A BREASH OF FRETH AIR

a breash of freth air

GOOD BYE FUNNY MAN

R.I.P. George Carlin.
You formed my entire sarcastic analytical outlook on life.
Your albums got worn smooth from repeated plays over and over.
I met you in an elevator in the 4 Seasons Toronto 18 yrs ago and was dumbfounded as you were standing there with a little white dog that you'd think you'd do a routine about.
I didn't know what to say to you, it was just me, you and the dog in a long elevator ride down.
I instinctively said "Hey, that's a pretty mellow dog."
You said "He's a very well adjusted dog."
Then I waited, not wanting to be another gushing fanboy, til just before the elevator doors opened and looked him in the eyes and said, "Mr. Carlin, I just want to thank you for all the work you've done, I've been a huge fan of yours almost my entire life."

He said "Well thank you very much".

And away we went on our separate ways.

I'm punching out now....

GD

IT'S A MAN-BABY!

Inspired from the site:
http://www.manbabies.com/

THE PATS CHEATED??? AGAINST THE JETS????

Sorry gang, I usually don't do the sports related posts, but after reading this morning's news about the Patriots being caught videotaping the Jets defensive signals - something they have been caught doing before, I just couln't resist. So behold the new New England Patriots Helmet/logo design.

I'VE BEEN TAGGED...

We have to post these rules before we give you the facts.
Players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves.

People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.

At the end of your blog post, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.

Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

1. I bite my nails - not too much to cause bleeding, but enough to look unkempt.

2. I enjoy bulding and detailing intricate and elaborate WW2 military dioramas. I ususally like to feature the German design aspect of the war machines, but since my politically correct self wants not to insult anyone, I usually have the Germans in a state of retreat or defeat in some form or another.

3. I played trumpet throughout Grammar/Jr/High School and have since relegated it to a lost love and randomly attempt to bring back the magic with virtually no success.

4. I have a thing for early 20th century Hawaiian Steel guitar music, not dissimilar to my love of Django Reihardt.

5. After boycotting Starbucks since forever, I finally succumbed and found to my surprise, it is indeed like crack/meth. why didn't someone tell me about this miracle before?

6. I just moved from the cozy womb of the New York City region to the breezy oceany berth of Portland Maine. I am quite pleased about the move and continue to find more and more reasons why this was a good move.

7. I really like Buffalo Chicken Wings even though they really don't like me.

8. When I was a boy of 12 years old, I was playing army and was shot by the enemy. As anyone knows, once you're shot, you stay down. Unfortunately that resulted in, despite half hearted warnings from friends, a boulder rolling down the hill from above me. It clocked me square on the back of the noggin, and I still didn't get up. Once conscious, I rode my bike back home 15 minutes away to a pair of calm, nonplussed parents, despite the fact I had brain fluid leaking from my head wound.
I haven't been the same since.



Heavy Air (Chris K)
Greedo (Dave H)
What Sucks (Chris)
Rev Timmy
Mike J
Jeff G

MY SEVEN MINUTES....

Last Summer I had the opportunity to review the film "Beerfest" on Fox 5's Dinner for Two Movie Review with Toni Senecal. This was a GREAT time as we got to have some good food and bevvys after the film - which surely inspired some bulk consumption later on in the day. Anyway, it sort of speaks for itself, so enjoy my enthusiastic and hearty reviiew of "Beerfest"


CHECK OUT MY MOMENT IN THE SPOTLIGHT

HAVE A NICE CHE'

Thanks to Ape Lad for the laugh

THE BLACK METAL DIALOGUES

Another oldie but a goodie, since we're doing discussions of metal lately. Hat tip to my friend Scott for directing me to this brilliant exchange between a norwegian death matal guy Saiihtam and some wiseass named Lance. Apparently Scott knows someone who knows Lance - and he is indeed a wiseass.

