Awww. A favorite of ours. Fertile ground in a bygone era. I love the smell of racism in the morning.
We acknowledge Indigenous Americans as having a rich full history. We acknowledge that they have their own culture and heritage, customs and traditions. But mostly we just remember that they used to scalp people. Everyone remembers that.
So, we’ll use [...]
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Posted in Television, tagged court shows, judge tv on April 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Here’s a little tip: If you leave the television on, do not be surprised if while you’re bringing in groceries you hear this:
“So I left and then went outside and politely took his windshield out.”
(Someone named “Judge Alex” 
incredulously asks, “You are saying you “politely” bashed in his windshield with a baseball bat?”
“Yes sir. That [...]
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Millard Fillmore
July 1850- March 1853
The Accidental President
Wool-Carder-President
The American Louis Philippe
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Posted in Lost, tagged lost predictions, lost review, lost summary, lost theories, questions, Reviews, season 4 episode 9, shape of things to come, Television, thoughts, tv on April 24, 2008 | 6 Comments »
STORY SYNOPSIS:
CampLocke: Playing Risk - Australia is the key to whole game. (Referencing Claire? Plane departure?)
Locke gets a phone call - Code 14-J: Ben’s non-plussed. They’re Heeeeere!
Ben wants Locke to survive, “It’s very imporatant that you survive what’s about to happen here John.” Ben needs John to talk to Jacob. And they both need Hurley [...]
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Posted in Lists of Fury, Uncategorized, tagged best of inscriptions, best wedding band inscriptions, enscriptions, Entertainment, funniest wedding band inscriptions, Humor, ideas for your wedding, marriage, top ten lists, wedding, wedding band inscriptions, wedding planning, worst wedding band inscriptions on April 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This site gives you some examples of the engravings they’ve done inside people’s wedding bands. Some very tender, heartfelt and romantic. Others - probably special in their own way. And some almost seem passive aggressive (but in the way that’s cute at first but 6 years later, more of the aggressive starts to shine through)
You wore me [...]
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Posted in Rock Gear, Uncategorized, tagged Buddy Rich, CBS, CBS Musical Instruments, COB, Drum Restoration, Dyna-Sonic, Dynasonic, fender, Percussion, Powerstroke, Powerstroke 3, Project Drum, Project Snare, PureSound, REMO, REMO Ambassador, Rogers, Snare, Snare Bridge, Snare Cradle, Snare Drum, Snare Frame, Snare Tuning, Vintage Drum, Vintage Snare on April 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
After having so much fun with my Project Ludwig Snare Drum, I decided I needed another project…
Are you familiar with the Rogers Dyna-Sonic snare drum? If not, you should be. They were once called “The Cadillac of snare drums,” and they featured some of the most unique innovations. And I just bought one off of [...]
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Posted in Wow! Ad Wednesday, tagged aztec, Entertainment, funny ads, Humor, odd ad, old advertising, racist, stereotypes, xenophobic ad on April 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
So, tough sell…trying to make a language course into a sexy, interesting or otherwise note-worthy advert.
Hu-zzah! Learn On The Go language courses.
Body copy reads:
“They Used to Sacrifice People Here - If they start old habits, wouldn’t you like to talk them out of it?”
If this isn’t exactly racist, then at the very least it’s xenophobic. [...]
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Zachary Taylor
(March 4, 1849 - July 9, 1850)
Old Rough and Ready (disdained the luxurious afforded to senior officers, preferring to ‘rough it’ along with all the other ranks)
Old Zach
Hero of Buena Vista (referring to Mexican War)
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We love the bad photoshop and nothing is better than photoshop disaters which documents all the badness. So much badness. (Really, a fun site, you can blow through the whole thing in 15 minutes).
I think you may notice some continuity issues between her head and the rest of her body, yeah? Seems one is more tan [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on April 18, 2008 | No Comments »
Less than a minute long. Includes a rhyme with Stephanopoulos. Makes fun of the last ABC debate not focusing on the “real issues.”
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Lonely Planet travel writer admits to not setting foot in country he wrote about - That clears up the confusion over the whole of Colombia being described as surprisingly similar to a one bedroom apartment in San Francisco.
Heather MIlls plans to move to America - In the end it’s only fair as Courtney Love plans to move to the UK, [...]
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Posted in Reviews, tagged concerts, movies, Music on April 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Saw the IMAX Shine the Light Stones concert the other night. The Audio alone is worth the price of admission. You can tell the Mick and the boys have had not ‘work’ done on there appearances. They do look their age. I wish I had their energy.
Link to the site http://www.shinealightmovie.com/.
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Posted in Man Accoutrements, Uncategorized, tagged Automatic, Bracelet, Chrono, Chronometer, COSC, Dive Watch, Diver's Watch, IWC, Locking Crown, Oyster, Oyster Perpetual, Oyster Perpetual Submariner, Perpetual, Rolex, Rolex Oyster Perpetual Submariner, Submariner, Swiss Watches, water-proof on April 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My last post featured an IWC, and for some, that is an unknown brand. For this week, I’m going with what is likely the most well known watch brand ever. That brand is, of course, Rolex; specifically the Rolex Oyster Perpetual Submariner.
The Sub is probably the watch that got me interested in watches. I’ve always [...]
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When exactly did the phrase “I’m so over it” come to mean the exact opposite?
