23 Jun 2005

Is your property too attractive?

Posted by Jeff in linkfood, rant

This is truly frightening. The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 today (link defunct) that a city can seize private property for private economic development. From the article: Read more »

12 Jun 2005

Critter invasion (again)

Posted by Jeff in rant

Ah, the joys of home ownership. Late this morning (early this afternoon?), Amy and I were lounging on the couch, and she kept finding ants on her. When I took a closer look, the little critters had started a full scale invasion of the living room. A large portion of the rest of the day has been dedicated to trying to take care of them. I think I found the right mound and got them, but (as always) it will take a day or two to know for sure.

09 Jun 2005

guilty pleasure

Posted by Jeff in music

Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl" video has become a new guilty pleasure for me, I think. The lyrics are truly inane, but I can't help but watch. :) The funny thing is that I don't normally find her all that attractive. Actually, I think it's all the high school band imagery and sound that do it for me. I could be wrong, but it looks like they wrangled members from a real band (or bands) to help with the video. Read more »

07 Jun 2005

Robot Chicken meets Voltron meets Jeff

Posted by Jeff in geekiness, memories

It's either really cool or really lame that I recognized the Voltron toy used in one of the episodes of Robot Chicken (the sketch where Voltron "got served"). It's the exact one I had as a kid (and still have in one of my keepsake boxes). I used to LOVE that show. EDIT YET AGAIN: And Cartoon Network and the YouTube posters play cat and mouse. The video works (for now), but unfortunately no lyrics any more. Have fun!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjMFYAdvHJc

02 Jun 2005

One letter makes all the difference

Posted by Jeff in funny

You know, if you're creating helpful captions for a television program, you should probably have someone double-check your text.

This is a real shot from a show describing how to install a winch on an ATV.

Comments? :)