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

Maybe you've seen this already, but I just had to post it. Andy Samberg, you dunnit again.

Monday, December 11, 2006

for all you home bowlers...

the first ever tv 7-10 split


...another one...


...and the super split

Sunday, December 10, 2006

oh my god, this is awesome

warning: NSFW!!! Joe Rogan destroys a heckler.

skiing?

maggie, christine, dagan, and i are planning on heading up to boyne mountain for a few days after christmas.

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


The guy on the left and the girl in the middle are my friends from Hawaii that I mention sometimes. They'll hopefully be here on New Year's Eve.

How deep does the fear go?

A lady on a plane lit a match or two to cover up her smelly farts, and some passengers reported the sulfur smell and they actually diverted the frickin plane. Here's the link to the story.

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?

Ouch

Thursday, November 30, 2006

OK Grouputer


this is ridiculous! i first needed to post something, then click on that stupid little half pencil to get this screen with the upload option?! how was i supposed to know that. nice hair gibbons.

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Aydua me

How the F do you post pictures and videos??? Do they all need to be on the web and I stick in the url?

I thought this was awesome:

Saturday, November 25, 2006

Halloween and Email





Now that I've got your attention with my amazing cousins on Halloween:
Please email me from now on at:
mariaphotopulos@gmail.com

Kid Koala vs. Audrey Hepburn

Friday, November 17, 2006

Click for Cans

The Packers should never be beating the Bears. SRSLY.

Soup's on!

Thursday, November 16, 2006

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

There iis never enough hype

Especiially when iit comes to Niintendo. Anyway, some funny videos here of people playing the Wii for the first time. Shein, this'll be you in a few days!

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.

jesus dog butt

ETSY

So this is the advertisment for the website ETSY that I've been working on forever with my friends Matt and Jenny. It's finally finished!

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

pointless video

...but interesting nonetheless

Thursday, November 09, 2006

mother fucking rock

tenacious d movie trailer

move over borat...it's on SUPREME with the d! WLAAAAAAAAAAH

Monday, November 06, 2006

Sunday, November 05, 2006

Island-Heads

Hey all.
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

Forget the title of my previous post. THIS is your Friday catharsis:

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

This Month's Wired Cover Story


Click the pic to read. Well written and well rounded.

Thursday, October 19, 2006

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

fainting goats

Richard Dawkins on The Colbert Report



Youtube video

Mike Brown Out

just heard he had surgery on his foot to repair a torn ligament...big bummer.

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

Condiment Museum

This site rules.
Also, I believe that's a ketchup packet from the UK. Such a sweet, sweet ketchup.

Monday, October 16, 2006

OMG BEARS WIN!!!

*tonguing*rlrllrlrlrlrllrlrllrlrlrllrlrllrlrlrlrlrllrlrllrlrlrl



no pics or vid yet.... just totally ecstatic right now.

OK, here's some pics...

... of the "windy city flier", gliding to victory. Serves that punter right for thinking he can get away with some weak, one-bar face mask against Da' Bears.

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.''

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

bears moment of zen

ESPN.com:
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

Da Bears Make Da Onion

Hungry Bears Defense Feeds On Soldier Field Crowd

The Onion

Hungry Bears Defense Feeds On Soldier Field Crowd

CHICAGO—The league-leading Chicago Bears defense, which overpowered and dominated the Seattle Seahawks last Sunday en route to a 37-6 victory, took time after the game to emphasize that they would not have had the extra energy needed to...

This One's For Baby D..


Youtube video

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?

hey, anybody know what's goin on with all the missing photos and youtube players from the blog? I tried republishing the site, and searching for "blogger missing photos" and whatnot, but I can't find anything.

bulls moment of zen

… Asked a question about "Ben," Skiles asked, "Which one?" and then revealed Wallace's nickname is "The Body." Gordon's? "B-Jizzle," Skiles said.

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Going Green

I don't know who's voting in November, but I thought you might be interested in hearing about this Green Party candidate for Illinois governor. I had no idea who he was or what he stood for until producing this interview with him, and I gotta say he sounds a helluva lot better of a choice than Rod or Judy. Granted, he probably won't win, but the fact the he's on the ballot at all is pretty big. And in the off chance he actually does receive 5% of the vote, the Green Party becomes an official party in the state for future elections. Now, that could actually mean something.

It's too early (16-0, baby!)

hilarious article in the trib earlier this week. personal fave:

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..

So apparently on O'Reily tonight, Fox repeatedly displayed this graphic while talking about and showing footage of embattled former Republican House disgrace Mark Foley. I haven't heard the audio that goes along with these images, but somehow I have a feeling they weren't talking about the fact that he was a Republican.

