Saturday, December 19, 2009

Revelations While Sleeping

Evil


Sometimes I fantasize that I will one day rise to power and rule the entire world, if not the entire universe. Sometimes I walk through the details of this empire in my head. I will have a small circle of trusted advisors and one of them will certainly be a cat, specifically, my temp roommate. I will give the the temp roommate an important role in the inner circle, like Chief Diplomat or Head of Technology. But after what happened last night, I'm afraid that the temp roommate has ruled himself out for the role of Chief Strategic Military Planner.

It's been getting quite cold here in Shanghai and these Chinese buildings have virtually no insulation at all. It gets very cold at night unless the heat is on. So recently, I've started letting the temp roommate sleep in my bedroom since that's the only room where i turn on the heat at night. He usually sleeps in his little kitty bed at the foot of my bed. But occasionally, he jumps into my bed for some reason, as he did last night.

But last night, he did a weird thing. Instead of sleeping on the corner of my bed as he is wont to do, he started burrowing underneath my comforter. This burrowing woke me up from a deep sleep induced by three or four vodka tonics consumed alone between the hours of 10pm and midnight. I was sleeping in the fetal position and I felt the temp roommate snuggling up against my butt. Fearing future repercussions of such inappropriate bedroom behavior, I sat up, grabbed the temp roommate, and tossed him off the bed. Sometime later in the evening, I felt the familiar burrowing underneath the comforter. Burrowing, burrowing, burrowing. Again, the temp roommate was at my butt. But this time, instead of being content to snuggle up to my bottom, he kept burrowing his nose into my ass.

Then it struck me. I can never let the temp roommate be my Chief Strategic Military Planner. He'd get himself killed and bring down my entire military with him. What was he thinking burrowing his nose into my butt? Doesn't he know that all I'd need to do is lay down the boom and he'd be wiped out? I considered it, but decided to hold back, mostly because I wasn't sure if my weaponry was in gaseous state or solid/semi-liquid state. Better not risk it. I tossed him off the bed again and quietly sobbed myself back into a deep slumber.

Weather... or Large Member?

Evil


Is it snowing in the Northeast? I've been seeing messages like, "Wow, 9 inches!" and "9 to 12 inches... can't wait!" in my Facebook status message feed. Please confirm if a snowstorm is approaching... of if John Holmes is on the loose.

Evil

This baby was born without a brain and has survived a full year. It's being hailed as a Christmas miracle. I say, BAH-HUMBUG!



So what, this kid is a year old? Our very own Manolo has survived a full 38 years without a brain. And look at what a full life he's led. I say we give Manolo his due! Yay for Manolo!

Friday, December 18, 2009

Greatest Interview Ever? Maybe...

You might have caught my new besties on Leno or Jimmy Kimmel or George Lopez (he's bringing the party back to late night...have you heard? no? Me neither) but the only appearance that was awesome was their proper interview with Conan.




It got me thinking - isn't it time to thin the herd a bit. I know NBC has Leno on at a 10 because its cheaper than scripted TV or a reality show, but can he just go away? I mean seriously. If they are that worried about cost, they could just QVC us for an hour...oh who cares, I don't watch any of this crap anyway. I am just copying gawker posts for your amusement.

The OOs: TV Shows We Liked to Watch: #10

Following the same drill as before, I decided to highlight some of the shows that I thought were important in the last ten years. Same rules as before, but I liked Killer B #1's style so much I am going to do them one post at a time but with a twist. I am actually doing this countdown style. So I have 10 to get to, and sometime around December 31st I will unveil what I thought was the show of the decade
So without further ado...
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The Chappelle Show: No show soared higher or flamed out more quickly. White kids everywhere started declaring themselves Rick James, even though most had no idea who Rick James was. People were talking about it everywhere and almost entirely by accident in a way that no one ever talked about Half Baked, even though I always argued we should.

Everyone knows how this story ended. Dave had an incredibly successful second season and then was offered $50MM to do several additional seasons. An offer he accepted then ran away from as he became less comfortable with the show and the pressures of fame and fortune.

Of course, the weirdest thing about all this, was how aware Chappelle was of his undoing as seen is this clip below...

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Pop Culture Images of the Decade

Oh Man. Who can forget this crazy lady, with her crazy eyes? Is she the craziest looking person ever?

So why was everyone so surprised when the "Runaway Bride" Jennifer Wilbanks disappeared in 2005? As you'll recall, she went out for a jog in her ritzy Atlanta neighborhood and disappeared.

I'm not certain, but I think this was kinda the kickoff to the news media's "missing white girl" fetish. Or maybe it was Chandra Levy? But that was more of a political thriller.

Anyway, Wilcox hadn't been abducted and taken to Albuquerque by a Hispanic man as she claimed. She had just gone nuts.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Amazing Photo!

Evil


If you want to see a photo if a croc biting off a person's arm, click here. (Warning: graphic image! Don't click if squeamish.) Amazingly, the arm was reattached. I find that hard to believe.

Pop Culture Images of the Decade

Ah - now this one is classic. Most of you will remember this as the famous Superbowl "wardrobe malfunction". Parents were outraged. JT was embarrassed. Janet Jackson was momentarily famous again. And, Evil came within an inch of seeing his first real boob ever.

Sometimes I Feel Like This Guy (or Gal)

Evil

Re-ject-ed!!! :(

It's All Xtian's Fault

Evil


And now, scientific proof that XTIAN and his "geeky" ways scared off all the chicks while we were at university. Damn you, XTIAN. You suck.

Pop Culture Images of the Decade

Ah - Adorable Prince Harry, he's so cute and innocent..... WTF!!!, is he dressed like a Nazi?

Oh, Harry, you royal douchebag. You've lived such a sheltered life you really don't know what offends people. Some day you will grow up and make Grandpa Philip seem seem positively charming and compassionate by comparison.

The Evolution of Tiger Woods

Evil


First, he was a talented but petulant golfing great. Winning tournaments seemingly without trying but also dropping F-bombs to any photographer within 50 yards of him who dare snap a photo during his swing.

Then he was a shut-off, arrogant a-hole. After all that winning, Tiger didn't find it in his heart to give back to either the press or his adoring public. By "give back," I am not talking about material items. I'm talking about simply opening up to the press and sharing ANY genuine thoughts at all with his fans. Have you ever heard Tiger say anything interesting in a press conference? Never. He only gives generic, closed-off answers.

