USA! USA!
And the UK is “Landing Strip One”
The world in George Orwell’s 1984.
Via Strange Maps
Matt
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Attempts at Coining a Name for My Generation:
There’s the Greatest Generation, then the Baby Boomers, Generation X… And there’s my generation, which has been conveniently encapsulated into a cute little phrase by everyone trying to be the next Douglas Coupland.
–Generation Y
–Generation M (multi-task, media, or mobile)
–Echo Boomers
-Millenials
–Generation Next
-Net Generation
-Reagan Babies
-MTV Generation
-Millennials
-Echo Boomers
-iGeneration
-Nintendo Generation
-Generation 9/11 (Applebee’s America)I like Generation M. Media, multi-tasking, mash-ups and mobile are pretty important identifying features of my generation. And Matt begins with ‘M’.
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“Have they been advised to act like they’re not taking this seriously?”
I didn’t really have much to add to the news that Boston pretty much shut itself down over some magnetic lite-brights promoting Aqua Teen Hunger Force, but the “press conference” they gave to some self-important reporters is equally hilarious.
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Disturbing
OK, I really didn’t mean to have this many videos on this site, but the hits just keep on coming.
From BD, the most disturbing video you’ll watch today:
A short list of most entertaining things to look for:
-sets that closely resemble a 15 year old’s bedroom
-overuse of the number ’69’
-cop doing it in his patrol car while bored on duty
-uh, the mastur-dance?
-that heavy panting in the chorus
-the slightly pixelated faces
-the token use of female extras
-the outlandishly large phone and amex card props, as if the video weren’t ridiculous enough yet
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Per Order of Mr. Butters
Apparently my Facebook wall is the proper venue to request blog posts.
Butters writes:
Top 5 things I’d like to read about on mStem:
1. The New U2 video.
2. The death of the Ramen guy.
3. How dubbs old media is.
4. Why Hillary Clinton is the anti-christ
5. How Sports Guy is basically a Boston Globe writer masquerading as a national sports columnist.I reply:
1. if you’re the future of old media, it’s as good as dead.
2. the ramen guy died like weeks ago (the biggest d-list celebrity death out of asia since the rumor went around that fitness celebrity John Basedow died in the tsunami)
3. the sports guy comment would have been relevant in…oh, say 2003
4. I don’t recall ever being accused of being a huge hillary fan (although her stance on privacy regulations is noteworthy).
5. the u2 video was pretty sweet though, i’ll probably put it up.Here it is. I’m not that impressed by the song, but the video’s great:
And even though it wasn’t actually U2 doing this, it will probably still make you lost a little respect for them…
U2 virtual concert in Second Life:
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College Park After Dark
INCIDENT: Robbery
OCCURRED: 01/27/2007, 2:20 a.m.
LOCATION: Gambling House in Nearby Residential Neighborhood
PGCPD CASE #: 07-027-0193
BRIEF DETAILS:On 01/27/2007, at approximately 2:20 a.m., two suspects entered a
house in a nearby residential neighborhood, displayed handguns, and
announced a robbery. The house was occupied by approximately fifteen
individuals including some University of Maryland students. The
suspects took cash, cell phones and the victims’ pants.Reportedly, the house was recently purchased and appeared to
have been converted into a gambling house. The basement was furnished
with three professional gambling tables, flat screen TVs, a cash room,
and a bar. Most of the victims were patrons of the gambling house.
Some victims/patrons may have left prior to the arrival of police.What a great idea. Up until the getting robbed part, anyway. Why take a bus to Atlantic City when you can have it all in the basement? I hope they took lemons and made lemonade by having a no-pants party after the robbers left.
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Syrup
I either saw the rumored Pepsi / Britney Spears comeback ad, or had a dream last night with it and it was very well-done. Meanwhile, in waking life, Coke’s new ads are amazing. Here are three good new ones, including a Grand Theft Auto style with a nice song.
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The Weakest Link
When you graduate from Maryland, you get a keychain with your fake diploma (which is actually a small poster; my real diploma was mailed 5 months later when I called wondering where it was). The keychain says Maryland Alumni, and as one cynical but nevertheless astute classmate pointed out, they’re giving you this to make sure you think about donating within steps of graduating.
The fob is one of those “if you find my lost keys, drop them in the mailbox and we’ll pay the postage” type deals, kind of like supermarkets offer. The Alumni Center holds onto your current address for you (how convenient!) and forwards them should anyone be so kindhearted. One minor problem: while the fob itself is sturdy and pre-aged, the connecting link is weak like a Wii wrist strap. Symbolic of the average UMD alum’s connection to the school post-graduation?*
*I remember reading somewhere that UMD alums give the school practically nothing back, especially compared to our “peer schools”, and going completely on anecdotal evidence, I’d have to agree. If anyone has numbers, please leave them in the comments.
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Ways to dry my hands, in order of preference
- Holiday hand towels (preferably after using scented soap)
- hand towels, nondenominational
- paper towels, recycled
- paper towels
- brown paper towels that smell when they’re wet and don’t really absorb anything
- on my jeans
- hand dryers (see #6)
- those tri-folded towels that you need like 4 of and you have to reach up to get while water goes down your arm
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OMG, you guys!
The most annoying-when-she-wants-to-be character on The Office, now that Andy’s gone, has got to be Kelly. She’s also my sister-in-law’s favorite character. And guess what? She has a blog. It’s actually pretty funny, and its superficiality is right there in the title for you:
Things I’ve Bought that I Love
Reasons she doesn’t like using Macs:
And I don’t understand all the millions of icons on my desktop. There is literally an icon of two faces smiling at me and I have no fucking idea what it does. I clicked on something last week and all of a sudden i was like creating and making a home movie or some shit like that.
Rules for buying clothes at thrift stores:
Holes are okay. Underpaid tailors in drycleaners can sew/hem/adjust anything for ten bucks. It’s worth it. However, if something has a wee moth bite and you think you can sew it up and have yourself some nice cashmere on the cheap, you are wrong. Dead wrong. Microscopic beasties are living in that hole and they will have babies on all of your other clothes which will soon have holes as well. Also, steer clear of stains in the crotch area. Other stains are on a case-by-case basis (i.e. can you use bleach? Does it look like somebody died? What kind of death?). A musty odor is not necessarily a bad thing. It just needs a little hot wash and Febreeze. BO on the other hand, may never go away completely. But if the item is awesome, buy it anyway. We’re all human. Smells keep us real.
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By Invitation Only
For those of you not in the DC area, the Washington Post has a free daily paper short enough to read on the Metro ride to work. Amongst other tabloid-tastic sections, they have a wedding section, By Invitation Only, or B.I.O., as its known by fans and acronym lovers across the city.
For those of you in DC, don’t know if you noticed, but my brother and sister-in-law were featured. Again. This time, in the annual “Best Of” feature. They tied for best proposal.
Congrats Brian and Lauren. And good luck to Justin, Jeff or myself in trying to top this kind of proposal and publicity.
Also, I love that while everyone else had a picture slow-dancing or kissing, you guys are rocking out in a limo.
