Monthly Archives: October 2008
Morning Links – Time-Wasting Meme Edition
The chimp on the segway is fascinating, but I’m more in awe at the sound effects. I had this video on as I was making breakfast and it made my life more exciting. There is no sub-culture I support more … Continue reading
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Against Uplifting Hip Hop
Now, many of you may be familiar with my loathing of uplifting Obama videos. On one hand, I think it’s nice that people are using their creativity for something that they believe in and feel strongly about. On the other, … Continue reading
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Mafoo’s Cringe-Inducing Obama Vid of the Day
Ee-yiiiick. Mafoo no likey inspirational culty bullshit like this. On the plus-side, them some nice pumpkins.
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Mafoo Enlightens the Masses
Despite my absence of posts this weekend I had my highest number of hits in this blog’s short history. Why, pray tell? Is it because of my penetrating insight into Angelina Jolie’s breastfeeding pic? Was it my prophetic posting on … Continue reading
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Great Moments in Auto-Tune – Evanescence
Amy Lee is actually a decent singer, which is why the overuse of Auto-Tune is so pointless here. You can really hear it on the long notes, where they just seem to freeze in mid-air. It becomes very apparent in … Continue reading
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Dial Testing Hurts Me
Nate Silver at TNR on dial testing during the debates: It’s not that the squiggly lines aren’t fun to watch. Rather, they’re too much fun to watch. It’s hard to avert your eyes from them. It’s hard to separate your … Continue reading
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Alfred E. Smith Speeches
If you’ve been following this election as geekily as I have, you should get some laughs from these: McCain Part 1: I actually laughed quite a bit at these. It’s cathartic really.
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Fear, Evil, and Hate
This video by Penn Jillette has got my brain working a bit. In it he tackles the demonization of the Bush and the right wing by many on the left. Many … seem to have this feeling, if you boil … Continue reading
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W
I wrote an epic blog post trashing the films of Oliver Stone, categorizing the harm he’s done to the art of the biopic, and lamenting what I feel is his tendencies toward romanticizing historical events. I’ve decided not to post … Continue reading
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Fun with Fox News Comments
A few post-debate thoughts from the readers at Foxnews.com: (Try reading them aloud for extra fun!) Obama looked like a smug brat when they did those split screens!!! Its Like the US wants a preacher and not a president…sure Obama … Continue reading
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