Seeing as how disc jockey’s are always talking up Thirsty Thursdays and great deals on drinks, cheap cover charges and the like I decided to take a different approach. As a recovering alcoholic I thought it would be interesting to link videos of people making asses of themselves while drunk. Thirsty Thursday is just a horrible marketing scheme that inevitably leads to What The F@ck Friday. But more on that tomorrow.

So this week I bring you “Struttin.” I can’t say for sure that this gentleman is drunk -- but he’s most assuredly on something. I couldn’t find any info about this video except that a Huntsville, Alabama reporter is trying to do a story and for whatever reason this passerby goes off about people that have to walk from place to place. As an Alabamian I’d like to point out that Huntsville IS one of our classier cities. Just keep that in mind. Now I’m off for a walk. Got to be struttin’ dat ass. Keep it sober, keep it safe and keep off camera.

I stumbled across this ah-mazing Journey cover today at The Daily What. It’s a little bit rock, a little bit country and a whole lot of kick-ass. What could possibly be a better way to start off a short work week than with an alt-country cover of Journey? Nothing I say. Nothing at all.

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Whoever said kung-fu should onle be used for for self-defense was a fool. Check out Bruce Lee tearing up a ping-pong game using only a pair of nun-chuks. If this doesn’t make you a bad-ass I don’t know what does.

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The Olympic Games are now over and thankfully, everyone has returned home – or in Michael Phelps case, back to his tank at Sea World. But with myriad events vying for you attention across multiple streams and television stations, did you get to see everything you wanted? Did you miss the discus? Or perhaps you weren’t able to catch that 3000-meter steeplechase. Maybe you just couldn’t roll out of bed early enough to catch the last round of solo synchronized swimming. Well fear not fellow couch dweller. Here is the only thing you missed that was actually worth seeing this Olympics.

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As someone who was a professional musician for a bit of my life, I am generally pretty easy on bands I see and hear no matter their talent level. We all have to start somewhere. I’m sure I played some absolutely atrocious gigs in my life, and I know some of my readers were around for a few of those. But for the love of God, I hope it was never this bad. They could play this to torture terrorists at Guantanamo Bay. Honestly, when I heard this cover of The Final Countdown by Europe my stomach hurt so bad I thought I had been kicked in the twins.  Please tell me they are doing this on purpose.

There is absolutley no way this singer could be any worse. Just when you think that they can suck no more, it just goes further and further downhill. I felt for the people that had to sit in the audience with a straight face. Here’s some advice to you young musicians out there. Recording yourself can be a great learning device: but NEVER post it to You Tube without getting some serious critiques first.

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Wow, I stumbled across this on YouTube and just had to share it. A very, very cool new take on R. Kelly’s urban-opera, “Trapped in the Closet.” For the sake of brevity I’ll only post part one, but if you’re interested the story does continue in more parts! Just awesome!

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No need for words here. Just watch. And try not to pee on yourself.

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I love Mr. T. It all started when I was a bright-eyed grade school student and saw B.A. Barracus driving around that pimped-out van with the A-Team. I later saw Rocky and thought that Mr. T was awesome. I was right. I really enjoy his positive attitude and outlook on life. In a day where good people and role models are hard to come by, he is one of a kind. That’s my opinion and why I like him.

Having said that, I present you with a Snickers advertisement that Mr. T did that aired overseas. (Mainly Australia, I think.) This ad has been called homophobic, immoral and several other fun words. What do you think? I know Mr. T didn’t write any of this – but should he have known better? Does it offend you? Is it innappropriate?

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Sweet skins for your electronic devices!

I found a really cool site the other day I want to tell everyone about  – GelaSkins. They sell artist-designed removable skins for laptops, cellphones (iPhones and RAZR’s), iPods, Sony PSP’s, Nintendo DS’s and more. While these things can get a little pricey, they quality and look are awesome. Again, these are artist designed. You want ‘Starry, Starry Night’ to cover your laptop? Done.

They have a ton of modern art from up and coming artists in several mediums – modern, digital, even tattoo artist. They also have some of the classics for you to choose from – Monet, M.C. Escher, Munch and Van Gogh. This is a really sweet way to spruce up an otherwise visually boring device. I’m trying to decide on what to get for my new laptop I just ordered.

Since I mentioned my new laptop (which I got from TigerDirect), let me give everyone who’s not an uber-geek like me a tip. Go to the two big Internet dealers for computer parts, Tiger Direct and NewEgg, and take a look around. These are great technology companies that buy and sell in bulk so you can get GREAT prices. Plus, in most states there’s no tax. (I feel obligated to point out that when filling out your state taxes they DO ask you to list all Internet purchases so you can be taxed on them at that point. Just covering my bases here.)

My new laptop - I am SO stoked!

I got my laptop, a Gateway M-1625 for less than $500. It runs Windows Vista Home Premium  with an AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Dual-Core 2.0GHz processor, 2GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM memory, and a 250GB 5400RPM SATA hard drive. For the geeks out there it also boasts an 8X multi-format dual layer DVDRW with DVD-RAM and Labelflash™ drive, WXGA (1280 x 800) TFT display, 802.11g wireless LAN, a 1.3-megapixel webcam, 5-in-1 memory card reader, three USB 2.0 ports, and a HDMI connector.

Why so cheap? It’s a refurbished computer. That means that it is still under warranty and the internal workings of the CPU are fine. Someone simply mailed it back due to a cosmetic flaw. That knocked $250 off of the retail price. There are bargains out there. Tiger Direct sells Gateway’s refurbs, Dell sells there own at the Dell Outlet, and Compaq and HP are on NewEgg and Tiger Direct. Take a look around the sites, there are a ton of good deals to be had. We all need them in a timed where our dollar gets less and less.

So give me a shout and let me know if you find any great deals or if you can help me decide which GelaSkin to get!

This dude is definitly a midnight smoker – cause this is some wacky, wacky stuff. All I can say is that he has too much free time. And that’s coming from a guy with too much free time himself. Really funny. Enjoy!

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