Get on all fours

I got tagged by Chris of Some Guy's Blog . I have really, really enjoyed his blog so far, and I just discovered it recently! Good stuff!

I guess for this tag, I am supposed to list things in groups of four. Don't know who might read this, since its seems a little slow around here. (see my last post). Guess I am just feeling a little sorry for myself. Boo hoo!

Oh well here goes:

Four jobs I have had or currently have in my life:

1. Printed Circuit Board fabricator-worked at this place for four years, starting almost right after high school. I sanded the copper coating on the boards down smooth and then dunked them in various cancer-causing chemicals. I also did riveting of belts that had sensors on them so that they could be used for training during "war game training." This technology firm was probably one of the worst of the far-right firms in the '80s i had heard of. Two examples of their "far-rightiness": they were one of the few tech firms that actually wanted to and desired doing business with South Africa at the time of Apartheid. They seemed to be proud of this. (we would have monthly meetings and the general manager mentioned that they company would not be swayed by massive public opinion. They also dumped a horrid mix of chemicals (instead of doing disposal the legal and probably to them expensive way) into a large pit and the broth of deadly chemicals (these guys also refused to stop using trichlorethylene a known carcinogen even though other chemicals would have done the job) seeped into the groundwater. They were found out and had to clean it all up as per EPA guidelines. Needless to say, I was happy to leave that company and go off to the local university!

2. Dishwasher at a Mexican restaurant-yuck! Not too good-its amazing what people leave on their plate! We would scrape all that leftover crap off into a big barrel and then this guy would come every week or so to take the barrels to feed his pigs!

3. Waiter at a Mexican restaurant-not too bad-the tips were pretty good when I was earning money for tuition!

4. Preschool teacher for developmentally delayed children

Four Countries I have been to:

1. None other than Mexico-and that was Juarez!

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Four places I would rather be right now:

1. Bahamas-enjoying the weather-its hot where we live, but I think it would be a nicer hot over there

2. Canada-actually seeing some of those cool mountain vistas would be great right now!

3. Italy-I dunno-just thought it'd be cool to go there!

4. Spain-My cousin and his wife who's from there-live there and it would be great to visit them!

Four foods I like to eat:

1. Pizza-the thin crust-fancy schmancy kind and the New York style both!

2. New Mexican food-not Mexican food but this sub-type! It really is different!

3. Greek food-we have this neat little Greek diner near the University and the food is so good!

4. Salmon

Four personal heroes-past or present:

1. MLK-I know people always say Martin Luther King, when asked to name a hero, but he really is a hero to me. The fact that he used (and continued to use) non-violent protest even when those who were against him were beating him, berating him...that's someone to look up to.

2. My dad-he had a great knowledge of many things-science, nature, math, philosophy, art...the list goes on and on. I miss having that advice and hearing his answers to my questions about life.

4. I know this is a group and not an individual, but any person in the military or politics who changes their lives, takes a different path and risks it all for the greater good. Ron Kovic comes to mind. Scott Ritter is another. These guys http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=3732 individuals or as a group are very brave.

Four books I have read or are currently reading:

1. Fair and Balanced My Ass-by the same guys who brought us Sweet Jesus I Hate Bill O'Reilly, Joseph Minton Amann and Tom Breuer.

2. A+ Certification All-In-One Exam Guide-Sixth Edition-(I'm studying to try and become a PC Technician-I just need to pass one more exam!

3. Republican Like Me: Infiltrating Red-State, White-Ass, and Blue-Suit America - hilarious account of a guy who went "undercover" infiltrating various right wing groups and his accounts of the kinds of banter between him and the individuals involved.

4. Extra Nutty! Even More Letters From a Nut! Ted Nancy-if you haven't seen this -you should! This guy send crazy letters to companies with these outlandish requests and statements, and the company reps (that actually write back) send these often incredulous-sounding letters back to him! Just the fact that he gets a response to his inane letters is amazing!

Four Fellow Bloggers I Would Like to Tag Now :

1. americanscot.blogspot.com/
2. Jen at http://casualslack.blogspot.com/
3. John at http://foryourentertainment.blogspot.com/
4. Yngwie at http://funnycleanvideos.info/

"...and the vision that was planted in my brain, still remains within the sound of silence"

lonliness Sounds+of+Silence futility

Comics and comedy for the taking

Here are some dumb comics for you to enjoy. I don't know how I thought of the clown thing. Weird.

Don Asmussen is syndicated cartoonist out of the San Francisco Chronicle. I like the "Oniony" style he uses! We usually don't get to see our city's newspaper that features this cartoonist's unique work. (we have a subscription to the city's crappier, more right-wing paper-we're thinking of changing!) Anyway, I think he does some great, funny stuff.

Here's a few of his latest cartoons:

Some classic comedy with Flip Wilson, from the Flip Wilson Show. I remember staying up as a kid to watch the show with my parents. We loved it! He was funny guy!

Flip with Leonard Nimoy!


Who could forget Geraldine. I knew a Geraldine in high school, but she sure didn't act like this Geraldine!






Related Tags: comics clowns magic Don+Asmussen Flip+Wilson+Show Leonard+Nimoy Geraldine

Try to caption this! Hell, I couldn't think of anything! Maybe you can!

