Catching Ducks

My favorite bus advertisements are the ones that use that fact that the advertisement is on a bus, rather than a regular billboard.

Currently, Life Savers has a series of ads that I've been enjoying. They feature a picture of a man (who's supposed to be the bus driver, and who has a giant life saver on his head) and shows the things he's saying. For example, one says, "I'm everybody's designated driver."

Here are my favorites:

"My sudden stops and starts are there to liven up your commute."

"I never drag-race other buses to defend my manhood."

Labels: advertisements, bus

I recently finished the fifth and sixth "Get Fuzzy" books (by Darby Conley). In honor of their awesomeness, here's some classic Bucky Katt:

Bucky: So I'm watching TV last night and it's getting really Belgium, so I'm looking for the remote to --
Rob: Hold on, it was what?
Bucky: Belgium. The program was getting really Belgium. Anyway, so I'm looking for the remote and --
Rob: I don't think that word means what you think it means.
Bucky: I'm trying to tell a story! You're really starting to disinfect me!

Labels: Get Fuzzy

The July 23-Aug. 5 issue of TV Guide has list of sci-fi shows that "you should see before you die". Here's their list:

Battlestar Galactica (both old and new)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
V
Dark Angel
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Firefly
Space: 1999
Lost
Stargate SG-1
Star Trek (all)


My response: ARE YOU KIDDING ME??????

I'm fine with the inclusion of Battlestar Galactica, V, and Star Trek. I've never seen Buck Rogers, Space: 1999, or Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, so I can't comment on them.

But.... Firefly? I loved it, but it wasn't one of the best sci-fi shows ever. Stargate is occasionally fun, but always mediocre. Dark Angel was enjoyable, but also doesn't belong on the list. And Lost? Sci-fi?? What are they smoking?

What's worse is the shows they left off the list: Farscape, Babylon 5, and Doctor Who. Farscape is my all time favorite show, and (in my opinion) the best science fiction program of all time. Babylon 5 isn't something I've ever watched, but I know enough about it to know it belongs on the list. And what about Doctor Who? It's lasted longer than Star Trek and has been incredibly influential.

Normally I love TV Guide, but they really blew it this time.

Labels: scifi/fantasy, TV

I just love Go Fug Yourself:


I like to have a nemesis at all times. For a while it was a woman I worked with who used to correct my grammar all the time, except she'd change it so it was WRONG. Another time it was my landlord, who charged me for DEPRECIATION ON THE WASHING MACHINE. That ass. And then, of course, there was Paul Giamatti. HE KNOWS WHAT HE DID. But Jessica Simpson is my favorite nemesis, because she's always doing totally dumb stuff. Sure, I suppose it's exciting to have a brilliant, Lord Voldemort-y nemesis, because it challenges you and all that, but I'm lazy. It's so much easier to have a nemesis who's likely to hoist herself on her own petard.

Labels: grammar, random silliness

Last week the SciFi channel aired a marathon of Dead Like Me. It originally aired on Showtime (which I don't get) but I remember thinking it sounded interesting. I taped the marathon and have been watching it this last week -- and I like it!

The cast includes several actors that I know from other things, including Mandy Patinkin. Of course, when I think of Mandy Patinkin, I think of The Princess Bride:


Inigo: You seem a decent fellow; I hate to kill you.
Westley: You seem a decent fellow; I hate to die.

Labels: Dead Like Me, movies

Apparently it's going to be really hot tomorrow. Like, in the 90's hot.

I think I'll go into work. I might as well get paid in air-conditioning instead of sitting at home in the heat.

Labels: weather

I'm getting more comfortable using a needle and thread. Originally I only used them to do counted-cross stitch projects, but now I've started fixing some of my clothes. I've sewed down bra straps that kept slipping, I've put buttons in pants, and I've sewed up some new shirts that had the potential to pop open (why do they make them like that??).

It's quite nice to be able to fix my clothes instead of buying new ones (or relying on my mom). I feel very domestic. In fact, I think I'll go darn some socks right now!

(Wait a second -- does "darn" mean patch holes in socks? Or does it mean to re-knit socks? Let's see.... It's the former! Ok, now I can darn some socks.)

Labels: clothes

One of my favorite comic strips is One Big Happy, by Rick Detorie. Ruthie is my favorite character. Heeerrree's Ruthie!


the dad: "The face that launched a thousand ships" is how they described Helen of Troy's beauty.

Ruthie: Launch, like rockets?

the dad: Launch, like boats.

Ruthie: Huh! Well, her face couldn't have been that good-looking... if she used it to push boats in the water!

Labels: comics