January 2009
33 posts
WatchNEW FAVORITE VIDEO!! Thank you to CollegeHumor.com… you’ve said everything I have ever thought about the damn Snuggie (and thanks to Tess for sending me the vid).
BTW - a new report came out, more than 4 million people have bought them. Seriously, WTF?!?
Quick! Don't blink!
Don’t blink during the Super Bowl commercials… you might miss Miller High Life’s one second ad. Yes, one second ad. A 30 second spot for the big game costs 30 million dollars. So to cut costs and boost impact Miller went with the economical approach: ONE SECOND. GENIOUS! Not all cities will get the nano ad, but they’re actually funny.
You can watch them by clicking here....
The digital drama is over
Sorry procrastinators, you won’t have four extra months to prepare for the digital switch. Congress defeated delaying DTV until June 12th. This means, February 17th your unprepared analog TVs won’t work.
Nielsen says 6.5 million households aren’t ready to give up their rabbit ears. But House Republicans, who were against the delay, pushing back the deadline would have confused...
What's in a name?
A new study reveals boys with unpopular names are more likely to be a delinquent. Researchers from Shoppensburg University in Pennsylvania found that race wasn’t a factor when engaging in criminal activity. In fact, the least popular a name, the more likely they would end up behind bars.
The study says while the name itself isn’t the cause of the crime, people with less common names...
Ewwww....
The Washington Post is reporting old people are moving to a retirement home called The Villages in Florida to get it on. Yup, I just said old people are getting it on. The female to male ratio is 10 to one (and ladies, wouldn’t we all want those odds?) Among playing golf and dining at restaurants and bars, having sex is a past time of the geezers. “The word on the street is that...
New favorite songs!
I just heard these two new amazing songs in the car. Literally, I cranked up the volume, opened my window (yes, I know it’s 12 degrees outside), and smiled. I was having a kinda crazy-hetcic day, and they just changed my outlook.
The first one is Kelly Clarkson’s new single “My Life Would Suck Without You.” It’s kinda poppy for Kelly, but it’s really good none the...
My friends are kinda a big deal
Karli and her boyfriend Chris are on the cover of “KC Celebrates.” It’s a magazine about charities around town. She was the MC and honorary host of this year’s Make-A-Wish gala on New Year’s Eve. (Also, please note, her dress looks like Kate Hudson’s from “How to lose a guy in 10 days.”)
I wasn’t there, but heard how amazing the night was....
Another White House first?
Okay, so recent photos of Michelle Obama make me wonder if she’s pregnant? Here’s some photo comparisons.
The purple dress is from June 2008 at a rally in St. Paul. The turquoise dress is from the DNC, August 2008. The final two, yellow dress/jacket combo and white flowy dress are from Inauguration Day, January 2009.
I hate asking, or starting the rumor, because it’s kind...
Herm kicked to the curb.
So everyone is talking about it, I might as well say something too: Chiefs head coach Herm Edwards got fired today. Is this really a surprise to anyone? The guy has a 16-28 record with the team. I’m fairly certain I could coach the team to a better record.
All I do know for sure, is Scott Piloi, the Chiefs new GM, is probably the most loved man in the city right now. It only took him 11...
Obamawitz
President Obama likes his Jews. Maybe this is part of his plan to get the economy back on track. Jews are good at saving and making money (with an exception of Bernie Madoff). As a member of the tribe, I can make these types of observations. I’m just sayin’.
Rahm Emanuel - Chief of Staff - Jewish
David Axelrod - Senior Advisor to the President - Jewish
Ronald Klain -...
“Do you think Obama is going to get carpal tunnel from all of the executive...”
– Quote of the day from my boss Jana. So true… so true.
"A New Era of Responsibility"
“On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord … The time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit. To choose a better history, to carry forward that precious gift, a noble idea passed on from generation to generation. The God given promise that all are equal, all are free and all...
Can you hear me now? Probably not.
Attention Inauguration goers: expect dropped calls, busy signals and backed up text mesages. Verizon says it expects an unprescidented volume of service tomorrow when Barack Obama is sworn into office.
According to the New York Times, cell phone carriers are pleading with the masses to refrain from sending texts, making calls and sending pictures on their phones and PDAs. They’ve even added...
“Rosa Parks sat. Parks sat so Martin Luther King Jr. could walk. King walked so...”
– I’m having trouble finding who came up with this quote… and I know it’s been around for a while. None the less, it makes me proud to know that while the Civil Rights is not my direct history, it is part of the country’s. So in a sense, it is a part of my history. I hope that...
