Dirty Red Commie

Update: The No-Fun brigade has killed all the videos I've uploaded. Sorry

We have confirmations!   Apparently it was local to Helena, Montana.

If I hadn't recorded it, I'd think I'm losing my mind.  I was idly fast-forwarding through the olympics broadcast on my MythTV box, and  I saw Joel, Tom Servo, and Crow T. Robot at the Olympics!  They appeared today, August 17 between about 2:00pm and 3:13pm Mountain Time on NBC.  Did anyone else see it?  If you did/didn't, please let me know!  It's possible that this was only visible on the HD broadcast.  I don't think they were added by the local station, because they were constantly present over both events and nationwide commercials, but they disappeared for local commercials.   They were just static sillhouettes, so there was no hilarious commentary added.

For those wondering, it was on the KTVH over-the-air HD broadcast. 

From the apparent cause of our entertainment : 

I'm a master control operator
for an NBC affiliate in Helena, Montana. I basically switch on air
programming from standard definition to high definition and roll local
breaks during network television.
...
I somehow accidently
clicked a button on that program while playing solitare that brought up
the Mystery Science Theater3000 sillouette at the bottom of people's tv
screens in town. I don't fucking know how it got there but people
watching television were probably losing there fucking minds.
 
 

We made the news!

http://billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/08/24/news/state/45-glitch.txt

http://helenair.com/articles/2008/08/23/top/60lo_080823_mst3k.txt

 MST3k during Women's Basketball Volleyball

 MST3k in Beijing!

 Even over the nationwide commercials!  Somebody is fired!

They disappeared sometime during the Men's 10,000k 10,000 meter.

[The author of this post can be contacted at tbone-mst@drclabs.com ]

I know it's early, but this is the neatest thing I've seen all day.

 Made by Nick Bertke, found via BoingBoing .

I've been noticing a logo on a number of food products lately.  When I first saw it, I though it was strange that Cheerios had a cute little red sylized demon logo on their box, but didn't actually take the time to examine it further until much later. 

It's a cute little demon with a heart for an eye.  Or maybe a ghost, since it doesn't have legs.  Ok, a half-ghost, half-devil.  But he loves you.

Imagine my shock when I discover that it's supposed to be a little red dress .  I think I liked it better before.

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mddawso 8 points 1 hour ago [-]

September 11 occurs every year and will continue to do so until further notice.

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totally sweet. 

"Colleges trumpet the statistic that, over their lifetimes, college
graduates earn more than nongraduates, but that's terribly misleading.
You could lock the collegebound in a closet for four years, and they'd
still go on to earn more than the pool of non-collegebound — they're
brighter, more motivated, and have better family connections."

Mostly a common-sense article , but made me stop and think for a minute. 

I've had migraines on the brain lately.  No, I haven't had a migraine recently, but the topic has come up several times in the past couple of weeks, and I just ran across some sites that I found particularly interesting as a migraine sufferer.  

I came across a series of paintings by migraine patients that are attempts to show what the experience is like.  In particular, the geometric patterns are excellent representations of the visual aura I experience before a migraine.  Looking through the slideshow, the familiarity I felt was striking -- so much so that was not a particularly pleasant experience.  

The New York Times has a migraine blog of which I was not previously aware. The most recent post is by Jeff Tweedy of the band Wilco.  I don't know their music very well, but it's interesting to know that much of their music was recorded while Tweedy was having migraines.  He would even perform at concerts with migraines.  Playing an instrument under bright lights and loud speakers with a migraine sounds absolutely unbearable.

I recently found out that my father and my grandmother both occasionally experience Acephalgic or "silent" migraines ,
which feature the weird visual disturbances, but not the pain.  Lucky
them.  That seems to support the idea that migraines are often genetic.

Sorry for the dry post, guys, but I think those of you who are fellow migraineurs may find these links interesting, and maybe some of the rest might as well.

Two brilliant things a friend posted elsewhere that I'd like to share with the commie community.

http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/taste_test_cheeseburger_in_a

 Taste testing of German canned cheeseburger (for camping or masochism)

and

 http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/

The Nietzsche Family Circus 

Guess what, I got a girlfriend, well like 2 weeks ago.  What can I say, I'm pretty excited about the whole deal too.  Brian's met her and can account for her awesomeness.  I think you all like her.  There's not a lot to say other than yay. 

Also, I'm headed to Billings sometime in the realitively near future is there a weekend that you (Billings) guys plan on not being there?

   As many of you already know I have terrible luck when it comes to cars.  Sadly, I was in another accident and my car -new- is totalled.  So, I'm once again out car shopping.  I really want something with rediculous gas mileage like a Prius.  But, I don't know if I really like them.  I haven't heard anything bad about them. Except , I found out the recommended max weight of passengers & cargo is 800 lb which means I need to meet 4 REALLY small people I could take places. Not to mention, I find them kind of pretentous with their look at me I love the enviroment cause it trendy blah, blah, blah. 

   Basiclly, I'm just bitching but if anyone has any suggestions on this whole car shopping situation I'm all ears. 

Well, the title just about covers it.