Britney Spears' Circus has been the number one album the past two weeks. One of her many fans was inspired to choreograph and perform an interpretive dance to the title song in his shower stall.
This kid has MOVES. Your uptight boss might consider this NSFW, so view at home - the ending is priceless.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
I know the election's over...
...but this Dr. Seuss-ish vid is a keeper, especially for the ending :)
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Classic Dana Carvey
Ran across this old favorite sending up the common news media practice of preparing obituaries of notable persons before they have died so they can report the story first when it actually happens.
Gerald Ford (RIP) should be relieved he died as he did instead of the ways described here :)
BTW, did you know Gerald Ford's birth name was Leslie Lynch King, Jr.? His mom somewhat informally renamed him after she remarried, and it stuck.
Gerald Ford (RIP) should be relieved he died as he did instead of the ways described here :)
BTW, did you know Gerald Ford's birth name was Leslie Lynch King, Jr.? His mom somewhat informally renamed him after she remarried, and it stuck.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
In fairness (not!)
The Barack Roll
(For those that don't know, click here to learn about rickrolling)
Now for real. Click on this Wikipedia link to learn more about rickrolling.
John McCain getting BarackRolled at the RNC
Oh, and Hillary is f**cking Obama
(above inspired by this Sarah Silverman performance on Jimmy Kimmel's show - song starts a minute in)
Perhaps I'm weird (duh), but rickrolling never bothers me. I've always liked the song and think he's cute, and usually listen to it all the way through when it happens.
More variations on the theme/meme later.
(For those that don't know, click here to learn about rickrolling)
Now for real. Click on this Wikipedia link to learn more about rickrolling.
John McCain getting BarackRolled at the RNC
Oh, and Hillary is f**cking Obama
(above inspired by this Sarah Silverman performance on Jimmy Kimmel's show - song starts a minute in)
Perhaps I'm weird (duh), but rickrolling never bothers me. I've always liked the song and think he's cute, and usually listen to it all the way through when it happens.
More variations on the theme/meme later.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Two of the thousands of Sarah Palin videos on the net
The first one is ominous, and the second one silly, but they both communicate the same message.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Shawn Hornbeck and parents speak out on "48 Hours Mystery."
The full episode, broadcast September 28, 2008, is below. It is approximately 40 minutes long, and is the most detailed single accounting I've seen yet of Shawn's story. It is revealed here that a savvy investigator gained advance knowledge from Devlin that Shawn was also in the apartment before police entered it to rescue Ben Ownby.
Shawn's mom and stepdad are saints - he appears to be doing so well with what he has had to confront at such a young age, and they seem to have guided him through the process, with appropriate assistance, thoughtfully and intelligently. Apologies for the ads before and after the clips - not much can be done about that.
Watch CBS Videos Online
The following is approximately four minutes of Shawn speaking to his experience that was only shown on cbs.com, not on the television show. The clip reveals the wisdom and maturity he has gained, and toward the end he offers sobering advice for parents questioning how to keep their children safe.
Watch CBS Videos Online
Shawn's mom and stepdad are saints - he appears to be doing so well with what he has had to confront at such a young age, and they seem to have guided him through the process, with appropriate assistance, thoughtfully and intelligently. Apologies for the ads before and after the clips - not much can be done about that.
Watch CBS Videos Online
The following is approximately four minutes of Shawn speaking to his experience that was only shown on cbs.com, not on the television show. The clip reveals the wisdom and maturity he has gained, and toward the end he offers sobering advice for parents questioning how to keep their children safe.
Watch CBS Videos Online
Ever wonder how a dog gets enough to drink by just sticking its tongue in the water?
This is how.
The tip of the tongue is cupping backwards to catch water and draw it into the mouth. In all the times I've seen dogs drink water, I never caught on to this.
The tip of the tongue is cupping backwards to catch water and draw it into the mouth. In all the times I've seen dogs drink water, I never caught on to this.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Soulful Kid
Ran across this kid covering a Justin Timberlake song in his living room...another young, raw yet beautiful voice.
This kid has a vocal gift. I bet he knows more than four chords too.
Tina Fey/Palin SNL Brilliance #3
...and better! SNL's sendup of the VP debate, featuring Queen Latifah as moderator Gwen Ifill.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Monday, July 28, 2008
Bagel Day
In our office, we have bagel day once a week. The office pays for a big box of bagels and a bunch of shmears from Einstein's. It's a nice lil' perk that most everyone enjoys, however...
Some people only want half a bagel. Do they put the bagel on the plate face up and cut it in the center, yielding half a top and half a bottom for themselves and the same for someone else? NOOOOOO! These tards hold the bagel up on its side and cut it lengthwise, separating the bottom from the top. They then take the entire top for themselves, and leave the assorted bottoms in the bagel box for the poor fucks who happened to be busy that morning and couldn't go get a bagel until 10 am or so.
