The ongoing dispute between different pottery factions in Seagrove, NC has made the international news scene now that Fark.com has picked it up. I’ve always thought that the most dangerous people in the world are pissed off artists.
OfficeMax has an interesting ad campaign online. It’s a video (see below) showing a guy paying for a steak dinner with pennies. The proprietors of the restaurant aren’t too happy with him and argue with him about why they should accept pennies. The video may or may not be staged, but it doesn’t matter because it’s funny. At the end of the video OfficeMax has a little "Power of the Penny" graphic promoting all the back-to-school items you can buy for a penny and the end screen has the www.officemax.com/penny URL.
I like this because although the video isn’t specifically about back to school items it’s a humorous look at the ongoing debate about the value of pennies. Lots of people think the penny should go the way of all flesh, but OfficeMax has found a way to use the debate to their advantage.
BTW, I found the video on video humor site Glumbert.com.
Cross-posted on LowderEnterprises.com
Sarah South linked to an interesting 5-K being held in Reidsville tomorrow (July 26, 2008). It’s called the Take Pride in Your Hide and as you may guess from the title it’s a clothing-optional race. If you happen to be a purveyor of sports-ready suntan lotion I think you could make a pretty penny if you set up shop there tomorrow morning.
The race is being held on the Bar-S-Ranch. Here’s a race description from the website:
Bar -S- Ranch, a nudist resort, rests on 400 acres of
rolling meadows and woodlands. Guests are able to relax and find refuge from
the pressures of urban life. Our resort adds a new dimension to the clothing
optional experience by offering a secure and serene environment. We welcome
the experienced and the uninitiated nudist to enjoy our hospitality.
People are curious about nudism. However, the nudist philosophy is
simple: being nude is natural. Runners have found that nude running gives
them a feeling of freedom and exhilaration that cannot be matched in an
other way. Bar -S- Ranch offers this run to the general running community to
give runners an opportunity to enjoy this interesting and different running
experience, "naturally" or clothed.Timing will be done with Champion Chip Timing technology, by Queen City
Timing Services of Mooresville, NC. Each runner / walker must pick up
his/ her chip, to be worn on your shoe at the Take Pride 5K on race day
morning. Those who do not turn in their chip will be assessed a $35
fee. Please bring a towel to sit upon ( proper etiquette at a nudist
resort). "Great" T-shirts (first 150 guaranteed). Unique prizes,
awards, food & refreshments, kegs of Budweiser beer and a drawing
for a one year membership to the Bar-S. Runners/Walkers & their
guest may enjoy the Bar-S for the day until 4:00 PM. A nude/non-nude
photo will be taken to commemorate the event & may be purchased for
$10, included with your entry or paid on race day. The race is ran on
the Bar-S trails in a safe & secure environment , no spectators
allowed. Enjoy running/walking "Naturally" or "clothed" on the exciting
5k XC trail through the cool woods.
Oh, this is cute. The race management company’s name is Butts A’Runnin Race Management.
They’re also looking for sponsors.
You know there are some thoughts that are running through my head right now, pardon the pun, and some fairly obvious questions too:
By the way, I have no problem with nudists doing their thing and in some ways I envy their ability to let it all hang out, so to speak. On the other hand, I’ve never been in the lead in any race I’ve ever run which means I’m always looking at someone’s back(side) and I can’t imagine that’s the best view in a naked trot such as this.
First a warning: the video below is NOT family friendly (bad language and a disturbing array of desktop icons). It is, however, hysterical to anyone who’s worked in a company with a tech support dude who deals with technophobic sales people. Enjoy.
So I came across a post at Ed Cone’s blog that links to an opinion piece in the Carrboro Citizen that references my blog posts about the road blocks I encountered in Alamance County a couple of weeks ago. Ed also linked to my posts which of course caught my attention (hey, I have an ego too) so when I saw that there were comments on the post I decided to check them out lest someone call me names without me calling him names back. That’s when I read the following comment spam:
Interview Request
Hello Dear and Respected,
I hope you are fine and carrying on the great work you have been doing
for the Internet surfers. I am Ghazala Khan from The Pakistani
Spectator (TPS), We at TPS throw a candid look on everything happening
in and for Pakistan in the world. We are trying to contribute our
humble share in the webosphere. Our aim is to foster peace, progress
and harmony with passion.We at TPS are carrying out a new series of interviews with the notable
passionate bloggers, writers, and webmasters. In that regard, we would
like to interview you, if you don’t mind. Please send us your approval
for your interview at my email address "ghazala.khi at gmail.com", so
that I could send you the Interview questions. We would be extremely
grateful.regards.
Ghazala Khan
The Pakistani Spectator
http://www.pakspectator.com
That was followed by a fantastic follow up from scharrison:
Dear Ghazala,
I’ve been thinking about taking the family on a trip to Waziristan. Can you recommend any good bed & breakfasts?
I love these internet tubes
This morning I got to shoot coffee out my nose thanks to Fec. Here’s the line that did it:
From the inimitable James Carville, a fellow lesbian, at The New York Observer:
I’ve thought of Bill Clinton’s Ragin’ Cajun many ways, but not that. Come to think of it I think I just learned something new about Fec. I love this new world of media.
Fec’s done it again. His list of books he’ll never read is hysterical. Well, it’s hysterical if you’ve been paying attention to the crapstorm that is the Iraq War and the Bush Administration. My favorites:
Laura Bush’s My Husband is a Fink
Barbara Bush’s It Should’ve Been Jeb
John McCain’s Retreat With Honor: 100 Years in Iraq
Dick Cheney’s War Crimes Are Your Friend
Doug Feith’s War Crimes for Dummies
Donald Rumsfeld’s War Crimes Illustrated
You’ve heard of the movie White Men Can’t Jump? Here’s the sequel, White Men Can’t Dance courtesy of what looks like a Best Buy security video. They don’t call them the Geek Squad for nothing. (Found via BoingBoing).
http://view.break.com/506192 – Watch more free videos
Available today, hot off the presses is my first e-book. Actually it’s more like an e-booklet. Whatever, it’s the compilation of the comments that I’ve gotten on a short piece I did on telepreacher Ernest Angley over two years ago. I titled the book "The Mirical Worker" based on the spelling of "miracle" used in one of the earliest comments to the post. Following is the introduction and a link to download the PDF file if you’re interested.
Download The Mirical Worker.pdf
Introduction
On April 10, 2006 I posted a short item about televangelist Ernest
Angley on my blog. Little did I know that of the 1,440 posts on my
blog (to date) that this would be consistently among the most
popular. I also had no way of knowing that the post would also draw
the most interesting and strange comments I’ve received on any post.
Since this post is buried in the archives of my blog and is generally
found only by people who are actively searching Google for things
about Angley I thought I’d re-produce the post and comments in a
handy little booklet.
On the following pages you will find the text of my original post
and the text of every comment that I’ve received on that post. I
have not edited or altered the comments in any way and simply copied
and pasted them from the blog. You’ll notice that Angley’s
supporters have a tendency to misspell and over-use upper case text.
In fact you’ll note that the title of this booklet comes from one of
the early commenters who misspelled “miracle”. With patience I
think you’ll find yourself entertained as you scroll through them.
For your information the original post can be found here:
http://www.jonlowder.com/2006/04/ernest_angley_s.html
I’ll be updating this booklet as more comments come in. Believe
me, more will be coming.
Enjoy!
I rarely watch Saturday Night Live anymore because I find too much of it un-funny, but every once in a while I’ll catch one of their clips online and get a good giggle. Below’s a prime example. Any love song from a Jewish man to Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is gonna be funny and just a little disturbing.
Befuddled 