Elizabeth Robbins Will Not Be Denied

The following comments were left on my Instant Messenger this evening from the High Roller herself...

mr. ham, for some reason i am unable to comment on your blog, but i remain a faithful reader
i shall now IM you the comments i'd like to make
1) Excellent use of Frankenstein. I sent that out to people at work but nobody got it.
2) the computer generated asian girl frightens me - she looks real. will cloning happen now? if so, i'd like to clone myself.
3) Martin Scorsese is incredibly short. but incredibly talented.
and 4) you better believe i wished everyone a happy liz taylor's birthday yesterday
the woman is a legend.
not so fast.
these have always brought me luck.

I Never Forget A Woman In Diamonds

Happy 75th Birthday to Dame Elizabeth Taylor.

Beauty and elegance have never been more clearly defined.

FINALLY!

Food For Thought

If you consider that there has been an average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq Theater of operations during the last 22 months, and a total of 2112 deaths, that gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000.

The firearms death rate in Washington D.C. is 80.6 per 100,000.

That means that you are about 25% more likely to be shot and killed in our Nation's Capitol, which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the nation, than you are in Iraq.

Conclusion: We should immediately pull out of Washington D.C.

(from dysan.net)

How To Kill A Brand

I certainly haven't been shy about expressing my feelings toward the abomination known as the Playstation 3 but someone has certainly kicked it up several notches by producing this song/video that highlights Sony's many mis-steps on their journey of self-destruction. This is actually very well done. Watch now!

3D Rendered Wow

Want to see the future of computer generated people? This gal isn't real!

I Need A Hacksaw!

Rawson and I agree that Jack Bauer would love living in outer space because in space, no one can hear you scream.

Bono Is A Tool

I'd like to think this actually happened...

Bono is at a U2 concert in Halifax, Nova Scotia, when he asks the audience for some quiet. Then, in the silence, he starts to slowly clap his hands.

He says into the microphone, in a deep solemn voice ….

“Just for a moment, think outside yourself … outside this arena. Every time I clap my hands, a child in Africa dies.”

A loud Newfy voice from near the front pierces the moment …

“Well, Lard tunderin jasus, ya stupid arse, stop yer fockin’ clappin’, then!”

Science Vs. Faith

(you'll want to click on this to get a better look at it)

This One's For Cookie

Bill's Got Your Number, America

Quote of the Day courtesy of Bill Maher:

"In America, when a man puts something in another man it had better be a bullet."

Arnold Is Cumming Day And Night

Brent shared this clip with me today. There's not a lot that needs to be said, just watch...

Tim Hardaway Doesn't Like Me [Update]

(this is an excerpt from a post I found on cbs4.com.)

Former Miami Heat superstar Tim Hardaway told a local sports radio show that he "hates gay people," and he's gotten a lot of peoples' attention especially in South Florida.

Hardaway made the comments while he was being interviewed by Dan Le Batard on 790 the Ticket Wednesday afternoon.

The five time All Star was asked how he would deal with a gay teammate.

"First of all I wouldn't want him on my team," said Hardaway. "Second of all, if he was on my team I would really distance myself from him because I don't think that's right and I don't think he should be in the locker room when we're in the locker room."

Le Batard took Hardaway to task, pointing out that his comments were 'flatly homophobic' and bigoted, but that only seemed to stir up the former point guard.

"Well, you know, I hate gay people," Hardaway said in response to Le Batard. "I let it be known I don't like gay people. I don't like to be around gay people. I'm homophobic. It shouldn't be in the world, in the United States, I don't like it."

Hardaway spoke to CBS4's Sports Director Jim Berry Wednesday evening saying, "I don't condone it. If people got problems with that, i'm sorry. I'm saying i can't stand being around that person, knowing that they sleep with somebody of the same sex."

Hardaway's comments come on the heels of a groundbreaking revelation made by former player John Amaechi, who became the first professional basketball player to openly identify himself as gay.


But he still expects me not to hate him because he's black, right?

[update] And now George Takei's heartfelt rebuttal:

Good one, Mr. Takei.

Happy Frankenstein's Day To All!

Digit Designs

Rawson linked me to a guy who transforms people's hands into animal heads. They really are quite amazing. Click on the picture below for more of them.

Simpsons BSG

These are pretty funny if you follow the show...

Impotent Folks Should Die Alone

I refuse to believe this is being taken seriously by anyone. Such a ridiculous law would be detrimental to everyone, gay or straight.

A new initiative is turning heads around the state of Washington as the gay-marriage debate heats up again. A bill has been introduced that would allow only couples capable of having kids to marry, and require that they file "proof of procreation" within three years of the marriage. If the couple fails to have a child in time, the marriage would be annulled.

(from KNDO.com)

How Awkward

This was an unfortunate time for a pop-up ad...