This was too good not to mention.

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Hilarious video prepping the democrats coming to town for the Democratic National Convention this month.

Via The Denver Egotist.

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I was catching up on my blog reading this evening and almost died laughing while reading the Fail Blog.

Check it out if you need a laugh.

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Today I noticed something funny about the BBC Video player. I'm not sure who created the player, but it looks like whoever created it was a Spinal Tap fan. Here's a shot of the player (check the bottom right of the screenshot):

And for those of you who are unfamiliar with the significance of 11, I give you this clip from the movie Spinal Tap...

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Dubai, and the rest of the Gulf State, are becoming more and more important on the world stage - but most of us know very little about these places. So I thought I would share some interesting facts with you about Dubai I ran across in Businessweek and Wikipedia that might help you from one of the more common misconceptions about Dubai - the source of its great wealth:

• Oil and gas revenues are only 6% of the total revenues in Dubai's economy
• Dubai is within a few decades of exhausting its oil and gas supplies
• Tourism accounts for about a third of Dubai's revenues
• Trading, Dubai's port and financial services account for the majority of Dubai's wealth

So before you write off the people of Dubai as a bunch of guys who are living fat off of oil money, think again. Dubai is an amazing example of capitalism building something out of nothing, and there is a lot we can learn from what's going on there.

Oh yeah, special bonus - here's a map that shows where Dubai is...just in case you were wondering (most people do).

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9 wonderful seconds from TV in Haiti. Gets funnier every time you watch it, I promise.

[via]

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Links from this video:
The Great Ant Massacre - Rory Blythe
Is Denver Prepared for The Shift? - from The Denver Egotist

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My Seesmic buddy Dan Light tapped me to take part in the 8 random things meme that is going around (actually this is the first I have seen of it...maybe it’s mainly going in the UK right now). Anyway, here are my 8 random things...

1. I am an Eagle Scout...and strangely people respect that a lot. I can’t say that I would have gotten the Eagle Scout award if my parents had let me call the shots, but I’m glad they pushed me. My grandfather was an Eagle Scout as well, and I am the proud owner of his original Eagle medallion from his scouting days. It means a whole lot to me.
2. I have two tattoos...both of which I gave myself in high school. One is a blue dot on the base of my thumb, the other is a stick figure guy on my hip. If you’re wondering, I did it with India ink, a blow gun dart, and a whole lot of naivety.
3. I was nominated as prom queen my senior year of high school. Yeah, queen. It had a lot to do with the fact that I was (officially) the class clown of our senior class...so everyone banded together to get me nominated. Sadly, the school administration felt having a male prom queen was not appropriate. Oh, the lawsuit I could have had...
4. After one full week of college I pierced my chin and dyed my hair purple. It made a lot of sense at the time, OK? I still have the hole in my chin and always will.
5. When I was 20, I went for a random job interview to dial the phone for stockbroker and three months later I was a licensed stockbroker myself. I passed the Series 7 and 63 tests, all while going to college full time. I was a broker for around three and a half years and got to go through the dot com boom and bust...wild times to be in a Boiler Room.
6. I lived in Anaheim, California for a year, a five minute drive from Disneyland. That year I got a season pass and did my homework in the happiest place on Earth. There was nothing cooler than doing a bit of Biology and then take a ride on Pirates of the Caribbean. Highly recommended.
7. I never meant to get into the Internet marketing business. To be honest, when I started working for InsureMe, my plan was to work for a year, pay off debt, and then take a Peace Corps assignment doing business development in Bulgaria. I fell in love with online marketing though, and here I am...am online marketer. Couldn’t be happier I didn’t freeze my ass off in Bulgaria for 2 years, but I do try to help where I can to make up for the good karma I missed out on.
8. I’m getting married in October of this year. I’m crazy excited about getting hitched to the love of my life.

So that’s my 8 random things. To pass on the love, it would be great if the following folks could put together a list of their 8 random things:
Kristi (the love of my life, mentioned above)
Megan
Scott Jangro
Mark Weiglus
Sam Harrelson
Barry Schwartz
Gary V
Jason Calacanis (c’mon Jason, you know you want to take part!)

Thanks for tapping me Dan, and I look forward to what everyone has to write.

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Mark my words, this will go down as one of the best TV moments in 2008...oh yeah, and parental advisory and all jazz...

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...the Italians show us they can come up with some of their own. Click through to the story on EternallyCool to see why MC Hammer was not just making hits, but making an Italian public service announcement at the same time.

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What an awesome (and low budget) way to promote a band.

Today I ran across the top video on YouTube, which is the video you see below. It turns out that it is one of a series of videos made by the band Beirut, which from what I can tell were shot in France. You can see all of the videos here, but at least make sure you check out this one...

BONUS: Beirut's video for Postcards from Italy, another great song...