Hey kids! Can you caption this 'toon for me? I couldn't! Please caption by noting which panel 1-3, you are giving dialogue for. (Panel 1: blah blah blah Panel 2: blah blah blah, etc) I am anxious to see what you crazy people will write! Oh, yeah, I got stuck on the clown thing. I don't know, I think clowns can be funny. Or kinda scary too. I guess it depends on the clown's personality.
This isn't a contest, but I would like to see how many captions there could be for this cartoon! Thanks, in advance!






clowns comics captions

Finally-some new material!

Was looking for some interesting stuff and came across this http://www.myspace.com/davisccii link recently. Hmmmmmm.

This is just surreal! And kind of funny too.



Here's the Flight of the Conchords: I had seen a clip of these guys a while back and meant to put it on. Here are a couple of their clips. I have always liked the combination of music and humor in a comedy act, ever since I was a wee lad watching the Smothers Brothers Show, and other like them.

A song about "sexy time"


Racist Dragon!?


I usually don't like much country music, but this guy - Rodney Carrington-(speaking of musician-comedians) is kinda funny. Ahh...the combination of a purty good sanger croonin' tunes 'bout breasts, farts and other lewd thangs is funny when compared to how "real" country artists sing often inadvertently hilarious songs so seriously! Rodney Carrington-Today's the Day My Wife Met My Girlfriend:


I had seen this group-ImprovEverywhere at http://www.improveverywhere.com/ quite a while back and finally decided to put clip here. ImprovEverywhere is this cool New York City group of street improv comedy people. They go around freaking people out and making them laugh in various public places in NYC.



Having a six year-old son with red hair, this clip resonated with me! Justice for all redheads!


The zombies are a serious threat to homeland security!



Related Tags: Evangelical Christianity MySpace Hungrr iPhone musical+comedy Rodney+Carrington Country+Music improv+comedy ImprovEverywhere Homeland+Security zombies

Comics to sink your rotten, stinky teeth into.

Here is a crappy comic for you:

I saw this on Boing Boing-http://www.boingboing.net/ I love that site!

Anyway, lots of people have played with this: taking the lovable Charles Schultz-drawn Peanuts cartoon and giving the characters weird dialogue or and basically taking the general tone of the comic and turning it upside down! (poor Mr Schultz is probably rolling in his grave!) Well this feature is about how Peanuts would have looked if written by Charles Bukowski!

http://www.progressiveboink.com/archive/peanuts-by-charles-bukowski/

I love the comic F-Minus by Tony Carrillo: (latest comic)

http://www.comics.com/comics/fminus/index.html

Classic (11/97) PS Mueller comic:

http://weeklywire.com/ww/11-24-97/alibi_mueller.html

Gettin' political with Get Your War On by David Rees (lots of language in this strip people, so be aware!)

http://www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/war66.html

Related Tags: comics Boing Boing Peanuts Charles Schultz Charles Bukowski F Minus Tony Carrillo PS Mueller Get Your War On David Rees

Comedy can be magic and sometimes it can turn you into a Dick!

Do you all remember Mystery Science Theater 3000? That was one of my favorite shows! When I used to ask other people about the show, they almost always said they either didn't like it, or just didn't get it. Oh well, its an acquired taste I guess. I guess I liked it because that's exactly what we would do when we were teenagers-make fun of corny old films! It was so fun and easy! I guess on a certain level, when Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot screened one of those training type shorts from the '50's, there was a bit of dissecting of that ultra-white bread, staid, idyllic and ultimately fantasy family image along with the comedy. I think these were probably some of their funnier segments!

Hell, I still enjoy doing this type of thing when a cheesy movie is on!
Here is one with the boys making mincemeat out of a training film for manners at the dinner table Enjoy!


I always have liked the mixing of magic and comedy. This guy does that mixing very well! The Amazing Jonathan has been around for longer than I thought! Here is a classic clip of him from 1983.


This might be kinda tough with all the controversy about Andy Dick and Jon Lovitz. I have always liked both comedians-maybe Andy a little better because he's I think he's a less one-dimensional, but whatever. If I put my two cents in (what do you all think out there?) I think its a little misguided to blame Andy Dick for Phil Hartman's death. (and for Brynn Hartman's actions and death.) I don't know, but Brynn Hartman was an adult. Yes Dick should not have given her cocaine-(if that's what really happened at the infamous party) and, he has said things he should not have about Lovitz and Hartman-(who I really liked as a comic also) when he was wiped out on drugs or drink. Hey, he has had many issues with alcohol and drugs himself, so maybe his judgement is off.

Anyway, trying to forget this current tension between the two comics, I would like to present a couple of clips of Dick (Geez! The guy's name lends itself to humor doesn't it?!) in parodies of Marilyn Manson.

Andy Dick Marilyn Poppins and Oh Manson | Funny Jokes at JibJab

With all the talk about Michael Vick and cruelty to animals I would like to present a somewhat fitting strange, funny little film created by Dan Piraro about our relationship with animals and who is better suited to be vegans or meat eaters. I know this has nothing to do with dogfighting, but is more about how we treat animals in general. Whatever your feelings about being a vegetarian or meat eater, (I do eat meat, but sometime ago, I tried doing a "variant" of vegetarianism, and lost a lot of weight and felt a lot more healthy than I do now!) this is still a funny little clip!
http://www.bizarro.com/videos/mov/VeganVideoWeb.mov

http://www.bizarro.com/vegan/vegan_cartoon15.htm


Related Tags: Mystery Science Theater 3000, The Amazing Jonathan, Magic, Andy Dick, Jon Lovitz, Phil Hartman, Brynn Hartman, Marilyn Manson, Michael Vick, Vegetarianism
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