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Pajiba's Guide to Third-Date Flicks

Orange blogged this. Not entirely sure I agree with all of its conclusions, but it's in the right general direction.

Pajiba's Guide to Third-Date Flicks: "Never underestimate the importance of third dates, folks. Third dates are where long-term determinations are made, where a relationship crystallizes, where you find out if the guy with perfectly mussed hair and a slobber-free kissing ability actually has something under the hood. While first dates test physical attraction, and second dates allow you, in varying degrees, to act upon that attraction, it is the third date where actual personalities are revealed. While first and second dates generally take place in public — restaurants, bars, movie theaters, or (for the luckier) park benches after last call — third dates tend to take shape on living-room couches, accompanied by light spirits, take-out, and DVDs.

Indeed, in many relationships, the figurative “third date” is where each partner presents his or her defining movie, the one film that epitomizes your personality — the piece of pop culture you put out there to reveal your essence, man. "

Origins of "Crazy", possibly?

Jump to the fine Music For Kids Who Can't Read Good to download the original sample for the Gnarls Barkley song 'Crazy'.

Music For Kids Who Can't Read Good: The Evolution of "Crazy": "Origin: You all have heard Gnarles Barkley's 'Crazy' (it's pretty much impossible to get away from at this point), but have you heard 'Nel Cimitero Di Tucson', which is essentially a raw instrumental form of Crazy. Unless you check alot of random world-music blogs (like me) you probably haven't. It seems that Gnarles Barkley heavily sampled the song, which comes from the soundtrack of the film, Preparati la bara! (IMDB link here).

It's very interesting to listen to the original version and be able to hear the progression to it's current chart-topping form, most noticeably the trumpets from the original were replaced with strings for Gnarles Barkley's version, but the bass line stays the same nearly the whole song though.

MP3 Gianfranco Reverberi - Nel Cimitero Di Tucson"

Unthirsty.com a happy hour google mash-up

From my friend Geoffrey Lorenzen

We're pleased to announce the launch of www.unthirsty.com

Unthirsty is a happy hour finder. You can plug in your address and it will provide you with the closest and greatest happy hour options. The information on the site is community driven so you can share your bargain booze tips with the world. Currently the site is focussed on the Portland and Seattle areas but it has the capacity to be a national finder with the input of jolly citizens everywhere. And of course your comments and suggestions are welcomed.

Unthirsty

lazy blogger, exploding dog

motivation level low... waiting for 5... yabba dabba...

i was right
billboard
i don't think it is going to help
never
i will never be as beautiful as you
this is all i got

how much does it cost to be naked?

From wwltv and EDSBS.com:

LSU student who streaked during a football game fined

07:00 AM CDT on Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Associated Press

BATON ROUGE -- An LSU student has learned the cost of stripping naked and running across the field in Tiger Stadium during a football game: $1,624.75.

That's what Bretton Somers was ordered to pay Monday after accepting a plea deal that allowed him to escape a felony rap.

Instead of having to face the charge of obscenity, Somers pleaded guilty to misdemeanor counts of disturbing the peace, resisting an officer and criminal trespass. State District Judge Richard Anderson ordered Somers to pay a $500 fine, $500 to the East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney's Office, $300 to the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office, $200 to the LSU Police Department and $124.75 in court costs.



Anderson also forbid Somers from attending any sporting events at LSU while on probation for a year.

Somers, 33, and his attorney Alex St. Amant declined comment after the hearing.

Prosecutor Tracey Barbera said Somers' actions could not go unpunished.

"The important thing is that he accepted responsibility and he's facing consequences for his actions," Barbera said. "This kind of behavior will not be tolerated."

According to a sheriff's office affidavit, Somers ran onto the LSU field on Sept. 4, 2004 -- a rainy night in Tiger Stadium where thousands of fans gathered for a football game against Oregon State.

Deputies said Somers was extremely intoxicated but Barbera said that does not excuse his actions. The affidavit said that Somers was already naked when he got onto the field in the northwest end of the football field. He then ran toward the middle of the football field and eluded several deputies and officers from LSU and Louisiana State Police.

Police estimated between 80,000 and 90,000 people were in the stadium when Somers ran across the field.

An obscenity charge carries a minimum sentence of six months in jail. First offenders face up to three years and a fine of up to $2,500.

AskOxford: English Uncovered: the hundred commonest English words

Interestingly enough, 'coke', 'mp3', and 'sleeping pill' didn't make the noun list. Nor did 'pornj' on the adjective list.

Ah well. I'll do my part. Last night, I wished I had some coke, but din't (sic). So i drank a bunch of Coke and when I needed to go to sleep, I took a sleeping pill. The whole time, I was listening to mp3s.