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Bregar and I hit up Tom Wilson's stand-up show at the Improv in Northfield at Stapleton. You might remember Tom Wilson as Biff from Back to the Future. He was hilarious and had a ton of great jokes as well as songs - some about Back to the Future, some just about life. Here's a taste of what we saw. If Tom comes to your city, make sure you go...

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Two hilarious lists from Cracked:

If Banner Ads Were Forced to Be Truthful

and

If Valentine's Day Cards Were Honest

[Bonus link - a busted wiener]

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So many interesting videos from this weekend. Enjoy...

The Decapitator does work...

Playing the Ford Focus (and I dig the song)...

French soccer insanity...

French breakdancer (I love breakdancing)...

Long clip of a Red Bull breakdancing competition...AMAZING.

[Thanks to the Egotist and to Tim Ferris for the links.]

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I'm trying to get my quick and dirty video making skills up to snuff so that I can shoot some video at an upcoming event. With that in mind I decided to shoot a video of the dinner I prepared tonight. Ladies and gents, prepare for Japa-Dog, Denver style.

If you are wondering where the idea came from, I learned about Japa-Dog from the Vancouver episode of No Reservations.

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...especially after Christmas break. Check it.

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Kristi and I went to the Avalanche/Red Wings game tonight...as you can see from the picture below, we had amazing seats (thanks to the good Doctor). The game was quite exciting, and even though the Avs didn't win, we had an awesome time.

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then you are a robot...like Victoria Beckham.

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Here's a great slideshow called "why I got fired." If you like funny pictures of crashed machines/planes/ships (and who doesn't?) - this one is for you.

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After a month of waiting, my keffiyehs arrived from Saudi Arabia. I got them from DesertStore.com, which is pretty slow to process orders, but the prices are right and as far as I know my credit card hasn't purchased any weapons of mass destruction. I'm pretty sure I'm on the FBI's watch list now, but I dig 'em, so whatever.

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How can you not enjoy this?

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Heard this on the radio on the way home from work today. The video is creepy x 1000, and the sound is off, but a classic jam none the less. Happy Friday:

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Dear Japan,

Thank you for sushi, awesome electronics, and this:

[SIDE NOTE: Has anyone else noticed this blog has had pretty much nothing to do with marketing for the last few months? Interesting...]

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I'm going to stay away from any political commentary on this one, but I do think this story is interesting from an economic/taxation standpoint. There's interesting information coming out about the financial cost of the wars we are currently fighting Here's a quote from CNN.com:

A report published Tuesday into the economic impact of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan says hidden expenses almost double the official cost. Once the extra costs are added -- including health care for wounded veterans and higher oil prices -- the report said the average cost of both wars for a family of four would be $20,900 from 2002 to 2008.

For some reason that really drove home that we're all paying for the war financially with our tax dollars.

Here's the whole story.

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I'm a big fan of the Diggnation Podcast and an occasional user of the Digg social news website. One name that comes up a lot on Diggnation is the "digger" who goes by the handle "Mr Baby Man."

I don't know about you but when I try to imagine someone named Mr Baby Man, my mind pictures a facial haired, severly heavy middle aged man who lives in a basement and likes to wear adult sized baby clothes. Yeah, pretty gross.

Well, it turns out I was right about the facial hair. Ladies and gents, meet the surprisingly normal and pretty darn funny Mr Baby Man...

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I'm back!

I just spent the last couple days in Juarez, Mexico - only about 20 miles from the USA but two worlds away. The poverty in the area was terrible, but like my experience in Africa, the people were amazing. I'm kinda pooped, and Kristi and I celebrated out 4 year anniversary tonight (YAY US!), so I'll let the photos tell the story (see all the photos here). Maybe I'll write a bit more later...

This is the group standing on the slab before we started building...

Part of the family who will be living in the home we built...

Continue reading "Juarez" »

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If you recall, I propsed to Kristi at the Trevi Fountain in Rome...a romantic place indeed (maybe not all the time, but that night it was perfect).

Recently the world learned that the Trevi Fountain is not only a place for romance, but a place for political statements. Check out this picture of what the Trevi looked like after some futurist (whatever that is) made a political statement:

Luckily there was no harm to the fountain...hopefully they find the vandal and feed him to the lions (they still do that right?)

Thanks to EternallyCool for the story.

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Seriously, I did not know it was possible to be so flippin' annoying after getting bitten by a snake. You have to stick with this clip for a bit (and they force you through a commercial), but by the end you will be glad the python nailed this guy.

Here is the video. Bonus points to anyone who can count the number of times this guy says "bad bite."

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Journalist + Rally Car + Rally Driver =

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[Link via Autoblog]

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I'm writing this from the Hyatt on the Sunset Strip...having a fun time in Califronia. Went to a rainy wedding today, been visiting family and relaxing a bit too. Tonight, dinner ae Koi with Kristi and her family. Should be awesome :)

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I was looking through our photos from Siena, Italy tonight. You have to go...it is an amazing place. See the photos here.

