Monday Picture of the day

If only he would have said, "No Kenneth, we are no longer in Stone Mountain."

Nike Running

In the midst of buying some new running shoes for my half marathon in March, I came across this Nike commercial. Just reminded me how much i love Nike commercials. If only my life could be a combination of a Nike and a beer commercial.

Wait, the CEO of Taco Bell is an Aussie?

First it is ... or is not ... beef? And now, I find out the CEO of Taco Bell is an Aussie? Wow, the lies!

Seriously though ... anyone who has eaten at Taco Bell knows good and well that what you are eating is probably not Kobe Beef. Who knows what it is but after six or seven drinks, it is absolutely phenomenal. I think the bigger issue is that some people were actually eating at Taco Bell for a well balanced meal. Wow.

Week in review

Since I didn't get to do too much on zee blog this week, I thought I'd mention a few entertaining things I couldn't go with out mentioning this week:

• Obama gave us the State of China Address -- seriously, he mentioned China fifty times and how they are kicking our ass. He also promised a lot of cool things like high speed internet for everyone. yay. I'll get to save $12 a month from my Comcast bill. Why do I think they will just raise my taxes to pay for it?
• Of course, Sarah Palin had to chime in on the STOU address and said WTF a few times on Fox News. Stay klassy Sarah.
  
• Charlie Sheen is in the hospital after a night with porn stars and a suitcase full of cocaine. Well, I guess that rules out Major League 4 -- Charlie's comeback.
• Jay Culter is still getting crucified for not playing the full game in the NFC Championship because he got hurt. I admit, I thought he looked like he quit, but after reading an article on Fox Sports, I realized he might have quit a long time ago (he's also dating Kristen from all those MTV shows so I doubt he really cares at all - and he's got millions in the bank). Fox Sports. All of this reminds me of my senior year of playing baseball. Actually, let's be honest. I pretty much quit caring about playing baseball after my Sophomore season. I only hung around because it was a great excuse for Captain Fry and I to get into and out of trouble as well as stay in shape. Plus, it paid for school and made the old people happy.
• Rahm Emanuel proved that if you worked the president, anything is possible. Seriously, should it be a requirement for someone to actually live in a city to run for a government position? I really think I like Chicago. I changed flights there once, maybe I should be there mayor.
• I started watching the show Ancient Aliens and it literally, blew my mind. There is also another terribly bad, yet awesome movie coming in March ... The Battle for LA! That's right boys and girls, another alien movie where the Marines get to smash some aliens. Plus, it's a Michael Bay / Bruckheimer movie which means everything is going to blow up.
  
• Lots of riots in Muslim countries this week ... in other news, the sun came up and went down.
  
• Another snowstorm hit the NE and I don't have much to say because they live in the NE where it snows because its cold and your in the NE. It would be like me complaining about the heat in the Summer in the South -- "Oh, no ... it's 100 degrees in GA in July -- what a surprise!" Yeah, watch the ONN commentary below - "the storm has been causing major problems for the nation's idiots".

Snowy Conditions Proving Hazardous For Nation's Idiots

Only in England

I really expected this story to come out of the US, but luckily, our English friends won this match. According to the World's greatest tabloid, The Sun, a "gentleman" in England is in the process of gaining weight to prepare for an upcoming surgery. That's right ... he was too skinny. In fact, he only weighed 280 pounds and now they want him to get closer to 300. Here's the story: Fattening up for weight loss op

And I quote, "Diabetic Darin, 45, was denied a gastric bypass operation after experts said he was not heavy enough to meet criteria to get the life-saving operation for free on the NHS. Now Darin believes the only way he can win his fight to LOSE weight is to EAT his way to 21 stone so he hits the trigger point to allow him to be considered for the surgery."

Thanks, Darin. You've helped England win the crazy story of the day.

Wednesday Social Media Special

Thanks, Cap'n Fry. Real nice Clark, real nice.

Quote of the day

Thanks, Fry. Granted, this was last week but love it ...

"Joe Lieberman announced he won’t run for re-election. In a related story, Steven Seagal removed himself from Oscar contention." -- STEPHEN COLBERT, The Colbert Report

David Silver Killed It ...

Make the time and go read this article on Funny or Die -- 7 Examples of White People Ruining Hip Hop.

Number 7 is David Silver. And if your young and don't remember David Silver, its the guy who's married to Meghan Fox and he was a tremendous tool on 90210. His best role is in the movie Domino when some thugs kick the crap out of him for being David Silver. Anywhoo - watch the video. Its a great way to help Monday morning pass.

David Silver Gets Down - watch more funny videos

For all you Glee fans ...

Nuthin' But A Glee Thang with Heather Morris, Matthew Morrison & Sofia Vergara from Heather Morris

This was amazing

One of the best versions of the national anthem. Love how everyone got into it. I got goosebumps when the fighters flew over. Another reason why I love Chicago!

