry we ran out of time" running gag -- is pretty damn brilliant."
I get Sarah Silverman but this is freaking hilarious, it is on all the blogs today so I'm not being original but just want to share it with the three of you out there who read my blog:
Pretty good tune, eh?
I get Sarah Silverman but this is freaking hilarious, it is on all the blogs today so I'm not being original but just want to share it with the three of you out there who read my blog:
Pretty good tune, eh?
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