The Revenge of Balloon Boy

It's not the fact that his parents are crazy or they tricked the whole world into thinking that their boy might be dead. Hell, I was glued to CNN the whole. It's just crazy that our culture is eating this up. Seriously its only been a week. Enjoy.

1.) I'm In A Box - BALLOON BOY PARODY


2.) The Balloon Boy Game! How much tax payer money can you waste?


3.) Balloon Boy's "Not Pussified" Music Video


4.) Facebook's Fresh Prince of the Air

The Way of the Samurai

I knew there was a reason why I own three of these. Now I just need to sharpen mine.

"A Johns Hopkins University student armed with a samurai sword killed a man who broke into the garage of his off-campus residence early Tuesday... The student told police that he heard a commotion in the house and went downstairs armed with a samurai sword"
Hopkins student kills intruder with samurai sword, police say -- The Baltimore Sun

The traditional Making of a Samurai Sword (Katana)



Via Dan

Love Me Some Auto-Tune

Auto-Tune the News #2: pirates. drugs. gay marriage.


Does anyone want to write an auto tune song with me? Wow, I feel like T-Pain's whole career is one giant Ponzi scheme. Also the guys who made this video are actually pretty funny, check them out.


Via PhillyD.tv

King of the Robots?

"We're not so sure who thought it'd be a bright idea to invite Torayan, a 7.2 meter tall, fire-breathing robot to what appears to be an otherwise calm and collected choir practice, but that sucker is going to burn."
Caption Contest: Fire-breathing robot scuttles into choir practice -- engadget


I didn't even know how to label this. I'm just as confused as you are, though I think I saw an article in the Washington Post the other week.

Sounds like natural selection to me...

"Hundreds of visitors watched in horror as the woman, who is thought to be mentally disturbed, scaled a fence, a wall and a line of hedges to get into the enclosure as the animals were being fed..."
Zookeepers rescue woman from polar bear mauling -- Times Online UK

Polar Bear attack! on Weekend Sunrise


"Natural selection acts on the phenotype, or the observable characteristics of an organism, such that individuals with favorable phenotypes are more likely to survive and reproduce than those with less favorable phenotypes." -- Wikipedia

Are you serious? How did this happen? I know they did the right thing but sometimes you got to let the crazy ones go. I don't blame the zoo or the bears.

A Real Super Hero

A Thai fireman turned superhero when he dressed up as comic-book character Spider-Man to coax a frightened eight-year-old from a balcony... Somchai said he keeps the Spider-Man costume and an outfit of Japanese television character Ultraman at the station in order to liven up school fire drills.
Thai fireman in 'spider-man' rescue of autistic boy -- Yahoo!

Further proof that Spider-Man is the greatest super hero of all time! Take that Superman!

Spider-man Original Cartoon Theme Song

The Roots are backing up Jimmy?!?!

It's a mixed blessing, but seriously it might be my only reason to watch the show because whenever Fallon talks... it feels like an SNL skit.

"But ?uestlove says the band's new job has "enabled us to survive. "This would basically match or surpass what we would make touring 200-plus days out of the year. And, two, this allows us to be home," he said.... Seeing hip-hop regularly on a late show will be revolutionary in itself, but the Roots are more than a hip-hop band. Their debut "Do You Want More?!!!??!" had obvious jazz influence. The group may be best known for their Grammy-winning collaboration with Erykah Badu, "You Got Me"; Their hit off their 2002 disc "Phrenology," performed with Cody Chesnutt _ "The Seed (2.0)" _ is one of the best rock songs of the decade."
"The Roots: We Wouldn't Have Survived Without Jimmy Fallon" -- Huffington Post

In The News: Zombies!

Its only funny cause its true.

"Come on mainstream media, y'all missed a great opportunity to blame games for something."
Austin construction signs warn of zombie attack -- joystiq

Nuclear Weapons cost billions...who knew?

I love how simple these ideas are and seriously the numbers don't lie. It's not enough to fix the problem but it could help.

No More White People!

Okay, so the title is a bit of a stretch but they changed their estimate again?! With the possibility of having a black president and watching a black swimmer win gold reminds me of the fact that times are changing. One day there really won't be anyone to blame but ourselves.

"White people will no longer make up a majority of Americans by 2042, according to new government projections. That's eight years sooner than previous estimates, made in 2004."
White Americans no longer a majority by 2042 -- Yahoo! News

They might as well have shot Grandma

I want the entire SWAT team fired for shooting Labradors. BLACK LABS! Are you kidding me?! They're the friendliest dogs ever! Fuck procedure if you got to shoot a lab! I thought it was a funny story until I found out that they were black labs. NOW I'm pissed. They would never EVER attack you. Even if Calvo was guilty that was unnecessary.

