Wednesday, November 28, 2007
lolcat jew
I didn't want to do two of these in a row, so I was saving this for next week, but I have a job to finish up today, and then I'll have to spend all day Thursday setting up and networking my new computer, and then all day Friday waiting around for the the guy I'll have to hire to set up and network my new computer for me after I waste all day Thursday cursing in frustration at my inability to properly set up and network my new computer, so I probably won't be blogging for a couple of days, and I already did the picture, so I thought I'd go ahead and post it. So here it is.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Obligatory Holiday Greeting
Happy Thanksgiving, Americans and resident aliens! Happy Thursday, everyone else!
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
I can love others...
...if I get them really drunk first.
Sometimes I feel a little unclear about what exactly they're trying to teach my daughter in Sunday School.
Sometimes I feel a little unclear about what exactly they're trying to teach my daughter in Sunday School.
Good reads/random cool sites (11/20/2007)
It's a fat world, after all.... The "It's a Small World" ride at Disneyland is getting refurbished. This is mainly due to overall shabbiness after 40-plus years of use, but another "big" reason is that Americans are so fat that we sink the boats. According to Mice Age, the remodeled ride will have a deeper flume and more buoyant boats. (Via TMQ)
Cracked.com has compiled the 25 most baffling toys from around the world. I'm not just baffled, I'm flabbergasted. (Not really; I just like that word. "Flabbergasted." Heh.)
Jake E. Lee shreds! Ozzy claps! (via QC)
Cracked.com has compiled the 25 most baffling toys from around the world. I'm not just baffled, I'm flabbergasted. (Not really; I just like that word. "Flabbergasted." Heh.)
Jake E. Lee shreds! Ozzy claps! (via QC)
Monday, November 19, 2007
Monday sports report on my favorite teams (11/19/2007)
San Diego Chargers: Lost to Jacksonville 24 - 17. I officially give up on this season. (Yeah, right. I wish I could quit them.) They might somehow back into the playoffs, just because their division is so lousy, but there's no hope of them winning a playoff game. (Not that they have since 1994, anyway.) Last year they would have beat the crap out of a team like this. Philip Rivers remains awful. He actually seemed OK on passes up to about 20 yards, but on long passes he looked like he was just heaving the ball and hoping the receiver could make a play. I guess that's progress from last week, when he couldn't even hit guys on short routes.
General manager A. J. Smith destroyed this team by handing it over to Norv Effing Turner. Note to A. J.: past performance is a predictor of future results. Turner has never been a good head coach; he never will be. And the new defensive coordinator, Ted Cottrell, is even worse. His schemes are so lackluster that the Chargers will be lucky to get half as many sacks as last year, when they led the league. All that's left now is playing out the season and then trying to hire Bill Cowher.
University of Oregon Ducks football: Lost to Arizona 34 - 24, ending their national title hopes. Dennis Dixon tore his ACL two weeks ago, then tried to play against Arizona anyway. That didn't work too well, but I respect his courage in trying. He's replaced by Brady Leaf, who stank up the place against Arizona, but actually isn't a bad QB. He would start for a whole lot of schools, and by all accounts he's nothing like his brother Ryan, i.e., he's a hard worker and a good guy. (But he looks so much like his brother that every time I see his face I get these horrible flashbacks. I'm not kidding.) Anyway, I doubt the Ducks are even a Top 10 team without Dixon, but if they win their last two games against UCLA and Oregon State and USC beats Arizona State, they'll go to the Rose Bowl.
University of Oregon Ducks basketball: They're 4 - 0 and ranked 11th and 12th in the polls. And they look like they're really that good. Of course, UCLA and Washington State are ranked 1st and 9th, respectively, so the Ducks've got their work cut out for them.
LA Lakers: They're 6 - 3, which is actually pretty good for them. They've been playing well. And Kobe's still a Laker.
San Diego Padres: Jake Peavy was unanimously voted the National League Cy Young Award as the league's best pitcher. The question now is, will the Padres offer him money near enough market value to get him to sign a long-term contract?
General manager A. J. Smith destroyed this team by handing it over to Norv Effing Turner. Note to A. J.: past performance is a predictor of future results. Turner has never been a good head coach; he never will be. And the new defensive coordinator, Ted Cottrell, is even worse. His schemes are so lackluster that the Chargers will be lucky to get half as many sacks as last year, when they led the league. All that's left now is playing out the season and then trying to hire Bill Cowher.
