Saturday, February 25, 2006


Want to know when you know you're really cool? Is it when you win 5 Grammy's? Is it when you are nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize? Is it when you sell out every single stop of a world tour even though your band has been touring for almost 30 years? Perhaps, but my bet goes to when you are a character on Family Guy.

Check out this video of Bono & Peter Griffin stranded on a desert island together.

Laugh, it's good for you.

Wednesday, February 22, 2006


Jack Black is a genius. Here is the most recent proof as he wrote and performed his own version of the King Kong Theme Song.

I can't wait for Nacho Libre, but for now, check out the King Kong Song!

Thursday, February 16, 2006


Want to know why I should be on Wheel of Fortune? I'll tell you...I got tonight's Final Puzzle with only 2 letters, and a crap clue. Here is how the clue looked on TV:

Clue: IN THE KITCHEN

_ _ _ _ E
_ O _

You bet your little toosh I got it. For the answer to this enigma, leave a comment, I posted the answer in there! I need to be on Wheel!

Wednesday, February 15, 2006


A little known fact is that on August 24, 1979, Ron Burgundy tried out to be an ESPN anchor for a new project called "Sportscenter." Needless to say he didn't get the job, moreover, he got kicked out of the studio for his cynicism.

Check it out, Ron Burgundy's audition video...

Poor guy.

Monday, February 13, 2006



SunStained Wheat, beautifully captured by TylerKnott.

Sometimes it just feels right, to do everything wrong. Blur, sunspots, flares, blown out exposure, all things you should avoid in photography, and yet, I wouldn't love this picture without all of them.

Break the rules sometimes, and break them on purpose.

Namasté.


Sunday, February 12, 2006


This is for anyone out there...does shampoo expire? I just showered and used some good ol' Herbal Essences for my shampooing purposes when a thought dawned on me...in my jojobastic haste, I failed to realize that the 'poo I was using was actually the very same Costco-sized bottle that my Mom bought me when I moved to Missoula my sophomore year in college some 5 years ago.

My hair feels weird now, is it because of the shampoo that is well-beyond its prime? Does shampoo in fact expire, and if so, when? There were no rank odors, there were no signs of mold or even chunking as milk will do; it smelled sweet, it washed true. (Said like Narrator on "Wonder Years" or "Sandlot")

Lastly, and any and all females can feel free to field this question...why in God's Holy Name, do they put a little hard plastic BUTTON on the end of the string that ties onto the loofah. Yes, I use a loofah, yes, I am lame, but I can not for the life of me figure out why they would put a stupid button on there. Now, when I'm lathering, the little button acts like a renegade whip, slapping my back, stomach, and other random spots I dare not mention. I always forget to HOLD the button, so I suppose that is my fault, but nevertheless, a design error of drastic proportions. Thanks Bath & Body Works, Thanks A Lot.

Friday, February 10, 2006


Hahaha. In the spirit of "Lazy Sunday," the hilarious SNL rap that came out a little bit ago, I direct your attention to "Gonzaga Love." A few students at GU made this as a parody to Tupac's "California Love" rap song and I gotta say, it's pretty freaking funny.

Go check it out and laugh from your belly for just how true it is. All of you who went to Gonzaga will really catch the inside jokes, but even if you didn't, the opportunity to see a bunch of white preppy kids running around rapping is worth it.

Gonzaga Love

Thursday, February 09, 2006


Wow...maybe I should start looking for more high-tech career opportunities. I just found a sweet article that shows the Top 10 Advantages to having Attention Deficit Disorder if you're in any kind of a tech-related job. The thing is though, I think this is true for ANY job, and as a proud sufferer(or is it proud recipient?) of A.D.D. all my life, I am going to stick with that claim.

Here are the 10 ways having A.D.D. can be instrumentally vital in your work environment:
  1. The Ability To Hyper Focus
  2. Rapid Fire Mind
  3. Multi-tasking At Will
  4. High Energy Level
  5. Highly Creative
  6. Quick Learner
  7. Stimulus Seeking Brain
  8. Constantly Scanning Your Environment
  9. Great In A Crisis
  10. Risk Taker
There you go, what's so crazy is, I can personally say that my A.D.D. does all of the above for me. If you know me, you'll agree, if you don't know me, you better ask somebody!

Wednesday, February 08, 2006


Grammy's are on, Gorillaz are performing in one of the most ridiculously cool 3D animated/live performances I've ever seen. They look real but they aren't and it's weird. You know what bums me out though, when 2 seconds later Madonna walks out. Good Lord.

Can someone please stick some clothes on her? Please!? Great, you're in shape. Great, you work out still and occasionally get some sweat on your chic red Kabbalah bracelet, congratulations, now please put a robe over your leotard and leg warmers. Plus, where'd the fake Brit accent come from? You're from Bay City, Michigan not from Cornwall, drop the act. Just because you are married to a rockin' English director doesn't mean you all of a sudden have an accent...last I checked linguistics aren't sexually transmitted.

At any rate, I can deal with the accent, but the old body, as in shape as it may be, in a sparkly unitard is just too much; no one should have to see that.

