the passenger seat of my car on the voyage to the new homeland

bbbbrrrrr

do one thing

happy 235th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party!

toss your tea and hold on to your knickers!

for my fellow fans of House of Sushi & Noodles in Chicago

there is a restaurant called "Modern Toilet" in Taipei where everything is toilet themed. the seats, the food...ugh. how much more can i really say, other than HOSN was way ahead of the curve.

LINK to article

why the things offend you shows how stupid and unaware you are...

so, i'm not making a complete generality about being offended by anything shows how stupid you are, but i do feel like the large groups of people being offended by the american media has rrreally become white noise. if you qualify as one of the offended let me try to help you move on with your pathetic life.

• equal opportunity minorities on tv: we all want advertising to show us. people that look like us. shit, they should just put me in ads. and why doesn't mercedes want to advertise to me and my asian brothers, especially when asian's consider mercedes to be the "it" car when they make it on their own (a la mary tyler moore)? to be honest, it's because we make up less than 5%of the u.s. population. so, if we need the world to be fair, 5% of media should have asians somewhere in it. trailers for harold & kumar movies have helped meet that quota already. good work, kal pen (who has helped asian america exceed quota by having a permanent role on 'House').
• women doing "women things": what seems to offend women is when you market to them about tampons, cleaning products and jewelry. let's think really hard about this one. first, tampons. exhibit a: it's really hard to market tampons to men. exhibit b: there's no "hip" way to talk about menstruation. if you really wanted advertising to keep it real when they talk about tampons, they could just run that one scene from "The Shining" on a loop. you know the one. second, cleaning products. keeping it real, of the boyfriends i've had in my life, 99% (of the one hundred boyfriend's i've had) do not care if their shoes/clothes stink, if their face shavings coat the bathroom sink like a 3" layer of snow, if they've run out of dishes, if their milk is expired, stray pubes fly like tumble weed in the bathroom, the toilet seat and floor around it were not originally yellow, or if the pizza they ordered 3 weeks ago that's sitting on the coffee table has turned black. and i think it's perfectly fine that those things don't bother them. it does bother me, so tell me what i need to do to get rid of the pee, fur, and stink and i'll do it. i love my hub, and i love him how he is. he helps me with housework, but he could really care less if he has to clean the inside of the toilet with the magic eraser or a toilet brush. and finally, jewelry. i'm not a fan of wearing much jewelry, i admit. but i know a lot of women who LOVE jewelry. part of it could be that they didn't grow up with much and it's their way of feeling special and important. part of it could be that they like shiny things. when you take things to extremes, no, it's probably not healthy if your self-esteem is based on how many karats you're wearing. but, if it makes my mom feel like she really means a lot to us when we buy her a white gold locket, it's a small price to pay, really. and i don't see much wrong with that.
• men are stupid: does the tv tell you you're stupid? BAD TV! ok, seriously, you need to get a pair. so, men want to be offended that ads show them either fucking up a home improvement project or being over enthusiastic about sports. who cares? does another ad show you sleep with chicago bears face paint and pajamas on? who cares? men, do you think that falling off a ladder or cheering for your sports make you stupid? or, more importantly, do you think that if an ad tells you that you're stupid for falling off a ladder or cheering for your team makes you stupid? i've fallen off plenty ladders, and i feel just smart enough. :) get over it. don't take it personally. and if a woman wants to tell you that it was stupid to get depressed about your winless detroit lions, remind her of the season finale of 'grey's' that had her locked up in her room for 3 days. that'll show her.

so, before you email SC Johnson, Home Depot, or Lady Remington about how offended you are that they want to assume that you're clean, don't know how to build that second story to your house, or like having smooth legs, think about getting over it, because they might not be all wrong. even if they are, who cares? the people that work in advertising are idiots anyways and that's not gonna stop me from shaving my armpits.

side note: i did have to stop watching 'i now pronounce you chuck and larry' for the moronic, mr. yunioshi impersonation by rob schneider. i do get offended and i certainly have limits. i'll probably revisit this again another day.

ouch. home sweet home.

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more animals

interesting segment of an ant documentary

this is what the internal structure of an underground grass cutter ant colony looks like. very cool.

