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It's Monday August the 18 around 9:11PM and

Quote of the day 1: Roseanne Calls out Angelina Jolie

"Your evil spawn Angelina Jolie and her vacuous hubby Brad Pitt make about $40 million a year in violent, psychopathic movies and give away three of it to starving children, trying to look as if they give a crap about humanity as they spit out more dunces that will consume more than their fair share and wreck the earth even more,"

Via Socialite Life.

It's Monday August the 18 around 9:09PM and

Beijing Olympics: Are They A Trap?

The Beijing Olympics: Are They A Trap?

It's Monday August the 11 around 11:37PM and

Dream a Little Dream of Me, Zooey Deschanel

I found this video of Zooey Deschanel singing Dream a Little Dream of Me while I was watching You Really Got a Hold On Me for her project "She & Him" with M. Ward from their album "Vol.1"

It's Monday August the 11 around 11:22PM and

Quote of the day: On Olympic Style

"Not surprisingly, Britain, France and America dressed like rich dicks."

- Street Carnage in a post all about Opening Ceremony fashions.

It's Monday August the 11 around 11:16PM and

Photo of the week: Bush Does the Olympics

George W. Bush. The visor. The un-tucked casual & wrinkled shirt. The goof ball grin. The clowning with beach volleyball girls. This is genius lame duck presidency photo ops at their highest level. Love it. Stevsie, you're like totally missing out.

Runner up: Bush again, sad this time, but with Henry Kissinger cameo.

It's Monday August the 11 around 10:42PM and

Red Alert: Vancouver Olympic Opening Ceremony Envy

Now that there has been a few days for the hype to die down, can we take a moment and just talk about how ridiculous the opening ceremony was for the 2008 Beijing Olympics? Did it blow your mind? So what does this mean for our little Olympic games?

1. Um. How can I say this delicately. You poor bastards. Whoever is leading/doing the opening ceremony to the 2010 Vancouver games should just quit now. You will be remembered forever as a complete failure. Just stop. Now. Unless this fireworks fiasco story is remembered. But really who cares if some of the fireworks were digitally enhanced. Its hopeless.

2. More Damning Evidence, The Opening Ceremony Budget breakdown: In Beijing: $100 million. Set for Vancouver, well we've budgeted $58 Million for all ceremonies. Thanks, China. Overachievers.

3. Seriously. We're doomed. Damn you Stupid technology.

4. The Birdsnest vs. BC Place. Wow, that seems like kind of ill-advised choice now doesn't it kids? Maybe it will be good, because we'll be able to keep the smog out. Oh, never mind.

5. Worst. Olympic. Stadium. Ever. Unless: We Hire Michael Bay, Quentin Tarantino, James Cameron, and possibly Nigel Lythgoe from So you think you can Dance and give them $200 million and you might have a chance. And of course, at the end, they simple blow BC Place sky high after a giant dance number. Better start sourcing like 5,000 drummers.

It's Wednesday August the 6 around 11:11PM and

Favorite News Headline of Day: "Bus Rage" Ads Scrapped After Beheading

Ouch.

"Greyhound has scrapped an ad campaign that extolled the relaxing upside of bus travel after one of its passengers was accused of beheading and cannibalizing another traveler.
The ad's tag line was 'There's a reason you've never heard of 'bus rage."'

Greyhound spokeswoman Abby Wambaugh said Wednesday a billboard and some tunnel posters near a bus terminal in Toronto are still up and would be removed later in the day. "

[AP]

(Via Consumerist)

It's Wednesday August the 6 around 11:04PM and

Debate: Karate Kid vs Karate Kid II Songs

Jezebel opens up a pretty big discussion with a very bold statement that this Peter Cetera song, "Glory of Love" from Karate Kid II is the reason that the 2nd installment of the franchise. I says what?

Here's evidence to the contrary, being Karate Kid's You're the Best Around by Joe Esposito. And yes, this debate is clearly going nowhere. "You have to set an example even in the face of stupidity. Everybody who follows Karate Kid knows that the Original Karate Kid movie is the only true Karate Kid movie. Now am I right or wrong?"

It's Wednesday August the 6 around 10:38PM and

Hayden Panettiere Lululemon-y

Oh, well played Lululemon. Well Played. Hayden Panettiere brand association. In other news, notice she comes fresh from the classy back wax place?

Speaking of the Lulus, during my coffee break in Yaletown, was it me, or did the whole district smell like manure today? Either the Lulu wearing dog walkers aren't using those designer dog poo bags, or the whole area is starting to stink. Kind of awesome. Either way, there was lots of smell face all over the place.

It's Tuesday August the 5 around 10:39PM and

Favorite News Headline of the Day: A Little of the old In and Out

MPs summon 31 Tories to testify about 'in-and-out' scheme.

