There are 9 videos in all, all under 2 minutes. Watch them all, you’ll love it (#8 is my fave, #5 features Wil Wheaton).

These are funnier than every single thing I’ve seen on SNL in the last four years.

I had a pitter patt in my heart when I opened the box of Family Guy Blue Harvest to  be greeted with a inset saying how easy it was to use the second included disc for "digital copy" on a mac. It's the first such release with this new feature. I'm excited to see it, it's a great idea!

Inside it says: " Simply insert disc 2 into your Mac's DVD drive and 'Double click to transfer to Transfer Movie to iTunes' will guide you the rest of the way and.. once you have it…transer to iPod etc…". Great I think, I'll do that!

I insert it. It opens up a window with a nice graphic and a iTunes icon saying "Double Click to Transfer to iTunes" , I double click it like it says… and… nothing. I do it again… nothing. Again, nothing.

Obviously it doens't work as advertised, so I look in iTunes, there is the disc - I select it and BAM, up comes a screen with the title asking for a serial number, it's on the insert. Type type type… download starts.

So it worked - but not off the disc, I think. It downloaded it from iTunes, I think, not sure. But it worked, I think, as advertised, kinda. They need to do it on a mac a few times to get the instruction process down a bit more, I think.

I will say though that the Mac side was one paragraph of instructions (that didn't work) sharing the front with all the 'freakin' sweet' info, serial number and fine print, the whole other side was PC instructions with a four screenshot spread. WTFs up with that?

I got it in iTunes anyway for now, so that's somethin' I did this week other than  be buried alive in pincushion orders. (how many times am I supposed to feel weird saying that?)

Every three or four years the past two decades the rumor would filter around that “Mr Whipple” was dead. Then the TV news would have to come out with news from his family or agent that “Mr Whipple is still alive.”

Well it’s official, Mr Whipple Is dead. For real.

Giant Homer Simpson Freaks Out Countryside

Supposedly it's not a production company sanctioned thing, but they aren't denying it either. I think it's frelling brilliant. It's biodegradable landscaping paint, so it'll wash away. Here's a video of it being painted.

And back up the whiny train pagans, it's NOT ancient. There is a lot of evidence it dates merely to late 16th century and might have been a political cartoon of sorts poking fun at Oliver Cromwell. 

Local Cincinnati restaurateur Jeff Ruby refused service to OJ Simpson on Derby weekend at his Lousiville joint.

Of course, OJ is suing for racial discrimination. Race had nothing to do with it, moron, unless being a murderer is a race.

I’ve been to one of Jeff Ruby’s places. One of Mr Man’s vendors gave him a HUGE gift card after a hig project at work, so we went and tried to blow it all. (Didn’t) I wasn’t terribly impressed with the food or service personally (or decor, the guy seems to have a thing for the gangsters and the 1930’s). But then it’s possible I’ve been spoiled by Vegas where I’ve had better everything. We’ve eaten at some world class steak houses in Vegas, we don’t go cheap on food in that city.

Anyway, we still have about $80 on that card, we might use it up soon in support.

Proof the American legal system is hopelessly flawed.

Bush buddy Diebold sues because Massachusetts DIDN’T buy their machines. And they want the ones they DID buy disabled and them forced to buy Diebold machines instead. Yeah, that’ll happen.

I guess I could sue the guy who never asked me out in high school. The employer who never hired me. The person on ebay who didn’t bid on my item.

I hope the judge fines them something massive for filing a frivolous lawsuit. Of all the nerve. I’m just shaking my head here. Diebold is local, as an Ohioan I’m ashamed we have a business with such a sense of entitlement.

Just infuriates me that you can sue for NOT being someone’s customer. These guys have platnium balls the size of GW’s ego.

Sing it loud, sing it proud… I'm going straight to hell and I need the company!
(Disclaimer: It's been a long day)

TiVo loves me this I know,
For the red light tells me so.
Many shows for him to store,
They are long, but he records.