AskOxford: English Uncovered: the hundred commonest English words: "Nouns
The commonest nouns are time, person, and year, followed by way and day (month is 40th). The majority of the top 25 nouns (15) are from Old English, and of the remainder most came into medieval English from Old French, and before that from Latin. The exception is group (French, from Italian), which did not appear until the 17th century.
Notice that many of these words are very common because they have more than one meaning: way and part, for example, are listed in this dictionary as having 18 and 16 different meanings respectively. Another reason for a word's high position on the list is that it forms part of many common phrases: most of the frequency of time, for example, comes from adverbial phrases like on time, in time, last time, next time, this time, etc.
1 time
2 person
3 year
4 way
5 day
6 thing
7 man
8 world
9 life
10 hand
11 part
12 child
13 eye
14 woman
15 place
16 work
17 week
18 case
19 point
20 government
21 company
22 number
23 group
24 problem
25 fact "

A Big Budget Anti-Suicide Bombing PSA - Newsweek The War on Iraq - MSNBC.com

zoinks.

A Big Budget Anti-Suicide Bombing PSA - Newsweek The War on Iraq - MSNBC.com: "June 20, 2006 - Remember the egg, the frying pan and the message? 'This is your brain,' the ominous narrator told us before cracking an egg over the sizzling skillet. 'This is your brain on drugs.' Public service announcements have changed a lot since that foreboding culinary lesson. They now include exploding cars, flying Matrix-style stuntmen and exceedingly dire messages like 'Don't Suicide Bomb.' A new, American-made PSA aimed at discouraging these deadly attacks is currently in production. The ad is slated to air as a 60-second spot on Iraqi television this summer."

PostSecret, Father's Day

PostSecret

The Streets - Never Went To Church

Song two.
Crying in my office now.
When I went home for my Dad's 65th birthday, I realized how old he's getting. And that it might be only a few more years I'll have him.

Lauryn Hill - To Zion (Live)

Two songs about parents that can bring a tear to your eye.

Soul Brunch expanded

Soul Brunch expanded
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More of the Sunday joy.



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Soul Brunch expanded

Soul Brunch expanded
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More of the Sunday joy.



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Soul Brunch expanded

Soul Brunch expanded
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More of the Sunday joy.



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Sunday Soul Brunch

Sunday Soul Brunch
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I forget how much I love dancing in the sun with beautiful people sometimes.

Sunday Soul Brunch

Sunday Soul Brunch
Originally uploaded by ideateller.

I forget how much I love dancing in the sun with beautiful people sometimes.

Sunday Soul Brunch

Sunday Soul Brunch
Originally uploaded by ideateller.

I forget how much I love dancing in the sun with beautiful people sometimes.

docter drawing

docter drawing
Originally uploaded by ideateller.

What is wrong with this drawing?

"this little light of mine" explodingdog

"this little light of mine" explodingdog
Originally uploaded by ideateller.

Going a little overboard here. What with the sun and the shine. Hey. That

would be a good band name:



The Sun & The Shine.

this job is so boring

this job is so boring
Originally uploaded by ideateller.

How Brazilian soccer players get their names. By Nick?Schulz

The full article is worth the read, if you're interested.

How Brazilian soccer players get their names. By Nick?Schulz: "Why Ronaldinho Has No Last Name
How Brazilian soccer players get their names.
By Nick Schulz
Posted Saturday, June 10, 2006, at 9:09 AM ET


Download the MP3 audio version of this story here, or sign up for The Explainer's free daily podcast on iTunes.
The World Cup kicked off on Friday, and defending champ Brazil will take the field against Croatia on Tuesday*. The South American squad features FIFA World Player of the Year Ronaldinho, along with stars like Ronaldo, Cafu, and Fred. Why do so many Brazilian soccer players go by one name?
That's the Brazilian convention. Nicknames and first names are used in all settings, no matter the gravity. Brazil's president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, is known to all by his nickname, Lula. Clergymen, doctors, and other professionals are frequently known by an informal name. The phone book for the town of Claudio even lists inhabitants by their nicknames rather than their surnames."

Again! Again! MixCD! MixCD!

Over on the music blog you can find the latest mix cd:

Again! Again! MixCD! MixCD!: "AgainAgain CD 02 - SUMMER!
Finally, I've gotten off of my lazy wino ass and put together a mix for the summer sun. It's a blend of old and new with a surprising world music feel.

As always, please try to limit your downloads to 1 or 2 at a time. It keeps the bandwidth gods happy.

Enjoy."

Fw: Zurich

Fw: Zurich
Originally uploaded by ideateller.

A little taste of what Geoff Rogers imagination thinks happened on my

Switzerland trip.

Jackson Pollock by Miltos Manetas

Paint like Pollock.

Jackson Pollock by Miltos Manetas

Coffee may cut alcohol liver damage - Yahoo! News

Coffee may cut alcohol liver damage - Yahoo! News: "Coffee may cut alcohol liver damage Mon Jun 12, 4:11 PM ET


CHICAGO (Reuters) - Could Irish coffee be the perfect drink?


Researchers reported on Monday that drinking coffee cuts the risk of cirrhosis of the liver from alcohol -- by 22 percent per cup each day -- but they stopped short of saying doctors should prescribe coffee for that reason."

Mondegreen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I'm sure we each have more than a few of our own... Just like the word.