Prop 8 musical: FunnyorDie

"Prop 8 - The Musical" starring Jack Black, John C. Reilly, and many more... by Jack Black

The best of YouTube: Holiday Greetings

when manufacturers watch old SNL skits: someone made the Love Toilet

remember the skit from SNL in the 80's with Kevin Nealon and Victoria Jackson for the Niagra Love Toilet? (i tried to find video or image, but came up short).

for $1,400, you can actually buy it here: LINK

husband, i love you but there are so many places our love can survive. the bathroom is not one of those places.

great mash-up with naughty language. WATCH OUT!

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

it's about time i tell you about "pushing daisies"

my heart breaks a little every time i think about how "pushing daisies" will soon be gone. it is the best show that no one watched, except for me and about 70k die-hard fans. it's adorable, smart, funny, stunning, vivid, and i've fallen in love with every character and every set. they just don't make shows like this, not even anymore, it's ever. they've never made a show like this, and i'm sad to think they will stop and they will get cancelled.

so, if you're free Wednesday night, or if you have some free space in your netflix queue, or have time to stop by the site, i invite you to watch. it will make you grin, if nothing else.

amazing mouse agility course: thanks, cuteoverload.com!

there is animal cops houston abuse, and there's this

The results of a "creative grooming" contest...there are more, but if you to to the site, you'll just be encouraging them. LINK

how awesome is this: beard hat...

there are many reasons i love scandanavian people. maybe it's their love of cheese. maybe it's they're glowing white skin. or maybe its b/c when people make fun of their accents, it's actually pretty cute. (SMORGIN BORGIN VORGIN!!). But how awesome is this:

NPR likey 2008

worms in love

snacking cheese taste test: pont l'eveque

i purchase an array snacking cheese from my local byerly's and today, i tried pont l'eveque. at first, i thought this was the best cheese i'd ever had. it is creamy, soft, velvety, pungeunt and meaty. upon the third bite, i started asking myself, "what is that strange aftertaste?" i quickly realized...my cat litter. seeing as my cat is currently 800+ miles away, i know it hasn't been aging in the the standard box, so, it must be the cheese's natural essence...will i try to eat it again? yes. will i not be able to erase the memory of litter aftertaste? yes. but the love for cheese requires me to push on. ONWARD!

things that i hate when i'm drunk: Gasthof's edition

while i still have an approximate .09 blood alcohol level, what's bothering me right now is what peopel think equates to "i don't want my daughter to learn that being with other women is ok " legistlation. i read an article earlier in the week about proposistion 8 and a man who voted for proposition 8 (he voted for saying tat marriage eettewee peopol of the same gender shouldn't be legal). he said that he didn't want his ddaughter to learn that its ok to be with another womena in school. my question is, "when did they start showing and/or talking about that in school? did i miss porn day? hetero porn day. " i think agreeing that homo or htero secuality is fine, owever sexuality exists ;) . i'm not sure i ever learned what is right or wrong ever cam into play. and, i surely don't remember it ever being wrong (hellloo, ladies).
I'M WRITING TONIGHT TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN I TRY TO HAVE COHERANET THOUGHT AND TYPING AFTER I'VCE HAD A COUPLE. from twhat i can tell, it' aint pretty. expieriment may be over.

HOOO-RRRRAAAAHHH!!!!

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mind your vote! (scary stuff, but please still vote!)

information from Emmy nominated 2006 "hacking democracy" documentary on HBO (this is taken from an IM convo i just had, so please excuse the choppiness):

• the organizations, such as Diebold, that tally the electronic votes aren't required to share their methods and programming.
• and a regular ole grandma was looking up information online about the voting process and stumbled upon their ftp. after 40 hours of downloading, she had downloaded the basics of the software and system. so, she took it to some computer science folks. they decoded it and realized how many ways it can be hacked.
• AND each district gets a little printout of the # of votes to doublecheck ballots against (as a failsafe) and the printouts could be hacked.
• AND the official printouts from the district had inaccuracies (date, title of the printout, time, etc).
• basically, they save everything to a memory card, and if you hack the memory card. for instance, installing dormant software on the memory card so that on election day, the memory card automatically has -20k votes for obama, and +20k votes for mccain, it will zero out and not be able to be detected.
• AND one of the biggest companies that implements the software for the government has records that show that they didn't test for security on the machines or the memory cards.
• in 2000, a county in ohio had gore having -16,022 votes. not sure how anyone has negative votes.
• and they recorded the recount on video and the people in charge of the recount said that it was “just for show” and that because they only technically have to recount 3%, they had already handpicked "randomly" the votes that the citizens would recount.

