If you just so happened to huff a whole bunch of glue before stumbling into this video, you’re in luck, because it requires 0 brain cells to comprehend. In other words, ignore the content (even more so than normal). This is more a chronicling of my learning Final Cut than it is an attempt convey any resemblance of a thought. If you derive even one ounce of joy from this, bonus points to you. I now present…The Good Badger Video 6.0
Good Badger Video 6.0 from zach davis on Vimeo.
(Good Badger Note: Today’s guest post is written by Justin Kownacki, the self proclaimed “Armchair Sociologist and Perpetual Contrarian”. I stumbled upon Justin’s blog during one of my innumerable conquests through the Interweb, and have made his site part of my regular rotation ever since. If you’re a fan of witty insights and sarcastic humor, I strongly encourage you to check it out. [Since you’re here, I’m guessing you prefer mediocrity?]
In the past I’ve hinted toward my disdain with the concept of “networking”. Since The Good Badger spends most of his time 4,000 yards under a bunker anticipating the impending apocalypse, I went in search of a more qualified candidate to tackle the topic. Justin was nice enough to comply. Without further ado, Justin Kownacki now presents you the “5 Ways to Network Without Feeling Dirty.”)
When The Good Badger asked me to write a guest post about building relationships, he mentioned his aversion to the word “networking.” To him, “networking” has a selfish, impersonal connotation.
And I agree. But that’s probably because the people most likely to use the word “networking” in a sentence are the same people who have a webinar or a time-share scheme that they can’t wait to sell you.
At its core, networking is impersonal. It’s a strategic expansion of the people you know well enough to ask for favors. And if that’s not selfish and impersonal, I don’t know what is.
The real problem is that we have our priorities backwards. Read more
It was recently announced that Google can now predict the future….
While filling out your Google Profile, one question asks to suggest something that you might not be able to find on Google. Mistakenly, I figured this was either a trick question, or an attempt at some subtle humor. Little did I know, Google uses this as their suggestion box.
See for yourself:
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I know, everyone loves music, but my observations tell me that the majority of people have a healthy relationship with it.
Not me. It dominates my life.
At work, many know me as “that guy who beatboxes down the hallway”. The rest likely know me as “that guy who annoyingly beatboxes down the hallway.” Read more
Scene: While at the grocery store, rummaging through the produce section like I know what a good cantaloupe looks like (I don’t), my afternoon is instantly ruined by the venomous noise of a screaming toddler. It’s an unmistakable combination of unreasonable complaining with pure hysteria. Words, screaming, and dry heave crying are blended together like it was the latest offering from Jamba Juice.
“BUUUUUTTT MAAAAAAAHMMYY…I WAAAAAAANNNNTT (scream/cry/snot chorus) THE ROBOT DINOSAUR BOATTTTTTTT DVVDDDD (repeat chorus)”
Of course by the end of this song, Mom is so suicidal that she’ll grant Screamy whatever material object will allow her 12 seconds of escape from the constant torment of raising a child. Screamy gets the robot dinosaur boat DVD (i have no idea what kids like), mommy gets a little bit of quiet, and The Good Badger gets livid. Read more
Americans Dunks on People; Europeans do not. These are non-debatable facts. In case your patriot meter was lagging today, watch this video and you’ll be reciting the Pledge of Allegiance faster than you can say “KFC Double Down Sandwich“.
Louis C.K.
Warning: if you don’t tolerate occasionally offensive, consistently crude humor very well, skip the links on this post.
Louis C.K. is a comedian that you may not be familiar with. On a scale from 1-10, his popularity is roughly a 7.5 (and on the rise). He’s had an hour long special on HBO, another on Showtime, an HBO sitcom (that was canceled after one season), a new series about to debut on FX, and the first ever stand-up special accepted by Sundance. Not too shabby.
I first fell upon Louis C.K.’s stand up during his hour long special on HBO. It was nothing short of magical.
An average stand up routine will typically rouse a couple of chuckles, but I’m onto the next channel within the first few minutes. A good stand up routine will keep my attention throughout the entire performance, with consistent levels of laughter. During Louis C.K.’s stand up, I developed a laughter induced hernia, 1-hour of comedy turned into 3 hours of total watch time due to constant rewinding from residual laughter drowning out proceeding jokes, and several pieces of furniture were destroyed in the process (I’m a violent laugher). Read more
Here’s the new Tiger Woods Nike Ad:
The first thing that came to my head…. “Tiger, you deliberately disobeyed me”. Does this:
1) Begin to clear the dirt from his image by being up front and honest
or
2) Seem like a desperate plea for sympathy to sit in front of a camera intentionally making a sad face for 20 seconds?
What do you think?
When you run out of words to tell people how pretty good your stuff is, let nature do the talking.
So I just crossed one item off of my bucket list.
The earthquake’s origins were in Baja, Mexico, but the BPM’s of my heart monitor would indicate the quake was isolated inside my apartment. In hindsight, it was no big deal. The walls and floor rumble for a half a minute, your dishes shake, and you pee yourself a little. Kind of fun actually. But it’s also educational. You learn a lot about yourself. Here’s what I learned about The Good Badger during an earthquake .
My takeaway from this: Apple needs to invent an iPhone holder which you can put inside of your body. Maybe a surgically attached Kangaroo pouch. The iPouch?
Get on it Jobbs