"Murphy was an optimist!"
Climbing Mount Everest is so yesterday June 20, 2007 7:34 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Announcements, Environment, Of Interest, Touchy SubjectsIn four months you can drive Mount Everest.
add a commentGive someone the shirt off your back June 19, 2007 2:21 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Announcements, Bargains, Cathy, Of Interest
…then buy a new one! Come on. You know you want one!
add a commentAll proceeds go toward financing Doug’s vasectomy! -Cathy
Knoxville’s 7.7 mag earthquake hit today! Did you feel it? June 19, 2007 12:24 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Announcements, Daily Life, Environment, Of Interest, Touchy SubjectsSeriously, we had an earthquake (drill) today. See also and details of the drill.
add a commentWhat’s a decimeter? June 19, 2007 6:08 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Economy, Of Interest, Politics, Technology, Touchy Subjects, World PoliticsAnyone see anything significant about the eastern most country that has not yet adopted the metric system?
add a commentGuys like bodily noises June 18, 2007 1:45 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Humor, Of Interest, Publishing, Video…And guys like sexy women. So what do get when you combine the two? A Holly Valarse remix that’s a gas!
1 comment so farI can’t stop watching! June 14, 2007 10:04 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Humor, News, Of Interest, Philosophy, Publishing, VideoThis made me laugh so hard today! I have watched it over and over and over. Tommy Chong! You’re my hero!
Jazz from Hell has some additional words and the original MSNBC interview with Contessa Brewer regarding Paris Hilton to put this in perspective.
Update: For those who have’t watched the original MSNBC interview, Colbert’s very direct question to Chong is mocking Brewer.
3commentsGreat Addition to Boston Legal Cast June 14, 2007 2:04 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Boston Legal, Of Interest, TV / MoviesThere had better be Night Court references! WWASD.
2commentsTwo points! June 14, 2007 11:56 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Humor, Of InterestInnovative Use of Technology June 14, 2007 11:40 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Interest, TechnologyUpdate: See also how text messaging saved a life.
add a commentA couple of HEHs June 11, 2007 8:33 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Cool Sites, Humor, Of Interest, PhilosophyWell, this about describes me (via Jon). And Les just nailed it! (a must read!)
Btw, with apologies to The Blogfather, I despise HEH. It has bothered me since the first time I ever saw it used in a chatroom (which was probably IRC circa 1988). Dictionary.com gives it a definition of "a half laugh" but I have always read HEH as bemusement but almost a disrespectful, laugh of obligation like "ok, you made the effort to say it so I’ll make an effort to acknowledge you." The two links above deserve much more than a HEH!
1 comment so farAnd then there was Blogfest! June 10, 2007 1:37 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Blog, Daily Life, Of Interest, PublishingThey gathered, and there was much posting!
Cathy felt I needed an opportunity to socialize with other bloggers without chasing Evan around.
He chatted with strangers trying to enjoy their meal with the exception of the older gentleman and his
daughterco-workerdateescorthooker which is regretful because that could have been a fun conversation, “pardon my son for interrupting your, uh, uh, thang. So, do you measure those heals with a yard stick?” [Source]
Tommy decided to join me on the promise that he would get to play some pool. The downside of letting me go by myself was that Cathy was not around to keep me in line..ahem!..Sorry about the shiny head jokes guys. It just came to me in a flash. This blogfest promised to be interesting as I really could put name to face and I would be able to talk without that "where’s the toddler" twitch. Rich assures me that Evan is great at the events and that I need to worry about him less. The first Blogfest we attended has a sense of apprehension to it. I mean, we all knew other and simultaneously knew nothing of each other.
we all read each other so…is there really anything to talk about? "Um..Post #1345." "Ha! That was great. I responded in comment #12768." "Read it! Excellent retort! Did you catch the Youtube video on that?" "Covered it in post #4491." Silence. "Check please." [Source]
The second Blogfest was more natural but faces and names were still coming together.
When people from the online world meet for the first time, the experience is unnerving, fascinating, and enlightening for these online people have shared stories and know of each other intimately but are always surprised to find that often the person they "know" online is not the same as the person in real life. [Source]
The attendees at this third Blogfest were Mushy’s Moochings (who’s review has much clearer pictures than my cell phone pictures above), Shots Across the Bow, LissaKay (she impressed me with her semantics), The Kat House (also great pictures in her review), Blogitude (another great picture..beginning to think the camera phone isn’t sufficient!), No Silence Here with Knoxville’s youngest blogger – Mckinley, Les Jones, and Tommy (picture above at the pool table).
The turnout was a little smaller than previous events. I hope that is because of the summer and not partisan politics, or a mistaken thought that we like each other better in print than in person. The event really was fun! Several of the bloggers even tracked down one missing blogger (Barry of Inn of the Last Home) to hear him play at the Eagle’s Lodge. Unfortunately, I had kept Tommy from World of Warcraft too long and had to skip the Eagle’s Lodge to treat his withdrawal symptoms. See you guys next time!
Side note, we did have a couple of baseball players try to join our conversation ala Jon Stewart’s giant head of Brian Williams but we mostly ignored them.
10commentsListen to those books June 8, 2007 10:12 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Book / Magazine, Education, Health, Mental, Of Interest, PublishingDon’t have time to read? SimplyAudioBooks.com has a few free audiobooks to try out. Naturally, this is to encourage you to join their monthly subscription but even if you don’t join you can listen to some good works.
1 comment so farFree rootbeer floats 8-midnight June 7, 2007 12:58 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Announcements, Bargains, Of InterestSee you guys at Sonic tonight! Free root beer floats from 8 until midnight! (June 7 only) Thanks KristyK!
1 comment so farReminder, 7.7 earth quake to hit Knoxville this month! June 7, 2007 12:24 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Announcements, Environment, Of Interest, Touchy SubjectsOn June 19, Knoxville will be hit with a 34 second earth quake registering 7.7 magnitude on the Richter scale. How do I know?
Btw, that first link has juicy information including a map of recent earthquake activity and a link to previous references regarding the New Madrid.
1 comment so farThe Funniest Thing Said and You Missed It! June 6, 2007 11:28 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Humor, Of Interest, Philosophy, Publishing, VideoLast night Jon Stewart brought it home. He nailed it for me last night. I laughed until I cried. It was so subtle. Did you catch it?
Paul Rudd, "I have a feeling that in the entire history of Comedy Central I’m the first person that’s ever said ‘pump out a Rene Auberjonois‘"
Jon Stewart, "There’s actually uh Carlos Mencia does it as a recurring bit."
Paul Rudd, "I knew I’d heard it before!"
So why’s it so funny? Read this exceptional article, Take the Funny and Run in full to really understand the joke. For those that don’t want to click over, here’s the brief:
Rogan, who refers to Mencia as "Carlos Menstealia," claims it’s common knowledge among his fellow funny men that Mencia takes bits from other comics and performs them as his own. [Source]
5commentsAnyone who has ever performed stand-up is familiar with the red light, the universal signal that warns dawdlers it’s time to wrap things up. In the ’80s, comics at the Hollywood Improv came up with a novel use for the light. When shining steadily, it had the conventional meaning. But if the bulb began sputtering, it was the comedic equivalent of an air-raid siren, warning performers to lock up their original material immediately unless they wanted to lose it to a master thief.
Robin Williams, comedy’s most notorious joke rustler, was in the house.
…the famed Comedy Store in Los Angeles has even instituted a Mencia early-detection signal similar to the Improv’s for Williams, though considerably less high-tech. "Every time he walks in, the guys in the cover booth just start yelling ‘Mencia’s here!’"
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