If this was played at the Grammys, I bet the shows’ ratings would have easily tripled.
The Lonely Island – I Just Had Sex. (Featuring Akon, Jessica Alba, Blake Lively and John McEnroe.)
RT Tuesdays : 02/15/11
Every Tuesday I re-post all zee tweets that didn’t originate from this blog just to keep everything in sync.
This week on Twitter…
- My dog’s reaction to me falling off a ladder: OH! ARE YOU OK MASTER? KISS! KISS! — My cat’s reaction: Well that was more stupid than usual. (February 14th via Twitter for iPhone)
- Tonight’s insomnia thought: We’re eventually going to need to find a way to stop the black hole in the galaxy’s center from squishing us. (2:38 AM Feb 13th via Twitter for iPhone)
- I dreamt I got a fairy godfather. He granted me anything I wanted as long as I gave him 70% as a “donation” to the local fairy union. (7:52 PM Feb 12th via Twitter for iPhone)
- @billamend My system: all illustrated and “I have a story about that” on bookshelf. Unread go in box-of-holding. Kindle all text only books. (6:14 PM Feb 12th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to billamend)
- Random revelation at a “Ofrendas del Corazon” charity auction I’m attending: It’s better to invest in the future than waste on the past. (6:21 PM Feb 11th via Twitter for iPhone)
- More useless revelations. “Hosni Mubarak” is an anagram for “Oh I Snub Karma” AND “An amok hubris”. Explains absolutely nothing #Egypt. (8:35 PM Feb 10th via web)
- Just had a completely useless revelation. “Hosni Mubarak” is an anagram for “Oh I Snub Karma”. (8:27 PM Feb 10th via web)
- Thanks to the @SouthPark “Creme Fraiche” episode (http://j.mp/cTKKJ1), I can’t look at these things the same way. http://yfrog.com/hsllbsxj (12:52 PM Feb 9th via Twitter for iPhone)
Shake weight
Monday Morning Music : 02/14/11
Every Monday I like to post some music to start the week off on the right foot.
This week… something to blast through rough weekends and push back against some relentless ugly.
P!nk – Raise Your Glass
Bob Sinclar – Love Generation
The Saturdays – Higher
Sonora Santanera – El Ladron
Digital Underground – Doowutchyalike
…and finally, Katrina & The Waves – Walking On Sunshine
Perhaps this is an example of why the Post Office is bleeding money
I think I have a clue on why the US Post Office is bleeding money.
I won a very hard to find item off Ebay on the 8th. The seller only uses USPS, so I chose “Priority Mail” 2 day for shipping. The item was sent out on the 9th from Maryland.
Today, looking at the USPS “Track and Confirm” page, I saw my package was “Processed through Sort Facility, February 10, 2011, 8:25 pm, ANAHEIM, CA 92899”
The package went from the edge of the East coast all the way to the edge of the West coast to get to me in the deep deeeeep South Texas valley.
Somebody at the USPS needs to hire a logistics ninja away from UPS or FedEx. This coast-to-coast-to-coast bouncing is beyond ridiculous.
Civil War re-enactment with lightsabers and an Allosaurus
While waiting for a server to install a major update (which I can’t walk away from), I threw this together in Photoshop.
A Civil War (re-enactment) with lightsabers and an Allosaurus.
If this doesn’t get my Photoshop license revoked, I don’t know what will!
Revolutionary Lightsaber War – Color Corrected!
So there I was, looking at old archive images I got off the internet when I re-found this classic somebody made.
It’s a clever take on the Death Of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton painting.
But whoever did the original made the British the “good guys” with the green lightsabers!
So I quickly ran a clean copy of the Death Of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton painting through Photoshop myself…
…and history looks much better!
If you click on it, you can get a higher-res version through Flickr.
Oh, and just for fun, I made another version…
Redcoats get red Lightsabers.
Some of MMR’s top selling food items for 2010 (AKA the foodie Oscars)
Going through my monthly reading pile, I finally got to the MMR “food and beverage report” for 2010. (AKA all of the top selling food items of 2010)
Why Food Network misses out on a “foodie Oscars” report is beyond me. I’m also surprised the “winners” aren’t plastering this information all over their products to boost sales.
MMR has all these categories in their report…
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… but I’m only going to go over a few.
To start off with, the top selling cookies in 2010 were… CHIPS AHOY. (Dammit! Oreos were robbed again!)
Next up, the top selling domestic premium beer in 2010 was… BUD LIGHT.
The top selling potato chips in 2010 were… LAYS.
Next up, the top selling frozen pizza in 2010 was… DI GIORNO.
The top selling ground coffee in 2010 was… FOLGERS (Starbucks was #3? Seattle’s Best was #9? Buuuuuurn).
Next up, the top selling tortilla chip in 2010 was… DORITOS. (Oh hell no! Santitas kicks Doritos ass 24-7)
The top selling candy > 3.5 oz in 2010 was… M&Ms.
Next up, the top selling candy < 3.5 oz in 2010 was… M&Ms again.
The top selling energy drink in 2010 was… RED BULL (Rockstar white is awesome, but Red Bull is a classic.)
