Vote for the most annoying celebrities. See how others vote similarly to you.
http://www.amiannoying.com
Here's my list (that I can think of right now):
Carrot Top
Andy Dick
Ellen
PeTA
Monday, September 29, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
Fast and the Furious 5
Hey, you have to admit after tokyo drift, the series is getting weak. Here's a sneak peak at fast and the furious 5.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Mr Roberts Neighborhood
I heard this on the radio today. Good stuff.
Bill Murray is playing a bassist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJTb130GR0E
"Its too early to go to the magic kingdom, I got to drive..."
Bill Murray is playing a bassist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJTb130GR0E
"Its too early to go to the magic kingdom, I got to drive..."
Monday, September 22, 2008
Downhill Skateboarding
This is a link I got from Gene on downhill skateboarding in the Claremont Hills (Berkeley/Oakland). I loved it. Really awesome:
http://vimeo.com/1654340
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
2 Fears
There are 2 things I am scared about while sitting on the toilet...1.) Earthquakes, and 2.) Dieing.
Earthquakes:
In California, earthquakes are historical markers in peoples lives. They come up in repeated conversations years after the event.
David: “I remember the 2008 earthquake, I was giving a dissertation at Stanford on Extrapolating quantum physic’s fluidic motion when it happened."
Me: “Oh really, I was taking a monster chimichanga dump when it happened.”
Death:
David: “Dan died.”
Shirley: “How did he die?”
David: “He died taking a monster dump...”
Shirley: “Awww, just like Elvis.”
Note: Shirley and David are my imaginary characters, they help carry conversations.
Earthquakes:
In California, earthquakes are historical markers in peoples lives. They come up in repeated conversations years after the event.
David: “I remember the 2008 earthquake, I was giving a dissertation at Stanford on Extrapolating quantum physic’s fluidic motion when it happened."
Me: “Oh really, I was taking a monster chimichanga dump when it happened.”
Death:
David: “Dan died.”
Shirley: “How did he die?”
David: “He died taking a monster dump...”
Shirley: “Awww, just like Elvis.”
Note: Shirley and David are my imaginary characters, they help carry conversations.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Ninja Poker
Played some ninja poker this weekend. It was disastrous. WARNING: People get pissed during a game of Ninja Poker
Ninja Poker Rules:
Players: 3-10
Initial deal: Same as Texas Hold 'Em
Play: Same as Texas Hold 'Em, except after the very last round of river betting (but before the showdown/reveal), in the same order as betting, players have a choice to reveal and assign "death cards" to people. Death cards are aces. A death card takes a player out of the game. Once a death card is used/assigned, it cannot be played in the hand. A player that is taken out, cannot return a death card to the person that took them out.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Going through some old stuff.
One of my favorite photographers is Christina Craft: http://www.pbase.com/ccraft
One of my favorite photographers is Christina Craft: http://www.pbase.com/ccraft
How to kill 10 minutes
Make your own southpark character:
http://www.sp-studio.de/sp-studio.swf
Here's mine, I call him little jap-bat-man
http://www.sp-studio.de/sp-studio.swf
Here's mine, I call him little jap-bat-man
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Israel Travel
American performer: Israeli security made me dance
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By JOSEF FEDERMAN, Associated Press Writer Tue Sep 9, 2:27 PM ET
JERUSALEM - A performer with the famed Alvin Ailey dance troupe on Tuesday said he was twice forced to perform steps for Israeli airport security officers to prove his identity before he was permitted to enter the country.
Abdur-Rahim Jackson, an eight-year veteran of the dance ensemble, said he was singled out by Israel's renowned airport security because he has a Muslim name. He called the experience embarrassing and said at one point, one of the officers even suggested he change his name.
"To be greeted like this because of my name, it took me back a little bit," said Jackson, who is black.
Israel is the first stop on a six-nation tour celebrating the New York-based dance company's 50th anniversary. Earlier this year, Congress passed a resolution calling the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater a "vital American cultural ambassador to the world."
Jackson said he was pulled aside from other members of the troupe when they arrived at Israel's international airport on Sunday night. He said he was taken to a holding room, where he was asked about the origins of his name. When he explained he was part of the dance group, he was asked to perform.
"I stood up. I asked what type of dance?" he explained. "He said, "Just do anything.' I just moved around."
Minutes later, he said a female officer put him through a similar interrogation and asked him to dance again.
"The only time I'm really expected to dance is when I'm performing," he said.
Jackson said he received his name because his father was a convert to Islam. Jackson said he was not raised a Muslim, does not consider himself religious and is engaged to a Jewish woman in the troupe who has relatives in Israel.
Jackson said he did not plan to press the matter further, saying the numerous apologies he has received from American dignitaries and his Israeli hosts is "enough for me." The Israel Ports Authority said it had no comment because it did not receive a formal complaint.
The incident was reported in Israel's largest newspaper and on an Israeli television news and interview program. "The security guards should be sent home or (the airport) will become a mental asylum," said Motti Kirshenbaum, a veteran commentator and host of the Channel 10 TV program.
