Ryan Seacrest is a Giant Boob

First, Ryan Seacrest is, quite possibly, an alien. He is kind of ruining "American Idol" all by himself. The quirks of the other people involved are kind of charming, but this DJ guy who completely lucked into this gig is a freak. Just profoundly affected and entirely out of touch with what his part of the show is. His part of the show should be to, oh, die. Maybe if someone tells him that James Dean is still famous because he died before his time, well, that might inspire him to step into some water while holding an exposed power line.

Second, I care about fricking "American Idol"?

And last, I wonder if my blog will get more search engine traffic now that I have the term "giant boob" in it.

Thank You, Interwebs

That stupid Tivo erased the last episode of "Lost." But I went to the ABC site and watched the episode. The whole thing. On the computer. I suppose people have been doing this for some time now, but I have never had the occasion until now. It was a good episode of the best show on the air right now. And my life is all the better for it. So, thank you ABC, and you writers, and you TV people, and mostly you, Interwebs.

Best. Logo. Screwup. Ever.

Well, as the kids say, this one takes the cake. I have to HAND it to the folks at the UK's Office of Government Commerce for their great new logo.

Turn it on its side, and this SPANKING new logo has got it going on.

Trademark Update

I guess I've jumped the various hurdles involved in getting my Dribbleglass.com tagline trademarked ("The Internet's Official Humor Site"), and from what I can tell, I'm moving on to the publication phase of the process, whatever that might actually be.

This is what I've been provided as the current status: "The information will be/was published in the Official Gazette on 2008-05-13."

Who knew there was an Official Gazette?! I'm excited to see how all this turns out, although I readily admit that the trademark process is so slow, I may get my trademark right around the time I'm collecting my first Social Security check and having my second hip replaced.

I was/am so excited about this! From what I can tell, if the trademark actually happens, I can then start using the "R within the circle" symbol to show that my trademark is no longer just a stupid, misguided dream, but an actual federally registered, and almost entirely useless, reality.

Uh, hey, if you see the Official Gazette on your local newsstand, snag me a copy, will ya?

Yay, Government!

Someone else's government, of course, but you have to start somewhere.

A New World Record

I was proud to be the official photographer (translation: "We can't afford to actually PAY a photographer, so YOU do it!") of an event that took place yesterday to benefit Kids to Kids, an amazing children's literacy organization I've volunteered with for two years now.

The event was a literacy festival, and included bed races, family fun and a new world record! I just love shooting kids, and here are a few of my pics from the event.











Some time ago, I came up with the idea of creating a literacy-themed world record to perhaps get some media attention we might not ordinarily get, so I contacted the Guinness World Record folks, and they spelled out specifics of the record which was set yesterday!

My dear friend Kit graciously volunteered to organize the record-setting event, and it went off without a hitch. We set the inaugural record with 139 people balancing books on their heads and walking 16 feet or so.







Whoo-hoo!

Poor Hooters

The Hooters Hotel and Casino here in Las Vegas isn't doing too well, I've heard. I guess you might say their business is sagging.

What Gender Are You?

This is interesting. You enter some text from your blog, or from whatever source you'd like, and the algorithm predicts your gender based on your word usage.

Oddly, when I tested the text from my entry about being bullied in high school, the algorithm predicted I was a female. Interesting.

Sticky Books

Last week, some good folks at Harrah's participated in a book cleaning for Kids to Kids. I thought that was nice, and I got to chronicle the event photographywise. Take a look!



Hey, and on a related subject, if you're a Vegas local, come take part in a pet project of mine this Saturday. (Well, it's a Kids to Kids event, but I came up with the concept and set the wheels in motion.) We'll be setting a new Guinness World Record! Happily, my friend Kit will be running the show on the day of the record, so it should be fun.

WTF Revisited

I don't even know what to call this? They set up "Dribblegalss.com"? Seriously? Is that ingenious? slimy? I'm calling the Dyslexics Anti-Defamation League.