Monthly Archives: August 2006

The Simpsons vs. Star Trek
(via WWdN)

Pretty impressive mashup of theme tunes & the random dude in the yellow knit cap is something else…That almost made me forget my non-stop squeezing headache, sore runny nose & aches all over from this stupid cold…I don’t have time to be sick! *sigh*

Robert pointed me to these Microsoft “employee training videos” by Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant on Google Video, already removed from YouTube, so you might want to download your own copies quickly, but I recommend to choose the video iPod option to save mp4 files vs. the Windows/Mac option or you’ll just get a Google Video pointer file, not the standalone video.

the office values

the office values ‘realising potential’

Don’t worry, even if you haven’t seen the entire Office UK series, this doesn’t spoil anything in the series itself…these are just more classic David Brent, and I do mean classic! hoo boy…

There are a couple more Ricky Gervais videos on Google Video, including two of his video podcasts (#1 and #4?)& an odd good luck clip to the England World Cup team, but I have to say they’re not that great & seem to confirm my already-voiced opinion that Stephen Merchant is the funnier guy…however the David Brent reprises on behalf of Microsoft are absolutely hilarious – including outtakes on the end of each!

Enjoy!

P.S. When the heck is Extras series 2 coming out anyway? That’s the only reason I haven’t taken HBO off my DirecTV feed yet! 😉 Yes, I realize by now I could have used the monthly HBO fee to buy a DVD set of Extras 2, but they will air on HBO before they’re released on DVD you see…hrmph…

BREAKING NEWS: Pluto Demoted, No Longer a Planet

What now? My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine..? 😉 I guess the whole ordering thing with Neptune & Pluto switching orbits is now a defunct issue too…

Alton Brown & I broke the same collarbone. Both of us were on cycles, albeit his was motorized…

Feasting on Asphalt

(though why they gave him a sling & not the spiffy figure-8 backpack-style brace I got back in 1983 I’m not sure…it was SO much easier to be careful but still do things like put my contacts in & do homework without a sling, let alone wear normal clothes! Even thought it was really painful, I healed just dandy…)