Israel is constantly on the alert for attack because of the Israel-Palestinian conflict and extremist Islamic rejection of the Jewish state's existence. Security is strict at all entry points and inside the country.
Israel is famous for the effectiveness of its airport security. But a key element in its security checks is ethnic profiling. The practice has been criticized by Israeli human rights campaigners as racist because it singles out Arabs for tougher treatment.
Such profiling is illegal in the United States, but Jackson said that the only place he has had the similarly humiliating experience of being forced to dance in the past was at a U.S. airport when he returned from a vacation in the Dominican Republic. He did not say when or where that took place.
Jackson said that since the Israeli airport incident, the reception in Israel has been "amazing."
"We're only here to bring positive light to our lives and the people here," he said, calling the group's multicultural appeal "an amazing bind you can't touch, you can only experience."
=============================================
We have to be careful next time we travel. If you haven't been to Israel, you get a lot of *direct* questions from the airport staff, and last time I was there, they told me that whatever I was doing there, I could do it from home, why should I bother coming..
Airport Officer: "Why are you here?"
Me: "I am a software engineer."
Airport Officer: "Write some code and compile it."
Me: "OK....
#include
void main ()
{
printf ("I love Israel. No strip search...please.\n");
}
Airport Officer: "Not funny....strip search him, then send him to the firing squad."
Me: "Couldn't we do this in the opposite order?"
Airport Officer: "No, shut your mouth funny man!"
=============================================
By JOSEF FEDERMAN, Associated Press Writer Tue Sep 9, 2:27 PM ET
JERUSALEM - A performer with the famed Alvin Ailey dance troupe on Tuesday said he was twice forced to perform steps for Israeli airport security officers to prove his identity before he was permitted to enter the country.
Abdur-Rahim Jackson, an eight-year veteran of the dance ensemble, said he was singled out by Israel's renowned airport security because he has a Muslim name. He called the experience embarrassing and said at one point, one of the officers even suggested he change his name.
"To be greeted like this because of my name, it took me back a little bit," said Jackson, who is black.
Israel is the first stop on a six-nation tour celebrating the New York-based dance company's 50th anniversary. Earlier this year, Congress passed a resolution calling the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater a "vital American cultural ambassador to the world."
Jackson said he was pulled aside from other members of the troupe when they arrived at Israel's international airport on Sunday night. He said he was taken to a holding room, where he was asked about the origins of his name. When he explained he was part of the dance group, he was asked to perform.
"I stood up. I asked what type of dance?" he explained. "He said, "Just do anything.' I just moved around."
Minutes later, he said a female officer put him through a similar interrogation and asked him to dance again.
"The only time I'm really expected to dance is when I'm performing," he said.
Jackson said he received his name because his father was a convert to Islam. Jackson said he was not raised a Muslim, does not consider himself religious and is engaged to a Jewish woman in the troupe who has relatives in Israel.
Jackson said he did not plan to press the matter further, saying the numerous apologies he has received from American dignitaries and his Israeli hosts is "enough for me." The Israel Ports Authority said it had no comment because it did not receive a formal complaint.
The incident was reported in Israel's largest newspaper and on an Israeli television news and interview program. "The security guards should be sent home or (the airport) will become a mental asylum," said Motti Kirshenbaum, a veteran commentator and host of the Channel 10 TV program.
Israel is constantly on the alert for attack because of the Israel-Palestinian conflict and extremist Islamic rejection of the Jewish state's existence. Security is strict at all entry points and inside the country.
Israel is famous for the effectiveness of its airport security. But a key element in its security checks is ethnic profiling. The practice has been criticized by Israeli human rights campaigners as racist because it singles out Arabs for tougher treatment.
Such profiling is illegal in the United States, but Jackson said that the only place he has had the similarly humiliating experience of being forced to dance in the past was at a U.S. airport when he returned from a vacation in the Dominican Republic. He did not say when or where that took place.
Jackson said that since the Israeli airport incident, the reception in Israel has been "amazing."
"We're only here to bring positive light to our lives and the people here," he said, calling the group's multicultural appeal "an amazing bind you can't touch, you can only experience."
=============================================
We have to be careful next time we travel. If you haven't been to Israel, you get a lot of *direct* questions from the airport staff, and last time I was there, they told me that whatever I was doing there, I could do it from home, why should I bother coming..
Airport Officer: "Why are you here?"
Me: "I am a software engineer."
Airport Officer: "Write some code and compile it."
Me: "OK....
#include
void main ()
{
printf ("I love Israel. No strip search...please.\n");
}
Airport Officer: "Not funny....strip search him, then send him to the firing squad."
Me: "Couldn't we do this in the opposite order?"
Airport Officer: "No, shut your mouth funny man!"
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Highway Carnage
I noticed that when I rubber neck accidents, I am no longer looking at the carnage, but instead trying to see what nationality caused the accident. And yes, I am keeping a scorecard, I will give you 1 guess on who is number 1.
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