Fun Stuff

Now that is one sweet shirt

/ Shane / 3 Comments

I could tell you about how awesome this shirt is, but I think the image speaks for itself:

The howling wolves? The moon? If this isn’t one of the sweetest shirts on the planet, I don’t know what is. But don’t take my word for it, make sure you go read the comments. It is well worth the effort, believe me. I will give you a taste, to wet your whistle:

This item has wolves on it which makes it intrinsically sweet and worth 5 stars by itself, but once I tried it on, that’s when the magic happened. After checking to ensure that the shirt would properly cover my girth, I walked from my trailer to Wal-mart with the shirt on and was immediately approached by women. The women knew from the wolves on my shirt that I, like a wolf, am a mysterious loner who knows how to ‘howl at the moon’ from time to time (if you catch my drift!). The women that approached me wanted to know if I would be their boyfriend and/or give them money for something they called mehth. I told them no, because they didn’t have enough teeth, and frankly a man with a wolf-shirt shouldn’t settle for the first thing that comes to him. 

I arrived at Wal-mart, mounted my courtesy-scooter (walking is such a drag!) sitting side saddle so that my wolves would show. While I was browsing tube socks, I could hear aroused asthmatic breathing behind me. I turned around to see a slightly sweaty dream in sweatpants and flip-flops standing there. She told me she liked the wolves on my shirt, I told her I wanted to howl at her moon. She offered me a swig from her mountain dew, and I drove my scooter, with her shuffling along side out the door and into the rest of our lives. Thank you wolf shirt. 

Pros: Fits my girthy frame, has wolves on it, attracts women 
Cons: Only 3 wolves (could probably use a few more on the ‘guns’), cannot see wolves when sitting with arms crossed, wolves would have been better if they glowed in the dark.

You also might take a look at the “related items”, for example, I think the zubaz are a nice touch and would really set off the look.

For more of the same, you can check out the listing for Tuscan Whole Milk, 1 Gallon, 128 fl oz. This is teaching me a lot about the whole counter-culture of funny Amazon reviews…

Japanese Bug Fights

/ Shane / 1 Comment

Wow. What the heck do you say about this site? The name is pretty self explanatory I guess. I don’t know if this is creepy or gross or exploitative, or cool but it’s probably worth a look.

Japanese Bug Fights is a website that pits the most dangerous insects against each other to see who is the supreme fighting master. See wasps, scorpions, tarantulas, praying mantises (manti?), giant beetles, centipedes, etc. duke it out in the ring.

I think we miss out a little bit in not being able to understand the commentary but, after all, what is there really to be said about these creepy things duking it out?

Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus

/ Shane / 10 Comments

Okay people, have you seen this one? Check out the trailer for a movie with the unlikely name of Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus.  Make sure you watch to the very last scene…I think you’ll know which one I mean when you see it:

Yeah, that’s right. The one where the mega shark jumps out of the water and eats an airplane. Oh, and the one where the mega shark bites the Golden Gate Bridge ain’t no slouch either.

There is a lot here that reminds me of Snakes on a Plane: the cheesy subject matter, the awesome title that leaves no doubt who this movie is intended for, the pre-movie Internet hype, etc. Just substitute The Renegade himself, Mr. Lorenzo Lamas, for Samuel L. Jackson and you have a movie. I’d guess that this was all intentional in an attempt to try to replicate what Snakes on a Plane had and try to get more money out of a cheaply made movie. But you know what? I don’t care! Intentional or not, cheesy or not, I can’t miss a movie with a title like that. In full disclosure, this is perfectly the type of movie I like to begin with, so it’s not like they had to do much convincing on my part.

According to the IMDB page, this movie is going to be released in 5 days, so they may have started their hype machine a little late, but I’m going to do my part to get the word out there!

I know funny people

/ Shane / 1 Comment

Last week a good friend of mine from back home, Zach Rody, did some stand up at a comedy club. First off, I have to say that anybody who has the gumption to actually get up on stage and do that is impressive to me. Comedy is one of those careers, like painting for example, that everybody thinks they can do but, as it turns out, the majority of people aren’t very good at. And even if you are one of the few that are good at it, it still takes a big leap of faith to get up and do it, so 90% of the people never bother. Therefore, if you actually get up and do it, you’re already ahead of 90% of the people, and if you are actually good at it, you are ahead of another 5% at least. Rarefied air.

So check out the video and see if you think Rody is in that top 5%. I think he is. The video is less than 5 minutes. And if you’d like, you can read an eye witness account here.

Worst. Fight Scene. Ever.

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This came up at work the other day. Can you imagine a cheesier or less realistic fight scene? I’m sure it is supposed to be dramatic or something, but you can’t help but laugh. It’s like watching two out of shape old men fight in slow motion. Can you believe this was actually on t.v.? It was a different era, that’s for sure. In this day and age, any teenage could do better with a camcorder in his backyard.