Modern Seinfeld

Ricky Gervais, Jerry Seinfeld and an Austin Healey in an
 unothorised screen capture of the Death Machine episode of
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.

While writing this post I got seriously distracted by Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (hat tip NY Times) and tracking down "The League" (found it on iTunes) as per a comment on the Wired article:

 "Worst idea ever, we already have "The IT Crowd", "Always Sunny [in Philadelphia]", "The League", "30 Rock", "Modern Family" and dare I say, the [...] US version of "The Office" all dealing with 'Today' "

By the way, I can't speak for The League, but you should absolutely watch every episode of the above shows (most are on iTunes) before wasting your time with the rest of this post.

After a couple of the people I follow on Twitter retweeted Modern Seinfeld ( @SeinfeldToday ), a fan fiction account with 140 character summaries of modern never aired Seinfeld episodes, I read all 22 days worth. I laughed and I felt good after reading them.

I'm now one of 292,542 followers. 

To my chagrin, we aren't exactly a secret society. The following articles have been written about the account. I'm a 24/7 connected new junky and huge Seinfeld show fan, how did I take so long to catch on?

-Modern Seinfeld Twitter Feed Goes Viral - Hollywood Reporter

-'Modern Seinfeld' Twitter Imagines Sitcom With Contemporary Tech ... (Wired)

-Modern Seinfeld imagines 21st-century Jerry & co. | PopWatch | EW ..

-Behind the New Modern Seinfeld Twitter Account, Which Is Not ... (The Atlantic)

-Modern Seinfeld Twitter feed: What if 'Seinfeld' was still on the air ... (Zap2it)

-Seinfeld Twitter Account Shows Hilarious Modern-Day Plot Lines (Mashable)

-Behind the New Modern Seinfeld Twitter Account, Which Is Not ... (Yahoo News)

-New Twitter Account Takes On 'Modern' Seinfeld - ABC News

-Modern Seinfeld Yada Yada Yada Your New Favorite Twitter Feed ... (Gothamist)

-Modern Seinfeld : funny (Reddit)

-Modern Seinfeld - Speakeasy - WSJ

-Tweets Imagine 'Seinfeld' In Modern NYC With Modern Technology ... (CBS)

-Modern Seinfeld is a Twitter feed about nothing (Philly.com)

-Jerry Seinfeld 2.0: what would Jerry do today? (The Age)

-AOL On - The 404: Modern Seinfeld Twitter Account (AOL)

-Seinfeld lives the tweet life: Modern day storylines re-imagined ... (The Herald Sun)

-The Joke Twitter Feed Of The Day Is Modern Seinfeld - Business ... (Business Insider)

-'Seinfeld' masters a new domain: Twitter - MarketWatch

-Twitter rethinks 'Seinfeld' for the digital age- MSN Money

LOL

How is it possible that this video has only generated 2.6 million views in the entire world?
Anyway, it is very funny and 99% of people like it (I did the math).

Enjoy.




This one is also good. 700 million views. 95% of people liked it.

Gangnam Style

600 million views may seem like allot, but it really is just 100 million people watching it 6 times on their iPad, Gangnam style. By the way, I found out about the Korean music star PSY from this week's Newsweek. Newsweek! I feel old.

 

Unlike my trip across the US last century when everybody was playing Alanis Morisette, I can report that PSY hasn't gone main stream yet in either Hong Kong or Tokyo. Or perhaps they are more reserved when it comes to sharing music. What I'm saying is that it is probably still cool to like his music. :)

 

An expensive spoof was produced at MIT. PSY is going to speak at Oxford University. The Secratery General of the UN met with PSY and learned some dance moves! 

 

PSY is a guy who has bulging ideas rather than muscles.

 

Enjoy.

 

 Official video

Teens React, Gangnam Style


MIT, Gangnam Style (featuring Noam Chomsky)


Mitt Romney Style


The Marching Band, Gangnam Style


Saturday Night Live, Gangnam Style


By they way, men of the Gangnam district of Seoul, South Korea, like to drink their coffees in one shot before it cools down. Proof.