Yes, TiVo loves me!
Yes, TiVo loves me!
Yes, TiVo loves me!
The Red Light tells me so.

I love him and he loves me back,
'tho my shows are very whack,
Aliens, Sasquatch, and Daily Show,
And so many more all on his own!

Yes, TiVo loves me!
Yes, TiVo loves me!
Yes, TiVo loves me!
The Red Light tells me so.

These guys and hundreds of html-scribing morons like this are protesting a Mexico to Canada Highway that doesn’t exist and The Onion made up in 2002?

Yup. The funny part is they conspiracy nutjobs mention a US/Mexico customs depot in Kansas City. Thing is it’s actually there, but not for why they think. It’s actually a GOOD thing, FOR US.

The United Morons of America, argh.

Should be a good Colbert Report on Monday.

Colbert — who once derided the folks at Springfield-based Merriam-Webster as the “word police” and a bunch of “wordinistas” — was pleased.

“Though I’m no fan of reference books and their fact-based agendas, I am a fan of anyone who chooses to honor me,” he said in an e-mail to The Associated Press.

“And what an honor,” he said. “Truthiness now joins the lexicographical pantheon with words like ’squash,’ ‘merry,’ ‘crumpet,’ ‘the,’ ‘xylophone,’ ‘circuitous,’ ‘others’ and others.”

Brilliant.

Okay, let me get this out there. Rep. Foley of Florida’s emails to a underage male page are not those of a drunk, they are the words of a pedophile.

You won’t cure perversion in a alcohol rehab, moron. Of course I’m sure the republicna party, Inc, will of course not want him to seek REAL help since they sat on this for so long.

You can read on of the IM sessions here:
READER DISCRETION STRONGLY ADVISED

You tell me if he sounds drunk or just like a dirty perv.

It shoudl be noted: “Foley, a six-term congressman, was co-chairman of the Missing and Exploited Children’s Caucus and a prominent backer of legislation to crack down on online predators and criminalize child pornography on the Internet.”

Watch the video on this page by Keith Olbermann: A textbook definition of cowardice. The page text is the transcript, but it needs to be watched.

Speaking of watching: I’m watching the today show… eBay has a fashion director????

In other news: This blog has a few posts of note to read, including:

Cliche Scifi plots points must die!
Part one | Part two (They also have a couple other scifi topics on the side bar)

Some of these, as a scifi whore myself, are on my list, but I could add more than few others:

DNA mutations turning the victim into a completly alien creature or some kinda of species other than human… and then top it with being the doctor finding some way to cure it with a shot or something simplistic. Cellular mutation is usually not cureable. At very least it’s cancer. I’m sorry you are gonna die if you turn into a Lizard overnight… you just are.

Alternate Universes: Stargate has several slightly different variants and dips into that pool often, Star Trek has ONE but it’s bizzaro world where every one is smarmy and evil, and personality wise polar opposites of thier ‘this world selves”. Everytime I see one I just scream and turn the channel.

Surgical enhancement to masquarade as another species or race - don’t even get me started.

Accessing, patching into alien technology and computer systems in 4.5 seconds despite obvious differences of language, computer format and interface: “I can try, okay I’m in!” Arrrrghhh!

Time travel - stop jumping around inte time! AHHH!!! B5 is the only show I think that did it right, and they only did it once (you just saw both sides in two eps two seasons apart)

The Ballad of Big Mike - New York Times (Go to bugmenot.com to get a login/pass if it’s restricted.)

It’s really good, if you can stomach the right wing christian overtones, but really long. I bet it gets made into a movie. If you want an even longer version, here’s The book the article comes from…

Forget the Mary water stain on that wall. Dime a dozen. Just saw a local story on the morning news. This redneck dude found this turtle crossing the road, no really, and the markingson it’s back one side look liek a E and the other a 3… wait for it… it’s a Dale Earnhardt turtle. To top it off he says everytime the turtle hits the ground it tries to head south. I’m assuming to Daytona.

If i find a link I’ll post it just to prove I’m not making this up.

