hmmm….

Even better.  Spell-check definitely caught “bitchslap” on the last post.   Hmph.  I could have sworn that was a word.

 

UPDATE: Caught it again on this one! “Hmph” too!!!!

Now that’s what I call….

….a political bitchslap.  Like the kind that sounds off and everybody screams out BITCH! cause it was that serious. 

For those who don’t follow the Senate, this is a pretty RARE thing to do.  This was a fairly casual request for more time, which is always granted by unanimous consent.  Everyone always gets more time.  So for newly elected Senator Al Franken to object, just unheard of. And hilarious.  I feel kinda bad for Joe, just because I always feel bad when people are mean to helpless old people.  But I keep reminding myself that what Joe is doing is tantamount to…well….being really mean and thoughtless to millions of Americans by blocking healthcare reform.  Innocent helpless old bastard.

The Requirement Is Inspirement

….and I….am….hiring….but also firing…..
 
  
Inspiration for the changes to the website.  One of the many.  When I first saw this, the color scheme just stood out to me.  Just a big fan of this belt.  Like the Lakers or Kanye.  The colors and the brass tip…I’m a fan.  I’d post the link to where you can find it, but I’m selfish like that.  Here’s another….

The Finals Countdown and the Christmas Resolutions

Europe – The Final Countdown; Drake ft. Lil’ Wayne, KANYE, Eminem – Forever (Travis Barker Remix), Robin Thicke – Sweetest Love, Temptations – The Christmas Song

I did it.  I finished my 15th semester of finals.  One more to go.  Unless I can no longer suppress my ambitions and I go for a third degree.  But that’s neither here with me nor there with you.  Now I can focus on rest, and Christmas shopping for myself, and doing anything else that I want to do.  I’ve got a few things on my Christmas break To-Do list.

1. Not read.

2. Beat Wii Punch-Out.

3. Lose 5 pounds.

4. Hide from snow. I’m seriously traumatized from last year’s ice storm and the week of being without power and heat, and gettin’ my nomad on all around town, sleeping on uncomfortable floors, sitting helpless as my car spun out time and time again, getting pneumonia, kinda dying, being forced to go to class in the ice and dodging the icicles that fell from buildings and trees and power lines, slipping and falling on my icy sidewalk, accidentally scratching my girl’s car as I

Greetings

 

Seasons Greetings, that is. Jesus is the Reason For the Season-type Greetings. To You All.

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Coulda Shoulda Woulda Been A SuperBowl Ad

 

I love this commercial.  Every time it comes on, I get speechless.  Literally speechless.  And I stare at the screen like 90 year old virgin in a pecker patch.  Really though, if a purse can smile, then we can smile.  If a stove can smile, then we can smile.  If an airport conveyor belt can smile, then we can smile.  Smile at a few folks today.

 

This is great as is.  But even better if you mute the audio, and listen to Tupac ft. Scarface – Smile. 

CURVE YOUR ENTHUSIASM

Even the bberry can't get enough of the greatbrownbino!!!!!
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IT'S TWELVE O'CLOCK. Do you know where YOUR children are going to college?

WWE CLASSICS

Just woke up. Watching Ric Flair vs. Sting, 1996, WCW Monday Nitro. About to watch Steve Austin make is WWE in-ring debut as “The Ringmaster” against Matt Hardy. I support the Monday Night Wars.

WhatBinoshouldbedoing: Studying.

New Vans....Chocolate Thunder... AAAH I WANT THESE!

New Brown Suede/Leather Vans....Primo....worthy of Bino.

UPDATE: Now in the Bino Closet...

I CAN'T GET NO...!

satisfaction......

I'm slowly becoming a bigger and bigger Mick Jagger fan. I remember my first year of college, I was signed up for an Honors class. This class had no real method to its madness, and we really talked about whatever our prof felt like talking about or reading or watching or doing. One day, for no reason beknownst to me (I was distracted by so many things my first year that I never knew what or why things happened IN class), our prof gave us a documentary to watch on the Rolling Stones called Gimme Shelter, about the infamous Altamont Free Concert in 1969. The Stones wanted to throw a free concert to the public, and it quickly grew into a Woodstock-like event for concertgoers all over the world. The documentary chronicled the planning, the show, and the violence many nude, mushroom-satiated concertgoers suffered at the hands of the Hell's Angels motorcylce club, who had been commissioned as security for the show.

Aside from being an absolute heartbreaking and telling display of the reality of , and demise of the 60's, and the tension between the vets, the peace creeps, the suits, and everyone in between, it provided my first glimpse into the breathtaking music of the Rolling Stones. I watched that doc again this weekend for the first time in years, and its still one of the most captivating music concert documentaries I've ever seen.

No links to download the documentary, 'cause I'm not that type of guy lol, but a quick google search of "Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter film" should lead you in the right direction...

I will, however, leave you with an excerpt of one of my favorite Stones songs...."Under My Thumb" written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards

Under my thumb

The girl who once had me down

Under my thumb

The girl who once pushed me around

It's down to me

The difference in the clothes she wears

Down to me, the change has come,

She's under my thumb

Ain't it the truth babe?