Then the car crash happened, followed by a rash of Clinton-era "bimbo eruptions." YIKES! Tiger suddenly became a wife-disrespecting philandering douche bag.

So what next? Where does Tiger go now? Apparently, the answer is... CRYBABY.

After rumors of Tiger taking HGH, he sent his agent to plead to a newspaper about to break the story:

"I would really ask that you guys don't write this? If Tiger is NOT implicated, and won't be, let's please give the kid a break."

First of all, Tiger... when a kid in the school yard punches you in the nose, do you run to mommy and/or your agent? Dick.

And what's with his agent saying "give the kid a break." Is he a kid anymore? And does a $1 Billion dollar worldwide athlete who's banged at least a dozen bimbos behind his wife's back deserve a break? I'm optimistic that this will be the end of Tiger for good. Don't need or want to see him ever again.

Go Phil! (Great golfer and a class act.)

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Helping The Homeless... What A Scam!

Evil


In the midst of our difficult economic times, I'm glad to see that justice and order are both slowly being restored. Here's today's example:

Court Orders United Homeless Organization to Remove Tables
The state attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, obtained a court injunction on Tuesday ordering the United Homeless Organization to immediately remove its sidewalk donation tables pending the outcome of a civil lawsuit Mr. Cuomo's office has filed against the group, which he has called an elaborate sham that does not help the needy.

Luckily, I never donated to this group (or any group, for that matter, except for my college and high school alma mater), so I don't feel ripped off. Nevertheless, I'm glad to hear that others won't be ripped off in the future. Use the money to donate to your university's billion-dollar endowments, people!

Pop Culture Images of the Decade

I think we can all remember where we were and what we were doing when we first saw this one...but let's not elaborate.

For those who want to pretend they don't know what this is because their strict parents and sheltered upbringing requires them to squash any suggestion of prurient tendencies, this is what Paris Hilton looks like while having sex in the dark, when shot with a military grade night vision camera. In case you were wondering.

Monday, December 14, 2009

Shocking Fact Of The Day

Evil


In an otherwise grim report about service cuts in NYC public transportation, I learned this shocking fact:

"Handicapped riders who are now picked up at home and driven to destinations throughout the city would no longer be able to use the so-called door-to-door service under the plan. Instead, the authority would transport disabled riders to handicapped-accessible subway and bus stops, which is the minimum service required by federal law."

What the F have we been doing all this time?! Picking people up from their house and driving them to their destinations? That's not public transportation! It's private transportation!!! I am outraged that my taxpayer dollars have been used in this manner. Thank goodness for budget cuts so that we can now get back to a saner system.

Watch It, Obama

Evil


Oh no he di'int!!! Obama lashes out a "fat cat bankers"?! This anti-feline bias is unbecoming for our first post-racial president. If you start a war with the felines, you better be prepared to end it. Also be prepared for Bo to be a casualty of this war. I don't think you're ready for the consequences.

Pop Culture Images of the Decade

Michael Jackson made headlines twice this decade - this was the first time.


Worst Olympics Ever!

Evil

It's not good news for an Olympic host city when news outlets start publishing headlines like: "Rio's Olympic Task: Fighting Crime."

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This is going to be the WORST OLYMPICS EVER!!! I don't fault Rio, though. It's not their fault they have such chaos on their streets. I blame the insufferable Europeans on the Olympic committee who did this just to give the USA a big ol' F-YOU.

On a related note, you should watch this video if for no other reason than because Erin Burnett is in it! Although what are the NBC bigwigs thinking, sending her on location in Rio?!? Erin is your cash cow, fools! She could have easily taken some shrapnel in the face... and then what?

Also, this video features a rare view of Erin Burnett in casual clothes, full body shot. Surprising revelation: her hips are growing out of control!!! Now, some people like the big hip / big ass look (I am partial to it myself), but I cannot imagine that a white girl like Erin Burnett is pleased with the rapid expansion of her lower half.

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Pop Culture Images of the Decade

Introducing my contribution the The Hose's Decadendingpalooza - memorable pop moments caught on film.

Today I bring you Fonzworth Bentley, P-Diddy's personal valet, making an even bigger than usual jackass of himself, holding an umbrella over his client's head as they stroll back to Diddy's yacht, anchored off the coast of Dipshitolia.


Where Are They Now? - Family Ties Edition

Evil

Remember that cute little Brian Bonsall from Family Ties? OMG, look at him now!!! I've never been so scared of a white man before.

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Music that Mattered to KillerB

I think X-tian did an impressive and concise walk down his memory lane with the music of the aughts.

Rather than trying to think about artists - I'm going to think about places - specifically, places I lived, and what I remember about the music I was listening to. Just as the Counting Crows and Snoop Dogg will forever be associated with my freshman dormroom, many artist of the 00's will always remind me of places.
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Place: Nashville - my first solo apartment at 2108 Hayes Street, right next to the legendary Exit-Inn. My 00's began in October 1999 when I saw Ryan Adams play a solo gig there. Then, when Heartbreaker was released in September 2000, the decade was on! When Gold was released 1 year later, New York, New York was a Friday night anthem of sorts. I remember coming home from a Super-T show one night, New York, New York blaring, car full of the happiest people ever. Super-T was also a big part of my Nashville years. Aging gym teacher by day - Superman costumed soul/funk/punk explosion by night.

In 2002 I moved to New Haven CT. When I wasn't watching the Paris Hilton sex tape I spent a lot of my time pulling White Stripes songs off of Napster. Seven Nation Army still gets me amped up. Then, in 2003 I went to the Austin City Music Festival. Kings of Leon weren't anybody yet - as evidenced by their Friday morning, 11Am slot on a side stage. They admitted not being awake yet - and then went apeshit berzerk for 45 minutes. I would wager that of the ~200 people there to see it, ~199 haven't seen anything like it since.

Johnny Cash had died a few days earlier. Roseanne Cash was supposed to play ACL, so instead the Drive-By-Truckers hosted a Johnny Cash tribute during her slot. For me, their 2003 Decoration Day was one of the best song-by-song albums of the decade. To kick off the tribute, they played video for Hurt, which is one of the most remarkable videos ever aired.



