Posts from — May 2008

Drake Sather stand up

New search engine: Powerset searches all wikipedia articles. 

Agreed suspend Billicheat or make him do press conferences and actually smile.

Is Hill-Dog loss to be attributed to sexism? Or is she just an ill-tempered bitch that nobody really ever liked? She’s has polled high or even 50% countrywide since she left the White House and now it seems she won’t have a chance to return. Sound the taps.

Askmen.com does a good piece on 5 Things You Didn’t Know: MLB.

Old war/propaganda posters

There is a god.

Worlds wild life is in rapid decline.  Since 1970 there has been a significant decline in animal and fish species to the tune of 25% or more.

5 cereals that rip up the roof of your mouth.

Exactly why I don’t go to local carnivals.

Obama rallies 75,000 plus, Hillary gets the support of this creepy guy below.

When getting your picture in the paper is bad.

The City of Vallejo’s recent bankruptcy filing could be the first in a line of many California cities following the same path.  Vallejo’s bankruptcy was brought on by the heavy burden of Unionized labor, coupled with a bad economy and inflation. 

DC++ the new Craigslist?

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Need a good place to hide your Gat?  I got you.

This is how sad modern day politics is.  A poster alone shouldn’t be a factor in the election.  Not sure if this is just bad journalism or an illustration of how superficial voters many voters can be.

Man attacks girl, girl attacks back.

This dog looks rad

Good present for an enemy.

Barkley is an idiot

Girl Scout sells over 17,000 boxes of cookies. 

Metacafe asks some questions to West Virginians.  Wow, this is a special kind of stupid.

Considering a trip to the moon?  Here are some possible landing sites you might want to consider.  Again no thanks needed just helping a brother out.

ESPN’s John Hollinger breaks down the Best and Worst of the NBA Playoffs so far.

LA soon to be in desperate need for water looks to turn sewage into drinking water.  This is like that scene from Waterworld where Kevin Costner drank his own urine.   If this gets implemented LA will be the new Mexico.  Bottled water only.

Captain Obvious waxes on home court advantage. 

This year the second round of the NBA playoffs has been as predictable as Captain Crunch is at scratching up the roof of your mouth.  With the Pistons as the lone exception to this rule the home teams have been winning and home court advantage looks to be key.  By weeks end Madness is predicting a home court sweep with the Lakers over Utah, New Orleans over San Antonio (god willing) and Boston over Lebron.  All of these series could really go either way, especially with Boston who just looks anemic under pressure.  However now the Daniel “boobie” Gibson is now out for the series it looks to be over for the Cavs.

Soldier of the future?

Umh, gross.  Girl carrying twin in her stomach.

Nice strategy blame the fat Americans.  Stupid Indians, it’s obviously the Girl Scouts fault.  Tell you what we’ll all go on a diet when you clean your beaches.  Until then would you like a cookie?

BABY FIGHT!

Billion megapixel picture.  Pretty cool you can zoom in to virtually anywhere in this picture with amazing clarity.

Cause it just doesn’t get old

Fat pets.

Americans know good beer.

Chalk this up as one of the many reasons I don’t visit the South.

Sunburns like midgets are funny.

Werewolf boy.  I think this kid is looking at life all wrong.  Think about the endless amount of fun you could have messing with old people.

With the weather warming up I decided to break out my pool.  That’s just Billy from next door in the picture.

This has been going around for a few weeks now.  Man Babies.  I don’t know. 

Chris Paul is the new black

COOKIE MONSTER!

Sprewell in the poor house.  DJ Gallo (DB) calls it, like he always does, from the sidelines.  

California State Supreme Court rejects the rule of the people and says the same sex couples should be permited to marry.  (Do yourself a favor click on the link and check out the picture).  I take the same position on this issue as Chris Rock.  If they want to be miserable like everyone else let em.

Arlen Spector is not happy with the results from the leagues investigation of Spygate.  Hmmm, why?  As someone who basically loathes the Patriots even I find this a little much.  If politics has taught me anything it’s that you can and should always follow the money.  Thank you Duke Cunningham (ex congressman) and Brent Wilkes (one time San Diego Man of the Year). Let’s take a look at who’s donating money to Senator Spector.  Oh, wow, what do you know? Comcast is in there.  #2 in fact.   Comcast wants to get a piece of the lucrative NFL TV contracts mainly held now by the NFL Network.  Ah, conflict of interest?

