You know you read this as Carl would.
Sometimes you read words on a page and the person who originally said them is so deeply tied to them that you hear the words in their voice. I dare you not to hear Bill Murray when you read this.
“So I jump ship in Hong Kong and make my way over to Tibet, and I get on as a looper at a course over in the Himalayas. A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock. So, I tell them I’m a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself. Twelfth son of the Lama. The flowing robes, the grace, bald… striking. So, I’m on the first tee with him. I give him the driver. He hauls off and whacks one - big hitter, the Lama - long, into a ten-thousand foot crevasse, right at the base of this glacier. Do you know what the Lama says? Gunga galunga… gunga, gunga-galunga. So we finish the eighteenth and he’s gonna stiff me. And I say, “Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know.” And he says, “Oh, uh, there won’t be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness.” So I got that goin’ for me, which is nice.”
Wow. Truly mesmerizing chalk animation.
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I am in the process of relaunching a variety of sites. Thanks for being patient.
Kevan
I knew it was too good to be true.
Two things I love.
Announcer: For the Grand Prize, name two things that make everybody happy…
Me: Um…The Beatles?
Announcer: You’re right. That’s one. And for the Grand Prize?
Me: The Ukulele?
Announcer: You’re a winner…
Thank you.
We are rich.
The 10 Ways We’re Already Rich.
You didn’t go to sleep hungry last night.
You didn’t go to sleep outside.
You had a choice of what clothes to wear this morning.
You hardly broke a sweat today.
You didn’t spend a minute in fear.
You have access to clean drinking water.
You have access to medical care.
You have access to the Internet.
You can read.
You have the right to vote.
It is about hope.
I live in a racially divided city. A city that has grown, flourished and contributed to the American landscape predominantly as a result of White Flight. Most of the time, no one even brings it up and rarely have we ever tried to address it head on. There’s one side of town…and there’s the ‘other’ side of town. Sadly, we’re not unique. Dozens of medium-sized cities have grown this way. And dozens of cities, every day, refuse to even admit there’s a problem.
So, in March of this year, when Obama directly addressed the issue of race, he, not only secured my vote, but he brought me to tears. He instilled a sense of hope in me that had long since been buried in my white suburban euphoria. He brought the one issue this country refuses to discuss back out in the open. Sure, it was easy for him to broach the subject. His multiracial heritage seemed to force the issue. But he could have simply pretended it wasn’t an issue. He could have ignored it and let his campaign staff cry foul later in the year when it surfaced on its own again, which it would have. But he didn’t. And for that, I thank him. And for that one speech, we are already a better nation.
Here’s both a link to read the text, as well as the video again.
Please vote tomorrow. And please vote for Barack Obama.
30 Reasons to Vote for Obama
I love it when artists get involved. Here’s 30 posters by 30 artists giving you 30 reasons to vote for Barack Obama [click on the posters to go to the site].
If [insert name here] wins this election. . .
[click on picture to watch video]
MAKE SURE YOU VOTE!!!!!
Do not take this election for granted. It is not over. And, personally, I can’t bear the thought of Palin supporters gloating.
How did I miss these?
As I heard the story: Unsolicited, Goodby/Silverstein teamed up with Craig Gillespie, the director of Lars and the Real Girl, to create these ads to give to the Obama campaign to use. Someone at the campaign decided that it was simpler to just let them run amok on the Net and reap the benefits.
Regardless, they’re great (and a little bit too prognosticative, considering they were made several weeks ago). Enjoy!
Blood on your hands.
See, this is what happens when you ratchet things up. Sure…having an African-American president was going to bring out the loonies. BUT BEFORE HE’S EVEN ELECTED? Please RNC, do the honorable..the right…thing. Get your candidates, the talk jocks, the Fox News pundits to lay off.
This must stop now!
John McCain and the RNC must reign in the hate speech. Period. I posted this video a couple of weeks ago, and now this. McCain and Company should be ashamed. Is this what it comes down to? Is the really what they intended to happen?
John, excuse me . . . Mr. McCain?
Can you please turn off the lights on your way out of the presidential campaign?
John McCain on taxing the wealthy:
