SNL is so boring these days that very few readers probably watch it. For those of you poor souls with nothing going on Saturday Night that find yourselves all out of Netflix movies, I beg you to please resist turning on that pile of crap that is SNL. Their anti-Obama campaign has gotten out of control. With GE being a major military contractor, it is no surprise that they would sink to such lows. I would hope that the actors on that show would have a shred of dignity but who am I kidding? They are a bunch of no talent hacks hoping for a real gig someday. So, please join me in boycotting not only the show SNL itself, but anything starring any of the actors taking part in the ridiculous pro Hilary skits. Enough is enough. Stand up for what is right. Put an end to a show that has been boring for over 20 years. Join in the boycott of Saturday Night Live.
In fact, why stop there? Boycott NBC completely. They are the worst network anyway, you won’t be missing much.
By the way, the actors taking part in the deplorable sketches are Fred Armisen and Amy Poehler. Fred Armisen will be in the films, The Promotion, The Rocker, and The Post Grad Survival Guide - avoid them like the plague. Amy Poehler is in the upcoming stinkers Horton Hears a Who, Baby Mama, Spring Breakdown, Mighty B, Groupies, and Hoodwinked 2 - again stay away, far away. Shame on you both for doing anything for a cheap laugh. You both suck.
My dear brother Sean Eve finally has a website. Some people would call it a blog, but I hate that word, so I won’t.
If you don’t know Sean, you should head over there immediately. Sean is a genius and an all around great guy. It’s been a rough year or so for him, so go there now and leave a nice comment. Seriously, leave now and say something nice to Sean. I’ll wait . . .
Ok, you see. That wasn’t that hard. What??? You didn’t read the articles??? GET OUT OF HERE!!! SHOW SEAN LOVE NOW!!!
A Christian toy company called one2believe has released a huge line of Christian Action Figures aimed at satisfying a perceived need in the “Christian Community” for faith oriented toys. In many ways their objectives are quite admirable. In an NPR interview this morning for example their head of marketing discussed a desire to see parents play with their kids and spend time talking about the significance of their toys. On a certain level, this is wonderful. I would have loved it if my parents for example would have spent time with me discussing the ethical importance of society’s mistreatment of the X-man Nightcrawler for example, or the significance of Peter Parker’s devotion to his Aunt. I’m sure many life lessons could have been learned from my GI Joes (though I fear He-Man was nothing more than a metonymic substitute for pent up steroid-infused man-lust). Parents SHOULD engage their children in discussing the philosophical importance of their imaginary systems. Heck, parents should discuss any philosophical topic with their kids at all. For many families, this would be a great leap forward.
One2Believe goes too far though in pitching this as a Battle for the Toybox. (Check out their site for the scary details). Do we really need the battle to begin so young? I’m all for raising the ethical bar, but inculcating our children using dolls that repeat tenets of faith over and over (check out the talking Jesus doll for example that recites great moments in scripture) seems a tad too Orwellian for my taste. Childhood is the freedom to craft meaning from a crazily mixed up world. (All hail Eris!) No matter how we try to simplify the dogma, just the experience of growing up itself presents a kind of chaos that no amount of ideological dictation can erase. This chaos gives birth to new world views, and in this way our children outpace us and move the world to somewhere new.
Oh, and before you start dismissing all this as the ravings of an evangelical website, please understand that these toys are available at hundreds of Wal-Mart and Target stores. These will be in the hands of your neighbors kids soon enough.
I do hope though that we can ride this wave of ideological toys in some interesting directions. I would love to buy some hippie toys for example. Get junior a drop-out stoner protestor doll that recites beat poetry and emits a foul smell. I can’t wait for the uptight corporate a-hole doll that takes your pennies but won’t give them back (think of a piggy bank crossed with a black hole). If we are really going to unleash the idea virus then let’s really let it go. The world is too small to be dominated by any single imaginary system. (Go X-men!!!)
Today thanks to Rueben Miller’s blog I discovered the amazing sculptor David Mach. He made this Gorilla sculpture out of wire hangers.
It turns out that Mach makes collages as well as sculpture from a wide variety of everyday objects such as match heads, playing cards, and scrabble tiles. He has an amazing website where you can view some of his works in a 3d flash interface that will let you rotate and reposition them.
If you like toys or action figures, you must take a look at Super #1 Robot a wonderful book of photos looking at Japanese robot toys from 1972 to 1982. The toys themselves are amazing, ranging from your typical Voltron type gundams to wonderfully whimsical robos such as the Robo X series by Takara. No matter how fond your memories might be of Gobots or transformers, the bots in this book will blow them away. The photographs themselves are superb, showing each toy is deep detail and in an amazingly majestic light. If you are looking for the hippest pocket sized coffee table book imaginable, give this one a look.
On a design note, interior designers should be looking at these things to complement modern looks, and video game designers should be using these for the look of modern Video Games.
To begin, I should say that the hawkish Republicans (and closet Republicans like crazy Joe Lieberman the disgrace of Connecticut) should be far more than ashamed, they should be removed from office. For starters. Then perhaps extended jail time for the thieves in the administration that are draining our national coffers for a needless war.
Soon enough we’ll be out another $150 billion we’ll never get back. And in case you are wondering, both Obama and Hilary abstained from voting. You spineless turds. You political slimeballs. There was real hope in the midterm elections that something might change. But you pathetic democrats that are standing on the sidelines hoping to ride the disaster to a victory in 2008, you are ruining it. Get a fuck1ng clue. Do something to change the course of this country. Stand for something.
Until I see the party actually start doing something, it’s not getting a dime of my money. Boycott the democrats until they get some frigging guts.
The world is way too noisy. It has gotten out of control. Finding a few moments of peace and quiet seems harder than hunting down a four leaf clover could ever be. And it gets worse every day. Louder and louder, seemingly without limit.
Today thanks to Rueben Miller’s blog I discovered the amazing sculptor David Mach. He made this Gorilla sculpture out of wire hangers. 
The world is way too noisy. It has gotten out of control. Finding a few moments of peace and quiet seems harder than hunting down a four leaf clover could ever be. And it gets worse every day. Louder and louder, seemingly without limit. 