The O’Reilly video circulating the internets got me thinking about other on air melt downs.  Here are a few for your viewing pleasure.

California is building a bullet train!? Finally!  Took long enough.

Obama’s campaign is much sharper then I thought.  Stroke of genius to announce Edwards endorsement the day after getting crushed in W. Virginia.  They definitely understand media manipulation.  What are people talking about? Not Mountain Mama’s landslide victory.

Point taken.

Finally some competition for the iphone, the new Diamond.  It’s sleeker, lighter with a better display but it’s windows based.  Not particularly something you want in a mobile device where ease of use is key.

Simmons gets it right!  When he’s not sucking at the teat of Boston area sports Simmons is hilarious.  For once we’re in agreement: Doc Rivers is a terrible coach.  So far in Boston he has been handed one of the best starting line ups ever and he’s installed no offense, he’s continued to chip away at Rando’s fragile psyche and he forgets to play his stars.  It’s MADNESS! 

New Primary Logic.

Cause Full House Rules!

It’s happening, Judgement day is here!

Get ready for a lot more of this.  Democrats proposing more taxes on the wealthy.  Clearly there’s no real understanding of basic economic principles in Washington.

Another dog owned by a cat, it’s a sad state of affairs, somewhere Jim Davis smiles.

Pictorial display of American Folklore.

Amy Poehler does a good Hillary Clinton. 

Standing Ovation

I want one.

Some off the wall surealist paintings.

Obama actively courting the “religious vote?”

I swear to God a few of these people are walking around my IT department.

Pistol Cams? Once a gun is drawn the camera starts recording.

Colbert spoofs O’Reillys rant.  Hilarious.

KG meet Lebron.  The city of Boston has to be wicked upset after seeing this monsterous throw down on their star.

A pictorial display of how to deal with a bee problem.

HBO Series finally make it to iTunes.  Now to the important question at hand when is Seinfeld going to be available?

Classic Larry Holmes street brawl footage.

One girl, alone wins Texas State Team track title!

Typical liberal Washington Post article.  Here’s the skinny: when soliticing peoples homes and cold calling them some volunteers for Obama have encountered racist remarks, vandalism and “slammed doors.”  Two points here: The story, far and away, highlights the negative and racially charged aspects of what volunteers have experienced; an obvious ploy by the Post to frame the article as though Obama has to transcend significant hatred and racism from ignorant country folk in order to win this election - and in framing the reality of Obama’s campaign in this light the election becomes more about us as a society moving forward and shaking off the shackles of our racist past (assuming we support Obama) then it is about Obama - exactly what you would want if you’re Barack and have a voting record that most Americans disagree with.  Second as someone who has worked in and run a campaign call center, walked precincts, talked with ”registered” voters I can tell you this is typical behavior.  People slamming doors in my face and telling me they hated my candidate was a normal, daily occurence.  Having campaign centers vandalized is normal.  There’s always going to be racist, idiotic, non-sensical people in any society.  That’s not necessarily a huge issue.  What’s changed, why are these people so shocked or taken back by slammed doors and racist remarks?  It’s been well documented that Obama has inspired new people to get involved in the political process so we have a lot of first time volunteers out there knocking on doors and calling voters and these virgin volunteers are surprised by what they see and hear as they are ignorant to this experience.   Nothing more.  There’s rascism in every country and there always will be to a degree here in America as we are a integrated society.  I’m not saying it’s right or wrong just saying these people are fools to be surprised by this and don’t be duped by what the Post is trying to do here.  As this election heats up you’ll see much more of this type of “journalism.”  If Obama’s people play this right Hillarys win for Obama will do more for Barack’s campaign then for Hillarys.  What campaign really wants to be associated with W. Virginia?

Not necessarily a comment a Governor should be making publicy but that doesn’t mean it’s not funny.

Flying Man.  This looks incredibily awesome. 

Funny website name, crazy picture of snake caught on electric fence. 

Someone dies in your home, on the toilet, or is at the very least experiencing significant medical issues, what do you do? Personally I’ll probably call the ambulance after checking for loose change (assuming they’re unconscious).  Not this woman.  She thought prayer would do the trick.  Really.

