Isaac Hayes dies
Most know Isaac Hayes as a singer, or as the creator of the Shaft theme. Probably slightly more will know him as Chef until Scientology finally invaded the humor centers of his mind. I recall him from...
View Articlewarping space for travel may be possible
Warp drive in Star Trek essentially works by harnessing massive amounts of energy through matter/anti-matter reactions regulated by Dilithium crystals and using that energy to create a “warp bubble”...
View ArticleBud Day the movie??
The Truth Product does a very rough overview of John McCain’s time in, around, and for the Vietnam conflict. My favorite part is the encounter of Bud Day. McCain shared a cell with Medal of Honor...
View ArticleThose Three Kings of America Are….
Military historian Victor Davis Hanson was watching Three Kings (starring George Clooney) recently. Three Kings, by my reckoning was made in the nineties, but more relevantly the movie was made before...
View ArticleGoodbye Trillian
I’ve used Trillian for years. It allows me to sign in to AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo, MSN and ICQ. If you have multiple instant messaging systems, it’s better to run one piece of software instead of...
View ArticleDaft Punk – Technologic
Hutch! make embedded media work! Took me an hour to post a ten minute dealy and it will not work. embedding youtube is supposed to be elementary! (if the video doesn’t show, Hutch must fix it) Talk...
View ArticleMorning laugh
I found this in my bookmarks. It was shown at a conference I attended in Boston in late 2007 as an example of how international signage can be funny: One-legged woman petting a duck that pooped ©2013...
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Everything is better with lightsabers
Hat Tip to Jonah Goldberg Source NextRound.com photoshops list ©2013 Monitor Duty. All Rights Reserved.
View Articleeven the dead still have birthdays and Hoagy Carmichael proves it
Big Hollywood » Blog Archive » Hoagy Carmichael: Happy Birthday to a Conservative American Patriot. ©2013 Monitor Duty. All Rights Reserved.
View ArticleNewt Gingrich is married to a robot
Apparently he is, anyway. Here is proof 1. Here is proof 2. Here is proof 3. Apparently he is also running for President as a values candidate and that is supposed to be irony. ©2013 Monitor Duty. All...
View ArticleHu’ta’ QISt!
German – Christus ist auferstanden! Italian – Cristo è risorto! Greek – Χριστός ἀνέστη! Polish – Chrystus zmartwychwstał! Irish – Tá Críost éirithe! Filipino – Si Kristo ay nabuhay! Japanese –...
View ArticleSo I can live-blog the Super Bowl commercials
I wonder if anyone will read this. ©2013 Monitor Duty. All Rights Reserved.
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Beautiful legs start out a beer commercial for Budweiser Black Crown. I have seen ads for it in the Mimami airport but never on TV until now. The M&M’s commercial is good! “I will do anything for...
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Hyundai – come back when you have a team. And apparently the small kid rides with his mom having adventures gathering a bunch of other small kids for a pick-up football game. Forgettable. The...
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A Bud Light coommercial revolves around New Orleans because the Suepr Bowl is now in the SuperDome this year, in New Orleans. Well, there is also the magic of the voodoo. It is the culmination of the...
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STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS has a trailer. Somehow I wish I had not seen this advertisement as it spoils…. and it does not seem to imply Boldly Going Where No Man Has Gone Before. The Rock chases milk in a...
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The VW ad with the accents is good. Everyone be happy. ©2013 Monitor Duty. All Rights Reserved.
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A Coca-Cola advertisement featuring a desert race and a vote at http://cokechase.com is BRILLIANT. A 15th anniversary Jarod commercial for Subway? Gah. ©2013 Monitor Duty. All Rights Reserved.
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A commercial with the classic cliche of old people acting young. it is a Taco Bell commercial with an American pop song sang with Spanish lyrics. Skechers ads are always a fair combination of flashy,...
View Articlebreak 12 is just a Lincoln MKZ advertisment
I love Lincoln advertisements and I want one of their cars but this MKZ ad uncharacteristically does not thrill me. ©2013 Monitor Duty. All Rights Reserved.
View Articlenext year I will just live tweet this stuff
For one thing I will have a larger built-in guarantee that someone will read it. Then all I have to do is go back and transcribe it to keep it. 140 characters is a fun bit. This is just a typing text....
View Articlebreak 14 – Halftime before the Halftime show
I hate these CBS ads. UnderTheDome.com may be fun. I don’t care for this McDonald’s rerun. And look: a rerun of a local advertisement for Case Credit Union followed by a Michigan-tailored Ford...
View ArticleEthsn Van Sciver buys a Blu Ray player
The story goes The blu ray player in my office died today. I needed to get a new one, along with Game of Thrones 2. And I’m a dick. This is what happened. BEST BUY DUDE: Can I help you? ME: Yeah, new...
View ArticleI guess K-Mart killed a shark
The effects of shooting a television advertisement for the mediocre b-grade big box general merchandise store chain K-Mart has allegedly led to the death of the shark being used during the shoot. The...
View ArticleJohn DiMaggio talking about Adventure Time
I have no idea what Adventure Time is. But the internet will help us here. Here is Cartoon Network’s official page for the series. Here is the Wikipedia article. Here is the IMDB entry. Here is the...
View ArticleWarren Ellis on giving up
Warren Ellis was asked what do you do when (if) you ever feel like giving up? His reply was There is no such goddamn thing. There is only getting up and doing it all over again, smarter and harder,...
View ArticleGraham Nolan reviews a beer
Bad service and ok food at the Blue Monk tonight. However, I did have an excellent beer, the Ellicotville Hopicide Nitro! A tasty IPA that is not carbonated but rather nitrogen infused (like Guinness)...
View ArticleMaps are awesome
Here are forty maps. Very educational. Leave A Commentposted in Off-topic by Chris Arndt
View ArticleNow this is how you tell a ghost story!
I’ve been meaning to post this for ages: Now that’s what I call … [[Visit blog to check out this spoiler]] am I right? Leave A Commentposted in Funny videos by Michael Hutchison
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