Friday, November 28, 2008
It's not easy being blind
Two minutes in... poor Ray must have had no idea what was going on around his piano.
Monday, November 24, 2008
More Palin!
Ok, so maybe we'll have a little bit longer with this "Sarah Palin" person.
Sometimes it's annoying that our culture is so sarcastic and ironic all the time. I can't tell if this is earnest, or just really subtle satire. Either way, it's got Palin and it's funny.
On the one hand, the organization that made this has a realistic looking web site, so maybe its serious. But on the other hand, there's a black Amish guy about :30 seconds in (Sidney Poitier? Chuck Norris' side kick from Walker, Texas Ranger?) and the whole premise of the ad is thanking Sarah Palin. So I can't really tell.
Sometimes it's annoying that our culture is so sarcastic and ironic all the time. I can't tell if this is earnest, or just really subtle satire. Either way, it's got Palin and it's funny.
On the one hand, the organization that made this has a realistic looking web site, so maybe its serious. But on the other hand, there's a black Amish guy about :30 seconds in (Sidney Poitier? Chuck Norris' side kick from Walker, Texas Ranger?) and the whole premise of the ad is thanking Sarah Palin. So I can't really tell.
Friday, November 21, 2008
Bloody Turkey Sacrifice at the Altar of Palin
A fix for everyone struggling with Sarah Palin video withdraw...
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Is there such a thing as a more terrifying instructional video?
For some sort of electrostimulation face-reworking mask:
Monday, November 17, 2008
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Check out this great new club!
...but only on Halloween, please. Our house is listed as a venue on last.fm:
http://www.last.fm/venue/8973967
http://www.last.fm/venue/8973967
Friday, November 14, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
Where the racists live
There were very few places that voted more heavily Republican than Democratic this year:
The darker red an area is, the more heavily it favored Republicans this cycle than in 2004.
There's a few places that can be explained away: Arizona and Alaska obviously favored their natives, Arkansas folks were probably bitter about Hillary not getting the nomination, and the Gulf Coast probably liked McCain's proposals for offshore drilling. But, excepting that, you're left with basically a map of where the racists in America live; the people who refused to vote for Obama just because he's (half-)black (or Muslim!). There's a "racist belt" running from West Virginia down Appalachia into North Texas. (Actually, this probably masks much of the racist south because black turnout was probably much higher in the rural flatlands of Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia.)
ETA: Apparently the NYT discovered that their cool map that I used to generate that graphic above was itself a story. They do a better job of explaining the demographics involved but stop short of calling the (literal) hillbillies the racists that they are. (The story uses the horrible euphemism "less exposed to ...diversity".)
ETA Part 2: Other people are starting to find new angles on this. Strange Maps has a really eerie overlay of 1860s cotton production vs. 2008 voting records, which helps explain why parts of the rural south didn't show up on the map above.
The darker red an area is, the more heavily it favored Republicans this cycle than in 2004.
There's a few places that can be explained away: Arizona and Alaska obviously favored their natives, Arkansas folks were probably bitter about Hillary not getting the nomination, and the Gulf Coast probably liked McCain's proposals for offshore drilling. But, excepting that, you're left with basically a map of where the racists in America live; the people who refused to vote for Obama just because he's (half-)black (or Muslim!). There's a "racist belt" running from West Virginia down Appalachia into North Texas. (Actually, this probably masks much of the racist south because black turnout was probably much higher in the rural flatlands of Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia.)
ETA: Apparently the NYT discovered that their cool map that I used to generate that graphic above was itself a story. They do a better job of explaining the demographics involved but stop short of calling the (literal) hillbillies the racists that they are. (The story uses the horrible euphemism "less exposed to ...diversity".)
ETA Part 2: Other people are starting to find new angles on this. Strange Maps has a really eerie overlay of 1860s cotton production vs. 2008 voting records, which helps explain why parts of the rural south didn't show up on the map above.
Friday, November 7, 2008
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Entire Sonz concert from the SOA Halloween Soiree 2008 on Youtube
Monday, November 3, 2008
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Nobama or Nocandy
It makes me sad that there's only a few more days of magical videos like this:
The pro-Obama kids just want to redistribute the candy anyway.
Please kids, spend the next 4 years toilet papering this vile being's house. They practically gave her name and address.
ETA:
Sarah Palin understands the racism! Her husband is an octoroon native Alaskan. She lives with racism ALL THE TIME!
Oh, please keep doing dumb things after tomorrow Sarah. I'd miss you terribly.
The pro-Obama kids just want to redistribute the candy anyway.
Please kids, spend the next 4 years toilet papering this vile being's house. They practically gave her name and address.
ETA:
Sarah Palin understands the racism! Her husband is an octoroon native Alaskan. She lives with racism ALL THE TIME!
Oh, please keep doing dumb things after tomorrow Sarah. I'd miss you terribly.
Take your cut
Look this over. I've matched people's donations to the expenses they went toward. Here's the breakdown:
Jonz $265 (mugs)
Foo $200 (gator)
Crowe $100 (gator)
Mike $100 (gator)
Bob $50 (kegs)
Patrick Cook $100 (kegs)
Jonz $135 (liquor/misc)
Foo $160 (liquor)
Jonz $150 (lights/misc)
Crowe $270 (liquor/lights/misc)
Luke $100 (catering)
Josh $60 (kegs)
Crowe $400 (kegs)
So we spent ~$2090 and took in ~$1560 (I have the get the exact dollar amount from Jonz). That's a slight loss, but Mike, Bob, and Josh asked to waive their return. So everyone's cut of what was made back is:
Patrick Cook (donated $100) = 5.32% or $82.98
Foo (donated $360) = 19.15% or $298.72
Jonz (donated $550) = 29.26% or $456.38
Luke (donated $100) = 5.32% or $82.98
Crowe (donated $770) = 40.96% or $638.94
Jonz $265 (mugs)
Foo $200 (gator)
Crowe $100 (gator)
Mike $100 (gator)
Bob $50 (kegs)
Patrick Cook $100 (kegs)
Jonz $135 (liquor/misc)
Foo $160 (liquor)
Jonz $150 (lights/misc)
Crowe $270 (liquor/lights/misc)
Luke $100 (catering)
Josh $60 (kegs)
Crowe $400 (kegs)
So we spent ~$2090 and took in ~$1560 (I have the get the exact dollar amount from Jonz). That's a slight loss, but Mike, Bob, and Josh asked to waive their return. So everyone's cut of what was made back is:
Patrick Cook (donated $100) = 5.32% or $82.98
Foo (donated $360) = 19.15% or $298.72
Jonz (donated $550) = 29.26% or $456.38
Luke (donated $100) = 5.32% or $82.98
Crowe (donated $770) = 40.96% or $638.94
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