July 29, 2011
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Lukewarm Links 7/28/11
I tried to post this last night but for some reason Xanga wasn’t working for me. I would click on Xanga and it would take minutes to load up the front page and then I’d log-in and it would take about 10 minutes just to get logged in and into my inbox and then I couldn’t add an entry or edit anything. I went to bed upset because I couldn’t hear the sound of my own voice on the internet. Well here I am and logged in and it seems that Xanga is dead or maybe it’s just me.
1. I have posted photos of wax statues in my celebrity round-ups before. I came across this tumblr of people posing with Tom Hanks wax statues. I am glad I don’t go to wax museums because I’d feel greatly ripped off.
2. Milhouse may be my favorite character on The Simpsons and I think it’s because I relate to him so well, specifically his love life. Well Milhouse has his moments and here they are, Everything’s Coming Up Milhouse.
3. I have quit arguing about Twilight because there is no reasoning with people who think they are vampires. Thankfully the people at Reasoning with Vampires deal with that and dissect the Twilight novels.
4. When I was teaching 5th and 6th grades we had DARE in my classroom. I sat in on the classes because the cop was pretty friendly and I also had some troublemaker students that I wanted to make respected the officer. It’s surprising how much respect a kid will give a person who has a gun. Anyway, that year Minnesota was launching a campaign of anti-meth ads. I got so many print ads in my mailbox it was insane. Meth abuse was horrible up there. Then in DARE the officer had to have the kids have their parents sign a permission slip to view mugshots of methheads. I remember all of that because I came across a collection of meth abusers’ photos. Why would people put that in their bodies?
5. I’m always amazed by actors. You can have someone like Tom Cruise or Will Smith who play the same character in every movie and have no range and then you can have someone like John C. Reilly who can do comedy, drama, and an awesome show. Well here is a list of actors with great range.
6. I remember reading the Hardy Boys in grade school and the language used in the books at that time really didn’t phase me but the other day when I picked up a Hardy Boys novel and read it I had misgivings and questions. My chief question was, were they gay. Thanks to this wonderful site called Google, I found this article about the sexuality of the Hardy Boys and the language used therein.
7. Do you have an extra $800,000 laying around and don’t know how to use it? Well for that price you could buy your very own town in South Dakota. Granted it’s a ghost town but it’s still your very own town. I wonder if you buy it if you can change the name. The only drawback…it’s South Dakota.
8. In all my time of having my own mailing address, I have only for 4 years had a mailman come to my house to make deliveries. The rest of the time I’ve had a P.O. box where I get my mail. I’ve always wondered about those postal workers delivering my mail. Do they walk on my grass? Well here is a postal worker explaining about how they do their job.
9. Here’s a handy little guide for superhero fans. It’s the real and fictional addresses of superheroes living in New York City. Next time I’m in NEw York, I’m going to those places and banging on doors to demand talking with the superhero and not the alter-ego.
10. What the fuck has Obama done so far?
11. What in the fuck has Obama done so far?
12. What the fuck has Wisconsin governor Scott Walker done so far?
I would like to be loved again but I wouldn’t want to suffocate.
But I have a headache.
I hate going to the beach.
I think we’re exploiting our children far too early these days. Let’s just wait until they turn 18 and they have to make a tough decision when a van filled with cameramen comes rolling by.
I think they’re better being insane. But as the apostle Paul said in the book of Colossians, “Clowns frighten me.”
Why is this the American dream?
Comments (22)
Oh man, that twilight thing is the boss
Seriously, why aren’t you on tumblr? I’m sure you would post up amazing things!
@Hinase - I think it’s because I’d end up posting hardcore porn because I’ve heard Tumblr is just photograpy and porn.
@godfatherofgreenbay - Not necessarily. It depends on who you follow. I actually follow a bipolar group on tumblr and just a lot of other things too, not just photography. Tumblr is still a bit of a micro blogging site.
wow most of those Tom Hanks wax statues don’t even look like him lol… and, btw, you’re at it again, apparently, mr. wizard, cause i just watched Cast Away (yet again) a few nights ago OnDemand (i love that movie)… so your magic powers still seem to be in good working order.
… also, that Sane Clown Posse pic is pretty funny 
.. where do you find this stuff?? 
I would totally buy a town in South Dakota. I now have a new bullet on my “To-Do after winning the lottery” list.
And the “American Dream” should at least include a backyard… Dream big, yo.
Haha the first image is great.
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llu8iwyF2h1qkcrfio1_400.jpg
My favorite one.