Mondegreen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Mondegreen
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


A mondegreen (also sometimes spelled 'mondagreen') is the mishearing (usually accidental) of a phrase, such that it acquires a new meaning.

The word 'mondegreen' is itself a mondegreen. The American writer Sylvia Wright coined it in an essay 'The Death of Lady Mondegreen', which was published in Harper's Magazine in Nov. 1954. She wrote

When I was a child, my mother used to read aloud to me from Percy's Reliques. One of my favorite poems began, as I remember:

Ye Highlands and ye Lowlands,
Oh, where hae ye been?
They hae slain the Earl Amurray, [sic]
And Lady Mondegreen.

The actual line is 'And laid him on the green', from the anonymous 17th century ballad 'The Bonnie Earl O' Murray'. Wright gives other examples of what she says 'I shall hereafter call mondegreens', such as:

* Surely Good Mrs. Murphy shall follow me all the days of my life ('Surely goodness and mercy…' from Psalm 23)

* the 'wild, strange battle cry Haffely, Gaffely, Gaffely, Gonward.' ('Half a league, half a league,/ Half a league onward,' from 'The Charge of the Light Brigade')

The columnist Jon Carroll of the San Francisco Chronicle has long been a popularizer of the term and a collector of mondegreens. He may have been the chief link between Wright's work and the general popularity of the notion today.

While mondegreens are a common occurrence for children, many adults have their own collection, particularly with regard to popular music.

A popular joke has a child being asked what God's first name is, and he replies, 'Andy.' He gets this name from the hymn In The Garden (a.k.a. 'I Come To The Garden Alone': 'Andy walks with me, Andy talks with me, Andy tells me I am his own...' as opposed to, 'And he walks with me...'

Billy Connolly described several mondegreens he sang in church as a child:

* We will be tootle-ootle den ('We will be true to thee till death' from Faith of our fathers)
* A wean in a manger ('Away in a Manger' using the Scottish word for a baby)"

A sunset, A punk rock hairdo and an imitation stock photograph

A sunset, A punk rock hairdo and an imitation stock photograph
Originally uploaded by ideateller.

Friday evening in 3 more photos.

A sunset, A punk rock hairdo and an imitation stock photograph

A sunset, A punk rock hairdo and an imitation stock photograph
Originally uploaded by ideateller.

Friday evening in 3 more photos.

A sunset, A punk rock hairdo and an imitation stock photograph

A sunset, A punk rock hairdo and an imitation stock photograph
Originally uploaded by ideateller.

Friday evening in 3 more photos.

Venice, Monday morning

Venice, Monday morning
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Friday night in 3 exciting pictures

Friday night in 3 exciting pictures
Originally uploaded by ideateller.

It was a going away happy hour for Leila (this seems to be a weekly

occurrence here at DDB).

Friday night in 3 exciting pictures

Friday night in 3 exciting pictures
Originally uploaded by ideateller.

It was a going away happy hour for Leila (this seems to be a weekly

occurrence here at DDB).

Friday night in 3 exciting pictures

Friday night in 3 exciting pictures
Originally uploaded by ideateller.

It was a going away happy hour for Leila (this seems to be a weekly

occurrence here at DDB).

I'm a lucky man

Played softball last night for the first time in 3 years. Most importantly my back held up.

SWEEEEEEET!

Yaoooowwwww!

I played softball tonight with no complaints from my back!!!!!!!!!!!!

rest of my body is sore as fuck, but no complaints from the back.

Yaooooooooooooooooooooooooow!

yipee.0

yipee.0
Originally uploaded by ideateller.

if you don't go visit PostSecret.com every Sunday, you're missing out.



gorgeous and sad and wonderful.

YouTube - Buddyhead presents:Siskel & Ebert talkin' shit to each other

This is oddly charming.YouTube - Buddyhead presents:Siskel & Ebert talkin' shit to each other

Do gyms breed terrorists? By Brendan?O'Neill

Crikey.

Do gyms breed terrorists? By Brendan?O'Neill: "Killer Workout
Are gyms, not mosques, the main breeding ground for Islamic terrorists?
By Brendan O'Neill
Posted Thursday, June 1, 2006, at 12:20 PM ET



There have been three major terror attacks in the West over the past five years?9/11, the 2004 train bombings in Madrid, and the 7/7 suicide attacks on the London Underground. For all the talk of a radical Islamist conspiracy to topple Western civilization, there are many differences between the men who executed these attacks. The ringleaders of 9/11 were middle-class students; the organizers of the Madrid bombings were mainly immigrants from North Africa; the 7/7 bombers were British citizens, well-liked and respected in their local communities. And interpretations of Islam also varied wildly from one terror cell to another. Mohamed Atta embraced a mystical (and pretty much made-up) version of Islam. For the Madrid attackers, Islam was a kind of comfort blanket. The men behind 7/7 were into community-based Islam, which emphasized being good and resisting a life of decadence."

ArmchairGM - Ten YouTube Vids You Gotta See - All Sports, All You

Off to Orlando for my dad's 65th birthday...

ArmchairGM - Ten YouTube Vids You Gotta See - All Sports, All You