The Story of Stuff

A couple months ago I was able to catch the short video hosted by Annie Leonard called The Story of Stuff. I was recently reminded of it, and I thought it was something I should share with everyone. The video goes through the life cycle of “stuff” (i.e. commercial products) that the world produces, and how it is a grossly unsustainable system. The video is very objective, and brings everyone back to basics… it’s hard to ignore and dispute the facts she presents. From using far too many natural resources, all the way through to the enormous amounts of waste we produce, this is something I believe everyone should see, and everyone should think about.

Say Something | Posted on July 3, 2008 at 11:37 am | Filed Under Current Happenings

Wipeout = Hilarious

As I was a huge fan of MXC, last night I made sure to watch Wipeout, a new show on ABC, where contestants go through various obstacle courses competing against each other for money. Although you may find yourself pulling for one person to win the contest, the main reason to watch this show is solely for the physical humor of these people bouncing, falling, dropping, and sliding all over the place. I laughed until it hurt, and then laughed some more. I’m generally not one to advocate many television shows, but this was completely and totally worth it. Watch this promo, and if you do not laugh, you’ve got other serious problems to worry about.

Say Something | Posted on June 25, 2008 at 11:00 am | Filed Under Funny

Bill O’Reilly is a Tool

Since this is now considered old news in Internet Land, I’m sure most people have seen the video of Bill O’Reilly freaking out (NSFW - language) on his production crew on Inside Edition back in the day. I’ve always had a strong distaste for this guy, so I got a good laugh at his expense. I thought I enjoyed this vid to it’s fullest last week, until the guys at Barely Political released the Bill O’Reilly’s Producer sketch where you see what went down behind the camera. It’s hilarious.

Say Something | Posted on May 19, 2008 at 4:13 pm | Filed Under Funny

Fun Interweb Linkage

All Streets by Ben Fry – Cool street map of the U.S. I can’t imagine how long this took to put together.
Cities at Night – Aerial view of various cities aglow at night. I love the blue glow of Japan.
The Billy Letters – Totally fascinating project by Radar where a man poses as a 10-year old kid and writes letters to politicians and serial killers alike and gets interesting responses.
CERN’s Large Hadron Collider – A real life time machine. Well, kinda. Technically it’s a particle accelerator. It’s planned to start operating this summer, and no one really knows what’s going to happen. Really interesting stuff. More info here and here.
That’s what she said – I love Michael Scott.

Say Something | Posted on April 30, 2008 at 9:34 pm | Filed Under Boredom, Funny, Super Cool

Utah Jazz!

I was fortunate enough last week to make it out to both games 3 and 4 of the current playoff series versus the Houston Rockets. I’ve was a huge Jazz fan back in 90’s while Stockton and Malone were tearing it up, and within the last 2 years have had a resurgence of fandom due to Deron Williams leading Utah their recent success. We’re inches away from beating Houston, and on to face the Lakers (!), so it is just going to get better. This young group has a load of talent and many years of success ahead of them. Go Jazz!