CLICK HERE TO READ

THE KIDS ROCK CHRISTMAS @ THE SHEA'S

Hat Tip To T&T @ Shea's Lounge for shooting and posting this vid of the kids on Christmas Eve at their fine abode.

CLICK HERE FOR HOLIDAY MEMORIES

STAR WARS AS A SILENT FILM

Man how great is YouTube? Since it's popularity boomed, there has been an outburst of incredible creativity within the world of video 'mashups' and the like. In a previous post i linked to DARTH VADER BEING A SMARTASS Well now we have another great re-take on Star Wars, this time, Silent Film style.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEO

EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO KNOW I LEARNED FROM IRON MAIDEN

An oldie but a goodie, our young friend here submits a letter to his principal protesting the grade he got on his history exam.
His examples of how Iron Maiden's music teaches him so much are, to say the least, quite eloquent.
I won't explain any more, my pathetic attempts to paraphrase his work will only serve injustice to his perpetually passionate prose.

CLICK HERE TO READ THE THE ESSAY

1970's BRAZIL

Check out this amazing footage taken of and from a small helicopter cruising, at times perilously, through the streets (and tunnels) of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. The footage is set to an amazing soundtrack of 2 songs by Roberto Carlos.


BRAZIL FOOTAGE

Now THATS a wedding DJ!!!

check this awesome wedding reception party - of course, in Germany. I can hardly imagine what old Uncle Len would have thought had our DJ spun this little number at our nuptials.Would have loved seeing the old timers just 'going with it'

DEATH METAL WEDDING VID

LIL' POLE DANCER

This is almost too unbelievable to be real but, it is.
A toy stripper pole for kids/youths.
Above you'll see the unfortunate and traumatized family that stumbled upon this little item.
This is straight from the company's (Tesco) website.
"Unleash the sex kitten inside...simply extend the Peekaboo pole inside the tube,
slip on the sexy tunes and away you go!

"Soon you'll be flaunting it to the world and earning a fortune in Peekaboo Dance Dollars".

Wonder if they'll make one for the lil' chippendale too...

WHILE MY UKELELE GENTLY WEEPS

This guy, Jake Shimabukuru, whips out the sweetest most sublime version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
Never heard a Ukelele play like this.


UKELELE MASTERY on YouTube

MEXICO TOURISM

This is a pretty funny sendup of the immigration debate.
Derive what you will.

Mexico Immigration

DARTH VADER BEING A SMARTASS

This is an excellent example of brilliant editing skills. Taking a simple yet memorable scene from Star Wars and making it into something completely childish and hysterical. Please do yourself a favor and click the link below...






WATCH THE VIDEO!

PRISON VS WORK

IN PRISON......you spend the majority of your time in a 10X10 cell.
AT WORK........you spend the majority of your time in an8X8 cubicle.
IN PRISON.......you get three meals a day.
AT WORK........you get a break for one meal and you have to pay for it.
IN PRISON..........you get time off for good behavior.
AT WORK............you get more work for good behavior.
IN PRISON..........the guard locks and unlocks all the doors for you.
AT WORK...........you're often required to carry a security card and open all the doors yourself.
IN PRISON.........you can watch TV and play games.
AT WORK...........you get fired for watching TV and playing games.
IN PRISON........you get your own toilet.
AT WORK..........you share the toilet with some people who pee on the seat.
IN PRISON..........they allow your family and friends to visit.
AT WORK............you're not supposed to even speak to your family.
IN PRISON........all expenses are paid by the taxpayers.
AT WORK..........you pay all your expenses to get to work, and then they deduct taxes from your salary to pay for prisoners
IN PRISON .........you must deal with sadistic wardens.
AT WORK...........they're called managers.
IN PRISON.....you spend most of your life inside bars wanting to get out.
AT WORK .......you spend most of your time wanting to get out and go inside bars.

Hat Tip to Tracy for the larf...

IMMIGRATION PROTESTS

A picture says it all....