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10 March 2009 | 10:28 PM
While I’m not religious, I definitely believe in serendipity. For instance, just a few days after I happened to catch Henry Poole Is Here, I came across this hilarious montage of “I-seen-Jesus-in-my-waffle” (or Cheeto, soup spoon, sonagram, etc) stories, culled from local news telecasts from across the country.
How serendipitous! As opposed to some folks, who look at a t-shirt crumpled in the corner of their room and see the face of a 2000 year-old hippie carpenter. Because that’s not serendipity – that’s a miracle, friend!
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25 February 2009 | 1:32 PM
I’ve never really been a fan of the television show E.R.. In fact, I think I’ve only ever watched one complete episode, and that was really only because Quentin Tarantino directed it. Moreover, I wasn’t even aware that the thing was still on – I thought it had long ago gone the way of Airwolf, Jennifer Slept Here and Enos. My point is that for all I know, this could be an actual promo for an upcoming E.R. episode:
Seems about right to me. Hrm, maybe Too Close For Comfort is still on, too? Man, that Jim J. Bullock sure got himself into some sticky situations.
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18 February 2009 | 3:13 PM
I’ve often wondered what it’s going to be like when I finally have to have “the sex talk” with my kids. As it turns out, I’ve got nothing to worry about – someone’s already provided me with an exceptional template for the discussion:
Life lesson? Whatever you do, don’t forget about “tool”.
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15 February 2009 | 12:09 AM
Call me old-school, but I’m a bit of a hopeless romantic:
Hrm….perhaps I’m a little out of practice at this sort of thing?
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4 February 2009 | 9:44 PM
All right, I realize I’m a few days late with this, but damn if it doesn’t make me crack up every time I come across it. Over the summer, there were rumors that actor Christian Bale went absolutely apeshit on the back-lot during the filiming of the new Terminator flick when the Director of Photography walked through the set during a shot or something. Well, now the audio from his hissy-fit has hit the inter-webs, and I think we all should take a moment to commend Mr. Bale on his creative and repetitive use of the word “fuck” in it. I mean, seriously, I’m pretty sure the entire reels of Scarface, Reservoir Dogs and Glengarry Glen Ross combined have less F-bombs in it than his 4-minute tirade does. Anyway, the internet being what it is, it was pretty much inevitable that people were going to take this thing and run with it. To wit:
Wow. Just…wow. It’s kind of amazing how just a few drum-beats and a little creative sampling can turn Bale’s little oratory into a wank-fest of Reznor-ian proportions. Don’t get me wrong, it still doesn’t even come close to touching the angry-curse-filled-tirade genre’s masterpiece, but still, it’s pretty cool.
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Well, lo and behold, someone has mashed this up with the O’Reilly thing:
I love the internet.
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15 January 2009 | 2:23 PM
A few years back, when Joel and Ethan Cohen were making their excellent movie O Brother Where Art Thou, both freely admitted that they had never even read The Odyssey of Homer, the epic poem upon which their film was loosely based. I’ve always admired the Cohen brothers for this: because they weren’t constrained by the various intricacies of plot minutiae, it freed them up to use their Cliff’s Notes understanding of the source material as merely a frame to drape their own story over. Similarly, this recounting of the (original) Star Wars trilogy has a bit of the Cohen’s magic going for it, along with a healthy dash batshit-crazy tossed in, just because:
Now I ask you: wouldn’t you rather watch this short film than any of the three prequels George Lucas pumped out?
[Via Geekologie]
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9 January 2009 | 11:30 AM
To me, the best pranks are those that don’t hurt or offend anyone, but instead give people a bit of pause and maybe even a chuckle. To that end, I give you this entertaining little bit of skulduggery:
I have to imagine that these were incredibly difficult and incredibly fun to set up. Anyway, it’s nice to see a prank that doesn’t involve happy-slapping or lighting body hair on fire for a change.
[Via I Have Seen The Whole Of The Internet]
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24 December 2008 | 11:57 PM
It’s a good thing that Santa has been around for so long, because if dude had to put his operation together today (and, more to the point, had to rely on one of today’s soul-sucking advertising companies to get his message out there), he’d be getting his ass handed to him by the likes of Vince the Shamwow! guy. Props to Dailey Associates for being self-effacing enough to share this vision of how it would go if they brought the jolly ol’ fat man in for a quick voice-over session:
Those marketing wankers should be glad that they were dealing with the Anglo-American version of Santa rather than the Dutch incarnation, who rolls with a posse of six-to-eight black men and wouldn’t stand for that “I kinda want to hear more smile” bullshit, no way, no how.
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24 December 2008 | 11:35 PM
With the economy firmly ensconced in the crapper these days, it appears that everyone is taking a hit. And by everyone, I mean everyone. Heck, even a certain harried, white-bearded dude in a red suit recently wedged his tush down Congress’ chimney to see if he could cash in on the gravy train the government has going for the U.S. auto industry. Let’s go to the sub-committee hearing, shall we?
So, as you’re heading to bed this Christmas Eve, ponder for a moment just how naughty or nice you’ve been. After all, I think we’ve all learned something important here. And that something is that elf dung stains are practically impossible to get out of your carpet.
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24 December 2008 | 11:21 PM
Lest you think that I’ve not gotten into the holiday spirit, I present you some yontif-themed video evidence of why we chosen people should’ve stopped at The Beastie Boys (or perhaps 3rd Bass):
Then again, when it comes to rapping Jews, I’ve always been more of a traditionalist.
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