At that same festival, Conor Oberst fronted Bright Eyes played a respectible set from "Lifted or the Story is in the Soil, Keep your Ear to the Ground", but it was their 2005 "I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning" that was their best contribution to the decade. I still put this CD on when I cook on Sunday nights. Too bad they diluted it with the simultaneously released "Digital Ash for a Digital Urn".

KillerB2 and I went to the Newport Folk Festival in 2005 and saw Conor Oberst play a really cool set with M Ward, who has also had some great contributions in the second half of the decade, both as a solo artist, as the Him to Zooey Deschanel's She, and in the Monsters of Folk with Oberst and Jim James (Yim Yames).

Lastly, I'll throw in someone I've been listening to for the last month - Somali born K'naan. He did a killer Tiny Desk Concert on NPR's all songs considered:





I kinda lost track of my "places" theme - but I'm not going to re-write this. I'm sloppy.

Friday, December 11, 2009

Update

Evil


The Well-Profiled Friend is getting married this weekend. It's the end of an era.

Evil Gets His Feelings Hurt

Evil


The place where I usually go to for massages is quite good. The place is clean, the prices are reasonable, and most importantly, it's the closest massage place relative to my apartment. So for someone as lazy as me, there really isn't any other choice.

But the place has this little quirk. I think they have an unwritten rule that the more skilled a massage therapist is, the more they are allowed to insult the customers. I've been there dozens of times and have encountered four different massage therapists who I consider to be really excellent. All four have insulted me!!! The rest are mostly decent and none of them have insulted me. I've encountered a few that were not very good at giving massages (weak hands), but they were the nicest, sweetest girls. I think there is some kind of inverse law going on here.

I went for a massage yesterday afternoon. Got a girl with strong hands and excellent technique. Needless to say, she was ruthless with her insults. Here are some highlights... err, lowlights:

- "You're the kind of person who works out very little but gets massages very often, arent you? I can feel it in your muscles."

- "You look like you're in shape, but your muscles are very soft. The truth is hard to listen to, isnt it?"

- "Oh my god, you're so pale. Dont you ever go out into the sunlight?"

- "You know, giving you a massage gives me enjoyment as well." ("Why?" I ask) "Because your muscles are so soft. It's relaxing on my hands."

Booo! Evil's feelings hurt.

The 00s: Music that Mattered to xTian

Coming up with a top 10 list was actually really hard. So I did not do that, instead I did this. I thought about some key musical acts that I felt represented the decade thematically (either in terms of their success over the decade or a music trend that they somehow started or ended) and jotted down thoughts around key songs that propelled them into the zeitgeist

Arrogant? Yes
Well Conceived? No
Well Executed? eh

...do your worst!

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Crazy In Love: Beyonce (with Jay-Z) - No one could avoid this song (thankfully I was out of the country for most of its dominance). Jay Z decided Beyonce was the hot one in Destiny's Child and a nation agreed to avoid mocking her unattractive legs even when she refused to hide them. If Beyonce were Michael Jordan this would be her 63 pt game in the playoffs against Bird and the Celtics.

Such Great Heights: Postal Service - Ben Gibbard takes a break from wallowing in self pity to wallow in some self pity with keyboards. Manic Depressives, sexually abused emo-punks, tech heads and Nintendo aficionados unite under one banner(!) and pave the way for the Howard Dean campaign and Radiohead's return to Ok, Computer levels of greatness. Finally, it re-energized everyone's love for synthesizers, a subversive touch that quietly snaked it way back into our collective consciousness and exploded like Aphrodite out of the water with the emergence of MGMT and other like minded acts.

New Slang: The Shins - Nerds and frat boys come together to discuss the isolation brought on by teenage binge drinking...and totally miss the point of this song. The band goes on an aggressive multi-album initiative to alienate all their mainstream fans and re-embrace their core fans - repressed lesbians, child abuse victims and kids who got stuffed in lockers in high school...

Last Night: The Strokes - A couple of rich kids with a lot of hair decide that goofing on lo-fi punk recordings from the mid 70s would be better than getting real jobs. Most of Europe (and xTian) gets sucked in. The growing trend of old things suddenly being really hip and the irony intrinsic to hipsterism are brought to the forefront of our cultural consciousness in a way that only Dov Charney could have ever imagined. Of course in Dov's dreams there are more half naked teens...

Banquet: Bloc Party/Evil: Interpol - Once the Strokes exhaust the 70s lo-fi vibe everyone from London to Brooklyn agrees to release re-interpretations of every Depeche Mode albums from 1980-1986. This all came to a crashing halt with the Bravery and everyone just wished these guys would all get on a bus and fall off the back of a steam ship.

Seven Nation Army: The White Stripes - A guy and girl decide to flummox America by creating confusion around whether they are married or siblings - distracting everyone from the real question - what are these white kids doing in Detroit? xTian sits in the Berkeley Greek Theater and wonders how two people can produce such amazing music...I also think they took the drum and bass movement to its logical conclusion. I spent most of the late 90s hearing people ruin everything with some really "great" drum and bass. They actually did it well, and all these other jokers got embarrassed and became bankers or something. You know, so they could go ruin something else. Go f*ck yourselves drum & bass/banker douches...

Where Is The Love: Black Eyed Peas - BEP, a somewhat underground break dancing crew with occasional rap albums in late 90s, unleash their master plan for world domination - Step 1 - kidnap a recovering meth addict with lovely lady lumps Step 2. Force her to sing hooks on the most banal childish songs conceivable Step 3. Become the biggest "band" in the world even though no one plays an instrument and only two people seem to "sing". Step 4. Actively support their puppet in his bid to become leader of the free world. Step 5. Rule the world with an iron (though lyrically banal) fist...You think you're sooo smart will.i.am but I see your game. Go bend a spoon, you Matrix watching motherf*cker.

Hey Ya: Outkast/The Seed 2.0: The Roots featuring Cody Chestnutt - Before they became Jimmy Fallon's band The Legendary Roots Crew toured the country 3-4 times a year bringing the most amazing hip hop party/jam session to every town they visited - proselytizing the notion that there was actually music to hip hop and making it more palatable to a broader audience. Their efforts made the Jay Z Unplugged album possible/marvelous and pushed HOV to a new level of cross over appeal. It also laid the ground work for the neo soul movement and could be considered the proud uncle of what became backpack hip-hop movement. This where Outkast came and took the backpack pack hip hop movement out of the very specific Buppie element and broadened it by introducing a level of showmanship that had heretofore not been seen. Now, white kids can love a Talib Kweli record without having to assume the self loathing that is implicit in half of Eminem's songs...This has since been taken to its logical conclusion by Kanye West...

