Recall on the Scooby Snacks

Scooby-Doo is a long-running American animated series produced for Saturday morning television in several different versions from 1969 to the present. The original series, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, was created for Hanna-Barbera Productions by writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, CBS executive Fred Silverman and character designer Iwao Takamoto. Hanna-Barbera produced numerous spin-offs and related works. Although the format of the show and the cast (and ages) of characters have varied significantly over the years, the most familiar versions of the show feature a talking dog named Scooby-Doo and four teenagers: Fred "Freddie" Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, and Norville "Shaggy" Rogers. These five characters drive around the world in a van called the "Mystery Machine", and solve mysteries typically involving tales of ghosts and other supernatural forces. At the end of each episode, the supernatural forces turn out to have a rational explanation, typically criminal plots involving costumes, latex masks and special effects intended to frighten or distract.

So then can someone tell me why its still on TV?! Not only why its on TV but why Cartoon Network thought it was a good idea give it a daily two hour time block? Come on people its a cartoon from the 60s that hasn't changed its plot formula for 40 years! I could name so many other cartoons you could bring back that are so much better, like He-Man, Beast Wars or Batman! There is nothing more annoying than Scooby-Doo. First they stumble upon a mystery. Then they fool around for 25 minutes and some how unmask the villain and solve the mystery before the credits roll, LIKE EVERY TIME! Geeze, they're as bad as the Power Rangers and their need to grow big before defeating the bad guy every episode! Seriously its repeat repeat repeat. Where is the originality?

So Cartoon Network I beg you to stop airing Scooby-Doo episodes and leave it to Boomerang to remind us what old school cartoons look like. Besides its so easy to fill those extra hours by extending Adult Swim's time slot or add more episodes of My Gym Partner's A Monkey and Totally Spies. My morning cartoon routine depends upon it.

Trouble for King James

I saw the cover in CVS and I thought it was a little fierce but I didn't think it was racist. All the fuss is a little much since LeBron likes the cover.


“So when you have a cover that reminds people of King Kong and brings those stereotypes to the front, black man wanting white woman, it’s not innocent,”
- LeBron James Vogue cover criticized (Yahoo)

I love a Superwoman!

So the other night I'm watching a repeat of The Colbert Report and the theme of the show is water, which turned to be very fascinating. The guest was inventor Dean Kamen and his vapor compression distiller. It's a water cleaning machine that is amazing and he's trying to get millions made so he can spread them world wide. How does it work? Basically stick one end in dirty water/sewage and out the other end comes pure clean water. I have no idea how it actually works or what it will be called. BUT thats not what this is about! What I remembered the next day was a little comment Colbert made while pointing at the 3 gallon jugs of water on the ground. Colbert questioned Dean if he had ever been to a web site called "pretty girls carrying heavy things.com"

And it gets a pretty good laugh and even stumps Dean for a second. The next day...i decided to look up the website AND.... it doesn't exist! What?! Its such a novel idea too. Pretty girls carrying heavy things. So simple and not pornographic but for some odd reason very cute...? Turns out the following day after the show had aired it reached the 9th spot on Google Trend for that day. Also someone from Godaddy.com was watching and now they own the rights. So if you have the time and money to waste, I'd go ahead and start building this great photo sharing website: Prettygirlscarryingheavythings.com

Just let me know when you are done.

You can watch the segment here: The Colbert Report - 3/20

Back from the dead.

This story falls in line with my new celebrating life attitude.


Man declared dead feels 'pretty good'

From Bracketology to Reality

I was sick this past weekend with strep/fever/cold so I was stuck in bed with nothing but the TV to keep me company. It was a good weekend to be bed-ridden thanks to March Madness. This year I had taken a full two days to finish my bracket. (I filled out three different brackets until I finally settled on one.) So I have Tennessee, Kansas, Texas and UCLA in my Final Four with Tenn as the champs. So far so good, but lets look at the real issue here.

