Remember When: The Red Green Show

I can remember watching the Red Green show on CBC as teenager here in the Metro Detroit area. Anyone living in Canada or Michigan definitely got the "yooper" style comedy. (A "Yooper" is the term we Michiganders affectionately give to people who live in the Upper Penninsula of our state.)

The clip pretty much tells you everything you need to know about the show.

Sometimes I forget he's only four...

My son is so extremely intelligent for his age that sometimes I forget that he's only four. Tonight while I was in a vulnerable position in the bathroom, I asked Collin to go downstairs and get me some toilet paper. He came back up with three sheets.

He did exactly what I asked. I should have asked for a roll instead of "some".

Photo courtesy of Flickr user Merelymel13

A Woman's Five Secrets for a Perfect Relationship

1. It's important to have a man who helps at home, who cooks from time to time, cleans up and has a job.

2. It's important to have a man who can make you laugh.

3. It's important to have a man who you can trust and who doesn't lie to you.

4. It's important to have a man who is good in bed and who likes to be with you.

5. It's very, very important that these four men don't know each other!

(This was forwarded to me in my e-mail today.)

Photo by Flickr user nattu

Web 3.0: F@#K you. It's all for me.

While browsing through my newsreader this evening, I came across this video from 1938media. Loren Feldman makes it very simple to grasp: If you like him, great. If you don't, that's too bad.



Maybe he's on to something here. Could this be the start of a new attitude or movement? Could this be... Web 3.0?



Damn it, I don't have the balls to be that mean. I agree with Loren Feldman: he'll do his thing, I'll do mine.

"In this corner we have the Senator from Illinois..."

Click on the image above for an enlarged view.

So this is what it takes to get today's youth involved in politics: A bloody battle to the death, brought to you by the repeated smashing of your mouse button, and the allure of collecting $50,000 (like that will happen).

Xbox meets K-Street, anybody?

Training to Type the Alphabet in Under Four Seconds

So here's a glimpse at my "humorous" side. Here's a video my brother and I did in October of 2006.

Am I a champion typist, or what?

I have a crush...

...from someone on me!

Okay, as we covered yesterday, online advertising never lies. So yesterday a banner ad claimed that I am liked in Milford. Again, knowing that online advertising is 100% accurate, I asked those Milford peeps to step forward. No one did.

So today, I have been hit with this:


It now appears that one of my buddies has a full blown crush on me. I'm taking that to mean one of my female buddies friends, because the flip side is... well... no.... NO! (Not condemning the lifestyle, simply stating it is not my choice.)

Anyways, knowing that online advertising NEVER lies, it's time for my crush to reveal herself since clicking on the ad did not reveal it. So I'm definitely flattered and who knows, I may even reciprocate!

Don't be shy, tell this guy... or online advertising's reputation for honesty may be forever tarnished.

My Friends from Milford Like Me...

Was cruising through MySpace and got hit with this banner ad. As advertising never lies and is always 100% accurate, my curiosity got tickled.



Awwwwwww... so is it like more than a friend? If so, is it strictly platonic, or are we getting it on at some point?

Inquiring minds want to know.

(Don't burst my bubble about the fallacy of online marketing... MySpace would never, ever lie to me, so I know my Milford admirer is out there.)

Gas Prices So High, Even the Kid Can See

I was playing "gas station" with my boy this evening before his bedtime, and after deciding on which kind of gas he wanted I let him know it was going to be $4.00 per gallon.

Let's just say that wasn't cool with Collin. Listen to his reaction.

McCain: Nothing But Trouble?

MySpace ads are known for their off-the-wall themes, and this "give your opinion" ad is no different.



But is it just me or did they go out of their way to choose a picture of McCain to make him look like Dan Aykroyd's character from Nothing But Trouble?

Nebraska and the Nintendo 64 had a baby...

The New Nebraska Network Logo

The New Nebraska Network (NNN) needed a logo. So while cruising the Internet they found one that was too good to be true: three N's connected together in 3-D.

Unfortunately that "3 N" design is the trademarked property of Nintendo, a video game console manufacturer, and is the logo for their "Nintendo 64" video game system. (Don't believe me? Look at this Google Images search for "N64 logo")

Was this done to attract the N64 generation into politics? Or simply a way to make a cool logo out of something that fit their organization's name perfectly? Maybe it's a statement that politics are a game?

I'm certain it's not that deep. The logo just jumped out at me and I had to share this.

Nebraska... brought to you today by the Nintendo 64. Get N or get out!

Duck Hunt: The Game, The Tattoo

From nintendowiifanboy.com

How much can you love a video game? Enough to get a tattoo of it on your back?

Duck Hunt was a great classic, but I didn't love it enough to have it permanently etched in my flesh, especially in a place that will be given a lot of visual attention in certain compromising positions while engaged in intimacy with your significant other.

Then again, to each their own.

I ask you: Is a video game the most foolish thing to get tattooed with? If not, what is?

Waiting for Flint Flight

Photo by Michael Beck via T-Mobile Dash

We had a 2 1/2 hour layover in Atlanta during our flight from Sarasota, FL. On the way to Atlanta my brother, father and I were seated in the same row in coach.

When I tell you it was cramped, that is a gross understatement. My brother and I aren't exactly little men, so as the lucky soul who got window seat my experience could best be summed up as a bodycheck in slow motion.

We weren't about to repeat that mistake, so I inquired about first class seating for our group. Airtran offers such an upgrade for $40 from Atlanta to Flint.

The catch: they only had one upgrade available for first class on this flight. Now a dilemma: do I sit and suffer in the back of the plane with my family, or do I take the upgrade for myself?

Well, I just waved "hello" to my brother and dad as they walked past me down the aisle headed to their coach seats with the rest of the riff-raff. Now hello leg room!

Andy Beard Linked to Me: How Cool is That?

I absolutely love total surprises. Positive surprises, of course. I'm talking about those surprises where there's no hinting, no build up, just *plop* - there it is. I got one of those today.

Now last night there was a contest going on at Problogger.net to see who could come up with the best slogan to apply to all the sites affected by this recent Google PageRank tomfoolery.

So with a little time to kill I fired up Macromedia Fireworks and began to play around with a couple of concepts until I came up with this:



As I looked through my Google Reader this morning, I came across an interesting headline in Andy Beard's Niche Marketing blog: Google PageRank: Joke of the Blogosphere? With all the serious discussion about the topic, it begged a look (as most of Andy's stuff does).

As I read through the piece, I found my contest entry featured with a few other contest entrants along with a link to the KeenDad site!

So as far as the contest on Problogger.net goes, I don't know if I'll win as there were quite a few worthy entries, but thanks to Mr. Beard, I have already won a great prize... exposure!