Air Guitar Competition in San Francisco This makes me sad. Not that I don’t think musical excellence should be honored and rewarded, but … I remember when air guitar was, like, all about the music, man.
Archive for March, 2009
Air Guitar Competition
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged air guitar, music, video on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Saving Newspapers: The Musical
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged funny, journalism, newspapers, video on March 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Saving Newspapers: The Musical This is awesome (and not just for its novel suggestion as a solution). Jonathan Mann is my new hero. And “Hey Paul Krugman” is pretty funny too.
A guide to the Guide
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged BBC, Douglas Adams, Hitchhikers Guide on March 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A guide to the Guide How did I not know about this? BBC’s Radio 4 (the station that aired Douglas’ Adams multimedia masterpiece in its first incarnation) has a website devoted to HHGG. Highlights include Hitchhiker Memories (including Monty Python’s Terry Jones recalling how he and Michael Palin were among the first to hear the radio recording), and lots of cool H2G2-related links on the left.
How to put on a bra
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bra, funny, movie, video on March 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
How to put on a bra Apparently this is a scene from an upcoming a recent movie called “Dead or Alive.” I definitely want to see it — looks like the best guilty pleasure since “Shoot ‘Em Up.” (Thanks to the commenter who alerted me to the movie’s status.)
Out of town
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged out of town on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m going back to Wisconsin to help the folks celebrate their 60th(!) Anniversary, so posts here will be sporadic to non-existent through Tuesday.
Talk amongst yourselves.
(Pic via Roadside America)
The 15-week point
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged layoff on March 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve got one solid lead, and a couple possible prospects (aside from the other dozens of positions I’ve flung resumes at), so I’m actually more optimistic than I’ve been for a while. But we’ll see. At least I’m not disabled like “Darth” there (and I’m a better speller, too). (pic via Ruining the Internet)
8 p.m. Update: Just got an e-mail from the “solid lead.” They hired someone else. FML.
Awesome headline from my old sister paper
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged funny, headline, newspaper on March 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Awesome headline from my old sister paper My first newspaper job was at a small daily on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Just to the north of our coverage area was our sister publication, the Cecil Whig. This is perhaps the most awesome hed from that chain that I’ve ever seen except maybe the time a fellow copy editor ran a wire story with the hed “Cancer linked to carcinogens.” (via Bits & Pieces)
Regulatin’ Genes
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged funny, genetics, hox, rap, video on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Regulatin’ Genes This is a contender for the geekiest rap I’ve ever seen, even geekier than the Large Hadron Collider rap I thought I blogged earlier but apparently didn’t (at least I can’t find it anywhere). (via Pharyngula)
“Raiders” story conference
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged George Lucas, movies, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Steven Spielberg on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Raiders” story conference George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan brainstorm ideas for the movie. Mystery Man posts a link to a PDF of the whole thing, but his commentary covers the highlights and is well worth reading in its own right.
Welcome to Canada!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beaver, Canada, funny, video on March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to Canada! I’ve been to Canada many times (visiting my wife’s family there), and never been welcomed by a beaver. Does that mean I’m not welcome in Canada? Are they all just too polite to tell me so? And how the hell does a beaver have a frickin’ job while I still don’t?