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Watch Justin Bieber Get Punched in the Face

Justin Bieber gets punched in the face, over and over again. If you are a 12 year old girl, don't cry, his face survived.

God is Not like the Wizard of Oz

Some people (just like Donald Trump, I don't give names), think God is like the Wizard of Oz. This is blatantly false.

Before I continue, please be advised I'm procrastinating on a boring task and this is my over-caffeinated way of pretending to be productive. Also, I've been reading Gawker and watching Colbert, champions of hipster humour. Also, "God", in the context of this blog post, is the one you don't believe in, from that other religion.

God is not like the Wizard of Oz because the Wizard of Oz (spoiler alert) was a real person (in the context of the story). God, in the holy book, is not a really a person, but more of an invisible man in the sky (not that there is anything wrong with that).

You can't equate a real person, with or without wizard powers, with an invisible man. Real people pay taxes. Does God pay taxes? Well maybe if he owns a shell corporation here on earth. But they aren't personal taxes. And he doesn't pay taxes on his home, wherever in the sky that might be. If he does come back to earth, he will have to pay sales tax (unless he returns to New Hampshire or only buys stuff from the Internet).

So the counter argument would be that God is like the wizard part of the wizard of Oz. Fake, all made up. A fraud. But God lives in the sky, and is invisible. You can't fake that. 

 

Naked Against the Power of Hurricane Irene

Funny video I found on Youtube thanks to the #StormPorn Twitter hastag (hat tip @jeffjarvis for that hashtag).


***Warning, may contain men in their natural state****

Wikileaks Vs. Père Noël (humour)

Faudrait quand même pas que 4chan s'en prenne au Père Noël !

Justin Bieber is My Hero :-)

This if from April first. So you know, don't get take it seriously. Just laugh.

Bieber Takes Over from Justin Bieber

Americas Funniest Tweets

The former Punky Brewster  tweeted the following:  Just spilled a soda on my lap top and my first thought was."Oh no, my twitter!!! Thankfully my computer is okay. Then she asked: 

Question of the late night or early morning. What is the clumsiest thing that you can remember doing?

Some of these responses made me laugh out loud (LOL).

devanieangel @moonfrye When I was 14 I fell down while putting on my pants, dislocated my knee and was in a full-leg cast for 6 weeks.

WOLVERINE2068 @moonfrye breaking a new tv

FreddieM @moonfrye forgetting to put on the condom

LizeU @moonfrye I use to waitress and dropped a jug of beer on a customer.He wasn't happy with me but still gave me a nice tip.lol

MaryBologna @moonfrye Pickd up 5 yr old nephew from pre-k for 1st time.acted like he didnt know me.Teacher asked if i was stranger,he gave no answer. Embarrassing!

insanejmz @moonfrye Knocked over a friends Grandmothers urn, dumping the ashes all over the carpet.

alyssesmommy @moonfrye having a race with my 4 year old . turning to see if she was catching up.. and I ran into a metal pole!!

Sherka1 @moonfrye Falling off the sidewalk! LOL!

Richmac33 @moonfrye I split my pants from stem to stern when praying for people at church. I did it at the first person and there were 100 left to go!

ryoung77 @moonfrye Didn't see the tree branch. Kick ball. Ricochet.Head trauma

KansasLady51 @moonfrye i wanted to be a ballerina so my brother put 2 tupperware glasses on my feet, well lets just say "fire dept" had to cut them off

tschaber @moonfrye today, in fact, I tumbled all the way down the stairs in my house...desperately clinging to my new MacBook the entire way down!

ChristineVee @moonfrye Closing the car trunk on my head.

The Guardian Switching To Twitter Format

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/apr/01/guardian-twitter-media-technology

Envoyé depuis mon iPhone / Sent from my iPhone.

Check Out My New Bus Ad

Look, you can't attract an audience without advertising. So I blew my entire advertising budget on this bus sign. Hey in Moncton, buses have wifi! 

