Hey all! It's the anniversary of my first year of blogging! I never thought that I would make it this far! I really feel that I owe a big debt to each and every one of my blogging brothers and sisters! I really appreciate all the advice and support, and all the visits! It's been a great 1st year, and I look forward to the next year! I absolutely love to visit your blogs and check out the stuff you're doing, and I hope you like my stuff!
I am not so good at giving "speeches." Here is Kitten Stewart-she knows what to say!
http://tts.imtranslator.net/mDH
June 5, 2008
June 2, 2008
New Music From Some Familiar Artists
I was perusing the CD stacks and found these lovely gems! I wonder if any of these can be found in your own CD storage cabinet? (click to enlarge)
Front cover of Kid Rock's new CD and the Back
Montgomery-Gentry's New CD Front-and the Back
Front cover of Charlie Daniel's new CD and the Back
Front cover of Kid Rock's new CD and the Back
Front cover of Ted Nugent's new CD and the Back
Montgomery-Gentry's New CD Front-and the Back
May 29, 2008
I love America
I was thumbing through my wife's People magazine and found a photo which inspired me, and left me in awe. It was a photo of America. America Ferrera. And I have to say- this other America is also very beautiful.
Technorati Tags: America America+Ferrera Harvey+Korman Carol+Burnett+Show
Extremely beautiful! It left me feeling...patriotic in a different kinda way. No, I don't want or need to have buttons with America's face upon my lapel. I will not write cheesy country songs about loving America. I don't need to have America's face bumperstickered on my car. Nor do I need to look for every little snively insult to America! Righting Wisconsin: Fat Chicks Hate Bush.
Oh, America how do I love thee? I would like to travel along your hills, valleys, and curves-('cause you know you got 'em!). I would like to explore America. A lot! America, your bountiful harvest would not go to waste in my hands. I would go North, East, West, and with this America, I would not be afraid to travel down South! Not in the least! This America knows what she wants! and she doesn't want Bush!
(maybe she wants me!?)
I leave you with some quotes that are about America.
My favorite thing about the United States? Lots of Americans, one America. ~Val Saintsbury
There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America. ~William J. Clinton
May I never wake up from the American dream. ~Carrie Latet
Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball -- Jacques Martin Barzun
Because of what America is and what America has done, a firmer courage, a higher hope, inspires the heart of all humanity.
CALVIN COOLIDGE, inaugural address, Mar. 4, 1925
America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy.
JOHN UPDIKE, Problems and Other Stories
(maybe she wants me!?)
I leave you with some quotes that are about America.
My favorite thing about the United States? Lots of Americans, one America. ~Val Saintsbury
There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America. ~William J. Clinton
May I never wake up from the American dream. ~Carrie Latet
Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball -- Jacques Martin Barzun
Because of what America is and what America has done, a firmer courage, a higher hope, inspires the heart of all humanity.
CALVIN COOLIDGE, inaugural address, Mar. 4, 1925
America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy.
JOHN UPDIKE, Problems and Other Stories
In other more serious news...Harvey Korman, probably one of the most funny people in the world, died yesterday. I remember watching the Carol Burnett show when I was a kid. I loved that show! Kormans' brilliance was that he was able to keep the gag going and improv when he and the others couldn't make it without laughing! Here is a couple of clips of one of Korman's and the gang's funniest skits on the show. Harvey, you will be missed! I thought he was funny in everything he did-from the C. Burnett Show to History of the World!
Technorati Tags: America America+Ferrera Harvey+Korman Carol+Burnett+Show
May 26, 2008
Hey! I really like your TTS! And More Moron music
*Hope everyone had a nice Memorial Day weekend!
