If you like the muppet show, you will probalby like this clip from 1969… hard to believe it is from so long ago. Still entertaining today – so simple, but so catchy.
My wife and I, like many, have a Nintendo Wii. I am no expert, but I like to think I am pretty good at some of the games for the Fit etc. Certainly this is no hard core console – gamers seeking groundbreaking graphics, action, and online play go the direction of the Xbox and PS3 (btw, I SUCK at Xbox, just ask my friend Ross! Its kind of embarrassing actually…)
Today I saw something that I have to ask my self “Why”. Sure I like the Wii, but even if I was super rich, like Billionaire status, I have to say I would most likely refrain from purchasing the £300,000 Golden Wii.
What is this world coming too!?!?
Some things I just don’t get. Some movies and books I just don’t get.
Take the movie Twilight for instance. It appeals to me about as much as having five root canals and a colonoscopy done at the same time while being forced to listen to Kenny G and stare at nude pictures of Betty White. (Sorry Betty, but I’m just not that into you).
Today I was introduced to a website that could eat up a LOT of time if you let yourself succumb to its power. The site is TheOatmeal.com. A series of cartoons making fun of everything from bacon and manboobs to zombies and Twilight.
If you are like me, and simply don’t get Twilight, then you must check out this site. It will give you hours of enjoyment.
The whole Prop 8 vote etc is long since old news, but I had not seen this video before yesterday and thought I would share it. I have to say I agree with just about everything Keith Olbermann says.
I see no problem at all with allowing same sex couples to marry – trying to prevent this, and take away their rights is a joke. What difference does it make to me, or any other straight couple out there if two women, or two men decide to get married? None. It does not impact my life one bit in any way shape or form. I am certain that in my life time this is something that we will look back at and wonder why it was ever disallowed, just like inter-racial marriages – its hard to believe that a black person could not marry a white person only 40 some-odd years ago.
Lets move in the right direction and give everyone the same rights once and for all.
If you haven’t seen this yet, it is a must watch. Its a clip from the Black Eyed Peas on Oprah with a huge Flash Mob. Great Song, Great video – very very cool.
In case you are wondering how they did this, the making of this video can be found on Oprah’s website.
Today Patrick Swayze died at age 57 after his battle with pancreatic cancer.
Personally I was never a Swayze fan, but it is certainly a sad day for his family.
2009 has definately been a bad year for the deaths of celebrities. This year so far we have seen the loss of Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Ed McMahon, Billy Mays, Ted Kennedy, and now Patrick Swayze. Even food celebrities Oscar Meyer and the Taco Bell dog signed off this year.
Kanye West was on the premier of Jay Leno tonight, and the interview was not quite what I expected. While Kanye was relatively quiet and didn’t say much he did sound genuinely sincere about feeling bad for what he had done at the VMA’s last night.
I have a feeling that the entire thing is a well orchestrated publicity stunt for ratings for Leno, and extra exposure for Kanye, but who knows.
As far as I am concerned when he interrupted Taylor Swifts acceptance speech last night it was entirely unacceptable, and this small apology is just not good enough.
If you are like me, you saw Borat. If you are like me you got something you didnt expect. My expectations for Boart were for a funny movie, but I certainly didnt expect the shocking nature and incredibly politically incorrect & offensive jokes – was this a problem? Hell no – I LOVED the movie, not sure I ever laughed so hard in my life! Probably the funniest off-beat thing I had seen since Jackass!. Now with Bruno in theatres I need to get out and see this. I need a good laugh.
The best part about these Sacha Baron Cohen movies is that they are “leave your brain at the door funny.” You have to be able to put your guard down and just be entertained. If you are offended easily, skip his movies – they’ll anger you – but if you are able to just sit back and laugh, then its probably a must see!
During my work day, my boss of all people shared the Sacha Baron Cohen David Letterman interview with me. What a great interview. It then led me to watch the Bruno trailer, and then the Bruno top ten list. What a great way to start the work day, with a good ‘ol laugh.
If you’ve seen the movie, PLEASE drop a comment with your review, I want to know if its really as funny as I am anticipating – I am sure it will be as offensive 
I wanted to also display the official trailer, but embedding has been disabled over at YouTube, so here it is wrapped up in another post, just have to scroll ahead a minute or so to get to it:
Recently we received a notice in the mail. Switch to Shaw Digital and get a FREE HDPVR. This sounds great! We were already a Shaw customer for Internet and Phone, and thought we might make the switch from Star Choice.
Well, Star Choice is now owned by Shaw, and has changed names to Shaw Direct. As a result Shaw will not extend the offer to us. They say they are only offering it to people switching from other competing companies. I can understand that, but its quite annoying – simply because the direct mail they sent us didn’t say anything about that.
My wife called Star Choice (now Shaw Direct) to try and get the deal from them, saying “Shaw Digital is offering this deal, so if you cant match it, then we will switch to Bell”. After more than an hour on the phone with 6 different employees, the best Shaw Direct could offer was an HD PVR for $499… interesting, considering that they are offering that anyways!!!
We have been using Star Choice for nearly 5 years now, and until this recent event, have had great customer service. It seems that only when they made the switch to Shaw Direct that their service has gone significantly down hill. It is funny really – in this tough economy companies should be doing whatever they can to keep their customers, instead they are letting us walk away. They are willing to watch a loyal customer of 5 years spend their money elsewhere. Does that make any sense? I don’t think so.
If Shaw Digital can afford to give away a FREE HDPVR for a new customer, you would think that Shaw Direct could afford to give away a FREE HDPVR to retain a customer – after all, it’s really the same thing.
So after all these years with StarChoice, we will say goodbye, all because your parent company made us an offer that they are not willing to stand behind.
I have to say I do watch my fair share of reality television. I am not a true Survivor fan, I miss it now and then, but for the most part I do tend to watch this show, and enjoy it. As for most of the others out there, I can do without them, the Bachelor can go away, I can’t stand it. When my wife has Americas Next Top Model on, I leave the room I dislike it so much. The only reality show that I do try to watch each and every week is the Amazing Race, My wife got me into this one, and now I can’t miss it.
My wife is also into the Biggest Loser. This is one of those shows that I don’t mind watching, but would never turn it on if it was just me alone with the TV. I watch it because my wife likes it and I don’t mind it, but it is not something I would choose. The problem with most reality shows, especially with the Biggest Loser, is the recaps they do after each and every commercial. Why do they feel it is necessary to recap everything that happened right before the commercial break, including a full repeat of at least a minute of the show! Hello, I JUST watched this. Why must they repeat themselves, why all the filler? Sooooo annoying.
Really the only part of the biggest loser that I find interesting is the final weigh-in at the end of each show. I am truly amazed at the amount of weight these people can lose in such a short time, it really is incredible. Last night, before revealing the weight of the final contestant, the show was “to be continued”. Give me a break – the show was already 2 hours long, and now you have to wrap it till next week?? Why not just cut some of the filler! Its things like this that make me want to boycott the show.
There seem to be more and more of these reality shows popping up, and then the networks go and cancel well written shows like “Life on Mars”, but that’s another blog post all together.