It is all about the Internet in this town baby. Commutes are like 5 minutes. Radio is for losers. People will see this ad, and when they arrive at work way to early, they will type in Altavistagoogle in their browser's search bar. Then, after spending 15 seconds reading this blog, one of the many lucrative advertisements on this blog will catch their attention and freedom 35 will be mine. Mouhahaha... :-).

Oh, and my ad helps pay for public transit. Take that Power-Point-peace-prize-winning Al Gore, I'm actually doing something! 

Bus slogan generator. 

Save the Planet: Ban Puppies

(Title typo correction: 2009-02-20) 

Time to take this global warming thing seriously. What are we doing?
Nothing. Worse, we are building more roads and subsidizing the
building of more cars!

So I say we should ban pets. Pets, among other things, cause global
warming. They are loud, regularly hurt children and consume vast
amounts of food that could be used to feed people. There are 10 times
more people in Canada than 100 years ago. At some point we will have
to make choices, and I fear the pets will win.

Banning puppies would be a huge sacrifice for many (and logistically
difficult), but that is the whole point. Reducing global warming will
require sacrifice. And no, trees do not reduce global warming (look it
up). There is no, repeat, no way of compensating your use of fossil
fuels by planting trees.

Envoyé depuis mon iPhone / Sent from my iPhone.

Terrorist Plan Attack on Canada

Threat Level: Magenta

Terrorist Plan Attack on Canada. I can't read Arabic, but I'm pretty sure this site describes Canadian targets to ALQueda members. Thankfully, Université de Moncton is only number 30 on the list.

Targets include Niagara Falls and Christmas babies.

The site is specially designed to fool non-members by having the scroll bar on the left.

The good news is that the Conservative government of Canada caved into the border guard union and is arming our border guards with guns, at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars, to protect us against terrorist who may attempt to gain access to Canada via the United States.

Also good is the fact that Canadian soldiers, at a cost of billions of dollars, are in Afghanistan killing the terrorist before they can get on their horses and gallop towards Canada.

Seriously, I saw a recent documentary that said that terrorist groups often use images of water in order to associate terrorist activities with heaven. And there are, count them, 10 pictures of water on the site. 8 of the pictures are falling water. OK, I'm scaring myself; what is the 1-800 number for CSIS?

Disclaimer: I've been watching daily West Wing reruns and the Colber Report.

Further reading:

-Suspected Terrorist web site
-PC World - Al Qaeda's Tech Traps
-Doubt cast on al Qaeda's cyber skills
-Terrorists and Their Tools – Part II
-Community Server - Arming border guards will carry hefty price tag ...
-Canada to Arm Its Border Guards - New York Times

Stripping can be Dangerous

Don't bother unzipping. Guaranteed laughter a minute 1. Best with sound on.

Felix and Garfield Are Way Better Than Chicken

Chicken, turkey, goose, pork (pig), lam (sheep) veal (cow) or hair (rabbit), most people would agree, small animals are tasty. And you got to feel sorry for people who's religion bans pork/ham/beacon. But there are some animals we don't eat. Are we missing out?

 

I'd like to taste some dogs and cats. I mean, think of it, there are so many varieties. Perhaps some taste better than others. Perhaps some dogs go better with port, others with fine wine. Maybe some cat's would go well with poutine. Who knows?

 

Well, the Chinese do. And you got to wonder, perhaps the country that invented spices is on to something.

 

The following article also illustrates the mobilising power of the Internet, even in communist China. In a country where hundreds of million of people live on less that a dollar a day, it is also quite amazing that some are now rich enough to protest againts food!

 

SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Chinese cat lovers mobilized online to save a truck load of cats from the cooking pot, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

Veteran Shanghai cat rescuer Duo Zirong started off her mission of deliverance on Friday when she called police to stop a truck stuffed with some 800 live cats, the China Daily said. The standoff happened at a parking lot in a southern suburb of Shanghai. It continued for hours while cat lovers spread word of the incident online, eventually raising the equivalent of US$1,320 in donations to buy the whole load.

