Archive for October, 2008

This weeks musical obsession - Joan Jett

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

While looking at the HP touch computers online this week I stumbled upon Joan Jett. She sings the “Touch” song they use in the commercial and I had to know who sang that. So she is my musical obsession all week long. Who knows it could last longer! I kind of hope it does.

In this video below Joan Jett is preforming “Fetish” and she is like 50! She looks about 25. I am pretty sure this woman does not age. OK there are some pictures where she looks a little older. She is still damn hot and one hell of a rocker!

So the rumors say she is a lesbian. Who even cares. She can rock with the best of them and I am pretty sure all 75 pounds of her even at age 50 could kick my ass without even breaking a sweat. If the gods did indeed come down and had sex with mortals, Joan Jett is what you would get!! Hercules can go fly a kite.

MORE:

Real wild one

Touch - old school

Touch - Warped tour 2006, the quality sucks but you can she she still rocks hard core and damn she is ripped!

Eye to eye - old school

Crimson and clover - 1999, live and the quality is poor

I hate myself for loving you - old school, awesome

Benjamin Roth’s depression diary

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

The Big Money is publishing a several part series which is exerts from Benjamin Roth’s diary. Mr. Roth was born in 1894 and was around during the great depression of the 30s. After two years of going “WTF is going on” (like we are now doing) he started to keep a diary according to The Big Money. He did so for the remainder of his life until 1978 when he passed away.

The Big Money is not my sort of web site and most content is painful at best. This series however I find quite interesting and I can not wait to see it all. So far they have two installments of this done and I have linked to them below. Otherwise just go to thebigmoney.com and search for “Depression Dairy”.

Mr. Roth’s account sounds surprisingly similar to current times?? Great Depression II here we come…

Benjamin Roth’s diary part I

Benjamin Roth’s diary part II

Your vote does not count

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Or at least your vote does not count for who you want it to!! This is unreal. We seem to be unable to make a machine that can accurately record a vote? How is that even possible! Imagine if every test you took in school just gave you what ever answer it wanted you to have instead of the one you gave. Hell you might have passed 5th grade Timmy!

Back when I was in school we used this thing called a pencil. We were very high tech and filled in little circles in paper that a computer then read and thus scored your paper. I am pretty sure it worked because the shit I did not know I always got “D”s on and the stuff I knew I always seemed to pass. We DO NOT have room for error on voting. Why does this shit not work? Those fancy machines that spit change at you in McDonalds and gas stations always work right. Good thing too because 12 to 18 year olds no longer can make change, for god knows what reason. The ATM at the bank always seems to work except when the bastard eats my card. But at least it has NEVER given me $80 or $600 when I wanted $40.

It really just blows my mind that we have and are looking to again send someone to the moon but we can not make a machine that records a vote correctly. So it seems my blog has become a video blog again so here is another showing this problem in action. Not only does it show the problem but once they “recalibrate” the machine it still messes up. And they try to tell you they care about your vote!!

HP touch computer

Monday, October 27th, 2008

I am just blown away by the fact that HP is the first major computer maker to have a home use, affordable, touch screen computer on the market. HP’s touch screen computer beat Apple… Totally shocked! I am an Apple fan and I thought for sure, without a doubt Apple would be the first one to the table with this. I have been thinking for quite a few years, what we really need it a touch screen Mac. I do graphic design so I drag, drop and open more pallets in a day than most. I knew the day would come and I was always waiting for the magic. When I saw the iPhone come out with it’s fancy touch screen and multi touch ability I knew a desktop touch screen Mac could not be far away.

Well I still firmly believe Apple is working on a touch screen machine for us hard working, mad clicking graphic designers. I am just not sure when it will appear. Even though HP beat Apple to the punch on this one, I think Apple is going to stomp them with their version of the same. HP does have a useful touch screen desktop computer but the touch screen part is an application that runs on top of the OS and I don’t think the machine has the coolness that is Apple’s multi touch with gestures. I would bet my life savings, (so $5) that Apple’s touch screen desktop machine will not only be multi touch, but the touchyness will be part of the OS.

The only fear I have left is that Apple will release this goodness on a laptop before a desktop machine. I have no use for a laptop and I NEED touch screen on a desktop… Apple, I am waiting. Can they hear me?

It almost makes me sick to post a video that is not of an Apple machine.

The best damn Obama endorsement yet!

Friday, October 24th, 2008

Opie and Andy Taylor, the Fonzie, and Richie Cunningham all endorse Obama. Now how can you go wrong with that! Good stuff.

