MRod says: Is the crew ready? Like spaghetti.

In high school I went on our school annual fall retreat to a cabin ground.  For a roll call session there, my friend wrote down the name of a fictional classmate.

“Mike Ock?  Is there a Mick Ock?”  Hilarious then.  Hilarious now, which is why I find this story hilarious.

[Insert blond joke here]

This photo makes me laugh.

This is a fantastic two-hour guest lecture given by esteemed Brown University professor Ken Miller at Case Western University as he logically and with humor illustrates the fallacies of Intelligent Design’s friable arguments and its depredation against science.  Ring in the new year with some knowledge.

I was at the Apple Store on Sunday with Cyrus to provide him some clarity and guidance on the various Apple MacBook family of laptops.  A sales associate came over to assist us as we were poking around on a MacBook Pro.  He wasn’t the most informed Apple employee I’ve ever spoken with, but tried his best to be helpful.  So on the effort column, he received high marks.

Cyrus then asked him “So which Mac do you have?”

The sales guy paused and disconsolately answered.  “A Dell” he said.  He then ranted and complained that his father had failed by not getting him a new Mac for Christmas.

I asked him what the employee discount is there at Apple.  “Twenty-five percent.”

At this point anyone that is familiar with the Internet possibly has heard of the countless “facts” about superbeing Chuck Norris.  Example?  How about the fact that there is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures Chuck Norris has allowed to live.  Or Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs.  It’s true.  I read about it in Wall Street Journal.  Or as I heard during an airing of the World Series of Poker Chuck Norris’ hand is the only hand that can beat a Royal Flush.

Well now, read what Zach Braff has to say about himself, Chuck Norris, and world peace.

A contemplative film about the insanely acrobatic and powerful trap jaw ants. FUCK THAT THING.

Maybe Ant Man can beat Superman and the Green Lantern.

It’s macabre but the recent killing of Benazir Bhutto “…is one of those rare things in a presidential race — an unscripted, unexpected moment that lays bare a candidate’s leadership qualities and geopolitical smarts.“

1. Catching all the transfer subway trains one right after the other, especially late at night. Ah, so zen.

2. Ad-libbing a muted episode of Deal or No Deal with a hot bartender and mutually yelling at the TV hoping the greedy bastard, who wasn’t happy with the $105,000 offer, goes bust (which he totally did!).  Ah, so zen.

3. Walking behind a fast moving large person who clears the path for me during pedestrian rush hour on 34th Street near Macy’s. This can be the difference between walking into work exactly on time or 8 minutes late. When this happens, I feel like a running back rushing behind a great blocker. He’s at 6th Ave, and now 7th…and he…may….go…all…the…way!!! Ah, so zen.

4. Sitting down in a restaurant and discovering that they have a 3 dollar dinner entree and 3 dollar beer happy hour, which lasts until 1o pm. Ah, so zen…for my wallet.

5. Finding a John Varvatos shirt for 20 bucks.  Ah, so zen.

6. Saturday morning cup of coffee with the Smithsonian Magazine.  Ah, so zen.

I don’t mean to look over people’s shoulders at their reading material on the subway, but this one particular passenger’s reading material really caught my attention:

I’m not sure if this photo is clearly legible (click here to zoom in), but the headline of the article printout, as seen at the top of the page, is “Learn how to strip for your guy” from the female-centric website iVillage.

Aside from the fact that this woman is going to strip for her man which is always awesome, always awesome, I appreciate the fact that she actually printed out these hints and instructions. That’s the sort of due diligence that will take a girl places. Besides, after Guitar Hero, this might be the second best Christmas gift a man can receive.

Merry Christmas Eve everyone. My blog’s holiday gift to my readers this year is this wonderful video (And I swear on Jesus’s grave that he arose from that it does not include any cups or scatologic references) of a hot woman playing drums demonstrating the pure awesomeness of both the wonder bra, drum solos, and lastly Phil Collins. Rock on.

And here’s the original version that the video above is spoofing.