Archive for January, 2004

PHUN LINKS SATURDAY

Sorry- got sidetracked and couldn’t get out the PLP on time. Here’s a few links to help pass the time when the Superbowl SUCKS tomorrow:

RSS Reader Update

Switched to SharpReader. Still free, but has a bunch of better stuff. This whole RSS thing is amazing. I can keep on top of like a ballion things but only put mimal time towards it. I wish they had aggregators for more aspects of life. Imagine if you could get conversation aggregators that stored up all the things people around you were planning on saying, and then when you felt like listening you could sort through them and only listen to the interesting thngs. How bout food aggregators that stored meals from all round and then you just swung a tray around and picked what you wanted. I can’t wait for the future. I’m gonna run right out and get a Tivo.

I know, I know, I’m late.

But, I have seen the light (everyone who is not a tech geek just tune out- this is not for you). RSS feeds are the ONLY way to read blogs. It’s incredible. Iinstalled feedreader and whalla! It tells me when my favorite bloggers post and they’re sitting right there for me to read. Man life is good. Actually, what’s also cool is I added all my favorite comics, and soon I’ll put in news too. Sean Bonner has been going on and on about it so I figured it was about time I gave it a whirl. Now I wonder what took me so long. It’s one of those “how could I have been so blind” kind of things. Can life get any better, I ask?

Play With Your Food

Yeah, America. That’s how you get even with all those nasty, filthy carbs- show ‘em the business end of a high powered rifle. That oughta learn ‘em. (see it in slo-mo)

ATTENTION CITIZENS

From now on, stay as far away as you can from

As you were.

Yo Eazy, Why You Wear Your PEZ Like That?

PEZ BEE-ACHEZ access, man. I saw this post at Ariped’s site that linked to the Illegal Art project. Daaaang- it’s tight yo. But, even mo whack are the artist’s websites- like this guy who made PEZ dispensers of dead rappers and likes to go ’round pestering Walmarts.

Now, I like to stick it to the man just like the next young brutha. But I’ve always thought it was funny how people pick on Walmart for making boat-loads of money and using it’s power. Man, If I was Walmart that’s exactly what I’d do. Instead, make fun of how much their customer service sucks, or how exery time you go you can’t stand in their 1 1/2 foot wide aisles for more than 10 seconds without ending up in a 3 cart pileup, or how ALL YOU WANT IS A NEW THING OF GEL AND THAT STUPID FAMILY OF TWELVE WHO THINKS THIS IS A DAYCARE CAN’T KEEP THEIR KIDS UNDER CONTROL FOR 2 SECONDS AND YOU’RE TRYING TO KEEP YOUR COOL BUT IF THAT BRAT MAKES THE STUPID TOY DO THE FUNKY CHICKEN ONE MORE FREAKIN TIME YOU’RE GOING TO TEAR HIS-

Oh sorry. Flashbacks. I leave Walmart with post traumatic stress symptoms. It’s not pretty. Just check out the PEZ while I go do some primal scream therapy.

Hidden Camera Show Ideas

As a nod to my failed attempt to do a “reality show ideas” contest, E&H.com is hosting a HIDDEN CAMERA SHOW ideas contest!!!

With Ashton Kutcher’s announcement that he will not be doing anymore Punk’d episodes, I thnk the whole genre sould use a boost. Waddaya say, folks? Are we just going to sit back and watch anothercornerstone of American culture go the way of the Dodo? I think not. So do your part and add your ideas via the comments. Bombs away!

BEHOLD! You can now waste your life

in another language. We found out where those singing horses came from. The site is in Norwegian or something- but MAN is it hilarious. It’s an endless collection of flash games and whatnot. Did I mention it’s hilarious? You’ll see just hit “starta.” My current fav is the ‘write your name in sheep poop’ feature.

There are some things here that are just plain wrong. Enjoy.