to learn more, netflix "hacking democracy," or go to: http://www.blackboxvoting.org

quick blurb: why i can no longer have faith in people on tv.

johnny carson's lawyer has announced he's writing a tell-all book about what a horrible person johnny carson was. now, i'm all for the truth and i understand this man wants to make some money on the side, but i like my image of johnny carson right now. it just makes me sad to think that you always have to think twice before you think positively about the people on tv.
LINK

how far would you go for mattel beauty?

a british woman has now broken the record for the number of plastic surgeries to look like a barbie doll with 100 surgeries. congrats, sarah burge. your hobby is about as healthy as collecting shower drain hair covered in asbestos and lead paint.
she's 49, and i'll admit she looks young for her age. but here's the kicker: she even had ner nipples removed. i'm guessing the next step is making sure that each limb is only held on by a round plastic ball joint and melding your fingers together.
LINK

happy halloween, folks!

random ouija facts:

• forms of "ouija boards" (planchette's with a small "pointing device) have been documented as far back as 1200 BC in China
• the man who co-created Alcoholics Anonymous, Bill Wilson, claims a spirit actually created the 12 step process and he just documented it.
  
• iPod's can be used as an electronic Ouija board (LINK)

nabbed from annie's blog

loldogs

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very cool color search thing

summary (because there's no good way to explain it): you pick a color off the chart and the program searches photos in flickr for that color. then, you can look at the pics or add more colors to the "spectrum". thanks, idee lab

happy happy bouncy pup

Rodrigez twins get endorsement from the Fonz (Election Material)

See more Ron Howard videos at Funny or Die

obama-mccain dance off: this one's a goodie.

sweetest and saddest thing i've seen in a while.

if you don't need tissues for this, you have no soul. Big Bird singing at Jim Henson's funeral.

global warming, schmobile warning

a video from 1958 talking about man's effect on the climate and the catastrophic results of global warming

the christian gene

scotch tape emit's x-rays

some science people have discovered that when you peel scotch tape and place them on, let's say, your fingers and place your fingers into a vacuum chamber, the tape emits x-rays. possible applications: emergency response personnel. pretty darn cool stuff. LINK to article on Yahoo News

best thai pop song from 2001: in preparation of kiro day

iwantsiwantsiwantsiwants: chain body jewelry

brought to my email from dailycandy.com, i am IN LOVE with this collection of body chain jewelry. too bad i have to make mortgage payments rather than look like a stylin' carriage horse. but seriously, LOVE THIS by Bliss Lau

are you using that? i'm making some basketball shoes.

old news, but cool stuff. nike came out with some new shoes a couple months ago that were made out of factory scraps of old shoes. they are called "trash talk". steve nash partnered with them and wore the shoes at the end of last season (starting with the all-star game) and into the new season. they don't look too bad either. they're $100 bucks, but i still feel better about these shoes than i would the shoes that create the waste.
LINK

COUNT IT! Powell officially endorses Obama

republican former secretary of state has announced that he is officially backing barack obama for the presidency. he has said that he believes in obama's ability to handle the current financial crisis and war. he also mentioned that he believe's mccain's character attack strategy against obama has gone too far. in summary, politics involve a certain level of going against each other, but mccain's attempts to creative a visible and damning link of obama to ayers, and the actions ayers took when obama was only 8 years old, go past the line of acceptable politicking.


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we are all of khan's children...

this is a bit of an older article, but i was just reading that 8% of ALL asian men are related to genghis khan.

From the times.co.uk:
"...a study in 2003 suggested that up to 16 million people worldwide — and 8 per cent of Asian men — were descended from Genghis Khan, and Professor Sykes decided to trawl through his database of approximately 25,000 male clients for a match.

The link is revealed by the Y chromosome, a packet of DNA that determines male sex, which is passed down from father to son. Men who share a Y chromosome are invariably descended from the same man at some point in the past, and the accumulation of mutations can be used to date the common ancestor. Women do not have a Y chromosome, so they cannot be tested in the same way, although millions are likely also to be descended from the warlord. "

he was a total badass and he can't go to the mall anymore.

why i'm now afraid to drive through ohio. ohio's palin supportors let you know a thing or two about obama....?

top snacking cheeses of the day

• Maytag Blue Cheese: an american cheese. classic and creamy blue cheese with soft veining (unlike cambazola, where the veins are so firm that they can actually stand up on their own. ew.). this cheese is easily found in most grocery stores in the fine cheese section (usually near the deli).
• Drunken Goat: a spanish cheese. more of a firmer cheese than regular goat cheese (like a very smooth gouda), this has been soaked in red wine. when you bite in, the first taste that you get is a more solid goat cheese flavor that's tangy and sweet with a firm but silky smooth texture. the after taste is where you get a hit of wine. this cheese can be found in many grocery stores, but it has become more limited. your local cheese shop would probably have it.
  
