Howdy there, folks. It’s been a long week. I’ve gone to look at a few different places, and found one that I like… so I’m waiting to hear about that. Oh, and the people that interviewed me “decided to pass”… meaning I didn’t get the job. It was a little far for my liking, anyway.

Last night, nicodemia and I joined in Critical Mass once again. It was a pretty tame ride for the most part, except for when we took over a bus depot, which angered one bus driver and one cop. In fact, said cop was threatening to ram some bikes as he furiously barked “turn around” to the few of us at the front of the pack. We waited around for a second while the 1000 or so bikers behind us caught up, and then rode politely past him.

In other news, I ate a KFC Famous Bowl yesterday, and it was pretty nasty. First, there’s no reason to put cheese in there. None. Second, where’s the fucking stuffing? Third, the bits of chicken were mushy. All they had to do is add some popcorn chicken at the end, and that would’ve solved the problem. And finally, the thing came in a styrofoam bucket the size of a house, yet it was only filled about 1/3 of the way up. Wasteful as hell. Moral: don’t buy KFC Famous Bowls. I would say don’t eat at KFC, but dammit, the popcorn chicken IS good.

Now on to some cool stuff.

The Daily Show takes on Cleveland’s Investigative Reporter: Carl Monday! This stemmed from that Berea dude that Boghoggler knew who was caught jackin’ it in the library. I really have to thank the Daily Show for exposing the biggest dickface in the history of Cleveland.

Speaking of the Daily Show, here are some clips of Jon Stewart NOT on the Daily Show.

The wonderful grass wheel.

Who knew that Beijing ate so many penises?

Weird Al’s top 10 videos. I still can’t get over ‘Fat’ … best parody ever.

Got to get me one of them Rwandan wooden bikes.

Border Volleyball. Played over the top of a rather high wall separating the US and Mexico.

Someone found a giant bug in Germany on Google Maps. So… the bug was on the satellite? What’s going on here?

Takeaway’s friend Nate is once again famous for his Wolverine costume. This time, he graces the pages of BoingBoing, an enormously popular blog that’s linked from this very site! Nate, Nate, Nate.

This is probably the most disgusting food product ever. Well, that’s not true, because Steve Don’t Eat It has had some much worse stuff. Still. Sickening.

Llama corpse found on residential Oakland street. Film at 11.

I had an interview this morning up near Vallejo… it went pretty well. Interesting place, for sure. It was in some old, decked-out mansion on Mare Island. Surprisingly, it only took about 25 minutes to get up there. Anyway, here’s some crap I’ve found since then.

Has the U.S. become a dictatorship? Well, uh… I… yes.

Here are the 10 most-used BitTorrent sites. Just in case you too would like to use a BitTorrent site.

Yes, the original Stonehenge is quite majestic. However, take a look at STONEFRIDGE, and tell me that’s not spectacular.

I can’t tell if this crazy mountain road in Bolivia would be fun or just scary.

Whew, boy. Went down to the Bay View Boat Club last night and got pretty hammered. Well, hammered enough to still be feeling a little out of it at 11am. My gracious innkeepers have friends in high places, you see.

I just came across some more videos related to the demolition of the twin towers, and although I’ve only watched the first of the three parts, there’s a bit of information in there that may not have been covered by Loose Change.

SNL is making some cast changes. Does anyone know these people anymore? I know Tina Fey and a couple others, but if anything I think they should be hiring, not firing.

18 tricks to teach your body. I’m not sure if any of them work, but they’re interesting in theory.

Furniture made of bike parts? Well, you know I dig that.

Man, there just wasn’t a lot of cool stuff on the net today. Believe me, I looked!

Anyway, let’s start with Hugo Chavez calling Bush “the Devil” in the UN General Assembly. He allegedly garnered a fair amount of applause in doing so… and yet, somehow the Bush administration still thinks we’re making friends around the world. Sorry, bub. I think not.

German researchers made a projector the size of a sugar cube, though currently it only projects red and blue.

Yahoo! is trying to start some sort of online TV network, and here’s what the listings look like so far. (Pretty lame.)

Weird houses around the world. (For the record, the variety of huts found around the world are not exactly “weird”.)

I’m going to pretend this is the day of reckoning; the day that aliens finally present themselves to us. Why? The crew of the space shuttle Atlantis have spotted an unknown object, allegedly matching their speed. There can be no other explanation for this… it’s obviously aliens. Shhh! Don’t spoil my fun.

Just after reading about what a miserable failure the anti-drug TV campaign is, now I see that the White House is uploading those videos to YouTube. What a stunningly brilliant idea. I’d love to meet the PR genius that farted that one out. You’re sure to win ‘em over now!