Who ever set the bracket up may have numbered the teams wrong, because higher seeds are not playing like higher seeds. I've seen way too many close games. I'm not evening going to bother watching the 1st half because it seems like both teams aren't really ready till the 2nd half. It's mind boggling, how you can go 33-2 and some how not show up mentality to the 2nd round of the NCAA tournament. (augh!) Well I can't cover everyone but here is the blitz.

American - Great job guys. That was a real fight. We've earned some respect and I expect to see you next year with a higher seed too. Carr did what he needed to do. I still think Gilmore and Nichols are our best assets.

Villanova - I under estimated your freshmen. Scottie and the young guards are doing a great job. I figured your year would be next year, I'm sorry.

George Mason - It was almost like you lost the game on purpose. I turned it on with 10 minutes left in the first half. I watched how you were pushing the ball and not trying to set anything up. That's when I realized then that you had lost the game already and changed the channel.

Drake - WTF, if I hadn't watched all those ESPN highlights and tips I'd probably would have picked you as a first round knock out.

Duke - Duke hasn't been Duke in years. I don't care what you say. The media can hype them up all they want. Even with Tyler King I don't expect to see them in a Final Four for years.

Georgetown - Overrated. Simply overrated.

UNC - Thank you for playing like a number one seed. I originally had you picked as my champion but I'm playing the numbers game and went with Tennessee. You still got my respect though.

Davidson - Can someone beat them please? They're not that great of a team but Curry is on fire. He won't miss. If you let him shoot 50 shots, he will score 100 points. Wouldn't it be great if they win the whole thing? Cinderella. Cinderella.

Tennessee - Okay you big thee point shooting ballers, please please respect your opponents. You keep taking them lightly and that leads to a close game going down to the wire. I can't take it! Go out and kill like I know you can. UNC doesn't even know that their time is almost up.

Best Game (So Far) - Western Ky vs Drake. Its not so much the upset but the last second 3 pointer in overtime from a player who really shouldn't have taken the shot that tells you anything is possible.

Well I'm looking forward to the Sweet Sixteen since this has truly been March Madness. Man I love this game.


PS> I was so happy to spend Easter with my siblings. Mad love for the fam. We are blessed

It's good to be on top.

Alltop.com

This is a very cool simple site. A great way to waste time while browsing the internet at work. It keeps track of all the top headlines from popular topics around the web.

Mortal Peep Fight!

Peep Jousting - The messy and largely self-entertaining game, "Peeps Jousting" is played with a microwave oven. One takes two Peeps, and licks the right-hand side of each until sticky. A toothpick is thereby adhered to each Peep, pointing forward like a jousting lance. The Peeps are then set in a microwave, squared off against one another, and heated up. As they expand, the toothpick lances thrust toward each opponent, and the winner is the one that does not pop and deflate (or fizzle and die). Both usually are eaten after the competition, however, regardless who the victor was, calling into question the nature of "winning" in such a circumstance. This folkloric tradition has been noted by the Washington Post. Peeps jousting has also been called such names as "mortal peep fight."

Thanks James. Happy Easter!

A "Last Lecture" Our First Step

This is kind of old but still there are a lot of people who haven't seen it. It goes along with my "celebrating life" thing. God bless you Randy Pausch and thank you for sharing your world. SO INSPIRATIONAL! (WARNING: It's an hour long so play it in the background while you work.)


Randy Pausch Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

Jackie Chan & Jet Li

It looks like a decent movie though I'm sure they are going to try to be funny the whole time which kind of kills the Kung Fu after a while but these two really are the best.

The Forbidden Kingdom

Does a paladin ever remove the stick from their ass?

So this morning I'm beyond fired up about politics and the Internet. So this is my way to release the pressure, but first let me remind you why its okay to hate Paladins.

I haven't played World of Warcraft in like a month since my laptop died. (Luckily I was only mining when it crashed.) My favorite character class to play is Warlock. Even after playing every class, I still think Locks are the best. The ones I hate the most are Rogues because they kill Warlocks and above all Paladins since they don't die. Basically, if there is any moment where you have to kill an enemy and if it is a Paladin, it becomes a game of you attack and they keep healing themselves. I've seen a Paladin take on 4 people and kill 3 of them before escaping to safety. It's one of those things that makes you want to quit (and besides only jerks roll Paladin). I could go on but to my real point...