I don't like these people.
Thank you.
Some people only want half a bagel. Do they put the bagel on the plate face up and cut it in the center, yielding half a top and half a bottom for themselves and the same for someone else? NOOOOOO! These tards hold the bagel up on its side and cut it lengthwise, separating the bottom from the top. They then take the entire top for themselves, and leave the assorted bottoms in the bagel box for the poor fucks who happened to be busy that morning and couldn't go get a bagel until 10 am or so.
I don't like these people.
Thank you.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Hi. My name is Sue, and I am a Caturdayholic
A silly weekend Internet hobby of mine is captioning cats for the fark.com Caturday threads. FARK is a news aggregator site where people submit weird and wacky headlines and comment on current events. The debates can be heated and mean, but there is room for fun. Every Saturday at 8am or so, a story involving a cat or kitten is posted to the main page. This is the "Caturday" thread. The response is normally a flood of captioned cat pictures, at least a couple of which are usually made by me.
I recently realized I have captioned a crapload of these goofy pics. So, for your boundless pleasure, I present the "capshun by me" set from my Flickr stream. Some of these were made in the context of a joke or theme in a particular FARK thread, or in response to individuals, so may not seem funny in isolation. Also, they are not all cats. Also, some of them just suck.
Enjoy :)
LOLs capped by me
I recently realized I have captioned a crapload of these goofy pics. So, for your boundless pleasure, I present the "capshun by me" set from my Flickr stream. Some of these were made in the context of a joke or theme in a particular FARK thread, or in response to individuals, so may not seem funny in isolation. Also, they are not all cats. Also, some of them just suck.
Enjoy :)
LOLs capped by me
Did you know about the Burger King Gold Card?
Apparently, Burger King awards those deemed worthy a "Burger King Gold Card." This card allows the bearer free food at Burger King FOR LIFE!
Some dude named Hugh Laurie has one.....
and so does Jay Leno, who apparently got it after dissing McDonald's on the Tonight Show, which is so opportunistic and funny on Burger King's part :)
This is just unfair! I object! I can't count the number of double bacon croissan'wiches and cheesy tots I've eaten there, all at full price. What's a gal gotta do?
Pisser.
Some dude named Hugh Laurie has one.....
and so does Jay Leno, who apparently got it after dissing McDonald's on the Tonight Show, which is so opportunistic and funny on Burger King's part :)
This is just unfair! I object! I can't count the number of double bacon croissan'wiches and cheesy tots I've eaten there, all at full price. What's a gal gotta do?
Pisser.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Medical Terminology?
Stumbled on this during random surfing. While most are unfamiliar to me, a few are not. I saw a doctor write an order for a "3H" enema once and laughed myself silly :)
A huge list of medical and veterinary slang and acronyms
A huge list of medical and veterinary slang and acronyms
Mom, sisters and Hospice
My mom died of lymphoma in 1983. Prior to her death she elected to enter hospice care. I have four older sisters who are all RN’s also – I was a brand new grad at the time. Four of us took turns taking care of Mom until she died. A huge conflict arose between us because two of my sisters, who were critical care nurses, would not give Mom her pain medications if her respirations were less than 12, even if she was visibly in pain. This parameter had been drilled into them in their practice of critical care, and they could not bring themselves to go against it in the hospice situation, which was completely antithetical to nursing as they understood it.
Sometimes we laugh about it now, but at the time we had tremendous fights over it, even throwing around ugly accusations. It was a tough time.
I believed then, and still do now, that the principle of beneficence (actions should promote good) was working against the principle of nonmaleficence (doing no harm) in this situation and no one knew how to resolve it. The hospice nurses tried to talk to my ICU sisters but it didn’t help. To them, causing respiratory depression by giving her pain medication was “doing harm.” The principles overriding these here, however, are the principles of autonomy and respect for others. Mom chose hospice on her own, without pressure from anyone and was fully aware of what was involved with the choice. Having done this, she had a right to expect and receive care in accordance with hospice principles, which included the administration of appropriate medications for pain relief. It was her choice, and that choice should have been respected, but it wasn’t always.
Sometimes we laugh about it now, but at the time we had tremendous fights over it, even throwing around ugly accusations. It was a tough time.
I believed then, and still do now, that the principle of beneficence (actions should promote good) was working against the principle of nonmaleficence (doing no harm) in this situation and no one knew how to resolve it. The hospice nurses tried to talk to my ICU sisters but it didn’t help. To them, causing respiratory depression by giving her pain medication was “doing harm.” The principles overriding these here, however, are the principles of autonomy and respect for others. Mom chose hospice on her own, without pressure from anyone and was fully aware of what was involved with the choice. Having done this, she had a right to expect and receive care in accordance with hospice principles, which included the administration of appropriate medications for pain relief. It was her choice, and that choice should have been respected, but it wasn’t always.
