The Films of Joel and Ethan Coen

This video was made by Paul Proulx from Hobnox. I found it to be one of the few mashup videos I could watch the whole way through. Enjoy

Internet Fame

Recently the Internet show "Quarter Life" aired on NBC. The Nielsen rates for it where very very low, almost non-existent, that got me thinking. Why would a show do better on the web than television? Both would be the same jokes, same plots, same characters why this drop in ratings.

Because finding something is always better than being presented something. When it comes to content on the internet there is a lot there. Millions of short videos, writings, songs just about any form of media can be found on the internet. Thus creating an ocean of possible entertainment. there really isn't an internet guide - Google is to a degree - there to show us what we have available to us. No, we must hunt for what we may want to enjoy. We can spend hours looking for that niche we can find on TV, that little slice of comic genius we know is out there. When we do find it we are thrilled, elated and then seek to share it with others.
TV on the other hand presents entertainment to us. We all sit back the start making our score cards. Tell the television, I am here make my time worth it, show me something good. Something that will make me laugh or that i can loss myself in. Do it or I will turn you off and think more about reading a book." We never get the same thrill that we do when we find something. There is no urning for a prize. No reward for the effort we put forth.

That is way Internet show will almost always do better online then they will on Television.

A Natural Progression

I noticed this little progression of photoshop skill today. I found it to be a good guide for the phases that photos go through when they hit the internet.



Here is the Original.




Once it was available it was only natural to add an epic explosion to it. That or a LOL cat phase of some sort. Perhaps even a ninja weapon worth of Chuck Norris.



While that does look cool it doesn't mean anything until you show what is happening outside the frame.

Kick Ass he's on a skateboard!


Finally It is time to bring it back to what we all love. Star Wars.

This just feels right.

Politicians Only Hear What They Want to Hear

This was to funny not to post.

Walking like a God

Yeah, It's snowing once again. I've always enjoyed watching snow fall on the ground. It's similar to the way fire memorizes people. A constant barrage of white flakes piling on top of each other slowly build a canvas of possibilities. Some will be apart of angels, others projectiles and those lucky few monuments to man.

With this latest snow storm I got a chance to walk through it. As crazy as this may sound it is an experience I feel everyone must experience. It's as though you are walking through a galaxy. Each flake a star system, a wonderful event non the less.

Winter's Cold Chill

With winter starting to bow to spring I got a chance to take some pictures.

When it comes to snow I like untouched snow the best. I enjoy looking at fresh undisturbed snow. It's a blank canvas of possibility, a blanket of white.


There is just something so tranquil about silhouettes falling on snow.



Ahh... the path of rolling snow.




Even snow must part ways as it travels.

The Blue Collar Parasite

So the other day I was thinking about the male stereotype and the games they play. Your first thought might go to sports such as Hockey, Football or even underwater basket weaving but those are not the games I am think of. No these are the everyday sort of games that men use to compete with each other on a daily passive aggressive basis. There are four of these games I feel:

A real man...

I just bought...

How hot do you like it...

How does this smell...


Personally I find the "A Real Man" games to be the most fun. Mostly because when you finish the sentence it doesn't ever need to be something you have done. To win the game you only need to think or a crazier or more "macho" statement. It may start with something that someone has done but it will quickly devolve into a chaotic spiral of dick waving and sexist comments. For the record "A real man has a big penis" If you want to win you need to think hard and fast.

A typical round might go: "A real man doesn't need to wash his clothes cause that's what women are for." followed by 'Oh yeah, A real man doesn't even need to wear clothes." Now both of those statement are insane to think about in realistic terms but that isn't what this game is about. It is all about one upping the previous statement. Here some fun ones I've heard over the years.

"A real man can take down a deer from 200 yards with a pistol"

"A real man drives his vehicle through walls and calls it a shortcut"

"A real man doesn't need no help"

"A real man can breath in space"

"A real man uses a spork"

" A real man farts and it smells like motor oil"

"A real man drives slow as to avoid danger"

The rest of the games are really just the same only they are based in fact. You can't claim to have bought the Queen of England a cheeseburger, you could claim that "A real man gives the Queen of England a Cheeseburger and she likes it!"
You can't claim to have eaten the hottest pepper in the world, you need to actually eat the hottest pepper in the world. While in front of a crowd of people (mostly women) in a bar.
You can't say I smelled something really bad you need to produce that smell and then flaunt it to men and not women.

On second thought you could claim those things but be prepared to back it up.