June 19, 2009

With His Mouth!  HIS MOUTH!

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June 07, 2009

Tonys 2009

View Category I don’t usually blog about the Tonys, but because of the affiliation with Straight Guys Who Love Showtunes.com I thought I’d watch the show tonight.  Here’s a screen shot from the “In Memoriam” segment.

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Is either of those a photograph of Estelle Getty?

    I had intended to encode my own version of this, but I’ll let YouTube do all the work.  Here’s my favorite moment of the telecast…

 

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April 12, 2009

This Week in Food (2009-04-06)

View Category It’s MSNBC’s idea of “The 19 worst drive-thru foods in America“.
    I always thought the worst drive-thru food meant it was the messiest and would get all over your shirt while driving.  But according to MSNBC it’s got to do with calories or something.  Go figure.

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February 22, 2009

Oscars 2009

View Category A day I never thought I’d see has dawned.  Not the return of another Oscars celebration, but an Oscars celebration in which I don’t care who wins.  An Oscars celebration in which I have so little interest I have to make an effort just to finish this entry.
    I admit I had similar reservations back in 2005, but that changed once I got a chance to see the five Best Picture nominees.  I realized then they were all excellent movies which truly deserved to be singled out for recognition.  The same is not true this year.  I’ve seen four of the five nominees and was underwhelmed by all of them.  The front runner, Slumdog Millionaire, is a movie filled with torture, hardship, and gruesome violence redeemed only in its closing moments by a dance scene under the credits—a move which I strongly suspect is why it has engendered so much lasting goodwill.  Benjamin Button might be filled with memorable imagery and have attractive leads, but I just can’t get past the creepy padophilia inherent in its love story.  The Reader had a very good story, but was so boring ˇV despite all the nude scenes ˇV I couldn’t help thinking it must have made for a better book.
    With such lackluster offerings I can already guarantee the Academy will be whining tomorrow on how their ratings have reached their lowest.  And in response, I already have three words for them: The, Dark, and Knight.
    I admit I was late to The Dark Knight bandwagon, not seeing it in theaters, not seeing it till it came out on Blu-Ray.  But it was such an obviously well-crafted, well-received, and well-reviewed entertainment that I assumed it would not only get a nomination but would surely win as Best Picture.
    But not only did it get snubbed as Best Picture, it didn’t even get a Best Director nod.  And I’m probably in the minority but I’m not even pleased with its one high-profile nomination.  Sure, Heath Ledger will win as the sentimental favorite, but his performance struck me as one long Paul Giamatti impersonation.  The other sure thing at the Oscars, WALLˇEE, is also flawed, in my humble opinion, with a second half that comes as anti-climax to such a wondrous first half.
    Which brings me to my main point.  This is going to be one very disappointing Oscars, and that’s coming from someone to who usually loves to watch this show.

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January 06, 2009

Two Bit Tour

View Category Incontrovertible evidence of something I’m not supposed to do; but what the heck. let me show you around the secret facility that is my workplace.  Besides, I wanted to play with Photo Booth.


Two Bit Tour from ShortFatGuy on Vimeo.

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December 17, 2008

She’s Got Legs

View Category During our traditional stop at Victoria’s Secret, during our 23rd annual Guys’ Shopping Night last Friday, I learned that a friend of mine has a special fondness for model Adriana Lima.  In fact, he’s quite taken with, of all things, the gap between her legs when she poses.  He’s such a fan of it that we spent much of the evening trying to come up with a better term to describe it.
    And here’s some of what we came up with (that I can remember):

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December 04, 2008

Photo I.D.

View Category My coworker Matt asks if the woman pictured on the left, photographed for the Detroit Free Press at a Ciao Bella fashion show in July, is the same woman on the right, who, in December, is also in the Detroit Free Press for the hit and run killing of a bicyclist in Royal Oak.

  • Runway
  • The Keyhole
  • The Slot
  • The Groove
  • Crotchal Space
  • Cup Holder
  • Living Daylights
  • Point Spread
  • Vertical Limit
  • Continental Divide
  • Cumberland Gap
  • Snatch Gap
  • Between the Uprights
  • Magnetic North
  • Easy Access Portal
  • Jeffries Tube (for Star Trek nerds)
  • Handspan
  • Banana Split
  • Northbound Thighway
Adriana Lima
 
The same?

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November 09, 2008

Happy Birthday to Me!

View Category It doesn’t seem that long ago I wrote my last birthday entry.  This means the years are going by faster or I’m not writing enough.  I suspect the latter.  Therefore I’ll keep the list short this year.
    Here’s what the Detroit Free Press horoscope, written by Holiday Mathis, has to say about my upcoming year:

You really walk your talk this year and make remarkable progress to long held goals.  A strong supporter helps you maintain your motivation.  You’re thinking globally and acting locally through December as you make choices to benefit the planet.  A loved one makes a big affectionate gesture in July.

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October 22, 2008

Under a Blood Red Shirtsleeve

View Category Now this is some hardcore U2ing…

By special request, Steve’s tattoo

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September 07, 2008

Happy 60th Anniversary, Mom and Dad!

View Category My mom and dad celebrated their 60th anniversary on Wednesday; but, today, Sunday, the whole family came together for an anniversary brunch.  Here, my mom shows off the dress she wore sixty years ago for the wedding.

The bride

    Gotta loves those ’40s fashions!

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September 05, 2008

Quick, Get Me Video of Walter Reed! No, the Other Walter Reed!

View Category I too kept wondering why the RNCC kept showing that mansion facade behind McCain last night.  (And after ten minutes I was wondering if they could show other channels to watch.)  Turns out there was a reason ... just not a very good reason.  Apparently they meant to show video of Walter Reed military hospital but ended up with video of Walter Reed Middle School.  You have to read this to believe it.
    I wonder if this kind of half-assed web search explains their VP pick.

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September 02, 2008

Nick & Heather’s Wedding (Highlights)

View Category The wedding was last year, and I’m too late for their anniversary, but for some reason I felt compelled this weekend to take my old HD footage and make a mini-movie.


Nick & Heather’s Wedding (Highlights) [HD] from ShortFatGuy on Vimeo.

    It took me two days before I got a decent export out of FCP, and the video still doesn’t play too well for me through Vimeo.  Is it playing okay for you?

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August 31, 2008

WJR Tigers March

View Category Yes, it’s well known the Internet Makes You Stupid®, but sometimes it can be your friend.  I was just reminiscing about an old sound from childhood when I realized I should see if I could find it online.  And lo and behold I could and did.  I had to do a little editing of the original MP3 I found, to get it the way I remembered it, so I figured I might as well share the final product here.
    Here it is.  The march they used to play on WJR 760 AM before Detroit Tiger games.

    Download the MP3 of it here.

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August 08, 2008

On the 8’s

08/08/08


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August 03, 2008

Dearborn Fireworks: 2008

View Category My SFG podcast is showing signs of life again.  After a couple years absence, I finally made it back to the Dearborn Homecoming city festival this weekend.  I’ve also loved their incredible and impressive fireworks, and this year’s display did not disappoint.  Here’s the grand finale, from Saturday, August 2 2008.


Dearborn Homecoming Grand Finale (HD) from ShortFatGuy on Vimeo.


    Update: on August 26 2008, I deleted the original embed and replaced it with this HD version.  My poor four-year-old G5 can barely handle it (mainly since Adobe’s Flash for Mac sucks) but maybe it looks better on your computer.

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