Hey, I haven't done one of these for a couple of weeks.  I hope you didn't miss them too much.

1.  I'm not a fan of hiphop music and here's 5 reasons why.  Sorry, Coco, but that really sucks.

2.  I love Cracked and I could spend hours over on that site.  I found this one the other day while looking for the wingdings font trick for 9/11.  Here's some absurd and mind-blowing conspiracy theories in pop culture.  #2 still blows my mind.  Hey @peridot21 remember when I posted about that?  I may have to post about it again.

3.  And because in my last post, I talked about grunge music, here's some grunge trivia.

4.  Hey, did you know that April is National Grilled Cheese Month?  Well April is National Grilled Cheese Month and you can celebrate National Grilled Cheese Month by visiting the Grilled Cheese Academy.  Just make sure your volume is turned off because that site's voice scared me something fierce tonight because the first time I viewed it I had my speakers turned off.

5.  Remember when Officer John Pike was the most hated man in America?  Remember that whole Occupy Wall Street thing?  Well reminisce with some Pepper Spraying Cop meme photos.

6.  Anyone want to buy some land in Austria?

7.  A former Xangan sent me an email this week, or maybe it was that because I've been bad with emails I just opened it this week.  Inside there was a like to The Tutu Project.  A guy photographs himself in random spots while wearing a pink tutu.  I find that funny because just when I thought I'd seen it all...

8.  This week marked the beginning of the baseball season.  Blah blah blah...right?  Well if you don't like baseball but love attractive women, here's a collection of some of the hottest significant others of major league baseball players.  Larisa Fraser was once asked if Ryan Braun was the Hebrew Hammer in the bedroom because of the positive banned substance test.  Supposedly steroids diminish your manhood.  And while I'm talking about the Milwaukee Brewers, you get a twofer, check out Brewers fan Front Row Amy.

9.  Here's a fun game on the Coca-Cola website.  It's called Sticky Hands Toy.  OK so it's not a game but lets you relive those days of your youth when you had a sticky hand toy.

10.  I probably shouldn't share Tumblr sites here because it is competition for Xanga however Xangans need to see these so they can think of something creative for this site.  The first Tumblr this week is called Texts from Hillary.  It involves a photo of Hillary Clinton texting on her phone.  I guess you just have to see it to get it.

11.  This week's celebrity Tumblr belongs to Bill Corbett.  He's one of the minds and voices behind Mystery Science Theater 3000.  I used to wake up early on Saturday mornings in high school and college to watch that show.  I think it may have been one of the funniest shows on TV. 

12.  And because I'm an asshole, here's one of my favorite Tumblr sites called Shit My Students Write.

I'm a little late but we really have to stop killing animals based on the color of their fur.  It's a real thing.  I lost a Rottweiler because an ethnic group didn't like the color of her fur.

And I wonder how many guys are off to get some baked beans to experiment.

Yeah, 14 more years of rebuilding, they could be a playoff contender.

Oh, Albert...POO HOLES!  I wonder if anyone over at ESPN realized they wrote that.

I wish hot dogs were that big.

You think he's evil now, just wait to you see the concentrated evil he left for you in his diaper.

YOLO!  SWAG!  Do kids even speak English anymore?

Jesus is such a bro.  I was sitting in church this evening and there was this banner above the altar that said, "Crown of Thorns" and I had to do a double take because the first time I thought it said, "Game of Thrones".

I think a lot of people think Jesus actually said that. 

Beaker was shocked to see his likeness was stolen.

Corn Dog

No wonder he hates Mondays.  He's always out getting shitfaced on Sundays.

Finally all my sixth grade art projects depicting the pope wearing a sombrero are coming true.  Holy shit!  I'm a psychoic.

Yes, they do.

I really am.  I do care what you think.  I hope you have a great time period after you read this post until my next post where I will wish you another good time period.

