Be Like Mike

No time for a real update. Just a video that makes me feel really, really old.

WHS Presents Dynamic Duo #1: Joe Pesci and Clarence 'Frogman' Henry

"Ain't Got No Home", by Henry, meets "Nicky Santoro", by Pesci, in Martin Scorsese's "Casino". Unreal.



Wow.

1-888-CALL-VLAD

We need to call-in:

Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will hold a live call-in show on national television next week, in what analysts say may signal the start of his campaign to regain the presidency.

I'm going to call-in and pretend to be Victor Yushchenko.

Monkey Waiters in Japan

Eating Contest

Allan had this ridiculous idea that he could beat me in a red meat eating contest. In fact, he was bragging that he ate a three pound sirloin last night. I told him that I eat like every day is Thanksgiving, and that he doesn't know what he is talking about. However, this got me thinking. He may not be able to beat me in most eating competitions, but there is an entire cookbook where I simply cannot compete...he's just too advanced: Natural Harvest (take a look at the customer reviews)

Least Popular Kid in School

This video made me feel kind bad for the guy. I mean, sure he's the worst president ever, but it's just sad to see him walking by all the other world leaders with his head hanging like that.

Diego Armando Maradona & A Documentary

Argentina beat Scotland yesterday, 1-0, in an international friendly. It was Maradona's first match in charge of the national side.

I've been following the buildup to this match on BBC's Football page and what's fascinating is how Maradona remains larger than life. I read that Maradona was received as a hero in Scotland for his role in defeating England in the 1986 World Cup. A good deal of the Scottish apparently still love that shit and will always revere Diego. The press was going nuts for him for a multitude of reasons but it was certainly interested in whether there would be a handshake between Maradona and Scotland's English assistant manager, Terry Butcher. Butcher, still in an unforgiving mood after Maradona's "Hand of God" goal versus England in that World Cup, had said he wouldn't acknowledge Argentina's new boss. You can read about what happened after the match in this Daily Mail article.

From a WHS perspective, Maradona is seriously on fire. He had set the world ablaze with his off-pitch behavior and struggles (blew up to like 300 pounds if not more) and bounced back in many ways (lost the weight) to become manager of one of the most talented teams in the world. Remember that he was also extremely vocal against George W. Bush and appeared at rallies with Hugo Chavez. Scorching. I can't even begin to scratch the surface of the on-fireness of Diego Armando Maradona.

A good start would be to somehow see a screening of or get our hands on Emir Kusturica's documentary, which I thought was called "El Pibe de Oro" but maybe it's changed?

Maradona by Emir Kusturica - trailer:


Holy Shit:


Hand of God:

Prince in the New Yorker...

Apparently representatives from his camp issued an apology to the Gay community for what Prince said in this New Yorker article.

"So here’s how it is: you’ve got the Republicans, and basically they want to live according to this.” He pointed to a Bible. “But there’s the problem of interpretation, and you’ve got some churches, some people, basically doing things and saying it comes from here, but it doesn’t. And then on the opposite end of the spectrum you’ve got blue, you’ve got the Democrats, and they’re, like, ‘You can do whatever you want.’ Gay marriage, whatever. But neither of them is right.”
When asked about his perspective on social issues—gay marriage, abortion—Prince tapped his Bible and said, “God came to earth and saw people sticking it wherever and doing it with whatever, and he just cleared it all out. He was, like, ‘Enough.’ ”



The rest of the article is really fascinating.

KANYE WEST

Julian Schnabel & David Bowie Discuss "Basquiat"

Charlie Rose interviews Julian Schnabel and David Bowie about the film "Basquiat". This is an entire episode.

Secrets of Talk Radio

I thought this was an interesting article. Just thought I would post.

I first got into journalism because I thought I could make a difference.