UPDATE: Coldplay is NOT the "next U2" and they never will be. As much as Chris Martin runs around on stage, pointing to the heavens in grandiose fashions, he can never, and will never be Bono. His voice isn't as strong, his lyrics aren't as strong, he isn't backed by Larry, Adam and the Edge. Plus, last I checked, Coldplay isn't in the "saving the world" business either; yeah they performed at Live 8, but still, Bono raises billions of dollars for 3rd world debt...Chris Martin, on the other hand, just names his kids after fruit.

UPDATE #3: Kelly Clarkson can friggen sing man. I have decided, along with my girlfriend, that we are unashamed Kelly Clarkson fans. Believe it.

UPDATE #3.5: The above statement is true, with the exception of "Since U Been Gone," because that song is mind-numbing and reminds me too much of Stephen and L.C., and well, that's just more than I can handle. haha.

Tuesday, February 07, 2006


I just got done having a long conversation with my friend Dave about the state of things in the world today. Dave is employed at Apple, and during our conversation, I actually started thinking about Apple, and the whole stigma that surrounds them.

Here we go, sorry to all you Apple lovers, I really have nothing against the company or anything else, but I just want to set the record straight for how exactly I feel they are so amazingly, and blatantly blown out of proportion.

Bottom line is this, in my humble opinion, Apple is big business. For years and years, Apple rose to the position they are at today by putting themselves in the underdog corner of the boxing ring that is computer technology...Apple and their loyal followers were fighting the "good fight" against The Man, (cue scary Darth Vader music) being Microsoft. Quietly, however, something shifted, and Apple became just as "The Man-ish" as Microsoft. They are both companies, selling us expensive products. Apple is cool, yes, but the bottom line is they make pricey technology, Technology, that updates itself so fast that the kind folks at Apple roll out the red carpet for yet another Huge auditorium style meeting in which they convince all of us why we need the Newest version of the product we just bought 2 months before.

Now, charitable donations and contributions withholding, as I am not up-to-date on how much, or what Apple has donated, or to whom, but the only way Apple is improving the "quality of life" of the average person in this country, is by sticking another expensive, albeit well-designed hunk of metal and plastic into our pockets...further disconnecting people, from, well, people. Earbuds on white cords replace conversations and smiles.

You know the most promising thing I've seen in the computer technology realm in the past few years (with the exception of medical technology, which is both vital and interesting)...the $100 Laptop program developed over at MIT for kids in 3rd world areas to have such important access to educational tools, news, and the huge sprawling World that surrounds them. We need MORE of this, all over, spreading like wildfire; the last thing we need is yet another iPod that is even smaller than the last, holding 10 million songs and playing videos on a screen the size of your thumbnail.

The Bottom Line is this: I wish more people would realize that Apple is nothing more than a company, that Microsoft is nothing more than a company, and the crap they produce for the average consumer is just that, expensive crap wrapped in a shiny, pretty package.

Phew. Done. Let the hate mail ensue.

Monday, February 06, 2006


You know what, first it was the Rolling Stones, and now today, I had a grand epiphany that someone else in the celebrity realm really bugs the hell out of me; that person, is Jamie "Ray Charles Told Me That The Music Was There, I Just Had To Play" Foxx.

First he was in Ray, and I will agree, he did a fantastic job channeling Ray Charles; he looked like him, sounded like a professionally edited version of him, and even moved around like him, so on that note, kudos. That, however, is where it ends. I can't stand his singing on the beginning of "Gold-Digger", not that I can stand "Gold-Digger" anyways, but I still can't stand it. He gave the same trite answers to the same trite interview questions 1,000 times: He met Ray Charles, Ray Charles told him that the music was all there, right under his fingers, all he had to do was play; basically, he never stopped talking about himself.

Now he's a singer, and yes, now he has an album (Good Lord why?), and now he's going to think that he is a new rap-star/singer. Yikes. That means, more talking about himself, more emotional anecdotes about how his Mom, or Grandmom, or sister's uncle's boyfriend's parrot inspired him when he was 4 to be the singer he is today. Blah.

That's all I got, Jamie Foxx, you are a talented actor when you want to be, just please be quiet...or go make another blockbuster like Stealth.

Sunday, February 05, 2006


The Rolling Stones are the most overrated band in the history of rock music. Hands down, without equal, they are...the funny thing is, I'm not even sorry for saying so. If I upset a few people in the speaking of this truth, well then, that's the risk I'm just going to have to take.

I don't know if any of you watched, ha, but the Rolling Stones were the headliners for the Halftime Show during Super Bowl XL. I don't even know where to begin in my explanation of how terrible the last 10 minutes of my life were. Mick Jagger seizured around the stage like a Gumby Doll with Tourette's Syndrome, breathlessly trying to say (notice how I didn't say Sing) the words to songs that first came out during Super Bowl II.

Listen ABC, if I wanted to go to a Rolling Stones concert I would fly to Florida, find a nursing home, and settle in with a case of Ensure for what would probably be a false teeth chattering good time. You know what though, I didn't want to go to a Rolling Stones concert, I wanted to watch the Super Bowl, and even a wardrobe malfunctioned Janet Jackson performance would have been better. I felt like the minute Jagger & his fossilated crew got done performing, they all needed their walkers, O2 masks, and a stiff cocktail of Metamucil and glucosamine.

Ok, done, I just had to let that out. In a word, Overrated. They always have been and they always will be. How did the wool get pulled over so many people eyes? How did geriatric karaoke get mistaken for talent? Perhaps I'll never know.