Friday, December 29, 2006
The 3 R's of God in America: Religion, Right-wing, and Retarded
The Bush administration issued a de-facto gag order to prevent employees of the Grand Canyon National Park from honestly answering questions as to the geologic age of the canyon. Is it me, or are we living in the Dark Ages?
This kind of thing just makes me want to put my head in a vice and turn the crank until I can hear my skull start to crack. It would distract from the burning sensation of the rash, I mean the rage.
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Friday, December 22, 2006
A Christmas Greeting for You All
Thursday, December 21, 2006
I'm Bored at Work...
Komodo Dragon asexually reproduces
The Wii controller is incredible
Either the grandma was high, or...
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Monday, December 11, 2006
Sunday, December 10, 2006
skiing?
dec 28-30, if you guys don't have plans and want to join us, let us know asap. we'll be booking a condo w/ lift tickets for around $300/person total. i'll give you guys a call later today.
go bears.
Friday, December 08, 2006
SFA (lol)K
A little video posted by Guto, the bassist from SFA on his myspace. That's my boy Cian playing the Casio, and guitarist Bunf writhing around on the grass. What a gem!
Thursday, December 07, 2006
FYI
How deep does the fear go?
In other news, director David Lynch went public with questions he has about the problems with the official 9/11 story on Dutch TV and actor James Brolin did the same on the View. The VIEW!!! Imagine the faces on housewives across the country, nay, the WORLD (considering the power of the View) when old hottie James Brolin starts saying that he doesn't really think that 19 terrorists orchestrated by Osama bin Laden in a cave from Afghanistan is the way it actually went down. It's a funny mental picture. I wonder if there were any cookie-cutter hollywood scenes of mug or plate dropping by actually stunned housewives that played out in kitchens across the world. For some reason it makes me think of the Cable Guy. Of course they're celebrities and they're in upcoming movies and they're trying to get publicity, but one could easily pick a less risky subject to use as a platform for attention
Monday, December 04, 2006
Mr. Eko
hey Lost FA-REAKS!
So I'm working on a paper and start to type the word "ecosystem" in my dashboard dictionary and come upon this for the first three letters "eco":
Eco (E*ko), Umberto. Italian novelist and semiotician.
A semiotician is:
Someone that studies signs and symbols and their use or interperetation.
Is this intentional? Knowing those writers I wouldn't be suprised, but wikipedia (ok grouputer choice) says that his name was originally supposed to be "Emeka", but that name was later given to another character, a warlord:
Emeka is a nickname for the Ibo (Nigeria) name Chukwuemeka (meaning "God has done great")
idunnoidunnoidunno.
Any thoughts?
Thursday, November 30, 2006
OK Grouputer
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Aydua me
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Halloween and Email
Friday, November 17, 2006
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
There iis never enough hype
The Proto-Terminator
(robot voice) WARNING! WARNING! YOU HAVE VIOLATED A SECURE PERIMETER! 010101101010
PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT (sound of robot shooting you)
This is a picture of a robot that can distinguish between humans and non-humans and is equipped with a 5.5mm machine gun. They'll cost 200,000 bucks when they come out next year and are supposed to be placed along the border of NK and SK. And its made by Samsung! I can't wait til they have these at Abt.
ETSY
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Thursday, November 09, 2006
mother fucking rock
move over borat...it's on SUPREME with the d! WLAAAAAAAAAAH
Monday, November 06, 2006
Sunday, November 05, 2006
Island-Heads
I just found that you can watch LOST episodes for free at abc's website (also other abc shows like Grey's Anatomy too Mike). Is this TITTIES or what? Thank you Mickey Mouse!
Click here
Love, Maria
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Friday, October 27, 2006
Whoa Whoa Whoa.. Hold Everything
NASCAR is now making women's dress shoes.
Friday Catharsis: Pizazz!
I don't think WTF is adequate commentary for this one. I first saw this like a year or two ago and realized today that this song continues to pop into my head at times.. warning: extremely catchy and annoying :)
Thursday, October 26, 2006
thought this was funny
Three-year-old Robert Moore is shown stuck inside a vending machine in this photograph provided to WCCO-TV in Minneapolis by the Antigo (Wis.) Daily Journal. (Screengrab from WCCO-TV)
Story here
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
A 7 Minute Mind-Bender
This is a mind blowing clip of a television program made by Richard Dawkins, an evolutionary biologist who was the guest on the Colbert Report last night. The interview was definitely one of the best I've ever seen on Colbert or the Daily Show. I'll post it when it comes on youtube, but definitely take the 7 minutes for this one.
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Monday, October 16, 2006
OMG BEARS WIN!!!
Friday, October 13, 2006
Comedic-geniuses give insight into the pure hilarity that is Borat
From the EW article:
The audience, which included legendary stand-up comic Garry Shandling, Simpsons writer George Meyer, 40 Year-Old Virgin director Judd Apatow, and Curb Your Enthusiasm star-creator Larry David...Capturing the sense of collective astonishment, Meyer turned to Apatow and said, ''I feel like someone just played me Sgt. Pepper's for the first time.''