A Lovely Ride
Andreas Helgstrand astride Blue Hors Matine in December 2006.
I'm sorry, but if you watch this all the way through and don't get a smile on your face, you are a hard-hearted soul.
If the performance doesn't make you smile, the commentators should :)
Guess what! They didn't win! These two did.
Listen for the commentator saying the music was arranged specifically for the horse's footfalls (from 1:15 - 1:30)...
I'm sorry, but if you watch this all the way through and don't get a smile on your face, you are a hard-hearted soul.
If the performance doesn't make you smile, the commentators should :)
Guess what! They didn't win! These two did.
Listen for the commentator saying the music was arranged specifically for the horse's footfalls (from 1:15 - 1:30)...
Monday, May 26, 2008
Abuse
I wrote the following soon after Shawn Hornbeck was rescued in January of 2007.
Thoughts on Shawn’s possible circumstances
Fear and threats of violence are brought up as motivations for his silence and remaining where he was. This was most likely so, but there are other motivators for silence besides those, especially for a kid. Disgust and shame, feeling filthy – you’re not sure exactly what happened or why, but you know it’s gross and wrong and not normal and shameful, and you don’t want anyone to know ever. You don’t talk. Sometimes you think it’d be better if you died than if anyone knew that about you. It came out in an interview recently Shawn told his parents one thing he tried to do was sleep a lot. Sleep is a common coping mechanism for stressed persons. He also said Devlin sometimes would wake him every 45 minutes – sleep deprivation used as a control mechanism by Devlin.
The crackpot a**holes who posted fake messages to shawnhornbeck.com and other sites pretending to either be Shawn or know where he was not only tormented his family, but caused them to blow off a post actually made by Shawn in hopes of someone noticing it. In my opinion, everyone who did such a thing is complicit in Shawn’s captivity and abuse.
The Oprah encounter is awful. Oprah has spoken openly of her history of childhood sexual abuse, but not until she was a successful adult and (presumably) had counseling beforehand. Why did she think it was alright to bring this up on her show – broadcast worldwide - with the boy less than one week out of his four-year situation? This was another grievous wrong against this boy. Oprah should not have asked the parents the question. They also should have refused to answer it.
None of them knew how to handle it, because this is uncharted territory here in the 21st century. It’s a double-edged sword. These kids get kidnapped, and we need the media and the Internet all over it to help find them. Then, when they are found, all the bloggers and newsers and townspeople and those who read missing persons sites and everyone else who cares and gets involved want to know where they’ve been and what happened to them, because they care and are invested. But once they’re found, it’s not everyone’s business anymore. They need to heal out of the public eye.
It’s different now – we saw video of beautiful Elizabeth Smart playing her harp, and her sister who had the brainstorm of the weird man in their room. Natascha Kampusch escaped her captivity and her captor threw himself in front of a train and died – did he threaten her with that before? We thankfully saw a much bigger Shawn Hornbeck on our TV’s, and we have hope. We feel connected to them. We also know awful things happened to them.
How do we handle this from now on? Elizabeth Smart, Natascha Kampusch and Shawn are the unfortunate pioneers – famous for something infamous and not of their doing, yet the world will look to them whenever something like this happens again.
Thoughts on Shawn’s possible circumstances
Fear and threats of violence are brought up as motivations for his silence and remaining where he was. This was most likely so, but there are other motivators for silence besides those, especially for a kid. Disgust and shame, feeling filthy – you’re not sure exactly what happened or why, but you know it’s gross and wrong and not normal and shameful, and you don’t want anyone to know ever. You don’t talk. Sometimes you think it’d be better if you died than if anyone knew that about you. It came out in an interview recently Shawn told his parents one thing he tried to do was sleep a lot. Sleep is a common coping mechanism for stressed persons. He also said Devlin sometimes would wake him every 45 minutes – sleep deprivation used as a control mechanism by Devlin.
The crackpot a**holes who posted fake messages to shawnhornbeck.com and other sites pretending to either be Shawn or know where he was not only tormented his family, but caused them to blow off a post actually made by Shawn in hopes of someone noticing it. In my opinion, everyone who did such a thing is complicit in Shawn’s captivity and abuse.
The Oprah encounter is awful. Oprah has spoken openly of her history of childhood sexual abuse, but not until she was a successful adult and (presumably) had counseling beforehand. Why did she think it was alright to bring this up on her show – broadcast worldwide - with the boy less than one week out of his four-year situation? This was another grievous wrong against this boy. Oprah should not have asked the parents the question. They also should have refused to answer it.
