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March 31, 2004
Nickname Tony
Tony, one of the Camera guys on "The Daily Buzz", doesn't have a nickname yet. We had viewers send in their suggestions, then everyone on the show voted. The top four questions are now being voted on by the general public. If you have a second or two, go vote.
Update: Thumbs wins.
Posted by Brendan at 12:43 PM | Comments (5)
March 29, 2004
Giraffes and Jellyfish
These were supposed to be on "Brendan's Science Fact", but they were too stupid. I decided to post them on the internet, where stupidity is second in popularity only to japanese tentacle porn.
"When baby giraffes are born, they drop six feet to the ground and land on their heads, which is why giraffes are known as nature’s Republicans."
"Any scientist will tell you a successful jellyfish is 95 percent water, and 5 percent inspiration."
I have mixed feelings on the Jellyfish joke...maybe I'll eventually use it.
Posted by Brendan at 12:19 PM | Comments (2)
March 28, 2004
Fishy
It should be interesting to see if this story goes anywhere.
Secret FBI files on Kerry stolen from historian's kitchen
via Whisky Bar
UPDATE: They story was actually carried on "The Daily Buzz" today....and we only cover the top few stories.
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March 22, 2004
Too Hot For TV II
Sooo.....Today on The Daily Buzz I had a brief "storytime" segment, and it went over like a lead balloon. Some people were even a little snarky about it. Anyway, the fact that no one besdies me liked it indicates that the other ideas I had lined up for the segment will never see the light of day, especially the following story, which is a bit much for morning TV anyway. So, rather than have it languish as a lonely word file on my computer, I thought I'd make it available here on the website, so at least the few people who read this blog could enjoy it.
The Boy who Loved Stabbing
By Brendan Bergen.
There once was a young boy who loved stabbing things.
He stabbed all day, he stabbed all night
He stabbed in the summer, he stabbed in the winter.
He stabbed the farmer’s cow. “Moo Moo” the cow said.
He stabbed the neighbor’s cat. “Meow Meow” the cat said.
He stabbed the town fireman. “Ow! My kidney!” the fireman said.
Eventually, he had stabbed everything in town, except one little girl.
The little girl wanted to know why the boy stabbed everything.
“Stabbing is fun!” said the young boy.
“I don’t believe you.” said the little girl.
“Here, try it” said the young boy, and he handed her the knife.
The little girl took the knife, and stabbed off the young boy’s arms.
He had trouble stabbing things after that.
The lesson is: Don’t stab.
The End
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March 20, 2004
Depressing
Eariler this week a man named Robert Zangas was killed in an ambush in Southern Iraq. Nothing too unusal about that, we're losing a guy a day over there, but Zangas was a blogger.
Here's an exerpt from his last post.
"I know it is not my money that I am giving away and I am not interested in receiving thanks. But it points out to the fact that this is a society that is in desperate need of everything. It is like pouring a cup of water out in a dry desert. The water disappears and you are left with the feeling of “did it do any good?” Sometimes the answer is “yes.” Sometimes the answer is “no.” Sometimes you wait for the flower to grow. I don’t mean to sound depressed because I am not. I am enjoying this work immensely. It is very gratifying…as long as the flowers grow eventually. I have hope that they will."
This guy had three kids. More info on him here.
Posted by Brendan at 7:12 AM | Comments (1)
March 18, 2004
Awesome Ad
This ad is awesome. No editing. Just 30 seconds of Rumsfeld talking. Check it out.
Posted by Brendan at 6:15 PM | Comments (2)
March 15, 2004
Too Hot for TV?
I was thinking of having the following story on the show. It would be like the old reading rainbow segments, with shots of a picturebook with a voice over. Is this too much?
Kyle Moves to the Neighborhood
It was autumn. Kyle and his family moved to a new neighborhood. Kyle thought that the other kids might not like him because he was fat. But all the kids in the neighborhood were all very nice. The kids all said they would like to play with Kyle sometime.
It turned to winter. Sarah came by to see if Kyle wanted to play ice hockey.
“No thanks” said Kyle “I’d rather stay in, eat fudge, and watch VH1.”
“Ok” said Sarah, and she ran off to play ice hockey with the other kids.
That winter, Kyle got even fatter.
It turned to spring. Billy came by to see if Kyle wanted to play soccer.
“No thanks” said Kyle “I’d rather stay in, eat hot pockets, and watch Oprah”
“Ok” said Billy, and he ran off to play soccer with the other kids.
That spring, Kyle got even fatter
It turned to summer. Alice came by to see if Kyle wanted to play some baseball.
“No thanks” said Kyle “I’d rather stay in, eat hard salami, and watch ‘Charlie’s Angels Full Throttle’ on Pay-Per-View”
“Ok” said Alice, and she ran off to play baseball with the other kids
That summer Kyle lost a few pounds since he was trying the Atkins Diet.
It turned to autumn again. Fernando came by to see if Kyle wanted to play some American-rules football.
“No thanks” said Kyle “I’d rather stay in, eat some chicken mushroom marsla, and watch the ’Stargate SG-1’ season 6 DVD boxed set.”
“Ok” said Fernando and he ran off to play American-rules football with the other kids.
That autumn Kyle gained all the weight back.
It turned to winter. No one came to ask Klye if he wanted to play ice hockey. That was because Sarah, Billy, Alice, and Fernando were killed at the basketball court by Old Man Macintyre, who was taking advantage of his unlimited mobile-to-mobile minutes while he was test driving a Hummer H2.
“Ha!” said Kyle “I may be morbidly obese, but Sarah, Billy, Alice, Fernando are dead!” This made Kyle’s mom angry, since he said it at the funeral. He was grounded until spring. Kyle stayed in, ate some fishsticks, and watched “Under the Tuscan Sun” on Cinemax.
That winter, Kyle got even fatter.
It turned to spring. Kyle had a heart attack.
The end
Posted by Brendan at 11:47 PM | Comments (8)
March 13, 2004
Democrats and the Blogosphere
The Democratic Party, fresh from having the crap kicked out of it for a number of years, is finally getting it together. It still has a way to go to catch up with the well-oiled GOP fundraising/propaganda machine, but the DNC is learning how to use the web.
A favorite of mine is Kicking Ass, the official DNC blog. The DCCC also has a blog, The Stakeholder, with an entire webpage devoted to Tom DeLay. Now all we need is a progressive Free Republic. Democratic Underground doesn’t count.
And as long as you are poking around the internet, check out John Kerry’s new ad. Pretty slick, even though it doesn’t have any shifty-eyed Arabs.
Update: I saw the Kerry Ad this morning on "The Daily Buzz"...more than once.
Posted by Brendan at 2:34 AM | Comments (2)
March 7, 2004
Too Hot for TV
Mosquitos have transmitted diseases that have killed millions of people, but I still don’t like them.
Posted by Brendan at 7:31 AM | Comments (3)
March 5, 2004
Open Source
Maybe you techies can help me out here. I was under the impression that Linux was open source. What am I to make of this article?
"Inspired by the RIAA, SCO prepares Linux crusade: Will continue to sue Linux users, aggressively"
Posted by Brendan at 12:12 AM | Comments (5)
March 4, 2004
Mini-Kiss
I like Kiss as much as the next guy, but sometimes they are too much for me. These guys, on the other hand, are just right.
Posted by Brendan at 1:14 PM | Comments (1)