Under my thumb

The squirmin' dog who's just had her day

Under my thumb

A girl who has just changed her ways

It's down to me, yes it is

The way she does just what she's told

Down to me, the change has come

She's under my thumb

Ah, ah, say it's alright

Under my thumb

A siamese cat of a girl

Under my thumb

She's the sweetest, hmmm, pet in the world.....

Oh yeah, if you think for one second that you can steal MICK SWAGGER as your screen name, twitter name, facebook name, fantasy football team name, speed dating name, blackberry messenger name, government name, first son's name, second son's name, third son's name, grandson's name, dog's name, cat's name, hamster's name, car's name, laptop's name, penis' name, line name, or anything even close to that....I'll kill you and watch you die.

....I Just Heard Some Real G.O.O.D. News....

Heard this mix a few weeks ago, thought I would share it with the other card-carrying members of the LV DON fan club....check it out at okayplayer.com...

ICE TWO C

Somehow. Don't ask me how. But somehow, I broke my frames last week, so I had to get a new pair, which was overdue, since I really couldn't see well enough to drive at night, or read a book, or park in the lines, or drive in the lines, or stop in front of the line.....So here's my new frames!  New Prada specs for 2009....

WEATHER'S BEEN ABOVE ME, BUT I'M BACK AND MORE INSPIRED THAN EVER

Live Or Die....Make Your Choice...

I am the biggest Saw fan you'll meet. And I cannot wait for the latest film. Maybe it's because the producers have FINALLY figured out how to keep secrets about some of the movie's exciting twists, maybe it's because Eddie Winslow is going to be in this movie and will most certainly die a laughably horrific death, maybe it's because I'm so invested that I now defend the Saw franchise the way I defend a family member. No matter how much wrong they may do, in my eyes, they can do no wrong. Here are some of the poster's that have been released.

The plot details for the latest installment:

Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood.

The long-awaited, highly anticipated 5th sequel to the blockbuster Saw franchise hits theaters October 23, 2009.

Despite losing support each year for some inexplicable reason, LionsGate Films is sticking with this franchise, mainly because of its hardened cult following and its almost guaranteed haul at the box office. With rumors that legendary villain actor Tobin Bell has already signed on for a seventh film, and further rumors that director David Hackl wants to make the seventh installment a 3D film, it's safe to say that the second best horror franchise ever (next to Halloween), isn't going anywhere anytime soon. For more info, check out the site for Saw 6.

But in the spirit of the most dynamic horror story ever told, I came up with this list of the top 6 "I obviously don't cherish my life and I need to be thrown into one of the famous Jigsaw traps".

1) Manny Ramirez - Watching Manny is like watching that guy in middle school who had a growth spurt way before everyone else did, but instead of using his newly-acquired size advantage to play sports and get girls, he joins the theater group or gets a part-time job early. It's hard not to watch and think about all the other guys who would kill for Manny's talent, but instead he just dicks around and wastes his career.

2) Joe Scarborough, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly - Peter Parker's uncle would be highly disappointed in these young men. It's just not good to give so much power to the biggest, most naive, oblivious, racist, bigoted, ignorant, hateful, ignorant, dumb, stupid, mean, evil nitwits who use their influence, not for good, but to prey on the lack of knowledge of their viewers. Mr. Scarborough had potential to run for President, but instead he'd rather spew hatred from his mouth every morning on MSNBC, like he ate an ignorance pizza with moldy cheese, and can't stop vomiting his rants of prejudice puke.

3) Kanye West - What? No. Not Kanye. Right? WRONG. If there's anything his biggest fans can admit about their idol is that he could stand a few lessons in humility, and there's no humble pie like the Saw trap. My only fear is that he would survive, and then criticize Jigsaw for not being talented enough to outsmart him.

4) The guys from Scrubs and Grey's Anatomy - The guy who plays J.D. on Scrubs, and the guy who plays George on Grey's Anatomy - Why? Simple. Warning - it's a little selfish. But what the crap. Great shows require chemistry. And that's not easy to come by. So when a show develops the perfect balance of chemistry amongst its cast, and has a great formula for success, it drives me crazy to see one of the stars get selfish and start bitching about not wanting to by typecast into a role, or having a desire to focus on other movie projects. NO! You are integral elements to Emmy-winning shows and they just won't work without you. Stop running away from what works. You've got a good thing going. Oh yeah, if there's not a new Batman movie within the next three years, we're adding Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale to this list.

5) Brett Fav-ruh - Just because he's a jerk who thinks its ok to toy with people and waste our time. You may not appreciate our time Mr. Fav-ruh, but a nice death scare might make you want to cherish your own time.

6) The Guy Who Made Crocs - Cause I said so.

7) Debra Lee - She's the "genius" behind BET. She's responsible for the "great tv programming" the network has given us over the past decade, including: Frankie & Neffe, (I don't need to go any further, but I will, for the cynics) Tiny & Toya, College Hill, 106 & Park, every BET Award show, the Boondocks (yep, because she DIDN'T want the Boondocks. Not dumb enough for her). She should pay for the denigration of an entire race.

8) The Guy Who Invented College Final Exams - What a douche.