Virus Chronicles

Here’s a little exerpt my buddy Jason and I had earlier concerning the virus and his workplace

jasonadrian: my norton is finding all kinds of virusses now
EdSAdkinsIII: oh crap
jasonadrian: it keeps popping the liitle message up
EdSAdkinsIII: jeesh
jasonadrian: jeez
EdSAdkinsIII: that sucks
EdSAdkinsIII: did you update the definitions or something?
jasonadrian: yup
EdSAdkinsIII: hows everyone else at chucky cheeses?
jasonadrian: heh
jasonadrian: here at the Plex?
EdSAdkinsIII: yeah
jasonadrian: good
EdSAdkinsIII: i would think that such a IT intensive company would go nuts durring a crazy outbreak
jasonadrian: rite
jasonadrian: yeah
EdSAdkinsIII: sirens go off
jasonadrian: heh
EdSAdkinsIII: foam spraysout of the ceiling
jasonadrian: guys running all over in jump suits
jasonadrian: people leaping onto little carts and zipping around
EdSAdkinsIII: hauling you off for ‘cleansing’
EdSAdkinsIII: chutes open up to suck up the people whose computers are infected
EdSAdkinsIII: wow. we’re sick.
jasonadrian: heh
jasonadrian: a female drone type voice comes over the intercom
jasonadrian: “infection detected. infection detected.
jasonadrian: please report to the decontamination zone.
EdSAdkinsIII: heh
EdSAdkinsIII: you see some disheveled balding guy with glasses hurrying for the elevator with papers falling out of his breifcase
jasonadrian: looking extremely worried
jasonadrian: mutternig “Oh dear, oh dear….”
EdSAdkinsIII: holding it to his chest as the suit guys surround him in front of the elevator
EdSAdkinsIII: dude we think exactly alike
jasonadrian: scary

Virus Alert

Don’t open any suspicious mail today- theres a new email virus thats spreading like wildfire. There’s not even a cure for it yet.

Tale of the Illegal Coat Check

At that show in SF a week ago we decided to check our stuff. Sounds harmless, eh? Show is over and we go down to retrieve our items. In line we can hardly stand. It’s been an incredible weekend but, man, have we been awake for way too long. Up ’till four the first night hanging with Jason and Cherie, and now it’s 2 AM and we’re experiencing that dehydrated-tired you get a bit before your body just shuts down. Not to mention the bands were looooooud. One of the opening bands was incredibly tight, but louder than crap. Jason swears the lead guitarist was Gimli.

So we get to the front and the girl gets my jacket, Heidi’s coat… Heidi’s coat… and then there’s a pause. She begins to help the next person and as a side note asks us to “wait a sec.” Theres a little elf in my head clanging a large cymbal so it’s kind of hard to get a bearing on the events. “Um, why are we standing here?” classsshhh classssshhh classssshhh.

“Cause I *deleted word* up.” Oh. OK. The elf won’t quit. I’m trying to piece together the facts… and, GOT IT. She’s having trouble finding the coat and doesn’t want to draw attention. 20 people get served their items. We can’t hold on much longer.

Finally the line is beginning to thin and she explains that a gaggle of drunk women came down 45 minutes before- sans ticket- and described a coat like Heidi’s and she gave it to them. Hmmmm. Seems the ticket system broke down somewhere… but where? Let’s see what happened next…

Person in front of me: Here’s my ticket, but I need my boyfirend’s sweatshirt too.
Coatcheck Girl: I’ll need the ticket.
Person: (perturbed) Ugh. It’s like right near it.
Coatcheck Girl: (blank stare)
Person: It’s the dark one.
(side note: It’s an underground sort of club. She just described every single item)
Coatcheck Girl: Um..
Jason: (from the side of his mouth) don’t do it.
(we all laugh. that freakin elf must be having a seizure cause i can’t hear anything)
Person: Ugggh. Just get it- it’s a dark jacket.
(it transformed?)
Coatcheck Girl: OK. Here.
(yes. right in front of us. she did it again right in front of us. even the elf is stunned. he’s back at it pretty quick tho.)

Well, it does have a happy ending. She’s canned. We have a check on its way for a new coat. I got the elf out with a q-tip and flushed him.

Butterfly Defect

Huuuuuunnnnngggghhhh“…nobody associated with making this movie can possibly emerge unscathed.” -Bob Longino, Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

I haven’t actually seen the movie, but I figured I might as well review it anyway.

First, take the title, “Butterfly Effect.” The same people who are going to walk away having enjoyed this movie are the ones who will utter an audible sound of astonishment when the movie spoon-feeds you the meaning of the title. That profound exposition alone will cause them to leave the theater content.

