Look fast!

Read the following from Autoblog!

Apparently someone does not like Chevy and they are taking this time to mock their commercials. This is FUNNY! Be sure to watch all six!

Snack attack!

Snack attack!
Originally uploaded by Sub Commander.

Here is an update from my new job. Since I have been working longer hours I have had to stock up on snacks. This is my snack stash - shhhh - don't tell anyone. In here you will find an assortment of snacks from Trader Joe's. Currently in my drawer:

Wasabi Peas
All Fruit Trail Mix
Dry Roasted Edamame
Three types of Cliff Bars, and
Ten varieties of teas.

Yummy.

fartydogthong

fartydogthong
Originally uploaded by Sub Commander.

This is from Gizmodo. I will let their words guide you through this picture.

You can stop squinting now, your eyes aren't deceiving you—we really did post a photo of a dog wearing a thong. But not just any dog thong! No, the Dogone thong is the "comfortable and least intrusive means for deodorizing gassy discharges", and you know you can trust it because it comes from the #1 name in flatulence odor control products.

You can get the Dogone in any of three sizes and they're each $19.99, but if you buy them you'll need very expensive headphones to keep from hearing the neighbors making fun of you and your poor pooch.

Dogone - Dog Gas Neutralizing Pad [Flat-D Innovations, via Strange New Products]

My question is if they can do this for dogs, why not make human underwear that does the same thing!?!?

Cops nab a fugitive cop

The cop from the Village people was arrested by a cop from South San Francisco today. After getting pulled over with no ID an refusing to say anything, fingerprints reveled who he was. He has been on the wanted list since missing his sentencing hearing back in September.

History According to the Movies

Did you know that in 1985 Peggy Sue went to her reunion, the Wedding Singer sang and Bud Fox started working for Gordon Gekko? The movie timeline takes imporatant events from movies and rewrites history according to Hollywood. Have fun!

Sample

1897
Carmella (later to become Corleone) born (The Godfather trilogy)
Karl Rupert Kronen born in Munich (Hellboy)
1898
Kansas - A tornado sends Dorothy Gale to Oz (The Wizard of Oz)
Aliens leave Mor-Tax for their invasion on Earth, 40 years later (The War of the Worlds)
1899
Henry Jones Jr born, later to be nicknamed Indiana (Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade)
A poet, Christian, falls for a beautiful courtesan, Satine, and sings some Elton John songs (Moulin Rouge)
Alexander Hartdegen proposes to Emma, just before she is killed in a mugging (The Time Machine)
Allan Quartermain leads Captain Nemo, Tom Sawyer, Dorian Gray, vampiress Mina Harker, invisible man Rodney Skinner and Dr Jekyll/My Hyde against The Fantom (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen)

Mucho love to Boing Boing.

Remember to wrap your mouse

It could be fake, but this is supposedly a Disney cartoon about VD. VD is an old term for STD. If he were alive, I am sure Walt would want to keep this on the DL.

Harvard's Most Popular Class

How to be happy? I guess even smart people need help. Read more at NPR. Here are six free tips and you don't have to pay tuition!

Six Tips for Happiness

Advice from Tal Ben-Shahar.

1. Give yourself permission to be human. When we accept emotions -- such as fear, sadness, or anxiety -- as natural, we are more likely to overcome them. Rejecting our emotions, positive or negative, leads to frustration and unhappiness.

2. Happiness lies at the intersection between pleasure and meaning. Whether at work or at home, the goal is to engage in activities that are both personally significant and enjoyable. When this is not feasible, make sure you have happiness boosters, moments throughout the week that provide you with both pleasure and meaning.

3. Keep in mind that happiness is mostly dependent on our state of mind, not on our status or the state of our bank account. Barring extreme circumstances, our level of well being is determined by what we choose to focus on (the full or the empty part of the glass) and by our interpretation of external events. For example, do we view failure as catastrophic, or do we see it as a learning opportunity?

4. Simplify! We are, generally, too busy, trying to squeeze in more and more activities into less and less time. Quantity influences quality, and we compromise on our happiness by trying to do too much.

5. Remember the mind-body connection. What we do -- or don't do -- with our bodies influences our mind. Regular exercise, adequate sleep, and healthy eating habits lead to both physical and mental health.

6. Express gratitude, whenever possible. We too often take our lives for granted. Learn to appreciate and savor the wonderful things in life, from people to food, from nature to a smile.

Phantom Bridge

bridge
Originally uploaded by Sub Commander.

Right now, San Francisco is known for a bridge, and it isn't the pretty orange one. No, the dull gray brige is being fixed - actually replaced. There are about eight giant cranes beside the Bay Bridge where they have begun to build the replacement span. The picture is from Google Maps and it shows the supports next to the existing span (the new bridge is much further along now).

Still, our local paper put out the following article - Caltrans receives two Bay Bridge bids. Ack, how can that be? The bridge is being built, but no one is doing it? Are the workers doing this for their own health? Do gnomes come out and build the bridge at night with fairies and trolls? Or did a mommy bridge and daddy brige get together and share too many rivots one night and this is the result?

The only thing holding the Dub together....

One of my favourite words
Originally uploaded by johncarney.

What keeps the bar from going over the deep end? Well a new study claims that games help maintain sanity.

According to the report, research indicates that people who maintain “healthy cognitive loads” like playing chess, doing crosswords and other activities appear to have lower rates of dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease and other cognitive problems.

If this applies to video games wouldn't that make Mike D. the most sane of all? That thought alone is enough to drive me mad.

Read more at LifeHacker.

Pimp my cart!

Pimp my cart
Originally uploaded by Sub Commander.

Check out this guy! I saw him while I was on my way to lunch today. He took an electric wheelchair and hooked it up to two grocery carts. Just another example of how creative and ingenious people are in Emeryville!

The View

The View
Originally uploaded by Sub Commander.

Here is my view. That is Doug's BBQ just under my window. I see an excitement in eating in my near future.

My Desk

My Desk
Originally uploaded by Sub Commander.

Oh my gosh, I actually have to work again! I love my new job gang, so do not expect too many posts. But just to keep you happy, here is my new desk! Click on the picture to be taken on a tour of my desk. Once the picture loads in Flickr, you can mouse over parts of my desk to read about them.

It is very Zen. All I need is a bonsai tree!

I am here

Commute time < 30 minutes.

I am at the office and it 8:04 and I am already on my blog. Not too bad all things considered. There is only one other person here at this time so I get to get caught-up on other important things... Like unKempt! More to come!

Returning to the real world...

In less than 10 hours I will return to the working world. It is hard to believe that three weeks have passed so quickly. I have no idea how much time and/or energy I will have to devote to my blog in the next few weeks or months so hang in there. I will still post when I can.

This past week -

Monday - Rock Climbing
Tuesday - Skiing
Wednesday - Skiing
Thursday - rest
Friday - 20 miles on my bike
Saturday - 20 miles on my bike and a 5 mile hike
Sunday - rest

Good times. :)

Art, Experiment or Prank?

So what happens when you actually drive the speed limit? Take one of the busiest freeways in Atlanta and take up all four lanes by following the posted speed limit of 55 MPH and see what happens.

Entering week 2

Oh yeah, I am on my way up to Tahoe today so do not expect much from me till next week.

I love being unemployed!

Week 1

My first week off has ended and I am having a blast. In fact, I have better things to do than sit in front of my computer. Later.