I wrote for the school newspaper and did “news” reports on a radio station a friend and I started at my high school in Springfield, Mo. I got my first professional job at age 20, while still in college, at a local radio station’s news department. Three years later, I became a news director, and 12 years after that, in 1995, I was recruited to move to Milwaukee to become news director at WTMJ, one of the largest and most successful news/talk radio stations in America.

That was where my real education occurred.

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Who Is Fleecing Who?

I need a dining table and I've got my eye on this one:



Pro: either 70s or 80s, top is a convincing wood like veneer, close proximity to my apartment.

Cons: probably not made out of wood, no leaf, no chairs.

I sent an email of intent to acquire this table for $50 and it was accepted.

Who's fleecing who?

BITCHES AINT SHIT

I've been noticing a disturbing trend lately. Young people around the world are highly confused. Apparently they're under the impression that Ben Folds wrote and performed the original version of Bitches Aint Shit. While I must give Ben Folds proper respect for covering this classic song...



I must remind fools who made that shit in the first place - the motherfuckin' D - R - E and Snoop Dogg, you young people might remember Dre as being 'the guy that discovered Eminem" and Snoop as "the guy from that Ben Stiller movie." But where I'm from these guys were fucking legends.



Recognize, fools.

White Van Bias

There's a Duracell commercial airing about these days that further damns those that operate white vans. A mother is suddenly distressed when she loses sight of her child, Kevin, for a few seconds (another point to be made is that "Kevin" may also be the official name of a lost boy - see Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. There's a Home Alone 3 that needs to be fact-checked for the presence of a Kevin). She's clearly in a state of wtf but it isn't until she notices a white van pulling away that we see her panic stoked to towering levels.

Duracell is playing to society's fear of white vans. It reminds me of the hunt for the D.C. snipers a few years back. The public was told to be on the lookout for vehicles of the type. Check out the headline from this BBC story.

On urbandictionary.com, under the definition for "molester van", you'll see entry number two specifies the color of a molester van is white.

More links:
WPTV story featuring a victim speaking about an attempted kidnapping.

eNews Park Forest story about the arrests of those staging a kidnapping featuring, what else, a white van.

Duracell ad

Uh....

Touch My Body


We Belong Together

We Spoke

Dashiki!

Since WHS has not officially commented on the current political situation here in DC, I think this is appropriate.

EDIT: 236.com is no longer allowing this video to be embedded. Here's the link to watch it on their website.

Single? Wehasspokendating.com

I just read an article on what company is behind those dating signs you see everywhere. Well, at least I do, I pass a ton of them on my way to work. Its a pretty good article and reads like a short mystery novel, so I thought I would share.


Over the past two years, I have developed a growing fascination with lawn signs. Not the ones advertising politicians or plumbers, but the ones advertising websites. Dating websites.

These signs are so prevalent in my area that I decided to launch a private investigation into who was behind them and just how far they stretched. What I found started in my small home town and led me all the way to the secret guerilla marketing infrastructure of a multimillion-dollar company…

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WHS On Fire Editorial Board Endorses Neither John McCain Nor Barack Obama

This election cycle has been a distressing one in terms of how few on fire moments we were given to play with. Senator Obama has been far too measured, too cool, and too deliberate to deliver any serious unintentional comedy while Senator McCain is too angry and often times far too creepy to be entertaining.

The flashes of promise from both campaigns have come from those surrounding the candidates. Reverend Wright remains scorching hot for his inability to tone himself down while Daddy Yankee's agonizing endorsement of McCain will surely ruin his career. Just yesterday, Dick Cheney quite publicly endorsed McCain. This further enhances Cheney's on fire status as he certainly knows his backing is toxic.

For 16 years we have had a Commander-in-Chief that has been on fire. Presidents Clinton and Bush gave us limitless material. Neither Obama nor McCain has shown himself to be a worthy successor to Bush in the on fire arena. This uncomfortable truth is the reason why WHS is refraining from an on fire endorsement.

Daddy Yankee


Rev. Wright


Clinton with Yeltsin


George Bush is a God