Brighter Discontent: The Submarines - You all know Submarine songs. You do. They license their music to every product you have ever imagined and are perfectly happy to promote their songs through any TV show that will have them. You've heard them on Grey's Anatomy, Gossip Girl, Nip/Tuck and potentially my forthcoming web series about two young boys trying to get girls to come to their poorly advertised rainbow party. Everyone uses TV shows and commercials to market their product, but The Submarines are the most pervasive. Apropos of nothing I will mention that the female lead, Blake Hazzard, is actually F. Scott Fitzgerald's granddaughter. She is also totally lovely. ET #1 and I went to their concert last year and watched her finish her set and get behind the booth and start hocking CDs and t-shirts the most upbeat disposition. All reasons to love her.

Since You Been Gone: Kelly Clarkson - Kelly Clarkson is totally different than most other pop singers. Despite being the first product off the American Idol assembly line she feels completely genuine. This is true for several reasons - her construction (on American Idol) was completely transparent most of America can draw a line from what we started to her SYBG roscker girl act and no attempt to tart her up has been even remotely successful. She is exactly who she is - a little fat, overly perky, decidedly unsexy, and unwilling to be a cypher (as proved by her song writing which at times has proven to be career limiting; proof point - most of us were completely unaware of her third album). I am shocked she is still famous. It's all kind of amazing...and her continued commercial viability is the standard that future basket job victims like Adam Lambert have to live up too...

Almost Crimes: Broken Social Scene - The idea of a rock super group is fairly old so rather than pursue that, Toronto's BSS evolved as a rather meticulously conceived and hastily implemented jumble of rock noise - a concept perfected later by Montreal's Arcade Fire. Disappointingly, this rumble of musical enclaves failed to exacerbate Anglo/Franco tensions to a fever pitch we are all demanding. In my head, I envision a snowy bar in middle 2006 and one scarf wearing Quebecer getting into a heated exchange/debate with some Toronto hipster that yielded no punches and several "ehs". 10 minutes in, the entire conflict would dissolve - they would then agree to disagree, toast with Molsens and agree that each band is popular thanks to their hard work and earnest presentation. Dull story, just like every other story that takes place in Canada. Still their influence is plain. The biggest benefactor from BSS was contributor Leslie Feist. She found great success in the later part of the decade and managed to include her old friends whenever she could.

Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa: Vampire Weekend - I think there is something to the idea of incorporating world music elements (like soukous) into modern rock. Beirut did this with less success (and much less aplomb) earlier in the decade...I am excited for where this trend will end up

I will think about TV sometime next week and post those comments as well...

Know Your Magnates

This morning X-tian and I were avoiding contributing to our firms' bottom lines by Google chatting about Rony Seikaly. In addition to having the most absurdly spelled name, X-tian informed me that his father was a "shipping magnate".

This got me pondering wtf is a magnate, and why are they always in shipping? That dude who used to nail Paris Hilton - Nacho what's his name - his father is a shipping magnate too. I think Jackie Kennedy married a shipping magnate . It seems that there are a lot of dudes with more than one ship, ergo, magnatism.

Anyway - I could only name one other type of magnate - the newspaper magnate - and there is only one of those (unless you count Conrad Black - but he's in jail).

Any Hosers have some insights on magnates? Any others that are living, that aren't in shipping? Can I be a shipping magnate?

Also, did you know Rony Seikaly is now a DJ? Of course he is. He is the son of a shipping magnate.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Needed: Moral Compass, or Lack of One


A few months ago a co-worker semi-quit and quasi-moved to Chicago. To celebrate this, we bought him a Kindle. A few weeks ago he broke his kindle, so they sent him a new one. But when it never arrived at his house in Chicago, they sent him another new one. So now he is whole.

As for the missing Kindle that never arrived in Chicago - it is sitting on my desk, unopened. I've told him. He's indifferent. He's checked his credit card statements and he hasn't been charged for it. Amazon hasn't asked for it back. So now it's just sitting here.

Should Killer B.....
1) Take the initiative to do the right thing and send the thing back
2) Stick it to the man for making a mistake and enjoy the heck out of it
3) Let it continue to sit here on my desk in Kindle Purgatory




Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Recognition...FINALLY

I received a promotion at work this week, and I’m pretty happy about it. I was trying to think back to my last promotion and realized something interesting: since I entered the work force part time in 1991, and then full time in 1998, I have never received a discretionary promotion. At my last job, my title changed once as part of a statutory advancement of my entire incoming class, but that doesn’t count.

My career has advanced nicely during that time, but the really big jumps have been between jobs, after grad school, etc. Not promotions. That really surprised me. Surely there were two or three promotions in there somewhere, right? Nope.

Turns out, Catjjy hasn’t ever been promoted either (though she is due for a promotion of sorts in current profession come February). Are we the oddballs here? Are the rest of you Hosers receiving promotions every couple of years? Did KB1 used to be a High Flying Marketing Associate before he became a High Flying Marketing Executive?

Hot. Teacher. Action

NY Daily News (and the Turdhurdler) are all over this today and I am again besides myself with grief. Why could I not go to a school where a Spanish Teacher (who dresses like a hot librarian) would hook up with a French Teacher (who dresses like a teenager with pig tails) in the supply closet? WHY? This is soo unfair.

It is also 95% of a porn script that was written and started casting 10 minutes ago...

For second level hilarity check out the actual url link....it is somehow exactly literal and unnecessarily smarmy all at the same time. Nice job NY Daily News!

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Picture Of The Day

Meredith Walusek holds a sign outside of Tiger Woods' neighborhood (Getty)

Things That Make Me Say Good Gravy: Tiger Edition

I was flabbergasted at Ambien sex. Now we have the additon of sex with 2 pornstars (Holly Sampson and Joslyn James - whoever they are. Some insights X-tian?) and the big one for me - he was banging a pancake cook in his car in a church parking lot. Good Gravy!!!!! Sex in a church parking lot? This dude is messed up. Isn't Florida littered with places you could park a car and have sex? (Some insights T-mo?). I wrote a quiz if any Hosers want to take it.