None of them knew how to handle it, because this is uncharted territory here in the 21st century. It’s a double-edged sword. These kids get kidnapped, and we need the media and the Internet all over it to help find them. Then, when they are found, all the bloggers and newsers and townspeople and those who read missing persons sites and everyone else who cares and gets involved want to know where they’ve been and what happened to them, because they care and are invested. But once they’re found, it’s not everyone’s business anymore. They need to heal out of the public eye.
It’s different now – we saw video of beautiful Elizabeth Smart playing her harp, and her sister who had the brainstorm of the weird man in their room. Natascha Kampusch escaped her captivity and her captor threw himself in front of a train and died – did he threaten her with that before? We thankfully saw a much bigger Shawn Hornbeck on our TV’s, and we have hope. We feel connected to them. We also know awful things happened to them.
How do we handle this from now on? Elizabeth Smart, Natascha Kampusch and Shawn are the unfortunate pioneers – famous for something infamous and not of their doing, yet the world will look to them whenever something like this happens again.
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Paramore - acoustic
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Not everyone can be a BigDog
The BigDog is a four-legged robot developed by Boston Dynamics to traverse surfaces unsuitable for wheeled vehicles, such as ice and mountains, possibly to carry equipment or supplies for military and/or relief operations. There is a weird loveliness to its movement – the engineers should be proud. The latest version is shown here navigating various terrain, even recovering its balance after a hard kick to the side and a slip on an icy parking lot.
Now that you've watched that marvelous engineering achievement....
enjoy this ;-)Learn more about Boston Dynamics and the amazing robots they are developing here.
I like kid rockers
Not Kid Rock...kid rockers.
Kid Rock can't hold a candle to these kids.
Here's Gauchos - three Argentinian brothers playing "The Trooper" by Iron Maiden in their little apartment bedroom. Lil' sis almost steals the show :)
This 10-year-old Japanese girl's solo keyboard performance of Kansas' "Carry on Wayward Son" makes me wish I practiced as much as Mom wanted me to. Love the feather boa and beret, and make sure you check out her stompin' footwork!
Enjoy :)
Kid Rock can't hold a candle to these kids.
Here's Gauchos - three Argentinian brothers playing "The Trooper" by Iron Maiden in their little apartment bedroom. Lil' sis almost steals the show :)
This 10-year-old Japanese girl's solo keyboard performance of Kansas' "Carry on Wayward Son" makes me wish I practiced as much as Mom wanted me to. Love the feather boa and beret, and make sure you check out her stompin' footwork!
Enjoy :)
Bachelor's degrees overrated?
Well! As someone about to obtain a BSN at a fairly advanced (ancient?) age while also attempting to parent a teen who seems to want to go anywhere in life except war or college, this piece gave me a start and made my head hurt a little...
America's Most Overrated Product: the Bachelors Degree
Significant points are the time it takes (6-8 years or more for most), the amount of financial aid a student or family must take on (and recover from) to achieve this goal, and the amount of students who shouldn't have been accepted in the first place, drop out in debt and end up in jobs they could've gotten with a high school diploma anyway. The author postulates that colleges should be accountable to the students and families that hand over these vast sums and be able to demonstrate results, much like a tire company or other purveyor of a product does.
Food for thought. I may come back to this later.
America's Most Overrated Product: the Bachelors Degree
Significant points are the time it takes (6-8 years or more for most), the amount of financial aid a student or family must take on (and recover from) to achieve this goal, and the amount of students who shouldn't have been accepted in the first place, drop out in debt and end up in jobs they could've gotten with a high school diploma anyway. The author postulates that colleges should be accountable to the students and families that hand over these vast sums and be able to demonstrate results, much like a tire company or other purveyor of a product does.
Food for thought. I may come back to this later.
Contemporary Poetry
MAKE THE PIE HIGHER
By George W. Bush
I think we all agree the past is over.
This is still a dangerous world.
It’s a world of madmen and uncertainty
and potential mental losses.
“Is our children learning?”
Will the highways of the Internet become more few?
How many hands have I shaked?
They misunderestimate me.
I am a pitbull on the pantleg of opportunity.
I know that the human being and fish can coexist.
Families is where our nation finds hope, where our wings take dream.
Put food on your family!
Knock down the tollbooth!
Vulcanize society!
Make the pie higher! Make the pie higher!
The above gem is not my doing - it is a poem circulating the net consisting of malapropisms spoken by the Leader of the Free World. Don't take my word for it, though - snopes.com already vetted most of the utterances.
This is as good a place to start as any. I plan to post silly and lighthearted yet topical stuff for the enjoyment of any who might stop by. Most likely it'll only be me, and that's fine. Yet another lovely feature of the Internet :)
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