my observations on everything right and wrong with the world - starting with myself.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Sometimes when I'm driving, I get a bit enthusiastic and I take a turn as if I was driving a go-kart...certain freeway onramps/offramps tend to be most vulnerable to being subjected with this type of behavior. I was able to get away with it when I had my BMW or my Protege5, but now that I'm driving a boat of a Maxima most of the time, it's practically impossible.
anyway, this video explains why I don't rally:
oh. my. god.
In other news...do you know what month Columbus Day is in? If you don't, then are you smarter than a 5th grader?
The irony is that the very first contestant on the show was a UCLA graduate...in US History...and went to law school.
...by inference, does this mean that lawyers aren't smarter than fifth graders? (sorry Iain)
Shannon and I watched the first guy on the show and neither of us knew the answer to the first question...
Speaking of being completely clueless...it looks like we're not the only people who had no idea what a geek in the pink was. Shannon and I knew that we were out of touch with ordinary society...but when we heard the song on American Idol and watched the captions (we have the closed captioning turned on)...we were like...are those really the lyrics?
Anyway, whenever I think of something "in the pink", I always think of this shirt.
anyway, this video explains why I don't rally:
oh. my. god.
In other news...do you know what month Columbus Day is in? If you don't, then are you smarter than a 5th grader?
The irony is that the very first contestant on the show was a UCLA graduate...in US History...and went to law school.
...by inference, does this mean that lawyers aren't smarter than fifth graders? (sorry Iain)
Shannon and I watched the first guy on the show and neither of us knew the answer to the first question...
Speaking of being completely clueless...it looks like we're not the only people who had no idea what a geek in the pink was. Shannon and I knew that we were out of touch with ordinary society...but when we heard the song on American Idol and watched the captions (we have the closed captioning turned on)...we were like...are those really the lyrics?
Anyway, whenever I think of something "in the pink", I always think of this shirt.
Friday, February 23, 2007
...just like his dad...my son loves cars.
he doesn't just love them - he LOVES them. The first thing he says in the morning when he wakes up is "play with cars?" or "go downstairs, play with cars?"
Matty will take anything that is round and pretend it is a steering wheel...and, lucky me, when he makes car sounds, the sound of the engine accelerates and after changing gears (he'll even make the "chik-chik" sound), the engine will accelerate again. As far as I can tell, his cars are all four speeds - it must be because our Maxima has a four-speed slushbox while the Odyssey is so quiet, you can hardly tell that it's shifting through its five cogs. Besides, he's too busy pointing out the big trucks on the road while he's in the minivan anyway - so he's not paying attention to the Odyssey's V6 i-VTEC with cylinder deactivation.
Anyway, if he could do this, he would.
The funny thing is that apparently, that Hyundai commercial was pulled off the air because parents complained...well, I'm complaining about Anne Geddes' photography, but she's still coming out with the same crappy I-just-threw-up-in-my-mouth stylized crap.
he doesn't just love them - he LOVES them. The first thing he says in the morning when he wakes up is "play with cars?" or "go downstairs, play with cars?"
Matty will take anything that is round and pretend it is a steering wheel...and, lucky me, when he makes car sounds, the sound of the engine accelerates and after changing gears (he'll even make the "chik-chik" sound), the engine will accelerate again. As far as I can tell, his cars are all four speeds - it must be because our Maxima has a four-speed slushbox while the Odyssey is so quiet, you can hardly tell that it's shifting through its five cogs. Besides, he's too busy pointing out the big trucks on the road while he's in the minivan anyway - so he's not paying attention to the Odyssey's V6 i-VTEC with cylinder deactivation.
Anyway, if he could do this, he would.
The funny thing is that apparently, that Hyundai commercial was pulled off the air because parents complained...well, I'm complaining about Anne Geddes' photography, but she's still coming out with the same crappy I-just-threw-up-in-my-mouth stylized crap.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
I've had my head free and shaved of its long flowing locks since about the summer of 1998...but why, Britney, must you do the same???
So today is Mardi Gras and I can't believe that Britney Spears shaving her head is the NUMBER 1 entertainment news on Google News. Come on people, New Orleans is trying to make a comeback after Katrina, but all the world is talking about is how much Britney's hair is worth...but at least the truth is coming out - Britney Spears is really:
Tobias Funke (played by David Cross) from Arrested Development
The alien guy from Alien Nation
The Dalai Lama
Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Uncle Fester
Michael Stipe from R.E.M.
...but in all honesty, Britney has turned to the Dark Side...
Britney = Darth Vader
in closing, here's a PSA about drugs and why they're bad:
I feel really bad for her two kids. I mean, really really bad...she's going to get home and her kids are going to go..."K Fed, is that you?"
So today is Mardi Gras and I can't believe that Britney Spears shaving her head is the NUMBER 1 entertainment news on Google News. Come on people, New Orleans is trying to make a comeback after Katrina, but all the world is talking about is how much Britney's hair is worth...but at least the truth is coming out - Britney Spears is really:
Tobias Funke (played by David Cross) from Arrested Development
The alien guy from Alien Nation
The Dalai Lama
Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Uncle Fester
Michael Stipe from R.E.M.
...but in all honesty, Britney has turned to the Dark Side...
Britney = Darth Vader
in closing, here's a PSA about drugs and why they're bad:
I feel really bad for her two kids. I mean, really really bad...she's going to get home and her kids are going to go..."K Fed, is that you?"
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Everyone knows that Love makes you do crazy things...but usually, the craziness is controlled and only embarrasses you in the end.
But astronauts...oh boy...they take love to another level.
I found out about this story over the weekend from Jalopnik and Autoblog of all places because apparently, she drove 900 miles in diapers in order to avoid stopping. What crazy car was she driving that she could drive 900 miles WITHOUT stopping??? Even the best MPG car sold in the US can only do about 700 miles on a full tank on a good day...and only if you're driving downhill and drafting behind some semis.
Her story made its rounds over the net yesterday, but I didn't get a chance to check Fark until today...and sure enough, they made the connections...
So, without further ado, here is a picture of our forlorn astronut after she was apprehended:
...and here are the comparisons:
GOOD:
BETTER - it's a tie between Iggy Pop:
...and Luke Perry:
and finally, BEST:
I think that's Blue Steel that Derek Zoolander is stylin...but I think the (former) Captain Lisa Marie Nowak is stylin the Magnum.
But astronauts...oh boy...they take love to another level.
I found out about this story over the weekend from Jalopnik and Autoblog of all places because apparently, she drove 900 miles in diapers in order to avoid stopping. What crazy car was she driving that she could drive 900 miles WITHOUT stopping??? Even the best MPG car sold in the US can only do about 700 miles on a full tank on a good day...and only if you're driving downhill and drafting behind some semis.
Her story made its rounds over the net yesterday, but I didn't get a chance to check Fark until today...and sure enough, they made the connections...
So, without further ado, here is a picture of our forlorn astronut after she was apprehended:
...and here are the comparisons:
GOOD:
BETTER - it's a tie between Iggy Pop:
...and Luke Perry:
and finally, BEST:
I think that's Blue Steel that Derek Zoolander is stylin...but I think the (former) Captain Lisa Marie Nowak is stylin the Magnum.