Quote of the day

From last night's Golden Globes. I thought some of it was funny ... this and the Scientologist quotes were my favorite of the night. Well, that and I couldn't be bothered to watch any more of it.

"There were a lot of big films that didn't get nominated this year. Nothing for Sex and the City 2. No, I was sure the Golden Globe for special effects would go to the team that airbrushed that poster. Girls, we know how old you are. I saw one of you in an episode of Bonanza."

In other news, www.sarahjessicaparkerlookslikeahorse.com has new pictures.

Running + Ice = Bad Idea

Call at cabin fever or the fact that I'm tired of running in a gym, I headed out this morning for a run through the neighborhood. Seeing that I have a half marathon in a couple of months, I need to get crackin.

Amazingly, the snow and ice that arrived last week, is still here. What looks like shadows are nice slick ice patches. I discovered this at the end of my run when I hit a patch, rolled up on my ankle and had a terrific fall.

I'm pretty sure if someone had a camera, the fall would have ended up on YouTube. Even I was laughing ... Oh well, lesson learned. Next time there's ice out, drive for a couple of miles instead. Now I have an excuse to watch the playoffs all afternoon.

I'll take ... things that hurt for $100 Alex.

Snap, Crackle, Pop

This is what happens when Jed, the Droid Incredible and the Ice meet at a high rate of speed. I thought this phone was incredible?

That was crazy, dangerous and stupid ... but awesome

After three days of wanting to go for a spin in the ice, I finally bit the bullet and took Wolfey out for a ride. Granted, the ice was supposed to be better this morning, but I tell you, its not. Probably the case on the major roads, but on the side roads in the Highlands and around Emory, not so much.

In order to prepare for the drive, I had to dress warmly and properly because the WC is 10 F and the air temperature was 20 F. I say I dressed like I was skiing, a friend called it some sort of Navy SEAL winter assault outfit. I say skiing, but I could see her point because I was dressed head to toe in black Nike and North Face.

I drove from my home all the way to Clifton Road and Emory Hospital -- about three miles. The journey ... was amazing. During the beginning of the ride, Wolfey was actually going sideways down Rock Springs drive. I actually passed a BMW X5 as we were both going sideways down the road. I was able to stop ... she hit a concrete barrier in the middle of the road. Regardless, nothing raises the hairs on the back of your neck like passing another car while going sideways. Some say that's a bad thing ... I found it exhilarating. After about 30 minutes, I finally made it to the hospital. 3 miles in 30 minutes ... I should have just jogged.

While the ride to the hospital was fun, the return journey was even more fun. After leaving the hospital, I passed the CDC and proceeded to slide down a giant hill passing abandoned cars in the middle, left and right hand side of the road. After a few mins of struggling, I made it to the top of the hill, only to get stuck behind an Ambulance spinning around and stuck on ice. It was at this moment that I realized that no one should be driving around on theses roads ... especially me. Let's be honest, I'm a decent driver with other people in a car and a horrible driver by myself because I believe in one thing. Go Fast, then go faster.

So, what did I learn from my driving experience in Snowmageddenon ... next year, I'm buying an SUV so I can take others on the adventure with me. Cheers!

Well said ...

Day 3 of Snowpocalypse ... countryside pictures

Thanks, Florida ... You ruin everything!

Currently, there is snow in 49 states (Gawker story) and guess which state is letting us down. Yeah, thanks Florida. You ruin everything.

Have you seen the movie Day After Tomorrow (I've been stuck inside for three days, so yes, still stuck on the disaster movie / History Channel kick)? If not, get really drunk then watch it. That's pretty much the only way it comes across as believable, but regardless, the picture below kinda looks like the images in that movie.

More pictures from Snowpocalypse in N. Georgia

A few pics I stole from Grumpy

Welcome to Verizon, iPhone

And down goes AT&T. I know a few people who stand by them and will continue to say "I never have problems with my phone", but I am not one. In fact, I dumped AT&T five years ago and have never thought of them since. Great rant today on Gizmodo (link) about AT&T and the new Verizon iPhone. I'm sure the new iPhone 5 on AT&T will be amazing, but I'd rather have a phone that works.

All of this hubabaloo makes me remember when everyone didn't have a phone. Back to the days when only a few of us had those bag phones that were four dollars a minute. A time when you actually had to be around for someone to call you and you weren't always available ... oh how I miss those days.

Sweet - C. Thomas Howell is back!

The new Spiderman movie is going to be awesome even if you hate Spiderman. Why? Because another Red Dawn actor is resurrecting their career in a big screen role. First, it was that weird dude from the Bad News Bears in the Watchmen. And now ... C. Thomas Howell joins Spiderman. Sweet. Thanks, Fry. Great find.

