A typical conversation...

The Blue Man [Web designer, CSS master] hit this one right on the nose. Here is the visual representation of a typical conversation with a Web Designer:

Zion

Unfortunately for my son, I am really into type. Unfortunately for me, the hospital would not put any special characters on the birth certificate (according to the State, Zion's middle name is simply spelled Bjorn). If I could have had my way, this is how his name would look (including no spaces).



...too bad...

Dave Chappelle

There's no way of getting around it, Dave Chappelle is just plain funny. I watched an interview by Charlie Rose with Chappelle where he talked about natural humor and how it just comes easy to some people. Well, here is another example of how funny he is (though not always the cleanest humor), enjoy:

Who Gives a Flip for an Oxford Comma?

Sometimes I find things that I think are cool, awesome, and worthwhile but perhaps a little offensive too. This often happens with music. I find something that I want to share with you all (meaning the one person who reads this blog) but choose not to because it is not appropriate.

Now, however, I have found something so cool, interesting, educational, and entertaining that I must share regardless of the consequences.

The Oxford Comma.

What is an Oxford Comma (or Harvard Comma)? It is a comma that looks just like any other comma except that it functions in a way that enables the English language to be correctly understood when it runs the risk of being sucked into a vortex of nonsense.

As I found in this short, helpful article, the Oxford comma helps understand situations that otherwise could be taken the wrong way and be absurd.

For example, if a young lady places an ad in the 'Personals' to tell us that she enjoys dining out, long hikes in the woods, holding hands and playing the guitar. I play the guitar, and let me assure you, it is difficult to hold hands and play the guitar. What if she tells us that she enjoys dining out, hikes in the woods, holding hands and riding motorcycles. Yikes!

Anyway, the reason I found this article and the reason I said what I did at the beginning is because of a band with a clever (yet, expletive laced song), "Oxford Comma". Look it up if you dare.

Awesome Live Version:


The Original Recording back in '07:


Great Music Video:

We Hope You Like...

Okay, so I totally don't agree with the suggestion in this image, but I thought it was just soooooo awful that I just had to post it:



I would tell you where I got it except I'm afraid you might check out the site for yourself.

Fictitious Fact Friday

Fact: Just as you can become immune to scorpion stings you can also build an immunity to fire burns. The precise details of how to do this are a little hazy but generally it involves fusing a nomex suit to your skin and then, while your body is cooling, wrap yourself in aluminum foil.

Warning: This method does not protect you from heat from fire, but it will keep you from scorching.

For a good time...

It's been a while since I actually wrote something in a post. I have been putting up a lot of music and little movies and stuff, but I haven't really had any random 'blog' worthy rants recently, so here goes:

Not sure if you're familiar with this feature of blogger, but for those of you with a profile the movies and music that you list turn into links and will take you to a list of other bloggers who have listed the same movie or musician. I guess the point of this is to be able to find other people who like what you like, but it seems strange to try to build a passive social network. Anyhow, what I've found is you get really crazy links when you put really crazy movies.

Take my profile for example (you can try this one out for yourself):

I put a bunch of legendary films on my profile like the sequel to Baby Geniuses (SuperBabies), and here's who I got linked to:

You may say it's dishonest to claim to like movies that I, in truth, have never seen. But you would be a spoil-sport to claim such a thing.