"She was literally in the kitchen, cooking a lovely pasta dish, and they brought down the door and shot our dogs.....The deputies have said they killed the two animals because they felt threatened."
Mayor wants federal probe after SWAT raids house, kills dogs -- CNN

Don't F@CK With Farmer Brown

This made me laugh so hard. I also think it may be a cool idea for an art project. Especially on a larger scale.

"The people who bought the homes say, `Well, we love looking into your yard and seeing the horses and the cattle, but we don't like the flies, and we don't like the mosquitoes...Davis said he offered to pay for half the cost of a fence between his property and the others and to build it. He said his neighbors declined the offer, saying it would block their view."
Farmer sends message to neighbors with car fence -- AP

The Anti Budweiser - Why you shouldn't buy it

A beautiful thing about our country is that Americans as consumers have the last say. No matter how big you get, if we don't buy your product...you go out of business. Well my friends, some of us our trying to unite under one banner for we are outraged by Budweiser selling itself like an two dollar whore to InBev.

"The Budweiser maker, which controls nearly half the U.S. beer market, agreed July 13 to be bought by InBev, brewer of Beck's and Brahma, for $52 billion in cash. The deal, which will create the world's largest brewer, is expected to close by year end."
Anheuser Net Edges Up, Helped by a New Brand -- The Wall Street Journal

Why does this bother us? Well this wouldn't be a big issue if Bud wasn't the greatest American beer. I mean it has some serious roots within our country and now it just up and left? Granted they're still making the beer here but its no longer technically an American company. So this my plea to you to boycott Budweiser. Life As List's "Just Say No" post gives you a great long list of Bud products that you shouldn't buy. Here's a sample of them: Busch, Natural Light, Rolling Rock, O'Doul's, Bud Light, Michelob Ultra... and the list goes on!!

Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about...maybe I'm being a jackass about this. They're calling it a merger to sound nice but next time I'm out at a bar. I'm ordering a Miller Lite. It's Miller Time baby.

Shame On You: Lost Tribe is a Fake?

"A few months ago, mainstream news outlets...reported that a photographer had found a lost tribe of warriors near the Brazilian-Peruvian border. Photos of the tribe backed up his claim...As it turns out, the story is only half true. The men in the photo are members of a tribe, but it certainly ain't 'lost.'"
The Not-So-Lost Tribe--buzz.yahoo.com

"Tribal guardian admits the Amazon Indians' existence was already known, but he hoped the publicity would lift the threat of logging..."
Secret of the 'lost' tribe that wasn't -- Guardian, UK

Well this is a real bummer. ONE, because I even blogged about it though the issues surrounding logging are still relevant. And TWO, because we really shouldn't be surprised since the media has been lying to us for years.

This is in response to a past post called Undiscovered Life On Earth...No Way!

Coldplay VS Creaky Boards

Creaky Boards swears that Coldplay used the melody of their original song "The Songs I Didn't Write" to compose "Viva La Vida"

You can download the Creaky Board's song on MySpace (or watch the video below). Well I listened to this and I'm not sure if Coldplay really jacked the song from them. There are really only so many chords and melodies you can play. Music theory proves this. Plus look on the bright side. An already popular band may have borrowed your melody like Kanye West does with everything. It would hurt more if they were a new band using the melody to break into the music scene. Honestly it turns out that Coldplay wins this one because they claim to have written the song "in March of last year", but I will say I'm a Coldplay fan and I'll still buy the album.

"We're one of the world's worst—but most enthusiastic—plagiarists as a band. We'll try and copy anything but tend to fail, so we come up with something...that sounds like us..."
Coldplay: "We'll Try and Copy Anyone"--E online


Coldplay + iTunes steals Viva La Vida from Creaky Boards!


VIVA LA VIDA iTunes Spot - Coldplay

Radiohead VS Prince

This is a funny story about musicians who are so not into sharing their music without getting paid versus those who are into this free music for all vibe. It's weird how Youtube and their censorship has become this battle ground for debates about free speech and ownership. Though I do agree if you cover someone's song then they should have some say if it stays up on Youtube or not.

"...when Radiohead caught wind of Prince's cover of THEIR song frontman Thom Yorke and company wanted to watch it, only to find that it had been pulled down by Prince's peeps from YouTube. 'Really? He's blocked it?' Yorke told the AP....'Well, tell him to unblock it. It's our ... song."
Radiohead Start Beef With Prince Over Coachella -- Mog.com

Undiscovered Life On Earth...No Way!