I watch a lot of Youtube videos and one person who I hate watching but I always find myself watching his videos is AtheneWins. I can't stand his Belgium accent or his cockiness and worst of all he declares himself to be, "The World's Greatest Paladin!" Augh I want to kill him and dance over his body (in WoW).

Also what makes it worse is that his videos always feature his hot girlfriend (who I'm sure is an actress, but I will play along) and he calls her "My Bitch." I think her real name is Tania Derveaux and she has a blog where she's suppose to be counting down the days until she commits suicide (50 left). I'm sure its all a hoax, but its got a lot of people's attention. Besides its a lesson in how well sex sells anything and I too want to bang her (cough... in WoW).

Further more what pissed me off this morning was that the channel G4TV featured him on one of their shows as a who's who on Youtube. Check out the video, it gives a little peak into this pro gamer's reality show about how awesome and sexy he is.

Dude, if you didn't have Tania in your videos, you would be nothing. You broke that tipping point all because of her. Pay her big time! Well I'm writing this to say though I hate your guts congratulations on using the power of the Internet to promote yourself. It's something we discuss in class all the time and you are doing an excellent job. I'm sure your group "IPower" plays into this and its just the tip of the iceberg. Keep policing the internet and forcing Youtube to treat everyone equal.

I suggest you visit his website for more uncensored Athene: www.athene.movielol.org

"You're pro or you're a noob. That's life."


PS> The blog title is a quote from The Order of the Stick.

Superbad becomes evil?

I so grabbed this off of sXePhil's blog but still I watched it and thought they did a great job. Usually you see horror movies cut to look like comedies, not the other way around.


SuperBad 2: Super Worse
"Things take a darker turn in the second chapter of the SuperBad Franchise"

The dark side of the moon....

I've been trying to figure this video out for a while now. My sister told me about it and at first glance I was confused but intrigued. I think he did a great job and I expect to see more dark stuff coming from Kanye. Overall it works. I give it a 4 out of 5.

"Flashing Lights" by Kanye West

PS> I almost didn't post this based on the sole fact that Universal Music Group had disabled embedding. I believe in a free Internet.

Hello my sexy intern...

I stumbled across this the other day and my I find it to be one of the hottest videos I've seen in a long time. Besides the whole thing is centered around a copier?! Brilliant! Also the song is so beast. (I'm sorry if you saw this two years ago but I didn't.)

Michael Gray - The Weekend

Let the Bodies Hit the Floor

WARNING: Unless you're into video games or interested in Nintendo products, I wouldn't bother reading this. Also because my life was threatened since I had ruined the results of Project Runway for someone. I will keep this short, simple and not reveal too much detail.

Well if I haven't said it before, go buy Nintendo stock! This company is crazy. Where do they think of these things? "Hey lets create a weird battle game involving popular characters from like 20 other games."

Super Smash Bros. Brawl - LIVES UP TO THE HYPE!

Well I bought a Wii when they first came out (I'm so lucky) and the only game I've been looking forward to play is Smash Bros. My family only owns everything Nintendo so we're big fans of multiplayer games like Smash. The battles get pretty heated but its totally worth it. Well my little brother bought the game yesterday so I came home to play. Here are the results:

1. All around AWESOME game. Just as fun as the others and the combos and special smash attacks are SO SWEET. Great job with game development. The visuals are pretty smooth, which makes combat levels vicious.

2. We haven't unlocked all the characters yet but from what I've seen and played with they're SO much fun. Crazy attacks, speeds and power. Everyone will find a character that fits their smash style. Though I would like to understand how the Stickers (they improve your abilities) can really come into play.

3. The two player adventure mode is so SERIOUS. Its entertaining and actually isn't easy, we die a lot and it took us like 4 hours just to get through 26% of the game. I love how this gives you another way to play the game and the whole set up is retro cool. I look forward to playing the other mini games.

