In some “lost footage,” Larry interviews Mr. Deity about some obscure, but seemingly important theological items.
What is the baptism of fire? What did Jesus mean by this statement? In true Mr. Deity style, it turns into a blunder.
The truth behind Jesus’s transport animal where the Jerusalem crowd greeted him with palms and sang to him “Hosanna.”
It’s a good thing God loves the gays. Too bad the Book got beyond his control.
Perez Hilton writes catty little posts about celebs and vandalizes their photos with mean little jokes. This, of course, has pissed them off over the past several years of his blogging, bad hair, and weight fluctuations. Unfortunately, he called Will.I.Am a faggot (publicly, not in writing), which was incredibly stupid, resulting in him getting punched out. Then came the glee fests on Twitter and celebrity backlash towards him. I guess it boils down to how whether people like the victim or not. That I find appalling, because if no one likes you, apparently you deserve it. You are seriously fucked.
Oh, he had it coming. How original. Can you say cliché? It still doesn’t make the assault right.
Last night, Facebook decided to go the Oprah route and hype up it’s new function with all the anticipation leading up to it. Of all days and times, Facebook opens the doors to creating a vanity URL on a Friday night, when people are out and about. In the early 21st century, that’s never an excuse as you can access the web with an iPhone or Crackberry, and if you’re seriously desperate for something more wieldy, a laptop, yours or someone else’s. Last night, at the tWineUp, a someone else offered his laptop for all present to register their vanity URLS. I did it from my iPhone. I finally secured a Shindo* name added on of these sites: http://www.facebook.com/shindo.
I am the Shindo, not ShindoTV. Finally. Well, I’d have to buy Shindo.Com for that to be true, but that would be expensive. Too expensive.
It’s so easy to get caught up in the silliness that is Facebook: the quizzes, the applications, the five favorite things. They can be so engrossing and so distracting. Who can’t resist a Greenpatch or an invitation to get involved in someone’s Mafia Wars? Chris’s post about this trend just seemed reactionary. How could someone not like Easter Eggs? It’s like saying you don’t like Christmas.* Even I get to a point where I’ll see things have become utterly ridiculous, as people can now become a fan of breathing.
I have to admit, I forgot about GeoCities until I saw the news a few days ago. Before Blogger/Blogspot, WordPress, MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter, GeoCities provided a valuable public service – free web presence in the early days. Websites for the masses, which weren’t always the most attractive, even by 1990′s standards. They were fairly easy to create, no HTML required. One could even upload their own HTML files to their account. Whatever the quality of the personal websites (and the information contained within), GeoCities was democratic as it gave many a means for self-expression. They’ve managed to continue after Yahoo acquired them a decade ago, but now they have gone the way of the dinosaur. Yahoo has decided to close down the once ubiquitous web hosting service.
My very first website was on GeoCities. I used the templates at first, but then graduated to uploading my own files created on Pagemill and early Dreamweaver. Once I created a fairly attractive website, the disadvantages were the limited memory space (2 MB in the late 90′s), ads, and the complicated URL. Plus, having a GeoCities address was cheesy, so I eventually moved on. I would later relive some of my mixed feelings about GeoCities when I started my blog on Blogger/Blogspot and created a MySpace profile.
I’m sure I’m not the only user who sought to flee GeoCities the first chance they got. However, I feel some sadness for their closure as it signals the end of an era. No, the era’s long past and now they’re going. Rest in peace, GeoCities.
I’m a fan of wikis and humor sites (whenever they are effectively funny), so I got the best of both worlds when I discovered the Dickipedia. It’s not about anatomy, but it is about people who are considered dicks. You know, the slimy, good-for-nothing, high profile people such as politicians, media people, sports stars, and some others. It’s not a true wiki, so there’s no democratic editing process in the articles. This is good because the entries are much better written than real wikis and are much funnier.
The one person who’s truly deserving of an entry, George W. Bu$h, isn’t featured, but the next best thing is the aptly named Dick Cheney. Another unfortunate thing is that the list is not as comprehensive to reflect the true amount of dicks and douche bags out there; the list is fun to go through, nonetheless. Some very worthy people featured are Condoleezza Rice, Phil McGraw (AKA Dr. Phil), Tom Cruise, Kim Jong-Il, Steve Jobs, and Bernard Madoff (whose name even Charles Dickens couldn’t make up). Some Easter egg entries include then President-Elect Obama and Michelle Obama (who are more dicks by whom they associate with, of course).
For those of you who labor in front of the computer monitor all day, the Dickipedia is perfect for making you look busy, as if you’re doing research. Enjoy.
Warning: some scenes definitely NSFW. Also, a few other scenes not safe for the stomach.
In the past, I’ve had my students watch this movie. It’s a school-friendly documentary and it’s easy to create class discussions and writing assignments based on it. During one class, one student even got into it by bringing some McDonald’s take-out to the viewing. No, he didn’t bring enough for everyone.
I showed the movie in my class several semesters until I got burnt out on it. Now, I pass the joy onto you, on Hulu.Com for your viewing pleasure.
I’ve pointed out in both of my “Gone Phishing” entries that spammers often use the free e-mail services (Hotmail, GMail, etc) instead of having proper company websites. Now, it’s become apparent that they don’t even use company websites. Why do that when you can do Ning.Com? After all, it’s free and not everyone has caught on to it like MySpace.
A few days ago, I got this lovely spam note. It’s good enough to fry, get some rice, and wrap it up with some nori:
Here is the second letter Avril sent me. Like the other one, it’s incredibly verbose with over the top descriptions to show what a great company they are. Also, they have the most bogus name ever, which is apparent from the first line. If S&E is shady, then MS is one giant shadow. I googled them and no MS inc shows up. That’s the commonly accepted abbreviation for Microsoft. They must think their recipient are stupid if they buy that. Here is the letter and more skewering will come later.
From: nellireid34@live.com
Sent: 09 February 2009 19:58:26
To: avril (e-mail withheld)
Dear Sir/Madam,
Thank you for reviewing this letter. We are happy to let you know that MS inc company online recruiting management has chosen your resume at one of the job seeking webpages. You could be a perfect candidacy for the financial department employee position in our company.
My online version of my MFA creative writing afterlife. So much for the afterglow.
