ESPN Commercials

There are few things I enjoy more than ESPN commercials; Lanie & Griffin, Lolcats, a Marlboro Red being the exceptions. If you have some time to kill just youtube the shit out of them. Here is a sampling of my all time faves.


Albert "The Machine" Pujols


Big Pappi a Yankee?


Maria Sharapova snakes in can!


Jose Reyes salsa instructor



Manny Ramirez (This commercial never aired apparently because he was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers before they were going to air it.)


SVP hangs with AD

Wonder Wheel

I was looking through my phone pics that I've taken over the course of my iphone ownership and came across this lovely lady. If you haven't been to Coney I strongly suggest you do. There is always talk of how it's closed down/going to be closed down/demolished but because of the New York Historical Landmark label given to the Wonder Wheel and Cyclone those rides and the rides surrounding them in their respective parks will be there regardless. Oh and there is this place Nathan's you might have heard of and every 4th of July they do the hot dog eating contest. I found this pic also, thanks iphone!



*Interesting side note; my wife Elana and I were caught in a fast moving heavy thunderstorm 40 minutes after this photo was taken. I had to drive home barefoot wearing a pair of gym shorts and shirt I just happened to leave in the car, Lanie wore a dress shirt (I had to drop it off at the dry cleaners) and my wet boxers.

Click here for more info on Coney Island

Click here for more info on Deno's Wonder Wheel

Click here for more info on Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest

I'm sorry

Sorry blog, I will update you more. I hope we are still friends, love Van

Here is a picture of my friend Brien's cat Marley to make it all better.

WOTW!

Thursday's WOTW(word of the week, before you ask) is actually not from Urban Dictionary but from Effing Pots British Slang Page. I go through stages of trying to memorize my fave British slang but my short attention span always leads me astray.

So here it is fellow internetians, yes I am categorizing people who browse the internet, this weeks WOTW!

The Phrase: Her Majesty's Pleasure

The Meaning: It means being put in prison with no release date!

The Example: When visiting England, try to avoid being detained at Her Majesty's pleasure.

You know maybe I should move the WOTW to earlier in the week. Hmm why am I typing what I am thinking in my head. Oh well, here's a video to entertain you. Metallica's cover of Ennio Morricone's Ecstasy Of Gold as made famous by The Good, The Bad And The Ugly.

It's that time again!

The word of the week supplied by [but not officially recognized by]Urban Dictionary.

The Word: Arnold Palmer

The Meaning: "The sexual act of urinating into your partners rectum. Comes from the popular drink which is a mixture of lemonade and ice tea."

The Example: Do we really need an example? The description is pretty black & white. The Example

I am never going to drink Arnold Palmer's Half & Half Ice Tea/Lemonade without thinking about this form of anal "sex". Thanks UB!


*Editors note, I picked the first definition UB listed. I am aware of who Arnold Palmer the person is. Thank you and have a good day.

Word of the week

Urban dictionary is a riot of a good time and a most excellent way to make the minutes fly by with ease. So whilst perusing through I thought "why not have a word of the week courtesy of urban dictionary?"

So here it is this weeks word: Grandpas Guitars

An acoustic guitar. Made popular by the show Metalocalypse. The term was first used by Toki and Skwiskgaar describing a pile of acoustic guitars or grandpas guitars. If you want to get buck wild you can use the term "grandpa" to describe anything that is an antique. Enjoy!

Classical Halen?

Eddie Van Halen's Eruption being played on the electric cello and violin.



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Bobby Yang

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Bobby Yang on the 'space



Just a reminder.

Oh crap I can't find the video it was a Van Halen vs Van Hagar video I saw a year ago. Van Halen's Panama, well the first 1:14 of it, then it showed you Van Hagar's Finish What Ya Started. If you've seen the video's then you'll know the difference.

They're taking the hobbits.

My sister and I had a hearty laugh at this video a couple days ago. Who knew Legolas has a potential career in music.

Swisher get's the K!

Just another reason to like Nick Swisher.

Baseball season!

It's that time of year to catch professional baseball players picking their noses. Wait what? Matt Holliday of the Oakland Athletics getting caught knuckle deep.

Vinnie Jones

I don't know if people are aware that Vinnie Jones, of Snatch fame, was a pro football (soccer) player before his acting career. He won the FA Cup with Wimbledon FC back in 88' with help from his fellow "The Crazy Gang" members. He also hosted a video called Soccer's Hard Men, don't let the title fool you though, it's about some of the league's toughest(or dirtiest depending on who you talk to) players and shows you their highlights of how they got their reputation with tricks for intimidation for future hard men soccer players. Needless to say if you host a video like this you will get yourself into trouble of some sorts, 20,000 British Pound fine and a 6 month ban. The reason I bring this all up is because there is a photo of him checking Paul Gascoigne's testicles. You can't get any more ballsy (hiyo!) than that. The photo speaks for itself.

Dave Chappelle

I love him, by far one of my favorite stand up comedians. I got home from dinner last night and caught his special from a few years back Killing Them Softly on the TV. If you are a fan of Dave Chappelle's comedy check it out, he has some excellent quotable's in there. Here's his take on Sesame Street, everyone's favorite childhood television show.

There Will Be Enthusiasm

After diving into the world of Benny Hill music videos set to anything and everything I have found another gem. The movie is There Will Be Blood and it's the climatic ending scene. Side note: if you haven't seen this movie you should, Daniel Day Lewis will scare the living crap out of you.

I love lolcats

I have a very strong obsession with lolcats and the icanhascheezburger site. In fact I bought the lolcat book! I never really was a cat person. When I met my wife she had 2 cats, they have long ago gone the way of the buffalo, Luna and Mabel but when I get on the cheezburger site I have a sickening desire to go out and adopt a baker's dozen of kittehs. I have saved some of my all time favorites and now will share them with you because sharing is caring and I can haz carez fir u.

Monday Funday?

So my best bud Kevin (mortekai.blogspot.com) and I were chatting on AIM and came to the conclusion that pretty much anything is funny when you put the Benny Hill Theme Song also known as Yakety Sax to it and speed it up a bit. The proof is in the virtually sweet pudding, indulge!

Friday the 13th.

Holy moly

So if your wondering what a sleep study looks like here is a couple of photo's. Griffin, my poor baby always a good sport about his ailments. 2 weeks till the results come back!


All those wires that are glued/taped to his head are rigged to that super sensor control thingy.


My cutest.

Greetings and Salutations

When I was in the bathroom I was in deep thought as in what to write/blog about (I guess I am going to have to start using blog as a verb? Is blog a verb? I am blogging, yes would be my guess. Sorry I digress). So my first post, was it that easy to break a blog cherry? is my greeting to you all. Hello and thanks for stopping by.