See more Ron Howard videos at Funny or Die

Land mines in your back yard - Not so good

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

The below video is an ad done by the UN that did not air in the United States. It was considered too graphic. I am not sure how graphic it is but I sure think it is terrible. It is an ad to help promote the removal of all land mines world wide. I suppose the message is innocent people are getting hurt.

It does convey the emotions and message well I suppose, but I think it could have been done different. I find all the screaming just distracting. I suppose that makes it more “real life” but I still don’t like it. On the flip side another option would be to show mine victims like they do with the starving children. That is also poor as it just makes it too easy to say “oh that is over there with other people”. I am not real sure what I would have done but I am not sure this is the best approach.

Info from here.

Pantyhose for men??

Friday, October 17th, 2008

OK first off, I am not sure pantyhose are a good idea for women. Now some half wit wants to make them socially acceptable for men? Come on! Most men never shave their legs. Correct me if I am wrong but pantyhose and masses of leg hair do not jive? So for men to accept this “trend” they would have to start shaving their legs. Women already use up all the morning bathroom time shaving, puffing, pushing and painting. There is not more time in the morning for men to shave miles of leg hair. The five minutes left for men in a morning bathroom does not allow for taking on more female primping.

But lets for arguments sake list the benefits of wearing pantyhose so men can choose for themselves. The chance to walk into a big meeting with a nasty run going the length of your sexy sleek man leg. The chance to have your ass kicked every week for the next six years till this trend takes hold (if it does). Having to sit or stand in the dirty ass shower shaving your legs for 15 minutes every damn morning while you smack your head on the 87 bottles of shampoo left by your wife and/or daughters. This of course before you loose your balance and slip just right so you can catch your junk on the faucet while ramming the bottle of shampoo you just knocked loose in areas you would rather not. Leg stubble poking out of your pantyhose by lunchtime making for a very nice Velcro gone bad look. Never being able to again have kids because your junk is all bundled up killing your little swimmers. You think you need to adjust your boys after a long meeting now just wait till they are screaming against a sleek mesh of nylon. So much for the convince of that nice zipper on the front of your trousers. You better just go into the stall and pull your pants all the way down and hope you don’t trip while you take care of business. You will never again win the “who can strip the fastest” contest when trying to get into bed for a little love.

Now I will admit some of the pantyhose at e-mancipate.net are rather stylish I still do not think it is worth any of the extra hassle and trauma. As for the argument that they keep legs warm… put on some damn pants! To the websites credit they do assume that men are idiots when it comes to pantyhose, and rightly so. They have illustrated instructions on how a man should put on his pantyhose “without destroying them”. Personally I think destroying them would be tthe best thing you could do but the final picture in the instructions is really priceless!

Some people need a life!

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

We all have our little pet peeves. The things that just set us off. Usually they are completely irrational and are only important to us, and a few other losers. I however am proud to report that my pet peeves have never been caught on film, much less broadcast for the nation! The two lasses on the right in this video (esp. the far right one) are completely out of their freaking mind!

They get all worked up into a froth about Palin on the cover of Newsweek. Why you ask Timmy? Because the picture shows she has pores on her face and maybe even is a real human. I just don’t get it? It is not like they depicted her in any evil way. Maybe I just have better things to worry about than the fact that they did not air brush out every wrinkle and pore on Palin. To me that would be more offensive. She already is a pretty lady (dumb as all hell, but pretty) so to give her airbrushing would just add insult I think.

Most important… who gives a shit! Really, is there anyone other than the two ladies in this video that really give a rats ass one way or the other?

Maybe Palin should be VP

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

You know Palin may be as dumb as a box of hammers but if she was VP at least I would get a lot of laughs! Tina Fey (who is one of my personal heroes) does an outstanding impression of Palin. So good and humorous in fact that I may be willing to vote for her and flush the entire US down the toilet to let her in office. After McCain dies two weeks after being in office because he is like a million years old Palin will be president and that would be even more entertaining!

So below are some great examples of how funy the next 4 years could be… if you just scrape out your brain and vote for Palin!!

I was not smart enough to figure out how to get this one to work?? But it is much good!! [CLICK HERE]

Mr. T raps - Then you want to cry

Monday, October 6th, 2008

I forgot how much damn gold Mr. T wore around his neck! Holy crap! How did he support all that weight? I am now wondering if Mr. T wore fake gold?

Anyway, this video is scary funny. The rap is terrible, the kids are plastic brain washed Barney scary, and Mr. T is way out of character… sucka.


How to Rap, according to Mr. T