Thursday, August 30, 2007

Wonderful World

Raymond Crowe making shadow puppets to the song "Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong... the best song ever! And an amazing show!

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Anger Management

When you occasionally have a really bad day, and you just need to take it out on someone, don't take it out on someone you know, take it out on someone you don't know.I was sitting at my desk when I remembered a phone call I'd forgotten to make. I found the number and dialed it.

A man answered, saying "Hello." I politely said, "This is Chris. Could I please speak with Robyn Carter?" Suddenly a manic voice yelled out in my ear "Get the right f***ing number!" and the phone was slammed down on me. I couldn't believe that anyone could be so rude.

When I tracked down Robyn's correct number to call her, I found that I had accidentally transposed the last two digits.After hanging up with her, I decided to call the 'wrong' number again. When the same guy answered the phone, I yelled "You're an asshole!" and hung up.

I wrote his number down with the word 'asshole' next to it, and put it in my desk drawer. Every couple of weeks, when I was paying bills or had a really bad day, I'd call him up and yell, "You're an asshole!" It always cheered me up.

When Caller ID was introduced, I thought my therapeutic 'asshole' calling would have to stop. So, I called his number and said, "Hi,this is John Smith from the telephone company. I'm calling to see if you're familiar with our Caller ID Program?" He yelled "NO!" and slammed down the phone. I quickly called him back and said, "That's because you're an asshole!" and hung up.

One day I was at the store, getting ready to pull into a parking Spot. Some guy in a black BMW cut me off and pulled into the spot I had patiently waited for. I hit the horn and yelled that I'd been waiting for that spot, but the idiot ignored me. I noticed a "For Sale" sign in his back window, so I wrote down his number. A couple of days later, right after calling the first asshole (I had is number on speed dial,) I thought that I'd better call the BMW asshole, too.

I said, "Is this the man with the black BMW for sale?" He said, "Yes, it is." I asked, "Can you tell me where I can see it?" He said, "Yes, I live at 34 Oaktree Blvd, in Fairfax. It's a yellow ranch, and the car's parked right out in front."

I asked, "What's your name?" He said, "My name is Don Hansen," I asked, "When's a good time to catch you, Don?" He said, "I'm home every evening after five."

I said, "Listen, Don, can I tell you something?"

He said, "Yes?"

I said, "Don, you're an asshole!"

Then I hung up, and added his number to my speed dial, too.

Now, when I had a problem, I had two assholes to call.

Then I came up with an idea. I called asshole #1. He said, "Hello." I said, "You're an asshole!" (But I didn't hang up.) He asked, "Are you still there?" I said, "Yeah," He screamed, "Stop calling me," I said, "Make me," He asked, "Who are you?" I said, "My name is Don Hansen." He said, "Yeah? Where do you live?" I said, "Asshole, I live at 34 Oaktree Blvd, in Fairfax, a yellow ranch, I have a black Beamer parked in front." He said, "I'm coming over right now, Don. And you had better start saying your prayers." I said, "Yeah, like I'm really scared, asshole," and hung up.

Then I called Asshole #2. He said, "Hello?" I said, "Hello, asshole," He yelled, "If I ever find out who you are..." I said, "You'll what?" He exclaimed, "I'll kick your ass," I answered, "Well, asshole, here's your chance. I'm coming over right now."

Then I hung up and immediately called the police, saying that I lived at 34 Oaktree Blvd, in Fairfax, and that I was on my way over there to kill my gay lover.

Then I called Channel 9 News about the gang war going down in Oaktree Blvd. in Fairfax.

I quickly got into my car and headed over to Fairfax. I got there just in time to watch two assholes beating the crap out of each other in front of six cop cars, an overhead news helicopter and surrounded by a news crew.

NOW I feel much better. Anger management really does work.