More pics from Snowcasm 2011

Quote of the day

"If you can, find that peace within yourself, that peace and quiet and confidence that you can pass on to others, so that they know that you are honest and you are fair and will help them, no matter what, when the chips are down."

- Dick Winters

Snowcasm ... Snowpocalypse ... Snowmageddenon

Take your pick, the news is creating some pretty clever names for the six inches of snow and multiple inches of ice that has fallen in the last 24 hours. The result, a Southern city that doesn't understand snow and only has a few snow plows. Regardless, the snow is absolutely beautiful and let's just hope the ice doesn't take out the power.

Since I can't run in the snow, I decided to go for a nice five mile walk / hike this morning. Pretty sure that the hike is equal to about a 10 mile run considering the snow and ten North Face layers.

Also, it's amazing to see how snow can bring out the best in everyone (unless your one of those idiots driving). Loads of kids sledding and snowmen on almost every corner. That's the main reason I love snow, everyone is nice to each other.

Godspeed, Dick Winters

I've read hundreds of articles / books about WWII / Normandy and one man stood out in all of them ... Dick Winters. Unfortunately, Dick has left us but his spirit, story and courage shall live forever. He was a real American hero and the type of person we should all aspire to be. "We salute the rank, not the man." Today, Captain Winters, we salute you. Currahee!

Picture of the day

Rules of Attraction Dawson appears

Dawson Leery ... asshole for hire ... awesome. Abort! Abort!

Asshole For Hire from James Van Der Beek

Starbucks New Logo

Took this from adfreak ... for all you coffee drinkers, here's the future of Starbucks logo.

Bye Bye Gibby

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs is going ... going ... gone. Peace out. You know, I've never been a fan of Robert Gibbs. Shocking, I know. I've been so nice to him in previous post. I'm pretty sure Donald Duck would have been a better spokesperson. Better yet, you could prop up a homeless person high on Crystal Meth and they would do a better job than Gibby.

I hope Obama uses his new found wit and finds someone who does not use lame ass jokes (hope you stay at a Holiday Inn tonight Gibby), can speak with out stuttering or saying um 1,00 times and does not patronize the media. I always found it funny how he patronized the media -- the group solely responsible for the election of the anointed one.

Gibby will certainly appear as the head of Obama's re-election team and I'm sure we will have to put up with his smart ass remarks in 2012, but until then, I'm just happy to know that this clown is no longer the voice of our government.

If you've ever been on a roadtrip with Jed ...

... then you would have heard this song about 10 times. And wow ... this video is strange -- "I'm trying to make some sense of it all, but I can see it makes no sense at all." Sad to say, the lead singer of Stealers Wheel died this morning. RIP Gerry.

Kayne's Tweets to Music

Awesome ...

Take that Catholics

I have nothing against Catholics, but someone in Long Island does ... Read this: Christmas day churchgoers warned of hepatitis A breakout at Long Island Church

Note to self ... never go to church on Long Island.

Dawson's back ....

Vandermemes from James Van Der Beek

Did someone say Apocalypse?

I'm really not sure what the major new channels and the History channel are going to do if we survive December 21, 2012. We almost have two years until the "pending doom" date but the media is fixed on our "predisposed" death. Personally, I find it pretty entertaining because the Mayans have predicted this date for thousands of years. Then again, I'm pretty sure the World was supposed to end when I was in fourth, sixth, eight and eleventh grade. Maybe it did and we are all really living in the Matrix? Or are we really living inside of a dream, inside of a dream, inside of a dream as Christopher Nolan would like us to think?

Regardless, the death of all the birds in Arkansas and Louisiana is a bit odd and could loosely be connected to a sign of a pending Apocalypse, but before we go there, have you been to Arkansas and Louisiana (disclaimer, I spent a lot of my childhood there so I have every right to bash it)? I'm going to go out on a limb and say that its probably due to the oil, gas or abundance of chemical /fertilizer / paper mills near by causing something odd to happen. It's not like we are saying this region is an ecological safe haven (not saying it's not nice either, just saying). If you drink the water there, it tastes like pure chlorine because it has been "purified" so many times.

The death of the birds and fish does have a slight resemblance to some of the comments made on the majority of the History Channels programming over the last month focusing on Nostradamus and the Mayan theories on how we are going to die. Also, it is exactly what happened in the beginning of one of the greatest movies of all time, The Core. Yes, that Aaron Eckart and Hilary Swank classic where we sent a "special" mole ship to the center of the Earth to restart the Core with a bunch of nuclear warheads. It was a super flick and I'm pretty sure its on the USA Network or Telemundo as we speak.

So maybe the end of the world is nigh or lots of aliens are about to return to Earth and push us around a bit. I'm all for speculation and conspiracy theories but until I find the right ones, I'm say we panic a little bit more, worry about the end of the world and enjoy some trailers from Armageddon, Deep Impact and The Core. I can tell you one thing, if the end is really coming, I'm going to be close to Jerry Bruckheimier.

