Arise Sir Loin of Beef

Decided to surf the Internet rather than get to a lot of other things that I should. I usually find something interesting or amusing. I wanted to find out if the public library owns vol. 2 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection. I needed further bibliographic information since I wasn't having any luck in the catalog. I found the second volume and discovered that some of the toons listed were old favorites. For example "Broomstick Bunny", "I Love to Singa"--the latter had me trying to figure out lyrics. A little searching around paid off in the form of Looney Laughs, Lists, and Lyrics. A great site for cartoon trivia buffs. The lyrics page is impressive with words to the basic Looney Tune themes and obscure songs like "Gorilla My Dreams" and "Hillbilly Hare". A favorite link is the celebs appearing for real or as a caricature. Check it out and "Arise Sir Ossis of Liver..."

Ho 4 Ratings

The Sharon Reed story came to my attention about a week ago. Posters on the Howard Stern Bulletin Board were talking about some newsanchor who took part in a Spencer Tunick production and aired it as a new story. Tunick is the artist who uses nude models and interesting locations across the globe for his photographic canvass. As of late, and perhaps all along, he looks for volunteers. He offers them a photo of the final product as their "pay". He did this in Buffalo at the old Central Terminal. Nonetheless, it looks like his artistic endeavors have been exploited by some cheesy news operation in Cleveland, OH. If you look at this Web site, the shots on the right side of the page are in black and white, leading me to believe that an undercover camera was used. If I'm not mistaken, Tunick is very much against media exploitation of his shoots. In my eyes, Ms. Reed and Channel 19 News misused his work for their ratings. Reed is attractive. I wonder if her news director would have sent her out if she were older and 30 pounds overweight? I doubt it.
Long gone is journalistic integrity. It used to be a basic principle of the profession to report a story *not* become part of it. If Ms. Reed would have done this on her own time--just because she really wanted to--I'd have no problem with her participation. They took advantage of a legitimate artistic endeavor so Joe Six Pack can just beat it during November sweeps.
A much older story came to my attention courtesy of the folks at awfulplasticsurgery.com and it ties in with the one above. A Youngstown, Ohio anchorwoman while vacationing in Key West in 2003 participated in wet t-shirt contest. Cameras were rolling and with a few clicks her performance became part of the Internet.
Catherine Bosley ended up resigning 8 months later. She should've kept her clothes on as she's not very attractive and has a lousy boob job. However, she wasn't reporting and theoretically it shouldn't have been anybody's business. Unfortunately, the WWW has made the world smaller and more voyeuristic. Bosley went on to work for a lame classic rock station in Youngstown. What's wrong with anchorwomen in Ohio? Are things a little too boring?
Happy Turkey Day!

Plastic Scurgery

Thanks to "Fry" (who's celebrating her birthday), I just wasted some serious time online by checking out celeb plastic surgery gone wrong. Nasty! They had some skank ho named Tara Reid as today's featured train wreck. I didn't know who she was so I googled. She is an actress who apparently let a bubbie pop at a P.Diddy party. The link provided offers a great photo sequence. My favorite is the shot of some lackey telling her to pull up her dress after a full 10 seconds had gone by. She probably let it hang for so long because she couldn't feel it. Her new bubbies feature a nasty nip scar. What a coked up retard!
This time waster led me to another interesting site. I know it's way past Halloween but check out the scary media.

Throwdown!!

I've been jonesing in a big way for some hockey brawls. Looks like I'll have to start watching basketbrawl instead. Last night's Pacers/Pistons game turned into a melee after someone was fouled. A fight started on the floor but fans became involved by pelting players with garbage. Players went into the stands and if you really need to know what happened...click here You can also find it on ESPN but those Disney owned douches want you to download some viewing device so they can spy on your computer. Anyway, there will be plenty of lawsuits to go around after this incident. First off, security wasn't in the house. In this age of wear-your-Depends-because-the-terrorists-are-coming-to-get-you and a rent-a-cop couldn't be found! And what's the deal with the fat ass fans thinking they're going to out brawl a big ass pro basketball dude?! You know they'll be suing because they need a bling hook-up. Whatever.
This is kind of old news but it makes me laugh. If you want to see Jack Mehoffer of Bill O'Reilly prank fame, here's your chance. You gotta love ebaum's world!

illin'

I'm about to call in sick, I must look hypocritical as I'm at the computer but put it this way, I shouldn't be too far from the bathroom.

I can't believe this country voted for Bush. While on vacation, I had the opportunity to read The Corporation : the Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power by Joel Bakan. This is the book that formed the basis for the documentary by the same name. It's a great read, it reinforces the points in the movie. The bottom line, with no pun intended, is that coporations exist solely to make money. That's fine but my big problem is these corporations act like they have a social conscience. Meanwhile, they're scamming consumers and the workers from the third world big time. Corporate Watch is an excellent site for tracking the public relations bullshit of major businesses. I also read what turned out to be an excellent "companion" book, The New Media Monopoly,7th edition by Ben H. Bagdikian. This title lays out the corporate ties found in American media. Appalling. I find it incredible that the majority of U.S. citizens are so sheep-like. As long as they can get their Crackdonald's and their SUV's, it's all good.

humor

I'm back afte a long absence and an equally long vacation. More on the latter, later as it is late, I'm tired, and I have to return to the j-o-b early tomorrow morning.

Anyway, I haven't been online for awhile. I've been catching up and found some funny stuff in blogland. For example, a complete trashing of cheesy New York Times wedding announcements. Veiled Conceit offers a sarcastic look at pretentious New York peeps who seem well suited for life in the burbs with their SUV and lots of strip mall shopping.