Published on February 21, 2005 @ 2:39 pm .
I love Dave Chapelle. Not only do I think that he is hysterically funny, but I appreciate the way he ties in hip hop to his act and his show. However, I’m not a fan of people who will take one of his punchlines, and run it into the goddamned ground.
Take for example, “I’m Rick James, bitch!”
Funny the first time Dave did it. Funny the next time Dave did it. Hell- funny every time Dave did it.
Funny the first time someone else did it. Not funny any time after that.
Now here we are, almost 2 years after Dave Chapelle uttered that infamous phrase, and idiotic people on the street are still doing this.
I saw a car on the way into work that had that phrase stencilled on its rear window. All I could think was, “You’re not Rick James. You’re not even Bootsy Collins.”
P.S. Also stop with the Lil Jon “What, Yeah,” and “Okay.” That’s enough.
P.P.S. Blug has more.
Published on February 21, 2005 @ 11:27 am .
Well, Texas Biscuit has stumbled across another game for us to play, and I can’t help but want to participate, even though it goes against every fiber of my being. Here’s the rules:
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog along with these instructions.
5. Don’t you dare dig for that “cool” or “intellectual” book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.
And here’s what I came up with:
The Baltimore fire of February 7-8, 1904, is regarded as the last of the major city fires in America, save for the earthquake-aided burning of San Francisco in 1906. The fire began in a dry-goods store on the south side of German (now Redwood) at Liberty, now today’s Civic Center. Aided by flying embers, high winds, and frigid temperatures hampering firefighters, it spread to and gutted virtually the entire downtown district, as far east as the Jones Falls, and down to the waterfront.
So, a little Baltimore history for you. What have you got?
Published on February 21, 2005 @ 9:20 am .
Without Gonzo Journalism, I don’t think we would have anything like blogs, or Blogger. If that’s not true, then certainly the spirit of gonzo journalism is the same spirit that lives in blogging.
Hunter S. Thompson - 1937-2005