9) Flavor Flav - Kinda like the guys from Scrubs and Grey's Anatomy. He had a show that works. He had some very classy ladies chasing after him, year after year, willing to put their self-respect and dignity on the line just to be with him. He was the envy of, oh, I dunno, EVERY GUY I KNOW! When you get a show like that, and the network will let you keep doing it year after year, you don't stop doing the show to go marry someone who happened to mother your most recent child. Especially when you passed up on marrying the last 10 women who bore your 49 other children. You keep going! YOU KEEP GOING!

10) Any Female Who Tries To Get With Flavor Flav - Just because he would keep going with those shows, doesn't mean you should. Even if it will make you famous. Some things have to be more important than fame.

Blueprint 3 Cover - The Making Of....

Thought this video was pretty cool....Still haven't listened to the album...but I'm hearing good things.  I'll post a review as soon as I've given it a go....

The Michael Scott Paper Company

Bit of Tid - "Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration"

The Office Season 6 Returns to NBC This Thursday, 9/17 at 9:00 p.m. Best 30 minutes of my life! 

 That's what she said.

So Clear You Can See The Little Fishies at the Bottom

I love drinking water. But sometimes when I drink water, I think about how its completely moisturizing my entire body, and saving me money that I would have otherwise spent on lotion. Water, the gift that keeps on giving. Earth, Wind and Fire really missed the boat when they shunned the element of water. Water would have been a great pianist I bet.

BTW...the title of that last post....really wasn't necessary....(scratches head)

I Love When We Talk About Balls

Bits of Tid formerly known as Daily Wisdomisms - "The thought of popping one of your beets into my mouth, makes me want to vomit" - The Office

I just want to start by apologizing to my better angels for a previous post blasting Wayne's Carter III. I was wrong. I apologize. I underestimated his talent and the genius of his album. (See Republicans, that's not hard to do.)

Moving on...I took a break from music this summer and focused on sports podcasts. I don't know about you, but there's one thing I've learned. You don't look nearly as weird when you're alone in your car singing along to Beyonce or Kanye than you do when you laugh at podcast convos. Quickest way to feel like a loser: Listen and laugh (which is inevitable) while you listen to the B.S. Report with Bill Simmons, while sitting in 5pm traffic, until you realize everyone stuck in traffic with you is looking at you and wondering who you're laughing at/yelling at/nodding your head in agreement with/and waving your hands in the air like you're at church saying "Preach preacher preach!".... thats ok though, sports keeps me calm. With that in mind, here are some recommendations:

1) The B.S. Report with Bill Simmons - One of the best sports columnists from ESPN, even better podcast. Huge Boston fan, lots of gambling talk, lots of Red Sox talk, huge know-it-all who knows alot. Not just sports talk, lots of pop culture discussion as well. Downside: I've been listening to him and reading him so much that I'm afraid to see him on TV. I've got an image in my head and I just know that once I see him, it will not only ruin that image, but ruin how I enjoy his work. But since this is a stupid thing to worry about, you should have no problems. Enjoy the B.S. Report.

2) The Dan LeBatard Show w/ Stugotz - Very funny fat guy out of Miami. You may know him from guest hosting Pardon The Interruption on ESPN, or writing for the Miami Herald. But he's a very funny dude with a 5-hour radio show turned into a podcast. Plenty of everyday stuff included, but some good arguments w/ co-hosts Stugotz and Hoch. Downside: Aside from national stories like Brett Favre, or championship games, they focus their attention on Miami teams. I hate Miami teams. They suck. They are, however, fun to pull against.

3) ESPN's PTI and Around the Horn podcasts - Pretty simple, the audio of PTI and ATH. Great podcast, but even better show, which you should be watching if you care at all about sports. Negs: None.

4) 1st and 10 podcast - Oh wait, IT DOESN'T EXIST! Idiots at ESPN give us the best of Mike and Mike (yawn) and PTI, and ATH, Dan Patrick, Scott Van Pelt, Chris something (too boring to look up) and others, but they don't give us a podcast of the best commentator alive - Skip Bayless. Write your Congressman, tell them that you support Skip Bayless on the podcast!!

5) Stephen A. Smith podcast - Yeah I'm really just trying to support black people here with this, but honestly, do yourself a favor and ignore #5. What an ass. (although he's making some real progress with his recent work as a talking head for MSNBC and Fox.

6) The Year of the Brownbino - Cross your fingers, toes, legs, arms, eyes, whatever it takes to make this happen. One day....one day....

I actually started this off planning to talk about some new music, but didn't quite get there. I'll get around to it eventually.

The Return of the Great....Bambi?!? That Wimpy Deer?!?

Been so long since I've posted anything. So much has happened since then...an entire season of The Office, Michael Jackson died, America stopped hiding racism, I own several new white shirts, True Blood, John Calipari came to UK, my Blackberry battery no longer charges, one of my friends had a baby and the other bought a car which broke down with me in it, 808's and Heartbreaks, my addiction to generic nasal spray, ummm...and...oh yeah...THE LAKERS WON THE NBA FINALS! HAHA SUCK IT LEBRON!