December, 2009


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Dec 09

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This is definitely not Zack Marcotte. As I was unable to find a photo of him, I instead chose a cute picture of a monkey with a yummy banana. I hope you don't mind.  Zack Marcotte is probably not a monkey.

This is definitely not Zack Marcotte. As I was unable to find a photo of him, I instead chose a cute picture of a monkey with a yummy banana. I hope he doesn't mind. Zack Marcotte is probably not a monkey.

In response to my insightful editorial on the universally-acknowledged evil that is the Black Eye Peas, astute Wisconsin reader Zack Marcotte writes:

“WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM YOU DIPSHIT!  YOU CAN’T TELL PEOPLE WHAT MUSIC TO LISTEN TO, I FOR ONE THINK THE BLACK EYED PEAS HAVE VERY GOOD MUSIC! SO STOP TRYING TO PUT YOUR LAME ASS FOOT DOWN ON MUSIC YOU HYPOCRITICAL SACK OF SHIT!”

Zack, thank you for your delightful missive.  And thank you also for the lone comma.  While it should have technically been a period, I still give you points for effort, and I applaud the River Ridge High School English department for trying.  Now, with your permission, I’d like to address some of your concerns.

As far as my “problem” goes, I assure you that I have more than one.  (But perhaps the “S” key on your typewriter started sticking around the same time that your caps lock key broke.  Devoid of proof of either case, I shall give you the benefit of the doubt, and assume that you meant to type “problemS.”  Maybe even with a  trendy final “Z.”)

reneeAnyhoo, I digress.  Back to my problem(s).  For starters, I am somewhat lactose intolerant.  This means that too much dairy gives me diarrhea.  But I don’t let that stop me, if you know what I mean (and I’m sure you do).  When I get the runs, it can turn the air for 20 feet in all directions into something slightly less than pleasant.  This kinda makes it hard for me to get a date.  I can see that you don’t have the same problem, because your girlfriend Renee would probably have told you by now.  She seems like an honest gal.  Anyway, because of my little problem, I wouldn’t last a minute in your home state of Wisconsin, where cheese is the official state bird and incest tickles.  I’m also a bit short for my height, and I am unable to read German backwards while wearing a wetsuit.  I’m sure you get the idea.

As for both my foot and ass being lame… well, that’s just a low blow.  I know you had no way of knowing about this, but both my foot and ass were shot off in the Boer War, leaving me with a pronounced lisp.  I think that personal attacks like this just cheapen us both, Zack.  I sure hope that you love America as much as I do, Zack.  I sure hope that “Zack Marcotte hates America” is an untruthful statement.  I know I would never suggest such a blasphemous lie, and I hope you would, too.

My intent was not to tell “people” what music to listen to, but rather to tell “Black Eye Peas fans” that their choice in music is hurtful and that they are to blame for the current economic downturn and climate change.  You don’t hate polar bears, do you Zack?  I certainly hope not.  At any rate, I apologize if my meaning was unclear.  In fact, if I in any way used the word “music” to refer to the Black Eye Peas, I wish to formally apologize publicly, wholeheartedly, and hyperbolically.

As for me being “hypocritical,” well… mea culpa.  You caught me red-handed.  I am, indeed, a huge hypocrite.  In fact, I have every song the Black Eye Peas have ever recorded.  I didn’t buy any of them, of course, but downloaded them illegally from The Napster.  (I’m just kidding.  I would never own any of their music in any format, legally-obtained or purloined.  I am sorry for lying.)

In closing, I pray that you and your five Facebook friends (Bret, Jelena, Stephanie, Tyler, and the aforementioned Renee) can somehow find it in your collective heart to forgive me.  Thanks for reading, and keep coming back!  Without readers like you, we wouldn’t have readers like you.  Love ya, buddy.


16
Dec 09

Auctioneers Creep Me Out

Auctioneers creep me out.  I don’t know exactly why.  Maybe it’s because I’m afraid they want to eat me.  Maybe it’s because they remind me of my former life in Iowa.  Auctioneers are big in Iowa.  Not big as in “popular,” but big as in “gigantic.”  I think they’re secretly robots.

All true auctioneers must have 5 things:

  1. cowboy hat (covers up massive head and bald spot)
  2. gavel (for whackin’ so drunk rednecks know when to stop yelping)
  3. severe stuttering problem (haaaaa-m’na, ha-m’na, ha-m’na, ha-m’na, SOLD to the drunk redneck in the cowboy hat!)
  4. body odor
  5. deviated septum

auctioneerThis brings me to another point: I’ve only seen auctioneers when they’re auctioneerin’. Or have I?

