Happy Halloween!

Waiting On The World To Change

Check out the new blog I added to my list on the right...it's called Coalition for Darfur and it's simply one of many websites and blogs devoted to the growing crisis in Darfur, a crisis that our country (and our world) is having difficulty reacting to as quickly as the situation demands. Andrea came across it while researching information for the new human rights student group that she founded, and is now advising, at her high school.

It's time for the people of the world to firmly agree that genocide anywhere in the world is the responsibility of every country in the world. For your part, take a couple minutes and educate yourself on both the history and current status of the crisis in Darfur; the more people that fully comprehend the devastation that is occuring in Darfur, the more likely the powers that be will know we're serious about acting now, and not when a horrible situation becomes irreconcilable.

May The Force Be With You

Last week on The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert announced the finalists for The Colbert Report Green Screen Challenge (in case you haven't been following, Colbert shot some green screen footage of himself swinging a light saber around and challenged viewers to be creative with the footage).

The first finalist was Bonnie R. from Torrence, California. Her video, titled Freedom Fighter, was pretty good. Basically, we see the "bold and courageous" Stephen Colbert in an epic struggle for freedom (you can find it here, just click on 'Green Screen Winner').

The second finalist was George L., who actually came to the studio (I can't help but feel like I've seen this guy before). Here's his video on YouTube. I must say, the production value is quite advanced; I bet this cost him one maybe two hundred dollars to put together.

Ultimately, Bonnie R. went on to become the official winner of the challenge, however there is no doubt in my mind that we'll be seeing more of George L. beyond his 15 minutes of fame on The Colbert Report.

Google vs. Yahoo...How About Both!?

Companies love to face off against rival companies. Apple Mac vs. Microsoft PC....Sony Playstation vs. Microsoft X-Box...Firefox Browser vs. Microsoft Internet Explorer...hey Microsoft, stop being so damn aggressive!

While these companies duke it out, I present to you a joining of two entities that makes Sears & Roebuck look like a bunch of chumps...


That's right. It's Yahoo. It's Google. It's GahooYoogle. This crowning achievement by some internet-savvy individual (that is clearly up to his eyeballs in copyright infringement issues) utilizes both search engines in a split screen format. My only objection: in naming this chimera of search engines, rather than switching the first letters of each word, I think a combination of the two titles (think Gahoogle) would have been catchier.

Now go and get your GahooYoogle on. You can start by GahooYoogle-ing 'Sears & Roebuck'.

Update x2

• It's here! The trailer for Season 6 of 24 is finally up...take a look. Jack is back, and looking shaggier than ever. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and predict what this season will be about: terrorism, the President of America, Jack shooting people in the knees to get them to confess, and, of course, a muskrat-like Cloe O'Brien snapping at her CTU colleagues.

• After posting the humorous video of the highly intoxicated fellow at the police station having some wall issues, and claiming that that was "the standard by which all other videos of police officers dealing with extremely drunk people should be judged by", I remembered another video of the police officer/drunkard genre that is actually much better. If you haven't seen this video, you don't know the power of a police officer armed with crafty alphabet tests and a mean kick-ball-change.

Those Walls Can Be Mighty Tricky

This classic video should be the standard by which all other videos of police officers dealing with extremely drunk people should be judged by.
Take a look...

Worst. Halloween Costume. Ever.

UPDATE: Mr. Cooper has challenged my pick for the Worst Halloween Costume Ever. Check out his picks HERE and decide for yourself. At least we can both agree that anyone caught wearing any of these costumes has lost all of there dignity.

Take Note, Go Vote

According to tonight's episode of Countdown with Keith Olbermann, a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll reveals some very interesting polling figures regarding the upcoming midterm elections.

Aside from the typical numbers for Bush's job approval (38%) and Bush's handling of the Iraq War (33%), there was one particular question that this poll has been asking for the past 12 years, namely "Which party do you want to see control Congress?". The results were 52% wanted Democrats to control Congress and 37% wanted Republicans to control Congress. The reason this particular question on this particular poll is so significant is that in this poll's 12 year history, no party has ever received more than 50% on this question.

Now, hold on Mr. Democrat! Stop counting those unhatched chickens and listen...Crag Crawford of Congressional Quarterly cautiously pointed out how this poll represents the opinions of registered voters and, considering how midterm elections usually have rather low voter turnout, this poll may not necessarily represent the group of people that actually go out and vote next month.

