Cool Shit 5/16

This article brings up some decent points. Edible underwear is difficult to bring up during the sexy time. And that of course is just the beginning.

I wonder if Ricky Gervais is simply becoming too saturated in the market. I want to love him and everything he does, but recently he's been making it rather difficult. This interview is just one example of that. And I see where he's coming from - he's trying desperately hard to show that his fame and success hasn't changed him. But I don't think that's the problem. Not that it's cool if it didn't change him, but that is absolutely should have changed him. And his audience would/does understand that change. No one can go from a simple, steady, boring life to hanging out with David Bowie and not have that affect their personality. And Gervais seems to be in denial of that.

Yesterday I offered up a link to help you with the different beer terminologies out there. Today I have a link that will help you use that knowledge to find beer recommendations based on what you like. In a cool visual way.

Not great when there is a mysterious, oozing liquid coming up out of the ground. Even worse when the government tries to suggest its completely harmless when in fact you just know it's the kind of thing that will devour your insides. Oh, you think that's crazy? Well I guess you've never seen this:



(If there's one rule I live my life by, it's "Listen whenever Garrett Morris is saying something.")

Yesterday I also posted some of Bill Hader's great turns as game show hosts. Well today, here's a look at some of his better sketches.

A Tobias Funke audition reel? Sent to Ron Howard? Yes please.

New HBO Special: Talking Funny

Louis CK. Jerry Seinfeld. Chris Rock. Ricky Gervais. Together in one room, talking about being funny.

Yeah, I think I'll check this one out.

Anne Hathaway - the Female Ricky Gervais

Please enjoy Bill O'Reilly's smear attack against Anne Hathaway and her upcoming co-hosting of the Oscars. You know, because Hathaway has an unbelievable streak of biting, caustic pop culture commentary. I'm guessing this has a little to do with suckling at the teet of the Cruise empire.

Bravo Mr. Gervais

Ricky Gervais hosted the Golden Globes last night, and you may read one or two things about it today...

Yes, many of his jokes were biting and took specific shots at people. And were mean spirited. And I'd be willing to bet he won't be asked back. But if you take a step back and look at it, the jokes were funny. And while many people in the audience (you know, celebrities) didn't enjoy it, I bet the viewing audience sitting at him found it funny.

Bad taste is very subjective. What may be in bad taste to you might be perfectly fine to me. I understand with such a large audience you have to walk a much finer line than you would in a comedy club. But I think that's why Gervais went after the celebrities so much. Easy targets who might get mad, but at the end of the day drive home in their solid gold cars. Sure Tim Allen looked visibly ticked off, but it was a funny line, and no one gets hurt by it other than Tim Allen. And hopefully Tim Allen has a big enough sense of humor that he'll get over it. And if he doesn't, he still has that solid gold car.

Celebrities, for the most part, take themselves way too seriously. You saw some of that behavior last night. If only they understood that's why they make such easy targets.

Links of Interest 2/19

Really want to know where to start with JG Ballard (author of Crash)? It happens to all of us.

Looking to shorten your lengthy URLs AND give them a slightly suspicious and scary vibe? You've come to the right place.

Photos from Battleship Island.

A look back at Roger Ebert's 1970 Esquire interview with Lee Marvin for Esquire - or as I like to call him, the most awesomest man to ever live.

Don't think death and time sympathizes someone? See how we as a society are making Hitler a punchline!

Just because a movie is good doesn't mean it's going to make a lot of money.

A deeper look into the sport of curling.

HBO has turned the Ricky Gervais podcasts into animated shows.

What did Back to the Future get right in their predictions of the future? Let's take a look back...to...the...future...or just go to this link.

I take no responsibility for anything that happens if you try any of these.

Links of Interest 7/10

Enjoy a thesis on the “myspace” picture angle that enhances the sexiness. And you think I’m kidding.

It’s like geometry proofs for the existence (or non existence) of God.

Potential Sarah Palin television vehicles. You know, since she’s out of a job.

The 20 unsexiest beautiful people.

Brilliant. Ricky Gervais ladies and gentlemen.

This is a silly decision. And a lot of debate over something that didn’t need to be brought to light.

Into full frontal male nudity? Check out this list of the best in film,

Much like the A-Team, no GI Joe soldier ever died. See how they often escaped death.

Super trains that will speed you across the country. Unfortunately not the 1979 series fo the same name shown below...



Imagery from The Salton Sea. The actual sea, and not the Val Kilmer movie.

Links of Interest 3/31

More crazy photos you may or may not have ever seen.

The physics behind the cool stuff your mom told you never to do.

Some people aren’t waiting for the apocalypse to start digging into the ground and creating a utopia.

Cool interactive photo gallery of the lights going off around the world during Earth Hour. Click on the pics.

Quite possibly my favorite thing I’ve ever linked to.

Talking with the stars of Adventureland.

And here’s a newspaper talking to Ricky Gervais.

You have to work hard to get what some people deem the easy job in Vegas.

Getting sick during the middle ages didn't seem like a good idea. Because then you would have to deal with getting cured.

People try to learn why a number of young adults seem to be killing themselves in a small Welsh town.

Recapping the 2009 Golden Globes

I twitter. If you don't know what that is, then don't worry about it and don't try to figure it out. It quite possibly could consume your soul.

But if you do, please feel free to follow me! I provide plenty of insightful updates about my super exciting days sitting in a drab, grey office contemplating packing it all in to go live in a cabin in Alaska.

