A Tumblog by Jeff Keen Real Blog Tumblr (3.0; @jeffxl)http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/g1dxNsjYeIs&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/g1dxNsjYeIs&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>First I dress up like a bat, than I scare the living bejeesus out of you.</p>http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/234121065http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/234121065Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:47:09 -0600<a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2009/10/20nissan.html">It's Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers.</a>: <p>I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait to get my hands on some fucking gourds and arrange them in a horn-shaped basket on my dining room table. That shit is going to look so seasonal. I’m about to head up to the attic right now to find that wicker fucker, dust it off, and jam it with an insanely ornate assortment of shellacked vegetables.</p>http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/224946585http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/224946585Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:29:39 -0500“Calling Fox News your favorite news source is like calling Coke your favorite juice.”<br/><br/> - <em>paraphrased reddit quote</em>http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/220330655http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/220330655Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:15:51 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IhQ4dE_RGnQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IhQ4dE_RGnQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>How to Shoot an Anvil 200 Feet in the Air</p>http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/219391513http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/219391513Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:57:21 -0500<a href="http://arduiniana.org/projects/the-reverse-geo-cache-puzzle/">The Reverse Geocache Puzzle</a>: <p>Brilliant.</p>http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/218795815http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/218795815Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:03:51 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BO2rW1alVv8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BO2rW1alVv8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Man crossing the street</p>http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/218613324http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/218613324Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:33:29 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CRaGZnnepSA&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CRaGZnnepSA&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>The Amazing Bouncing Pebble Toad</p>http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/218612532http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/218612532Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:32:41 -0500<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/opinion/15iht-edkeillor.html?_r=2">Petulance and the Prize - Garrison Keillor</a>: <p>The wailing and gnashing of teeth that you hear among Republicans is 68 percent envy and 32 percent sour grapes. Here is an idealistic, articulate young president who is enormously popular everywhere in the world except in the states of the Confederacy, and here sit the 28 percent of the American people who still thought Mr. Bush was doing a heckuva job at the end, gnashing their teeth, hoping and praying for something horrible to happen such as an infestation of locusts or the disappearance of the sun, something to make the president look bad, which is not a good place for a political party to be, hoping for the country to slide into chaos. When you bet against America, you are choosing long odds.</p>http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/213768181http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/213768181Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:55:34 -0500<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/opinion/14trillin.html?ref=opinion">Wall Street Smarts</a>: <p>“IF you really want to know why the financial system nearly collapsed in the fall of 2008, I can tell you in one simple sentence.”</p>http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/213766061http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/213766061Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:51:47 -0500<img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krdbgh7hFJ1qa1kf9o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://log.maniacalrage.net/post/211400974/columbus-day-via-sarahcooley-this-is-perfect">maniacalrage</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><b>Columbus Day</b> (via <a href="http://sarahcooley.tumblr.com/post/211315261/evangotlib-soupsoup-sweetcaroline">sarahcooley</a>)</p> <p>This is perfect.</p> </blockquote> <p>This is gold.</p>http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/211679735http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/211679735Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:23:57 -0500<a href="http://kottke.org/09/10/larry-pagerank-not-web-pagerank">Larry PageRank, not Web PageRank</a>: <p>This is kinda like finding out the inventor of shoe laces had the last name of Shoe, and named the laces after himself.</p>http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/211314918http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/211314918Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:28:28 -0500<img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kreu5mEzRB1qz4ejeo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Phone-Answering Robot, 1964 from Life Magazine’s <a href="http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/25371/30-dumb-inventions">30 Dumb Inventions</a>.</p> <p>This reminds me of an old sketch idea I had in college:<br/><br/> Scene: Family at the dinner table.<br/> [The phone rings]<br/> [Husband puts down his knife and fork and is about to get up to answer the phone]<br/> Wife: Don’t get up—let the machine get it.<br/> [Husband resumes eating]<br/> [Robot walks past the camera, towards the phone]</p>http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/211146427http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/211146427Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:36:00 -0500<a href="http://www.divinecaroline.com/22111/84399-playgrounds-70-s">Playgrounds From the 70's </a>: <p>Safety concerns have really made playgrounds lame.</p>http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/205153913http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/205153913Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:30:00 -0500<object width="400" height="267"><param name="movie" value="http://www.traileraddict.com/emd/13687" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.traileraddict.com/emd/13687" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" width="400" height="267" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>Beav<br/><br/><p>Beavis and Butthead talk about Extract—Mike Judge’s new movie.</p>http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/202693934http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/202693934Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:57:15 -0500<a href="http://www.hulu.com/watch/98807/the-tonight-show-with-conan-obrien-conan-hits-his-head">Conan Hits His Head</a>: <p>The best part of this clip is Andy. Wait for when he’s talking about the Ambulance.</p>http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/202285293http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/202285293Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:42:32 -0500<embed style="display:block" src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:250804" width="360" height="301" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="window" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="autoPlay=false" allowscriptaccess="always" allownetworking="all" bgcolor="#000000"></embed><br/><br/><p>Jon Stewart gives it to the Democrats</p>http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/202252391http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/202252391Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:55:50 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1cX4t5-YpHQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1cX4t5-YpHQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>You have got to be kidding me, Microsoft.</p>http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/195143254http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/195143254Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:20:28 -0500<object width="400" height="256" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" id="ordie_player_041b5acaf5"><param name="movie" value="http://player.ordienetworks.com/flash/fodplayer.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="key=041b5acaf5" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed width="400" height="256" flashvars="key=041b5acaf5" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" quality="high" src="http://player.ordienetworks.com/flash/fodplayer.swf" name="ordie_player_041b5acaf5" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Protect Insurance Companies</p>http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/194293876http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/194293876Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:44:18 -0500<a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/7683923/kid_cannabis">Kid Cannabis</a>: <p>How a chubby pizza-delivery boy from Idaho became a drug kingpin</p>http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/190991906http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/190991906Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:50:35 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TVQhIEPbM0g&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TVQhIEPbM0g&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Roger Federer is ridiculously good.</p>http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/187672743http://jeffxl.tumblr.com/post/187672743Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:36:22 -0500