Monday, January 12, 2009

Taco Bell Wedding

This is the couple Brandi was talking about who made a run for the altar while they we're running for the border.

Fat person doing jumping jacks

As if you needed another reason to join the WRRV Fit Club...

Rubik's Boob

Most of us who were alive in the 80's had a Rubik's Cube. Those of us who also had a life in the 80's gave up on the stupid puzzle after an hour, moonwalked over to the arcade and played some Pac Man never to think about Rubik's Cube again. Not Grahm Parker. Grahm spent the last 26 years trying to solve Rubik's Cube and this week he finally did it! I don't know what he should be more proud of; obsessing over something 25.5 years longer than the rest of the world, or taking two and a half decades to do something a 6-year-old can do in 37 seconds while wearing his Spiderman pajamas.

Congratulations, Grahm! And we'll see you in 2035 when you finally figure out where Waldo is!

Walt Disney wasn't just an antisemite; he hated women too!

This is an actual rejection letter a woman received after applying for a job as a cartoonist for Walt Disney in the 50's.

Kind of ironic that the letterhead is of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. That chick had to stay in the cabin, do the dishes and make the 7 beds while the men went out and had fun working in a mine. You've come a long way... baby!

SNL highlight from Neil Patrick Harris

The SNL website didn't have this Digital Short available for download, so check it out on YouTube before they take it down. (Update - they took it down. But NBC finally posted it on their server, so new video is below). I thought this was the highlight of the show - NPH playing an emotional version of the "Doogie Howser, M.D." theme song.

Friday, January 9, 2009

Wear dark pants if you're on Alli

Have you seen the weight loss drug "Alli" at the counter in the drug store? Like me, you may have been curious about how it works. Unfortunately, I made the mistake of going to the Alli website to find out. This stuff does something to your body to stop the absorption of fat. You may ask "Well, what happens when you eat fat?" Good question! Here's what the website says:
The excess fat that passes out of your body is not harmful. In fact, you may recognize it as something that looks like the oil on top of a pizza.
Wow, this stuff works great... I haven't even taken it yet and, already, I don't ever want to eat pizza again!

Alli calls the side effects from their drug "treatment effects". Here are the three main "treatment effects" you can look forward to:

- gas with oily spotting
- loose stools
- more frequent stools that may be hard to control

Sign me up now!

If these horrible "treatment effects" don't scare you away, the Alli website has a whole list of helpful tips for avoiding an embarrassing situation. This one is my favorite:
You may feel an urgent need to go to the bathroom. Until you have a sense of any treatment effects, it's probably a smart idea to wear dark pants, and bring a change of clothes with you to work
I'm sorry, wearing dark pants to hide my poop splatter isn't worth sneaking a jelly donut for breakfast. People are pretty desperate to lose weight, but this is just demoralizing. If you really want to finally get yourself healthy - the right way - sign up for the WRRV Fit Club!

Worst celebrity baby name yet

Lisa Bonet and Jason Momoa (who you probably don't know from the TV show Stargate) just had a baby. Here's the kid's name:

Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa

Good luck finding a personalized license plate for your bike, kid!