[Canadian Press]

It's Tuesday August the 5 around 10:32PM and

Pam Anderson Eats Fake Chicken in Vancouver

I'm not sure I really get this. Here's Pam Anderson in Vancouver give shout outs to KFC for their new vegetarian (read: non-Chicken) sandwich. [Via Faded Youth]

I like how the CTV report refers to the item as "mock-chicken":

"KFC Canada has introduced a new soy-based, mock-chicken sandwich to its menu, and a promise to treat it's chickens humanely. On Monday, Pamela Anderson, one of PETA's A-list celebrity campaigners enjoyed her first taste of victory, by surprising the unsuspecting staff at this location in the city's West End."

File this under: lamest mock-celebrity sighting.

It's Tuesday August the 5 around 10:28PM and

Tonight, At The Mos Eisley...

"They don't serve droids..." By Montygog. "...but they have karaoke every 2nd friday of the month."

It's Tuesday August the 5 around 10:25PM and

Quote of the day: On Deleted Scenes

"Today should've been a deleted scene. Self-indulgent, cliché, didn't advance the plot at all, and no nudity. For completists only."

Joshua Green Allen.

It's Tuesday August the 5 around 10:19PM and

Foghorn Leghorn vs the hipster rooster

Banty Raids
by thadk

Not gonna lie, there was a moment today at work as we crowded around a monitor to watch the 1963 cartoon Banty Raids featuring Foghorn Leghorn and a very "horny hipster rooster" that i was like, did that just really happen? Kind of awesome. Oh Merrie Melodies!

It's Monday August the 4 around 9:48PM and

Things I've Learned, Issue 4: Olympic Booty, Hammer Attacks

If the O'Jays Love Train doesn't get you pumped after a long weekend you're dead to me.

*Nice to see NBC get cheeky with just 4 days until the Olympic Games. Very funny, an entire gallery of beach volleyball's female rear end entitled "Cracking the code." Genius.

*Legendary hijacker D.B. Cooper reportedly hid money in Vancouver bank. Sidebar: Do you remember how kind of creepy Unsolved Mysteries was? Check out 1988's story on D.B. Cooper. (Part 2). I think it was just Robert Stacks delivery. Or the theme song. Amazing.

*Hammer attacks? Really? In Vancouver no less? Anyways, a hammer terrorist sent six to the hospital Sunday night. "Police say he then went to a lounge, where he hit six people, knocking one of them unconscious. He then went to a nearby restaurant patio, where he hit two women and a man. In total, nine people were hit, and six had to be taken to hospital. But luckily most of the injuries were not serious." [CTV]

*Vancouver born actor Ryan Reynolds supports Barrack Obama. Not sure that helps. Wait, they're tied?

*Charlie Sheen makes $800,000 per episode of Two and a Half Men. I definetely just threw up a little in my mouth.

*This one's for Graham. "Forget the iPhone, The iTouch is good enough." HEH.

*Good news. Starbucks will be keeping those delicious breakfast sandwiches on the menu after all.

*Even better news. The benefits of working out in pill form.

*Best closed for business sign I've seen in ages. The references to The Battle of Tabouli are a nice touch.

*Yikes, is "Greyhound bus-style" actually in the lexicon now? Jesus.

*Johnny Griffin, a jazz great passes. Another ridiculously fabulous well written English obit is written. He solos big time in this video.

*I miss Paris at the end of July.

*A Honus Wagner baseball card sold for $1.62 million.

*Favorite Quote this week thus far: "'Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization' is the new cover story from Adbusters. If you're not familiar, Adbusters is a fun, angry, Starbucks-hating publication whose credo states that we've all been brainwashed by advertising and mass media into an orgy of overconsumption that lets the American Empire destroy the rest of the world to feed our fat faces. I buy it at Whole Foods." [Valleywag]

It's Monday August the 4 around 9:45PM and

Triumph vs Comic Con

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog hits up Comic Con with deliciously funny results.

It's Monday August the 4 around 9:42PM and

Newsradio - The Cane

Bill McNeal and his cane get me every time.

It's Sunday August the 3 around 4:29PM and

Canada wins Celebration of Light

(Photo: Sherwin Andal)

So Canada won the Celebration of Light Saturday. Beyond the joy of this tedious event being over, can I ask just how choked must the Chinese team be? It's a week before their Super Olympic World Wide Glory Times and they couldn't beat the puny Canadians in a fireworks competition. Someone over in Beijing is gonna be pissed. [CTV]

And this cruel fate must haven been double fun for the Chinese as vast parts of the interwebs have been unlocked in anticipation of the games next Friday. As Gawker reports, "the entire country discovered that American "news" is full of lies written by cheap robots. This one was made by a cyclon photo director at Yahoo who wants the world to believe that China is still slaughtering people in Tiananmen Square, using furries. See, communists? This sort of madcap fun could be yours if you had a First Amendment!"