That phrase only serves to perface another hour long rant on whatever the person is “so over.”
And you know what?
I’m.
So.
Over It.
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Crayola Big Box of 64 (Now With Built in Crayon Sharpener!) turns the Big 5-0 this week. (Thank God Crayola’s over it’s mid-life crisis. But I’m glad it kept the convertible top)!
I’ve always appreciated the liberty Crayola has taken with their color names over the years. As they currently stand right now, they have some not-so-easily identifiable colors such as:
Jazzberrry [...]
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I am not quite sure… is there a subliminal entendre somewhere in this ad? You get a fat knuckle sandwich if you find it! Excuse me but it seems she is opening her mouth to drink in the awful stench of a penny cigar? That can’t possibly be right!
Bottomline: Women find a cigarello the epitome [...]
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Posted in Lists of Fury, tagged a capella groups, best of a capella group names, Brandeis University, Caltech, Carolina, college, Cornell University, corny names, Duke University, entertainemnt, Humor, MSU, Oberlin, Oberlin University, punny names, singing groups, stepehen colbert, top ten lists, U of M, UConn, UNC, University of California, University of Pennsylvania, UofM, worst of a capella group names, York on April 14, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Did you go to college on the East Coast? No? Did you know the phenomenon that was the a capella group? No? Not familiar…Take a look…
Depending on your level of punny-ness this could equally be called “The Best A Capella Group Names” or simultaneously, “The Worst A Capella Group Names.”
University of Pennsylvania - The Penny [...]
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James K. Polk (1845-1849)
Young Hickory -Because he was backed by “Old Hickory,” Andrew Jackson
Napoleon of the Stump -Due to fiery speeches at the stump
Dark Horse Candidate - Le Duh.
(Wait. - Are you seeing what I’m seeing? James Polk rocked a mullet. Kudos).
When Polk took office he had four clear objectives:
Purchase of California from Mexico
Reduction of [...]
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Finding out what’s gotten stuck in this man’s craw!
Honestly, at this point he’s just phoning it in. I don’t think he’s really got the energy to get irate anymore. But, to tell you what’s got him pretending to be angry this week is…
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Stephen Colbert is a really delicious flavor of ice cream.
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Ahhhh. The Portable Pedestrian Crossing. No more jaywalking for you! Simply pull out your painted mat, unfurl and nobly walk across any street - any time, any where. The world must come to a screeching halt for you!
Clearly this will save much hassle. And is infinitely more superior than simply darting through a quick break in [...]
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We here at the Tuss are quite glad Prince Philip is out of hospital. Having sent him our kind and good thoughts, we would also like to take this opportunity to reflect back on some of the foot’n mouth disease Prince Philip has displayed over the years. Just remember, it’s a tough job being consort to the [...]
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John Tyler (1841-1845)
Honest John
His Accidency
The President without a Party
Traitor Tyler
The Veto President
John Tyler was the first Vice President to assume the office of President after William Henry Harrison’s untimely death one month into his term. The 25th Ammendment which codifies the assumption of power was not actually ratified until 1967. In Tyler’s time, some were calling for an [...]
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Seventy-two Australian scuba divers set new record for under-water ironing. - Proving 72 Australians desperately in need of Tivo.
Babies born in the summer proved most likely to be short sighted. - Those babies never think of their retirement funds. Hope you marry a Sagittarius, babies!
Former publisher of Maxim magazine admits to pushing love rival off cliff [...]
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We admit while we’ve never actual sweated (swote?) to the oldies, Richard Simmons has been a personal favorite since he picked up our mom in a hotel in the mid 1980’s. So, we’re quite glad when Jimmy Kimmel saw the genius in him and invited him on in honor of Jimmy’s 1000th show.
Including Sam Elliot and [...]
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Another Day, another celebration of a special someone’s birth.
On This Day in History:
1581 - Sir Francis Drake completes his circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I
1814 - Napoleon abdicates for the first time
1818 - The United States Congress adopts the flag of the US with 13 red and white stripes and a [...]
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Welcome back to Favorite Watch Friday which is simply me sharing with you some of my favorites from the world of watches. Last week was the Omega Speedmaster. This week I’m featuring a brand and model that is much less well-known here in the U.S. But not any less awesome.
IWC Portuguese
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Bookseller.com has just concluded its annual Diagram Awards - which award the book with the most odd title.
Past Winners included:
Versailles: The View from Sweden - We consider this one untouchable.
Oral Sadism and The Vegetarian Personality - We didn’t love this book; it was all verbal barbs and chickpeas.
American Bottom Archaeology - The gripping saga of the discovery [...]
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“Snack Time”
Edward Estlin Cummings Age 7
I have a fig newton
but it is
alas
no
(handy-dandyAmericaEndorsed)
Propaganized
O-R-E-oooooh
Smooth and delicious
with the cream of which i dream
and of thee i sing.
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742 - Charlemagne
1725 - Giacomo Casanova
1743 - Thomas Jefferson
1805 - Hans Christian Andersen
1840 - Emile Zola
1875 - Walter Chrysler
1891 - Max Ernst
1908 - Buddy Ebsen
1914 - Sir Alec Guiness
1920 - Jack Webb
1927 - Kenneth Tynan
1928 - Serge Gainsbourg
1939 - Marvin Gaye
1941 - Dr. Demento
1947 - Emmylou Harris
1961 - Christopher Meloni
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