G.I. Joe

Timeless messages from the 80's cartoon with a different twist - and knowing is half the battle..

Chewie II

Chewbacca has a blog! Hooray!

Don't Buy Stuff You Cannot Afford

Get out of debt by following this simple one-page self-help book.


Saturday Night Live (SNL) sketch starring Steve Martin, with Amy Poehler.

Hippopotamus

Ever have that craving to hear a hippopotamus sing about noodles? Well then. You've come to the right place.

Johnny Cash on Sesame Street

Horrible Recipes from the Past III

Pictured: Spam grilled in butter and pineapple juice, simmered in barbecue sauce. Mmm..

Crispy Weiners in a Raw Cabbage w/ Baked Beans
Ham Shortcakes in Pea Sauce
Peas in Potato Boats
Velveeta Golden Glory Casserole

Lazy Sunday

NBC is getting all pissy about the fact that this SNL short is available online for free (even though it was offered as a free download from NBC in iTunes, and now is charging 2 bucks for it as they realized people were downloading it..) With NBC's terrible lineup these days, you'd think they'd be grateful for the free advertising for NBC - not suddenly grubbing bucks for something they gave away for free a month ago. So in the spirit of contarianism, here it is to watch all over again. Watch it before NBC starts sending their badgers out to disable it from video archive sites all over the internet. They better give Samberg a raise..

UPDATE: Looks like they already have. So in lieu of/until it's fixed - the title link above will connect you directly to the NBC badgers in action.

Romper Room

Insane show - wouldn't work today - but I totally had my own yellow romper clomper stompers with green handles when I was a kid. Most who watched complained that she never said their name at the end of the show when she looked in her magic mirror. She totally said mine all the time.


Video Links (RealPlayer)
Weekday Song
Mean Clown
Gun Control

It's Jerry Time!

Check out the first four episodes of Jerry - now also available as a free podcast subscription in iTunes.

Darth Cheney Shoots a Guy

"Harry was in the line of fire and got peppered pretty good."

World's Tiniest Videogames

Pong, Pac-Man, Asteroids, Pinball..

Minnesota's Puppet Senator

As usual Norm "King of the Flip-Floppin'-Flip Floppers" Coleman, junior senator from Minnesota, elected after Senator Wellstone's "accidental" plane accident - is working to continue to whitewash his past affiliation as a radical Democrat from it's Wikipedia entry to one of unflagging allegiance to Resident Bush. But then he didn't want people to know that he followed Bush's voting requests 98% of the time when he entered office so he had that deleted. The guy's beyond a putz but, following instructions from Rove? Come on.

Norm Coleman
The staffers of Senator Norm Coleman changed a description of Coleman as a liberal Democrat in college to an "activist Democrat," and then to "an active college student." They removed references to Coleman's voting record during his first year of Congress, which lined up with President Bush 98% of the time, which cited Congressional Quarterly. They also removed a reference to Coleman being persuaded by Karl Rove to run for senator instead of governor in 2002.
"When you put 'edia' in there, it makes it sound as if this is a benign, objective piece of information," said Erich Mische, Senator Coleman's Chief of Staff, to the Associated Press. Mr. Mische admitted the Senator's office had made the edits, and he would take responsibility for removal of the sentence about the voting record. "That probably should have stayed in there."
"It appears to be a major rewrite of the article to make it more favorable. If they're trying to edit in such a way to change the public record, that's a problem," Jimmy Wales said to the Associated Press about the incident.
According to the St. Paul Pioneer Press, "Coleman's decision to run for senator, rather than governor, was sealed during a walk with President Bush in the White House's Rose Garden," rather than Karl Rove. Rove had actually persuaded the former senate majority leader of Minnesota and current governor, Tim Pawlenty, not to challenge Norm Coleman in the Senate elections. Still, other portions of the edit removed references to Karl Rove entirely, and their citations, while accentuating the positive side of several issues, including changing "a budget bill that cut funding from a number of programs" to "a deficit-reduction bill."

I Wouldn't Go That Far..

You are a Social Liberal (63% permissive) and an... Economic Liberal (8% permissive) You are best described as a: Socialist Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid Also: The OkCupid Dating Persona Test

Brokeback to the Future

Those Were the Days

It hurts a little bit to look at these - because I had the whole Matchbox collectors suitcase of them (differentiated from the inferior Hot Wheels which had a radial tire style carrying case) all of which I sold at a garage sale. ERGH. Like everything else I loved as a kid, it's all gone - Death Star playset - Star Wars figures, cowboys and indians, do-nothing machine..). That's why I have so many toys today. Nonetheless it's nice to see 'em again.

Me on Wednesday

I think it was the flu. Or food poisoning.

Hooked on a Feeling

"Which once again proves my theory...Germans love David Hasselhoff.."

Super Sweet 16

For all of you that don't put your hard-earned money into the paper shredder to pay for TV, here's a spoof of what you're missing on MTV courtesy of SNL.

Theme Restaurant Redux

Some are gone - some still exist - I remember Arthur Treacher's, Sambo's and MAYbe Golden Skillet - I'm not sure. There was something called Golden Bear around here too. Zantigo's and Rocky Rococo's should be on here as well - although there's still one of each open in the Twin Cities (which I have yet to visit..)

100 Most Annoying Things of 2005

My favorite I am familiar with:

78 MY OBESSIVE (SIC) COMPULSIVE HABITS
Did I really lock my doors? I forgot to tell myself that I locked each door out loud so I will remember that I actually did it. Or maybe the memory of locking that door is just a dream and I really did not do it. Why am I wasting time writing this while my iron is burning my house down?

Top 50 Music Videos of 2005

If you refuse to pay for TV like me (thus saving $500 - $1000 per year) you may not have seen some of these videos. Beck's still makes me double-take - has technology actually progressed this far? Are robot backup dancers at concerts far behind?

18 Body Shortcuts

18 tricks you can teach your body.

Top 50 Gadgets of the Last 50 Years

Remote control, answering machine, LED digital watch, transistor portable radio, Zip drive, Speak n' Spell..

How to Make an Annoying Webpage

Everything you need to know to create a super annoying website.

Classic TV Commercials

Including Mr.Bubble, Mr.Whipple, Mariette Hartley and James Garner bitching at each other for the Polaroid OneTouch camera, and Duz soap - the dishwasher soap with a drinking glass in every box.