The Unthinkable Has Happened...

Hello Folks.

I'm a little sad these days...It's no biggie really. It's just that one of my all-time favourite bands has aligned with one of my least favourite bands...Sorry U2 fans out there, but I just plain don't like them. Their old stuff is OK, but lately it seems like it's all about The Bono...and now The Edge...It used to be about the music, man!...Anyway, this union was for a good cause...(See above article, from a link at The Green Day Authority)...

The Bono with the Billie Joe...

Never trust a guy with a Messianic complex...who wears sunglasses all the time...

I'm reminded of when I had first heard that Joey Ramone had requested the latest U2 song (at the time) while on his deathbed...It just makes me feel sad and leaves a bad taste in my mouth...But I guess it's unreasonable to expect our heroes to like all the people we admire and to hate those we dislike...Oh well...I hope they are able to help out the folks in New Orleans...

~oOo~

In other news, little Achilles was too cute last night as he played in an empty cereal box...He lost a tooth and I saved it...I'm gonna leave him a little cat treat under his pillow tonight...



I hope all is well in your little corner of the world.

I just watched "20/20". Barbara Walters interviewed Steve Irwin's widow, Terri. It was pretty sad to watch...They played a lot of clips of Steve and his family I gotta tell you, it totally bummed me out...

Hopefully Amanda Peet on Letterman and Evangeline Lilly on Leno can help to lift my spirits a bit...Amanda Peet is pregnant...Apparently they call her "fatty" on the set of the new Aaron Sorkin series "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" ...Nigella Lawson is also on Letterman...I like her too...

Anyway, we saw "Jackass Number 2" last weekend...I guess it's not for everyone, but I can honestly tell you that I haven't laughed that hard for that long in quite a while...We made the mistake of hitting the Mandarin buffet beforehand though, which I cannot recommend...There were scenes where I actually had to avoid looking at what was going on or I fear I would have puked...Most of them were horse-related...If you liked the first one, you won't be disappointed...They've really lowered the bar on this one! In a good way...

Who knows when I'll post again, so I'll give you a video recommendation...I really liked the film "Stay". I won't tell anything about it, but I really liked it...Trust me. It's a pretty cool concept that's well executed.

Take care out there!

Your Pal,

Zambo.

Italian Coffee Machine...

Hey there.

I hope things are going well these days...

Relax and have a nice warm drink!

1. CLICK ON THE COFFEE MACHINE BELOW
2. PUT THE COIN IN THE VENDING MACHINE
3. CHOOSE YOUR DRINK
4. CLICK ON THE CUP WHEN IT IS READY
5. CLICK ON "APRI" AT THE END...

Take care out there!

Your Pal,

Zambo.

Mostly Video Clips...

Hey Blogger Buddies!

I hope things are going as planned...

Last weekend Lasagna got her scuba certification so I went for a few recreational dives while her group did their training...(If you let 6 months elapse between dives, you gotta review your skills before diving again...which equals more $$$)...Anyway, it was a lot of fun...my "buddy" and I saw a sunken speedboat, a bath tub and a wheelbarrow down there in the quarry...Then when we got home, I still had some air left in my tank, so I went for a dip in the pool...It was 68°...(sadly our pool days for this season are numbered)...But it was kinda refreshing and I hung out at the bottom, practicing some stuff...I kinda don't like taking the mask off under water, then replacing it and clearing it (by blowing out through your nose while holding the top of the mask)...So I practiced that...


Anyway, enough about me...Here's a video clip that was going around when I first got a computer...It contains a bit of objectional language, so be careful where/when you play it...(a tip of the hat to "Goodfellas")...

I've had links to Charlie The Karate Chimp before, but this one's different...

Then there's this one of the cute little monkey riding a dog...

Finally, there's this amazing clip of a guy who's got mad climbing and jumping skills..It's sort of a long clip, but it's totally amazing!...

Take care out there!

Your Pal,

Zambo.

P.S.
When the apes finally rise, street-fighting dog-riding talking chimps won't be such a big deal...Dudes will have to move like that guy so they don't end up slaves or pets or meat...

2nd Post this Week!

Hey Blogsters.

I haven't been overly consistent in my Blogging these days...

I hope you're doing well wherever you may be...

Anyway, I just wanted to post a pic of Steve Irwin. I liked this guy and used to watch his show every day for quite a while...He was a funny fellow and I believe that he genuinely cared...which is nice to see from time to time. One of my favourite memories of his show was when he did a field assessment of a little critter that went something like: "See that lump on his jaw? It's called 'lumpy jaw'!" He'll be missed by many, including me.

Sadly, it didn't take too long for the venom to come out against him...As mentioned on the always funny site What Would Tyler Durden Do? (thanks to Beatdogg for letting me know, as I haven't been doing my daily review of that site latey)...Mr. Durden reports:

I have no idea who or what Germaine Greer is, but apparently she's a "feminist icon" in Australia and she couldn't be happier that Steve Irwin is dead. Making her kick up her heels in delight is that Irwin was killed by an animal, calling it the animal worlds revenge. Greer said:

"There was no habitat, no matter how fragile or finely balanced, that Irwin hesitated to barge into. Every creature he brandished at the camera was in distress. The animal world has finally taken its revenge, but probably not before a whole generation of kids in shorts seven sizes too small has learned to shout in the ears of animals with hearing 10 times more acute than theirs, determined to become millionaire animal-loving zoo owners in their turn."

And:

"There was not an animal he was not prepared to manhandle. Every creature he brandished at the camera was in distress. Every snake badgered by Irwin was at a huge disadvantage, with only a single possible reaction to its terrifying situation, which was to strike. The animal world has finally taken its revenge on Irwin."

