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Link meme rules:
1. Must be clean, no R rated material.
2. Tell 5 people.
3. Only 5 links allowed.
4. Link back to person who tagged you.
You can link to business, favorite, affiliate sites, etc.
- Say what? Do you even read my blog?
- Five huh? Okay here goes. Meg, ATM, Cookie, bothenuke, Fathairybastard
- Indoor Gardening Tips, Pandora (free innarw3bz music), I Can Has Cheezeburger, Get Firefox, Project Gutenberg for free ebooks (classics)
- And it was phlegmfatale whut tagged me.
I know how our girl loves her some footware so just for her…I know there was a buncha rain in Dallas this morning.
I guess we shouldn’t be surprised since the following article regards a Super Bowl ad and the NFL and broadcasters are overly sensitive since the infamous clothing malfunction a few years ago. But anyway, did you know you can’t use the word beaver when referring to the dam building rodents? I did not either. I was perusing some stuff on the Godaddy site while on hold and saw this article by Bob Parsons, the Godaddy CEO. And if you want to hear some good music while on hold call Godaddy. They also give you a choice of music or no. Plus all the CSRs speak good ol’ Uhmuricin Ainglish with no accent. Sorry Claudia in Toronto, eh?
But here’s the good part. Click here for the full article.
Super Bowl Ad rejected! Fox: “Beaver” is verboten! Hot candids of Danica & Candice.
When I was a kid in the late fifties, I remember watching Barbara Billingsley say to Hugh Beaumont “Ward, don’t you think you’ve been too hard on the Beaver?” I’m talking – of course – about the long-running hit TV show “Leave it to Beaver” starring Jerry Mathers as a little boy nicknamed “Beaver.”
Today with our knotty “need to be politically correct” environment, that show – as innocent and innocuous as it was – might need a different name.
Just don’t say “beaver.”
Last week, FOX network rejected Go Daddy’s Super Bowl ad because an actor referred to a beaver – a replica beaver that was, in fact, being portrayed – as a “beaver.” We were told that under no circumstance could we use that word, and if we didn’t say the word “beaver,” the ad would be approved.
He goes on to discuss the young ladies who are in the commercial and their take on it. One of them is Danica Patrik. If more drivers looked like her, I might watch me some NASCAR.
Phlegmfatale, over at Fatale Abstraction had a great post with several versions of Duke Ellington’s great Caravan. Time well spent, listening to all of them. So go see her for that. I wondered off to Michael Petrucciani’s Take the A Train with Steve Gadd.
If you like Steve Gadd, you’ll like Snakes performed at the 1997 Montreaux Jazz Festival. The legends are Eric Clapton – guitar, Joe Sample – piano, David Sanborn – sax, Steve Gadd – drums, and last but not least as they say is Marcus Miller – electric bass. Each one has several minutes alone.
And if you’re like me and start clicking on links to other videos by the various artists well, be prepared to spend some enjoyable time.
Well, it is if you like jazz. By the way, if you’ve not been over to Fathairybastard’s in a day or two you better go and check out the drum videos he posted. I’ll tell you up front my favorite was Buddy Rich. But Connie Kay does pretty good on this one. Not as raucous as Buddy Rich but very enjoyable, none the less.
Modern Jazz Quartet – Bag’s Groove
of the first order. James Hooker, who did the video and song below, is a bit pissed over the secularism taking over Christmas. So he wrote this song. And it is good. I found it on his blog James Hooker’s War
If you’ve not been there yet you need to check out her blog. She was one of these for a while.
Alaskan Bush Pilots
STOL (Short take off and landing)
I found this link in a comment on Innocent Bystanders. I’ve gotta tell you, I tried one of the delicacies one time. Well, actually I tried to try it. Turns out there ain’t enough San Miguel in the Philippines. Anyway, go check out The 6 Most Terrifying Foods in the World over at Cracked.com. And let me know if you’ve tried any of ‘em.
Her name is Olive Riley. Her blog is called The Life of Riley. And she will be 108 on October 20th. She doesn’t even look 90, does she?
Whatever that means. Anyway, I saw this over at Tam’s View From the Porch so if you’ve seen it you know it’s funny also. Here’s just one of ‘em. Click the image to go to the site for more.
"You sleep safe in your beds, because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do you harm."
George Orwell
