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Archive for January, 2008

Cheeseburger in a can

I don’t know how they did it. I don’t know why they did it. I don’t know who did it. What I want to know is: who will eat a cheeseburger in a can? See it here. Sound off in the comments.

Addendum: Of course, it had something to do with the Germans.

By Matt on Thursday, January 31st, 2008 at 3:13 pm | General | No Comments »

Asshatery!

What do you do when someone says hi to you on the street and you don’t know them?

Think to self: You are such a douchebag. Don’t every talk to me you homeless piece of donkey shit.

Say: “Hi.”

Do: Punch that fucking asshat in the face and kick him while he’s down.

By Heath on Thursday, January 31st, 2008 at 11:45 am | General | No Comments »

Some e-cards - the greatest e-card website of them all!

In an internet world populated by a trillion (best estimate) e-card websites, how do you know where to lay your loyalties? I mean, most of the sites suck, and suck bad. Still others charge almost as much as a boring paper card and the other, so-called “free” sites have the most worthless stock I’ve ever seen! (As you can see, I’ve been debating this for quite some time.)

Well, the search is over, friends. Look no more. It’s here, the greatest e-card website of them all: Some e-cards.

I wont’ go into too many details about the site and let it speak for itself, but here are some highlights:

  1. It’s free.
  2. It’s hilarious.
  3. Tons of cards to choose from for just about every occasion imaginable.

Granted, most of the cards are laden with satirical humor, but that shouldn’t stop you from perusing their archives. And, just to show you how serious I am, here are three of my favorites, in no particular order:

 


Damn that’s good. Enjoy, send me a card if you feel the need, and good luck to ya.

Ciao.

By Robby on Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 at 1:31 pm | General | No Comments »

NKOTB! NKOTB! NKOTB!

Listen up everybody if you wanna take a chance.

Wow, courtesy of Yahoo, something special for y’all. A bit of a throwback, really. You ready?

I hope so.

New Kids on the Block are making a comeback.

Or so it seems. Per the article:

The band’s official Website, www.nkotb.com, is, after a long period of dormancy, once again up and running and imploring fans to keep hanging tough for a forthcoming announcement. That announcement, per People, is that Jordan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, Jonathan Knight and Danny Wood will be making like the Spice Girls and relaunching their once chart-dominating act.

Yes! When I was in fifth grade I used to wish that at recess I had the super power to physically morph into any one of the New Kids on the Block and that I would become irresistible to the girls and while this may never happen, it now it looks like at the very least I’ll get to see them gyrate and move like it’s 1989 all over again.

Granted, this is a bit of a backslide for the likes of Wahlberg who has actually gone on to be a fairly reputable actor in his own right. The others, sure, I can understand, I mean…what the hell have they done since? A few gigs here and there, maybe a solo album no one listened to ever (I’m talking to you, McIntyre), but that’s it. Well, the almight singsong of the dollar beckons, I suppose.

Anyway, stay tuned for the announcement, which should very soon. As for me, I’ll be waiting with my checkbook ready and I don’t believe there’s a number too high for this kind of nostalgia.

Sing it with me: Hangin tough, hangin tough, hangin tough.

Ciao.

By Robby on Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 at 11:32 am | General | No Comments »

Oh, how nifty! Lego bricks turn fifty!

You like that rhyme? Of course you do. That’s all me, baby. Copyright right here! So don’t you dare think of stealing it for the next “over-the-hill” themed party you attend. Not cool, I say!

But for real, I love Legos. Like a lot. My most treasured toys from childhood, besides TMNT and GI Joe action figures, were of course anything made from Lego bricks. In fact, my little brother and I used to have building competitions. We’d name something, like helicopter, and see whose was better and one-hundred percent of the time it ended in one of us being upset and both our concoctions being decimated in a fit of awkward pre-teenage angst.

Ah, yes. Memories.

Lego’s website has a whole new slew of products commemorating their milestone anniversary. I mean, what better way to wish birthday salutations to the most famous brickmaster of them all than with this little gem:


(Wait, a Spongebob Squarepants Lego scene for only $19.99! Yes! Go, buy!)

Anyway, Lego today seems to be more popular than ever. It’s being made into fine art, there are contests aplenty between online communities, and then there are the blogs celebrating the plastic building block. Brother’s Brick, for instance, is perhaps the greatest (and geekiest) Lego-related blog ever known to man. Period.

What sort of Lego stories do you have from your childhood? Still play with them? I think,that Lego bricks have made our dreams possible in a world where prejudice and racism and sexism disappear when you snap together the last piece of a poorly-constructed version of your 1984 Chrysler New Yorker that you think is just “wicked.”

But damn-it-all, I still can’t find any of those little one-piece bricks!

Ciao.

By Robby on Monday, January 28th, 2008 at 12:53 pm | General | 1 Comment »

Jacksontown, episode 5

Oh boy, oh boy! A brand new (actually, it was written months ago and is just now being published) Jacksontown script!

And what befalls our rogue band of heroes this time out?

Synopsis: The annual Jacksontown Muster itches Rob in all the right places as he and Jeff go on a quest to prove once and for all that the Civil War was the sexiest war of them all.

Excited?! Can you feel the electricity?! Click on the scripts link to the right or here for direct access.

Ciao.

By Robby on Thursday, January 24th, 2008 at 3:55 pm | General | No Comments »