You had to know some filthy god damn hippie was gonna say this at some point, but it would have been delightful if they could have at least waited a week or so. But I guess this way the 8 and 2 year old orphans can have "it was all daddys fault" ringing in thier ears at the funeral. Nice. I'm gonna go down to Greenpeace and just start punching people.

Anyway, I can only hope that Ms. Greer, when it's her time to go, gets to die doing what she loved to do...(whatever that is)...Perhaps a javelin will impale her as she sits on the sidelines and criticizes the throw...Or maybe one day the 30 cats that presumably fill her home shall rise and take their revenge on her, for old Steve-O...But enough about her...(I'm not even gonna look her up. She'll be gone in 15 minutes...For me anyway)...

~oOo~

For those of you who feel sorry for little Achilles and his emptied teste satchel, behold some of the stuff that he's ruined of late...In my recreation room, no less!

My blinds, which he likes to chip away at from time to time...

My inflatable palm tree! He bit one of the palm fronds and punctured it...This is how it looked when I got home...

I think he's pretty well adjusted overall though...He's quite a character!

~oOo~

In other news, my friend gave me this little gem! She got him a while ago and called me up to see something cool that she got...When I went to visit her, his tray was full of Halloween sized treats...I thought he was pretty cool looking and she had named him Bobo. I asked her where she got him...She told me and I was planning on getting one myself...

I guess she was getting some weird looks at work and her kids told her he "freaked them out" so I inherited Bobo. (She's the friend who had a pet monkey as a kid...Also she told me about the IKEA catalogue I mentioned earlier)...

I have put him to good use...He holds my "Planet of the Apes" collector's bust (which contains all the ape classics from The Forbidden Zone)...

I know, I know...Super sweet, right?

~oOo~

Finally, check out this Mike Zambidis dude I found out about while looking up some fighting videos on youtube. This is a frame from the video. Note that they've called him "ZAMBO!" on this magazine cover...(I'm not fighting him for the name, that's for sure)...

Click on the pic to see his fight highlights. (WARNING: the video contains all sorts of beatings being handed out by this little guy with the heart of a lion). He's a fighting machine! He won another match on Monday. Gonna have to look it up.

That's all for now.

Watch out for the knees to the head and take care out there!

Your Pal,

Zambo.

Back To Work Tomorrow...Uggh...

Hello out there!

I hope those who had today off enjoyed it...The weather has sucked all weekend, but today was a bit better...I decided to clean the pool...We had the cover on all weekend 'cause Lasagna's a Weather Channel maniac and there was a storm coming...Anyway, I cleaned the cover, rolled it up and then went in to finish the clean up job...Though I turned on the heat, it was 69 degrees, but surprisingly refreshing...It was crystal clear when I was done and I had a clear bag full of fallen leaves and other such crap...lots of potato bugs settle at the bottom of our pool...There were hundreds down there today...

This was one of the Monday nights that I actually thought to watch that new Gene Simmons show on A&E...but it wasn't on...Here's a pic of Gene with a buddy of mine from back in the day...What up, Otis?!?...Lookin' good!

I picked up a Leonardo Da Vinci action figure when we went to Canada's Wonderland a few weeks ago! I considered not buying it, but I just had to have it...

The back lists his stats, along with Famous Works, Inventions and Quotes...

Here's the front of the package...

Here's an image from the web ('cause I'm not opening mine)...

In other news, we got Achilles neutered the other day too...When we told him what was gonna happen, he wasn't too happy....

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

After he came back from the the procedure, he spent some time licking his wounds...

(Poor little guy)...

Then he just chilled and watched TV...


That's about it for now, since Blogger's being a prick again...

R.I.P.
Steve Irwin
a.k.a. The Crocodile Hunter
(1962-2006)

Irwin was fatally pierced in the chest by a short-tail stingray barb while diving in Batt Reef (part of the Great Barrier Reef), off the coast of Port Douglas in Queensland, Australia

(I'd like to post a pic of old Steve-O, but Blogger's not letting me...
Thanks again, Blogger)...

We were hoping to visit his zoo when we go to Australia next year...and he died sorta in the vicinity of where we'll be diving, so I should be getting a call from my mom when she finds out...

Take care out there!

Your Pal,

Zambo.

The IKEA Nesting Instinct...

Greetings Ape Fans!

Sorry I haven't been around much lately...I've been on assignment...(Not really. Just not much time to Blog lately...I'll do something this weekend though...I hope)...

Anyway, I was just informed that if you have the 2007 IKEA catalogue, open the folding cover and note that the dog in the picture with the family has got a man's penis. Apparently there are all kinds of rumours related to a disgruntled employee or whatever...Regardless, there's a big old dick there that would really please Tyler Durden.

I'll scan it when I get home, as I haven't been able to locate it on the internet...plus I'm still "on assignment"...My work for the yawn factory must come first, right?

Take care out there!

Your Pal,

Zambo.

P.S.
If you should happen to find the pic please link to it in my comments section or direct others to it if you wanna post it.

Thanks.

Never mind...I scanned my friend's catalogue...She's the one who told me about it and brought it in to show me...Project Mayhem is in full effect...

I guess the official word from IKEA is that it's just the dog's leg and it happens to look a lot like a human penis...Now I'm no lawyer, but I guess they can't sue the guy who did this since they've offered an explanation...We'll see how this unfolds...

From "Fight Club" one of my all time favourite films:

[about Tyler splicing frames of pornography into family films]

Narrator: So when the snooty cat and the courageous dog with the celebrity voices meet for the first time in reel three, that's when you'll catch a flash of Tyler's contribution to the film.

[the audience is watching the film, the pornography flashes for a split second]

Narrator: Nobody knows that they saw it, but they did...

Tyler Durden: A nice...big...cock...

[several audience members look rattled...a little girl is crying]

Narrator: Even a hummingbird couldn't catch Tyler at work.