• Beemster: glory of the Dutch, this cheese has a creamy start and a firm bite. tastes like a cooler temperature cheese and is an amazing snacking cheese that i can eat all day long. the website can help you locate it. this one is slightly harder to find, but oh, so rewarding if you can locate it.
  

skeletor does the african anteater dance!

oldy but goodie: african anteater dance

why i shop at target

in case you haven't seen it yet, it's a shorty but a goodie

a debate from over 40 years ago speaks volumes today

i really don't know what to think about this: the sleeping bag shaped like your body

It's a full body sleeping bag. with legs. and arms. maybe for running from a bear...not sure. if only there was a wearable toilet...
buy one here: LINK

cool advertising, with a good message

if you're that guy i know that doesn't plan on voting, please reconsider. or you could download some of these really cool images that remind you not to vote.
Don't Vote

i got this "debate" thing in the bag. i slipped him some horse tranquilizers

next round, biden will twirl a baton ON FIRE

washingtonpost reveals identity of "famous person". it's like if you wait long enough for the end credits.

washingtonpost.com reveals the "famous person" is actually Peggy Noonan of the Wall Street Journal, who hasn't historically thought much of our can-do, flute-playing maverickette.

voting machine troubles again, my friends?

ducktails teaches you about inflation

that part of alaska where you can see russia from your window: little diomede

in mother little diomede, ocean acts as dumpster

remember when you said...

kkk to go to tonight's presidential debate and hand out pamphlets

as reported from Time.com, the KKK plans to "peacefully" attend and not protest tonight's presidential debate. They will be there to demonstrate, but in the racist-casual garb rather than those drab white hoods and robes. also, in place of cross burning, they'd like to hand out informational pamphlets on how to join the KKK. the KKK's "emperor" has even said that "Not all black people are particularly bad people," the emperor adds. But leadership, he asserts, "is just not in their character...it's just not in their ability."

what all this says about the KKK:

• the KKK has started thinking of african americans really as more of hapless puppy/kittens than the equivalent of a plague on American society. upgrade or downgrade for the KKK? i suppose it's a significant change from where they've been, but it's more puzzling than it is comforting.
  
• the KKK thinks of themselves as really more of a social "club" than a hate organization. upgrade or downgrade? does this mean instead of hate rallies, now they will have SuperBowl and block parties where they "socialize" with their fellow white supremesists?
• the KKK not wearing their white hoods and robes is like a red smurf. if you're going to stand for the legacy of the unacceptance of minorities as human, part of that legacy is wearing ensemble. if you're going to talk the talk, walk the walk, people.

*i do not support any organization that functions and acts upon the notion that any race is superior to another, and it is my belief that this is an attempt at getting press. the KKK is the media w#ore that Lindsay Lohan once was. definitely downgrade.

VP Swimsuit Competition

MCCain Wins Debate with help of Doc Brown

this is why i love internet advertising. "real time" reporting. this ad ran this morning, 9/26, on the Wall Street Journal. Thanks to the WashingtonPost for catching and posting this.
NOTE: i have friends that don't pay attention to politics (and i don't even, really) but the first presidential debate between mccain and obama is not happening until tonight.

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every time palin gives an interview, i want to wrap her up in a blankie and feed her soup

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sarah silverman wants your jewish grandparents to vote obama

The Great Schlep from The Great Schlep on Vimeo.

you didn't need to know facts: hot dogs

• cheaper hot dogs are mostly chicken
• 7-11 sells 100 million hot dogs each year, making it the #1 North American hot dog retailer
• the cheese dog was invented in little rock, arkansas
• in chile, the local dog is called the "italiano" and is served with avocado, mayonaise, and tomato
• the Bambino reportedly gorged himself on a dozen to 18 hot dogs before blacking out on a train ride in April 1925. And a week later he was at St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York, undergoing surgery for an intestinal abscess
• The first words Mickey Mouse ever uttered in a cartoon were “hot dogs” (in “The Karnival Kid, 1929)
• dirty harry doesn't like ketchup or catsup on hot dogs
• BONUS: ketchup is the great, great, great, great, great, (etc) grandchild of an asian fish sauce (tomato sauce that evolved over time)
• The Webster's Dictionary of 1913 defined "catchup" as a "table sauce made from mushrooms, tomatoes, walnuts, etc. [Written also ketchup].