So long Pete ...

Sad story, Pet Postlehwaite died (link). Most people would not know his name, but they would certainly know him from his roles in a long list of movies. His best role had to be as Kobyashi in Usual Suspects, but he was also good in Lost of the Mochicans, The Lost World and The Town.

2010 ... a review in iTunes

In the past, I'd right some long winded ramble about the previous year and how things are going to be amazing the next year. Well, we already know 2011 is going to be great and I really don't feel the need to ramble about the obvious, so, how about we see how 2011 year went based on the most played songs on my iTunes:

1. Mosh, Eminem: Yeah, certainly not your feel good song of the year but clearly my number one song for all the 5K, 10K and half marathons I ran last year. It won't be #1 in 2011, but I'm sure it will make the list.
2. Love The Way You Lie, Eminem: Another running mix song as well as it became a joke at work. We made a game where you had to figure out ways to work in these song lyrics into conference calls. And who says you can't have fun in a professional environment?
3. (Tie) Over and Forever, Drake / Kanye West / Lil Wayne: Running mix (surprise, surprise) as well as a song played at most college football pre-games - "last name EVER, first name GREATEST"
4. Secrets, One Republic - Well, either I watched too much Gossip Girl or it was about a girl. The lyric: "Just don't let me disappear, I'mma tell you everything" -- yup. Note to self: keep secrets.
5. Born Free, Kid Rock: I'm going to get shot for this comment, but I like this song. Yes, Kid Rock might have sold his soul to TBS for the baseball playoffs, but its a catchy song and I like his new album. Good to see it was a year of Kid Rock seeing I started the year at his concert and finished listening to his new album.
6. Oh My God, Tribe Called Quest: Just shows that you don't have to listen to new music all the time. No clue what it means other than a good song for good times.
7. Claire De Lune, Debussey: Classical made the top ten. This is one of the greatest songs of all time. So peaceful, plus it was in Oceans 11. And yes, it was in Twilight, but let's not mention that fact again.
8. Take A Bow, Muse: Great song for flights and road trips (particularly since I spent what felt like 1/2 the year traveling) ... and shocker, it was on the running mix.
9. I Like It, Enrique Iglesias and Pit Bull: Make fun, but great for running and let's be honest ... all about the Jersey Shore. T-Shirt Time, CABS R HEYA.
10. Northern Sky, Nick Drake: Probably not what he wanted, but this song has become a chic fick song. Regardless, it's an amazing, uplifting happy song. Clearly, if I played this song a number of times in 2010, there were some really good moments.

2011 ... It's going to be a good year or I'm going to punch a midget

So far, 2011 is off to an amazing start. Looking forward to a year of great travels and some really entertaining times. Some highlights from New Years:

• The bowl games have been interesting. No comment on any of the teams I like but I was really happy to see TCU win. Now if only Arky and Oregon can win, all will be salvaged. Especially Oregon. If Auburn wins, I might have to disown some relatives (the more I think about it, maybe I want Auburn to win?)
• Had a great time on NYE with the crew. Cooked up a nice meal of shrimp, steaks, potatoes, salad, corn, beans, bread and oh yeah booze and champagne. Naturally, we had to make sure all of our beer was English and the bubbles were French.
• This marks two low key New Years Eve in row and they were a great time. Note to self -- don't spend $150 at a hotel event
• Got the new EA workout thing on PS3 -- never thought a video game would make you exercise.
• Winter Classic -- it has made me appreciate hockey. Well, that and the ESPN program 24/7. Now if only I could ice skate ...
• Deep Fryer -- probably not the best purchase, but I ended up getting a fryer. Now there is nothing healthy about a fryer unless you take into account the feeling of satisfaction after eating something that tastes amazing. So I made some Beignets ... they are only healthy in France.

An Ode To Deadspin

The following link is a cynical, yet entertaining overview of 2010 (Deadspin Worst of 2010) ... it makes fun of Lebron James and a few other things so I'd suggest you read it. Few highlights:

Worst Thing of 2010: Glee. If you know someone who's purchased a 10-minute Glee mashup of "Born in the USA" and "Purple Rain" and "Mo Money Mo Problems" off of iTunes, you throw that person down a fucking mine shaft. Glee is why this country will die soon. Your worsts in the comments, everyone. Let's give 2010 the middle finger it so rightly deserves.

Worst TV Program of 2010: "The Decision." And I should note that LeBron James has done nothing since that program aired to convince me that the public made a mistake in branding him a narcissistic dipshit after that program aired. Craggs and the like will tell you that LeBron got too much heat for this show, and that LeBron was doing something (forgoing salary, looking to win) that we should applaud. But that doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things. What matters is that anyone watching that program that night watched it and thought, "God, this guy is a fucking piece of shit," and they were right for doing so.