Let me preface this by saying… I like both of these videos (for very different reasons*), but they contain infectious melodies that are currently stuck in my head. It’s not that difficult for that to happen, unfortunately, but still – by the power of Chris Cornell I compel you! Leave my noggin!
*I enjoy watching food explode to rock tunes. I only recently discovered this, but I hope it doesn’t make me a foodie. I also simultaneously enjoy watching adults beat toddlers… wait, that doesn’t sound right.
Director Kevin Smith recently announced he was returning to Detroit for one of his Q&A fests, and tickets in “the good seats” are going for $75. This increases the chance that you can actually A one Q, but is $75 worth it? On a lucky day, you might be able to get Smith to respond to an inquiry on Twitter, and that’s free. Besides, would I even have a question that wouldn’t be embarrassing to ask?
My wondering:
Mr. Smith, do you consider yourself a capable director? Like, could you ever direct a high-minded, genre piece, worthy of an Academy Award nomination? (SIDENOTE: I threw in the filler word “like” to simulate a Pulitzer Prize nomination worthy question… y’know, to like make it real.)
This got me wondering… who else would I pay $75 to ask a question?
Barack Obama, Steven Spielberg, George W. Bush, George Lucas?
Sure. Each one of them would get a humdinger of a wringer”, but who would I pay more than $75 to get to the bottom of things? Probably just one:
Remember in high school at the strip club, when the nuns would talk about how God makes it rain you made it rain on that stripper, and you’d get “excited” for no a very good reason? Well this video is kinda nothing like that.
To begin… these aren’t special deals. These are suggestions I’ve hand-picked for you. I’ve categorized them into groups for those hard-to-buy-for loved ones. A lot of them happen to be USB products. Go figure. (Click each image for more information.)
FOR GRANDMA:
Grandma collects good luck trolls and loves cats, so why not get her one of these! (Possible setback: Grandma doesn’t have a computer… hey, there’s another gift idea on the house!)
Yoda blushes when his lightsaber glows! Wait, that sounds NSFW...
Transforms your jump drive into a cat!
FOR GOTH SISTER:
She hates almost everything… except cigarettes and ironic murder!
When Texting & Driving meets Smoking & Typing...
Even unicorns hate mimes...
FOR ANNOYING KID BROTHER:
Known for liking gross things and dumb things, you can’t go wrong with these!
Saves the mess of squeezing a real frog.
This ain't your daddy's Pet Rock! It has a USB cord!
FOR PERVERTED UNCLE:
I’d suggest having these delivered to his house.
She gyrates whether or not there's any porn surfing.
I'm not here to judge. Only to provide ideas.
FOR DOUCHEBAG BROTHER AND MASSEN-GIRL SISTER:
Oh brother… oh sister…
Leave your guitar at home and play Maroon 5 songs on this shirt!
Today is the day before the big T-Day, and what better way to celebrate than by thanking the universe for pink hair. (I was going to sing the praises of open soda fountains in fast food joints, but faint rouge follicles FTW.)
It doesn’t matter if the puce a wig, dyed, or animated, pink is a winner. Now presenting three solid examples:
Also known as The Mercury Girl (click image for commercial), Jill Wagner gets the mercury rising.
Natalie Portman is Closer to a rapper than the singer Pink ever was (click image for proof).
My insurance policy on how much pink hair rules (click image for more thoughts on Erin Esurance).
Not a chance this is better than pink hair (but if there happened to be Mountain Dew)...
There are three phases to my gratitude for the lovely Alison Brie.
1) As Trudy Campbell on Mad Men, she first caught my attention. Playing a put-upon cuckquean, she somehow reminded me of a real-life Disney Princess that realized wishing gets you nowhere. And oh how I wish to meet her! she was on Saturday Night Live instead of co-star January Jones!
His disregard for her feelings makes me a mad man!
2) As Annie Adderall Edison on Community, she wriggled further into public awareness in a more notable role. And she’s also proved she’s funny. And funny goes a lot further in the cute department, of which she’s the manager.
Will she end up with Troy, Jeff, or the entire Community?!?
3) And of course, there’s always this case study in stunning black and white…
"Hey would you like to swing on a star..." Oh no wait, that's the theme from "Out of This World"
…or should I say, “I am thankful someone else has heard of Otherworld.” In the days since the TripleDoubleU has taken its foothold as our MRS (memory replacement system), there are few things I cannot find any mention of out there via Google.
Unfound(dead) Item #1 – Fender Bender ring anyone’s bells?
Unfound(dead) Item #2 – Anyone else ever hear that John Williams reversed a song he wrote to make the Star Wars theme (other than the Indiana Jones theme which is the dumbest rumor I ever heard!)?
Anydogpile, I remember Otherworld for only one thing – everyone there was primarily left-handed. Nobody on allthe other blogs I checked mentioned that. Oh well. It existed. You can watch all eight episodes from the 1985 show here. Or just watch the intro and end below. Or do nothing but dream about turkey. This was my Thanksgiving miracle, not yours, so I’d understand. Jerk.
I’m environmentally conscious. I don’t pollute, and my biggest pet peeve is polluters. Whether it’s plastic CD wrappers being dropped walking out of stores, fast food bags being tossed out car windows, or emptied glass bottles being left in parking lots, my blood instantly boils. I’m not perfect in the green department, but in this regard, I mark myself an emerald shade. (I even changed one of my friend’s littering ways.)
Not to be outdone, this is filled with marijuana plants.
So I’m always looking for ways to improve, and it appears the city of Boston is, too. An architecture firm and science lab teamed up to produce the above…
…a vertical tower of prefabricated “eco pods” filled with bio-fuel producing algae for the space. The new tower would act as a center to test new algae species and different growing methods. (via Inhabitat)
Even though I truly despise Boston’s sports teams (I’ve mentioned it before), I really liked Boston Legal. And now I’m in favor of the sci-fi flavored forward-thinking that’s going on there. Perchance the developers bring such technologies to Detroit? We have tons of abandoned buildings.
Do you think robot arms are ticklish?
P.S. I also hold this against Boston…
Self-Titled Boston Rob: World-Titled Survivor Douche
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