Obamamania!
We’re less than 36 hours away from Barack Obama’s inauguration and Obamamania isn’t slowing down. I just came across the coolest website. It takes Obama’s campaign posters and allows you to create your own. How cool is that? You can also add your own caption on the bottom.
I’ve made mine and put it on my facebook profile to signify the big event. I’m excited. I...
Enter at your own risk!
Yikes! My apartment is a mess! Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a slob… I just haven’t been home to clean it. I have DVDs all over the place, clothes in my living room, bathroom and some in my closet. There’s even a few dirty bowls sitting in my bedroom. Gross, I know!!
So here’s the deal, I’ve had a craptastic week, and am ready to leave it behind me....
Warm up this winter
Okay, it’s not just cold out… it’s hella cold out. And cold makes me grumpy. So I thought I’d share something that makes me happy.
It’s free internet radio. You can get it at pandora.com. No, no strings are attached… and I’m not a paid advertiser. I’m obsessed with it. OBSESSED. And the best thing, is there’s no commercials.
I listen to it in...
Stay back & slow down
We never did pick up Rachael’s mom. About 20 minutes after I sarcastically wrote “pray for us” in my last post, Rachael and I were rear-ended on a freeway overpass. In a nut shell, traffic on 494 was bumper to bumper, the person in front of us hit the breaks, we hit the breaks, the person behind us hit us. The tap was hard enough to spin us into a 180 and we stopped in time to...
This is not my happy place.
Most days I love Minnesota. Most days I love snow. Key words being: most days.
I’m stuck in my house in Minnesota. This stinks. After an impromptu long weekend to visit the fam, Old Man Winter decided to pay me a visit. It’s snowing and snowing and snowing. Once I realized it took me an hour to drive what should take 20 minutes, I realized I won’t be going anywhere but back to...
Spaghetti & Meatballs
First, let me apologize for not posting anything the past few days. I know the tens of dozens of you that read this blog were probably wondering where I am. The answer, is home in Minnesota, where the Internet connection is about at strong as Chiefs chances of winning the Superbowl.
And so because of this, I’ve been out of the instant news world. I have, however, eaten some ridiculously...
No nookie for you
So the list of best and worst cities for dating is out… and according to the survey, I’ll probably end up alone for the rest of my life.
Kansas City ranks at the top of the list of worst cities for dating. Wichita is second and the Twin Cities are in third. Awesome. No need to conduct a survey, I could have made that list off of personal experiences.
Perhaps I’ll move to...
Just another terrible Tuesday
Ahhh! I’m so glad my day is almost over! I don’t think I can even pinpoint why today was so terrible. It was a chain of events at work when I all of a sudden felt like the world was crashing down upon me.
But, I’m moving past it. One of the guys I work with, Keith, once told me “you had a bad morning, it doesn’t have to be bad anymore.” And he’s right....
Get 'cha groove on!
Okay… so here’s the deal. Every morning at work, we play fun music during bumpbacks (aka, pretty picture of the sky and brief weather update). The morning show producers have decided to take on the responsibility of organizing the music selection. Some times we play cool songs like Backstreet Boys… other days, movie show tunes.
Here’s where you come in. We need ideas!!...
Operation Cast Lead Continues
It’s just before 1 am in Israel… the sun has set, Shabbat is over and nearly ten thousand ground troops have invaded Gaza. For a week now, the Israeli Defense Force has been attacking the Gaza Strip trying to remove Hamas.
President Bush has been in constant discussion with Israeli and Palestinian leaders discussing a cease-fire. However, he said (and I agree) that it cannot be one...
“It could be that your routine is disrupted, or a plan suffers a bit of a...”
– Okay, I don’t normally believe in horoscopes because they’re completely general and make no sense to me whatsoever.
However, this one freaks me out.
I’ve been working out a lot and have been in a funk lately, skipping workouts and not sleeping. BIZARRE!!!
On that note,...
To Israel and beyond...
My baby bro leaves for the holy land tomorrow and I’m not one bit worried. In fact, I’m excited for him. Jeff loves Israeli culture and speaks Hebrew quite well. I’m extremely jealous he is going and I can’t.
I know Israel has been all over the news lately for its attack on Hamas in Gaza. I’ll keep my history lesson short: Israel is a small country surrounded by...
I got my MTV!
I wanted my MTV… I got my MTV.
Viacom and Time Warner Cable struck a deal before the clock struck midnight. Details of the deal haven’t been disclosed. But for now I’m one happy camper.