Sadly, we didn't try the online play, so I can't comment on that but I'm sure its not too bad. The only thing I didn't like was getting used to playing with the nunchuck and Wii wand controllers. My entire hand started to hurt after 5 hours, plus its a little difficult to jump with certain characters which is annoying on any level where you need to jump (like all of them.) But seriously this game is a 10 out of 10. SO GO PLAY IT NOW!


PS> I still can't beat my brother.

I want some MiniCards!

I think I might order some business cards as an artist. I think they're cute.

moo.com

Side note: The company is in the UK so if you are ordering from the US expect a long wait and an international charge.

Janet is still amazing.

Seriously Janet is so badass and is the real deal. I'm glad she is still making music but seriously. When did this Digital Music thing take off. I blame Timbaland for trying new things, though I'm loving it.

Full Court Alley-Oop

We definitely didn't do this in High School.

Full Court Alley-Oop

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Fierce Pride

Like a million other Americans last night my girlfriend and I curled up on the couch and watched the final of Project Runway 4 and to no surprise (I told everyone all week who was going to win but no one really wanted him to) fierce Christian won! Seriously I don't watch the show but if I'm flipping channels and its on I usual watch about 30 minutes of it before going back to cartoons.

I'm so happy for him because he's so young, talented and has goals for his life. Christian (my fav) was not only creative like my man Chris but he was sharp which is hard to do. (Besides Victoria Beckham loves you and I love her.) Besides this seasons cast was SO talented. Honestly amazing. Rami or Jillian could have won and it would have been justified. Rami is the most excellent designer of all (Probably the best ever on that show). Jillian improved every week and seriously made clothes for women.

I applaud Project Runway for being one of the only few shows where we actually see people's talent. They are making original stuff not eating weird things or running through obstacle courses or trying to sing their best rendition of a popular song. We artist watch to be inspired.

Though the only things I can't really stand about the show is all the advertisement and product placement. Plus the way they edit the show. As an editor I pick up on everything, its like trying to listen to a song but it skips every 4 seconds. So annoying.

Well good luck to next season's cast and I wish I could try out but I can't make clothes. Oh well. Cheers.

PS> I think TLC also has some great shows but more on that later.

PS. PS> Did anyone see the jeans commercial where the guy pulls up his pants and the street crashes through his bedroom. The person in the booth was a dude this time around, so there must be two versions of this spot. It's all about who is your target audience.

Looking for a gift for current girlfriend?

The fact that this actually could work wonders scares me.

Buy, Sell, Trade your Ex-Boyfriend Jewelry

Once in 200 million births...

I'm celebrating life.

Couple Has Identical Triplets Through In-Vitro Fertilization

What a Smooth Operator

"A legend has ceased to exist!" screamed my inner spirit as my Dad answered the question with the words I didn't want to hear. "It's gone," he said from the back of the van. Smooth Jazz 105.9 was no longer on the radio. Some oldies station had replaced it. I left my hand on the nob for a second as I was driving down 66. I was on my way back to DC and all I wanted to do was relaxed but I couldn't. The sweet sound of a jazzy saxophone had been replaced with the whine of the Beach Boys. I scoffed and thought about WHFS 99.1 becoming El Zol, I think a little part of me died that day too.

Smooth Jazz was gone! It was almost more shocking then finding out last weekend that the huge pine tree that I climbed as a kid had fallen over and covering one forth of the backyard. (Yeap, $1000 to have it removed.) Honestly, I can't even tell you how many times we drove home from Grandma's to have Smooth Jazz playing in the background. The first sign of being home from a road trip was to have that station break through the white static. My love for sweet Sade and the excellent voice of Luther Vandross all came from watching my parents jam out to Smooth Jazz. Even as I grew older these past 14 years, whenever I couldn't take the rock/pop noise of the other stations Smooth Jazz was my way to freedom.

It's sad. Very sad. I don't think the oldie station that replaced it could ever make 14 years even if it wanted to. I just want to say thanks for being apart of my childhood, "Smooth Jazz 105.9"