The point is, Mr. Democrat, the majority of voters want you in power. Your mission, should you choose to accept, is to get these people to the polls on November 7th by any and all means necessary. Good luck.

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Jack's Back!

In one week a trailer for Season 6 of 24 will premiere and it will certainly be exciting. Hopefully this season will explore some aspects of Jack Bauer's world that I believe would be quite compelling, such as...

• Jack takes a 60-minute nap, forcing an entire episode to focus on various mundane events, such as Cloe O'Brien eating a ham sandwich or a group of terrorists going grocery shopping.

• Jack's investigation leads him to a group of terrorists based in Australia; his 16 hour flight eats up most of the season.

• The entire world is destroyed by nuclear explosions, causing the remaining 8 hours of episodes to be nothing but various camera angles of dust and rubble.

Now that's good TV.

Get To The Theater And See...

In my opinion, the best movie of the year thus far.

Sony To Customer: You're Screwed

Sony finally announced the number of Playstation 3 units that are going to be ready for sale on the much anticipated release date of November 17th. And, the final numbers are...

• 400,000 units for America
  

• 100,000 units for Japan
  

• 0 units for Europe

...WUHHHH?! Did someone forget to tack on an extra '0' to each of those figures (well, then again, I don't think Europe would be any happier with "00" units shipping)? To put this in perspective, when Playstation 2 was released five years ago, America received 500,000 units and Japan received 1,000,000 units! OUCH for Japan (and, of course, double-OUCH for Europe).

To make matters worse, on the night of October 9th Sony announced to the public that EB Games and Gamestop would be taking pre-orders for the Playstation 3...on the morning of October 10th! When I arrived at my local EB around noon on the 10th, it was already too late. The cashier told me how they had finished taking pre-orders in a matter of minutes. "Wow", I thought, "they must have worked really fast to take hundreds of pre-orders in only minutes!" Well, turns out it wasn't hundreds of units, it was ones of units...as in a total of 8 units. Yep, each store is getting about eight PS3 units.

It is now my mission to find some way to get my hands on a release-date Playstation 3 unit. Is it because I just can't wait to experience the gaming excellence of the PS3? Is it because I am desperate to the marvel at the technological advancements of the Blu-ray DVD player? Is it because I've anticipated the PS3 release for months, even years!? NO, of course not! It's because they'll be selling on eBay for THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, and I want a piece of the action!

Ahhh, nothing like a little greed and market exploitation to make you feel like an American.

Crazy Like A Fox

Check out New York Times writer Deborah Solomon's interview with Chris Wallace, the Fox News reporter that tried to 'fair and balance' former President Clinton a couple weeks ago.

It's nice to see that he's as pompous and egotistical in print as he is on television.

*Thanks goes out to Andrea for bringing this interview to my attention :-)

Can You Hear Me Now?

Searching for what really constitutes an 'anger management problem'?
I present to you this classic video clip.

Nice Try Fox News...

I was planning on posting this earlier today, and then I saw Mr. Cooper had beaten me to it. Still, it's just too fair and balanced not to post about it.

Can you guess what's wrong with this picture? I'll give you a hint...it rhymes with lack of journalistic integrity. Of course, it's possible were being too cynical and Fox News accidentally portrayed Foley as a Democrat, even those he's a Republican. It's also possible that Fox News isn't lead by Lucifer himself. Possible, but not likely.

In closing, I leave you with the stinging words of journalist Michael Musto of The Village Voice:

~ Actually, I can't believe Fowley's newest excuse which is "I lost my bookmark and that's why I bend pages over." ~

Yeah, he went there.

'Lost' Season 3 Premiere In...ONE HOUR!!!

My Baby Won't Stop Kidnapping Me: The Donna Lang Story

If there were awards for the funniest websites of the internet, this one deserves to be in the running. Check it out...

It's called the Lifetime Movie Title Generator, and it's hilarious. It's pretty self explanatory: you enter a few pieces of information into the site (character, setting, plot, etc.) and presto, your very own Lifetime movie title is created!

The best one I've come up with so far is the title of this post, which is so absurd it makes me laugh every time I read it. Try it out for yourself, and post a comment if you come up with anything as funny as a baby that refuses to stop kidnapping its own mother.