Borderline Fantastic

I figured it was time for a new pickem game on Ice Cream Helmet. I’ve been working on the NCAA Tourney and Baseball Pickem, but those don’t start for a few months. I decided to go in a direction other than sports. That leads us to Oscars Pickem.

The game allows you to make picks in each of the 24 televised categories. For the ICH game each category is worth 1 point. Those points will count toward your ICH Score and allow you to see where you rank among your friends who played. You can create your own group and assign your own point values to each of the categories.

Join the Borderline Fantastic group. Anyone can join, no password needed.

Last night was Comedy Central’s premiere of Mike Birbiglia’s special, What I Should Have Said Was Nothing. It was on at midnight. Midnight? Usually specials are put on Sunday nights in some prime spot. If its a Comedy Central Presents that will be on Saturday Night at 10. This was his own special. It is Comedy Central so I hope they replay it constantly so that everyone gets to see it.

I’m a fan of Mike Birbiglia’s blog, which he calls his Secret Public Journal. On occasion I hear him as a radio guest reading those posts. He has the type of delivery that after you hear him read a few of them you start to pick up his style when reading them on your own. His delivery might not catch you right away if you happen to come across him on TV. Give it a shot, its worth it.

I also like his routine because he makes me think, ‘Hey, I have some stories, will people pay me to tell them?’ His stories aren’t ridiculous or obscene. A lot are about his family or odd situations he’s been in. Then he became popular so now he has stories about places he’s preformed or his celebrity status. If it only were as easy as he makes me think it is.

Stephen Colbert and Conan O’Brien have been having a little disagreement. Jon Stewart got involved and they all appeared on each other’s shows with a brawl occurring during Conan’s show. If you missed any of it, here are all the clips.

Biker gang violence in Philly. Why hasn’t HBO made a show about rival biker gangs?

This group had over 200 people freeze in place in Grand Central Station freeze in place in Grand Central Station for a few minutes. The other people were a little confused.

I saw this on The Dilbert Blog. Are these necessary? It claims they create a more relaxed soothing atmosphere.

An interesting alarm clock. It can make all sorts of noise or turn on lights.

Google News added a new local section. Just put in your zip code. Found some interesting stuff. Then I heard about this site, Topix, which has been doing the same sort of thing for a while. I’ll try them both out for a little while and see what happens.

The Aqua Teen Hunger Force with John Kruk. I haven’t watched it yet, but its an episode of ATHF, not the movie, so it should be good.

Sports Guy has had lots of Norm links recently, here are 2 more.
Norm MacDonald on Dennis Miller Live
Norm stories on Stern

Interesting article on Leno and Late Night.

There is a Canal Museum in Easton, PA? It doesn’t reopen until May, but it sounds like it could hold my attention for a little while.

Sports
Donyell Marshall had been hurt for a few months. He went to come into his first game and he didn’t have a jersey on.
From last year, a look at some of the technology behind the Super Bowl broadcast.
Nice work Pirates, apparently #1 is retired because someone screwed up.

Science-ish Links
Phil’s predictions have been less correct recently, this is a sign of global warming this is a sign of global warming.
Time may not exist? This one gets a little sciencey.
Mind reading

Basic Instructions
I was behind on these, here are some of the better ones from the last few weeks.
How to Listen to Other People Talk About Their Vacation
How to Decide Which Star Wars Character You Are Most Like
How to Get the Most Entertainment for Your Video Gaming Dollar
How to Deal With Someone Who Doesn’t Like You