My creative juices have all been sucked from me and thus I must resort again to a "look what I found on the Intarweb" post. Someday my muse will return, but until then, enjoy this very odd rap video, "Rollin' With Saget" (NSFW: language) starring Jamie Kennedy, Stu Stone, and Mr. Danny Tanner himself. Can anyone spot what might be the oddest rap video cameo ever?

I've been spending a lot of time at YTMND.com lately, getting caught up on what has been going on there since my first visit. Of the thousands of pages there, I have to say my current favorite is Dr. Dre ft. Cosby. It's pure genius: clips of "Cosby" from episodes of The Simpsons and Family Guy set to the instrumental to Dr. Dre's "What's the Difference" (Dr. Dre 2001). Proceed directly there and have a listen.

Since the Snakes on a Plane meme is probably in its last days, I thought I'd milk one last post out of it. Check out the YouTube clip of Monday's The Daily Show in which they ask, "Snakes on a Plane: Could it muthafuckin' happen here?" Samantha Bee at her finest.

Samuel Jackson is one angry black man.

Also, you may be amused by this little YTMND entitled: Sam Jackson starts his computer (NSFW). And, if you've seen the movie, you may appreciate the fact that many fans went in fully prepared to join in at the appropriate time (NSFW), with the appropriate phrase.

What's the deal with--sorry, I was having a Seinfeld moment. Allow me to start again.

What's up with people who, when stopping to talk to others in, say, a work-setting, choose to stand in a doorway, arms folded behind them, ass to the doorframe? Do they think that somehow their sideways orientation is sufficient for individuals to comfortably pass them? Sure, I can see if they were cozying it up with the doorframe of their own office, but the community break room? Come on! Bunch of savages.

Sometimes it takes every bit of willpower not to just punch somebody right in the balls.

Check out this "At a glance" blurb from the Xbox.com page on an upcoming 360 title, Ninety-Nine Nights:

Bring goblin warfare home with this exciting new title by Q Entertainment and Phantagram.

I know marketing can be tricky, and I appreciate the no frills tactic being employed here, but I don't think the goblin-killing segement of the population is so big that it needs to be directly catered to. Maybe throw the rest of us a bone and, you know, give us a little more insight. Yea, I suppose I could read the rest of the article to find that out, but with writing like that I think I'll just wait for Penny Arcade to make a comic about it or something.

There's no story here, I just think that's an incredibly vacuous statement. It comes from a CNN article of similar title, expounded upon in the body:

Of her album, she says, "I, like, cry, when I listen to it, it's so good."

Somehow I think if I listened to her album (let's say as punishment in one of the circles of Hell I'm inevitably doomed to), that I too would cry.

I think the Buzz Out Loud crew summed it up best when, in their Snakes on a Plane Premiere Video Special, they called the movie: "Awesomely awful".

But if you've made the conscious decision to see a movie entitled Snakes on a Plane, you should already be expecting that. It's fun, completely unrealistic, and just may get you to jump out of your seat once or twice. If nothing else, it's worth it just for Sam Jackson's infamous line.

I have to admit, the recent Snickers commercials with the candy-bar eating rug-store (?) employee enjoying his break-time snack with the help of a friendly, guitar wielding stranger are quite enjoyable to me. The song is brilliant and I love how the employee is skeptical at first but then starts swaying his head with the music as he feels the vibe. The ending, too, is perfect: they finish the song in harmony, closing with a far shot of the friendly stranger patting his new friend on the shoulder saying, with a voice that for some reason reminds me of the 1950's, "That's right", in gentle tones that make everything seem right with the world.



And it does kinda make me want a Snickers.

Goodonya.

I saw Samuel L. Jackson on The Daily Show last night and thought, "If I weren't so lazy, I'd pull this off my TiVo and put it up on YouTube to blog about tomorrow." Fortunately for my slovenly ass, The Magical Internet Fairies did all the work for me.