Monday, August 20, 2007

George Carlin 101 quotes

In no particular order here are his 101 best…

  1. I don’t have pet peeves — I have major psychotic fucking hatreds!
  2. Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
  3. Swimming is not a sport. Swimming is a way to keep from drowning. That’s just common sense!
  4. A house is just a place to keep your stuff while you go out and get more stuff.
  5. Have you ever noticed that their stuff is shit and your shit is stuff?
  6. I wanna live. I don’t wanna die. That’s the whole meaning of life: Not dying! I figured that shit out by myself in the third grade.
  7. I used to be Irish Catholic. Now I’m an American — you know, you grow.
  8. You can’t fight City Hall, but you can goddamn sure blow it up.
  9. If the Cincinnati Reds were really the first major league baseball team, who did they play?
  10. Honesty may be the best policy, but it’s important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.
  11. If it’s true that our species is alone in the universe, then I’d have to say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.
  12. No one knows what’s next, but everybody does it.
  13. There are 400,000 words in the English language, and there are seven you can’t say on television. What a ratio that is! 399,993 to 7. They must really be baaaad. They must be OUTRAGEOUS to be separated from a group that large. “All of you words over here, you seven….baaaad words.” That’s what they told us, right? …You know the seven, don’t ya? That you can’t say on TV? Shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker and tits.
  14. The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, “You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I’m just not close enough to get the job done.”
  15. The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept.
  16. Just when I discovered the meaning of life, they changed it.
  17. Religion has convinced people that there’s an invisible man…living in the sky, who watches everything you do every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a list of ten specific things he doesn’t want you to do. And if you do any of these things, he will send you to a special place, of burning and fire and smoke and torture and anguish for you to live forever, and suffer and burn and scream until the end of time. But he loves you. He loves you and he needs money.
  18. Weather forecast for tonight: Dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning.
  19. If it requires a uniform, it’s a worthless endeavor.
  20. If you live long enough, sooner or later everybody you know has cancer.
  21. You know the good part about all those executions in Texas? Fewer Texans.
  22. Soft rock music isn’t rock, and it ain’t music. It’s just soft.
  23. Reminds me of something my third-grade teacher said to us. She said, “You show me a tropical fruit and I’ll show you a cocksucker from Guatemala.”
  24. As soon as someone is identified as an unsung hero, he no longer is.
  25. If a movie is described as a romantic comedy, you can usually find me next door playing pinball.
  26. The IQ and the life expectancy of the average American recently passed each other in opposite directions.
  27. I knew a transsexual guy whose only ambition is to eat, drink, and be Mary.
  28. I put a dollar in a change machine. Nothing changed.
  29. If you’ve got a cat and a leg, you’ve got a happy cat. If you’ve got a cat and two legs, you’ve got a party.
  30. You can prick your finger — just don’t finger your prick.
  31. By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.
  32. Ever notice that anyone going slower than you is an idiot, but anyone going faster is a maniac?
  33. Isn’t it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do “practice”?
  34. I don’t like to think of laws as rules you have to follow, but more as suggestions.
  35. I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
  36. When you’re born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you’re born in America, you get a front-row seat.
  37. Eventually, alas, I realized the main purpose of buying cocaine is to run out of it.
  38. I never fucked a ten, but one night, I fucked five twos.
  39. I never joined the Boy Scouts. I don’t trust any organization that has a handbook.
  40. I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a man nailed to two pieces of wood.
  41. Have you noticed that most of the women who are against abortion are women you wouldn’t want to fuck in the first place? There’s such balance in nature.
  42. So I say, “Live and let live.” That’s my motto. “Live and let live.” Anyone who can’t go along with that, take him outside and shoot the motherfucker. It’s a simple philosophy, but it’s always worked in our family.
  43. Catholic — which I was until I reached the age of reason.
  44. Here’s a bumper sticker I’d like to see: “We are the proud parents of a child who’s self-esteem is sufficient that he doesn’t need us promoting his minor scholastic achievements on the back of our car.”
  45. I love and treasure individuals as I meet them; I loathe and despise the groups they identify with and belong to.
  46. Beethoven was so hard of hearing, he thought he was a painter.
  47. Don Ho can sign autographs 3.4 times faster than Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
  48. God bless the homicidal maniacs. They make life worthwhile.
  49. I’ve never seen a homeless guy with a bottle of Gatorade.
  50. One great thing about getting old is that you can get out of all sorts of social obligations just by saying you’re too tired.
  51. If Helen Keller had psychic ability, would you say she had a fourth sense?
  52. What year did Jesus think it was?
  53. George Washington’s brother, Lawrence, was the Uncle of Our Country.
  54. Have you ever wondered why Republicans are so interested in encouraging people to volunteer in their communities? It’s because volunteers work for no pay. Republicans have been trying to get people to work for no pay for a long time.
  55. In America, anyone can become president. That’s the problem.
  56. Once you leave the womb, conservatives don’t care about you until you reach military age. Then you’re just what they’re looking for. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers.
  57. “One thing leads to another”? Not always. Sometimes one thing leads to the same thing. Ask an addict.
  58. No one who has had “Taps” played for them has ever been able to hear it.
  59. Property is theft. Nobody “owns” anything. When you die, it all stays here.
  60. The best thing about living at the water’s edge: You only have assholes on three sides of you, and if they come this way you can hear them splash.
  61. The future will soon be a thing of the past.
  62. The planet is fine. The people are fucked.
  63. The real reason that we can’t have the Ten Commandments in a courthouse: You cannot post “Thou shalt not steal,” “Thou shalt not commit adultery,” and “Thou shalt not lie” in a building full of lawyers, judges, and politicians. It creates a hostile work environment.
  64. Boxing is a more sophisticated form of hockey.
  65. The only good thing ever to come out of religion was the music.
  66. I think everyone should treat one another in a Christian manner. I will not, however, be responsible for the consequences.
  67. Bowling is not a sport because you have to rent the shoes.
  68. “When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?” This title offends all three major religions, and even vegetarians!
  69. Thou shalt keep thy religion to thyself.
  70. And now, in the interest of equal time, here is a message from the National Institute of Pancakes: It reads, and I quote, “Fuck waffles.”
  71. Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
  72. Whoever coined the term “Buyer Beware” was probably bleeding from the asshole.
  73. Cloud nine gets all the publicity, but cloud eight actually is cheaper, less crowded, and has a better view.
  74. Have you ever noticed that the lawyer always smiles more than the client?
  75. I’m always relieved when someone is delivering a eulogy and I realize I’m listening to it.
  76. Just think, right now as you read this, some guy somewhere is gettin’ ready to hang himself.
  77. The reason they call it the American Dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it.
  78. If all our national holidays were observed on Wednesdays, we could wind up with nine-day weekends.
  79. “Meow” means “woof” in cat.
  80. Most people with low self-esteem have earned it.
  81. Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.
  82. “No comment” is a comment.
  83. If a man smiles all the time, he’s probably selling something that doesn’t work.
  84. You can’t argue with a good blowjob.
  85. Most of the time people feel okay. Probably it’s because at the moment they’re not actually dying.
  86. So far, this is the oldest I’ve been.
  87. Instead of warning pregnant women not to drink, I think female alcoholics ought to be told not to fuck.
  88. Do you think Sammy Davis ate Junior Mints?
  89. When you think about it, attention-deficit order makes a lot of sense. In this country there isn’t a lot worth paying attention to.
  90. The Golden Gate Bridge should have a long bungee cord for people who aren’t quite ready to commit suicide but want to get in a little practice.
  91. I think I am, therefore, I am. I think.
  92. If the cops didn’t see it, I didn’t do it!
  93. Hooray for most things!
  94. Capitalism tries for a delicate balance: It attempts to work things out so that everyone gets just enough stuff to keep them from getting violent and trying to take other people’s stuff.
  95. I don’t have a fear of heights. I do, however, have a fear of falling from heights.
  96. What was the best thing before sliced bread?
  97. May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.
  98. Life is a zero sum game.
  99. Somehow I enjoy watching people suffer.
  100. I have as much authority as the Pope. I just don’t have as many people who believe it.
  101. It isn’t fair: the caterpillar does all the work, and the butterfly gets all the glory.

