Archive for January, 2010

iPad

Jan 28th

I don’t know if you heard, but Apple announced a new device this week. I know, I was totally distracted by the lead up to the State of the Union too. Of course I’m joking. Apple’s iPad was the most anticipated release since the iPhone or the Segway or my honeymoon. Hey! Don’t get on my case for sex jokes. You can’t go 2 seconds online with out reading the literally hundreds of feminine product jokes out there about the iPad. Which I totally don’t even get because the iPad is shaped nothing like a tampoon. I can’t bring myself to type the actual word so you will have to settle for tampoon or Punky Brewter’s Soleil Tampoon Frye or Erik Estrada as Frank Tamporello from CHiPs. Call me immature, just not to my face.

The big question is “Is the iPad a revolution?” I don’t know. But, I want one. I want one in each room I enter. I want one at Taco Bell with a self order app running. Don’t get me wrong, I like Maria. She and Andres are like my family. I will still say hi to them as I order my food via the app on the iPad hanging on the wall at my local Taco Bell. Some people are iPissed that the iPad is missing key features like Find-Me-A-Mate and Magic Carpet. I am iPissed that I can’t afford one or seven.

Depending on the apps that come along this could be a really useful device for some people and not just once a month like a Snoop Tampy Tamp.

Avatar

Jan 18th

Posted by chris in Did I Hate It?

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I just watched Avatar win the Golden Globe for best Drama of 2009. Was it the best story told on film last year? No. But, which movie did I see twice? Avatar. It’s simply incredible to behold. Don’t worry, I’m not suffering from that post Avatar depression. I like my real life better. Avatar is what they call a game changer. Like the first talkies and Star Wars, etc.

When a movie makes a billion dollars there are bound to be detractors and naysayers and the like. Here’s my response to the people that say Avatar is basically Pocahontas in 3D: I would have seen this film twice if it was actually called Pocahontas 3D!

I’m not naive. I know the story has been told before. I know it’s like Dances with Wolves. I know the Nav’i look like a blue Rocky Dennis, but you know what? Every story has been told before. The trick is to tell the story in a new and interesting way. James Cameron did that with Avatar. And Rocky Dennis was a person with feelings. So shut up, get your $13 out, put your 3D glasses on and enjoy these 10ft tall Methemoglobinemiacs!

I did NOT hate Avatar!

Methemoglobinemia

MLK

Jan 18th

Posted by chris in BlaBla

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From a post on Matthew Paul Turner‘s site…

This document is reprinted in a book called The Words of Martin Luther King, and I thought I’d share the content of the pledge King wrote…

MEDITATE daily on the teachings and life of Jesus
REMEMBER always that the nonviolent movement in Birmingham seeks justice and reconciliation—not victory
WALK and TALK in the manner of love, for God is love.
PRAY daily to be used by God in order that all men might be free.
SACRIFICE personal wishes in order that all men might be free.
OBSERVE with both friend and foe alike the ordinary rules of courtesy
SEEK to perform regular service for others and for the world
REFRAIN from the violence of fist, tongue, or heart
STRIVE to be in good spiritual and bodily health