HuuuuuunnnnngggghhhhWhat I’ve garnered form the trailers? Looks like boy is in love with girl. Girl dies. Boy is a genetic freak who can turn back time by holding his breath and pushing like he’s majorly constipated. Eventually- BAM! Time turns back and she’s alive! *Psyche!* Splat- she’s dead. Again. Once more with the constipation. BAM. This time he has no arms. Huunnnnrrrgghhh!!! BAM! This time she’s a ho-bag. Huuhhhnnggghhhhhh- people outside the restroom are starting to think he’s giving birth- his nose is bleeding and all the veins are popping out of his head…. BAM!!! Whoa- now she’s that fat goth kid with the spiky hair, but by now he’s learned his lesson about playing with nature. Ashton settles for her in fat-goth-guy-form. At least he keeps his arms.

End of movie. You either (1) feel ashamed and used for having not only allowed the theater to do this to you, but also you paid them money, OR (2) you’re like “ooooohhh Butter-fly effect! OMG that makes sooooo much sense!” Either way you can’t stop thinking about how life could be if you could turn back time.

Someone Had to

Remixes of Dean’s melt-down. Get ‘em and get down.

My fav? It’s gotta be deansane in the brain.

Another Chance to Play with Your Food

Gummi Army Men… green, gummy, and in two distinct flavors: “artillery apple” and “cherry bomb.”

Heck yeah.

Phun Links Phriday 2

Don’t worry kiddies- uncle Eddie hasn’t forgotten you. Here’s a few links for you.

Religious

  • The Bible in Cheese

  • Inspirational Jesus Sports Figureines
  • Kasha’s Bark-Mitzvah

    Non-Religious

  • Nobody Here Great site- About what I have no idea yet. But great site.

    Singing Animals

  • Singing Horses: Simple, yet mildly addictive.

  • Singing Kittens (and other animals)
  • Ban on Camera Phones

    As if I needed a reason not to buy a stupid camera phone. Companies are starting to ban them from their buildings.

    Art Attack

    I was reading on sean bonner’s site a bit he did on the freeway blogger. This guy/gal puts up signs along freeways attempting to provoke thought and question the direction the country is headed. He/She’s cool.

    It reminds me of this guy who was a big-time inspiration to me in highschool- Roobie Conal (site, books). He’s so cool. He’d print up these cool posters and then one night go all around the city plastering them up everywhere. It’s highly likely that the guy with the Obey Giant campaign got inspiration from him.

    It was stuff like this that inspired me to want to be a political cartoonist. I dig politics, I dig bucking authority, I dig humor and I especially dig art. Wrap it alltogether and Whalla! I used to write the cartoons for my school paper- even won some national award I hear. I’ve got some great stories of my own guerilla art stunts, but that’s another post.

    One day tho I thought- “what the heck am I going to tell my kids about my contribution to society?” I’ve always valued questioning authority and I have a knack for sparking opposing thought in my toons, but after a while it’s pretty negative. I didn’t want to just incite rebellion. So I switched gears- why not work for positivity- make a difference trying to inspire other people to make a difference. Hence the work with youthgroups, volunteering and the like.

    But I see these guys with their new take on guerilla art and it gets me itching. I used to put up posters. I used to call talk radio stations just to tick them off. That stuff looks fun again. Not to mention this blog has been quite an avenue for re-discovering my penchant for sarcasm. Methinks it’s time I raised my pen and paper for another go ’round.

    (This concludes EDANDHEIDI.com’s foreshadowing for today.)

    DAAAAAAAAAAANG

    Man! The same stupid comment spammer took 30 shots at me in a row today. Thank you, MT Blacklist.

    Jeesh- I’m 27 people- check back with me in like 50 years and maybe I’ll try you out.

    Time to Bury Rover in the Back Yard?

    Well, it seems that NASA and the mars rover are no longer on speaking terms. There’s another blog that’ll go un-updated.

    Support Your Local Blogger

    For all you bloggers out there- all the blogrolling services seem to be back up. I found a couple people who had linked to E&H.com & I didn’t know- thanks.

    So if you see someone new in the links on the right, check ‘em out. They’re all swell readin’.