Day 10
So I’m in the doctor’s office the other day (don’t worry, I’m fine, I was just having my enlarged ego looked at…doctors say it’s inoperable) and I saw this poster:
Can’t see it? Well that’s because I did not get a very good shot with my cell phone camera. So I found a larger version on the interwebs: Read the rest of this entry »
Day 9
As a general rule, guys don’t like to buy flowers. Not that we don’t like them or don’t think they’re pretty, but we know they’re dead and are just going to slowly rot in front of us. But women like the flowers. So occasionally you just gotta make the ladies happy. But I had a brilliant idea…Instead of getting dead flowers, I decided to get some roses that were still alive, and in a pot with soil so that she could enjoy them for a long while. Here’s what they look like a few weeks later…
Day 8
Okay…I understand that these contests are subjective, but go look at the entries to the latest Cracked.com Photoshop contest. Go ahead. I’ll wait.
..all done? Ok, now tell me these don’t at least belong on the list somewhere (if not number freakin’ 1)
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Day 7
So I FINALLY saw Avatar in glorious 3D! Now…I’m sure the movie has been discussed to death so I’ll save that for another day. (Although when the lady Smurf turns out to be the chief’s daughter, I was like, “WOW this really IS ‘Blue Pocahontas in Space'”)
But here’s what I do want to say, I’m done with 3D. This is supposedly the best 3D movie ever and yet again, less than half an hour in, I stopped even noticing it was in 3D. Look Hollywood, if you’re not going to making it dramatic I’m not going to bother. I’m not paying a sir charge* just to stop noticing that I’m watching a 3D flick 20 minutes into it. If it’s not Captain EO or Muppet Vision 3D, I don’t have time for it.
In fact if you wanna see Avatar in 3D, let me save you some time, just cross your eyes and look at this:
*”sir charge” is like a surcharge, but for people who have been knighted (like myself) sorry for the confusion.
This week Andy and Noah talk video games and heath tests…then the show starts and Tim talks about recording a comedy CD, the boys get bowled over by a listener from Norway, there’s more video game talk, you’ll learn the joys of destroying an inanimate object, and Tim will never mention that he’s blogging everyday in the month of September (30 Days and 30 Blogs 2: Blog Harder)
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Day 6
I’ve just finished editing the new TANcast and I forgot to mention two things…
1) That I’m doing these blogs every day this month and
2) I’m finally getting a new laptop!
If you don’t know, my laptop suddenly died on me while at a show in Hollywood a month or so ago. (It was very sad) I Googled some stuff on my own and couldn’t get it to turn on. Then I took it to Noah who tried a few things and inspected it as best he could but he couldn’t get it to turn on either. So I finally decided to take it to the “Geek Squad” at Best Buy…my “Geek” barely touched the thing and told me he wasn’t sure what the problem was…probably needed a new mother board. (Really? You’re the “Geek” and my buddy Noah did more than you did to examine this thing. You suck.)
So basically, the old laptop is dead and gone. A sad situation made all the sadder by the fact that my wife’s iTunes library was on there. But also that was the laptop I used when on the road for things like graphic design, editing TANcast, editing videos..etc. I do have a “back up” laptop that a friend gave to us a few years back but it is sloooooooooow. I couldn’t even load PhotoShop on it. I have to boot it up, go for a drive to Kansas and back, and THEN it’s ready to use.
Now I finally have some cash to get a new laptop. I’m leaning towards an HP but that’s just because that’s what I’ve always had. Any suggestions? I need to be able to run PhotoShop, open office, Audacity, Skype, and the internet (duh). Anyone have a favorite laptop make and/or model they’d like to champion? One quick stipulation: If you’re going to say “Mac,” save your breath. I was born a right clicker and I will die a right clicker.
My name’s Tim, I’m a PC, and hating on Apple was my idea.
Day 5
Ok…I think the companies have officially run out of good ideas for us. The plan now is to slip incredibly stupid, wasteful ideas past us and hope we don’t notice. I saw this commercial a few times while watching Criminal Minds reruns the other night….
Okay…let’s break down why this product/commercial is so stupid… Read the rest of this entry »
Day 4
Every week Cracked.com does a photo manipulation contest with a different theme. A few weeks back, Cracked’s theme was “Recruitment Posters for the Worst Jobs Ever.” I didn’t win…I wasn’t runner up…I really have nothing to be bragging about. But I thought I’d share my entry in the contest anyway (especially since the topic of my entry got us so much attention on episode 111).
(FYI-Last I looked, they still haven’t caught the attempted rapist)
Day 3
Woah! The power was just off for 2 hours. You know what I did in that time? Nothing! I can’t remember a time when I’ve felt more powerless (literally and figuratively)
Why is it, whenever the power goes off, all I can think of to do evolves power?
“Uh oh, the power’s off…I’m gonna tweet about it…oh no computer…well I’ll use the laptop…oh crap no internet…well I’ll catch up on the DVR..oh right no cable…so I’ll watch a dvd then…oh crap that takes power too! Well, I guess I’ll do the laundry…oh right…I guess I’ll stare at this wall. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!”
(In truth I actually cleaned some of the house and then re-read the Rorschach parts of Watchmen…now that the power’s back on…I’m not very motivated. Someone better call PG&E (The power company, for you non-west coasters) and hit the reset switch on my internal drive!
Day 2
Dear summer,
It’s been fun. I’ve enjoyed going swimming, playing at the beach, enjoying a nice barbecue or two, etc…but it’s September now. Can we turn down the heat a little?
I spend most of the day on a computer which is housed in the only room in my apartment that gets zero ventilation! Do you have to put the sun on full blast all day so I sweat my butt off while I’m creating gems like these for cracked.com? My office chair is literally damp right now! Ew! That is gross. You’re lucky I’m married, summer, or I’d never see another naked woman again after blogging that fact!
Plus my car is jet black inside and holds on to heat like Snookie holds on to her 15 minutes of fame! It’s like driving around in an easy bake oven all day. (Oh sure, you say “turn on the air conditioner.” Who do you think I am, Richard Branson? I don’t got the kind of money that will allow me to chew through gas like that!)
So enough with the heat, summer! Bow out gracefully. You had your time to shine now step aside for some moderate temperatures!
Love and kisses,
-Tim Babb
PS-Tell winter it can expect a complaint letter from me around late January (or earlier if I have to do a show in a state where it snows)