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
bears moment of zen
Who will challenge the Bears in the NFC?
Hoge: No one. There isn't a team in the NFC that can give the Bears a legitimate run for their money. The only team that could make it interesting is the Philadelphia Eagles. But with the Eagles appear unable to consistently run the football and rely on the pass. To beat this Bears defense, you need a physical running game, a sharp quarterback and a defense that can maintain pressure. The Eagles have two of those, but the running game is what keeps them from being on that elite level.
Schlereth: No one. There is no team that is a challenge for the Bears' dominant juggernaut. If the Panthers are able to continue their progression and Steve Smith can continue to get healthy, Carolina may be able to compete with them at the end of the season. That's because the Panthers have a physical defensive line, and they can play a smashmouth game. But they need to get Smith to 100 percent for there to be a chance of it happening.
Peter King of SI:
1. Chicago (5-0). Another tour de force defensive performance, with Rex Grossman looking like Joe Willie Namath. This team is five miles ahead of everyone else in football right now.
CBSSportsline.com:
Bears: The defense came up big to help get the points. They totally dominated the Bills' offense after the opening drive. Rex Grossman continues to make big throws. Grade: A+
Friday, October 06, 2006
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Nailed It!
Austin posted another blog called "nailed it" and it rang in my head the way jack black says it here. i'd recommend you start watching at 1:33. love, your favorite rocker/teacher
wha happen?
bulls moment of zen
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Going Green
It's too early (16-0, baby!)
Look, you know the Bears settle too often for Robbie Gould field goals.
(All you know is that Gould has made all 13 of his field-goal attempts this season, that his name is pronounced "Gold" and that you'd let him date your sister, who is married.)
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Incredible..
Update: Here's a good bit of the segment. No verbal mention of party affiliation.
Monday, October 02, 2006
bears moment of zen
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
The History of Ranch
This is a funny article I came across about the history of ranch, from slate.com. And it's making me hungry.
Read the article at Slate.com
Listen to the MP3 audio version of the article
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Monday, September 18, 2006
Best.. Impression.. Ever.
this is what i would call hitting the nail on the head.
Saturday, September 16, 2006
OMG, did you know Woody Guthrie was an official suspect in the "Black Dahlia" murder...?
Friday, September 15, 2006
Lincoln Park Oktoberfest
Date: September 22, 2006 - September 23, 2006
Time: Friday: 5-11pm | Saturday: 4-11pm
Location: 2100 N. Southport (Southport & Clybourn)
Beneficiary: Lincoln Park Chamber of Commerce
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!
Monday, September 11, 2006
Shadow Mania
Sunday, September 10, 2006
Star Wars Gangsta Rap!!!
I am sure some of you have seen this before but still worth watching and listening again! Remember its not the east or the west side ITS THE MUTHA FUCKING DARKSIDE
Thursday, September 07, 2006
zshju don mess wi mi Cornbread
"He's got to get more at-bats," Guillen said. "He has only [306] at-bats this year. Even if he doesn't want to play winter ball, he has to play winter ball. I DEMAND him to play winter ball."
what a character.
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Ann Coulter as right-wing pundit figurehead exemplifies a characteristic pathological denial
A great encapsulation of the denial of reality that, ironically, the Right so often accuses the Left of.
Sunday, September 03, 2006
Ok Go at the VMAs
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
coffee and tv
a few concerns:
1. not sure how many of you drink coffee
2. not sure how many of you that drink coffee have coffee grinders
3. not sure we have enough bags for those of you who drink coffee
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
This just keeps getting more and more fucked up.
These are two aerial satellite photos from Google earth showing the US Naval Base on Coronado, CA, the base where the SEALs train. If you look at just about dead center of the top picture you can see what is magnified in the bottom picture. Before I posted this I googled the fuck out of it myself. Those aren't fake pictures. Just googlemaps Coronado, CA, find the little peninsula knub that's just off the road-bridge part near the main island of Coronado and see for yourself.
So now the question is, is this significant? Does this matter, does it mean anything, or is it some completely fucked up coincidence? It's obviously a dormitory-type barracks purposefully constructed to resemble a swastika from the air. You can't build something like that and reasonably say "Oh my, I didn't realize it was a perfect swastika, the layout just really made sense for what we needed."
So WTF, US Navy, and by extension the Pentagon that gives it its construction budget.
back with a vengeance
so we are back from the other side of the world, doing suprisingly well with respect to jet lag. posted some pics up on flickr with a few more yet to be added that need post-processing. i'm going to take my try at some HDR with some pics i took at the four seasons. also, you have not lived life until you have lived in a four seasons hotel. my sister betty explains the experience pretty well on her blog.
Vodka, poles, and planes
CHICAGO (AP) - A 41-year-old would-be smoker is facing federal
charges after wreaking havoc on an international flight last week.
