KFSubliminal

I know not everyone out there watches commercials, but sometimes it's a huge source of amusement. Take the latest KFC ad, at the very end the snacker sandwiches are shown with a dollar bill laced in the lettuce.

It took me a couple of viewings before I was sure I didn't just imagine it. Sure enough it's real, I am, by no means, the first to blog about this.

Turns out it's a promo thing that KFC is doing. The first 1000 people to fill out a form online will get a free sandwich. Apparently they've been doing this before with a previous commercial that DVR owners could watch in slow motion to see a hidden message. This message could be used to get free stuff at local restaurants.

Anyway, I think it's an interesting take on advertising. Ever since the invention of the VCR, companies have fretted losing the effectiveness of ads. Kudos to them! I was wondering why I felt a strange urge to have a drumstick for dessert....

Deaths of Expectations

Recently I started watching films from the Afterdark Horrorfest 2007. The other day, I started with a film called The Deaths of Ian Stone. It's a pretty good horror film, but I don't understand one thing. The Horrorfest films were billed as films that couldn't be released because they were supposedly too violent, disturbing, or graphic for the general public.

I have to say, while it was an enjoyable movie, I was disappointed. There was nothing more disturbing in this film than a lot of released films, films like AVP:Requiem the The Grudge. Both of those were much more disturbing than Deaths.

Again, I'm not saying I didn't like it, I did. It just seemed like it was a indie film that simply didn't make release in the States. That's not to say that I'm looking for films that are more gore than story. I'm really not a fan of the Saw and Hostel type movie. I just wanted to see what is so disturbing about these films. Anyway, on to the others...

Snackie Cakes

Tonight I received my pre order copy of Barenaked Ladies' Snacktime. It's their newest album, and while it's all songs for children, I really like it.

Of course I'd like anything from the "Bear-a-nikid Lay-dee-yas". However, this album is definitely more fun than anything they've released since Gordon. Of course it should be, it is for kids after all, but I found myself loving every single song. Though there are certainly favorites. "Polllywog in a Bog" is one of their more catchy songs in a while, and both "Bad Day" and "Things" are simply touching.

A lot of the songs are homages to other great songs/artists, "Eraser" has a very cool nod to Queen. The album has hints of hard rock, folk, reggae, 50s bee-bop, polka, all mixed with simple and enjoyable Barenaked Ladi-ness. I think there may have even been some Proclaimers in there somewhere.

Plus I learned a little from it, I didn't know what the philtrum and frenulum were before this album, even after all my anatomy classes. Also, finally there's a challenging BNL Rock Band song in "Drawing"!

Not to mention, Best...ABC...song...ever!

Harvey Westlake-Dent

So I'm happy to among those in the web community leaking pictures of concept art of Two-Face in the upcoming Dark Knight movie. Thanks to Roland for this pic.

If this is truly what he's going to look like, amen. I was hoping they wouldn't wuss out and make him more comic book-like. This series has done a great job of de-comicing the villains and I'm glad to see the trend continue. Scarecrow was truly creepy in Batman Begins, as is the Joker in the Dark Knight. As far as Two-Face here, Ew.

And now I await my "Cease and Desist" letter from Warner Brothers...

Reason 1

This might be a reason for me to get a PS3. The game is called Echochrome, and is based on the perspective-bending art of M.C. Escher.



OK, so I probably won't be getting a PS3 anytime soon, but it's also available for the PSP. Hmmm.....

Drive by Edging

Today, I worked on our backyard, specifically helping my wife get her garden up and running. Of course a ton of people are doing the same, you can hear mowers and trimmers all over the neighborhood, but none really close. As time passes I start to notice that it sounds like one of these mowers is getting closer. I figured that I was just hearing a different mower, or I had misjudged what I had originally heard.

A few more minutes pass and my dog runs to the fence and starts barking like mad. At this same time I notice that the approaching machinery is right on the other side of the fence. So naturally I open the fence to have a look.

One of our neighbors was edging our lawn with a power edger! I was a little taken aback for a few reasons. First, I had just spent an hour or so the other day edging our lawn with a trimmer, a rather tedious task. My first thought was that I had apparently done such a bad job that this guy felt he needed to do it over. Secondly, I didn't know this guy. I know my next door neighbor quite well and wouldn't have been surprised to see him do something like this, since we shovel each other's sidewalks, mow a little of each other's lawns, and such. But I didn't know this guy from Adam.

Turns out that this guy decided to make good use of his edger and edged the whole gorram street. About an hour and a few dozen houses later, he quit. I'm still a little stunned at the kindness of the act. It was refreshing to see that there are still people that believe in being a good neighbor. Unfortunately I missed when he stopped and went inside, so I never found out which house he lives at. At some point I'll figure it out and find a way to thank him though.

Of course the jerk did miss the other side of my drive way...

For your consideration

Red Wing MVP of the second round of playoffs:



Final stats:

Threeormore played 130:31 and allowed 15 goals, Budaj 107:31 and allowed 6. Approximate save percentages: Jose - 82%, Budaj 91%. BTW, the goaltender with the worst regular season percentage was Manny Fernandez with a save percentage of 83.2%.

Guess who's contract I think we should buy out and send packing..