Like a Rock

After reading this article about a Wisconsin man who is about to put the millionth mile on his 1991 Chevy Silverado I don't think that there's any issue with having my truck last me another nine or ten years, especially since I have just over 110, 000 km (68, 750 miles) on mine, and it's a '98.

And while we're on the topic of cars, as we all know the new Pontiac GTO that is (was?) being sold in North America is just a relabelled Holden Monaro from Australia and it looks like General Motors is set to do it again but this time with a Holden crewman ute, or at least they are according to this article they are. Which is good news if you're a fan of the El Camino, and honestly who isn't?

A bit of a side note regarding the ute; when I was in Australia I learned that over there real men drive utes. In fact they drive utes with their dog in the passenger seat and their sheilas in the back or 'tray' as they call it. Also when I was over there I saw very few full size trucks and apparently they are quite rare, which seems strange to me. I mean Oz seems like the kinda country where full size trucks would be a great thing to have and I could see them being jacked and lifted with racks of headache lights and great big bull bars for 'roo smashing.

But maybe you've suffered a serious brain injury and you aren't a bowtie fan and instead prefer Mopar; well you're in luck because looks like Chrysler has their eyes set on a spring launch for the new Challenger, scheduled to be built in Brampton, Ontario. And it looks like Chrysler is doing it right with the Challenger, unlike their bed shitting excersize in reskinning an Intrepid and calling it a Charger. I'm sure there's a special place in automotive hell for the bastards who thought that was a good idea.

Don't get me wrong it's a great looking car, but it's definitely not a Charger . . . as if the piss ass 2.2 litre models (aka Plymouth Duster or Tourismo) they were hawking in the 80's weren't bad enough, but at least they were 2 doors. Ah well what do I know about marketing cars? Maybe this is the best thing they coudl have done . . . let's just hope that Chevy doesn't decide to rebrand the 'Vette as luxury sedan or something equally foolish.

That's about it for today, but I will sign off with a link with 11 pages scanned from the book (you gotta scroll down to tsee anything but it's totally worth it) The Truth About Chuck Norris, I know that the whole "Behind Chuck Norris' beard is another fist" thing isn't cutting edge interweb cool any more but man these are great, and are beautifully illustrated . . . and apparenlty Mr. Norris' sued the book's writer or publisher or both.

Good times . . . well that's it for now.

Booya

You'll Need a Tray

You've got to check out the YouTube video of Eddie Izzard's "Death Star Canteen" routine is hilarious and made all the better because it's acted out with Lego. It's gauranteed to appeal to all sorts of geeks and many different levels of geekery.

And while we're talking about geekery how about a list of the 20 Pop Cultures Obsessions Geekier than Monty Python from the AV Club (talk about nerds). It's a really good list, plumbs some of the deepest depths of geek depravity. Although I'm convinced that CosPlay (even if it can be silly hot but more often than not just not (BTW is that a dude?)) and LARP'ing should be higher on the list, but that's just geek snobbery, which I can do because I'm higher on the geek hierachy chart.

Now to appease my fellow sci-fi geeks (who apparently prefer the term SF) here's 20 Things You Didn't Know of Science Fiction and you're bound to learn something there, as that's where I learned that sci-fi fans find the term sci-fi offensive. I had no idea that I was slagging myself off everytime I used that term. I'm so insensitive, eh?

But maybe you're a video game geek? If so you might like the Angry Video Game/Nintendo Nerd. You can check out his video reviews of classic Nintendo games on YouTube. There are some moments of gold, but to me a lot of his anger seems forced and not real and maybe if he sounded more angry his Tourettes style strings of cursing would seem more authentic . . . but that's just my opinion.

Don't get me wrong, it's still well worth checking out, especially if these old games hold a special place in your heart, because I'm sure you've had many of the same complaints, but hopefully better crafted obscenities, and have winged a controller or two across the room your own self.

No matter what type of geek you are, you like movies, especially geeky movies and they're all the better if they're about geeks starring geeks written by geeks so you can point out the errors and inconsistencies and flaws and laws of geekery broken in the film. If that describes you at all maybe you'd like to check out this list of the Top 20 Geek Movies. I have to say it's a pretty good list, and not completely typical as it has at least one suprise entry on the list, and it's a movie with a sweet soundtrack. I've got to replace my copy one of these days.

Well I think that's it for today, but I would like to leave on this note . . .

I don't know about you, but I find this stat awesome; 2 of the 3 people who found this site yesterday via Google search did so image searching for "dirty nurses" thanks to the October 15, 2007 post. And the first image that comes up for me with the safe search off takes you that post. I guess if I want to up traffic I need more naughty nurse content.

Until next blog.

Better One in the Head . . .

Than the walking dead; that's right folks get your Zombie War propaganda posters here. They are cool but expensive as hell, but who said fighting the good fight would be cheap or easy. Also if you're really keen on fighting off the zombie hoards you'll definitely need a copy of the Zombie Survival Guide.

I've thumbed through it and it's full of a lot of really godo information, definitely a must have for the upcoming rise of the undead. And the author, Max Brooks, has some other no doubt interesting and informative Zombie reference books available.

Remember you don't need to reload a blade.

But hey we can't always be thinking gloom & doom, right? Even if things look dismal now with the threat of loved ones being turned in brain gobbling walking corpses, they can always get better. Although admittedly sometimes you might need some help or advice to get through the tough times, and hat's why I thought I'd let you know about this advice column by Oderus Urungus from GWAR. You may not have asked those questions, but I think that like fortune cookies and horoscopes they can apply to anyone if you want them too.