They now hope to place them in homes after posting their pictures and profiles on the Internet.

"They were so frightened," it quoted one of the rescuers, Huo Puyang, as saying.

"Some bit people when they tried to let them out of the boxes. Some still hide in dark corners and will not come out for food," Huo said.

Cat meat is considered a delicacy in southern China and cats are sold live to markets where they are slaughtered fresh for customers.

Canada's Kyoto target: only buy stuf made in China.

Allot of thing are made in China. But a simple way for Canada to meet it's Kyoto target would be to buy more products made in China (instead of made in Canada). Furniture, cars and parts are often made in Canada. They could easily be imported from China. When you buy a product made in China instead of Canada, you are directly contributing to lowering Canada's global warming carbon emissions. Every China made product emits 100% less Canadian carbon than a Canadian made product. So when you replace all your light bulbs, make sure they are made in China.  

 

Come on people. Our reputation as a global warming fighter is a stake.

 

-The China Problem ;

-Ban Pets to Combat Global Warming. ;

-Global Warming: Don't Blame Me! ;

-Time For a Capital Gains Tax On Homes ;

-I Do Not Want To Move to Alberta ;

-Climate Change: local governments must pick up the...

Appel à la mobilisation des francophones du Canada

Du journal LeDroit:

Appel à la mobilisation des francophones du Canada

My living Liberal vote is for sale

This sarcastic post was inspired by Dead Liberals .

Dear Liberal leadership candidates,

I'm unemployed and, frankly, quite lazy. My hopes for a plum job were dashed with the election of the local Conservative candidate in the latest New Brunswick elections. And this blog is far less lucrative then expected (thanks for nothing Liblogs)!

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I don't really care who wins the Liberal leadership. We don't need the Prime Minister to be bilingual as our Governor General and the Queen can translate. With Google, anybody can understand Iggy's speeches. I've also heard that the new and improved Rae Days will include free tickets to Ontario Place.

I'm grateful Dion brought in the Clarity Act and delayed any concrete measures to meet our Kyoto obligations. After all, our obligations will be much clearer once Quebec votes "Oui" to "On se sépare tabarnaque!".

Therefor, my vote is for sale. I've read the fine print in the Liberal Charter, and as far as I can tell, this is totally cool as long as it promotes Canadian unity.

Please post your bids in the comment area. Many thanks. And don't forget, with the purchase of my vote you will be helping Canadian unity.

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Dead Liberals

Mercer's latest blog post is more sarcastic than usual, but I still managed to laugh out loud.

From Rick Mercer:

"Did you know that in the event of your tragic death you can remain an active member of the Liberal Party of Canada?
(...)
So if you are dead or near dead hurry now and give your body to the party ? all the leadership candidates are looking for support from dead people.

Bob Rae, for example, has recently accepted the public endorsement of Hedy Fry."

Anticipatory Hypothetical

Rick Mercer is back in full force. From his latest blog post:

"(...) On the Liberal front I was encouraged to read that
Michael Ignatieff will not accept any questions from the media that are
"anticipatory hypotheticals". (...) I don't know what in the hell he's talking
about. I thought all hypotheticals were anticipatory! I am so stupid sometimes.
I googled the phrase "anticipatory hypothetical" and there are only seven known
uses in the history of the English language. The term pops up on a website
called indiansex.com and it's also used in an essay written by some dude in Iowa
who believes that robots have taken over the world."

"(...) I see that Jack Layton has distinguished himself on the international front by coming up with a solution for the Afghanistan situation. Jack is calling for peace talks with the Taliban. About time (...). (...) For a while there they were coming off all semi-sensible."

He goes on to suggest that the peace talks should be held at the Leamy Lake Casino located in the Hull part of Gatineau, Quebec. His argument is that smoking is probably allowed and that would keep the Taliban happy. However, that is no longer the case. While Mercer was on vacation, Quebec adopted a smoking ban on May 31 st! I therefor suggest the casino at the West Edmonton Mall.

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