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Every Man Has A Molly

Mike — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:10:13 +0000

Just because. Just because it came up in my iTunes. Just because Say Anything rocks and this is prob my favorite Say Anything song. Just because.

Conan Goes to Santa School

Mike — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 02:35:48 +0000

It looks like with Conan’s time on Late Night coming to an end, he’s showing some older clips. Conan learned how to be a Santa and then went to Saks Fifth Avenue to be Santa for a bit. He did his best to find loopholes in the Santa rules.

Guitar Hero: Stand or Sit?

Mike — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 02:27:33 +0000

Christmas meant a Guitar Hero comeback. My preferred method is standing. I can do it sitting, but I’m much better standing up.

Lose the Flashing Guitars FOB

Mike — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:04:18 +0000

You know me, I’ve been a huge Fall Out Boy fan for many years now. Of course now their average fan is 10 years younger than me. Last night they were on Letterman and their guitars had, umm, lights on them. And they were flashing and blinking during the song. I just thought it looked really, really dumb. I’m not sure how I feel about the new album yet. I’ve only listened once and I Don’t Care has seemed kinda boring to me. They really peaked with Take This To Your Grave. Each subsequent album hasn’t been quite as good as the previous one.

Added 12/27: Found the video from CBS.

Stephen Colbert does In the Year 2000 on Conan

Mike — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:07:18 +0000

Can you think of anyone better for this bit?

Top Ten Highlights Of The Ball State Football Season

Mike — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:28:25 +0000

Letterman had on the Ball State coach to do this Top 10 last night.

NOVA: Ocean Animal Emergency

Mike — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:43:18 +0000

Plenty of shows that I watch, I think everyone will like. Of course that isn’t the case. But if I had to pick one show that everyone should at least DVR, it would be NOVA. You may not be interested in every week’s subject, but every once in a while there will be one that sucks you in. I watch every episode. Unless my DVR decides to skip it. Some I pay more attention to than others. Sometimes I’ll fall asleep watching it. Sometimes I will split it into several viewings. This past week’s I wasn’t sure about. I figured I’d watch the first 5 minutes and finish it later. It hooked me right away and I sat there and watched the whole thing.

This episode looked at the Marine Mammal Center is Sausalito, California. They care for sick or injured seals along most of California’s coast. They attempt to nurse them back to health so they can return to the wild.

Many of the animals brought in have either been injured by trash or fishing nets or made sick by some sort of toxin. Most are a result of human influence in the ocean.

The Center is staffed mostly by volunteers. I’m not sure what sort of background you need to be a volunteer but it seems like a very interesting and rewarding way to spend your time. From what I saw when I was in Sausalito this summer, most people there have plenty of money and time on their hands. My only problem volunteering is that I’d probably want to take a Harbor Seal home as a pet.

This entire episode is available on the PBS site. As I said, well worth checking out if you have an hour or so.

A few of the episodes are available to watch online. Some of the recent ones that were very interesting were The Bible’s Buried Secrets (tries to connect archeological evidence with the Hebrew Bible) and Space Shuttle Disaster (looks at the 2003 Columbia disaster). Also, if you are a huge math nerd, Hunting the Hidden Dimension is all about fractals. They still make my head hurt and I learned about them in 10th and 11th grades.

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Monkey Sneezing on Letterman

Mike — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:03:11 +0000

I don’t know why I love this clip so much, but I do.

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The Office - Frame Toby - Producer’s Cut

Mike — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:57:08 +0000

An extended version of last week’s episode of The Office is on Hulu. Its more than 4 minutes longer than the version that aired. I only watched the opening but there already was a great addition. Was this mentioned anywhere? I feel like I should have heard about this, rather than just stumbling upon it.

Jane Austen’s Baseball

Mike — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:00:12 +0000

In this week’s Tip of the Cap/Wag of the Finger on The Colbert Report he wagged his finger at a British reporter who claimed that baseball originated in Britain after finding the term used in a Jane Austen novel. Stephen explains why this is not possible and explains what Jane Austen’s version of baseball would be like.

The baseball part starts at 1:42, but the rest of it is great as well.