Update: Here's a good bit of the segment. No verbal mention of party affiliation.

Monday, October 02, 2006

Marking 4-0

Sweet, sweet highlights.

bears moment of zen

mike golic of 'mike and mike in the morning' on espn radio today said the bears are the best team in the nfl! 4-0! Superbowl!

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

Before He Was Larry the Cable Guy...

he was Dan Whitney, douchebag comic.



Youtube video

Brice Kapants, Patter Writer

David Cross doing a hilarious spoof of Bruce Vilanch at an awards show.


Youtube link

Monday, September 18, 2006

After two weeks...

see which NFL QB has the best passer rating in the NFL.

Booyah!

Best.. Impression.. Ever.

via the Onion, the 'President's Weekly Radio Address' from this week:

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...?

So we've all been bombarded by the pinche previews for the Black Dahlia movie. I wikipedia'd that shit and the entry on the BD murder is a great example of the awesomeness of wikipedia. Everything is sourced and cited, no questionability of the facts with this one. It's a great read if you have 5 minutes. I know, that's asking a lot, but the story of this murder is so frickin insane, all aspects of it, that it boggles the mind not to a frightening extent, but to an entertaining one.

Friday, September 15, 2006

folks...Margarita Bicep King will be racing in the Wild Scallion this next weekend. The finish line which will be at the Lincoln Park Oktoberfest. If you'd like, attend the beerfest and hopefully we'll catch up with you later that evening.

Event Logo


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!

Kotaku has some awesome clips and updates from the tokyo press conference.

SAYYY-GAAA!!!! --- I mean, Wiiiii!

It's coming....

Monday, September 11, 2006

Shadow Mania

So I don't know if you guys knew about this but DJ Shadow's playing a show in Chicago on October 9. Tickets are already online. Anyone interested? Also, new album out in one week...

Sunday, September 10, 2006

Star Wars Gangsta Rap!!!

http://www.atomfilms.com/af/content/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

Ozzie Guillen, on Brian Anderson:

"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.

are you ready for some football?!



sunday sunday sunday baby!

could i interest you guys in some wings and some bears/packers action?

Sunday, September 03, 2006

Ok Go at the VMAs

have you guys seen this video? i caught it late last night during a small episode of insomnia. pretty hilarious and i don't mind the song either.

Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Madden '07 for Wii: 9 minutes of gameplay!

man, the wii is gonna be so unreal

Link to Youtube video

coffee and tv

maggie and i brought back some really nice coffee back from bali.

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.

......

...click here to follow the white rabbit...

OMFG WTF

back with a vengeance

infinity pool


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

I just thought this was hilarious...

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.

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

If anyone hasn't heard...through some mishap, AOL leaked the search records of a ton of their customers. I'm not really sure on any details as I don't care...but somehow ended up at Slate.com who had the "Search Records of Customer 16006693" on their webpage.

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

wet wookiee

bat out of hell
we took chewie to montrose beach.

Saturday, August 05, 2006

Friday, August 04, 2006

once again, posting from the laptop*

this is a link to the recording of a speech given by JFK in 1961. It is lighthearted for the first several minutes, but when he gets to the point you will know. please listen.

*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

Ruing the Day

Pitchfork has finally does something worthwhile.

100 Awesome Videos (w/ embedded YouTube)

Thursday, July 27, 2006

oh sthshit thsweety!







(to be read with gay accent): umya. fyi girls (and that includes my girls on this blogger with dicks--holla!) check out this guy lance has been fucking!

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

www.ie7.com

you firefox users and MS haters out there will find this humorous

link

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

did we go to high school with a mike hilario? the name totally rings a bell and his face too. he sits kiddy corner to my desk in lisle.

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 871 East Algonquin Road in Schaumburg, has once again partnered with W.A.C.O., the Woodfield Area Children’s Organization, to host the fifth annual Wing Fest on Sunday, July 30. The fun begins at 12:00 pm and lasts until 5:00 pm, rain or shine.

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

Office Space Super Friends!



I hope there's more of this out there!

link to Youtube video

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

Friday, July 14, 2006

Hi Breeze, this is the Fish

Just for the record...














... this otter is cute as shit.

Weezer is done?

Rivers Cuomo says that, for now, Weezer is "done."

read more | digg story

variety of zidane headbutts


Here's how the Germans saw the headbutt:


Zid001








Here's how the French saw it:


Zid002








Here's how the Italians saw it:


Zid003








Here's how the Americans saw it:



Zid004








And here's how the press reported it.


Zid005







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