Hail Of A Day

What is the deal here?  Can you imagine denying this dog a beggin’ strip?  Apparently, he’s got a genetic disorder.

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After the Soulja Boy dance rocketed an unknown kid to rap stardom, about 2.5 million aspiring rappers sat at home and thought, “I gotta make up a dance so I too can be a millionaire with very little effort”. Here’s the fruit of all that effort…

Today, I visited the Dallas Botanical Gardens for the first time.  Now, I know that a man shouldn’t be skipping around in gardens, but I’m a photographer so cut me some slack.  This turned out to be one of the most beautiful weather days I can remember.  I spent two hours enjoying all the sights and smells of the various gardens and sculptures.  If you get the chance to go, I would imagine it will be particularly stunning in a month or so, after the spring bloom.  Here was one of my photos from the day.  Follow the link below to see a few more.

Flickr Photo Download: Botanical Gardens-4

Do you know the infamous album cover for the Beatles’ album, Abbey Road.  The photo was taken nearly 40 years ago and instantly marked this intersection as an extremely busy tourist photo spot, which to this day is busy with people recreating the photo.  This is a series of outtakes from the photo shoot that day…

The Beatles - Abbey Road on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

This is a really cool video of….a guy getting pelted by fruit.

It really is the world’s most amazing basketball shot, especially when you consider the consequence of it. Here’s the description in the youtube video…

Guilford College vs Randolph Macon
January 31, 2005

To set this up:
The teams are tied with just a fraction of a second in overtime.

The yellow team (Randolph Macon) sinks a free throw to win the game. ( at least they think they do) The second free throw is missed.
A guy from the Purple team (Guilford) rebounds the ball and gets a shot off just milliseconds before the buzzer.
Watch the rest to see what happens.
The greatest moment in NCAA sports history.
The name of the game’s hero is Jordan Snipes.

This is an oldie but goody. I was just going to send this clip to a couple friends but I had to post it for those who hadn’t seen it. Just go ahead and move your cursor over the play button and hit it about 400 times like I did. It’s magnetizing. You can’t look away and you have to keep watching it over and over again. Grandma shut her down, didn’t she?

In case you’re wondering, here’s the link to the back-story behind what really happened. Not as funny as the video itself. http://www.snopes.com/photos/odd/smackmouth.asp

All-Star NBA point guard and future hall-of-famer Chris Paul lost his grandfather, who was he was very close to, in his senior year of high school. To honor him, he set a goal of scoring 61 points in the game after his loss, a point for every year that his grandfather lived. This is an awesome story…

An interesting graphic I came across.  Can they slip in an Xbox 360 into that power pack, for downtime?

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I was a part of an enlightening discussion today at lunch with three friends/colleagues who are all outstanding musicians and true students of the history of music.  The main thread of our conversation centered around the following question:

“Which classic hit songs, if released new today, would be hits right now?”

The conversation became more of a conversation about the artists than their songs, per se.  Here were some of the ones we agreed on:

1) Come Together, Yesterday & Revolution - The Beatles
2) Brass Monkey - Beastie Boys
3) Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
4) Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
5) Take on Me - A Ha
6) No particular songs: Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, U2, The Who, Biggie, Tupac.

Another list we came up with centered around which current artists would be relevant years from now:

1) Foo Fightersp
2) Red Hot Chili Peppers
3) Radiohead
4) Jay-Z
5) The Black Keys
6) John Mayer
7) Outkast
Erykah Badu

These are just a few.  Are there any that you have an opinion about?

This is a very thoughtful and insightful take on the whole “Joaquin Phoenix becomes a rapper” thing going on right now.  Follow the link below for more info…

Joaquin Phoenix’s Rap Career Is Not A Hoax

How many nasty cheapskates are gonna choose to pass, in the name of being frugal?

Jail considers making inmates pay for toilet paper

If you’re following American Idol this season, you’ve undoubtedly seen the R&B powerhouse contestant Anoop Desai. He instantly won me over when he performed “My Prerogative” by Bobbie Brown. Who else has done that kind of song (besides the idiots that wear chicken costumes in tryouts)? When I heard it, I couldn’t believe it. He’s a preppy-dressing Indian that has more soul than 90% of the folks nominated for Grammies this year. And he nailed it.

Anyway, I looked him up tonight and the guy is part of an acapella group out of U. North Carolina called Clefhangers. These guys are amazing. I’ve pulled a video of one of my favorites, “I’ll Make Love To You”. Noop Dogg is the lead singer and just absolutely steals the show in this clip. Really looking forward to seeing him progress this season. I wasn’t going to watch the show this season, but I’m intrigued again.

I was told about this site by our IT director.  Anything Mac-related is too expensive straight off the showroom floor.  So this is a pretty good alternative for used but quality products. You can select a Macbook, for instance, and then add additional parts to it to make it a little more to your liking.  I’m impressed.

Gainsaver.com – Save hundreds on your next computer, Apple and PC brands available.

Check out this bounce pass. You can tell he was a quarterback once upon a time.