Stamps to increase again.  Who still uses stamps?

When you really like Peanut Butter.

Jimmy Fallon to take over for Conan.  Prediction: FAIL 

I think I need to start a daily “File This Under Nobody Cares” segment.

Hilarious O’Reilly rant from his Inside Edition days

Microsoft launches the WorldWide Telescope. 

It was only a matter of time.  She does look good in red.

Preview for Hancock, Will Smiths new movie.  He plays a lazy super hero obviously borrowed from the pages of my autobiography.

Ummm.  Let’s see how do I put this?  Don’t hit a gang member in Cleveland even if he is your cousin.

Top Ten Things Peter Griffin would like to say to America…old but funny

What is your favorite NBA teams odds of winning the lottery?

Not that I am a fan of stewardess’s but come on you have to know their going to call the police. 

Hitchens bitches and whines about something?

FINALLY!  There should be a law in every state against dudes wearing speedos unless it’s strictly for comical reasons.

Is Spygate finally over? We’ll know after Goodell talks with Billicheat.   Actually, if you’re a Pats enthusiast this is wishful thinking just ask San Francisco Giants fans.  Most likely Spygate will never die.  Sadly the Patriots string of Superbowl wins will always be tainted.  Just like Barry Bonds “alleged” steriod use will tarnish his home run record or much like Diego Maradonas infamous hand ball will always taint Argentinas World Cup victory those Patriots teams will never get over the stigma caused by Billicheats “oversite” or “misinterpretation” of the rules.  Like any other great team the Patriots have attracted their fair share of haters and this notorious collection of illegal taping will only serve to add additional fodder to the argument against the the legitimacy of their titles.  It also doesn’t help the Pats that Billicheat comes off as a heartless SOB.  Billicheat isn’t just bad at showing human emotion typically present in other coaches during notable press conferences he also is by most accounts a terrible colleague.  Just examine his professional relationships with other coaches most obvious his strained relationship with Jets coach Eric Mangini the whistle blower who started Spygate.  This is a poignant example of how well thought of Billicheat is amongst his contemporaries.  If Billicheat hadn’t treated Mangini so bad none of this would have ever happened.  Awful glad that it did though :).

In tribute to the NHL playoffs.

Woman pregnant with 18th child.  Utah? No Arkansas.

Here - I am not going to be the only one having nightmares.

Is this an example of the failure of our school system or just an everyday 600 person school brawl?

There truly is no justice if this fat bastard gets off with no jail time.

Something you don’t see everyday.

Not exactly a highschool yearbook montage.

Tom Wolfe has a great take on todays anti-american pessimistic culture. 

Ivy Leaguers stand up against their professor what does the bitch do? Sues them.  This “professor” was teaching “science studies” which holds that scientific facts are mere social contructs of the ruling elite.  Needless to say her theories and ideas were questioned by the students.  In fact Professor Venkatesan said that her students would, “argue with your ideas” and “questioned my knowledge.”  Isn’t that what college is all about, critical thinking?

Only in San Francisco.  “Dancing in the Streets.”  Dirty hippies.

Its Friday Truffle Shuffle time

One of Clinton’s many problems is that she’s rapidly being labeled stubborn and out of touch.  It’s clear that it is over but she presses on disregarding logic and common sense she can’t win and she should know it, especially given the booing.  Who does this sound like to you?  Exactly.  The last person she wants to associate herself with is the current President and now through her own actions she is doing just that.

It was surprisingly easy for the undercover feds to gain access to drugs and dealers at San Diego State.

The first digital camera.

This is very funny as I just had a long conversation around the sexual implications of Starbuck’s new poster girl.  I mean come on what does this say to you?

Kids who look like their pets.  Pretty funny.

Sick nature pics.  Along the same vein crazy pics of Chilean volcano with lightning.

White Noise passed this gem along: the booze sandwich

Top 10 Reasons Why Hillary Loves America

Women’s professional football league!?  File this under “Nobody Cares.”  Listen to her description of making her tackles.  Good laugh.

Wondering who Obama will select as his VP? Take the test and find out for yourself.

Walsh doesn’t have the Rams SuperBowl walk through tapes.  Damn, a lot cooler if he did.