Millhouse is possibly my favorite character also. I think it’s because I like nerds and I like guys who pine after impossible girls. I always kind of hope he and Lisa get together one day, she seems perfect for him. To be fair, none of those meth users looked very together in the first picture.
That last picture is just sad. I went to Colorado a few years back to visit my uncle, who lives in the middle of nowhere. It was totally different from New Jersey and the whole time we were there I kept thinking, “this is awesome, there’s so much space, I want to live in the middle of nowhere.” Then one day we drove into a town and it looked just like that, with brand new houses and tiny yards and I thought, People moved out here, and went West exploring all those years ago and then what? They created the same stuff they had back East. So why move? Why not make the new into something different instead of the same cardboard-cutout suburban boring houses? If I had my own house, trust me, it’d look different.
It so is not my american dream.
@Peridot21 - I know what you mean. There was a wax statue museum in my town but it was pretty bad and basically no one looked like who they were supposed to be. The last year it was open I heard that one day when it was near 100F the air conditioning went out and the statues started to melt.
It’s weird because for some reason Cast Away has been making a lot of appearances on my cable as well. I saw it on FX, AMC, and at least 2 other channels. I have only seen it once and realized what would happen based on the title. The title is a reference to a verb and not a noun.
It’s amazing what you can find using this site called Google.
@LilyMcLane - just think of the things you could do with your own town. You could pass any ordinances you wanted. I’d legalize everything and criminalize things that are legal.
@i__LIVESTRONG - glad you liked
@brosephine - I like that one too, it brings to mind all the photos people take at McDonald’s with the seated Ronald McDonald.
@leaflesstree - I like how when they do peer into the future on The Simpsons Milhouse is always pining after Lisa. I think eventually they need to do another future episode where they are married.
That’s true. I had a student who lived on a farm and his dad was out plowing and putting anhydrous ammonia on his field. He went in for lunch and left the tractor with the ammonia rig at the base of the field. He and his wife were sitting on their porch eating their lunch when they see this guy in a car pull up, get out and run over to the tractor holding a small Igloo cooler. He started untwisting the cap on the tank and was filling up the cooler. The guy had his wife call the police and he got his gun in case the meth-head came after them. The farmer then decides to head out to get this guy away. The meth head panics and flees. The cops come and investigate. The meth head left behind some very damning evidence. See anhydrous ammonia is super cold and he was using that tank without any gloves. He froze his fingers off and left a hand’s worth lying on the ground. He would rather take the ammonia and leave his fingers so he could make his meth. That stuff is seriously creepy.
When I lived in Minnesota, I lived in a bedroom community. Thankfully I lived in what was called the old section of town because it was the original town and there weren’t any sub-divisions. The town was split by a highway. On the other side all the houses looked a like. I was out with a friend and I tried to find his house when we came back from the bar. It took us about 30 minutes to find his house because everything looked alike.
@NightlyDreams - But I can’t believe that is what so many people do consider the American dream.
@godfatherofgreenbay - I like originality. The cookie cutter houses are not for me.
I’m dying. I need to breathe and stop laughing. Wish I could be as funny as you.
@SignificanceOfTheMightyClit - wow, I don’t know how I would feel if someone died on account of my humor. Hell, I’d do the American thing and exploit it.
@godfatherofgreenbay - yeahhh, i know that i’m a little bit late with this reply… but i’ve had your comment in my email inbox the whole time and my ocd will not let me just delete it…
so, here we go…
i didn’t realize at first that Cast Away was supposed to be a verb, until the last time i watched it and noticed that the title was two words… interesting.
oh and ps, am i imagining things or did i see that you posted a Curtis Stigers song… for like 3 seconds? (i love that guy’s voice btw)
@Peridot21 - The grammar nazi in me couldn’t get over that error before it came out. I thought, “Hmmm it must just be about how this guy is a castaway on an island so it should be Castaway.” I made that comment until I saw it.
Yes, I had that song uploaded because it is the theme song for Sons of Anarchy but Xanga’s audio uploading isn’t working and hasn’t for some time. It played once or twice and then said “audio error”.
@godfatherofgreenbay - ohhh ok, good, then i wasn’t losing it lol… that’s a bummer about the audio not working (hence, your comment on the last song i uploaded, right?
… i wonder if they’ll ever fix it… or if they even know it’s messed up… ?? =/
@Peridot21 - I probably should write to them in the help section but I’ve found an easier way to get noticed is by writing to a specific Xanga Team member that for some reason likes my page. He helped me when Xanga blocked me for trying to be cool and when everyone was having issues with photo uploading.