I guess this is part of being a parent nowadays but still we had a wakeup call last week! We found out the hard way that we should have had more control over what our son was able to access on the Internet a couple of days ago! We went to a friend's party and my mom stayed with our son-(yes we are so lucky we have my mom close by!). When we came home, our son said "I saw a guy pushing out his eye with a spoon in a video." Arrrgh! My mom had just gone to the restroom, and when she came out, she saw that our son was looking at this guy literally spooning out his damn eyeball! The title of the video: "Fucking disgusting!" Yes-it was-and it was even more disgusting because my son was looking for Disney clips on Youtube! Lucky for us he was so shocked by seeing someone spoon out their eyeball that he didn't read the title! I don't really care for the "Related Videos" thing too much. Sometime these videos are actually related in subject and age level, etc., and sometimes they are way out of the subject field! Since he was looking for Disney videos for pete's sake! In the Related Videos was Fucking Disgusting! Yeah-really close match, YT! Anyway-I am not in favor of censorship or anything, and I do think there are other things that can be harmful for a 7 year-old kid learning how to use the Internet out there. We decided to give him his own account, with a "kid safe" browser-(Kidrocket-Web Browser for Kids - KidRocket it limits kids to 11 sites that are kid-friendly-Starfall, PBS-Kids, etc. It also has some simple math and art activities also.) and just hid the IE away, and put some of his games on the desktop. He really doesn't need to be Googling stuff without our supervision!
Anyway, my son likes this text to speech thing where he can type out a story and then he can have the story "read" by a "robot" voice! He loves that thing! It's called Ultra Hal TTS Reader-(Text-To-Speech Reader) I was thinking that I would have to download the program again and so I Googled Text to Speech Readers. I came up with one site I had come across before called Site Pal-sitepal.com/howitworks where you can type some text and make a robotic character say any kind of crazy shit you want! I remember playing with that site for quite a while about a year ago-there's lots of characters that you can choose from, and lots of different voices to use! The only thing is, you can't save your "work" because it's not a free service and you would have to register and all that other BS! It is fun to "make" the different characters say weird stuff though. (click on the "Try Our Demo" button;click on the model/character you want; click on the accessories and background you want; click on "audios" and then "TTS". I don't mess with the "players" choices. Once you type your text, hit "Preview" and the fun begins! Mess around with the voices, as they often give different inflections for more hilarity! It's sometimes inaccurate with the pronunciations and the emphasis you might want, but try different voices to get it work better! I also like to move the cursor around the character's face like a fly to make their eyes and head move around!)
I also found another TTS engine with characters that is maybe better because you can send your funny saying to someone! It doesn't have all the characters, accessories, etc, that the other one has, but it's still fun! The address is free-translator.imtranslator.net/speech.asp With this one, experiment with the speed of the reading, and what I also do is try using both the English-speaking guy and girl. Try it! Make your own funny saying! For some reason, for me at least, making these digital, flash technology characters say nasty, dirty, or just plain silly things is hilarious!
Here's a few of my weird-ass creations! (it takes a few moment to load!)
http://tts.imtranslator.net/hWU
http://tts.imtranslator.net/hWe
I was minding my own business, looking up clips on YT for trying to do arpeggios correctly on the guitar and I came across some humorous comments for some of the videos I saw. This one is a video clip for this excellent Chinese classical guitarist named Lie Jie.True to his screen name, "Assmask" makes a comment about Lie Jie's hands that Assmask claims people took the wrong way! Here is one of her many clips. She is an excellent guitarist! If you like classical guitar music, check them out!
Related Tags: Text+to+speech+engines Li+Jie classical+guitar Youtube+comments
I guess this is part of being a parent nowadays but still we had a wakeup call last week! We found out the hard way that we should have had more control over what our son was able to access on the Internet a couple of days ago! We went to a friend's party and my mom stayed with our son-(yes we are so lucky we have my mom close by!). When we came home, our son said "I saw a guy pushing out his eye with a spoon in a video." Arrrgh! My mom had just gone to the restroom, and when she came out, she saw that our son was looking at this guy literally spooning out his damn eyeball! The title of the video: "Fucking disgusting!" Yes-it was-and it was even more disgusting because my son was looking for Disney clips on Youtube! Lucky for us he was so shocked by seeing someone spoon out their eyeball that he didn't read the title! I don't really care for the "Related Videos" thing too much. Sometime these videos are actually related in subject and age level, etc., and sometimes they are way out of the subject field! Since he was looking for Disney videos for pete's sake! In the Related Videos was Fucking Disgusting! Yeah-really close match, YT! Anyway-I am not in favor of censorship or anything, and I do think there are other things that can be harmful for a 7 year-old kid learning how to use the Internet out there. We decided to give him his own account, with a "kid safe" browser-(Kidrocket-Web Browser for Kids - KidRocket it limits kids to 11 sites that are kid-friendly-Starfall, PBS-Kids, etc. It also has some simple math and art activities also.) and just hid the IE away, and put some of his games on the desktop. He really doesn't need to be Googling stuff without our supervision!
