Corporation Runs for Congress
Last week, an upstart, unknown, non-publicly traded corporation decided to forego all of that pulling-congressional-strings-behind-closed-doors business and take the reins themselves. And so, Murray Hill Incorporated has filed to run as a Rebublican candidate in Maryland’s eigth Congressional District.
I, for one, would like to welcome our new Corporate Overlords and offer them any help my flawed human faculties can offer.
Off the Hook Haiti Benefit Rockomedy Concert
Last night I went out to LA’s Wiltern theater to witness a once in a blue moon assortment of talent assembled by Jack Black and co. to raise money for Haiti earthquake survivors.
I recorded some fantastically washed-out grainy video in an attempt to share this experience with you. Not only do the following clips give you a sense of the performances, they also recreate the crowd’s futile attempts to see anything amidst a standing room only mob. In any case, enjoy the festivities:
A truly unexpected performance here from the WWF’s Iron Sheik.
Here’s the Shins’ James Mercer covering Neil Young’s Don’t Let it Bring You Down…
Genius comedian Patton Oswalt regaled the crowd with his angry musings before an Aimee Mann set.
He then brought the house down with his Yoshinoya Beef Bowl routine.
Here’s Ben Stiller vamping on stage with a mysterious figure referring to himself as ‘Fabreeze Fabreeze.’
A vindictive Stiller returned during Tenacious D’s closing act with a giant drum set…
All in all, a very compelling night of entertainment.
Want protection against colds? Just ask a 15th century thief, duh.
So, I totally want this story to be true. Supposedly there was a group of 15th century thieves that survived the bubonic plague by rubbing a blend of essential oils on their temples before robbing the dead and dying. So, is it true? Who can find the 1997 studies?
How to make your baby or toddler go insane…
Okay, so little babies like to take their socks off….and that is just so annoying because who wants a sock-less baby? That’s about as bad as a baseball player without a codpiece. So we gotta do something about that–and now we can, thanks, again, to our friends at One Step Ahead (those friends who are always…one step ahead of us…).
1-31: Never Forget
Today is the third anniversary of the events of 1-31. Given this country’s continuing reactions to awkward underwear incendiaries, and enthusiasm for perpetual war, I think it’s as relevant as ever.
Ode to Abbott and Costello
Corporate Persons are Jerks
Big Fat Whale has created a terrific portrayal of the absurdity of corporate personhood.
Pee Wee Gets an Ipad
This is the one reference I’ll allow to the gadgetary “phenomenon” that is little more than a large print Iphone.
For more on why Mac Users are impotent tech fetishists and unwitting, unpaid salesman for the company, see TMR #16 and #35. No offense intended, of course 
Pain!
Here’s a little ditty that perfectly encapsulates this last week — whether one is referencing the markets, the economy at large, the craptastic weather, the Activist Supreme Court trying to bring about the Corpapocalypse, or the tragic conclusion to the football career of Brett Fav-Re. Good times.