Friday, October 31, 2008
Dom was in an elevator today and heard some muzak that reminded him of a time when all it took was a DeLorean and a flux capacitor to make some rock n roll history. I'm trying to get a copy of the Huey Lewis Behind the Music, not paying any money for it, but will share some shanks and praise.
Every Halloween we gives Shanks and Praise to all the Elvis sighting across this great land, and occasionally, from France. Share your faves with Dom and Huck, bonus points if you make it into the shot. We'll be giving away a prize (likely a haiku) to our favorites.
Elvis has manmel-toe.
Move over Ozzie, the best new hotness for your pre-Halloween ritual is brought to you by the JSBX. That's what she said ...
"An old Irish legend tells of a farmer named Jack who tricked the Devil into climbing an apple tree, whereupon Jack quickly carved a cross in the bark, so that the Devil couldn't get down. Jack only let the Devil go when he agreed never to take his soul.
"Years later when Jack died, his life had been too sinful for Jack to go to heaven; however, since the Devil had promised not to take his soul Jack couldn't go to Hell, either.
"Left with nowhere to go and having no light by which to see, he asked the Devil for help. The Devil mockingly tossed Jack an ember from the flames of Hell which would never burn out. Jack carved a lantern out of one of his pumpkins, put the ember inside it so he could see as he endlessly wandered the Earth. He became known as "Jack of the Lantern", or Jack-o'-Lantern."
Leading folklore historians have long debated the original shapes carved into Jack's first lantern, though it it widely believed to have been either Elmo or Cookie Monster.
Spooky amounts of shanks and praise to makelessnoise, via flickr
Dom is a scratch golfer. Dom has seen a lot of crazy golf swings. Dom has a favorite. Wait for it. Gnarls has never hit a hole-in-one on the links.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Ever wonder what it would be like to Race in the Volvo Ocean Race, what, with all the scurvy, and pirates, and rum, and the poop deck. Apparently, it's a lot easier to play the game on the internets, but that's not to say you can't still have the rum, and the poop deck. There's a pretty slick game that will be taking up much of my blog time - via Volvo Ocean Race
