Via Game|Life comes animated parodies that gamers have been churning out in the wake of Zidane (the French captain) headbutting Italian defender Marco Materazzi in the World Cup final. There's another good take over at YouTube. And even more versions over at www.madsenblog.dk.

And in case you are interested, here's a pointer to the real footage of the event.

» Tags: Zidane, Headbutt, World Cup

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Published: (2006-07-11 12:37:07.0)

TBS has created a series of funny teasers for their showings of the first two Lord of the Ring movies. My favorite is the one for Frodo - "He was pushed down a mountain ... He was stabbed, twice! ... It sucks to be Frodo!"

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Published: (2006-03-30 16:30:04.0)

The Ninja explains podcasting to people over the age of 12. He really needs to hookup with Ninjaburger. Talk about the perfect sponsorship opportunity.

» Tags: Ninja, Humor, Podcasting

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Published: (2006-03-13 16:07:48.0)

Well, at least I got a good laugh out of it. But then again I love stupid jokes.

If you don't get it, I will gently refrain myself from calling you "heathen!" and instead tell you it's a play on the opening line of Shakespeare's Richard III. From enotes.com:

"Now is the winter of our discontent."

--From King Richard III (I, i, 1)

The opening words of this play reflect the persona of Richard, a deformed angry man who hates the world that he believes hates him. In this soliloquy, we see the workings of his mind, and how he is always aware of his hideous appearance. "Deformed, unfinished, sent before" his "time into this breathing world, scarce half made up," his personality has grown warped. He is so ugly that the dogs on the street bark at him; women scorn him. And, so, since he "cannot prove a lover" he is "determined to be a villain." Shakespeare's Richard, with all his deformities, both of body and mind, is considered a physical manifestation of the corruption of the monarchy during the War of the Roses, a bloody moment in English history. In this long soliloquy, Richard makes no apologies for his villainy but rather embraces it and gives cause.

If you are interested in Richard III, but feel it's too daunting or complicated, I highly suggest Al Pacino's "Looking For Richard." An amazing cast walks through the play and explains the play through rehearsals and discussions.

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Published: (2006-02-28 07:57:02.0)

And now for something completely different ...

“Monty Python’s Personal Best,” a series of six outrageous one-hour specials showcasing the groundbreaking comedians with new footage and original clips, will premiere on PBS February 22, 2006. Each of the five living Pythons — John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin — produced and wrote his own episode, and collaborated to create the sixth special in honor of deceased member Graham Chapman. The episodes will air over a three week period in two-hour blocks on PBS on February 22, March 1 and March 8.

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Published: (2006-02-24 16:24:34.0)

It's Friday. and I'm recovering from a migraine. I'm in that mood, not just any mood, but that mood. So I need an attitude adjustment, something to set me right. Globalful. My eyes open wide and the stream of words bore into my brain, and I smile. He's brilliant. And handsome. Damnit I'm jealous. At least the migraine is gone.

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Published: (2006-02-03 08:44:51.0)

The Userless Datacenter:
"Only real servers will be in this datacenter. Sun, HP, IBM servers. Any Intel servers will be running Linux or xBSD. There will be a cabinet labeled “NT Servers.” It will be empty. It will have cobwebs, and will be a focal point of positive energy."

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Published: (2006-01-27 00:24:37.0)

What happens when you cross Macbeth with The Simpsons? Well, you get MacHomer! Rick Miller users over 50 voices for the one man show, and the script remains 85% Shakespeare. You can check out some audio clips here (via the MacHome website.)

"Is this a dagger which I see before me? Or a pizza? mmmm ... pizza ..."

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Published: (2006-01-24 09:15:09.0)

It seems the Pentagon has a chief laughter instructor. Not only that, he is certified as a laughter training specialist by the World Laughter Tour.

My father was a Marine for 30 years, and I just don't see him going for something like this.

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Published: (2006-01-13 09:53:12.0)

While looking for a suitable Madness album cover, I came across this 404 message. What a great start to my Friday! Dude.

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Published: (2006-01-06 09:41:16.0)

Something about this just amused me ...

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Published: (2006-01-04 12:08:28.0)

I just happened to check on The Mirror Project, and I'm happy to see it's still going strong. Most of the pictures are of the of the typical sorts, but there are quite a few gems.

Here's one of my submissions from a couple of years back. Christmas time, shiny ornaments and a new camera. It's still one of my favorites.

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Published: (2005-12-22 12:25:58.0)

Well, I'm not quite sure how to describe this ... but man is it funny.

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Published: (2005-09-16 11:20:10.0)

I happen to catch "Sulu Dance"on the radio this morning on the way into work. It's sung to "We Can Dance" by Men Without Hats. I could not stop laughing ...

"S-U-L-U Sulu DANCE!
You can dance like Sulu hello
And shake your little behind yes
You've gotta give it a chance when you do the sulu and dance and you're friends will say oh my
I say, jump around if you want to and move your arms like a machine yes
If you do the sulu dance while wearing tight pants some people may call you a queen
The sulu dance! sulu! Sulu! Just fine! Sulu! Sulu! Now that’s ridiculous!
Sulu dance is fun to do, well
but you're girl may get jealous no
cause if you abuse you'll girl will lose it and run up and say who is this?
ahhh, you can dance like sulu you know
but some may choose to not no
you gotta give it a chance when you do the sulu dance and you'll girl will give up the balloon knot ..."

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Published: (2005-07-19 17:42:59.0)

The Great Divide Race, the world's longest non-stop mountain bike race is now underway. There's a blog with the rider's updates (cool!), as well as a map of the waypoints (click on them to see the comments.) Nobody has made it to Wyoming yet. The route they are following is the Great Divide Route, which the Adventure Cycling Association claims is the world's longest off-pavement bike route.

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Published: (2005-06-22 11:15:43.0)