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Human Space Invaders

Wow, I guess I'm on a geek theme this week LOL... oh well, enjoy!!


(this group also made videos of Pong and Pole Position)

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Ultimate Geek Band

Makes me proud to be a geek :P

John Cleese's Letter to America

To the citizens of the United States of America

In light of your failure to elect a competent President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.

Her Sovereign Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths and other territories (except Kansas, which she does not fancy).

Your new prime minister, Tony Blair, will appoint a governor for America without the need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed.

To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:

1. You should look up "revocation" in the Oxford English Dictionary. Then look up "aluminium," and check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it.

2. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'colour', 'favour' and 'neighbour.' Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut' without skipping half the letters, and the suffix "ize" will be replaced by the suffix "ise."

3. You will learn that the suffix 'burgh' is pronounced 'burra'; you may elect to respell Pittsburgh as 'Pittsberg' if you find you simply can't cope with correct pronunciation.

4. Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels (look up "vocabulary"). Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises such as "like" and "you know" is unacceptable and inefficient form of communication.

5.There is no such thing as "US English." We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take account of the reinstated letter 'u' and the elimination of "-ize."

6. You will relearn your original national anthem, "God Save The Queen", but only after fully carrying out Task #1 (see above).

7. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday. November 2nd will be a new national holiday, but to be celebrated only inEngland. It will be called "Come-Uppance Day."

8. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that you're not adult enough to be independent. Guns should only be handled by adults. If you're not adult enough to sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist then you're not grown up enough to handle a gun.

9. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. A permit will be required if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.

10. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap and this is for your own good. When we show you German cars, you will understand what we mean.

11. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start driving on the left with immediate effect. At the same time, you will go metric immediately and without the benefit of conversion tables. Both roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense of humour.

12. The Former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been calling "gasoline") -roughly $6/US gallon. Get used to it.

13. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call French fries are not real chips, and those things you insist on calling potato chips are properly called "crisps." Real chips are thick cut, fried in animal fat, and dressed not with mayonnaise but with vinegar.

14. Waiters and waitresses will be trained to be more aggressive with customers.

15. The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be referred to as "beer," and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as "Lager." American brands will be referred to as "Near-Frozen Gnat's Urine," so that all can be sold without risk of further confusion.

16. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to play English characters. Watching Andie MacDowell attempt English dialogue in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" was an experience akin to having one's ears removed with a cheese grater.

17. You will cease playing American "football." There is only one kind of proper football; you call it "soccer". Those of you brave enough will, in time, will be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American "football", but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like a bunch of nancies).

18. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the "World Series" for a game which is not played outside of America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware that there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable.

19. You must tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us mad.

20. An internal revenue agent (i.e. tax collector) from Her Majesty's Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all monies due backdated to 1776.

Thank you for your co-operation.

John Cleese

Monday, August 13, 2007

Why Men make better friends than women

Friendship Between Women:
A woman doesn’t come home one night. The next day she tells her husband that she had slept over at a friend’s house. So he calls his wife’s 10 best friends and none of them knew about it.

Friendship Between Men:
A man doesn’t come home one night. The next day he tells his wife that he had slept over at a friend’s house. So she calls her husband’s 10 best friends and eight of them confirmed that he had slept over, and two claimed that he was still there.

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Itching Powder

Once upon a time there lived a beautiful Queen with voluptuous breasts.

Nick the Dragon Slayer obsessed over the Queen for this reason. He knew that the penalty for his desire would be death should he try to touch them, but he had to try.

One day Nick revealed his secret desire to his colleague, Horatio the Physician, the King's chief doctor. Horatio thought about this and said that he could arrange for Nick to more than satisfy his desire, but it would cost him 1000 gold coins to arrange it.

Without pause Nick readily agreed to the scheme.

The next day, Horatio made a batch of itching powder and poured a little bit into the Queen's brassiere while she bathed. Soon after she dressed, the itching commenced and grew intense.

Upon being summoned to the Royal Chambers to address this incident, Horatio informed the King and Queen that only a special saliva, if applied for four hours, would cure this type of itch; and that tests had shown that only the saliva of Nick would work as the antidote to cure the itch.

The King quickly summoned Nick. Horatio then slipped Nick the antidote for the itching powder, which he put into his mouth. For the next four hours, Nick worked passionately on the Queen's voluptuous and magnificent breasts.

The Queen's itching was eventually relieved, and Nick left satisfied and hailed as a hero.

Upon returning to his chamber, Nick found Horatio demanding his payment of 1,000 gold coins. With his obsession now satisfied, Nick couldn't have cared less; and, knowing that Horatio could never report this matter to the King, told him to kiss off.

The next day, Horatio slipped a massive dose of the same itching powder into the King's underwear. The King immediately summoned Nick.

The moral of the story - Pay your Doctor bills

Monday, August 6, 2007

When you are drunk...

It is Difficult to say:

Cinnamon
Indubitably
Innovative
Preliminary
Proliferation

It is VERY Difficult to say:

British Constitution
Loquacious Transubstantiate
Passive-aggressive disorder
Specificity

It is downright IMPOSSIBLE to say:

Thanks, but I don't want to have sex.
Nope, no more alcohol for me.
Sorry, but you're not really my type.
Good evening officer, isn't it lovely out tonight?
Oh, I just couldn't. No one wants to hear me sing.
You're right, I can't jump over that table!

Sunday, August 5, 2007

Beware Prince Charles

Year 1981
1. Prince Charles got married.
2. Liverpool crowned soccer Champions of Europe
3. Australia lost the Ashes tournament
4. Pope died.

Year 2005
1. Prince Charles got married.
2. Liverpool crowned soccer Champions of Europe
3. Australia lost the Ashes tournament
4. Pope died

IN THE FUTURE, IF PRINCE CHARLES DECIDES TO MARRY, SOMEBODY PLEASE WARN THE POPE.

Thursday, August 2, 2007

Damn you Pachelbel!

Rob Paravonian has nothing good to save about Pachelbel! I ended up watching this twice and laughing the whole time :)