Category Archives: media
Pickle phobia?
It’s hard to imagine that anyone could have come up with a better parody of daytime junk talk shows, but apparently this one’s for real. An episode of the Maury Show deals with various strange phobias. This girl supposedly has … Continue reading
Got him!
By now I’m sure anyone who has been even remotely paying attention to the news is already aware that a U.S. airstrike killed al-Qaida in Iraqi leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and several of his associates yesterday.
June 6
Although today is 6/6/6 on the calendar I prefer to remember the day as the anniversary of something much more deserving of notice: the 62nd anniversary of the D-Day landings in WWII. The Blackfive blog has a great collection of … Continue reading
Gospel Yodeling?
Wow. This is really weird. Can’t say I’ve heard anything like that before.
Freedom isn’t free
As cliched as that phrase may be, it never becomes any less true. Here are several more Memorial Day links. Talk about a tough job. The military bloggers at Blackfive commemorate Memorial Day by remembering a few of their own. … Continue reading
Memorial Day roundup
Some miscellaneous thoughts for this Memorial Day: A great article on Memorial Day and the Iraq War here [via Instapundit] Reminds us why we fight. Be sure to read the whole thing. The song ‘Mansions of the Lord’ is particularly … Continue reading
Unexpected fame, cont.
The improbable saga of Guy Goma continues: he’s got his own fan website now. I have a feeling he’ll more than make up for the embarrassment once the endorsement offers start rolling in. How much do you suppose he got … Continue reading
Fun for Friday
Here’s a mildly entertaining flash game from Pepsi Japan that’ll take up a Friday afternoon. It’s actually quite a bit harder than it looks (I did beat it though—see the attached screenshot for confirmation ).
Zarqawi video
Here’s the Zarqawi ‘outakes’ video: As you can see, certain folks wasted no time posting the video to YouTube, parodying it, and generally making a fool of Zarqawi. The original file can be found & downloaded here. Thanks to CENTCOM … Continue reading
Cool hand chimes
Actually, to call them just “chimes” would be quite an understatement. This system is a set of electronic wireless batons that are motion sensitive and controlled through a programmable base station. The base station allows a director to program the … Continue reading