:: cykopath :: ramblings ::

Pointing… Looking awesome

xian — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:26:40 +0000

So, the guy from everydayshouldbesaturday also works for the Sporting News. For some reason, the Sporting News decided to send a college football blogger to the MLB All-Star game. The guy, Spencer Hall, also has a thing about pictures of people pointing at the camera: it makes them look awesome.

Case in point, Auburn’s head football coach, Tommy Tubberville (from Sporting News):

More examples of awesome if you click on the picture (look for the ‘here’ links).

This post began as an email to a Yankees fan I know. The All-Star game was held at Yankee Stadium this year as a send off to the old place before it’s put out to pasture via demolition. It’s interesting that a guy who wrote this also wrote this after getting to do this (also from Sporting News):

Animal Review

xian — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:47:55 +0000

Wow… Education *can* be fun. In the mock-serious vein of Stuff White People Like, Animal Review grades various animals. Both are fairly genius in that there are so many different kinds of animals, and thanks to the never ending stream of mindless trends, White People will always have something to like and more importantly be mocked for liking. (Don’t even get me started on the lack of competing ethnic likes blogs… Oh, wait.)

I began with the Ladybug (the most recent post as of today) and thought it was good enough to finish and read on to the next post. I was sold when, while reading about the Wholpin, I came upon this gem:

And if you�re confused as to what a false killer whale is, don�t beat yourself up: they�re not very well studied, but basically false killer whales are like regular killer whales in that they both eat other whales, but false killer whales are actually members of the dolphin family, and sort of resemble massive, dark dolphins that have lots of sharp teeth. They�re kind of like what Venom is to Spiderman.

What ever happened to humor?

xian — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:24:48 +0000

For some reason, one theme I always associated with the gay ‘movement’ was, “Lighten up.” A notion that their being homosexual isn’t as big a deal as some make it out to be. I always thought much of the flamboyance on display in most gay pride parades was a sort of tongue-in-cheek backlash against those who see such behavior as immoral. This is why I have a hard problem understanding the negative response to this ad:

Seriously, this is homophobic? This can’t be funny because some people might enjoy having a guy’s sweaty crotch rammed in his face hard enough to make him fall backwards? Or is it the simple image of a guy’s face in another guy’s crotch that isn’t allowed to be funny? Either way, Nike pulled the ad rather than tell some overly-sensitive sissies to grow up and get over themselves.

BEARS!

xian — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:00:18 +0000

In the interest of continuing the long(ish) tradition of my not actually posting original content on this blog, I bring you this:

You’re welcome.

The moon’s relationship to the Earth explained

xian — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:50:18 +0000

Yeah, a butthole.

ShareThis

Sporting News: Blogger + Pro Athlete Workout = Vomit!

xian — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:39:25 +0000

The guy who writes EDSBS (where I get my daily college football fix) also blogs for the Sporting News, and he was recently at D1 sports in Tennessee to see how he stacks up against college and pro athletes. The obvious answer is “poorly”, but just how poorly is what he wanted to measure. He wound up somewhere around here:

Be sure to watch the videos… and like most movies today, stay for through the credits.

Stuck in my head…

xian — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:46:47 +0000

Like just about everybody in the world, I am unique in that I often get a song stuck in my head. See what I did there? Everybody’s unique, baby! Anyway, I thought I would share the songs that are stuck in my head with folks. This serves two purposes:

Rather than posting actual content that people might find interesting/thought-provoking/funny/comment-inducing, I can just do this and call it content! SCORE!
There’s the more-likely-than-not chance that it will get stuck the head of anyone reading. Not exactly evil, but not exactly nice depending on the song. Sometimes Chumbawumba gets stuck in there and I just have to roll with it.

I may eventually put this over on one of the side bars, but for now:

If you own a shirt like this…

xian — Thu, 29 May 2008 18:07:08 +0000

… you might be a racist embarrassment to your country. Wonkette

ShareThis

Stars of CCTV

xian — Wed, 21 May 2008 00:38:05 +0000

I haven’t listened to Hard-Fi in awhile, but their last CD was called “Stars of CCTV” and it’s pretty good. Unfortunately, this band, The Get Out Clause have proven Hard-Fi completely wrong:

Gizmodo has a good write-up on how it was all done. The short version is that freedom of information can be a beautiful thing.

Yes, I’m aware this is becoming a “things on YouTube I thought were cool” kind of site. Bet you never thought you would find yourself wishing I went back to bitching about the RIAA and DRM!

Embarrassing a friend

xian — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:55:03 +0000

It’s what us guys do to one another. It comes with the Y-chromosome. For Clay:

I’ve seen this kind of thing before, and I always think the same thing. If I were a musician and lost a bet like this, I would play this nice long solo and at the end sing in a long, high-pitched, drawn out tribute to Hank Williams at his drunkest, “You won, I lost. You’re welcome.”

While on the YouTube kick, this is one of the best things I’ve ever seen on YouTube.