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Date Archives February 2007
Fluorescent Qu'ran
Number of characters on Lost who share their name with a radio station in North America that plays "what it wants/everything": 4 Jack FM (multiple cities) Ben FM (Philadelphia, PA) Charlie FM (Madison, WI and Portland, OR) Mike FM (multiple cities) Surprisingly, not a single…
Slot Right 28 Gunsling
I'm not on Facebook, but you know who is? Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney! Saw this at the local Sears store today: Well, which one is it? Same store: Evidently, no one notified management when the 30 days elapsed. Cinequest, San Jose's film festival, announced…
This week in horses
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Let's cause a scene, clap our hands and stomp our feet
Apparently, "gong show" is slang for "an event marred by confusion, ineptitude and shenanigans" and not, you know, a reference to a game show hosted by Chuck Barris. Fact: A football game always spikes the ratings of whatever programming follows, no matter how disparate their…
Good morning, lethargy
Meanwhile… I used to envy Ben's job. Then he told me about suffering through a two-hour mechanical bull riding competition at work. Sunday morning, his away message read: "setting up for tonight's gong show." Oh man… Haha. Young Ben: When I grow up, I want…
Purple Rant
Foo Fighters fans? Not down with Prince. Excerpts from the comments section of the band's MySpace page: » why oh why would you let prince butcher your song? i ran out of my house because i didnt want that performance to ruin the song every…
Do you feel like a chain store?
I invented a game yesterday called "Find an attractive person at Wal-Mart." I've been re-watching episodes of Freaks and Geeks, and I noticed that in "Carded and Discarded," Seth Rogen's character kinda looks like the singer for Fall Out Boy. I've had this song stuck…
Primae Noctis
TV Guide: So did you and Masi dish on the set in Japanese? Takei: Better! He and I both speak Spanish, so we were chatting with each other en español. It was blowing minds! You know, that WOULD blow my mind. Star Trek's George Takei…