There are still people living on this planet that have NEVER had contact with the outside world?! Crazy! Things like this remind me that we know NOTHING! Everyday you will learn something new. Yet I will point out that this is all connected to a bigger issue and that needs to be addressed: Deforestation and the Extinction of a Human Race

"In this image from Survival International, showing 'uncontacted Indians' of the Envira, who have never before had any contact with the outside world, photographed during an overflight in May 2008, as they camp in the Terra Indigena Kampa e Isolados do Envira, Acre state, Brazil, close to the border with Peru. 'We did the overflight to show their houses, to show they are there, to show they exist,' said uncontacted tribes expert Jose Carlos dos Reis Meirelles Junior."
Uncontacted Indian tribe spotted in Brazil -- MyNorthwest.com

"There are more than one hundred uncontacted tribes worldwide, with more than half living in either Brazil or Peru. All are in grave danger of being forced off their land, killed and decimated by new diseases. Survival has launched an urgent campaign to get their land protected...The world needs to wake up to this, and ensure that their territory is protected in accordance with international law. Otherwise, they will soon be made extinct."
Uncontacted tribe photographed near Brazil-Peru border -- Survival International

Great (almost) Nigger Moments in History

So out of all fairness and the fact that I do believe the media in their haste to tell us stories only let us see and hear parts of things. Not the whole so its easy to take things out of context. Well Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright Jr. I'm sorry that they took your message and cut it down into sound bites that made you look bad. But in reality to the rest of the nation it is what it is. You said those words, but then to find yourself months later back in front of the camera with a microphone to your mouth and once again to jam your foot in it causing more harm then good. Yes sir this is almost a NIGGAR MOMENT. What is a Nigger Moment? Let's clarify.

"Nigger Moment" (n.) This is usually caused by at least one or more black people. According to Huey Freeman, a nigger moment can start as something simple...."
Nigger Moment -- Urban Dictionary

Basically I believe its when black people with status, power and respect do something that's beyond stupid and its so bad that all black people feel ashamed. OJ Simpson has a whole lot of them, Mike Tyson has walked down that road and Michael Jackson has been there too. Now don't be wrong the average person can do it to and I'm sure I've done some stuff that was never recorded but was pretty stupid. It's just when you're in the lime light, you need to remember that there are way too many people watching. That fact itself gives you great power which requires great responsibility.

Come on Wright, you're coming off as an arrogant bastard proving that your ego may be bigger then your message. Some of the things you said were true and were good, but sometimes knowing what not to say is more powerful. You can't answer everything with your personal views, beliefs and experiences and then tie it together with the black church. You were making comments as if you represented ALL black people and ALL black churches even if they liked it or not. You know and I know for certain NOT all black people are the same so in no way can ALL black churches be the same. So stop hiding behind the rest of us and stand on your own!

But for the sake of the times of today. In the midst of an election time when you are knowingly tied to a great potential for a colored man to be president of the United States, so could you please shut the fuck up. Yes, you are pastor and will be a pastor. Yes Obama is a politician and may not become a president but in the end voters will vote and what you say carries weight on the scales of judgment. You have to realize this is a time to play your part. Also whoever keeps giving him the mic, can we shoot them?

By no means is this an attack against the black church, black people or religion. I'm just asking a man to grow some balls and use them. Trinity United Church of Christ is a great church and they do great things and REAL churches help people outside of their congregation, but if you got to stand on a box and say something. Then say it like a man. Don't claim that the rest of us are behind you unless we really are....besides you wouldn't even have this national spotlight if it wasn't for Mr. Politician, Barack Obama.

Oh Lord where is Dave Chappelle. This is why his show was so amazing because he would take these moments and break them down into their comedic elements. Proving that the whole idea behind it is just one big joke and benefits no one. Also South Park does the same thing with a little more violence and fart jokes.

Boondocks Niggar Moment

Hero #9

It was sad news for some of us NFL fans. He's one of my all time favorite quarterbacks and when he's 100% healthy, this man is a beast. Mike "Dogboy" Vick would run around people but Steve "Badass" McNair ran through them. You got to love it and I think he set a good standard as a black QB in the NFL unlike some others. God bless his family and thanks for the good times. I've been a fan since the Super Bowl way back then. Peace.

"McNair announced his retirement Thursday, ending a 13-year career in which he was selected co-MVP, led the Tennessee Titans to the Super Bowl and orchestrated the most successful regular season in the Ravens history. He received a standing ovation from his teammates after revealing his decision, then contained his emotions during a hastily arranged news conference."
Ravens' McNair Retires After 13 Seasons -- ABC News

Turtle Power!

Not most people know this but I am a BIG sea turtle fan and almost became a Marine Biologist just so I could help save them. Instead I became an artist and will probably fund research that saves these elegant creatures. Well they found a rare giant turtle living in the wild which is great because they thought we killed them all. So its good news for everyone.

"Researchers from the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo have discovered a rare giant turtle in northern Vietnam — a find that carries great scientific and cultural significance. Swinhoe's soft-shell turtle was previously thought to be extinct in the wild. Three other turtles of the species are in captivity, said experts from the Zoo's Asian turtle program. The discovery represents hope for the species..."
Cleveland zoo researchers find rare giant turtle in Vietnam -- Yahoo! NEWS