Places I should not park my car and have sex with a pancake cook:
1) Church
2) Anywhere Else

How to be a Douche, vol 1: Wear a Cardigan in Public

Look at this douche. Not only is he wearing a cardigan in public, it doesn't even fit. Poor Foxy Knoxy rots in jail for a crime she (probably) didn't commit, yet this douche walks the streets free?

At least he's trying by matching the neck of his t-shirt with the cardigan. But really, can a man like this be saved?

Jersey Shore = LFO

Couldn't help myself.....




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Monday, December 07, 2009

The Jersey Shore: Someone Explain the Situation to Me

I am like 5 days behind. This show was the best two hours of my life ever. I can't even deal with it.

For those of you who don't know I will explain - MTV producers went across NY and Rhode Island looking for 4 tanorexic steriod-popping meatheads and matched them up with a troll and a few other "hot chicks". The result - genius!

Here are some preliminary observations

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(1) "The Situation" is the greatest nickname ever. I can't believe this nim thought of it before me. I am besides myself with grief. Thankfully, my friend came up with a good compromise...from here on out I will be "La Situacion".
(2) One girl appears to be about 4ft 5in and hopes to "hook up with a juice head like every night". Is there an upside to hooking up with someone on steroids? Is this better than this ambien sex I am hearing about? How do I find a girl on steroids and into ambien sex? T-Mo...thoughts?
(3) Sami "Sweetheart", the "cute one" dressed in all black, made out with both The Situation and super-meathead Ronnie on the first episode. I am into her vibe though because she is packing extra in the poop-chute. I wonder if she would be into La Situacion...
(4) The guy from Rhodes Island spends 2 hours on his hair every morning. I can tell, but I still can't understand why...
(5) There is a girl on there named Angelina (purple top) who insists that the housemates call her Joile and at one point declares herself the Kim Kardashian of Staten Island. I can't tell what is a funnier disconnect from reality these statements or what goes through my mind when I am in the gym. She is also proudly a c*ckblock. She is ruining the whole show for me, by herself.
(6) JWOWW (teal top) dresses like a stripper, has ruined her hair through constant dyeing and has face cheeks that resemble Mike Piazza's back. I think this is all to set us up for the biggest, roundest boob job ever. She has a boyfriend but made out with the guy from Rhodes Island anyway and found a Prince Albert on him just as she remembered her scruples.

I am flabbergasted, astounded, confused and amazed.

Remembering Kellie Pickler's Prom Dress

With all the chaos going on these days - the health care debate, Tiger's harem, Top Chef finale, war strategy, White House party crashers, etc., it's easy to lose track of what's really important, like what Kellie Pickle wore to her prom.

KillerB is here to keep us all focused.

Sunday, December 06, 2009

Saturday, December 05, 2009

The New Job


Are God and Jesus (especially Jesus) conspiring to test the faith of famed Florida quarterback Tim Tebow? I'm reminded of the story of Job: the man who had everything, only to be picked apart, bit by bit, by an all powerful and completely insecure God. All that praying for nothing, what a god damned waste, eh? It's almost as if there were a Christian playing for the Alabama team, too.

Whatever. See you at the Gaylord Properties Music City Bowl, Tim. And if I'm ever backpacking through Europe during European NFL season (whenever that is), I'll try to catch your mighty Transylvanian Tigers playing the Bavarian Bushwhackers.

Out Of The Box Thinking



I did some quick math, if we implemented this kid's job growth strategy and the federal government applied a random sales tax (7%) to these these suddenly legal "services", I would expect to pay an additional $350 in taxes a year. You multiply that by some likeminded people (another 100MM or so?) and we get 35B without even trying, plus we get to tax all these people in these high paying "service" jobs - 10% unemployment? THING.OF.THE.PAST.

Thoughts?

Friday, December 04, 2009

Injustice!!!!!!!!!

I can't believe it!!!! Some stupid Italian jury and some stupid Italian judge found our dear Amanda guilty!!!! This is an injustice, to all of us who've patiently waited the last 2 years for her bikini themed reality show. Damn it.

Her bikini themed reality show 26 years from now won't be half as good.




Anything But THAT

Evil


If it comes out that one of Tiger's "side dishes" has been Michelle Wei, I swear, I will jump off the nearest bridge.

Wednesday, December 02, 2009

Shocking Revelation Of The Day

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OMG, the actress who played Alex P. Keaton's mom is GAY! I must admit, I did "experience my changing body" more than once while thinking about her. She was quite the looker in her day. (BUT YIKES! Look at that pic of her now. Scaaaaaary. Halloween was two months ago, lady!)

Tuesday, December 01, 2009

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (cough) (cough)

Finally, my sleep disorder can be addressed in a manner appropriate with the condition

As a proud son of NJ, I would like to thank our NJ's favorite sons (and dare I say John the Baptist of the Green) for all their proselytizing all these many years. Meth, Red...your efforts were not in vain...


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Monday, November 30, 2009

Europe = Crazy (and intolerant)

I'm not some sort of apologist, but I can see why a lot of countries felt the right to give the US grief the last few years. We haven't necessarily been on our best behavior. But for all the criticisms that we get, you'd think Europe would be some sort of egalitarian utopia where it's nothing but high fives and free healthcare. But I'd say they're really just crazy intolerant.

It starts with the French, with their long running debate on whether to allow head scarves in school, or to allow Aram women to wear their creey eye slit outfits (I think they are called TRON robes). Then there are the Danish cartoonists who ran out of things to draw until they remembered Mohammed was a hoot. Kinda douchey, but I can let poor taste slide.

But yesterday the Swiss - the SWISS - took the intolerent craziness to a new level when they outlawed minarets. Yes, that's right, they made an architectural flourish illegal. That is the most batshit crazy thing I've ever heard of. The vote wasn't close either - 58% supported it.

Is this the craziest thing ever? Is there a war on balconies coming that I'm not prepared for?




Inappropriate FB Comment Of The Day

Evil

I am shocked by few things these days, but I must say, I was taken aback by this comment a wee bit. HAH!

Tiger Woods Questions

Evil

This is apparently a Tiger Woods family xmas photo from a few years ago. So many questions...

