Monthly Archives: June 2006

Channel that positive energy…

….and see if you can’t direct it towards blogging.la’s jozjozjoz and her family; her father suffered a major stroke this weekend, and they could use all the prayers, thoughts, stored-up karma, etc. that you can possibly offer.

Now that’s COMCASTIC!

Comcast tech comes over to guy’s house to fix modem, falls asleep on couch.  Seriously.

Diet Coke and Mentos and Ka-ching

Read today on PaidContent that the guys who did the Diet Coke & Mentos video have made $15,000 thru Revver, the YouTubesque site they posted it on (who pays 50% of ad revenues to the uploader/content owner).

Terra Haute, Indiana: Scarred by the Daily Show

Jeez Terra Haute….bitter much?

Got an idea?

Nick pretty accurately sums up mine, and just about everyone else I know’s thoughts on those fated words "I have this great idea!"

BORAT! The Trailer

There’s no word that adequately sums up my enthusiasm for this film.
Sidenote–remember when they went and put Richard Pryor in Superman III?  Wouldn’t it be fantastic if they tried something similar (e.g. clumsy attempt to "synergize" two popular properties) with a Superman sequel starring Borat as a kooky supporting villain?

The Superhero Pizza Guy / The Real-Life Dwight Schrute

Is there a word that fully describes the awesomeness of Cameron Evans, the pizza-delivering superhero? 
I really don’t think so. 
While on duty at Galactic Pizza, a Minneapolis pizza shop that dresses its delivery people in superhero costumes, Evans saw a woman being mugged, and quickly responded to her cries for help.  He then proceeded [...]

Carpeteria keeps it exciting

When you’re shopping for budget carpet, I guess you can’t ask for any frills, especially in the naming department:

Honestly, who came up with ‘Boot Camp’ and thought it would move carpet?  Does anyone come in and say "oh yeah, this is nice….I’ll take wall-to-wall Boot Camp!", outside of those seeking apholstery for their boot camp?  [...]

Knob Creek Machine Gun Night

From Google Video:
This footage was originally intended to be part of a segment for a NBC show. Unfortunately Columbine happened right after and the Execs  … all ยป killed it for sensitivity issues. This is a quick edit of some stuff i hung on to for my reel. I think it gives a good representation [...]

The best headline of the week

From the venerable AP newswire (via CNN):
Man jailed for mouse-in-burrito scam
TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan (AP) — A man who stuffed a dead mouse into his Taco Bell burrito in a botched extortion attempt was sentenced Friday to 16 to 30 months in prison.
Ryan Daniel Goff, 20, pleaded guilty last month to a felony count of attempted [...]