Why the XFL sucks
Jesse “the Body” or Jesse “the Governor”?Speaking of vile things, I have found Minnesota Public Radio’s The Body’s Politics: The Ventura Collection a very useful and even humorous tool in my ever-so recent attempt at getting to the core of our Governor. I still haven’t really figured him out yet. Maybe you have. I would love your feedback. In any case, the site provides us with his latest offering. ‘Ventura on Midday’. Mr. Ventura appeared on MPR’s show ‘Midday’ on March 7, 2001. Click here for a slideshow and listen to him [realaudio].
The McSweenifier
Making your writing look better than it is. The cool people at crummy.com have formulated ‘a method for formatting arbitrary text in the style of the popular internet journal M C S W E E N E Y ‘S’. My favorite article so far is “The True Adventures of Jon Bon Jovi, Chapter One: Meeting the Bonge” Ha. For more fun stuff by these guys, go here
That’s the BOMB
Courtesy of geeklife, who in turn got this link from Badassmofo. PBS’s website has a cool tool to estimate the severity of damage that a nuclear bomb would impact on a given area. Pretty neat, I’d say.
Puffy Gets off
I saw the video clip on MSNBC.com and I can’t help but note how he seems so releived in the shots taken with him and Johnny Cochran. Wonder why? The link to the article is above. (MSNBC likes to play games with how these links show up in my entries, sometimes they show up, sometimes they don’t)
Eminem to have bio-movie soon
The film in the works, to be produced by Brian Grazer of “The Nutty Professor” and “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” fame, told Access Hollywood that he’d cast Eminem in a film inspired by the rapper’s own life and is said it will be much like “Purple Rain”, giving a glimpse of Eminem’s life. Access Hollywood comments that it’s “Probably not a good first-date movie”.
Tell me how to get to Sesame Street
The dirt on all your fave muppets. Catch tonight’s A&E Biography Close-Up: Sesame Street (8 p.m.). Reader Bonus: Did you know where Bert & Ernie got their names? That’s right, their characters were inspired by Bert and Ernie, the cop and the taxi driver from Frank Capra’s holiday classic, “It’s A Wonderful Life”, starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed (that’s an OLD bit of trivia).
Lordy, Lordy, Look who’s 40…
Ken doll, this is your life! Salon.com does him up right. See him through the ages of fashion and style, from the crew cut to painted on plastic hair. From bony to brawny and anatomically correct he was given a bump. The day lee misadventures proudly gives Ken Doll the Stedman Graham acheivement award for, as with Mr. Graham and Oprah Winfrey, his years of service with no real committment, to his gal pal, Barbie Doll (except, in Barbie’s case, hadn’t she donned a wedding gown many times in the last 40 years in preparation for nuptuals, but the two were never actually were proclaimed husband and wife?)
Britney Spears succumbs to the Pepsi pop star challenge
Last month she signed a marketing deal with Pepsi to promote the company’s soft drink. Terms of the contract were not disclosed but I caught Access Hollywood’s ‘behind the scenes’ look at the video shoot and I can only say that it is pretty perky and va va voomy for a soda commerical. They say there is to be a surprise guest in the ad as well…oooh, can we hardly wait? Brit is also said to have a book in the works? Egads.
Steven Seagal has another movie. God help us all. “Exit Wounds” is due out soon, which also features rapper-turned-wannabe-actor DMX. Regarding his role in the movie, Seagal was quoted on Access Hollywood as saying: “This is the first time I played a human being…er, well I don’t know about that, but I felt human doing it” er, ok Steven.