MSNBC Producer loses it on air.

Not sure how I missed it since I watch the network religiously, but a producer just absolutely loses it and you can hear him in the background.  Kudos to Contessa Brewer for not directly acknowledging it.

Missed at MacWorld

Here’s a product that didn’t get a lot of attention at Macworld last week.  The Macbook Wheel.

BTW This is fake, in case you didn’t pick up on that.

Kudos goes to The Onion for the great production on the clip.

Also, Anyone else notice that consumer products today are no longer good enough the way they were initially meant to be and now warrant the need to add on words such as…Advanced, Super, Plus, 2000, and my all-time favorite….Extreme. I was sitting around watching TV the other day, and I saw a commercial for gym in Ohio claiming to be the most “ExTrEmE” gym around and I thought to myself, what constitutes Extreme? Are there varying degrees of Extremity? Are there any pre-requisites to be considered Extreme? Is there an annual fee? What about the benefits of being Extreme as opposed to being bland, normal, banal, blah, boring, dull, flat, flavorless, ho-hum, humdrum, insipid, milk-and-water, monotonous, nerdy, nothing, pablum, sapless, tame, tedious, unexciting, uninteresting, uninspiring, unstimulating, vanilla, vapid, and waterish. At first, these questions seem almost impossible answer, but after numerous long and grueling brainstorming sessions atop of the porcelain throne I’ve come to the conclusion that to be considered “Extreme,” you must either be an asshole, or wear faded jeans, which would also make you an asshole. Use this link for an explanation on why people who wear faded jeans are assholes. Right Guard Extreme sucks ass.

And to talk about bad luck: Just when I finally perfect the art of sleeping with my eyes open at work, a little snoring problem comes along and screws up everything.

Also, I found this great webcomic at XKCD, and I think it perfectly describes our society as a whole since the computer has become ever so much more prevalent in our lives and homes:  (Click it to go directly to the page for a larger version.)

McSame

Just how out of touch is McCain?  Well, during the debates he praised the business accumen of Meg Whitman, CEO of eBay, only thing is that eBay just layed off about a thousand people two days ago.  So let’s do a countdown of “financial gurus” that McCain seeks advice from:

1.)  Phil Gramm (aka Foreclosure Phil)

As of early this summer, McCain proudly touted him as his chief financial adviser and he basically wrote McCain’s economic plan…and then the economy crashed, and oops, looks like this guy caused a lot of it.  So Phil Gramm gave way to…

2.) Carly Fiorna

You may not know her, but I am sure you’ve used one of the products of her former company.  Carly used to be the CEO of HP-Compaq until she was fired for basically running the company into the ground.  She was so bad at her job, that when word leaked that she was fired, HP’s stock jumped 7%.  McCain liked to throw her name around alot up until she was giving an interview one day and she said something to the effect of Palin does not have the experience to run a large corporation.  FYI, the U.S. Government is the nation’s largest employer.  So Carly gave way to …

3.) Meg Whitman

Former CEO of eBay.  Buyer of everything online.  Here’s a quick list of companies that were bought by eBay: PayPal, BillMeLater, Skype (which she admitted they overpaid about a billion for), and epinions.com.  She has been widely criticized for buying up companies, whether they jive with Ebay or not, case in pointL Skype.  Why the hell does an online auction site need to acquire a Voice-over IP software company?  Meg will eventually give way to…

4.) The Guy from Monopoly

Maybe the funniest thing Howard Stern ever did

Apparently Howard Stern had two listeners pull a prank, with CNN being the victim, and the reaction by the in-studio reporters are great.

Sarah Palin is not fucking Matt Damon

Here’s a pretty sweet interview by the AP with Matt Damon about VP Canidate Sarah Palin.

 

pwned

 

 

best part..  ”it’s like a really bad disney movie.”

The Olympics

Well, the Olympics are back and personally, I’m glad.  I’m also especially happy for the fact that they are in a time zone that is 13 hours ahead of me, so when I’m up all night until 4am, I’m watching all the events live.  It’s especially cool, when you go into work the next day and people are watching the re-runs of it during the day and I’m able to ruin it for them by telling them who places where before it ends.

And you know who else likes the Olympics?

George W. Bush

Oh well, at least he has good taste as he seems to have taken a liking to uber milf/pitcher Jenny Finch (she’s so dedicated, she married a MLB pitcher and their son’s name is Ace):

But seriously, he’s the President of the United States.  He knows that his picture will be taken continuously, so why does he set himself up so many times for all those wonderfully awkward shots.  Like these two:

And even better…

He’s got that weird pedophile stare/gaze going on.

Seven Dirty Words

I know it’s two weeks late, but I must say I am sad to see George Carlin die.  He was a great comedian and often times the only voice of real reason in this world.  I have all of his books and they are all must reads, especially Napalm and Silly Putty.  Here’s a video of one of my favorite bits by him.

Finally

Gore endorses Obama, finally.

Weezer Memes

Greatest. Movie. Ever

they are one and the same.

Picture says it all people, same face, same policies, same person.

This is much better.