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One of the funnier SNL skits I have seen as of late. Not allot of explanation needed, it pretty much stands on its own.

In my opinion (I know you didn’t ask, but your getting it anyway) SNL has been pretty weak for the past several years. Although I do like the guy in the video (Andy Samberg), he can be really hit or miss. I guess its too much to expect to get another Will Ferrell.

Identity Crash

You are reading my WordPress blog right now…well, one of them anyway. Like others out there, I have multiple blogs whose status range from “updated regularly” to “all but abandoned”. These blogs make up a minuscule portion of the social networks that I am registered with. This is a fact I found somewhat troublesome when I took the time to think about it. Below is a list of the networks/sites that I am registered with.

43things, couchsurfing, del.icio.us, facebook, flickr, livejournal, livemocha, myspace, pownce, sounddomain, yelp

Those are just the sites whose main focus is social networking. Now add in sites like Netflix, which are there for other purposes, but have social networking built in. Also add the endless list of message boards and forums of which I am a member…and you have a online identity overload. Think of all the quality time wasted on sites like these, especially when I don’t even use half of them anymore. It may be time for a little social network purging.

Five Star Sofas

I recently stumbled across this Couch Surfing website, and remain fascinated by the idea. Before reading this site, I was under the impression that couch surfing was falling asleep on the sofa while watching one of the Police Academy movies on a Saturday afternoon. As it turns out, couch surfing is a global network of individuals who let strangers crash at their place. The idea being that an individual not from the area can sleep on someones sofa as opposed to paying for a hotel room.

Insane? Yeah, that’s one of the first words that came to my head too. After watching Hostel, I’m not sure how comfortable I would feel about bunking with a local on my next visit to Germany. Upon reading more on how their system works, I will admit it doesn’t seem quite as dangerous as I first assumed…but still a little odd. I’ll admit I am very intrigued by the idea, but don’t know if I would ever muster up the cojones to go on such an adventure. It’s a shame too, falling asleep on the couch is one of the things I excel at.

Watch Instantly

I don’t how many of you have a subscription to Netflix, but I just recently started taking advantage of their “Watch Instantly” feature which allows you to watch selections from your queue right on your computer. I wasn’t too interested in this when it first rolled out, as distribution rights seem to limit what you are able to “watch instantly”.

This changed when I noticed that they offer a good number of television series through this service. My friends have been hassling me lately for not watching Heroes. I told them that I don’t have a real interest in watching the second season (which recently stared), as I had not seen any of the first. However, since I have stumbled across this feature…I have been on a Heroes marathon, trying to catch myself up to speed on the series. They even have previously aired episodes of season 2 available, which means that I can catch up without waiting for a season to end.

I would sit here and go on about it some more, but I have some Heroes to watch.

Return of the Great White Dope

I have been MIA for a while, but I don’t think I have that many (if any) regular readers…so it probably doesn’t matter that much. Speaking of abandoning sites, this little gem fits well with that theme. I’ll try to come back soon with some more frequent updates.

Pug Life

My birthday is not until mid-October…however my girl got me a pug as an early present. We have been talking about getting another dog, and she knew how much I wanted a pug. Her plan was to wait until my birthday, however she wanted to get a female counter-part to Sawyer, and apparently it is hard to find female pugs. So my birthday came a little earlier this year, and I couldn’t be more happy.

Mad Crazy Stupid Fresh

Check out this cool interactive beat-box machine inspired by Lasse Gjertsen’s human beat-box video. I’m sure everybody is familiar with the original video, but this site takes it to a whole new level. I’ve got mad crazy stupid fresh beats yo!

MMA

Tonight Spike TV will be airing UFC 75 free of charge, as opposed to the typical PPV offering. I’m posting about this (with late notice) because it is a great chance to get into the sport of MMA, if you are not already. MMA (UFC specifically) still carries a pretty bad reputation of two guys closing their eyes and swinging their fists until the other is either unconscious or dead. Once you get into the sport, you realize that like any sport…it takes a great amount of skill and dedication. Don’t get me wrong, I still enjoy people getting kicked in the head…but the more technical fights are just as fun to watch. If you can’t catch tonight’s free show, there is also another free fight card on September 19th.

Not So Bionic

Ever wonder how bionic you are? Well you shouldn’t, that’s a ridiculous thing to spend time thinking about. However if you are still curious…head over to the lab, and find out just how bionic you are. I managed a score of 66%, which means I won’t be doing any crazy bionic jumps any time soon. Probably for the best, I see myself going mad with bionic power if I had the opportunity.

It May Be the End of the World…

…but at least we won’t be here to see it.