Check out Samuel L. Jackson's Daily Show visit. Jon Stewart is almost giddy. Plus, I imagine it's the most times the f-word and its many permutations have been uttered in one interview. Sam Jackson even references the Blogosphere in his comments about the film's development. Awesome.



Also, if you want to tell a friend about the film, why not let Sam do it for you? Give him some information about your pal and an e-mail address and/or phone number, and he'll e-mail or call them and let them know about the film that will surely take a big chunk out of your butt (his words, not mine).

Good news for Blogger users, Google has finally added some major upgrades to the service, many of which are sure to fulfill the dreams of devoted users out there. Information about what's new can be gleaned from the official "What's new in Blogger" answer page as well as the Blogger: New features tour. The upgrades are currently in beta, meaning only a few users will get to play with them immediately. Hopefully it will trickle down to the masses soon. Here's what you can expect (culled from the above sources):

Dynamic Serving: Changes to your blog (new posts, editing old posts, modifying the template, etc.) no longer require rebuilding a bunch of static html files, it now simply updates a database. Bottom line: No more whirling "Publishing..." spinner, the results of posting should be immediate.

Access Control: Bloggers can now mark their blog as readable only by a list of specific users.

Labels: The post creator GUI now has a box for entering a comma separated list of "labels" (i.e. "tags" or "categories"). These appear with the post on the page and are available as a sidebar for easy navigation by readers. This is similar to systems used in other services, including the hacked (and currently broken) category implementation here at WITFITS. No word on whether or not this will work with Technorati (I have fired off a support request to them, though I don't anticipate a response).

More Site Feed Options: Additional site feeds for all comments and per-post comments. Upgrades from Atom 0.3 to Atom 1.0 and choice of using RSS 2.0 instead.

Improved Dashboard: One-click access to common tasks such as "View Blog" and "Template". The interface for accessing old posts is apparently improved as well.

Google Accounts: Blogger will now use Google accounts as the log in method. If you already have a Google account, you'll be able to merge your Blogger account with it.

Layouts: Templates now have a drag-and-drop layout editor. It sounds like this will preclude direct editing of the template, but using this feature is not required (you "upgrade" your template to the layout feature) and your old template is saved indefinitely allowing you to revert back at any time.

New Templates: New templates.

If you haven't been chosen to upgrade yet, you can create a new account (or use an existing Google account) to create a new blog and try it out at beta.blogger.com.

I nominate the last track off the soundtrack from Melvin Van Peeble's infamous blaxplotation flick Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. Track 10 is entitled: "The Man Tries Running His Usual Game but Sweetback's Jones Is So Strong He Wastes the Hounds (Yeah! Yeah! and Besides That He Will Be Comin' Back Takin' Names and Collecting Dues)"

It's a long song title, but not the longest. According to the Wikipedia article on "List of songs with titles of twenty or more words", Christine Lavin on her album Future Fossils has a 95-word track title: "Regretting What I Said to You When You Called Me At 11:00 On Friday Morning To Tell Me That 1:00 Friday Afternoon You Were Gonna Leave Your Office, Go Downstairs, Hail A Cab, To Go Out To The Airport, To Catch A Plane, To Go Skiing In The Alps For Two Weeks. Not That I Wanted To Go With You; I Wasn't Able To Leave Town, I'm Not A Very Good Skier, I Couldn't Expect You To Pay My Way, But After Going Out With You For Three Years, I Don't Like Surprises. (A Musical Apology)"

That must really screw with the liner notes.

For whatever reason, I just can't get enough of this skit from the aborted 3rd season of Chappelle's Show. Charlie Murphy introduces it by saying, "You ever been in a club and a new Tupac record come out? Let's just say his lyrics were a little bit before their time." If you haven't seen the bit and are a fan of Dave Chappelle (or Tupac Shakur), I find it quite amusing. Plus I think it's random that ?uestlove from The Roots is the DJ in the skit.

Dave... please come back to TV. We miss you.