Heidi shared a good link so lets stick with the Hoff for another round!
Hasslehoff is so bad he is good. Just like William Shatner and George Hamilton.
Archive for May, 2007
Can you get enough hasslehoff?
Thursday, May 31st, 2007Hasselhoff… always sexy!
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007I think this video is great. Not for the obvious reason that David Hasselhoff knows he has a problem and is addressing the issue. I like is because of the magic that is Hasselhoff. Even when he is drunk out of his F$&%ing gourd and can’t even feed himself his hair still looks fabu! He has no signs of shit stained pants chunks of barf of his face or anything. I have seen a lot of drunk people and Mr. Hasselhoff my yellow cowboy hat off to you for being the sexiest drunk I have EVER seen! Hell I don’t even like hairy drunk men and I can still appreciate the sexy.
You can watch a longer version here.
My current rotation
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007Below is a list of music currently working in high rotation for me (in no particular order). Life should come with a sound track. Every mood, feeling and state of mind can be enhanced and cradled by music. I tend to like unique sounds and music with a lot of depth. Not freaky head case “I have something to say to the world” depth, melodic depth. I tend to shy from country, rap and a good amount of blues/jazz. I would like to find more opera for my taste but have only recently taken a liking.
So the purpose here is to share some sounds you may not have heard or may have forgotten. In return if you have something I should put an ear to, please share. I love finding new music!
Artist= K.M.F.D.M. Album= Nihil Song= Beast
Artist= System of a Down Album= Steal This Album! Song= Roulette
Artist= Tenacious D Album= Tenacious D Song= Rock Your Socks
Artist= Tenacious D Album= The Pick Of Destiny Song= Master Exploder
Artist= Imogen Heap Album= Speak For Yourself Song= Hide and Seek
Artist= Marilyn Manson Album= The Golden Age of Grotesque Song= This is The New Shit
Artist= Lords of Acid Album= I Must Increase My Bust Song= I Must Increase My Bust [MNO Remix]
Artist= Nick Cave Album= The Best of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Song= Ship Song
Artist= Nick Cave Album= The Best of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Song= Red Right Hand
Artist= Leonard Cohen Album= 10 New Songs Song= Secret Life
Artist= Leonard Cohen Album= The Future Song= Waiting For The Miracle
Artist= Snow Patrol Album= Eyes Open Song= Chasing Cars
Artist= Godsmack Album= Awake Song= Bad Magick
Regan has a good sound track
Friday, May 25th, 2007I will not debate on whether Regan was a good president or not. I don’t care. I do however want to point out that I think he had a damn good sounding voice. When he spoke it was entertaining just to hear his chocolaty voice work. Sometimes rich dark chocolate and others a much more bitter cooking chocolate. But always chocolate. It reminds me of the radio voices of generations past. He had a voice that could tell a story, draw you in and wrap around you.
So a tribute to Regans magic voice…
Address on the Space Shuttle Challenger (January 28, 1986)
Choose your own adventure
Thursday, May 24th, 2007
I was just thinking the other day about the greatness of choose your own adventure books. I used to read those books as a lad. By far the best CYOA books were from Joe Dever called “Lone Wolf” where you created a character that grew and gained experience throughout the book. Sort of like D&D for those without friends. Take a look at Amazon for these great books. If you have never read any of the “Lone Wolf” books you really should. They really are something all onto themselves and are great for kids. Instead of just pushing buttons in front of a TV you have to read! You know one of the things kids used to do. It involves running the eyes over ink placed on dead tress. The ink is arranged into a series of symbols that represent speech and thought. Kids used to find this form of entertainment very relaxing and rewarding. Not only did it keep the little brats quiet parents often encouraged it as it helped develop creative and complex brain patterns. Unlike current forms of entertainment that foster near sightedness, ADD, poor posture and a large round ass.
So for like a week or so I have been thinking about choose your own adventure and how I should write a blog about it. Then a story pops up on Digg about a flash created CYOA called which-way adventure. It is not real impressive but entertaining all the same. Go check it out and tell them Dolly set you! I have no idea what that means but it was real damn funny when I typed it. Awe go to hell you don’t know funny!
So this post proves several things:
- I am a dork and read CYOA books.
- I am not the only dork who reads CYOA books and the internet breaths new life into them.
- The Secret really works!!! I thought about CYOA and fell into a web version of the same. The Secret is basically a bunch of shit that says focus on what you want and you will get it. They call it “the law of attraction”. I guess if it is a law it must be true! You can look at this crap here on YouTube.
Other great CYOA stuff:
- The “Lone Wolf” series - For FREE online!!
- iPod CYOA books - cyoastore.com
- The first “Lone Wolf” book - At Amazon
- The “official” CYOA website - cyoa.com
Starcraft II - Well there goes a month of sleep
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007
I love Starcraft! The game was made over ten years ago and still has a huge base of avid players (including myself). Finally Blizzard has announced StarCraft II. They don’t yet have a release date but it is coming baby! Even if they did announce a date that does not mean it will be available for the Mac at the same time as the PC. The one thing about being a Mac user that really gets my undies all bunched up is that it has so many less games. Course on the positive side this means all the bad shitty games never make it to the Mac so you don’t have to waste your money on those.
