Friday, May 30, 2008

mascat?

So, it's exciting: we've got two more entries for possible mascot.
(Those that have already voted may vote again if they prefer one of the new entries. Those that have not yet voted are wasting their lives.)

Here they are!:






Thursday, May 29, 2008

dump site

There's a lot of blog guilt when you haven't posted for a day or two -- it starts hanging on you like a wet, dirty dog. Hooooowwwwwwwwwww.

The thing is, what's worse: not posting for a couple of days, or posting some lame desperation crap? There's so much meaningless nonsense out there, I don't know if I really want to be a part of that. It seems irresponsible. And everyone thinks that all this data is just infinite and that it's so great for everyone to be generating tons of their own junk and there's no limit, no problem, and no like floating garbage barge required to hold all this massive, growing mound of e-waste -- but are we so sure? How can we be so sure?

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

alone

Did you notice that they've taken the "we" out of "blog"? No really -- as discussed earlier, "blog" is an abridgment of "web log," right? So there's no we in blog, man. No we.

Monday, May 26, 2008

have a blog and a smile

Even though it's Memorial Day, the blog is open for business! (For those not from the U.S., Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday wherein a small number of people commemorate Americans lost in military conflicts and a large number of people drive on highways, barbecue, and/or shop.)

A lot of people have been on me about the blog needing some kind of credo or mission statement. I thought about it for a while and I think I might agree. So I started brainstorming some possibilities, but I got all twisted up right out of the gate over what exactly it was I was trying to come up with -- is it a credo? A mission statement? A slogan? What the h*ll is the difference exactly? So, before we even consider having a vote, first we need to have a vote on what it is that we will be voting on. Here are the choices (with definitions and examples from The Internet). Which one do you think the blog should have??

credo: a system or codification of belief (often religious) or of opinion.
Example, the Raelians: We believe that human Creators from space used DNA to create Earth's human race and returned to present Rael with the world's most fearlessly individualistic philosophy of love, peace, and non-conformism -- a beautiful combination of spirituality, sensuality, and science.

mission statement: a summary describing the aims, values, and overall plan and/or purpose of an organization or individual.
Ex., Clean Furs plushies & furries chat board: We wish to establish a furry community that focuses on the fun and clean aspects of the furry fandom. We fursuit [sic] for fun and entertainment, collect plushies of our favorite characters, we enjoy furry art for what it is. Our community hopes to promote the furry fandom in a family-friendly light and allow the non-yiffy among us to discuss our fandom without the fear of the persecution that often follows the term 'furry.'

motto: a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a person, social group or organization. A motto may be in any language, but Latin is the most used.
Ex., www.plumbingsupply.com: Ave caesar! Morituri te salutamus! (Our motto! Under-promise and over-perform!)

slogan: 1. a distinctive cry, phrase, or motto of any party, group, manufacturer, or person; catchword or catch phrase. 2. a war cry or gathering cry, as formerly used among the Scottish clans.
Ex., The Journal of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering (translated from the Russian): Our slogan is to work better and to work more productively!

tag line: a phrase or catchword that becomes identified or associated with a person, group, product, etc., through repetition; a memorable phrase that will sum up the tone and premise of a brand or product.
Ex., Superman the Movie (1978): You'll Believe a Man Can Fly

Thursday, May 22, 2008

oh no it isn't!

You know how it seems like most people get really screwed up when they get a lot of fame and/or money...like all those stories they always have everywhere about sad lottery winner dudes eventually moving into their last surviving car all alone, and rich actress/singer types going bonkers and robbing fast-food drive-ins and all that? Well that is not going to happen to me from this blog.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

ecoblog

I think this blog is eco-friendly. I was thinking about it -- about how the blog fits into the whole gas crisis and everything-else crisis -- and I think I just wanted to assure myself that, in fact, the blog is eco-friendly, and therefore good. So then I was thinking, Well how exactly does one qualify that? How do I define "eco-friendly"? And I really didn't know, so I looked it up on the Internet -- "define eco-friendly" -- and I got the creepiest blog hit! Check it out:

Nanotechnology should define eco-friendly principles.