Death & Taxes is a graph that shows where all our money goes. And here I thought it all went straight to Cheney.

The Villain Chair. Dammit, I want this thing. Problem: it’s like 7-large. Solution: Fake death, collect life insurance, buy chair. That way, I’ll have the perfect shady background to become a villain. I can really fill out the chair properly.

A guy photographed the Thames River every time a boat passed, and then put them all together. Damn, that’s one crowded river.

Here are some tips on speeding up the boot process on Windows.

In my quest for the perfect in-home pizza, I came across this guy’s site. At the time, he hadn’t quite found the combination of elements that make it just right. Now he has. (And my oven doesn’t go that high, dammit.)

Cynical-C posted two hilarious QVC bloopers. I could watch this shit all day.
Sword blooper
Ladder blooper

Prepare to be astounded: 4-year old drummer. This kid is cute as a button, and totally rockin’. Seriously, for 4 years old, that’s incredible.

Lowest note ever sung by a human? Sounds like growling to me, but hey.

I need to get some web design work done and out of the way, so I apologize if the blog slumps during this brief period. If I do any surfing later on, I’ll make sure to pass some things along.

Finally! I sat around all afternoon and got the photos from the trip edited and ready to post. So… here they are.

Cross Country Trip

So Echanos let me know that I wasn’t updating this puppy enough. Yeah, I’m aware. I really haven’t been reading much news, either… I’m trying to spend my time obtaining a jobby-job. Still, a quick trip around the web never hurt nobody.

By now you’ve heard about the shooting at Dawson College in Montreal. Guy in a trenchcoat kills 2 and wounds 19, with essentially the same angsty motivation as the Columbine shooters. Nowadays, jerkasses like this fella tend to leave behind some evidence on the web. Lo and behold, here it is. What a complete turd. Labatt Dry is his favorite beer. He also enjoys posing with his guns, and sporting possibly the worst hairdo ever… and I’m counting Canada.

San Francisco is on the brink of passing an ordinance that would refuse federal funds for investigating or prosecuting marijuana-related offenses. This would place such offenses as “the lowest law enforcement priority”, and further distance the local government from the feds. A committee would then review police arrest records to make sure law enforcement officers are in fact taking a hands-off approach. Nice. Way to give the finger to the feds.

Speaking of mary jane… you’ve all probably seen the ad with the guy in the drive-thru who mows down a little girl on her bike. Well, the White House is now trying to disguise the fact that all of those anti-drug commercials aren’t working. In fact, it appears that they are causing an increase in drug use. The article also talks about Montana’s anti-meth billboard ads, which have likewise triggered a decrease in the perception of the risk of using meth. Having just been through Montana, I can tell you they’re everywhere, and they’re pitiful.

Some (obviously intoxicated) analysts are predicting oil prices to drop so steeply that gas prices may fall as low as $1.15 per gallon. Sha… right. (Yes, I just referenced Wayne’s World, and I feel good about it.)

Look, everyone has a fuckin’ MySpace account. If you don’t, someone probably made one for you already. Shit, I came home from work one day to find my cat Shiva had his own profile. I just want to see if everyone’s on the same page here. The site completely blows. Sure, it may be satisfying to see all your friends arranged in rows… but let me tell you, opening MySpace on my Mac all but freezes the other applications running, and saps every iota of my bandwidth. It’s a virus built into a website. But I digress. My hatred for the site was to some degree substantiated by this article, which lets you in on a few well-kept secrets. Enjoy.

Here’s a luscious, creamy, and full-figured post about Zappa on Grow-A-Brain, which features the beer we had last night!

In case you’re looking for a digital camera - Logicamera put together a list of the most-used cameras on Flickr. That Canon does look pretty nice.

Look, when the man says he’s going to do something… he does it. He’s very self-actualized.

Helicopters opening beer bottles. I’ll tell ya… those Japanese folks are setting a new standard for television - and I don’t think America’s prepared to step up. (You hear me, FCC? Let my people go!)

The war is lost. Well, the guy who wrote this article sure thinks so. I, frankly, never understood how anyone could be ‘winning’.

What if politicians had to wear their corporate affiliations on their suits, just like NASCAR? Welll, here’s what Hillary Clinton and Rick Santorum would look like.

Using this handy search you can find mp3s through Google. (Or you can memorize the search parameters and do it yourself.)

Cockeyed.com made some nice photo instructions for changing your brake pads.

23 episodes of Penn & Teller’s Bullshit on Google Video.

Dude makes a wicked stand-up bass out of a carboard box and some weed whacker twine. Oh, and you get to see it played.