If anyone wants to give Kristi and I a home in Italy, I promise we will live in it :)

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We're in Albuquerque right now, getting ready to go to bed. Just put this video together to try out iMovie. Needless to say, we are having a good time :)

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As many of you know (since I see you every day) today is my birthday. Not to get all mushy, but it was really nice to get the love I did at work...it was much appreciated...and I'm pretty stoked about the night I'm having.

Gotta go...the Party Princess has some more fun to have.

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I think we found the spot for our wedding reception. I'm not going to get into much detail, but here is the view from the place (38 floors up):

This is facing South East.

This is facing West.

Needless to say, we're pretty stoked.

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It’s Kristi’s birthday, and one of my favorite things to do is to in the whole world is tease Kristi about what we are going to name our first male child.

My teasing name of choice? Kimi Raikkonen Omdahl of course…named after the Formula One driver.

Needless to say, she's not too hot on the idea.

After seeing these two videos of the real Kimi Raikonnen, I’m not sure how she could deny me of a Kimi of my own.

(That's Kimi in the orange shirt...he likes cocktails.)

BONUS: Wanna see a Yacht having a bad day? Check this out!

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My good friend Peter D., father of Emory Pope, pointed out this site to me today. This is what happens when you mix college, drinking and that low bird on the totem pole, the spotted owl.

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If you don’t like, strange, bizarre and well…sick animation, these videos are not for you. Seriously…pass on them. But as for me, a long time fan of Spike and Mike’s Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation (where Beavis and Butthead and SouthPark earned some of their first fans), these videos made me long for the days when the festival came to Denver.

First off, Video Dating Tape.

Video Dating Tape was a response to Salad Fingers. Here is Episode #1:

Continue reading "Video Dating Tips and Salad Fingers" »

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…make sure you do it in the Philippines. But also make sure you don’t end up being the tranny (unless you are into that kind of thing).

And if you’re curious about this video, here is the story from YouTube:

1,500 plus CPDRC inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center, Cebu, Philippines at practice! This is not the final routine, and definitely not a punishment! just a teaser.

I've gotta give props to Jason Calacanis for pointing this one out. Jason, thank you for this...I will not sleep for a week.

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Rocket Powered Matchbox! - video powered by Metacafe

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It’s hot, I’m stressed out, and I just had to erase 400 spam comments from this blog… you know what that means? IT’S TIME FOR A VIDEO OF A JET POWERED KAYAK!!! F YEAH!

Praise be to Engadget for pointing me to the ridiculous Top Gear clip.

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And that's why I want one of these...

Thanks to Mz. Pocket for the link.

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Not sure if you have seen the transcript from a conversation between a US Navy ship and Canadian authorities, but if you haven't, give it a read.

Another funny thanks to StumbleUpon.

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So far Kristi and I have been doing a really good job enjoying the summer. Tonight we rode our bikes to Cheesman Park here in Denver and had a little picnic. Here are a couple of pictures from this great summer night…

Continue reading "Enjoying Summer" »

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Mz. Pocket found this video on YouTube today. Not sure how many of you remember the TV show 3-2-1 Contact, but it seems that the people on the show might have a little problem with the ganja. Watch now as they explore the amazing technological breakthrough they call a synthesizer…

Also, since there seems to be a marijuana theme here, take a look at the story about a cop and his brownies:

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I took this picture in the Roman Forums on a rainy day…old German tourists are the best.

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We’re back from Italy, getting read to go back to work tomorrow. The trip was an amazing experience. I spent a good portion of the day getting photos uploaded to Flickr…there are a ton of them, and I haven’t yet put them in any order, so be warned. Here are links to the sets from different cities:

Rome
Siena
The Cinque Terre
Florence
Venice
Last Day in Rome

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Sorry about the lack of posting...been busy the last couple days and our useage of the internet in the Cinque Terre was stopped by a thunderstorm. We are on our last day in Florence, going to head out of town to escape the constant insanity that is Florence. Tomorrow morning we will be taking the train to our last city, Venice. Pretty excited about that. :)

I was hoping to upload a photo, but Flickr and Italy aren't playing nice today, so it looks like you will have to wait. When we get back a promise a four billion picture slide show to anyone who wants to see one. The counrty looks like a postcard in every direction you look.

Love to all.

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This is us at near the Coloseum in Rome...

This is the Trevi fountain the night we got engaged...

This is the moment Kristi realized she gets to buy bride magazines...

Kristi likes her magazines.

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Here is a funny picture...2 minutes before I proposed at the Trevi fountain...this is where I blacked out.

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Today we are in Siena (we arrived yesterday at around noon)…tomorrow the Cinque Terre. We just finished climbing the 330 steps of the tower in Il Campo and the view was breathtaking. Here are a couple of photos from the top.

My plan to upload video as we traveled have been foiled by the lack of computing power at the Internet cafes here and the unusually slow internet connections. Ah well…trust me, we are having an amazing time.

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