Anyway, my son likes this text to speech thing where he can type out a story and then he can have the story "read" by a "robot" voice! He loves that thing! It's called Ultra Hal TTS Reader-(Text-To-Speech Reader) I was thinking that I would have to download the program again and so I Googled Text to Speech Readers. I came up with one site I had come across before called Site Pal-sitepal.com/howitworks where you can type some text and make a robotic character say any kind of crazy shit you want! I remember playing with that site for quite a while about a year ago-there's lots of characters that you can choose from, and lots of different voices to use! The only thing is, you can't save your "work" because it's not a free service and you would have to register and all that other BS! It is fun to "make" the different characters say weird stuff though. (click on the "Try Our Demo" button;click on the model/character you want; click on the accessories and background you want; click on "audios" and then "TTS". I don't mess with the "players" choices. Once you type your text, hit "Preview" and the fun begins! Mess around with the voices, as they often give different inflections for more hilarity! It's sometimes inaccurate with the pronunciations and the emphasis you might want, but try different voices to get it work better! I also like to move the cursor around the character's face like a fly to make their eyes and head move around!)
I also found another TTS engine with characters that is maybe better because you can send your funny saying to someone! It doesn't have all the characters, accessories, etc, that the other one has, but it's still fun! The address is free-translator.imtranslator.net/speech.asp With this one, experiment with the speed of the reading, and what I also do is try using both the English-speaking guy and girl. Try it! Make your own funny saying! For some reason, for me at least, making these digital, flash technology characters say nasty, dirty, or just plain silly things is hilarious!
Here's a few of my weird-ass creations! (it takes a few moment to load!)
http://tts.imtranslator.net/hWU
http://tts.imtranslator.net/hWe
I was minding my own business, looking up clips on YT for trying to do arpeggios correctly on the guitar and I came across some humorous comments for some of the videos I saw. This one is a video clip for this excellent Chinese classical guitarist named Lie Jie.True to his screen name, "Assmask" makes a comment about Lie Jie's hands that Assmask claims people took the wrong way! Here is one of her many clips. She is an excellent guitarist! If you like classical guitar music, check them out!
Related Tags: Text+to+speech+engines Li+Jie classical+guitar Youtube+comments
May 24, 2008
There will be blood and crap like that
Warning: Much of this post is going to bloody, gory and not suitable for minors. But then again, you're all majors right?
I never like violence (except fake movie violence) but sometimes it can be funny. Witness The Three Stooges. I loved the Three Stooges growing up and I still do! Its "silly" violence. And all those old cartoons were violent as hell, and we liked them! Yes, for kids, parents have to careful. We have learned from letting our son see what we thought was regular old cartoon, and couple that with a kid who's learning appropriate social interactions because he has autism, and you have a little trouble! For grown ups though, fake, silly violence is hilarious!
I used to always watch Celebrity Deathmatch on MTV. Pretty gory stuff, but sometimes it was actually funny.
The comic Lio, by Mark Tatulli is one I have been wanting to post a few of for awhile. It is definitely offbeat, and actually kinda morbid. I am surprised that it is printed in our pretty conservative daily newspaper and that it has survived the annual comic popularity voting!
