Selasa, 21 September 2010

Ten Most Unanswerable Questions in the World


According to a study done by the website Ask Jeeves, they have determined the 10 most unanswerable questions in the world for last decade.  Here's the full list.

Some of these questions are deep existential questions dealing with things such as the meaning of life or if there's a god, but others are just plain stupid.

Do you really need to know if blondes do have more fun or who is the most famous person in the world?

I think I could easily answer the 7th question which is: What is love?  It was already answered in 1993 by this guy:

Ask Jeeves failed to recognize the most unanswerable question in the world on this list though.  It's not 1999, so why is anybody still using the Ask Jeeves?

Ask Jeeves failed to recognize the most unanswerable question in the world on this list though.  It's not 1999, so why is anybody still using the Ask Jeeves.

Jumat, 17 September 2010

Jesse Heiman: The Background Nerd


You may not know the name Jesse Heiman but you've probably seen him before.

I don't know why, but this guy seems to pop up in the background of numerous TV shows and movies as an extra that's the token nerd/geek in the background.

Within the last week, I've seen him three different times while watching TV.  He was in the background of "Chuck," "Glee," and "Old School" playing the same part as nerdy guy.

Look at his IMDB page,  almost every single role is listed as geek or nerd.  Heiman has made a career out of being the go to background nerd and he's everywhere.



Yet I've never even seen him have a speaking role.  I guess that makes him similar to a porn actor except Heiman would probably be credited as "nerd that watches sex from corner" if he was in a porn.

I wonder how he became Hollywood's background nerd.  Did he purposely set out to do this because it was his niche or did someone choose him?

Is he really a nerd in real life or does he just play one?  Does he find it demeaning?

He's like the poor man's Jonah Hill.  In fact, Heiman might be pissed that Hill beat him to the punch as comedic, kind of heavy nerd guy.

There can only be one Jonah Hill. I'm like the Highlander.

Although he could pull a Jesse Eisenberg who became a poor man's Michael Cera by taking roles Cera obviously turned down until some people actually started to like him better than Cera.

Hey, both their names are Jesse so that's already a start.

Jumat, 10 September 2010

The Japanese Rocketeer Fails



Silly Japanese, don't they know there can only be one Rocketeer and he's American.

This video further proves that all Japanese technology isn't perfect and they should just stick to building disturbing humanoid robots that will eventually over throw us.

The only person who could sympathize with a Rocketeer inspired fail like this would be one of my friends in his younger days.

He was told by his father that he could get any video game he wanted and unfortunately chose "The Rocketeer" video game.  Here's a taste of the awfulness he got.

Rabu, 01 September 2010

Don Draper's Off His Game


The 4th season of "Mad Men" has been great as usual but there's something that's really troubling me: Don Draper.  For the first time ever, Draper's off his game with the ladies.

This can't be happening.  The sun is yellow, the sky is blue, and Don Draper never gets denied by women. Those are all facts.

The foundation of my world is starting to crumble.  If this was "Inception," my totem would be Draper always beds the woman, and now I'm seriously questioning reality since he isn't.

I don't know if I can really live in a world where Don Draper gets rejected by women.

This is the same guy who pulled off the Spanish Stare in a restaurant during the 60s.  I don't think anybody had even coined the term for it yet.

If I was real, there's a good chance
 I could have been your father 

Why am I getting so concerned about a fiction character?  Because Don Draper is more than a character, he's an icon.  The ultimate man's man.

It's painful to watch him get turned down by women he would've easily bedded before.  Like seeing a Hall of Fame athlete get shown up by average players because of diminishing skills.

Instead of the typical smooth Draper moves, he's reduced to being that creepy drunk guy that's like "come on, come on" until the woman reluctantly agrees to go with him for some reason.

He's struggled to get women like (spoiler alert if you're behind in season four) his secretary and a waitress.  Old Draper wouldn't even resort to this and if he did, he'd seduce them in his sleep.

Even worse, he's resorted to paying for sex.  I thought that was as likely as Draper paying for the air he breathes.

Obviously the whole divorce thing has thrown him off his game.  Before he had the comfort of knowing he was going home to his wife Betty who was always more attractive then the woman he was cheating with.

Now Draper lacks that confidence and the allure of being a married man.

All his mistresses secretly liked that Draper was cheating on his wife with them because it bothered them for like a minute before they moved on.

But Don Draper can turn this around, he has to.  He's just in a little slump.  All he has to do is look in the mirror and remember he's Don f'n Draper or just listen to this song.