Aug 29, 2008

4 awesome videos

this one's a joke


this one's not ... still ... i think kanye is more of an embarrassment to chicago


i know what you're thinking ... I'd love to lose 3 minutes of my life watching an out of tune barbershop quartet dressed like Hall and Oates frolic in Central Park with two kids and a really gay Jor-el...


Wendy's is FRESH! ... I'm not gonna lie, I would work anywhere that trained me like this.

Politics

Sorry I've been away for awhile, but classes have started again. So on to the postings:

McCain has chosen Alaska Governor Palin as his running mate. $5 says that if Obama had chosen Hillary as a running mate, Palin would still be watching icebergs and running Eskimo pie bake sales or whatever they do in Alaska. Though she is kind of cute, in a Tina Fey kind of way. Or at least cuter than Biden. Either way, if the McCain camp keeps running "Obama is not experienced enough" lines, having a first term governor of one of the smallest populated states in the union isn't really going to help. More on Palin later tonight. Stay tuned!

Oh yeah, Obama gtave a speech last night that was pretty good.

Aug 22, 2008

pink ties

Well, august 2008 will probably go down as the slowest bluntest month to date (see, you might think that we all have broken arms [except pimpernel] but really, its just me. your other contributors have fully functioning extremities, and are just lazy as dirt.) I have been spending a whole lotta time on the 'ol 'puter, but its been on this page, the NY Craft Beer Week site I designed. It's up and running, and quite impressive, if I may say so. Not just the design/functionality, but the event itself is huge. Literally crap-loads of beers, breweries, and bars participating. Any NY readers should definitely consider going. Everything takes me 3x-5x times longer then it should which is why I've only been working on that.

anyway, here's some stuff to gander at.

ignore the authors captions, they're not funny. the images are though.
check out this weird academic-ish article about reggae. cause the drastics is in it. huh?
so livejournal has a really shitty rip off of blogger's "post secret". it's called "secretpost". how original. anyway, i found this and it made me hate angst more than ever. grow up kid.
Detroit is an interesting town ... must watch until 3min mark


aight, i'll try to get back on this.

Aug 18, 2008

Fishburne is joining the cast of CSI

Fishburne, 47, received an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Ike Turner in 1993's "What's Love Got to Do With It" and a Tony in 1992 for "Two Trains Running." He was a Tony nominee this year for the one-man show, "Thurgood," about Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. His film credits include the "Matrix" sci-fi films, in which he played Morpheus; "Apocalypse Now"; "The Color Purple"; "Mystic River"; "21"; "Akeelah and the Bee"; and "Biker Boyz." (I bet he wishes they didn't mention "Biker Boyz", but then again, maybe that appeals to the CSI crowd's appreciation for bad acting.)

Fun with CNN

CNN is really raising the bar for journalism: Amateur journalism on an LA burlesque house and theater. (NSFW in case you couldn't tell by the word "burlesque") Here's a good quote: "It's not about nudity, it's about story telling" . . . and I get my subscription to "Juggs" for the articles. And, no real surprise here, the burlesque show pays for the actual theater portion. One last thing on this theater: they have a children's theater school. If only I had teachers when I was young whom I could look up on the internet and see dancing around in corsets.

As for the actual reporting, CNN apparently is now allowing amateur commercials to be shown on their website. I think the requirement is the commercial must include sex, animals, or children wearing or doing something comical.

Now for Other Articles:

"Mayor John Molony found himself under attack Monday over comments he made to a local newspaper that read: "May I suggest if there are five blokes to every girl, we should find out where there are beauty-disadvantaged women and ask them to proceed to Mount Isa."" Cause a big fat woman will keep you warm at home

The lagging economy has stopped teenage girls from dressing like whores . . . DAMN YOU REPUBLICANS!!!

Chinese Bible laws are very much like US drug laws: "Under Chinese law, it is illegal to bring printed religious material into the country if it exceeds the amount for personal use." Gideon would be SOOO busted.

Aug 16, 2008

The Biggest BM to Fly Over Chicago

Not that kind of BM! The funny kind! Ok, poop is funny, but I'm talking about Bill Murray! And now a highlight of the pictures:





Aug 15, 2008

Aug 14, 2008

Bush is Getting Ideas

Someone should tell the journalists in Georgia (Europe, not US) that there's a cease-fire because the journalists are still finding ways to get themselves shot. Seriously, how can you have a cease-fire if people insist on getting shot? (By the way, there's blood in this video. Not a lot, but just a heads up.)

*** UPDATE: Here's another video of journalists getting shot at in Georgia. Different incident. Note at the end, the camera man is trying to get a shot of a soldier's face. Instead he gets the butt of his gun.

Alan Colmes Grows Some Huevos

Sean Hannity was probably thinking, "Who let this guy on the show? Oh, is this the guy who's name comes after mine in the title? Isn't he supposed to be doped up on morphine so he can't cause any problems?"

(This link was first brought to my attention by wonkette.com and created by News Hounds)

Aug 13, 2008

i'm still alive

damn pimperenel. thanks for owning the bluntest in my absence . i can type, albeit very slowly (with one finger) so excuse my lack of posting. yeah, so the doc said no surgery cause apparently my left elbow is shattered to such small pieces that it's not an option. awesome, when he told me that i literally had to lie down as it was like getting hit with a ton of bricks. there's not enough bone to drill into. if he was going to, he would have to break my other arm bone AND drill into cartilage. obviously, not doin' that. so the bones is staying where they is and we hope for the best. apparently my cast was set pretty good (at cook county, no less) and my bones are lined up really well. the bad news is that even after therapy, i might not get 100% use of my left arm back. that is in terms of reflexivity and degree of wrist turning. needless to say, i'm pretty bummed these days. i don't think i'll have bob-dole-arm, but it's still a drag. aye.
yesterday was bad. barely got out of bed. today is better, got up relatively early and have been working on the computer since noon. last night also recorded some drastic horns on the 6 cuts we (luckily) got done before the accident, so i'm feeling good about that.

oh, and that comment from ritch on my last post isn't a joke. the broken bone count for the drastics is now: drummer with 2 broke arms, and a guitarist with a broke shoulder. this is fucking unbelievable.

Aug 12, 2008

Bluntestburgh Update

Yo, the fair denizens of Bluntestburgh need your help! They're leaving the city cause they got no jobs! There are lines around the corner for people waiting to get their government rationed Champale!

Why Won't She Just Go Away?

But the buzz is that Clinton may take it a step further and have her name formally placed before the convention, complete with nominating speeches, seconding speeches and all the hoopla they produce."


(Picture created by the loving plaster encased hands of Driznastic in exchange for 3 PBR and a half a pack of Newports . . . delicious)