Now I have two reasons to retire the pile I currently call a computer. Starcraft II and Civilization IV. I don’t have a DVD drive on my old Mac G4 so I can not enjoy any of the new games. Well that and the 466 Mhz processor is now showing it’s age. With that said it is still quite impressive that I can use an almost seven year old computer at all! I do love the machine I have now, it can drive three monitors and do almost everything I need. I still shy away from the $8,000 my brand new dream machine would cost so we will see what ebay has to offer. Even at that price the new one would only drive two screens. A new machine would be pushing more pixels on it’s two displays than the G4 on three but it is fun to say “I have three monitors on my computer”. If you have an extra 8K collecting dust send it my way and I will make my desktop picture a tribute to you and your generosity!
So I guess I will watch the internet with great intent waiting for the official release date of StarCraft II. When is does arrive you can bet your booties I will be stock piling the Mt. Dew, calling into work dead and loosing a lot of sleep.
Penny Arcade has a good comic on StarCraft II here.
Mac vs PC
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007The endless battle continues. This video about sums it up “computers suck”. They all just suck in different ways. With that said… Macs rock and PCs make good foot stools. This video is not hilarious but moderately entertaining none the less.
Falwell slam
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007I am sure most have seen, read or heard this already as it is all over but I feel the need to share my great big smile anyway.
“If you gave Falwell an enema, he could be buried in a matchbox.”
- Christopher Hitchens
There is a video you can gander at here.
Your MySpace my eye sore
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007I love and hate MySpace. It is an great place to meet old friends and post crap you think other people want to see. On the other had it is a poorly designed internet whore. Well if whores were free, let everyone watch and had full body tattoos. MySpace lets any punk with some free time to burn sign up, post and network. Best of all it is free. Who does not like free, right? So to pay for this service they slap ads all over the freaking site. I don’t understand who the hell buys these gawd dam ads? There is so much clutter and noise it becomes impossible to see anything. I know I have never clicked on an ad in MySpace much less bought anything from one. There are ads under shit, over shit and on shit. Next week they will have ads that smell like shit. Give them time, they are working on it! Not only are the pages impossible but then there are the users. What the hell! I don’t know who is dumber the people who create these sinful layouts or the retarded users that use them?
It is layer after layer of dung. First you are on a whored out over loaded web site. Then some ass cheeto slaps some dollar bin eye liner and moo moo on it and calls it a layout. Now the users each get to hop around to each others pages and post pictures of dancing unicorns and fairy dust vomit all over. The real creative throw some porno music in the back ground just for some extra waste! WTF?? I have only recently started a MySpace page and you are rather limited as to what you can do but for love of Big Bird stay the hell away from all the bling. A little background here and some color there is fine. Music should have to be clicked on before it plays and unicorns should be banned all together. Noah left them off the ark for a reason… they suck (and hump everything). I have been on some pages where the type is so dam small your brain starts to hemorrhage long before the second verse of footloose finishes blaring in your ear. How about the pages with a background so busy you don’t even have a snow balls chance in hell of finding any of the buttons you are supposed to be able to click on.
My space will always look lie hell. It is the nature of the beast but please don’t make it worse! Leave the sparkles and busy crap alone. Some people just don’t have a speck of sense or taste. But hey it is free!
Spring done spung (Part 2)
Sunday, May 20th, 2007
Yet another true sign of spring, the emergence of the big bumbling June bugs! This weekend the big bastards were everywhere. This year seemed twice as nasty as most. I went out in the dark and all you could hear in the lawn was a constant buzz and the crawling of bug on bug. They were horny as all hell and they were not afraid to let you know. Any window with a light behind it was crawling with shinny brown bugs. There was a constant noise of June bugs running into the house and windows. If you were dumb enough (which I was) to stand next to a window the daffy bastards would fly into you and start crawling all over. They have six strong legs that do not like to let go. I am not a wuss but bugs the size of quarters climbing on my face is just nasty.
So for all to enjoy I collected up several hundred bugs and took them to the beach (toilet) where I snapped this fine photo. It only took me ten minutes to gather up these brown beauties. I wonder if they are any good dipped in chocolate! They would be awfully creamy because they sure make a big splat.
Spring done sprung (Part 1)
Sunday, May 20th, 2007
Well Spring must be in full swing because the baby robins are waiting to get devoured by any hungry animal that happens by. This cute little nest of flightless robin offspring will probably not make it to adulthood. Thier mom was a little on the lazy side and built the wee ones nest a mere foot and a half off the ground in a cedar bush in front of my house. I am honestly surprised the cat has not yet found them. Or perhaps the cat is smarter than I think and waiting for the little suckers to fatten up. Guess that can’t be true… a smart cat?
Ben Franklin was a smart man
Friday, May 18th, 2007“Those who would give up essential Liberty to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”
-How true is this for our current times.
“He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on.”
-Way to go Ben. Did I mention he was smart?
“If you wouldst live long, live well; for folly and wickedness shorten life.”
-Don’t be wicked. Wicked is a cool word people should use it more.
“Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, and most fools do.”
-Welcome to my blog 
“Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He who is content. Who is that? Nobody.”
-Smart man Ben was.
“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.”
-I so wish this was something I could follow.
“He that lies down with dogs, shall rise up with fleas.”
-I agree with the idea here Ben but you should have picked a different animal. I really like dogs!
“There is no little enemy.”
-He said this before the Austin Powers movies so he never had a chance to see Mini Me.
“The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.”
-Dam that Ben is smart. I think welfare falls in here somewhere?
“Wine is sure proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”
-Cheers.
Quotes from Benjamin Franklin but sniffed out at quoteworld.org.
Found some controversy on the first quote.