Officials say that four hours into Friday's flight from Warsaw
to Chicago, Polish national Tomasz Soltys demanded that flight
attendants open a door so that he could smoke a cigarette.
A federal complaint says after making the door demand, Soltys
hit a fellow passenger across the face and threatened a flight
attendant with a vodka bottle.
The plane's captain eventually became involved and helped to
subdue Soltys and tie him down using seat belts.
Soltys has been charged with interfering with the duties of
flight attendants.
...in a related story, Voytek, my domestically abusive Polish neighbor down the hall, moved out of my building yesterday. Had I been holding a lit match, his breath would've caught fire.
Monday, August 28, 2006
Sunday, August 27, 2006
Friday, August 25, 2006
Laptop, we hardly knew ye!
I sold my first child on ebay yesterday.. so hard, but it was time. Thought you guys would get a kick out of seeing the old honker on the auction block. It sold in an hour and fifty-two minutes with "buy-it-now", after being looked at only 3 times!
And IIIIIIIIIIIIeeIII, will always love yoooooouuuuuuuuuoooooo!
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
AOL Leak
The progression is so hilarious. I'm really hoping they were going for "Hezbollah" with both "his bullets" and "his bullies".
EDIT: This is also fun if you need to waste more time.
Saturday, August 12, 2006
Saturday, August 05, 2006
Friday, August 04, 2006
once again, posting from the laptop*
*See the "note:" in the "Am I Crazy?" post.
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Am I Crazy?
So I went to www.st911.org, the site Kevin Barrett mentioned on the Hannity and Colmes clip, and this is what I think:
I agree with Dr. Barrett.
Check out the site and the various others it will lead you to and judge for yourself. Be sure to check this one out,
http://www.911blimp.net/prf_FreeFallPhysics.shtml
(wonder what Saul would have to say about this)
and also this one, despite the apparent insanity of the last three words of the URL, published in October 2003 by what appears to be the "Nation's Oldest Newspaper" (predating the Declaration of Independence by 20 years). It doesn't directly link to 9/11 but it is quite the read.
http://nhgazette.com/cgi-bin/NHGstore.cgi?user_action=detail&catalogno=NN_Bush_Nazi_Link
So I'm either crazy or these people are right and Bush is a tyrannical criminal. Which one is it? Is there a middle ground? Am I missing something? I really think these are important things to figure out, but, then again, I could be crazy.
Note: For some reason, when posting from my laptop, I don't have any options for composition other than the "ABC" with the check under it (spellcheck) and the "post image" icon, so you'll have to copy and paste to go to the sites.
"Insane" UW Madison Professor Kevin Barrett
Yo Team. Take the 15 or so minutes to watch or just listen to this interview from WISC-TV's "For the Record." It's quite an eye-opener, or eye-squinter, but you will not remain unmoved. Please comment on your take on this whole issue.
And for further viewing entertainment...peep dis
Monday, July 31, 2006
Thursday, July 27, 2006
oh sthshit thsweety!
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Queer Quasimodo
Lance Bass, band member of ’N Sync, says he’s gay and in a “very stable” relationship with a reality show star.
Is this really new news?
Don't Let The Children See This
But it turns out smoking, in fact, does make you a badass.
More about these kids in the last act of the This American Life episode called "Superpowers."
Friday, July 21, 2006
BGHS
Thursday, July 20, 2006
Wingfest
And for my second post regarding chicken wings, I advise anyone with a taste for the grease to read on...
ALUMNI CLUB TO HOST 5th ANNUAL “WING FEST” BENEFITING THE WOODFIELD AREA CHILDREN’S ORGANIZATION
Alumni Club, located at
A mere $15 donation at the door benefits WACO and provides unlimited wings, two drink tickets, raffle prizes and live entertainment, as the band “Déjà Vu” will perform. Sample wings in four different categories — mild, hot, extreme and creative — from various area restaurants and bars and decide who has the best wings in the Northwest suburbs. Participating restaurants include: Moretti’s, Finn McCool’s Irish Sports Pub, Assembly American Bar, Baba Luci’s, Dover Straits, Hooters, Neighborhood Inn, Rosati ‘s, Stone Wood Ale House, Sponge Reed and T.G.I Friday’s. Judges will award a best restaurant in each category, and participants will be the judge of the best wings overall when they award the “People’s Choice Award”. Patrons can also enjoy $2 Miller drafts and $3 House drinks all day long.
Attendees must be 21 and over. Visit www.alumniclubchicago.com for more information.
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
What does this remind you of?
I will start off by saying Nati...
I need the rest of 4th period lunch to help me on this one.
Actual clip here
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Friday, July 14, 2006
variety of zidane headbutts
Here's how the Germans saw the headbutt:
Here's how the French saw it:
Here's how the Italians saw it:
Here's how the Americans saw it:
And here's how the press reported it.