The strip is noted for telling the story without dialogue. Tatulli calls it a "pantomime strip." Its about a little kid with a huge imagination, an imagination that often involves monsters, carnivores, and dark, but humorous twists. The father in the strip is a caring and patient guy who deals with all the weird stuff that Lio does around the house! Here are a few of the strips so that you can get a feel for it! (click to enlarge)
Finally, here is a little game-Street Fight- where Hillary and Obama duke it out! I found this game on Miniclip Games-where I go to play Fowl Words. (love that game! Street Fight-Hillary and Obama is pretty cool too). It's violent! It's mean! It's fun! Hell, I got Obama to kick Hillary's ass 2 out the 3 times that I played it!
Related Tags: Celebrity+Deathmatch comic+strips Mark+Tatulli Lio Yahoo+Answers Street+Fight Hillary+Clinton Barack+Obama Three+StoogesMike+Myers Dana+Carvey
I never like violence (except fake movie violence) but sometimes it can be funny. Witness The Three Stooges. I loved the Three Stooges growing up and I still do! Its "silly" violence. And all those old cartoons were violent as hell, and we liked them! Yes, for kids, parents have to careful. We have learned from letting our son see what we thought was regular old cartoon, and couple that with a kid who's learning appropriate social interactions because he has autism, and you have a little trouble! For grown ups though, fake, silly violence is hilarious!
I used to always watch Celebrity Deathmatch on MTV. Pretty gory stuff, but sometimes it was actually funny.
The comic Lio, by Mark Tatulli is one I have been wanting to post a few of for awhile. It is definitely offbeat, and actually kinda morbid. I am surprised that it is printed in our pretty conservative daily newspaper and that it has survived the annual comic popularity voting!
The strip is noted for telling the story without dialogue. Tatulli calls it a "pantomime strip." Its about a little kid with a huge imagination, an imagination that often involves monsters, carnivores, and dark, but humorous twists. The father in the strip is a caring and patient guy who deals with all the weird stuff that Lio does around the house! Here are a few of the strips so that you can get a feel for it! (click to enlarge)
Finally, here is a little game-Street Fight- where Hillary and Obama duke it out! I found this game on Miniclip Games-where I go to play Fowl Words. (love that game! Street Fight-Hillary and Obama is pretty cool too). It's violent! It's mean! It's fun! Hell, I got Obama to kick Hillary's ass 2 out the 3 times that I played it!
 Street Fight Obama and Hillary fight it out in hand-to-hand combat. |
| Play this free game now!! |
Related Tags: Celebrity+Deathmatch comic+strips Mark+Tatulli Lio Yahoo+Answers Street+Fight Hillary+Clinton Barack+Obama Three+StoogesMike+Myers Dana+Carvey
May 22, 2008
"...just another way to be right wing..."
This post is not necessarily meant to be humorous, but in some instances, it is. Funny in that way that you can't believe this shit kind of funny, but not really funny like roll around on the ground funny. I usually don't get too political on this site, but after viewing the following crapola, I had to comment!
I have been catching all the political ads in the race for retiring New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici's Senate seat. Some words that come to mind for the two Republicans, Heather (I cried on national TV about a nipple seen for 1.5 seconds) Wilson, and Steve Pearce-yuck! Shameful! Disgusting!
Here's Heather-with that weird voice of hers, sniff sniff-sorry! The super-fleeting glimpse of a nipple makes me want to...sniff sniff-Bawl! I am just abuzz about all this!
These two are trying to "outconservative" each other in their respective ads. In this state, who doesn't know these two were about as far right as they can go?! Certainly the progressive-minded citizens of our state have long known that both Pearce and Wilson have steadfastly voted for all the miserable Bush military and economic policies, and now they are both-instead of being individuals and independent of this administration, trying to show just how far to the right they can get. They both have ads that display "conservative" and "conservative Republican" like its some kind of damn badge.
Steve Pearce's ads are the worst though. He attacks Wilson for being "liberal"! Calling Heather Wilson liberal is like calling a chihuahua an alligator... or something along those lines! Just dumb! He still thinks health care in this country is ok the way it is-he denigrates Wilson for voting for SCHIPP, calling it "socialized medicine."
I don't know how this next clip was obtained. It seems like a hidden camera type of thing, but I don't know why the reporters or investigators would have to do something like that-Pearce is pretty proud of his anti-health care views and probably would give a normal interview. Or proclaim it on the steps of the Capital! The information on the bottom of the screen contradicts what he is saying, although it is unfortunately difficult to read.
