Fanboys

Since It's Been A While.....

mApple

Speaking of Apple, it has been a month and I have given up on the iPod on the iPhone.

It sucks.

I am going back to using my mp3 player.

Reasons why the iPod sucks:

- You have to use iTunes to update your playlists/libraries.

I much prefer the ability to drag and drop on my player.

I can update my player, which I do frequently, on any computer with a USB hub.

With the iPod, you can't.

- The shuffle function isn't that random.

I had almost 900 songs on it, and when using 'shuffle', it always wanted to play the same 30 songs.

Just playing songs in alphabetical order on my player is much more random.

- It's not very user-friendly.

Since the iPhone relies on human skin to complete the circuit to make the phone/player run, it's a pain in the arse in cold weather whilst in transit because you have to take off your gloves.

Also, you can't just immediately pause it, or skip a song.

You have to stop, push the one button, slide the doohickey, and go to the iPod if you happen to be on a different screen then the iPod one.

[They could fix this easily by putting a third button on the side where the volume is to quick pause with one click and skip with two.]

- My player has a real equalizer.

The iPod has presets which sound like shite.

- My player has FM radio.

Which is nice if I happen to be sick of my music library.

I'm just going to stick to surfing the webs and playing with the apps on it instead.

In summary: not a fan-boy.

Ralph

Whoa! That's Good Squishy!!

I was going through some old cassette tapes and came across one that a former paramour gave me.

It's a tape of all of the Simpsons songs up until the '98 season.

It even has one of my fave songs:


[My old post of this had the video pulled from YouTube.]

I must admit, I popped it in the radio in my bathroom recently, and listened to it whilst getting ready for about a week.

The Simpson Family Smile-Time Variety Hour

Election '08

Whua!?!

Darned if it ain't catchy tho'.

Lyrics by Miss Walter's Sunday School class.

And check out Ned Flanders on guitar.

Holy......

You can watch and embed full episodes of stuff from Hulu.com.

Awesome.

Is this Internet 3.0?

Homer puts you on hold.

Spanish Flea

There was a little spanish flea,
A record star he though he'd be.
He heard of singers like beatles,
And chipmunks he'd seen on TV.
Why not a little spanish flea?

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

The Ned Zone

Reminds me of when Homer...

had that crayon stuck up his nose.

You would think that after 55 years, her body would have dissolved it.

Pencil removed from woman's head

59-year-old suffered from headaches, nosebleeds for 55 years

'BERLIN - A 59-year-old German woman has had most of a pencil removed from inside her head after suffering nearly her whole life with the headaches and nosebleeds it caused, Bild newspaper reported on Monday.

Margret Wegner fell over carrying the pencil in her hand when she was four.

“The pencil went right through my skin — and disappeared into my head,” Wegner told the newspaper.

It narrowly missed vital parts of her brain.

At the time no one dared operate, but now technology has improved sufficiently for doctors to be able to remove it.

The majority of the pencil, some 3.1 inches long, was taken out in an operation at a private Berlin clinic, but the tip had grown in so firmly that it was impossible to remove.'

Duck duck duck duck....

Guatemalan Insanity Peppers

Fatty Foodstuffs Friday

I don't know what the deal is today, but I am all about fatty junk-food that's not good for you.

First thing when I woke up, I had a craving for a doughnut.

Glazed, or chocolate frosted, I didn't care.

You know when was the last time I had a doughnut?

Yah, me neither.

Which makes the craving odd.

I am pretty sure it has to do with The Simpsons Movie and the pink doughnut in the title.

I keep seeing the ads everywhere.

I am not a 'sweets' person.

I actually am partial to spicy stuff for snacks.

Well, that and healthier stuff like veggies, fruit and yogurt.

But, today I just couldn't help it, and on the way in this morning, I stopped off at Russell's, and managed to snag the second to last fatty-deep-fried-goodness that is a glazed doughnut.

Then, as I didn't cook last night, I had no plans for today's lunch.

Suddenly I got a craving for fish 'n chips, so I high-tailed it over to the Long John Silvers/A&W hybrid [thanks for the great, healthy, food selection, Suburbia].

Once in the store, I realized they sell hamburgers too.

Suddenly, a bacon cheeseburger was calling my name.

And a side order of fried shrimp.

As well as a side of fries, topped off with a mug of Root Beer.

My cravings satiated, I am just waiting to feel the after effects.

What's weird is that I craved this stuff at all.

I'm thinking it's partially due to the fact that I worked out every night this week, and have been eating pretty healthy.

I was 120 on the scale this morning[!], yikes.

So maybe it's my body just responding to try and get me back to where I was.

Stupid Pagans!

Pagans have a cow over Homer

Oh man.

I can't believe I am having this debate:

From: Clay
To: Big Daddy
Subject: RE:

Springfield, Vermont??

http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/simpsons-contest.htm?loc=interstitialskip

From: Big Daddy
To: Clay
Subject: RE:

I always figured it was Springfield Illinois because of it being the capital of Illinois and the reference to 'Capital City'

From: Clay
To: Big Daddy
Subject: RE:

Springfield isn’t Capital City though… that’s somewhere they visit… a big city… I always thought it was Springfield, Mass. It’s big enough to have a minor league team (the Springfield Isotopes), and “Capital City” would be Boston.

From: Big Daddy
To: Clay
Subject: RE:

yah, i know, but it has always been a running gag that they never say what state it is and 'capital city' is a subtle hint from the producers

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