And finally, the top selling cereal in 2010 was… HONEY NUT CHEERIOS (Hey! Where’s my Cocoa Puffs? Not even in the top 10?)
If you want to read the full report on everything, head over to MMR and order the January 10th 2011 issue. They offer back issue PDF and “snail mail” versions on their site.
RT Tuesdays : 02/08/11
Every Tuesday I re-post all zee tweets that didn’t originate from this blog just to keep everything in sync.
This week on Twitter…
- Movie question: When has screaming WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS at a bad guy made them stop, drop their weapon and go “Geez I’m glad you asked.” (Feb 7 via Twitter for iPhone)
- Diet Zen #2: Waiting for the “perfect” moment to act on something you’ve always wanted is like waiting for superpowers before doing good. (Feb 7 via Twitter for iPhone)
- Diet Zen: Waiting for the “perfect” moment to act on something you’ve always wanted is like waiting for a fire to become a firefighter. (Feb 7 via Twitter for iPhone)
- @nbccommunity FLAC, the auralwizard. Surrounded by faint music shield for +3 oblivious. Can infect with earworm on 10+ roll #communityDnD (Feb 7 via Twitter for iPhone)
- @nytimes: what do I think of the #superbowl? The teams belong. The commercials shouldn’t have made it past the division playoffs. #nytsb. (6:18 PM Feb 6th via Twitter for iPhone)
- Drunken rambling or 80s song: “Fire in the ice, naked to the T-bone / Is a lover’s disguise, banging on the head drum”: 80s! (1:47 PM Feb 6th via Twitter for iPhone)
- Diet Zen: 5 billion years ago none of the parts that would eventually become us were on this planet. Some people still aren’t all here. (1:46 PM Feb 6th via Twitter for iPhone)
- Why does sudden hyper-awareness of my own mortality come around 3 am when I can’t sleep? Come again at noon! And bring a double whopper. (2:13 AM Feb 6th via Twitter for iPhone)
- Bumper sticker from the future: “Lose weight the Guantanamo way! Ask me how!” (4:56 PM Feb 5th via Twitter for iPhone)
- @KelleeMaize The #ff stands for “Follow Friday”. Every Friday, some people post who they think everyone should follow. Congratulations! (12:27 AM Feb 5th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to KelleeMaize)
- It’s snowing in south Padre Island right now http://bit.ly/i7YBAA #Firsttimeforeverything (8:36 AM Feb 3rd via web)
- Supposed Mubarak supporters were actually his security forces. Rode into the crowd on horses and attacked with whips. http://bit.ly/g6j1U4 (2:11 PM Feb 2nd via bitty)
- @nytimes: #Egypt update, day 9: Pro-Mubarak forces turn out. http://nyti.ms/fIJygK – just now? Did they have to take a bus in? (8:00 AM Feb 2nd via Twitter for iPhone)
- Rolling blackouts are real. Several city blocks are now in the dark. Mine included. #texasrollingblackouts (7:57 AM Feb 2nd via Twitter for iPhone)
- Blackouts to hit Houston, Dallas, Ft Worth, San Antonio, Austin, Corpus Christi, Abilene and the Rio Grande Valley. @ http://bit.ly/hoZbQB (7:23 AM Feb 2nd via bitly)
- Texas Electric Reliability Council just ordered rotating blackouts across the state. State power demand too much. @ http://bit.ly/hiFBHJ (7:21 AM Feb 2nd via bitty)
Photos of the February 2011 Texas Valley freeze [photos]
Just some quick photos of the big freeze here in the Texas valley. It doesn’t look like much compared to what I’ve seen when I lived in Dallas and Oklahoma, but to the original residents of the valley, this is epic.
All car windshields were iced over.
Hats to cover your head with? Gone (@ the local WalMart).
Gloves? Nothing but one or two non-insulated work gloves left (again @ the local WalMart).
Ice scrapers in the Texas valley do not exist. The closest things you can use are putty knives or hard rubber squeegees (and both of those were sold out.)
We’re due for one more day of freezing weather, but this weekend we’re back in the 60s and the coming week is forecast for low 70s.
Hugh Jackman says he does look like Clint Eastwood
Way back in November 2010, my gorgeous wife noticed that Hugh Jackman looks a lot like a young Clint Eastwood.
Eastwood and Jackman
Today Hugh Jackman said he noticed that too in an interview with Geoff Boucher of the LA Times.
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GB: How much you weighing?
HJ: Right now, I’m at 210.
GB: Wow, so you’re going to be bigger this time? Last time, you looked about, what, 190?
HJ: Yeah, right, I was 190, something like that. I don’t know how much I want to give away about it, but Darren said with the last one, ‘Hey you looked great, but you’re so tall that in those long shots you looked kind of like Clint Eastwood, and that’s not Wolverine.” He said that Wolverine, in the comics, is powerful, stocky, you know, he’s short and thick. So he said, ‘I want you to go there, get bigger.’ He’s going to come down after he gets done with all the black-tie events over and done with.
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I said Hollywood needs to remake “The Good, The Bad and the Ugly” with Hugh Jackman as the Man With No Name back in November. Any bets on how long it will take the studios catch on they’re sitting on a blockbuster with Jackman?