PJ and I

How to win the war on Global Warming

We could stop buying Time magazine for starters.

As long as 2 million people are pre-ordering "Grand Theft Auto" I'm not going to worry about the economy

The New York Times—that most hallowed of all the bird-cage liners—recently published a story on our sagging economy and how people are cutting costs buy adjusting their diets and buying fewer name brands. The article is the usual NYT hysterical nonsense with this irresponsible and asinine quote from "retail consultant" (i.e. "giant money furnace") Burt Flickinger:

“It hasn’t gotten to human food mixed with pet food yet but it is certainly headed in that direction.”

I dunno Burt, I dunno. There's no doubt we might be in the midst of a recession (which are cyclical and unavoidable) but I have a hard time accepting all the doom and gloom. While I'm sure there are people struggling to make ends meet like there always are all this catastrophic lingo just doesn't compute when I see the vast prosperity surrounding us—even our cheap crap is better than ever.

Heck, a little economic turbulence might be a good thing if it gets more people to prioritize in their budgeting and save a little bit more. If money is tight just keep in mind that despite what TV says you don't need a 52" HDTV, $5 light bulbs, and organic lettuce—you really don't.

For informed political opinion try this guy!

He sort of looks like a cross between Kevin Spacey and Norm MacDonald (beware of some salty language):



I hope you enjoyed that as much as Scott & the "Corkmeister" did.

Oh, and who knew Antarctica was a country!

We're talking Gorilla, we're not talking Godzilla

I can't believe somebody actually took the time to digitize this but they did: The Kid Stuff Donkey Kong LP.

This album had a huge influence on me—although Mario purists may balk as it portrays the future hero of the Mushroom Kingdom not as a plumber or construction worker but as a "Food Delivery Man" (this is most definitely not G-Level Canon).

As hokey as it all may be I'd still rather listen to this than just about any Prince album (who I actually think may provide background vocals on the title track). Plus Mario kind of sounds like Lindsey the bass player.

Thank God for the Internet and it's ability to preserve all manner of worthless pop culture swag!

Update: This album is hosted on what may be the greatest website ever: The Secret Cavern of Read Along Treasures. Man, I used to love those things. This could probably occupy a whole weekend for me.

Just in time for summer

Hey kids! Be the envy of everyone on your block and take your SuperSoaker® battles to a whole new level with one of these babies:

How true it is

George Lucas on whiny fanboys and Indy 4:

"We're not gonna have adoring fans sending us e-mails saying how much they loved the movie. We're gonna have a bunch of angry people saying, 'You're a bunch of a**holes, you should never have done this. You've ruined my life forever.'"

Shout to the Lord

In honor of the American Idols inexplicably singing "Shout to the Lord" a few nights back (and in the process bringing back all sorts of horrifying youth group memories I thought I'd long since repressed) I thought I'd take a little poll:

It's Choose Your Favorite "Shout to the Lord" BodyWorship™®:

First the kids from the RWC Peru Missions give us their Spanish (or maybe Quechua?) rendition:



Next we have the kids from the "KFC Youth Group" (the Colonel loves Jesus!) with their version (which reminds me of that one scene in "Napoleon Dynamite" for some reason):



And finally it's the youth from New Covenant Reformed Church in Oradell, NJ (which apparently has a rather sizable Asian-American community):



Alright folks leave your votes in the comment section:

1. Peru
2. KFC
3. NCRC
   

The awesome fort I just helped build

The awesome fort I just helped build
Originally uploaded by darthvedder81

Dock Brackets

This showed up in my inbox this morning (click to enlarge):

I don't have any recollection of this transaction but apparently I ordered the wrong dock brackets. Everyone knows the H17g's come with the standard 1 1/4" ID pipes. I don't know what I was thinking!