We are sorry!
We sold Tumblr to Yahoo for 1.1 Billion dollars. With
over 100 million blogs and growing, we had to take the
money and run. Thank you for all your hard work fellow
bloggers. You will never get a penny for your hard
work on Tumblr.
See ya, suckers!
I am clueless about memes, I could not be bothered. My kids keep me updated to the latest pop linguistic trends. Popular comic strip (if you want to call it that) XKCD explores the cult of the meme.
A meme acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, symbols, or practices that can be transmitted from one mind to another through writing, speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable phenomena.
Now listen up kids if you are looking for a high paying job in the future, look no further than this map. That jock that will fit you into a locker might one day be the highest-paid public employee. Do not worry it’s not only the football coach that gets paid the most, the basketball coach made the list too. Now you can see why these coaches play a significant role in school profits and their lack of respect for athletes and the void of morals by some. Vermont is the lone state where the hockey coach gets the highest salary.
Beyond salary and additional compensation, coaches earn money from bonus incentives tied primarily to the team’s performance. This analysis ignored those bonuses and focused on guaranteed money, as it’s impossible to guess at whether a coach will hit his benchmarks. And we’re not even touching the ridiculous amounts of money coaches can get if they’re fired before their contract ends.
Ray Harryhausen passed away today at the age of 92. I had the pleasure of meeting Ray Harryhausen a few years ago. I had a custom cake made for him for his birthday. It was decorated with plastic dinosaurs. He blew out the candles and asked me if he could keep the dinosaur toys. My last image of him was him walking away with my dinosaurs. He signed a cyclops picture my young daughter made for him. He confessed to me that was the first cyclops picture he ever signed. That was a wonderful afternoon I spent with him, he will be missed by many. He was sharp even in his later life. Ray Harryhausen was CGI before it was created. He took clay and made it come to life. He also brought to life many youthful filmmakers. As a youth I fell in love with The Valley of Gwangi, Sinbad and Clash of the Titans.
George Carlin the romantic? Here is an example of a love letter written to his wife (Sally Wade aka SALLYBURGER). And who said comedians were not were not lovers. George’s stuff might not be Hallmark material but this is as classic as any man’s love a woman.
SALLYBURGER,
If you took THE NUMBER OF SUB-ATOMIC PARTICLES IN THE UNIVERSE and multiplied that number times itself THAT MANY TIMES; and then added the total number of MICRO-SECONDS since the beginning of time, times itself; and then added 803—you would STILL have only the tiniest fraction of A BILLION-BILLIONTH PER CENT of the amount of love I HAVE FOR YOU.
Love,
your candle partner,
the romantic Mr Carlin,
your eternal flame.
Chet Philips brilliantly illustrates the world of Big Bang Theory with words and images. Chet’s series of illustrations feature iconic quotes, objects, and a featured character from either a film or a TV show. You can buy prints such as Big Bang Theory or other nerdy themed shows at his Etsy store. Well done sir!
May 4th is Free Comic Book Day all across North America. The world awaits for Iron-Man 3 as he ushers in this summer’s crop of comic book related movies. Comic Book Day is a great way to introduce kids to comics as a learning tool for reading and writing. Take you kids to you local comic store and treat them to some free comic books. Just don’t tell mom that dad wants to buy himself comics too.
I grew up chewing Bazooka Joe gum and reading those free cheesy wrapper comics included inside. They were so corny but I enjoyed them for those brief few seconds. They finally managed to collect some of these not so great Bazooka Joe moments in book form. Can you believe it has been 60 years since that little piece of gum came out of an assembly line and found a way into kids’ mouths all over North America. This book will give you time to chew on childhood memories. Bazooka Joe and His Gang is a keeper for nostalgic reasons. Bazooka Joe was the fortune cookie of the bubblegum industry.
Bazooka Joe and his Gang have been synonymous with bubble gum ever since their debut in 1953, providing an irresistible combination of cheap laughs wrapped around pink, sugary sweetness. This book celebrates the iconic mini-comics that are recognized the world over. The story of Bazooka Bubble Gum is also detailed with extensive essays, including a profile of Wesley Morse, the original illustrator of Bazooka Joe. Included are reproductions of more than 100 classic comics spanning six decades—including the complete first series, reprinted in its entirety for the first time—as well as jokes, fortunes, and tiny ads for mail-order merchandise. Like Bazooka Bubble Gum itself, the book is pure nostalgia and guaranteed to appeal to kids and adults alike.
Includes 4 bonus trading cards and a genuine wax wrapper that evokes the original bubble gum packaging—like holding an actual piece of Bazooka in your hands!
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Give yourself or others an official Awesome Award. Put a smile on a face today when you award them a no-prize awesome award. You are awesome!
According to First Direct’s infograph there are 12 types of social media users. Which one are you?
My favorite appetizer when eating out is nachos plates. Holy guacamole! Ultimate Nachos: From Nachos and Guacamole to Salsas and Cocktails by Nachos NY, authors Lee Frank and Rachel Anderson will leave you hungering for some good socializing sharing food. I love dipping together in the same dish with my significant other. We are looking for some great nacho recipes and I think we found great ones with Ultimate Nachos. If all else fails we take a trip to Chilis.
Nachos are the ultimate comfort food and the extreme guilty pleasure. As the team behind Nachos NY, authors Lee Frank and Rachel Anderson have set off on a mission to reinvent the nacho and elevate it from its status as neon-yellow-cheese-smothered snack food to delectable gooey treats to dig into and share with friends.
I am in a business where the king of the hill mentality is the rule. To be honest with you, I am tired of it. It seems the little things that we take for granted as individuals in business is forsaken on how a good liar you can be. I am sick and tired of all the games people play. I am taking a whole new approach to business. I am being more gracious than ever before. I am going against the grain here, but it will pay dividends morally for my spiritual being. Seems like old school.
Be attentive to what people say. Respond, without interruption. You always have time. You own the time in which you live. You grant it to others without obligation. That is the gift of being gracious. The return — the payback, if you will — is the reputation you will quickly earn, the curiosity of others, the sense that people want to be in the room with you. The gracious man does not dwell on himself, but you can be confident that your reputation precedes you in everything you do and lingers long after you are finished. People will mark you for it. You will see it in their eyes. People trust the gracious man to care. The return comes in kind.
Here is one hamburger that got away from Bill Clinton. David Whipple found a 14 year old hamburger in the pocket of his coat. That is an odd place to keep a hamburger. What is more surprising is the condition of the hamburger, it almost looks the same as the day it was bought. I am happy to know if we all blow ourselves up one day that cockroaches will have an abundance in hamburgers from McDonald’s to survive on. Never mind “I am lovin’it”, how about I will last forever.
“McDonald’s hamburger patties in the U.S. are made with 100% USDA-inspected beef. They are cooked and prepared with salt, pepper and nothing else – no preservatives – no fillers. Our hamburger buns are made from North American-grown wheat flour. These are the same foods that people buy every day in their local grocery stores.” – McDonald’s USA ( and they are sticking to it)