Man. Well, I still think this blog is eco-friendly, maybe more so even. But I do think, like that dude, that we need to define nature friendliness in the [blog] before it goes into mass production. It's difficult to make changes after anything goes public at large scale. It's unstoppable. You can't change [blogs] after once you produce them.
Right on, blogging brother!

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

mascot?

I was thinking that maybe it's time to get a mascot? You know, for events and such. So I decided to check on Google Images to see if there was something good already out there under a search for "sunny head." Well, I got over 200 hits — for real! I've edited them down and present the best ones here for your review — let's have a vote and decide if any of them seem like a worthy new mascot.


great dog










fuzzy face










bird










big sheep










historic woman










alien










flower










thinking person










disc head










demon guy










poodle










smiling dude










padding










nails

Monday, May 19, 2008

dementia

I'm wondering if there's anyone out there who can help with this: I'd really like to get the blog into 3-D. Don't you think that would be awesome?! I was thinking about the blog, and at first I was thinking that it WAS already in 3-D. You know? Like, as a whole, as an entity, the blog is in fact in 3-D. But then I was like, Duh, no it isn't. Then I was getting really confused trying to think about if it even is in 2-D. Is it? Of course it is, right? Somehow I just kind of lost the whole concept of -D and can't even think logically about whether the blog is even 2-D. But it must be, no? I mean, Jaws 1 and 2 were in 2-D, thereby creating the opportunity for Jaws 3 to be upgraded to 3-D, right? So the blog must be in 2-D. Right?

Friday, May 16, 2008

haiku

The persistent rain,
a woman runs for cover—
we are in the blog.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

exciting new products

So we've put together some prototypes of merchandise we're considering selling and would love any feedback on which you think might be winners. Thanks!


mug












t-shirt

















tote bag















throw pillow















nail tips















bowling ball














toilet seat


















car













awning













men's briefs

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

you know?

The thing is, the blog does not write itself. In that way it is a little disappointing. It almost seems like it should.

Thursday, May 08, 2008

you do the math

If you put "blog" into google, you get 3,790,000,000 hits. That's billion. If you put "god" in, you get 509,000,000.

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

her heady nuns

I'm always mixing up acronym with anagram. I almost did yesterday, but then caught myself.

I think the only anagram of blog is glob. (Unless you count log b -- like, "Enter that data into log B.") But glob is a pretty good one anyway. I just got this sudden panic that maybe glob isn't even an actual word, but I looked it up and it is. "glob: 1. A small drop: GLOBULE. 2. A rounded, usu. large mass or lump [a glob of sticky dough]" It's weird how it means a small thing in one case and a large thing in the other. Get it straight! Anyway, I prefer definition 1 and in honor of it am going to pretend that blog is actually a shortened version of blogule.

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Some Cute Usable Blog Acronyms

Even though the word blog is of course a shortened version of "web log" (right??), it would be fun if it actually were an acronym. It would seem kind of more space-age and nerdy/cool. Here are some possibilities for what it could be an anagram of, depending on your viewpoint. Feel free to send in others!

Beautiful Lines of Genius

Boring Loser's Online Grumblings

Bored? Look at Our Greatness!

Blathering Lame-O's Garbage

Baby Loves Our Gabbing

Before Long, One Gives up

Banter, Laughs, Opinions—Glory

Monday, May 05, 2008

el poste

In honor of Cinco de Mayo, today's post will be en español! We at the blog have recognized the importance of multilingual capabilities, especially in the ever-expanding global community of virtual globalizationism, and we are in fact scheduled for Spanish instruction starting in 2 weeks. Muy bueno! But that's in 2 weeks. For now, we are limited to some content that may not quite reach the intellectual level we have come to expect. Bear with us, por favor:

¡Buenos dias amigos! Me llamo Su Cabeza Asoleada. Hoy es Cinco de Mayo y tengo gusto del tacos! Donde está el bano? Estoy embromando -- un blog no necesita de baño! ¡Hahaha!¡!¡

Friday, May 02, 2008

blog 2.0

So I was thinking: it's not often that an un-retirement leads anywhere good. MJ, The Rocket, Tab Energy Drink, the new Lite Brite -- did they ever even come close to the original glory? Uh-uh. (No). And yet, knowing all that and feeling its grip like a low-expectationed parent, here we are.