The Swedes Are So Appreciative!
Posted by Dave | February 2nd, 2010 | Filed under Humor
The Swedes are so appreciative of the little things I do…
Fuzzy Fuzzy Cute Cute?
Posted by Dave | November 30th, 2009 | Filed under Humor, Music
OK, I’m in Parry Gripp jingle phase. Like, today I’m looking at razor blades at the drug store and couldn’t help but have Parry’s More Blades Better Shave play in my head.
Crunchy Taco Blows Up!
Posted by Dave | November 30th, 2009 | Filed under Food, Humor
Jingle Meister Parry Gripp is at it again with his latest video.
Even The Gangstas on Weeds Hate AT&T
Posted by Dave | August 18th, 2009 | Filed under Humor, Tech
Thought this was a funny dig at AT&T on last night’s episode of Weeds.
Rockband Birdie Cat
Posted by Dave | June 24th, 2009 | Filed under Humor
Out little Bella Kitty is now featured in her very first short, Rockband Birdie Cat! Dru plays Rockband a lot and now Bella plays along in between the songs.
Funny Look At Oakland
Posted by Dave | June 21st, 2009 | Filed under Culture, Humor, Oakland, Politics, Tech
Oakland can be a great place to live – but it’s true, jaywalkers are everywhere and are real, real slow.
Trailer Tales
Posted by Dave | May 29th, 2009 | Filed under Humor
I went down to Santa Cruz couple weeks ago and shot this little video of Jay working on his new mobile home.
Tribute to Drunken Karaoke
Posted by Dave | May 23rd, 2009 | Filed under Humor
One Got Fat – My Fave Film from Grade School
Posted by Dave | May 3rd, 2009 | Filed under Humor, Music
While attending DeLaveaga elementary school, whenever the projector was rolled into the classroom we knew we were in for a treat! Various films were shown to either fill in for the teacher’s incomplete class plans or to give the kids a little bit of a ‘fun’ break. A lot of films were public safety oriented or educational in some way. My all time favorite was this freakish bicycle safety flick, “One Got Fat”. In the early seventies anything with monkeys or monkey people was popular – “Planet Of The Apes”, “Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp” were big hits at the time.
“One Got Fat” still holds up pretty well, at least on a dark level. Poor bicycle riding was punished in gruesome accidents, even one with a steam roller, how classic! The background music and sound effects are also delightful. I’m sure now days, this film would be un PC in some way. Also featured, is the original snark narrator, Edward Everett Horton of Fractured Fairy Tales fame.
Colbert Talks to the Newspaper’s Lobbyist
Posted by Dave | April 8th, 2009 | Filed under Humor, San Francisco
It is sad that our daily newspapers are shrinking or disappearing altogether. It makes me wonder though, in the case of our local San Francisco Chronicle, how much of this was an intentional neglect so they can get co-publishing mergers approved in Washington? The Chronicle was bought a few years ago by the Hearst Corporation and they are now losing over a million dollars a week.
Suggestion to the Chronicle’s Managers; making the paper smaller, with uglier typesetting and putting the business section on the back of another section isn’t going to help.
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Tribute to Fallen Breakfast Cereals
Posted by Dave | March 5th, 2009 | Filed under Food, Humor
Growing up I loved eating cereal. Lots of cereal! Cereal brought me tremendous joy, especially, the brands that my parents forbid me to eat. Many of these cereals have left the planet and are now only a memory. Here is one of my old faves, the curious Pink Panther Flakes and Nerds cereal because, it’s such a ridiculous tribute to a candy – which most cereal resembles anyway!
See more of your old crunchy, sweet faves here!
25 Things I Hate About Facebook
Posted by Dave | March 4th, 2009 | Filed under Culture, Humor
Funny vid by Julian Smith. I somehow avoided the 25 Things Meme on Facebook as the colossal waste of time to do it would be better spent doing some other inward realization exercise somewhere else.
It’s the beautiful mom’s in their Yoga clothes… A Tribute to Trader Joe’s!
Posted by Dave | February 12th, 2009 | Filed under Culture, Humor, Music
Video from Carls Fine Films
What are your favorite things from Trader Joe’s? I hate when I get caught singing along to the 80s songs in the Rockridge store.
Layoff Fallout
Posted by Dave | February 2nd, 2009 | Filed under Humor, Tech
Photo by Todd Bishop
As more and more companies layoff employees, the flotsam of past marketing efforts like t-shirt schwag heads for the local thrift shop. When a previous Santa Cruz company I worked for imploded, they donated their marketing t-shirts a local shelter. For months I would see street characters wearing their Lutris shirts on Pacific Ave in downtown Santa Cruz.
Now as Microsoft lays off thousands, their shirts are appearing in the Seattle area thrifts.
How the Bush Street Was Renamed Obama Street in SF
Posted by Dave | January 23rd, 2009 | Filed under Culture, Humor, San Francisco
This is a great little video from the team behind the transformation of Bush St. to Obama St. in San Francisco on Inauguration Eve.
Begin Obama!
Posted by Dave | January 21st, 2009 | Filed under Culture, Humor, San Francisco
Photo by Jef Poskanzer
All the street signs on San Franciso’a Bush Street were renamed Obama Street by some Pranksters Monday night – just in time for the Inauguration!
No Pants on the Subway a Success!
Posted by Dave | January 14th, 2009 | Filed under Culture, Humor, Oakland, San Francisco, Uncategorized
I was wondering if this was going to happen in SF. A lot of Gaza protesters were riding BART to SF on Saturday morning. Seeing the two groups together would have been interesting. I was taking BART from Oakland to SF on this morning so Dru could pick me up at the Balboa station so we could get the heck out of town. Everyone had pants.
Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency
Posted by Dave | January 13th, 2009 | Filed under Humor
Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency
