Oh No He Didn't!

Well... alright... He probably did.

Musical genius/irrepressible pedophile R. Kelly might be up to his old tricks again.

Remember that videotape of a Kells doppleganger defiling an underage girl? Seven years ago? The trial for charges stemming from that incident was pushed back indefinitely yet again last month. Supposedly it will get underway next spring (no pun intended).

Allegedly, Robert Sylvester Kelly slept with the daughter of his publicist. She wasn't underage. Before you go and pat the Mozart of the New Millennium on the back, the girl was 19 and he has known her since she was just 4 years old. Considering the guy's supposed history, that's just plain creepy.

Anyone who knows me knows that I love the guy's music. There is a certain absurdity that is hypnotizing when it is paired up with the funk the man lays down. Every time that I think the guy is in on the joke, that he's playing up the persona, the horny manchild musical savant, he does something like this that leads me to believe that he lacks the mental capacity to come up with such a brilliant plan, let alone execute it to such perfection. The timing of this allegation (if true... but really, what are the chances that this didn't happen?), with the trial looming seems so incredibly ridiculous. Setting aside the moral issues for a moment, this seems monumentally dumb on a self-preservation level.

I just wish the guy could get freaky-deeky without involving the youth of this great nation.

C'mon, Mr. Show-biz. I know you're the sexasaurus and everything, but you're making it really difficult to defend you.

The man can write some amazing music, though... Just ask him.

work is play

we had a party with a chocolate fountain at work the other day because the paper won some awards. it was totally sweet. it was in a heated tent outside and when i entered the tent, a song by The Church was playing. so hip.

but when i found out that there'd be a chocolate fountain, all i could think about was this article i read recently about obesity in america and how people are going under the knife, spending too much money to lose weight, when all they need to do is just eat right and exercise.



no, i wasn't worried that the chocolate would go straight to my hips. it reminded me of a paragraph in the article that said that people still tend to gain weight back a while after a gastric bypass by cheating and consuming massive amounts of calories in a way that won't explode their shrunken stomachs. a method mentioned was drinking chocolate syrup.

this naturally leads one to think of Step by Step, when Cody would put Hershey's syrup in his mouth, then a swig from the milk carton, then shake his head around REALLY fast.



so i was inspired at the party. i chewed up some strawberries, stuck a cup under the fountain, took a sip and shook my head. i felt my stomach staples pop.

UH OH!

'Tis the Season

Screw the holidays. (I dare you.)

I'm talking campaign season.

With the Presidential Election less than a year away, the candidates will be trying to distinguish themselves from each other (and in the case of the Republican candidates, even the guy most people associate with their party).

Collectively, the Democrats have devised a plan that could represent the future of national politics, or just as easily a capitalization on the YouTube faithful.

FlipperTV

The party's "trackers," people sent out to follow opponents and record them on the campaign trail, have made their video available to the public. FlipperTV encourages you (yeah... they're talking to you) to download the footage and edit it as you see fit.

Here is a write up from the NY Times.

My first thought is that this would be an easy way for the party to let some enthusiastic kid create an attack ad, possibly by misrepresenting a candidate or their statements, and do so with the excuse that they have no ties to the person who put the ad together, freeing them from any negative consequences. (All while reaping the benefits of the negative ad.)

Advertising can play with someone's memory of events. Jeepers, even a photoshopped picture can do that. This could potentially have a huge effect on the way a candidate is remembered. For instance, if I mentioned Howard Dean to you, odds are the first thing that would come to mind would be that bat$#!% crazy yelp that was looped for weeks straight on every cable news station. Remember that? Of course you do. How about his stance on health care? Not so much? Hmph... strange.

This could be all be a case of the Dems wanting blood for the way John Kerry was treated during the last go 'round. Call it "Swift Boat II: Electric Boogaloo." (Or revenge for the Dean Hollerfest... Dean is in a seat of power these days...)


What do you think?

marvel-ous

wild.

Marvel Digital Comics 'Library'

i haven't bought an overpriced comic book in close to seven years? maybe more? who knows. anyhow ... the other day THIS happened!

oops. i just tripped over my debit card.



















who put THAT there?

stealin' from myself

ok i was going to repost a recent blog i had blogged on my myspace blog, and i'm still going to. but i'm going to add to it because i just remembered something i saw on the news this morning.
yeah. i got rabbit ears. i watch tv now.



here's the myspace blog:

18 Nov 2007

stage fright Current mood: thirsty Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities today i was thinking about how a few years ago, maybe even many years ago, i was watching Oprah and that dumb broad was saying how if she's in a public restroom and using the handicap stall, if she hears someone enter the restroom she'll say "ARE YOU HANDICAPPED??" just in case. what a dummy. first of all, i doubt that's true. second of all, if the person is handicapped, what difference does it make if she knows it while she's going or after? she's still inconveniencing the person! thirdly, Oprah is stupid. fourth, if you're such a giving, compassionate humanitarian, Oprah, then why are you being so dishonest and selfish, using the roomy handicap stall? i use the handicap stall and if i hear someone come into the bathroom, i don't even care if they're in a wheelchair. i'll be done in a minute. they can wait. Currently reading : The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 By Alan Moore Release date: 01 October, 2002

now to add to this:
Oprah is endorsing Barak Obama in the primaries in 4 states.

i hate her and i hate the power she holds over people's opinions.

and i'll say this before jeff or paul does: yeah, i used to like her. and yeah, you've been right all along. but even when i used to like to eat oreos and watch Oprah after a long day of junior high, i don't think i would have let her sway my vote. and if he wins because of her, i guess i won't get that mad after all.
at least she isn't being a feminist and supporting hillary.

i think i like Ron Paul. he wants to go back to the gold standard and i think that would be very interesting if it happened.
it won't.

but the rock can't stop.

a wise negro man once said:

"There's no stopping what can't be stopped. No killing what can't be killed."
-- Scary Black Guy, from Predator 2

he was a scary black guy on predator 2. and i think he had a message.

discuss:

You Think That YOU'RE Full?!?

This holiday weekend, it is quite likely that you are still reeling from a wonderfully gluttonous, thoroughly patriotic, disgustingly tasty (if that makes any sense) stretch of overeating. I know that I am.

If it makes you feel better, know that your stomach could be filled not only with delicious fowl and yummy pie. It could be stuffed with a ten pound hairball.

Yum.

Yeah. That's how we're kicking this off.

That's what you get for leaving this up to me, Ally.

If you'll excuse me, I need a bowl of stuffing...

who let you in?

even though this was my idea, i'm nervous. i thought i had great bloggin' topics floating around my great bloggin' noggin, but the pressure is on.

i'm going to let my brothers begin. they're funnier than i. i'm just the smart, cute one.

they're smart, too. but not so cute.