University of Oregon Ducks football: Lost to Arizona 34 - 24, ending their national title hopes. Dennis Dixon tore his ACL two weeks ago, then tried to play against Arizona anyway. That didn't work too well, but I respect his courage in trying. He's replaced by Brady Leaf, who stank up the place against Arizona, but actually isn't a bad QB. He would start for a whole lot of schools, and by all accounts he's nothing like his brother Ryan, i.e., he's a hard worker and a good guy. (But he looks so much like his brother that every time I see his face I get these horrible flashbacks. I'm not kidding.) Anyway, I doubt the Ducks are even a Top 10 team without Dixon, but if they win their last two games against UCLA and Oregon State and USC beats Arizona State, they'll go to the Rose Bowl.
University of Oregon Ducks basketball: They're 4 - 0 and ranked 11th and 12th in the polls. And they look like they're really that good. Of course, UCLA and Washington State are ranked 1st and 9th, respectively, so the Ducks've got their work cut out for them.
LA Lakers: They're 6 - 3, which is actually pretty good for them. They've been playing well. And Kobe's still a Laker.
San Diego Padres: Jake Peavy was unanimously voted the National League Cy Young Award as the league's best pitcher. The question now is, will the Padres offer him money near enough market value to get him to sign a long-term contract?
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Earworm
I have this song stuck in my head:
It's "The Weight" by the Band. Sometimes it's just those two lines. Sometimes the next line comes in too:
And once in awhile it goes as far as the next line:
Here, put them all together:
And check out this scene from Easy Rider:
They say the only way to get rid of an earworm is to give it to someone else. Sure hope it worked.
Take a load off Fanny
Take a load for free
It's "The Weight" by the Band. Sometimes it's just those two lines. Sometimes the next line comes in too:
Take a load off Fanny
And once in awhile it goes as far as the next line:
And-and-and you put the load-you put the load right on me
Here, put them all together:
Take a load off Fanny
Take a load for free
Take a load off Fanny
And-and-and you put the load-you put the load right on me
And check out this scene from Easy Rider:
They say the only way to get rid of an earworm is to give it to someone else. Sure hope it worked.
Friday, November 16, 2007
YouTube favorites -- Japanese TV special
Japanese TV can be very strange...
I don't know why people are calling this "Human Tetris" -- the Japanese name means "brain wall," more or less, because you have to think fast about how to get through the wall -- but the rules are simple: fit yourself through the hole in the moving wall, or it will knock you into the water.
Japanese "candid camera" shows tend to have a bit of a mean streak. In this one, guys at a ski resort sit down in what they think is an ordinary massage chair.... (This one includes [male] semi-nudity so it may not be safe for work/family, if your work/family are prudes.)
Regular treadmills are for wimps. In Japan, treadmills have hurdles. And they dump you in a pile of flour if you fall down.
"Kaso Taisho" or "Costume Grand Prix" is a little hard to explain, but basically people put on little skits where they simulate some sort of action. If you've ever seen "Matrix Ping Pong," you have the idea. In this one, a girl gets mad at her boyfriend and starts throwing food at him. Then they "rewind" to show why.
"Zuiikin English" is a very strange show. The basic premise is odd enough in itself: learn English phrases by chanting them while exercising. But it's the execution that becomes utterly bizarre. This one teaches you how to describe your symptoms if you need to call an ambulance. Why the writers chose this particular symptom as a reason to go to the hospital is a mystery.
As the previous video suggests, one difference between Japanese culture and American culture is that Japanese people often have a greater frankness about bodily functions. That includes children's toilet training.
I don't know why people are calling this "Human Tetris" -- the Japanese name means "brain wall," more or less, because you have to think fast about how to get through the wall -- but the rules are simple: fit yourself through the hole in the moving wall, or it will knock you into the water.
Japanese "candid camera" shows tend to have a bit of a mean streak. In this one, guys at a ski resort sit down in what they think is an ordinary massage chair.... (This one includes [male] semi-nudity so it may not be safe for work/family, if your work/family are prudes.)
Regular treadmills are for wimps. In Japan, treadmills have hurdles. And they dump you in a pile of flour if you fall down.
"Kaso Taisho" or "Costume Grand Prix" is a little hard to explain, but basically people put on little skits where they simulate some sort of action. If you've ever seen "Matrix Ping Pong," you have the idea. In this one, a girl gets mad at her boyfriend and starts throwing food at him. Then they "rewind" to show why.
"Zuiikin English" is a very strange show. The basic premise is odd enough in itself: learn English phrases by chanting them while exercising. But it's the execution that becomes utterly bizarre. This one teaches you how to describe your symptoms if you need to call an ambulance. Why the writers chose this particular symptom as a reason to go to the hospital is a mystery.
As the previous video suggests, one difference between Japanese culture and American culture is that Japanese people often have a greater frankness about bodily functions. That includes children's toilet training.
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