Here is a review of the Sharper Image field sobriety test. It's pretty funny.

The Sushi Pants Story

This is a Google Bomb. Pass it on.

It occurred to me that SiteFinder does not even show up on the first page, let alone at the top, of a Google search for "evil", whereas PowerPoint is number seven. This situation must be rectified. Note that evil is a high mountain to climb; perhaps "most evil" is a better first target. You decide.

Democracy is a beautiful thing.

Evil

Dick Gephardt definately casts a shadow..

It's Dick!

] In a turn of events the 30-year-old characterized as
] "horrifying," Kevin Widmar announced Tuesday that his
] mother Lillian has discovered his weblog.

This one got me laughing out loud..

The Onion | Mom Finds Out About Blog

] Los Angeles, CA - The RIAA announced that they would
] begin a strategy of profits by lawsuit, which should keep
] them a viable business indefinitely.
]
] "It's really a bold new idea that really gets back to the
] roots of the RIAA," said new RIAA Chairman and CEO Mitch
] Bainwol. "We'll no longer be worried about distributing
] music. The file sharers will do that for us, but now
] we'll just make our money from suing them and that's
] really what we're all about."
]
] According to a report by The Inquirer it will take the
] RIAA over 2,000 years to sue every file sharer, which
] confirms the long-term viability of the business model.

BBspot - RIAA Says Future of Music is Suing File Sharers

So lets see here.. I want me a conspiracy theory! Something with Microsoft, Blaster, the Northeast Blackout, Arnold S, Enron, and Bush, all wraped up like a bad Clancy novel.. Give Hillary Clinton a role in it, New York after all, is her chosen territory. Lots of guys with names that start with B, like Blumberg, Bill Richardson, and Bin Laden. And really, the Enron angle has to be played up, noone feels they got enough of that, we all want more.. MORE. Skilling has that same quality to him that all the evil white guys in Jackie Chan movies got.. That _will_ play well on TV.

] There are now 16 versions of the star wars kid video,
] include a Terminator and Matrix version. Enjoy.

Ok, I'm 100% positive I'm tired of the Star Wars Kid stuff now.

But it just damn keeps on going, and going, and going.. So, I have to comment on it.. 16 versions? It brings several completely tangental things to mind..

First off, I feel so bad for this kid. I completely understand why he is trying to stay off the radar. This isn't exactly the kinda fame that anyone wishes for. I could see potental for something really bad happening, like this kid committing suicide or something. It wouldn't suprise me. Ya' wonder how the guy is taking all this? I hope he has a serious sense humor, or he is fucked..

Second. This site, jedimaster.net, might be interesting to keep an eye on. The cabal of blood sucking lawyers over at Lucas have a bad record for going after _anyone_ who so much as touches one of their trademarks in a domain name in a way that dosen't sell toys or something. So.. Er. Whatever.

Third. All these video files are small enough to be within that range where (lame) people would feel "ok" emailing them around the office.. I immagine there are many poor corporate IT guys that look just like older versions of this kid, all with overloaded Exchange servers pushing around emails containing the various 16 remixes of this slop..

Fourth. I recently finished reading Pattern Recognition. If you read that book, this amuses you more. Real life sucks. When mysterious film footage surfaces on the net and spawns a cult following, its just not as cool. You don't get weird Russan mob twins and cool hunter, you get a fat kid in Canada and a bunch of bloggers.

Fifth. This is an amusing example of how "art" in the public domain can breed very spontanious and unexpected forms of creative expression. We have some raw footage, that for some mostly inexplicable reason, touches people. Boom! 16 different derivative works based on it appear in "Internet Time". It could be argued that due to the void of "art" that both inspires, and is free to use, we are forced to endure the likes of Star Wars Kid for lack of something better to serve as a muse/source for the new technology empowered video artist type people.. There are clearly a lot of them, enough to make 16 versions of Star Wars Kid in a very short period of time. Farking remix culture..

Just watch.. Lucas decides to start going after all the people distributing the films because of its trademark, causing a bad reaction from its cult following.. The mortified Ghyslain will come out and say he supports what Lucas is doing. The cult will go rabid, and turn on him. This will push him over the edge and he will commit suicide.. The Paypal fund will be used to bury him and build a memorial.. Gibson will comment on his blog that he never saw this coming, and as a side note, that he wishes he thought about Paypal at some point when writing Pattern Recognition.. It will never end.. "All your star wars kid are belong to us" will become the biggest, and most email distributed net-meme ever, surpassing the Star Wars Kid Memorial Project videos. All this will cause me to move to a place with no Internet or computers..

All your star wars kid are belong to us

When icons go bad...

Icon War

] Seeking to broaden the customer base of the popular drug,
] Pfizer announced the launch of a $40 million "Zoloft For
] Everything" advertising campaign Monday.
]
] "Zoloft is most commonly prescribed for the treatment of
] depression and anxiety disorders, but it would be
] ridiculous to limit such a multi-functional drug to these
] few uses," Pfizer spokesman Jon Pugh said. "We feel
] doctors need to stop asking their patients if anything is
] wrong and start asking if anything could be more right."

The Onion | Pfizer Launches 'Zoloft For Everything' Ad Campaign

] Recent results from the standardized Perl Fluency Test
] showed that 99.99% of US high school seniors can't read
] Perl. This disturbing statistic shows that American
] students are painfully unprepared for life after
] graduation.
]
] "This shows that there is a real need for a Perl Monk in
] every classroom," said Perl Monk Kelly Adrity. "We've
] got computers in every classroom, now we need our kids to
] be able to use them, and what better way to learn about
] computers than to learn how to read and write in Perl.
] I'm glad the budget proposed by President Bush sets aside
] millions for Perl Monks. America will lead the way in
] Perl literacy."

] Not everyone shared Mr. Chen's view about the necessity
] of adding Perl to early elementary curricula.
] Programmers Against Perl (PAP) spokesperson, Keith
] Willingham said, "There's no better way to scare students
] away from computers than exposing them to Perl. Even
] experienced programmers are frightened and confused by
] it. The Perl lobby is just getting too powerful, and
] they need to be stopped."

Stopped? We can't be stopped.. Haha..

99.99% of High School Seniors Can't Read Perl