Wow don't you feel better now? I know I do.

That's about it for today, but I think I'll leave you with a YouTube clip of a Japanese cooking show starring none other than Hard Gay! I have to admit this guy is pretty amusing, but he's no Johnny Extreme. There are other Hard Gay videos up on YouTube if you're interested in checking out his other adventures.

Hooooooooooooooooooo!

I don't know what they're selling . . .

. . . but I'll take two. According to this article this ad featuring a saucy schoolgirl (and who doesn't love them? Terrorists that's who) trying to sell travel or air fares or something is a causing a bit of a stir . . . which says a lot when it's from the UK where they've got the beloved and hallowed institution of the Page 3 Girl . . . maybe the issue is because she has a shirt on?

But I guess you just can't make the Brits happy; turns out that the country's youngest female councillor, all of 18, is causing a bit of a kafuffle with the pictures of herself that she's put on line. And the best part, she's not sorry about and isn't going to stop. You can read more about it here or just look at the pictures if that's all you're into.

(The link appears to be not working so well, so here's the URL

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23434305-details/UK's+youngest+woman+councillor,+18,+poses+in+raunchy+snaps/article.do

You may need to copy and paste it or click or something, you're smart, you'll figure it out. or if that doesn't work click the link and enter this "UK's youngest woman councillor, 18, poses in raunchy snaps" into the site's search box.)

Well if schoolgirls and naughty councilwoman don't do it for you, you must be a terrorist, and maybe Superheroes do and in that case you'll like this video of some superheroes partying a little too hard at Professor X's birthday party and you know it's a good party when they've got the Poison blasting away.

If that only served to wet your superhero whistle then perhaps you'd be interested in watching this seven plus minute long trailer for The Dark Knight that is (or maybe was?) airing before I Am Legend? There was a cool six minute trailer on YouTube that someone had cam captured from the IMAX, but she's gone now, but don't fret I'm sure it'll turn up somewhere else.

How about a real story about a real life superhero? An Australian cancer specialist has gone and done some mythbusting and has determined that coffee, water bottles, mobile phones, tampons, dental fillings, breast implants, and deodorants do not cause cancer. You can read more about it here if you're interested.

So please don't send me another email saying that eating something that i heated in the microwave in an old margarine container (aka Ukrainian Tupperware) or the water that I drank from a bottle I put in the freezer is going to kill me with cancer from the dioxins and or free radicals released into it. I didn't believe it before and I don't believe it now.

I was going to put some more stuff up but nah . . . I'm out of creative juices and tea, so that's her, but I would like to wish Hammerin' Hank Aaron a happy 74th birthday.

How About them Giants?

That was some good Superbowl last night, or what I saw when not falling asleep in my chair, go painkillers, go. Close game, no team running away with it, overall I'd say it was good to watch. Would have been better with the Chargers in it though.

I'm just glad that my Superbowl prediction from several weeks ago came true. I know it's no call from the President of the US and A, but congratulations to Eli Manning and the rest of the New York Giants.

I didn't watch the halftime show last night, nor did I watch the eating contest running on Spike, but it was finally someone that I like to listen to. But most of the time the Superbowl halftime shows are shit, and the good people at Cracked have compiled this list of they think are the ten worst Superbowl Half Time Shows.

Not that Grey Cup halftime shows are any better, the only I can think of as being any good was when the Hip played the 2004 Grey Cup in Ottawa. I've only been to two Grey Cups, both in Winterpeg, and the first go 'round was Chris Sheppard and Love Inc in 1998 (If I remember right) and I spent the 2006 Grey Cup half time waiting for an opening at the trough instead of listening to Nelly Furtado.

But hey that's enough football for now, how's about some discussion on healthy eating? Everything is better with bacon, and that's a fact that everyone knows, from bacon wrapped filet mignon steaks to bacon cheese bacon burgers to bacon cakes to maple bacon cookies. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm bacon.

Or this article that claims that vegetarians are perverts of nature who slowly kill themselves, even if a friend says it's factually untrue, so much so that one could read the level extreme flabergastigation through an email. Hey it can't be completely true because there are groups of people who have historically been vegetarians, and they are still around, but damn if I don't like the message.

Anyway that's enough for today; but before I go anyone notice the subtle change? I've finally figured out how to make the links open in a new window (or when Is ay figured out I mean finally Googled how to do it). What do you think? Better? Worse? I know I prefer it.

But yeah I'm off, you stay classy San Diego.

We're stars and the sky belongs to stars

Today is the 49th anniversary of The Day the Music Died, which if you didn't know isn't just a lyric from the Don McLean song, but in fact is the day that a small plane crashed outside of Clear Lake, Iowa while carrying The Big Bopper, Richie Valens and Buddy Holly to a show in Fargo, North Dakota.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, if Buddy Holly wouldn't have been killed in this crash he would have been recognized as the true King of Rock and Roll, and yes I still believe that Elvis just sang cheap shitty pop songs . . . like a one man N Sync of the day, but with more sequins and fried peanut and bannaner sammiches.

So going to Graceland (speaking of, wanna see what the off limits, no tourists upstairs of Graceland looks like?) for 'Boomers or Elvis fans in general is the equivalent of going to Justin-Timberlake-Land for a kid in High School now.

Yeah I said it. Think about it, you know it's true.