John likes to post videos here, and what better thing to post than the first YouTube clip in a couple of months that made me literally sit stupefied with my mouth open, incredulous that somebody thought this video was a good way of getting people to vote for your favorite candidate.
And what, might you ask, was the last thing that left me agape in cartoon-style shock? The last video that the same guy made.
Note: Please don't watch all of either of these videos as the combined insanity may make your head asplode.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Surprise Me, You Filthy Bastard
Nothing like a little Jeopardy action here on a Friday afternoon. I stumbled across this interesting and completely random interview with Alex Trebek, and couldn't help tossing it up here.
The title for this post is, of course, a reference to the genius SNL Celebrity Jeopardy skits. But while we're at it, why not some further hilarity from Jeopardy wunderkind Kenneth Wayne "Kenny-Boy" Jennings III who won a zillion dollars a few years back.
I love Trebek's response, "Woah! Is that what they teach you in school out in Utah?"
The title for this post is, of course, a reference to the genius SNL Celebrity Jeopardy skits. But while we're at it, why not some further hilarity from Jeopardy wunderkind Kenneth Wayne "Kenny-Boy" Jennings III who won a zillion dollars a few years back.
I love Trebek's response, "Woah! Is that what they teach you in school out in Utah?"
The More You Know!
Did you know there are around 100 uncontacted tribes of people on the Earth still today? To me this is comforting news, and contrary to the trends that I see swirling around me... perhaps this is a very American take on the world. Nonetheless, the BBC has some good coverage of photos taken in fly-overs of one such tribe near the border of Brazil and Peru.
Now, you might be asking yourself about how fair it is to call this group, "uncontacted" when we fly over their shelters taking pictures. In a number of the photos you can clearly see the tribsmen and women looking up at the airplane... and possibly shooting arrows at it (doesn't it look like they're aiming bows of some sort in a couple shots?). The photos were taken by a group that monitors this and other similar tribes to try and protect them from encroachment by the outside world. This group in particular is seen as threatened by illegal logging on nearby lands.
I find this whole story a fascinating one to mull over... the overlaps of modernity and antiquity... groups trying to preserve these tribes and their detachment from our modern world... doing so by flying airplanes over head. Hmm, anyway, I thought it was pretty interesting stuff.
h/t Huffington Post.
Now, you might be asking yourself about how fair it is to call this group, "uncontacted" when we fly over their shelters taking pictures. In a number of the photos you can clearly see the tribsmen and women looking up at the airplane... and possibly shooting arrows at it (doesn't it look like they're aiming bows of some sort in a couple shots?). The photos were taken by a group that monitors this and other similar tribes to try and protect them from encroachment by the outside world. This group in particular is seen as threatened by illegal logging on nearby lands.
I find this whole story a fascinating one to mull over... the overlaps of modernity and antiquity... groups trying to preserve these tribes and their detachment from our modern world... doing so by flying airplanes over head. Hmm, anyway, I thought it was pretty interesting stuff.
h/t Huffington Post.
Starting to Feel Like Summer
I imagine most of my fellow nutmeggers here in CT would agree... May has been a strange weather month. Much like the bizarre warmth of November and December 2007, May has been full of cool breezes and showers up here in the CT. Still, things are looking up. Last night's 8pm softball game was greeted by mid-60's temperatures, perfect for a little running around in the outfield. Scratch that, I was running around like a crazy person in the outfield last night.
The weekend ahead includes a BBQ like last weekend and Philly and other warm-weather related activities, so here we go Summer... your time has come! Yeah.
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