Here's one of his dumb campaign ads:
Many of the ads for races in this state are similar, with the ads proudly displaying the "conservative Republican" banner. Here is Monte "choir boy" Newman's videos. (I think they play in succession)
http://www.montyforcongress.com/from-the-trail/videos
Ed Tinsley, running against Monte Newman in the 2nd District race for Congress also is trying to be Mr. Conservative. This ad is also nauseating.
http://www.box.net/shared/static/0ocs8fhw8o.mpg
Here is an antidote for all this far-right-wingin' nonsense! David Cross with his take on flags and flag-waving!
Here is almost the same David Cross flag theme (a little shorter) that you can download. Unfortunately this copy is censored! Boo! It's almost the same effect though! Pure hilarity! Enjoy! *(Left-click on the link then click on "Download"-Mac users just click-I guess!)
http://www.box.net/shared/ibv0ktnsw4
Related Tags: New+Mexico conservative Republican Heather+Wilson Steve+Pearce Pete+Domenici US+Senate David+Cross flagsEd+Tinsley
I have been catching all the political ads in the race for retiring New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici's Senate seat. Some words that come to mind for the two Republicans, Heather (I cried on national TV about a nipple seen for 1.5 seconds) Wilson, and Steve Pearce-yuck! Shameful! Disgusting!
Here's Heather-with that weird voice of hers, sniff sniff-sorry! The super-fleeting glimpse of a nipple makes me want to...sniff sniff-Bawl! I am just abuzz about all this!
These two are trying to "outconservative" each other in their respective ads. In this state, who doesn't know these two were about as far right as they can go?! Certainly the progressive-minded citizens of our state have long known that both Pearce and Wilson have steadfastly voted for all the miserable Bush military and economic policies, and now they are both-instead of being individuals and independent of this administration, trying to show just how far to the right they can get. They both have ads that display "conservative" and "conservative Republican" like its some kind of damn badge.
Steve Pearce's ads are the worst though. He attacks Wilson for being "liberal"! Calling Heather Wilson liberal is like calling a chihuahua an alligator... or something along those lines! Just dumb! He still thinks health care in this country is ok the way it is-he denigrates Wilson for voting for SCHIPP, calling it "socialized medicine."
I don't know how this next clip was obtained. It seems like a hidden camera type of thing, but I don't know why the reporters or investigators would have to do something like that-Pearce is pretty proud of his anti-health care views and probably would give a normal interview. Or proclaim it on the steps of the Capital! The information on the bottom of the screen contradicts what he is saying, although it is unfortunately difficult to read.
Here's one of his dumb campaign ads:
Many of the ads for races in this state are similar, with the ads proudly displaying the "conservative Republican" banner. Here is Monte "choir boy" Newman's videos. (I think they play in succession)
http://www.montyforcongress.com/from-the-trail/videos
Ed Tinsley, running against Monte Newman in the 2nd District race for Congress also is trying to be Mr. Conservative. This ad is also nauseating.
http://www.box.net/shared/static/0ocs8fhw8o.mpg
Here is an antidote for all this far-right-wingin' nonsense! David Cross with his take on flags and flag-waving!
Here is almost the same David Cross flag theme (a little shorter) that you can download. Unfortunately this copy is censored! Boo! It's almost the same effect though! Pure hilarity! Enjoy! *(Left-click on the link then click on "Download"-Mac users just click-I guess!)
http://www.box.net/shared/ibv0ktnsw4
Related Tags: New+Mexico conservative Republican Heather+Wilson Steve+Pearce Pete+Domenici US+Senate David+Cross flagsEd+Tinsley
Scary things scare me.
This is scary, folks.
Yikes! All I can say to this photo is: Arrrggh! What the hell is that!?
Seriously-I sincerely hope Amy gets some help soon! She is soon to become another pop casualty if she doesn't. She went from this:
To this. Now that is scary!
Spook your friends with this one, kids!
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