I was sitting at home alone for most of the day.  I can't remember why I was home.  I think I was on spring break but then we didn't have spring break when I was in 8th grade.  I'm thinking it was Easter break but then I could have been skipping school but then I probably didn't skip because part of the day was spent with my girlfriend at the time.  Lets go with Easter break.  Oh I should have done more research because I just looked it up, it would have been Easter break.  Whew...crisis averted.

My parents were at work and I was home alone watching TV, playing video games, listening to CDs, making out with the girlfriend on April 8th.  So maybe I wasn't home alone but I was free from parental supervision.  We were really into that grunge sound and spent the day blasting the Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Mudhoney, Stone Temple Pilots, Hole and Nirvana. 

At that time I had gotten my hands on everything Nirvana had recorded including numerous bootlegs.  I connected with Kurt Cobain.  I was supposed to be this happy ray of sunshine in a dark world but I felt miserable.  I maybe dwelt too long on the lyrics from "All Apologies" when Kurt opined "Everyone is gay".  You know it's sort of true.  When straight guys and girls masturbate they are touching the genitals of their sex.  I know, I know, it's different but as I argued, "Why would someone who is straight want to touch a dick?"  I also think Kurt was the brains behind Courtney Love's band Hole because some of those lyrics had to come out of his lyric book.  I sort of lost my connection with Kurt once I heard the song "I Hate Myself and Want to Die".  I know there was supposed to be some irony in the title but something about it made me feel uneasy. 

Well it wasn't much longer that Kurt overdosed on tour after he was taken to Rome for medical treatment for bronchitis.  His overdose was amusing to some at the time because it was on champagne and roofies.  Courtney Love stated later on that Kurt tried to kill himself.  Kurt returned home and a few days later Seattle police were called to his house by Courtney because she thought Kurt was going to kill himself.  Kurt told the police he locked himself in a room with his guns to hide from Courtney.  At the end of the day Kurt went into a detox program in Los Angeles but it didn't last.  He escaped and boarded a flight to Seattle.  Courtney Love hired a private investigator to search for Kurt on April 3rd.  On April 7th the band decided not to play the Lolapalooza Tour and this fueled rumors that Nirvana had split.  Kurt's body was found on the 8th.  Coroners estimated that he died on the 5th and said his body was filled with heroin and valium.  A light was extinguished and the 27 Forever Club gained a new member.

It was weird sitting at home on the 8th after they announced Kurt had died.  Did I cry?  I don't think so.  Was I sad?  Yes but more disappointed but as I've aged I've figured that maybe Kurt saw his future and didn't like where it was headed.  Maybe he feared a lounge act in Las Vegas.  Maybe he wanted an out but the demand for his work was too high.  We'll never really know.  There have been so many conspiracy theories surrounding his death.  I can remember the first being that the "kit" used for heroin use didn't belong to Kurt and if he was so high on heroin how could he lift a shotgun.  There have been documentaries about the subject so I'll let you watch them to form your own opinion.

The last thing Kurt ever wrote.  Those last lines make me tear up.

So young and full of life.

I should really post these on Caturday.

Kurt with Courtney and their daughter Frances Bean, who turned into quite a knock-out.

Kurt...I wonder if he's playing "Rape Me" for the angels these days.  I also play some guitar lefthanded in his honor. 

My favorite Nirvana photo

I know these are just mash-ups but I'm pretty sure that Kurt would have loved them.

I always think about what Nirvana could have become.  Nirvana is getting some heavy play on my jukebox these days.  Be it "Bleach", "Nevermind", "In Utero", "Incesticide", "Unplugged", and "From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah".  And not to forget all the compilation albums I own featuring songs by Nirvana.  I fixed that video.  I forgot to check it and I took it for granted that it'd still be up.  Stupid copyright laws.

It's hard to believe it's been that long since he left us but because of his music Kurt Cobain will live forever.

Jared Leto posted this video on his website in honor of Kurt.

He looks and sounds so similar...wow.