Cool Shit 11/12

Regardless of how you feel about George Clooney, read this article for the awesome prank he pulled on Brad Pitt, involving Meryl Streep (albeit indirectly).

I guess you could say I grew up in the golden age of talk shows, when hosts (off the top of my head: Maury, Geraldo, Sall Jesse, Springer, Morton Downey Jr., Richard Bey, Montel, et al) were competing with one another with the most absurd sensationalism they could muster. And while I lost touch of those shows, it appears they've continued on, trimming the fat and surviving like cockroaches after the apocalypse. Springer slides down a pole to start his show? Also, if you're either invited or ask to go on Maury, you've GOT to realize nothing good can come out of it. Nothing.

It seems the Olympics in Sarajevo didn't do much to help the economy or become the thriving winter tourist attraction city/country officials had hoped.

Watching dominos fall is somewhat soothing. Except my one problem with this video is that it easily could have (and actually was) been edited so that each "stage" of the setup could have been done individually and not all at once. So I'm a little suspicious of the whole thing.



The moral of this story might be if you ever find yourself as an American traveling in Venezuela, to suggest to everyone you're Canadian.

Nothing to see here, unless you enjoy the Beatles and want to view them in 360 degrees in the studio. Stupid cool.

Make your iPhone useful: turn it into A BBQ thermometer. Or a geiger counter!

Links of Interest 2/26

Sure, you might not absolutely need them, but c'mon, they're still essential.

If you're a Maury Povitch fan, you'll probably recognize one or two of these people. And if you're not a Maury fan, well then I have no time for you.

A list of actors possibly heading down the road toward Scientology. I had no idea Janeane Garafalo is potentially a scientologist.

Could you give up a vice for a month?

I'm thinking I probably should get a private army together. For doing awesome shit and stuff.

So Jeff Goldblum was right?

Don Rickles ladies and gentlemen. He's still got it.

This is kind of crazy. The city that never was, only sorta.

A look at the Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas. I'll hopefully be writing my own Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas in April.

Like this article isn't being hung up in every cubicle in the world right now.

Links of Interest 10/27

The fight for “clean coal.”

Arrogance on tv. Why are they popular? Because some people like it, and some people don’t, and neither group turns it off.

Chuck Klosterman has a new book coming out. So he’ll be making the rounds…

Could Paranormal Activity kill the Saw franchise?

Diving into what made The Twilight Zone so good – the endings.

Tired of the same old way to search youtube for related videos? Check this feature out.

Looking at how Kubrick’s editing made The Shining that much scarier.

Scary ghost movies.

One day our society will realize the genius of Maury Povich, and give him the credit he deserves.

A female writer writes about working for David Letterman.

The Good...the Bad...the Beautiful #28

THE GOOD:



Sure, when you're talking with your friends, you'll say how stupid it is, but deep down, secretly, you wish you worked in an office this cool.

Bad and Beautiful on the flip side...



THE BAD:



I pray for our society, that in 5 years or so Maury writes a tell-all book admitting these shows were scripted. Unfortunately, I doubt it's going to happen.

I guess there will be at least a number 12.

THE BEAUTIFUL:



Louis Armstrong and Johnny Cash performing together. Kinda cool to see two legends on the stage together. Those variety shows of yesteryear may have been corny, but they also brought some magic when they needed to.