1. Why does Tiger look like a vein is about to burst in his forehead? Is taking this pic THAT stressful for him?

2. How nice is the Woods family to invite their Mexican nanny to join in on the family photo? Sweet.

3. Why does the Woods family need a nanny to begin with?!? Isn't Elin... a nanny?

4. Who are the people depicted in the statue in the background? That looks like Earl and Tiger Woods, right? How much of an arrogant douche do you need to be to post in a photo with your own statue? I always knew I had good basis for hating Tiger.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Evil Update

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It's 1pm... just came back from taking the HSK exam (it's a national standardized exam to test mandarin proficiency). The bad news is that I think I did terribly. Almost certainly did worse this 2nd time around, even though I felt I was better prepared having taken it once already. The good news is that I bought a bottle of Absolut on the way home and will now commence drinking!

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Things That Make Me Say "Good Gravy"

There is an ad on CNN.com from CSX - the big train / freight company. In their ad, which I trust because I'm a High Flying Marketing Executive, they state that they can "move a ton of freight 436 miles on a single gallon of fuel" - to which I say, "Good Gravy!!!!"

I can barely move my 1/12th of a ton down the street with less than a gallon of beer or a pound of steak in my belly.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Dreamin'

Evil


I had three separate dreams last night! Two of them involved hooking up. And the third one (the most detailed dream) involved me madly running away from a massacre. I was being chased by various gunmen. One of the people in the dream looked much like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, but I can't remember if he was one of the bad guys or one of the innocent bystanders. But I do remember that he got his hand blown off.

It's An Unsafe, Unsafe World

Evil


Just read this posted by one of my FB friends:

Can you please help me find a home for Blackie, a 2-3 year old male cat who has been living in our backyard? He has an awesome personality, and is very lovable. Blackie adores being petted and held. Clearly he once lived with people, and would really appreciate a warm home. We have taken Blackie to the vet, and he's been neutered and received all of his shots. The only challenge is that Blackie is FIV positive, so he can't live in a house with other cats. Nonetheless, with proper nutrition, Blackie can live a healthy, long life. Ping or call if you would like to know more about this sweet boy.

I read that and was like... FIV positive? What is that?! Then I looked it up. Feline AIDS? Whoa, mind blowing. I never knew such a thing existed. It's an unsafe world, y'all. Why can't we go back to the late 60s and early 70s?

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

xTian and Evil Pose as Hipsters

“There are an a**load of motherf*ckers in there right now”.

The bouncer outside Jumbo’s Clown Room was exactly the sort of person we had been encountering all weekend, someone very intentionally semi-disheveled and projecting an air of confidence about it that I could never match.
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I wondered aloud if people should hide their mothers, given the sheer numbers of motherf*ckers in the vicinity. Only Evil laughed. When I asked if any of the goth burlesque dancers inside would make me a balloon animal, I was met with blank stares.

I would categorize this as an auspicious end to an entertaining if non traditional engagement/wedding weekend.

Evil and I had met up the day prior in LA. We were in town because the AY (formerly the MPCGEB) was getting married (sometime soon) and she wanted to hold a pre-reception for all her friends. In truth, it’s not obvious to me why I was invited, but I was so I came. I had met her boyfriend maybe twice and both times walked away worried that he was moments from kissing me. Outside of them, the only person I knew there was Evil.

For his part, Evil is properly great friends with the AY and absolutely should be there. So he traveled farther than I, getting on a plane yesterday (though there it was already today) just to make the event. When we met I noticed he was sipping Ginger Ale, Evil admitted that he overdosed on Ambien on the plane and proceeded to vomit in the aisle before he passed out about 1 hour into the flight. I found this hilarious. He did not even seem remotely embarrassed.

He was even less embarrassed when he put on his pork pie hat and suggested we walk two blocks and get in line for Jimmy Kimmel Live. Ostensibly, our agenda was to be invited to Jimmy’s house for Sunday football with the Killers, Tom Cruise’s mom, Adam Corolla and the Sports Guy Bill Simmons. What Evil neglected to mention to me was that he really wanted to see the Twilight kids. That was a major disappointment, no Twilight kids (they were pretaped) and no invite to Sunday football. Evil and I were disappointed. Evil was so disappointed that he ordered a pizza at 3am and ripped it apart.

The weekend itself was more hipster than I expected. There was a visit to the Magic Castle, the rental of the most awesome Korean BBQ Taco Truck, a 5 card no limit texas hold ‘em tournament and me singing a very disturbing rendition of Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Band.

Saturday night, we did Dining in the Dark and ate in complete darkness - pretty wild. Coming back from our evening out, Evil and I introduced a brother on the trip with us to In-N-Out and we tore it up animal style at 2am.

It was good to see Evil again…


Monday, November 23, 2009

O Adam Lambert , Wherefore Art Thou Adam Lambert?

To answer Big A's question - this comes in second place for worst thing I've ever seen on television. First place was Joe Thiesmann's compound fracture at the hands of Lawrence Taylor on November 18, 1985. That, coincidentally, ended Joe Theismann's playing career.

So, I'm not sayin, I'm just sayin.

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Is A Bar Of Soap Self-Cleaning?

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In LA this weekend attending an engagement party. Xtian is here as well. We figured we would save some money (we're real Americans, struggling in this down economy, like everyone else) by sharing a two bedroom suite. Only problem is... there's only one bathroom and they only have us one bar of soap.

Xtian was very concerned. He felt that sharing a bar of soap would not be hygienic. I hadn't even given it a second thought. I always assumed that a bar of soap was self cleaning. Should I be concerned? 

2012 Here We Come

Evil

Is there a force of nature or an invention of man that can stop Glenn Beck? I think not! Watching the rise of Glenn Beck is like watching Jordan in his prime play basketball. Now that Glenn Beck is branching out beyond pure journalism, I smell the Republican ticket for 2012: Palin/Beck. We're taking American back for the "real" Americans!

Calling Sparks. SOS. Knox Trial Drawing to a Close

Sparks!!! WTF? Weren't you going to be our Knox Trial correspondent? Months and months of silence, and then I read today this thing is nearing an end?

What should I be thinking? What do I need to know? Is she a monster? Or is Italy the monster? What impact will this have on other slutty American girls who want to dodge a semester of academics in favor of drug fueled orgies? And how do we pursue a teaching post at these places? Do they need a High Flying Marketing Professor?

