Ukulele Boy

Oh to be oblivious and cute again.

Brett Favre Mic’d Up

If you had asked me 6 months ago if I liked Brett Favre I would have said that I used to but after all the retiring and un-retiring I had officially had enough.  There was a part of me that wanted him to come back fall flat and have Tavaris Jackson lead the Vikings to the playoffs.  But that was six months ago and I have to say that…dammit Brett Favre I’m rooting for you again.  To see someone doing what they love is infectious and for all the drama we’ve been subjected along the way it’s good to watch the best being the best again. 

List the great quarterbacks of all time and you find a group of people who are professionally dynamic but personally stiff (no, Dan Marino was not funny in Ace Ventura).  So it’s makes it even better to see Brett being himself on the gridiron, having a blast as he giddyups around the field talking smack and acting like a kid.  In the world of the polished professional athlete that’s not something you see everyday and it’s a nice break.

Lego Matrix Scene

Because Legos and the Matrix are seperately and equally awesome.

Thanks to The Daily Dish

Skeptical Hippo

Brain Drive

A photo of my recent upgrade to a core 2 duo processor with additional RAM due to the last model’s incompatibility issues with bourbon whiskey.

The Dirty Birdy

Tea Partyyyy!!!

Don’t tread on my delicate sensibilities.  But seriously folks, I embrace a movement that is backed by lots of nodding in camouflaged clothing.  I’d say the only weak plank in this rapper’s platform is that white people should never ever be encouraged to wave anything around like they don’t care….because they just might (like they don’t). 

In case Hi Caliber’s dizzying rhyme schemes leave you flailing in his intellectual wake, some of the ABA gems that you will hear include but are not limited to:

• Capitol Hill / Jack and Jill
• Tumor / Schumer
• Baby / Navy / Lady  (that’s three in a row btw)
• Million / Wilson (hey, they can’t all be Leaves of Grass)

Highlight  at 1:06 with the colonial soldiers marching / cut to unenthusiastic predominantly white crowd / cut to haughty George Washington/Ben Franklin clone.  IMO a top notch producer like Bruce Dickinson would have immediately recognized the need for more piccolo in the mix. 

In sharp contrast to Hi Caliber look at all the good things that happen in Low Caliber, when white people just relax on the porch overlooking the bass pond and focus on what they do best.

Thanks to one of my very favoritest of bloggeristas Andrew Sullivan of The Atlantic.

A Dark Stain

Click here to read a powerful article on the role of torture in a post 9/11 world.  It is critical that we understand how this issue shapes our past and defines our future.

A Brave New Look

I’m trying a new look on ye olde bloggenstein.  I picked the original black background solely for aesthetic reasons…translation:  I thought it looked super bad ass.  But when I visited the site in person the other day I found that it’s kind of hard to read.  Apparently there are quite a few of you who soldier on through the dark but if I can ease your reading experience it would bring me a great deal of joy.

Tonight I changed to a simpler, more readable theme but I’m not sure if anyone really gives a crap.  So that dear friends is the essence of this poll.  Choices are listed below.

2012 + Yakety Sax = Hollywood Magic

John Williams is green with envy as Roland Emmerich’s disaster porn gets a fitting soundtrack.  Internet, you fill my life with simple treasures.