And now two from my darling brother:
25 worst websites - I’ve actully been to mosst of these, I just didn’t know they were still there! Here’s the list if you want to skip to the end…

Check this wedding cake out:

Super (Mario) Cake: Originally uploaded by alt text.

OMG! My geeky gamer brother is now kicking himself for not thinking of it first.

Here’s the whole story! Short story: It was the bride’s surprise gift to the groom. Aww….

Lonely Girl15 is outed as a fake. and for some media vaslidation Here’s the LA Times article on it all.

More videos are coming, they say, but how many people will watch? I probabaly will.

Of course some still say the confession is a scam, made by som imposter online, but then the lonelygirl15.com site went down hard, and no one “involved” is talking to anyone at all about anything and can’t seemd to be reached. So Fake? Or faked fake?

My brain hurts.

OSU wins against Texas Longhorns - who says only Detroit and LA get to have that burn and pillaging post game fun?

Steve “The Crocodiel Hunter” Irwin, dead at 44 killed by a one in a million stingray attack. To quote a couple of farkers: “he died as he lived, provoking dangerous animals” . and “It’s like losing Bill Nye to a baking soda volcano accident. ”

He leaves his wife and two kids. Oddly, as cruel as it sounds, you knew he’d die this way somehow despite thinking it’d never actually happen. He took way to many chances with wild animals to die an old man peacefully in his bed that’s for sure. The sad part is he decided a film a segement underwater for his daughter’s own nature show since there was bad weather on the surface for his own filming… and of course they got it all on film. I wonder how long she’ll feel guilty about that? Poor kid. Luckily her mom seems to be a smart cookie. (and I also wonder how long before the video gets stolen and put up on the news or youtube.)

On Aug 15 a three year old boy from Middletown Marcus Fiesel, was reported
missing. The truth has finally come out.

On August 4th Marcus’s arms were tied behind his back, wrapped in a blanket and bound with packing tape, and was locked into a closet by his foster parents. The boy was dead when they returned from thier two day long trip on August 6th. The foster dad then took the boys body to a rural location and burned it, several times, and reported him missing, over a week later. They claimed innoence even while they moved to a new house just days after he went missing. Then the until the police found the body, not far from a remote house of one foster mother’s family members.

no national outlet has reported it, it’s largely been ignored due to the renewed media obsession with JonBenet Ramsey.

Was it that Marcus was a boy? That he was dark haired? Or that he was poor and in foster care?

Sing it brother. This was on tonight on MSNBC.

A couple more great Olbermann pieces here and here - and entirely approriate tribute to incompetance on this Katrina Anniversary

Interview with President Orangutan on the Today show just now (and I backed up the tivo to get this exactly:

“We reject the ideology of extremists who kill innocent people to acheive political objectives.”

We feel the same way, Stimpy, we feel the same way. Only thing is no other world power is big enough to oust you for doing the same thing.

Then he also, when the Brian Williams questioned him about his recent odd reading habits (Philosphy and Shakespeare - who I’m sure he likes for the butt jokes - versus his usual biographies and stuff.) said , and I’m not joking here, I backed it up to play it several times… “I’ve got an epileptic reading list.”

:::head on table:::

The word is ECLECTIC you moron. Where are all the good asassains in the world anymore? Are they all buddhists now?

“The key for me is to keep expectations low.” (while smiling like a goober)

Mission accomplished.

Me: So Pluto is getting no lovin’ anymore. Downgraded from planet to… Dwarf Planet? How is that not a Planet planet?

Imaginary Astronomer: Well… it’s complicated. Your mundane mind would never understand.

Me: Fair enough. Why is it called a dwarf planet then? The word planet is still there. You science dweebs aren’t clarifying anything.

Imaginary Astronomer: Here. I’ll make this clearer - DWARF planet.

Me: Right… Uhm, Dwarves are funny.

Imaginary Astronomer: Yeah! I love it when they dress up in little costumes.

Me: Me too. Comedy Gold.