Friday, November 20, 2009

To Guilt or not to Guilt

I am in a cab right now (mobile blogging). It's a slow slog home from jfk, so to speed things up my cabbie is pulling that stunt where you drive on the exit lanes and the cut in just as it ends. He's done it 4 times and I'm feeling conflicted. I NEVER do this when I'm driving because I'm not a giant asshole. But, I am eager to get home, and I'm not driving. I assume this guy wouldn't tell me how to be a high flying marketing executive, so why should I ask him not to be a giant asshole?
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Thursday, November 19, 2009

Gestures I Am Not Upset About

Why are people getting so pissy about this bow? They talk about it as though by bowing, President Obama somehow put us at risk or signaled how weak we are.

Perhaps we would be better off addressing the source of our national insecurity (weak dollar, unpopular wars, petty bi-partisan feuding etc.) rather than suggest we must prop it up with firm handshakes and a stiff upper lip.

Thoughts?

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

A Grassroots Effort *NOT* Conjured Up By FOXNews

Evil

MAJOANNOUNCEMENT!!!

Your God-loving, country-loving Hosers (that would be Turdhurdler and yours truly) are teaming up to establish a National Going Rogue Day! In the short term, we're organizing various "going rogue" events for the benefit of the good ol' U.S. of A. On a parallel track, we're lobbying Congress to establish National Going Rogue Day as a federal holiday. It's long overdue!

So what is National Going Rogue Day, you ask? (Excellent question. Here, have a cookie!)

During National Going Rogue Day, we all take a day off and GO ROGUE for the benefit of our community or country because sometimes, doing things within the rules just isn't effective enough. Here are some examples of how you can participate on National Going Rogue Day:

* A classic: steal from the rich and give to the poor

* Go to a local schoolyard and beat the crap out of the local bully (nevermind he is like 20 years younger than you... he deserves it!). Side benefit: you become the local hero!

* Park yourself outside the local Baskin Robbins for an entire day and refuse entry to anyone who, in your opinion, looks like they could stand to lose a few.

* Tell a hooker that she's a respectable young woman and that Jesus still loves her. (Then punch her in the stomach and steal her heroin so she'll stop killing herself with drugs.)

* Go to the site of Ground Zero and start building something. Anything! With enough people pitching in, I'm sure we can build a huge-ass tower or whatnot just in one day. Screw you, bureaucrats slowing down the process!

These are just a few of the tens of ideas pouring in through our website. Be part of the movement! To join, email turdhurdler.

A Yanker's Unfair Treatment In The Media

Evil

The extremely hot collegiate soccer player, Elizabeth Lambert, is being roughed up by the liberal media. Are we going to put up with this? So what she yanked the ponytail of an opposing playing during a game. Since when did we become a nation of wusses? Since when did our women have to be demure and weak?

Evil will make you an offer, Elizabeth Lambert: come over to my place and you can yank me all you want.

Monday, November 16, 2009

Immature Photo Of The Day


Gesture I'm Not Upset About

Why are people getting so pissy about this bow? They talk about it as though by bowing, President Obama somehow put us at risk or signaled how weak we are.

Perhaps we would be better off addressing the source of our national insecurity (weak dollar, unpopular wars, petty bi-partisan feuding etc.) rather than suggest we must prop it up with firm handshakes and a stiff upper lip.

Thoughts?

Sometimes I Feel Like This Guy

* makes bad decisions

* not liked by anyone

* dresses like a schlub

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Male Fantasy of the Day

Everyone's favorite female golfer (the only one we know by name) had beer poured all over her and loved it. Hotness.

(note to male Hose readers - DO NOT try this at home)

“Just seeing them come out and pour beer all over me, it was a great feeling,” Wie said. “I’ve always seen it on TV and I’ve always wanted people to pour beer on me. It was as great as I thought it was."


Also, she won a golf tournament.



Glee: Show Title Or The Way I Feel When I Watch This Show

This show is so great, they took a song that was ostensibly about masturbation and made into something else entirely. Something much deeper...Ryan Murphy, the show creator, broke down some of the tonal changes the show is developing here.

Such a charming, uplifting show...

Clueless Single Guy Problems

There are several downsides to not being married. Somehow you are often double booked for social occasions, but spend more time alone than you can possibly fathom. Whenever you tell someone something true and honest you run the risk of incurring a "why are you telling me this?" face and so forth. Anyway, I have encountered a totally new and even worse downside. Check out this email:
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With that commitment in mind, we are writing to inform you that the Consumer Product Safety Commission, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and/or the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have announced a voluntary recall of the following item(s) for failure to meet U.S. safety standards.

• Maclaren, USA, Inc. Strollers

Our records indicate that you purchased the above item(s). It is recommended that you stop using this product immediately and follow the manufacturer's directions as outlined on the recall notice, which can be found by clicking here.

For the latest product safety information, we encourage you to visit our dedicated microsite at www.Toysrus.com/Safety. You'll also find tips that were developed in partnership with Safe Kids Worldwide on preventing accidental childhood injuries.

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Who the hell did I buy this for? I have no idea? The truth is, in the last year I felt compelled to buy a baby gift for 6 different people most of whom are actually in my family. I am not sure I can explore this directly, because I only decided midway to standardize the gift on a monetary basis, so its possible the first few gifts varied widely in price and quality. This is horrible.

If I had a wife, I would not have this issue and someone's finger could potentially be spared. Help!



Today is my birthday. Also today, the odometer on the 13-year-old jalopy that I drive every day hit my birthday, 11/15/76! It's a Birthday Miracle!

I'm not sure what the odds of this are. If you assume that the odometer was going to hit 111576 at some point, then the odds that it would happen on a November 15 of some year would be 1/365 = 0.27%. But I think the probability is actually lower, since you have to figure that probability of an old Jeep lasting 13 years and over 100,000 miles is less than 100%, and the probability that it will stay in the same family that entire time is even lower.

Still, I think it's pretty neat.

Happy Birthday, Sparks

If anyone is looking for what to get Sparks for his birthday, I dug up a letter (hand written! No spell check!) said Birthday Boy wrote me in 1994 regarding his music preferences:

"80% of the music that I listen to is alternative. Well, at least I used to think it was alternative until Mtv started calling bands like Pearl Jam and The Breeders alternative. Now I guess I have to say I like underground music. Some of my personal favorites are Ministry, Thrill Kill Kult, Coil, Skinny Puppy, Nine Inch Nails, Tear Garden, and The Legendary Pink Dots...In fact, the only thing I really hope you don't love is R&B. Please don't say that you have R Kelly's new one and everything Shai ever wrote."