Hypothetically, if an auctioneer weren’t in auctioneer mode, he might not creep me out so much.  But I’m not really sure, as I’ve never seen one that wasn’t in auctioneer mode.  At least, I don’t think so.  Then again, how would I know?  And if he isn’t auctioneerin’, is he still an auctioneer?

Holy crap, I am seriously freaked out right now.


10
Dec 09

Team Edward

TeamEdward


10
Dec 09

Was John Lennon Psychic?

In hindsight, it certainly would appear that John Lennon was psychic when he penned the song “Norwegian Wood.”

I mean… how else could he have known that Elin Nordegren would go after Tiger with a golf club?  [ba-dump-ching!]

(Yeah, I know she’s Swedish.  Just play along.)


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Dec 09

Dear SciFi (SyFy) Channel

SyFailFirst off, I’ll be blunt: the new name is awful. “SciFi” was a good name. “SyFy” is made of diet fail. Everyone in the world agrees with me, with the possible exception of the few executards that voted to change it for no apparent reason. It looks like it should be pronounced “siffy,” which sounds like some quaint Cockney slang for venereal disease. “Oy, guv’nor… got a wee bit of the SyFy, do we?”

Also, I hate that there are no more new “Battlestar Galactica” episodes. I realize this isn’t your fault, but still… just sayin’. “Caprica” is nice and all, but it’s no BSG. Anyway, I digress. On to my point.

Please stop making horrible movies.

“Alice” was so bad as to be offensive, despite your best efforts to pander to the secret Tim Curry geek that lives somewhere deep, deep inside of me. The writing was insipid. The acting was irrelevant. Not that it really matters, but the so-called “judo” was just insulting. At least Alice managed to toss in a “Captain Kirk throw” for good measure, eh?

Max Headroom? Colm Meaney? My, how the mighty have fallen. Why have you forsaken me??? Was Steven Seagal not making any new Direct-to-USA-Network movies this week? At least Caterina Scorsone was nice to look at.

Oh, BTW… what was the deal with the real cat with the CGI Cheshire grin? Creeped me right the hell out. Stop that.

Please consider leaving perfectly good stories alone. What was wrong with the original “Alice in Wonderland” story line? What’s next? “Robo-Dumpty?” How ’bout “Snow White and the Seven Deadly Gargoyles?” Oh, wait… I got it: “Winnie the Pooh: SPIDERS!!!”

I can just imagine tomorrow’s big pitch meeting: “Hey, I have an idea for a holiday movie that the kids will love! It’s just like Good King Wenceslas, only this time, Wenceslas is a half-man/half-giraffe member of a secret clan of ninja assassins, and he’s totally gonna hook up with Megan Fox and… and… [brain aneurysm].”

Aren’t you about overdue to make “Mansquito 2: Electric Boogaloo?”


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Dec 09

Top 1 Most Horrifically Awful Movie I’ve Seen Today

Transylmania.


3
Dec 09

Top 5 Most Annoying People on Twitter

@BarackObama – Barack Obama

Claim to fame: TechPhony

Followers: 2,795,004

Sample Tweets: Irrelevant. He’s never used Twitter, despite duping millions into believing that he actually was using it.


@PerezHilton – Perez Hilton (aka Mario Armando Lavandeira)

Claim to fame: Drawing jizz on pictures of actual famous people / Celebutard

Followers: 1,650,587 (the irony that he has more followers than the person whose name he stole is not lost on me)

Sample Tweet: @MTV Do you still love me? Tell me you love me! Xoxo


@ParisHilton – Paris Hilton

Claim to fame: Rich Daddy / Extreme Vapidity

Followers: 1,098,079

Sample Tweet: That’s hot.


@spencerpratt – Spencer Pratt

Claim to fame:  Fame-seeking DoucheWhore

Followers: 668,566

Sample Tweet: All my haters should tune in to the tonight show at 11pm! You will love how I get booooed on Conan! It was legendary! Haha fame is SICK!


@officialTila – Tila Tequila (aka Tila Nguyen)

Claim to fame: Looks like a small Japanese boy with big fake boobies.

Followers: 266,333

Sample Tweet: & I know FOR A FACT that I’m the ONLY BITCH you’re scared of @perezhilton cuz you KNOW I have more balls, power & influence then u do!


3
Dec 09

Bacon Math

Bacon Math

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