What does any of this have to do with the Golden Globes? Pretty much nothing other than the fact what started as a humorous line on twitter last night, turned into me pretty much constantly updating the events as they happened. And so I figured I would include it here, with a little more detail and analysis for your reading pleasure.

On the flip side, a journey (figurative) to the Golden Globes...



I'm not going to make excuses or deflect the guilty pleasure I get watching awards show, or more specifically, watching the pre-shows of awards shows. The unintentional comedy that happens on them can't be beat, regardless of the subject matter. Take for instance the awkwardness of the Tiki Barber/Jeremy Piven exchange last night.

First of all, how emasculating must it be for Tiki Barber to be hanging out on the red carpet interviewing Hollywood stars and starlets while playoff football is going on? Is NBC punishing him for something, or is Tiki punching his own ticket to these events, trying to distance himself from sports?

Anyway, on the red carpet, Tiki stops Jeremy Piven and Mark Wahlberg, presumably together due to their connections to the show Entourage. After asking Piven some stupid questions about whatever (I might watch, but I certainly don't listen), Wahlberg brings up Piven's "mercury poisoning," which "forced" him out of the Broadway play he had been in. Completely unprepared to speak about it, Piven stumbles through an absurd excuse about how continuing with the play would have been against his doctor's orders. To which Tiki brilliantly replies, "if the doctor told me I couldn't play, I'd wait a second and go right back in."

To his credit, Piven comes back rather quickly with an, "that's because you're an iron man, Tiki," but says it through clenched teeth, probably realizing that he couldn't take a swing at either of these two, since he would immediately get stomped.

Just a rare true moment in the heart of fake.

Anyway, here are a couple more random comments/musings from the Globes...

Sting looks homeless. Seriously. Did he lose a bet? Or his mind?

I hate to say it, but Robert Downey's theatrics on the red carpet suggest he may have toppled off the wagon again.

What was Steven Speilberg doing on the red carpet with Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Wil Arnett?


Jessica Lange looked about 3 operations away from this. Or possibly starring in a remake of Mask.



Eva Mendes introduced some Cuban guy - when he came out I so wanted him to bust out with a little Senor Burns. Sadly, it didn't happen.

"The trouble with holocaust movies is that there's never a gag reel." I think I'd pay money to see Ricky Gervais host the Oscars.

Gabriel Byrne couldn't be there to accept his award. I bet Brad Pitt was upset that they couldn't reminisce about Cool World.

I picture the place looking like Grand Central Station when they go to commercial - celebrities getting up and hobnobbing with whoever they can. Would it kill NBC to have a live feed of this?

Laura Linney wins...would it have killed her to accept the award using Amy speak?

Tracy Morgan should be a spokesperson for a lot more than just 30 Rock. In fact, I wonder how much he'd charge to do my voicemail?

Isn't that ABBA movie basically My 2 Dads with an extra dad thrown in for good measure?

Whoever chose to exclude The Lost World and The Terminal from the Stephen King retrospective...good move.

Speaking of Steven Spielberg, is there anyone with more power in Hollywood right now? I mean he gave that boring speech about how Cecil B. Demille inspired him to crash his toy trains, and really, even though it was boring, he kinda made it interesting. He had such a "I'm a cool cat and own everyone of you" vibe, it didn't matter what he said up there.

A lot of playoff beards in the house tonight.

Mickey Rourke made an interesting choice wearing a bedazzled scarf to the awards. But hey, who am I to question Harley Davidson? ( I did like Seth Rogen's earlier cocaine joke about him, but wonder how Rourke felt?)


Is it me or does it look like Darren Aronofsky should be tying a damsel to some train tracks?

And so ends another Golden Gloes telecast. And while I didn't start out with the intent of live blogging, or twittering, or whatever you want to call what I've done, I enjoyed it enough to say that I'll be doing something a little more formal come Oscar time. So stay tuned...

The Good...the Bad...the Beautiful #34

THE GOOD:



Possibly my favorite scene from the original The Office.

Bad and Beautiful on the flip side...



THE BAD:



There are some things you can't unsee. I'll give the guy credit. I didn't think it was possible to make that song any worse.

THE BEAUTIFUL:



Ever had a fantasy of some hot blond shredding Hendrix's Voodoo Chile on stage? Um, me neither, but it's still impressive.

Links of Interest 9/5

Hey, I love Ghostbusters as much as the next guy. I even thought the second one was funny. It even spurred an awesome nickname of a friend's ex. But I'm not so sure news about a third is so good. As we saw with X-Files, sometimes if you wait too long, the audience doesn't simply lap it up.

Vermont wants to secede? I say, let 'em go!

Finally, a solution to the age old problem of what to do when you come across a dead whale carcass, that doesn't involve dynamite. (Quick aside - I'm sure you've seen the exploding whale video before, but it's worth watching again. The nuances of it are brilliant, including hearing the woman say, "Here come pieces." And when the reporter states that people were covered with "small particles of dead whale." Really, there's too much here to mention.

This online community outpouring of how to dispose of a dead body might deserve it's own post as well.

Ricky Gervais, ladies and gentlemen...Ricky Gervais.

Links of Interest 7/8

One of the funniest men working in show business right now is Ricky Gervais. Everything he touches seems to simply work (minus Night at the Museum, but we can't hold him accountable for that train wreck).

Want to eat healthier? Start with these foods.

Who doesn't like serial killers? Well, at least reading about them.

Sick of your boss piling stuff on you? Ready to hit the rails and live carefree as a hobo? Check this list before you go - it could save your life.

Legos are awesome. I definitely believe they went a long way into shaping the person I am now. So this video brought back a lot of memories.