Category Archives: Bizarre/Humor
London Paris 2009
[Update @ 2009-11-18T00:27-8:00] The entire photo collection is at http://www.flickr.com/photos/gadgetdude/sets/72157622332008897/.
We are finally back from our 10-day vacation to London and Paris. I wanted to summarize our experiences quickly before memory starts to fade, so photos will have to wait are still being uploaded.
London (September 7 to September 11)
Day 0 (September 8 )
We flew via KLM airline to London, transiting at Amsterdam. We then took the Heathrow Express train to Paddington Station, which is already in the city. The busy 4:30pm commuters made sure I didn’t want to take Tube to my hotel, so I took a cab instead.
Day 1 (September 9)
Buckingham Palace
The parade changing ceremony was scheduled for every other day in Autumn, and unfortunately for us, the next ceremony was not on the day of our visit. We didn’t pay for the interior tour, so we stuck around outside to take some photos. Nothing too special.
John Stewart on CNBC
John Stewart of The Daily Show totally rips apart CNBC:
SNL: Bush Endorsement
I got a laugh out of this Saturday Night Live intro (which plays after the short ad):
How brides and grooms perceive 8/8/8 as a wedding day
From Lucky number inspired China to start Olympics:
A simple twist of fate is what makes eight great: In China, the number is pronounced “ba,” which closely resembles the word for prosperity (fa) . Brides like the wedding date because, turned on its side, 8 forms the symbol for infinity. (Grooms just like an anniversary date they can actually remember.)
Mad TV’s iPod Nano Feist 1234 parody
Not exactly live blogging, but I just watched last Saturday’s Mad TV episode that I DVRed. It opened with a parody of Apple’s iPod Nano Feist 1234 commercial. The parody lyrics resonated with my current anti-Apple emotions, especially the part about the iPhone price drop.
Video: Web Crash 2007
I especially like the remark about the collapse of Nigeria’s gross national product (about 2:11 minutes into the video).
