Hypocritical Louisiana douchebag gets busted

"When I was holding her butocks like this, I decided to seek forgiveness from God and my wife in confession and marriage counseling."

More fun right-wing Christian shenanigans here.

No no no no no no no no no no no no no NO!

I see no need for this to happen. None.

100 Days That Changed Music

Here they are, according to Blender

I'll admit to being a little weak in hip-hop knowledge, so I can't speak to that with any authority. But I'll be damned if anything involving Britney Spears should make the top 25.

Quiet Structures

An interesting post on the new CNN.com re-design in comparison to the USAToday overhaul.

Freudian Posts

Looks like the citizens of Keizer, Oregon can't get dick off their minds.

Thanks, Obscure Store

Army of Bass Players....

Spinal Tap rock Live Earth...

Just what Akron needed...

Hometown hero Chrissie Hynde* opens a vegetarian restaurant.

In other news, Ohio gets it's first vegetarian restaurant!

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, I'll be here all week.



*Scroll way down Chrissie's Wiki page and check out this nugget:

Once drunkenly groped Kim Deal (Pixies/Breeders) after mistaking her for a man. WTF???

Newschannel Eight

In a very weird and meta moment, I caught a local Portland news station reporting on an earlier story of theirs which has now become an internet phenomenom - the "I Like Turtles" kid. Considering the spot was filmed at the Rose Festival, the kid was probably brain damaged from all the meth his mom was smoking while pregnant. Anyway, I guess this has become a true viral clip, with lots of remixes and tributes. I'd link to them, but I don't care that much. Here's the original, which is pretty funny:


The news station above actually contributed to the death of a relationship about 12 years ago. I was dating a nice woman named Rebecca. We were over at her house and we were about to watch an episode of Seinfeld. As a side note, I have never been able to remember what any of the local stations are here, and even in New Orleans where I lived before Portland. I still remember exactly what they were in Cleveland: ABC was Ch 5, NBC was Ch 3 and CBS was Ch 8.

Anyway, I asked what channel Seinfeld was on, and she replied that it was on "Newschannel Eight". I was sort of taken aback at her wholehearted swallowing of their marketing campaign, and I said, "You mean channel Eight?

She said, "No, it's Newschannel Eight."

I somewhat heatedly replied, "It's not Newschannel Eight, it's just channel Eight - they just call it that!"

"No, I'm pretty sure it's Newschannel Eight.".

Insert sound of my exploding head. For some reason, in a true Seinfeldian moment, this instantly soured me on her. We broke up soon after, I was so horrified. She became the "Newschannel Eight" girl in endless discussions with my friends.

Yes, I know that is a pathetic reason to break up with someone. I've gotten better with my wife - we didn't break up when she continually referred to my old truck as "Scout" instead of "THE Scout", which drove me nuts, for some reason*. So, there is hope for me yet...

P.S. In a further Seinfeldian moment, I ran into Rebecca a few years later and she looked absolutely stunning. We chatted a bit about her successful new business. I was trying to apply a little flirtation to the situation, but she gave me a look like, "don't even try it, loser". Correctly identified as a loser, I wished her well and walked away, trying not to trip as I kept kicking myself. Yes, I could have been dating a pastry chef.

* And in a this-is-why-I-married-her momement, Mrs. Best actually humors me now, by referring to it as "the Scout" whenever it comes up, while not rolling her eyes too wildly.

Inspired

Fascinating video by this amazing guy.

"An unsolicited, then approved, music video for the band Grandaddy and their song of the same name off of the album The Sophtware Slump...Programmed in Applesoft II on a 1979 Apple ][+ with 48K of RAM. Seriously."

Jed's Other Poem
(Beautiful Ground)



Thanks, Stee

Saving the Earth - at 100 mph

Al Gore’s son arrested on drug charges

Former Vice President Al Gore’s son, Albert Gore III, was arrested early Wednesday morning in Orange County, California on suspicion of possessing marijuana and prescription drugs, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department told CNN.

Gore, 24, was allegedly driving a Toyota Prius at 100 mph on the San Diego Freeway at 2:15 a.m. when a police officer pulled him over...

Nice work, Al #3. We liberals really needed to look more like hypocrites. Way to go! More.

This guy to kick ass in Seattle tonight

This is Mike. He plays guitar in the Strange Effects. He is going to rock the shit out of Seattle tonight. Citizens beware....

Thanks to Martin Thiel Photography for the photo shoot.

10,000 Morganiacs

Old Pete Best acquaintance and 20 Questioned cast member Morgan Grace makes good with a $10,000 American Idol Underground win and other cool stuff. Currently in negotiations to have Ms. Grace lend her internets knowledge to the little dot com I call work.

Thanks, Local Cut.

National movement to blow shit up - ONE DAY ONLY!

Be careful with those fireworks, kids...



Thanks, Blogtown, PDX.

your face, our balls

I'm looking forward to when this site is completed. According to a minor study (in other words, just my opinion), 99.7% of office workers - and 100% of businesses - would benefit from a more play-friendly atmosphere.

Thanks, Mr. Crunchy

Screw hungry people, we've got a live shoot here.

The folks at Hungrr.com seem to have a worthy mission - Hurricane Katrina relief. God knows most of the world has moved on, yet the homelessness, hunger and poverty continues. Right now they're auctioning off an iPhone to support a Louisiana food bank.

Leave it to the Fox News people to get him thrown off the street while they were getting their iPhone frenzy story. The NYC cops weren't exactly supportive either.

Two great tastes

Styx and The Office. Two great tastes that, amazingly, taste great together.



Domo Arigato, Pop Candy

Perfect Synergy

In case you didn't know it already, 7-Eleven is transforming a few of their stores into Kwik-E-Marts to help drive interest in the release of the Simpson's Movie.

Smart stuff, I say. And impressive that 7-Eleven not only didn't balk at the idea, but totally embraced it.

Mustard!

Caution Message for Vegans: Do not let this video haunt your dreams.

Thanks, copyranter

You yellow bastard

Or how would I look as a Simpsons character? Check out their new Create an Avatar feature. It's pretty sweet.

Just a question

How busy are y'all out there this week? Of the 3-4 readers we have, counting me and Mr. Best, have things slowed down this holiday week?

This is the busiest little Monday I've had in a while. I suspect our clients are handing off all the work they can before they take off for an extra-long weekend. Can't blame 'em. I've been on the client side, and work rolls downhill.

Your thoughts?