Birthday wishes.

Friday, November 13, 2009

Inner Pirate: The Truest Thing I Have Ever Heard

Worthy Of A Congressional Investigation

Evil

ESPN wants Mark McGwire to "come clean" about this alleged steroid use. Well that's all fine and good, but ESPN, aren't you missing a bigger story here? Look at that pic! Look at his salute! OH NO! Now that I think of it, there was a spring training game in 1995 where I saw Mark McGwire smash a home run into straightaway center and instead of trotting around the bases, he goose-stepped around them. I demand an investigation!!!

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Mystery Photo Of The Day

Evil

OK, you guys did too well on the last mystery photo (Gerald Ford)... see if you can guess this one. No clues this time!

Ask Sparks - Facial Hair Edition

Evil

Olympic golden boy Michael Phelps sucked ass at a recent swim meet. Granted, it wasn't a major meet and many of the top swimmers weren't even there, so not winning gold is probably not a huge deal.

But I was confused when I saw the picture of him in the pool... sporting a beard! Now everyone knows how swimmers shave themselves down to look feminine, I mean, to swim faster. Question for Sparks: Is Phelps not shaving his beard a big deal in terms of time-savings in the pool?

Whether it is or it isn't... it just seems to me that he totally doesn't give a crap. How hard is it to pull out a razor a shave your face? Most people do it every single day.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Who Even Is This Guy?!??!

This made me laugh/cry all at the same time.

How do I get Megan Fox to hang out with me in Vegas?

Monday, November 09, 2009

Mad Men Episode 13: Shut the Door, Have a Seat

It all comes to a head in a way we were sort of anticipating but in a way more fun manner than we could have ever hoped for.

Trudy rocks! Betty sucks! and Joan! More Joan!

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Before I get to fun; let's get some perfunctory stuff out of the way. Betty wants to divorce Don and is willing to relocate to Nevada with Henry Francis to make this happen. Don is all like "whatever" then goes nuts when Roger tells him that there is someone named Henry Francis in the mix then he comes about two inches away from beating her before he backs down. Why, you ask? We'll get to that in a minute.

Conrad Hilton summons Don. He tells him that McCann has bought PPL and since Connie was only dealing with SC as an alternative to his primary ad firm (McCann) this pretty much terminates their relationship. Don gets a little snippy and Connie goes all papa bear on him asking him if he is a whiner or a winner - Dick or Don? And then they have sex! No they don't, because Connie is his dad not his boyfriend. I have been confusing this relationship all season. What does that say about me?

This sends Don into a time vortex, where he revisits a memory of his old man quitting a farm collective that is getting screwed. Don resolves to be a winner and runs to Bertram!(?). Bert agrees to try to buy back SC from the Brits. Bert also papa bears Don and demands that he man up and apologize to Roger so he can join their conspiracy. Roger makes Don eat it till he admits that he needs Roger's client management skills, then he gives him some papa bear advice! (Somebody's no where near as a big a hobo as he thinks).

Finally, they approach Pryce with a proposal to buy the firm. He laughs them off, but only sort of, because really he likes these guys way better than he likes St. Johns and the rest of those uppity buggers back in England. Don has another flashback where his father finally relents and takes very little for his crops. Of course on his way to Chicago to get screwed he gets kicked in the head by his horse and dies! Don ain't going out like that. Eat it y'all. When Pryce finds out that St. John is packing him off to McCann as well, he does all the principals the favor of firing them all in exchange for partnership in their new firm.

The rest of the episode is the world's greatest heist movie. Can the fearsome foursome get everyone they want and enough clients to start a business before the Brits can cabosh the whole thing? Of course! Pryce calls a carpeting cleaning holiday on Friday December 13, 1963 so they can get rid of everyone. He then fires the three principals after close of business London time giving them the weekend to run out the back door with everything not nailed down to the floor and anyone who has bothered to innovate anything in the last three seasons.

Peggy - Don assume Peggy will come and she calls BS. She makes him eat it till he admits that she is (1) Good (2) Not simply an extension of his own pathos (3) a big girl now. Hey, is Don building a new family?

Peter - Peter is a total goon and no one likes him but Don is forced to admit to his face that Peter is in some ways more creative (aeronautics, the black market, teens) than the rest of them and if he can show up with 8MM in billings by Sunday he's in! As a partner! I'm glad Peter gets to stay. In my mind, Peter is one of the best developed characters on TV. As an Angel fan, I'm glad Vincent Kartherias is doing so well.

Trudy - Peter is only tolerable because Trudy keeps him on a short leash. When he tries to jerk Don and Roger around she takes control in a way that I, Roger and don all find hysterical. It's clear that Don and Roger would rather have Trudy around than either Peter or their own wives.

Harry - Harry is another innovator from the SC crowd, recognizing the television opportunity ahead of all others. When Bert propositions him he is at a loss about what to do. Evil Bert reappears and offers to stick him in a closet overnight if he doesn't accept. Harry starts grabbing boxes.

As much fun as recruiting this conspiracy is, these goons are useless unless the job calls for boozing, smoking or philandering. They want to steal everything but have no idea where anything is. Roger, recognizing he has both a boner and a need, summons Joan. Joan knows exactly what to do and arrives with movers and a working knowledge of everything they need to take.

By Monday, they are up and running in the Pierre Hotel having stolen about 40MM in annual billings. Don agrees to let Betty go because he no longer needs her. He has lived up to his Hobo Code and walked out of an unappealing situation but he managed to do so while building a new family, one he seems capable of communicating with. That's real growth! Nice job, Don!

This almost felt like a series finale in a lot of ways. I mean Don's arc in my mind has found its logical conclusion. Where do we go from here? A spin off about about a sassy black lady raising two white kids with horrible lisps? Maybe...

Music Video That Makes Me Happy

Aside from being an infectious song, these guys decided to make a video that invokes the opening to #5 on the Hose's official list of the Top 10 Movies of the 90s.

Happy thoughts all around....

Dear Apparel Industry

Why do you use L/G as an abbreviation for large? M works fine for medium. S works fine for small. XL works fine for Extra Large. How about and "L" for large? That should work fine, right?




Creepy Photo Of The Day

Evil


OMG! Click through to see Cubbies legend and 'roiding cheater Sammy Sosa... as a WHITE guy! He's white now. Creeeepy.