Congrats on the family
I’m just sending out a general congrats to friends who just had their first child. With that, I hope I’m going to be getting a x-mas card like this in a few months…
And yeah, this is from a great site titled awkwardfamilyphotos.com
My favorite today?
Birthday Battle: Joey Lawrence vs. Crispin Glover
This is quite a pair to go head to head… Joey Russo vs. McFly…
And I know Joey is going by Joseph these days, but that’s some ploy to get us to forget the pain and suffering he put society through as Blossom’s brother…
I’m pulling for Crispin, but I’m not sure that he wouldn’t get a beat-down from Joey…
But you tell me… Who would win in a back-alley, bare knuckle standoff?
Birthday Battle: Walken vs. McGregor
Who wins in a battle by any character played by Christopher Walken vs. Ewan McGregor?
My vote goes for more cowbell because archangel beats jedi… Am I wrong?
Stories and Old Spice
Some good stories this week that you may or may not have known about…
- 17 Million prople stopped buying CD’s in 2008 [Ars Technica]
- Virginity rates by collegiate major [forwardon]
- Charlotte Bobcats seeded 7th in NIT [Onion] – Pacers must not have been invited…
- Google Offers 500,000 for free on Sony Reader [Mashable]
- Drunken vomiting in UK caught by Google Streetview [Gizmodo]
- Spinal Tap returns, and gets photoshopped [Photoshop Disasters]
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been a fan of the Old Spice marketing campaigns for a few years… The new Tony Stweart add is pretty funny [link], but my favorite is the one below that was usually cropped for time…
It’s the line “and we’ll buy you a stick of something that smells like wildflowers and shame”
random boxes
Ever heard of ULINE [link]?
It’s a place I’ve been getting stuff from for a few years on and off… Their bread and butter is boxes, and their hallmark is extremely fast delivery thanks to regionally placed distribution centers.
Anyway, I just got a catalog in the mail. There’s so much stuff, some connected to boxes and shipping but there a lot of random stuff going on…
Are you one of those people that loves going to office supply stores? I know I am, and I know a lot of others that are the same way. So ULINE can be the same kind of thing, but it’s got some more industrial solutions as well as some completely random stuff.
Boxes for anything (even as specialized as anti-static foam boxes). You need boxes for guitars, hats, guns, mugs or baseball bats? ULINE is your place. You need flammable stickers, industrial drums (metal, plastic or fiber), industrial knee pads, NFL branded tape measures, or air horns? ULINE again… How about over 10,000 rubber bands for $8.20? Biohazard specimen bags?
One of my current favorites is the Rubbermaid Brand Air Freshener. ‘Cause when Glade Plugins aren’t enough… Gotta go with the brand you to get those tough smells out… Rubbermaid.
And then there’s the rewards at ULINE.
NFL Crocs… Wilderness art prints… Golf balls or towels… AC/DC T-Shirt… Deer huner cammo hats or duffel bag?
the score / soundtrack [video]
So I was doing a little mindless surfing to some semi-usual sites this morning, and I ran across a video that I absolutely love.
It’s below, but as an FYI it’s 4.5 mintes and requires sound.
Basically someone edited together clips from Ferris Buler’s Day Off using a classical score which. The choice of shots with the music makes it feel like a COMPLETELY different movie. Something more serious or akin to Garden State.
push the button
I totally wish I had one of these at work.
I’ll bet a few people on the hill think so as well…
prelude to valentine
It really has nothing to do with it…
I’m not sure what to file this story under, but it’s pretty… um…
World’s Longest Fingernails Broken in Crash
(Jalopnik via Reading Eagle News)
cringe
This isn’t photoshopped, and it makes me cringe for the reasons you may or may not know…
Wouldn’t be surprised if this image goes bye-bye… If it does, so will the post…
compassionate comedy?
Just workin on the good ‘ol laptop… I’m not really paying attention, but the TV is on. There are no new shows on this time of year. I’ve been trying to really understand why there are NO new shows during most of December… It’s stupid rational – but that’s not why I’m writing now.
So I turned on South Park since it’ll easily entertain. It started at 8pm, and imediately after the opening credits was one of those extremely sappy give money to feed the impoverished and fly ridden children of some 3rd world country. It was long enough to take up the entire commercial break.
Then the second commercial break was another extended commercial involving the cause of saving the unwanted animals of America. This exact same spot played in the third and last commercial break. I guess saving the domesticated pets of the third world isn’t a worthy cause to some female singers.
So what is it about the demographics of South Park or Comedy Central watchers that screams “I want to give money away if you play sad music over a sad montage as long as you have a celebrity spokesperson”? I mean hell… South Park made fun of the whole Sally Struthers charity spokesperson thing in their first season.
I’d hope it was a media-buy gone bad, but it was so obvious that it just didn’t fit with the whole purpose of watching Comedy Central. I’m not saying they aren’t worthy charities or anything, but with the frequency that I’ve been seeing these specific commercials in the limited number of times I tune into Comedy Central shows a targeting of commercials that for me is instead leaving a bad taste in my mouth because they’re trying to play on the emotions of people who are trying to have a laugh.