The Best Named Minor League Baseball Team of the 08′ Season is……The Modesto Nuts!  Imagine the field day the local paper, the Modesto Bee, has with this team name: “Nuts get squeezed in the 8th,” “Nuts downed in the 9th,” “Nuts go deep,”  ”Nuts get rocked.”

Need to find an old newpaper article?  Check out this database.

How not to fly.

“That’s never going to work.”

90 Best Picture Movie Blunders.  My favorite is the one from A Few Good Men. 

I never thought I would see video game sales topping half a billion in one week for one game.  It’s not my fault I grew up on Atari and Sega Genesis.

Sonics ownership finding out the hard way it’s not that easy to walk away from Seattle.

Yet another reason to close the borders. 

Gore ignoring the recent snow fall in Mexico City of all places Al ManBearPig Gore tries to attribute the recent cyclone to global warming. 

It’s still early in the primary election cycle however McCain has some serious issues to overcome.  Most notably results like this in North Carolina. It’s hard to win the nomination when over 25% of your own party won’t vote for you.

However that’s small potatoes compared to the results from Louisiana’s 6th Congressional District Special Election.  Here’s the problem, not just for McCain but for the entire GOP:  President Bush carried this district by 19% in 04′ and the GOP has held this seat since 1975!  Republicans need to sing a new tune and FAST.

Speaking of Louisiana, Seantor Mary Landrieu is asking Congress for $250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans.  Washington has been playing fast and loose with the word “billion” for the past decade or so.  Let’s put this into perspective.  What exactly is a billion? Well a billion seconds ago it was 1959, a billion minutes ago Jessus was alive, a billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the stone age, a billion days ago no-one waled on the earth on two feet.  Let’s break this down in more contemporary terms.  If you are one of the 484,674 residents of New Orleans you each get $516,528 or if you have one of hte 188,251 homes in New Orleans you get $1,329,787 or lastly if you’re a family of four your family gets $2,066,012.   Where does our government or a representative of it find the gaul to ask for such an exhorbitant amount of money? Oh yeah from taxes.  So none of these taxes, listed below, existed 100 years ago.  I know things change and some stuff needs to be taxed to supply the resources for it be monitored appropriately however it still seems excessive especially in light of the Senator from Louisiana’s request: Accounts Receivable Tax, Building Permit Tax, CDL License Tax, Cigarette Tax, Corporate Income Tax, Dog License Tax, Federal Income Tax, Federal Unemployment Tax, Fishing License tax, Fuel Permit Tax, Gasoline Tax, Hunting License Tax, Inheritance Tax, Inventory Tax, Liquor Tax, Luxury Tax, Marriage License Tax, Medicare Tax, Property Tax, Real Estate Tax, Service Charge Tax, Road Usage Tax (freight), Sales Taxes, Recreational Vehicle Tax, School Tax, State Income Tax, State Unemployment Tax, Telephone Federal Excise Tax, Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax, Telephone Federal, State and Local Surchage Tax, Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax. Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax, Utility Tax, Vehicle License Registration Tax, Vehicle Sales Tax, Watercraft Registration Tax, Well Permit Tax, Workers Compensation Tax just to name a few.

Large pictorial display of shipwrecks at sea.

50 Sports Bloopers

It’s basically official

SDSU say it ain’t so.

Vallejo files for bankruptcy under the strain of agreegess Union contracts.

Big bugs.

Hey it’s San Francisco

Kobe finally the MVP.  You got to think this calls for at least 5 more minutes a day in front of his mirror.

Unions are so bogus.  So someone’s not getting hired because having them on the team is a big PR issue and takes away the necessary focus a winning team needs to have.  Seems legitimate Unions of course think otherwise.

Try telling parents that the Wii is a family friendly gaming consule now.

News flash taxing commodities not a good idea.

Smart, smart move.  Surprised Hill-Dog was the first one to recommend.  It bears noting that the US really has NO rursdiction over OPEC so it’s good politics but no real consequences.

Kid takes off Favre jersey after realizing he’ll never get laid.

How much does your boss make?

Special kind of stupid.

Live in Boston, need an Apple product? You’re in luck.

Apparently Microsoft has no plans for a Blue Ray drive on the 360.  Not cool.

American David…more like a Mid West David.

More amusing wedding photos