This is a very funny clip by David Spade on Funny or Die where he impersonates Daniel Day-Lewis from There Will Be Blood. DDL definitely puts in a virtuosso performance and should win the Oscar.
Spade does a great job of getting the inflection right and overlaying the music. It’s funny. Click the image below to watch.
This kid is incredible. From Channel 4 – click on the image below:
Lots of kids dream of playing in the pros. Some kids get completely obsessed by the sport, but most importantly, they work on it. The kid you’re about to see just turned 11, and his talents will blow you away.
Over the past 2 weeks, i’ve seen both Rambo and The Kite Runner. One is the 4th installment of the Slyvester Stallone killing machine saga and the other is the cinematic interpretation of the best selling novel about an afghan boy growing up around communist turmoil. They may appear to be completely different films, however, i found the two had some interesting similarities. For instance:
Point One: In Rambo some people get kidnapped by the nameless and faceless Myanmar military. Similarly, in Kite Runner the hero’s friend’s son is kidnapped from an orphanage and held captive by the faceless upstart afhgan terrorists.
Point Two: As a younger boy, Amir in Kite Runner witnesses some savage behavior and is forever haunted by these memories. Throughout the movie, he moves to a new land and tries to get on with his life, only to be pulled back and forced to face his demons. Rambo life follows a similar path as he is deeply impacted by his past experiences and although he tries to live a calmer life (by farming Cobras), he is forced back into battle to face his demons.
Point 3: Both men have significant father issues. Amir’s dad loved his other son more and he forever tried to live up to his dad’s expectations. Rambo’s only surviving relative is his father and his only reason for staying alive.
Point 4: The two little games played in each movie: Kite Fighting and Cobra Fighting are strangely similar. Kite fighting is a game played by people in another country where you try to cut other kites. How you do this, i have no idea. Corba fighting is where you sit in a ring with a Cobra and “fight” it by trying not to die. I also have no idea how this works. Both games seem pretty dumb.
Point 5: In Rambo, Sly breaks into a prison with no weapons or a plan to rescue a girl he barely knows even though he is being shot at the entire time. Similarly, Amir breaks into a Taliban guardhouse with no weapons and a horrible disguise to rescue a boy he’s never met. Both men narrowly escapes under heavy gunfire from automatic weapons
Point 6: The bad terrorists and the bad Burmese both enjoy raping little boys
Point 7: There is a General in both Rambo and Amir’s life. For both people, this General represents normal society – even though they hate him.
Point 8: Both Rambo and Amir have absolutely no game with women. They are barely able to speak in their presence. Amir asked his dad to go ask a girl’s dad for a girl. Rambo follows around a married
Live for nothing, or die for something. You choose.
This was first seen in Craigslist about a girl looking for a guy and an appropriate response by a guy. It was re-run in the local newspaper:
I read a great passage by Mary Oliver:
When it’s over, I want to say: all my life
I was a bride married to amazement.
I was a bridegroom, taking the world into my armsWhen it’s over, I don’t want to wonder
if i have made of my life something particular, and real.
I don’t wan t to find myself sighing and frightened,
or full of argument.I don’t want to end up simply having visited this world
Thought this video was pretty funny. Sarah’s been dating Jimmy Kimmel for 5 years now. Here’s what she delivered on his show last week. Matt Damon is really a killer:
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I thought he was really good in his cameo in European Road Trip, but the Silverman one is better
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About 7 years ago, there was a “Free Johan Santana” movement in Minnesota that wanted the Twins to move the young left-handed phenom into the starting rotation. After Santana spent the majority of four years in the bullpen and another half-season at Triple-A, the Twins finally gave him a permanent spot in the rotation to begin the 2004 season. He immediately became the best pitcher in baseball, winning the AL Cy Young by going 20-6 while leading the league with a 2.61 ERA and 265 strikeouts.
In four seasons as a full-time starter Santana went 70-32, winning two ERA titles and three strikeout crowns while capturing a pair of Cy Young awards and deserving a third. It was an amazing metamorphosis. At 21 years old Santana was a little-known Rule 5 pick who showed some promise, at 23 years old he was an ace-in-waiting who dominated from the bullpen or rotation, and at 25 years old he was the best pitcher in baseball. Three years later he’d be the best pitcher in baseball and all of us in MN were pretty damn happy.
This week Johan was traded to the Mets for 4 prospects. While getting 4 unknowns for the best pitcher in baseball seems like a travesty, you can’t really think about it like that. Johan was going to be lost to free agency next year, so the Twins really were trading one season of the best pitcher in baseball for 4 prospects, which really isn’t that bad. The Twins have had great success in getting prospects and turning them into great players – in fact, that’s how we got Johan – so i’m not going to say all is lost
In a perfect world, we’d sign Johan and he’d be the best pitcher in baseball for another 10 years and he’d enter the Hall of Fame witha Twins cap on his head. The world just doesn’t work that way unfortunately, especially when you’re a small market team. So, all i can do is thank Johan for brightening my day every 5 games and wish him well.
I’m just happy he didn’t go to a Boston team, with Moss, Ortiz, and Garnett they’ve done enough.
The United States Beer Drinking Team!
What is it? From the website:
The U.S. Beer Drinking Team™ ( USBDT ® ) is the first team dedicated to the millions of passionate beer drinkers in the United States. The USBDT’s goal is to promote the “sister and brotherhood of beer” while promoting responsible drinking.
This is a cool company and what’s even better is that it’s actually profitable. The founder was just on Oprah – apparently women are the biggest customers. Women seem to buy a lot of U.S. Beer Drinking Team T-shirts for their guys. They are available in 16,000 convenience stores as well as the Targets and big stores.
They even have an official netcasting station. Apparently the business started as a joke – definitely not a laughing matter anymore 🙂
just something good to get your monday going…
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I am pretty sick of hearing about the Patriots, their quest to perfection and all that. I am forever destined to curse the entire Boston area for stealing all of the good Minnesotans. First is was David Ortiz and Doug Mientkiewicz going to the Red Sox, then it was Moroney going to the Pats and Kevin Garnett going to the Celtics. The final straw was seeing Randy Moss catching passes as a Patriot. It just drives me nuts. It’s as if Minnesota is the JV team to New Englands Varsity squad. It just hurts so much
I did like Klosterman’s recent article about the meaning of perfection and how Brady and the Pats relate. Check it out here.
Go Giants