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the lolcat fever. i has it.
January 5th, 2008 at 08:02pmThe most significant Internet development of 2007 is undoubtedly the explosion of putting humorous captions on pictures of cats which has come to be known as lolcats. If you have no idea what I’m talking about see this post that really kicked off the lolcat phenomenon. xkcd even acknowledged the lolcat phenomenon with this comic. There’s no point trying to make sense of it. Either you think it’s funny or you don’t. It does help to be a geek and have an odd sense of humor. Which category do you put yourself in: show me the kittehs, this is freaking retarded or I don’t get it? Here are some past phenomenons I enjoyed if you happened to miss them:
Alanis Morissette > Fergie
April 3rd, 2007 at 09:42pmIf you haven’t watched Alanis Morissette’s parody of “My Humps” it is worth the watch.
And for comparison here’s the original
For you maties out there
September 30th, 2006 at 11:03amOriginal video from Albino Black Sheep, Black Beard’s Treasure, good stuff.
I forget how much I like Weird Al
September 21st, 2006 at 11:17amIt seems like every couple years Weird Al comes out with a new album and it sucks me in. I guess his satire gives you a good chance to stand back and just laugh at what has been going on in pop culture. Just to give you an idea about my history of being a Weird Al fan, I think Alapalooza from 1993 was the first CD I ever owned. Here’s the single “White and Nerdy” off his new album “Straight Outta Lynwood”.
If you missed my b-day you can still get me something
August 11th, 2006 at 04:54pmThere was one thing I didn’t get that I wanted, but if someone wants to they can pick it up at Amazon for pretty cheap:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000F37UPA/
Oh I’m just kidding, or am I?
Flight of the Conchords
May 25th, 2006 at 02:47pmDuring the Superbowl, Outback Steakhouse launched a new television campaign featuring an Australian guy in some cleverly written spots. I enjoyed the commercials and didn’t think about the actor being in anything else until I came across this clip on CollegeHumor today. Turns out he is Jemaine Clement and is half of “New Zealand’s fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo”, Flight of the Conchords. The other half, Bret McKenzie, has been around, played in The Black Seeds and played the role of Figwit in the first and third Lord of the Rings movies.
I’m a big fan of comedy and they just seem to click for me. I’m a fan for sure now and hope to see more of them. Here’s their clips from HBO’s One Night Stand which is going to be re-run Saturday night. Check out the rest of the special with the two 15 minute clips. Their set is pretty clean, one f-bomb in their last song of Part 2, but overall probably not suitable for kids. The embedded clip is their parody on rap/hip-hop.
HBO Special: Part 1
HBO Special: Part 2
Conan O’Brien: Business Time
I discovered a new astronomic anomaly
May 23rd, 2006 at 10:10pmI’ve got this week and next week off and what better way to spend my time than to search the galaxy for new anomalies. Well it turns out I didn’t have to look further than the end of my driveway. Since I was the first to discover it I get to name it and classify it.
- Name: Garage 052306CG90240
- Characteristics: Exhibits behavior similar to black holes. Instead of attracting matter indiscriminantly, Garage 052306CG90240 targets household items that have been abandoned with the hope of being utilized again one day.
- Example items discovered inside anomaly: unused weight bench from 1972 and empty cardboard boxes that reached over 3m high when stacked on top of each other.
- Course of action: Retrieve items whose hope of further utilization has expired and send those items to one of two anomalies, Garbage 55GALGREY or Salvation Army 90241JUNK.
- Expected outcome: The junk collection abilities of Garage 052306CG90240 will be abated for the foreseeable future. Reduction of matter in the anomaly will allow deployment of foosball table and mini-javelin board.
Hint: If you didn’t get it I started cleaning out my garage so I could play foosball and darts at my graduation party. That was much more concise but not as nerdy or fun.
Also note I used metrics which scientists use to make themselves look important. I personally measure all distances using nailweeks, the cummulative length my 20 fingernails and toenails grow in one week which is approximately equal to 3.5 inches or 26.67 cm for the rest of you scientists.
Another reason to hate Tom Cruise
May 7th, 2006 at 12:59pmI’m not even going to say anything, video says everything that needs to be said.