my review of 'p.s. i love you'

overall: don't pay more than $6 to rent this and watch it by yourself, or with a friend that likes to cry. this wouldn't be as good on tnt, with commercial breaks, which would make it more tempting to walk away. 2 out of 5, which means don't rush out to see it, but it isn't the worst idea if you have nothing to do.

about the acting: was fine. it got by, except the irish accent on that guy who died on 'grey's anatomy'. if he's irish, i still wouldn't believe it.

about the script: i'd like to read the book now, especially since hillary swank isn't my favorite.

about the actors: good eye candy for the ladies, but there is something unappealing about hillary swank. oh, and harry connick junior is seriously losing his appeal. he was the equivalent of screech in this movie, but not on purpose.

when to watch: when your significant other is gone for the day, but will be back soon enough so that you can sit and appreciate how great they are and hope they don't have a brain tumor.

snl mccain commercial recording. :), co-written by al franken

stoned fail

FAILBLOG

i really enjoy failblog.com

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i laugh at others misfortune.

i've discovered a new blog from the folks that brought you icanhascheezburger.com:
failblog.com

the general idea: pictures and video's of failure, whether it be big, small, painful, silly, etc.

example:



OR:

facts you didn't need to know.

naomi watts was in tank girl.

bonus: so was ann cusack (john/joan's sister).

extra bonus: so was iggy pop

extra extra bonus: Ice-T's character was a former cop, which is ironic b/c of his hit song "f*#% the police"

thanks, john!

Religous campaign: from the Washintgon Post

obama on a religion and country

major labels on the new myspace music: pwned

what you need to know:

• myspace made a partnership with Universal, Sony BMG and Warner (there are currently talks to get EMI as a part of that list).
• myspace music will let music fans to stream music for free, within an ad-supported environment, and purchase MP3's from Amazon
• future of myspace music: merch and tix sales
• the good: free music and a platform the major labels feel comfortable with
• the bad: indie labels are now being blocked from uploading music. from what i can gather, since major labels may have territorial rights to pieces of indie music (which is common), audible magic, the technology used by myspace music, assumes the music is owned by the major label and prevents anyone else from trying to upload it and the major label acquires all royalties over the indie label

what myspace is doing is huge, but no less a big dackhead move. indie bands were thriving on myspace but have been cackblocked on their own music. what the fack?

from martha's blog: martha and my grandma have the same taste in "coolness"

martha stewart has good taste when it come to table settings and holiday home decor. martha does NOT know what "cool" is. on her blog, she recently posted that myachi ("the original hand sack") is cool. martha, your "cool" meter is about as effective as your "legal insider trading" meter.

effectively, it's hacky sack for your hands. which is really only for people like joe from "family guy".

need more proof this isn't cool? here's a sample of a comment left by someone on Martha's blog: "We got these at a homeschool conference May 2007. The kids loved them."

Aren't those the kids that don't bother with school because they are allergic to having friends and are afraid of the social food chain?

FACT: martha's taste and myachi are not cool

oh, and let's not forget that awful poncho she knitted.

LITTLE BRITAIN USA! U-S-A! U-S-A!

'Little Britain,' a popular sketch comedy show from across the pond, is coming to HBO September 28th!


Thank you, Radar, for the info.

LINK to 'Little Britain USA' site on HBO

great escape puppy

Slow Man Child Crossing

me likey shopping site: A+R Store

from LuckyMag.com, A+R store has a great selection of rocking, stylistic, practical art for your home. for instance a vase shaped like a rain boot, or a self-balancing serving tray. or how about the snack serving dishes with the utensil that looks like a ninja star?

to right are gorgeous wood, laser cut coasters

very cool stuff: LINK

google one step closer to digital world domination

T-Mobile is expected to announce the first google phone, powered by android software september 23rd. I'M AT THE EDGE OF MY SEAT OVER HERE!

android is a mobile operating system based on Linux. LINK to more about android.

really interested in this stuff? learn more about the open handset alliance (group of business determined to open standards for mobile handsets) HERE

LINK to NYTimes blurb