The Cake was a lie – In 1992!
March 9th, 2010
“The Cake WAS
a lie!” 15 years before the Portal computer game (2007), the “cake”
appeared on the TV show “Twin Peaks” (1992).
Celebrities Die in Groups of Three!!! NOT!!!
June 26th, 2009
Arrrggghhh. The most moronic “meme”, urban legend, myth, or whatever you want to call it, is the “deaths come in three”, or “celebrities die in threes” thing.
Okay, some people state this “fact” as a joke, I get it, and if you’re intelligent enough to know that there is no possible logic that supports this theory, than you are smart enough to realize that it ceased being funny about 37 celebrity trifectas ago.
If you actually find validity in this theory, please go soak yourself in gasoline, and find an ignition source so we may raise the world’s intelligence average by a small amount.
But I must go through this one more time, for the slow and lazy learners out there, just so I can state that I tried to help, but probably failed!
1. For something to be regularly, I.E. REAL, POSSIBLE, DEMONSTRABLE, it has to happen in a FIXED TIME PERIOD. You cannot pick various random time periods, designate random events within each time period, and say they are connected! And you CAN’T CHANGE THE TIME PERIOD AFTER THE FACT, to make your theory work out! You could do that with any factor, to make ANY offbeat theory work.
EXAMPLE (REAL DISCUSSION I’VE HAD):
Person X: Celebs A and B died today, and Celeb C died yesterday. A GROUP OF 3, Who hoo!
Me: Okay, so your time period for the “occurance” is two days then?
Person X: Yea, sure.
Me: So you know that Celeb C actually died THREE DAYS ago, right?
Person X: Okay, than the time period is around a week then.
Me: (sound of me wacking my head on the table for an hour, “thump, thump, thump”)
Ya CAN’T just CHANGE the time period to “make it work”!
The CRITICAL element of proposing that certain things happen in a certain time period, is that the time period NEVER CHANGES!
My “favorite” utilization of this theory is when TWO celebrities die, and then the genius’ of death sit around waiting for the NEXT death, to group it into their set of three. Doesn’t matter how long it takes for the third one to happen, it just gets wrapped into the group of three. First two – same week, last one – end of the month – GROUP OF THREE! I feel stupider just for repeating that.
I propose a NEW “celebrity death grouping” here and now:
WOW! ISN’T IT SPOOKY HOW CELEBRITIES ALWAYS DIE IN GROUPS OF 100?
(I’m going to go with a year or two as my time period, and I also reserve the right to modify my definition of WHO is a a CELEBRITY, in case I don’t hit my 100 mark in the necessary time period).
Really, people, logic, common sense, and a little thinking really is your friend.
FOLLOW UP:
OMG (As the texting fans would say) – Now with the death of pitchman Billy Mays, the less than stellar minds behind the “die in threes” theory, now say that since Billy would make FOUR in a group this week, HE now starts a NEW group, and there are two more to come!
Please people, just sit down and say out loud what you are thinking before you write it down, so you don’ t resemble a total fool.
FIRST: Billy Mays is a commercial spokesperson, with a small amount of noteriety attached, who just THIS YEAR starting working in a documentary television show about his infomercial exploits. He has never been in a notable role in movies, television, or commercial music, so how do you group him with Ed McMahon, Farah Fawcett, and Michael Jackson? I mean really!
NEXT: You’re doing it AGAIN! Regrouping people to fit a theory and an unspecified time period again, disproves your theory from the start!
You need a specific definition of what a “celebrity” is, and a FIXED time period during which these deaths occur.
Please stop wasting time on this silliness, and try some intelligent, critical, logical thinking – it will be a refreshing change of pace!
The Number One (#1) Best Tattoo In The World
June 14th, 2009
Tired of the parade of oriental characters, barb wire, tribal tats, various cartoon characters, and somebody’s dead Grandpa lounge singer? Here’s something you’re not going to see anywhere else, AND its pretty well done, like a nice marker rendering.
This is a “great” tattoo (as far as permanent body disfigurement can be “great”) for two reasons.
- It’s a great tat for Industrial Designers or Illustrators or both, in relation to the subject matter, the famous “Eames Lounge Chair”, an icon of furniture design.
- The shading and texture are well done, though perhaps a bit photo-realistic for “artwork” other than for Duane Hanson fans.
On a related note, remember “magic markers” – more specifically Prismacolors with the two-ended tips, fine on one end, and broad on the other? Fun stuff. I think I might still have a couple from 1985, maybe. Also had Pantone, Staedtler, and Chartpak in there too. Iwould guess that only Anime and Comic Book artists use them anymore, and maybe not even them, who knows?
Smart Cars brand purchased by Little Tikes in multi-million dollar deal
June 12th, 2009
In a surprise announcement today, Little Tikes, the manufacturers of America’s best selling car, purchased the Smart Car brand and tooling from Daimler of Germany.
Little Tikes previewed their first production model, the “Smart for One” in front of a crowd of journalists, preschool teachers, and a defiant looking gang of “little people” bikers.
The first model will be a “hybrid”, able to be driven by either leg power or gravity, being adjusted automatically between the two systems by the size of the hill that one is driving down.
Sales will be conducted by both retail outlets such as Toys “R” Us, and Saturn dealerships, as well as an “outmarket” network of dealers known as Garage Sales and Fleamarkets, where “Certified Pre-Owned” models can be purchased at substantial discounts, depending on the patience of the seller, the weather, and the time of day.
Owner financing will be provided by the banking group known as “The Parents FHC”, with two packages available:
1. “Allowances” – A plan by which weekly monies are given to the owner in exchange for household labor in order to purchase the vehicle.
2. “Gifts” – A plan where one or more relatives donate the vehicle to the owner in exchange for embarassing public displays of affection.
A network of service centers will be set up in the driveway of nearly every home in the United States, consisting of a hammer, a screwdriver, and a bag of the annoying plastic caps that keep popping off of the axles.
Future plans include a “retro” model known as the “Swatchmobile”, and an electric model that for sure will NOT be called “Power Wheels” or anything remotely similar, in order to avoid legal entanglements.